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PLAYERS / JACK WATKINS
Updated 17 May 2026

Jack Watkins

#131/138·Bye Rd 12
MID
Price $167kBE 25Owned —Bye Rd 12Avg 36.3
ROOKIEBIBLEVerdict
— HOLD

Watkins posted 33 in Port's 25-point loss to GCFC — above his 25 BE but a soft return in a team being beaten. Cash gen is still running at $3,228/wk from $166.9k, and the buy case from R9 hasn't been invalidated by one below-60 score. Port's job security cloud never fully lifts, but his BE is low enough to weather the variance. Hold him and watch for selection news — don't trade unless he gets dropped.

Signals2/3 · Partial alignment
Form
Improving
Trajectory
+$3k/wk
Consistency
Volatile
Recent formSeason avg 36
33▼
56▲
29▼
Comparable PicksWhy this comparison · Same primary position (MID), ±$200k price band

Jack Watkins

MID

Paddy Dow

MID
—
—
Form
R3
69
R4
7
R5
17
R7
29
R9
56
R10
33
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Pricing
Price$167k
Price$164k
Breakeven25
Breakeven24
Cash/wk+$3k
Cash/wk+$0k

Decision

Should I trade Jack Watkins?

Form, breakeven, and a comparable replacement weighed up.

Intel feed

Recent intel

Role Change· T3

Jack Watkins comes into the Port Adelaide side to replace the dropped Todd Marshall. Comments suggest Wines is being managed at ~65% game time and Watkins provides midfield grunt. Mixed community reaction about the selection.

u/weareportadelaide post + comments (score 7)
R5Trade Pair Popular· T1

#9 most popular trade: Angus Anderson → Jack Watkins (822 trades, 1%)

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R5Trade Pair Popular· T1

#2 most popular trade: Flynn Perez → Jack Watkins (1,218 trades, 1.5%)

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R5Trade Pair Popular· T1

#1 most popular trade: Milan Murdock → Jack Watkins (1,968 trades, 2.4%)

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R5Trade Out Trending· T1

#1 most traded out this round with 6,619 trades (7.7% of coaches)

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Community Intel· T3

Multiple community members strongly recommend trading Watkins immediately, with consensus he should be moved on as a priority this round.

u/Rogan4Life, u/Pleasant-Role1912, u/oThomasJack on r/AFLSupercoach
Community Intel· T3

Watkins flagged as unlikely to generate much more cash. Upcoming forward DPP may give him secondary value for enabling trades later.

u/KungFuKenny_1702 on r/AFLSupercoach
Community Intel· T3

Watkins named for this round, prompting reconsideration of a trade to Marshall. Being weighed against Marshall as a trade target.

u/elfysadboy on r/AFLSupercoach
Community Questions

What people are asking about Jack Watkins

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  • Should I bring in Kozzy (Kysaiah Pickett) to fix my F6, or upgrade the midfield with a fallen premo like McCluggage or Callaghan?
    K. PickettMIDTop: Target a proven premo mid (Oliver or Holmes) over Callaghan/McCluggage (40%)
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