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Speaker 1: Wow, what is up? Welcome to another edition of the

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Speaker 1: NFL Fantasy Football Show. It's me and your man, MG

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Speaker 1: Marcus Grant. Still masking and socially distance, but partially you're vaccinated.

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Speaker 1: I'm excited. I got my shot last week. Yeah, it's

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Speaker 1: good news. UM got a big show, of course, I

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Speaker 1: got all this. I got all you know, sidetrack and

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Speaker 1: the last week. But big show for you, of course.

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Speaker 1: We are joined by producer Steve Matt Okata is back

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Speaker 1: as we continue our pre draft preview. This is a

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Speaker 1: big one. This is part one of two of wide receivers.

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Speaker 1: We've already done quarterbacks and tight ends. We did running

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Speaker 1: backs last week. Uh so wide receivers. So Matt, this

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Speaker 1: is this is your wheelhouse here, so that you know

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Speaker 1: we we when we talked about doing this, we talked

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Speaker 1: because wide receiver is very deep. In part because this

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Speaker 1: is especially what you're too. So I would imagine this

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Speaker 1: is this is the week you have been really waiting for.

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Speaker 1: I would imagine it is. Yeah. I'm always get excited

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Speaker 1: about talking lde receivers. I get excited about watching wide receivers.

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Speaker 1: I get excited about where they go, where they get drafted.

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Speaker 1: It is going to be fun this year for sure,

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Speaker 1: and these two weeks are gonna be fun. And for

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Speaker 1: anyone thinking that, you know, we get through all the

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Speaker 1: good guys this week and next week's episode is not

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Speaker 1: as great, that's pretty backwards because the death and the

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Speaker 1: exciting guys in the second group are even maybe more interesting.

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Speaker 1: So it's gonna be fun. Yeah, I was trying to

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Speaker 1: figure out how we could best split this up, and

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Speaker 1: just you know, the quick overview. My my idea was

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Speaker 1: the guys, which, as you mentioned, the depth of this

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Speaker 1: guys who will probably be you know, second day, maybe

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Speaker 1: an impact fantasy wise. Uh, certainly this year in re

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Speaker 1: we will certainly get to that UM as well. UH.

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Speaker 1: Quick note, but before we dive into that, Alex Smith

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Speaker 1: has decided to retire from the National Football League after UM,

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Speaker 1: what has been maybe one of the more remarkable career,

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Speaker 1: certainly in my lifetime. A guy who was a number

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Speaker 1: really sort of taking off. I think that's when his

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Speaker 1: for high school back All right, Um, what's the all

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Speaker 1: the quick thing I've mentioned? I got? I got a vaccination.

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Speaker 1: Right off the back he calls him Dr Faucchiesi, which

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Speaker 1: Beast Mode and Dr FOUCCHIESI talking vaccination. Check it out.

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Speaker 1: It's worth your talk. All right, let's talk some wide

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Speaker 1: allow you to have a little more faith as well. Um.

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00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:03,719
Speaker 1: Watching him with the Tidele, they moved him all over

429
00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:05,560
Speaker 1: the field. And we always talk about, you know, can

430
00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:08,600
Speaker 1: a guy play inside outside? Certainly at Alabama he was

431
00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:12,719
Speaker 1: able to cut to win pretty much everywhere, obviously stepping

432
00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:16,760
Speaker 1: up a level in competition. Not everybody can make that jump.

433
00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:19,879
Speaker 1: Do you feel like Smith can go on stand on

434
00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:24,680
Speaker 1: the outside, play outside and be successful at the NFL level, Yes,

435
00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:28,000
Speaker 1: I absolutely do. Now what I prefer maybe that he

436
00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:31,280
Speaker 1: goes into the slot. Probably slot. Being in the slot

437
00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:33,480
Speaker 1: in general in the NFL these days for fantasy is

438
00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:36,399
Speaker 1: typically better if you're getting the targets. It's just easier

439
00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:39,000
Speaker 1: to get open, so it would be nice. But do

440
00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:41,200
Speaker 1: I think he can win on the outside still? Yes,

441
00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:43,679
Speaker 1: And there's one main reason why. If you're trying to

442
00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:45,720
Speaker 1: win on the outside of the NFL receiver, there's a

443
00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:48,160
Speaker 1: lot of things that come into play, but your release

444
00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:51,200
Speaker 1: off the line is going to be arguably the most

445
00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:55,960
Speaker 1: important thing. And Davonte Smith's ability to release off the line,

446
00:22:56,119 --> 00:22:59,680
Speaker 1: especially against press coverage which means the dB is up

447
00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:01,800
Speaker 1: on that line he's trying to get hands on the

448
00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:04,320
Speaker 1: receiver and push him off his route, which is where

449
00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:06,320
Speaker 1: you would be concerned about a hundred and seventy pound

450
00:23:06,359 --> 00:23:11,760
Speaker 1: wide receiver. Right he is bonkers. It is hilarious to

451
00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:15,080
Speaker 1: watch him release off of the line, his foot quickness,

452
00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:19,560
Speaker 1: his release speed, the way that he just avoids completely

453
00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:21,600
Speaker 1: a dB trying to get his hands on him. I

454
00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:24,960
Speaker 1: almost was upset that I couldn't see him play through

455
00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:27,920
Speaker 1: that contact of the line more often to see how

456
00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:31,159
Speaker 1: I felt about his strength at his size because I

457
00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:33,280
Speaker 1: never got to see that dB put his hands on

458
00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:37,160
Speaker 1: him because they couldn't. They just couldn't. That's how elite

459
00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:40,760
Speaker 1: Davonte Smith is. And so yes, he can win on

460
00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:42,960
Speaker 1: the outside. He can win him from the slot, and

461
00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:45,040
Speaker 1: it might be best if he goes there, But if

462
00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:46,560
Speaker 1: a team wants to put him on the outside, I

463
00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:48,399
Speaker 1: will not be concerned. I think he can do it.

464
00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:51,320
Speaker 1: I think it's funny that you know a red flag

465
00:23:51,359 --> 00:23:53,000
Speaker 1: is that he was too good at this one thing,

466
00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:56,880
Speaker 1: so I don't see how he would be against other competition.

467
00:23:57,000 --> 00:24:00,320
Speaker 1: That that is, uh to speak volumes about what he

468
00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:02,359
Speaker 1: potentially can do on the next level. I think it's

469
00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:05,520
Speaker 1: interesting to we talk about at the college level, Um,

470
00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:08,440
Speaker 1: you know, guys in their ability against press coverage that

471
00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:10,719
Speaker 1: you obviously watch a lot more of these guys than

472
00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:13,840
Speaker 1: I do on tape. Um, do you see a lot

473
00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:16,920
Speaker 1: of guys facing press coverage. I feel like we don't

474
00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:19,560
Speaker 1: see it quite as much at college, just because you know,

475
00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:22,200
Speaker 1: the defensive vacs maybe aren't as good. UM, So I

476
00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:23,919
Speaker 1: feel like it does sort of say something when a

477
00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:26,080
Speaker 1: guy is really good against press coverage. I feel like

478
00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:28,119
Speaker 1: they don't see it all that often in college. Yeah,

479
00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:31,040
Speaker 1: I think that's definitely. I think that's that's definitely true. Overall,

480
00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:33,040
Speaker 1: you see it less, you do see it more in

481
00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:36,720
Speaker 1: my opinion, to your point, in conferences where the dbs

482
00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:41,560
Speaker 1: are more NFL future NFL players, and so Davante Smith

483
00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:43,840
Speaker 1: playing in the SEC, he saw a lot of good

484
00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:46,919
Speaker 1: corners in his time. So I think that's where we

485
00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:49,479
Speaker 1: were able to see it a good amount. Um, you

486
00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:51,400
Speaker 1: don't see it as much, but when you can, it's

487
00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:55,440
Speaker 1: it's vital, in my opinion, vital tape to be able

488
00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:57,320
Speaker 1: to watch on a receiver. So that was nice to

489
00:24:57,320 --> 00:24:59,760
Speaker 1: be able to have with Smith. Yeah, no doubt. All right,

490
00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:03,600
Speaker 1: So let's go from him onto Jamaar Chase, who uh,

491
00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:06,359
Speaker 1: you know, had a huge career at l s U.

492
00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:11,600
Speaker 1: You can make the case that, uh, in twenty nineteen, Um,

493
00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:13,720
Speaker 1: you know, I mean justin Jefferson was the guy who

494
00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:18,760
Speaker 1: went into the draft and obviously had a great rookie season. Um,

495
00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:20,320
Speaker 1: but you can you can make the case that that

496
00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:23,760
Speaker 1: year John Chase was the better wide receiver. He had

497
00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:25,720
Speaker 1: fewer catches, but he had more yards, He had a

498
00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:29,160
Speaker 1: couple more touchdowns. We didn't get to see. We didn't

499
00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:32,200
Speaker 1: see him at all uh in twenty after he opted out.

500
00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:37,199
Speaker 1: Um But obviously that hasn't dampened anybody's enthusiasm about what

501
00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:39,320
Speaker 1: he can be if we're talking about him at worst

502
00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:42,359
Speaker 1: as the number two receiver in this class. Uh So,

503
00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:47,440
Speaker 1: A big question here. Can he have a Justin Jefferson

504
00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:49,840
Speaker 1: like season? And I don't necessarily mean setting records or

505
00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:52,080
Speaker 1: anything like that, but in terms of just being an

506
00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:56,359
Speaker 1: immediate impact guy, um, I mean, does he have that

507
00:25:56,440 --> 00:26:00,359
Speaker 1: ability in him? Yeah, he definitely has had a ability

508
00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:03,439
Speaker 1: in him With Jamaar Chase, for me, it's a little

509
00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:07,239
Speaker 1: bit he's a little bit more landing spot dependent. I

510
00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:09,160
Speaker 1: believe you asked me earlier to kind of rank these

511
00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:12,160
Speaker 1: top three. I said Chase was second, Wattle is third.

512
00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:16,040
Speaker 1: If they go to situations where I prefer largely or

513
00:26:16,119 --> 00:26:19,840
Speaker 1: heavily prefer Wattle situation to where Chase goes, it's very

514
00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:22,479
Speaker 1: possible I could swap those two. They're very They're very

515
00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:25,200
Speaker 1: close for me, actually closer for me than Smith and Chase,

516
00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:29,080
Speaker 1: which is most people's duo. Um So, I think it

517
00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:31,760
Speaker 1: does depend quite a bit on where he goes, or

518
00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:34,520
Speaker 1: at least some on where he goes, but he has

519
00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:37,359
Speaker 1: a skill set that can be early impact if he

520
00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:40,760
Speaker 1: gets the targets. I I think to the Saints last year,

521
00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:44,320
Speaker 1: like and in imaginary world, if Chase had come out

522
00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:47,840
Speaker 1: early after that crazy season, gone to the Saints in

523
00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:49,719
Speaker 1: that season where Michael Thomas missed most of the year

524
00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:52,200
Speaker 1: and he was filming the Michael Thomas role, that kind

525
00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:56,280
Speaker 1: of place he would destroy. He could have the Justin

526
00:26:56,359 --> 00:26:59,199
Speaker 1: Jefferson record breaking type of thing that you you kind

527
00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:01,959
Speaker 1: of even left off the table in a situation like that.

528
00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:04,920
Speaker 1: So I think it does matter. One of the tough

529
00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:06,760
Speaker 1: things is a lot of the landing spots at the

530
00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:10,560
Speaker 1: very top, like in the top ten, are not those situations.

531
00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:13,919
Speaker 1: They don't really meet those requirements for me. The teams

532
00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:18,480
Speaker 1: like the Bengals, even the Dolphins, Lions, Panthers, Broncos, those

533
00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:20,359
Speaker 1: are basically all the teams in the top ten that

534
00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:22,879
Speaker 1: are likely to take him. I don't love those spots

535
00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:26,199
Speaker 1: for an immediate impact like Jefferson had. Maybe if he

536
00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:28,760
Speaker 1: were to slip to the Giants or the Eagles down

537
00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:30,920
Speaker 1: to the eleven or twelve, then we're starting to get

538
00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:33,240
Speaker 1: into territory where I could see it. I don't think

539
00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:36,359
Speaker 1: he's probably gonna slip that far. Most people don't, So

540
00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:39,760
Speaker 1: I wouldn't bet on like a wide receiver one or

541
00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:42,600
Speaker 1: even high end wide receiver too impact rookie season. But

542
00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:44,919
Speaker 1: he does have that ability, and he could if he

543
00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:47,120
Speaker 1: goes to the right place. So you talk about landing

544
00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:48,960
Speaker 1: spots to it, that's one thing I'm you know, we

545
00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:51,879
Speaker 1: obviously don't know. We're still nine days away from the

546
00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:55,560
Speaker 1: draft starting as we record this UM, but you know,

547
00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:57,800
Speaker 1: we're always we're trying to project right. People are doing

548
00:27:57,840 --> 00:27:59,879
Speaker 1: mock drafts and trying to figure out where these guys go.

549
00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:04,679
Speaker 1: I would say that for for us fantasy types, and

550
00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:07,359
Speaker 1: maybe you have a different opinion, but I would almost

551
00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:10,840
Speaker 1: like to see these guys go somewhere where they aren't

552
00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:14,359
Speaker 1: asked to necessarily carry the full burden in their first year,

553
00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:16,840
Speaker 1: right that. I think for for all three of these guys,

554
00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:19,520
Speaker 1: the potential is there for them to be wide receiver ones.

555
00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:22,600
Speaker 1: I don't want to see them have to carry that

556
00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:25,720
Speaker 1: in in their first year. Like you mentioned Detroit, Like

557
00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:28,320
Speaker 1: I've seen mox with DeVante Smith going to Detroit, Like

558
00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:31,760
Speaker 1: I don't love that for him, you know, I don't

559
00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:34,399
Speaker 1: like that situation I don't like. I wouldn't like if

560
00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:36,800
Speaker 1: Jamar Chase had to go somewhere where he was expected

561
00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:38,360
Speaker 1: to sort of carry the load. I mean, we look

562
00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:42,040
Speaker 1: at the guys who really excelled last year. Justin Jefferson, right,

563
00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:45,760
Speaker 1: he's playing alongside Adam Feeling. Um, you know you've got

564
00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:48,560
Speaker 1: Ceedee Lamb who's playing alongside of Marie Cooper. I feel

565
00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:51,200
Speaker 1: like Jerry Judy, Uh, you know, I'm curious to see

566
00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:52,920
Speaker 1: what his rookie year would have been like if they

567
00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:55,480
Speaker 1: had Court and Sutton for the full year where there

568
00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:58,360
Speaker 1: isn't necessarily that pressure to go in and step in

569
00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:02,200
Speaker 1: and be that guy right away. Um. I mean for

570
00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:04,360
Speaker 1: the teams, obviously it's great you feel like you've got

571
00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:06,760
Speaker 1: a number one caliber wide receiver. I think for us

572
00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:09,120
Speaker 1: and fantasy, I would almost prefer to see these guys

573
00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:11,720
Speaker 1: land somewhere where they know there's at least a little

574
00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:13,479
Speaker 1: bit of help to to get them started in their

575
00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:16,440
Speaker 1: first year or two. Yeah. I think that's a great

576
00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:20,440
Speaker 1: call overall, um, And and with receivers in general, it's

577
00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:23,800
Speaker 1: typically the case that we don't expect them to or

578
00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:26,400
Speaker 1: demand from them that they break out in a huge way.

579
00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:29,200
Speaker 1: As a rookie like Jefferson did. With running backs, we

580
00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:31,200
Speaker 1: kind of want that these days and expect it, but

581
00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:33,440
Speaker 1: with receivers we don't as much. So if you go

582
00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:35,480
Speaker 1: somewhere you have a little bit of time, I think

583
00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:37,600
Speaker 1: that can be more helpful. I mean, if you ask

584
00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:39,960
Speaker 1: me the number one spot, and this is even to

585
00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:41,680
Speaker 1: take the quarterback out of the out of the picture,

586
00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:44,720
Speaker 1: give them an average quarterback. The Chiefs would be a

587
00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:48,200
Speaker 1: great situation. Now, there's no way he's gonna fall to

588
00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:50,959
Speaker 1: the chief But just in terms of you've got tyreek

589
00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:54,440
Speaker 1: Kill who's a different kind of receiver, You've got Travis

590
00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:57,120
Speaker 1: Kelsey who's a tight end. You don't have to demand

591
00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:58,960
Speaker 1: of Jamaar Chase that he'd be the number one. But

592
00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:01,560
Speaker 1: it's the kind of situation, aation where he could carve

593
00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:03,520
Speaker 1: out a role of his own where he could be

594
00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:05,560
Speaker 1: dominant in a year or two. Then of course he

595
00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:08,280
Speaker 1: throw the quarterback in that that would just be bonkers.

596
00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:11,160
Speaker 1: But he's not getting there. I'm just saying to your point,

597
00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:13,880
Speaker 1: I think that can be more helpful and more promising

598
00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:16,160
Speaker 1: in the long run. Yeah, it just it just yea again,

599
00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:18,160
Speaker 1: this is are these are our wish lists and we

600
00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:21,520
Speaker 1: know that. You know, I mean, maybe somebody, maybe Andy

601
00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:23,520
Speaker 1: Reid is listening and wants to make a big move.

602
00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:27,320
Speaker 1: I'm all for it and do it and all for it. Uh.

603
00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:30,240
Speaker 1: Not not expecting that though. Um. The other thing with

604
00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:33,120
Speaker 1: Jamaar Chase and people have sort of commented on his

605
00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:36,920
Speaker 1: route running saying it's not particularly great. Um, I was,

606
00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:39,920
Speaker 1: I was trolling your Twitter account yesterday as I was

607
00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:41,760
Speaker 1: putting this thing together, and I know that I came

608
00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:45,640
Speaker 1: across a conversation you had about sort of the way

609
00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:48,440
Speaker 1: l s U ran its offense in the past and

610
00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:51,000
Speaker 1: the way they sort of put their route concepts together

611
00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:54,800
Speaker 1: where it didn't it. Maybe what looks like lazy route

612
00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:58,480
Speaker 1: running quote unquote is sort of by design and set

613
00:30:58,560 --> 00:31:00,400
Speaker 1: up to sort of, you know, make things easier for

614
00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:02,600
Speaker 1: the offense or make things more difficult on the defense,

615
00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:04,480
Speaker 1: what have you. And that in some ways it does

616
00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:06,520
Speaker 1: sort of mirror some things at the Saints. You talk about,

617
00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:08,320
Speaker 1: you know, Jamar Chase going to the Saints and what

618
00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:10,960
Speaker 1: that potentially means, what it could have meant had he

619
00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:15,920
Speaker 1: landed there. Um. So, taking all that into account, are

620
00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:19,000
Speaker 1: the route running concerns overblown or is there something there

621
00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:21,200
Speaker 1: at least to keep an eye on. Yeah, that was

622
00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:24,680
Speaker 1: a really interesting conversation actually that I had with that

623
00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:27,560
Speaker 1: Twitter user. I don't even remember where they came from,

624
00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:30,560
Speaker 1: but um, they gave me some really interesting context and

625
00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:33,200
Speaker 1: I looked into a little bit more and it did

626
00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:37,960
Speaker 1: seem to check out to a degree. Now, the issue

627
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:40,520
Speaker 1: still with for me with Chase is that I haven't

628
00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:43,960
Speaker 1: seen the route running ability. Now, that doesn't mean he

629
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:46,440
Speaker 1: can't do it. If it was schemed that way, maybe

630
00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:48,680
Speaker 1: he just didn't have to do it and so he didn't.

631
00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:50,960
Speaker 1: But I haven't seen it where I have with a

632
00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:53,520
Speaker 1: guy like Davonte Smith or a couple other guys even

633
00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:55,920
Speaker 1: down the list that we'll talk about, and that gives

634
00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:57,560
Speaker 1: me a little bit of pause and a little bit

635
00:31:57,560 --> 00:32:01,400
Speaker 1: of concern and just roll. He does give me the

636
00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:05,680
Speaker 1: impression of more of a straight lining guy. So I

637
00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:07,720
Speaker 1: do I believe he's going to be like if he

638
00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:09,720
Speaker 1: goes somewhere that doesn't have that kind of scheme and

639
00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:12,200
Speaker 1: they do ask him to be very crisp, very sudden

640
00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:14,400
Speaker 1: in his routes, Do I expect him to suddenly be

641
00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:17,560
Speaker 1: Stefon Diggs. No, I don't. I do think that he

642
00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:20,960
Speaker 1: will be lower on the route running tree. But the thing,

643
00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:24,120
Speaker 1: Mr mar Chase is we have tons of other attributes

644
00:32:24,240 --> 00:32:27,080
Speaker 1: with which he wins. And if you don't have to

645
00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:29,560
Speaker 1: be an excellent, excellent route runner to win with those

646
00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:32,200
Speaker 1: other skill sets that he has, and if he does

647
00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:34,240
Speaker 1: add that, if he does go somewhere and we see

648
00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:37,120
Speaker 1: that he actually can do it, that's just an extra boost.

649
00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:40,200
Speaker 1: So that's one of the reasons he's so high because

650
00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:43,640
Speaker 1: even without that skill set being on tape as clearly

651
00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:46,280
Speaker 1: as we would like, we know he can win. And

652
00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:49,200
Speaker 1: if he adds that, he just wins even more. That

653
00:32:49,360 --> 00:32:51,920
Speaker 1: You talk about athleticism and you watch Jamar Chase and

654
00:32:51,960 --> 00:32:55,479
Speaker 1: he just has that in droves UM, And you're right.

655
00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:58,240
Speaker 1: If he goes somewhere, it gets with a coach or

656
00:32:58,280 --> 00:33:00,560
Speaker 1: just works with somebody who can sort of help improve

657
00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:02,760
Speaker 1: these route running skills. That that to me feels like

658
00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:06,080
Speaker 1: a happy learned how to put moment right. That's like, um,

659
00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:09,520
Speaker 1: that that's that's trouble for everybody else. If he takes

660
00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:12,840
Speaker 1: that athleticism, that's those skills he already has, UH, and

661
00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:16,560
Speaker 1: he adds route running to it, then then watch out everybody. UM.

662
00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:19,280
Speaker 1: So that takes us to Jalen Waddle, who was teammates

663
00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:23,000
Speaker 1: with Vonte Smith at Alabama. Uh. When you when you

664
00:33:23,040 --> 00:33:25,280
Speaker 1: watch the tape, when you read the scouting reports, the

665
00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:28,560
Speaker 1: first thing everybody talks about is speed. You can't help

666
00:33:28,560 --> 00:33:31,360
Speaker 1: but see it. You you and I did this uh

667
00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:34,520
Speaker 1: for YouTube a few weeks ago. We we mentioned Jalen

668
00:33:34,560 --> 00:33:36,400
Speaker 1: Waddle and I said, I think at the time that

669
00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:38,720
Speaker 1: you watch the tape and you can sort of see

670
00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:42,120
Speaker 1: defensive backs already getting nervous just as he lines up there,

671
00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:44,720
Speaker 1: right giving him extra cushion, knowing what they have to

672
00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:48,479
Speaker 1: deal with their um speed is a great attribute, right.

673
00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:51,600
Speaker 1: You can't really teach it. Uh. Watching him, though, what

674
00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:55,000
Speaker 1: else stood out for you about what he does besides

675
00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:59,120
Speaker 1: just being fast? Honestly a whole lot. I think he

676
00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:01,360
Speaker 1: does just about everything pretty well, and it's one of

677
00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:04,640
Speaker 1: the things that makes him so scary. Generally speaking, I'm

678
00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:07,720
Speaker 1: not a fan of pure speed receivers. Like when Henry

679
00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:09,920
Speaker 1: Ruggs was coming out and everybody was excited about him

680
00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:12,200
Speaker 1: in the draft, he was very low in my rookie

681
00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:15,480
Speaker 1: wide receiver rankings at my Dynasty wide receiver rankings because

682
00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:18,480
Speaker 1: to me, he was a little bit too one dimensional.

683
00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:24,040
Speaker 1: Wattle is not at all. He is extremely slippery after

684
00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:26,680
Speaker 1: the catch. So he's not just a guy who's gonna,

685
00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:29,320
Speaker 1: you know, win on nine routes streaking down the field

686
00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:32,160
Speaker 1: and then hopefully he's in the end zone. Otherwise that's it.

687
00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:34,120
Speaker 1: He's a guy who you can send on a short

688
00:34:34,160 --> 00:34:38,080
Speaker 1: slanter and in and then he breaks away from everybody

689
00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:42,359
Speaker 1: within twenty yards and is down the field in a flash. Um,

690
00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:47,080
Speaker 1: he's extremely good, excellent at misdirecting the defender at the

691
00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:49,319
Speaker 1: top of his routes when he with a lot of

692
00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:51,399
Speaker 1: these speed guys who just know they have to blow

693
00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:53,000
Speaker 1: by them, and if they don't blow by them, they

694
00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:56,280
Speaker 1: don't win. With Jalen Wattle, that's not the case. He's

695
00:34:56,320 --> 00:34:58,800
Speaker 1: got the like I talked about earlier, those head fakes,

696
00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:02,200
Speaker 1: the nuances, the body leverage, the ability to misdirect that

697
00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:04,760
Speaker 1: dB and when you have the speed that Waddle has,

698
00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:07,880
Speaker 1: all those things become even easier for you and harder

699
00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:11,120
Speaker 1: for the corner. So that that is incredible for him

700
00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:14,680
Speaker 1: on tape. And one specific skill that kind of falls

701
00:35:14,719 --> 00:35:17,320
Speaker 1: under that tree that stands out his I mentioned comeback

702
00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:23,560
Speaker 1: routes earlier. His ability to uh stutter down on on

703
00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:26,800
Speaker 1: a vertical route. To stutter down, to stop his feet quickly,

704
00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:31,840
Speaker 1: come back to the quarterback quickly and catch comeback routes

705
00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:37,080
Speaker 1: is monstrous. It is going to wreck NFL defenses. And

706
00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:39,640
Speaker 1: part of that is that fear that you talked about

707
00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:42,200
Speaker 1: when the corner of the scared is you have to

708
00:35:42,239 --> 00:35:44,640
Speaker 1: be with Jal the wattle because of his speed. And

709
00:35:44,680 --> 00:35:46,560
Speaker 1: then he can do that and come back to the

710
00:35:46,640 --> 00:35:49,480
Speaker 1: quarterback after looking like he's just running a nine route.

711
00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:53,480
Speaker 1: It's impossible to defend. And Waddle's ability in that specific

712
00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:56,960
Speaker 1: aspect is so so good. Plus that's just a quarterback's

713
00:35:57,000 --> 00:35:59,080
Speaker 1: best friend. To have a guy coming back to you.

714
00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:01,680
Speaker 1: He's wide open. You can't even see the corner who

715
00:36:01,719 --> 00:36:03,640
Speaker 1: was supposed to be covering him because he's ten more

716
00:36:03,719 --> 00:36:07,160
Speaker 1: yards downfield. It's amazing stuff. So Waddle really really stands out,

717
00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:09,400
Speaker 1: honestly across the board for me, he's going to be

718
00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:11,719
Speaker 1: very very high upside in the NFL. So we didn't

719
00:36:11,719 --> 00:36:14,320
Speaker 1: get to see a lot of him last year. Midway

720
00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:17,319
Speaker 1: through the season he ended up having ankle surgery, which

721
00:36:17,320 --> 00:36:19,520
Speaker 1: took him out for the remainder of the season. Any

722
00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:22,799
Speaker 1: concern about the ankle. Um, you know, heading into the

723
00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:25,799
Speaker 1: season this point. No, he toughs it out, even played

724
00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:28,000
Speaker 1: in the National Championship. Now he's going to have had

725
00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:31,839
Speaker 1: a full offseason. Plus. I also hit up my good friend,

726
00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:35,360
Speaker 1: former co host Matthew Betts, who is now the Fantasy

727
00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:39,200
Speaker 1: Footballer's primary full time injury analyst, and I said, you

728
00:36:39,239 --> 00:36:42,319
Speaker 1: have any concerns, any issues at all with waddles ankle?

729
00:36:42,719 --> 00:36:46,640
Speaker 1: He said, absolutely not. And with waddle and his athleticism

730
00:36:46,640 --> 00:36:49,440
Speaker 1: and his speed that's important. Like this is not a

731
00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:51,920
Speaker 1: guy like a Mike Evans who just needs to run

732
00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:53,440
Speaker 1: ten yards and then jump up in the air and

733
00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:56,719
Speaker 1: catch the ball. His ankles are very important to his game.

734
00:36:56,960 --> 00:36:59,080
Speaker 1: But there are no concerns there for me. I feel

735
00:36:59,239 --> 00:37:01,399
Speaker 1: full go all right, So his ankles are healthy, which

736
00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:04,359
Speaker 1: means he potentially is wrecking somebody else's when he's up

737
00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:07,480
Speaker 1: there on the field. Um, all right. So that's those

738
00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:09,880
Speaker 1: are the big three. They're the guys that you know

739
00:37:10,080 --> 00:37:12,640
Speaker 1: will certainly go first round. Um, you know, it's just

740
00:37:12,680 --> 00:37:16,040
Speaker 1: a question of how early or late if you will. Uh,

741
00:37:16,080 --> 00:37:18,600
Speaker 1: they go in the first round. Now, I got four

742
00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:20,520
Speaker 1: guys that I sort of put into the next tier

743
00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:23,080
Speaker 1: that all have a chance to come off the board

744
00:37:23,239 --> 00:37:25,480
Speaker 1: in the first round, and if not, I would expect

745
00:37:25,480 --> 00:37:27,520
Speaker 1: that they're probably gonna be off by early in the

746
00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:31,560
Speaker 1: second round. The first for me is Alijah more and like,

747
00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:34,360
Speaker 1: there's no particular order for me here. If you like

748
00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:36,399
Speaker 1: one of them more than the other, please feel free

749
00:37:36,440 --> 00:37:39,879
Speaker 1: to point that out. But Alijah more old miss um,

750
00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:43,239
Speaker 1: a guy who the first thing I noticed about him

751
00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:47,000
Speaker 1: was just how good his hands were. Um. And you

752
00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:48,840
Speaker 1: talk about, you know, how good guys are at the

753
00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:52,000
Speaker 1: catch point. I mean, it just didn't seem like when

754
00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:53,719
Speaker 1: I was watching him the games that I watched him,

755
00:37:53,719 --> 00:37:55,680
Speaker 1: he didn't drop the ball, he didn't bobble the ball

756
00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:59,280
Speaker 1: if it was if it was catchable, he was catching

757
00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:03,120
Speaker 1: it much um. But he he lived his life as

758
00:38:03,160 --> 00:38:05,600
Speaker 1: a slot receiver in Oxford. Is that going to be

759
00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:07,439
Speaker 1: his life in the NFL? Or is there a chance

760
00:38:07,440 --> 00:38:09,960
Speaker 1: and maybe he can be something other than just a

761
00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:12,200
Speaker 1: slot and not. I shouldn't say I shouldn't say it

762
00:38:12,239 --> 00:38:13,319
Speaker 1: like that. I don't want to make it sound like

763
00:38:13,320 --> 00:38:15,359
Speaker 1: being a slot guy is a bad or terrible thing.

764
00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:18,759
Speaker 1: But it seems like that is what he's destined to

765
00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:21,840
Speaker 1: be at the next level. It is and in my opinion,

766
00:38:21,920 --> 00:38:25,560
Speaker 1: it needs to be um with human. You mentioned his hands.

767
00:38:25,680 --> 00:38:29,680
Speaker 1: My note on his hands incredibly smooth and sure hands

768
00:38:29,719 --> 00:38:31,440
Speaker 1: across the middle. That's how what I have in my

769
00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:36,320
Speaker 1: scouting notes. He was super impressive in that, but a

770
00:38:36,360 --> 00:38:40,600
Speaker 1: little below that in my notes, I have unimpressive release,

771
00:38:40,840 --> 00:38:45,239
Speaker 1: especially against press coverage where he is useless. That's what

772
00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:48,279
Speaker 1: I wrote in my notes. And needs to be a

773
00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:51,240
Speaker 1: slot receiver who has schemed into open space to succeed.

774
00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:55,040
Speaker 1: So I mentioned it with the Vonte Smith briefly. The

775
00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:58,520
Speaker 1: reason you get put into the slot often or or

776
00:38:58,600 --> 00:39:00,160
Speaker 1: the big skill that you need to have on the

777
00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:02,600
Speaker 1: outside if you're gonna stay out of the slot, is

778
00:39:02,680 --> 00:39:05,440
Speaker 1: that release ability. Because you're gonna have dbs who were

779
00:39:05,480 --> 00:39:07,759
Speaker 1: pressed up on you or if they're playing off, you

780
00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:09,680
Speaker 1: need to be able to eat up that space as

781
00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:13,840
Speaker 1: a receiver quickly and effectively. I did not see that

782
00:39:13,880 --> 00:39:18,680
Speaker 1: with Elijah More. It was rough. So I absolutely believe

783
00:39:18,760 --> 00:39:21,440
Speaker 1: he needs to be in the slot. If he is,

784
00:39:22,239 --> 00:39:24,960
Speaker 1: I believe it can be a very effective NFL and

785
00:39:25,080 --> 00:39:28,200
Speaker 1: Fantasy wide receiver. His hands are great, his route running

786
00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:31,920
Speaker 1: is great, his athleticism is great. He's a very versatile receiver.

787
00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:34,080
Speaker 1: Put him in the slot, and I think the NFL

788
00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:36,040
Speaker 1: team that drafts him will know this, so I think

789
00:39:36,080 --> 00:39:38,120
Speaker 1: it will happen. Put him in the slot. I think

790
00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:43,400
Speaker 1: he will succeed. Don't put him on the outside, please. Um.

791
00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:45,479
Speaker 1: As you as you're talking, I'm sitting here thinking about

792
00:39:45,560 --> 00:39:49,200
Speaker 1: the landing spots. Potentially. Uh, it probably wouldn't be a

793
00:39:49,239 --> 00:39:51,920
Speaker 1: first round sort of thing. But the idea of him

794
00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:56,160
Speaker 1: in Carolina sort of taking over where Curtis Samuel once was,

795
00:39:56,280 --> 00:39:59,440
Speaker 1: now that Samuel in Washington, that to me seems sort

796
00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:02,160
Speaker 1: of interesting. There are there are targets available in the slot.

797
00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:04,040
Speaker 1: They can sort of use him as a gadget guy.

798
00:40:04,040 --> 00:40:05,600
Speaker 1: That was one of the things you saw them do

799
00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:08,080
Speaker 1: at Old miss I was using him a lot as

800
00:40:08,120 --> 00:40:10,520
Speaker 1: kind of a jet sweep, kind of an addition to

801
00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:13,799
Speaker 1: the running game there. Um, I don't know, Just as

802
00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:15,879
Speaker 1: as you were talking, it just popped into my head.

803
00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:20,000
Speaker 1: Seeing Eli Moore in a Carolina Panthers uniform, it seems

804
00:40:20,040 --> 00:40:22,400
Speaker 1: kind of interesting to me. Yeah, definitely could be. And

805
00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:23,920
Speaker 1: if he does go at the back end of the

806
00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:26,799
Speaker 1: first which would be a lot a lot of you know,

807
00:40:26,880 --> 00:40:29,200
Speaker 1: draft analysts and mock drafts are starting to have him

808
00:40:29,239 --> 00:40:32,560
Speaker 1: creep up there. There are some really nice options there,

809
00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:36,879
Speaker 1: like the Packers, maybe even the Ravens, the Chiefs. There

810
00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:40,160
Speaker 1: are some really good slot opportunities at the back end

811
00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:42,239
Speaker 1: of the first round. If he goes there to one

812
00:40:42,280 --> 00:40:45,200
Speaker 1: of those teams, that's gonna be huge for his fantasy value.

813
00:40:45,640 --> 00:40:47,680
Speaker 1: If any of these guys goes to Kansas City, right,

814
00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:49,479
Speaker 1: we're just we're gonna go bonkers. Right, We're just gonna

815
00:40:49,480 --> 00:40:54,439
Speaker 1: go nuts, We're gonna go insane. I mean, these guys

816
00:40:54,520 --> 00:40:58,280
Speaker 1: end up going to Kansas City. Um, Kadarius Tony University

817
00:40:58,280 --> 00:41:01,640
Speaker 1: of Florida, Uh, very much, sort of a I feel

818
00:41:01,640 --> 00:41:03,359
Speaker 1: like he's one of those guys where, you know, there's

819
00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:05,440
Speaker 1: nothing that I saw of him that was, you know,

820
00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:08,200
Speaker 1: super spectacular blew you away. But I felt like there

821
00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:09,520
Speaker 1: are a lot of things about him that I thought

822
00:41:09,560 --> 00:41:11,360
Speaker 1: were really good. I know, he's another guy. He's a

823
00:41:11,360 --> 00:41:13,359
Speaker 1: guy who can do who can play special teams as well,

824
00:41:13,360 --> 00:41:18,040
Speaker 1: which is certainly always a plus. Um. Statistically, though, just

825
00:41:18,239 --> 00:41:22,040
Speaker 1: one real season of note does that worry you at

826
00:41:22,080 --> 00:41:28,640
Speaker 1: all about him? Absolutely not? And here's why, largely speaking,

827
00:41:29,280 --> 00:41:32,920
Speaker 1: one season of production doesn't necessarily mean the end of

828
00:41:32,960 --> 00:41:36,439
Speaker 1: things for me. Look at Jamar Chase, who had one.

829
00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:38,360
Speaker 1: Of course he would have had another one if he

830
00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:40,920
Speaker 1: didn't opted out, but still we have one incredible season

831
00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:43,400
Speaker 1: to go off with Jamar Chase. Generally, it's not a

832
00:41:43,480 --> 00:41:45,560
Speaker 1: huge deal for me, but it's even less of a

833
00:41:45,600 --> 00:41:49,080
Speaker 1: huge deal for a guy who transfers from quarterback to

834
00:41:49,280 --> 00:41:52,000
Speaker 1: wide receiver in the middle of his career, which is

835
00:41:52,040 --> 00:41:54,400
Speaker 1: what can Darius Tony And he was a high school quarterback.

836
00:41:54,600 --> 00:41:57,520
Speaker 1: He came in expecting to play quarterback at Florida. He

837
00:41:57,600 --> 00:42:00,480
Speaker 1: ended up switching to wide receiver because his athleticism was

838
00:42:00,560 --> 00:42:06,240
Speaker 1: so insane and he honestly blew me away in his ability,

839
00:42:06,360 --> 00:42:09,640
Speaker 1: especially as a route runner, to win as a receiver

840
00:42:09,920 --> 00:42:14,000
Speaker 1: after basically one year of true wide receiver play. It

841
00:42:14,120 --> 00:42:16,719
Speaker 1: is very, very impressive. And he was actually asked in

842
00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:19,400
Speaker 1: a in a press conference what he thinks he can

843
00:42:19,440 --> 00:42:22,320
Speaker 1: improve on most of the receiver and he said route running.

844
00:42:22,560 --> 00:42:24,399
Speaker 1: And that's probably the right answer for a guy who

845
00:42:24,440 --> 00:42:27,520
Speaker 1: just switched the position. But for me on tape, his

846
00:42:27,680 --> 00:42:31,520
Speaker 1: route running was extremely impressive already. So that's pretty scary

847
00:42:31,520 --> 00:42:33,040
Speaker 1: in my opinion for what he can be at the

848
00:42:33,040 --> 00:42:36,200
Speaker 1: next level in terms of just that what I talked

849
00:42:36,239 --> 00:42:39,880
Speaker 1: about earlier under that route running tree, that um breaking

850
00:42:39,920 --> 00:42:43,680
Speaker 1: in and out, that suddenness, that foot quickness, the break

851
00:42:43,719 --> 00:42:45,799
Speaker 1: your ankles kind of ability that we we talked about

852
00:42:45,880 --> 00:42:49,279
Speaker 1: guys like Stefon Diggs and Keenan Allen Kadarius Tony might

853
00:42:49,320 --> 00:42:52,120
Speaker 1: do that better than anybody else in this class. In

854
00:42:52,160 --> 00:42:56,400
Speaker 1: my opinion, his athleticism through his route is insane, and

855
00:42:56,440 --> 00:42:59,920
Speaker 1: he's extremely fast and quick, So if he continues to

856
00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:02,520
Speaker 1: improve on the nuance of his route running on top

857
00:43:02,560 --> 00:43:05,880
Speaker 1: of that, he could be extremely, extremely dangerous. He was

858
00:43:05,920 --> 00:43:09,480
Speaker 1: a guy going in like the twenties range of mock

859
00:43:09,600 --> 00:43:12,280
Speaker 1: draft earlier in this draft season. He's kind of fallen

860
00:43:12,320 --> 00:43:14,680
Speaker 1: a little bit since then. But if he goes in

861
00:43:14,719 --> 00:43:17,319
Speaker 1: the second round to it a team that's willing to

862
00:43:17,400 --> 00:43:19,239
Speaker 1: use him in all of his all the ways he

863
00:43:19,280 --> 00:43:21,839
Speaker 1: can win, which is a lot, and all of his versatility,

864
00:43:22,120 --> 00:43:24,040
Speaker 1: is going to be pretty sweet for fantasy. In my opinion.

865
00:43:24,320 --> 00:43:27,160
Speaker 1: I have heard the name Percy Harvin attached to him

866
00:43:27,600 --> 00:43:29,880
Speaker 1: on occasion. I think some of it is obviously the

867
00:43:29,880 --> 00:43:33,080
Speaker 1: the Florida connection between the two of them. Is that

868
00:43:33,239 --> 00:43:35,359
Speaker 1: is that ridiculous? I mean, I looked a bat It's

869
00:43:35,360 --> 00:43:37,239
Speaker 1: like well, let's, you know, let's call him down a

870
00:43:37,239 --> 00:43:38,960
Speaker 1: little bit. But I don't know, you were not in

871
00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:40,960
Speaker 1: your head, So maybe that's not as ridiculous as I

872
00:43:40,960 --> 00:43:43,839
Speaker 1: thought it was. I don't think it is. There are

873
00:43:43,880 --> 00:43:47,400
Speaker 1: a lot of similarities there. Percy Harvin's ability as a returner,

874
00:43:47,680 --> 00:43:52,320
Speaker 1: his out of the backfield kind of um gadget ability

875
00:43:52,560 --> 00:43:56,200
Speaker 1: was certainly similar to what we've seen from Tony. I

876
00:43:56,239 --> 00:43:59,319
Speaker 1: think Tony has a higher upside because I think that

877
00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:02,240
Speaker 1: he is al now what we kind of saw Percy

878
00:44:02,280 --> 00:44:04,680
Speaker 1: Harvin being, and if, like I was talking about, he

879
00:44:04,719 --> 00:44:07,760
Speaker 1: can add more aspects to his game as a receiver,

880
00:44:07,920 --> 00:44:10,600
Speaker 1: become more well rounded, I think he can be better,

881
00:44:10,920 --> 00:44:12,920
Speaker 1: kind of like what we saw from Tyreek Hill. If

882
00:44:12,920 --> 00:44:15,400
Speaker 1: you guys remember, you know, when he came out, we

883
00:44:15,400 --> 00:44:17,520
Speaker 1: didn't see him as a complete receiver. He was kind

884
00:44:17,520 --> 00:44:19,480
Speaker 1: of a return specialist, and then all of a sudden

885
00:44:19,640 --> 00:44:22,120
Speaker 1: he was a nasty route runner and was annihilating the

886
00:44:22,239 --> 00:44:24,719
Speaker 1: entire NFL. I could see a similar kind of path

887
00:44:24,760 --> 00:44:28,200
Speaker 1: for Darius Tony. Maybe not that high upside because one

888
00:44:28,200 --> 00:44:31,680
Speaker 1: of the best, but but that kind of trajectory, all right,

889
00:44:31,719 --> 00:44:33,080
Speaker 1: I mean he was a guy that early on I

890
00:44:33,120 --> 00:44:35,719
Speaker 1: sort of had him as my my fourth receiver. I've

891
00:44:35,920 --> 00:44:37,799
Speaker 1: kind of, I don't know, I've played around with that

892
00:44:37,880 --> 00:44:41,000
Speaker 1: a little bit, but um yeah, I'm just like I said,

893
00:44:41,000 --> 00:44:43,399
Speaker 1: the Percy Hard thing just it perked my ears up

894
00:44:43,600 --> 00:44:46,040
Speaker 1: a little bit, so I was that was good to hear. Um.

895
00:44:46,440 --> 00:44:49,080
Speaker 1: So we have two Alabama receivers on this list with

896
00:44:49,160 --> 00:44:52,160
Speaker 1: Vante Smith and Jaylen Waddle. Now we've got a second

897
00:44:52,160 --> 00:44:56,719
Speaker 1: ellis you receiver and that is Terris Marshall, who was

898
00:44:57,000 --> 00:44:59,600
Speaker 1: in the absence of Jamaar Chase this past year. He

899
00:44:59,719 --> 00:45:03,160
Speaker 1: became Holms the de facto number one in Baton Rouge

900
00:45:03,480 --> 00:45:06,960
Speaker 1: sort of opted out late in the season there. Um,

901
00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:09,760
Speaker 1: you know, I didn't necessarily put up the bananas video

902
00:45:09,800 --> 00:45:11,920
Speaker 1: game numbers that we had seen maybe the year before

903
00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:14,879
Speaker 1: from Chase or from Justin Jefferson. Some of it has

904
00:45:14,920 --> 00:45:17,440
Speaker 1: to do with you lose a quarterback like Joe Burrow

905
00:45:18,160 --> 00:45:21,839
Speaker 1: that's going to impact the offense as well watching him.

906
00:45:21,960 --> 00:45:25,080
Speaker 1: Was it was it a benefit or was it a

907
00:45:25,200 --> 00:45:28,719
Speaker 1: disadvantage for him to not be playing alongside Jamaar Chase

908
00:45:28,800 --> 00:45:32,120
Speaker 1: last year? Um, I think it was more of a

909
00:45:32,160 --> 00:45:34,960
Speaker 1: help honestly than I heard, just because of the attention

910
00:45:34,960 --> 00:45:36,520
Speaker 1: he was able to get We got to see him

911
00:45:36,600 --> 00:45:39,279
Speaker 1: kind of Uh, he only played seven games, but we

912
00:45:39,280 --> 00:45:41,440
Speaker 1: got to see him in those seven games take on

913
00:45:41,480 --> 00:45:45,880
Speaker 1: a much more productive role, basically doubling his catches and

914
00:45:45,960 --> 00:45:49,440
Speaker 1: yards per game numbers from the year before. UM. And

915
00:45:49,480 --> 00:45:53,480
Speaker 1: then the question obviously becomes, well, without Chase taking that attention,

916
00:45:53,719 --> 00:45:56,759
Speaker 1: was he, you know, a lesser receiver? Did he succeed less?

917
00:45:56,840 --> 00:45:59,840
Speaker 1: Was he less efficient? And the answer is nope, he

918
00:46:00,440 --> 00:46:04,040
Speaker 1: very good. His yards perception actually went up from tween

919
00:46:04,360 --> 00:46:07,239
Speaker 1: he had ten touchdowns in seven games where he had

920
00:46:07,320 --> 00:46:12,799
Speaker 1: thirteen and twelve. Everything that we saw with Chase off

921
00:46:12,800 --> 00:46:15,720
Speaker 1: the field was still this guy is an excellent receiver.

922
00:46:16,120 --> 00:46:18,279
Speaker 1: This guy can be the focal point. He can be

923
00:46:18,280 --> 00:46:21,280
Speaker 1: a number one. UM. He's got one of the best size,

924
00:46:21,600 --> 00:46:25,880
Speaker 1: size speed combos, maybe the best of anyone in this class.

925
00:46:26,080 --> 00:46:29,040
Speaker 1: So when you're looking for a number one, that's a

926
00:46:29,080 --> 00:46:32,160
Speaker 1: really nice combo to have. So I really like that

927
00:46:32,200 --> 00:46:35,680
Speaker 1: with Tervis Marshall. He has a very young breakout age

928
00:46:35,719 --> 00:46:37,640
Speaker 1: and a very good dominator rating. If you go to

929
00:46:37,640 --> 00:46:39,400
Speaker 1: those analytics that a lot of people look at with

930
00:46:39,400 --> 00:46:43,480
Speaker 1: wide receivers, that says, well, did he stand out in college?

931
00:46:43,680 --> 00:46:45,920
Speaker 1: Did he succeed early and did he stand out And

932
00:46:45,960 --> 00:46:48,719
Speaker 1: the answer is yes, and it was a very lucrative

933
00:46:48,719 --> 00:46:51,560
Speaker 1: system he was playing in. But the tape, in my opinion,

934
00:46:51,600 --> 00:46:54,520
Speaker 1: supports that he is a very very good wide receiver. Yeah,

935
00:46:54,560 --> 00:46:57,880
Speaker 1: it's funny because he is one of the bigger receivers

936
00:46:57,880 --> 00:46:59,560
Speaker 1: I think in this class, at least in this this

937
00:46:59,680 --> 00:47:02,759
Speaker 1: tier of guys. There at six to UM I don't

938
00:47:02,760 --> 00:47:06,080
Speaker 1: remember who was I saw tweeted it. This is size wise,

939
00:47:06,080 --> 00:47:11,239
Speaker 1: this is not a physically large class of wide receivers.

940
00:47:11,239 --> 00:47:13,760
Speaker 1: I mean we you know, obviously people talk about Davante

941
00:47:13,920 --> 00:47:17,000
Speaker 1: Smith and and his kind of slight frame and point

942
00:47:17,040 --> 00:47:20,319
Speaker 1: that out. But generally speaking, I mean, you don't have

943
00:47:21,040 --> 00:47:24,280
Speaker 1: a lot of big, monstrous, you know, six five guys

944
00:47:24,440 --> 00:47:27,440
Speaker 1: in this class, and so terrorist Marshall uh is one

945
00:47:27,480 --> 00:47:29,960
Speaker 1: of the bigger guys, and so it'll be curious to

946
00:47:30,000 --> 00:47:32,200
Speaker 1: see Uh, you know, sort of where he lands and

947
00:47:32,239 --> 00:47:34,520
Speaker 1: how he how they use him because he is very different,

948
00:47:35,000 --> 00:47:37,640
Speaker 1: um physically than than everybody. I don't know, does that

949
00:47:38,000 --> 00:47:39,600
Speaker 1: does that make make a difference for you at all?

950
00:47:39,640 --> 00:47:42,279
Speaker 1: I mean, how much does body type play into it

951
00:47:42,320 --> 00:47:45,120
Speaker 1: when you're when you're watching guys it can it can

952
00:47:45,200 --> 00:47:49,239
Speaker 1: make a difference, um primarily in like what what they're

953
00:47:49,280 --> 00:47:51,319
Speaker 1: going to do at the NFL level and how they're

954
00:47:51,320 --> 00:47:53,759
Speaker 1: going to be used. Different receivers are going to be

955
00:47:53,840 --> 00:47:56,120
Speaker 1: schemed into different things. You've got your ex, your Y,

956
00:47:56,160 --> 00:47:58,920
Speaker 1: your Z, your slot receivers. What they're going to be

957
00:47:59,000 --> 00:48:02,839
Speaker 1: used for is somewhat dependent on their size and how

958
00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:04,680
Speaker 1: they play with that size, and that's one of the

959
00:48:04,719 --> 00:48:07,920
Speaker 1: really important things. Like Davante Smith, it would be concerning

960
00:48:07,960 --> 00:48:09,840
Speaker 1: if he played like he was a hundred seventy pounds.

961
00:48:09,960 --> 00:48:12,799
Speaker 1: He doesn't. He plays like he's two hundred pounds, and

962
00:48:12,880 --> 00:48:16,200
Speaker 1: so he continues to win. But but yeah, it definitely matters.

963
00:48:16,280 --> 00:48:19,839
Speaker 1: And when you have the size speed comba that Terris

964
00:48:19,920 --> 00:48:23,160
Speaker 1: Marshall has, that's a really big threat because if you

965
00:48:23,200 --> 00:48:25,640
Speaker 1: are big but not that fast, you can be very

966
00:48:25,680 --> 00:48:28,640
Speaker 1: effective as a contested catch guy, a red zone guy.

967
00:48:28,680 --> 00:48:30,879
Speaker 1: But if you're big and fast, you can win all

968
00:48:30,920 --> 00:48:34,480
Speaker 1: over the field, every area of the field. And that's

969
00:48:34,480 --> 00:48:38,600
Speaker 1: what Terris Marshall I think offers. So yeah, he he

970
00:48:38,640 --> 00:48:41,520
Speaker 1: currently is my five. Because there's one other guy that

971
00:48:41,560 --> 00:48:43,959
Speaker 1: we haven't talked about and won't talk about until next pod,

972
00:48:44,320 --> 00:48:46,920
Speaker 1: so tune in. Who's one of my favorites that is

973
00:48:46,960 --> 00:48:51,560
Speaker 1: above him, But he's right in this group, um, at

974
00:48:51,640 --> 00:48:53,359
Speaker 1: the top of this group of guys even that we're

975
00:48:53,360 --> 00:48:56,000
Speaker 1: talking about for me. All right, that's a tease, folks.

976
00:48:56,000 --> 00:48:57,760
Speaker 1: So yeah, be sure to tune in next week because

977
00:48:57,760 --> 00:49:01,480
Speaker 1: we uh give you the conclusion of our wide receiver talk,

978
00:49:01,560 --> 00:49:06,160
Speaker 1: but the conclusion today of our wide receivers um, hey,

979
00:49:06,280 --> 00:49:08,600
Speaker 1: we actually we actually step outside the SEC and talk

980
00:49:08,640 --> 00:49:11,640
Speaker 1: about it. Not SEC receivers. Who in this Windshot Bateman,

981
00:49:12,520 --> 00:49:15,680
Speaker 1: who has I think a pretty steady and I guess

982
00:49:15,760 --> 00:49:20,080
Speaker 1: growing following on fantasy Twitter and in draft Twitter with

983
00:49:20,160 --> 00:49:24,600
Speaker 1: what he's done now last year was to say, a

984
00:49:24,680 --> 00:49:27,400
Speaker 1: roller coaster, I think as an understatement. He started the

985
00:49:27,480 --> 00:49:30,959
Speaker 1: year he opted out. He actually caught COVID opted out

986
00:49:31,480 --> 00:49:33,560
Speaker 1: before the season started, when it looked like the Big

987
00:49:33,600 --> 00:49:36,720
Speaker 1: ten might not play. Then you know, the schools decide

988
00:49:36,760 --> 00:49:39,600
Speaker 1: they're going to play. He decides to come back, plays

989
00:49:39,680 --> 00:49:43,560
Speaker 1: five games, and then after another outbreak, decides he was

990
00:49:43,600 --> 00:49:45,680
Speaker 1: going to opt out for the remainder of the season.

991
00:49:46,520 --> 00:49:49,240
Speaker 1: I'm certainly not going to criticize him for that, especially

992
00:49:49,280 --> 00:49:52,280
Speaker 1: as somebody who who had already caught it once. UM

993
00:49:52,360 --> 00:49:54,799
Speaker 1: to take precautions with his health. I completely get it,

994
00:49:55,560 --> 00:49:57,560
Speaker 1: but you know, obviously it means we didn't see as

995
00:49:57,600 --> 00:50:00,799
Speaker 1: much of him on tape. In for you, how much

996
00:50:00,800 --> 00:50:02,920
Speaker 1: emphasis did you put into what you watched this past

997
00:50:02,960 --> 00:50:05,200
Speaker 1: year or were you forced to kind of go back

998
00:50:05,200 --> 00:50:07,000
Speaker 1: and watch previous years to get a better sense of

999
00:50:07,040 --> 00:50:10,640
Speaker 1: who he is. I went mixed. I watched a little

1000
00:50:10,640 --> 00:50:13,680
Speaker 1: bit of both um and I think largely that that

1001
00:50:13,800 --> 00:50:15,799
Speaker 1: that's the best way to do it. You know, if

1002
00:50:15,880 --> 00:50:18,440
Speaker 1: Chase had played another season and not had a productive

1003
00:50:18,440 --> 00:50:20,080
Speaker 1: a year, I think it would have been right to

1004
00:50:20,160 --> 00:50:24,120
Speaker 1: watch both because he was incredible in why did he

1005
00:50:24,239 --> 00:50:27,400
Speaker 1: maybe not succeeded much in as as much? In so

1006
00:50:27,719 --> 00:50:29,480
Speaker 1: in general, I like to be able to do that

1007
00:50:29,560 --> 00:50:33,680
Speaker 1: if there are big swings in a receiver's production UM

1008
00:50:33,800 --> 00:50:36,759
Speaker 1: or in or just how much they succeed. And so

1009
00:50:36,920 --> 00:50:40,799
Speaker 1: I watched a little bit both with Bateman and the

1010
00:50:40,840 --> 00:50:43,080
Speaker 1: Tough Thing, the really tough thing honestly with him, and

1011
00:50:43,160 --> 00:50:46,920
Speaker 1: that situation is one of the biggest drawbacks for me

1012
00:50:47,000 --> 00:50:51,759
Speaker 1: with him in general, was inconsistency. He has some very

1013
00:50:51,920 --> 00:50:55,200
Speaker 1: high upside uh and the ability that he shows in

1014
00:50:55,280 --> 00:50:59,200
Speaker 1: certain instances is very impressive. He is a very good

1015
00:50:59,320 --> 00:51:03,000
Speaker 1: route runner, athletic and fast off of the line, very

1016
00:51:03,000 --> 00:51:06,040
Speaker 1: good after the catch. He's got a lot of joking ability,

1017
00:51:06,280 --> 00:51:09,879
Speaker 1: not super physical in general, but most of the rest

1018
00:51:09,880 --> 00:51:14,080
Speaker 1: of the package he has. But he had this tendency

1019
00:51:14,120 --> 00:51:17,080
Speaker 1: to kind of disappear, And I wonder if it means

1020
00:51:17,160 --> 00:51:19,839
Speaker 1: maybe he can't be a wide receiver one for an

1021
00:51:19,920 --> 00:51:23,080
Speaker 1: NFL team. Maybe he just needs to be a contributor guy,

1022
00:51:23,400 --> 00:51:26,480
Speaker 1: a very successful one, but more of a two at

1023
00:51:26,480 --> 00:51:29,120
Speaker 1: the NFL level. But the tough thing is, if we

1024
00:51:29,160 --> 00:51:31,200
Speaker 1: had had a full twenty, it would have been easier

1025
00:51:31,280 --> 00:51:34,879
Speaker 1: to evaluate that, like where where is this inconsistency coming from?

1026
00:51:35,000 --> 00:51:37,600
Speaker 1: Why does he continue to play with these ups and

1027
00:51:37,640 --> 00:51:41,279
Speaker 1: downs and having a kind of reduced season, and like

1028
00:51:41,320 --> 00:51:43,720
Speaker 1: even the games that he did play being affected maybe

1029
00:51:43,719 --> 00:51:48,239
Speaker 1: by the in and out phenomenon. It made it tough.

1030
00:51:48,320 --> 00:51:51,440
Speaker 1: So he's a tougher one for me to to analyze

1031
00:51:51,440 --> 00:51:54,680
Speaker 1: on tape. One of the big reasons, actually the big

1032
00:51:54,680 --> 00:51:57,759
Speaker 1: reason he's becoming very popular in the community is because

1033
00:51:57,800 --> 00:52:00,759
Speaker 1: of his analytics numbers. That Don Manator rating that I

1034
00:52:00,800 --> 00:52:03,000
Speaker 1: talked about, where how much did you dominate at your

1035
00:52:03,000 --> 00:52:05,480
Speaker 1: own on your own team, at your own school, and

1036
00:52:05,520 --> 00:52:08,279
Speaker 1: the breakout age, how young did you become very productive?

1037
00:52:08,760 --> 00:52:13,760
Speaker 1: He is eight and nine percentile in those two analytics metrics,

1038
00:52:13,800 --> 00:52:17,799
Speaker 1: so very very good analytics profile. And so even with

1039
00:52:17,880 --> 00:52:21,719
Speaker 1: the inconsistent or lesser tape that we have on him,

1040
00:52:21,760 --> 00:52:24,319
Speaker 1: a lot of people are really really excited. I think

1041
00:52:24,360 --> 00:52:26,640
Speaker 1: that's helpful in this instance to be able to turn

1042
00:52:26,719 --> 00:52:28,799
Speaker 1: to that. So it is it is a good, you know,

1043
00:52:29,080 --> 00:52:31,719
Speaker 1: fall in his court there. I do think he's kind

1044
00:52:31,760 --> 00:52:33,600
Speaker 1: of at the bottom of this group we've mentioned, but

1045
00:52:33,760 --> 00:52:36,439
Speaker 1: still this is one of those guys who's like maybe

1046
00:52:36,440 --> 00:52:39,800
Speaker 1: towards that seven eight, nine ten range, who is still

1047
00:52:39,800 --> 00:52:42,200
Speaker 1: worth drafting in the early to mid second round of

1048
00:52:42,280 --> 00:52:44,799
Speaker 1: rookie drafts and might compare to a guy like Tee

1049
00:52:44,840 --> 00:52:47,720
Speaker 1: Higgins because of how deep his classes to talk about,

1050
00:52:47,760 --> 00:52:50,680
Speaker 1: maybe he may not blossom into a wide receiver one,

1051
00:52:50,719 --> 00:52:52,319
Speaker 1: may be more of a wide receiver to at the

1052
00:52:52,320 --> 00:52:57,720
Speaker 1: next level. So of of Bateman, Moore, Tony Marshall, any

1053
00:52:57,760 --> 00:53:00,279
Speaker 1: of those guys sort of profile to use potential wide

1054
00:53:00,280 --> 00:53:03,839
Speaker 1: receiver ones. Yeah, for me, it's Marshall by a long

1055
00:53:03,880 --> 00:53:06,200
Speaker 1: shot of this group. More it's going to be more

1056
00:53:06,200 --> 00:53:08,200
Speaker 1: of that slot guy. Look we talked about Tony, I

1057
00:53:08,200 --> 00:53:12,080
Speaker 1: think is always going to be doing everything but not

1058
00:53:12,200 --> 00:53:15,319
Speaker 1: being the hunter and fifty target, you know, red Zone

1059
00:53:15,440 --> 00:53:19,320
Speaker 1: king guy, the prototypical one. And we just talked about

1060
00:53:19,320 --> 00:53:23,160
Speaker 1: Bateman Marshall though I think for me profiles very much

1061
00:53:23,320 --> 00:53:26,759
Speaker 1: in that kind of role. So he's one of the

1062
00:53:26,800 --> 00:53:29,439
Speaker 1: most interesting for me in terms of landing spot because

1063
00:53:29,480 --> 00:53:31,520
Speaker 1: if he does go somewhere where it looks like they

1064
00:53:31,600 --> 00:53:33,640
Speaker 1: might ask him to be the one relatively soon, I

1065
00:53:33,719 --> 00:53:36,359
Speaker 1: might feel better about him there than some of these

1066
00:53:36,400 --> 00:53:38,080
Speaker 1: other guys, like you talked about what we might want

1067
00:53:38,080 --> 00:53:40,720
Speaker 1: to give them a year or two. Um, So he's

1068
00:53:40,760 --> 00:53:42,520
Speaker 1: the one that stands out in that aspect, but I

1069
00:53:42,520 --> 00:53:44,400
Speaker 1: think they can all succeed a lot in different ways.

1070
00:53:44,680 --> 00:53:46,839
Speaker 1: All right, Well that I feel like it's a good

1071
00:53:46,880 --> 00:53:50,719
Speaker 1: place to sort of have a break here and kind

1072
00:53:50,719 --> 00:53:54,800
Speaker 1: of regroup and get ready for next week. Um. Yeah,

1073
00:53:54,800 --> 00:53:59,319
Speaker 1: this was There's a lot to take in. Man. Uh,

1074
00:53:59,360 --> 00:54:02,640
Speaker 1: it's alive again, but it's it's definitely good looking forward

1075
00:54:02,680 --> 00:54:04,759
Speaker 1: to kind of getting through next because next week. But

1076
00:54:04,880 --> 00:54:06,319
Speaker 1: we got there are a lot of names out there.

1077
00:54:06,320 --> 00:54:08,640
Speaker 1: Just is a sneak peak anybody in particular that that

1078
00:54:08,640 --> 00:54:11,560
Speaker 1: folks should really be excited about that that will probably

1079
00:54:11,560 --> 00:54:14,399
Speaker 1: show up on this list next week. Yeah, I'll throw

1080
00:54:14,400 --> 00:54:18,239
Speaker 1: out three names for three different reasons. One is Ron

1081
00:54:18,320 --> 00:54:21,759
Speaker 1: da Aylmore. I'll throw him out because people love him

1082
00:54:21,800 --> 00:54:25,720
Speaker 1: and are getting super excited about him, very dynamic player.

1083
00:54:26,160 --> 00:54:29,600
Speaker 1: Another is uh Tylan Wallace, and I'll throw him out

1084
00:54:29,680 --> 00:54:34,160
Speaker 1: because I freaking love him, arguably my favorite fantasy player

1085
00:54:34,200 --> 00:54:36,239
Speaker 1: in this whole class in terms of like a Matt

1086
00:54:36,280 --> 00:54:39,480
Speaker 1: o'coda's guy kind of guy. And then the one other

1087
00:54:39,480 --> 00:54:41,880
Speaker 1: one I'll throw out is a Monroe st. Brown, who,

1088
00:54:41,960 --> 00:54:44,840
Speaker 1: if that sounds somewhat familiar, is because he's related to

1089
00:54:44,920 --> 00:54:48,680
Speaker 1: Ecuonymius st. Brown. Spoiler alert. I think he's a lot

1090
00:54:48,719 --> 00:54:52,560
Speaker 1: better than Econymus Brown. I really like him as well.

1091
00:54:52,600 --> 00:54:54,840
Speaker 1: He fits in with this tire we just talked about

1092
00:54:54,880 --> 00:54:57,520
Speaker 1: for me. So these are these are three more guys

1093
00:54:57,560 --> 00:55:00,200
Speaker 1: honestly that might fit into this tire. We're getting down

1094
00:55:00,239 --> 00:55:02,600
Speaker 1: to the outside the top ten and we're still talking

1095
00:55:02,600 --> 00:55:05,400
Speaker 1: about this tier receivers. That's how crazy deep it is.

1096
00:55:05,440 --> 00:55:07,800
Speaker 1: So definitely check into that pod because it's going to

1097
00:55:07,840 --> 00:55:09,359
Speaker 1: be a good one, all right, into all the people

1098
00:55:09,360 --> 00:55:11,840
Speaker 1: out there listening, I promise you I did not bribe

1099
00:55:11,880 --> 00:55:14,600
Speaker 1: him to get him to mention a usc guy at

1100
00:55:14,640 --> 00:55:17,839
Speaker 1: the end of this show. Um so so so this

1101
00:55:17,880 --> 00:55:21,879
Speaker 1: is it's genuine, it's not it's not fortunate at also

1102
00:55:21,920 --> 00:55:24,280
Speaker 1: all right, so get ready for that next week. Obviously

1103
00:55:24,320 --> 00:55:27,320
Speaker 1: that will be our final piece of this pre draft

1104
00:55:27,440 --> 00:55:29,960
Speaker 1: puzzle and guy here on Tuesday and give you a

1105
00:55:29,960 --> 00:55:32,000
Speaker 1: couple of days to sort of digest it as we

1106
00:55:32,000 --> 00:55:34,600
Speaker 1: get ready for the actual NFL Draft coming up in

1107
00:55:34,600 --> 00:55:36,680
Speaker 1: about a week and a half from right now. As

1108
00:55:36,680 --> 00:55:39,680
Speaker 1: we sit, you know it's coming quick and honestly, it

1109
00:55:39,760 --> 00:55:41,719
Speaker 1: sort of can't come quickly enough because I think I'm

1110
00:55:41,800 --> 00:55:45,640
Speaker 1: I'm I'm starting to run low on tolerance for draft takes.

1111
00:55:45,760 --> 00:55:49,560
Speaker 1: So right, so you want more at these in uh,

1112
00:55:49,600 --> 00:55:51,000
Speaker 1: and then we will do the draft and we will

1113
00:55:51,160 --> 00:55:53,719
Speaker 1: h you know, we'll actually have something else to talk about,

1114
00:55:53,760 --> 00:55:55,839
Speaker 1: but anytime for us, that is, if we are done.

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Speaker 1: We appreciate you hanging out with the NFL Fantasy Football Show.

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Speaker 1: You know, the drill tells you for instant tell two friends,

1117
00:56:01,040 --> 00:56:04,000
Speaker 1: rate review and remember if we were better at naming things,

1118
00:56:04,239 --> 00:56:06,600
Speaker 1: it would actually be called a teeth brush. Be safe,

1119
00:56:06,680 --> 00:56:08,680
Speaker 1: take care of yourselves, wear a mask, and we will

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00:56:08,719 --> 00:56:22,799
Speaker 1: see you next week. Wow. Wow wan h Wan, I'm

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Speaker 1: cot count I'm tot tot