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Speaker 2: Now here's your host, Paul Chargian. It's another edition of
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Speaker 2: a double edition, but only one player. And that player
Speaker 2: today is Chicago wide receiver d J.
Speaker 1: Moore.
Speaker 2: We're going to do a deep dive on him. And
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Speaker 1: Uh?
Speaker 2: All right, Tyler, let's roll up our sleeves in Chicago's
Speaker 2: new go to.
Speaker 1: Receiver, DJ Moore coming over in that trade from with Carolina,
Speaker 1: finish as the wide receiver twenty three last year. It's
Speaker 1: currently going off the board as wide receiver twenty one.
Speaker 1: And if you look at just what he did in Carolina,
Speaker 1: considering the quarterbacks he had actually kind of like the
Speaker 1: player in D Moore at least I do. He had
Speaker 1: a twenty eight point five percent team shaaring Carolina last year.
Speaker 1: That was eighth best in the league. Like similarly in Chicago,
Speaker 1: he's by far their best receiver on the team.
Speaker 2: He is, so he'll he'll get enough, he'll get something
Speaker 2: like that in Chicago. And you know, Darnold Mooney is
Speaker 2: a nice player, DJ Moore blows him out of the water.
Speaker 2: DJ Moore is the best wide out on this team
Speaker 2: by a mile.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think DJ Moore coming in is gonna help
Speaker 1: absolutely just everybody in that offense. It's gonna help fields.
Speaker 1: It's actually gonna help Mooney. He was going off the
Speaker 1: board like wideceiver thirty last year, which is yeah, which
Speaker 1: is kind of crazy because it's like, oh, he's the
Speaker 1: wide receiver one. But he's also notes. That was the
Speaker 1: thing with him. But I think you just look at
Speaker 1: it's it's gonna it's kind of tough for you're either
Speaker 1: like a Justin I feel like Justin Field is one
Speaker 1: of those players where you think he's gonna be good
Speaker 1: or you think he's like the worst quarterback in the league,
Speaker 1: and there's no in between. But you look at DJ
Speaker 1: Moore and the quarterbacks he played with in Carolina, Cam
Speaker 1: Newton at the bitter end of his career. Yes, yep,
Speaker 1: Kyle Allen, Eddy Bridgewater kind of like prime Teddy Bridgewater. Honestly,
Speaker 1: I like that was maybe.
Speaker 2: Not the Prome was before his knee injury in Minnesota.
Speaker 1: That's fair, Sam Darnold and Baker Mayfield. It's funny because
Speaker 1: when they traded for Baker Mayfield, I remember distinctly, everyone
Speaker 1: was like, this is the best quarterback he's had in
Speaker 1: his career, and that was Baker Mayfield.
Speaker 2: Right now, guys, all those guys went on to play
Speaker 2: somewhere else exactly and in short order. So you know,
Speaker 2: none of those quarterbacks that have thrown to Dj Moore
Speaker 2: throughout his career have ever been good enough to just
Speaker 2: even stay on the team. They've all moved on, which
Speaker 2: says a lot. So this is potentially potentially the best
Speaker 2: quarterbacking Dj morrise gootten. If Justin Fields can just get
Speaker 2: up to being like an NFL average quarterback, he'll be
Speaker 2: better than all those passers.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and I think it's just gonna be. This is
Speaker 1: this move to Chicago with DJ Moore is gonna be
Speaker 1: mutually beneficial for more endfields because when we're thinking about
Speaker 1: kind of the how quarterbacks like how they've turned around
Speaker 1: in their career that were not good in the beginning. Yeah,
Speaker 1: they got a ysever one and then they kind of
Speaker 1: went off. So like ample, we got Josh Josh Allen
Speaker 1: was literally a bust. Everyone was calling him a bust,
Speaker 1: and he was about to be out of there. They
Speaker 1: get Digs now he's an EYP guy. Right, Tua from
Speaker 1: last year bust can't throw down the field, noodle arm Tua?
Speaker 1: Right gets Tyreek, No one cares anymore, that's right. And
Speaker 1: then Jalen hurts literally unapproved year. If he played bad,
Speaker 1: he was out of there.
Speaker 2: I don't know if I go that it sounded like that,
Speaker 2: but there was a lot of questions about him as
Speaker 2: a passer exact at this time last year.
Speaker 1: They get a J. Brown and they go to the
Speaker 1: Super Bowl. Absolutely, so I don't think Dj Moore is
Speaker 1: as good as Brown, Tyreek or Diggs.
Speaker 2: No he is not, but but he's he's only like
Speaker 2: one tier down from those guys exactly.
Speaker 1: So I mean, I think this could be very like,
Speaker 1: like I said, mutually beneficial for fields.
Speaker 2: And uh, Chicago was dead last last year in passed attempts,
Speaker 2: and you know that was probably because the quarterback it
Speaker 2: was not great and the receivers were not great. Cold
Speaker 2: Comett was probably their best receiver. They couldn't get any
Speaker 2: kind of couldn't get in any kind of dried going
Speaker 2: with their passing game, so they threw the fewest passes
Speaker 2: in the league last year. That almost certainly is going
Speaker 2: to change. I mean, odds are Chicago's not going to
Speaker 2: be dead last in past attempts though, you know, they
Speaker 2: might be twentieth, and that would be a huge improvement
Speaker 2: in volume, and that could also unlock some upside for
Speaker 2: DJ Moore.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and not only were they dead last past attemps,
Speaker 1: they were like historically bad, yeah, in terms of past attempts.
Speaker 1: And they got to know if Justin Field is the
Speaker 1: guy this year. Like, I feel like they kind of
Speaker 1: want to know, so they're not just going to do
Speaker 1: what they did last year and just run the ball
Speaker 1: every time down the field. I think they have to know.
Speaker 1: They're gonna be like, Okay, you have DJ Moore, now
Speaker 1: Justin Field, this is your time to prove it. And
Speaker 1: if you can't do it this year, then you're probably
Speaker 1: out of here. Yeah.
Speaker 2: Now Chicago apparently believes that he's the guy because they
Speaker 2: were sitting on pick one. They could have drafted another
Speaker 2: quarterback and just said, hey, Bryce Young, go go compete
Speaker 2: with Justin Fields and you know we'll take the winner.
Speaker 2: But they didn't do that. They traded out of the
Speaker 2: spot obviously, And so apparently every you know, the team
Speaker 2: that has seen every single pass Justin Fields has ever
Speaker 2: thrown practice games. They believe Justin Fields is gonna be
Speaker 2: the guy. Field is known for his deep passing. It
Speaker 2: was in college. We've seen him throw some really nice
Speaker 2: d passes in the pros. DJ Moore ranked seventh by
Speaker 2: Pro Football Focus on deep pass receiving, which is great.
Speaker 2: He only had one drop on deep passes all of
Speaker 2: last year, so I love that he can bring in
Speaker 2: deep balls.
Speaker 1: Yeah. No, he's a great I mean that that play
Speaker 1: against Atlanta word PJ.
Speaker 2: Yeah, all the.
Speaker 1: Way down the field, he just runs behind everybody and
Speaker 1: then he throws his helmet often he lost.
Speaker 2: He did lose them the game and the division, by
Speaker 2: the way, and a playoff spot.
Speaker 1: Doesn't matter for famous football though. Who cares still touchdown?
Speaker 2: Oh tell that to Brian Johnson. Oh you have no idea.
Speaker 2: Let's talk dynasty for a second on DJ Moore. I
Speaker 2: think this is a great spot to I think I
Speaker 2: think the future is very bright for him. If you
Speaker 2: if you believe in Justin Fields and you think he's
Speaker 2: gonna come around his passer. DJ Morris got top ten
Speaker 2: wide receiver ability.
Speaker 1: He definitely has that ability to be a top ten
Speaker 1: wide receiver. It's and if he does, whatever you pay
Speaker 1: for him is not going to be as a top
Speaker 1: ten wide receiver. So I if you can get him
Speaker 1: for like I would even say, if you can get
Speaker 1: him for like a late first in a in a
Speaker 1: dynasty league, I would do that deal for DJ Moore
Speaker 1: if you believe that. You have to believe that just
Speaker 1: if just Field gives the guy and DJ Moore it's
Speaker 1: kind of still who he was in Carolina. He can
Speaker 1: definitely be a top ten wide receiver if he gets
Speaker 1: like he's probably gonna get like one hundred plus targets
Speaker 1: this year, maybe even one hundred plus receptions, so that.
Speaker 2: What would be great. I mean, if he gets under receptions,
Speaker 2: he's sitting on a thirteen hundred yard, ten touchdown season,
Speaker 2: and he'd be a top ten wide receiver.
Speaker 1: And that's how you win leagues. It's kind of exploiting
Speaker 1: these these passing offenses that have been bad in the
Speaker 1: past and then they turn it around because the value
Speaker 1: you're going to get at their ADP is going to
Speaker 1: be absurd. Kind of like like Geno last year, IFL
Speaker 1: is the perfect example where if you targeted the like
Speaker 1: the DK or the Tyle Lockett part of that offense,
Speaker 1: they were going low and draft because oh, Gino Smith
Speaker 1: is the quarterback and we had like a eight game
Speaker 1: sample size with Gino Smith when Russell Wilson was out.
Speaker 1: Everyone was really off DK. They were off definitely Tyler
Speaker 1: Lockett and look what they did for you this year.
Speaker 1: It could have been league winners.
Speaker 2: So for sure, for sure. So right now is ADP
Speaker 2: for DJ Moore Wide Receiver twenty one, which is almost
Speaker 2: exactly where he finished last year. But we just think
Speaker 2: there's so much more upside in this season than the
Speaker 2: cavalcade of slappies they were bringing out a quarterback last season.
Speaker 2: So let's let's talk about some of the players going
Speaker 2: around DJ Moore Wide Receiver twenty one.
Speaker 1: Former Fantasy Football Weekly micro player Calvin Ridley wide receiver nineteen,
Speaker 1: and I thought we were both pretty kind pretty high.
Speaker 2: On him on that show. I think I'd stick with
Speaker 2: Calvin Ridley because of the landing spot and Trevor Lawrence
Speaker 2: to me obviously much more proven as a quarterback, which
Speaker 2: at this time last year. We couldn't have said that
Speaker 2: about Trevor Lawrence. But after last year, you know, one
Speaker 2: year later, Trevor Lawrence feels like the quarterback. I'd rather
Speaker 2: hitch my wagon too. And even though DJ Or will
Speaker 2: be we'll get a higher percentage of the target share
Speaker 2: Calvin Ridley, I think he'll do more with his percentage.
Speaker 1: Yeah, And that's another thing to point out is, uh,
Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence gets Christian Kirk. Trevor Lawrence explodes so kind
Speaker 1: of the same thing true. Mike Williams Wide receiver twenty
Speaker 1: next guy off the board.
Speaker 2: Oh the injuries, Yeah, the inconsistent numbers. Such a frustrating player.
Speaker 2: For guillotine use, Mike Williams kills you. He beheads your
Speaker 2: teams constantly. Uh So in that respect, I would take
Speaker 2: DJ Moore for sure, But for normal fantasy use, I'm
Speaker 2: I go DJ Moore. I'm just I hate guys. I
Speaker 2: hate the I hate guys that I can't count on
Speaker 2: weekend and week out. When you got to when you
Speaker 2: when you had to submit button with Mike Williams and
Speaker 2: your heart just is like takes a step and and
Speaker 2: your your stomach flops over and you're like oh god,
Speaker 2: is this gonna be one of those games where he's
Speaker 2: two catches for twenty yards?
Speaker 1: Don't be that game? Yeah? Yeah, I hate that. Yeah.
Speaker 1: DJ Moore most likely won't give you that game. I
Speaker 1: mean he didn't actually getting part of the season when
Speaker 1: the Baker he.
Speaker 2: Was bad and there he was getting nothing, but Baker
Speaker 2: looked terrible.
Speaker 1: I mean that's why he got benched and traded. So
Speaker 1: or yeah, he got cut that's right. Yeah, Jerry Judy,
Speaker 1: why dece he for twenty two rebound year Denver Broncos.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Judy is just really good. That offense probably gets better.
Speaker 2: I don't think Courtland Sutton is much of a factor. Hmmm, boy,
Speaker 2: I might. Yeah, the quarterbacking's kind of a push, right,
Speaker 2: I get the increasingly noodle armed Russell Wilson, or I
Speaker 2: get the big play, big arm of the of an
Speaker 2: inconsistent passer in justin fields. I think I'll go Dj Moore.
Speaker 2: Jerry Judy, what would you do?
Speaker 1: I think I go Jered Judy because I think he's
Speaker 1: more kind of like a route technician kind of guy. Sure,
Speaker 1: and I think he could be used as like the
Speaker 1: Michael Thomas from yesteryear, where he's that he's the slam
Speaker 1: god and Russell Wilson Jean Payder reception. So I think
Speaker 1: I think I take Jerry Judy there.
Speaker 2: I like that angle.
Speaker 1: Definitely taking this next guy over J Moore. Drake London.
Speaker 1: Why does he were twenty three?
Speaker 2: You and your falcons? Uh? Drake London's got a lot
Speaker 2: to prove, and I don't like his quarterbacking. So I'm
Speaker 2: on DJ Moore here.
Speaker 1: Oh, I love the quarterbacking. I think doesn't I think
Speaker 1: doesn't hurt. It could be like the next Russell Wilson. Honestly,
Speaker 1: really to a couple of seventeens Russell Wilson.
Speaker 2: Okay, all right, I hope you're right. We'll see if
Speaker 2: they believe that if they walk out of the first
Speaker 2: round without a quarterback.
Speaker 1: They're not taking a quarterback. I bet my entire savings
Speaker 1: account on it. Okay, all right?
Speaker 2: Uh? And then who's our last guy to look at
Speaker 2: for ADP Keenan Allen?
Speaker 1: Why does he we twenty five? Yeah?
Speaker 2: The injuries right in the age for Keenan Allen.
Speaker 1: So let's say the whole scene.
Speaker 2: Yeah, if you promised me sixteen games, I'm gonna take
Speaker 2: Keenan Allen who's you know do you want to you
Speaker 2: want a technician, all time great technician, Keenan Allen. Yeah,
Speaker 2: but without that knowledge that he'd plays sixteen then DJ
Speaker 2: Morris my guy.
Speaker 1: Now, one last question, do you think DJ Moore has
Speaker 1: the most upside out of any of these guys on
Speaker 1: this list? Like, I think DJ Moore has more side
Speaker 1: than Judy London Keenan Allen. I think Calvin Ridley might
Speaker 1: be the only guy I think.
Speaker 2: I'd say Mike Williams has got fifteen touchdown upside in
Speaker 2: that body.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I just don't think I think I think you're right,
Speaker 1: he has fifteen upside. But I think DJ Moore can
Speaker 1: is going to give you more from like a production profile.
Speaker 1: He's gonna have a lot more catches, He's gonna have
Speaker 1: a lot more yards than Mike Williams. I think. I
Speaker 1: think Mike Williams could definitely score more touchdowns. But DJ Moore,
Speaker 1: I think is going to be the one where Mike
Speaker 1: Williams might be like one B depending on who's playing
Speaker 1: big and they could draft a receiver too. I think
Speaker 1: the Chargers are one of those teams where.
Speaker 2: Yes, they need to get ready for the departure of
Speaker 2: Keenan X exactly.
Speaker 1: So he could go into this year with three guys.
Speaker 1: It could be like Jay Flowers, Mike Williams, and Keenan Allen. So.
Speaker 2: Well, Jay Flowers would be an existential threat to Keenan
Speaker 2: Allen because of the slot. You know, both guys playing
Speaker 2: the slot a lot. That would be very, very tricky.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and that's you know this, This draft class is
Speaker 2: just filled with slot receivers kind of, I'm kind of
Speaker 2: We talked about this on Friday's show. We broke down
Speaker 2: wide receivers. If you didn't hear it, we recommend you
Speaker 2: go back to it. That's a big problem with this
Speaker 2: draft class from a fantasy standpoint. It's just chuck full
Speaker 2: of slot receivers, and it's those guys usually do not
Speaker 2: end up being high end fantasy producers.
Speaker 1: Yeah, unless you're like Keenan Allen so or Cooper Cup.
Speaker 2: I mean we're not saying never, We're just saying, look
Speaker 2: at thirty two teams slot receivers, and you know, mostly
Speaker 2: they're kJ Osborne.
Speaker 1: Yep.
Speaker 2: Yeah, all right, great job on today's Fantasy Football Weekly Micro.
Speaker 2: We've got another one coming up tomorrow for you. We
Speaker 2: encourage you to stay tuned for that as well. I'll
Speaker 2: just go ahead and say it. We usually don't preview
Speaker 2: what's coming tomorrow. James Cook, Buffalo running back Deep dive
Speaker 2: on his season. There is a lot of upside and
Speaker 2: some sneaky downside to James Cook's profile for the twenty
Speaker 2: twenty three season. We'll tell you about that tomorrow. Thanks
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