Average Draft Position: 10.02 (RB45)
This is very much a liquid situation.
Not only does Ezekiel Elliott's impending appeal make it hard to trust Darren McFadden's current value, it's also difficult to know exactly how McFadden is valued right now in the first place. That's because his ADP has shot up roughly three rounds since the news broke of Zeke's suspension, so it's hard telling where it'll come to rest.
McFadden's value -- if Zeke's six-game ban holds -- could keep rising, so he may not be quite the bargain during peak draft time that he is now. But there's a chance his ADP settles somewhere near the double-digit rounds, which is a great spot to snag a guy who could get six games behind the Dallas Cowboys' superb offensive line.
Oh, and make no mistake about it: McFadden is the Dallas backup we want.
Darren McFadden took all 19 snaps with the Cowboys first team offense
— Nathan Jahnke (@PFF_NateJahnke) August 13, 2017
It's also worth mentioning that Run DMC was pretty good back in 2015, the last time he got bell-cow duties. He ran for 1,089 yards on 223 attempts that season and finished as the PPR RB13.
McFadden would almost certainly go back to a very minimal role when Zeke gets reinstated, and there's a chance the appeal process could postpone Elliott's suspension until later in the year or even back to 2018.
There are a ton of moving parts, but if Elliott is indeed out for an extended period of time, McFadden is worth targeting in the back half of your draft.