Trey Sermon was selected by the San Francisco 49ers with the No. 88 pick in the 2021 NFL draft. He’ll join Raheem Mostert, Jeff Wilson, and Wayne Gallman in a suddenly stacked running back room. I’m mostly joking with the headline, but this was a better-than-best-case scenario, especially considering the injury backgrounds of his committee mates. The 49ers turn everyone into a fantasy star, and Sermon…...

D’Wayne Eskridge was selected by the Seattle Seahawks with the No. 56 pick in the 2021 NFL draft. Eskridge will have his work cut out for him if wants to earn his way into significant playing time. Eskridge played his college ball at Central Michigan and was used as both a wide receiver and defensive back. It’s encouraging to see him selected as a Round…...

Terrace Marshall was selected by the Carolina Panthers with the No. 59 pick in the 2021 NFL draft. He’ll join D.J. Moore and Robby Anderson as the Panthers attempt to build around Sam Darnold. It’s never the best start to an NFL career when rumored medical issues push you down the board and onto a roster with two 1,000-yard wide receivers. It gets worse when…...

Rondale Moore was selected by the Arizona Cardinals with the No. 49 pick in the 2021 NFL draft. He’ll join DeAndre Hopkins and Kyler Murray to form one of the most electric trios in professional football. For Arizona fans, this is a dream selection. The Cardinals spent 2020 trying to use Christian Kirk and Larry Fitzgerald to take the pressure off Hopkins. Signing A.J. Green’s…...

Elijah Moore was selected by the Jets with the No. 34 pick in the 2021 NFL draft. With one of the more underwhelming receiving corps in the league last season, New York has addressed that by signing Corey Davis in free agency and now by using a second-round pick on Moore.  Regardless of your past feelings regarding the Jets, the offense is undergoing a revitalization…....

Javonte Williams was selected by the Denver Broncos with the No. 35 pick in the NFL draft. He will quickly wrestle starting duties from Melvin Gordon, but will he be able to thrive in an offense led by Drew Lock or Teddy Bridgewater? Williams had plenty of supporters as the top running back in this draft, and the Broncos couldn’t resist early in the second round…....

It was a foregone conclusion that Kyle Pitts would hear his name called well inside the top-10 picks of the 2021 NFL Draft. In fact, he was the odds-on favorite to be selected exactly where he went, pick four to the Atlanta Falcons. Some draft pundits were expecting the Falcons to trade down, but it turns out they were just fine taking one of the…...

Rashod Bateman was selected by the Baltimore Ravens with the No. 27 pick in the 2021 NFL draft. This is one of the reasons I’ve been urging people to buy Lamar Jackson. And for Bateman . . . keep in mind that everyone was excited about Mark Andrews and Marquise Brown a year ago. The former Minnesota star is a bigger talent, and he could…...

Travis Etienne was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars with the No. 25 pick in the 2021 NFL draft. This is why the Jaguars owned the No. 1 overall pick in the first place. James Robinson was the shining light for Jacksonville last year. He ranked No. 7 in Expected Fantasy points (EP) and No. 10 in fantasy points over expectation (FPOE). He scored seven rushing…...

Kadarius Toney was selected by the New York Giants with the No. 20 pick in the 2021 NFL draft. He’ll offer a Percy Harvin-like complement to Kenny Golladay as the Giants continue to build around Daniel Jones. The Giants receiving corps struggled in 2020. Sterling Shepard missed four games and was little more than an underneath threat. Darius Slayton led the team with 751 receiving…...

With the No. 24 pick of the 2021 NFL Draft, the Pittsburgh Steelers selected running back Najee Harris out of Alabama. Fans and fantasy owners everywhere can now dream about the second coming of Le’Veon Bell. Harris comes into the NFL after a stellar four-year stint with the Crimson Tide. He played in 51 games, rushing for 3,843 yards at an average of 6.0 yards…...

With the 10th pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, the Philadelphia Eagles selected wide receiver DeVonta Smith from Alabama. The Eagles sent a third-round pick to their NFC East rivals the Dallas Cowboys to move up from 12 to 10 to take Smith. Smith comes into the NFL after an illustrious four-year stint with the Crimson Tide. In 47 games for Alabama, Smith caught 235…...

With the sixth pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, the Miami Dolphins selected Jaylen Waddle, former Alabama wide receiver. He was the second WR selected with Ja’Marr Chase going to the Cincinnati Bengals at pick five. Waddle played three seasons for the Crimson Tide and appeared in 34 games. His 2020 season was cut short due to injury, and he ended up playing just six…...

Ja’Marr Chase was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals with the No. 5 pick in the 2021 NFL draft. Last week I explained why Chase was one of the best WR prospects ever. What does his arrival in Cincinnati mean for the Bengals? With the pick, the Bengals not only give 2020’s No. 1 pick Joe Burrow an additional weapon, but also reunite him with his…...

Dave Caban reacts to the landing spots of quarterbacks selected in Round 1 of the 2021 NFL Draft and explains how you should approach them in Superflex.  The Jacksonville Jaguars started off the 2021 NFL draft by selecting Trevor Lawrence. Zach Wilson, who rose up draft boards this spring, went to the New York Jets with the No. 2 overall pick, and the 49ers brought…...