Positional ADP: RB15 | Projected Finish: RB24

It seems like everybody wants to like Joe Mixon. Take a look at his recent ADP.

Unfortunately for Mixon fans, we've projected him to fare much worse than his ADP. Even worse for Mixon's outlook, Giovani Bernard has avoided the preseason PUP list and is practicing in full.

That's bad news, because Bernard is one of the game's elite pass-catching backs. Among runners with more than 200 career targets (Bernard has 247), his 0.41 Reception NEP per target is better than Arian Foster, Le'Veon Bell, Devonta Freeman, Brian Westbrook, Matt Forte, Reggie Bush, and even Marshall Faulk.

He good. Gio is also sitting on one of the league's richer running back contracts. Bernard will likely have a significant role in the Cincinnati Bengals' backfield.

Bernard's not the only competition Mixon faces. It's fun to hate him, but Jeremy Hill should still have a role, too. It may not be much, but it could easily be enough to limit Mixon's upside.

Instead Try

Isaiah Crowell is available at roughly the same ADP, and Crow offers a higher ceiling, along with less competition. He's even got some upside from where we project him.