10 Fantasy Football HOT TAKES | Don't Miss These BOLD Expert Predictions for the 2026 NFL Season (Ep. 2033)
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0:25This is the Fantasy Football Podcast. It is me, Joe Pisapia.
0:28And I'm here with two of my best friends.
0:31Scott Bogman, fresh off of a sickness, but he is healthy now.
0:34He's got, he's hyped up on Dayquil and cough drops.
0:37He's got a whole thing going on. And Andrew Erickson, Mr.
0:40Big Pot Energy himself, fresh off a birthday weekend.
0:43So 32 years old with a puppy now in the home.
0:46Look at you. You're all grown up, Erickson. I'm so proud of you.
0:49Yeah. Yeah. Check out the fresh teeth. Ah, the dog father.
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0:58So yeah, I am. I am actually the godfather to his son.
1:02So I'm not only a dog father. I'm a real godfather.
1:0532 years young. Loving it. Scott Bogman. You know what?
1:08If I had another kid, I could consider either of you for godfather credentials.
1:11I gotta say, you know, Erickson's already got one.
1:14But I think Scott Bogman would be a real fascinating godfather to have.
1:18Don't you think, Scott? I don't know. I think fun.
1:20I think the fun one, you know? I would be fun.
1:23There's no doubt about that. I kind of want you to be my godfather to tell you the truth.
1:29Now, today on the show, we're going to talk about some bold predictions.
1:32That's right. The guys have put out some hot takes and we're going to do a countdown style five to one.
1:38And these are always fun shows, right? Where we kind of throw some things out there and then have a little debate
1:44about how likely they are to happen. And of course, as we get towards the end of the show, they're going to
1:51be even more spectacular, possibly appalling and upsetting, which I'm sure is going to be great for the YouTube numbers because people
1:57will flood the chat in the YouTube talking about how crazy things are.
2:00But if you've got a hot take or a crazy bold prediction, we'd love for you to drop them in there because
2:07we're always giving away free stuff here. So drop in the comments there.
2:10You might win some when you subscribe to the channel as well.
2:14And of course, we're going to hear and kick things off here because fantasy football season is right around the corner.
2:20So Scott Bogman, why don't we start with you?
2:22Give me your number five hot take here. Your bold prediction for the 2026 NFL season.
2:27Yeah, Joe, there's no way this gets clipped and the people on Twitter get upset about it for no reason.
2:32Right. So this is going to be a lot of fun here.
2:35Look, our instructions were give us something that has like a 20 percent chance to happen.
2:40Right. That is kind of our instruction here. So my first one, I'm going to go with Omar Cooper Jr.
2:46Leads rookie wide receivers in targets. He is projected somewhere between 87 and 80.
2:49He's also going to be the short man in the receiving game.
2:53He's going to have that low a dot, I believe.
2:56And he's got some low a dot a quarterbacks.
2:58You know what I mean? He's got Gino, who was 41 of 47 qualified quarterbacks last year.
3:03Brady Cook was dead last. Yes. Klubnik, who might take over, was 62 of 105 qualified in college last year.
3:09The Jets are miserable. They're going to be losing a lot of games and playing a lot of catch up as well.
3:15So that garbage time targets, I think, are going to go a lot to Omar Cooper Jr.
3:19So my first bold take will be Omar Cooper Jr.
3:22Leads in targets for rookie wide receivers. Well, it was definitely targets to go around.
3:26I know, Erickson, we like what they did in the draft last year.
3:30And when I last year last couple months ago, what am I saying?
3:34But when you're also looking at what the Jets did last year in terms of the moves that they made, they were
3:40trying really hard last year to kind of just influx some more talent into that wide receiver room.
3:45The A.D. Mitchell acquisition. They had Mechie last year.
3:47So they know that there's a deficit there at this position.
3:51And it feels like Cooper could be a guy, at least, you know, from that perspective that Bogdan's pointing out there, that
3:57could work a little bit more than people realize.
3:59He does feel like a guy that could be one of those early waiver wire conversations.
4:04I feel like we flash forward here into like the second week of September and the waiver wire show.
4:09We're talking about, you know, Omar Cooper Jr. might be a good guy to add this week.
4:14Do you get that feeling? Not really. To be totally honest.
4:17I mean, I'm not even really sure. Well, good night, everybody.
4:20I walked right into that one. No, that's good.
4:22I mean, I want you to be honest. Don't sugarcoat it, Andrew.
4:26If Cooper was going to be the leading receiver for, I mean, I'm not sure he's going to have the most rookie targets on his own team.
4:33I mean, they drafted Kenny Sadiq first. Oh, give me a break.
4:37And then they drafted Omar Cooper Jr. So that's one thing that I would.
4:41He makes more targets than Cooper. I'll bet on that today.
4:44I mean, I'm not saying that it's I don't think it's possible.
4:47OK. All right. I mean, I agree with it's a bold prediction episode.
4:51My I agree. But Garrett Wilson, though, is the entrenched alpha there.
4:54And everybody hits Geno Smith, even though I think that he's going to be pretty good for the Jets.
4:59You do. You're the only one starting games, which I question how much cold medicine you're on when you say those kind of things.
5:06That's OK. It's OK. It's not been one year.
5:09It's been two years of Geno Smith, who has not been great.
5:12And I know. He was he was fine his last year in Seattle.
5:16He was fine. Fine. And the guy would have been one at Super Bowl.
5:20Yeah. That worked out for them. Look, I graded.
5:22You know, Omar Cooper Jr. Leading all wide receivers and targets, I think, is is a bold, crazy prediction in that sense,
5:28because of some of the guys we do have in this class and some of the situations they're in.
5:34But I do think Omar Cooper Jr. will be a guy at some point that could be useful in fantasy and one
5:40of those surprise guys, especially as the season starts to move on a little bit.
5:44Because they the Jets are limited, I think, to a certain degree of what they're going to do in this offense.
5:50All right, Erickson. All right. Hot stuff. Let's get to let's get to you.
5:54You think you're so smart. Why are you throwing a ball prediction here for us at number five?
5:59What do you have? I was just being honest.
6:01I know. I'm just breaking your ball. I haven't seen you in like three days, so I got to break your chops a little bit.
6:08So for my number five hot take bowl prediction, I'm going to go with Mike Evans is going to be this year's Devontae Adams.
6:15And what does that translate to? He's just going to score a lot of touchdowns.
6:19I don't know what else he may end up doing.
6:22He's getting up there in age. He's going to be 33 years old this season.
6:26Last year was obviously the first year he didn't put up a thousand yards.
6:30And I don't know if he's even guaranteed to have a thousand yards in his first year with the San Francisco 49ers.
6:36But after thinking about more Evans, I think my knee jerk reaction after he signed with 49ers was like a little pessimistic.
6:43But like how much more does he have left in the tank?
6:46But after kind of just thinking about it more, I think he's going to be put into position to succeed, especially in the red zone.
6:53Whenever he gets one on one opportunities, I think Kyle Shanahan, Brock Perry, they're just going to dial it up for him.
6:59And the thing that really kind of inspired this take for me was looking at the absence and departure of Juwan Jennings.
7:05Last year, and actually the last two years, Brock Perry and Jennings have kind of had a connection.
7:10And that's really been apparent in the red zone.
7:13Juwan Jennings, last year, fifth in the NFL in red zone targets.
7:16He was first in red zone target rate. In 2024, he also led the 49ers wide receivers in red zone targets.
7:22So I think it's pretty simple to look at Mike Evans and think, okay, how are we going to use this guy on our offense?
7:29Oh, inside of the 20. And maybe we rest him a little bit so we can last throughout the entire 17 game season.
7:36So Brock Perry was second in the NFL last year and passing touchdowns per game.
7:40So he only threw 20 touchdowns, but that's because he missed so many games.
7:44But when you look up only Matthew Stafford, who obviously was catching pass or throwing passes and touchdowns to Devonta Adams, threw
7:50more touchdowns per game than Brock Perry did. So you have the quarterback in place.
7:54You have an offensive player that can thrive in the red zone.
7:57And I think that's going to be his main role.
8:00So Mike Evans dial up the touchdowns in 2026.
8:03Now, speaking of Devonta Adams, I know the three of us are doing a show together.
8:07And spoiler alert, he might be one of the guys that Andrew doesn't like in 2026.
8:12So it's a good thing Mike Evans can take over the Devonta Adams role for 2026 fantasy teams out there.
8:17Now, the other thing Andrew didn't mention, Boggs, is that George Kittle, good chance he's not starting the season healthy, right?
8:23Obviously from the surgery, that's more red zone targets potentially for Mike Evans there.
8:27And I look at the line last year from Devonta Adams was 789 yards, 14 touchdowns.
8:32If I got 750 from Mike Evans and 12 touchdowns, I'd be a happy camper, I think.
8:36Now, for the purposes of this show, I was looking at end zone targets among targets last year.
8:41Devonta Adams was like 27 and number two was 18.
8:44It was like a massive drop off. And that was the crazy part.
8:48It's like you knew they were going there and people still couldn't stop it, which was stunning to me.
8:53Yeah, they wanted to stop Puka. They didn't want to stop Devonta.
8:56And they were also trying to get Stafford the MVP.
8:59I mean, that was like totally the narrative driven was, yeah, and it did work.
9:03It did work. It did. Yeah. So, yeah. Unlike Erickson and mine, I like this one for Erickson.
9:09Thanks, Bob. You're better godfather than me. Yeah, seriously.
9:11Clearly. Clearly. All right, let's go to number four on the guys list, Bob.
9:15Let's go back to you here. What do you have for number four?
9:19Give us a hot take bowl prediction for the 2026 season.
9:22Yeah, this one's kind of gross. I don't know how many people are going to love it.
9:26But if you're in a super flex league, I think it will matter at the end of the year.
9:32I think Carson Beck and Kate Klubnik are going to start a lot of games.
9:36I mean, just look at these situations. Brissette's holding out.
9:39Minshew sucks. Beck has all kinds of starting experience.
9:41And even if Brissette plays, why not give Beck a look at the end of the season when they start one and
9:47seven or three and ten or whatever the hell.
9:50So same thing. Cut and print. Same thing for the Jets.
9:53Right. It's the just let's take a look. Let's see what we have here.
9:57We know Gino isn't the long term answer. So Brady Cook was miserable in his opportunity last year.
10:02Let's give let's give these two guys that have a lot of college experience at least a look.
10:07If we see something great, then we can build on it next year.
10:11If we don't, which is probably what will happen.
10:13Let's spend that high pick on a quarterback next year.
10:16So I think both these guys get an audition and they might improve their offenses at the end of the year a little bit.
10:23But so are you of the mind that Jacoby Brissette plays himself out of that job or that because the record so
10:29bad, they just decide to at some point just see what Carson Beck has before they go back into the draft in 2027.
10:35Yeah, I don't think he plays himself out of it.
10:38I think it's just a why don't we look and see what we have in Beck because we know Brissette is not the long term answer.
10:45And who knows what's going on with Brissette? He apparently is holding out for more money.
10:50I don't think the Cardinals are notoriously cheap. This could go into the season if he doesn't back down.
10:55So it might be Minshew to start and then Beck.
10:58It just looks gross in Arizona. I don't want any part of it, but I do think Beck will start late.
11:04So dynasty drafts, I've been trying to take these guys and if I'm in a super flex just to see as a lot of ticket.
11:11Yeah, I can understand that, especially in the dynasty world.
11:14Now, Andrew Jacoby Brissette last year when he kind of really just took over the job for the rest of the year coming out of the bye.
11:21So starting in week nine all the way through, he actually finished his QB nine at fantasy points per game.
11:27He had 19.4. I know it's a different offense, but do you see that same fate kind of befalling him where that's
11:33just like a that's just like a one off miracle kind of situation for Jacoby Brissette?
11:38New coach, new system, new everything. And another team that just continues to look for the future where you're going to see potentially Carson Beck at some point.
11:45I think you see Carson Beck pretty early on, to be honest.
11:49I don't think that Jacoby Brissette is very good.
11:51I think last year was the counting stats. It's it's much easier to put up top 10 fantasy numbers when you're throwing the ball 60 times a game.
11:59Right. Just I mean, imagine Jordan Love threw the ball 60 times a game.
12:03Like we would love how much fantasy record he could put up.
12:06Now he's stuck with 20, 25 attempts per game.
12:09So to your point, new offense, Jeremiah, when they drafted a running back into the top five, they got all the way you're going to see.
12:16You're going to see more of a run pass balance, in my opinion, from a new offensive play caller.
12:22So I think it makes a lot of sense, especially with the Cardinals.
12:25And Cardinals aren't as well positioned with future draft capital like the Jets are.
12:29The Jets can at least kind of like afford to win a couple more games.
12:33They also get to play the Dolphins twice. The Jets also have an easier schedule in the Cardinals.
12:38The Cardinals, even if Jacoby Brissette was playing well, even if Carson Beck, they're trying to win games.
12:43They have the toughest schedule in the NFL. So I think they're going to lose games basically no matter what.
12:49So I think it makes a lot of sense.
12:52Also, they drafted Carson Beck in the third round.
12:54He wasn't a day three pick like Kovnick was.
12:57So I think there's a little bit of difference there.
12:59And the thing that I want to point out, too, with the Jets, it really seems like Aaron Glenn is attached to
13:06Geno Smith in terms of as long as Aaron Glenn is the Jets head coach.
13:10He will not be too attached to his job.
13:12But that's what I mean. It's he. Geno is going to be the starter as long as Aaron Glenn is the head coach, however long that is.
13:20Whereas Mogi, the Jets GM, he is attached to, OK, I want to see Kovnick sooner rather than later.
13:25Whereas Aaron Glenn, I think, has really no interest in starting a day three quarterback because that means, well, I already probably lost my job at that point.
13:33So that's kind of how I see the Jets playing out.
13:36Games, Klubnick plays versus games, Aaron Glenn coaches in 2026.
13:39What's the bigger number? I'd still think Aaron Glenn, even though he is the most pre-fired head coach maybe in NFL history.
13:45Pre-fired is a good term. I like that. I feel so much better if they weren't if they weren't walking into they're
13:51just walking into such a big loss into week one when they have to face the Titans.
13:56Oh, yeah. And like they get smoked. I've never been so excited for Titans Jets in my entire life in this first week.
14:02I've tried to be somewhat optimistic about the Jets offense, even though I don't like Frank Reich.
14:07Like, I just like the pieces of the weapons.
14:10Omar Cooper, Sadiq, Garrett Wilson. I like the offensive line there.
14:13But if they just put up a total dud in week one, it's going to be Aaron Glenn.
14:18Week two on the even hot, hot, hot seat.
14:20Well, I'm just saying. Is he going to be able to survive two weeks as the head coach?
14:25So but yeah, man, that's tough. Well, especially because Frank Reich is there.
14:29It's not like they couldn't just hand the reins to him potentially just kind of be the head coach for the rest
14:35of the season if they had to. Look, I think I give it four to six weeks for Aaron Glenn, to be honest.
14:42That's that's my number. And I'm looking at Klubnik and I'm going, I think it's going to be a close number.
14:48I think it's kind of maybe five, five starts for him, maybe at some point.
14:52We'll see. What do you guys think? Drop your comments below.
14:55We want to hear from you. Now, the next guy that Andrew is going to talk about for number four on his
15:01fantasy big bowl predictions is a guy that as I'm wrapping up the finishing touches on the fantasy black book, 2026, available
15:07on Amazon next week, by the way, with Erickson and Bodman as key contributors.
15:11That was a good plug. I threw that in there.
15:14The one guy that I just keep coming back to over and over and over again and just keep moving up and
15:20moving up and pushing forward is Omarion Hampton. So let's talk about how crazy we can get in the words of Jack Nicholson and Batman.
15:27Actually, no, it was actually Michael Keaton in Batman saying it to Jack Nicholson.
15:31I want to get nuts. So let's get nuts.
15:33Andrew. Omarion Hampton leads all running backs in touchdowns in 2026.
15:37I like it. I want to take you guys back to 2023.
15:40I believe I was not 30 years old yet.
15:42You guys remember this guy named Raheem Mostert? I do.
15:45He played with Mike McDaniel. He scored 20, over 20 touchdowns in a season.
15:49And that was with another running back also scoring double digit touchdowns in the same backfield.
15:54So I think Omari and Hampton is eons more talented than a, at the time, I think 32 year old Raheem Mostert playing in Mike McDaniel's offense.
16:01I am really excited about the Chargers offense. I think that they could be a top five, if not the highest scoring
16:07unit in all of football in 2026. I think that it also pairs well based on that.
16:12We talked about this on some of the tailgate shows and the schedule shows.
16:16Chargers have a really tough schedule. But to me, that indicates shootouts.
16:19They lost their defensive coordinator last year. If they're giving up more points defensively, you're going to see more of Justin Herbert.
16:26You're going to see more of Omari and Hampton.
16:28He scored five touchdowns last year in basically only half a season.
16:31So I think that at minimum, if he's playing 17 games, he's already going to be in the double digits.
16:37Talked about A-chan. 12 touchdowns per year over his three seasons under Mike McDaniel.
16:41So I talked about Hampton on the year two breakout show.
16:44I just love how the kind of planets are aligning for him entering year two.
16:48And I think that even though his rookie year was seems kind of like a wash, I thought they still showed a
16:54lot of improvement, overcoming a tough situation. Injuries on the offensive line still ranked eighth pest graded rusher per PFF, 11th in yards after contact per attempt.
17:02And I just think he's going to score a ton of touchdowns.
17:05And though Keaton Mitchell is going to have a role at some point, he's not the red zone guy.
17:11I think that will be Omari and Hampton. And so give me that former UNC product to score a ton, 2026.
17:17Music to my ears, Andrew Erickson. Boggs, he is the 10th running back in the ECR right now over on Fantasy Pros and Half PPR.
17:24I have him closer to number five. Where do you have him?
17:27I have him at, I also have him at number 10 in that tier.
17:31But I have a tier of four to 10.
17:33So you can really see him going anywhere in there.
17:36I like this one. I think this is a good one.
17:39I don't understand why Keaton Mitchell is getting any love at all.
17:43I think Vidal is better than him. So I think Keaton Mitchell's, I think he's coming in here to be a return guy.
17:49So I think he's going to be third. I think he's going to be behind Vidal.
17:54Don't really understand that love. I think he's going to be all Hampton.
17:57Hampton is a workhorse. Of course, he had the injury and all that stuff, but look good coming back.
18:02All the reasons that Erickson just mentioned here. Plus, I just think this offense is going to be fixed on the O-line.
18:09Obviously, both tackles last year and just the miserable play of the interior of the offensive line.
18:13They've done a lot to try to fix this.
18:16So I think it's going to get a lot better.
18:19All right. We got six more bowl predictions for you before we get to all those.
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21:19And I use that term loosely. Boggs, let's get back to you for another one of your big-time bold predictions because this is another guy, too.
21:26Probably one of my top three, at least, favorite sleepers going into the 2026 season.
21:30How about Isaac Tesla leading the Lions in receiving touchdowns?
21:33I love this so much. Getting a little spicier, right?
21:36Just a little bit. But from week 13 on, Tesla had an over 50% snap share and scored four of his six touchdowns.
21:42He also had the seventh most end zone targets last year somehow.
21:45It was 19 overall. There were 19 guys that had at least 10 end zone targets here.
21:50He was also 166th in overall targets and top 20 in end zone targets.
21:54So I like that combo. So I know Sam Laporte is coming back.
21:58There's a lot of mouths to feed here. But I just think Tesla is going to be one of these guys that
22:04they continue continuously look for in the red zone, in the end zone.
22:08And I think, you know, maybe the yards don't come.
22:10Maybe the catches don't come because they have so many mouths to feed.
22:14Right. I think the scores come. So give me Isaac Tesla to lead the Lions.
22:18And Andrew, that's the tricky thing, right? Because, you know, the Troy Lions offense is so talented.
22:23They have so many guys on there that can do so much.
22:26And they're so versatile in that sense. But if you watch closely last year, you saw a lot of Tesla moments and
22:33you saw a lot of Tesla opportunities, especially in big spots, especially around that red zone.
22:37So he really wasn't fantasy relevant. He is right around the 75th wide receiver overall.
22:41He's actually 73 right now on fantasy pros in terms of the early rankings there.
22:45And I could see myself having a lot of shares because of what Bogman said.
22:50And if there is an injury to somebody, God forbid, in Amon Ra, where Jameson Williams, all of a sudden I think Tesla's role can grow.
22:57And I will say this, too, just throwing this sauce out there.
23:00I don't know if you agree or disagree, Andrew.
23:03Jameson Williams' inconsistency is a little maddening. At some point, if it starts to really frustrate what's going on here with the
23:09new coordinator and the new offense, maybe Tesla is a bit of a pivot point.
23:13Erickson hates JMO. Oh, does he? Oh, this is a problem.
23:16I'm in your wheelhouse now, finally. Let's go. I don't hate him.
23:20I think that he's such a fun player, but he's super frustrating to own fantasy football.
23:24I think he's super frustrating for the Lions at times, too.
23:27He was unplayable in fantasy. Again, ask anyone that drafted him last year how fun it was.
23:32Weeks, month, or eight. It was not a fun ride.
23:35It was not fun whatsoever. So with Tesla, I will think one point that you guys, and I like him a lot, too, as a sleeper.
23:42Last year, this is off the cuff, so if you need to stat, correct me, please do.
23:47He had six touchdowns on 16 catches. So it's like if you extrapolate, okay, if you can get up to 30 catches,
23:53well, now we're cooking with double-digit touchdowns. Every single red zone target and catch he had in the end zone, it was a sick one-handed grab.
24:00Yeah. Like, I think that what you do to do after you finish watching this video is go watch Isaac Tesla highlights.
24:06It shouldn't take you that long, but they're sick.
24:09Now only 16 catches. I can watch them all.
24:11Because he just made highlight real play after highlight real play.
24:15So even though on the box score, it doesn't count that, I think that everyone remembers, at least the coaching staff remembers,
24:21those types of plays that he was making as a rookie.
24:24They traded up for him in last year's draft.
24:26So, yeah, I do think that Dan Campbell and this coaching staff really do like him a lot.
24:31And one point I wanted to add, Kalief Raymond is no longer on the team.
24:36Right. So there is actually an opportunity for him to step into that clear-cut wide receiver three role.
24:41And we did see that at times last year.
24:43Now when it comes to the target pecking order, yeah, he's absolutely buried.
24:47But at least he's consistently running routes as the number three receiver behind Amon Ron Jameson.
24:51Okay. One injury away, similar to what happened with Williams last year.
24:55Laporta went down and Williams was off to the races.
24:57That's why I like Tesla as one of these last round picks, especially as bench upside.
25:02Yeah, I agree. By the way, Williams weeks one through seven.
25:05So that was leading up to the week eight by he was averaging 7.1 half PPR points a game.
25:10That was 52nd. Should I say best or worst?
25:13I don't know what's appropriate there. The best, worst, best, worst, best.
25:16Okay, best. All right, there you go. So I don't know.
25:19I mean, 7.1 and half PPR is not super exciting.
25:22Are you a half glass full, half glass empty kind of guy, Joe?
25:26Depends on my mood, my friend. Depends on my mood.
25:28Depends on what's in the glass. Yeah. There you go.
25:31There you go. All right. Let's move on to the next one here for Andrew Erickson, number three.
25:36And this is also where Andrew and I seem to be in lockstep.
25:40This is another player where I keep just chucking him up my rankings.
25:44You saw Zach Ertz be a favorite of Jaden Daniels, but Zach Ertz is not around anymore.
25:48He's been replaced by Chikakonkwo. So how big can we go with the big O in 2026, Andrew?
25:53I think Chikakonkwo can be this year's Tucker Craft.
25:56I am very excited about his opportunity with the Washington Commanders here where you're looking at this current depth chart.
26:02You have Terry McLaurin as the established number one coming off a pretty down season where he was banged up.
26:07And Terry McLaurin traditionally has not been a super alpha target earner.
26:11Like he has kind of hovered more around that 23% target share where he's not a 30% target share guy.
26:16So there are players and opportunities behind him on this depth chart.
26:19And that's why I look at Chikakonkwo. I think everyone looks at the Commanders depth chart and says, man, they need more wide receivers.
26:26They got to sign Stefan Diggs. They got to bring back Debo Samuel.
26:30Maybe they just feel confident in their tight end that they signed to a big deal in free agency to step up
26:36and be their guy that they need as the number two option in this passing attack.
26:40Chikakonkwo, despite playing in a pretty anemic Titans offense over the last three seasons, has had 50 plus catches in three straight years.
26:47And the thing that I love about him most and where I get comparisons to Tucker Craft is Chikakonkwo is excellent with the ball in his hands.
26:54Yards out to the catch is one of the biggest things I look for when it comes to projecting breakout tight ends
27:01along with having a clear path to targets over, excuse me, Chikakonkwo during his rookie season.
27:05He ranked first in yards out to the catch per reception at 7.8 last year.
27:09He ranked third in yards out to catch per reception 6.2.
27:12So I think that he is slated and teed up to absolutely smash his ADP and be an absolute monster, especially attached
27:19to an elite fantasy quarterback when he's healthy and Jane Daniels.
27:22So give me all the Chikakonkwo as my late round tight end de jour.
27:26Looking at the numbers here, 2024 and 2025 for total tight end output here from that position for the commanders.
27:31Again, mostly Zach Ertz, 766 yards in 2024, 739 in 2025.
27:34Ertz had seven touchdowns on 91 targets there in 2024.
27:37So Boggs, there's certainly a role for him in this offense.
27:40And to Andrew's point too, it's not like they brought in some other big alpha wide receiver along with Terry McLaurin to really challenge that role.
27:47So it does feel like that pathway for Chikakonkwo to get there.
27:51It's late at his feet. I just brought him up as my sleeper on the tight end tears episode.
27:56I like that. So it's everything you guys just mentioned.
27:59Couple of the fact that Luke McCaffrey, it's Luke McCaffrey, Trelon Burks, Antonio Williams are all fighting for the number two.
28:05Probably going to be Rashad White. Honestly, as your number two target on this offense.
28:09And then Chikak has an awesome opportunity for touchdowns and reception.
28:12So I like this one as well. All right, we've got four more bold predictions to go through before we get to it.
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30:02And this time we're going to talk about the Raiders, Boggs.
30:05Yeah. How about Jack Besch being the leading wide receiver for the Raiders?
30:08They didn't add anybody here. Jalen Naylor was their addition, right?
30:11You're going to get Brock Bowers back. He's going to be the leading target for sure.
30:16I'm not going to take stuff away from Brock Bowers.
30:19He's awesome. But it's Trey Tucker who's kind of a deep threat.
30:22And you have Jalen Naylor and Jack Besch. And Besch can play all over the field.
30:27He got over 50% snap shares after week 14.
30:29So I think they saw a little bit more in him.
30:32Of course, it's a new staff and all that in the pecking order is going to sort itself out.
30:37But I really like Jack Besch coming in. I think he runs strong routes.
30:41And I think he's going to work really well with Mendoza.
30:44I think those guys are going to really click together.
30:47So I think what we saw for Surratt and Cooper last year with Indiana, I think we're going to see with Tucker
30:53and Besch here in 2026 for the Raiders. So I like Jack Besch to take a nice step up here.
30:59You know, Boggs, I liked the Besch tape last year.
31:02And then I was really disappointed. I was like a big like, oh, yeah, this guy could be a dude in the NFL.
31:08And then, yeah, I think that's what ruined it for me, Andrew.
31:12Earmuffs. But this is this is the situation we find ourselves in now where the stock is so low, too.
31:17He is the 99th wide receiver right now off the board, Andrew.
31:21I mean, in best ball leagues, things like that's an interesting dark throw, not to mention, you know, in your deeper leagues, too.
31:27If it doesn't work out, you can always cut them after a couple of weeks.
31:31But to Bogman's point, it feels like somebody is going to step up there.
31:35And if Naylor was the only big acquisition there, maybe internally that process with Clint Kubiak looking at this roster saying, no,
31:41I think Besch can be a guy who can grow into that role to really help us in 2026 and help Mendoza sooner than later.
31:48I think I'm taking the Trey Tucker side here of this battle of these.
31:52Because, again, I think it's fun to try to be like, all right, which Raiders wide receiver is going to do something?
31:58Well, someone has to do something. Somebody has to do something.
32:02But I guess I don't know. I gravitate towards Trey Tucker.
32:05What Besch did as a rookie is just so underwhelming.
32:07And rookie wide receivers that just do absolutely, even in bad circumstances, like you got to show a little bit more.
32:13And Trey Tucker last year, he had a wide receiver one overall finish where he scored, outscored every single guy.
32:19He had 100 yards and three touchdowns in one game.
32:22Like, I get that. Probably 86% of his production.
32:24Exactly. But the fact that he was still able to do it all in one game to me.
32:29Trey Tucker has been a player that he played 95% of the snaps.
32:33Why wasn't Besch playing more last year? Well, they were playing Trey Tucker.
32:37He was playing ahead of him all last season.
32:39And maybe that was just coaching incompetence. Most likely coaching incompetence.
32:42Good chance it was coaching incompetence. But Trey Tucker.
32:45Trey Tucker's not a slouch, I don't think. I mean, he was a third round pick out of Cincinnati.
32:50So, I think he's been kind of underrated over 1,000 air yards back-to-back season.
32:54So, he's been able to thrive as that deep threat.
32:57And maybe they use him a little bit differently under a new coaching staff with Clint Kubiak.
33:01So, if he's in like that Rashid Jaheed type of role, okay, maybe I can get excited to hear about Trey Tucker.
33:08And it seems like the new coaching staff really likes him a lot.
33:11They compared his leadership. This is from the CoachSpeak Index.
33:14They compared his leadership to Max Crosby. So, like someone that they very highly evaluate in terms of, okay, who's going to
33:20be the players that we lean on the most in this offense?
33:24The same Max Crosby that they didn't want to keep?
33:26Well, this was after the fact when they were like, no, we get to keep him.
33:31I mean, it's clearly going to be Jalen Naylor now that we just talked about Trey Tucker.
33:36Well, Jalen Naylor did play with Kirk Cousins in Minnesota.
33:38He did. So, it's not going to help me because Kirk Cousins is not going to play.
33:43I'm just saying if Jalen Naylor is the leading target in rake one, that's why.
33:47Well, there's a 25-spot difference in wide receiver ranking between Besh and Tucker.
33:51I got to see where Naylor is on there.
33:54That's the thing. Besh is free. He is probably a pickup.
33:57Yeah. I mean, Tucker's wide receiver, what, 70? Yeah, they're all free.
34:00Like, it's... As it should be. As it should be.
34:03Somebody is going to step up, though. Yeah. So, I have agreed with Andrew.
34:07Andrew, actually, I think on two of his, the last two of his predictions there with Hampton and with Chig that we
34:13could really, like, not even have to work to convince me.
34:16I'm very excited about those things. This next one, Andrew, you're going to have to convince me because I don't know how
34:22you get there, what the math is here, but I'm fascinated to see it.
34:26What? Caleb Williams is a QB1 overall? Yeah. What math do I need to show you?
34:31Okay, so here's how you do it. Sure, a lot.
34:33Oh, he's a dual threat quarterback. He's a dual threat quarterback.
34:36Okay. So, he already is adding that rushing element.
34:39He's done that both his rookie year and last year.
34:42So, he has that component to his game. He's going to run enough times to hit the requisite amount of rushing yards
34:48and rushing touchdowns for that to qualify. And when it comes to the passing, he was a fringe top five quarterback last year.
34:54I think, believe, that he was QB6 overall, QB7 in points per game right under that 19.1 mark.
34:59So, not quite at the elite 20 points per game, which is kind of what you're looking for, for, like, a true difference maker at the quarterback position.
35:07But this was all under the context that he ranked dead last in completion rate over expectation.
35:12So, he was a bad passer last year with some of these advanced metrics, and he was a fringe top five fantasy quarterback.
35:18In his first year with Ben Johnson in this offense.
35:21So, now we're going into year two, where he has a full offseason.
35:25You have Colson Loveland break out in year two.
35:27You have Luther Byrd break out in year two.
35:30You have Roman Dunsay not playing injured. And you have DJ Moore no longer part of the offense, where him and DJ
35:36Moore necessarily weren't always on the same page. So, I think that we're looking at last year as Caleb Williams.
35:42Okay, he's a QB6, 7 guy floor, potentially. And now you have all this in-tapped upside that you can get him to
35:48die at the top five and potentially number one overall if you start to see some regression from some of the top guys.
35:54And maybe Josh Allen doesn't score as many rushing touchdowns.
35:57I know there's been a lot of back and forth on the Fanny Spurs program about Lamar Jackson and what he's going to do.
36:04Jane Daniels, he was banged up last year. It's a nice way of putting Derek and I fought.
36:09So, that's kind of how I'm just really excited about this Bears offense.
36:13And I know it's sometimes hard to pick between which pass catcher I want to draft the most.
36:18And I think back to something, I believe it was Tags that would say this was, I don't want the pancakes, I want the maple syrup, right?
36:25Who is the maple syrup of this Bears offense?
36:28It's Caleb Williams. And I want to draft him in fantasy because I think his upside is really, really high this year.
36:34So, I think he has QB1 overall potential. I think that sweetness has given me diabetes because no Bears quarterback has ever thrown for 4,000 yards.
36:41Still, with all that amazing stuff that happened last year, he was still under 4,000 yards.
36:46Yeah, so he's got room to improve that. He has room to improve.
36:49Joe, why do we have to put Caleb Williams in with the rest of the Bears quarterbacks, man?
36:54We don't need to do that. Well, Jay Cutler would disagree.
36:57Let's, I mean, I think for the rushing. With everything and court orders.
37:01He would have to go well over five touchdowns rushing for this to happen, too, because he only had three last year.
37:07So, he's got to be more towards like eight or nine, I think, to get there.
37:12The trouble is, where I struggle, and he was the eighth quarterback in terms of fantasy points per game.
37:17He was tied for eighth there with Dak Prescott.
37:19And I see what you're saying. Like, there's definitely, it's not an impossibility, but to leapfrog the Josh Allens and, you know, returning Lamar.
37:26Twice number two. Twice number two on the list?
37:29What if we said it like this, Joe? What if it was stated, Caleb Williams is the best buy among quarterbacks?
37:35That's very possible. He could very well in single quarterback leagues be the best return on investment.
37:39That I could see. That's not impossible. I think that's the point, right?
37:43Yeah. Well, but this is the fun of the show.
37:46We're making big, bold statements, and Andrew should make big, bold statements.
37:49Hey, look. And I'm the cold water here. I'm just happy we're doing it without hot sauce.
37:54Can we pause this for a second? I gotta go grab a towel while I'm freaking soaked from all this cold water you guys poured on my tank.
38:02Oh, Lord. Did you work on that all day?
38:04We just agreed on yours. Your first three. Just came to me.
38:08Come on. And I rephrased yours to be better.
38:10Don't be a crybaby. You're fine. But I think if you say it like that, I think if you do say it
38:16like that, this is the best value among quarterbacks.
38:19Well, he's the ninth quarterback right now off the board.
38:22And after him, it's Trevor Lawrence, it's Dak Prescott, it's Brock Purdy.
38:25Like, you know, this is – it's a really good year to, you know, let quarterback come to you.
38:30Would you rather have – would you rather take Dart two rounds ahead of Caleb Williams?
38:35No. No. Or would you take Williams? No. No.
38:37I wouldn't. I agree with that. I wouldn't. Yeah.
38:40So we're all on the same page. There we go.
38:43All right, everybody. Number one here for both the guys here coming up in just a second here.
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39:35All right, Boggs. Here we go. Let's do number one here.
39:38Your big bold prediction here, Fantasy Football 2026. What do you got?
39:41Yeah, man. People are going to be annoyed with my Isaiah Likely takes this year.
39:45But I've got Isaiah Likely as second on the Giants in receptions and first in receiving touchdowns.
39:50And if Neighbors is doing worse than we think after this knee surgery, the second knee surgery as well, this might be
39:56first on both for Isaiah Likely here for the Giants.
39:59Theo Johnson had the most receiving touchdowns for this team at five last year.
40:03But let's also just take into account who is the number two for the Giants right now behind Neighbors.
40:08Because Wondell Robinson and his one on the catches are gone.
40:11It's Darius Slayton. It's Calvin Austin. Malachi Fields is a deep threat.
40:15That Darnell Mooney has been given chance after chance after chance and not done anything.
40:19So I just think getting away from Mark Andrews, knowing that he is by far the second best target in the every snap lineup, I think.
40:26And the fact that Matt Nagy has been tight end heavy.
40:29Of course, he had Komet and he had Kelsey.
40:32But before that, I believe Trey Burton was tight end seven when he started for the Eagles.
40:36Nice Trey Burton poll. I like that. Yeah, I think tight ends are going to be highly relied upon in this offense.
40:43I think Isaiah Likely is already second receptions and first in receiving touchdowns.
40:46And if anything goes haywire with Neighbors coming back, he might be first on this team.
40:51I'd like to see the Likely breakout, especially since he's basically, you know, right outside that top 12 tight ends.
40:56He's right in that conversation. So the last tight end off the board potentially as a starter.
41:01And there's a lot of smart people like you, Scott Bogman, that is selling me the goods here.
41:06No, no, no. Don't sell yourself short. Well, you are.
41:09Well, that's where I think we have more of a debate.
41:12Great. But the Isaiah Likely one is tough for me because I keep coming back to the same point of why the
41:18hell would the Ravens let him walk away if he was such an important potential asset for older Mark Andrews to sign him through an extension?
41:25And I just I keep trying to wrap my mind around the bad evaluation process.
41:30And I get it. Harbaugh turned around and then took him with him and all that stuff.
41:34That's fine. But I don't know, man. It's just that to me was the red flag.
41:39That was the fly in the ointment that continues to make me skeptical about Isaiah Likely.
41:43Erickson, are you one of these Isaiah Likely truthers this year, too?
41:47Because it seems to be a lot of them that I work with at Fantasy Bros.
41:51Yes, I am going to the board meeting for Isaiah Likely tight end one season.
41:55I will be in attendance. I'm not the chairman.
41:58Don't know who that is. I don't know actually who has the highest rank on Isaiah.
42:02I'd be interested to see who that is. But between him and Chikokonkwo, that's why I just give me late round tight ends.
42:09Like there are two guys that I'm really excited about where the path to them being a tight end one, the path
42:15to targets, the path to opportunities is crystal clear.
42:18And I'm optimistic and encouraged by the fact that he is reuniting with John Harbaugh.
42:22John Harbaugh is the one that called Isaiah Likely a future all pro player.
42:26And he's the one that probably wanted to pay him.
42:28But as the Ravens season kind of unraveled last year and they kind of took a step back and thought, maybe Harbaugh
42:35is not really in our long-term plans. Maybe that was a result.
42:38Now, OK, Isaiah Likely is not going to be in our long-term plans.
42:42I don't I mean, it doesn't make a lot of sense.
42:45I don't agree with the move to sign Mark Andrews.
42:48No. And let Likely walk. I think that was dumb.
42:50And I think that the Ravens are going to kind of wear some egg on their face when they look back and
42:57see Andrews turn to dust potentially and likely have another full breakout season here in the Giants offense, especially if Malik Nabors
43:03is slow coming back from his injury. You would hate to see that for the Ravens.
43:07I would hate to see that. I know, Boggs.
43:10That one really hurts you. All right. We got one more from Andrew Erickson.
43:14Speaking of the Ravens, you've got one that deals with the Ravens.
43:17Let's go, Andrew. Oh, well, Boggs is going to hate this.
43:20I know I didn't like his Omar Cooper one, but he must absolutely hate this one.
43:25So that's as long as we keep it fair.
43:27So I hate it. I'll say that. Say Flowers will be a wide receiver one overall in 2026.
43:32That is my scorching hot. On the Ravens? He can use random hot sauce.
43:36Wait, on the Ravens? Yes. On the Baltimore Ravens.
43:39Like. Attached to a pretty good quarterback. He's not wide receiver one on the Ravens.
43:43He's wide receiver one. That's how. He is wide receiver one in fantasy points.
43:47Not Jamar Chase. There you go. He scores more than everybody else.
43:50Not JSN. No. CD Lamb. No, he scores the most points.
43:53Justin Jefferson. Mon Rossi and Brown. He's going to leapfrog all those guys.
43:57Okay. Yeah. Just like JSN and Puka leapfrogged all those guys last year.
44:00Thought I was going to hate it. Joe won't even let you finish it.
44:04So. I just want to make sure I'm hearing it right.
44:07You know. Yeah. Came in there to my ears.
44:10Joe is old. I am old. Hey. I mean, I had to have at least some sizzling hot take for the number one spot.
44:17I mean, if I came on here and it was, eh, where's the sizzle?
44:21Is the girl even turned on? This is lame.
44:23No, no. I like Isaiah Likely one. But for me, Zay Flowers, I just see an impending superstar breakout here in his fourth season.
44:30When he came out of Boston College, the guy he reminded me the most of, and it's someone that he actually trained
44:36with and studied as a route runner was Antonio Brown.
44:39And if you look at Antonio Brown during the early season of his career, now, see, now I'm going to get the
44:45stable pool from Scott Bogman because we're bringing up Antonio Brown.
44:48His fourth year is when he went absolutely nuclear and just took over the NFL and fantasy football.
44:53And the thing with Zay Flowers is he's checking off every single box that I'm looking for, except for the touchdowns, right?
44:59Like that's the one thing that's kind of, he hasn't really hit on, has not had a lot of touchdowns throughout his NFL career.
45:06But at the end of last year, what started happening?
45:09Oh, he started to find the end zone. Just like happy, learn how to putt.
45:13It's like, oh, here we go. So five touchdowns over his last four games.
45:17So that helped him tie his six touchdowns scored in his rookie season.
45:21But he hit 1,200 receiving yards last year. If you look at every other wide receiver that hit 1,200 receiving yards, all
45:27of them scored at least eight touchdowns. He's looking for some positive touchdown regression and in a brand new offense with Declan Doyle.
45:33It is a bit of a mystery box. It's not Todd Monk in where you're running more slow paced.
45:38Declan Doyle, I expect to run much faster. Like what we saw from the Chicago Bears and Ben Johnson last year.
45:44Yards per route run is a flowers. The guys that were better than him, Puka Nuku and Jack Smith and Jigba.
45:50Again, those are the other players that we're talking about as wide receiver one overall.
45:54They're in the top three in the rankings, but Zay Flowers was just as efficient or right behind them in terms of yards per route run last year.
46:02So for me, it just comes down to touchdowns.
46:05And it's not like I'm concerned that Lamar Jackson can't throw touchdowns.
46:08Well, he threw 42 years ago. Exactly. And so I understand where he threw 40 and Zay Flowers still didn't catch any touchdowns.
46:15So I get that argument against Zay Flowers. His red zone role has been bad throughout his NFL career.
46:20He's never really been a featured guy. But with a new offensive coordinator embracing change.
46:24There's no risk involved of taking him as a wide receiver 20 when he was a top 10 receiver last year when Lamar Jackson was healthy.
46:31So he's a smash pick where he's going as ADP.
46:34I think that his ceiling could be potentially unlocked in a new offense.
46:38Year four explosion for Zay Flowers. I am so signed up for.
46:41So we'll see if it happens. He can be a surprise wide receiver one candidate when the dust settles.
46:47Boggs, what's your take on this? We know you're a Ravens connoisseur.
46:50How do you feel about this bold take here about Zay Flowers just leapfrogging all the elites going all the way to
46:56top and becoming the new Antonio Brown? I was kind of mad when I saw this one because I was trying to
47:02figure out a way to put Zay Flowers on my list because I do think he's going to take a big step, right?
47:09And I'm only a couple spots ahead of ECR.
47:11I think I have him at wide receiver 18.
47:14But I am ahead. I do think that, you know, if if we are entering a different stage in Lamar Jackson's career,
47:20right, where he's not going to run quite as much, he's still going to run.
47:24You know, I'm not on D bro side on that at all.
47:27By the way, I'm still a Lamar Jackson guy.
47:30Of course he's going to run. And look, he hasn't run for a lot of touchdowns anyway, especially since Derrick Henry showed up in the town.
47:37Right. And I don't want him doing that because I want to keep him upright.
47:41I don't need him to do that anymore. If I'm the Ravens.
47:45I think this whole offense is more vertical this year in that benefits Zay more than anybody else.
47:50So I'm, I'm excited about Zay. I mean, Eric, so let me ask you this.
47:54Where do you have him ranked? You don't have him ranked in one 20% Twitter.
47:58Let's relax here. So I mean, it's a bullprint.
48:01I mean, that's right. Yeah. Prediction isn't my ranking.
48:03Right. Right. So where do you have him in the top 10?
48:07I think that he's like, let's just pull it up.
48:09I don't need to. 14 or something because I have him at 18.
48:13His ECR is 20. I would actually like to go see while we're here.
48:17I will say this. I don't know if this is a hot take, but I will say this.
48:22I think there's a really good chance that Zay Flowers is far more fantasy productive this year than Malik Neighbors, who's going
48:28to go way earlier than him based off of the injury production.
48:32I have him 14. 14. 14 is very high.
48:34Let me just see the rankings to get you his highest here.
48:37His highest is 10. So you're actually second. Second highest, Erickson.
48:41Because the thing that's weird with him in particular is like the guys right ahead of him are Rice, neighbor.
48:46Oh, I mean, at least where I have him ranked.
48:49Yeah, questionable guys. So yeah, I think he has a super high floor.
48:53The thing that I always lose sight of and the last point on Zay Flowers is I've been too slow sometimes to
48:59recognize the guys that have really high floors and then just label them as, oh, well, he's a high floor guy.
49:05He's never going to hit a ceiling. And then he hits a ceiling.
49:08And that's honestly how I felt about JSN during some part of his early career.
49:12It's like low A dot guys catching a lot of passes, but he's not scoring a lot of touchdowns, not generating big plays.
49:19And to your point, Boggs, about explosiveness, who was one of the most explosive wide receivers in the NFL last year?
49:25Number one in player profiles, explosive rating or number three, Zay Flowers.
49:28I like it. Food for thought, everybody. All right.
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49:55And if you want some guys on the opposite end going the wrong direction, check out our latest video, too.
50:01It's a shorter one that Boggs and Andrew and I are going to talk about some of the busts coming up for the 2026 season.
50:08So you got some early drafts. Maybe those are some players you want to stay away from.
50:13That's going to do it for us. But the story of the game goes on for Scott Bogman and Andrew Erickson.
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