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Speaker 1: as it has been for the better part of a
Speaker 1: month and a half, Brian Johnson. The streak is alive, yes,
Speaker 1: and I have reasonab believe we'll be back next week too.
Speaker 1: I think I will be. I'm already looking forward to that.
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Speaker 1: week's Fantasy Football Weekly. This week, we're going back to
Speaker 1: a subject we had at this time last year. Are
Speaker 1: aloe vera players? What are alo vera players? Brian, Guys,
Speaker 1: we thought we're going to be a soothing addition to
Speaker 1: our fantasy teams last year, but they burned us. They
Speaker 1: burned us, but but no, but we're gonna go back
Speaker 1: to them now and they're going to soothe our burns,
Speaker 1: that's right, qualities they burned us last year. But we're
Speaker 1: going to go right back to the well and they
Speaker 1: are going to be soothing if this coming season. And
Speaker 1: what's better at least for my guys is they're much cheaper. Yeah,
Speaker 1: they're all cheaper. These are all guys, that's right. These
Speaker 1: are all guys that are gonna cost you less this
Speaker 1: year than than most years. Um, I've got five guys.
Speaker 1: You've got four guys that were going back to the
Speaker 1: well on. These are all underperformers, in some cases dramatic underperformers, um,
Speaker 1: And but guys that were optimistic on and guys that
Speaker 1: were buying on including offseason leagues, including dynasty leagues. Yeah,
Speaker 1: these are these are all guys that I think have
Speaker 1: the chance to make good for the uh, make good
Speaker 1: on on the wrongs of last season. Let's begin with
Speaker 1: Trey Lance. Everybody's totally off of him, and obviously things
Speaker 1: couldn't have gone more wrong for him last year. He
Speaker 1: fractured his fibula and suffered a significant what they called
Speaker 1: ligament disruption to his ankle. But that was back in
Speaker 1: Week two, so we never got to see anything really
Speaker 1: with Trey Lance. He had the one game in a
Speaker 1: monsoon in Chicago, and then that happened. I didn't hear
Speaker 1: the ligament disruption. Yeah doesn't sound good, does it. No,
Speaker 1: it doesn't. But the good news is it repeated reports
Speaker 1: that he's already working out and he's going to be
Speaker 1: one hundred percent for OTAs and he and Sam Darnold
Speaker 1: will be effectively the healthy quarterbacks to start at least
Speaker 1: the off season program for San Francisco. Now, the reason
Speaker 1: I'm remain interested in Trey Lance, Brian the running. The
Speaker 1: running rushing quarterbacks are a fantasy football cheat code. Josh Allen,
Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts, Justin Fields were all top five fantasy producers
Speaker 1: at the quarterback position last year. And we all know
Speaker 1: San Franciscos loaded with weapons. It doesn't take elite quarterbacking
Speaker 1: skills to gravy train off of the abilities of George
Speaker 1: Kittle and Brandon Aouka, Christian McCaffrey and Deebo Samuel and
Speaker 1: for the same reasons that they made Trey Lance the
Speaker 1: second pick of the draft two years ago. You know,
Speaker 1: the crazy athleticism, the arms, strength, and mobility. I mean,
Speaker 1: if it all comes together for Trey Lance, he's got
Speaker 1: if it all comes together, he's got top five fantasy
Speaker 1: upside because of the running he'd bring to the table,
Speaker 1: all about the rushing. Lamar Jackson would have been on
Speaker 1: that list if healthy Daniel Jones was sniffing the top five. Yeah,
Speaker 1: gotta love the running quarterbacks right now. You know, there's
Speaker 1: unfortunately this competition. Right so, Brock Purty looked legitimately qualified
Speaker 1: to be an NFL quarterback in the games he played,
Speaker 1: and you know, who knows even in that, you know,
Speaker 1: the postseason game that he got knocked out of, who
Speaker 1: knows what could have happened in that game had he
Speaker 1: stayed healthy. Sam Darnold they brought in and this is
Speaker 1: my biggest worry on Trey Lance. They knew Trey Lance
Speaker 1: was going to be healthy for the starter of OTA's
Speaker 1: mini camps and certainly into the season, and they still
Speaker 1: brought in Sam Darnold. Yeah, they're kind of they've kind
Speaker 1: of been saying that Purdy should be ready by week one.
Speaker 1: I'm not buying into that whatsoever yet. Tommy John surgery.
Speaker 1: Now it's not a starting pitcher, but still, right, I
Speaker 1: don't know. I think Darnold, I think he'll push Lands
Speaker 1: in camp. But the upside on Lands is so insane
Speaker 1: that uh, yes, I like the pick. I will say
Speaker 1: this though, I did throw a ticket in for Sam
Speaker 1: Darnold come back Player of the Year. It's like, I
Speaker 1: don't blame him, well, you know Smith last year, right,
Speaker 1: and it's a great spot for whoever starts it is
Speaker 1: because again, all you have to do is just get
Speaker 1: the ball into the hands of your playmakers. I just
Speaker 1: don't like that they signed Arnold at all. Yeah, um,
Speaker 1: because if they, if the Niners really believed in Trey Lance,
Speaker 1: I think they would have just rolled in with Trey
Speaker 1: Lance and Brock Purdy. But then again maybe they just
Speaker 1: I feel like you can never have too much quarterback depth.
Speaker 1: Sam Darnold by third string or second string standards is fine,
Speaker 1: pretty good. But right now Trey Lance's value can only
Speaker 1: go up, really can't go down, right. I mean, he's
Speaker 1: like quarterback fifteen sixteen kind in that range, and last
Speaker 1: year he was inside the top ten based on the
Speaker 1: Russian potential of course, So you're buying for pennies on
Speaker 1: the dollar, Brian, And that's you know, that's a lot
Speaker 1: of my interest in Trey Lance. It costs you effectively nothing,
Speaker 1: and he's an alo vera player. I just I liked
Speaker 1: him going into last season. I had him on a
Speaker 1: bunch of teams going to last season. I got burned,
Speaker 1: and I'm hoping I'm ready to get hurt again. Speaking
Speaker 1: of that way, pennies on the dollar. Yes, I have
Speaker 1: a quarterback getting drafted after Trey Lance. Oh boy, a
Speaker 1: former Super Bowl champion MVP. I think you might know
Speaker 1: where I'm going with this, Russell Wilson. Yes, wow, I
Speaker 1: love the contrarian nature of this. Allow me more. Last
Speaker 1: year of drafted as quarterback ten roughly inside the top
Speaker 1: seventy five players overall, expectations were sky high. Yeah, but
Speaker 1: he was a figurative punching bag all season long. We
Speaker 1: had our fun with his touchdowns versus toilets ratio. I
Speaker 1: think he eventually did. I think he eventually topped the toilets.
Speaker 1: It took till mid December. Yeah, he eventually dethroned the thrones,
Speaker 1: but finished as quarterback twenty four in points per game.
Speaker 1: Though He's like two good games came at that one
Speaker 1: very end of the scene. Yes, and one was in
Speaker 1: week sixteen when you were dead in the water. If
Speaker 1: you were relying on Russell Wilson, but right now his
Speaker 1: ADP is one hundred and twenty fifth overall. That's quarterback eighteen. Yeah,
Speaker 1: so it's a fire sale on Wilson and at this price,
Speaker 1: I'll take my chances on a bounce back. Thankfully, it's
Speaker 1: not his second year Nathaniel Hackett system. He was not
Speaker 1: cut out for head coaching duties. Sean Payton a huge
Speaker 1: upgraded head coach, of course, especially especially for an offense
Speaker 1: on the offensive side of the ball. Courtland Sutton seems
Speaker 1: like he's gonna stay in town, as is Jerry Judy.
Speaker 1: That's a couple of nice receivers. Greg Dulcitch showed some flashes. Unfortunately,
Speaker 1: Javonte Williams might not be ready if at all, but
Speaker 1: they'll they'll fill in for him at running back. They
Speaker 1: already have some JP Ryan tim Patrick supposed to come back.
Speaker 1: So it's really just about the price DA right now
Speaker 1: at QB eighteen. If I'm not going after the big
Speaker 1: name guys, the Josh Allen's, the Jalen Hurts of the world,
Speaker 1: and I'm gonna stack like three quarterbacks towards the end
Speaker 1: of the draft. Wilson is one of the guys that
Speaker 1: I'll have him that rotation for. I think you've missed
Speaker 1: on one of the most compelling arguments for Russell Wilson
Speaker 1: and an improved season. He got rid of some toilets,
Speaker 1: take some toilets out. No, not that. What I think
Speaker 1: the most compelling part is offensive line was a disaster
Speaker 1: last year. Injuries everywhere, including Garrett Bulls or left tackle
Speaker 1: him is most of the season, maybe all the season.
Speaker 1: And they brought in Mike mcclinchey. I mean, this is
Speaker 1: going to be a much better offensive line and that
Speaker 1: was such a big part of the problem last year.
Speaker 1: And gotta believe that that's that's gonna make put Russ
Speaker 1: in a much better position to cook. And hopefully he
Speaker 1: just chills on the commercials and all that other off
Speaker 1: the field crap. Just focus on football. Yeah, No, I
Speaker 1: don't come on like a little bit like Baker may Yeah.
Speaker 1: Pretty much. The only Patrick Mahomes is outpacing his commercial.
Speaker 1: Yeah right, you want to say it? The next ela
Speaker 1: vera player for me. JK. Dobbins last year a disappointment, obviously.
Speaker 1: He finished his RB forty eight while hobbling around the field.
Speaker 1: Still messed up from last year's ACL. Unfortunately for Dobbins,
Speaker 1: he appeared in eight games and it was on again,
Speaker 1: off again. Remember, you know, he was very adamant that
Speaker 1: he wanted to start the season, but he was clearly
Speaker 1: wasn't ready and then missed a bunch of games and
Speaker 1: he came back and you know, but a lot of
Speaker 1: what hurt JK Dobbins last year and the reason he
Speaker 1: finished RB forty eight he scored two touchdowns. That's it,
Speaker 1: and you know a lot of a lot of what
Speaker 1: we thought going into the season, why I was optimistic
Speaker 1: on JK Dobbins was that he was going to get
Speaker 1: so much of the goal line work because he had
Speaker 1: always gotten the goal line work and they didn't run
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson very often at the goal line. So I
Speaker 1: was really optimistic that the touchdowns would be the one
Speaker 1: thing you could really count on from JK Dobbins year
Speaker 1: off the ACL, and that never materialized and didn't even
Speaker 1: have that many chances at it. And here's what I
Speaker 1: found really interesting digging up date on Dobbins' season, Brian,
Speaker 1: he finished at an impressive five point seven yards per carry.
Speaker 1: He finished fifth in yards over expectation last year and JK.
Speaker 1: Dobbins finished seventh and breakaway percentage. He had a better
Speaker 1: year than any of the numbers would suggest in a
Speaker 1: totally broken Ravens offense. And remember they couldn't pass at
Speaker 1: all and defenses would come in stack the box, and
Speaker 1: you know, Baltimore's passing offense just offered no resistance. So
Speaker 1: presumably Ravens offense is more balanced this year. And I'm
Speaker 1: back on JK. Dobbins. I like it. He'll be two
Speaker 1: years removed from the major knee injury he saw that
Speaker 1: was sa kuon Barkley. He struggled his first year back
Speaker 1: and Dobbins wasn't quite the prospect Barkley was, but he
Speaker 1: was pretty cool second round draft equity. Yeah, definitely, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm optimistic on JK. Dobbins. Okay, let's go. Let's go
Speaker 1: back to you. Who is your next ala Vera player?
Speaker 1: We talked about him last week, but I gotta mention
Speaker 1: Brandon Cooks again, who has recorded one thousand yard receiving
Speaker 1: seasons with four different teams and six one thousand yard
Speaker 1: receiving seasons since twenty fifteen. That's basically the most among
Speaker 1: any wide receivers during that span. More than Stefan Digs,
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins, Davante Adams, Keenan Allen. Last year he was
Speaker 1: drafted his wide receiver twenty three. That was also roughly
Speaker 1: inside the top seventy five players overall. People were expecting
Speaker 1: that safe, typical wide receiver two production, thousand yards, six
Speaker 1: or seven touchdowns, but we did not get that. It
Speaker 1: was an absolute disaster in twenty twenty two. For Cooks
Speaker 1: only played thirteen games, but when he was on the
Speaker 1: yield and healthy, he was ineffective. He finished as wide
Speaker 1: receiver forty two and points per game. But it wasn't
Speaker 1: all on him. He was on the Texans, Yeah, that
Speaker 1: was It was clearly a struggling offense. And Davis Mills,
Speaker 1: as much as I was optimistic he could be a
Speaker 1: you know, I never thought he'd be a great quarterback,
Speaker 1: but I thought he could be like a serviceable NFL quarterback,
Speaker 1: Davis Mills is really a backup quarterback, as did I.
Speaker 1: I thought Mills might turn out to be something special,
Speaker 1: but it's not looking that way. But he should have
Speaker 1: a new quarterback to start the season. I can think
Speaker 1: we can say he will have a new will. No,
Speaker 1: he's not gonna Texas anymore, he will have a new quarterback,
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott on the Cowboys. Now he gets his fifth chance,
Speaker 1: yes with the Cowboys. And even though since that trade
Speaker 1: his ADP has surged a little bit, he's still currently
Speaker 1: wide receiver forty four and that I think when the
Speaker 1: dust settles, he'll be somewhere in the mid thirties, outside
Speaker 1: the top of thirty, but that'll still be a discount
Speaker 1: to me. I think there is potential for a hit
Speaker 1: for him to have his best season yet. Of course,
Speaker 1: cb AM is the top target that recently draw a
Speaker 1: ton of attention, and I think we will get that
Speaker 1: safe wide receiver two production from Brandon Cooks this year.
Speaker 1: So he is my second Alovia player. I'm going with
Speaker 1: Michael Pittman as my next alo Vera player two years ago.
Speaker 1: So let's back up two seasons. Twenty twenty one. It
Speaker 1: was his second year and it looked like he was
Speaker 1: ready to launch into stardom. All the metrics were heading
Speaker 1: the heading upwards. And really thought that in twenty twenty
Speaker 1: two he was going to take another big step forward
Speaker 1: and instead Michael Pittman size sizeable decrease in yards and
Speaker 1: touchdowns and the numbers just didn't come together. Now A
Speaker 1: lot of it was because he was catching passes from
Speaker 1: Matt Ryan currently out of the league. Sam Ellinger, who
Speaker 1: could be out of the league. He's on roster, but
Speaker 1: he could be out of the league before the thing
Speaker 1: is set and done. And Nick Foles, who's the ultimate
Speaker 1: quarterback journeyman. By the way, you know many teams Nick
Speaker 1: Foles has been at least five eight eight eight. That's
Speaker 1: why I can come the ultimate quarterback journeyman. I woever
Speaker 1: I hear Nick Foles. I don't think of the Super Bowl.
Speaker 1: I remember his seven touchdown game against the Raiders when
Speaker 1: he when he was on the Eagles. That was amazing.
Speaker 1: Whenever that was yep, yep. I don't think it was
Speaker 1: the same year of the supernow, wasn't It was prior
Speaker 1: to that. But anyway, what really killed Michael Pittman was
Speaker 1: the feeble arms of these quarterbacks. His a DOT last
Speaker 1: year plummeted from ten yards per pass two years ago
Speaker 1: all the way down to six and a half yards
Speaker 1: per pass at It's a hits a major difference. When
Speaker 1: you're losing four yards on every catch, that hurts your
Speaker 1: overall fantasy performance. That adds a pretty quick it does.
Speaker 1: He is still Pittman, a big, physical receiver, ideally built
Speaker 1: four goal line box outs. We know he can catch
Speaker 1: down field. And indeed, okay, so Indy's got picked four,
Speaker 1: they're gonna go quarterback here almost certainly at pick four,
Speaker 1: or they get Lamar Jackson there kind of that's all,
Speaker 1: you know. Maybe it'd be great for them if they
Speaker 1: could do it and retain pick four. I don't know
Speaker 1: how that would be possible, but maybe Young and Stroud
Speaker 1: are probably gone, right, so those two quarterbacks are gonna
Speaker 1: be gone. It likely leaves the Colts with a developmental
Speaker 1: quarterback like Anthony Richardson or will love Us. That's not
Speaker 1: great for the short term of for Michael Pittman, but
Speaker 1: that's some speculation on my part. Still think Pittman is
Speaker 1: a very good wide receiver talent, and if the quarterbacking
Speaker 1: is non awful what we talked about him to get
Speaker 1: back and talked about him last week, it's most likely
Speaker 1: regardless of who they end up drafting a quarterback is
Speaker 1: Gardner Minshew, who Yeah, it's a great point. Gardner Minshew's
Speaker 1: your probable, Yeah, probit upgrade over the corpse of Matt
Speaker 1: Ryan and Sam Ellinger for sure. Yeah, I think so too.
Speaker 1: I think so too. Who's your next? And to say
Speaker 1: your final, No, you've still got two left. Who's your next?
Speaker 1: Ela Vera player, One of my all time favorites, Darren
Speaker 1: Waller drafted as tight end five last year, and as
Speaker 1: we all know, he did not meet those expectations, mainly
Speaker 1: do injury. Though played only eight games, he was seventh
Speaker 1: among tight ends and points per game. So if he,
Speaker 1: you know, finished the season nowty, he would have been
Speaker 1: sniffing that tight end five finish. But now, as most know,
Speaker 1: if you don't know, he's been traded to the Giants,
Speaker 1: where if he's healthy, he's the queer cut, the best
Speaker 1: receiver on the team receiving option. Yes he will. He's
Speaker 1: their wide receiver one. And right now, with the price
Speaker 1: tag of tight end eight, I will roll the dice
Speaker 1: one last time on Darren Waller in the tight end
Speaker 1: waste land, short and sweet there. Yeah, I'm buying Waller
Speaker 1: at that price. Yeah, at tight end eight. Yeah, I'm too.
Speaker 1: I like because he gives you tight end three upside. Yeah,
Speaker 1: because he's done it before. We know that Waller can
Speaker 1: be that um and you know he's he's aging, but
Speaker 1: he's he's got some he's aging, but he's he's low
Speaker 1: mileage because he wasn't a major part of that Raiders
Speaker 1: offense or before that, the Ravens offense um until the
Speaker 1: last really three years. So there's a lot of tread
Speaker 1: on that tire for a thirty year old. I think
Speaker 1: he's thirty thirty one, Okay, yeah, right in that range. Well,
Speaker 1: we're just worried about this year and he'll be if
Speaker 1: he's healthy. Love it, love it the potential. When we
Speaker 1: come back, we're going to pivot to another tight end,
Speaker 1: find out who our next alo vera player is. In moments,
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Speaker 1: Mark Andrews had a massive drop in productivity from the
Speaker 1: prior year. His stats last year down roughly forty percent
Speaker 1: in yards, touchdowns, and fantasy points. It was a huge
Speaker 1: miss for Mark Andrews, even in the tight end waste Land.
Speaker 1: It turn out he wasn't even an every week starter,
Speaker 1: which at the end of the day was crushing. What
Speaker 1: made it more painful is he got off to a
Speaker 1: great start. He did. Probably his final numbers came first
Speaker 1: month of this team, that would be the first six weeks.
Speaker 1: He topped sixty three yards one time. After week six.
Speaker 1: He did not score after week six, so it all
Speaker 1: came to a crashing halt. And I was trying to
Speaker 1: remember exactly when Lamar Jackson laughed, and I'm like, if
Speaker 1: it must be closer week six, and I thought it
Speaker 1: turned out it wasn't. Mark Jackson played twelve through week twelve,
Speaker 1: so it wasn't all just because Tyler Huntley can't pass,
Speaker 1: although he's not a very good passer. But you know
Speaker 1: what did happen right around week six? Andrews he got
Speaker 1: dinged up a bit and he did miss a couple
Speaker 1: of games in there. But Rashad Bateman's last full game
Speaker 1: was week seven, and when Bateman competent wide receiver, the
Speaker 1: only competent and the only field stretching wide receiver to
Speaker 1: open up the middle of the field for Mark Andrews.
Speaker 1: And without that, they didn't have anybody who could press
Speaker 1: defenses down the field, make safeties play it away from
Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage. Everybody's defenses were able to double
Speaker 1: Mark Andrews and go make Devin DuVernay beat you. They
Speaker 1: would have been better off just signing a couple of
Speaker 1: tracks stars it could at least run fast. Well they
Speaker 1: did that with Shawn Jackson. That's why they brought it
Speaker 1: to Sean Jackson at the end of at the end
Speaker 1: of the season. But he's not it's not at that
Speaker 1: stage of his career. Um, now, let's being Lamar Jackson.
Speaker 1: We don't know who the quarterback is going to be
Speaker 1: for the Ravens, but odds are the way things are
Speaker 1: looking right now. It's give me Lamar Jackson. It's not.
Speaker 1: It doesn't appear to be going anywhere right now. And
Speaker 1: if not pro bowler Tyler Huntley, pro bowler Tyler Huntley,
Speaker 1: that's a possibility now. One big advantage working in the
Speaker 1: favor of Mark Andrews is the change of offensive coordinator.
Speaker 1: They're they're going from the run heavy stylings of Greg
Speaker 1: Roman to Todd Monkin. Now he was George's most recently
Speaker 1: George's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for Stetson Bennett, and
Speaker 1: presumably he's going to bring more balance to the offense.
Speaker 1: But his last time in the NFL's an offensive coordinator.
Speaker 1: He spent two years with the Buccaneers. Jameis Winston and
Speaker 1: might be loved Stu Beard Ryan Fitzpatrick. The Buccaneers in
Speaker 1: those two years ranked fourth and first in passing yards
Speaker 1: Mark Andrews. I mean, a more balanced offense can only
Speaker 1: help Mark Andrews here with more passing, more opportunities, and
Speaker 1: he's my next alo vera player. Let's go to your
Speaker 1: last guy, and that is you're with me, You're not.
Speaker 1: I'm not with you on this. I maybe I can
Speaker 1: convince you. Robinson, who currently is still a member of
Speaker 1: the Los Angeles Ramses, is on the trade block and
Speaker 1: there as they should be offering to take on some
Speaker 1: of his contract to any takers. I think the Viking tires,
Speaker 1: to be honest with you. But anyway, A rob was
Speaker 1: drafted his wide receiver twenty one. Last year, he finished
Speaker 1: as wide receiver. I d I don't even know that
Speaker 1: he but right now he's going as wide receiver ninety one.
Speaker 1: Is really sounds right. That's free and I love I
Speaker 1: love free stuff. I'm not writing him off yet. It
Speaker 1: was he went to the Rams. It was supposed to
Speaker 1: be the best quarterback he's ever played with. Yeah, but
Speaker 1: the Rams were the most hungover Super Bowl defending champions
Speaker 1: in the history of the Super Bowl. Matt Stafford not.
Speaker 1: He didn't even play half the year. When he played,
Speaker 1: he was hurt. Cooper Cup got hurt. Alan Robinson could
Speaker 1: not carry that offensive alone, and he only finished with
Speaker 1: three touchdowns thirty nine yards. But do you remember how
Speaker 1: many games he played? How many games he played most
Speaker 1: of them episode I remember, all right. I was gonna
Speaker 1: guess he was sort of warming up towards the end
Speaker 1: of his season, but he got injured in his tenth game.
Speaker 1: I believe it was in Mega eleven. So you know,
Speaker 1: if he stays on the rams, he's still starting opposite
Speaker 1: Cooper Cup, who's all over the place, will be the
Speaker 1: outside boundary receiver. He was top five in end zone
Speaker 1: targets for a while when healthy, and he could get
Speaker 1: traded to a better scenario. But again, the very last pick,
Speaker 1: and I'm taking him in twenty round drafts with the
Speaker 1: last pick. Yeah, I'll take that shot in the dark.
Speaker 1: And uh, you can't drop him in best ball, But
Speaker 1: with the in the twentieth round, I'll I can live
Speaker 1: with that land mine. And if you if you're able
Speaker 1: to drop him in standard leagues, then you didn't hurt
Speaker 1: you at all. To take a flyer on Alan Robinson.
Speaker 1: So I'm going with a little more high profile guy
Speaker 1: for my final alo Vera player, Deebo Samuel, who dropped
Speaker 1: down to wide receiver thirty two last year behind the
Speaker 1: likes of Zay Jones and George Pickens. Really, so what
Speaker 1: happened last year? We had nagging injuries, Christian McCaffrey showed
Speaker 1: up and started taking some of his work. And the
Speaker 1: real killer here he didn't score touchdowns. He had two
Speaker 1: receiving touchdowns and just three rushing touchdowns for Deebo Samuel
Speaker 1: last year, and the revolving door quarterback the quarterbacks take
Speaker 1: Garoppolo to Purdy. Yeah, he needs some consistency there. Maybe,
Speaker 1: I mean I thought those guys but he basically played
Speaker 1: fine though Garoppolo and Purdy played okay, So to me,
Speaker 1: I'm not using them as excuse for the lack of production.
Speaker 1: But Deebo Samuel remains arguably the single most electric player
Speaker 1: at any position with the ball in his hands. A reminder,
Speaker 1: he finished number one in yards after catch. You know
Speaker 1: many yards he had after his yak number nine yards
Speaker 1: after the catch for Deebo Samuel total not no not
Speaker 1: per catch nine might have been. Believe you finished number
Speaker 1: one by more than a yard over the next closest
Speaker 1: player in YAK. He was number one in yards over
Speaker 1: expectation at four sorry six point four yards per reception
Speaker 1: in yards over expectation, number one, by the way in
Speaker 1: both categories last year two twenty twenty one. I mean,
Speaker 1: I don't have to sell listeners. The Deebo Samuel is
Speaker 1: a special player. And as for the touchdowns, it's hard
Speaker 1: for wide receivers to score when they don't catch downfield,
Speaker 1: and that's part of what hurt Debo. Debo was the
Speaker 1: second most targeted wide receiver on passes behind the line
Speaker 1: of scrimmage. He had thirty one targeted passes behind the
Speaker 1: line of scrimmage. It's hard to score in those situations,
Speaker 1: and that does bring some volatility to him because you're
Speaker 1: not guaranteed the same kind of touchdown usage that you
Speaker 1: would get from other players. And he wasn't even in
Speaker 1: the top one hundred of wide receivers and deep ball targets,
Speaker 1: so you know, it's just that's part of what limits
Speaker 1: Debo a little bit. And he takes a lot of hits.
Speaker 1: You know, he gets carries, he gets tackled more than
Speaker 1: most wide receivers do. But I don't care every players
Speaker 1: an injury risk. I'm willing to look past that. And
Speaker 1: he played basically all of last year, so I just
Speaker 1: feel like, one way or another, he gets quarterback stability here.
Speaker 1: No matter who the quarterback is, whether it's Trey Lance
Speaker 1: or Brock Purty or Sam Darnold, Debo's gonna be back.
Speaker 1: And I'm ready to get burned again, but I think
Speaker 1: he's gonna be a cooling ball from my fantasy team.
Speaker 1: Deebo Samuel, We're gonna buy on the dip. Yeah, he
Speaker 1: was a late first early second pick round pick last year.
Speaker 1: Now getting him late third, which is pretty significant, different
Speaker 1: discount when you're talking rounds at high Yeah, in the draft.
Speaker 1: Some recent news stories about Brandon I potentially being traded,
Speaker 1: that would that would bring some interesting some interesting sit
Speaker 1: uh you know, usage change potentially to Deebo Samuel. All right, well,
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