For the past few years here at ESPN Fantasy Football, we have given you direct access to Adam Schefter's personal list of early-, mid- and late-round targets. Before being published here, this list was one he would share only with friends and family. Now it has become an annual tradition exclusively for ESPN+ subscribers -- because any friend of fantasy is a friend of Adam's.
Below are some players whom I feel pretty strongly about this season. Obviously, these aren't the only players I think will excel in 2020, but I feel these players have a real chance to outperform their current draft value. If given a choice at certain junctures in the draft, or in a tiebreaker situation, these are players who will receive strong consideration.
I am in one 12-team league, in which some of these players will not need to be drafted, and one 16-team league, in which some of them might be more valuable. But again, these are players I believe hold strong value relative to their ADPs and are poised to have productive seasons.
I hope this list proves helpful. Good luck this season!
Quarterbacks
Strong picks
Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs
Lamar Jackson, Baltimore Ravens
Dak Prescott, Dallas Cowboys
Value picks
Kyler Murray, Arizona Cardinals
Tom Brady, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Daniel Jones, New York Giants
Matthew Stafford, Detroit Lions
Sleeper picks
Jared Goff, Los Angeles Rams
Teddy Bridgewater, Carolina Panthers
Drew Lock, Denver Broncos
Joe Burrow, Cincinnati Bengals
Tyrod Taylor, Los Angeles Chargers
Running backs
Strong picks
Christian McCaffrey, Carolina Panthers
Saquon Barkley, New York Giants
Clyde Edwards-Helaire, Kansas City Chiefs
Value picks
Austin Ekeler, Los Angeles Chargers
Nick Chubb, Cleveland Browns
Chris Carson, Seattle Seahawks
Jonathan Taylor, Indianapolis Colts
Sleeper picks
Chase Edmonds, Arizona Cardinals
Damien Harris, New England Patriots
Anthony McFarland Jr., Pittsburgh Steelers
Devine Ozigbo, Jacksonville Jaguars
Wide receivers
Strong picks
Michael Thomas, New Orleans Saints
Tyreek Hill, Kansas City Chiefs
Adam Thielen, Minnesota Vikings
Mike Evans, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Chris Godwin, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Value picks
A.J. Brown, Tennessee Titans
Robert Woods, Los Angeles Rams
Cooper Kupp, Los Angeles Rams
DJ Chark Jr., Jacksonville Jaguars
Tyler Lockett, Seattle Seahawks
DK Metcalf, Seattle Seahawks
Terry McLaurin, Washington
Marquise Brown, Baltimore Ravens
Diontae Johnson, Pittsburgh Steelers
Will Fuller V, Houston Texans
DeVante Parker, Miami Dolphins
Jamison Crowder, New York Jets
Golden Tate, New York Giants
Sleeper picks
CeeDee Lamb, Dallas Cowboys
Michael Pittman Jr., Indianapolis Colts
Parris Campbell, Indianapolis Colts
Justin Jefferson, Minnesota Vikings
Steven Sims Jr., Washington
Bryan Edwards, Las Vegas Raiders
Kendrick Bourne, San Francisco 49ers
Scotty Miller, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Tight ends
Strong picks
Travis Kelce, Kansas City Chiefs
George Kittle, San Francisco 49ers
Value picks
Mark Andrews, Baltimore Ravens
Hayden Hurst, Atlanta Falcons
Darren Waller, Las Vegas Raiders
T.J. Hockenson, Detroit Lions
Mike Gesicki, Miami Dolphins
Noah Fant, Denver Broncos
Sleeper picks
Chris Herndon, New York Jets
Blake Jarwin, Dallas Cowboys
Dan Arnold, Arizona Cardinals