Fantasy Football League Winners & Sleeper Stacks You NEED to Draft in 2026 (Ep. 2164)
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34 min
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Sep 1, 2026
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Tue, September 1, 2026
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Bryce LanceChuba HubbardJonathon BrooksJuwan JohnsonMarvin Harrison Jr.Parker WashingtonTravis EtienneTrevor LawrenceZay Flowers
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Bryce Lance
PositiveSleeper30:32
Lance is suggested as a super late-round flyer who could emerge with Jordan Tyson out, as someone needs to run routes opposite Chris Olave.
Insight pageChuba Hubbard
NegativeInjury19:15
Chuba Hubbard is dealing with a hamstring injury that threatens his availability for Week 1. The source notes that players returning from soft tissue injuries often face re-injury risks, which could open the door for Jonathan Brooks to cement his role as the team's RB1 early in the season.
Insight pageJonathon Brooks
PositiveBreakout17:39
Jonathan Brooks is a prime league winner candidate who is expected to become the lead back for the Carolina Panthers. Under Dave Canales, the RB1 role has consistently produced top-20 fantasy finishes. Brooks is fully healthy, has shown pass-catching ability (27% target rate in limited samples), and is positioned to take over the backfield from an injury-prone Chuba Hubbard.
Insight pageJuwan Johnson
PositiveValue24:26
Johnson is a budget-friendly tight end target who has seen his ADP rise to TE16. With Jordan Tyson injured, Johnson is expected to be a primary target in the Saints' offense, with Erickson ranking him as a top-12 tight end.
Insight pageMarvin Harrison Jr.
PositiveValue29:09
The analysts unanimously prefer drafting Marvin Harrison Jr. over Tony Pollard in half-point PPR formats.
Insight pageParker Washington
PositiveBreakout22:36
Erickson projects Washington as the starting slot receiver for the Jaguars, noting his 31% target share when playing alongside Brian Thomas Jr. and Jacoby Myers. He is a breakout candidate due to his high efficiency (3.17 yards per route run) and strong finish to last season.
Insight pageTravis Etienne
PositiveValue31:41
Etienne is recommended as a target for those who punt running back in the first three rounds of a PPR draft, especially given the lack of Alvin Kamara in the Saints' backfield.
Insight pageTrevor Lawrence
PositiveProjection22:36
Erickson identifies Lawrence as a favorite late-round quarterback, noting he averaged 23 points per game from Week 5 onward last year and 28 points per game when his receivers were healthy. He is considered a dark horse MVP candidate.
Insight pageZay Flowers
PositiveBreakout0:44
Zay Flowers is a top-tier league winner candidate due to his safe floor, high target volume (116-118 targets over two seasons), and potential for a career year. He is the clear alpha in the Ravens' offense, especially with Mark Andrews' decline and the departure of Isaiah Likely. With a healthy Lamar Jackson and a new offensive coordinator in Declan Doyle, Flowers is poised for elite production despite concerns about his red zone usage.
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0:20We are talking some League Winners and Sleeper Stacks.
0:23Tara, how are you doing today? Oh, I'm doing good.
0:26It's been a busy day and I'm ready to close it out good with you guys, talking fantasy football.
0:31Definitely been a busy day on our end as well.
0:34We're happy to have you here. We're talking League Winners Erickson, and it's kind of funny because you guys both picked the
0:40same first choice for your League Winners. Let's get right to it.
0:44You both picked Zay Flowers here. Tara, I'll start with you actually.
0:47Why is Zay Flowers atop your list of League Winners this year?
0:51It makes sense that we both picked him. I mean, when it comes to Zay Flowers, he offers one of the most
0:57unique combinations of having a super safe floor, one of the safest floors that you can ask for a wide receiver, plus
1:03being drafted outside the top 12 at receiver, and the actual potential to make a big leap and have a career year.
1:10So it's just a beautiful combination of things that can happen here for him.
1:14I love many of the receivers being drafted around Zay, but they do come with like a wide variety of issues.
1:20You talk about Rasheed Rice. You've got him coming off the surgery.
1:23Question marks in terms of are the touchdowns going to come down with the addition of Kenneth Walker?
1:28You've got teams, wide receivers that are changing teams with incredibly deep receiving rooms like Jalen Waddell, shaky quarterback situations like Terador or McMillan.
1:35So when it comes to Zay Flowers, he is the unquestioned first look of this offense.
1:40We've seen this for two straight seasons with him.
1:43116 targets, 118 targets on 17 games. Very consistent.
1:45I love Jacoby Lane as a prospect. I think that he can push Rashad Bateman out of the way in terms of
1:52a bigger body receiver playing off of Zay Flowers.
1:54But Zay is the alpha in this offense. And we've continued to see the decline of Mark Andrews.
1:59Isaiah likely is gone. Zay can put up the numbers that he did last year, despite dealing with the injuries that Lamar Jackson had.
2:06So if we get a healthy season of Lamar Jackson, plus the change in offensive coordinator to Declan Doyle, that should all
2:13benefit the Ravens in general and especially Zay Flowers.
2:15So it's just kind of the perfect recipe for elite production for him.
2:19In real time ADP, he's going 33rd overall wide receiver 14.
2:22Some of the names around him are like just not that inspiring to you, right?
2:26Like Jeremiah Love, the ankle stuff, Brees Hall playing for the Jets, Josh Jacobs, all the suspension stuff going on in the offseason storylines.
2:33Tee Higgins is wide receiver two in his offense, not Zay Flowers.
2:37Those are the guys that are around him. So it feels like an appealing click when you try and bake in some of this upside.
2:44But Erickson, we've done enough shows. What am I going to say to push back on Zay Flowers?
2:49Nothing to push back. And I mean, I need to update my take from like five minutes ago when I said I
2:56was going to take Rashee Rice over Zay Flowers.
2:58And I just can't do that. So the rankings will get updated.
3:02I can't. I can't live with myself. I would make that type of decision again.
3:06If I was talking league where I would have brought Rashi Rice up in here as a league runner, not Zay Flowers.
3:12I felt confident in it. So Zay Flowers last year, fifth and target share 28 percent, 11th and air yard share 35
3:19percent, fourth in yards per run behind. Who can the Jackson Smith-Njigba, the Jigba and Luther burden?
3:24Obviously, that came on a smaller sample size. But I mean, he's elite with the best receivers in the game with the Kua and JSN.
3:31And the fact that the regression, I think, is going to hit positive for him.
3:35Every other receiver to hit at least twelve hundred receiving yards last year scored a touchdown.
3:40So Zay Flowers was the only guy that didn't hit a touchdown.
3:43He was also the only wide receiver last season to hit twelve hundred receiving yards on fewer than 120 targets.
3:49Like he is doing everything he can with every opportunity he's getting.
3:52So we're just manifesting, OK, under Declan Doyle and an offense that maybe will increase their pass attempts because the Ravens last
3:59year were dead last and pass rate over expectation.
4:01So under new play caller, you can figure, OK, we could up the pass attempts a little bit more.
4:07We get Zay involved a little bit more in the red zone and just those little fractional gains here and there.
4:13Well, then you're looking at a player that's going to be a top five wide receiver after we did last year as
4:19a wide receiver seven overall through 18 weeks. So I think that he showed up a little bit with a touchdown streak
4:25to end the season of, oh, yeah, this guy is really good and he's really explosive.
4:30He can score from all over the field. He was 15 points per game in full PPR over the 13 games with Lamar Jackson as his starting quarterback.
4:38The fact that he was so efficient last year and his quarterback wasn't even healthy the entire season.
4:43It just goes to show how talented this guy is.
4:46And the Ravens, a forward thinking organization, except when it comes to signing Mark Andrews to a long term or an extension.
4:53They got ahead of this because they know as a flowers in for a big massive season, which is why they paid
4:59him before this year, because it's going to make them look really, really smart after he has a monster campaign.
5:05I can't get there on the touchdowns. I just don't know why they're all of a sudden going.
5:10I know it's a new offensive play caller, but Zay's skill set is just doesn't feel like it's that conducive to red zone usage and end zone targets.
5:18And I've just, I like those, a lot of the season long stats that you're talking about, like, oh, he had 1200 yards last year, wide receiver seven.
5:26Those are pretty heavily carried by a couple of big broken plays in Pittsburgh in that week, 18 game.
5:31He would have been well under 1200 yards. If not for that performance, he obviously would have had even fewer touchdowns than he had 10 this season.
5:39He would not have finished as wide receiver seven like that, that did a lot of work.
5:44And I think it's going to be touchdown wise up and down similar to last year where he had his big week one, right?
5:51143 yards and a touchdown and then didn't score again until week 15, even with the healthy Lamar.
5:56If we get that even with Declan Doyle and I, and I do buy, I've seen some pushback to that, the passing
6:03point for Doyle because he's coming from, you know, the Ben Johnson tree, who obviously is, is really excellent at designing a run game.
6:10Obviously the Ravens still have an elite running back that they believe in.
6:13And so I understand some of that. I do think Doyle will throw the ball, but I, I just think it's going
6:20to get spread around and, and in the red zone, I think when plays break down, Lamar will still look to guys like Mark Andrews.
6:27Even if he's not doing so much between the twenties, even if he's having a down year, even if he's cooked, I
6:33think when plays break down, that's where he's going to look less than Zay when they're in close.
6:38And I just get like, I, I, I, I guess what I'll say is this.
6:43I need to see it to believe it on the touchdowns.
6:46I think it's, it's very fun to project it out.
6:49I hope it happens. I think he's a wonderful player who's deserving of the contract.
6:53Like I had to fight a lot of people with that take, you know, as a Ravens fan, very, very good player.
6:59I just don't know if the touchdowns are going to come like Erickson.
7:03I almost want to make the bet with you that I think Mark Andrews will score more touchdowns as they flowers this year.
7:10I found the house mortgage that I'm willing to bet on him scoring more touchdowns than Mark Andrews.
7:15I think Mark Andrews is cooked. And again, to your point about changing up the red zone offense from the red zone
7:21offense was not good last year for the Ravens.
7:24It was one of the worst red zone offenses.
7:26And maybe it's because they didn't give their number one wide receiver more opportunities around the red zone.
7:32And the other thing to point out too, is Zay also has the ability to score from outside the red zone.
7:38Like you are allowed to do that. And if you look at JSN and his season last year, in the same thing
7:44with Puka Nakua, neither of those guys were like these monster red zone play.
7:48I mean, Puka was second behind Devonta Adams. He was watching all these touchdowns.
7:52Yeah, Puka was destroying in fantasy football because he was efficient and he was a target hog and he was explosive.
7:58Three things that Zay Flowers is. So even if he doesn't get the red zone usage that we want, he can still
8:05score a lot of touchdowns, build up a lot of explosive plays.
8:08I think that he's got 1500 receiving yards. Again, as a player that every single year, it's gotten better and better and better.
8:15Year four is going to be the best. Tara, I'm totally with you guys on the catches.
8:20I'm totally with you guys in the yards. What do you think the ceiling is on the touchdowns?
8:25Because that is really all it comes to. If the touchdowns are there, you guys are going to be super correct on this.
8:31So I'll split the difference between you guys. I do think you are correct, Marm, that there is a chance, a good
8:38chance, that Andrews is still going to have more touchdowns than Zay Flowers.
8:41I think we're going to get a bump, but a bump to 10-11, I feel like that's a little extra.
8:47I want to get him to around eight and I'll feel good.
8:51But we've talked about the fact that Mark Andrews is in fact cooked.
8:54So if he just becomes a factor that they use as a big body in the red zone, that increases.
9:00We're only going to see him decrease in terms of the overall receptions and yardage that he can provide outside of the 20s.
9:07So if we're looking at the targets that he has had consistently, I see enough of a massive leap in terms of the targets.
9:14Increased pass volume, new offense, healthy Lamar Jackson, get that volume up there again.
9:18He's got a 29% target share, so we know it's there.
9:21We just need to see just a little bit more consistent volume pushed in this offense from a pass perspective with a healthy Lamar Jackson.
9:28So I don't know if the touchdowns are going to get to ultimately where we would love them to get.
9:34But I think it's going to counteract in terms of a massive increase in targets with a better, more cohesive offense pushing forward.
9:41When I think about like, oh, Rashad Bateman maybe is going to have some sort of suspension stuff with the off-field news that came out recently.
9:48When I think about, you know, Jacoby Lane is still a day two rookie.
9:52Same with Elijah Surratt. You know, if Mark Andrews really is cooked and the rookie tight ends aren't able to step up.
9:58When I hear all that, instead of thinking, oh, Zay Flowers is going to catch a lot of touchdowns.
10:04I think Derrick Henry should be going in the first round and is going to get like another 20 this year.
10:10Because I think they will move the ball well and then he'll have the opportunities enclosed.
10:15I could be wrong. I hope I'm wrong because I love Zay Flowers and I'd love to see him get his flowers, no pun intended, a lot more.
10:23We went a little longer on him because you guys both picked him.
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10:50That's in the next hour. Stick around if you want to draft against us.
10:54So stick around and keep those comments coming. All right, Erickson, who is your next league winner?
10:59Jonathan Brooks, running back for the Carolina Panthers. Has not really played since being drafted in the second round of the 2024
11:06NFL draft, but he is finally fully healthy entering his third season, and I think that he's going to be the lead back for the Carolina Panthers.
11:13And that role in the Dave Canales offense has been very fruitful for fantasy football.
11:18If you look at the last three RB1s under Canales, they have all smashed their ADPs and finished as top 20 fantasy football.
11:24Running backs Rashad White, RB7, Chuba Hubbard, RB15, and Rico Dowda last year, RB17.
11:28So all throughout the offseason, the constant drumbeat for Jonathan Brooks has been this team wants him to take over as the RB1 in this backfield.
11:36And I think everything has kind of worked in his favor.
11:39He has stayed healthy. He has looked good in the training camp and in the preseason games.
11:44He's been catching the ball out of the backfield.
11:46It's being targeted out of the backfield. And Chuba Hubbard is dealing with an injury, a hamstring injury, which he's trying to come back for for week one.
11:55What happens when these players come back too soon with these soft tissue injuries, they get re-injured and banged up again.
12:01So I don't think that Chuba Hubbard is in a lock to come back in week one.
12:06And with Jonathan Brooks slated to play the Chicago Bears, I think that he can cement himself as, no, this is my job.
12:12I'm the RB1. They invested me. They drafted me in the second round for a reason.
12:17And I think we're going to expect to see a breakout performance in season for a player like Jonathan Brooks.
12:23He goes in the middle rounds. Obviously, his ADP has risen significantly since a few months ago when he was going behind Chuba Hubbard.
12:29But I think that he's going to be the guy in this backfield.
12:33And I think that what separates him is the pass catching.
12:36That's something that he did a lot at Texas.
12:39And although it's a really small sample size of his NFL and preseason career, he's a 27% target rate in those games.
12:45So when he has been on the field in this offense, they've been throwing him the football.
12:50I think that's something that you always want to look at when it comes to running backs and fantasy.
12:56How do they level up, make those massive jumps, is how are they used in the passing game?
13:01And I think that Jonathan Brooks, again, only 23 years old.
13:04He's young. He's got youth on his side, which is why I think he can come back from this injury.
13:10And it's why the team is bullish on him and why I want to be bullish on him.
13:15And I want to draft him in my fantasy leagues.
13:18I mentioned in the last segment that you can view the standard deviation of rankings on fantasypros.com.
13:23If any running back inside the top 40 right now, Brooks has the widest, the biggest standard deviation.
13:28So the widest disparity amongst the rankers. I remember a time early in the summer talking about Brooks on shows, maybe with you, Erickson.
13:35I don't even remember with who, about how he's outside the top 40.
13:39This is crazy. That's going to go up. And now here he is sitting RB31 in the expert consensus rankings, RB29 in real-time ADP.
13:46So I threw out a meme on Twitter, on the Fantasy Pros page a few days ago, kind of joking about taking Jonathan Brooks in the fifth round.
13:54And people were kind of muted in their replies, like, that doesn't seem that crazy.
13:58Like, it just continues to rise. And the hype machine is there.
14:01Tara, for you, when is too early to take a guy like Brooks?
14:05And do you agree with him as a potential league winner here?
14:09I do. I get nervous. The good thing is, is that, well, hey, at least we know it's a committee right now.
14:15We know that he can take over this job without there having to be a significant injury beyond what we've got.
14:21So, yeah, he could become the RB1 real quick.
14:24I don't have a particular round that I think people need to adhere to.
14:28My thing is, is that I just want you to make sure that you are compensating with being ready just in case
14:34you need an RB2 ready in week one if they have Chuba Hubbard back.
14:38And it's more mediocre production from Jonathan Brooks for the first few weeks until he ascends to his RB1 greatness there.
14:44So just if you're taking Jonathan Brooks, take him wherever you want.
14:48But just make sure that you are coming around pretty quickly to get a third back so that you're at least three deep with actual startable running backs.
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17:15If you have a very RB-heavy approach earlier in your drafts and are feeling comfortable enough at receiver, you know, from just
17:21whoever it is, I don't even need to throw out names.
17:24I really love the idea of getting Brooks as, like, I haven't actually got him in as an RB4 in a league
17:30where I was very robust on running back early.
17:33I'm feeling ecstatic about that one. Obviously, the more important he is to your season, the more I'm going to feel a little bit nervous.
17:40I mean, this is still a guy with, what, nine career carries?
17:44It is still nerve-wracking, but when you're talking pure upside, and even as much as he's jumped in ADP, he's still, like, a mid-RB3.
17:51That's, like, that's still a lot of upside. And you look at the other running backs around, and, like, Jalen Warren, Tony Pollard, Rico Dowdle, J.K.
17:58Dobbins is always her. Blake Corum's a back. I'm like, you still have to get into the other running backs.
18:04I'm like, okay, like, I think the case for Brooks is pretty good.
18:08I like this one a lot, and I'm very on board.
18:11Tara, who is your other league winner? My other league winner is also a running back.
18:15It's Ja'Cory Krosky, Merit, a guy I go in a little bit after that.
18:19I wanted to give you guys a nice value pick, league winner, that you could grab in the mid-rounds with legit top 12 upside at his position.
18:27The ADP is on the rise, but it's not as dramatic as the rise as we've seen with Jonathan Brooks.
18:33It's more of, like, a low-end RB3, round eight pick.
18:36Very reasonable there for him. Ja'Cory Krosky merits 20-25 metrics.
18:39Like, when you look at them as a whole, obviously they look a little funky because we have Washington that was dealing with a wide variety of issues.
18:47Jane Daniels missed over half the season. Washington's offense struggled significantly.
18:50They leaned on Chris Rodriguez at the goal line because he was highly effective, and that's not a negative towards JCM.
18:56He was a rookie. They had a veteran who they really trusted at the line.
19:00They leaned on that when they were in desperate times.
19:03But JCM did have very encouraging performances when he actually was given volume.
19:07Two 100-hour, multiple 100-yard games. Their 100-yard, two-touchdown game against the Chargers.
19:10And we've had reports coming out that he has significantly improved on his passing downs work.
19:15And that was really the issue for him. I get it, right?
19:18He's young. That wasn't something that he was particularly great at.
19:22That is something that you can develop as a young player.
19:25And they told him that. He knew that. He spent the offseason working on it.
19:29And by all accounts, it sounds like he has become passable in that area.
19:33Rashad White is great at what he does. He's an excellent pass blocker, excellent receiver.
19:37We weren't looking for JCM to go out and suddenly become better than Rashad White on that end.
19:43You just need to get to the point where you are good enough that you are not a liability on the field,
19:49and they don't have to pull you off and telegraph plays.
19:52So now they can feel more comfortable with the idea of him as a three-down back, or at the very least having
19:59more of a solidified role in terms of a heavier volume, particularly on the ground with a little bit of work through the air compared to Rashad White.
20:07So I feel very good about him and the potential that he has in this offense in a bounce-back season with a
20:13healthy Jaden Daniels, because he'll be good enough to where they don't have to pull him off the field.
20:18And if he achieves that, Washington will have upside.
20:21You guys talked about the pass catchers there earlier in Terry McLaurin and Stefan Diggs, both having legit top 24 potential upside is a bold take there.
20:29So I'm very encouraged by the possibility that he offers.
20:32And I know he's dealing with a little injury.
20:34There was actual footage of him running yesterday, people.
20:37So don't feel panic. They're just being cautious with him.
20:40Erickson, where are you at on Bill RB35 in real-time ADP?
20:43I've been rising Bill in my ranks, but I'm still on Team Rashad White.
20:47Like that's where I settle on on the commander's backfield.
20:50Losing Laramie Tunsil, I think, is really tough for a lot of the offensive players on this team.
20:55And I think that it hurts Kroski Murray a decent chunk because if the run game is impacted the most, because again, that's not Rashad White's game.
21:03Like he's not there to rip off explosive plays, run between the tackles, etc.
21:07He's there to catch passes and block. And I'm concerned if the pass protection on the offensive line can't hold up, that
21:13they're not going to wait for Bill to prove himself.
21:16And it's like, no, we got to get the guy that we know can pass protect now against the Philadelphia Eagles in week one.
21:23And that could potentially be Rashad White and not necessarily Bill Kroski merit.
21:27So Rashad White, he has an RB7 overall finish on his resume.
21:30He has never finished worse than RB40 in any season of his fantasy football career.
21:35And that's where he goes in ADP. So he is cheaper than Kroski Murray.
21:39Both guys are pretty cheap. So I do think that embracing this ambiguous backfield makes a lot of sense.
21:44So I agree with Tara that you should be taking shots on the commander's backfield.
21:48But for me, it's Rashad White. Again, he went to college with Jaden Daniels, man.
21:53They're boys. And I think when push comes up, he could also see the red zone work in this backfield like he saw last year.
22:00He was really efficient in the red zone, Rashad White, last season for the Buccaneers.
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22:33Let's get to your guys' sleeper stacks. You have one each.
22:36Erickson, who you got? Parker Washington and Trevor Lawrence.
22:39Last year, from Week 5 onward, Trevor Lawrence outscored every single other player in fantasy football in points per game at 23 points per game.
22:46Part of that was because he was hooking up with his boy out of the slot, Parker Washington, who projects to be
22:52the starting slot receiver for the Jaguars in 2026.
22:55We've seen this role be awesome for fantasy football.
22:57When you go back to Liam Cohen's days with the Buccaneers and Chris Godwin, just you're seeing these guys go absolutely nuclear.
23:04And I think Trevor Lawrence, he's like one of my favorite late round quarterbacks to draft because he has so many receivers to throw the football to.
23:11And none of them are so super expensive between Parker Washington and Brian Thomas Jr.
23:16and Jacoby Myers and maybe Travis Hunter on a play or two if he's playing wide receiver.
23:21Then Brendan Strange. When all of his receivers were healthy last year, Trevor Lawrence, he averaged 28 fantasy points per game.
23:27Just an unreal amount of upside that you can get with him when he has his healthy weapon.
23:32So I like Trevor Lawrence. And then Parker Washington makes the most sense as the stack.
23:36This is per sharp football stats. Parker Washington last year had a 31% target share with Brian Thomas Jr.
23:42and Jacoby Myers on the field. And his efficiency was off the charts.
23:463.17 yards per route run. And over the last four games, 145 receiving yards, 115 receiving yards, 87 receiving yards, 107 receiving yards.
23:52It's just turned, you know, 24 years old. I think he was underrated as a prospect coming out of Penn State, yet he was a day three pick.
24:00But I think that he's vastly outproduced that. And I think that the Jaguars are going to look at last year and think, let's keep it rolling here.
24:08Like this worked out. Like, let's keep featuring this player.
24:11And I think Parker Washington is due for a breakout campaign alongside Trevor Lawrence, who I think is a dark horse MVP.
24:18So that's my sleeper stack. So Erickson giving us a stack in that round six to eight range.
24:23Tara, you're looking a little bit deeper for your stack.
24:26I am. For the record, I love Erickson's stack there.
24:29That is one of my favorite two drafts. But I wanted to give you guys a deeper sleeper stack.
24:34And it is Tyler Shuck and Juwan Johnson. Obviously, my preferred stack would be Tyler Shuck and Chris Olave, right?
24:40But if you don't get him, you can swing by the end of your draft and take the guy who is going
24:46to be the second look in this offense with Jordan Tyson dealing with the injury, Juwan Johnson.
24:51Don't be shocked. If Tyler Shuck ends up being a guy that you draft as either a streaming option or just a
24:57backup quarterback to sit on your bench, and he becomes your preferred weekly starter because he is in a fantastic situation.
25:04The Saints really did right by him this offseason.
25:06Sadly, he won't be able to take advantage of the addition of Jordan Tyson early on.
25:11But maybe, hopefully, he can get this thing figured out and be productive midseason.
25:15But they did add young receiver depth to kind of round out that receiving core.
25:19And the addition of Travis Etienne, I think, is going to be huge for him because Etienne is a great pass catcher.
25:25But it's really more than that. It's just going to help the flow of the Saints offense improve.
25:31And Shuck also benefits from the consistency of not having to change coaching staffs.
25:35He's got the same system. No major changes. Just the addition of weapons.
25:38We love Kellen Moore for fantasy football. He is literally a guarantee for pass volume no matter how much their defense improves.
25:45So literally everything is just pointing in a positive direction for Tyler Shuck to improve on what was essentially 11 games played,
25:51but really only started about half the season. Pushed really good volume over just over 2,000 yards.
25:56Will average over 30 attempts. So we're going to see volumes showed rushing upside, rushing touchdowns.
26:01So all of that just adds up in a very suspect division where a lot of those teams in his division are
26:07dealing with a ton of defensive injuries. So it's going to be a good, nice, soft schedule.
26:12Same soft schedule that he saw in the back half of the season when he was starting.
26:17Then you add in Jawan Johnson, secret sauce for a low end, very budget friendly tight end one strong PPR play.
26:23Touchdowns obviously weren't very abundant with him, but he saw a minimum of four targets per game with Shuck and as high
26:29as nine over 100 targets last season, 77 receptions, nearly 900 yards.
26:33Just a good cheap combination there. Erickson rounds 12 and 13.
26:36What do you think about this one for Shuck and Johnson?
26:39I don't play DFS, but if I did, I would recommend that you stack up the saints and lions in week one
26:45because of this type of stack here between Tyler Shuck and Jawan Johnson and Chris Alaba.
26:50You bring it back with Jameson Williams. I mean, I can't guarantee you're going to win a million dollars, but you'll be in the running.
26:57So I think that this makes a ton of sense.
27:00Jawan Johnson's particular, like he is just buried in tight end ADP.
27:03I think the last time I checked, he was like tight end 20 and I think that you're, he's going to be
27:10in when we do the week one ranking, he's going to be top 12 guy by consensus.
27:15And if he's not, then that's wrong. What's funny.
27:17Let me, let me interrupt you here, Erickson. He has actually jumped up.
27:21If you look at real time ADP, he's gotten up 12 spots in overall ADP.
27:25So about a round's worth in the last week and five spots in the last 24 hours.
27:30So there is getting even more interest. He's still like, like a late 12th rounder.
27:35So it's not like he's, you know, you have to spend a ton of draft capital to get him, but he was
27:41in that tight end 20 range and real time ADP.
27:44He is now at tight end 16 actually. So he has jumped up in the last week or so.
27:49Yeah. I think that he, in my rankings, he's a top 12 tight end.
27:53So I think that's where he should be. Again, last year he was, I believe either third in receptions or yards or both among tight ends.
28:01And I mean, the fact that he was going solo, I get there was concerns, but the situation has changed so much
28:07in his favor because of the Jordan Tyson injury.
28:10It doesn't seem like Oscar Delp is going to have a significant role in year one.
28:14And the team really likes Juwan Johnson. So him and Olave should see a lot of targets, especially early on with Tyson out.
28:21Let's see if we can squeeze in a few audience questions here before we get to the next segment.
28:26Who is the best late or mid-round tight end to grab?
28:30Erickson? Juwan Johnson's pretty good. Yeah. I know who you're going to say.
28:33We'll go with you. Let's go to another Juwan here, actually.
28:37Juwan Jennings. Worth a look in late rounds. I feel like he could offer some red zone usage.
28:42Tara, what do you think? It's not the worst thing in the world.
28:45We know he has the talent to do it.
28:48Obviously, it's a very crowded group of pass catchers, but maybe Kyler Murray gets hot and you want a proven veteran late.
28:54That's not the worst one to grab. Yeah. Erickson, any interest in Jennings?
28:58I think the red zone play is the way to view it.
29:02That's what he did the most damage of with the 49ers the last couple of years.
29:06Erickson, would you draft Tony Pollard or Marvin Harrison Jr.
29:09in a half point PPR? Marvin Harrison Jr. Tara?
29:12Same. Same. Same. I would agree. That's unanimous on that one.
29:15How about this one, Tara? Am I crazy for thinking Mendoza is going to make noise this year?
29:20You're not crazy for thinking he might make noise to improve all of his pass catchers, but I don't know if he's
29:26going to have enough to be someone that we're starting on a weekly basis without massive rushing upside.
29:32But yeah, I'm looking forward to it. Erickson, what's your interest in Mendoza?
29:35And let's say a super flexi, because obviously one QB, you're not drafting him.
29:39I like him a lot. He's my favorite. I know we talked about it on the betting pro show, but he was
29:46my bet for offensive rookie of the year, even though he's probably not going to start in week one.
29:51I'm a believer in the talent. And I think that we're going to see enough of Kirk Cousins through the first month of the season.
29:58And the takeaway is going to be, yeah, this guy ain't it.
30:02Let's get Mendoza in there. So I think he's going to, and we, again, you got Brock Bowers, right?
30:07I know that everyone's complaining about the receivers. He does have a number one wide receiver.
30:12His name is Brock Bowers. And I think with Bowers, even if that's it, and then these other ancillary pieces, the offensive line is improved.
30:19You get a healthy gent, you might Washington explosive out of the backfield.
30:23I think he can make some noise. So you're not crazy.
30:26Let's go to this question from what is clearly Debro's burner.
30:29What about a super late flyer on Bryce Lance?
30:32Might he emerge with Jordan Tyson out Erickson? I think it's possible.
30:35I know that there's also been a lot of buzz for Barry Brown as well.
30:40A guy I also really liked coming out of the draft early production in his college career explosive.
30:45So someone's going to make some noise because someone's got to run those routes opposite of Chris Olave.
30:50Devon Bailey, we kind of know is like the super floor play because he's already like 30 years old and it's like his third year in the NFL.
30:58But yeah, I think that Bryce Lance as a flyer makes sense.
31:02Yeah, Tara. I still hold a candle in my heart for Devon Bailey, but you are correct that it's probably going to be someone else.
31:09And there's a real opportunity there because Kellen Moore offenses do not love to check down.
31:13So the wide receiver has a good bet there.
31:16All right. Final question of this segment. We still have another one coming, so don't go anywhere.
31:21Anybody. If you were to start two wide receiver, one tight end in the first three rounds of a PPR draft, which
31:27running backs would you target from there? Tara, does anybody come to mind?
31:31You know, God, I hate to be all, you know, Javante if he's there, but if not Travis Etienne.
31:36I hate to be all New Orleans for this show, but yeah, no, with no Alvin Kamara now, it's worth it.
31:42Volume. Erickson. I agree. I think that's exactly the pick you want to make.
31:46And the flex draft with Jake Seeley, I, in Tara's in that draft too, the best ball draft, I punted running back early on and Travis A.
31:54Chan was my first running back, but I believe I got him in round four, round five.
31:59Yeah. Nice. All right. We'll wrap up this segment.
32:02Coming back is going to be myself, Andrew Erickson, D bro, and Pat Fitzmaurice in a mock draft against you.
32:08The listeners will be dropping the link here in the chat.
32:11So don't go anywhere. Check that out. And if you want to participate, go against us head to head to head to
32:17head to head, however many heads there are. We'll see how you do.
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