We’re firmly through the first month of Best Ball Mania 6 (BBM 6) on Underdog, and the ADP has settled into a pretty comfortable holding pattern besides occasional injury news or camp holdouts that cause a shift. With a good idea of where the pockets of players are going in each round, I’ll lay out the best Rounds 10-18 picks in BBM6 to help you try to win $2 million.
Round 10
There’s a lot of great picks in the 10th round, but I’m going to show my true “slappy” colors in this round and talk about Bhayshul Tuten. Yes, I know Travis Etienne is still there (for now anyways). Yes, I know Tank Bigsby is still there. I just don’t honestly care that much.
We have a new regime in Jacksonville, and they made immediate moves in the NFL draft to give Liam Coen and Trevor Lawrence some talented, explosive new weapons to deploy. Travis Hunter is the headliner, but new Jags’ GM James Gladstone specifically mentioned Tuten in his interview for the position as a target for the offense, and he snapped him up in the early 4th round of the draft as the 7th RB off the board, the first one selected on Day 3.
Tuten displayed blazing speed at the Combine, along with a solid production profile in college and intriguing sneaky good size. He is hand-picked by the new front office and coaching staff, and only has to beat out a wildly mediocre player in Bigsby, and a former 1st round pick who had an abysmal season last year in Travis Etienne. If Tuten can outperform Etienne in camp, he could win valuable touches on an offense we all have much higher hopes for. And even if he doesn’t, he has the kind of explosiveness and talent where it might only take one opportunity for him to become a smash pick in the 10th.
Round 11
I just can’t stop drafting David Njoku in the 11th round. You don’t have to sell me that the Cleveland Browns are going to be cheeks on offense, I will carry that banner proudly at the front.
However, David Njoku is the type of athlete and receiving talent who can be somewhat QB-proof and offense-proof. We also have supporting evidence of how he plays with Joe Flacco from 2 seasons ago, where Njoku was basically the TE1 the back half of the season.
Plus, there’s also a chance that either Shadeur or Dillon Gabriel are good, which is a huge boost to Njoku if it turns out to be true. It’s not a bet that I’d personally make in a vacuum, but it’s also not impossible or even incredibly improbable to happen. Njoku feels like he’s the second option on a doomed offense, but it’s not set in stone that the offense is doomed. Just a higher probability than most other offenses in the draft.
And again, even if the Browns are as bad as we expect them to be, the only two check boxes you ever need to check to hit big at TE are: top 2 target on the team, and scores a good chunk of TDs. Touchdowns aren’t predictive or predictable, and even a player on a bad offense could luck their way into 8-10 touchdowns any given year (see Nick Westbrook-Ikine in 2024). Njoku is talented, has proven he can command a lot of targets, and is cheap. He’s my primary TE target on Underdog outside of Bowers and McBride.
Round 12
The 12th round of BBM6 is completely devoid of WRs by ADP. All the QBs are solid picks, as are most of the TEs (except Dalton Kincaid). However, to me, the best pick in Round 12 is the handcuff to my favorite pick in Round 2. Isaac Guerendo is basically a 10 RAS prospect, in a Kyle Shanahan offense, behind an aging RB that has gotten hurt at a relatively consistent rate before.
Guerendo is basically a younger, better version of Raheem Mostert when he was on the 49ers, and is positioned as the clear handcuff on what could sneakily return to being a Top 5 team offense in 2025. He has insane straight line speed and one-cut ability, making him a perfect fit for this offense. I love the upside he provides as the back up to CMC, even if he is less likely to provide value outside of injury.
Drafting for upside is a requirement to play this game, and to me, the San Francisco offense holds the key to winning big in the 2025 season. The offense is back and fully healthy (so far at least), they have by far the easiest strength of schedule in the league, and they are in a weaker division with no elite defenses.
Round 13
I was totally enamored with Jaylin Noel as a prospect pre-draft. On the surface, I was a bit sad that he joined his teammate Jayden Higgins in Houston. The Texans’ WR room went from Nico Collins and a bunch of replacement-level JAGS to suddenly being crowded behind Collins.
However, I still think CJ Stroud is a good NFL quarterback, even if I am very concerned about Houston’s O-Line this year. Yes, Nico is undoubtedly the alpha in the room, but it’s a 3 way battle for 2 spots after that. I personally don’t think Christian Kirk is more than an average receiver for fantasy anymore. It comes down to how good Higgins and Noel actually are that will determine how much opportunity they earn.
I like Higgins at his price, and I absolutely love Noel at this price. Noel was the 79th pick overall in the NFL Draft, and frankly there were aspects of his game I liked better as a prospect than Higgins. Higgins is the better overall prospect, reflected by the fact he was 1 pick away from being a 1st round NFL draft pick. But I can absolutely see a world where Jaylin Noel beats out Christian Kirk for the WR3 role, and there’s even a world (though farther-fetched for sure) where he’s better than Kirk and Higgins and is just the Texans’ WR2 at an ADP of 150.
Round 14
Based on the BBM6 ADP of his weapons, Geno Smith should be going much higher than this. He has a Top 5 projected rookie RB going in the 1st, and the expected TE1 overall going in the 2nd. Then Jakobi Meyers goes in the 6th-8th round as the clear WR1 for the team, with an upside pick later in 2nd round NFL draft pick Jack Bech available. He also has a fun back-stack option available in the 18th with 4th round rookie Dont’e Thornton Jr.
Geno is a solid real-life NFL QB, and the Seahawks moving on from him was more of a poor decision by Seattle, than a reflection on Geno’s ability. The Hawks seem to be bottoming out a bit for a potential rebuild, while the Raiders loaded up and look poised to be trying to compete in a loaded AFC West.
This round is frankly dominated by the QBs, and while I like the upside of Ward and Young, I think Geno gives you an incredibly safe floor with underrated upside as your QB2 or QB3 in a build. If the Raiders protect him, and Jeanty is who we think he is, Geno can be a very valuable late round selection for you, especially if you have Raiders to stack him with.
Round 15
Folks, I need to make a confession here. I am deeply, deeply Roschon Johnson-pilled right now. Let me be clear, I don’t think Roschon is particularly good. But I also don’t think D’Andre Swift is particularly good, and neither is Kyle Monangai. However, I do believe the Chicago Bears offense is going to be much better than last year under Ben Johnson.
Roschon just needs to beat out Monangai for the goal line role, and he has potential to have 20 or more RedZone carries if the Bears do improve like we project. Swift should get plenty of passing down work, but there’s also a chance that Roschon takes more of the 1st and 2nd down work as well, if Swift is inefficient to start out the year.
Most importantly, I don’t think Roschon is a 0. I think he will provide you a minimum threshold of points every week, and he has TD upside that is hard to find this late in the draft, especially before training camp has even started.
Honorable mention to Pat Bryant here. He could just be the Broncos’ WR2 from the get go, and if that is the case, he’s a smash at this price.
Round 16
Full disclosure, it’s taken me a while to write this article compared to when this screenshot was taken. The correct answer today based on this ADP is JK Dobbins, but that’s not really a fair exercise considering he’d never be in this range now.
Instead, I will nominate DeMario Douglas as the best Round 16 selection in BBM6. He’s not a sexy pick by any means, but he is also currently projected as the slot receiver for the Patriots, with very little competition behind him to challenge for that role.
Stefon Diggs is the obvious 1st option, and rookie 3rd round pick Kyle Williams seems pretty live to win the other outside receiver role. That leaves Douglas as the favorite for the slot, on an ascending offense for an ascending quarterback in Drake Maye.
To me, Douglas is a similar player as WanDale Robinson, but Douglas doesn’t have an absolute target monster in Malik Nabers ahead of him, and Pop easily has the better quarterback of the two players. Plus, Pop is cheaper than WanDale to boot. I don’t think he’ll ever give you a 30 point week, but I can absolutely visualize him giving you a couple 18 point weeks filling your Flex, which could be what you need in a given week to help you advance out of your pod.
Round 17
In a similar vein of Round 16, my favorite click in BBM6 Round 17 is another boring WR2-3 for their team in Darius Slayton on the Giants. I get it, you are having visions of 2 years ago, where you could take Puka Nacua, Kyren Williams, DeVon Achane, Tank Dell, and Raheem Mostert late in drafts. It was upside City in the late rounds.
The problem is that those guys were obvious selections in August, when we had evidence and reports out of camp and pre-season to help inform our decisions. Right now, everything is speculation on that front. Even though I think a lot of these rookies and young players offer better upside if realized, they also offer a much greater chance to not get the chance to ever realize said upside.
Darius Slayton is the WR2 for the Giants, full-stop. WanDale is a pure slot receiver, and Slayton is beloved by the franchise and consistently gets routes and playing time. He also has decent spike week potential, even though he doesn’t feel like the type of player to give you that. Slayton has provided several 25+ point weeks before, including in the fantasy playoffs, where all the money in BBM6 is made.
I don’t think Slayton will out-perform his ADP by 100 spots like the occasional rookie can do. But I also think the only way he doesn’t return fair or better value at his ADP is injury.
Round 18
Well my friends, we’ve made it to the 18th! The world is our oyster, and there is so much potential upside (and downside) to choose from as we close out this draft and this article series. I said in my Worst Picks article that we should be avoiding the young backs in ambiguous backfields for now. Again, the key to that statement is, for now. When we have better reason to believe certain players have won a job or are lighting it up in pre-season/camp, then we can start hammering these guys in every draft you do.
The worst possible thing you can draft in BBM6 is a player who doesn’t score any points. If these rookies don’t hit their upside case, they are basically wastes of a roster spot for you, and you are going to be hard-pressed to win it all if you handicap yourself by adding automatic zeros every single week, without even taking injury luck into account.
With that being said, there is a good selection of players available in Round 18 who are most likely going to be starters on their teams, meaning they are never going to be a 0 outside of a freak game or an injury. There’s lots of names to choose from here, so I’ll give you some of my current favorites.
At QB, you can draft rookie Tyler Shough, or go old with Russell Wilson to give you early QB points (especially if you went pretty late on the QBs you drafted before). Running back is somewhat devoid of guaranteed points, but is also by far the most full of potential upside and potential points if the players are better than the market expects. One vet I like who has less full 0 risk than most is Miles Sanders for the Cowboys. Javonte looked washed last year, and Jaydon Blue was a pass-catching specialist in college. Miles could easily be the guy out of camp.
The best “safe” values late right now are WR and TE, as you can get some starters with upside to give you a spike week here or there. At receiver, I like Adonai Mitchell, Roman Wilson, Dontayvion Wicks, Elijah Moore, Diontae Johnson, and KaVontae Turpin as stacking partners or Week 17 game bring-backs. There’s also several solid starting TEs still available here, including Juwan Johnson, Theo Johnson, Tyler Conklin, and possibly Cole Kmet for at least a while (Loveland is still not practicing yet as we approach July).
I like all of these players as ways to ensure you secure some points on your roster, with small outs to being legitimately useful in some cases as well. That rounds out the best picks in every round of BBM6, let me know who your favorite clicks are on Underdog these days.
