August 14, 2025 • 30 mins
Seahawks Senior Digital Media Reporter John Boyle and Fantasy Insider Scott Engel break down everything you need to know about fantasy football for the 2025 NFL season in this episode of Seahawks Insiders. Today's show: Number one pick in this year’s draft (2:06), super flex (4:00), top running backs (6:30), dual threat QBs (8:11), the impact of JSN (15:09), tight Ends (17:00), sleeper picks (19:13), Seahawks offense (24:00) and Seahawks player advice (27:30).
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All right, Seahawks fans, we are here with a special podcast.
Instead of Jen Mueller joining me as usual, we have
one of the best fantasy football brains in the darn
whole NFL world. We got Scott Engle here talking fantasy football.
Draft season is coming up soon and we want you
all to be ready. So welcome Scott. Thanks for joining us,
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and good to have you on the show.
Speaker 4 (01:01):
Thanks for having me. I appreciate that nice introduction. You know,
I'd rather run out of the total of the tunnel
at Luminfield with the fireworks going off, but this was
the next best thing for sure.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
There you go, now, Scott. For those who aren't big
fantasy football people, he writes a Fantasy Insiders column for
Seahawks dot Com on a regular basis. Check him out there,
and Scott tell people who want more fantasy info where
they can find that from you.
Speaker 4 (01:30):
Yeah, Seahawks Fantasy Insider off the news tab. I've been
doing this in twenty twelve, and you can also find
my full rankings and regular analysis at Rotoballer dot com,
The Athletic and Serious sexm Fantasy Sports Radio on Sundays
and Wednesdays, and you can follow me on Twitter, slash x,
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whichever you'd like to refer to as at Scott ez King.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
All Right, sounds good. Well, let's let's just dive right
into the biggest question for anyone lucky enough to have
the top pick in their upcoming draft. Who's your who's
your top guy in this draft? Who's number number one?
And uh? On top of that, maybe if you don't
have the number one pick, what's the best slot to
be drafting from?
Speaker 4 (02:17):
Yeah? Actually number one. A lot of people don't consider
lucky John because then you're yeah, when the draft snakes around,
you got to wait in the twelve team league like
another twenty three picks. My number one pick is Jamar Chase.
It's hard to match what he did last year, but
he's got such a high floor. Wide receivers tend to
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be more durable than running backs, you know, for fantasy purposes,
and the Cincinnati offense is just going to continue to
pour on the points.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
Well, they're gonna have to.
Speaker 4 (02:52):
Yeah, the number one wide receiver, uh, you know, maybe
the first wide receiver to finish number one in back
to back seasons. S Antonio Brown did it last decade,
And like you said, they're gonna have to. You know,
the defense is going to force them into a lot
of shootouts. So Jamar Chase would be my number one overall.
I personally like being at six because you're right in
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the middle John and you don't have to wait very
long between picks. But I think you can draft comfortably
anywhere if you prepare for it. There's advantages and disadvantages
of every spot. If you're at number twelve first to
get a second player, but then you have to wait
another twenty plus picks to pick again. So it's really
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about me personally, I'll draft from anywhere I don't care.
But if somebody asked me where would you like to
draft from, I take six in a one quarterback league.
But if you're playing a two quarterback league, you want
one of those top five picks or super flex so
you can get one of those elite dual threat quarterbacks
or Joe Burrow.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
You mentioned for people who you know, maybe they're just
getting into fantasy, or maybe they've played in you know,
one specific league forever and they want to change it up.
But tell people what a super flex league gig is
if they're not aware of that.
Speaker 4 (04:10):
Yeah, it's really rising in popularity. Like in a standard league,
you'll have one flex position where you can start a
running back, tight end, a wide receiver. But what's become
a very popular now is a super flex league where
you get a second flex where you can flex a quarterback.
And that puts the quarterbacks on drafting equal footing with
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everybody else and a lot of times the top quarterbacks.
Like just saying, you could see the top five going
the first five picks, so it becomes a different draft
strategies because quarterbacks score more points than any other fantasy
position and when you make them equal to the other
positions in terms of okay, you got to start two
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running backs, you got to start two quarterbacks. Those guys
get really up the board. But when you're talking about
draft approach, it depends on who you're playing with, Because
while I'm in leagues, I'm doing like expert mock drafts
other fantasy analysts. After the top five quarterbacks go, people
will play quarterbacks chicken and they'll wait until later round
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to get the quarterbacks. But if you're playing in a
league where you know just your buddies, like a home
league or somebody new, you could see seven eight quarterbacks
go off the board in the first round and maybe
fourteen in the first two rounds. So every draft is different.
There's no strategy that applied to one draft, even in
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super flex.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
Now I guess maybe it obviously depends on that super
flex or not. But when you talk about specific positions,
is there one you focus on early on maybe if
it's not super flex and those quarterbacks aren't going early.
You know, I know it used to always be the
best running backs all flew off the board, But as
we just said, Jamar Chase is your number one guy.
What positions. Are you looking at it?
Speaker 4 (06:02):
I don't. What I always say to people is don't
try to predict the draft ahead of time. If I
have the number eight pick and it's a one quarterback league,
I'm queuing up my top eight guys. Whenever it comes
to me, then I'll take the top player left on
the board. Like my number eight is Brian Thomas Jr.
My worst case scenario is getting hit him. I think
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in the early rounds where the one quarterback draft, you
have to go running back slash wide receiver, depending on
the flow. There's no okay you should go running back
running back, you should go running back, wide receiver. It
depends on the flow of the draft because you can
start out with two wide receivers and then maybe gettah
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Isaiah Pacheco later on is a second running back. It
really depends on the flow. It's a one quarterback draft.
I think you can wait about the middle of the
second round for those top quarterbacks, but they'll definitely be
going by the third. If you don't get one of
the top four or five, you could wait till the
seventh and ninth round to get a quarterback. Tight ends
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the top two unquestionably of Brock Bowers and Trey McBride,
they'll go in the second, the third round. After that
you can pretty wait till the middle rounds for like
a tight end. But it's heavy running back wide receiver
focused early. And if you're playing in a super flex,
you can see those top quarterbacks, maybe the top twelve
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go off the board in the first two rounds and
you got to change your strategy. But if you're not
going to take that first or second quarterback in the
first two rounds and the superflex or a two quarterback,
that gives you great running back and wide receiver opportunities.
And running back Bijon Robinson is kind of head and
shoulders above the rest because he's elite and he gets
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a heavy workload. Jamir Gibbs will go in the first round,
et cetera, sak On Barkley, and then more running backs
in the second round after that.
Speaker 3 (08:03):
When you mentioned quarterbacks, I know there's a lot of
different styles of quarterbacks. Guys who get the ball, you know,
do different get points different ways? What targets do you like?
Who you recommend the people when they're strategizing quarterbacks.
Speaker 4 (08:17):
Again, you know you keep tavering it, but we have
to get one of those top four dual threat quarterbacks.
They're just statistically in Fantasy wall as a cut above
the rest. Josh Allen has been the top five fantasy
quarterback each of the top two fantasy quarterback each of
the last five years. Lamar Jackson, Jayden Daniels, and Jalen Hurts.
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Joe Burrow will go not too long after. It's like
those top four and tier all their own, and then
Burrow is in his own tier, and he'll probably be
off the board no later than the fourth round. A
lot of times sooner than after that. I think you
can start waiting because after that I have Patrick Mahomes,
Baker Mayfield, Bow Nicks, Dak press Got who's a really
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good value if he drives to the ninth and tenth round.
Kyler Murray always the rushing upside. So you can get
one of those top five earlier on in the first
few rounds, you go for it. After that, you know,
Mahomes always has that upside, Mayfield's coming off a career year,
Nicks may get better. As we've said with Burrow, Dak
Prescott's gonna have to throw a lot because at defense,
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and you know the running game might be be a
committee and then you know you look for some values
later on, like Drake May is a popular value justin
field if you can hold that job all year along CJ.
Stroud and Jordan Love. I really like them for a
for a bounce back year, and you know we can
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get into sub sleepers.
Speaker 3 (09:44):
Later on running back wise. You know, we talked about
this a little bit, but how many guys do you
think people should be shooting for early? And maybe what's
some value picks in the later rounds.
Speaker 4 (09:57):
Bijon Robinson, Jamir give Saquon Borr or all first round picks.
Speaker 3 (10:02):
Uh.
Speaker 4 (10:03):
Some people are dropping Barkley further than that because of
just a huge workflow and he's coming off last year.
But I wouldn't drop him lower than third after that,
you know, second round Derrick Henry. I have Bucky Irving
of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, number five. I just have
like this fantasy man crush on John. He's so electric
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and virtuial that I actually have five. Ashton Jensy's the
top rookie. He'll go in the second round very often.
Sometimes the first there's gonna be heavy volume for him,
you know, under Pete Carroll's new coaching staff. We wish
him luck over there, Chase Brown, Josh Jacob's good volume
running backs to go outside the top five. Then after that,
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you know, James Cook just signed a new four year contract.
I like him as a top twelve fantasy running back.
Kenneth Walker the third, you know, with the transfer to
a new offensive coordinator with the Seahawks. Whoever's gonna be
running the ball is very popular among fantasy players. Kenneth
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Walker is my number seventeen overall rank running back on
Seahawks dot com and Rodoballer dot com. And if it
gets pressed into action, we've already seen what Zach Sharboney
can do. Low end running back to with a lot
of upside. Traveon Henderson, DeAndre Swift I think could be
a good value. I'm looking for a bounce back the
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year from Isaiah Pacheco. Jalen Warren should be the starter
for Pittsburgh. Good pass protector, good pass receiver. He can
be a value as a top twenty five running back. RJ.
Harry RJ. Harvey has a lot of upside for the
Denver Broncos. But some of these rookies are gonna share
carries and one of my one of my favorite sleepers
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is Braylen Allen and New York Jets. You know they're
gonna bring the Detroit coaching staff over there and he
might play that David Montgomery role over there. So I
got Braillen Allen in the twelfth round of a draft
the other day. It's very happy. Dylan Sampson of the
Cleveland Browns is another potential sleeper and rookie Jacory Krossky
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Merit of the Washington Commanders.
Speaker 3 (12:21):
Talk about receiver a little bit. Has that become, you know,
the deepest fantasy position just because the the amount tallenty
receivers in the league, the way teams throw the ball.
Speaker 4 (12:31):
Yeah, it is. You know, it's a passing league. You
know it has been for the last decade plus. Unless
you got the legie in the boom, your defense is
gonna have trouble stop in the past. So it is
deeper naturally, But you do have to start three in
a lot of leagues, so you have to. You can't
pass on those top receivers early, like Chase Ceedee, Lamb,
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Justin Jefferson, Malite neighbors who's putting now playing with Russell
Wilson with the Giants, Pooka Nakua, Brian Thomas, Demon Ras
Saint Brown, Nicocollins, aj Brown, the top nine and those
all will be gone off the board by the middle
of the second round. I really like Terry McLaurin once
he reports with Washington. Tyreek Hill is that I think
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is going as something of a value. He's my number twelve.
Lad McConkie at number thirteen, you know, really pressive rookie year.
And then of course Jackson Smith the Jigba as my
number fourteen overall. You know, there's a lot of talk
about him and Fantasy, and I'm on the side of
him possibly becoming a number one Fantasy receiver this year
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because I always say that I refer to Jackson Smith
and the Jigba as Tyler Baldwin because he reminds me
of the smooth routes and the polish that Tyler Lockett
news to demonstrate. But also he can challenge defenses anywhere
on the field like Doug used to be able to.
So I really like him as a top fifteen. I'm
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looking for a better second year from Marvin Harrison Juniors
as a second year guy, maybe to become like a
top fifteen receiver. A lot of fantasy analysts like Jalen
Watdall and Calvin Ridley. Travis Hunter will play a lot
of offenses a rookie. I think he'll be a nice
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fantasy wide receiver. Three Rowan Dunes for a bigger role
with the Bears this year as a wide receiver. Three
George Pickens getting a lot more work I think in Dallas.
I think Ricky Piersoll of the Niners can be a
sleeper as well. And then you go even deeper than that.
You know, Matthew Golden very interesting rookie for the Green
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Bay Packers. Damario Douglas nice top fifty sort of sleeper there.
I like him as well. Roman Wilson is one of
my favorite deep sleepers. He could become the number two
ye receiver for Pittsburgh for Aaron Rodgers and a lot
of fantasy experts like Amica and Buka of the Tampa
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Bay Buccaneers.
Speaker 3 (15:09):
You mentioned JSN possibly be in a wide receiver one
by the end server in your mind is just a
volume thing, like what takes him to that level.
Speaker 4 (15:18):
It's not just a volume thing like I was saying
with the whole tile of ballwin thing or you know,
Doug Lockett or whatever you want to call him. I
really think you could speak to this too. You know.
It's just, you know, he showed that on all types
of routes that he can really challenge defenses. I'm sure
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he learned a lot from Tyler Lockett, you know, who's
just non is a superb teammate. And I think he
can help move the ball in important downs, but he
can also get deep h you know, and you know
catch those you know, those post patterns, the flies stuff
like that. You know a lot of people will asked me, John,
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well they got Cooper Cup. Now, isn't that two slot receivers.
But like Julian Love said the press conference during training camp,
you know Jsen can do it all over the field.
And I'm I'm sure you've seen that yourself, that he's
not just a slot receiver.
Speaker 3 (16:16):
Yeah. No, we've seen him lining up all over in camp.
And I do think there's gonna be opportunity, especially with
dk Acalf not here, for for more downfield plays for
JSI and really everybody. But yeah, I mean he's a
guy that shown he can play really any position at receiver.
On that field, and I do think there's gonna be
a lot of opportunities to build off what was already
a fantastic sophomore season for him, when he set a
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franchise or tied a franchise record for receptions.
Speaker 4 (16:43):
Yeah. And I know, you know covering, you know, the NFL,
like the older players always take the younger guys under
the wing. Yeah, and when you're learning from Tyler Lockett,
you know, I can really see that in Jackson Smith,
that jig bugs. You know that he's picked up a
lot from him.
Speaker 3 (17:01):
How about tight ends defense? Those are two more things
people are gonna have to find. What do you like
there in terms of just top guys or top defenses
and then value.
Speaker 4 (17:10):
Yeah, Brock Bowers and Trey McBride had great rookie seasons
last year, and like I said, they were cut above
the top two. They might both be off the board
by the end of the second round in some leagues,
definitely by the third and some others. The forty nine
ers are having some challenges with injuries and departures. So
George Kittle is a solid number three. A healthy TJ.
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Hockinson is number four for me than Sam Laporte. And
then I have Evan Ingram higher than most people at
number six because as you remember with Jimmy Graham, you know,
Sean Payton just loves to utilize a good tight end.
Travis Kelsey, Mark Andrews seven and eight, and then my
top ten Tyler Warren, the rookie from the Indianapolis Colts.
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Could we have another rookie come right out and be
elite this year? It's possible with Tyler Warren because rookies
are now coming out in their first year and making
the NFL and fantasy impact and Lindy Sports actually compared
in the Rob Gronkowski and whoever starts quarterback for the
Colts is just going to need that safe target on
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third downs who can also gain the yard agy after
the catch. I like Jake Ferguson to score a lot
of touchdowns for the Dallas Cowboys. He's my number ten.
If you want to go deeper. At number seventeen, Brenton
Strange with Agnor and Gohn in Jacksonville. I like him
a lot. A lot of fantasy analysts are talking about
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China Kuwan Quo maybe having a breakout year for the
tight ends, and I'm not going to ignore Elijah Arroyo,
you know, because this speed guy. When you play in
a dynasty league where you carry over, you know, this
most of your roster from year to year. I really
like the future of Elijah Arroyo.
Speaker 3 (19:00):
I mean too. I mean from what we've seen in camp,
there are certain days where the ball just keeps finding him.
He's big and fast, and he looks very much the
part of a tight end. You can produce a lot
of numbers. Scott, You've mentioned a lot of different names here,
but when we talk about sleepers, I mean that drafts
or seasons can be won and lost by finding some
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great value. Who are few of just your absolute favorite
sleepers at different positions?
Speaker 4 (19:26):
All right, we'll start a quarterback. I don't know CJ.
Stroud as sleeper, but he is of value because I
think he's gonna have a big bounce back year. JJ
McCarthy might be a quick study at quarterback, and if
Bryce Young can build on what he did last season
down the stretch, I think he has some sleeper potential.
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I'd also keep an eye on cam Ward, you know,
playing a super flex. I think I really like cam Ward.
I don't think DeAndre swift at running back is a sleeper,
but he's a value and so I think so is
Isaiah Pacheco, my number twenty two running back, because the
Chiefs are so in confidence that he's still at the
top of the depth chart. And determination, to me is
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what set running backs apart. Sometimes that was Marshawn Leitch's
greatest and tangible trait. To me, it was pure determination,
and I sometimes see that in Isaiah Pacheco. So you know,
I like him as a value play, but when he
gets deeper than that, like I said, Braylen Allen is
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a sleeper running back. Dylan Sampson is a sleeper running back.
Corey crossby Merit, I already mentioned a lot of fantasy
analysts like base shall touton the rookie running back from
the Jacksonville Jaguars. I'd also keep an eye out for
warding mark of what marks of the Houston Texans has
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been good in past protection in preseason, and you know
there's an injury to Joe Mixed, and there going to
some sleepable wide receivers here and some values. Look, Chris A.
Love is not a sleeper, but he's going a lot
of the drafts as a wide receiver three, I think,
and that is a very very very good value John
Ricky Piersoll, Like like I said, Matthew Golden of the
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of the Packers. Keyon Coleman could emerge as the number
two wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills in his rookie years.
Pop Douglas to the Patriots, Cedric Tillman of the Browns.
We did go on and on with sleeper wide receivers.
We can just do this all day, you know, Roman
Wilson of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Pat Bryan, you know a
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lot of times rookies will be sleepers and if you
draft them late, they could help you in your fantasy.
Another rookie to watch I think is Jaden Higgins of
Houston Texans. He might get a chance to start and
lining it up with sleeper tight ends.
Speaker 2 (21:59):
You know.
Speaker 4 (22:00):
Arroyo I think is somebody I'm going to start looking
to next year, but as a rookie, maybe a Rende
gads in the second. He's fat to play for the
Miami Dolphins. And you mentioned defenses before, just real quick,
don't draft defenses based on overall rank. You stream defenses
every week a lot, right every week based on opponent. Yes,
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so look for teams that have a good opening season schedule.
The Arizona Cardinals are not a top ranked defense and
their early schedule is very friendly. Pittsburgh, maybe that should
be the number one defense off the board just because
of their matchups. Well, pass week one, although Denver's gonna
go off the board first, but you don't want to
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draft the Eagles defense and then they face Dallas in
the first week. You know, see the Seahawks I think
are gonna have a very good value fantasy defense depending
on the health of the offense. They could even be
a nice sneaky play against the four nine ers in
Week one because that the defensive line is so strong
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with Lennon Williams and Jared Reid anchoring things. You know,
we saw Ernest Jones and Tyrens Knight, really good combination.
But the secondary is such a strength and like you said,
passing the league, but you know this, the secondary is
just so deep, and you know then you're you're adding
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a hard, hard hitting rookie. Who's is he gonna be
the next camp Chancellor or Kenny Easily Nicki uh if
I said his name right? You know, maybe too early
for that, but he's a hard hitter.
Speaker 3 (23:38):
Let's yeah, you know, that's some big, big pressure you're
putting on the kid. But he he has had a
great camp. I get. I get why people are excited
when you're I mean, Mike McDonald's joking about you. So
he's like, it looks like a defensive end out there,
and he runs the four to three, So it's uh,
he is a special talent for sure. And let's transition
to the Seahawks a little bit. We've kind of covered
the league, but this is a Seahawks podcast, so I
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think maybe from a fantasy standpoint, probably the biggest question
mark about the Seahawks is what will this offense look
like with a new coordinator, a new quarterback? Like, how
are you how are you viewing a new look Seahawks
offense through a fantasy lens?
Speaker 4 (24:12):
Well, you know you can speak to this too. I mean,
you know, they've made it no secret they want to
leave more on the run this year because they were
a very high past percentage team this year. But Clint
Kubiak's vision is, you know, to run the ball more.
And obviously they have a fullback, so you know, mister roots, Yeah,
Robbie don't graft him in fantasy, but he's important to
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your fantasy running backs. You know, he's already becoming a
fan favorite and he's going to lead the way for
Kenneth Walker. I've always believed with Kenneth Walker that he's
an exciting running back who can score from anywhere on
the field, and when he's in there, I think with
this offense, he's going to have a lot of upside. Yeah,
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But a lot of fantasy leaders are also excited about
Zach Charbonnet because what we saw for him as a
starter when he was pushed into that role last year,
and with this type of offense, and just his physical
nature and his nose for the goal line. If you
draft Walker early, I think you have to try to
get Sharbone in the middle round. You can always target
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a handcuff, but why fleut the throw flow of the draft.
It may just not happen for you, or you know,
even if you don't get Walker, you know, Charbone is
somebody who's great for fantasy depth, like a nice top
forty pick quarterback wise Sam Donald, you know in a
run based offense. Maybe a better fit in that super
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flex format, but he's a very good deep passer. Uh.
You know JSN, you know that's gonna set up play
action John obviously, and you know that'll be good for
for JSN, Jackson Smith, the JIGBA, and Cooper Cup. I
think still has Fantasy Widris Fantasy White US. It's even
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three potential just because of all of his experience and polish.
In dynasty leagues where you carry players over from year
to year, I really like Tory Horton, who's having a
great camp and eventually, you know, three years from now,
could be in your fantasy starting lotup with Elijah Arroyo
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and also Jaln Millrowing. You know, fantasy players love rushing quarterbacks.
Milroe is so exciting and electric. We saw the twenty
seven yard run against the Raiders just like a preview them.
We're gonna get maybe more against the Chiefs this week
as we record. But if Jalen Milroe eventually becomes a
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starter for the Seahawks, he has top five fantasy quarterback upside.
And there are also leagues where you play with individual defenders,
where guys get points for tackle assists and sex and
you know, Ernest Jones is really good in those leagues,
and you know, I think the rookies got a lot
of potential. And I like Devin Witherspoon a lot because
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he's a corner that plays them run really well and
makes a lot of tackles. And obviously Julian Love is
useful in those kind of leagues too. So you know,
sometimes I'll say to players when I've gotten chance to
talk to them in the past. I think I even
said to Cyril Thomas one time and said you were
their individual defender leagues where you guys can get drafted,
and they're like, I didn't know that.
Speaker 3 (27:28):
Okay, Well, I think from a broad picture, that's about
all I have to cover. But from your end, any
you know, Seahawks specific things you want to talk about
before we go.
Speaker 4 (27:40):
Uh. You know a lot of people I think will
hit on this podcast in our articles and because we
covered the Seahawks in depth, but as you see, you know,
we just don't cover. We just don't cover for cover
the Seahawks. You know, my recommendations would be if you're
in a two quarterback league and waiting until late to
get your second quarterback, go with Donald target Milrow in
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a dynasty league. Kenth Walker good top fifteen to twenty
running back. JSN is the one that all the fantasy
anasts are talking about. They think from his value and
diversity of skill that you know that he can be
become a number one fantasy wide receiver this season. Cooper
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Cup is good for depth. I think keep an eye
on AJ Bonner and Elijah or Royo. You know, is
maybe possible bye week replacements depending on who's getting more
receptions watched that early in the year. Just from overall
draft strategy perspective, let the draft come to you. Don't
try to plan it to originally say I'm going to
do this in the first round. I'll do that in
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the second round. Let the draft come to you, mock
it up on nfl dot com, and make sure you
get all your starters just before you start thinking about
your reserve. Lead the defenses, and the kickers for last,
because kickers could really vary from your year.
Speaker 3 (29:05):
All right, Scott, really appreciate your insight. I know we
have a lot of fantasy players overlapping with Seahawks fans
and they love hearing from you and learning from the best.
So we appreciate having you and we'll talk again soon.
Speaker 4 (29:18):
Yeah, just before you go, John, Yeah, maybe you can
speak to this. You know, the Seahawks have always been
about the twelve. I've always felt that the way the
organization embraces fantasy football speaks, you know, to that relationship
with the fans.
Speaker 3 (29:34):
Oh yeah, for sure. I mean we we are very
connected with the fans here and it's you know, no
secret that's a big part of the Seahawks success. So
fantasy football is one more way to connect with fans.
I know there are a ton of Seahawks fans who
are also fantasy football fans. So if we can help
keep them engaged and make it fun for them, we
love to do it.
Speaker 4 (29:54):
Yeah, Matt Hasselbeck and Robin Turbot play fantasy so it's
not just the fans.
Speaker 3 (29:58):
Yeah yeah. Players former players like to do it too.
It's a good way to stay connected. All right, Scott,
thanks so much for joining us, and we really look
forward talking to you again soon.
Speaker 4 (30:10):
All right. Always always fun to be here, John
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Draft season is coming up soon and we want you
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and good to have you on the show.
Speaker 4 (01:01):
Thanks for having me. I appreciate that nice introduction. You know,
I'd rather run out of the total of the tunnel
at Luminfield with the fireworks going off, but this was
the next best thing for sure.
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Speaker 4 (01:30):
Yeah, Seahawks Fantasy Insider off the news tab. I've been
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whichever you'd like to refer to as at Scott ez King.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
All Right, sounds good. Well, let's let's just dive right
into the biggest question for anyone lucky enough to have
the top pick in their upcoming draft. Who's your who's
your top guy in this draft? Who's number number one?
And uh? On top of that, maybe if you don't
have the number one pick, what's the best slot to
be drafting from?
Speaker 4 (02:17):
Yeah? Actually number one. A lot of people don't consider
lucky John because then you're yeah, when the draft snakes around,
you got to wait in the twelve team league like
another twenty three picks. My number one pick is Jamar Chase.
It's hard to match what he did last year, but
he's got such a high floor. Wide receivers tend to
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be more durable than running backs, you know, for fantasy purposes,
and the Cincinnati offense is just going to continue to
pour on the points.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
Well, they're gonna have to.
Speaker 4 (02:52):
Yeah, the number one wide receiver, uh, you know, maybe
the first wide receiver to finish number one in back
to back seasons. S Antonio Brown did it last decade,
And like you said, they're gonna have to. You know,
the defense is going to force them into a lot
of shootouts. So Jamar Chase would be my number one overall.
I personally like being at six because you're right in
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the middle John and you don't have to wait very
long between picks. But I think you can draft comfortably
anywhere if you prepare for it. There's advantages and disadvantages
of every spot. If you're at number twelve first to
get a second player, but then you have to wait
another twenty plus picks to pick again. So it's really
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about me personally, I'll draft from anywhere I don't care.
But if somebody asked me where would you like to
draft from, I take six in a one quarterback league.
But if you're playing a two quarterback league, you want
one of those top five picks or super flex so
you can get one of those elite dual threat quarterbacks
or Joe Burrow.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
You mentioned for people who you know, maybe they're just
getting into fantasy, or maybe they've played in you know,
one specific league forever and they want to change it up.
But tell people what a super flex league gig is
if they're not aware of that.
Speaker 4 (04:10):
Yeah, it's really rising in popularity. Like in a standard league,
you'll have one flex position where you can start a
running back, tight end, a wide receiver. But what's become
a very popular now is a super flex league where
you get a second flex where you can flex a quarterback.
And that puts the quarterbacks on drafting equal footing with
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everybody else and a lot of times the top quarterbacks.
Like just saying, you could see the top five going
the first five picks, so it becomes a different draft
strategies because quarterbacks score more points than any other fantasy
position and when you make them equal to the other
positions in terms of okay, you got to start two
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running backs, you got to start two quarterbacks. Those guys
get really up the board. But when you're talking about
draft approach, it depends on who you're playing with, Because
while I'm in leagues, I'm doing like expert mock drafts
other fantasy analysts. After the top five quarterbacks go, people
will play quarterbacks chicken and they'll wait until later round
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to get the quarterbacks. But if you're playing in a
league where you know just your buddies, like a home
league or somebody new, you could see seven eight quarterbacks
go off the board in the first round and maybe
fourteen in the first two rounds. So every draft is different.
There's no strategy that applied to one draft, even in
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super flex.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
Now I guess maybe it obviously depends on that super
flex or not. But when you talk about specific positions,
is there one you focus on early on maybe if
it's not super flex and those quarterbacks aren't going early.
You know, I know it used to always be the
best running backs all flew off the board, But as
we just said, Jamar Chase is your number one guy.
What positions. Are you looking at it?
Speaker 4 (06:02):
I don't. What I always say to people is don't
try to predict the draft ahead of time. If I
have the number eight pick and it's a one quarterback league,
I'm queuing up my top eight guys. Whenever it comes
to me, then I'll take the top player left on
the board. Like my number eight is Brian Thomas Jr.
My worst case scenario is getting hit him. I think
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in the early rounds where the one quarterback draft, you
have to go running back slash wide receiver, depending on
the flow. There's no okay you should go running back
running back, you should go running back, wide receiver. It
depends on the flow of the draft because you can
start out with two wide receivers and then maybe gettah
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Isaiah Pacheco later on is a second running back. It
really depends on the flow. It's a one quarterback draft.
I think you can wait about the middle of the
second round for those top quarterbacks, but they'll definitely be
going by the third. If you don't get one of
the top four or five, you could wait till the
seventh and ninth round to get a quarterback. Tight ends
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the top two unquestionably of Brock Bowers and Trey McBride,
they'll go in the second, the third round. After that
you can pretty wait till the middle rounds for like
a tight end. But it's heavy running back wide receiver
focused early. And if you're playing in a super flex,
you can see those top quarterbacks, maybe the top twelve
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go off the board in the first two rounds and
you got to change your strategy. But if you're not
going to take that first or second quarterback in the
first two rounds and the superflex or a two quarterback,
that gives you great running back and wide receiver opportunities.
And running back Bijon Robinson is kind of head and
shoulders above the rest because he's elite and he gets
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a heavy workload. Jamir Gibbs will go in the first round,
et cetera, sak On Barkley, and then more running backs
in the second round after that.
Speaker 3 (08:03):
When you mentioned quarterbacks, I know there's a lot of
different styles of quarterbacks. Guys who get the ball, you know,
do different get points different ways? What targets do you like?
Who you recommend the people when they're strategizing quarterbacks.
Speaker 4 (08:17):
Again, you know you keep tavering it, but we have
to get one of those top four dual threat quarterbacks.
They're just statistically in Fantasy wall as a cut above
the rest. Josh Allen has been the top five fantasy
quarterback each of the top two fantasy quarterback each of
the last five years. Lamar Jackson, Jayden Daniels, and Jalen Hurts.
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Joe Burrow will go not too long after. It's like
those top four and tier all their own, and then
Burrow is in his own tier, and he'll probably be
off the board no later than the fourth round. A
lot of times sooner than after that. I think you
can start waiting because after that I have Patrick Mahomes,
Baker Mayfield, Bow Nicks, Dak press Got who's a really
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good value if he drives to the ninth and tenth round.
Kyler Murray always the rushing upside. So you can get
one of those top five earlier on in the first
few rounds, you go for it. After that, you know,
Mahomes always has that upside, Mayfield's coming off a career year,
Nicks may get better. As we've said with Burrow, Dak
Prescott's gonna have to throw a lot because at defense,
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and you know the running game might be be a
committee and then you know you look for some values
later on, like Drake May is a popular value justin
field if you can hold that job all year along CJ.
Stroud and Jordan Love. I really like them for a
for a bounce back year, and you know we can
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get into sub sleepers.
Speaker 3 (09:44):
Later on running back wise. You know, we talked about
this a little bit, but how many guys do you
think people should be shooting for early? And maybe what's
some value picks in the later rounds.
Speaker 4 (09:57):
Bijon Robinson, Jamir give Saquon Borr or all first round picks.
Speaker 3 (10:02):
Uh.
Speaker 4 (10:03):
Some people are dropping Barkley further than that because of
just a huge workflow and he's coming off last year.
But I wouldn't drop him lower than third after that,
you know, second round Derrick Henry. I have Bucky Irving
of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, number five. I just have
like this fantasy man crush on John. He's so electric
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and virtuial that I actually have five. Ashton Jensy's the
top rookie. He'll go in the second round very often.
Sometimes the first there's gonna be heavy volume for him,
you know, under Pete Carroll's new coaching staff. We wish
him luck over there, Chase Brown, Josh Jacob's good volume
running backs to go outside the top five. Then after that,
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you know, James Cook just signed a new four year contract.
I like him as a top twelve fantasy running back.
Kenneth Walker the third, you know, with the transfer to
a new offensive coordinator with the Seahawks. Whoever's gonna be
running the ball is very popular among fantasy players. Kenneth
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Walker is my number seventeen overall rank running back on
Seahawks dot com and Rodoballer dot com. And if it
gets pressed into action, we've already seen what Zach Sharboney
can do. Low end running back to with a lot
of upside. Traveon Henderson, DeAndre Swift I think could be
a good value. I'm looking for a bounce back the
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year from Isaiah Pacheco. Jalen Warren should be the starter
for Pittsburgh. Good pass protector, good pass receiver. He can
be a value as a top twenty five running back. RJ.
Harry RJ. Harvey has a lot of upside for the
Denver Broncos. But some of these rookies are gonna share
carries and one of my one of my favorite sleepers
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is Braylen Allen and New York Jets. You know they're
gonna bring the Detroit coaching staff over there and he
might play that David Montgomery role over there. So I
got Braillen Allen in the twelfth round of a draft
the other day. It's very happy. Dylan Sampson of the
Cleveland Browns is another potential sleeper and rookie Jacory Krossky
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Merit of the Washington Commanders.
Speaker 3 (12:21):
Talk about receiver a little bit. Has that become, you know,
the deepest fantasy position just because the the amount tallenty
receivers in the league, the way teams throw the ball.
Speaker 4 (12:31):
Yeah, it is. You know, it's a passing league. You
know it has been for the last decade plus. Unless
you got the legie in the boom, your defense is
gonna have trouble stop in the past. So it is
deeper naturally, But you do have to start three in
a lot of leagues, so you have to. You can't
pass on those top receivers early, like Chase Ceedee, Lamb,
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Justin Jefferson, Malite neighbors who's putting now playing with Russell
Wilson with the Giants, Pooka Nakua, Brian Thomas, Demon Ras
Saint Brown, Nicocollins, aj Brown, the top nine and those
all will be gone off the board by the middle
of the second round. I really like Terry McLaurin once
he reports with Washington. Tyreek Hill is that I think
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is going as something of a value. He's my number twelve.
Lad McConkie at number thirteen, you know, really pressive rookie year.
And then of course Jackson Smith the Jigba as my
number fourteen overall. You know, there's a lot of talk
about him and Fantasy, and I'm on the side of
him possibly becoming a number one Fantasy receiver this year
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because I always say that I refer to Jackson Smith
and the Jigba as Tyler Baldwin because he reminds me
of the smooth routes and the polish that Tyler Lockett
news to demonstrate. But also he can challenge defenses anywhere
on the field like Doug used to be able to.
So I really like him as a top fifteen. I'm
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looking for a better second year from Marvin Harrison Juniors
as a second year guy, maybe to become like a
top fifteen receiver. A lot of fantasy analysts like Jalen
Watdall and Calvin Ridley. Travis Hunter will play a lot
of offenses a rookie. I think he'll be a nice
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fantasy wide receiver. Three Rowan Dunes for a bigger role
with the Bears this year as a wide receiver. Three
George Pickens getting a lot more work I think in Dallas.
I think Ricky Piersoll of the Niners can be a
sleeper as well. And then you go even deeper than that.
You know, Matthew Golden very interesting rookie for the Green
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Bay Packers. Damario Douglas nice top fifty sort of sleeper there.
I like him as well. Roman Wilson is one of
my favorite deep sleepers. He could become the number two
ye receiver for Pittsburgh for Aaron Rodgers and a lot
of fantasy experts like Amica and Buka of the Tampa
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Bay Buccaneers.
Speaker 3 (15:09):
You mentioned JSN possibly be in a wide receiver one
by the end server in your mind is just a
volume thing, like what takes him to that level.
Speaker 4 (15:18):
It's not just a volume thing like I was saying
with the whole tile of ballwin thing or you know,
Doug Lockett or whatever you want to call him. I
really think you could speak to this too. You know.
It's just, you know, he showed that on all types
of routes that he can really challenge defenses. I'm sure
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he learned a lot from Tyler Lockett, you know, who's
just non is a superb teammate. And I think he
can help move the ball in important downs, but he
can also get deep h you know, and you know
catch those you know, those post patterns, the flies stuff
like that. You know a lot of people will asked me, John,
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well they got Cooper Cup. Now, isn't that two slot receivers.
But like Julian Love said the press conference during training camp,
you know Jsen can do it all over the field.
And I'm I'm sure you've seen that yourself, that he's
not just a slot receiver.
Speaker 3 (16:16):
Yeah. No, we've seen him lining up all over in camp.
And I do think there's gonna be opportunity, especially with
dk Acalf not here, for for more downfield plays for
JSI and really everybody. But yeah, I mean he's a
guy that shown he can play really any position at receiver.
On that field, and I do think there's gonna be
a lot of opportunities to build off what was already
a fantastic sophomore season for him, when he set a
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franchise or tied a franchise record for receptions.
Speaker 4 (16:43):
Yeah. And I know, you know covering, you know, the NFL,
like the older players always take the younger guys under
the wing. Yeah, and when you're learning from Tyler Lockett,
you know, I can really see that in Jackson Smith,
that jig bugs. You know that he's picked up a
lot from him.
Speaker 3 (17:01):
How about tight ends defense? Those are two more things
people are gonna have to find. What do you like
there in terms of just top guys or top defenses
and then value.
Speaker 4 (17:10):
Yeah, Brock Bowers and Trey McBride had great rookie seasons
last year, and like I said, they were cut above
the top two. They might both be off the board
by the end of the second round in some leagues,
definitely by the third and some others. The forty nine
ers are having some challenges with injuries and departures. So
George Kittle is a solid number three. A healthy TJ.
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Hockinson is number four for me than Sam Laporte. And
then I have Evan Ingram higher than most people at
number six because as you remember with Jimmy Graham, you know,
Sean Payton just loves to utilize a good tight end.
Travis Kelsey, Mark Andrews seven and eight, and then my
top ten Tyler Warren, the rookie from the Indianapolis Colts.
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Could we have another rookie come right out and be
elite this year? It's possible with Tyler Warren because rookies
are now coming out in their first year and making
the NFL and fantasy impact and Lindy Sports actually compared
in the Rob Gronkowski and whoever starts quarterback for the
Colts is just going to need that safe target on
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third downs who can also gain the yard agy after
the catch. I like Jake Ferguson to score a lot
of touchdowns for the Dallas Cowboys. He's my number ten.
If you want to go deeper. At number seventeen, Brenton
Strange with Agnor and Gohn in Jacksonville. I like him
a lot. A lot of fantasy analysts are talking about
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China Kuwan Quo maybe having a breakout year for the
tight ends, and I'm not going to ignore Elijah Arroyo,
you know, because this speed guy. When you play in
a dynasty league where you carry over, you know, this
most of your roster from year to year. I really
like the future of Elijah Arroyo.
Speaker 3 (19:00):
I mean too. I mean from what we've seen in camp,
there are certain days where the ball just keeps finding him.
He's big and fast, and he looks very much the
part of a tight end. You can produce a lot
of numbers. Scott, You've mentioned a lot of different names here,
but when we talk about sleepers, I mean that drafts
or seasons can be won and lost by finding some
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great value. Who are few of just your absolute favorite
sleepers at different positions?
Speaker 4 (19:26):
All right, we'll start a quarterback. I don't know CJ.
Stroud as sleeper, but he is of value because I
think he's gonna have a big bounce back year. JJ
McCarthy might be a quick study at quarterback, and if
Bryce Young can build on what he did last season
down the stretch, I think he has some sleeper potential.
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I'd also keep an eye on cam Ward, you know,
playing a super flex. I think I really like cam Ward.
I don't think DeAndre swift at running back is a sleeper,
but he's a value and so I think so is
Isaiah Pacheco, my number twenty two running back, because the
Chiefs are so in confidence that he's still at the
top of the depth chart. And determination, to me is
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what set running backs apart. Sometimes that was Marshawn Leitch's
greatest and tangible trait. To me, it was pure determination,
and I sometimes see that in Isaiah Pacheco. So you know,
I like him as a value play, but when he
gets deeper than that, like I said, Braylen Allen is
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a sleeper running back. Dylan Sampson is a sleeper running back.
Corey crossby Merit, I already mentioned a lot of fantasy
analysts like base shall touton the rookie running back from
the Jacksonville Jaguars. I'd also keep an eye out for
warding mark of what marks of the Houston Texans has
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been good in past protection in preseason, and you know
there's an injury to Joe Mixed, and there going to
some sleepable wide receivers here and some values. Look, Chris A.
Love is not a sleeper, but he's going a lot
of the drafts as a wide receiver three, I think,
and that is a very very very good value John
Ricky Piersoll, Like like I said, Matthew Golden of the
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of the Packers. Keyon Coleman could emerge as the number
two wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills in his rookie years.
Pop Douglas to the Patriots, Cedric Tillman of the Browns.
We did go on and on with sleeper wide receivers.
We can just do this all day, you know, Roman
Wilson of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Pat Bryan, you know a
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lot of times rookies will be sleepers and if you
draft them late, they could help you in your fantasy.
Another rookie to watch I think is Jaden Higgins of
Houston Texans. He might get a chance to start and
lining it up with sleeper tight ends.
Speaker 2 (21:59):
You know.
Speaker 4 (22:00):
Arroyo I think is somebody I'm going to start looking
to next year, but as a rookie, maybe a Rende
gads in the second. He's fat to play for the
Miami Dolphins. And you mentioned defenses before, just real quick,
don't draft defenses based on overall rank. You stream defenses
every week a lot, right every week based on opponent. Yes,
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so look for teams that have a good opening season schedule.
The Arizona Cardinals are not a top ranked defense and
their early schedule is very friendly. Pittsburgh, maybe that should
be the number one defense off the board just because
of their matchups. Well, pass week one, although Denver's gonna
go off the board first, but you don't want to
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draft the Eagles defense and then they face Dallas in
the first week. You know, see the Seahawks I think
are gonna have a very good value fantasy defense depending
on the health of the offense. They could even be
a nice sneaky play against the four nine ers in
Week one because that the defensive line is so strong
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with Lennon Williams and Jared Reid anchoring things. You know,
we saw Ernest Jones and Tyrens Knight, really good combination.
But the secondary is such a strength and like you said,
passing the league, but you know this, the secondary is
just so deep, and you know then you're you're adding
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a hard, hard hitting rookie. Who's is he gonna be
the next camp Chancellor or Kenny Easily Nicki uh if
I said his name right? You know, maybe too early
for that, but he's a hard hitter.
Speaker 3 (23:38):
Let's yeah, you know, that's some big, big pressure you're
putting on the kid. But he he has had a
great camp. I get. I get why people are excited
when you're I mean, Mike McDonald's joking about you. So
he's like, it looks like a defensive end out there,
and he runs the four to three, So it's uh,
he is a special talent for sure. And let's transition
to the Seahawks a little bit. We've kind of covered
the league, but this is a Seahawks podcast, so I
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think maybe from a fantasy standpoint, probably the biggest question
mark about the Seahawks is what will this offense look
like with a new coordinator, a new quarterback? Like, how
are you how are you viewing a new look Seahawks
offense through a fantasy lens?
Speaker 4 (24:12):
Well, you know you can speak to this too. I mean,
you know, they've made it no secret they want to
leave more on the run this year because they were
a very high past percentage team this year. But Clint
Kubiak's vision is, you know, to run the ball more.
And obviously they have a fullback, so you know, mister roots, Yeah,
Robbie don't graft him in fantasy, but he's important to
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your fantasy running backs. You know, he's already becoming a
fan favorite and he's going to lead the way for
Kenneth Walker. I've always believed with Kenneth Walker that he's
an exciting running back who can score from anywhere on
the field, and when he's in there, I think with
this offense, he's going to have a lot of upside. Yeah,
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But a lot of fantasy leaders are also excited about
Zach Charbonnet because what we saw for him as a
starter when he was pushed into that role last year,
and with this type of offense, and just his physical
nature and his nose for the goal line. If you
draft Walker early, I think you have to try to
get Sharbone in the middle round. You can always target
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a handcuff, but why fleut the throw flow of the draft.
It may just not happen for you, or you know,
even if you don't get Walker, you know, Charbone is
somebody who's great for fantasy depth, like a nice top
forty pick quarterback wise Sam Donald, you know in a
run based offense. Maybe a better fit in that super
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flex format, but he's a very good deep passer. Uh.
You know JSN, you know that's gonna set up play
action John obviously, and you know that'll be good for
for JSN, Jackson Smith, the JIGBA, and Cooper Cup. I
think still has Fantasy Widris Fantasy White US. It's even
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three potential just because of all of his experience and polish.
In dynasty leagues where you carry players over from year
to year, I really like Tory Horton, who's having a
great camp and eventually, you know, three years from now,
could be in your fantasy starting lotup with Elijah Arroyo
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and also Jaln Millrowing. You know, fantasy players love rushing quarterbacks.
Milroe is so exciting and electric. We saw the twenty
seven yard run against the Raiders just like a preview them.
We're gonna get maybe more against the Chiefs this week
as we record. But if Jalen Milroe eventually becomes a
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starter for the Seahawks, he has top five fantasy quarterback upside.
And there are also leagues where you play with individual defenders,
where guys get points for tackle assists and sex and
you know, Ernest Jones is really good in those leagues,
and you know, I think the rookies got a lot
of potential. And I like Devin Witherspoon a lot because
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he's a corner that plays them run really well and
makes a lot of tackles. And obviously Julian Love is
useful in those kind of leagues too. So you know,
sometimes I'll say to players when I've gotten chance to
talk to them in the past. I think I even
said to Cyril Thomas one time and said you were
their individual defender leagues where you guys can get drafted,
and they're like, I didn't know that.
Speaker 3 (27:28):
Okay, Well, I think from a broad picture, that's about
all I have to cover. But from your end, any
you know, Seahawks specific things you want to talk about
before we go.
Speaker 4 (27:40):
Uh. You know a lot of people I think will
hit on this podcast in our articles and because we
covered the Seahawks in depth, but as you see, you know,
we just don't cover. We just don't cover for cover
the Seahawks. You know, my recommendations would be if you're
in a two quarterback league and waiting until late to
get your second quarterback, go with Donald target Milrow in
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a dynasty league. Kenth Walker good top fifteen to twenty
running back. JSN is the one that all the fantasy
anasts are talking about. They think from his value and
diversity of skill that you know that he can be
become a number one fantasy wide receiver this season. Cooper
(28:25):
Cup is good for depth. I think keep an eye
on AJ Bonner and Elijah or Royo. You know, is
maybe possible bye week replacements depending on who's getting more
receptions watched that early in the year. Just from overall
draft strategy perspective, let the draft come to you. Don't
try to plan it to originally say I'm going to
do this in the first round. I'll do that in
(28:46):
the second round. Let the draft come to you, mock
it up on nfl dot com, and make sure you
get all your starters just before you start thinking about
your reserve. Lead the defenses, and the kickers for last,
because kickers could really vary from your year.
Speaker 3 (29:05):
All right, Scott, really appreciate your insight. I know we
have a lot of fantasy players overlapping with Seahawks fans
and they love hearing from you and learning from the best.
So we appreciate having you and we'll talk again soon.
Speaker 4 (29:18):
Yeah, just before you go, John, Yeah, maybe you can
speak to this. You know, the Seahawks have always been
about the twelve. I've always felt that the way the
organization embraces fantasy football speaks, you know, to that relationship
with the fans.
Speaker 3 (29:34):
Oh yeah, for sure. I mean we we are very
connected with the fans here and it's you know, no
secret that's a big part of the Seahawks success. So
fantasy football is one more way to connect with fans.
I know there are a ton of Seahawks fans who
are also fantasy football fans. So if we can help
keep them engaged and make it fun for them, we
love to do it.
Speaker 4 (29:54):
Yeah, Matt Hasselbeck and Robin Turbot play fantasy so it's
not just the fans.
Speaker 3 (29:58):
Yeah yeah. Players former players like to do it too.
It's a good way to stay connected. All right, Scott,
thanks so much for joining us, and we really look
forward talking to you again soon.
Speaker 4 (30:10):
All right. Always always fun to be here, John
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