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Speaker 1: Football Weekly. We record on Fridays every week, and today
Speaker 1: we are well this hours removed from the end of
Speaker 1: the first round, and so we're really going to focus
Speaker 1: today on the first round. You don't know the second round,
Speaker 1: and we'll talk through all of the position players. Now.
Speaker 1: At some point in the future, I want to talk
Speaker 1: about some of the other some of the other elements
Speaker 1: that went into this draft, like offensive linemen who are
Speaker 1: gonna help some other players and some other stuff, Brian.
Speaker 1: But for right now, let's let's keep this too. The
Speaker 1: the three or four quarterbacks that were taken, Let's talk
Speaker 1: about the six receivers that were taken in the one
Speaker 1: running back in the first round. Sound good? Definitely a
Speaker 1: lot more wide receivers than I thought. By the way
Speaker 1: to went in the first round. Yeah, I think the
Speaker 1: over under was five and a half, so hit the
Speaker 1: over not by a lot, but still I would have
Speaker 1: went under glad I didn't. Well. The theory on under
Speaker 1: was there's so many good receivers you can wait to
Speaker 1: get one um. But I think at the end of
Speaker 1: the day, a lot of teams that had that had need.
Speaker 1: Like the Vikings are a good example in a lot
Speaker 1: of positions, just the best player there just was a
Speaker 1: receiver and it's just so much better than everybody else.
Speaker 1: You just take justin Jefferson in that particular case. Let's
Speaker 1: start with you will do these in the order they
Speaker 1: were taken in and I think a bit of a
Speaker 1: surprise to have Oakland take the first wide receiver Henry
Speaker 1: Oh And by the way, before we get into the receivers,
Speaker 1: let me mention this, it's the first beautiful day in
Speaker 1: in Minnesota for this spring, and I'm outside. You're gonna
Speaker 1: hear random noises like crows chirping, chirp, they call a
Speaker 1: crow cawing. You might hear a little road noise because
Speaker 1: I've got a road not too far from my house.
Speaker 1: You might hear somebody's like mowing their lawn already or something,
Speaker 1: so you may hear some stuff. But you know what,
Speaker 1: it's seventy degrees. It's the first beautiful day in Minnesota.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be outside right now. I won't because I
Speaker 1: have a really annoying dog as the neighbor. Uh So, yeah,
Speaker 1: we'll mitigate that risk and I'll stay inside and stuff
Speaker 1: for I'll be outside immediately afterwards, though, that could happen. Now.
Speaker 1: My dogs are the annoying dogs in the neighborhood. And
Speaker 1: our next door neighbor dog already came out and they had,
Speaker 1: you know, they had their dust up like they always do.
Speaker 1: That just happened. So I think we're in the clear
Speaker 1: with the dogs, but we'll find out. We begin at
Speaker 1: the wide receiver position. Henry Ruggs is the first guy taken.
Speaker 1: H he would have he wouldn't have been my choice.
Speaker 1: Is the first one taken. But it's the Raiders, and
Speaker 1: they have the wrong history of coveting speed. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: and they got it in Ruggs Randy four to set
Speaker 1: than forty five eleven one nine. Uh. We compared him
Speaker 1: to Tyreek Hill that's probably the easiest comp and uh yeah,
Speaker 1: Oakland got themselfs a Tyreek killers now to Tyreek kills
Speaker 1: in that a f C West all of a sudden
Speaker 1: bunch of a bunch of awesome wide receivers in the NFCS.
Speaker 1: We'll talk about more, but uh yeah, Ruggs. You know,
Speaker 1: he didn't post huge numbers at Alabama, but again he
Speaker 1: was competing with Jerry Judy for targets and one of
Speaker 1: the ween called the X factor, it's one of many
Speaker 1: X factors. We'll call it a Y factor. Huge hands
Speaker 1: on Henry Ruggs ten had one eight inches, that's seedee
Speaker 1: lamb for references nine and a quarter Jerry Judy nine
Speaker 1: and a half rugs huge hands, decent size, he's not
Speaker 1: afraid of contact based Like we said, fast as hell,
Speaker 1: So I would have went ceedee lamb. I think we
Speaker 1: both agree that so at least didn't take Jerry Judy
Speaker 1: took Henry Ruggs about two d second. But uh, I
Speaker 1: don't r I I would have went lamb. But yeah, Ruggs,
Speaker 1: as he's gonna be an exciting player for I think
Speaker 1: I said Oakland, Las Vegas, Las Vegas us right, And
Speaker 1: you know, he walks into a just a miserable group
Speaker 1: of receivers. They brought in Nelson Aguilar, who will play
Speaker 1: the slot. I believe probably and I'll have to battle
Speaker 1: Hunter Renfro But Tyroll Williams constantly hurt and did very
Speaker 1: little through the second half of the season. There's um
Speaker 1: and Za Jones doesn't even count. You know, we'll find
Speaker 1: out if if Derek Car's get anything left in the tank, hopefully,
Speaker 1: does you know I think that I think I don't
Speaker 1: think he's valueless, and I think Henry Ruggs is pretty
Speaker 1: special and if you can find those spots where he's
Speaker 1: gonna hit the deep touchdown, which will happen, You'll have
Speaker 1: to be smart about trying to pick your spots. Do
Speaker 1: you have a do you have an initial sense of
Speaker 1: where Henry Ruggs would would be ranked among wide receivers
Speaker 1: for you, I I want to say that he's going
Speaker 1: to be in the thirties. Yeah, we're talking. We're talking
Speaker 1: just from a redraft re draft standpoint. I do want
Speaker 1: to do want to do a whole future show on
Speaker 1: Dyning on the dynasty value of these kids, but that's
Speaker 1: that's later. Um. Yeah, definitely in the thirties. I mean,
Speaker 1: he's a a wide receiver three at best. I feel like,
Speaker 1: at least for the first half of the season, he
Speaker 1: might you know, as he ramps up for the long
Speaker 1: end of the season, at least he's got Darren Waller
Speaker 1: to help keep defenses. Honest though, it's all I can say.
Speaker 1: There's that. I just think that whole passing offense just
Speaker 1: goes through him right away. You know, thirty might seem
Speaker 1: high to some people, but the other guys that you're
Speaker 1: going to find in the thirties are John Brown, Marquis Brown,
Speaker 1: Marvin Jones. Yeah, I think Chark will be higher than that.
Speaker 1: So yeah, it could be um So that's you know,
Speaker 1: that's that to me, is is why I think Rugs
Speaker 1: will fit into that that sort of spot. All right,
Speaker 1: let's go to our next wide receiver, Denver. Next up? Uh,
Speaker 1: I was Denver. I think was sweating that all three
Speaker 1: of those receivers could have been gone before their pick,
Speaker 1: because the Jets, the Raiders, and the Niners went thirteen
Speaker 1: and many people me had had them going receiver receiver receiver,
Speaker 1: and that would have left Denver, left Denver with the
Speaker 1: fourth best receiver, you know, and I had Justin Jefferson
Speaker 1: penciled in for Denver. Instead, Jerry Judy drops to them,
Speaker 1: what do you think of the Jerry Judy fit for Denver?
Speaker 1: Immediate face palm. I was like, oh my god, Ceedee
Speaker 1: Lamb is there. He's silver platter for Denver. Who asked
Speaker 1: Courtland Sutton, who's like a Batman receiver? Right? So I
Speaker 1: guess they wanted a robin because that's what Jerry Judy is.
Speaker 1: They didn't want to Batman's. They could have had two
Speaker 1: bad I mean, we could be talking about the two
Speaker 1: best wide receiver, you know, the best wide receiver duo
Speaker 1: in the NFL, and Courtland Sutton and Ceedee Lamb next
Speaker 1: season possibly, But I don't know that. Jerry Judy, Jerry
Speaker 1: Juice not bad. I mean, you know, you know you're
Speaker 1: making it sounds like dude was incredibly productive and he's,
Speaker 1: you know, arguably the most pro ready of any of
Speaker 1: the receivers in this class. Yes, but we had we,
Speaker 1: You and I and a lot of people had Lamb
Speaker 1: just basically in his own tier as the top receiver,
Speaker 1: and Ruggs was right there and Judy was right there
Speaker 1: behind Rugs. Uh So I don't know, we should mention
Speaker 1: really quick when we said the Jets didn't take a receiver,
Speaker 1: big win for Brashott Perriman if you very true, very true,
Speaker 1: and even Jamison Cratter. They might take a Day two guy,
Speaker 1: Day three probably, but it's still they didn't take one
Speaker 1: of the elite guys. So that's a that's a big
Speaker 1: boon for Brashott Berriman. Uh shares out there. But back
Speaker 1: to Judy Um again. You know, at Alabama with Henry Ruggs,
Speaker 1: he was, he was the one a option there, twenty
Speaker 1: four touchdowns across his last two seasons, but you know,
Speaker 1: six it just doesn't have standout size speed. He's just
Speaker 1: like he seems like a nice, complimentary receiver, which is
Speaker 1: what will be for Sutton. But they should have they
Speaker 1: should have swung for the fences and went with Lamb.
Speaker 1: But I don't know, but Judy will be a fine player.
Speaker 1: And Denver also was very exciting office. Yeah I think
Speaker 1: so too. Yeah. The problem, I think the problem from
Speaker 1: a fantasy standpoint for Jerry Judy Courtland Sutton is is
Speaker 1: already an accomplished go to number one receiver on that team,
Speaker 1: and I don't know that Jerry gets up to being
Speaker 1: a one B. I think he remains the number two guy.
Speaker 1: And you've you've hint you've just hinted at this. I
Speaker 1: think he stays. I think he's robbin to Courtland Sutton's Batman.
Speaker 1: He might be who's the third in the Batman group? Right,
Speaker 1: because no A Fantom might be robbin for all. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think it is probably Deshaun Hamilton's flashed for a
Speaker 1: little bit, but it's you know, Kim Patrick. I mean,
Speaker 1: those guys aren't gonna threat. It's probably no A Fan
Speaker 1: who and and these guys a lot unlock some some
Speaker 1: real downfield speed in Courtland Sutton and Jerry Judy. So
Speaker 1: I think the underneath will open up for no Ah
Speaker 1: Fant a little bit as well. Um. I suspect right
Speaker 1: now Jerry Judy would be roughly in the fifties for me.
Speaker 1: I think he's gonna be in the Emmanuel Sanders, Um,
Speaker 1: Anthony Miller, Sterling, Shepherd, Preston Muslims handcuffs For Courtland Sutton,
Speaker 1: it's like you kind of you kind of It's like
Speaker 1: the rare one of the rare wide receiver handcuffs scenarios.
Speaker 1: If you you draft Courtland Sutton. But what is this
Speaker 1: too for Drew Drew lock He's like borderline no quarterback
Speaker 1: one now and you know, top twelve quarterback, not the
Speaker 1: top overall quarterback. But yeah, it's it's exciting offense now
Speaker 1: because it is still a nice compliment. It is like
Speaker 1: it's not a bad pick by any stretch. Now let's
Speaker 1: go to Seed Lamb, who was the next youever taken.
Speaker 1: I was stunned when Dallas took him. In fact, as
Speaker 1: I was doing the I was I was working with
Speaker 1: the Vikings and could have taken I'm sorry to cut
Speaker 1: you off before we go there, right, Atlanta, they should
Speaker 1: have taken Lamb. Well, they had two good receivers too.
Speaker 1: You know, they have gaping need a cornerback. Still, he
Speaker 1: had the best players sitting there to take the best player.
Speaker 1: But anyway, I'm sorry, go ahead. So Dallas is on
Speaker 1: the clock and I'm I'm doing radio in the Twin Cities,
Speaker 1: and I say, man, look at you. Look at the
Speaker 1: needs that Dallas has, and they need cornerback, they need safety,
Speaker 1: they need defensive tackle, defensive end. The only thing I
Speaker 1: know for sure about this Dallas pick is it's not
Speaker 1: gonna be offense Bam, Seedee Lamb and I look like
Speaker 1: an ass. So well, it didn't fully make up for
Speaker 1: the Randy Moss Gas many years ago and Dallas and
Speaker 1: a drafted Randy Moss passed on because of the character
Speaker 1: issue with character issues. But I think Jerry Jones is
Speaker 1: just like, you know what, this will make up for
Speaker 1: it somewhat, I guess. But they took the best player.
Speaker 1: That's Jerry Jerry Jones played fantasy football. Yeah he did.
Speaker 1: I mean he just went fantasy football on his team
Speaker 1: and he said, you know what, good luck stop score fifty.
Speaker 1: You know, figure out a way to stop us. You
Speaker 1: know this is Ceedee Lamb is in time going to
Speaker 1: be the best receiver on this team. And they already
Speaker 1: had really good receivers Amari Cooper obviously, and then Michael
Speaker 1: Gallup just emerged in a huge way last year. And
Speaker 1: now with Ceedee Lamb, I think see Lamb's the best
Speaker 1: of the bunch. The problem is the problem is the
Speaker 1: good thing is how do you how do you double
Speaker 1: cover any of those guys? You can't, So they mean
Speaker 1: they're gonna be guys open all the time, ready for
Speaker 1: big plays. The downside is there's just one ball to go.
Speaker 1: But Weena, how do you feel about Ceedee Lamb's fantasy prospects,
Speaker 1: especially in the short term, Probably the worst, worst landing
Speaker 1: spot for the short term when we think he'll still
Speaker 1: be a factor. But he's a man. I would be
Speaker 1: hard pressed to have to pick between he and Rugs
Speaker 1: and Redraft. I might have to go with Rugs just
Speaker 1: because I feel will get more targets than my opportunity
Speaker 1: in Dallas is I've always you know, they've always wanted
Speaker 1: to kill the clock, run the ball, and they're they're
Speaker 1: in a soft division, so they might be able to
Speaker 1: do that more so than not. So yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 1: Lamb is he's in the mid to late thirties when
Speaker 1: he could have been a top twenty four option, you know,
Speaker 1: if he landed on the Jets perhaps or something like that.
Speaker 1: But now he's on Dallas and uh, but what There's
Speaker 1: a lot of eye popping stats for Lamb, but again,
Speaker 1: never dropped a pass of twenty plus yards in his
Speaker 1: three seasons at Oklahoma, and we caught a lot of them. Yeah, second,
Speaker 1: a lot of second most broken tackles last year twenty
Speaker 1: six absolutely electric after he's the best receiver after the
Speaker 1: catch in this draft, the instinctiveness number one across college
Speaker 1: football and yards run per route. Um, he wins all
Speaker 1: these contested catches, and just after after he catches the ball,
Speaker 1: you think, you think he's dead, that the defense has
Speaker 1: got him cornered. There's three men between him and the
Speaker 1: end zone. And the next thing you know, he's put
Speaker 1: some crazy freaking move on these dudes and he's running
Speaker 1: down the sideline untouched. What happened? How did you do this?
Speaker 1: An immediate impact player? UM? Just a very tricky landing spot, unfortunately.
Speaker 1: And I think what that's going to mean for him
Speaker 1: and Cooper and Gallup is they're gonna have some down
Speaker 1: games where they're gonna have to catch games while the
Speaker 1: other guys are blowing up. And it's gonna add a
Speaker 1: lot of altility and for Gilly Kamari Cooper, who was
Speaker 1: already that way, you know, Cooper was already you know,
Speaker 1: big box score, little box score, big box score, little
Speaker 1: box score. I think it adds just that much more. UM,
Speaker 1: I guess variability to their potential output. Oh yeah, I
Speaker 1: absolutely agree. But it's gotta I mean, Dac is already
Speaker 1: uh top five option for the most part of quarterback.
Speaker 1: But man, I think I like Dac more than Deshaun
Speaker 1: Watson now, even though I might have like Dak one
Speaker 1: of Deshaun Watson ever since they practically jettisoned DeAndre Hopkins
Speaker 1: from Houston. But a big boon for Dak little. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's gonna be hard to peg which receiver is gonna
Speaker 1: go off on any Givens some day this year unfortunately
Speaker 1: won't be this year where the NFC East where the
Speaker 1: Cowboys play, are playing the a f C West. We're
Speaker 1: not doing that this year. But when they do play
Speaker 1: the f C West, the NFC East, that is, think
Speaker 1: of Ceedee Lamb gets to face Oakland and Denver in
Speaker 1: the same season, and I'll show him what a huge
Speaker 1: mistake they made. They made not draft picking. Now, that's
Speaker 1: how we feel like this year, Ceedee Lamb, I believe
Speaker 1: I will have ranked in the forties. UM in the
Speaker 1: same kind of ballpark with Jerry Judy and um. You
Speaker 1: know if his dynasty values is different than that, and
Speaker 1: we'll talk about that in a different show, but from
Speaker 1: a redraft standpoint, I believe he'll be in the forties
Speaker 1: as sort of a fourth tier guy who I expect
Speaker 1: to have again big games in small games. Uh, perhaps
Speaker 1: roughly alternating this year. Let's let's take what Let's take
Speaker 1: a break, and then I want to turn my attention
Speaker 1: to the next wide receiver taken Jalen Reagor, and we'll
Speaker 1: also talk about Justin Jefferson and Brandon Ayuk as the
Speaker 1: remaining first round receivers. Paul Charchi and Brian Johnson with you.
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Speaker 1: HBO generally does it, right. Um, all right, let's go
Speaker 1: to Philadelphia. They took the fourth receiver off the board,
Speaker 1: Jalen Reagor. Most people had justin Jefferson going to Philadelphia.
Speaker 1: I did. Um, they end up with Reagor instead, And
Speaker 1: I think the reason they did it, Brian, was because
Speaker 1: they wanted to get a receiver who they felt more
Speaker 1: comfortable running outside. Jefferson primarily running from the slot last year,
Speaker 1: and I think Regor gives you the opportunity to get
Speaker 1: somebody that can play inside but also has proven to
Speaker 1: be a a solid producing receiver on the outside as well.
Speaker 1: What are your thoughts about the fit for the Eagles?
Speaker 1: And Lord knows they needed help with the position, Holy cow, Yeah,
Speaker 1: they're probably not done drafting receivers, but yeah, we pegged
Speaker 1: Regor as a possible Day one guy, and he obviously
Speaker 1: turned out to be one h A little bit of
Speaker 1: a head scratching pick, though I din't think Philly would
Speaker 1: take Justin Jefferson as well. Reagor didn't have a lot
Speaker 1: of great numbers uh last year. Um, but that seems
Speaker 1: play with quack true freshman as well. So I don't know.
Speaker 1: From a redraft standpoint, I I don't a bit of
Speaker 1: the drop sees I've heard in a case of the
Speaker 1: drop seas, But when it comes to opportunity and quarterback
Speaker 1: in prolific offense, I think he stands to had the
Speaker 1: best season of any one rookie wide receiver this year.
Speaker 1: If it's not Henry Ruggs, Yeah, it is it is possible.
Speaker 1: It's just because you have so much. A fantasy football
Speaker 1: is about opportunity. This whole passing offense may end up
Speaker 1: going through Jalen Reagor sooner than later, and as soon
Speaker 1: as potentially this year, just because who else you gonna
Speaker 1: trust me? Look at look at they were making do
Speaker 1: with the likes of Greg Ward last year. They couldn't.
Speaker 1: They didn't have a healthy body to throw at that position.
Speaker 1: And God only knows what the status of all Sean
Speaker 1: Jeffrey is going to be going forward. And you know
Speaker 1: you can't, You can't really trust him at all. So
Speaker 1: you just you get the feeling that you're marrying Jalen
Speaker 1: Reagor all the productivity you despite the terrible quarterbacking at TCU,
Speaker 1: the lead level of athleticism, his double move is ridiculous.
Speaker 1: He battles for every contested ball, And now we're gonna
Speaker 1: hook him up with potentially some pretty darn good quarterbacking
Speaker 1: and Carson Wentz and the upside here seems to be
Speaker 1: awfully high. Yeah, I think, and right now I think
Speaker 1: the sharp play, I mean, people aren't sharp on Ragor yet.
Speaker 1: I think if you're if you're drafting right now in
Speaker 1: Best Ball or even just seasonal, people are still going
Speaker 1: to gravitate towards Cede, Ceedee, Lamb, Jerry Judy, Henry Ruggs.
Speaker 1: When you probably get Ragor one to three rounds later
Speaker 1: than those guys. And again he probably will outproduce all
Speaker 1: those all those guys in his rookie year based on
Speaker 1: the expected volume he's gonna get. So yeah, ragor Uh
Speaker 1: sneaky play, you know, a sleeper as of right now
Speaker 1: in my mind, yeah, I think so too. I'm really
Speaker 1: interested in him. I think for redraft for this year,
Speaker 1: he'll be in the thirties. For me, again, I like him.
Speaker 1: I like him just the opportunity to me is just
Speaker 1: so good. So I think he's in the conver station
Speaker 1: with some of the guys who mentioned in the thirties
Speaker 1: before the Marvin Jones and Marquis Brown and John Brown
Speaker 1: and Christian Kirk. I think he's in that. I think
Speaker 1: he's in that level of conversation for re draft of
Speaker 1: this coming season. Let's let's go to the next player taken.
Speaker 1: That's Justin Jefferson in Minnesota. Vikings Uh end up replacing
Speaker 1: Stefan Digs, a player who's pretty different than Diggs. Jefferson
Speaker 1: ran eighty percent of his place from the slot last year,
Speaker 1: but the year before that played much more outside. What
Speaker 1: was fascinating about Jefferson in the slot. So many of
Speaker 1: the slot receivers are Cole Beasley. You're running eight yards
Speaker 1: slants and here comes the ball and let's see what
Speaker 1: you do after the catch. That's not the way l
Speaker 1: s you use jeff jeff Justin Jefferson at all. They'd
Speaker 1: be they were running full route trees out of the
Speaker 1: slot for him. Bombs forty yards downfield out of out
Speaker 1: of the slot repeatedly, and he's he's getting separation, and
Speaker 1: when he's not, he's winning contested catches. He's got He's
Speaker 1: one of the best contested catch receivers in this league
Speaker 1: and insanely productive, top three in college football in receptions, yards,
Speaker 1: and touchdowns. That's Justin Jefferson. Yeah, and and not built
Speaker 1: like a stereotypical slot receiver either. It's six tous pounds.
Speaker 1: He's got sized, and he can win on the outside
Speaker 1: if they if his route tree gets extended to the
Speaker 1: outside and the pros. But again, he has no real weaknesses.
Speaker 1: But we went over this couple of weeks ago with Jefferson.
Speaker 1: He might have the safest floor of all these day
Speaker 1: one wide receivers, but not the highest ceiling. He doesn't
Speaker 1: have that superstar potential, it seems. But he's going to
Speaker 1: be a very solid proro and he should contribute right
Speaker 1: away now that Stefon Diggs no longer a Viking. But
Speaker 1: I don't know. They kind of got to slot guys
Speaker 1: in Feeling and justin Jefferson now, so some the just
Speaker 1: student adjustments are not to be made by somebody. But
Speaker 1: I think both these guys are good enough that shouldn't
Speaker 1: be too much of a problem. Yeah, they'll find ways
Speaker 1: to use both. In your right, Adam thelands is his
Speaker 1: best productivity does come from the slot, but he plays
Speaker 1: a lot outside as well. And I think they I
Speaker 1: think they will use they will use both in and outside,
Speaker 1: and sometimes I think they both. They'll both be inside.
Speaker 1: They'll they'll four receiver sets. Will they'll use Theeling and
Speaker 1: Jefferson inside. I think there's another guy that feels like
Speaker 1: he's he's the thirties are getting are getting crowded here.
Speaker 1: He feels like he could be in the thirties For me,
Speaker 1: maybe he's a little closer to forty. But Justin Jefferson
Speaker 1: is going to be somebody that ends up getting a
Speaker 1: lot of playing time beginning Week one. And he's got
Speaker 1: a strong armed quarterback in Kirk Cousins that can get
Speaker 1: him the ball. Yeah. Yeah, He's gonna definitely be a
Speaker 1: viable wide receiver three option. I would think this season,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna call him high forties. Uh, in the Darius
Speaker 1: Slayton level conversation right now for Justin Jefferson. In a
Speaker 1: different year, Justin Jefferson could have been the first wide
Speaker 1: receiver taken. The final receiver taken in the draft this
Speaker 1: year was San Francisco taking Brandon Ayuk, a Juco transfer
Speaker 1: who end it up being incredibly productive and and it's
Speaker 1: somebody that I think the steam on him just kept
Speaker 1: growing and growing. He's explosive, he's got deep speed. He's
Speaker 1: also a return guy. For those in leagues that that
Speaker 1: give give extra points for returns, you'll get return yardage
Speaker 1: and potentially touchdowns. Is both a kick returner and a
Speaker 1: punder returner. What are your thoughts on Brandon Ayuku probably
Speaker 1: slots in as a day day one, game one starter. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I was a little surprised to see San Francisco move
Speaker 1: up to draft him. But then I read today that
Speaker 1: Kyle Shannon Shanahan had him ranked as his number one
Speaker 1: wide receiver on his on his big board, with ceed
Speaker 1: Ceedee Lamb closely behind. So I'm like, wow, wow. And
Speaker 1: Kyle Shanahan is bread some pretty nice receivers over over
Speaker 1: his career, starting with you know, Josh Gordon, Julio Jones.
Speaker 1: The list goes on and on. Pierre Look, Deebo Samuel
Speaker 1: as a Brookie Davo Samuels. But but yeah, built similarly
Speaker 1: to Henry Ruggs, he's abou five eleven pounds, but he's
Speaker 1: got the wingspan of Megatron. His wingspan is one. He's
Speaker 1: a freak of nature in that sense. So his catch
Speaker 1: radius is much bigger than it seems. So yeah, you hyeah,
Speaker 1: you know he's gonna arguably be the top wide receiver.
Speaker 1: Deebo Samuel's a mighty fine player, of course, George Kittles
Speaker 1: in tow in San Francisco, he's the top receiving option.
Speaker 1: But you because, uh, again, we're running out of numbers
Speaker 1: in the thirties, I think, but he's, uh, you can't
Speaker 1: argue if you put him, put him in that kind
Speaker 1: of range. I know. It's just so many good receivers
Speaker 1: this year, Brian, It's crazy. There was only one running
Speaker 1: back taken in the first round, which was one more
Speaker 1: than many people expected. But I had mocked running back
Speaker 1: to the Chiefs. I had it as DeAndre Swift because
Speaker 1: I thought they might want a little more muscle at
Speaker 1: the position. But Clyde Edwards Hilaire is so much fun
Speaker 1: and he's so good. He is going to be Brian
Speaker 1: Westbrook for Andy Reid, just like Westbrook was with the Eagles.
Speaker 1: He's if you if you think Maurice Jones Drew, you've
Speaker 1: got the right idea on Clyde Edwards. Hi layer and
Speaker 1: what a fascinating development this is for fantasy players. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean he's he's a top ten running back right now.
Speaker 1: I would have to say, uh in redraft, you know
Speaker 1: quick reaction. Um. I think he built like a house.
Speaker 1: He's got speed, he's got moves, he can catch the ball.
Speaker 1: He's obviously on the most prolific offense in the NFL.
Speaker 1: Damian Williams is still going to factor in. But I
Speaker 1: know that's the flying, that's the fly in the ointment,
Speaker 1: isn't it it is? Man? Yeah, Andy Reid, he already
Speaker 1: said that, uh ce H is better than Brian Westbrook
Speaker 1: is most productive running back of all time. I don't
Speaker 1: know how he can really make that call. I think
Speaker 1: Brian Westbrook is number two in total yards all time.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, because he was a return guy, got in
Speaker 1: the return yards and stuff. Yeah. Um, I top ten
Speaker 1: might be aggressive. Let me throw some Clyde Edwards Hilaire
Speaker 1: based on what we right no, right now, which in
Speaker 1: my mind is that I think he's a sixty forty
Speaker 1: timeshare winner. I think he's on the sixty side of sixty,
Speaker 1: and maybe it's more like seventy. But in that offense,
Speaker 1: that's like seventy thirty at least on an average team. Right,
Speaker 1: just get that piece of that juicy pie. So if
Speaker 1: it came down to him or let's say Kenyan Drake,
Speaker 1: Clyde Edwards Hilaire or Kenyan Drake, oh man, uh the
Speaker 1: offense is exciting enough, the prospects of it in Arizona.
Speaker 1: I'm probably lean Drake. Who's gonna be the Bell Cow situation?
Speaker 1: I think it's that that close. I'm giving you guys
Speaker 1: in that ten to twelve range Austin Ekeler I probably
Speaker 1: had on the heels of last season, and now that
Speaker 1: Gordon's I'd have to lean Ekeler. But these are they're
Speaker 1: not easy decisions. They're definitely it's not a ten out
Speaker 1: of tend scenario. Right, take Eler every time, that's for sure.
Speaker 1: No Um, Josh Jacobs or Clyde Edwards, Hilaire Ppr, I
Speaker 1: gotta I might have to go Edwards Layer there. I
Speaker 1: don't I know Jacob's Uh. I was down on Jacob's
Speaker 1: last year. I was wrong, but I just now now
Speaker 1: the offense is outweighing the player when and Edwards A
Speaker 1: layer might be a better player than Johsh Jacobs there.
Speaker 1: He probably is actually, so yeah, I love him. Let's
Speaker 1: just touch on Let's touch on him for just second,
Speaker 1: a little bit more for people that maybe I don't
Speaker 1: know how you couldn't have seen his game at at
Speaker 1: some point because LSU was so high profile. But the
Speaker 1: low center of gravity, powerful compact runner um, excellent short
Speaker 1: space footwork, and that ends up giving defenders a lot
Speaker 1: of bad angles on tackles that don't end up connecting
Speaker 1: very well, and he breaks a ton of them. He's
Speaker 1: got amazing balance in a spin move that's devastating. He's
Speaker 1: a good, good receiver, maybe the best receiving back among
Speaker 1: the elite backs here in the in this draft. So
Speaker 1: there's just a ton to like for him altogether, and um,
Speaker 1: yeah a lot. I just I just think the only
Speaker 1: the only real knock on on Clyde Edwards Hilaire is
Speaker 1: at the combine run of four six, and people really
Speaker 1: expected that to be more like a four five, and
Speaker 1: so the slower combined time for some people was a
Speaker 1: bit of a red flag. But obviously not Frandy Reid.
Speaker 1: You know, he seems like a guy though, who's not
Speaker 1: going to be weighed down by paths at all. I
Speaker 1: feel like he might run faster and paths, whereas other
Speaker 1: running backs, by the way, they should we wear helmets
Speaker 1: and paths in the combines when they running these drills.
Speaker 1: I don't understand. Yeah, I'm kind of with you. They
Speaker 1: never you know, they're they're never gonna track track shorts
Speaker 1: the play the game. So I'm kind of with you.
Speaker 1: They're never playing in the speedos. But uh, but anyway, Yeah,
Speaker 1: Edwards Hilaire, Uh, he's the top rookie running back off
Speaker 1: the board's regardless where these other guys fall, though, I
Speaker 1: would have to say I think at all. I think
Speaker 1: it's too earlate to say that there's too many running backs.
Speaker 1: You know, Jonathan Taylor falls into the perfect spot, DeAndre
Speaker 1: Swift in the perfect spot, or j K. Dobbins in
Speaker 1: the perfect spot. We're gonna have another conversation and that'll
Speaker 1: be by the way. That will be the next podcast.
Speaker 1: Next week's podcast will be the rest of the draft
Speaker 1: after week, after the first round, we'll touch on the
Speaker 1: key players who went afterwards. UH and speaking of coming
Speaker 1: up next after this break, we will talk about the quarterbacks,
Speaker 1: the four quarterbacks, what their prospects look like in the
Speaker 1: short term and long term. For Joe Burrow to Justin
Speaker 1: Herbert Jordan's Love. We'll talk through those guys in just moments.
Speaker 1: It is Fantasy Football Weekly with Paul Charchying and Brian Johnson.
Speaker 1: Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly. Paul charchy and Brian Johnson
Speaker 1: with you. We're breaking down the first round rookies. As
Speaker 1: we're recording, I'm in my backyard. It is the first
Speaker 1: beautiful day of spring in Minnesota. UH. We have one
Speaker 1: round to work with. Next week we'll break down rounds
Speaker 1: two and beyond. This week we're focusing on the players
Speaker 1: and went on round one. We've already done the running backs,
Speaker 1: We've done the well running back singular, We've done six
Speaker 1: of the all six of the wide receivers. Now we
Speaker 1: turn our attention to the quarterbacks taken in this draft,
Speaker 1: in the first round, beginning with Joe Burrow. I it's
Speaker 1: the obvious pick, as Joe Burrow comes off arguably the
Speaker 1: greatest passing season in the history of college football, and
Speaker 1: he has a lot of advantages that a lot of
Speaker 1: quarterbacks don't have, Brian in that he gains a pretty
Speaker 1: complete set of offensive players around him to help support
Speaker 1: him in a way that a lot of players that
Speaker 1: go first overall don't have. And you know, for example,
Speaker 1: if Miami had had the first pick, which I think
Speaker 1: was the plan all along, they would they did not
Speaker 1: have all the weapons around Joe Burrow that the Bengals
Speaker 1: have got. You know, a j Green, John Ross, Tyler Boyd,
Speaker 1: Joe Mixon. These are these are quality players that can
Speaker 1: take a lot of heat off of him and really
Speaker 1: unlocked some playmaking ability. Yeah, it's definitely underrated. Arsenal in
Speaker 1: Cincinnati that that never got to play together last year.
Speaker 1: A J Green the whole season and John John Ross
Speaker 1: got off that amazing start and then he practically missed
Speaker 1: the whole season. So yeah, all those guys can stay healthy. Burrow,
Speaker 1: it's got something to work with him. You know, he's
Speaker 1: got the he's got the size you want, six three
Speaker 1: two twenty. Underrated as a runner as well, he had
Speaker 1: almost four into at rushing yards at five rushing touchdowns.
Speaker 1: Yes year at l s U. So not the biggest arm,
Speaker 1: but it's incredibly accurate. Uh So, Yeah, Burrow will be
Speaker 1: a spot starter in one quarterback leagues this year. In
Speaker 1: redraft leagues for sure. Yeah, he's not a top twelve
Speaker 1: option by by any means, but I think he'd be
Speaker 1: inside the top twenty almost just based on the fact
Speaker 1: that since he's going to be Remember it's fantasy football,
Speaker 1: it's not reality football, so the Bengals are usually chasing
Speaker 1: points in a fall in the air, so you gotta
Speaker 1: let so you know. And at this point of that
Speaker 1: most for listeners already very familiar with Joe Burrow. Um,
Speaker 1: but need us to say the NFL game is not
Speaker 1: going to be too big for him. You look at
Speaker 1: you know, you look at what he did in big games,
Speaker 1: and he's just you know, there's nothing to suggest that
Speaker 1: he hasn't headed on a path of superstardom. So we
Speaker 1: love Joe Burrow. Just again, Redraft, and we'll have a dynasty,
Speaker 1: the whole separate dynasty. Show later, Redraft, where are you
Speaker 1: looking at Joe Burrow? As and you mentioned you think
Speaker 1: he could be a cube, a spot start QB one
Speaker 1: as a rookie, right, yeah, definitely the right. So what
Speaker 1: are we talking about talking about? Quarterback? Is he in
Speaker 1: the Matthew Stafford, Tannehill, Drew Lock range. He's a little
Speaker 1: behind those guys in my mind, definitely behind Lock. Now
Speaker 1: that they drafted Jerry Judy Burrows like the perfect quarterback
Speaker 1: to draft if you if you invest early in a
Speaker 1: Mahomes uh you know, or Lamar Jackson or a Doc
Speaker 1: Prescott even uh weight on Burrow, He's he's gonna go
Speaker 1: probably you know, around the twenty quarterback off the board,
Speaker 1: woman imagine, So I'll put him right around there, all right.
Speaker 1: Next up, Miami was picked five. They held tight to
Speaker 1: pick five and sweating bullets, I believe, hoping that to
Speaker 1: a Tonguo Vio Lowa would fall to them, and he did,
Speaker 1: and so it all worked out for Miami. You know,
Speaker 1: the whole premise all last year was tanked for tah.
Speaker 1: They end up winning some games that they probably didn't
Speaker 1: intend to win, but they ended up winning games and
Speaker 1: they still got to us, So it turned out okay
Speaker 1: for them. Um, I don't know, you know, I think
Speaker 1: the big question for fantasy owners is going to be
Speaker 1: is he a week one starter? Is he a Week
Speaker 1: nine starter? Or does he sit the whole season. That's
Speaker 1: gonna be one of the really difficult things, at least
Speaker 1: now as we're you know, several months away from the
Speaker 1: start of the start of the season. That's gonna be
Speaker 1: one of the big questions. On TOA is you know,
Speaker 1: how how long of a runway did they give Ryan
Speaker 1: Fitzpatrick before they ease TWA into play. Yeah, well, to
Speaker 1: A probably wouldn't have been there if not for the
Speaker 1: hip injury for Miami for five, you have probably got
Speaker 1: the number one overall. He would or he would he
Speaker 1: could have been arguing the number one quarterback taken if
Speaker 1: he was you know, a full healthy season at Alabama.
Speaker 1: But that didn't happen, so we won't discuss that. But
Speaker 1: you know, I think two as sits for the majority
Speaker 1: of the season, because Fitzpatrick looked pretty good towards the
Speaker 1: end of last year in Miami. Has got something cooking
Speaker 1: down in South Beach. And let's not forget that the
Speaker 1: Patriots are not really the Patriots anymore. And right it's
Speaker 1: wide open now, and Ryan Fitzpatrick could lead the Dolphins
Speaker 1: to an ANFC East Division title, even though I think
Speaker 1: Buffalo takes at home. But yeah, to Uh, this is
Speaker 1: I know we're not talking too many dynasty implications, but
Speaker 1: I'm not drafting to Uh in redraft. You're obviously taking
Speaker 1: Burrow before two and redraft. But if I'm taking a
Speaker 1: quarterback in dynasty, I'll probably taken two over Burrow because
Speaker 1: I think long term injuries not a concern, at least
Speaker 1: the hip. You know, an injury like anyone else's, it's
Speaker 1: possible for any player. So I'm going to along to
Speaker 1: him over bur Oh, but definitely Burrow in the short term. Okay,
Speaker 1: that's yeah. Two. Back to your Patriots Dolphins as it
Speaker 1: is today, the Friday after Round one, in which the
Speaker 1: Patriots traded out of Round one and the Dolphins had
Speaker 1: three first round picks. I would rather have the Dolphins
Speaker 1: roster than the Patriots, and I don't think it's very close. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I can't argue that I'd rather have the Patriots coach.
Speaker 1: I don't have to deal with them. I'd rather have
Speaker 1: that coach. Let's go to the third quarterback taken pick
Speaker 1: number six, the Chargers taking Justin Herbert. Um this despite
Speaker 1: offseason repeatedly saying Tyrod Taylor, we love Tyrod Taylor, We're
Speaker 1: ready to go to war with Tyrod Taylor all the time.
Speaker 1: And then Tyrod Taylor same thing as Baker Mayfield when
Speaker 1: he was with the Browns, right Baker, They were doing
Speaker 1: the same thing with the Browns talking about Tyler Taylor
Speaker 1: could be their starter, and you know, they don't need
Speaker 1: to take a quarterback, and then they take a quarterback
Speaker 1: who presumably will end up starting sooner than later over
Speaker 1: Tyrod Taylor. Do you think I think until they fall
Speaker 1: out of contention, which they probably will the Los Angeles Charterers,
Speaker 1: but I think Tyrod starts the season uh as the starter,
Speaker 1: basically rendering Herbert useless and redraft drafts. I'm not going
Speaker 1: to be target name and drafts by any means, I
Speaker 1: think he's a more of a project than to and
Speaker 1: definitely Burrow. So I'm not too excited about herbert prospects
Speaker 1: this season, and I don't know. I'm not sold on
Speaker 1: him long term either. I know we're not really going
Speaker 1: there now, so I don't know. I have a ton
Speaker 1: of exciting things to say about Herbert. He's not really
Speaker 1: gonna factor in. You know, it'll be he'll be a
Speaker 1: much more interesting conversation when in our Dynasty podcast because
Speaker 1: long term, when he can work out some of the
Speaker 1: some of the issues that he's got, accuracy, you know,
Speaker 1: the fumbling, you know, it's all different conversation. I could
Speaker 1: see Herbert, just the arm is so good. I could
Speaker 1: see long term, we're Herbert's got a lot of value.
Speaker 1: I just I'm not sure, um that it's gonna materialize
Speaker 1: this season. I think he starts sooner than you do.
Speaker 1: But that's you know, that's neither here nor there, because
Speaker 1: he's not he's probably not draftable. Last guy and he's
Speaker 1: totally undraftable and redraft is Jordan's love to the Green
Speaker 1: Bay Packers in a shocking and frankly baffling move. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know, I don't know what to say.
Speaker 1: There's nothing to say when it comes to redraft, right,
Speaker 1: He's not gonna play this year, He's not gonna play
Speaker 1: next He's not gonna play until Rogers gets hurt or
Speaker 1: just gets so piste off that he quits football. How
Speaker 1: about I was saying, traded to the Patriots. This is
Speaker 1: the only team that needs a quarterback that's left is
Speaker 1: are the Patriots. And so that makes you know, that
Speaker 1: makes I've already seen a bunch of tweets from people
Speaker 1: talking about how the Patriots, the Patriots, with all the
Speaker 1: draft capital that they've got as we head into Friday's draft,
Speaker 1: could end up moving for Aaron Rodgers. It's not gonna happen,
Speaker 1: but it's still fun to talk about. It's not a
Speaker 1: huge window. It's it's a very small window. But there
Speaker 1: is a window open right now for the Packers to
Speaker 1: win the Super Bowl. But they pretty much just slammed
Speaker 1: it shut. I mean, if they're gonna trade up, they
Speaker 1: trade up and you draft ceedee lamb Rogers. We're kidding
Speaker 1: right outside of Davante Adams and you know, yeah, perplexing move.
Speaker 1: Uh the Packard Look the Packers may have somebody like
Speaker 1: Tee Higgins or Laviska Chenald or Denzel Mims or Michael
Speaker 1: Pittman fall to them at the bottom of the second round.
Speaker 1: That's that's a real possibility for them. You can't fault
Speaker 1: the long term play. But I mean, but when you
Speaker 1: have no you can't the best the best you can
Speaker 1: you can In this instance, I think you can. I mean,
Speaker 1: you know, Love has got a lot of work to
Speaker 1: do a lot now. Fortunately, I'll have a lot of
Speaker 1: time to get it straightened out. He'll have He's a
Speaker 1: matter of years to learn behind Aaron Rodgers. And if
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers gets bitchy about this, I'm gonna lose it
Speaker 1: because he was this guy to Brett Are. He can't that,
Speaker 1: he can't have an attitude about this at all. And
Speaker 1: if he does, shame on him. I'll ever forget how
Speaker 1: piste Off Jordan loves girlfriend looked when she got the
Speaker 1: news they're going to Green Bay one. Yeah, she was
Speaker 1: so upset, exactly. She was like, Oh, I'm going to
Speaker 1: Los Angeles and Mike you you know, my boyfriend is
Speaker 1: gonna be a big star in l A and he's
Speaker 1: gonna be the Chargers quarterback or whatever. Now you're going
Speaker 1: to Green Bay to sit on the bench. I hope
Speaker 1: you enjoy Country Kitchen. For the tallest buildings are water towers.
Speaker 1: Got it, Brian spent a lot of fun. The rest
Speaker 1: of the draft will be a ton of fun. Next
Speaker 1: week's show will break down the rest of the draft,
Speaker 1: not every single player like we did this time. She
Speaker 1: can't too many players, but the notable players that came
Speaker 1: out of rounds two through seven will be the next show.
Speaker 1: I believe it will be Matt Harrison's turn up to
Speaker 1: bat right. Sounds about it right. I think that sounds
Speaker 1: about right. We'll probably have Matt Harrison on the show
Speaker 1: for that. Thanks Brian, great job, Thank you for listening.
Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Weekly. Back with you next week. Bye bye.
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