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Speaker 1: edition of Fantasy Football Weekly. We record every week on
Speaker 1: Friday afternoon, and that means we have a first round
Speaker 1: to recap. And when I say we, I mean myself
Speaker 1: and my usual co host, Brian Johnson. Hello, and welcome back,
Speaker 1: like your charge. Good to be back. Yes, it finally
Speaker 1: happened to The draft started very exciting, I know, right,
Speaker 1: it's it's just it's such a fun time and there's
Speaker 1: so many implications and there's so much to talk about it,
Speaker 1: especially this year, Brian, because this is an offensive heavy
Speaker 1: first round and there's so many players that have fantasy
Speaker 1: relevancy to them, and so really, what I want to
Speaker 1: do for today, there's so many players I want to
Speaker 1: zip through the first round. We're gonna skip the defensive
Speaker 1: players altogether. We don't I don't think we have time
Speaker 1: to do offensive lineman here. Let's concentrate on our position players. Quarterbacks,
Speaker 1: running backs, wide receivers, and one tight end. The main
Speaker 1: takeaway from an offensive lineman perspective is Austin stock on
Speaker 1: the rise. Let's put it that way. You know what,
Speaker 1: as I was so high in Austin Ekeler last year,
Speaker 1: obviously a last season. Uh most of it was a
Speaker 1: last season, I'm gonna be right back at the debt,
Speaker 1: right back again, trying to do you know, trying to
Speaker 1: find ways to get Austin Neckler again. Okay, let's go
Speaker 1: to Let's just start at the top of the draft.
Speaker 1: We'll go pick by pick. Trevor Lawrence goes to Jacksonville,
Speaker 1: as expected. Your thoughts on Lawrence here, both from a
Speaker 1: dynasty and redraft standpoint, No surprises and no surprises. Jacksonville
Speaker 1: took him first overall, goes into a pretty good spot.
Speaker 1: Great weapons and d J Shark, Marvin Jones, Lavish, a Channault,
Speaker 1: James Robinson, and a brand new toy who will we'll
Speaker 1: talk about in a minute. But I don't know. I
Speaker 1: surprising move if that really is gonna bode well for
Speaker 1: Lawrence over a stud offensive lineman, which is very much
Speaker 1: needed in Jacksonville. But uh yeah, Trevor Lawrence. We we
Speaker 1: talked about him when we broke down quarterbacks a few
Speaker 1: weeks ago. Uh, pretty much a should be viewed as
Speaker 1: a backup in Redraft one quarterback leagues. As of right now,
Speaker 1: he's going off the board in best ball leagues. And
Speaker 1: I went from like April one to now so more
Speaker 1: recent drafts. Uh, QB fifteen right after Joe Burrow. He's
Speaker 1: going before Matt Ryan, who will we'll discuss him and
Speaker 1: his his new toy that he's got uh in his arsenal,
Speaker 1: but uh, he's right and that fringe QB one level
Speaker 1: going before guys like I said, Matt Ryan, Kirk Cousins,
Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield, right after Joe Burrow. Deshaun Watson is a
Speaker 1: QB thirteen right now. So well for understandable reasons. But
Speaker 1: that's a whole that's a whole other conversation. Um that
Speaker 1: seems appropriate in in dynasty you're in a new rookie
Speaker 1: draft for a dynasty or an Empire League. Trevor Lawrence
Speaker 1: for me, is not the first quarterback I would take
Speaker 1: in super flex to let's let's focus on super flex.
Speaker 1: But I'm just timeing a quarterback quarterbacks. It's not the
Speaker 1: first quarterback I would take, I think the first one.
Speaker 1: In a minute, you will see Trevor Lawrence as the
Speaker 1: first quarterback taken in most drafts. But I won't argue
Speaker 1: if you take Trey Lance. That's coming up into two picks.
Speaker 1: So let's go to Zach Wilson from B y u uh.
Speaker 1: These two picks were pretty well known and I think,
Speaker 1: to the surprise of nobody, um, Zach Wilson has a
Speaker 1: special NFL caliber arm and he has just from an
Speaker 1: arm upside, the ability to be a top five passer
Speaker 1: in the NFL. Now, whether the Jets will get that
Speaker 1: out of him organizationally, who knows. And I would love
Speaker 1: it if Zach Wilson and somehow have gone one step,
Speaker 1: one one spot farther and it ended up on the
Speaker 1: person have all the advantages that come with Kyle Shanahan
Speaker 1: and the rest of that organization. But what do you
Speaker 1: think is Zack Wilson is a Jet? Well, I was
Speaker 1: obviously way too excited to talk about Trey Lance. I
Speaker 1: wanted to gloss right over. You know, he's getting dragged
Speaker 1: on social media just for his appearance. Basically, he does
Speaker 1: not look like a pro cornerback. He looks like a
Speaker 1: a pro prom king basically what he wins prom king
Speaker 1: for a living. But they're they're building something in New
Speaker 1: York put it that way. In New Jersey he's got
Speaker 1: some enticing receivers and Denzel Man's up and coming. Jameson
Speaker 1: Crowder is still there. But when it comes when it
Speaker 1: comes to redraft, uh, not draftable really at this point.
Speaker 1: He'll certainly go in the top five quarterbacks in Dynasty,
Speaker 1: but very much await and see for me with Wilson. Um, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I don't have much more to say about. Okay, let's go.
Speaker 1: I'm very worried about. I'm worried for the Jets fans.
Speaker 1: It's just gonna be. It feels like another bust in
Speaker 1: the making. I don't know. I don't I don't want
Speaker 1: to stop my dormald. I think, well that you can
Speaker 1: make that you can absolutely make that case or both, right,
Speaker 1: have Wilson and Donald and just let the best man win.
Speaker 1: But nobody ever does that. But the offensive line that
Speaker 1: Wilson is going to get is ten times better than
Speaker 1: what Donald is dealt with. They're building a very nice
Speaker 1: offensive line in front of the Wilson, so that should
Speaker 1: help him out. That should that should help out um At.
Speaker 1: The Jets ended up taking at pick fourteen, Elijah Vera
Speaker 1: Tucker so guards So that will that will give Zach
Speaker 1: Wilson some advantages and in some ways better receivers than
Speaker 1: Sam Donald had as well. Trey Lance goes third, and
Speaker 1: I'm fascinated by this pick. I don't know that Tray
Speaker 1: Lance will take a even one snap under center this year.
Speaker 1: I think you will. But there are many people who
Speaker 1: think that he shouldn't, that Trey Lance should sit for
Speaker 1: a year. But in his fantasy upside is bonkers. If
Speaker 1: if Trey Lance fulfills everything he can become, he will
Speaker 1: be the highest scoring quarterback in fantasy football some years,
Speaker 1: because of the rushing, because of the passing, because of
Speaker 1: the weapons he's got in Kittle and Ayuk and Deebo Samuel,
Speaker 1: and because of Kyle Shanahan. You put all that together
Speaker 1: and it's a perfect storm for Tray Lance to be
Speaker 1: a jaw dropping fantasy player. And if in my opinion,
Speaker 1: in redraft, in in dynasty leagues, in rookie dynasty drafts,
Speaker 1: I think Trey Lance is in play for the first
Speaker 1: pick overall, and particular, you're super flex done deal. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I couldn't argue that too much. His upside if he
Speaker 1: hits the ceiling, it'll be higher than Trevor Lawrence is ceiling.
Speaker 1: Lawrence is going to produce right out of the gates
Speaker 1: like Trey Lance. So I you know, if you're a
Speaker 1: super flex dynasty league and you're sort of competing in
Speaker 1: quarterback needy, Trevor Lawrence might be your pick. But if
Speaker 1: you're in full on rebuild mode, yeah, I think I
Speaker 1: shoot for the tray Lands upside and just just just
Speaker 1: sit on that and wait for the breakout. Could be
Speaker 1: later this season, but likely could be. It could be
Speaker 1: Trey Lance is going to be fantastic um and just
Speaker 1: think the landing spot was great for him. And I'm
Speaker 1: so happy that forty nine went Trey Lance and didn't
Speaker 1: go Mac Jones. It was something I've been lobbying for
Speaker 1: for a long time because Trey Lance has so much
Speaker 1: upside that I don't think Mac Jones has, and the
Speaker 1: fact that Jones slid to fifteen is evidence that other
Speaker 1: people felt the same way. So four straight picks, as
Speaker 1: it turned out, actually six straight picks for offense in
Speaker 1: this draft to open the draft, Kyle Pitts ends up
Speaker 1: going number four. This was a landing spot that was
Speaker 1: largely expected. Nobody thought he'd get past five. It was
Speaker 1: either gonna be picked four or pick five. For Kyle Pitts,
Speaker 1: Hall of fame level, upside at tight end and ready
Speaker 1: to produce immediately something No tight ends never do this,
Speaker 1: but finds himself in a in a spot where with
Speaker 1: with defenses having to account for Julio Jones and Calvin Ridley,
Speaker 1: Kyle Pitts uh could find himself being an impact tight
Speaker 1: end even as a rookie. Yeah, I was a little
Speaker 1: worried about the landing spot just in terms of target
Speaker 1: share with Julio Jones and Calvin Ridley there there's not
Speaker 1: a ton to go around. Like you said, defenses need
Speaker 1: to focus on those receivers. They gotta focus on pits too,
Speaker 1: but they're not gonna be able to solely focus on
Speaker 1: just one of these guys at this point. So this
Speaker 1: this bode's well for both best for Matt Ryan even
Speaker 1: though he looks pretty cooked. But yeah, Kyle Pitts in redraft,
Speaker 1: he's going as tight ends like four right now after
Speaker 1: the Big Threeeez, don't I don't know if I would,
Speaker 1: I wouldn't do that in redraft. To me, that's that's aggressive.
Speaker 1: And keep in mind Hayden Hurst is still there, and
Speaker 1: Hayden Hurst is a pretty good tight end who they're
Speaker 1: paying like, you know, he's sitting on like a thirty
Speaker 1: million dollar contract. Yeah, he'll probably kick Hurst at the
Speaker 1: curb sooner. I wonder if they don't trade him. But um,
Speaker 1: and in in dynasty, if you're not taking a quarterback,
Speaker 1: you can easily argue as Pits being taken before any
Speaker 1: of the wide receivers are running backs. He seems like
Speaker 1: a guy you just locked into your tight end spot
Speaker 1: for the next ten plus years. That's the beauty of it, right, um.
Speaker 1: If you're if you're in a tight end mandatory dynasty league,
Speaker 1: your draft Kyle Pits forget about that spot for a decade.
Speaker 1: That's how that is. As much he's as much of
Speaker 1: a sure thing as um as anybody. There hasn't been
Speaker 1: a tight end taken this high since nineteen sixty. In
Speaker 1: the NFL Draft nineteen sixty, that's when they were phoning
Speaker 1: in their their picks on pay phones. Pick five was
Speaker 1: Jamaar Chase going to the Cincinnati Bengals. This was also
Speaker 1: an anticipated move as Chase gets reunited with Joe Burrow.
Speaker 1: This is a this is a fascinating move they get
Speaker 1: They now are three deep at wide receiver and Joe
Speaker 1: Burrow Stock to me, just went up a full echelon,
Speaker 1: a full tier, just went up. And I love the
Speaker 1: fact that Joe Burrow is going to have Chase to
Speaker 1: go into the arsenal and that's going to make it's
Speaker 1: going to make him fascinating. Now, the downside is for
Speaker 1: Chase is he's got to share targets with Tee Higgins
Speaker 1: and Tyler Boyd and that part makes it a little
Speaker 1: bit trickier at least early on. Yeah, like you said,
Speaker 1: reunited with Joe Burrow, who uh in his sophomore year
Speaker 1: in twenty nineteen, Jamar Chase opted out of COVID concerns
Speaker 1: um he set the SEC record for yardage and touchdowns Burrow,
Speaker 1: they are reuniting. This is the first of three reunions
Speaker 1: between SEC receivers and their quarterbacks on Day one of
Speaker 1: the draft. We'll talk about the other two guys later,
Speaker 1: but one of them coming up right now. But overall,
Speaker 1: Chase had a great career outside of opting out last
Speaker 1: year over almost fifty of his career catches at LC
Speaker 1: went for fifteen plus yrds. Like you said, he goes
Speaker 1: into a very crowded receiver room. Uh, Joe burrow Stock
Speaker 1: certainly on the rise. He still needs some people to
Speaker 1: protect him. We don't want his legs bending uh further
Speaker 1: any further backwards like they did last year. And h
Speaker 1: But right now Jamar Chase in best ball going uh
Speaker 1: wide receiver thirty four or was going. We'll see how
Speaker 1: that that this landing spot changes. He's going right after
Speaker 1: Odell Beckham, right in the Courtland Sutton Brandon Cook's range.
Speaker 1: So he's right in that wide receiver to range. I
Speaker 1: don't know if I'd be taking him over guys like
Speaker 1: Odell Beckham, even Brandon Redraft not in Redraft not, I don't.
Speaker 1: I don't think. So there's like you said, Tee Higgins,
Speaker 1: Tyler Boyd there so but in uh in dynasty easy
Speaker 1: easily dynasty first wide receiver off the board with a bullet.
Speaker 1: Next we move to another reunion of a college quarterback
Speaker 1: and a receiver to a tongue. Baaloa and Jalen Waddle
Speaker 1: end up together. Now in Miami. They can. They combined
Speaker 1: for eight hundred yards at Alabama, so obviously some familiarity there,
Speaker 1: and I think that helps Waddle hit the ground running.
Speaker 1: Now They've already got Will Fuller, They've got Davante Parker.
Speaker 1: But Waddles really best used as a slot receiver, and
Speaker 1: that's where he's going to be on the field a
Speaker 1: lot in this offense. UM, and obviously as a punt returner.
Speaker 1: Incredibly lethal there as well. Um. Amazing lateral agility, amazing elusiveness,
Speaker 1: and so strong for a kid that's only five two pounds.
Speaker 1: One of the most explosive athletes in the entire draft
Speaker 1: at any position. Insane levels of acceleration and burst, both
Speaker 1: at the line of scrimmage and mid route. But where
Speaker 1: Jalen Waddle kills you when he gets behind the coverage
Speaker 1: over it's you're just dead. You will never catch him.
Speaker 1: He's incredibly fast and um he averaged ten yards after
Speaker 1: the catch after for a first down after the catch,
Speaker 1: so um. Maybe not as polished to some of the
Speaker 1: other receivers here, only played snaps in college, but Waddle
Speaker 1: ends up in a in a position where he can
Speaker 1: make a fairly fast impact. Although again three good receivers
Speaker 1: for Miami and Uh he's getting drafted UH as a
Speaker 1: borderline starter as a wide receiver. Three's wide receiver fifty
Speaker 1: currently right in the Mike Williams, Corey Davis, Marvin Jones range.
Speaker 1: So a lot of expectations for Jalen Waddle and a
Speaker 1: lot of Philly receivers have not. Oh no, I'm sorry,
Speaker 1: he's not on Filly. I just jump to our next guy.
Speaker 1: That's okay, we don't mind a bit. And speaking of that,
Speaker 1: let's take this opportunity to take a break. The first
Speaker 1: six picks were all offense. Then there was a gap
Speaker 1: of several players before we get to our next fantasy
Speaker 1: relevant player, and that is a player for the Eagles
Speaker 1: and another Alabama receiver. We'll talk about DeVonta Smith in moments.
Speaker 1: Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly, Paul Charchi and Brian Johnson
Speaker 1: with you. NFL Draft was yesterday if you're listening to
Speaker 1: this end of the weekend. We re re record every
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Speaker 1: least first plush look at the landing spots in the
Speaker 1: first round for the fantasy relevant players and we're up
Speaker 1: to the tenth pick of the draft. DeVonta Smith from Alabama.
Speaker 1: Tell listeners a little bit about Smith. The Eagles needed
Speaker 1: to make this move even though they took a wide
Speaker 1: receiver in the first round last year. Jalen Reagor looks
Speaker 1: like he might be a bust and Smith brings some
Speaker 1: really special and very different things to the table. DeVonta
Speaker 1: Smith reunited with Jalen Hurts. Even though Hurts played at
Speaker 1: Oklahoma his senior year, he played the first three years
Speaker 1: at Alabama. So these two history together. And uh earlier
Speaker 1: mentioned how Jamar Chase set the i SEC record for
Speaker 1: yards and touchdowns in Davonte Smith shattered that record last
Speaker 1: year and uh he just he won the Heisman Trophy.
Speaker 1: As a wide receiver, he was arguably the most electric
Speaker 1: player in college football. The rub on him is the
Speaker 1: size hundred sixty six pounds is that's pretty small? Yeah,
Speaker 1: and uh so, and there is cause for concern there,
Speaker 1: but you know, football players as small have survived in
Speaker 1: the NFL before, so I'm gonna give him the benefit
Speaker 1: of the doubt there. But uh, Davonte Smith arguably the
Speaker 1: wide receiver one in Philly now unless unless raker turns
Speaker 1: out to be materially different than the guy we saw
Speaker 1: last year, and um, I'm pulling up his ADP real
Speaker 1: quick and redraft. Excuse me. There are a lot of
Speaker 1: Smith's in the NFL. Are Smith he's going wide receiver
Speaker 1: forty four, so earlier than Jalen Waddle. He's going his
Speaker 1: wide receiver two among the rookies right in the Michael Pittman,
Speaker 1: Jarvis Landry, Michael Gallop, the Vaunta Parker range. That's you know,
Speaker 1: that's borderline wide receiver two. People are banking on uh
Speaker 1: Davante Smith. And this was before a landing spot. And
Speaker 1: I don't know if this is the ideal landing spot
Speaker 1: from a redraft perspective. It's it's enticing from a dinost perspective,
Speaker 1: but uh, I think he'll struggle to put up wide
Speaker 1: receiver to wide receiver three numbers in his rookie year.
Speaker 1: What I like about Smith is he's the best receiver
Speaker 1: wide receiver on the team. He's the go to guy.
Speaker 1: And you know, the other receivers that have already gone
Speaker 1: are walking into situations, are already established successful veterans. Smith
Speaker 1: doesn't have that. Other than Zach Ertz. We don't have
Speaker 1: a lot of UH. There are a lot, not necessarily
Speaker 1: a lot of Eagles that you that you feel great
Speaker 1: catching a pass, and h Smith has the opportunity to
Speaker 1: become the go to wide out for Jalen Hurts. I'm
Speaker 1: also worried that wide receiver room and feel Lee is
Speaker 1: just cursed too upon the Eagles as wide receiver, You're doomed.
Speaker 1: They got new coaches now, so maybe the curse followed
Speaker 1: their old coaching staff out the door. Let's go to
Speaker 1: pick number eleven, Justin Fields goes to Chicago. They make
Speaker 1: a big move to trade up, and Fields now presumably
Speaker 1: could be the starter as early as week one over
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton. Yeah, great acquisition by the Bears. Fields like
Speaker 1: Trey Lance UH dual threat quarterback. He ran the fastest
Speaker 1: UH forty time by a quarterback on his pro day
Speaker 1: UH in in history, faster than Russell Wilson, Cam Newton,
Speaker 1: and uh the aforementioned Jalen Hurts. And he also proved
Speaker 1: he was a very able thrower. Only eight point five
Speaker 1: percent of his passing yards came on run pass option plays.
Speaker 1: And to put that into perspective, Mac Jones twenty two
Speaker 1: and a half percent of his yards r p O
Speaker 1: s Zack Wilson twelve and a half percent, so Justin
Speaker 1: and Trevor Lawrence percent of his yards on r p O.
Speaker 1: So Justin Fields did most of it throw on the
Speaker 1: ball downfield. And like you said, the Bears are saying
Speaker 1: Dalton is the starter, but I think that might just
Speaker 1: be until they the locker. I don't know. Well, you know,
Speaker 1: I don't know either, because I really think that Fields
Speaker 1: would be better suited to UM. It would would be
Speaker 1: better suited learning for a while on the bench. But
Speaker 1: you know, the NFL doesn't usually work that way, and
Speaker 1: more often than not they just throw kids out to
Speaker 1: the wolves, but not always. Look at Patrick Mahomes who
Speaker 1: spent a year on the bench and obviously was great.
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers spent time on the bench and then he
Speaker 1: was great. I just you know, it's it's a luxury
Speaker 1: to be able to do that, and the Bears may
Speaker 1: end up taking their time, uh and let Andy Dalton
Speaker 1: be the starter. It's gonna throw a wrench in best
Speaker 1: ball strategies because you don't want to have to draft
Speaker 1: two Bears quarterbacks and you're not really sure which one
Speaker 1: to go with at this point in terms of who's
Speaker 1: gonna get the most playing, you know, it's fields because
Speaker 1: of the running right and you know, I think my
Speaker 1: temptation would be to just take fields and and wait
Speaker 1: it out. Yeah, I'm not. I'm not targeting too heavily
Speaker 1: in redraft this year though, but very very excited for Field.
Speaker 1: I would say he's wide receiver three off the board,
Speaker 1: quarterback three off the board when it comes to dynasty
Speaker 1: after I completely I completely agree with that. Uh. Then
Speaker 1: Mac Jones slides all the way to fifteen and Bill Belichick,
Speaker 1: this couldn't have worked out better And what a great
Speaker 1: person to have this happened to. Belichick deserves great things
Speaker 1: to happen to him. And um, they've got Cam Newton there,
Speaker 1: of course, and they resigned him in the off season
Speaker 1: despite the fact that he was benched three or four
Speaker 1: times in season. Um, this feels like a very good
Speaker 1: offensive schematic fit for what Josh McDaniels wants to do. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Mac Jones didn't really get to play much at Alabama
Speaker 1: until his senior season, but he looks fantastic and Alabama
Speaker 1: they pretty much have a system in place there too,
Speaker 1: just like New England. So um, probably the best landing
Speaker 1: spot for mac Jones, who, among all the draft eligible quarterbacks,
Speaker 1: had the highest passing grade against the Blitz last year
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, career grade and the highest career grade versus
Speaker 1: Power Five teams among all draft eligible quarterbacks. So it's
Speaker 1: not a ton of tape on mac Jones. But last
Speaker 1: year he looked really good and uh, probably in the
Speaker 1: best position for him to succeed. Yeah, Now, they still
Speaker 1: need to have a lot of weapons. And the reason
Speaker 1: I think people at at this moment on you know,
Speaker 1: on Friday, that um, yeah, they would have been set
Speaker 1: with just John U John. That would have been enough. Uh,
Speaker 1: And we'll see what other weapons they end up adding
Speaker 1: around Matt Jones. I believe this is a team that's
Speaker 1: going to come out of the draft with a couple
Speaker 1: new wide receivers as well, and that would that would
Speaker 1: certainly help Mac Jones is cause. But right now, of
Speaker 1: of the five quarterbacks, I think he's of the five
Speaker 1: quarterbacks taken in the first round, he's my least favorite.
Speaker 1: With you from a fantasy standpoint, All right, let's go
Speaker 1: to um, let's go to the next player, fantasy relevant
Speaker 1: player that was taken and in a fairly big surprise,
Speaker 1: the Giants had picked twenty when Cadarius Tony. Uh. Most
Speaker 1: people had a great of Cadarius Tony at the very
Speaker 1: end of the first round or into the second round,
Speaker 1: in part because of the style of play that he has,
Speaker 1: and also just because there's a lot of really good
Speaker 1: established receivers now for people that aren't maybe it's familiar
Speaker 1: with Cardarius Tony. He is thin, just a hundred seventy
Speaker 1: seven pounds on a six foot frame. Um, but he's
Speaker 1: great in traffic and they love to throw to him
Speaker 1: near the line of scrimmage. He made a ton of
Speaker 1: big plays, great after the catch and sometimes after the handoff.
Speaker 1: They do the jet sweep with Cadarius Tony a lot,
Speaker 1: super explosive. He breaks far more tackles than than a
Speaker 1: kid is a hundred seventy seven pounds should. And he
Speaker 1: reminds me a lot of Curtis Samuel, and I think
Speaker 1: they're gonna use him in a similar way that Curtis
Speaker 1: Samuel got used for the Giants. What I don't love
Speaker 1: about Tony is it's it's a crowded offense with three
Speaker 1: other starters you know that are that are at wide
Speaker 1: receiver that he'll have to try to find find playing
Speaker 1: time against. And I don't know how quickly that's going
Speaker 1: to happen. In New York. Yeah, he'll be safe in
Speaker 1: the slot though. I think Tony will now own the slot.
Speaker 1: I think the Giants are essentially given up on Darius
Speaker 1: Slayton at this point and they'd then on the boundaries.
Speaker 1: But yeah, it is a very crowded receiver room. And uh,
Speaker 1: Tony not a guy will be targeting in redraft this
Speaker 1: year at all, not in redraft. And I think you
Speaker 1: may have to you may have to wait a little
Speaker 1: bit to get the big payoff on on Tony, even
Speaker 1: in in Dynasty and Empire leagues. And we can't even
Speaker 1: tell you who's a quarterback is going to be next
Speaker 1: year in New York. And that's that's a concern as well.
Speaker 1: And there's no what is the wide receiver? He was
Speaker 1: the fourth receiver taken, fourth receiver taken. Yeah, he's not
Speaker 1: going to be the fourth receiver taken in any of
Speaker 1: your rookie drafts this year. He will not be all right.
Speaker 1: So the next Fantasy relevant player to go was picked
Speaker 1: twenty four. Najie Harrison's up going to the Steelers. Steelers
Speaker 1: running attack was the first in the NFL last year,
Speaker 1: and Harris brings a special skill set to the table. Basically,
Speaker 1: he's good at everything. Uh. He can run, run through you,
Speaker 1: run around you, uh, run right by you. He can
Speaker 1: catch the ball. Uh, most rushing touchdowns in college football
Speaker 1: last year and thirteen games. Uh. He was third in
Speaker 1: target share among all running backs that were eligible for
Speaker 1: the draft. So he is a full on bell cow. Uh.
Speaker 1: He should get bell cow usage in Pittsburgh. Um, he
Speaker 1: will for sure. There's nobody else to take a carry
Speaker 1: from him. But the concern is the line. The line,
Speaker 1: it's bad. And that's what I would have addressed first
Speaker 1: if I was Pittsburgh. Per Sports Info Solutions, the Steelers
Speaker 1: led the league with a forty five point six per
Speaker 1: cent of their runs were hit at the line of scrimmage.
Speaker 1: They also led the league with a twenty four point
Speaker 1: four percent stuffed rate. Uh, they better get drafted at
Speaker 1: offensive line. But the volume will be there for nag
Speaker 1: Harris to Uh. He'll be going at the tail into
Speaker 1: the first round, early second round most redraft leagues. And UH, well,
Speaker 1: I would say he's the numb definitely the first running
Speaker 1: back that should be taken in your in your rookie drafts.
Speaker 1: But well, where where do you think he is in
Speaker 1: the dynasty? Yeah, let's talk dynastic empire for Naji Harris
Speaker 1: among running among running backs, where do you go built
Speaker 1: perfectly for goal line use, he can catch the ball
Speaker 1: spot it's not perfect, it's not perfect, but the volume
Speaker 1: will be there. He's not going to where we're gonna
Speaker 1: talk about Travis e t N in the second He didn't.
Speaker 1: You didn't end up in a situation like that. So
Speaker 1: I'm still lean and Harris as RB one for me,
Speaker 1: just because we're talking dynasty empire. Of course he's got
Speaker 1: he's old, quote unquote old for he's gonna be like
Speaker 1: twenty four twenty four this season, where guys like e
Speaker 1: t N just turned twenty two. But he looks like
Speaker 1: he has all the makings of a bell cow. And
Speaker 1: the Steelers will address their line, maybe not immediately, but
Speaker 1: immediately showed him best they can. But they're not gonna
Speaker 1: get a stowed in the first round of obviously, But
Speaker 1: in my mind, this almost this entire draft for the
Speaker 1: Steelers should be offense, offensive line, and quarterback of the
Speaker 1: future UM in my opinion. All right, so that was
Speaker 1: picked twenty four Steelers, now g Harris, then pick twenty five,
Speaker 1: as you already alluded, Travis e t N goes to
Speaker 1: Jackson Phil. This was a surprise move that unfortunately for
Speaker 1: James Robinson owners who thought they were pretty safe, this
Speaker 1: muddies the waters there and probably creates a time share.
Speaker 1: Don't forget about the Carlos hide to owners. They're calling
Speaker 1: they're going James Robinson and Hide the one to punch,
Speaker 1: and then E t N is the third down back.
Speaker 1: So whatever. Yeah, yeah, we're not really talking hide, but
Speaker 1: uh yeah, it's kind of a nightmare situation for both
Speaker 1: Um et N will probably beat out Robinson in the
Speaker 1: long run, but going into this year, yeah, if you
Speaker 1: were drafting James Robinson early in Best Ball or making
Speaker 1: big deals for him in Dynasty, you're not feeling too
Speaker 1: good today and you should not. Uh, we're just gonna
Speaker 1: to see how this plays out. But we're looking at
Speaker 1: a probably really at least to start in favor of Robinson.
Speaker 1: I would might be although Mike had more receptions and
Speaker 1: rush attempts this this season, it's possible. I just don't
Speaker 1: think Robinson is very special. He made a couple of
Speaker 1: good plays. Hurdle the dude. I just I just don't think.
Speaker 1: I don't think that Robinson's a special player. Travis e
Speaker 1: t N is a special player. And I think before
Speaker 1: long and before the end of the season e t
Speaker 1: N leaves Robinson in his dust. Just reminded me of
Speaker 1: m anchor man person reason. I mean, you know, Brick,
Speaker 1: he killed the guy. Robinson due all right. The The
Speaker 1: final selection of Fantasy relevant players in the first round
Speaker 1: of the draft was I think an extraordinary value selection
Speaker 1: for the Ravens with Rashad Bateman, the University of Minnesota
Speaker 1: receiver UH. Bateman average twenty yards per catch. UH maybe
Speaker 1: the best route runner in the entire draft, and UM
Speaker 1: and has the ability to win contested catches. He's a
Speaker 1: he's a ferocious competitor. He's physical, he's uber productive despite
Speaker 1: an inconsistent offense, which is probably a good sign for him.
Speaker 1: Very good after the catch. UM acts like he owns
Speaker 1: the ball when it's in the air. The only thing
Speaker 1: that really Bateman doesn't bring to the table is high
Speaker 1: end speed, and I think a very a fair comparable
Speaker 1: for him is Keenan Allen Kenyan. Allen was like that.
Speaker 1: It was great at at virtually everything didn't have high
Speaker 1: end speed. Ended up slumping to like early second round
Speaker 1: when the Chargers ended up taking him. Uh. Here he
Speaker 1: goes into a Raven's offense that desperately needs really a
Speaker 1: number one receiver. They don't have a number one receiver.
Speaker 1: With all due respect everybody else that's currently on roster um,
Speaker 1: they don't have a number one receiver. And Bateman has
Speaker 1: a clear path to becoming the go to, the go
Speaker 1: to top receiver there on with you, and that could
Speaker 1: come as early as this year. As as a Golden
Speaker 1: Gopher alumnus, I was thinking of the past. There's a
Speaker 1: there's a connection with the Ravens and the the Gophers.
Speaker 1: Uh Ron Johnson, there's a dominant big tennes thousands, Max Williams,
Speaker 1: both drafted by Baltimore. Now Richard Bateman. Yeah, he didn't
Speaker 1: work out from Max. They maybe they should learn a
Speaker 1: little something from that. Um. I think I think they've
Speaker 1: got a guy who can start immediately and make an
Speaker 1: impact immediately. I think he will be instead of Marquis Brown,
Speaker 1: who gives you these all or nothing performances, Bateman feels
Speaker 1: like he's going to be a way safer producer over
Speaker 1: the course of over the course of his career. What
Speaker 1: do you think about Bateman in uh in Dynasty and
Speaker 1: Redraft um pulling up his a DP in Redraft really quick,
Speaker 1: he's going wide receiver sixty one. That's uh. We're talking
Speaker 1: to Denzel Mims, Henry Ruggs, Christian Kirk range outside. I
Speaker 1: might like Mimes a little more than Bateman, but I
Speaker 1: like Bateman more than the Rugs and Christian Kirk's Nielsen Agilars,
Speaker 1: John Brown's of the world. That's kind of where he
Speaker 1: lumped in right now. So I think he's pretty uh
Speaker 1: undervalue there when it comes to Dynasty, I'm not gonna
Speaker 1: take him over Jamar Chase, No, mont DeVante Smith probably,
Speaker 1: but now it's the third wide receiver off the board.
Speaker 1: It depends on what I'm looking for on my team.
Speaker 1: But you know, Bateman seems like he's gonna be a
Speaker 1: very solid PPR producer for for many years to come,
Speaker 1: with a somewhat of a pretty high ceiling. He does.
Speaker 1: And I think I like the fact that he's settled
Speaker 1: at the quarterback position with the Ravens and for you know,
Speaker 1: for for everything that Lamar Jackson does, you know, good
Speaker 1: and bad and and and the other factor you have
Speaker 1: to consider. It's just we know this is always gonna
Speaker 1: be a run first offense, and they're they're gonna run.
Speaker 1: Their quarterbacks are gonna run the running backs, and that's
Speaker 1: always gonna be one of the issues you have to
Speaker 1: factor in with Rashod Bateman is no matter how good
Speaker 1: he is, there's gonna be times they only throw the
Speaker 1: ball twenty two times a game, and you know, there
Speaker 1: just isn't enough spirals in the air for Bateman to
Speaker 1: be a fantasy factor. I will certainly take him over
Speaker 1: to Darius Tony in Dynasty, like the Giants guys probably
Speaker 1: should have done. And you know, they may have wanted
Speaker 1: a true slot receiver though they may have felt like
Speaker 1: they're just so much more settled outside. There's a couple
Speaker 1: of more's out there. There's there's a lot of those weapons.
Speaker 1: A lot of guys will be talking about next week,
Speaker 1: and that that will be the focus of next week's
Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Weekly. Will be the other notable players um
Speaker 1: that go rounds two and beyond. So this will be
Speaker 1: still several weeks of rock solid Draft talk coming to
Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Weekly. Thank you for joining us for our
Speaker 1: quick hit reactions to the first round of the NFL Draft.
Speaker 1: Exciting times ahead for fantasy owners, and we're excited to
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