Your opinion on where these players are drafted next year.

Just my predictions:

Ekeler: mid rounds. Never bought into the hype this year and I’m glad I shied away from him

Kupp: end of the first round. He will still be worth that gamble

Kelce: still the first TE off the board with people expecting a ‘bounce back’ year

Mahomes: still the top 1/2 QB taken. Not gonna guess a round because QBs are taken all over the place

How can anyone possibly draft Kupp ahead of Puka? Kupp isn’t totally done but Puka was clearly the guy.

Ekeler - I think he is a 3rd/4th rounder if they bring nobody else in which I think they will. If so he falls further. He looks washed. I don’t see him falling further than 5th though bc of name recognition

Kupp- I think he is a early/mid 3rd

Kelce- Mid/Late 3rd - No longer the biggest positional advantage. In flux of young talent at the position. I think he is a bad pick in the 3rd but will get name recognition

Mahomes- Late 3rd/Early 4th unless they bring in a big weapon in off-season. Will also depend on league type. Could be earlier or later

Puka - Early/Mid 2nd

Puka and kupp both 2nd round. Kelce probably 2nd or 3rd TE picked (la porta), mahommes top 5 QB selected. Ekeler (depending on coach and if they bring in another RB) I’d say around the 15-20 rb selected but could be as low as 25-30 selected.

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Interested in where L-Jax goes. MVP and putting up great numbers now, but a major disappointment for a lot of the fantasy season.

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No higher than a 4th for me. I have him in both of my dynasty leagues, but he wasn’t really great for redraft. He had some elite games, particularly in fantasy playoffs, but otherwise he had a lot of mediocre games during the season where Gus Edwards vultured 3 times a game

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Your opinion on where these players are drafted next year.

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Ekeler - Free agent who almost certainly won't be back with his team. 8 point PPR drop from 2022 to 2023 (Woof) and the eye test and advanced metrics both align- he's lost a step or 2. Very dependent on landing spot, but I'd be shocked if he went to a good offense where he's likely to get 15+ touches a game. Probably a 5th - 6th rounder in the infamous "RB dead zone"

Kupp- 9 point PPG drop, struggled with injuries but towards the end of the year he was clearly relegated to 3rd on the team in priority with Puka and Kyren being focal points. At age 31 starting 2024 I'm really not sure what the bull case is. Rounds 4 to 5 seem right, but I could see waiting until the 6th because there are so many good WRs in the game today.

Kelce- 3rd round. Averaged 14.6 PPR points, which was a 4 pt decrease from 2022. Clearly slowing down (IMO) but still a good player and a focal point of a good offense. Mark Andrews went early 3rd in most of my leagues after averaging 12.7 PPR points in 2022. Probably TE2 in ADP behind LaPorta. Andrews, Hockenson, McBride should be similar tier and go rounds 3 to 4.

Mahomes- QB ADP is very league dependent, but I'd guess he goes in the 4th. 7 point PPG drop from 2022 to 2023 (YUCK) but name brand/perception should keep his ADP from cratering.

Puka - Early round 2. With the absence of a 1st round TE and lack of 1st round RBs I think taking him at the end of round 1 is reasonable. He went WR6/17.6 PPR PPG as an unheralded rookie who had to earn it every step of the way. With Stafford playing good ball I see no reason he can't repeat that level of production next season.

I know this is an old conversation but I’m seeing Puka in the late first in some mocks and it seems perfectly reasonable.

I’m taking Kyren, JT, and Puka ahead of Gibbs and AJB but yea I think those are the top 12 or so at this point pretty clearly

Center is a big hole. A lot depends on how Jurgens or whoever else does there.