June 14, 2024 • 39 mins
It's round 17. Every available player looks like steaming garbage. But Charch and Brian are here with some VERY late round selections with the upside to be regular contributors to your team.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
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Speaker 2 (00:06):
Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from iHeartRadio, your weekly
source for the nation's best fantasy football advice, speculation, and
whatever stupid stuff they decide to drop into the show. Now,
here's your host, Paul Chargion.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Hey everybody, it's another edition of Fantasy Football Weekly. I
am Paul Charchian. Guest today Brian Johnson, Hey, buddy.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
What's going on? Charge? Brian Johnson aka Sam Darnold the.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
Believer Sam A preview of coming attractions. Today, we're talking
about last picks of your draft, whether it's Best Ball drafts, redrafts.
What is the last pick of the draft and who
should you take. We're going to give you suggestions at
each of the four key positions we're not doing tight
end to defense.
Speaker 3 (00:57):
And these are guys too, who we think we'll start
upwards in terms of adp as we draw nearer to
quote unquote the real draft season right now. It's always
the draft season these days, but it kind of your
eye on these guys now.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
Especially Sam Donald, as America starts to realize that he's
going to be the starting, starting quarterback for a guy
throwing to Justin Jefferson. His his ADP is going to
go way, way up. I believe we'll find out. We'll
talk more about it in a few minutes.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
I can't tell if that's satirical or no, that's not
at all genuine. All right, good, No, not at all.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
This Sam Donald right now is one of my five
to ten favorite sleepers across all positions because I believe
he will start more most of the season, and he's
got a really nice opportunity with the talent around him
Jordan Addison, a pass catching running back, and Aaron Jones.
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While I'm stealing your your bullet points, so I won't
do that.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
Okay. I love hearing someone else brace Sam Donald for once.
I feel like I'm a one, one man army on Twitter.
That's not true. There is a nice The Sam Donald
Hive is growing by the day. People are starting to believe.
So well, okay all day with Sam Donald, stef charge.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
That's fine. So let me just set up well, let's
jump right into Sam Darnald. But let me just set
this up as we talk through our favorite last picks
of your draft. First, you got your guy has to
be going in the fifteenth rounder. Later, that's an ADP
of one hundred and seventy five or beyond. And I
think critical to this discussion is at this stage, all
of these players have wards. I mean, we're gonna make
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a case for these guys, and you might be listening going, well,
what about this and what about this and what about this?
And sometimes we'll acknowledge that stuff, but we're talking about
round fifteen guys. So you know, none of these players
do not have question marks. They all do. To me, Brian,
I'm looking at one of two angles. Can this guy
just be like a consistent, if not splashy performer who
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can help me in a bye week or a short
term injury replacement situation, or does he have some special
traits that could allow him to really emerge this year?
Is this guy really you know, there is there something
about this guy where he hasn't performed at this point,
but then these traits are gonna kick in and the
opportunity is gonna kick in and he could he could
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emerge and have a great year. And I've got a
couple of both category guys, but let's start with Let's
start with Sam Darnold, your choice at quarterback for Round fifteenth.
Or later is adp last I saw he was going
off to board it like his quarterback, like thirty three
deeper than there are teams in the NFL.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
Yeah, you'd be thirty four to be exact. Now, let
me preface this again. What I'm about to say is
no knock on JJ McCarthy. Whatsoever weve JJ McCarthy. He's
got a lot of potential, probably very bright future in
the league. But we're talking solely the twenty twenty four
season on this podcast, and right now JJ McCarthy is
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going is you be twenty five in underdog draft, which is.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
That he may not start a game this year, So yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
And if he does, it's what they're gonna start. Nick Mullens,
excuse me over JJ McCarthy earlier in the season if
they have to. Sam Donald is hurt. So anyway, love
Sam Donald in the last round. Right now. First, let's
talk about the situation in Minnesota. You kind of touched
on this very past friendly system. Kevin O'Connell runs the
Vikings ranked third and passing play percentage last year. As
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you said, they have the best wide receiver in football
under a fresh new contract in Justin Jefferson alongside him,
alongside him as Jordan Addison one of just six wide
receivers to record double digit touchdowns last year, it should
take a big step in his second season. Of course,
t J. Hockinson gonna miss some time, maybe all season.
That stings a little bit, but an exciting arsenal for
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Sam Donald, who will be the quarterback oneen heading into
camp and into the season. Ye, Kevin O'Connell's still sort
of using some kind of you know, quarterback competition between
JJ McCarthy, but that's all smoke screen. You can look
at DraftKings sportsbook. Donald's now minus two seventy to take
the first snap for the Vikings. So that's gonna happen,
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whether some Vikings fans like it or not. But they're
just gonna have to accept it. And really, those who
have accepted it are a lot of them. I'm gonna say,
they're just like, Oh, Donald's gonna start, and he's gonna suck,
and then he's gonna, you know, give way to JJ
McCarthy after they're bye in week six. I don't think
it's gonna be the case.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
It's possible.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
I believe that.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
Would be the earliest to me that would be the
earliest scenario where JJ McCarthy makes a start.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
Now we all know it's easy to say Sam Donald sucks,
he sucked in his career, But to me, that's a lazy,
ignorant take. You just have to go back and look
at the history of this poor kid's career, who, by
the way, he entered the league as the startest young
the youngest starting quarterback in NFL history at the time. Yeah,
still might hold that record.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
I thought a great I think he might. And let
me mention this about that he made a big mistake
coming out when he did. He came out after his
sophomore year, after two years of starting at USC and
they were good years. They weren't even great years, they
were just good years. And that was on darnold he
came out. I think, you know, granted, he he got
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selected with the third overall pick in the draft, so
you know, he made a ton of money and he
read the tea leaves correctly that there would be a
lot of interest in him. But he wasn't ready yet, Brian,
and he came out too soon. And I think part
of your case is that his last couple of years
sitting out as a backup effectively has probably given him
time to mature into the role.
Speaker 3 (06:43):
Oh yeah, he's been through hell and back and it started. Yes,
he came out to early and he didn't have any
control about getting drafted by the Jets, but unfortunately he did.
In his tenure there, he was primarily coached by Adam Gase,
one of the worst head coaches in NFL history, at
least this century, no longer in the league.
Speaker 1 (07:00):
That can. Can I expand on that for a second.
I did a lot. I did a big thing on
Sam Donald on the radio about a week ago, and
so I'm all prepped up on this. Here. Let me
tell you about the coaches he's worked with, head coaches
and offensive coordinators in the games that he in the
times he's had to start, so not counting San Francisco
last year when we only played a meeting this week
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eighteen game, Todd Bowles, his head coaches, Todd Bowles, Adam Gase,
Matt Ruhle, Steve Wilkes. His offensive coordinators Brian name these guys,
where are they now? Jeremy Bates, Dowell Loggins, Joe Brady,
Jeff Nixon, Ben McAdoo. As a group, those offensive coordinators
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and head coaches. One of them is in the league today.
All the rest of them are out out of the league.
That's right, Todd Bowles. He's the only one that has
a job in the NFL today, isn't He doesn't That
say a lot?
Speaker 3 (07:57):
It does. And he was Donald's Bulls was Donald's which
is a rookie year, a defensive guy. You and he
got fired after Donald's rookie season. So he did the
one you know, one head coach that at any legitimacy
to his name anyway, head coach's coaching situation the nightmare
his receiving options throughout his career. These are the top
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receivers he's dealt with, Robbie Anderson, now Robbie chosen, Jameson Crowder,
Chris Herndon, Quincy Unna.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
Yeah, DJ Mooreman DJ Moore in Carolina. He's a legit receiver.
Speaker 3 (08:31):
But that's number one.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
But that's it. But that's it. I mean, you know,
the rest of the receivers he's had to throw to
have been Sam for Sam Donald have been bad.
Speaker 3 (08:40):
And lastly, I'll say the pass blocking, how his offensive
lines graded starting his rookie year. But with the Jets,
then with the Panthers, this is my pro football focus
U pass blocking. Again, they're ranked twenty second, twenty eighth,
thirty first, twenty eighth his first four years in the league.
So again I think he's got and he's got some
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mobility too. He's an athlete a little bit. People don't
know that. No, he has some wheels. Could have played
college basketball if you dig deep enough into his past.
So he's that much of an athlete. So anyway, Sam
Donald a freebie in the last round. If he doesn't
work out for him, you cut him, you drop him,
pick up someone else. But I think he's an ideal
backup candidate and fantasy football, especially if you pay up,
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you know, payout for quarterback with one of the premium
guys like Josh Allen, Jalen Hurts, someone along those lines.
Love Sam Donald in the last round has a ton
of potential in this offense. I'll shut up. I like
hibout him for at least today.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
But here's I'm gonna make my case against Donald and
again because I've I've done all this research on him
and I'm and I'm still saying draft him in round
round whatever, seventeen, that he's going in so I'm not
even I would absolutely take him there. But here's your
case against Donald Way. Too many picks, even for a
young quarterback with bad blocking and lous and receivers good
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not great, but just like good quarterbacks throw about half
a pickup per game, Sam has basically double that. He's
fifty six picks in fifty six starts. Too many interceptions
have plagued him in college, plagued him in the pros.
That's something that's got to get better, and that could
shorten his timeline as a starter. You know, you throw
a bunch of picks in the NFL, and you know
the least gets real short not nearly enough touchdown production.
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And this is very siline for fantasy. Again, good not
elite quarterbacks, just good quarterbacks average about to a game.
Sam has just sixty three touchdowns in fifty six starts.
He's barely one touchdown per game. So that part's not
numbers aren't great.
Speaker 3 (10:41):
And is deep.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
Passing particularly bad? Here is this? Here are his PFF
ranks as a deep passer for Sam Darnold in his
five years getting starts thirty fourth. Again, there's thirty two
teams in the NFL, thirty fourth, thirty first, thirty sixth,
twenty ninth, and twenty eighth. He has just fifteen career
touchdowns of more than twenty yards and again, fifty six
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NFL starts, just fifteen touchdowns of more than twenty yards
struggles under pressure. Here's his completion percentage ranks under pressure,
Thank you Pro Football Focus thirty fifth, twenty eight, thirty second,
twenty fourth, and thirty first. He's played. I mean, what
you can't what you can't, well, you can't get around.
Donald's played some bad football. You just don't know if
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it's because of the surroundings, the position he's been in,
or if it's because he's not a very good quarterback.
And this is gonna be the first time to find out.
Speaker 3 (11:35):
Yeah, he deserves some blame, for sure, but I do
give him the benefit of the doubt for a lot
of bad a lot of bad play around him, and
a lot of bad tutelage coaching that he's had. But
I again, he's been through hell and back, so I'm
excited to see what he can do with the vikings.
I'm gonna close with this angle or more angle? All right, Well,
i'd won more on Sam darld Okay all right, real quick,
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Kevin O'Connell's cut by the New York Jets on hard
knocks in front of the whole world. Do you not
think that Kevin O'Connell wants to take Sam Donald as
a reclamation project, turn him into the all pro quarterback
he was meant to be blue chip prospect and just
shove it right back in the Jets face and say
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look at us. Now. I know it was a whole
different regime at the time Rex Ryan was licking feet
and all that, but still, Kevin O'Connell has so much
spite in his heart.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
He might be licking feet now. We don't know that.
You probably could be a lot of right this minut
he might be.
Speaker 3 (12:35):
He's probably got diamond these days. This there's a bunch
of foot liquors. But anyway, all right, I'm done with Donald.
There was like the whole podcast we could probably no kidding,
Holy cow, Sam Donald, baby, all right, my last pick
of the drafted quarterback. And I considered Russell Wilson here
going off the board as QB thirty I believe, or
thirty one. And because you know, Russell Wilson, he finished
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from weeks eight to from weeks eight to sixteen. Last year,
Russell Wilson was QB eight eight in a bad situation
which his team was trying to actively bench him.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
So I liked him. But the problem is he goes
to Pittsburgh and it's the Arthur Smith problem, right, and
I don't the wide receiver group in Pittsburgh looks really unappealing.
So I decided not to go to with Russell Wilson. Here,
I'm going Bryce Young pick one ninety five in Best
Ball Round seventeen. Brutal last year. But as we broke
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down when we did the Panthers full we did the
offseason recap for the Panthers a couple of weeks ago.
Remember another first overall pick, Trevor Lawrence, looked unfathomably bad
with a bad coaching staff in his rookie year. The
team Nukes's coaching staff brings in receiving help, brings in
better coaching, and then Trevor Lawrence rebounded really nicely. Maybe
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Bryce Young's got that in him. Look at all the
help Bryce Young is getting. The Panthers spent their entire
offseason putting tools around Young to succeed, starting with new
head coach Dave Canalis, who has that history of reviving
the careers of underperforming quarterbacks Gino Smith, Baker Mayfield and
both those guys, you know, they turned around so well
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that they got new sizeable contracts. You know, they came
into their teams on like one year prove it deals
and they walked away with sizeable new contracts.
Speaker 3 (14:25):
Dave Cannils, you remind me of someone too, by the way.
Speaker 1 (14:27):
Sam Donald, by chance, and we get just who are
we going? Back to Sam Donald? Back to Donald. The
Panthers traded for Deontay Johnson, so they've added a solid receiver.
Adam thelem remains fine, if non explosive at this stage
of his career. They're both solid hands, guys who are
going to catch what's thrown to him them. The Panthers
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poured first, second round, and fourth round picks into this offense,
including the marble mouthed Xavier Lagette, bringing vertical speed to
the table, something Thelan and john and don't have. He's
the guy who is got the big, enormous upper body,
the thick build and then runs a four to three
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nine forty. I mean that guy is bringing He is
bringing a totally different skill set to that receiver group
and maybe Xavier Laget's gonna be very good. And they
improved the interior offensive line. They've got a new left guard,
right guard, and center, and last year they were the
twenty seventh best pass blocking unit, so they needed to
get better there too. And the Panthers ad drafts to
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all that stuff. And then lastly, for Bryce Young, Fantasy
Pros has Carolina tied for the easiest strength of schedule
in the entire league for quarterbacks? Bryce Young? Round seventeen,
your backup quarterback. It was brutal last year. Doesn't have
to be brutal this year.
Speaker 3 (15:49):
What do you think, Brian, Yeah, I like it, actually
not lying. I ran into Bryce Young yesterday. I walk
around the Panthers stadium all the time, walk my dog
and I saw him in a said what's up, Bryce?
And he said, I can't sign for you? And I said,
I didn't ask that. God, I'm glad you said that.
Speaker 1 (16:06):
But what does it say that he feels like he's
he's gotta cut that off. That's too bad.
Speaker 3 (16:11):
Yeah, it is a little too bad. But I'll tell
you what. In person, he look smaller than he doesn't.
But I'm pulling for him, and you know Jonathan Mingo too,
who knows, maybe he could. He's a second year wide
receiver too. But like you said, it can only they
bolstered the talent around him. It can only get better
for Bryce Young definitely worth a last round flyer.
Speaker 1 (16:29):
I like to pick all right, who is your last
round of your draft? Running back? Brian.
Speaker 3 (16:35):
I've I only recently discovered this guy a couple of
weeks ago, and I'm I'm really excited about his prospects,
and I'm I'm pretty much addicted to drafting him in
Best Ball right now. And that's Rashene Alie, who was
RB seventy one right now on Underdog Wow. Pick two
fifteen is his ADP. And uh, if you don't know
who Rashien Ali, he's a ali Is. He's a backup
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running back for the Baltimore Raven is now a rookie
out of Marshall, selected in the fifth round in this
pass draft. Likely would have been selected sooner, but he
tore his bicep at the Senior Bowl, so he didn't
play in that game. He wasn't able to test at
the Combine. His his stock certainly took a hit as
a result, but he was he was participating in OTAs
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recently somewhat limited, but he will be full go when
training camp starts in late July. And when he does
or when, sorry, when it does, I think Rashin A
Lee has a great shot of winning the backup running
back job behind Derrick Henry. He's really just competing with
Justice Hill right now. Everyone probably remembers Keaton Mitchell from
last year, but he's all but guaranteed to start going to.
Speaker 1 (17:42):
Miss at least sometime.
Speaker 3 (17:43):
Yeah, yeah, probably at least half the season. So I'm
excited for the prospects for Rashin. Ali has three down potential,
great initial speed and a second burst, so he's capable
of a lot of explosive plays, as evidenced by his
seventh play fifty plus yards last year that led all
of the FBS. He has good power in the gaps again,
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three down potential. He can catch, he can pass protect.
I know Baltimore is saying they expect a huge workload
for Derrick Henry, but I'm not buying it. You know,
the Ravens, they have Super Bowl aspirations. They're not going
to get there by running Derrick Henry into the ground
throughout the regular season in the playoffs, and he is
north of thirty years old, thirty one, thirty two years old.
So right now I'm putting all my bets on Rashein
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Ali and carve out some standalone value. But if something
were to happen to Derick Henry, rashin A Lee could
be your starting running back in one of the most
electric offenses in the NFL, and your your casual fantasy
football player has no idea who he is right now,
so a name to keep your eye on. I'm very
bullish on Rashein Ali right now at very low cost.
Speaker 1 (18:50):
Yeah, he's got some some nice athleticism to him. He
was in Bruce Feldman's Freaks list right which is always
a good sign. Five foot eleven, two hundred pounds, so
he's got the physicality where, you know, if if he
needed to take over some of Derrick Henry's typical reps,
maybe even at the goal line, Rashin Ali interesting.
Speaker 3 (19:13):
I meant to bounce him off Thor really quick, see
what he thought. But I'm just gonna pretend Thor likes
him tall.
Speaker 1 (19:18):
Oh I heard that? Oh yeah, Thor loves Thor loves
him absolutely for sure. Oh good, Yeah, we'll just assume
I'm on Broncos running back Julia McLoughlin currently go after
board ADP one's seventy five running back fifty three in
round fifteen. He plays for the Denver Broncos. You may
remember him from last year. At this stage of the draft,
I'm looking for guys who can show some kind of differentiator, Brian,
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something special that can put them on the field frequently,
even if even if it's not like super consistent, but
enough where they're like demand. The skill set is there,
they just have to get playing time. And McLaughlin can
be a thrilling runner. He's dynamic, he's elusive, he's fast.
Let me give you some stats from last year rookie year.
McLaughlin finished third among all running backs in PFF's elusiveness ratings,
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and he would have graded out as the number one
player the year prior just based on his grade, which
was I think one hundred by their rating system. His
breakaway run percentage was twenty eight percent, fifteenth best in
the entire league, and Jalil McLoughlin finished as Pro Football
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Focuses thirteenth ranked running back thirteenth. We're getting him off
the board at running back fifty three and by the way,
he can catch eighty six percent catch rate last year,
zero drops last year.
Speaker 3 (20:39):
McLoughlin's the closest.
Speaker 1 (20:40):
Thing Sean Payton has to Alan Kamara if he wants
to put if you honest to get Alvin Kamara back,
McLoughlin's his guy, and I'll tell you who it's not.
Let's talk about Javonte Williams for a minute. Man, did
he looked mundane last year coming off the knee injury.
Maybe he's never maybe gets better second year off the
injury and that happens sometimes, or maybe this is just
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who he is now. I mean some guys never come
back from it. I mean look at Gus Edwards for example,
never really the same guy. JK. Dobbins, never really the
same guy. You know Williams last year I mentioned McLoughlin
finished Pro Football Focuses running Back thirteen. Brian, you want
to guess for Javonte Williams finished RB forty one, fifty six,
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fifty six. They only did like four more guys qualified
to get a grade. That's that's how bad Williams was
last year. And let me give you more date on Williams.
Speaker 3 (21:42):
Then, I'll let you jump in the steam. He might
not even make the team. Yeah, I've heard.
Speaker 1 (21:46):
I've seen some of that speculation on Twitter. I mean,
I can't rule it out.
Speaker 3 (21:50):
Get this.
Speaker 1 (21:52):
Per next Gen stats, Williams finished dead last in rushing
yards over expectation at a full yard under expectation. He
was second to last in percentage of runs to go
over expectation. It's bad. Samaj p Ryan's still there, but
he's not really a factor at all, averaging three carries
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and three targets per game. The Broncos did draft Audric
Estimate in the fifth round, and he was productive for
Notre Dame. He was a bigger, bodied, bully guy with
some vision ability to cut, but very different runner. FM McLoughlin,
who brings you some really special traits that I don't
think anybody else has got in this backfield. I love
him at round fifteen ADP one seventy five, Jalia McLoughlin.
Speaker 3 (22:38):
I'm with you a great value and a pounce. Pounce
on him while you can, because that ADP is should
to rise as you get closer to August two. I think,
no doubt.
Speaker 1 (22:49):
Let's go to the wide receiver position. Who's your last
round of your of your draft wide receiver.
Speaker 3 (22:55):
I'm going with Detroit's Khalif Raymond. Right now, his ADP
on a dog is two hundred and twelve. That's good
for wide receiver ninety three. I think he's very, very
undervalued in one of the one of the offenses that
projects to be one of the most pass friendly in
the league this season. Everyone fixated on Aman Ross, ain't
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Brown and Sam Laporta in the passing game for Detroit,
and rightfully understandably, yes, understandably so there should be enough
balls to go around for the Lions. Yes, Jamison Williams
people are predicting a breakout year in what will now
be his third season, but what if that doesn't come
to fruition? And even if it does, Kaliff Raymond still
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poised to be a starter in three wide receiver sets
with Josh Reynolds now in Denver. But Jameson Williams turns
out to be a one trick pony, which he kind
of has looked like so far in his career. We
could see an extended snapcount for Khaliff Raymond, who last
year averaged two point zero seven yards per route run,
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which is a very strong number that put him top
twenty four among wide receivers, and it was a better
clip than the likes of Jamar Chase, Davante, Adams, DK Metcalf,
George Pickens, and Michael Pittman. In terms of yards per
route run. Raymond also averaged more than six yards after
the catch per reception. That's something only seven other wide
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receivers were able to do among wide receivers who saw
at least forty targets. So Raymond super efficient. And again
and what should be a high flying offense, it's playing
like fifteen of their seventeen games in a dome this year,
something like that, which you gotta love. And Jared Goff
has nothing but good things to say about Khaliff Raymond says,
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it's been invaluable to have him. He can trust him anytime.
Speaker 1 (24:46):
A little don't you think, Well, it's a little.
Speaker 3 (24:50):
Bit he's pep, you know, he's pumping him up a
little little bit. But uh, rightfully, So they're gonna be
They're gonna be leaning on Kalif Raymond more than they
have in the past with Josh Reynolds gone. And if
something were to happen to Sun God or Jameson Williams
or Laporta. Even Cliff Raymond could be a seven eight,
nine target per game.
Speaker 1 (25:10):
Guy if those guys go down. Yeah, and even when
they don't, Kalif Raymond could be a spot starter in
some situation.
Speaker 3 (25:18):
Yeah, he's he could be you know, that safe four
to five catch per game guy that gives you that
double digit PPR floor, which is all you need for
a guy you're drafting with the two hundred and twelve
to overall picks. So, Kleiff Raymond, I'm clicking on a
lot in the last round.
Speaker 1 (25:34):
I like it. I'm going to Arizona wide receiver Michael
Wilson currently ADP won seventy seven round fifteen wide receiver
seventy eight off the board. Hollywood Brown gone in Kansas City.
So Wilson walks into the starter's role opposite Marvin Harrison.
He's got the advantage of having a year and Drew
Petsing's offense. He knows the offense and the terminology everything else.
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And remember Wilson is you know, it wasn't like he
was a total schlub. You know, he's a third round
draft pick last year. So they have some legit draft
equity in him now. Michael Wilson struggled with terrible quarterbacking
in the beginning of the year. Then he had a
shoulder injury right in the middle of his rookie year
and that sapped like six seven weeks right out of
the middle of his season. But then at the end
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of the year he finally gets healthy and Kyler Murray
is then the quarterback and in the final two games
of the year, Wilson scores a touchdown and then posts
ninety five yards in the final game of the year,
So we started to see a little end of season
kick for Michael Wilson. Just one drop all of last year,
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which is promising. Wilson can be a downhill threat. He
finished with the eighteenth deepest a dot among all wide
receivers and had a healthy fifteen yards per reception, which
is very good. Yeah is he He's got to compete
for targets with Trey McBride, who's turned into a target hog.
Marvin Harrison is going to be very good. Greg Dortch
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is there too, but that doesn't matter a lot. Michael
Wilson Round fifteen with competent quarterback and an offense that
got a lot better as we've As we've mentioned many
times this offseason, Cardinals offense came to life in December,
averaging twenty five points per game at the end of
the year when nobody was paying any attention to Cardinals football.
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So there's a little something there for Michael Wilson as
a sure starter in an offense that might be better
than people think.
Speaker 3 (27:30):
Oh yeah, no doubt. And he's certainly not going to
be seeing any double teams for the top corners in
any game. Yeah, I'm excited about the Cardinals offense as
a whole. Kyler Murray dark horse QB one candidate, just
to go off off track a little bit, if he
stays healthy with Harrison now and McBride and Wilson and
his obvious rushing potential.
Speaker 1 (27:51):
To be one like as a starting quarterback in fantasy
football or the top scoring quarterback in fantasy.
Speaker 3 (27:57):
Offense score stop top scoring quarterback has that potential, has
the profile playing for a team that's not great on
defense either, probably a lot of positive game scripts he was.
Murray was one hundred and fifty to one on FanDuel
to win Offensive Player of the Year, and I've put
quite a bit of PiZZ of money on that, considering
on other sites, he was like fifty sixty to one.
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He's got the I don't know why I'm talking about
Kyler Murray right now, but I love all the Cardinals,
and Michael Wilson one of them.
Speaker 1 (28:24):
Yeah, I do. I like betting on improving offenses, and
this is one of them. And I don't mean betting,
I don't mean betting cash. I just mean fantasy wise.
I like I like buying low. I did it, you
did it on a bunch of Houston players last year.
This is this is an offensive that looks like it's
going to be a lot better for sure. Let's take
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a break, and when we come back, let's get in
our final, our final sleeper guys, beginning beginning with one
that well, I don't even I don't actually, I don't
even know who your sleeper tight end is.
Speaker 3 (28:55):
Do I you know? You know I bring the goods
on sleeper tight ends. Jeish, I got a good one,
come good.
Speaker 1 (29:00):
And I've got a long time favorite that I think
is set to finally do great things. We'll find out
who the Aaron Moments. Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly. Thanks
for joining us if you haven't joined our discord. You
should really do that. Check the show notes and jump
into our discord channel. Also of note, Chop podcast is
gonna come back soon. You excited, Brian? Oh yeah, let's
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talk Guillotine. It's been a long off season. I'm excited
to get back and the Guillotine frame of mind, it's
gonna be a fantastic season. We've got a bunch of
new stuff coming. Oh can't wait. Chop Podcast check that
out as well. All right, last pick of your draft,
and you need a tight end. Maybe it's probably not
your first tight end off the board, but you need
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a backup for whoever you took in the whoever your
first tight end was. Who are you looking at here?
Speaker 2 (29:47):
Brian?
Speaker 3 (29:49):
I like, uh, this guy Definitely you want to start
the season as a backup, but he could have starter
potential as the season wears on, hopefully not too long
into the season. And that's the rams Colby Parkinson formerly
of the Seahawks. We'll talk about that a little more
in the second his former team, but right now, Colby.
Speaker 1 (30:09):
Barby Parkinson, you say, wowkay off the board as tight
end thirty two, pick two fourteen overall. Wow.
Speaker 3 (30:19):
Most people when they think of Rams and tight ends
in recent history.
Speaker 1 (30:22):
They think of Tyle Tyler Higbee.
Speaker 3 (30:23):
Right, yes, but Higbee tore his ACL and MCL in
the playoffs last year, so he most certainly will be
starting the season on the pup list, probably won't even
play another snap for the Rams. Sadly, I think his
time might be up. I don't think he sees the
field this year. So enter Colby Parkinson. Free agent Colby Parkinson,
who la signed to a two year deal with fifteen
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million and guarantees. That's that's starter money right there for
Colby Parkinson, who is six seven, two hundred and fifty
two pounds and ran a four eight.
Speaker 1 (30:55):
Forty Wow col right, I did not realize.
Speaker 3 (30:58):
That he is an athlete. And Parkinson was stuck in
a three tight end platoon with the Seahawks previously with
Noah Fant and Will Dislay, so no tight end could
stand out in Seattle's old regime. That should change this year.
I do like Noah fan do'll throw that out there
real quick. But sticking with Parkinson, he appears to be
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the guy for the Rams, who have utilized their tight
end heavily under Sean McVay and last year Parkinson proved
to be a receiving threat went on the field. He
took more than or at least half of his snaps
in the slot or out wide. So you know, we
love Puka Nakua. Cooper Cup supposedly healthy again, but Cup
is up there in age, could get hurt. So there's
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not a lot of receiving depth behind Nikouah. There's DeMarcus Robinson,
but not a lot of size, especially with two two
at well as what they're fourth wide receiver. So Colby
Parkinson a guy I'm targeting as my tight end two
in later rounds, So keep your eye on Colby. He
could surprise a lot of people.
Speaker 1 (32:01):
That is some deep, deep stuff right there. But you
want the Rams starting tight end in the what'd you say,
round twenty twenty five, something like that last pick of
your draft, the Rams starting tight.
Speaker 3 (32:13):
End, and you get your two revenge games baked in
per years.
Speaker 1 (32:19):
Yeah, there you go, and yet we know how you
love that.
Speaker 3 (32:22):
Well little bonus.
Speaker 1 (32:23):
Longtime listeners already should know where I'm headed with my
tight end with the last pick of your draft, Indianapolis's
Jilannie Woods, my guy ADP selection two hundred and fourteen
tight end twenty eight, Round eighteen for Jilanni Woods. You've
probably heard me talk about him before. Tragically, you know,
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I was talking about him at this time last year,
but then amstring injury sidelined him for the entire season.
So here's a refresher. An elite size speed freak athlete.
He is six foot seven, two hundred and fifty five pounds,
came out of Virginia two years ago. Do you know
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what his RASS ranking was, Brian, you happen to recall
for Jelanni Woods athletic score?
Speaker 3 (33:14):
Yes, probably off the charts.
Speaker 1 (33:17):
That would be a perfect ten out of ten in
the history of the RASS looking at one thou ten
tight ends, he's number one with the highest relative athletic
score of all time in the thirty five year history
of RASS testing. So he's fast, he can get open downfield.
Jolnni Woods. Then after the catch is a complete mismatch
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because he's got these cornerbacks that are trying to tackle
a six foot seven, two hundred fifty five pound guy
where they're giving up a foot in fifty pounds. It's
a big, big mismatch. He's also excellent blocker that could
keep him on the field. He was a goal line
target in college, scored eight times his senior year alone,
and Jelanni Woods only needs to beat out the middling
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talents of Moli Cox Kylon Granson for playing time. They're
not athletically, they're not even in the same ballpark. I
want to try Johnny Woods, see if this is the
big third year tight end breakout coming. We know that
happens a lot, the third year tight end breakout. He
missed the season, so it's kind of like a second
but yeah, maybe this is it all comes together for
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Johnny Wood and in round eighteen. Yeah, that's my guy,
Johnny Woods.
Speaker 3 (34:27):
Yeah, definitely worth a flyer in the last round. Deserts
to be going a round or two sooner based on
his potential. Yeah, Moli Cox, Kylon Grantson, they've had their
they've had their chance when when Woods has been hurt.
So hopefully Wood stays healthy and the Colts just let
them play.
Speaker 1 (34:41):
Let that kid play. Absolutely.
Speaker 3 (34:43):
Yeah, we brought the beef for tight ends. Parkinson's six '
seven too. Yeah, how about that.
Speaker 1 (34:50):
That's amazing. I didn't think there was another six to
seven tight end in.
Speaker 3 (34:53):
The league being either. I remember he didn't play much
obviously Woods last year, but when he was on the field.
Remember watching one Colts game, it might have been the
Vikings game when the Vikings came back like thirty three
nothing but Woods this like dwarfed all the offensive linemen
in the huddle. You're like, who yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (35:14):
The tight end. That's their tight end streaking down the seam. Yeah,
he's uh, he's gonna get this at his size six
foot seven, two hundred fifty five pounds. He was a
quarterback in high school and the beginning of college quarterback
six seven, two point fifty five. That's that's unreal. Toilanni Woods,
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my love affair continues. It's not. It's not abating now,
I can tell you that much. Not in around eighteen,
that's not.
Speaker 3 (35:44):
Can I throw out a quick bonus tight end?
Speaker 1 (35:47):
Yeah yeah please do.
Speaker 3 (35:49):
Empire players and another guy I just kind of heard about,
and this is uh, you know, this is a future play,
probably not coming into play this year, but keep your
eye on Jared Wiley, who is uh looks to be
the backup tight end now for the Chiefs. Rookie Jared
Wiley out of Texas Christian University getting rave reviews and
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basically getting comped to Travis Kelcey, a young Travis Kelcey,
and he's obviously learning behind Travis Kelcey right now. And
Travis Kelcey's expiration date so year or two. So Jared Wiley,
if you're looking for a tight end to stash in
Dynasty or Empire leagues, that's the name you want to
keep in mind.
Speaker 1 (36:30):
Other guys I considered Damian Pierce can't. But I can't
bring up his name anymore, right, So I can't. I
couldn't officially go to bat for Damian Pierce, and he
had a bad season. But all YES to do is
give I Joe Mixon. Dude, is Joe Mixon is so cooked,
so cooked, he's got nothing left. What do you think
of Ray Davis? Yeah, Buffalo's back presumed backup running back
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behind James Couk.
Speaker 3 (36:58):
Yeah. I remember when we did the team previews, I
had the Bills and James Cook. I believe that the
Bills had twenty rushing touchdowns and James Cook had two
of them, right, right, So it's Josh Allen is the
guy that they need someone other than Josh Allen to
be the guy at the goal line. And that's not
James Cook. And uh yeah, Ray Davis, why not Why
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I liked him? Just beat James Cook outright.
Speaker 1 (37:23):
Well, I don't know that he's as good as James Cook,
but he's not that far off. You know what he's got.
He can do a little of everything, which you have
to do with the bills. You have to be able
as a running back. You have to be able to catch,
you got to be able to pass, protect, you gotta
do a little of everything, and he's got those trades.
Thor thinks that Ray Davis is good at a lot
of things, not special at any and he doesn't think
he's got huge upside. But again, last pick of the
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draft kind of territory I like. I like the Buffalo
running back Ray Davis.
Speaker 3 (37:51):
Yeah. Buffalo went very run heavy in the second half
of the season last year, and that looks to be
the case this Yeah.
Speaker 1 (37:57):
I mean, given the receivers, right, Kean Coleman and Curtis
Samuel and Khalil Shakir. I mean they've got to go
run heavy, don't they. And you know they're not gonna
run James Cook into the ground because they never do
their running backs that way.
Speaker 3 (38:10):
Yeah, absolutely, Davis.
Speaker 1 (38:12):
Yeah, there you go all right, thanks for thanks for listening.
Everybody appreciate getting to the end of the show. We'll
we'll be back next week, and I can't I think
I know what we've got coming next week. To have
it in front of me, darn it, I don't have
I don't have the topic in front of me, but
I think it's already all planned out.
Speaker 3 (38:29):
It'll be riveting.
Speaker 1 (38:31):
Yeah, God, it's gonna be It's gonna be so good. Oh,
you know what it is. Matt Harrison wants to talk
about now that do the opposite is just normal drafting, right,
this is it's become so widely accepted. Matt wants to
talk about, at what point do you undo the opposite?
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At what point are running backs such particularly such big
values that you have to move on them. So we're
gonna we're gonna h that next week, and that'll be fun.
And I'll give me a chance to uh, give me
a chance to chat with him a little bit about
that and and defend might do the opposite, which I'll
usually do. But there's a point of which I you know,
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there's a point in which I'll take running backs to
if a guy falls far enough Christian McCaffrey's looking at
me in the second half of the first round him
and you're thinking real hard about that.
Speaker 3 (39:20):
Yeah, I don't think that's gonna be happen.
Speaker 1 (39:21):
That's not gonna happen. An it's not gonna happen in
any of them. But should he be the first pick
in a guillotine draft, you might want to listen to
the Chat podcast for that and more. Thanks everybody, talk
to you next week. Bye bye. Fantasy Football Weekly is
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Speaker 2 (00:06):
Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from iHeartRadio, your weekly
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whatever stupid stuff they decide to drop into the show. Now,
here's your host, Paul Chargion.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Hey everybody, it's another edition of Fantasy Football Weekly. I
am Paul Charchian. Guest today Brian Johnson, Hey, buddy.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
What's going on? Charge? Brian Johnson aka Sam Darnold the.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
Believer Sam A preview of coming attractions. Today, we're talking
about last picks of your draft, whether it's Best Ball drafts, redrafts.
What is the last pick of the draft and who
should you take. We're going to give you suggestions at
each of the four key positions we're not doing tight
end to defense.
Speaker 3 (00:57):
And these are guys too, who we think we'll start
upwards in terms of adp as we draw nearer to
quote unquote the real draft season right now. It's always
the draft season these days, but it kind of your
eye on these guys now.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
Especially Sam Donald, as America starts to realize that he's
going to be the starting, starting quarterback for a guy
throwing to Justin Jefferson. His his ADP is going to
go way, way up. I believe we'll find out. We'll
talk more about it in a few minutes.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
I can't tell if that's satirical or no, that's not
at all genuine. All right, good, No, not at all.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
This Sam Donald right now is one of my five
to ten favorite sleepers across all positions because I believe
he will start more most of the season, and he's
got a really nice opportunity with the talent around him
Jordan Addison, a pass catching running back, and Aaron Jones.
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While I'm stealing your your bullet points, so I won't
do that.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
Okay. I love hearing someone else brace Sam Donald for once.
I feel like I'm a one, one man army on Twitter.
That's not true. There is a nice The Sam Donald
Hive is growing by the day. People are starting to believe.
So well, okay all day with Sam Donald, stef charge.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
That's fine. So let me just set up well, let's
jump right into Sam Darnald. But let me just set
this up as we talk through our favorite last picks
of your draft. First, you got your guy has to
be going in the fifteenth rounder. Later, that's an ADP
of one hundred and seventy five or beyond. And I
think critical to this discussion is at this stage, all
of these players have wards. I mean, we're gonna make
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a case for these guys, and you might be listening going, well,
what about this and what about this and what about this?
And sometimes we'll acknowledge that stuff, but we're talking about
round fifteen guys. So you know, none of these players
do not have question marks. They all do. To me, Brian,
I'm looking at one of two angles. Can this guy
just be like a consistent, if not splashy performer who
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can help me in a bye week or a short
term injury replacement situation, or does he have some special
traits that could allow him to really emerge this year?
Is this guy really you know, there is there something
about this guy where he hasn't performed at this point,
but then these traits are gonna kick in and the
opportunity is gonna kick in and he could he could
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emerge and have a great year. And I've got a
couple of both category guys, but let's start with Let's
start with Sam Darnold, your choice at quarterback for Round fifteenth.
Or later is adp last I saw he was going
off to board it like his quarterback, like thirty three
deeper than there are teams in the NFL.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
Yeah, you'd be thirty four to be exact. Now, let
me preface this again. What I'm about to say is
no knock on JJ McCarthy. Whatsoever weve JJ McCarthy. He's
got a lot of potential, probably very bright future in
the league. But we're talking solely the twenty twenty four
season on this podcast, and right now JJ McCarthy is
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going is you be twenty five in underdog draft, which is.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
That he may not start a game this year, So yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
And if he does, it's what they're gonna start. Nick Mullens,
excuse me over JJ McCarthy earlier in the season if
they have to. Sam Donald is hurt. So anyway, love
Sam Donald in the last round. Right now. First, let's
talk about the situation in Minnesota. You kind of touched
on this very past friendly system. Kevin O'Connell runs the
Vikings ranked third and passing play percentage last year. As
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you said, they have the best wide receiver in football
under a fresh new contract in Justin Jefferson alongside him,
alongside him as Jordan Addison one of just six wide
receivers to record double digit touchdowns last year, it should
take a big step in his second season. Of course,
t J. Hockinson gonna miss some time, maybe all season.
That stings a little bit, but an exciting arsenal for
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Sam Donald, who will be the quarterback oneen heading into
camp and into the season. Ye, Kevin O'Connell's still sort
of using some kind of you know, quarterback competition between
JJ McCarthy, but that's all smoke screen. You can look
at DraftKings sportsbook. Donald's now minus two seventy to take
the first snap for the Vikings. So that's gonna happen,
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whether some Vikings fans like it or not. But they're
just gonna have to accept it. And really, those who
have accepted it are a lot of them. I'm gonna say,
they're just like, Oh, Donald's gonna start, and he's gonna suck,
and then he's gonna, you know, give way to JJ
McCarthy after they're bye in week six. I don't think
it's gonna be the case.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
It's possible.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
I believe that.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
Would be the earliest to me that would be the
earliest scenario where JJ McCarthy makes a start.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
Now we all know it's easy to say Sam Donald sucks,
he sucked in his career, But to me, that's a lazy,
ignorant take. You just have to go back and look
at the history of this poor kid's career, who, by
the way, he entered the league as the startest young
the youngest starting quarterback in NFL history at the time. Yeah,
still might hold that record.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
I thought a great I think he might. And let
me mention this about that he made a big mistake
coming out when he did. He came out after his
sophomore year, after two years of starting at USC and
they were good years. They weren't even great years, they
were just good years. And that was on darnold he
came out. I think, you know, granted, he he got
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selected with the third overall pick in the draft, so
you know, he made a ton of money and he
read the tea leaves correctly that there would be a
lot of interest in him. But he wasn't ready yet, Brian,
and he came out too soon. And I think part
of your case is that his last couple of years
sitting out as a backup effectively has probably given him
time to mature into the role.
Speaker 3 (06:43):
Oh yeah, he's been through hell and back and it started. Yes,
he came out to early and he didn't have any
control about getting drafted by the Jets, but unfortunately he did.
In his tenure there, he was primarily coached by Adam Gase,
one of the worst head coaches in NFL history, at
least this century, no longer in the league.
Speaker 1 (07:00):
That can. Can I expand on that for a second.
I did a lot. I did a big thing on
Sam Donald on the radio about a week ago, and
so I'm all prepped up on this. Here. Let me
tell you about the coaches he's worked with, head coaches
and offensive coordinators in the games that he in the
times he's had to start, so not counting San Francisco
last year when we only played a meeting this week
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eighteen game, Todd Bowles, his head coaches, Todd Bowles, Adam Gase,
Matt Ruhle, Steve Wilkes. His offensive coordinators Brian name these guys,
where are they now? Jeremy Bates, Dowell Loggins, Joe Brady,
Jeff Nixon, Ben McAdoo. As a group, those offensive coordinators
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and head coaches. One of them is in the league today.
All the rest of them are out out of the league.
That's right, Todd Bowles. He's the only one that has
a job in the NFL today, isn't He doesn't That
say a lot?
Speaker 3 (07:57):
It does. And he was Donald's Bulls was Donald's which
is a rookie year, a defensive guy. You and he
got fired after Donald's rookie season. So he did the
one you know, one head coach that at any legitimacy
to his name anyway, head coach's coaching situation the nightmare
his receiving options throughout his career. These are the top
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receivers he's dealt with, Robbie Anderson, now Robbie chosen, Jameson Crowder,
Chris Herndon, Quincy Unna.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
Yeah, DJ Mooreman DJ Moore in Carolina. He's a legit receiver.
Speaker 3 (08:31):
But that's number one.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
But that's it. But that's it. I mean, you know,
the rest of the receivers he's had to throw to
have been Sam for Sam Donald have been bad.
Speaker 3 (08:40):
And lastly, I'll say the pass blocking, how his offensive
lines graded starting his rookie year. But with the Jets,
then with the Panthers, this is my pro football focus
U pass blocking. Again, they're ranked twenty second, twenty eighth,
thirty first, twenty eighth his first four years in the league.
So again I think he's got and he's got some
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mobility too. He's an athlete a little bit. People don't
know that. No, he has some wheels. Could have played
college basketball if you dig deep enough into his past.
So he's that much of an athlete. So anyway, Sam
Donald a freebie in the last round. If he doesn't
work out for him, you cut him, you drop him,
pick up someone else. But I think he's an ideal
backup candidate and fantasy football, especially if you pay up,
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you know, payout for quarterback with one of the premium
guys like Josh Allen, Jalen Hurts, someone along those lines.
Love Sam Donald in the last round has a ton
of potential in this offense. I'll shut up. I like
hibout him for at least today.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
But here's I'm gonna make my case against Donald and
again because I've I've done all this research on him
and I'm and I'm still saying draft him in round
round whatever, seventeen, that he's going in so I'm not
even I would absolutely take him there. But here's your
case against Donald Way. Too many picks, even for a
young quarterback with bad blocking and lous and receivers good
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not great, but just like good quarterbacks throw about half
a pickup per game, Sam has basically double that. He's
fifty six picks in fifty six starts. Too many interceptions
have plagued him in college, plagued him in the pros.
That's something that's got to get better, and that could
shorten his timeline as a starter. You know, you throw
a bunch of picks in the NFL, and you know
the least gets real short not nearly enough touchdown production.
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And this is very siline for fantasy. Again, good not
elite quarterbacks, just good quarterbacks average about to a game.
Sam has just sixty three touchdowns in fifty six starts.
He's barely one touchdown per game. So that part's not
numbers aren't great.
Speaker 3 (10:41):
And is deep.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
Passing particularly bad? Here is this? Here are his PFF
ranks as a deep passer for Sam Darnold in his
five years getting starts thirty fourth. Again, there's thirty two
teams in the NFL, thirty fourth, thirty first, thirty sixth,
twenty ninth, and twenty eighth. He has just fifteen career
touchdowns of more than twenty yards and again, fifty six
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NFL starts, just fifteen touchdowns of more than twenty yards
struggles under pressure. Here's his completion percentage ranks under pressure,
Thank you Pro Football Focus thirty fifth, twenty eight, thirty second,
twenty fourth, and thirty first. He's played. I mean, what
you can't what you can't, well, you can't get around.
Donald's played some bad football. You just don't know if
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it's because of the surroundings, the position he's been in,
or if it's because he's not a very good quarterback.
And this is gonna be the first time to find out.
Speaker 3 (11:35):
Yeah, he deserves some blame, for sure, but I do
give him the benefit of the doubt for a lot
of bad a lot of bad play around him, and
a lot of bad tutelage coaching that he's had. But
I again, he's been through hell and back, so I'm
excited to see what he can do with the vikings.
I'm gonna close with this angle or more angle? All right, Well,
i'd won more on Sam darld Okay all right, real quick,
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Kevin O'Connell's cut by the New York Jets on hard
knocks in front of the whole world. Do you not
think that Kevin O'Connell wants to take Sam Donald as
a reclamation project, turn him into the all pro quarterback
he was meant to be blue chip prospect and just
shove it right back in the Jets face and say
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look at us. Now. I know it was a whole
different regime at the time Rex Ryan was licking feet
and all that, but still, Kevin O'Connell has so much
spite in his heart.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
He might be licking feet now. We don't know that.
You probably could be a lot of right this minut
he might be.
Speaker 3 (12:35):
He's probably got diamond these days. This there's a bunch
of foot liquors. But anyway, all right, I'm done with Donald.
There was like the whole podcast we could probably no kidding,
Holy cow, Sam Donald, baby, all right, my last pick
of the drafted quarterback. And I considered Russell Wilson here
going off the board as QB thirty I believe, or
thirty one. And because you know, Russell Wilson, he finished
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from weeks eight to from weeks eight to sixteen. Last year,
Russell Wilson was QB eight eight in a bad situation
which his team was trying to actively bench him.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
So I liked him. But the problem is he goes
to Pittsburgh and it's the Arthur Smith problem, right, and
I don't the wide receiver group in Pittsburgh looks really unappealing.
So I decided not to go to with Russell Wilson. Here,
I'm going Bryce Young pick one ninety five in Best
Ball Round seventeen. Brutal last year. But as we broke
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down when we did the Panthers full we did the
offseason recap for the Panthers a couple of weeks ago.
Remember another first overall pick, Trevor Lawrence, looked unfathomably bad
with a bad coaching staff in his rookie year. The
team Nukes's coaching staff brings in receiving help, brings in
better coaching, and then Trevor Lawrence rebounded really nicely. Maybe
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Bryce Young's got that in him. Look at all the
help Bryce Young is getting. The Panthers spent their entire
offseason putting tools around Young to succeed, starting with new
head coach Dave Canalis, who has that history of reviving
the careers of underperforming quarterbacks Gino Smith, Baker Mayfield and
both those guys, you know, they turned around so well
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that they got new sizeable contracts. You know, they came
into their teams on like one year prove it deals
and they walked away with sizeable new contracts.
Speaker 3 (14:25):
Dave Cannils, you remind me of someone too, by the way.
Speaker 1 (14:27):
Sam Donald, by chance, and we get just who are
we going? Back to Sam Donald? Back to Donald. The
Panthers traded for Deontay Johnson, so they've added a solid receiver.
Adam thelem remains fine, if non explosive at this stage
of his career. They're both solid hands, guys who are
going to catch what's thrown to him them. The Panthers
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poured first, second round, and fourth round picks into this offense,
including the marble mouthed Xavier Lagette, bringing vertical speed to
the table, something Thelan and john and don't have. He's
the guy who is got the big, enormous upper body,
the thick build and then runs a four to three
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nine forty. I mean that guy is bringing He is
bringing a totally different skill set to that receiver group
and maybe Xavier Laget's gonna be very good. And they
improved the interior offensive line. They've got a new left guard,
right guard, and center, and last year they were the
twenty seventh best pass blocking unit, so they needed to
get better there too. And the Panthers ad drafts to
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all that stuff. And then lastly, for Bryce Young, Fantasy
Pros has Carolina tied for the easiest strength of schedule
in the entire league for quarterbacks? Bryce Young? Round seventeen,
your backup quarterback. It was brutal last year. Doesn't have
to be brutal this year.
Speaker 3 (15:49):
What do you think, Brian, Yeah, I like it, actually
not lying. I ran into Bryce Young yesterday. I walk
around the Panthers stadium all the time, walk my dog
and I saw him in a said what's up, Bryce?
And he said, I can't sign for you? And I said,
I didn't ask that. God, I'm glad you said that.
Speaker 1 (16:06):
But what does it say that he feels like he's
he's gotta cut that off. That's too bad.
Speaker 3 (16:11):
Yeah, it is a little too bad. But I'll tell
you what. In person, he look smaller than he doesn't.
But I'm pulling for him, and you know Jonathan Mingo too,
who knows, maybe he could. He's a second year wide
receiver too. But like you said, it can only they
bolstered the talent around him. It can only get better
for Bryce Young definitely worth a last round flyer.
Speaker 1 (16:29):
I like to pick all right, who is your last
round of your draft? Running back? Brian.
Speaker 3 (16:35):
I've I only recently discovered this guy a couple of
weeks ago, and I'm I'm really excited about his prospects,
and I'm I'm pretty much addicted to drafting him in
Best Ball right now. And that's Rashene Alie, who was
RB seventy one right now on Underdog Wow. Pick two
fifteen is his ADP. And uh, if you don't know
who Rashien Ali, he's a ali Is. He's a backup
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running back for the Baltimore Raven is now a rookie
out of Marshall, selected in the fifth round in this
pass draft. Likely would have been selected sooner, but he
tore his bicep at the Senior Bowl, so he didn't
play in that game. He wasn't able to test at
the Combine. His his stock certainly took a hit as
a result, but he was he was participating in OTAs
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recently somewhat limited, but he will be full go when
training camp starts in late July. And when he does
or when, sorry, when it does, I think Rashin A
Lee has a great shot of winning the backup running
back job behind Derrick Henry. He's really just competing with
Justice Hill right now. Everyone probably remembers Keaton Mitchell from
last year, but he's all but guaranteed to start going to.
Speaker 1 (17:42):
Miss at least sometime.
Speaker 3 (17:43):
Yeah, yeah, probably at least half the season. So I'm
excited for the prospects for Rashin. Ali has three down potential,
great initial speed and a second burst, so he's capable
of a lot of explosive plays, as evidenced by his
seventh play fifty plus yards last year that led all
of the FBS. He has good power in the gaps again,
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three down potential. He can catch, he can pass protect.
I know Baltimore is saying they expect a huge workload
for Derrick Henry, but I'm not buying it. You know,
the Ravens, they have Super Bowl aspirations. They're not going
to get there by running Derrick Henry into the ground
throughout the regular season in the playoffs, and he is
north of thirty years old, thirty one, thirty two years old.
So right now I'm putting all my bets on Rashein
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Ali and carve out some standalone value. But if something
were to happen to Derick Henry, rashin A Lee could
be your starting running back in one of the most
electric offenses in the NFL, and your your casual fantasy
football player has no idea who he is right now,
so a name to keep your eye on. I'm very
bullish on Rashein Ali right now at very low cost.
Speaker 1 (18:50):
Yeah, he's got some some nice athleticism to him. He
was in Bruce Feldman's Freaks list right which is always
a good sign. Five foot eleven, two hundred pounds, so
he's got the physicality where, you know, if if he
needed to take over some of Derrick Henry's typical reps,
maybe even at the goal line, Rashin Ali interesting.
Speaker 3 (19:13):
I meant to bounce him off Thor really quick, see
what he thought. But I'm just gonna pretend Thor likes
him tall.
Speaker 1 (19:18):
Oh I heard that? Oh yeah, Thor loves Thor loves
him absolutely for sure. Oh good, Yeah, we'll just assume
I'm on Broncos running back Julia McLoughlin currently go after
board ADP one's seventy five running back fifty three in
round fifteen. He plays for the Denver Broncos. You may
remember him from last year. At this stage of the draft,
I'm looking for guys who can show some kind of differentiator, Brian,
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something special that can put them on the field frequently,
even if even if it's not like super consistent, but
enough where they're like demand. The skill set is there,
they just have to get playing time. And McLaughlin can
be a thrilling runner. He's dynamic, he's elusive, he's fast.
Let me give you some stats from last year rookie year.
McLaughlin finished third among all running backs in PFF's elusiveness ratings,
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and he would have graded out as the number one
player the year prior just based on his grade, which
was I think one hundred by their rating system. His
breakaway run percentage was twenty eight percent, fifteenth best in
the entire league, and Jalil McLoughlin finished as Pro Football
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Focuses thirteenth ranked running back thirteenth. We're getting him off
the board at running back fifty three and by the way,
he can catch eighty six percent catch rate last year,
zero drops last year.
Speaker 3 (20:39):
McLoughlin's the closest.
Speaker 1 (20:40):
Thing Sean Payton has to Alan Kamara if he wants
to put if you honest to get Alvin Kamara back,
McLoughlin's his guy, and I'll tell you who it's not.
Let's talk about Javonte Williams for a minute. Man, did
he looked mundane last year coming off the knee injury.
Maybe he's never maybe gets better second year off the
injury and that happens sometimes, or maybe this is just
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who he is now. I mean some guys never come
back from it. I mean look at Gus Edwards for example,
never really the same guy. JK. Dobbins, never really the
same guy. You know Williams last year I mentioned McLoughlin
finished Pro Football Focuses running Back thirteen. Brian, you want
to guess for Javonte Williams finished RB forty one, fifty six,
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fifty six. They only did like four more guys qualified
to get a grade. That's that's how bad Williams was
last year. And let me give you more date on Williams.
Speaker 3 (21:42):
Then, I'll let you jump in the steam. He might
not even make the team. Yeah, I've heard.
Speaker 1 (21:46):
I've seen some of that speculation on Twitter. I mean,
I can't rule it out.
Speaker 3 (21:50):
Get this.
Speaker 1 (21:52):
Per next Gen stats, Williams finished dead last in rushing
yards over expectation at a full yard under expectation. He
was second to last in percentage of runs to go
over expectation. It's bad. Samaj p Ryan's still there, but
he's not really a factor at all, averaging three carries
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and three targets per game. The Broncos did draft Audric
Estimate in the fifth round, and he was productive for
Notre Dame. He was a bigger, bodied, bully guy with
some vision ability to cut, but very different runner. FM McLoughlin,
who brings you some really special traits that I don't
think anybody else has got in this backfield. I love
him at round fifteen ADP one seventy five, Jalia McLoughlin.
Speaker 3 (22:38):
I'm with you a great value and a pounce. Pounce
on him while you can, because that ADP is should
to rise as you get closer to August two. I think,
no doubt.
Speaker 1 (22:49):
Let's go to the wide receiver position. Who's your last
round of your of your draft wide receiver.
Speaker 3 (22:55):
I'm going with Detroit's Khalif Raymond. Right now, his ADP
on a dog is two hundred and twelve. That's good
for wide receiver ninety three. I think he's very, very
undervalued in one of the one of the offenses that
projects to be one of the most pass friendly in
the league this season. Everyone fixated on Aman Ross, ain't
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Brown and Sam Laporta in the passing game for Detroit,
and rightfully understandably, yes, understandably so there should be enough
balls to go around for the Lions. Yes, Jamison Williams
people are predicting a breakout year in what will now
be his third season, but what if that doesn't come
to fruition? And even if it does, Kaliff Raymond still
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poised to be a starter in three wide receiver sets
with Josh Reynolds now in Denver. But Jameson Williams turns
out to be a one trick pony, which he kind
of has looked like so far in his career. We
could see an extended snapcount for Khaliff Raymond, who last
year averaged two point zero seven yards per route run,
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which is a very strong number that put him top
twenty four among wide receivers, and it was a better
clip than the likes of Jamar Chase, Davante, Adams, DK Metcalf,
George Pickens, and Michael Pittman. In terms of yards per
route run. Raymond also averaged more than six yards after
the catch per reception. That's something only seven other wide
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receivers were able to do among wide receivers who saw
at least forty targets. So Raymond super efficient. And again
and what should be a high flying offense, it's playing
like fifteen of their seventeen games in a dome this year,
something like that, which you gotta love. And Jared Goff
has nothing but good things to say about Khaliff Raymond says,
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it's been invaluable to have him. He can trust him anytime.
Speaker 1 (24:46):
A little don't you think, Well, it's a little.
Speaker 3 (24:50):
Bit he's pep, you know, he's pumping him up a
little little bit. But uh, rightfully, So they're gonna be
They're gonna be leaning on Kalif Raymond more than they
have in the past with Josh Reynolds gone. And if
something were to happen to Sun God or Jameson Williams
or Laporta. Even Cliff Raymond could be a seven eight,
nine target per game.
Speaker 1 (25:10):
Guy if those guys go down. Yeah, and even when
they don't, Kalif Raymond could be a spot starter in
some situation.
Speaker 3 (25:18):
Yeah, he's he could be you know, that safe four
to five catch per game guy that gives you that
double digit PPR floor, which is all you need for
a guy you're drafting with the two hundred and twelve
to overall picks. So, Kleiff Raymond, I'm clicking on a
lot in the last round.
Speaker 1 (25:34):
I like it. I'm going to Arizona wide receiver Michael
Wilson currently ADP won seventy seven round fifteen wide receiver
seventy eight off the board. Hollywood Brown gone in Kansas City.
So Wilson walks into the starter's role opposite Marvin Harrison.
He's got the advantage of having a year and Drew
Petsing's offense. He knows the offense and the terminology everything else.
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And remember Wilson is you know, it wasn't like he
was a total schlub. You know, he's a third round
draft pick last year. So they have some legit draft
equity in him now. Michael Wilson struggled with terrible quarterbacking
in the beginning of the year. Then he had a
shoulder injury right in the middle of his rookie year
and that sapped like six seven weeks right out of
the middle of his season. But then at the end
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of the year he finally gets healthy and Kyler Murray
is then the quarterback and in the final two games
of the year, Wilson scores a touchdown and then posts
ninety five yards in the final game of the year,
So we started to see a little end of season
kick for Michael Wilson. Just one drop all of last year,
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which is promising. Wilson can be a downhill threat. He
finished with the eighteenth deepest a dot among all wide
receivers and had a healthy fifteen yards per reception, which
is very good. Yeah is he He's got to compete
for targets with Trey McBride, who's turned into a target hog.
Marvin Harrison is going to be very good. Greg Dortch
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is there too, but that doesn't matter a lot. Michael
Wilson Round fifteen with competent quarterback and an offense that
got a lot better as we've As we've mentioned many
times this offseason, Cardinals offense came to life in December,
averaging twenty five points per game at the end of
the year when nobody was paying any attention to Cardinals football.
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So there's a little something there for Michael Wilson as
a sure starter in an offense that might be better
than people think.
Speaker 3 (27:30):
Oh yeah, no doubt. And he's certainly not going to
be seeing any double teams for the top corners in
any game. Yeah, I'm excited about the Cardinals offense as
a whole. Kyler Murray dark horse QB one candidate, just
to go off off track a little bit, if he
stays healthy with Harrison now and McBride and Wilson and
his obvious rushing potential.
Speaker 1 (27:51):
To be one like as a starting quarterback in fantasy
football or the top scoring quarterback in fantasy.
Speaker 3 (27:57):
Offense score stop top scoring quarterback has that potential, has
the profile playing for a team that's not great on
defense either, probably a lot of positive game scripts he was.
Murray was one hundred and fifty to one on FanDuel
to win Offensive Player of the Year, and I've put
quite a bit of PiZZ of money on that, considering
on other sites, he was like fifty sixty to one.
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He's got the I don't know why I'm talking about
Kyler Murray right now, but I love all the Cardinals,
and Michael Wilson one of them.
Speaker 1 (28:24):
Yeah, I do. I like betting on improving offenses, and
this is one of them. And I don't mean betting,
I don't mean betting cash. I just mean fantasy wise.
I like I like buying low. I did it, you
did it on a bunch of Houston players last year.
This is this is an offensive that looks like it's
going to be a lot better for sure. Let's take
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a break, and when we come back, let's get in
our final, our final sleeper guys, beginning beginning with one
that well, I don't even I don't actually, I don't
even know who your sleeper tight end is.
Speaker 3 (28:55):
Do I you know? You know I bring the goods
on sleeper tight ends. Jeish, I got a good one,
come good.
Speaker 1 (29:00):
And I've got a long time favorite that I think
is set to finally do great things. We'll find out
who the Aaron Moments. Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly. Thanks
for joining us if you haven't joined our discord. You
should really do that. Check the show notes and jump
into our discord channel. Also of note, Chop podcast is
gonna come back soon. You excited, Brian? Oh yeah, let's
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talk Guillotine. It's been a long off season. I'm excited
to get back and the Guillotine frame of mind, it's
gonna be a fantastic season. We've got a bunch of
new stuff coming. Oh can't wait. Chop Podcast check that
out as well. All right, last pick of your draft,
and you need a tight end. Maybe it's probably not
your first tight end off the board, but you need
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a backup for whoever you took in the whoever your
first tight end was. Who are you looking at here?
Speaker 2 (29:47):
Brian?
Speaker 3 (29:49):
I like, uh, this guy Definitely you want to start
the season as a backup, but he could have starter
potential as the season wears on, hopefully not too long
into the season. And that's the rams Colby Parkinson formerly
of the Seahawks. We'll talk about that a little more
in the second his former team, but right now, Colby.
Speaker 1 (30:09):
Barby Parkinson, you say, wowkay off the board as tight
end thirty two, pick two fourteen overall. Wow.
Speaker 3 (30:19):
Most people when they think of Rams and tight ends
in recent history.
Speaker 1 (30:22):
They think of Tyle Tyler Higbee.
Speaker 3 (30:23):
Right, yes, but Higbee tore his ACL and MCL in
the playoffs last year, so he most certainly will be
starting the season on the pup list, probably won't even
play another snap for the Rams. Sadly, I think his
time might be up. I don't think he sees the
field this year. So enter Colby Parkinson. Free agent Colby Parkinson,
who la signed to a two year deal with fifteen
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million and guarantees. That's that's starter money right there for
Colby Parkinson, who is six seven, two hundred and fifty
two pounds and ran a four eight.
Speaker 1 (30:55):
Forty Wow col right, I did not realize.
Speaker 3 (30:58):
That he is an athlete. And Parkinson was stuck in
a three tight end platoon with the Seahawks previously with
Noah Fant and Will Dislay, so no tight end could
stand out in Seattle's old regime. That should change this year.
I do like Noah fan do'll throw that out there
real quick. But sticking with Parkinson, he appears to be
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the guy for the Rams, who have utilized their tight
end heavily under Sean McVay and last year Parkinson proved
to be a receiving threat went on the field. He
took more than or at least half of his snaps
in the slot or out wide. So you know, we
love Puka Nakua. Cooper Cup supposedly healthy again, but Cup
is up there in age, could get hurt. So there's
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not a lot of receiving depth behind Nikouah. There's DeMarcus Robinson,
but not a lot of size, especially with two two
at well as what they're fourth wide receiver. So Colby
Parkinson a guy I'm targeting as my tight end two
in later rounds, So keep your eye on Colby. He
could surprise a lot of people.
Speaker 1 (32:01):
That is some deep, deep stuff right there. But you
want the Rams starting tight end in the what'd you say,
round twenty twenty five, something like that last pick of
your draft, the Rams starting tight.
Speaker 3 (32:13):
End, and you get your two revenge games baked in
per years.
Speaker 1 (32:19):
Yeah, there you go, and yet we know how you
love that.
Speaker 3 (32:22):
Well little bonus.
Speaker 1 (32:23):
Longtime listeners already should know where I'm headed with my
tight end with the last pick of your draft, Indianapolis's
Jilannie Woods, my guy ADP selection two hundred and fourteen
tight end twenty eight, Round eighteen for Jilanni Woods. You've
probably heard me talk about him before. Tragically, you know,
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I was talking about him at this time last year,
but then amstring injury sidelined him for the entire season.
So here's a refresher. An elite size speed freak athlete.
He is six foot seven, two hundred and fifty five pounds,
came out of Virginia two years ago. Do you know
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what his RASS ranking was, Brian, you happen to recall
for Jelanni Woods athletic score?
Speaker 3 (33:14):
Yes, probably off the charts.
Speaker 1 (33:17):
That would be a perfect ten out of ten in
the history of the RASS looking at one thou ten
tight ends, he's number one with the highest relative athletic
score of all time in the thirty five year history
of RASS testing. So he's fast, he can get open downfield.
Jolnni Woods. Then after the catch is a complete mismatch
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because he's got these cornerbacks that are trying to tackle
a six foot seven, two hundred fifty five pound guy
where they're giving up a foot in fifty pounds. It's
a big, big mismatch. He's also excellent blocker that could
keep him on the field. He was a goal line
target in college, scored eight times his senior year alone,
and Jelanni Woods only needs to beat out the middling
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talents of Moli Cox Kylon Granson for playing time. They're
not athletically, they're not even in the same ballpark. I
want to try Johnny Woods, see if this is the
big third year tight end breakout coming. We know that
happens a lot, the third year tight end breakout. He
missed the season, so it's kind of like a second
but yeah, maybe this is it all comes together for
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Johnny Wood and in round eighteen. Yeah, that's my guy,
Johnny Woods.
Speaker 3 (34:27):
Yeah, definitely worth a flyer in the last round. Deserts
to be going a round or two sooner based on
his potential. Yeah, Moli Cox, Kylon Grantson, they've had their
they've had their chance when when Woods has been hurt.
So hopefully Wood stays healthy and the Colts just let
them play.
Speaker 1 (34:41):
Let that kid play. Absolutely.
Speaker 3 (34:43):
Yeah, we brought the beef for tight ends. Parkinson's six '
seven too. Yeah, how about that.
Speaker 1 (34:50):
That's amazing. I didn't think there was another six to
seven tight end in.
Speaker 3 (34:53):
The league being either. I remember he didn't play much
obviously Woods last year, but when he was on the field.
Remember watching one Colts game, it might have been the
Vikings game when the Vikings came back like thirty three
nothing but Woods this like dwarfed all the offensive linemen
in the huddle. You're like, who yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (35:14):
The tight end. That's their tight end streaking down the seam. Yeah,
he's uh, he's gonna get this at his size six
foot seven, two hundred fifty five pounds. He was a
quarterback in high school and the beginning of college quarterback
six seven, two point fifty five. That's that's unreal. Toilanni Woods,
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my love affair continues. It's not. It's not abating now,
I can tell you that much. Not in around eighteen,
that's not.
Speaker 3 (35:44):
Can I throw out a quick bonus tight end?
Speaker 1 (35:47):
Yeah yeah please do.
Speaker 3 (35:49):
Empire players and another guy I just kind of heard about,
and this is uh, you know, this is a future play,
probably not coming into play this year, but keep your
eye on Jared Wiley, who is uh looks to be
the backup tight end now for the Chiefs. Rookie Jared
Wiley out of Texas Christian University getting rave reviews and
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basically getting comped to Travis Kelcey, a young Travis Kelcey,
and he's obviously learning behind Travis Kelcey right now. And
Travis Kelcey's expiration date so year or two. So Jared Wiley,
if you're looking for a tight end to stash in
Dynasty or Empire leagues, that's the name you want to
keep in mind.
Speaker 1 (36:30):
Other guys I considered Damian Pierce can't. But I can't
bring up his name anymore, right, So I can't. I
couldn't officially go to bat for Damian Pierce, and he
had a bad season. But all YES to do is
give I Joe Mixon. Dude, is Joe Mixon is so cooked,
so cooked, he's got nothing left. What do you think
of Ray Davis? Yeah, Buffalo's back presumed backup running back
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behind James Couk.
Speaker 3 (36:58):
Yeah. I remember when we did the team previews, I
had the Bills and James Cook. I believe that the
Bills had twenty rushing touchdowns and James Cook had two
of them, right, right, So it's Josh Allen is the
guy that they need someone other than Josh Allen to
be the guy at the goal line. And that's not
James Cook. And uh yeah, Ray Davis, why not Why
(37:21):
I liked him? Just beat James Cook outright.
Speaker 1 (37:23):
Well, I don't know that he's as good as James Cook,
but he's not that far off. You know what he's got.
He can do a little of everything, which you have
to do with the bills. You have to be able
as a running back. You have to be able to catch,
you got to be able to pass, protect, you gotta
do a little of everything, and he's got those trades.
Thor thinks that Ray Davis is good at a lot
of things, not special at any and he doesn't think
he's got huge upside. But again, last pick of the
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draft kind of territory I like. I like the Buffalo
running back Ray Davis.
Speaker 3 (37:51):
Yeah. Buffalo went very run heavy in the second half
of the season last year, and that looks to be
the case this Yeah.
Speaker 1 (37:57):
I mean, given the receivers, right, Kean Coleman and Curtis
Samuel and Khalil Shakir. I mean they've got to go
run heavy, don't they. And you know they're not gonna
run James Cook into the ground because they never do
their running backs that way.
Speaker 3 (38:10):
Yeah, absolutely, Davis.
Speaker 1 (38:12):
Yeah, there you go all right, thanks for thanks for listening.
Everybody appreciate getting to the end of the show. We'll
we'll be back next week, and I can't I think
I know what we've got coming next week. To have
it in front of me, darn it, I don't have
I don't have the topic in front of me, but
I think it's already all planned out.
Speaker 3 (38:29):
It'll be riveting.
Speaker 1 (38:31):
Yeah, God, it's gonna be It's gonna be so good. Oh,
you know what it is. Matt Harrison wants to talk
about now that do the opposite is just normal drafting, right,
this is it's become so widely accepted. Matt wants to
talk about, at what point do you undo the opposite?
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At what point are running backs such particularly such big
values that you have to move on them. So we're
gonna we're gonna h that next week, and that'll be fun.
And I'll give me a chance to uh, give me
a chance to chat with him a little bit about
that and and defend might do the opposite, which I'll
usually do. But there's a point of which I you know,
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there's a point in which I'll take running backs to
if a guy falls far enough Christian McCaffrey's looking at
me in the second half of the first round him
and you're thinking real hard about that.
Speaker 3 (39:20):
Yeah, I don't think that's gonna be happen.
Speaker 1 (39:21):
That's not gonna happen. An it's not gonna happen in
any of them. But should he be the first pick
in a guillotine draft, you might want to listen to
the Chat podcast for that and more. Thanks everybody, talk
to you next week. Bye bye. Fantasy Football Weekly is
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