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Draft Boards
Once a year everybody spends August convinced they've cracked it. Every board below is graded with hindsight — the only analyst this league has ever trusted, and the cruelest one.
Nothing on the board. Right now, every single manager is a genius.
Steal of the draft: Caleb Williams, round 14, by carterbrown — 325 points.
Open the board → 168 picks · 12 teams · snake 2024Steal of the draft: Joe Burrow, round 6, by CadeZerr — 382 points.
Open the board → 168 picks · 12 teams · snake 2023Steal of the draft: Dak Prescott, round 7, by mattbohall — 352 points.
Open the board → 140 picks · 10 teams · snake 2022Steal of the draft: Jalen Hurts, round 7, by carterbrown — 384 points.
Open the board →Career Drafting Table
Value vs round average · who actually knows what they're doingEvery pick, measured against the average return of its round that year, summed across a career. Positive means the board kept breaking their way. Negative means the war room was decorative. 👑 counts picks that finished top-5 among all drafted players in their season.
| # | Manager | Drafts | Value / Season | Career Value | 👑 | Signature Pick | Signature Mistake |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  chopkins01 | 1 | +312 | +312 | Ladd McConkey · ’24 Rd 7, +136 | Gus Edwards · ’24 Rd 9, -98 | |
| 2 |  carterbrown | 4 | +187 | +750 | 2 | Caleb Williams · ’25 Rd 14, +267 | Cam Akers · ’22 Rd 5, -125 |
| 3 |  sammoore05 | 3 | +162 | +486 | 1 | Jalen Hurts · ’23 Rd 3, +147 | Dameon Pierce · ’23 Rd 4, -128 |
| 4 |  Kebz | 3 | +120 | +361 | 2 | Josh Allen · ’23 Rd 2, +159 | Isiah Pacheco · ’24 Rd 2, -191 |
| 5 | bschutter | 2 | +117 | +234 | 1 | Brandon Aiyuk · ’22 Rd 10, +144 | Kyle Pitts · ’22 Rd 4, -147 |
| 6 | tyadams | 4 | +115 | +461 | 3 | Lamar Jackson · ’24 Rd 3, +232 | Malik Nabers · ’25 Rd 1, -219 |
| 7 |  cojo69 | 3 | +72 | +215 | 2 | Jared Goff · ’24 Rd 10, +233 | Evan Engram · ’24 Rd 6, -201 |
| 8 | mattbohall | 4 | +66 | +265 | 1 | Brock Bowers · ’24 Rd 8, +180 | Rashee Rice · ’24 Rd 6, -137 |
| 9 | CadeZerr | 4 | -10 | -40 | 2 | Joe Burrow · ’24 Rd 6, +180 | Mike Evans · ’25 Rd 4, -135 |
| 10 |  Hornbucket69 | 4 | -47 | -187 | 2 | Adam Thielen · ’23 Rd 11, +168 | Darren Waller · ’22 Rd 4, -183 |
| 11 | RyanAndrew88 | 4 | -121 | -486 | 1 | Patrick Mahomes · ’22 Rd 4, +207 | Christian McCaffrey · ’24 Rd 1, -221 |
| 12 |  kkissel2121 | 4 | -294 | -1177 | 1 | Jayden Daniels · ’24 Rd 9, +249 | Jonathan Taylor · ’22 Rd 1, -183 |
| 13 |  tonyczajka | 4 | -298 | -1194 | 2 | Josh Allen · ’22 Rd 3, +211 | Nick Chubb · ’23 Rd 1, -225 |