Matt Wood advocated grabbing Sam Darnold whenever he slides to the 18th round, noting that he is routinely available there and gives best-ball drafters multiple outs. Darnold offers early-season starting potential in Seattle, and stacking him with inexpensive teammates—Zach Charbonnet and tight end Elijah Arroyo in this build—creates a cheap mini-correlation that can pay off if the Seahawks defense regresses and the offense leans pass-heavy. Wood emphasized that late quarterback volume is all that’s required: even if Darnold merely finishes inside the top-25 QBs, the pick pays off at a near-free ADP while still leaving room to grab a higher-ceiling passer earlier in the draft.

Matt Wood explained that he is scooping plenty of Josh Reynolds in the last few rounds because Reynolds is "the clear wide-receiver-two" for the Jets and pairs perfectly with Justin Fields stacks. Reynolds’ every-down role opposite Garrett Wilson gives him weekly spike-week upside at a cost outside the top-200 picks. Wood likes the pick even more in tournament formats, pointing out that Fields’ rushing production lets drafters get away with only two quarterbacks while Reynolds provides cheap correlation for Week-16 game-stack purposes against the Saints (Chris Olave bring-back already on the roster).

Matt Wood liked grabbing Zach Charbonnet at pick 116, citing "weird injury reporting" on Kenneth Walker and a recent coach interview promising Seattle will "run the piss out of the ball." Even if Walker suits up Week 1, Wood thinks the injury cloud plus a run-heavy script give Charbonnet standalone flex value with league-winning upside should Walker miss time. The bonus: Charbonnet offers a Week 16 mini-correlation opposite Davante Adams in playoff pods.

Matt Wood compared Justin Fields current situation to Geno Smith's late-career breakout and called him a "great pick" even without stacking any Jets pass-catchers. Wood believes the change of scenery alone could unlock Fields after years of coaching dysfunction in Chicago, and pointed to Fields preseason rushing touchdown as proof the dual-threat juice is still there. Drafting him naked saves roster spots in Eagles/Commanders-heavy builds while preserving a 30-point weekly ceiling for Best Ball Mania playoff weeks.

Matt Wood said he keeps locking in George Kittle whenever he wants an elite tight end because Kittle is still the last of the big four available before the position "falls off a cliff." Even though Kittle's ADP is inching up, Wood views him as the only way to capture top-tier ceiling without paying full freight for Travis Kelce or Mark Andrews. That discount lets drafters spend early capital elsewhere while still securing a 20-plus-point spike-week threat for Underdog playoff rounds.

Matt Wood told Peter Overzet that in tournaments with "really large pods in the playoffs" he is "absolutely pushing way heavier" into Weeks 16 and 17 game-stacks. Drafting Aaron Jones now that he is a Viking lets him later grab a cheap Giants back (the Vikings draw New York in Week 17) for a two-man bring-back without spending early capital. Conversely, in contests that advance smaller pods Wood deliberately spreads exposure across all three playoff weeks to lower variance. The takeaway: weight your late-season correlation to the size of the playoff funnel—jam two-week stacks like Vikings-Giants when pods are big, diversify when advancement paths are narrower.

While drafting, Matt Wood explained that whenever he starts teams with Saquon Barkley or A.J. Brown he immediately looks to add Terry McLaurin because the Eagles face Washington in Week 16. He emphasized that playoff-week correlation is more valuable this season with Best Ball Mania’s massive 1-of-16 advancement pods. Wood views the NFC East rivalry as a potential high-total indoor game and likes the "skinny stack" of an alpha back or wideout (Barkley/Brown) plus McLaurin when he cannot secure the quarterback. The approach gives built-in ceiling without burning an extra roster spot and is an easy way to differentiate the 4- and 5-seed teams that reach the Week 16 semifinals.

Matt Wood said he is nearly 30 percent exposed to Dallas Goedert because the tight end sat in the 12th–14th-round pocket for most of pre-draft season and never should have. Wood called Goedert one of the summer’s best values, pointing out that joint-practice beat writers are already tweeting that Goedert "was cooking" the Eagles defense. With the same Hurts-led offense that finished top-three in red-zone pass rate last year and minimal target competition behind A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith, Wood expects Goedert to outperform the mid-TE1 tier he is still priced in on Underdog and drafters should keep scooping the discount before camp buzz pushes him up another round.