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Speaker 1: You're saying that humans need fantasy to make life bearable.

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Speaker 2: Spron the best, relentless, refusing to give up.

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Speaker 1: A very abiding.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to the Fantasy Flex Podcast from the Action Network.

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Speaker 2: I'm your host, Chris Raybaund from Action Network and Fantasy Abs,

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Speaker 2: and this is our wide receiver one episode here to

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Speaker 2: break it down with me. I'm joined by one of

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Speaker 2: the most accurate Fantasy rankers and projectors in the game,

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Speaker 2: the odds maker Sean Kerner.

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Speaker 1: Sean, what's going on. I'm pumped.

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Speaker 3: We actually this week at she have Live Football, yes,

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Speaker 3: saying it's the Hall of Fame game. But as we

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Speaker 3: talked about on our other pod, I'm a preseason to

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Speaker 3: gent I'm one of the biggest preseasons to GEN. So

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Speaker 3: I'm just excited to start seeing some of these guys

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Speaker 3: and you know, pick some plays on it and you know,

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Speaker 3: start to overreact to the things. So I'm pumped for

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Speaker 3: preseason starting sea. How about you?

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, yeah, finally get to see some movement in

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Speaker 2: our in our projections. I feel like you get to

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Speaker 2: this point and it's like a dead dead period and

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Speaker 1: So definitely excited.

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Speaker 2: Uh won't affect these top twelve wide receivers too much,

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Speaker 2: but we'll have a couple more wide receiver episodes after

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Speaker 2: this where we'll really dive into some of the guys

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Speaker 2: you can find further down the board. But I want

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Speaker 2: to start it off by just talking through you know,

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Speaker 2: the wide receiver one tier and see where you're at

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Speaker 2: and kind of help people now navigate that. So it

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Speaker 2: started off with Ceedee Lamb going to his age twenty

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Speaker 2: five season. He's improved every year seventy four, nine, thirty five,

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Speaker 2: So I mean the first thing, I mean, see he

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Speaker 2: went keep improving because I mean, if he does again,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, maybe he's closer to his ceiling now, but I

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Speaker 3: mean this is kind of the career arc we expected

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Speaker 3: when the Cowboys took him in twenty twenty. They already

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Speaker 3: Lamb took him a few years to truly break out

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Speaker 3: because he had to move up the target pecking order.

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Speaker 3: But right now he is, you know, arguably the best

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Speaker 1: You know, finished.

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Speaker 3: Overall wide receiver one last year, but tyryk Kill did

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Speaker 3: But I think Lamb Lamb should be the first receiver

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Speaker 3: Christian McCaffrey's taken. In most formats, like you mentioned, Lamb's

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Speaker 3: is room to grow. Whereas you know, Tyreek is entering

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Speaker 1: So I think.

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Speaker 3: Lamb right now is the top wide receiver in fantasy.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and I have no bones to pick with that.

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Speaker 3: But I think he's right there. I'm not really split

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Speaker 2: But yeah, I would still go Tyreek because you know,

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Speaker 3: I think Tyreek, and I think you got to think

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't think it's a situation like McCaffrey, where

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Speaker 2: Hill makes perfect sense. Yeah, Jamar Chase is the number

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Speaker 2: and all three of his NFL seasons have ended with

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Speaker 1: You know that.

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Speaker 1: What is your outlook for Jamar Chase headed into year four?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's very good. He's my wide receiver three. So

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Speaker 3: I'm in line with this. And you know, we were

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Speaker 3: and you know, well, Jake Browning did a great job.

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Speaker 3: So I have him way up there. You know, with

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Speaker 3: twenty four. Joe Burrow's entering his prime at twenty seven.

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Speaker 1: No, I still think it's fooky enough.

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Speaker 2: And I mean when you're comparing him to other guys,

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Speaker 1: Browning is still I think, you know, a.

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Speaker 2: Better situation than a lot of these other guys would

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Speaker 2: no real concerns about Joe Burrow yet if he gets

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Speaker 2: to you start to wonder, But as of now, not really.

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Speaker 2: Justin Jefferson is the wide receiver four. He's entering his

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Speaker 1: So there has been a downtick.

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Speaker 2: Now you got looks like Sam Darnold's going to start

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Speaker 1: How does that impact your outlook for Justinjefferson. Oh yeah, it.

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Speaker 3: Definitely impacts my projection for him. You know, weeks one

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Speaker 3: And he's really become one of the most reliable players

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and you know eight twenty seven could be his

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Speaker 2: now Wide receiver seven. Pooka and Akua had a great

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Speaker 1: So there was a.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, this is probably closer to his ceiling if I'm

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Speaker 3: the Raiders were sort of banking on getting Michael Pennix

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00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:24,400
Speaker 3: at you know, thirteenth overall, but the Falcons really derailed

437
00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:27,800
Speaker 3: those plans. So they took brock Bauers. That that term

438
00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:30,600
Speaker 3: of events, you know, both directions there really did ding

439
00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:34,119
Speaker 3: Adams in my projections, Like like we were saying on

440
00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:36,920
Speaker 3: the tight end pod, you know, Bowers is a generational

441
00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:40,320
Speaker 3: type prospect at tight end, He's going to command you know, targets.

442
00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:43,560
Speaker 3: Jacoby Myers, you know, does command a high target share

443
00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:46,360
Speaker 3: as well. So you know, there's there's a lot more

444
00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:49,879
Speaker 3: downside than we typically see with DeVante Adams. So I

445
00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:52,520
Speaker 3: have him right here at wide receiver nine, but I

446
00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:56,200
Speaker 3: think there's clearly a drop off once Wilson and Nikua

447
00:21:56,359 --> 00:21:58,080
Speaker 3: are off the board. I kind of have those guys

448
00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:01,240
Speaker 3: in the mini tier where really the next you know,

449
00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:04,000
Speaker 3: six or seven receivers, you could argue going here at

450
00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:06,600
Speaker 3: you know, wide receiver nine. So I think this is

451
00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:08,400
Speaker 3: a fair price for him, but I'd rather just wait

452
00:22:08,440 --> 00:22:10,720
Speaker 3: and maybe have some guy fall to me, just depending

453
00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:13,440
Speaker 3: on how the draft's going. But you know, Adams has

454
00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:16,040
Speaker 3: a lower floor than we've typically seen, and it's not

455
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Speaker 3: really based on him or his talent or his age

456
00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:21,200
Speaker 3: or anything. It's just the situation around him. And I

457
00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:24,040
Speaker 3: don't know, like if he gets traded, maybe that helps,

458
00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:27,639
Speaker 3: but any of his potential landing spots don't excite me

459
00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:29,480
Speaker 3: too much. So I think right now, you know, wide

460
00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:30,679
Speaker 3: receiver nine sounds about right.

461
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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, he's kind of a in a glut of guys.

462
00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:35,840
Speaker 2: I actually have a wide receiver twelve, so I'm a

463
00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:38,919
Speaker 2: little little lower. But yeah, there's just a lot of

464
00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:41,159
Speaker 2: uncertainty with him. But you know, the floor is going

465
00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:43,159
Speaker 2: to be high because he's just so good. But that

466
00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:47,280
Speaker 2: quarterback situation does worry me. In Vegas, if he doesn't

467
00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:51,280
Speaker 2: get traded, my wide receiver ten is Marvin Harrison Junior.

468
00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:55,719
Speaker 2: You know, this is obviously a big projection. I know,

469
00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:59,320
Speaker 2: especially in best Ball, he goes very high. You know,

470
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Speaker 2: I guess how early is too early for Harrison? Just

471
00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:04,560
Speaker 2: given that, you know, if you're taking him number ten,

472
00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:06,520
Speaker 2: even eleven, twelve, you're taking him over guys with the

473
00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:08,040
Speaker 2: established track records.

474
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Speaker 1: For the most part. So yeah, when it is too

475
00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:12,080
Speaker 1: early for Harrison.

476
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Speaker 3: I mean wide receiver ten sounds about right. I think

477
00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:18,359
Speaker 3: when after the draft, when I did my initial projections,

478
00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:21,800
Speaker 3: I had him around wide receiver seventeen. But I've I've

479
00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:25,000
Speaker 3: slowly moved it up since then, so he's he's right

480
00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:27,720
Speaker 3: around wide receiver eleven. For me, he's just, you know,

481
00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:30,919
Speaker 3: one of the best wide receiver prospects we've ever seen it.

482
00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:32,240
Speaker 1: Maybe I'm a little bit biased.

483
00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:35,600
Speaker 3: His dad was one of my favorite fancy wide receivers

484
00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:37,440
Speaker 3: right when I got into fancy. His dad was in

485
00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:40,920
Speaker 3: his prime. So you know, he has a really good pedigree.

486
00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:44,720
Speaker 3: He's a solid prospect. He has a chance to be,

487
00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:47,840
Speaker 3: you know, like a Jamar Chase type rookie and just

488
00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:49,560
Speaker 3: be a fantasy stud out of the gate. I think

489
00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:52,120
Speaker 3: that's the most likely outcome here. And I think this

490
00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:54,119
Speaker 3: this is a pretty good situation, you know, ending up

491
00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:57,399
Speaker 3: at Arizona with Kyler Murray. I think he has a

492
00:23:57,440 --> 00:24:00,320
Speaker 3: fairly high floor and the sky's limit. So I think,

493
00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:03,560
Speaker 3: you know, wide receiver ten, Well, it might be a

494
00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:05,359
Speaker 3: little bit of a reach. I think he's one of

495
00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:08,159
Speaker 3: those guys where it's it's definitely worth it. You're just

496
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Speaker 3: really banking on him hitting the ground running as a rookie,

497
00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:13,600
Speaker 3: and he's so polished, he doesn't really have that many

498
00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:16,760
Speaker 3: weaknesses where I could definitely see that happening. So there's

499
00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:20,120
Speaker 3: absolutely some times where I'm taking him in this slot.

500
00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:24,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely, especially when you're trying to put together a

501
00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:26,520
Speaker 2: Kyer cardinal stack in best ball.

502
00:24:27,119 --> 00:24:28,560
Speaker 1: I love him this high.

503
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Speaker 2: I mean tight end ten, I mean, excuse me, wide

504
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Speaker 2: receiver ten. You're pretty much taking him close to a

505
00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:35,440
Speaker 2: ceiling given that he is a rookie. But yeah, he

506
00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:38,840
Speaker 2: has that kind of upside. I guess it's just you know,

507
00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:43,479
Speaker 2: comparing him to guys like Okay, Chris Olave's wide receiver eleven.

508
00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:46,119
Speaker 2: He's entering his age twenty four seasons, had a thousand

509
00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:49,040
Speaker 2: yards in both of his first two years.

510
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Speaker 1: What do you think of a Lave this year?

511
00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:54,680
Speaker 3: Yeah, he's already established himself, as you know, one of

512
00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:57,880
Speaker 3: the better up and coming wide receivers, and he's been

513
00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:01,119
Speaker 3: pretty reliable over his first two seasons, so he might

514
00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:04,119
Speaker 3: be a little bit underrated. I think, like you know,

515
00:25:04,119 --> 00:25:07,399
Speaker 3: wide receiver eleven is a about where i'd have him.

516
00:25:08,359 --> 00:25:10,560
Speaker 3: You know, last last year he finished twenty fourth and

517
00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:14,800
Speaker 3: best ball points out of per game. The situation doesn't

518
00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:19,160
Speaker 3: really look that much better this year. So I think

519
00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:21,000
Speaker 3: he's one of those guys. He just he lacks a

520
00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:24,639
Speaker 3: touchdown upside other guys have in this range only four

521
00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:28,000
Speaker 3: and five touchdowns over his first two seasons. You know,

522
00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:31,120
Speaker 3: they still have Derek Carr under center, so it's hard

523
00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:34,320
Speaker 3: to get too excited about him. And the unfortunate thing

524
00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:37,200
Speaker 3: with him is I think he's sitting on top of Again,

525
00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:40,280
Speaker 3: this is a tier of six or seven wide receivers

526
00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:43,560
Speaker 3: where a slight change of the projection can send them

527
00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:46,560
Speaker 3: up or down, you know, six or seven slots. So

528
00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:48,800
Speaker 3: he this is the range where I don't like taking

529
00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:51,120
Speaker 3: guys at the top of the tier, which is kind

530
00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:53,240
Speaker 3: of a lave right here. I'd rather just kind of

531
00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:55,600
Speaker 3: have guys fall for me, attack maybe running back in

532
00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:58,160
Speaker 3: this range, or you know, just load up at receivers.

533
00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:01,200
Speaker 3: So it really depends where I am i draft or

534
00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:04,399
Speaker 3: where I'm drafting from. But this this sounds about right

535
00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:06,960
Speaker 3: for a love. But just given you know the tiers

536
00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:09,480
Speaker 3: and how they shaked out, I tend to shy away

537
00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:12,840
Speaker 3: just because you get some guys with comparable projections with

538
00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:14,720
Speaker 3: maybe more upsided a little bit later on.

539
00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:16,360
Speaker 1: Yeah, I have no problem to a lot.

540
00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:18,840
Speaker 2: I mean he's he's a high floor guy, which you know,

541
00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:21,080
Speaker 2: at this early in the draft, I don't mind. And

542
00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:23,439
Speaker 2: you know, there's always a chance he improves on that

543
00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:25,640
Speaker 2: touchdown and I probably won't with Derek Carr.

544
00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:27,080
Speaker 1: I'm not a big Derek Carr fan, but.

545
00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:29,879
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, there's always room to grow, and I

546
00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:32,080
Speaker 2: think his his floor is pretty much going to be

547
00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:34,800
Speaker 2: you know, a thousand yard guys, and he might even

548
00:26:34,840 --> 00:26:36,760
Speaker 2: improve on that because I mean Carr was dumping it

549
00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:39,880
Speaker 2: down to Camara like crazy last year.

550
00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:43,600
Speaker 1: So that stops, you know. I think that, you know,

551
00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:44,440
Speaker 1: could help a lot.

552
00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:47,160
Speaker 2: I also think we'll talk about this, you know, an

553
00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:49,919
Speaker 2: upcoming pop but I think Shaheed is interesting in that

554
00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:54,840
Speaker 2: offense as well. Why receiver twelve Drake London another guy

555
00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:57,200
Speaker 2: who a little bit of a projection, you know, year

556
00:26:57,240 --> 00:27:00,320
Speaker 2: one seventy two catches for eight sixty six and four

557
00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:03,119
Speaker 2: scores last year sixty nine for nine oh five and

558
00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:06,280
Speaker 2: just two scores. But you know, with Kirk Cousins here,

559
00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:08,879
Speaker 2: there should be a lot more volume for this passing

560
00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:13,399
Speaker 2: offense and efficiency as well. So do you like Wendon

561
00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:15,399
Speaker 2: as a top twelve wide receiver given that?

562
00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:16,120
Speaker 1: Yeah?

563
00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:18,560
Speaker 3: Yeah, And he's the guy who was very high on

564
00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:21,400
Speaker 3: coming out of USC. I said he's like a blend

565
00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:24,439
Speaker 3: of Keenan Allen and Mike Evans. I still think that,

566
00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:28,240
Speaker 3: and like you said, he's he's really a projection, still

567
00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:32,040
Speaker 3: similar to Kyle Pitts's teammate and Garrett Wilson, even where

568
00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:36,000
Speaker 3: they've just been held back by poor quarterback play, you know,

569
00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:39,920
Speaker 3: run heavy offense, but that should all change this year.

570
00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:43,240
Speaker 3: And he's just he's still just twenty three years old

571
00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:46,840
Speaker 3: entering his year three seasons, so could easily break out.

572
00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:47,880
Speaker 1: But every other.

573
00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:50,480
Speaker 3: Thing that's been held you know, holding him back is

574
00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:52,959
Speaker 3: changing for the better this year. But this is one

575
00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:54,960
Speaker 3: of those things. I know we always complained about it,

576
00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:59,600
Speaker 3: but ADP is annoyingly sharp with him. Where yeah, like

577
00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:02,399
Speaker 3: I think the market realizes he's gonna break out. So

578
00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:06,640
Speaker 3: it's about right having him wide receiver twelve. That's where

579
00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:09,600
Speaker 3: I have him. You know, most years maybe they would

580
00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:11,920
Speaker 3: kind of overlook this and he'd be wide receiver seventeen

581
00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:13,719
Speaker 3: or something like that, but they got it right here.

582
00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:17,159
Speaker 3: He should absolutely be inside the top twelve. And I

583
00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:18,840
Speaker 3: think he's one of those guys. He has top five

584
00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:21,480
Speaker 3: upside if this offense is as good as I think

585
00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:23,639
Speaker 3: it could be. You know, he has double digit touchdown

586
00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:26,359
Speaker 3: upside could be you know, the alph and this offense

587
00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:29,720
Speaker 3: alongside you know, Kyle Pitts and Vijon Robinson, so lots

588
00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:32,760
Speaker 3: of like everything could go his way this year. Kind

589
00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:35,040
Speaker 3: of the perfect storm of upside. So love him here

590
00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:36,000
Speaker 3: at wide receiver twelve.

591
00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:39,320
Speaker 2: Yeah, his underlying metrics tend to check out. You know,

592
00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:42,880
Speaker 2: target perroute rates usually in the mid to load of

593
00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:43,640
Speaker 2: mid twenties.

594
00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:45,840
Speaker 1: So yeah, I like him as well.

595
00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:48,960
Speaker 2: You know, plays indoors should be the number one target

596
00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:49,640
Speaker 2: in the offense.

597
00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:52,120
Speaker 1: Not really much to not like.

598
00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:53,920
Speaker 2: And I mean he still had two very good years

599
00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:57,400
Speaker 2: to start his career even with poor quarterback play, and

600
00:28:57,440 --> 00:29:02,440
Speaker 2: there's room for I think more touchdown upside given his size, especially,

601
00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:04,360
Speaker 2: you know, he's a bigger guy kind of like a

602
00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:08,120
Speaker 2: Mike Evans type as you mentioned. So yeah, I have

603
00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:09,880
Speaker 2: no problem with him as a as a top twelve,

604
00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:15,160
Speaker 2: I think, yeah, after you get past that that top five,

605
00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:18,120
Speaker 2: you know with uh, you know Wallam and Hill and

606
00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:19,720
Speaker 2: Chase and Jefferson and and Aman.

607
00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:21,720
Speaker 1: Rather, this is a little you know, a little more

608
00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:22,320
Speaker 1: wiggle room.

609
00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:24,320
Speaker 2: I think, you know, can make a case for some guys,

610
00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:27,239
Speaker 2: but overall, I think there's no nobody really sticks out

611
00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:29,160
Speaker 2: as like a guy I'm fading in this range. I'm

612
00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:31,440
Speaker 2: a little lower on DeVante just because there's some uncertainty,

613
00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:33,720
Speaker 2: and I think Harrison's a little riskier because of the

614
00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:37,160
Speaker 2: just the lack of a track record. But you know,

615
00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:40,040
Speaker 2: nothing nothing egregious here. I think it just depends on

616
00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:42,120
Speaker 2: your your type of draft. You know, if you're if

617
00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:44,080
Speaker 2: you're in best Ball, I think, you know, Harrison makes

618
00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:44,720
Speaker 2: a lot of sense.

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Speaker 1: I think if you're in.

620
00:29:46,320 --> 00:29:49,840
Speaker 2: A redraft league, you know, maybe you're maybe you're going

621
00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:53,400
Speaker 2: for guys like a Lave a little bit more Garrett Wilson,

622
00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:56,880
Speaker 2: because I think their floors are are pretty locked in regardless.

623
00:29:56,920 --> 00:29:59,200
Speaker 1: So no no real.

624
00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:01,600
Speaker 2: Qualms here, any anything else stand out with this with

625
00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:02,360
Speaker 2: this tier.

626
00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:06,320
Speaker 3: I think like, I think a guy like Mike Evans

627
00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:09,080
Speaker 3: I have a little bit higher. We'll talk about him

628
00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:11,560
Speaker 3: on the next pod, but I think that you could

629
00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:14,120
Speaker 3: argue Mike Evans is still, you know, a top twelve

630
00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:16,800
Speaker 3: type of receiver, especially in Best Ball, So I think

631
00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:20,640
Speaker 3: he's offering some sneaky upside just based on where he's going.

632
00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:22,280
Speaker 3: So he's one guy that I think missed the cut

633
00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:25,880
Speaker 3: that I think should probably deserve some some honorable mention

634
00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:26,400
Speaker 3: in this year.

635
00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:30,040
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, I guess that comes down to how much

636
00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:35,320
Speaker 2: Baker can continue doing it with that Canalis his quarterback

637
00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:39,480
Speaker 2: was true in Tampa. But yeah, we'll have another couple

638
00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:42,760
Speaker 2: of pods breaking down the other wide receivers, going to

639
00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:46,040
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Speaker 2: available twenty four to seven at one eight hundred Gambler