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The Fantasy Football Club with Sal Vetri

The BEST Picks You Can Make in Every Round of Your Fantasy Draft

The Fantasy Football Club with Sal Vetri

Sal Vetri

Fantasy Sports, Sports

5.0784 Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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The BEST Picks You Can Make in Every Round of Your Fantasy Draft

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0:00.0

These are the absolute best picks you can make in every single round of your fantasy draft.

0:04.7

Because these are the players who actually matter this year and can help you win your leagues. It's not just trendy names or names that feel safe. We're trying to win leagues here. And if you're not familiar, I'm Salvatri. And for the past eight years, I've been helping people win their fantasy leagues. And I plan to do the same for you with this video. And we'll start right at the top in round one of drafts.

0:21.0

As you can see right here, this is round one, the first 10 to 12 picks or so, and the guy that I think is the best pick.

0:25.7

Now, let's get this straight, right? Obviously, round one, if you have the number one overall pick, you take Jamar, Chase, Bejohn, whoever you feel like taken there. But if we're just talking from a value perspective,

0:18.7

especially if you're like pick seven or later,

0:20.9

I'm targeting Christian McCaffrey.

0:22.7

Yes, Christian McCaffrey,

0:24.1

the same fellow who last season ruined everybody as being the number and overall pick in most leagues and then he doesn't end up playing in week one. And then we don't end up seeing him until towards the end of the season and he only plays three games before suffering and knee injury. Yeah, that guy. I think you should take him again in round one. I get it. You might think I'm crazy, right? The 12 points per game and his three completed starts for full games, but let's not get it twisted. If Christian McCaffrey is right this season, and as of right now he is, and based on like April, he was 100% healthy, and now he's only had four more months since then, if that's the case, you're getting the number one overall player like you did in 2023 when he put up one of the best fantasy seasons, one of the five best fantasy seasons ever, of which he has three, by the way, with 24 and a half fantasy points per game. Yes, that's the guy that you're getting. Remember the guy who did this in 2023? Almost 1,500 rushing yards, over 500 receiving yards. That's 2,000 total yards. He had 21 total touchdowns.

1:11.2

He broke 20 runs of 10 plus yards.

1:13.4

What else did he do? 1,500 rushing yards, over 500 receiving yards. That's 2,000 total yards. He had 21 total

1:28.4

touchdowns. He broke 20 runs of 10 plus yards. What else did he do that season? Oh, 67 catches. He was a

1:34.1

monster. And the craziest part is, it's not like Christian McCaffrey just did this in

1:37.8

2023 and we're trying to catch lightning in a bottle. Like, oh, it was a one-time thing, a career

1:41.9

year. It'll never happen again. Not at all, because if you see Dynasty Dad's tweet here on Twitter, make sure to follow him. He says,

1:47.6

Christian McAfree has three of the five highest fantasy running back seasons ever, right?

1:52.0

2023 we just talked about here when he had 391 points. Oh, 385 points the year before that.

1:58.1

Oh, 2019, 471 fantasy points, right? Those are his last three seasons when he entered the year healthy, not coming off of an injury or dealing with an injury in camp. And as of right now, knock on wood, Christian McCaffrey is healthy. And not only is he fully healthy, as you can see in the team changes tracker, which is a part of my fantasy blueprint. If you want to check it out, link down below, you can see right here he has way less competition. Debo Samuel from not only like, you know, a couple carries a game Debo is getting, but also short area targets like screens and in slants, quick short area targets. Jordan Mason, who might have been a threat this year to take some goal line carries or a couple more touches per game than pass running backs. Those guys are gone. There's really no competition. I get it. Isaac Arendo was impressive during his time last year with extended touches. But Isaac Carendo, if we're talking about a healthy Christian McCaffrey isn't going to be involved. It's just not going to be the case. McCaffrey will be one of the short lists to lead all the players in the NFL at the running back position in snaps per game. And as I mentioned, we've already gotten these reports all training camp. He played in every single practice during OTA's training camp in mini camp as well, zero restrictions.

2:55.6

And this report on zero restrictions, as you can see right here from Nick Wagoneer over on ESPN,

3:00.6

April 22nd is when McCaffrey had zero restrictions.

3:04.6

So you're talking about four and a half more months to only get healthier,

3:07.8

to only get more conditioned. You're seeing the clips coming out right now in training camp. McCaffrey looks good. Sure, if like in three weeks there's reports that he's injured again, then we can maybe not take him in round one at that point. But as of right now, we're not getting any of those reports. And as Ian Hartett's posted here, a very helpful tweet in terms of the easiest schedules this season. If we look at the third, this is ranked in order of easiest

3:07.2

for running backs. Number one is Arizona. You can say James Connor. Number two is the Saints, although a bad offense, Alvin Kamara. Number three, San Francisco easiest schedule for running backs. That's Christian McAfrey and which should once again be a good offense. Brock Purdy gets the extension. You still have Kyle Shanahan-Hawing plays. And with Christian McCaffrey, George Kiddo, like, that enough is good to be good. Wow, good to be good. Great analysis, Sal, it's still enough to be a very quality offense, and it will be. The 49ers are currently projected to be a top five scoring offense this year in terms of points per game based on Vegas odds. So yes, McCaffrey, like, I love having a late round pick this year. If you end up with, like, the ninth pick, 10th pick, and you can land Christian McCaffrey, then you come back around and in round two of your fantasy draft, you take the best player that I believe is the best pick in round two. When you combine not only the floor, but the upside of maybe being the number one overall player at his position. And that player's name is Devon H& of the Miami Dolphins. Now here's the deal. We're doing this video in terms of the best pick per round. I'm not trying to build a fantasy team here, right? I'm just trying to identify who I believe right now is the best pick per round. Building a fantasy team is a completely different video, and we've done that in the past. So we're going to take this as an independent every single round in terms of who I think is the best. And if I'm looking for league winning upside, look no further than Devon A. Chan,

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