BIJAN AND THE CHAOS ENGINE
The strange thing about Naafay's roster is that the bench might be better than the starting lineup. Bijan at 1.02 anchors everything. Pickens and Davante Adams start at receiver, while DK Metcalf, Jordan Addison, and Khalil Shakir sit behind them, all bought at real discounts. The back half of this draft, Addison at 118, Shakir at 143, Nailor at 191, was some of the sharpest shopping anyone did all afternoon.
The front half is where the chaos lives. Javonte Williams and Jadarian Price, the latter 26 picks ahead of market, hold the RB2 job between them. Kamara at 122 against a price of 158 is a bet against the market's obituary. Caleb Williams is the quarterback and Kyle Pitts is the tight end, two sentences that have ended in shrugs for multiple consecutive preseasons.
Eleventh on the board — and Naafay went 10-4 last season and still finished eighth once the bracket had its say, so he knows better than anyone that these numbers are an opening argument. This is the classic eleventh that is one good October waiver week from looking silly. The depth is real. The starting lineup just hasn't been introduced to it yet.
Naafay's main draft-week contribution to league discourse was proposing next year's draft happen in a cabin in Montenegro, which is also a fair description of this roster: a great idea, location still uncertain.