2026 Fantasy Football Draft Strategy: Best Picks, Player Debates, Sleepers & League-Winning Advice (Ep. 2144)
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58 min
Duration
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Aug 21, 2026
Published
Fri, August 21, 2026
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Player insights
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Players mentioned
Topics
Chase BrownChristian McCaffreyJadarian PriceJosh AllenLamar JacksonNico CollinsSaquon BarkleyA.J. BrownAmon-Ra St. BrownBraelon AllenBrock BowersCaleb WilliamsCeeDee LambChristian Watson
Player analysis
Player insights
A.J. Brown
PositiveValue21:54
Trading Alec Pierce, Romeo Dobbs, and a 2027 late second-round pick for AJ Brown is considered a no-brainer for a team pushing for a championship in a Dynasty league.
Insight pageAmon-Ra St. Brown
PositiveValue23:44
Amon-Ra St. Brown is considered one of the safest picks in fantasy football, consistently performing as a top-four wide receiver with no injury or suspension concerns.
Insight pageBraelon Allen
PositiveValue8:51
Braylon Allen remains more valuable than Najee Harris as the clear handcuff to Breece Hall, especially given Hall's minor injury concerns.
Insight pageBrock Bowers
PositiveRole49:46
Jaden Higgins recommends targeting Brock Bowers or Trey McBride in 8-team leagues to secure a reliable tight end, noting that waiting for later options like Colston Loveland or Tyler Warren may not provide enough value.
Insight pageCaleb Williams
PositiveValue42:02
Jaden Higgins notes that Caleb Williams fell to the ninth round in a recent mock draft, making him a strong value pick relative to his ADP.
Insight pageCeeDee Lamb
PositiveProjection17:38
CeeDee Lamb is the safer first-round pick over Justin Jefferson due to his consistent volume and reliable quarterback play with Dak Prescott.
Insight pageChase Brown
PositiveValue7:06
Chase Brown is considered a great running back option, especially in an eight-team league where he can be paired with Saquon Barkley.
Insight pagePositiveValue51:12
Jaden Higgins prefers Chase Brown over high-end wide receivers in certain draft scenarios, describing him as a super safe pick.
Insight pageChristian McCaffrey
NegativeBust23:24
Christian McCaffrey carries significant injury risk due to his extremely high career workload and history of regression following outlier seasons.
Insight pageNegativeBust26:41
There is significant concern regarding Christian McCaffrey's durability, with Jaden Higgins choosing to bypass him in drafts due to past traumatic experiences with his injury history.
Insight pageChristian Watson
PositiveBreakout29:07
Despite injury concerns, Christian Watson is a target in the sixth round because he is highly productive when healthy and plays in an offense with consolidated targets.
Insight pageDalton Schultz
PositiveValue5:26
Dalton Schultz is being considered as a safer late-round target for those waiting and streaming at the tight end position.
Insight pageDe'Von Achane
NegativeUsage33:54
Devon Achane is preferred over Derrick Henry, but there are concerns regarding the Dolphins' new zone running scheme, the loss of lead blocker Alec Ingold, and Tua Tagovailoa's tendency to avoid check-downs.
Insight pageDerrick Henry
NegativeProjection48:22
Jaden Higgins views Derrick Henry as the least desirable option among top running backs, citing his age and lack of pass-catching upside.
Insight pageJa'Marr Chase
NegativeValue7:02
Ja'Marr Chase is recommended over Puka Nacua at the 1.03 due to the latter's suspension risk.
Insight pageJadarian Price
PositiveUsage22:56
The Seahawks are likely underselling their usage of Jadarian Price, and it is expected to be the 'Jadarian Price show' despite coaching staff rhetoric; he is a target in the late fifth round.
Insight pagePositiveValue43:19
Jaden Higgins prefers Jadarian Price over Jordan Tyson in both dynasty and redraft formats, citing concerns over Tyson's repeated injury history.
Insight pageJames Cook
PositiveValue23:51
James Cook is highlighted as an extremely safe running back option for the first round.
Insight pageJayden Higgins
NegativeInjury0:13
Jaden Higgins is out for the year due to injury, which significantly impacts the Texans' wide receiver room and draft outlook.
Insight pageJonathan Taylor
NegativeProjection27:27
Jonathan Taylor is viewed as having a capped ceiling, with expectations of touchdown regression and higher upside alternatives like James Cook available.
Insight pageJosh Allen
PositiveProjection30:57
Josh Allen is the clear 1.01 in superflex leagues due to his unmatched consistency and fantasy upside.
Insight pagePositiveProjection50:05
Jaden Higgins suggests targeting Josh Allen or Lamar Jackson early in 8-team leagues, but advises waiting if those elite options are unavailable.
Insight pageJosh Downs
PositiveUsage53:43
Jaden Higgins notes that with Tyler Warren's injury, Josh Downs may see an increase in target share.
Insight pageJustin Herbert
PositiveValue41:16
Jaden Higgins suggests targeting quarterbacks like Justin Herbert, Caleb Williams, or Trevor Lawrence in the middle rounds as a value-based alternative to reaching for elite options.
Insight pageJustin Jefferson
NegativeProjection17:38
Justin Jefferson has a higher ceiling than CeeDee Lamb but carries more risk due to uncertainties surrounding the Vikings' quarterback situation and offensive changes.
Insight pageKeaton Mitchell
NegativeUsage21:42
Keaton Mitchell is considered a throw-in for fantasy purposes, with Jaden Higgins expressing indifference toward his fantasy outlook despite wishing him well personally.
Insight pageKeenan Allen
NegativeValue15:01
Keenan Allen is a reliable, high-floor player who will likely finish as a WR3 or WR4, but he lacks the league-winning upside of younger players like Dijon Stribling.
Insight pageLamar Jackson
PositiveValue31:59
Lamar Jackson is typically the 1.02 in superflex leagues and is a strong, reliable option.
Insight pagePositiveProjection39:12
Lamar Jackson is a target in Superflex leagues, with Jaden Higgins expecting a bounce-back season.
Insight pageMalik Nabers
PositiveValue37:56
Malik Nabers is highlighted as a prime target in the second round for teams looking to bolster their wide receiver corps.
Insight pageMalik Willis
NegativeUsage42:49
Jaden Higgins suggests pairing late-round quarterbacks like Malik Willis and Jared Goff as a viable strategy if waiting until rounds 14 or 15 to address the position.
Insight pageMike Evans
NegativeInjury44:47
Jaden Higgins advises drafting Parker Washington over Mike Evans, citing Evans' recurring hamstring issues and the general decline associated with aging.
Insight pageNajee Harris
NegativeRole8:54
Najee Harris's addition to the Giants creates uncertainty in the backfield rotation, potentially lowering Devin Singletary's role and making the backfield a committee without a clear handcuff.
Insight pageNico Collins
PositiveUsage2:09
Jaden Higgins' season-ending injury could potentially lead to more target volume for Nico Collins, though the team's balanced offense and defensive strength limit extreme passing volume.
Insight pagePositiveRole44:02
Jaden Higgins prefers Nico Collins over Tet Rowe McMillan in redraft leagues, specifically noting the increased opportunity following the Jaden Higgins injury.
Insight pageParker Washington
NegativeUsage29:21
Parker Washington is preferred over Christian Watson by some due to his clearer path to involvement and potential to be the WR1 in his offense, despite Watson's higher ceiling.
Insight pagePuka Nacua
NegativeBust7:02
Puka Nacua carries risk due to potential off-the-field issues regarding a suspension, leading to a preference for Ja'Marr Chase in early-round draft decisions.
Insight pageRashee Rice
NegativeBust39:36
Rashee Rice is discouraged as a keeper option due to off-field legal issues and injury concerns, making Tyler Warren a better value in the eighth round.
Insight pageSaquon Barkley
PositiveValue7:06
Saquon Barkley is viewed as a top-tier running back option, highly recommended for fantasy rosters.
Insight pagePositiveUsage47:55
Jaden Higgins is high on Saquon Barkley's bounce-back potential, citing the new offensive coordinator from Green Bay and expected aggressive ground usage.
Insight pageTank Dell
PositiveSleeper2:15
Tank Dell is a compelling late-round target who is essentially free in drafts (WR69 ADP). He is expected to take over the role vacated by Jaden Higgins on the outside, making him a high-upside dart throw.
Insight pageTravis Etienne
PositiveProjection25:59
Travis Etienne's ADP is expected to skyrocket into the top of the fourth round, or potentially the third, due to the Alvin Kamara injury.
Insight pageTyjae Spears
PositiveUsage36:11
Tyjae Spears is a strong bench stash due to his pass-catching upside and existing workload share in Tennessee; he could become the lead back if Tony Pollard misses time.
Insight pageTyler Allgeier
PositiveSleeper35:38
Tyler Allgeier is a priority stash due to his role as a handcuff with immediate usage potential, especially given the ambiguous injury status of Jeremiah Love.
Insight pageTyler Warren
NegativeInjury53:24
Jaden Higgins reports that Colts tight end Tyler Warren left practice with a groin injury, making him a player to monitor.
Insight pageTyrone Tracy
NegativeUsage9:06
Tyrone Tracy was involved in a miscommunication regarding a missed block, but he has a clean record in pass protection.
Insight pageZach Charbonnet
NegativeUsage25:05
Expectations are that Zach Charbonnet will return sooner rather than later, which could ruin the Jadarian Price workload at the most critical time of the fantasy season.
Insight pageFull transcript
Episode Transcript
0:00This is an iHeart Podcast. Guaranteed Human. Warning, this product is not a safe alternative to cigarettes.
0:05I think I want to hear two different sides of things, but how are we doing today?
0:10I'm doing good. Today was not a busy day.
0:13It was a sad injury day, unfortunately, there with Jaden Higgins.
0:16I hate to bring up the negative stuff right off the bat there, but that one hurt.
0:22It really did. Tara, this is not who I need you to be today.
0:26I don't need you to be the bringer of bad news and sadness onto the live stream.
0:31Everyone, you heard it. She's had a very easy day today, and then she brought sadness into our lives.
0:37So now what you have to do is inundate her with questions.
0:40And the questions we are going to answer are the ones that you guys send with those super chats, okay?
0:46Not just the regular chats. I mean, we like you regular chatting people just as much, but the super chat people, you
0:53guys are the ones that are guaranteed to get your questions answered.
0:57So please get those in early and often here in the first 20 minutes, and we will do our best to get those questions answered.
1:04And Tara, we've got a few that are already here in the chat.
1:08So you know what? Let's let this let's let this happen.
1:11Let's let these build up a little bit. I want to ask you about Jaden Higgins since you brought him up and
1:18you know, you kind of harsh the mood right here out of the gate.
1:22How are we feeling? Obviously, Jaden Higgins out for the year.
1:26The repercussions this has on the rest of the team, right?
1:29It certainly means potentially more target volume for Nico Collins, if that's even possible to happen, but it could.
1:35And then we've got a few other players, Jalen Noll and Tank Dell, both dealing with injuries that should be returning to the practice field soon.
1:43What's the outlook here on this wide receiver room?
1:45It's a weird one. Perhaps it makes us a little bit more uncomfortable with Nico Collins because he was someone that I
1:52was always bypassing when it comes to those early rounds because of the whole quarterback situation.
1:57You have more talent coming into the wide receiver room with Higgins ascending, Tank Dell coming back.
2:02We know they're not throwing for extreme volume because somehow their defense only gets better.
2:07And so this is a team that can be very balanced.
2:10They got David Montgomery in there. They can lean on the run.
2:14They're deep at running back adding in, you know, they've got Woody Marks there as well.
2:18So I was looking at it like Nico is not someone who I'm just clamoring to get right.
2:24So that was affecting my draft strategy in terms of the second round, not really looking at him.
2:29So it makes him a little bit safer. But now we have to figure out how much do we trust Tank Dell's return?
2:36Because this we have not seen him on the field in terms of a game wise, right?
2:41We know that he's recovered. He's running. They're going to hopefully have him out ready for the beginning of the season.
2:48But to what capacity? How much will he be on the field?
2:51Are they going to slow ramp him up, give him like 30% of a snap and then try and get him up towards the middle of the season?
3:00So there's a lot of question marks that the Texans haven't specifically answered with him.
3:04Then when we look at Jalen Knoll, he's wonderful, but he obviously is a very different player in terms of where he
3:11plays on the field than Jaden Higgins. So this is a tough one.
3:15I just look at Nico and I'm like, OK, all right, I feel a lot better about you, but we need to
3:22figure out if there's any other person we can target in this offense.
3:26Now, are we moving Dalton Schultz up the rankings from a tight end perspective?
3:30Does he become one of our safer late round targets if you're waiting and streaming?
3:34I think the guy you mentioned there at the beginning, Tank Dell, is the one I get most interested in because he's essentially free in drafts.
3:42He is the wide receiver 69 in real time ADP on fantasypros.com.
3:46You can always use that to track where players are going in drafts.
3:50But Jaden Higgins is a guy that was at around wide receiver 50 roughly a week ago and little by little that started to go down.
3:58Tank Dell plays on the outside, whereas Jalen Knoll will likely go into the slot.
4:02So if there's someone who could take the Jaden Higgins role and be productive, who we've seen be productive, it's Tank Dell.
4:09And I think that just becomes a really fun dart throw late in drafts that we can be looking at every single time.
4:16All right, guys, these questions have started to pile up.
4:19So let's hop into them. Go to our first question here.
4:22Hey, guys, 18 PPR. I have the 103 Puka Nakua or Jamar Chase.
4:26Also, is Chase Brown and Barkley a good running back duo?
4:30Tara, I'll let you start first. So first portion of that, especially since it's an eight team league.
4:35I mean, you know, all things equal. I want Puka, but all things aren't equal, unfortunately, in terms of the risk that he has.
4:42He has off the field now for a potential suspension.
4:45So go Jamar on that one. Play it safe.
4:48And then when it comes to Chase Brown and Saquon Barkley, that's a good duo.
4:53100%. And I know it's an eight team league.
4:55So realistically, maybe you could get both of them onto the same roster.
4:59So yes, 100%. Love them both. No disrespect, SGP.
5:02Is peanut butter and chocolate a good duo? Yeah, man.
5:05Yes, these are great running backs. If you can't vote them on the same team, I love that.
5:10Especially an eight team league. Who knows who's falling to the third round in a league like that?
5:16So yeah, I'm with you going Jamal Chase there.
5:19I think you're looking at probably either or when it comes to Chase Brown or Barkley as your next pick off the board there.
5:26Great question there. Let's go to our next one that we have here in the queue.
5:31And Shane is asking, drop Braylon Allen for Najee Harris.
5:34So this is a fun one to talk about, Tara, because we got Najee Harris joining the New York Giants.
5:40A lot of people have speculated because it comes off the heels of the missed block heard around the world.
5:46There's a little more to it than that. As anyone that was watching the game can kind of see Tyrone Tracy was
5:53headed out for a route and then kind of had to step back to see if he can make the block.
5:59So there's some sort of miscommunication there. Also, Najee Harris joining the Giants has been something that's been talked about for weeks, not just because of this game.
6:07We have Cam Skattebo who has his injury. So can we talk about Najee Harris for a second?
6:13What do you see as the outlook for that backfield?
6:16And is he worth adding and dropping a player who's handcuffed like Braylon Allen?
6:20I would not because we know that 100% for sure that is Braylon Allen is the handcuff there for Brees Hall.
6:26And we do know that Brees is already dealing with an injury, minor one, not a major issue.
6:32But, you know, heading into the season, that always becomes something that we want to pay attention to.
6:37When it comes to Najee, I think you pointed out the thing that is very critical.
6:42That video of Tyrone Tracy missing the block blew up, right?
6:46And he got blamed for it. But clear miscommunication.
6:48Now, who the communication was on, you know, we don't know the details on that.
6:53But at the end of the day, that was not a poor blocking situation, right?
6:57So I'll say this. He's got zero sacks allowed in pass protection in his career.
7:02Yeah. I don't think that that was the Giants reacting and saying, oh, my God, we got to go get Najee.
7:08I think it's just coincidental on that end of them wanting to add more depth to the running back room.
7:14And what I am concerned about is the fact that we did see them use a rotation in their first team reps in the preseason game.
7:22So that is my concern. Are they trying to bring in Najee to see if there's more flexibility in terms of how they would organize that committee?
7:30That would be my concern there. And if they maybe want to stay for deep at running back, if they're planning to
7:37be run heavy because of the lack of depth they have at pass catcher, that is an entire issue in itself.
7:43Najee added to the team does not automatically mean that he would be the direct handcuff to Cam Scadaboos.
7:49So I warn people against dropping someone who we know is in line versus someone who could theoretically be in line, particularly coming off a major injury.
7:57Yeah, this is the most Greg Roman of all Greg Roman things to have ever happened.
8:02Go and get me the biggest running back you can find, and we're going to get four of these guys on the roster together.
8:09Somehow get them all in the field at the same time.
8:13I think what this does do is it definitely lowers Devin Singletary's role to potentially zero.
8:18And what it does, I think there is no real handcuff now to Cam Scadaboos if he goes down.
8:23I think you're going to have multiple players that are going to be going out there in this running back platoon.
8:30So the reason I say that is to say that Najee Harris doesn't become quite as valuable as we want him to be.
8:37I would think of him the way we thought of Gus Edwards after Derrick Henry went down, where it's going to be
8:43Gus Edwards and Justice Hill out there at the same time.
8:47The same way we looked at that Ravens running back room before.
8:50So Braylon Allen, I think, remains a little bit more valuable than Najee Harris.
8:55So not dropping Braylon Allen for Najee Harris there.
8:57Let's go to the next question. On here, should I drop Dijon Stribling for Keenan Allen?
9:02This is interesting. Do we drop the young, fun upstart for the old guy who's still kind of productive?
9:08Yeah, I get it because I love Keenan Allen.
9:11He's one of my favorite players. And I do expect him to be productive right off the bat with Alec Pierce probably not starting the season.
9:18But no, can't do it. I mean, we're not overreacting to Stribling's preseason game.
9:23But at the end of the day, that is the most injury risk team that ever existed.
9:28Love Mike Evans. The hamstrings are just torn up.
9:31Debo, you know, so it's just at the end of the day, even Chris McCaffrey and the injury risk there.
9:37Dijon could legitimately be the wide receiver one at some point this season on that team.
9:41I can't say the same for Keenan Allen because of the presence of the other bodies there.
9:47So Stribling is the one that you would still want to have.
9:50It's so hard because Keenan Allen, 120 plus targets in each of the last three years, he's been a wide receiver three or better in fantasy.
9:58So it's kind of hard to say, I don't want that guy on my team.
10:03I think the problem, it comes down to kind of game philosophy, the way you play.
10:08Keenan Allen won't lose you a week because he's probably not going to go out there and get you a zero.
10:14But he's not winning you many weeks either. You're going to get a lot of those six to eight points per week.
10:21And he's just going to sort of tiptoe his way to a wide receiver three or four finish this year.
10:27Also, there's a lot of other players on this team that do the same things as Keenan Allen.
10:32And I'm talking about Josh Downs, Tyler Warren. So I think as reliable as Allen has been, especially when I'm looking at
10:39who am I keeping on my bench? I want a guy like Stribling who could win my league by potentially becoming the wide receiver one in San Francisco.
10:47So we are in full agreement here. We need to start arguing, disagree or something.
10:52Let's do it. Let's do it on the next question.
10:55Really? Oh, I mean, just force it. Oh, of course.
10:58We get the softest of softballs. C.D. Lamb, Jefferson, Jefferson.
11:01Cody, it's not a bad question. But my gosh, this is like this is the meme of two cakes.
11:07Oh, my gosh. They're both fantastic. So if you're sitting at the end of round one, each of these guys are up there.
11:14Who are you going with? Now, see, this is where I disagree.
11:17I think it's a big debate here. I think it's critical.
11:21I know a first round debate is like kind of like, hmm.
11:24But at the end of the day, we're talking about someone who is about as safe as you can get from a
11:31pure volume perspective with an extremely safe quarterback in C.D.
11:34Lamb with Dak Prescott. You know what Dak is doing.
11:37He's 30 touchdowns, 4,000 plus yards easy. It's not a question.
11:40Right. When we're looking at Justin Jefferson, there's a lot more inherent risk.
11:44We're trusting Kyler Murray for a bounce back. We know that he has fed a wide receiver one.
11:50I feel confident that he can feed a wide receiver one.
11:53But it's been a solid like, you know, four-ish years that it's been since that happened with DeAndre Hopkins.
11:59And then do we trust Kyler Murray to make it through an entire season?
12:03Well, if he doesn't, then there is J.J. McCarthy.
12:06And we know how that went last season. So, yeah, it's a safety versus a risk.
12:10I have C.D. Lamb ranked one spot higher from a pure safety perspective because you know there's a certain level of volume that will be there.
12:18But he does not have the same ceiling as Justin Jefferson.
12:22So it's about how risky you want to get.
12:24Safer pick? C.D. Lamb. Go with it. But if you can have the risk tolerance there, shoot for the ceiling with Justin Jefferson.
12:31It could be a bounce back to 1,800 yards for him.
12:35Sorry, Tara. We're not going to disagree just yet.
12:37I am also going C.D. Lamb over Jefferson here.
12:40I do think they're ceiling with Jefferson, but there's a lot of ifs and buts that have to happen with this Minnesota Vikings team.
12:47Kyler Murray has to be good. Kyler Murray has to stay healthy and make it through the season.
12:53And then we also have to see how all these other players added to the Vikings are going to take away.
12:59I don't want to say take away from Justin Jefferson, but maybe take away the attention of Kyler Murray.
13:05We also have a guy that's going to be running more than Justin Jefferson has dealt with in his career.
13:11Whereas we kind of have the steady beat with Dallas where we know Dak is going to be giving us what he
13:18gives us every year as long as he's healthy.
13:20And last year, the big thing for C.D. Lamb was touchdown regression.
13:24I highly doubt we're seeing C.D. Lamb with such low touchdown numbers again this year.
13:29Some of them were just very uncharacteristic drops. I just finished charting Dak Prescott for reception perception, and they were just weird
13:35drops or misses by Dak where, I mean, C.D.
13:38Lamb could have had five or six more touchdowns alone just off of some missed throws and some drops, let alone what could happen in a broken play.
13:46So I do think C.D. Lamb is the safer pick there in round one.
13:51Let's go to our next question on here. And Drew asks, I have the fifth overall pick in my draft.
13:57Who are my best options take in the first round?
14:00Fifth overall pick for me is just playing it safe and going with JSN.
14:04I don't want to dip into the Christian McCaffrey territory.
14:07I'm uncomfortable with it. I mean, if you want to stay running back, you want to stay strong there, you can go
14:14JT, but to grab JSN and then come around and get a running back in the second round, that's my preferred route.
14:20Absolute safest pick at the 105 for me would be Amonra St.
14:24Brown if he's there. But I can also see the argument for going with one of the running backs like James Cook.
14:31James Cook's also extremely safe. JSN, I do think we're going to see a little bit of regression to come back down to earth.
14:38So I'll say Amonra St. Brown or James Cook with that pick.
14:42We're going to get to a super chat here.
14:44But before we do that, I just want to remind everybody, if you want to get your questions answered, guaranteed to be
14:51answered here on this live stream, send in those super chats.
14:54We're guaranteeing them here. Anything sent in in the first 20 minutes is guaranteed to be answered here on the stream by myself and Tara.
15:02So you want those questions to get answered? Send in the super chats.
15:06Let's get to this super chat from Blake Miller, who asked, best strategy at the turn in 12-man half PPR league.
15:12So we're at the end of round one, Tara.
15:15What's the strategy you're going with here? It is running back, running back.
15:19I've tried to justify. I mean, like if Justin Jefferson slides to 12, I can go that route there.
15:25But running back, running back is the preferred route.
15:27And you can go a thousand different directions. So that's the beauty of going running back, running back there is that you've
15:34got your pick of literally like five players that you could make your choice with.
15:39So it's all preference. Exact same thing. I'm taking a look at real time ADP over on Fantasy Pros.
15:44And I mean, going with Saquon Barkley, Ashton Jinty, Ken Walker.
15:48That's my favorite thing to do, by the way, is on that turn is go Saquon Barkley and Ken Walker or Chase Brown.
15:55Any two of those three running backs there are some of my favorites to go after.
15:59Ashton Jinty and Amari and Hampton as well. So, yeah, I love doing that, especially at the turn.
16:05Let's get to our next super chat that we have on here.
16:09Dane Famous won. I moved up from number seven to number five in the draft.
16:13All right. We're making moves before the draft. Should I take CMC if Puka is taken in front of me or would you go another direction?
16:21It's the same thing with the number five question we asked.
16:24I just I feel very uncomfortable with CMC this season.
16:27I can't lie. I pass over it every single time.
16:30And I would go with one of the receivers there.
16:33And even if even as you were mentioning, you know, take a chance and go with another running back there.
16:39It's just the problem of when a man has over 400 touches.
16:43This is not us overreacting. It's just such an egregious level of touches and workload on a body.
16:49And often that also comes around and affects them in terms of injury risk regression in the next season.
16:54And the fact that we have seen it two times with him off of those high outlier seasons already.
17:00I can't do it. I can't. You can do it.
17:03I'm doing it. I can't. The way I try to look at injury here is that everyone in the first round has the same risk of injury, right?
17:12We're all starting at zero. And I know we want to really jump into this whole like he had a lot of touches thing.
17:19But as long as he's been healthy, he's been RB one or two every single year.
17:24And we just finished talking about how the Niners don't have a full complement of weapons at their disposal.
17:29And what happened last year when they didn't have their weapons at their disposal was a lot of throws to Christian McCaffrey out of that backfield.
17:37That offensive line is not much better than it was last year.
17:41So I'm still willing to take that chance. But once again, if we want to go as safe as possible in the
17:48fifth round, to me, one of the safest guys, especially in that middle area, is going to be a Monroe St.
17:54Brown. There's no suspension. There's no injury. He doesn't miss games.
17:57And he is consistently a top four wide receiver in fantasy football.
18:01Now, I will ask you that phantom random tightness that doesn't make you nervous.
18:05That's a con that's contract tightness. Maybe we call that tight pockets.
18:09That's what we call that. That's not hamstrings. That's no shot.
18:12All right. Let's get back into more of these questions here, guys.
18:16Just trying to make sure I get to the right ones.
18:19Who should I draft at the one on one in a super flex league?
18:23Lamar or Aminra? I'm sorry. This is super flex.
18:26I thought he was going to a quarterback or quarterback.
18:29Aminra is not even being drafted number one in the regular Schmegulert league.
18:33So let's let's let's first answer his question and talk about what we would do in a super flex league near the top.
18:40It's a quarterback. Yeah, I'm not varying. I know we have so many good options in terms of high end running backs.
18:47And even then. So I'd go the running backs before the wide receivers.
18:51If I mean, even if it were the full PPR there.
18:54So now it's Josh Allen is the one on one.
18:57You just can't. I mean, the consistency, the upside.
19:00It's just unbeatable. That's my one on one. I can't do it.
19:03Yeah. My only thoughts about Josh Allen have been that I thought he's going too early in drafts, but that's in redraft single quarterback.
19:11That's not in super flex league and super flex.
19:13He has to be the one on one. And then Lamar Jackson is typically the one oh two.
19:19And that's what I'm cool with. So I think at the one on one, it's neither Lamar or Aminra.
19:24It is. It's Josh Allen. So, yeah, hopefully, Mario, we were able to answer your question there, but I think we're both going Josh Allen on that one.
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20:06All right. Let's get back to these questions here.
20:09Tara. Next question. I send Ibuka. It's a trade.
20:11I'm sending Emeka Ibuka, Amari and Hampton, and Keaton Mitchell for Bijan.
20:15Oh, man. Okay. This is a lot. Also, guys, when you send us these questions about trades, give us the context.
20:21Is this a dynasty league? Because I think that would maybe change things up a little bit.
20:27Is it redraft? Let's answer this question from both the redraft and dynasty side.
20:31Maybe this person's already done a draft and they're sitting on their roster.
20:35Yeah. I'm going to... From a redraft perspective, no.
20:37That's a whole lot. From a dynasty perspective, yeah, I could do it.
20:41I mean, it's a lot. But at the end of the day, we don't have a guarantee on Emeka Ibuka.
20:47It could be a Brian Thomas Jr. situation. Don't you dare.
20:51Don't you dare. You're right. Let me not put that in the air.
20:55I love Emeka. But you know, you never know.
20:57We don't put profanities on air live over here at Emeka.
21:01You never know. Don't say this. There are children watching.
21:04Oh, my God. I'm not even when Emeka Ibuka.
21:07I'll say this. The toes already happened. Oh, no.
21:09Don't remind me. I'll say this. If it's redraft, I'd rather have more players right now, especially more good starters that are high-level players.
21:17Ibuka's third round player. Hampton is a second round player.
21:20I'd rather have more of those. I understand having the RB1 and Bijan, but it can just tank your whole season if one injury happens there.
21:27Whereas if you have a few more starters, especially early on because the injury risk is so even across the board, I'd rather have more good players.
21:36In Dynasty, I don't know that I'm totally with you.
21:39I think I'm keeping these guys. I think I'm keeping Ibuka Hampton.
21:42I don't really care about Keaton Mitchell. Maybe he's a nice person.
21:46I just mean more for fantasy purposes. I care about him and his life and his career.
21:51It's a throw-in. It is. Best of luck, Keaton Mitchell.
21:54All right. Next question on here. Rock Steady Fit asks Alec Pierce, Romeo Dobbs, and a 2027 late first and late second,
22:01excuse me, late second for AJ Brown is a no-brainer, right?
22:04This is a Dynasty League one QB PPR. Yeah, I'm okay with it.
22:08Late, yeah. Late first. You're okay with it or is it a no-brainer?
22:12Wait, and you said it and a 2027 late second.
22:15I made up first in my own mind. Sorry.
22:18Yeah, no, no, I'm fine. Reading is not my strong suit.
22:21I do audiobooks and I talk it to a microphone for a living.
22:25They asked me to come on here and read small comments and little print and just throws me off.
22:31But yeah, it's Alec Pierce, Romeo Dobbs, and a late second round pick in 2027 for AJ Brown.
22:36Yeah, do it. Go right on. If you're making a trade like that, it sounds like you're all in on going after a championship.
22:43So to me, yeah, it makes sense, especially if you're considering yourself a late second round pick.
22:49It means your team is good. Yeah, that's a no-brainer.
22:52Just go all in, get after that championship this year in your Dynasty League.
22:56Next question. How early is too early to draft Jadarian Price or Cam Skadaboo in a 12-man PPR league?
23:02Tara, what I will do here is I'm going to pull up real-time ADP over on fantasypros.com where Cam Skadaboo is going in the early fourth.
23:10I do expect that to drop a little bit as Najee Harris is now on the team.
23:15Also, Jadarian Price is going in the late fifth, actually at the 5-6 turn.
23:19So with that being said, 4 and 5-6, where is, how early would you actually be drafting these running backs?
23:25And are you even targeting them in the first place?
23:28I am. Yeah, I think the Seahawks are underselling how much they are going to use Price.
23:33I think they're just using fancy wording and that it is going to be the Jadarian Price show there.
23:39I would be okay with reaching a round ahead if maybe you're picking on the turn, you're worried that he won't be
23:46able to make it back to you and you need to reach one round earlier on that one.
23:51I'm okay with that. I'm not reaching on Skadaboo right now.
23:54I've been pro-Skadaboo the offseason ever since we knew that he was back and healthy and whatnot.
23:59But the preseason game was a gentle reminder that it is Matt Nagy and there's a very limited level of trust that we should have.
24:07It is entirely possible that it could be a committee.
24:10It doesn't make sense to me because we have seen Cam Skadaboo operate perfectly fine, is a three down back, catch the
24:17ball, block well enough, be very productive after the catch.
24:20So I don't see the issue in why they're trying to force it.
24:24But if they're concerned about not overloading him and they're going to force this into a reduced workload, I'm good.
24:30I'm going to be honest. I am not targeting either of these players.
24:34I'm the Jadarian Price thing. We have seen Seattle do this year after year after year with Ken Walker, with Zach Charbonnet.
24:40There's a thing when it's a coaching thing or it's systematic.
24:44And this was not just a Clint Kubiak thing.
24:46It is a systematic thing in how the Seahawks have wanted to run and use their players.
24:52And of course, they drafted a guy in the first round who was part of a running back committee, who never had
24:58a full workload, who's not really a pass catching back.
25:01Sure, he can do it, but there's still struggles in pass protection.
25:05So I think we're also expecting Zach Charbonnet to come back a little bit sooner rather than later, which listen, even if
25:12he comes back week six or week eight, that's still him coming in and ruining the Jadarian Price show at the most important time of the season.
25:20So I think at ADP, let's play a quick game.
25:23Jadarian Price or Trevion Henderson? I would go Henderson.
25:25Jadarian Price or Basial Tootin? I have Tootin. Yeah.
25:28As of right now, they're right back for me.
25:31Jadarian Price or Jonathan Brooks? I would go Price.
25:34All right. I think I'm going all of those other running backs over Jadarian Price at this moment, but they're all going in the same ADP.
25:42And then just for the fun of it, Cam Scadaboo or DeAndre Swift?
25:45Swift, yeah. Cam Scadaboo or Travis Etienne? You know, that one is a discussion point because there is the Alvin Kamara injury.
25:52Beforehand, it would have been, I'll take that risk with Scadaboo.
25:55But now I think I'm OK with going with Travis Etienne over him.
25:59Yeah, I think we're going to see Travis Etienne's ADP skyrocket from the back of the fourth round, probably to the top
26:06of the fourth round, maybe even flirting with the third if Alvin Kamara is going to be out for quite a while,
26:13which it looks like he will be. Let's go to our next question on here.
26:17If Christian McCaffrey, Jonathan Taylor, and Amon Ra are on the board, which order are you taking them?
26:23And what's your thought process on each? Yeah. I mean, it's pretty straightforward for me.
26:27It's Amon Ra and then JT. Depending on your build, I could flip it back and forth, but my preference would be
26:34to go to Amon Ra first and then JT.
26:37And then, as I said before, it is a concern with me for Christian McCaffrey.
26:41So I'm skipping over him. I'm not changing it.
26:44I was a CMC drafter in one of the years that he did, in fact, not play the vast majority of the season.
26:51It was traumatizing. I don't want to do it again.
26:54It's like fighting from the bottom, a grind the entire way to make the playoffs.
26:58It's not an enjoyable experience. So I just bypass that issue.
27:02So yeah, that's it for me. Um, first of all, I love the, what your happens to your voice.
27:08When you get really concerned about Christian McCaffrey, it gets very, you kind of sound like Batman.
27:13You get like this guttural Tara Roberts thing going on.
27:16That's how you know it's real. I'm not BSing.
27:18There's definitely vengeance in your voice from what Christian McCaffrey has done to you in previous seasons.
27:24Uh, I think I'm actually going Christian McCaffrey, Amon Ra St.
27:27Brown and Jonathan Taylor. I actually have Taylor behind James Cook.
27:30I'm expecting some touchdown regression there. And, uh, higher ceiling for Coke if he's actually catching passes this year.
27:36I think we've, we've seen the ceiling for Jonathan Taylor, if I'm being honest.
27:40Uh, let's go to our next question on here.
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29:21Parker Washington is my preference there. Just from a pure perspective of, I love Christian Watson.
29:26The ability to make it through the season is the big question mark there.
29:30So, my preference there is Parker Washington. We've got more than enough evidence of the involvement that he is going to have
29:37at this point, and can be the wide receiver one of that offense.
29:41I'm double-checking ADP right now, because Christian Watson is going in the sixth round, and Parker Washington is going at the 6-7 turn.
29:47I hate that I just did that. There's a real possibility that you can get Watson in the sixth and Washington in the seventh.
29:55Now, I think if you really want players, you don't just sit around waiting for them.
30:00You go and you take them. You reach for players, whether it's half a round or a full round early, and that's perfectly fine.
30:07I'm still going to go Christian Watson here. I think that once I get past a certain level in my drafts, the
30:14risk sort of goes out the window for me.
30:16And I think about round six is typically where I'm just like, let's just go full.
30:21Let's full send it. You know, let's swing for the fences here and go after a Christian Watson who, when he's been
30:28healthy, has been a top-tier fantasy wide receiver. And to be honest, it's not like he goes out there and puts up duds when he does play.
30:36He's actually pretty productive and in an offense where everything's going to be a little more consolidated this year to a few less receivers.
30:43Tucker Kraft has been injured. You know, we'll see what this turns into for Christian Watson, but I'm going to lean Watson there.
30:50Going to our next question, picking out of the 10 spot, 12 team league with standard scoring.
30:55So non PPR league has historically prioritized running back as many are doing this year.
31:00Make sure to walk away with a running back in my first pick or take advantage of falling wide receiver value.
31:06This is great. I just did an episode on this and I'm curious to see your thoughts on this Tara.
31:12It depends on what's falling, but if there is a strong high end receiver that would have gone within the first four
31:19ish, five maybe picks that falls to that spot there for you, I can go with the wide receiver there and then
31:26turn around and get your running back in the second round because of the fact that we know that we are about
31:3213 ish deep with running backs that have solid RB one upside there.
31:36So yeah, I, I would flip it, take advantage of the wide receiver.
31:40Yeah, I think it's, it's such a cop-out answer, but we have to be very fluid here.
31:45Every time I get into a draft, I want to be attacking the running back position early this season because I think that's where the best value is.
31:54And you're most likely to see running backs that win you your league early in drafts.
31:59And I just did a mock draft where I found myself going Amonra St.
32:03Brown at the six and then Brock Bowers in the second round.
32:06And then the way things fell, I got Malik Nabors in the third round and here I was in the fourth round
32:13going, I really like my team, but I don't have any running backs.
32:17And I ended up with Travis Etienne in the fourth round and I wasn't too upset about that with the Alvin Kamara injury.
32:24So I think there's a way that you can be fluid and just catch what's falling to you.
32:29But I would go into the draft thinking I want to attack running back early and then just be fluid as the draft comes to you.
32:37You know, what's the, who was it that said it?
32:40Bruce Lee? He's like, be like water, my friends.
32:43Be fluid. Yes. Yes, exactly. That's exactly it. All right.
32:46That was either Bruce Lee or a beer commercial.
32:49I don't know. Uh, next one on here. Uh, would you take CMC at pick five if Puka's gone?
32:55I think we already answered this one. So that one's on me.
32:58Sorry. Let's go to our next question on here.
33:01Devon HN or Derek Henry as RB1 for this drafter.
33:04Who are you going with HN or Henry? I think, you know, my answer on this based off a previous conversation.
33:10So I want to put your feet to the fire because my answer is HN, but come on, Mr.
33:16Miami. Are you going HN here or is it Derek Henry for you?
33:20Are you full fade HN? I mean, between the two of them, I'm still going HN over Derek Henry.
33:26There's a limit. Yeah. There's totally a limit. Um, but I'll be honest.
33:30I'm not targeting either of these guys. I mean, listen, if I'm sitting at the back of round two and I'm going,
33:36man, the drop off at running back is steep because everyone else is gone.
33:41And I'm sitting there at what is like the two 12 or the two 11 deciding between Devon HN and Derek Henry.
33:47Sure. I'm going to go HN. I still get worried about Malik Goulas not being a guy who checks down to the running back.
33:55This is an offense. Who's likely not going to be in the red zone as often as they have been in previous seasons.
34:02So you've really got to hope that Devon HN is going to get some big plays.
34:06So many of those plays came off the heels of Alec Ingold blocking for him as a lead blocker.
34:12We're not going to see that as much this year.
34:15There's a new zone running scheme. I'm, I'm nervous.
34:18I'm just going to say it, but yeah, it's, it's HN over Henry for me there.
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35:23No wine. All right. Hi Tara. Stash two on my bench.
35:26Tracy Spears, Algier, Braylon Allen. It is half PPR as they did not address me.
35:31I will not be answering this question in protest.
35:34Oh man. Ah, okay. Well, thank you. It is Algier and Braylon Allen for me.
35:38Uh, you know, I loved Tyrone Tracy prior to, you know, but again, concerns that this could be heading into a weird
35:45sideways committee with no ultimate handcuff there. I know that Braylon Allen is a handcuff and I know that Tyler Algier is
35:52the handcuff with potentially immediate usage for you right off the bat there with the injury that Jeremiah Love is dealing with.
35:58And that is an ambiguous injury. Like we don't have 100% timelines on high ankle sprains and they can also result in complications.
36:05So that's one that I would definitely prioritize there.
36:08Yeah, for me, it's, I lied. I am going to answer it.
36:11It's going to be Tyge Spears and Tyler Algier.
36:14Uh, Algier could be a massive win for someone, uh, coming off the bench.
36:18If Jeremiah Love does happen in this time, we've also got some touchdown upside there.
36:23And Tyge Spears is at nearly half the workload in Tennessee already.
36:27He's got the pass catching upside. And, uh, it's something that we've seen Brian D'Abel want to use multiple backs before.
36:33So if for any reason, Tony Pollard is not able to go and Tyge Spears is the lead back, it could be him and rookie Nick Singleton.
36:41Who's just not quite ready. If I'm being honest, he's got a lot to learn there.
36:46So Tyge Spears would be the main back, the one a, so I like both of those guys in this instance.
36:52Uh, we're going to go a little faster through some of these questions.
36:56So let's go to this one. 10 team PPR three wide receiver keeper league fifth pick keepers are chase Brown and the
37:0313th Ken Walker in the third and most likely looking at I'm on our St.
37:08Brown for the first round. Who should I be eyeing in the second round wide receiver or running back?
37:13Okay. So this is tough, obviously, because we don't know what players are going to be available, but given the, the makeup
37:20of the roster currently chase Brown and Ken Walker as the two running backs likely going a Monra in the first round,
37:27you got two running backs, one receiver. I like all three players.
37:30So what do you think you're trying to do in that second round based on, you know, what might be leftover or format you want to follow?
37:38Yeah, I'm going to try and go wide receiver.
37:41Or again, we don't know exactly who could be there, but perhaps that's a, is a flowers kind of area that falls in there.
37:48Maybe Garrett Wilson or something. So fringe guys that could be wide receiver one.
37:53So yeah, I would lean wide receiver on that one.
37:56That sounds like Malik neighbors territory. If I've ever seen it.
37:59He's so, yeah, I'm in Malik neighbors, Devante Smith.
38:02I'm looking right now at, at real time ADP.
38:04Chris Alave still down there at wide receiver 13.
38:07Say flowers at wide receiver 14. There's a lot of good options there at wide receiver.
38:12So yeah, that's, I think with the way this is set up, I want to hit wide receiver as much as I can.
38:19Let's go to our next question on here. James Cook, JT, CMC, or Jinty at the 107?
38:24You know my answer. Actually, no, you don't. Oof, man, it's CMC or Cook.
38:28Who are you going with here, Tara? I know it's not CMC, so we can cross them out immediately.
38:34It's JT. I'm in here for JT. And I went through the JT experience last season that plummeted with Daniel Jones' injury.
38:41But he's back. He's Daniel Jones. He's healthy. I'm in on this offense.
38:45JT. It's always JT for me. CMC. If he falls to the 107, I got to take him there.
38:50My next would be after CMC. It's James Cook.
38:53CMC, James Cook, JT, and Jinty in that order.
38:56Let's go to our next question on here. Yo, I'm fifth pick in a PPR super flex.
39:01If Chase Bijon, Josh Allen, and Gibbs are off the board, who are you taking?
39:06Puka, JSN, or Lamar? QBs usually fall in this super flex lead.
39:09So what are you doing here, Tara? Good info there.
39:12I would go Lamar on that one. I'm in for the Lamar bounce back season here.
39:17Yeah. I mean, if you're saying quarterbacks normally fall, well, my dog, he just did.
39:22He should be going 102. So if he fell there, I'm going with him at that spot.
39:27Uh, let's get to some of these super chats that have been filling up in the background.
39:32Lewis, uh, asks, I can either keep Rasheed Rice in the sixth or Tyler Warren in the eighth.
39:37This is a full PPR league. What are you doing?
39:40Tyler Warren in the eighth. Same, same. We're keeping it, keeping it simple.
39:44One does not have a knee injury, nor did prison time this off season.
39:49You know, there's feel easy to lean one direction on that one.
39:52Also the value is just better. Yeah. Um, 12 man PPR crazy to reach on AJ Brown at the two Oh four.
39:59I'm a Pats fan. First of all, just, just have fun.
40:02Just have fun with fantasy football. If you're a fan, you want to go get that player.
40:07It may not be the best strategy, but you go have fun.
40:11This is a game. Dang it. You need to have fun and go after the players you want.
40:17So Tara, is it crazy to reach for AJ Brown at the two Oh four?
40:21Well, you know, we just did that show with Erickson and he, uh, convinced me that it is okay for AJ Brown and the second round.
40:29Yeah. Go ahead and do it, man. Don't don't.
40:32Erickson right now is like Voldemort to me. Okay.
40:34Like he's a, he who cannot be named. He's out here spewing AJ Brown wide receiver.
40:39One overall stuff on the fantasy pros channel. I support you Erickson.
40:43He's such a, what a, what a bad boy.
40:46He's like the Fonzie of fantasy pros that Andrew Erickson.
40:49Everyone wants to be Erickson. All right. Mr. Ruthless asks what round is best to go for quarterback.
40:54Also just talked about this recently. So I'm excited to get your take on this question.
40:59Tara. Nice. I, I like to be flexible with quarterback because it's beautiful.
41:03We can push it back as far as we need to, but also if everyone in your league has the same concept
41:10of we're pushing QB back, you can take advantage and maybe scoop in there a little bit earlier, grab you a nice,
41:16uh, like to pick from the Justin Herbert, Caleb Williams, Trevor Lawrence kind of range there, get it at good value.
41:23So that's my kind of starting point. I'll pass over the elite guys cause I love them, but it's unnecessary and push it back a little bit.
41:31And if those guys go a little bit too early, push it back even further, get you a bow Knicks or something like that.
41:38If anything, I'm the exact opposite. I either want to go with the elite quarterbacks or I want to wait as long as I can.
41:46And it all depends on your league and seeing what's happening.
41:49Cause sometimes people are drafting quarterbacks earlier and then there's teams that'll just shock you and draft two quarterbacks and get them both early.
41:56I've seen that happen as well. I just did a mock draft this morning and I ended up with Caleb.
42:02I did something uncharacteristic. I went with Caleb Williams because he fell to the ninth round and he was the quarterback 10 off the board.
42:10And I was like, man, he's going later than ADP.
42:13He's going a full round after what I thought he would be going in.
42:17I kind of need to take Caleb. And then when I did that, all of a sudden I saw Kyler Murray fall to the 14th round.
42:25Malik Willis was in the 16th round, Tyler Shuck in the 15th round.
42:29There were good quarterbacks just falling. So as much as I kind of try to grab value there with Caleb, I'm still
42:36leaning going with one of the elite guys early, but I'd much rather go for, excuse me, going with an elite guy early would be my second option.
42:44What I really want to do is just piece it together with two quarterbacks really, really late.
42:49Like a Malik Willis and a Jared Goff to me just feels right.
42:53If I'm waiting until round 14, 15 to get my quarterback situated.
42:57It works. It does work. You know, we do our best here.
43:00All right. Next question. 12 team super flex, Jadarian Price or Jordan Tyson?
43:04Ooh. And the next part of that is going to be Ted Rowe McMillan or Nico Collins.
43:09So let's start with Price versus Tyson. This is a 12 team super flex.
43:14Um, I'm, I don't know if this is, why don't we answer for both dynasty and redraft?
43:19Let's try that out. Yeah. Um, uh, from, you know, from both dynasty and redraft, I would still lean towards price on that one.
43:26Yeah. What? Yeah. I'm, I'm full Jordan Tyson on, on dynasty redraft.
43:30You have to go price. Like I'm, I'm off.
43:32I get it. I get it. I'm, I'm spooked.
43:35And maybe this is just an instant reaction here, but we already had those concerns of the repeated over and over and over injury issues.
43:43I was going to give you a reprive and just, okay, Hey, let's see you in the NFL.
43:48And right off the bat, you're immediately going to miss the season.
43:52Oh, don't know about that one. Um, but in redraft, uh, for sure.
43:56Yeah. We're going price on this one. Don't risk it.
43:59And then with, uh, Tet and Nico, it's Nico for me.
44:02Yeah. I'm, I'm saying, especially right now, if we're talking redraft, it's going to be Nico Collins because of the Jaden Higgins injury.
44:09Um, I actually wonder if the Texans become, uh, an interesting trade destination for a guy like Kayshawn booty.
44:15I was just thinking that. Yeah. Talked about. I'm yeah, let's get him out of there.
44:20I would love to see him anywhere else. Curious.
44:22Yeah. I mean, not like the Texas situation is going to be amazing, but it's probably better than being the fourth wide receiver on the Patriots right now.
44:31I think I just, yeah, that's, that's where I'm at with that one.
44:35All right. Let's go to our next question on here.
44:38Mike Evans or Parker Washington. Where are we going there?
44:41I have, so this will be a mildly hypocritical answer that I'm going to have to answer with details.
44:47I have Mike Evans ranked higher more than likely, unless Evans were to fall even then.
44:52So more than likely I'm bypassing Evans and I am drafting Parker Washington.
44:55Um, just again, on the principle of when you're in on the field, Mike Evans, I know you're the wide receiver one
45:02upside is high, but the hamstrings are just ripping apart.
45:05So, and he's already dealing with a variety of injuries and training camp.
45:09It's just the body aging. Unfortunately. I think a lot of what's going to happen to fantasy rankings right now is we
45:16rank players all summer based on where will they, where will they finish?
45:20What will they be if they are healthy? And then all of a sudden we start to get these injuries and these
45:26ailments piling up throughout the off season and this preseason here where you go, well, I can no longer rank Mike Evans
45:33as wide receiver 22 because he's not healthy. Yeah.
45:36But if you were, you know, you have to kind of move some of these guys down.
45:41So one of my favorite things that Sigmund Blum shout out, uh, Sig that he told me is that you don't really
45:48know your rankings until you get in your draft.
45:50And then when you're sitting at your draft, you'll look at your ranking and you'll be like, that's my wide receiver 23,
45:57but I'm going to draft my wide receiver 26 because that's who I really want to get here.
46:02Then that's probably where you should have ranked him.
46:05And if I'm sitting in a draft, I'm going Parker Washington over Mike Evans right now.
46:10That's, that's just where I'm at. Yeah. All right.
46:13Next one on here. I have the third choice of draft pick in a 12 team PPR redraft league thinking about the 103 or the 110 thoughts, please.
46:21Well, you know, I, I, I love both of them.
46:24Honestly, those are my, those are both my preference.
46:27Um, I will say go one Oh three, but man, either one is really good.
46:31I think lean one Oh three though. I think I might even say go one Oh two.
46:37Cause I want, I want one of Jameer Gibbs or Bijon.
46:40Um, that, because then I don't really have to worry about how the board falls in the first two rounds for running back.
46:47Right. If I'm in the second round, I just wait to see who falls to me.
46:52Maybe an HN does fall at the end of the second round or Brock Bowers or one of these receivers.
46:58Cause there's now there's some real wide receiver value happening with Chris Olave, Nico Collins, Malik neighbors, Devante Smith, some of these
47:04guys that make sense in the late second. So I'm actually going to go one Oh two here and, or, I mean,
47:11if one Oh three is your only option to go one Oh three, but one Oh two, I think would be my preference out of these.
47:19Yeah. All right. About running back, running back. Would you take Saquon and Henry or stick to a guy?
47:25Like I don't, I mean, it says Heaney. I'm going to assume that is Henry.
47:29Oh, look at you. Yes. Look at you. Skills.
47:32Duolingo is paying off. Exactly. I really do use Duolingo.
47:35I'm learning Italian. Yes. I, uh, I had a like 250 day streak for Spanish and then I absolutely killed my duo
47:42owl because I just trips happened and yeah, he's not happy with me.
47:46Uh, so, okay. Sorry. We got a little off track there.
47:49About running back, running back. Would you take Saquon and Henry or stick to a guy like Jinty Hampton or Brown?
47:55It's Saquon for me. I'm in on the bounce back.
47:58I mean, new offensive coordinator coming from Green Bay.
48:01We're going to get that aggressive usage on the ground.
48:04So it's, it's Saquon for me. Um, but it's close with, you know, I like Jinty a lot.
48:10Um, I could lean that direction, uh, cause I'm not anti Jinty in the context of the Raiders offense, but I really do like Saquon a lot.
48:18Give me Saquon Barkley and chase Brown in this scenario, uh, over Henry.
48:22I think Henry's the odd man out. Like honestly, out of these five running backs, he would be sixth for me.
48:28Like I, he's just, I don't think he's in the same conversation this year.
48:32Uh, just from a past catching standpoint, he's getting older.
48:35Uh, um, yeah, I'm ready to move on from him.
48:38All right. Next question on here. Um, did we, we already answered that question.
48:43I'm not doing a good job of getting rid of them.
48:46Sorry. Uh, any basic principles for an eight team full PPR flat to flex league early quarterback and tight end are often suggested, but are they a must?
48:54I find when I do this, that my flex spots are still pretty weak.
48:59So this is more of a game theory thought.
49:01Are we going quarterback tight end early when the league is a little bit smaller?
49:06Yeah. And the advice typically is yes, because you want the high end options because of the limited teams.
49:12But I will say that this season, I do think that you can go early on tight end and you can push
49:18quarterback back a little bit because, or even, you know, a decent amount because there are a lot of guys that can
49:25put up potential top five production that you can draft later and maybe take advantage of filling up those flex spots because
49:32you do have the additional flex spot in there with your team.
49:35So yeah, I don't think you have to go quarterback early, but I would lean towards making sure that you sure up
49:42a reliable tight end in this format. Yeah. I think I'm with you on that.
49:46I want to go with Brock Bowers or Trey McBride in this format.
49:50And, um, I'm not looking back after that. I think you can still get some similar.
49:55It's exciting to go after a Colson Love and a Tyler Warren, but I don't think there's going to be enough of
50:02a gap between who you could have gotten rounds later.
50:05So I think if I have to do this, I'm going Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson at quarterback early.
50:11And if I can't get those guys, I'm just waiting a little bit more.
50:15And then same thing, Brock Bowers, Trey McBride, or I'm just going to wait.
50:19All right. Next one's on here. Drafting out the 12 spot and a 12 man PPR to running back to wide receiver to flex league.
50:27Want to go running back, running back at the one, two turn, but I'm wondering if it would be a bad decision
50:33to pass up on CD lamb or Justin Jefferson, if they're available thoughts.
50:37My preference is running back, running back. But if JJ is there, I'm okay with JJ and a running back.
50:43If you want to sure up that upside at wide receiver.
50:47Yeah, I'm the same thing. My preference is going to be running back, running back.
50:51It really depends, but I just don't know if there is, if I'm willing to say, I want to take CD lamb
50:58or Justin Jefferson over chase, but like, let's play a quick game.
51:02Then, uh, Jinty or the two wide receivers. Jinty.
51:04No, right. So chase Brown or either of the wide receivers.
51:08Wide receivers. I love chase Brown. Super safe, but not the, not the top five upside.
51:12Right. Oh, I'm going chase Brown. Um, let's go.
51:15Oh, Ken Walker or the two wide receivers. Two wide receivers.
51:19I get it. If I'm in, if I'm in the second round, I went running back early and I'm looking at CD JJ or Walker.
51:26I just, I want to hit that running back spot in the second round.
51:30It just dries up so fast. So, uh, we, we, we disagree, but that's okay.
51:35Mom and dad fight sometimes. It's okay. Kids. Go away.
51:38Um, question. I have one and I'm choosing Gibbs.
51:41Uh, I plan on going three wide receivers next, depending on who drops.
51:45Uh, but if Bowers is there, I want to take him at 24 or 25, which wide receivers do you believe I should target at 24, 25?
51:53Do it. Yeah. I'm good with that. You go Bowers and you could go.
51:57I mean, we were talking earlier. Um, that's a spot where you could go neighbors.
52:02If you want to, you can go Olave if you want to.
52:05Those are two that I think would be available at the turn.
52:09That would be very reasonable picks to grab. Guys, we are at the five minute warning here.
52:14Not much time left. So if you have a question, get it in here.
52:18We're going to try to answer a few of them that are left here in the chat.
52:23Uh, we're going to go kind of rapid fire here, Tara.
52:2712 team home league standard score and keep nine draft nine running back as my focus for my one Oh nine suggestions.
52:33This is tough. I mean, uh, we don't know the players.
52:37Yeah. Cook, Gentie, uh, Saquon. Yeah. Yeah. That it's a, there's a wide variety.
52:41Anyone in that area. There we go. All right.
52:44Next one on here. Standard leagues or non PPR, Derek Henry or Jonathan Taylor first?
52:48Who are you going with? JT. JT. I'm with you a hundred percent on that one.
52:53Uh, let's go to next question on here. As my running back five Rashad white or Kyle Manunga.
52:58It was Kyle Manunga. Um, I, but I might push towards white now.
53:02Hmm. I don't, I'm, I'm concerned lingering, hyper-extended knee.
53:05Uh, yeah, but maybe Manunga, you're looking at me.
53:08The way you're, yeah. Maybe I stick with my guns here and stay with Manunga.
53:12That's my higher ranked one, period. It's Manunga that I have higher ranked.
53:16I'm going, I'm going Rashad white. Yeah. On this going Rashad white.
53:20Uh, guys, we have some news that just came across the desk here.
53:24The metaphorical desk. Colts tight end, Tyler Warren groin went down on a route and 11 on 11.
53:29Oh no. He's now on the sideline, not practicing.
53:32Ugh. Bad things happen during the preseason. I suppose it is Keenan Allen season.
53:36At least, you know, he will be there for you.
53:39Oh my God. The Lord give it, the Lord take it away.
53:43You know, you get Keenan Allen taking the targets from Josh downs and they're like, you know what?
53:48Josh downs, you get your targets back here. I'm crushed.
53:51This hurts. Legitimately. Anyway, my answer for that one was Rashad white.
53:55So yeah, sorry. Body's not even cold yet, man.
53:58I hope everything's good with Tyler Warren, uh, guys in a keeper that you keep for one year, keep scat about 13th
54:05round or Hampton with the fourth Hampton. Yeah. Yeah.
54:07I'm going Hampton. Same thing. It's tough. All right, guys, that's going to do it for us today, but I want to
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54:53And that's always the first bit of advice that every fantasy analyst gives is to know your league and how they are drafting.
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