Rademaker rejects Kittle, reaches for Kincaid 25 picks later

Tenth draft in this league and the first time he has ever picked as high as fourth, against a previous best of fifth in 2023. He spent it on a 291.0-point receiver who comes out 1st of 16 among this league's WR1s, which is the last unambiguously good thing that happens on this page.

Breece Hall (223.6 points) lasted until 33 and Javonte Williams (225.0 points) until 34, both of them projected well clear of Kyren's 213.4 points. The back he took instead is 14th of 16 among this league's RB1s.

George Pickens and his 217.2 points sat there for two more picks and went at 38. Smith's 197.3 points still make him the 4th-best WR2 in the league, so the bill is small, but it was paid for nothing.

Jaylen Warren (174.0 points) was on the board and went at 74, while Pollard's 163.4 points became a flex ranked 14th of 16 in this league. Worse, George Kittle (158.0-point Harold Fannin Jr. too) was sitting here unclaimed: Fannin went at 80, Kittle and his 155.0 points at 83, and the consequences arrive 25 picks later.

Twelfth tight end off the board when the market had him fifteenth, which is the invoice for taking Pollard over Kittle or Fannin at 68. Kincaid has never finished a season better than 14th among tight ends in points per game, and his 130.0 points leave this roster 13th of 16 at the position.

The fourth time he has drafted Aaron Jones, after 2018, 2021 and 2024, and the least defensible of the four: Jones is 31 and finished last season dead last among 65 backs with 50-plus carries in forced missed tackle rate. The services have no idea what to do with him either, Draft Sharks at 124.0 points and RotoBaller at 165.0, and J.K. Dobbins (165.5 points) went five picks later at 105.

Shakir was listed Questionable on draft day and projects 136.0 points; Jayden Reed (144.9 points) went at 127 and Romeo Doubs (140.5 points) at 129.

Exactly where the market had him at QB19, and with Burrow having missed at least six games in three of his six seasons, a second quarterback is the rare hedge on this roster that answers a real question.

Fourth defense off the board when the market had him seventh, in a league where everybody sits on their hands at the position until the end. The Eagles land 9th of 16 among this league's starting defenses.

Dicker's 161.9 points rank 2nd of 16 among this league's kickers, making him the best-placed man on the roster after Nacua and better placed than the tight end, the running back and the flex combined. He was also listed Questionable on the day.

Davis is the insurance policy on James Cook III, who went at overall 7 to somebody else entirely. That is 40.1 points of protection for another manager's roster, and Jerry Jeudy (113.9 points) went with the very next pick at 190.

A second tight end at 122.7 points behind a first tight end at 130.0 points is less a hedge than a confession.

Last pick of the draft with the 13th-ranked tight end spot of 16 still unfixed, and AJ Barner (103.0 points) and Chig Okonkwo (100.5 points) went undrafted by all sixteen teams. Bernard projects 88.5 points and opens the season third or fourth in line in Pittsburgh.