Hey everyone. We just pushed a round of improvements to the ProjectTD Draft Cheat Sheet, and this is the version we’re finally happy with.
Three things changed. Tight ends are weighted a lot better now — the position was floating too high on the old sheet and pushing everyone else down. We reworked the QB rubric. And we adjusted how much credit veterans and rookies get, so older guys aren’t coasting forever on what they did two seasons ago and first-year players aren’t buried just because they don’t have stats yet.
Look for updates daily as we get closer to the start of the season. We’ll keep watching all 32 teams for roster news — new starters, guys who changed teams, anybody who wins a job in camp. This is a dynamic time of year and players are still fighting for roster spots and starting jobs, so the board is going to move.
A few rookies worth knowing about. Jeremiyah Love is our top rookie at 93 overall — the third pick of the draft, and Arizona currently lists him behind Tyler Allgeier, which we’d expect to flip before Week 1. Jadarian Price sits at 255 and has the clearest path of anyone in this class: with Ken Walker III gone and Zach Charbonnet hurt, the Seahawks backfield is his. Carnell Tate comes in at 195 and should see real volume in Tennessee right away. Kenyon Sadiq is at 209 and has already climbed to the top of the Jets tight end group. Fernando Mendoza, the first overall pick, is at 229 in Las Vegas, with Kirk Cousins in front of him for now. Ty Simpson is 183 and still working for the backup job behind Matthew Stafford with the Rams.
The thing nobody talks about in August: some of these guys aren’t playing the position you think. Riley Nowakowski came out of Indiana as a tight end and is listed as the Steelers fullback — the only one on their depth chart. Max Bredeson played tight end at Michigan and is now the starting fullback in Minnesota. And Jerand Bradley was a receiver at three different colleges before the Chargers signed him and moved him to tight end.
None of those three are winning you a league. But a position change tells you a lot about what a team really thinks, and it’s the kind of thing that moves a player’s value before anyone updates a ranking. We’ll keep calling them out as they happen.