Average draft position (ADP) is the market's collective opinion of a player's value, and its movement is a live feed of that opinion. Reading ADP trends tells you where the crowd is heading — and, more importantly, where it's wrong.
ADP is the average spot at which a player is being drafted across thousands of leagues. It's the single best baseline for what a pick costs, and its trend over time captures the news, hype, and role changes the market is reacting to. A player climbing boards is being bid up; a player sliding is being written off.
The value in ADP isn't following it — it's using it as the price you're paying. Your edge comes from the gap between the market's price and your own read on a player.
Rising ADP creates both opportunity and traps. Sometimes the market is early on a real role change and you should get ahead of it; other times the hype has run past the situation and the player is now overpriced. Falling ADP is where value hides — a player whose price has dropped faster than his outlook is the classic draft-day bargain.
Track the movement, then ask why. When the reason is durable (a locked-in role, a vacated target share) the trend is worth chasing; when it's a single splashy game or offseason noise, it's a chance to zig while the room zags.
Rookie Draft ADP is the default workspace. Startup, redraft, and blended markets are separate controls so rookie boards do not mix with veteran-heavy drafts unless you explicitly choose All drafts.