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Speaker 1: here's your host, Paul. Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly. I
Speaker 1: am Paul Charge in another post draft edition with Matt
Speaker 1: Harrison at Explosive Output on Twitter. Hello, Matt, hey Charge,
Speaker 1: how's it going awesome? Last week we broke down the
Speaker 1: running backs that were taken after round one, which was
Speaker 1: all of them except for one guy. And this week
Speaker 1: we're gonna turn our attention to the highly touted receivers
Speaker 1: that went in the draft. Now, just this your volume
Speaker 1: receivers means we're gonna hit them all. But we're gonna
Speaker 1: hit We're gonna hit the guys that matter across the
Speaker 1: draft landscape and the fantasy landscape, who you need to
Speaker 1: know about and what they and bring to the table
Speaker 1: for your fantasy team. That is our goal here on
Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Weekly today, and we begin first with t
Speaker 1: Higgins who got drafted by Cincinnati. Tell people about te
Speaker 1: Higgins and how you feel he fits into a crowded
Speaker 1: set of wide receivers for the Bengals. Well, it's pretty
Speaker 1: interesting too because Tee Higgins was the first pick around
Speaker 1: two and there are seven wide receivers picked in the
Speaker 1: second round of the draft, including the first two picks
Speaker 1: of round two. So all these teams had a little
Speaker 1: while to think about this and they're like, oh man,
Speaker 1: there's wide receiver values still on the board, So te
Speaker 1: Higgins is the first one. Uh, it is suddenly an
Speaker 1: embarrassment of riches that wide receiver for the Bengals with
Speaker 1: a j Green coming back, but he's on the franchise tag. Uh,
Speaker 1: Tyler Boyd and John Ross who both might be out
Speaker 1: of contract at the end of this coming season. So
Speaker 1: Tee Higgins could be your long term wide receiver one
Speaker 1: play in Cincinnati. If you're in a dynasty league, He's
Speaker 1: a super interesting stash because, uh, they got obviously Joe
Speaker 1: Burrow there tossing the ball, So Tee Higgins could suddenly
Speaker 1: be the wide receiver one next year. Right now, he's
Speaker 1: looking at probably wide receiver three on that depth chart,
Speaker 1: but uh, I think he definitely out muscles John Ross
Speaker 1: for playing time and he should be on the on
Speaker 1: the field for most three wide receiver sets for the
Speaker 1: Bengals this year, te Higgins has got out muscle his
Speaker 1: opponents as well. He's six ft four, two fifteen pounds,
Speaker 1: the big catch radius and for a big man's surprising speed,
Speaker 1: he's got these long strides that eat up yards. Tee
Speaker 1: Higgins and incredibly productive the past two years with and
Speaker 1: almost identical stats the past couple of years roughly sixty catches,
Speaker 1: thousand yards, thirteen touchdowns, and that kind of productivity in
Speaker 1: back to back years makes you feel really confident. I
Speaker 1: think he think he flat out beats out John Raw,
Speaker 1: maybe even by week one as the starter on the
Speaker 1: outside opposite A J. Green with Tyler Boyd manning the
Speaker 1: slot position. And I think you're right that a J.
Speaker 1: This may very well be a J. Green's last year
Speaker 1: and Cincinnati same could be said for Boyd and or Ross,
Speaker 1: especially Ross, and Tee Higgins could emerges that number one
Speaker 1: for what could be a decade long career potentially or
Speaker 1: longer with Joe Burrow. And you know that's fantasy gold
Speaker 1: right there. So I agree that in dynasty leagues, in particular,
Speaker 1: Tee Higgins long term really not even that long term
Speaker 1: beginning next year. Potential is really great. And charge I
Speaker 1: made a mistake on Tyler Boyd. He is signed through
Speaker 1: the three season, but he does play the slot. So
Speaker 1: Tee Higgins from the outside is looking at wide receiver
Speaker 1: one numbers in the very near future. There it's John
Speaker 1: Ross that's gonna get pinched on this te Higgins move.
Speaker 1: It's I think it's it's gonna be the it's gonna
Speaker 1: be the odd man out of this deal. All right,
Speaker 1: Let's go to the next player taken in the second round,
Speaker 1: and that was Michael Pittman's kid. And I'm old have
Speaker 1: had Michael Pittman on my fantasy team many times. He
Speaker 1: had a long career in the NFL. Now his son,
Speaker 1: another big bodied kid, goes to Indianapolis and all the
Speaker 1: Colts and Frank Reich have done since the draft is
Speaker 1: brag about how much they love this guy and how
Speaker 1: they want to use them this year. What do you
Speaker 1: think about Michael Pittman's fit for the Colts? And his
Speaker 1: dad was correct me if I'm wrong, But the running
Speaker 1: back for the Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers, is
Speaker 1: that correct? That is correct? Senior? There Um, Yeah, the
Speaker 1: path the playing time is really great for Pittman as
Speaker 1: no one is really fearing Paris Campbell at this point.
Speaker 1: Oh I am he you are I I. Paris Campbell
Speaker 1: to me is one of my favorite deep sleepers for
Speaker 1: this kid. He At this time last year, we're all
Speaker 1: really really excited about Paris Campbell and what he could
Speaker 1: do as a sort of jack of all trades receiver
Speaker 1: for the Colts. But then he had this just torpedo
Speaker 1: this season, and I think Paris Campbell in year two
Speaker 1: is gonna be a lot like the guy who thought
Speaker 1: we were gonna get last year. So I am very
Speaker 1: high in Paris Campbell as a sneaky play. That said,
Speaker 1: still plenty of rome for Michael Pittman to get on
Speaker 1: the field. Sure he comps similar to a Philip Rivers
Speaker 1: old teammate of Mike Williams, who in San Diego and
Speaker 1: l A was a huge red zone target for for
Speaker 1: Rivers who who likes to target both the tight end
Speaker 1: and the big bodied wide receivers in the end zone.
Speaker 1: And that's not t Y Hilton's game. That's definitely a
Speaker 1: Michael Pittman's game. So I like him as a red
Speaker 1: zone threat and He's definitely a guy that if I'm
Speaker 1: looking at Best Ball leagues, I could see those games
Speaker 1: coming this year where he might lay a few stinkers
Speaker 1: throughout the year, But in a Best Ball league he
Speaker 1: might be one of those guys who gets a touchdown
Speaker 1: or two uh in four or five different games this year.
Speaker 1: So I kind of like that as a possible wide
Speaker 1: receiver flex starter in Best Ball leagues this year. I
Speaker 1: do too. The concern for Michael Pittman long term is
Speaker 1: we don't know who the quarterback is next year, so
Speaker 1: that's you know, that part could be a bigger issue
Speaker 1: for him down the road. But for this season, those
Speaker 1: big body guys you mentioned it, the touchdown numbers can
Speaker 1: be there. And for Philip Rivers you mentioned Mike Williams.
Speaker 1: Remember before that Vincent Jackson, that big bodied receiver that um,
Speaker 1: many of us we waited a long time from to
Speaker 1: finally break out. He finally did, had some big seasons,
Speaker 1: ended up leaving and then did nothing. But um, that's
Speaker 1: another big body guy that has worked with Philip Rivers
Speaker 1: in the past. Let's go to the next on the Colts.
Speaker 1: I just wanted to mention, do you think there's a
Speaker 1: chance that Andrew Luck returns to the NFL maybe after
Speaker 1: this following year, because they signed Rivers for the year.
Speaker 1: I think he might even be under contract for two.
Speaker 1: But it kind of leaves the door open for Andrew
Speaker 1: Luck to possibly come back someday. I'm not saying no,
Speaker 1: but he's made a hundred million dollars. I just don't think.
Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know that he has any
Speaker 1: any reason too. But you know, I don't have any
Speaker 1: uncanny insight into where what his mind state is. But
Speaker 1: he doesn't need the money. I know that, so I
Speaker 1: don't I don't think Andrew Luck is gonna come back,
Speaker 1: but man, that would be that'd be awfully nice because
Speaker 1: it's really sad how it ended there. For sure, let's
Speaker 1: go to Jacksonville. Uh. Laviska Chanal is one of my
Speaker 1: favorite players in this draft with I think just enormous
Speaker 1: game changing upside if things can work out for him.
Speaker 1: He was incredibly productive for Colorado and maybe the most
Speaker 1: explosive playmaker in this entire draft, which is saying a
Speaker 1: lot when you've got guys like Ceedee Lamb and Henry
Speaker 1: Ruggs and Jerry Judy. He's the explosiveness is there for
Speaker 1: Laviska Chanald how do you how do you like his
Speaker 1: the way he will fit into the Jaguars. I mean,
Speaker 1: if we went back to our earlier conversation on these
Speaker 1: day to wide receivers, I didn't really like Chanult that
Speaker 1: much because I feel like he's a little bit too
Speaker 1: gadgety for me as a as a fantasy player. He's got,
Speaker 1: you know, the shades of Percy Harvin on the upside,
Speaker 1: but he could comp out more like cor Darrel Patterson
Speaker 1: and that's the thing that kind of scares me about Chinault.
Speaker 1: But you can't deny the speed, and you can't deny
Speaker 1: the playmaking ability. But everybody loves d J. Chark as
Speaker 1: the top wide receiver there. Outside of that, d D.
Speaker 1: Westbrook is definitely beat Herble for playing time and the
Speaker 1: Jags just let Marquise Lee go onto New England. Uh
Speaker 1: I just wanted to ask, is Justin Blackman still under
Speaker 1: contract for the Jaguars. I think he is, but uh
Speaker 1: Chenault probably figures in as the second target maybe or
Speaker 1: or or a guy who could get six touches a
Speaker 1: game something like that, and that's fantasy viable aside from
Speaker 1: the dubious quarterbacking in Jacksonville. This is an awesome landing
Speaker 1: spot for Laviska Chenalt. He walks in with virtually no
Speaker 1: competition to beat DJ Chark is gonna Is is got
Speaker 1: deep playmaking speed. Chanlt is so strong and big bodied.
Speaker 1: He can catch over the middle of the field with
Speaker 1: with DJ Shark opening up the middle of the field
Speaker 1: for him, and I think there's a lot of good
Speaker 1: a lot of good things that can come from that.
Speaker 1: He broke forty four tackles the last two years, the
Speaker 1: most of any receiver in this rookie class. I think
Speaker 1: he is a is a potential absolute fine for fantasy owners,
Speaker 1: and let's just hope the quarterbacking is a requisite of
Speaker 1: it in Jacksonville. I'm I'm pretty high on on Chennault,
Speaker 1: and I think there's uh I think he could be
Speaker 1: a very helpful fantasy player if if things go well. Now,
Speaker 1: he did have a variety of injuries in college, but
Speaker 1: none of them were severe. It was just the kind
Speaker 1: that would knock you out from a game here and there,
Speaker 1: a couple of games, or you play hurt through it.
Speaker 1: That's it's definitely a soft player. Is that That's what
Speaker 1: that's what it sounds like. He's not. He's not as
Speaker 1: tough and and manly as the Mississippi mustache Gardner Minshew though,
Speaker 1: well no, but can't believe you said dubious quarterbacking they
Speaker 1: got Minshew. That's all. That's what I mean, exactly what
Speaker 1: I mean. Uh. Then the next player taken in this
Speaker 1: loaded second round of the NFL draft, the next receiver taken,
Speaker 1: kJ Hamdler from Denver. This was Denver's just loaded on offense.
Speaker 1: All of a sudden, they went Jerry Judy and then
Speaker 1: they go with kJ Hamler. Now I'm not that high
Speaker 1: on handler, uh, Handler, and I'm I'm worried about all
Speaker 1: the drops in college. We've seen a lot of players
Speaker 1: come to the NFL with drop problems that just don't
Speaker 1: get better. Um, he's really small. I think he can
Speaker 1: only play the slot. I think his upside is Tavon
Speaker 1: Austin at best. And that's gonna mean from a fantasy standpoint.
Speaker 1: In my eyes, he's like a best ball guy. You
Speaker 1: just you hope that you you have you've picked. You
Speaker 1: know there's gonna be four games a year where kJ
Speaker 1: Hamdler can make a difference, and you hope that you
Speaker 1: had him in your starting lineup. Well is I mean
Speaker 1: when you list off the guys in that offense right
Speaker 1: now for skill position players, it's Courtland Sutton, Jerry Judy,
Speaker 1: Noah Fanse, Melvin Gordon, Philip Lindsay. I think all five
Speaker 1: of those guys I would rather target over kJ Hamler
Speaker 1: in the passing game. So he's He's definitely the sixth
Speaker 1: option in in a team that would only play five
Speaker 1: options at a time. But this is definitely the most
Speaker 1: exciting skill position group maybe Denver has ever had. Um Well,
Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean, if you go back, you're
Speaker 1: too young to remember the three amigos, Vance Johnson, Mark
Speaker 1: Jackson and Ricky Natil. I'm telling you those guys were good.
Speaker 1: This was you know, there was Elway throw into those guys.
Speaker 1: Were they good or were they John Elway past catchers?
Speaker 1: I mean, this is Drew Lock if he's average at
Speaker 1: at worst, this is a really good skill position group
Speaker 1: right here. It is. It is a good skill position
Speaker 1: set for sure. And Drew Lock. I mean, what I
Speaker 1: kind of love about this is You're no, You're never
Speaker 1: gonna be able to go back and look at Drew
Speaker 1: Locks career and say they didn't give him enough help.
Speaker 1: Absolutely not from Aaron Rodgers syndrome. Correct. Correct. The next
Speaker 1: player taken was another big body guy, Chase Claypool goes
Speaker 1: to the Pittsburgh Steelers, and there was some talk that
Speaker 1: they were that some teams were gonna We're gonna turn
Speaker 1: him into a tight end, but the Steelers should come
Speaker 1: out and said, no, he's gonna be a wide receiver
Speaker 1: for us. And that really tells you a little bit
Speaker 1: about the big body that Chase Claypool has got. You know,
Speaker 1: I both of us really kind of liked Claypool from
Speaker 1: just the size and ability standpoint. Not super fast, but uh,
Speaker 1: you know, just just a huge body over the middle.
Speaker 1: But the depth chart is where it loses me in
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh because I don't really want Chase Claypool in this system.
Speaker 1: He gets to battle with Juju Smith, Schuster, Deonte Johnson
Speaker 1: and James washing And for snaps, and those are three
Speaker 1: decent wide receivers right there, with Juju being a great one.
Speaker 1: And then he's got Vance McDonald and Eric Ebron filling
Speaker 1: the tight end spots. And Ebron was, you know, a
Speaker 1: good pass catcher in the last few years. Even Jalen
Speaker 1: Samuel's kind of fits in as one of those weird
Speaker 1: flex players who's played running back and tight end. So
Speaker 1: we need to clear some guys off of this roster
Speaker 1: for Chase Claypool to be able to play. And I
Speaker 1: don't think that I would be drafting him in redraft leagues,
Speaker 1: but I think he's a super interesting dynasty stash because
Speaker 1: once a few of these names clear off of this roster,
Speaker 1: I think Claypool could be ah. He could be a
Speaker 1: good find. There's already rumors out there that Juju Smith
Speaker 1: Schuster is not gonna not gonna get a second contract
Speaker 1: with the Steelers, which would be at this time last
Speaker 1: year would have been unthinkable. And maybe people are overreacting
Speaker 1: to what happened last year with the likes of Duck
Speaker 1: Hodges throwing one hoppers his way. But this is a
Speaker 1: make or break year for Juju Smith Schuster, and if
Speaker 1: he doesn't pay and out, that could open the door
Speaker 1: for Chase Claypool in a big way. When we come back,
Speaker 1: we will talk about another of the players who I
Speaker 1: do not like as much as the team that drafted him.
Speaker 1: Find out why Van Jefferson worries me. For the Los
Speaker 1: Angeles Rams. When we come back, it's Fantasy Football Weekly.
Speaker 1: I'm Paul Charchi and my co host is Matt Harrison.
Speaker 1: We're breaking down the second set of wide receivers taken
Speaker 1: in the draft. We already did a previous show on
Speaker 1: the first round receivers. Now we're looking at this massive
Speaker 1: second round of wide receivers and a few of the
Speaker 1: guys that were taking in later rounds that we think
Speaker 1: are worth mentioning as well. We turn our attention now
Speaker 1: to Van Jefferson for the Rams. Tell people a little
Speaker 1: bit about that landing spot for Van Jefferson, and then
Speaker 1: I'll talk a little bit about why I'm not necessarily
Speaker 1: crazy about him. Well, Brandon Cooks leaves a hole in
Speaker 1: the depth chart, so that's a nice thing. Van Jefferson
Speaker 1: factor and as the other guy along the outside with
Speaker 1: Robert Woods likely manning the other outside position and Cooper
Speaker 1: Cup in the slot. UH and Brandon Cooks, I mean
Speaker 1: up and down career in the with the Rams. Uh
Speaker 1: specifically with the concussions, but he did put up a
Speaker 1: couple of nice games, not really that many last year,
Speaker 1: but in UH, Cooks did put up some some glimmering
Speaker 1: hope numbers. So, I mean, I guess that Jefferson's interesting
Speaker 1: from that perspective, But we didn't even preview him as
Speaker 1: one of the UH top guys going. I think he
Speaker 1: was outside of our top twelve wide receivers when we
Speaker 1: did our earlier show. So what do you like and
Speaker 1: not like about Van Jefferson? Charge? I only like one thing,
Speaker 1: and that's his ability to get some separation deep um
Speaker 1: and he's got some explosiveness to him. So I guess
Speaker 1: maybe that's two things. But there's a lot that I
Speaker 1: don't like about Van Jefferson. Low productivity in college, he's
Speaker 1: not physical. Contact knocks him off his routes. He needs
Speaker 1: to add weight and strength, which maybe he can do.
Speaker 1: But a lot of the times when guys have to
Speaker 1: add weight and strength, we're talking about a twenty one
Speaker 1: year old. He's twenty three already, and I don't know
Speaker 1: how much more he's gonna build into that frame to
Speaker 1: try to get bigger and stronger. He's never been in
Speaker 1: yards after catch guy. I mean, so you know, you're
Speaker 1: all those things together, and I think Van Jefferson is
Speaker 1: is going to be a high risk. Well, I think
Speaker 1: he was a high risk pick for the Rams. You
Speaker 1: will be if your fantasy team as well. And I
Speaker 1: would not pin my hopes on on him necessarily emerging
Speaker 1: out of that depth chart as being a primary factor
Speaker 1: at least no time soon. And I think his game
Speaker 1: has got to come together in a lot of ways.
Speaker 1: Let's go over to Denzel Mims, a guy that many
Speaker 1: people thought would go at the end of the first round. Potentially,
Speaker 1: this is the speedster who goes over to the Jets
Speaker 1: where they've got a lot of opportunity to start, and
Speaker 1: Denzel Mims probably on the field opening day Week one,
Speaker 1: in the starting lineup for the Jets, Yeah, I think so. Um,
Speaker 1: he enters an offense that lost, uh, one of their
Speaker 1: top two pass catchers and Robbie Anderson, and the other one,
Speaker 1: Jamison Crowder, plays exclusively out of the slot. Um. The
Speaker 1: other outside receivers Breshad Perriman, who has a first round
Speaker 1: pedigree but has really only shown you know, three games
Speaker 1: of fantasy viability his entire career, and they all came
Speaker 1: at the end of last season. So uh, if you
Speaker 1: believe that that was a flash in the pan, because
Speaker 1: Mike Evans and Chris Godwin were hurt at the tail
Speaker 1: end of last year. Then Denzel Mims suddenly becomes a
Speaker 1: pretty interesting there. I really liked him. I was surprised
Speaker 1: that he lasted to the end of the second round.
Speaker 1: It would have been I think he should have gone
Speaker 1: ahead of a lot of these guys that we mentioned.
Speaker 1: I probably would have put him as the at least
Speaker 1: in the conversation and the top three wide receivers that
Speaker 1: should have been picked in the second round. But Chinn,
Speaker 1: Alton Hamler, and Claypool and Jefferson went ahead of him.
Speaker 1: So but I do like the landing spot because they
Speaker 1: really gotta get some targets going. There's a lot of
Speaker 1: vacated targets in New York. Bris Shot Payraman is on
Speaker 1: a one year deal, and I think that's important because
Speaker 1: Payraman's deal is straight line speed. Denzel MIM's deal is
Speaker 1: straight line speed. And so while this year that when
Speaker 1: they're on the field together, um because they're so similar,
Speaker 1: I worried that defenses will play back, try to take
Speaker 1: away the speed zone deep zone coverage, and it may
Speaker 1: be that the pairman just gets a lot more balls.
Speaker 1: But under a one year deal, I could see next
Speaker 1: year you know, Mims is the go to downfield receiver
Speaker 1: with Pairman gone, and that might be more of a
Speaker 1: twenty one play than a twenty play. Um, he was
Speaker 1: very he was he was productive, and he had lots
Speaker 1: of great plays at Baylor with an amazing combine, very
Speaker 1: productive Senior Bowl and a good Senior Bowl week of
Speaker 1: practice as well. But there's a lot of people who
Speaker 1: feel like he's also very raw and that Baylor didn't
Speaker 1: use him in a sophisticated way, asking him to run
Speaker 1: sophisticated routes. And that made me that he's got another
Speaker 1: reason to think one will be a better year for
Speaker 1: Denzel Mims than necessarily twenty twenty. So I think that
Speaker 1: to me is more of a Dynasty pick, Matt. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think I can. I can see that, And I'm
Speaker 1: kind of hoping that Adam Gaze has gone from New
Speaker 1: York after this year, which would probably usher in a
Speaker 1: new offensive mind there that UH can really open things
Speaker 1: up a little bit for Sam Donald and crew. So, yeah,
Speaker 1: Mims is definitely a guy that's a stash in Dynasty's
Speaker 1: right now. Yeah, I think so too. Let's go to
Speaker 1: UH some of the players. Now, all those receivers who
Speaker 1: have talked about. They all won the second round. That's
Speaker 1: just the second round, which is crazy seven of them.
Speaker 1: Let's go to some of the other we've hand picked
Speaker 1: for other receivers that we want to talk about, uh,
Speaker 1: that we think could make a difference or at least
Speaker 1: be notable. Let's begin with Devin DuVernay, who ends up
Speaker 1: going to the Ravens, and this is an opportunity to
Speaker 1: get some playing time because that was a very unproductive
Speaker 1: group of wide receivers last year. Yeah, outside of Hollywood Brown,
Speaker 1: it's pretty much open for business for diverne Um. All
Speaker 1: you gotta do is be about Miles Boykin and Chris Moore.
Speaker 1: I mean that doesn't sound that difficult. I feel like
Speaker 1: thirty nine year old Matt Harrison might be able to
Speaker 1: uh muscle them out for a few targets in the office. Well,
Speaker 1: I'll mention that. Let me mention one thing about Miles
Speaker 1: Boyken and and you know, they probably won't work out
Speaker 1: for him basement. We saw a rookie year, but that
Speaker 1: guy is a crazy athlete, and we knew that it
Speaker 1: was going to be a longer runway for him to
Speaker 1: maybe acclimate to the NFL. But you know, if you're
Speaker 1: a believer in in in spark s P A r Q,
Speaker 1: he is a crazy, crazy spark specimen and people loved
Speaker 1: him coming out of the combine last year. So I'm
Speaker 1: not totally writing off Myles Boyken quite yet, is the point. No,
Speaker 1: it's too early to write him off. He's in his
Speaker 1: second year. So uh, Daverne is interesting that they did
Speaker 1: lose some some targets with Hayden Hurst being traded to Atlanta,
Speaker 1: So uh, there's a little bit of opportunity there, and
Speaker 1: you think that they probably want to get Lamar Jackson
Speaker 1: to throw the ball just a little bit more every
Speaker 1: year of his career, maybe take a couple of hits
Speaker 1: off of his body. So uh, I would imagine that
Speaker 1: they're going to target their wide receivers just a little
Speaker 1: bit more this year too, Yeah, I would. I would
Speaker 1: not be surprised if that ends up being the case. Now.
Speaker 1: One concern that I've got for Devon DuVernay is he's
Speaker 1: a He's a slot receiver, and they run Marquise Hollywood
Speaker 1: Brown about a third of his his his runs, his
Speaker 1: routes have come from the slot, so you know, there
Speaker 1: might be a little bit of a battle there for
Speaker 1: a time in the slot. But um, the good news
Speaker 1: is that two thirds of of Marquise Hollywood Brown's stuff
Speaker 1: came from the outside, so DuVernay should be able to
Speaker 1: get some get some time on this excellent hands shorter
Speaker 1: and thicker than most wide receivers, which makes them tough
Speaker 1: to tackle, and the opportunity, as you mentioned, is certainly there. Matt,
Speaker 1: let's go to ourn ex receiver somebody. A lot of
Speaker 1: people are really high and it feels like every everybody
Speaker 1: always taught put this guy on their team as a
Speaker 1: as this late potential star wide receiver. But he ended
Speaker 1: up going fairly early. And that's Brian Edwards for who
Speaker 1: goes to the Las Vegas Raiders. Tell people about that fit. Well,
Speaker 1: it's funny because the Raiders picked uh pick sixteen and
Speaker 1: pick seventeen in the third round, and they took wide
Speaker 1: receiver Lynn Bowden out of Kentucky and wide receiver Brian
Speaker 1: Edwards out of South Carolina in back to back picks. Now,
Speaker 1: they did convert Bowden to running back, but that was
Speaker 1: there at the there in the middle part of the
Speaker 1: third round, and they've already drafted three wide receivers. What
Speaker 1: are they doing defense? They need any defense? So they're five. No,
Speaker 1: they don't need that at all. Uh, I mean Edwards
Speaker 1: could feature pretty heavily as an option besides Henry Ruggs
Speaker 1: and Tyrrell Williams. Um. I mean it's all about his health, right.
Speaker 1: He was the guy who was dinged up for most
Speaker 1: of last year and uh if if he's healthy. Everybody
Speaker 1: seemed to think that he was late first early second
Speaker 1: round pick, but he couldn't couldn't stay on the field.
Speaker 1: So uh, Edwards is definitely an interesting guy there. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he broke his foot in February, so you're gonna have
Speaker 1: to really monitor his offseason and how that foot rehabs.
Speaker 1: For if you're thinking about Brian Edwards as a potential
Speaker 1: starter for your fantasy team in Week one, which you're
Speaker 1: probably not. He's a rookie. Most wider workie wide receivers aren't,
Speaker 1: but somebody you'll you'll have to watch that broken foot.
Speaker 1: There's um, there's a lot to like. He's got really
Speaker 1: good ball skills. He wins a lot of contested catches.
Speaker 1: He's a bigger bodied guy, he can break some tackles.
Speaker 1: He's a finisher. There, there is a lot to like.
Speaker 1: He finished it, by the way, as South Carolina is
Speaker 1: all time leader in receiving yards Brian Edwards and um,
Speaker 1: and he makes some beautiful leaping catches that are almost
Speaker 1: Odell Beckham like Brian Edwards. It's um, it's not who
Speaker 1: are crazy to talk about him in that in that
Speaker 1: kind of breath, I encourage you to check out that
Speaker 1: Brian Edwards highlights. Let's go to the final wide receiver
Speaker 1: for us to chat about here, Antonio Gibson, who goes
Speaker 1: to Washington and will also be converted to a running back. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he's already on uh listed on my fantasy league as
Speaker 1: a running back already, and uh, it's really good when
Speaker 1: you're head coach who used to coach Christian McCaffrey compares
Speaker 1: you to Christian McCaffrey right off the bat, that gets on.
Speaker 1: I'm doing a startup auction right now for a dynasty league,
Speaker 1: and in a two d dollar cap, Antonio Gibson's going
Speaker 1: for seven eight bucks, which it's it's kind of shocking
Speaker 1: to me because there's a lot of guys in front
Speaker 1: of him on that depth chart. We have Adrian Peterson,
Speaker 1: we have Darius Geissh. We have Peyton Barber who just
Speaker 1: recently signed there. I believe there's one more on Washington
Speaker 1: depth chart too, but uh, obviously they like Antonio Gibson
Speaker 1: quite a bit. You don't get thrown around with the
Speaker 1: name Christian McCaffrey very often if you're not a half
Speaker 1: decent player. And they let Chris Thompson go, who's been
Speaker 1: their sort of designated past catcher for the past three
Speaker 1: or four years, and you know, with him gone, that
Speaker 1: really does open the past catching role, if nothing else
Speaker 1: to Antonio Gibson, who obviously has a converted wide receiver
Speaker 1: now playing running back, can catch. Two more guys they mentioned.
Speaker 1: I thought Gibson was the last guy up, but it's not.
Speaker 1: I got two more guys who want to touch on,
Speaker 1: at least briefly. Quintess SFAs, who ends up going to
Speaker 1: the Lions. What have you got on him, Well, he's
Speaker 1: on a Wisconsin had a pretty good career there. But
Speaker 1: the interesting thing, if you're looking at a dynasty stash,
Speaker 1: Quintez Cifas will be the only wide receiver under contract
Speaker 1: for the Lions in one all of their wide receivers
Speaker 1: have their contracts come up this year. And don't forget
Speaker 1: they traded Golden Tate a couple of years back. They
Speaker 1: could trade Marvin Owns. Kenny Golladay's coming up on a
Speaker 1: contract here too. I though I'm pat sure that they're
Speaker 1: going to resign him. They can't let him go. But
Speaker 1: quintest Cifa's is the only wide receiver that will be
Speaker 1: under contract in season as of right now. So uh
Speaker 1: and if they do trade Marvin Jones, which that's that
Speaker 1: seems like reasonable that you would trade, you know, a
Speaker 1: veteran guy like that, cifas could could suddenly be thrust
Speaker 1: into the starting lineup and uh and and the the
Speaker 1: second half of the season, he could really get some
Speaker 1: balls there, so maybe we don't have to wait for one.
Speaker 1: But if nothing else, you figure he's he He looks
Speaker 1: like the probably probable starter next season, if not this year.
Speaker 1: Last guy I want to mention, Tyler Johnson from Minnesota,
Speaker 1: goes to Tampa Bay. Brashade Pereman leaves a an opening
Speaker 1: for him there. Now. Johnson was a very pro ready
Speaker 1: highly productive player for Minnesota. Chose to skip the combine,
Speaker 1: which gave people a lot of concern, especially about his
Speaker 1: overall speed. But that depth chart for Tampa is kind
Speaker 1: of wide open. They got Godwin playing the slot, you
Speaker 1: got Mike Evans outside the other outside receiver. It could
Speaker 1: easily be Tyler Johnson beating out Justin Watson or Scott Miller.
Speaker 1: It could be Tyler Johnson or sooner than later. It's
Speaker 1: no coincidence that the Minnesota Golden Gophers finished their season
Speaker 1: in Raymond James Stadium, winning a bowl game over Auburn,
Speaker 1: and both Tyler Johnson and Antonio Winfield Junior go to
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay in the draft. So obviously Bruce arians was
Speaker 1: in attendance at that game and was super impressed by
Speaker 1: Tyler Johnson. So, uh, I think he's got a good
Speaker 1: opening there. The offense should be should be great. Uh
Speaker 1: I just wonder if there's enough targets to go around
Speaker 1: with Evans, Godwin, Gronk, O J. Howard and the running backs.
Speaker 1: Is there enough room for Tyler Johnson to be a
Speaker 1: factor this year. I don't know if there is, And uh,
Speaker 1: I know that we're from Minnesota. It's kind of a
Speaker 1: homer pick for us, but uh man, I just don't
Speaker 1: think that Tyler Johnson's gonna factor from a fantasy perspective
Speaker 1: this year. No, uh, it'll be you won't have to
Speaker 1: worry about good quarterbacking. He'll get plenty of that from
Speaker 1: Tom Brady. But Tyler Johnson is probably the sixth most
Speaker 1: popular target for Tom Brady and Tampa Bay and that
Speaker 1: will limit his limit, his reliability and his upside for
Speaker 1: fantasy owners. Great job today, thank you, Matt. Terrific job
Speaker 1: of breaking down these players, and we've had a ton
Speaker 1: of fun looking at some of the impact players that
Speaker 1: have come out of the draft. We'll start turning our
Speaker 1: attention in the forthcoming shows to UH Dynasty and Empire
Speaker 1: League players as well. That'll be a lot of fun.
Speaker 1: We've mostly been talking redraft since the draft and even
Speaker 1: before the draft, and we haven't spent a lot of
Speaker 1: time on that. Looking forward to getting to that. We'll
Speaker 1: start talking more and more Guillotine League information as well.
Speaker 1: That's coming up, So plenty more coming on Fantasy Football
Speaker 1: over the forthcoming weeks. We look forward to joining you then.
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