🚨 How to Prep for a Draft with Keepers
The WalterPicks mock draft tool now supports keepers - so you can practice drafting with the exact player pool and board that will be available on your actual draft day.
There are two ways to set this up:
Sync your league. This will automatically populate the tool with all of your league settings, leaguemate names, your exact pick, keepers etc.
Set up a manual draft. The app will prompt you for all necessary information about your league and ask you to place keepers/rounds they are drafted in for the entire league.
Mock drafting with your exact settings is essential to getting the most out of your prep. For more on how to mock draft using the app, check out Samps’ video here ⬇️
ADP Movers 📈📉
This is ADP Movers - a series where we tell you which players saw the biggest shifts in average draft position (ADP) + give you our analysis!
*Player ADPs taken from Underdog best ball drafts
Biggest Draft Risers 📈
| Player | Jul 26 | Aug 2 | Chg | % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| De'Zhaun Stribling WR | 171.9 (WR69) | 147.2 (WR61) | ▲ 24.7 | +14.4% |
| Deebo Samuel WR | 164.2 (WR66) | 142.9 (WR58) | ▲ 21.3 | +13.0% |
| Kaelon Black RB | 214.5 (RB69) | 201.1 (RB61) | ▲ 13.4 | +6.2% |
| Kayshon Boutte WR | 211.5 (WR88) | 199.2 (WR78) | ▲ 12.3 | +5.8% |
| Malik Nabers WR | 34.8 (WR18) | 26.5 (WR12) | ▲ 8.3 | +23.9% |
| Tank Dell WR | 193.2 (WR78) | 186.7 (WR74) | ▲ 6.5 | +3.4% |
| Cyrus Allen WR | 215.9 (WR120) | 209.5 (WR85) | ▲ 6.4 | +3.0% |
| Michael Wilson WR | 101.3 (WR47) | 95.6 (WR44) | ▲ 5.7 | +5.6% |
| Jonathon Brooks RB | 98.3 (RB35) | 92.9 (RB34) | ▲ 5.4 | +5.5% |
| Jacoby Brissett QB | 196.9 (QB30) | 191.6 (QB30) | ▲ 5.3 | +2.7% |
| Marshawn Lloyd RB | 197.6 (RB59) | 192.8 (RB58) | ▲ 4.8 | +2.4% |
| Jaydon Blue RB | 194.4 (RB58) | 190.3 (RB57) | ▲ 4.1 | +2.1% |
DeZhaun Stribling and Deebo Samuel are the two biggest risers this week, after Christian Kirk suffered a calf strain and it was announce that Ricky Pearsall would have season-ending PCL surgery. Christian Kirk *should return at some time this month, but Pearsall’s absence + George Kittle coming off of an achilles injury creates a lot of opportunity for targets in this WR room.
Rookie RB Kaelon Black also takes a leap for the 49ers after RB Jordan James fractured his rib in practice last week. These two were set to compete for the RB2 roles behind Christian McCaffrey, and the missed time will likely allow Black an opportunity to take the lead.
Kayshon Boutte jumped this week after reports that he has been one of the Patriots’ best players in practice. His contract is up after this season and the Patriots deep WR room makes him a trade candidate before the start of the season. If he remains on the Pats, he is likely a better best ball asset than season-long. If he is traded to a WR needy team however, his stock could rise even further.
Malik Nabers took a huge leap this week. He looked running/cutting in practice, shutting down a lot of the speculation that his knee injury from last season would significantly hinder his play-to-play ceiling this season. He is likely to be available in Week 1. He is now going ahead of Devonta Smith and Chris Olave.
Biggest Draft Fallers 📉
| Player | Jul 26 | Aug 2 | Chg | % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fernando Mendoza QB | 176.2 (QB27) | 181.5 (QB28) | ▼ 5.3 | -3.0% |
| Braelon Allen RB | 207.8 (RB62) | 213.0 (RB66) | ▼ 5.2 | -2.5% |
| Emmett Johnson RB | 191.1 (RB57) | 196.1 (RB59) | ▼ 5.0 | -2.6% |
| Jaylin Noel WR | 209.7 (WR86) | 214.4 (WR91) | ▼ 4.7 | -2.2% |
| Elijah Sarratt WR | 205.1 (WR82) | 208.4 (WR84) | ▼ 3.3 | -1.6% |
| Sean Tucker RB | 185.4 (RB55) | 188.7 (RB55) | ▼ 3.3 | -1.8% |
| Xavier Worthy WR | 94.8 (WR44) | 97.8 (WR45) | ▼ 3.0 | -3.2% |
| Keon Coleman WR | 208.0 (WR84) | 210.9 (WR87) | ▼ 2.9 | -1.4% |
| Ryan Flournoy WR | 160.4 (WR65) | 163.2 (WR66) | ▼ 2.8 | -1.7% |
| Darnell Mooney WR | 197.2 (WR79) | 199.9 (WR79) | ▼ 2.7 | -1.4% |
| Chuba Hubbard RB | 79.2 (RB30) | 81.8 (RB30) | ▼ 2.6 | -3.3% |
| Germie Bernard WR | 187.7 (WR75) | 190.3 (WR77) | ▼ 2.6 | -1.4% |
The falls amongst guys being drafted in the top-250 were minor this week. Ricky Pearsall fell out of the range completely with his season ending, and Christian Kirk/Jordan James were never in that range to begin with.
Fernando Mendoza fell a couple of picks, with reports that the Raiders will likely play Kirk Cousins for the entire season (our team is skeptical about this, but we will see.)
Keon Coleman was reportedly returning punts in practice, a sign that he may be fighting for a roster spot.
Germie Bernard also fell slightly, likely due to the reports that Roman Wilson was playing over him in 3-WR sets in practice.
Chiefs WR Xavier Worthy was carted off the field on Saturday with a shoulder injury. He reportedly did not “look distressed” but this is certainly concerning considering a shoulder injury is what limited for much of last season. *Update - Worthy is expected to return to practice later this week.
