Andrew Erickson#30 of 87 NFL pundits · Sep 6, 2026
Erickson is avoiding Jake Ferguson, who they say is overvalued as a fringe TE1 with George Pickens back, and expects Ryan Flournoy to take on a larger Dallas role; they also fade Mark Andrews, expecting their decline to continue.
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What Andrew Erickson said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromHe's being overvalued as a fringe TE1 because of his teammates' missed games in 2025.
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- 6 Players Experts Do Not Draft (2026 Fantasy Football)
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- 1Mark Andrews to fall short of his draft cost (top-15 consensus tight end)“But I'm afraid his decline will continue after he has failed to command the same type of volume over the last two seasons... Just say no.”
- 2Jake Ferguson to fall short of his draft cost (fringe TE1)“Ferguson is facing a major uphill battle to rise above TD-or-bust TE territory. He's being overvalued as a fringe TE1”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Andrews to fall short of his draft cost (top-15 consensus tight end)1 | Fantasy Bust Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| Jake Ferguson to fall short of his draft cost (fringe TE1)2 | Fantasy Bust Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 calls · 2 waiting | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
2 checkable claims — 2 fantasy bust calls — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 4 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
None of them have settled yet — they grade once their results are in.
Each call is scored 0 to 100 against what happened, on its own, by the published methodology. The naive guess is what knowing nothing would have scored on the same calls; the gap, weighted by how hard the call was, is the skill.
1Fantasy Bust CallsMark AndrewsBaltimore Ravens
Mark Andrews to fall short of his draft cost (top-15 consensus tight end)
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
2Fantasy Bust CallsJake FergusonDallas Cowboys
Jake Ferguson to fall short of his draft cost (fringe TE1)
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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