1 00:00:01,080 --> 00:00:04,800 Speaker 1: Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:10,280 Speaker 1: Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from I Heart Radio, 3 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:14,960 Speaker 1: your weekly source for the nation's best fantasy football advice, speculation, 4 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:17,919 Speaker 1: and whatever stupid stuff they decided to drop into the show. 5 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:26,640 Speaker 1: Now here's your host, Paul charge Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly. 6 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 1: I am Paul Churchy in my co host as usual 7 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:32,600 Speaker 1: Brian Johnson. What is up, church It is good to 8 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:35,519 Speaker 1: talk to you. We've broken down quarterbacks, running backs, and 9 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:38,640 Speaker 1: now we get to the rookie wide receivers. Last year's 10 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:42,239 Speaker 1: wide receiver class was epic, and really most of it 11 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:44,200 Speaker 1: translated on the field, and even some of the guys 12 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:48,640 Speaker 1: that didn't shine brightly have opportunities to do well in 13 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:53,120 Speaker 1: their second year. This class is almost as good. If 14 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:56,560 Speaker 1: that was like an A plus class, this could be 15 00:00:56,720 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 1: an A level class. There are depending on you know 16 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:03,720 Speaker 1: what services used and who you like to believe, there's 17 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 1: six or seven wide receivers with first round grades. It 18 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:15,319 Speaker 1: is a fantastic wide receiver draft, very exciting. Two weeks 19 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:19,320 Speaker 1: away from the draft. Cannot wait. Let's let's break down 20 00:01:19,319 --> 00:01:24,240 Speaker 1: ten of the rookie wide receivers fantasy owners should care about. 21 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 1: The most, familiarize ourselves with those guys, talk about some 22 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:31,040 Speaker 1: possible landing spots, who we love and why we love them. 23 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:34,200 Speaker 1: And first, like we did last week, let's maybe talk 24 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:36,480 Speaker 1: about some of the teams that have wide receiver need 25 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 1: that we think can go wide receiver early in the draft. 26 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:44,200 Speaker 1: And I've identified a handful of teams Brian that basically 27 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:48,600 Speaker 1: need to draft a starter right now. New England Nelson 28 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:52,800 Speaker 1: Aguilar is the number one. Enough said, Baltimore, they've got 29 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 1: Sammy Watkins is a band aid starter on a one 30 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 1: year deal, I know, and he does nothing for me. 31 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 1: Houston has nobody, nobody after Brandon Cooks. Tennessee has got 32 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 1: nothing after a j. Brown. They of course lost two 33 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 1: of their three starting wide receivers in the off season. 34 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 1: You know, in Kansas, how about Kansas City? You know 35 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 1: after Tyreek Hill, you know, Sammy Watkins has done gone. 36 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:16,239 Speaker 1: You know. DeMarcus Robinson's just a guy. I mean, the 37 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 1: main thing, the best thing you can say about de 38 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:21,000 Speaker 1: Marcus Robinson is he's healthy. Yeah, everyone, I don't know 39 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 1: if me Coole Hardman is going to pan out as 40 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 1: starting caliber. He's had every he's had every opportunity to shine, 41 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 1: and it just it hasn't come together. And it's not 42 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 1: like it's not like that he he hasn't had the 43 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 1: opportunity because he has. I think Hardman just is what 44 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 1: he is. At this point, the Eagles have got Jalen Reagor, 45 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 1: and that's a bit of a mystery, and then after 46 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:43,920 Speaker 1: him they got like nothing and we don't even know 47 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:47,400 Speaker 1: the Reagor counts. The Eagles definitely in play at wide receiver. 48 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 1: For Chicago. They have Allen Robinson playing on the franchise 49 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 1: tag and only only Darnell Mooney is any good. After that, 50 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:57,120 Speaker 1: they're in play, and then some fascinating ones as well. 51 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 1: Green Bay needs a second or third receiver, depending on 52 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 1: how you feel about mvs who. I don't love um, 53 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 1: but they could use a receiver as well as a 54 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:07,840 Speaker 1: starter walking start in the New Orleans. We've been saying 55 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 1: this for a couple of years now. They got Michael 56 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:12,200 Speaker 1: Thomas and they just don't have anybody reliable after that. 57 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 1: There's even a few more we'll well, we'll talk about them, 58 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:21,960 Speaker 1: uh pretty soon, and it could be our first receiver. 59 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:24,680 Speaker 1: I'll name a few other teams. Try it absolutely in 60 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 1: this conversation after they lost their number one, number two, 61 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 1: number three receivers in the off season. Tyrell will disaster 62 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 1: for the UM and then do some of the teams 63 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 1: that need depth Cincinnati, Washington, Atlanta, Minnesota, Carolina, Seattle, San 64 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 1: Francisco only depth receiver. But I don't know that they're 65 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 1: going to pay the price for the kinds of guys 66 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 1: that we're talking about here. So lots of lots of 67 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 1: lots of landing spots, lots of teams with need. Let's 68 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 1: begin with Jamaar Chase from l s You many people 69 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 1: have him as I think there are three guys who 70 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 1: can make a case for near the top of the draft. 71 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 1: Let's start with ja March, Jamar Chase, get people familiar 72 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:07,480 Speaker 1: with him at Jamar Chase at l s U. Like 73 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:10,560 Speaker 1: he said, six ft two hundred pounds. I think he's 74 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:13,440 Speaker 1: the top wide receiver in this year's draft class from 75 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:16,479 Speaker 1: a reality and a fantasy perspective. When it comes to 76 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:19,920 Speaker 1: the rookies, UH would have been his junior year at 77 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:23,159 Speaker 1: L s U, but he opped out, did not play UM. 78 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 1: I recall remember there's been a lot of Mike Williams, 79 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:30,920 Speaker 1: but the one from USC ten years ago he didn't 80 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 1: and Detroit took him in the first round, remember him 81 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:36,360 Speaker 1: not playing. That didn't pan out so well for Williams. 82 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:38,919 Speaker 1: Hopefully that's not the case for Chase. But as a 83 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:44,040 Speaker 1: true sophomore, he said the then single season SEC record 84 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:49,359 Speaker 1: for receiving yards uh eight twenty touchdowns. Joe Burrow was 85 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:52,240 Speaker 1: his quarterback. Of course, that helped. Joe Burrow might be 86 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:55,200 Speaker 1: his quarterback to guest year. It's possible talk about landing 87 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:58,279 Speaker 1: spots in a second uh, but again last year he 88 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 1: opted out, so might be a little rusty. But overall, 89 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:04,599 Speaker 1: for his to year career at Elis, forty eight percent 90 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 1: of his catches went for fifteen plus yards. Ran a 91 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:11,599 Speaker 1: four three eight forty on his pro day. Unbelievable. Not 92 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:14,679 Speaker 1: that you're gonna use your broad jumping abilities in the NFL, 93 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:18,480 Speaker 1: but in eleven foot broad jump, dang, I would need 94 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:21,240 Speaker 1: to broad jumps to go that far. Can be a 95 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 1: triple jump. He's basically got it all. You'd love to 96 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 1: see him maybe be like six three six four. He 97 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:29,679 Speaker 1: doesn't have like the the huge height advantage that uh 98 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:32,120 Speaker 1: you like from the alpha receivers, but again, I think 99 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:35,080 Speaker 1: the top wide receiver option in this year's class A comp. 100 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:39,039 Speaker 1: I'm hearing a lot is Odell Beckham Jr. Um And 101 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:41,839 Speaker 1: he's probably gonna go on the top ten picks, and 102 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:44,480 Speaker 1: it could it could be Cincinnati at five, maybe even 103 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 1: Miami at six. They might be And then we talked 104 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:51,039 Speaker 1: about Detroit there at seven. So I would be shocked 105 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:53,480 Speaker 1: if he got through that gauntlet of those three teams 106 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:56,400 Speaker 1: on draft day. Yep, I've got him going six to Miami. 107 00:05:56,480 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 1: Jamaar Chase. Uh, the speed is remarkable, but what is 108 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:05,360 Speaker 1: really special is that he's got all of the real 109 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:09,359 Speaker 1: football skills to go along with the crazy speed. And 110 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:12,159 Speaker 1: so many times we find guys that have that kind 111 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 1: of speed don't have the other tools. But he's a 112 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 1: tackle breaker, he's got great vision, ball tracking skills, he 113 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:22,479 Speaker 1: can battle for balls. I mean, it's just and you know, 114 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 1: part of what you love because he played at l 115 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:28,839 Speaker 1: s U is he was going against NFL caliber corners 116 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:32,159 Speaker 1: and safeties all the time and still winning. So I 117 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:34,280 Speaker 1: think the only real knock on Jamaar Chases. You know, 118 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 1: we haven't seen him for a year, and right now 119 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:38,719 Speaker 1: in in best Ball in Redraft, he's going around wide 120 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:42,599 Speaker 1: receiver thirty five right in mccortland Sutton Brandon Cook's range, 121 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:46,240 Speaker 1: and he probably climbed depending on landing spot. Depending on 122 00:06:46,279 --> 00:06:48,039 Speaker 1: the landing, I think since Natti would be the most 123 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:53,760 Speaker 1: enticing Burrow Higgins as a as kind of an audientate bobo. 124 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 1: I don't know if I'd like that so much. I think, well, 125 00:06:56,600 --> 00:06:59,359 Speaker 1: let's let's talk this through for the second. You Let's 126 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:03,560 Speaker 1: say you're Joe Burrow. You just played behind the NFL's 127 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:09,240 Speaker 1: worst offensive line, you've got hammered and injured. Or you 128 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:12,960 Speaker 1: can play with the college wide receiver that you we 129 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 1: had you were in such a groove with you set 130 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 1: the SEC's all time receiving record for a single season. 131 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:25,160 Speaker 1: Which way do you go the elite blindside protector or 132 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:28,280 Speaker 1: do you go wide receiver? The lineman's the smart pick 133 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 1: is what happens? Yeah, that's that's That would be a 134 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:38,320 Speaker 1: really really tricky decision, I think for for a lot 135 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:40,760 Speaker 1: of teams, and Cincinnati in particularly, Let's go to a 136 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:43,920 Speaker 1: second wide receiver. Jalen Waddle from Alabama. He's the first 137 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:46,400 Speaker 1: of two Alabama players that are expected to go in 138 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:50,640 Speaker 1: the top half of the draft. Jelly Walls short, he's 139 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 1: just five ft ten and he's only a hundred eighty 140 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 1: two pounds. But you watch him play, and you know, 141 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 1: like a lot of Alabama players, man, does he play 142 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:01,960 Speaker 1: physical because you know that's that's Alabama football and they're 143 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:04,240 Speaker 1: not gonna let you get away with being a nancy 144 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:08,200 Speaker 1: out there. Um. He battles for balls and he has 145 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:11,400 Speaker 1: to allot at his size um. And I think from 146 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:14,320 Speaker 1: a fantasy standpoint, you know, being five ft ten and 147 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:16,440 Speaker 1: buck eighty two, you're just not an end zone target. 148 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:19,640 Speaker 1: And I think from a fantasy standpoint, Jalen Waddle may 149 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:23,680 Speaker 1: not ever be a double digit touchdown score. And I 150 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:26,280 Speaker 1: hope that I'm wrong, but maybe he won't be because 151 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:29,200 Speaker 1: I just I don't see him getting the corner fade 152 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:33,280 Speaker 1: route touchdowns. And I don't see those times when it's 153 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:39,560 Speaker 1: third and goal and a guy like bigger receivers can 154 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:41,880 Speaker 1: just kind of like take a couple of steps forward, 155 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:43,839 Speaker 1: box out of defender and here comes a ball and 156 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:46,680 Speaker 1: he's just Jalen Waddle is never going to be that guy. Now, 157 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:51,040 Speaker 1: the upside is basically everything else. Arguably, the most explosive 158 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:54,679 Speaker 1: athlete in the entire draft, not regardless of position, is 159 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:59,679 Speaker 1: Jalen Waddle. Uh insane acceleration birth burst both at the 160 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:02,560 Speaker 1: line of scrimmage and mid route. He can turn on 161 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:05,960 Speaker 1: the Jets twenty yards down field and have a whole 162 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:09,160 Speaker 1: other gear to go to. He gets deep behind the 163 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 1: coverage all the time, and here comes the balls just over. 164 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:17,360 Speaker 1: Nobody will catch him once Jalen waddles behind you. Um. 165 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 1: He turns routine crossing routes into touchdowns by simply running 166 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:25,040 Speaker 1: faster than everybody else on the field. He turns the 167 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:28,040 Speaker 1: corner heads up, the sideline dead and that that that 168 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:31,000 Speaker 1: ten yard crossing route just turned into a sixty yard touchdown. 169 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:35,199 Speaker 1: Jalen Waddle averaged ten yards after the catch, who with 170 00:09:35,559 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 1: sixth best in the country. He did it through speed. Um. 171 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:42,560 Speaker 1: That the only only downsides. Again, he's short six at 172 00:09:42,559 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 1: five ft two pounds. He did have a broken ankle 173 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:48,920 Speaker 1: in college, and he's only played snaps in college, which 174 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:51,280 Speaker 1: is pretty light, but not so light that you couldn't 175 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:55,400 Speaker 1: feel confident in drafting Jalen Waddle. I currently have Jalen 176 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:58,839 Speaker 1: Waddle going to the Giants at pick eleven. I think 177 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:01,320 Speaker 1: that's the right neighborhood for him. But if it's not, 178 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:04,840 Speaker 1: the Giants picked twelve. Philadelphia feels like a Lock. I 179 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:07,000 Speaker 1: think he goes to one of those two. I agree. 180 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 1: And you know who else might go there is his teammate, 181 00:10:10,280 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 1: former teammate, DeVonta Smith, Yes, also out of Alabama. Uh, 182 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:18,560 Speaker 1: six ft one one seventy five. Now, I might be 183 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 1: generous with the weight here for Devon he has he is. 184 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:24,320 Speaker 1: That's the big knock on him. Everyone's very concerned with 185 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 1: his b M. I but uh, I don't know. It's 186 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:31,000 Speaker 1: really like if he gets blown up by his safety, 187 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:34,679 Speaker 1: is an extra ten pounds gonna matter? Like? I don't know. 188 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:37,600 Speaker 1: But anyway, we talked about Jamaar Chase setting the SEC 189 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:42,280 Speaker 1: single season touchdown record in twenty nine with twenty touchdowns. 190 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 1: Smith shattered that record last year three touchdowns, a hundred 191 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:51,600 Speaker 1: and seventeen catches, eighteen hundred fifty six yards. I remember 192 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:53,760 Speaker 1: in the National Championship. I think he had two hundred 193 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:56,800 Speaker 1: yards and like three touchdowns in the first half. He 194 00:10:57,440 --> 00:11:01,400 Speaker 1: the productivity is remarkable, and you know, at that level 195 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:04,760 Speaker 1: of productivity, this reminds me of why the Vikings liked 196 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:10,280 Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson so much. Was the productivity in a pro 197 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:14,839 Speaker 1: style offense against elite defenders. That kind of productivity translates, 198 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:18,360 Speaker 1: and that's why I can't see a scenario where Smith 199 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:21,400 Speaker 1: goes to the NFL and flops, unless you know, he 200 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:24,720 Speaker 1: goes to Detroit and wherever he ends up, they're gonna 201 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 1: work on bulking him up a little bit, not too much, 202 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:29,680 Speaker 1: will lose his speed and other abilities. But again that's 203 00:11:29,679 --> 00:11:33,200 Speaker 1: really the only knock. If he was fifty pounds heavy 204 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:35,280 Speaker 1: right now, he'd probably be the top wide receiver prospect 205 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:40,439 Speaker 1: with the bullet so uh and just like um waddle Uh, 206 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 1: he's probably gonna end up in that Giants Eagles range 207 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:46,560 Speaker 1: on Draft Day is over under. Vegas has him at 208 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:48,760 Speaker 1: UH pick eleven and a half right now, which puts 209 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:51,720 Speaker 1: him right in that neighborhood and in in best ball 210 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:54,400 Speaker 1: and redraft. He's going wide receiver forty five, which is 211 00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:58,559 Speaker 1: right in the Michael Gallop, uh, Davante Parker, Antonio Brown. 212 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:01,559 Speaker 1: If you plase range so um again, landing Spytle will 213 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:04,160 Speaker 1: be huge for him. But uh, I'm not too worried 214 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:06,480 Speaker 1: about the b M I of Devonte Smith. I think 215 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:09,880 Speaker 1: I love a fine, if not electric career in the NFL. 216 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:13,440 Speaker 1: I've got Smith going to the Patriots at pick fifteen 217 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:16,160 Speaker 1: if it's not there, then I think again, the Eagles 218 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:19,040 Speaker 1: at twelve are absolutely in play, especially if Jalen Waddle 219 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:21,640 Speaker 1: does in facto eleven to the Giants. I could easily 220 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:25,319 Speaker 1: see Philadelphia twelve moving on Smith, and that would make sense. 221 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:28,480 Speaker 1: But otherwise, if if you're in New England, with all 222 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:32,600 Speaker 1: of the trouble, they've had a wide receiver, this seems 223 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:34,800 Speaker 1: like and and they've struck out so many times. I 224 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:37,320 Speaker 1: can understand where they'd be gun shy about drafting in 225 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:42,600 Speaker 1: another receiver. But Smith seems so much of a sure thing. 226 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:45,520 Speaker 1: He would make a ton of sense. You know, I 227 00:12:45,559 --> 00:12:47,280 Speaker 1: don't know who's gonna throw them the ball, and hopefully 228 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:49,760 Speaker 1: not Cam Newton, but that would be a whole other conversation. 229 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:52,200 Speaker 1: Let's go to our number four wide receiver or Shot 230 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:56,360 Speaker 1: Bateman from Minnesota, and at the route runner, probably the 231 00:12:56,400 --> 00:13:00,280 Speaker 1: best pure route runner in this draft. Very physical adoles 232 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 1: for contested balls. When the balls in the air and 233 00:13:02,679 --> 00:13:05,440 Speaker 1: it's heading his way, he looks like he owns that pass. 234 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:09,319 Speaker 1: And I like that about Bateman. Very productive and in 235 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 1: what was often an inconsistent Minnesota offense in his time there, 236 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 1: and very good after the catch. Now there are some 237 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:20,520 Speaker 1: knocks on Bateman, he's uh. He has had more drops 238 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:24,839 Speaker 1: than he should. He's not an athlete on the order 239 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:27,959 Speaker 1: of Chase Waddle and Smith. He just isn't. Those guys 240 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:32,960 Speaker 1: are freaks. Brateman isn't that level um and he doesn't 241 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:35,640 Speaker 1: have top end speed. Your I think the comp for 242 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:39,679 Speaker 1: Bateman is Keenan Allen. This is this, by the way, 243 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:42,840 Speaker 1: this is the positive probe, you know, this is the upside. 244 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:47,720 Speaker 1: The upside. Uh. Comparison is Keenan Allen, who was really 245 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:50,200 Speaker 1: basically good at everything. Although Keenan Allen didn't have the drops, 246 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:51,880 Speaker 1: but he was good at everything but didn't have the 247 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:54,400 Speaker 1: top end speed. I think Bateman is going to be 248 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:56,840 Speaker 1: that kind of player. He will be productive. I think 249 00:13:56,880 --> 00:13:59,440 Speaker 1: he's uh. He does not have the athleticism to be 250 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:04,560 Speaker 1: a triple A elite receiver that I don't think he's 251 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:08,200 Speaker 1: going to be somebody that ends up going, um, you know, 252 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:10,960 Speaker 1: twelve touchdowns season in and season out. But I think 253 00:14:10,960 --> 00:14:13,560 Speaker 1: he ends up with a productive career depending on on 254 00:14:13,559 --> 00:14:15,560 Speaker 1: where he ends up going. Right now, I am going 255 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:18,800 Speaker 1: to pick twenty to Chicago for Richad Bateman. Yeah, he 256 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:21,480 Speaker 1: seems like one of the safest picks out there. Not 257 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:24,000 Speaker 1: the insane ceiling, like you said, but a very very 258 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:26,640 Speaker 1: safe floor, it would seem. Let's go to our number 259 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:29,760 Speaker 1: five wide receiver, Elijah Moore from Ole mess Yeah, just 260 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:34,480 Speaker 1: another little guy, five ft nine. He'll probably be probably 261 00:14:34,520 --> 00:14:37,560 Speaker 1: be a primary slot receiver in the NFL. Um second 262 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 1: in receptions and yards last year, uh to Tavanta Smith 263 00:14:41,760 --> 00:14:45,240 Speaker 1: eighty six catches, almost twelve yards and just eight games 264 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:48,640 Speaker 1: for Elijah More also at eight touchdowns, average fourteen yards 265 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:51,520 Speaker 1: per catch. But what I remember most about him was 266 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 1: the dog piss celebrations. He scored a touchdown, he got 267 00:14:56,560 --> 00:15:00,760 Speaker 1: down on all four right, got a penalty, they were 268 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:04,200 Speaker 1: probably gonna go for two in the winds, had to 269 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:06,240 Speaker 1: go back for the extra point and tie kicker and 270 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:08,960 Speaker 1: mrs extra point, and I think they were like in 271 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 1: contention for the playoffs. I think this was actually good disaster. 272 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:16,040 Speaker 1: That was a huge disaster for More. Hopefully he's matured 273 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:18,480 Speaker 1: a little bit since then. I'm sure he's uh learned 274 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:22,800 Speaker 1: his lesson. But again, Lack's size, amazing speed uh four 275 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:28,040 Speaker 1: three five in forty on his pro day, great hands, polisher, outrunner. Uh. 276 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:30,320 Speaker 1: He's gonna excel from the slot wherever he ends up 277 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:32,880 Speaker 1: a comp you here, a lot is Tyler Lockett, which 278 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:34,920 Speaker 1: hopefully means all of his production doesn't come in like 279 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:38,000 Speaker 1: one or two games for season like Tyler Lockett. But 280 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:41,880 Speaker 1: right now he's wide receiver seventy ish and redraft. I 281 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:45,840 Speaker 1: think he's certainly a draftable I mean not draftable like 282 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:48,920 Speaker 1: a high wide receiver pick and Dynasty Empire formats. But 283 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:51,360 Speaker 1: landing spot is gonna really determine if he has value 284 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaker 1: for me in um. Well, the beauty for Elijah Moore 285 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 1: is there are these teams at the bottom end of 286 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:02,240 Speaker 1: the first half that need receivers and good teams. The 287 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 1: Saints at Green Bay at nine. You know Green Bay, 288 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:10,080 Speaker 1: who's the It's been a long time since they've had 289 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:14,280 Speaker 1: a pure slot receiver cop Randall Cop. Yeah, probably Randall 290 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:17,560 Speaker 1: Cop Kansas City. Now they've got the slop position covered 291 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:19,680 Speaker 1: in in uh In with Tyreek Hill. So maybe he 292 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 1: doesn't end up there, but that that is a team 293 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:24,240 Speaker 1: that needs receiver helping. They play Hill all over the place, 294 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:26,200 Speaker 1: so I wouldn't rule him out there potentially. And then 295 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:28,560 Speaker 1: if you go, you know, if he slips, if more 296 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:31,640 Speaker 1: slips into the top of the second round, well, now 297 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:33,320 Speaker 1: there's a bunch of there's a bunch of new teams 298 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:36,240 Speaker 1: that are possibilities for him as well. Atlanta with a 299 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:39,400 Speaker 1: fourth pick in the second round um as a possibility, 300 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:42,480 Speaker 1: Miami's a possibility, Detroit coming back again. So lots of 301 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:46,680 Speaker 1: spots for Elijah Moore. Let's take a break when we 302 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:51,560 Speaker 1: come back. Five more electrifying rookie receivers where they may 303 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:53,720 Speaker 1: go in the draft. Who we like, who we don't like. 304 00:16:54,280 --> 00:17:00,360 Speaker 1: You're listening to Fantasy Football Weekly. Welcome back Fantasy Football 305 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:03,440 Speaker 1: Weekly on Paul Georgian by co host is Brian Johnson. 306 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:06,119 Speaker 1: Were breaking down rookie wide receivers. Thank you for joining us. 307 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:12,360 Speaker 1: The number six wide receiver is Terroris Marshall. Don't call 308 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:17,159 Speaker 1: him Terence. It's not Terrence. Terrorists Marshall. He played for 309 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:19,359 Speaker 1: l SU. That is I have reason to believe a 310 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:24,120 Speaker 1: very good offense, long arms with a huge catch radius. 311 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:27,800 Speaker 1: He's um, he's tall and skinny, but he's young enough 312 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:31,600 Speaker 1: that he projects to fill out his build and that 313 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:35,080 Speaker 1: shouldn't be a problem. When you watch Terris Marshall, you 314 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:39,159 Speaker 1: see these big, loping steps that just eat up yards 315 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:41,520 Speaker 1: and it looks like he's not working that hard. But 316 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:44,280 Speaker 1: he's out running everybody on the field. He is fast 317 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:47,159 Speaker 1: with a natural stride. He really the stride to me 318 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:50,720 Speaker 1: looks more like a track star than anybody else you 319 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:52,720 Speaker 1: can see. I I just imagine with a baton in 320 00:17:52,760 --> 00:17:54,920 Speaker 1: his hand instead of a football in his hand. For 321 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:59,080 Speaker 1: Marshall and maybe the best true deep ball receiver in 322 00:17:59,119 --> 00:18:01,520 Speaker 1: the draft, I mean, he looks to me like he's 323 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:07,280 Speaker 1: built to catch bombs. He'd be a lethal combo next 324 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:10,399 Speaker 1: to Michael Thomas or Davante Adams because those are guys 325 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:13,199 Speaker 1: that I think are that play in the first twenty 326 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:15,760 Speaker 1: yards of the field, and then I think about what 327 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:20,000 Speaker 1: he could bring to those teams to stretch the field deep. Oh, 328 00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:24,200 Speaker 1: I love those landing spots for Terrice Marshall. Um, now 329 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:28,360 Speaker 1: he does ei. They all have dings, right. He did 330 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:31,720 Speaker 1: drop some passes. He's not a naturally gifted route runner, 331 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:34,280 Speaker 1: and he's not as effective on short passes. In fact, 332 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:37,440 Speaker 1: L s U, you're rarely through to him in behind 333 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:39,440 Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage within the first five ten yards 334 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:42,160 Speaker 1: of scrimmage. They sent him deep all the time, and 335 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:44,520 Speaker 1: that's where he was most effective. And we're gonna talk 336 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:46,439 Speaker 1: a little later about some guys that are better closer 337 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:49,760 Speaker 1: to the line of scrimmage UM, but not not Terence Marshall. 338 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:52,800 Speaker 1: So I like him with ay for teams like New 339 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:54,439 Speaker 1: Orleans Green Bay that have already got a lot of 340 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:56,920 Speaker 1: guys that can catch catch the ball near the line 341 00:18:56,920 --> 00:18:59,560 Speaker 1: of scrimmage, be productive under twenty and this would be 342 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:03,360 Speaker 1: a guy that can bring some deep juice to those offenses. 343 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:08,680 Speaker 1: Let's go to our number seven wide receiver ron Dell More, 344 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:13,240 Speaker 1: a little more out of perdue, very comparable to Elijah More, 345 00:19:13,359 --> 00:19:15,680 Speaker 1: not only in last name, but in size also five 346 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:20,119 Speaker 1: nine about one eighty pounds, projects to be another slot receiver. 347 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:23,400 Speaker 1: H a hundred and fourteen catches and twelve touchdowns as 348 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:28,240 Speaker 1: a true freshman and nearly a hundred yards. He's only 349 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:30,480 Speaker 1: played seven games across the last two seasons now the 350 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:32,639 Speaker 1: Big Ten only played like six games last year or so, 351 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:36,440 Speaker 1: but there's some injury concerns uh in his past um 352 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:40,160 Speaker 1: but unicorn speed for Rondale, Moore ran the second fastest 353 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:45,480 Speaker 1: forty among wide receivers four three one um, great route runner, 354 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:49,639 Speaker 1: great hands again, a great receiver, just undersized. He's probably 355 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:52,440 Speaker 1: a little more of a boom Bus prospect than Elijah More. 356 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:55,240 Speaker 1: He could be Steve Smith one day, or he could 357 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:58,800 Speaker 1: be Tavon Austin who knows, but um, same as Elijah More. 358 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:02,000 Speaker 1: Right now in redraft, he's in the wide receiver seven 359 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:05,240 Speaker 1: year ish range. Landing spot will really determine if he 360 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:07,360 Speaker 1: has a lot of value this year. But a very 361 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:12,000 Speaker 1: enticing prospect despite being UH an undersized slot receiver, very 362 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:15,159 Speaker 1: explosive and UH a guy who probably see going in 363 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:19,159 Speaker 1: a late second, early third in dynasty drafts depending on 364 00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:22,520 Speaker 1: the league. But yeah, in general, UM, I've seen Ron 365 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:25,439 Speaker 1: del Morrigo as early as picked twenty one in various 366 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:28,880 Speaker 1: mocks to Indianapolis, as early as there and as late 367 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:32,680 Speaker 1: as the early second round. Most people think he goes 368 00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:36,760 Speaker 1: somewhere somewhere in that range. The number eight rookie wide 369 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:42,360 Speaker 1: receiver is Cadarius Tony from Florida. A fascinating guy in Florida. 370 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:46,359 Speaker 1: He's a jack of all trades guy that uh Florida used. 371 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:49,840 Speaker 1: He's a receiver, but Florida ran him the ball a 372 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:53,120 Speaker 1: ton and so the comparable I have to him is 373 00:20:53,119 --> 00:20:57,200 Speaker 1: is Curtis Samuel or a smaller version of Deebo Samuel. 374 00:20:57,840 --> 00:21:00,480 Speaker 1: Um really jack knife kind of guy took a bunch 375 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:02,680 Speaker 1: of handuffs. As I mentioned. Now, he's thin, he's just 376 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:05,440 Speaker 1: a hundred seventy seven pounds on a six foot frame, 377 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:10,440 Speaker 1: but he plays way stronger than that. He's great in traffic. 378 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:13,800 Speaker 1: We were just talking about how Tervis Marshall doesn't do 379 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:16,399 Speaker 1: well in traffic, and they don't didn't get him the 380 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:18,760 Speaker 1: ball close to the line of scrimmage. He's the opposite. 381 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:22,520 Speaker 1: They did bubble screens, screen passes, they ran the ball, 382 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:24,880 Speaker 1: tons of stuff at in near the line of scrimmage 383 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:28,160 Speaker 1: for Darius Tony because he was so good in traffic 384 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:30,480 Speaker 1: with the vision and the balance and the ability to 385 00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:34,240 Speaker 1: pick through defenders. Tons of big plays, tons of yards 386 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:37,040 Speaker 1: after catch for Tony, despite the fact that again he's 387 00:21:37,119 --> 00:21:39,840 Speaker 1: he's dealing in traffic all the time, He's still had 388 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:43,359 Speaker 1: great yards after catch, super explosive. And again for a 389 00:21:43,359 --> 00:21:45,920 Speaker 1: guy his size, and I think we're in that stage 390 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:48,119 Speaker 1: of the draft for the bigger body guys are largely 391 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:50,840 Speaker 1: going smaller body guys. He breaks way more tackles than 392 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:53,480 Speaker 1: he should. Uh. Tony was a bit of a highlight 393 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:57,879 Speaker 1: machine at Florida and projects into the top of the 394 00:21:57,960 --> 00:22:02,000 Speaker 1: second round where he could end up with for the 395 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:06,440 Speaker 1: possibly the Jets, the Falcons, UM, Miami makes sense, Detroit 396 00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:10,159 Speaker 1: makes sense, all teams that could use help at the 397 00:22:10,359 --> 00:22:14,159 Speaker 1: slot receiver or just a jackknife kind of guy. He 398 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:17,200 Speaker 1: certainly sounds very Curtis Samuel Lee like I think Curtis 399 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:19,880 Speaker 1: Samuel's the best cop I do. Maybe we'll play alongside him. 400 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:22,240 Speaker 1: That would be pretty crazy. Now, they shouldn't because already 401 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:24,520 Speaker 1: got a Curtis Samuels, so that my mind, they should 402 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:29,800 Speaker 1: not not. In UH, let's go to rookie wide receiver 403 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:34,479 Speaker 1: number nine, Diami Brown out of North Carolina University of 404 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:38,040 Speaker 1: six ft and eight five pounds, a little bigger than UH. 405 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:41,639 Speaker 1: The last few receivers I've mentioned runs excellent vertical routes. 406 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:45,240 Speaker 1: Had an eighteen point four yard uh A dot last 407 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:48,040 Speaker 1: year UM that was the highest in college football average 408 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:51,480 Speaker 1: twenty yards per catch. UH issues with drops though in 409 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:54,760 Speaker 1: scout say he runs a very limited route tree. He 410 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:58,240 Speaker 1: has a lot of potential, but he needs some serious polish. 411 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:01,680 Speaker 1: UM unlikely to make any mediate impact UH this year. 412 00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:04,240 Speaker 1: I regardless of ore Lands, I don't see him having 413 00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:08,919 Speaker 1: much value and redraft, especially on UH draft day. Maybe 414 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:11,399 Speaker 1: you know on your league draft day that is maybe 415 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:14,600 Speaker 1: as the season wears on, who get a little more experience, 416 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:16,480 Speaker 1: I have a little more impact. But he's really just 417 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:19,560 Speaker 1: a dynasty asset right now in my mind, and I 418 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:21,520 Speaker 1: don't I don't know where you got him going in 419 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:25,400 Speaker 1: the I have him going late second round, which puts 420 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:30,360 Speaker 1: him in the conversation for teams like Baltimore, New Orleans, 421 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:33,719 Speaker 1: Green Bay, Buffalo could use it. Maybe a well, Buffalo 422 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:35,760 Speaker 1: is actually in pretty good shape. I don't wide receivers, 423 00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:37,720 Speaker 1: not a need for them. Maybe Kansas City that we 424 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:41,840 Speaker 1: talked about. Yeah, so that's uh. That brings us to 425 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:48,199 Speaker 1: number ten. Rounded out Cade Johnson from South Dakota State University. 426 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:52,479 Speaker 1: He's a jack rabbit. His pro comparison is favorable pro 427 00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:56,840 Speaker 1: comparison is Tyler Locket and your favorable comp Tyler Lockett. 428 00:23:56,880 --> 00:23:59,119 Speaker 1: He is a slot receiver. He had He was a 429 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:02,600 Speaker 1: zero star high school recruit, despite putting up a thousand 430 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:05,280 Speaker 1: yards and sixteen touchdowns in his senior year of high school. 431 00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:12,359 Speaker 1: He has elite acceleration, sudden moves that shake defenders physically 432 00:24:12,359 --> 00:24:16,320 Speaker 1: and mentally, very tough despite not being a very large player. 433 00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:20,040 Speaker 1: And the thing that's put k Johnson into these conversations. 434 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:25,160 Speaker 1: Here is a dominating senior Bowl where he was fantastic, 435 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:29,320 Speaker 1: and that happens so oftentimes with uh small school guys. 436 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:31,320 Speaker 1: Everybody wants to see, well, how do you look at 437 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:33,439 Speaker 1: the senior bowls so we can see you against players 438 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:37,120 Speaker 1: from Alabama and l s U and the SEC. And 439 00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:40,639 Speaker 1: he looked great. Now he played the slot almost exclusively, 440 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:42,560 Speaker 1: like I said, so his landing spot will be a 441 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:44,920 Speaker 1: team that needs slot help, probably not going to go 442 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:48,359 Speaker 1: until the third round. He's small, just five ft eleven 443 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:51,679 Speaker 1: d seventy pounds, short arms, short catch radius, so you're 444 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:57,680 Speaker 1: gonna you need an accurate passer. My Minnesota Vikings need 445 00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:00,119 Speaker 1: a slot receiver. That sounds about right. He could he 446 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:04,639 Speaker 1: could find his way there as a possibility um Washington 447 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:07,160 Speaker 1: could use a slot receiver. These are teams that don't 448 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:09,600 Speaker 1: need starters, but teams that might want to fill in 449 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:11,880 Speaker 1: with a pure slot receiver. Atlanta we've mentioned a couple 450 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:16,000 Speaker 1: of times slot receiver as well as a possibility there 451 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:20,119 Speaker 1: perhaps for Kaid Johnson. Right, it's a deep draft for 452 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:22,879 Speaker 1: wide receivers. A lot of these guys are going to 453 00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:26,720 Speaker 1: make a huge difference and for fantasy and dynasty owners, 454 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:29,679 Speaker 1: that maybe didn't get on board for whatever reason. You 455 00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:33,040 Speaker 1: didn't land one of the great young receiving talents last 456 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:36,280 Speaker 1: year or a couple of them last year, you immediately 457 00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:38,680 Speaker 1: have a chance to make good on that this year. 458 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:41,879 Speaker 1: You know. It's the interesting part of this podcast as 459 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:45,840 Speaker 1: we didn't talk about probably the best receiving prospect in 460 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:49,239 Speaker 1: the draft, tight end Kyle Pitts. Kyle Pitts. So well, 461 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:51,400 Speaker 1: let's do that next time. What do you think We'll 462 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:53,640 Speaker 1: talk through tight ends? And there are other tight ends 463 00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:58,240 Speaker 1: people like just forget about there's but no one cares 464 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:00,879 Speaker 1: about them because they're not Kyle Pitts. They're the only 465 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:04,600 Speaker 1: thing that everybody cares about is Kyle Pitts. Should Kyle Pitts? 466 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:07,119 Speaker 1: Here's I'm gonna let's start next week's podcast with this. 467 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:11,720 Speaker 1: Help remind me? Should Kyle Pitts be the first rookie 468 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:17,920 Speaker 1: taken in tight end mandatory dynasty and empire leagues? Man, 469 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:19,840 Speaker 1: if you can lock down that tight end position for 470 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:22,640 Speaker 1: a decade, what an advantage that is. I'm not even 471 00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:27,120 Speaker 1: talking about like super premium tight end leagues, just tight 472 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:31,159 Speaker 1: end mandatory dynasty leagues. Should Kyle Pitts, who looks like 473 00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:37,919 Speaker 1: a transcendent once a decade prospect at the position. Should 474 00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:43,000 Speaker 1: he be the first rookie taken in Dynasty and or 475 00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:45,760 Speaker 1: Empire League in non super flex leagues two in one 476 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:52,440 Speaker 1: quarterback weeks, Yeah, that's probably real. Quickly, last week we teased, 477 00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:56,080 Speaker 1: you know, Pitts could be picked before any wide receiver, 478 00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:58,320 Speaker 1: and he said Vernon Davis and Jeremy Shocky. With the 479 00:26:58,359 --> 00:27:01,879 Speaker 1: two names, we came up with Shocky. A wide receiver 480 00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:03,960 Speaker 1: went before Shocky. I'm blanking on who it was. But 481 00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:07,000 Speaker 1: Vernon Davis was the sixth overall pick, went before any 482 00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:10,640 Speaker 1: wide receiver. But that's because the wide receivers that year, 483 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:14,520 Speaker 1: Santonio Holmes. He was the first one selected, Santonio Holmes 484 00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:19,080 Speaker 1: that but then Chad Jackson, Moss, Greg Jennings the one 485 00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:22,480 Speaker 1: good one. But then Travis Wilson, Derrick Hagen, Brandon Williams. 486 00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:24,920 Speaker 1: I don't even want a bad class, remember these guys. 487 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:27,720 Speaker 1: That's insane. Now go back to the Patriots pick. Was 488 00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:31,960 Speaker 1: it Chad Johnson? Jackson? Chad Jackson one of the worst 489 00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:35,960 Speaker 1: draft picks like history of the NFL level bad. They 490 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:41,119 Speaker 1: nothing from him whatsoever. You know, we alluded earlier to 491 00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:44,560 Speaker 1: the to the Patriots history of terrible wide receiver drafting 492 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:46,639 Speaker 1: and and he's certainly part of it. You can just 493 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:48,720 Speaker 1: go back to last year they picked and kill Harry 494 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:52,600 Speaker 1: over Dbjbo, Samuel ny J Brown and then of course 495 00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:56,000 Speaker 1: Terry McLarin went a lot of teams with clarin, right, 496 00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:58,960 Speaker 1: but just with with with in general, Martin Marky's Brown 497 00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:01,000 Speaker 1: was the top wide receiver lst year. I've forgotten that 498 00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:07,240 Speaker 1: picked by Baltimore two years ago. Two years ago. Yes, yes, yeah, yeah, yeah, 499 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:10,240 Speaker 1: that's okay. Um, anyway, yeah he was and Marquis Brown. 500 00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:14,159 Speaker 1: If Markis Brown were in this year's draft, he'd be 501 00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:20,240 Speaker 1: a late second, early third pick. Something like that. You know, 502 00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:22,240 Speaker 1: just so much of the clay, you know, so oftentimes 503 00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:24,040 Speaker 1: just that you know, the quality of the draft class 504 00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:32,960 Speaker 1: pick you know ends up you know, another mistake we 505 00:28:33,119 --> 00:28:36,240 Speaker 1: ragged on that point. We nailed that. We nailed that 506 00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:39,880 Speaker 1: as a huge mistake. And um, and how about now 507 00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:42,000 Speaker 1: we're getting it's a very Minnesota centric at the end 508 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:49,320 Speaker 1: of this podcast. I loved that sometime roughly November early December, 509 00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:52,400 Speaker 1: when the Vikings and the teams never do this, when 510 00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:56,200 Speaker 1: they released their draft day footage of the Eagles taking 511 00:28:56,280 --> 00:29:01,480 Speaker 1: Jalen Reagor and the Vikings going crazy zoom after Reagor 512 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:03,960 Speaker 1: was pick because Justin Jefferson fell to them. That's all 513 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:06,720 Speaker 1: of us when we're doing our own fantasy draft from 514 00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:08,960 Speaker 1: our laptop, right, You're expecting to get sniped and you know, 515 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:11,160 Speaker 1: and you're like, yes, I got my guy. Yeah. That 516 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:14,480 Speaker 1: was like one of my favorite videos from that. Part 517 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:17,120 Speaker 1: of the reason I love it was it had a 518 00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:18,920 Speaker 1: little bit of smack talk to it, which the NFL 519 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:21,280 Speaker 1: doesn't do nearly enough of as far as I'm concerned. 520 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:26,880 Speaker 1: And number two is it really does show that there are, 521 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:29,280 Speaker 1: you know, all of the all the deep dives and 522 00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:31,760 Speaker 1: the analytics that these teams do. They really do have favorites, 523 00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:34,000 Speaker 1: and they really do have guys that are like, I 524 00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:36,360 Speaker 1: can't believe he was there for our pick. You can 525 00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:39,040 Speaker 1: tell that's the Vikings were having that moment with Justin Jefferson, 526 00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:42,200 Speaker 1: they I can't believe he felt to us moment and 527 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:44,480 Speaker 1: they absolutely nailed the pick, of course, which makes the 528 00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:47,600 Speaker 1: video that much better. And and Reager, I don't want 529 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:50,960 Speaker 1: to have it struggles, but that also makes the video 530 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:53,840 Speaker 1: even that it hurts a little bit, doesn't it if 531 00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:56,760 Speaker 1: you're an Eagles fan, Eagles always with on wide receivers 532 00:29:56,800 --> 00:30:00,800 Speaker 1: to they gotta get j J Arthago Whites. He was 533 00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:03,520 Speaker 1: a couple of years ago. They could he was a 534 00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:07,640 Speaker 1: second rounder and they needed him so badly at various 535 00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:10,040 Speaker 1: stretches to play, and he just he couldn't play. We 536 00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:15,920 Speaker 1: were excited about him too. Jaws never worked out. Thank 537 00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:17,880 Speaker 1: you for listening to podcast, and especially for those of 538 00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:20,280 Speaker 1: you that take time to rate, review, and subscribe, well, 539 00:30:20,280 --> 00:30:23,120 Speaker 1: we appreciate your devotion to our off season version of 540 00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:26,880 Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Weekly. We will be back with more and 541 00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:29,640 Speaker 1: by the way, when do tight ends next week, Let's 542 00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:31,800 Speaker 1: also just hit on a couple of the key movements 543 00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:34,080 Speaker 1: in free agency over the past couple of weeks, you know, 544 00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:37,600 Speaker 1: like Arizona's now got a running back competition and some 545 00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:40,240 Speaker 1: other stuff that will hit on as well. Thanks for listening, everybody, 546 00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:44,560 Speaker 1: Bye bye. Fantasy Football Weekly is a production of I 547 00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:47,480 Speaker 1: Heart Radio. For more podcasts from my heart Radio, visit 548 00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:50,520 Speaker 1: the i Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you 549 00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:51,920 Speaker 1: listen to your favorite shows.