How will Ashton Jeanty’s injury impact his ADP?
Yahoo Sports fantasy analyst Matt Harmon is joined by the Fantasy Footballer's Mike Wright, Jason Moore and Andy Holloway to discuss how Ashton Jeanty's recent injury will impact his ADP. Check out the full conversation on the "Yahoo Fantasy Forecast" - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube or wherever you listen.
Video Transcript
Looks like Ashton Jeanty only has a sprained ankle coming out of the practice injury from Sunday.
Now, to be fair, we don't know how high this sprained ankle is- And that matters which is obviously the, the concern.
That does matter, Mike.
However, it looks like we've avoided, like, a season-ending catastrophic injury for Ashton Jeanty.
So, Andy, I'll start with you here.
If you're drafting a team right now today, like, where does Ashton Jeanty fall in your rankings?
What do you do with Mike Washington?
Reaction to this news here of the Raiders backfield.
Yeah, it was absolutely insane yesterday because people were in the middle of their drafts trying to hedge.
We were sitting here with our rankings going, like, how-- You don't pull him necessarily off the board without conclusive news, but we don't necessarily wanna have people drafting him in the exact same spot, so it was a, it was a tough situation.
I'm in a draft today, in an- FFT open draft.
I was sitting there in the, late second round.
Jeanty was on the board, and I took him.
I took Jeanty at that spot.
I felt like it was worth it.
You know, whether it lingers a week or two into the year, I feel like, the value on him late second, I felt like, it was worth it.
You know, if I can get Mike Washington later, I mean, maybe I think about that, but at this point, I think we just avoided one of the worst injuries on one of the worst draft day situations and, you know, the, the alarm that was going out on Twitter, all the unverified reports of what happened and us trying to draw conclusions from them turning the music on the boombox off at practice.
I mean, the, I mean, this is what it is now in fantasy.
We gotta react- Yeah and we gotta react quick.
But, you know, I know there were some people that made trades probably on the first bit of news and drafted Mike Washington very high, but as of right now, I think we're all breathing a sigh of relief.
As long as that, like, high ankle sprain doesn't go so high that it becomes like a knee- I think we're gonna be okay.
Yeah, I, I think that would be ideal.
I will say just, yeah, for me personally, I dropped Jeanty behind guys I honestly kinda wanted to drop him behind anyways.
Kenneth Walker, Derrick Henry.
Mm-hmm.
I was, like, kinda looki- as Scott and I were talking about this at the beginning of yesterday's episode, I'm just kinda looking for a reason to boost those guys.
Like, I think I felt a little more confident in those offensive ecosystems anyways, even though I'm really a big fan of what Jeanty can be for the Raiders.
This sorta gives you an excuse to push him down.
I think the right move is into that maybe early third-round range for me.
Late second, I think is, is appropriate for the Ashton Jeanty fall after the injury.
But yeah, I think we've avoided the worst-case scenario here.
