London already graded like a WR1/WR2 in target share, targets per route, and yards per route, but averaged only 10.8 PPG his first two years. After Michael Penix Jr. took over, London jumped to 16.5 PPG in three games. McFarland compared the pairing to Brandon Marshall with Jay Cutler and labeled London a locked-in primary option and low-end WR1 whose ceiling spikes if Penix keeps firing tight-window throws.

Nick Whalen said he is actively selecting Drake London over Puka Nacua at the Round-2 turn because London still has another gear to hit. London has missed only one game in three seasons, then exploded once Michael Penix started: 39 targets, 22 catches, 352 yards and two scores across Weeks 16-18, highlighted by an 18-target Week 18 against Carolina. With Darnell Mooney currently banged up and Atlanta thin behind him, London projects for alpha-level volume. Whalen believes Penix’s big arm finally unlocks London’s down-field usage, giving drafters a plausible top-five finish at a discount.

Shawn Siegele kept Drake London at No. 17 overall— the final name in his "first-round talent" mega-tier— and happily selected him at pick 18. Siegele believes there is a meaningful production cliff after those top 17 players, so landing London in the early second round locks in a profile he grades similarly to the top half of Round-1. The structure edge is simple: take London while the draft room thinks the elite tier is gone and profit from the gap that follows.

Mike Fanelli said Drake London is being drafted at 19.8 overall (WR10) but owns legitimate overall-WR1 upside. London just logged a WR5 season with 1,271 yards (4th in the league), 158 targets (3rd) and nine touchdowns that accounted for 42.9% of Atlanta scores. He finished top-3 among wideouts in target-per-route rate (30%) and first-read share (35.4%) while posting a 39.1% air-yard share. Fanelli noted the Falcons added no meaningful pass-catchers and Darnell Mooney is battling a shoulder injury, so London again profiles as the unquestioned target hog. Quarterback play is also upgraded: with Michael Penix Jr. at the helm London’s splits spiked to a 39% target share, 50.6% air-yard share, 3.74 yards per route run and 23.1 fantasy points per game (WR2 pace) compared to 24.6%, 35.7%, 2.24 and 15.1 (WR9) with Kirk Cousins. Fanelli called London the only receiver going outside Round 1 who could realistically finish as the top overall WR and urged drafters to scoop him at current ADP.

Freedman pegs Drake London for 123 targets (WR15) and a WR25 finish but notes drafters are paying pick 20.4 (WR9) as if London’s 39 targets over Michael Penix’s final three starts are a full-season indicator. Two of those games went to overtime and all three came against bottom-tier pass defenses (Giants, Commanders, Panthers). With Penix still unproven and Arthur Smith expected to funnel offense through the backfield, Freedman argues London’s ceiling is overstated and his floor is risky at the current price.

McFarland called Drake London a low-end WR1 with real upside now that big-armed Michael Penix Jr. replaces last year’s timid passing game. London’s target-share, TPRR, and YPRR numbers have already mapped to WR1/WR2 outcomes, and in three late-season games with Penix he averaged 16.5 PPG. McFarland compared the stylistic fit to Jay Cutler feeding Brandon Marshall 170 targets, noting London finally has a quarterback willing to throw contested intermediates.

Koerner advised scooping Drake London a few spots ahead of his WR9 draft position, noting that London averaged 19.4 half-PPR points (WR2 pace) in the three games Michael Penix Jr. started to close last season and actually finished as the WR1 overall over that stretch. Penix’s greater willingness to push the ball downfield meshes perfectly with London’s win-everywhere skill set, giving him access to both explosive plays and high-percentage middle-of-field targets. London’s schedule is indoors for more than half his games and features several vulnerable pass defenses. Koerner added that a lingering Darnell Mooney shoulder issue could funnel even more targets London’s way, while ancillary pieces like Ray-Ray McCloud and Kyle Pitts are unlikely to threaten true alpha volume. Koerner ranks him squarely inside his personal top seven wideouts and sees WR1-overall ceiling at a late-first/early-second price.

Strachan views Drake London as "one of the lowest-priced receivers who could finish as the WR1 overall." He pointed to a late-season surge once Michael Pennings entered the lineup and believes another jump is coming. London’s 30 % target share over the final month of 2024, combined with expected quarterback growth, drove Strachan to grab him early in Round 2.

Jason Moore said he would draft Drake London ahead of A.J. Brown this season. Moore argued that Atlanta can funnel far more weekly volume to London than Philadelphia will to Brown because the Eagles' elite defense and dominant run game often allow them to throttle back passing in second halves. London projects as the unquestioned first read on nearly every drop-back and should take a "hopeful step up" in consistency with improved quarterback play. Moore believes that target advantage gives London both a safer weekly floor and top-five ceiling, making him his preferred WR1 on that tier even though he still acknowledges Brown’s talent.

Holloway ranked Drake London inside his top-10 wideouts, arguing the volume floor is simply too high to ignore. London earned 157 targets last year and, in three games with Michael Penix Jr., saw 8, 13, and 18 looks. The Falcons project as a sub-.500 team, forcing a pass-heavy script, and there is virtually no target competition beyond Kyle Pitts. Holloway added that big-bodied, contested-catch alphas historically soften the blow of mid-season quarterback changes, citing early-career DeAndre Hopkins and Brandon Marshall as comps. At age 24 and coming off a WR6 campaign, London is being drafted below last year’s finish even though his situation arguably improved.

Mattek loves Drake London at the back of round two, citing minimal target competition—"there’s a 0 % chance Darnell Mooney, Ray-Ray McCloud or Kyle Pitts are better than him"—and a potential leap from Michael Penix that would push Atlanta toward a pass-heavy scheme. London plays nine games indoors, including Week 17 at the Rams, giving him ideal fantasy-playoff conditions. Mattek pegs a realistic outcome of WR4 overall and believes London’s 2025 ADP will open in the first round, making him a smash value right now.

Sam Monson reiterated his enthusiasm for Drake London, stating he was "outstanding" last year and still has untapped upside. With Penix now able to push the ball outside the numbers and vertically, London’s ability to win both in the slot and on the perimeter should finally translate into a target-share spike and more explosive plays. Monson expects Darnell Mooney’s field-stretching speed and Bijan Robinson’s run threat to force single-high looks, setting London up for WR1 usage and efficiency. He advised drafting London aggressively in season-long formats and making him a core play in early DFS cash builds while his salary remains in mid-tier pricing.

Hayden Winks put London 15th overall, pointing to a 39 % slot rate that unlocked 11 targets and 90 receiving yards per game over the final eight contests—bona-fide WR1 production. He said Michael Penix has a "Jay Cutler/Jameis Winston gene" that invites aggressive down-field throws, and compared London’s bully-slot potential to peak Michael Thomas. If that late-season usage sticks, Winks thinks London can be “one of the guys you need” in the fantasy playoffs.

Josh elevated Drake London to 16th overall, calling him the unquestioned focal point of Atlanta’s passing game. London ranked fourth league-wide in target share when the quarterback was blitzed, and Josh expects defenses to heat up Michael Penix early until the rookie proves he can burn them. London also owned a ridiculous 60 % of Falcons end-zone targets—the highest share in the NFL (next best was 46 %). New OC Zach Robinson increasingly used him as a power slot (231 slot routes, 73 targets), further juicing volume. With that unique slot-plus-alpha role and league-leading scoring chances, Josh sees London as a second-round anchor in both best-ball tournaments and redraft leagues.

Hartitz noted that London commanded 39 of Michael Penix’s 51 pass attempts in the quarterback’s three 2024 starts while the next-closest Falcon saw only 12. He believes Atlanta, with scant running back talent and a shaky defense, could mirror the pass-heavy environment we project for Dallas and Cincinnati. That extreme alpha usage makes London a buy even if Penix’s true talent is still an open question.

PPRTyler said Drake London deserves first-round consideration and should go ahead of Brian Thomas Jr. He pointed to London’s 2024 receiving line of roughly 1,200 yards on 158 targets with 100 catches and nine touchdowns, arguing that those numbers already match or exceed what drafters hope to get from Thomas. Tyler added that Jacksonville’s receiver room is getting crowded: Travis Hunter is expected to command meaningful snaps, 2024 second-round TE Ben Sinnott ("Strange") will have a bigger role, Gabe Davis is healthy again, and Dyami Brown profiles as a sneaky third option. That added target competition—combined with London’s proven NFL production—makes London the safer ceiling play in Best Ball drafts, even if ADP still has Thomas ahead.

PPRTyler advised taking Drake London ahead of Brian Thomas Jr. at the 2-3 turn in best-ball drafts. He argued London owns an undisputed No. 1 target share in Atlanta, whereas Thomas could cede top-dog status to Travis Hunter in Jacksonville. Tyler expects a more pass-heavy Falcons attack with Michael Penix Jr. and noted the dome schedule, minimal competition beyond Kyle Pitts and Darnell Mooney, and stronger target consolidation. He remains skeptical of Trevor Lawrence’s consistency, making London, in his words, “just a better pick.”

Sam Monson doubled down on his 2024 call and urged managers to keep buying Drake London as a rising WR1. London already flashed in 2024, and Monson expects further growth because Penix’s bigger arm forces defenses to honor vertical outside routes that Kirk Cousins could not hit. London wins in the slot and on the boundary, and Monson saw that chemistry starting to develop during Penix’s late-season cameo. With Atlanta projected to ‘attack every blade of grass,’ London’s target variety and red-zone role should spike, giving him a realistic path to top-10 fantasy wide-receiver numbers at a price still outside that range.

Best Ball Guy said managers should pounce on the current window where Drake London sometimes slips far enough to be paired with Puka Nacua on the same roster. He noted that London "usually doesn’t fall back to the Pooka team," so when it happens you’re getting a two–wide-receiver core that can each command double-digit targets yet is rarely assembled because of normal ADP sequencing. He expects the market to correct once summer rooms tighten, making the London-Nacua combo harder to land and giving drafters who scoop it now a closing-line edge in Best Ball contests.

While scrolling through wide-receiver options, Best Ball Guy pointed out that Drake London opens the year against Tampa Bay, Minnesota, and Carolina and called the trio a "really nice starting schedule." Because the Eliminator format he’s drafting can bounce you as early as Week 1, he wants players who can come out hot, and London’s early opponents profile as beatable secondaries. London is therefore on his short list when he wants bankable production in the first three weeks to avoid an early exit.

London already owns WR1 peripherals—29% target share and 34% first-down rate—yet was throttled by poor QB play. In a three-game sample with rookie Michael Penix Jr., he posted 39% targets and 23.1 PPG. McFarland projects Atlanta to be more pass-centric under Penix, giving London 150-plus targets and a realistic shot at a 17-point season. He labels London a draft-day value as a low-end WR1 available in Round 3.

Jim Coventry called Drake London a prime week-winner because of the volume surge he showed late last season. London is being drafted around WR10 after piling up roughly 1,200 yards, but Coventry focused on the final six games when he averaged 11 targets and 93 yards. In the last three contests, with Michael Pennings running the offense, those numbers jumped to 13 targets, 117 yards and two-thirds of a touchdown per game. The 6-4 receiver wins all over the field, especially in the red zone, and Coventry believes continued hyper-targeting from Pennings could produce multiple 150-yard outbursts that decide fantasy matchups.

Ray Summerlin said he is happy to draft Drake London as early as pick 12 or 13—well ahead of ADP—because he views London as one of only two receivers (alongside A.J. Brown) whose combination of target share and ceiling justifies that reach. Summerlin joked that he must "force" himself to pass on London to avoid ending up with an outsized share, which highlights the confidence he has in London earning alpha volume in Atlanta’s offense.

Shawn Siegele said if Amon-Ra St. Brown somehow misses the target title, the next most likely candidate is Drake London. Ben Gretch’s spreadsheet supports that stance, slotting London at 159 targets—fifth-highest in the league and easily tops among Falcons given the vacuum behind him. Siegele emphasized that an Arthur Smith-less offense plus likely QB upgrade dramatically raise London’s floor, while a 30 % share remains in play because Atlanta’s pass-catcher depth is razor thin after Kyle Pitts. In Best Ball drafts London offers target-hog volume at a discounted mid-round price and carries legitimate league-leading upside if the Falcons’ passing rate climbs even modestly.

With Darnell Mooney likely out for the rest of camp due to an AC-joint sprain, Jason Moore said Drake London is ‘going to have a massive target share.’ The Falcons’ remaining pass-catchers are Ray-Ray McCloud, recent signee DJ Chark and tight end Kyle Pitts, none of whom threaten London’s role as WR1. Moore likes London’s chances to push well past last season’s 23 percent target share and sees the injury news as a clear green light to draft him aggressively in PPR formats.

Matt Harmon placed Drake London third on his QB-worry list yet still sounded bullish long-term. He compared rookie Michael Penix Jr. to a "Gen-Z Jameis Winston" because Penix has a cannon and the aggression to feed London deep but reads defenses better and will check down sooner, reducing the "mind-numbing" interceptions Winston was famous for. Harmon said that combo meshes perfectly with London’s contested-catch and intermediate dig/curl mastery, giving London weekly top-10 upside. The catch: Penix must improve rhythm passing and ball placement to turn London from boom-bust spike-week play into a dependable WR2 floor. Harmon is treating London as a high-variance swing in 2024 redraft and an elite buy in dynasty.

After debating whether London belonged in Tier 2 or 3, Whalen ultimately promoted him because he’s "really high on this Atlanta Falcons passing game." He thinks London could leap into next year’s top-10 overall picks if the offense hits, making him a prime 2025 breakout bet.

Hayden Winks urged drafters to auto-click Drake London any time he slips beyond 17th overall. Winks said London’s move into a power-slot/inside-outside role last year is what finally unlocked him, allowing the Falcons to scheme more YAC chances and isolate his "catch-radius machine" traits on slower nickel backs. The host added that rookie QB Michael Penix Jr. routinely air-mails perimeter shots; London’s length and ball-tracking turn those misses into surprise chunk gains. Because London already checked Ryan Heath’s first-downs-per-route league-winner threshold (0.134) and now sees higher-leverage targets, Winks believes drafters are getting a mid-second-round ceiling at a late-second/early-third ADP. He is slamming London in both home-league season-long drafts and Underdog Best Ball rooms whenever the big wideout lasts past Pick 17.

Ryan Heath said Drake London is the easiest wide-receiver smash that casual drafters are still sleeping on. London finished 2024 with a 0.134 first-downs-per-route-run rate—well above the 0.12–0.13 threshold that every league-winning wideout has hit in Heath’s database. In the tiny two-game sample with rookie QB Michael Penix Jr., London averaged 13 targets and 117 receiving yards, numbers that would have led the entire NFL over the last four seasons. Heath noted that London is entering the prime Year-3 to Year-5 window in which 53 % of historical league-winners break out, yet he slips past pick 30 in many home leagues. Heath urged managers to grab London anywhere after the mid-second round, calling him a perfect swing for ceilings in both Season-Long formats and Underdog Best Ball tournaments.

Jason Moore argued that Drake London still deserves his late-second ADP despite concerns over Michael Penix Jr.’s inaccuracy. Moore reminded listeners that London finished as the WR6 last year while catching passes from a "busted" version of Kirk Cousins and a rookie who completed only 55 % of his throws. Even excluding London’s 10-for-187-and-2 Week-18 eruption, Moore showed the wideout was on a 147-target, 104-reception, 1,100-yard pace—elite usage that should continue because Atlanta’s depth chart offers no real competition beyond Darnell Mooney. The Falcons project as a bottom-10 defense and have the fourth-easiest schedule, which Moore believes will create constant negative game scripts and force Penix to "air it out" the way the coaching staff publicly says they want. That combination of alpha target share, soft matchups and guaranteed passing volume makes London an easy click for him in both redraft and best-ball rooms.

Jim Coventry said Drake London is a discounted early-round pick who could realistically finish as the overall WR4. Coventry pointed to London’s 2024 breakout (100 catches, 1,271 yards, 9 TDs) and emphasized how hot he finished the year: across the final six games he averaged 11.3 targets and 94 yards, and in the three contests started by Michael Penix Jr. those numbers ballooned to 13 targets, 7 receptions and 117 yards per game. With that chemistry only expected to strengthen, Coventry believes London’s current ADP of WR9 (late Round 1 / early Round 2) still underrates his ceiling.

When Amon-Ra St. Brown and Nico Collins went just ahead of them, Conor O'Driscoll labeled Drake London "the clear tier" WR at their 2.07. He called London a perfect "bridge between what you're calling the 16-player first round and the next tier," giving them a reliable WR2 while still banking a slight value (one pick after ADP and two spots ahead of Sean Siegle’s WR9 ranking). The pair expect London’s target share to climb in Year 3 under a more pass-friendly coaching staff and were content to miss on the mini-run because London’s ADP/ceiling combination profiles as a tournament-winning piece in FFPC Best Ball builds.

Jim Coventry said Drake London is being drafted just inside the top-10 receivers but still has room to blow past that price tag. Coventry pointed to London’s dominant close to 2024 — 94 receiving yards and 11.3 targets per game over the final six contests — and noted the numbers went nuclear once Michael Penix Jr. took over, jumping to 117 yards and 13 targets per game with seven catches and two-thirds of a touchdown on average in the last three weeks. Atlanta’s late-season identity revolved around Bijan Robinson on the ground and London through the air, and Coventry expects that same narrow usage tree in 2025. With true alpha volume already established and little target competition, Coventry believes London can realistically finish as the overall WR3 or WR4.

Davis Mattek acknowledged he is slightly below market on Drake London but still took him because of the massive ceiling tied to Atlanta’s potential passing-volume shift. Mattek noted that if the Falcons can reach roughly 547 pass attempts, London—who logged 230 fantasy points last year—would command "one of the stronger target shares in all of football." The takeaway: London becomes a difference-maker if new quarterback Michael Penix Jr. pushes the offense toward league-average pass volume.

Pat Fantasy Dog Pound predicted Drake London’s Underdog ADP will jump ahead of Brock Bowers within the next 24 hours. London currently sits at 15.9 while Bowers is 15.7, and Pat noted the wideout has been ‘slowly but surely trickling up the board’ all week. He has been drafting London aggressively (17.5 % exposure) in the mid-second round around picks 6-8, stressing that those unique London combinations will disappear once the market adjusts. With Best Ball Mania only 8.7 % full, he urged drafters to lock in London now before the price hike and tighter draft rooms arrive later in the summer.

Jason Moore positioned Drake London as the classic boom‑or‑bust swing worth taking ahead of safer, lower‑upside veterans. London finished last season with 1,200 yards, nine touchdowns and a WR6 overall mark despite Michael Penix completing only 58 percent of his passes in three starts. Over that stretch London led the entire NFL in receiving yards, posted a 42 percent target‑per‑route rate and ranked second in first‑read targets. Moore emphasized the lack of real competition—Darnell Mooney is the No. 2—and argued that if Penix levels up in his first full season, London could contend for top‑five stats. The downside is real (Atlanta’s offense could implode), but Moore views the range of outcomes as exactly what you want in the late second/early third round of redraft and best‑ball formats.