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Consensus of 31 Experts - Mar 24, 2019It’s hard to argue with the three players in front of McCaffrey , if you don’t look at last season’s fantasy results. McCaffrey was the second highest scoring running back in the CSR fantasy leagues on Yahoo Sports, trailing only Saquon Barkley. With an improved offensive line I can see McCaffrey having an even better season. The bigger surprise in the two top tiers is the drop by Odell Beckham Jr. I was thinking he upgraded his offense Stitched Mario Addison Jersey , not downgraded it by going to Cleveland. To get Beckham at No. 13would be a steal in my view. His new quarterback Baker Mayfield is also seriously under valued as the No. 16 quarterback. Running back Le’Veon Bell is also undervalued at No. 12 given the Jets have traditionally been a run first team. We’ll have to see how the new coaching staff uses him but they would be derelict in duty to not give him the ball a lot. I can see Bell’s ranking jumping into the top five once he reports to training camp. My theory on this low ranking is pundit owners like myself are still a little sunburned from his 2018 season hold out. Losing a first round pick like that is tough to swallow. Worse was the week after week of false hopes he would end his hold out. It was agony I tell you! or so I was told, I didn’t draft him. The biggest absence from the top two tiers is easily wide receiver Antonio Brown. This one I somewhat agree with. I don’t have much confidence in the Raiders even with Jon Gruden leading the team. I’ll be taking a ‘wait and see’ approach to Brown and Tyreek Hill as well for that matter.There’s lots of value in the third tier, even the tight ends. New comer Greg Kittle is the real deal though I would not draft him higher than the third round. JuJu Smith-Schuster, Aaron Jones and A.J. Green are my picks to outperform their current draft ranking.I still don’t understand how 13 running backs Youth Cameron Artis-Payne Jersey , 12 wide receivers and three tight ends can be ranked higher than the top quarterback when quarterbacks occupy six of the top ten scorers in 2018, including the top four spots. Yet that is the game I play in every draft. The better fantasy owners don’t over-draft players they think will out perform their draft positions. If you pick early in the first round of a 12-team league, then Patrick Mahomes should be there in the third after you’ve snatched up a top running back and a second tier wide receiver. For example here’s a solid three round start to a draft: No. 4 - Christian McCaffrey No. 20 - JuJu Smith-SchusterNo. 28 - Patrick MahomesDon’t like Mahomes at No. 28? Picking this low in the third round there is no way Mahomes would still be on the board at No. 40. Of course you Panthers homers could instead pick Cam Newton here. I would wait to No. 40 to take Newton myself and instead select T.Y. Hilton in the third and then Newton in the fourth. That is a winning core right there. Panthers owner David Tepper may have thought life as an NFL owner was easy (aside from the being wealthy enough to own one, of course).His Panthers were 6-2 at the midway point of the season Stitched Cameron Artis-Payne Jersey , making his trip to his hometown of Pittsburgh (where large brick-and-mortar things are named for him) a midseason victory lap.But then the Panthers were blown out on national television, and their season unraveled the same way quarterback Cam Newton‘s shoulder appeared to. They lost seven straight games, and Newton was parked for the final two games.In his first remarks about the season with the website he owns, Tepper acknowledged the health of his quarterback was a major factor in the disappointment.“There’s no secrets there. Cam’s shoulder was obviously an issue the second half of the season Youth Fozzy Whittaker Jersey ,” Tepper said in the EXCLUSIVE staff meeting. “I think it was pretty well known that he wasn’t throwing in practices. That was probably a problem. That threw off his rhythm. And at the end of the season, we couldn’t throw the ball downfield – which was a big problem.”Newton’s health will be one of the main storylines for the Panthers going into 2019, as they have to find someone able to start some games if he can’t. So far they haven’t indicated he needs surgery, which would be a huge positive for them.Tepper also alluded to the coaching changes they made on defense (with Ron Rivera taking over play-calling and firing two assistants) Stitched Fozzy Whittaker Jersey , saying they were “maybe a little too late.”But he’s also decided to stick with Rivera and General Manager Marty Hurney for the coming year, as he learns his way through his first year as an owner.