Buck said now is the perfect moment to load up on Matthew Stafford because the market has not reconciled his 15th-round Best Ball Mania ADP with the cost of his weapons. Puka Nacua is routinely going in round 1 and newcomer Davante Adams in round 3, a pairing Buck compared to Chase–Higgins in Cincinnati. If first- and third-round receivers are going to pay off, their quarterback has to come along for the ride, yet Joe Burrow costs a fifth-round pick while Stafford is available ten rounds later. Buck predicted Stafford will ultimately slide up several rounds once drafters realize quarterback prices across the board are rising and that he is likely to outscore names being drafted ahead of him such as Tua Tagovailoa, Jordan Love and C.J. Stroud. He framed Stafford as the easiest way to get cheap exposure to what could be a top-five passing offense and urged drafters to take him now before the inevitable ADP correction.

Buck argued that Davante Adams remains a top-10 talent and is poised for another elite fantasy season after moving to the Rams. Last year Adams still logged 13th-best half-PPR points per game while splitting time between two bottom-eight scoring offenses. His 2023 game log featured weekly outputs of 21.5, 18.6, 36.3, 17.8 and 15.1 points despite quarterback play from Gardner Minshew and late-stage Aaron Rodgers. Buck highlighted Adams’ league-leading red-zone prowess and noted that pairing him with Stafford’s arm, McVay’s scheme creativity, and defensive attention drawn by Puka Nakua creates a spot where Adams could match or exceed his peak Green Bay efficiency. He believes Adams’ ADP discount is purely situational and that Best Ball players should aggressively draft him for predictable spike weeks in the fantasy playoffs.

Buck said Matthew Stafford is a bargain-bin version of Joe Burrow and an undervalued QB2 in Best Ball Mania drafts. His argument hinges on Stafford still being one of the league’s few true gunslingers who has already proven he can beat the two-high defensive meta. For the first time in his career Stafford could have two elite receivers simultaneously: Puka Nakua and the newly-acquired Davante Adams. Buck reminded listeners that Adams finished 13th in half-PPR points per game last season despite splitting 14 games between Gardner Minshew and late-career Aaron Rodgers on two offenses that were bottom-eight in total touchdowns. Adams posted individual lines of 9-110-1, 36.3 DK points, and several other 17-22 point outings under those conditions. Moving to Sean McVay’s system with Stafford’s arm should dramatically raise the unit’s scoring ceiling and create weekly spike weeks that matter in Weeks 15-17. Buck framed Stafford as the cheapest path to stacking an offense that could rival Cincinnati’s Chase-Higgins pairing in raw upside, making him an actionable late-round target at current ADP.