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Top 100 PPR Rankings - 2026 Fantasy Football

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A.J. BrownDe'Von AchaneAlvin KamaraAmon-Ra St. BrownBijan RobinsonBrock BowersBucky IrvingChase BrownChris OlaveChristian McCaffreyColston LovelandD'Andre SwiftDalton SchultzDerrick Henry

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A.J. Brown

NegativeValue33:50

A.J. Brown is ranked 22nd in the current PPR rankings, though he holds a higher consensus ranking of 12th.

NegativeProjection33:52

AJ Brown is ranked 22nd in the current PPR rankings, though he holds a higher consensus ranking of 12th.

Alvin Kamara

NegativeInjury32:52

Alvin Kamara is dealing with an MCL injury, making him unreliable for fantasy projections. His role in the passing game is a concern and his availability is in question, though he remains ranked ahead of players like Josh Jacobs, Javonte Williams, and Kyren Williams.

Amon-Ra St. Brown

PositiveProjection6:58

Hayden Winks ranks Amon-Ra St. Brown fifth overall, citing his safe floor and consistent track record of 100+ catches in each of the last four seasons. He led the NFL in red zone targets over the last two years (66) and benefits from a schedule where 12 of 16 fantasy games are played indoors.

Bijan Robinson

NegativeProjection3:45

Hayden Winks ranks Bijan Robinson as the fourth overall player in his full PPR rankings.

Brock Bowers

PositiveValue12:20

Brock Bowers is ranked 16th overall, ahead of his 22nd overall home league ADP. He is considered an elite tight end target for full PPR formats due to his projected target share, provided his knee injury remains a non-issue.

Bucky Irving

NegativeProjection33:36

There is uncertainty regarding whether Bucky Irving can consistently average 14-16 fantasy points per game.

Chase Brown

PositiveProjection12:20

Chase Brown is ranked 14th overall, reflecting confidence in his production when Joe Burrow is healthy. He is viewed as a valuable running back option in rounds three and four where finding reliable point-projections is difficult, and he is ranked ahead of Drake London in consensus rankings due to his higher perceived pathway to finishing as a top-three running back.

Chris Olave

PositiveProjection24:23

Chris Olave is ranked 24th overall and is a strong target who could benefit from increased volume if teammates are injured. He finished last season as the WR7 in usage and is expected to see heavy volume early in the season before Jordan Tyson potentially returns. He is a top-10 talent, though placed at the bottom of his tier due to injury history and potential volatility regarding quarterback Tyler Shuck.

Christian McCaffrey

PositiveValue8:22

Christian McCaffrey is an elite first-round fantasy asset. Despite recent concerns regarding missed practices and tightness, analysts are holding him at seventh overall, citing his league-winning upside and history of playing through minor red flags. He is ranked ahead of Jonathan Taylor due to his significantly higher target volume in the passing game.

Colston Loveland

PositiveBreakout30:33

Colston Loveland is a high-upside tight end prospect ranked 33rd overall, significantly higher than his ADP. He demonstrated elite efficiency in two-plus tight end sets and is viewed as a future All-Pro with potential to be the best tight end in the NFL, drawing comparisons to Travis Kelce.

D'Andre Swift

PositiveProjection39:23

D'Andre Swift is ranked 44th, with Saquon Barkley arguing he is being drafted at his floor. Swift showed increased physicality and aggression last year; if he maintains that form, he possesses significant upside, potentially rivaling top-tier backs like Breece Hall or Travis Etienne if the backfield situation shifts in his favor.

Dalton Schultz

PositiveUsage36:44

Dalton Schultz is clearly established as the number two target in the Texans' offense according to team reporters.

De'Von Achane

PositiveValue9:08

Devon Achane is ranked 36th overall, significantly ahead of his consensus ADP (48th) and home league ADP (40th). Concerns regarding his reliance on checkdowns are mitigated by data showing his receptions were primarily schemed plays like screens and swings. With limited target competition in Miami, he is expected to maintain high reception volume and has a clear pathway to a top-three RB finish.

PositiveUsage10:23

De'Von Achane is ranked 11th overall. Concerns that his pass-catching production was reliant on checkdowns are mitigated by data showing most of his receptions were schemed plays like swing passes and screens. With limited competition for targets in the Dolphins' offense, he is expected to maintain high reception volume.

Derrick Henry

PositiveValue27:08

Derrick Henry is significantly undervalued in consensus PPR rankings (38th overall) compared to his actual value (19th overall). Despite low reception projections, his touchdown upside and rushing volume (94 yards/game last year) make him a high-end asset who could finish with zero catches and still be worth a top-24 pick.

DeVonta Smith

PositiveProjection28:58

DeVonta Smith is expected to see increased volume compared to previous seasons, though he is ranked behind Jaylen Waddle in full PPR formats due to Waddle's higher reception upside. Smith is preferred in half-PPR formats.

Drake London

NegativeProjection30:32

Drake London is ranked 10th overall in full PPR consensus rankings, though he is going 17th in home leagues. While he has a high floor, there is some hesitation regarding the overall output of the new Falcons offense.

Drake Maye

NegativeValue28:52

Drake Maye is used as a benchmark in consensus PPR rankings, with Derrick Henry currently ranked behind him, which the analysts view as an error.

Emeka Egbuka

PositiveProjection36:44

Emecha Ibuka is ranked 41st overall, reflecting a full-round discount due to a turf toe injury. Despite the injury, there is confidence he will be ready for Week 1. His outlook is bolstered by moving into the same role Cooper Kupp occupied during his Triple Crown season, which is an improvement over his previous outside-the-numbers usage.

George Pickens

NegativeValue33:50

George Pickens is currently ranked as the 21st overall player in consensus PPR rankings.

Ja'Marr Chase

PositiveProjection3:58

Hayden Winks ranks Ja'Marr Chase third overall, noting that while Chase is first in expert consensus PPR ranks, he prefers Puka Nacua due to upside. Winks acknowledges Chase had a quiet season by his standards but remains a dominant force when healthy and is capable of a 'beyond ludicrous' fantasy season.

James Cook

PositiveProjection12:20

James Cook is ranked 15th overall. He is expected to maintain his rushing workload under a new offensive coordinator with potential for increased passing game usage and goal-line opportunities. He is ranked ahead of Drake London in consensus rankings due to his higher perceived pathway to finishing as a top-three running back.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba

PositiveUsage7:05

Jaxon Smith-Njigba is a high-upside target who benefited from a league-leading targets per route run rate last season. While his target share may fluctuate under a new coordinator, he maintains the potential to finish as a WR1.

Jaylen Waddle

PositiveBreakout27:54

Jaylen Waddle is a high-upside PPR asset with proven efficiency, boasting the highest EPA per target since 2022. He is ranked ahead of DeVonta Smith in full PPR rankings due to a higher ceiling for total receptions, with the potential to reach 100-plus catches. He is viewed as a potential second-round pick.

Jaylin Noel

PositiveDepth Chart34:04

Jaylin Noel is expected to step into a larger role following the season-ending injury to Jaden Higgins. He is a pure slot receiver who recently returned to practice after dealing with hamstring and toe injuries.

Jonathan Taylor

PositiveValue9:07

Jonathan Taylor is ranked ninth overall as a high-value asset. While analysts note he is close in value to Christian McCaffrey in half-PPR formats, McCaffrey remains ranked higher due to his superior passing game involvement.

Jordyn Tyson

NegativeInjury24:32

Jordan Tyson faces a two-month recovery timeline and is not expected to immediately play a full complement of snaps upon his return, as the team is slow-playing his recovery. He is expected to return to the Saints' lineup following the team's bye week in week eight.

Josh Allen

PositiveProjection0:32

Hayden Winks ranks Josh Allen 37th overall as the QB1, noting a discount for full PPR formats where he ranks him 10 spots lower than in half-PPR. Despite potential drop-back rate changes under new leadership, Allen's rushing floor remains elite, highlighted by his league-leading 13 rushing TDs inside the 10-yard line. With improved receiving options like DJ Moore and a healthy Dalton Kincaid, Winks suggests this could be the best season of Allen's career, even though he is currently being drafted higher (23rd in home PPR, 27th in consensus) than his ranking.

Justin Jefferson

PositiveValue7:53

Justin Jefferson remains a top-12 player despite some analysts moving him out of the first round. His underlying metrics are elite, ranking as the WR4 in team target share and WR5 in air yard share last year. His production dip was attributed solely to poor quarterback play; he averaged over 100 receiving yards per game when excluding games played with backup quarterbacks.

Keaton Mitchell

PositiveUsage27:06

Keaton Mitchell is expected to get involved in the backfield rotation, providing a potential role in the team's rushing attack. While he narrowly missed the top 100 rankings, Saquon Barkley noted he was very close to making the cut.

Kenneth Walker III

PositiveValue9:08

Kenneth Walker III is a high-priority target ranked 12th overall, significantly ahead of his 19th overall ADP in home PPR leagues. He has demonstrated increased receiving utility compared to his earlier career, justifying a bullish outlook and a ranking ahead of players like Drake London.

Ladd McConkey

NegativeValue36:44

Ladd McConkey is ranked 42nd overall. Saquon Barkley acknowledges being below market on McConkey by nine spots, noting that this stance is part of a broader trend of fading the Chargers in drafts due to concerns about the offensive line and the overall offensive environment.

Malik Nabers

PositiveBreakout12:20

Malik Nabers is ranked 17th overall, significantly higher than his 25th consensus ranking. Despite injury concerns, there is growing optimism for his Week 1 availability. Given the Giants' thin depth chart, he could command a 36% target share and potentially perform like a first-round talent by season's end. News throughout training camp has been exclusively positive.

Mike Evans

PositiveProjection33:26

Mike Evans is viewed as a reliable wide receiver with a solid floor, capable of averaging 14-16 fantasy points per game, provided he remains healthy.

Nico Collins

PositiveProjection33:57

Nico Collins has been moved up to 16th overall (WR7) due to his elite talent and lack of target competition. He is projected to command a 30%+ target share, with positive touchdown regression expected after scoring only four times on 14 endzone targets last season. He is currently being drafted around the 25th overall position.

Omarion Hampton

NegativeProjection25:38

Omarian Hampton is ranked 16th in PPR leagues, but Saquon Barkley expresses skepticism about his superstar potential compared to the consensus, noting he is dealing with an injury and faces a shifting offensive line situation.

Puka Nacua

PositiveProjection4:08

Hayden Winks ranks Puka Nacua second overall, citing his 24.4 full PPR points per game last year and the massive upside if he gains a red zone role. Winks notes he may move Ja'Marr Chase ahead if the current soft tissue injury lingers, but expects to keep Nacua at two. Nacua is viewed as a player capable of producing a 'beyond ludicrous' fantasy season.

Quinshon Judkins

NegativeProjection33:36

There is uncertainty regarding whether Quinshon Judkins can consistently average 14-16 fantasy points per game.

Rashee Rice

NegativeValue39:02

Rashee Rice is ranked 43rd, significantly lower than his home PPR league ADP of 26th. This ranking reflects a belief that Rice's production may decline or that he is currently overvalued by the market.

Rome Odunze

PositiveProjection40:20

Rome Odunze is ranked 45th overall, a flag-plant ranking for Saquon Barkley. Despite limited connection with Caleb Williams so far, Odunze ranked 22nd in targets per game last year. If chemistry with Williams improves, Odunze could be an underrated PPR asset, especially given his usage in motion.

Saquon Barkley

PositiveProjection1:42

Saquon Barkley is ranked 13th overall, significantly ahead of his 26th overall expert consensus ranking and aligning closer to his 14th overall home league ADP. There is optimism that his new offensive coordinator will maintain his rushing volume while potentially increasing his passing game involvement and goal-line opportunities via the tush push. Winks notes that Barkley is ranked ahead of Drake London due to his higher perceived pathway to finishing as a top-three running back.

Tank Dell

NegativeUsage35:04

Tank Dell is currently being ramped up in practice as he returns from injury.

Tee Higgins

PositiveValue32:21

Tee Higgins is considered an awesome fourth-round pick. Despite being viewed by some as a touchdown-dependent sideline receiver, he has historically produced as a top-15 wide receiver when Joe Burrow is healthy, averaging over six catches and 76 yards per game in those conditions.

Terry McLaurin

PositiveProjection33:26

Terry McLaurin is identified as a wide receiver with a reliable floor capable of averaging 14-16 fantasy points per game.

Travis Etienne

PositiveProjection32:37

Ranked 36th overall, ahead of consensus (48th) and home PPR leagues (40th). He benefits from the best offensive line of his career, a fast offensive environment, and a dome stadium. He led all players last season in fantasy points scored on drives starting in opponent territory (82.2 points), significantly outpacing the next closest RB, Jonathan Taylor (52.4). He averaged over 15 fantasy points in expected fantasy points per game in full PPR.

Trey McBride

PositiveValue1:55

Hayden Winks ranked Trey McBride 13th overall last year, which was significantly higher than the 24th overall ranking seen in home leagues, highlighting Winks' aggressive valuation of the tight end.

Xavier Hutchinson

NegativeDepth Chart35:12

Xavier Hutchinson remains on the roster and is viewed by team reporters as the likely number two wide receiver for the Texans.

Xavier Legette

PositiveBreakout29:45

Xavier Legette is viewed as a high-reception slot receiver candidate in a Panthers offense that will likely be forced to pass frequently due to team depth concerns.

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Episode Transcript

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0:00You asked for it, so we deliver. Yes, top 50, maybe even a little bit more PPR rankings for the 2026 fantasy football

0:08season. Trust me, all of you out there, not only do we have our rankings updates every single Monday of the preseason,

0:14we're going to have final rankings and tiers for every single position later on. We want to give you a little taste,

0:19Hayden. And the taste is your top 50 overall rankings for those specific PPR leagues. Yeah, I think it's important because we'll do our positional rankings

0:27and sometimes like some players project better in PPR, but I want to do like the overall rankings because like where I

0:32have Josh Allen's important, where do I have Brock Bowers is important. Uh where exactly is like Derrick Henry versus Nico Collins, like those type of things

0:39I find interesting. And if we spend a lot of our summer in half PPR lands, let's at least have a full episode

0:44dedicated to the the very niche details.

0:47I'm not going to really get into like the exact this guy versus this guy because I know when you're on the clock,

0:52uh you have to make those decisions. I did go back and watch last year's version. I always like to do that to

0:56like reset myself for these videos. You had two awesome calls early on. Now, you had Saquon Barkley ninth last year when

1:03other platforms had him second. So, while ninth is still much earlier than he finished last year, people that use these PPR rankings did not end up with

1:11Saquon Barkley in drafts last year. I want to put that out there. And then you also had Trey McBride 13th overall

1:16compared to 24th for home leagues. And I'm gonna keep going back and forth on today. my job where Hayden has someone

1:24ranked and where he's going in your home league PPRs and expert consensus rankings on top of that. Before we get into these top 50, one final question.

1:30How do you draft differently in PPR formats versus half PPR?

1:34>> So that PPR stands for full point per reception. So the the players that catch more receptions, I move up my rankings

1:42and then the players that don't catch as many receptions, I move them down.

1:45That's what happens with this type of stuff. So uh sometimes like a slot wide receiver, they move up my rankings. You

1:51know, I I hate that, but I have to do that. And then the quarterbacks also have to move them down, which I also, by

1:55the way, absolutely hate that fantasy quarterbacks are ranked so low, but I'm trying to win. And um uh so you'll see

2:02Josh Allen like, you know, 10 spots lower than I would in half PBR. And then obviously do your own math for for the

2:07standard format. Um but yeah, >> well, we do talk so much about touchdowns, and I'm not saying they don't matter in this, but maybe they

2:13matter just slightly less in this than they did before. Okay, let's dive into it. I'm going to read six names in each

2:20grouping and we're going to go from there. The first you have Jamir Gibbs number one, Pukanakua second, Jamar Chase third, Bjan Robinson fourth, Aman

2:28Ross St. Brown fifth, and Jackson Smith and Jigba sixth. Obviously, Jir Gibbs is your 101. I want to take you to the

2:35second and third, and we're already splitting hairs here in the top six.

2:38That's what we do. But Jamar Chase is first in expert consensus PPR ranks, and Pukanakua is third. Yet, you have them

2:45differently in your wide receiver ranks.

2:47Why?

2:48>> Really close. I think if Puka Nakua does not come back from like this little injury in the next like couple days or

2:53so, I could move Jamar Chase ahead. But by the time most of you guys are drafting, I think Puka Niku will be my

2:58second overall player. He had 24 h full PPR points per game last year. Wide receiver 2 was 3.4 full PPR points less

3:06than that. That was JSN. Jamar Chase had a little bit of a quiet uh season for him. Jamar Chase and Pukanukua when both

3:11these guys are fully healthy, the quarterbacks are healthy, these guys absolutely dominate. I think that the Devonte Adams stuff just, you know, how

3:17willing they were to to trade him away this off seasonason and just h how >> how little production he really had

3:23between the 20s. Like I want to read into that because Pukanaku was the number one wide receiver last year without the red zone role. Like what

3:30happens if he gets the red zone role?

3:31Like we're talking like an alltime season. So I just want to like roll uh play for the upside here. We're trying

3:35to come in first, not not sixth.

3:37>> By the way, we got an awesome comment from George Lewis. I read all your comments for our videos about the SOAs

3:42that right now a soft tissue injury that Pukanaku is dealing with. He says SOASS is basically part of the hip flexor.

3:48It's unusual in that it connects to the spine diaphragm and to the femur at the bottom. You don't quote stretch as much

3:55as you quote release it. If strained, it usually means overtraining and in the front upper part of the thigh. Now, I

4:02did not second guess his work. I did not recheck it. I did not take anatomy class. Let's just take George Lewis's

4:08word for it because we know you viewers and commenters are of the most high intelligent beings out there.

4:14>> I thought it was a canal. I didn't know that he's it was even a body part.

4:18>> Next, Aman Rosian Brown. I didn't want to bring him up here because uh I know when we outlined our first rounds, you

4:25had JSON over Aman Rosen Brown and I had it flip-flopped. So, is this a total flip for you or is this specifically for

4:31PPR? I mean, last year they caught the exact same amount of receptions per game. So, I think it's you're splitting hairs here once again. I just think that

4:38with a Monro St. Brown, maybe his floor is a little bit safer just because I've seen him do this a million times before

4:42where with JSN, uh, you lose your coordinator. Something that they talked about with the new coordinator, they want more players out in the route. Uh,

4:49you know, like that helped JSN have like a league leading targets per route run.

4:54It comes down a little bit and he can still finish as the wide receiver one this season. I'm not scaring anybody

4:58away from JSN. Uh, and then just outside of this is, you know, Christian McAffrey and CD L. Those type of guys. I would

5:06put all of this tier. To me, I really like one, two, three, Bejan and Aman Rajas. And these guys are also going to

5:12crush. But to me, like Gibbs, Puka, Jamar Chase. Those are the guys that can have like the beyond ludicrous seasons.

5:18And then you kind of get to them this next year.

5:20>> Yeah. Aman Raw 100 plus catches in each of the last four seasons. 12 of 16 games in fantasy this season will be played

5:28indoors during the fantasy season I should say. Uh and we know he led the NFL in red zone targets last year and

5:34has 66 red zone targets over the last two years. He's my wide receiver three and your wide receiver three. And again,

5:41>> it's not like this six is a tier. I just want to say I'm I'm doing this for the flow of the show. So let's jump through

5:46seven through 12.

5:47>> Your seventh player is Christian McCaffrey. Eighth CD Lamb, nine Jonathan Taylor. 10 Justin Jefferson, 11 Devon Achan, and 12 Ken Walker the third. I'm

5:58going to jump to the middle of this group first. Let's bring up Justin Jefferson, okay? Because I went on Matt Harmon show last week via the Yahoo

6:05Network, and he has Justin Jefferson outside of Round One. Now, we're talking about Halfpoint PPR here, so maybe that's different.

6:11>> But then I went on Kevin O'Connor's show yesterday with Justin Boon. Uh, and he also has Justin Jefferson outside of

6:19round one. So, did those two statements make you feel anything?

6:23>> Yeah. Uh, what am I supposed to like talk crap about my my co-workers and just disagree with them? Is that what

6:27you're trying to get me to do? Uh, >> no. No, no, no. I It made me think back to, okay, I have had Justin Jefferson

6:33cemented as a top 12 player this entire fantasy process. And it didn't even occur to me that other people would have

6:40him, you know, 14th or 16th or wherever they have him.

6:43>> I mean, I have him ninth overall.

6:45>> Yeah. So, this is to me where the tear break exists. It's it's after those first nine players and then in like half

6:51PPR I do have JSN like 16th because I want to get all those running backs in there. But I do think that Justin

6:56Jefferson get spam the ball. The Vikings offense last year could not be quite as pass heavy and obviously the production efficiency wasn't there. Uh but

7:04historically KOC wants to pass the ball like crazy and I think that's exactly what they're going to do this season. I

7:09feel pretty good that Kyler Murray is going to start most of the season if not the entire thing. Um and I think that

7:14this will be a very productive offense.

7:16that division is completely stacked up.

7:18Uh dome games for him as well. Um some of the defenses in that division, the Lions, the Bears, the Packers without

7:24Micah Parsons, like this team's going to be in some shootouts. And Justin Jefferson at one point was in consideration for the 101. So, uh I

7:31think in full PPR I'm going to break ties in favor of him. Plus, I know for a fact I'm going to get an awesome running

7:37back early in round two. So, if I go Justin Jefferson, I get to pick whichever running back where if I pick

7:41the running back and now I get sniped with Justin Jefferson, now I'm like obviously just going to pick another running back. Uh, which I'm fine with,

7:47but you know, just more options.

7:49>> Yeah, this is your show. But I I do want to just bring in my ratings of this, too, because I think we're on the same

7:53wavelength here with Justin Jefferson that he still, you know, owned wide receiver four in terms of team target share last year, wide receiver five in

8:01terms of air yard share. He still had 16 endzone targets with just two touchdowns. And so to me, nothing about the usage that is warranted of the 10th

8:10or ninth overall player here uh has been lost. It was just the quarterbacks of JJ McCarthy and Brazma throwing in the

8:17football and that's like really it. And so I really do think that we are still getting a reduced price on an offense

8:23that just a couple seasons ago was ninth in scoring and eighth in scoring.

8:27>> From 2022 to 2024, if you remove the Josh Dobs Jiren Hall games, he averaged over aundred receiving yards per game. I

8:35mean, it's like it's ridiculous stuff.

8:36>> Maybe I'm off base, but I just view Justin Jefferson as a round one player here. And then, yeah, pairing him with a

8:41running back in round two is delightful.

8:44Um, you have a bunch of running backs in this tier though, and that even continues to the next grouping. But here

8:48again, CMC at seven, Tobi Chain 11, Ken Walker, the third at 12, and obviously Jonathan Taylor at nine. Quickly on CMC.

8:57Okay, we talked about it on Monday, but now that Kyle Shanahan says that his absence and tightness is not contract related, one, do you believe him? And

9:07two, how many more days does he have to sit out for us to like readjust this ranking and move him down?

9:14>> I think the problem with the CMC moving him down is how many more players can I move him down where you're uh getting to

9:20the point where you're sacrificing like league winning ability. Great point.

9:25>> I think CD Lamb, you can make that case.

9:26Jonathan Taylor, especially in half PPR, I have those guys flipped. Obviously, CMC catches so many more passes than JT that I'm holding firm here. But, uh,

9:34once you get to like, you know, Devon Achan, Kenneth Walker, stuff now, you're like really trying to roll the dice on

9:39those guys surpassing CMC. So, I think you can only move them down so much. I'm trying to come in first place. Um, uh,

9:45which is difficult to do. You got to like get one of the guys that really matter and obviously CMC has a decent

9:50chance of doing that.

9:51>> Yeah. No one cares in your league. Last year he finished fourth or fifth, you know, like you want to win and you win

9:58by drafting Chris McAffrey if he's healthy, right? Yeah. That's exactly what happened last year where he was the best fantasy asset

10:05>> in fantasy football. Uh and a lot of people didn't want to draft him last year. Now again, we're having slightly

10:09different summers. Albeit, let's remember heading into week one, everyone was at panic station 11 because there were some red flags heading into it and

10:17he still played what all 17 games and was freaking fantastic. So, uh, I am still holding the line here on CMC. I

10:23>> I have one quick note on Devonte Chan. I know we'll speed this thing up, but I was looking at exactly how many of his

10:29passes last year were checkdowns versus schemed up passes. Almost all of them were schemed up passes. So, that was one thing where it's like, oh, is Malik

10:37Willis going to check the ball down at the same rate? Two, it was not like checking the ball down to Devon. They

10:42were it was swing passes, screen passes, Texas routes. It was the It was a lot of the escort screens and I haven't seen

10:48that from like Bobby Sloan in the past albeit he was part of this coaching staff with Mike Daniel last year.

10:55>> It just made me felt better like that so much of this was like man and I watch all the games like I always remember how

11:00much how many like first read targets that he gets but like it was it like in the data most of his uh receptions come

11:06within like two and a half seconds from the ball being snapped. This is not like two a buying time sitting back sitting

11:10back sitting back and then finally hitting the check down. Like Tua has gets the ball in 3 seconds and uh I'm

11:15just looking around that room. It's there's nobody else to throw the ball to like he's going to get plenty of receptions this year. I think people are

11:21overthinking that. Like if you were in charge of the Dolphins, who are you throwing the football to? I'm throwing to Devon Jan.

11:27>> Very fair. I will also add Bobby Slo is not Mike McDaniel. So sometimes it's not as easy as we think it is just to copy

11:35and paste versus I mean and if that was the case then every single great coordinator that left a team they would

11:41just be able to repeat exactly what they did the previous season to >> totally agree. Um last year looking full PPR he averaged 20.1 uh full PPR points

11:49per game. So like there's room for him to fall and pay off this this area. No one drafts him in this range. So I'm not

11:55fighting you. He he gets drafted like 18th overall. I'm just saying like don't triple count what's happened this off seasonason. Like we're in a good spot.

12:04>> Just final point, Ken Walker, uh you have him 12th and he's going 19th in home PPR leagues. So I don't think we

12:10need to repeat ourselves again there, but uh he has shown much more receiving work than let's say the Seahawks allowed him to do early on in his career. Uh and

12:20maybe even more so last season, too. So love K9 at 12th overall. Okay, next group you have Saquin Barkley 13th, Chase Brown 14th, James Cook 15th, Brock

12:31Powers 16th, Malik Neighbors 17th, put a pin in that one, and Ashen Genty 18th overall. So, quickly on Seaquan right

12:40now, he's 26th overall in PPR uh expert consensus rankings. He is though drafted 14th in home league, so right around this spot. So, this is something we'll

12:51get to in a moment, but you are just straight up still ranking running backs higher at your PPR rankings here versus

12:58other people have kind of wide receivers cutting this grouping off.

13:02>> Yeah, I think this is becomes really close in full PPR where I don't think it's that much of a debate in half PPR.

13:07I I I do just want to be buying in on some of these running back because it's so hard to find running backs that are

13:12going to project for the amount of points that this group is going to. Um, not that it's like easy to find like the

13:18next Chris Olive. But if you're looking at, you know, the round four selections, like there's still a lot of good wide

13:24receivers. I think it's just a little bit rare to find this type of running back in drafts. Um, and we'll see with

13:31Saquon Barkley and James Cook. You got new offensive coordinators. Like they're not going to like lose rushing snaps.

13:37Uh, there's a chance that those guys catch a couple more passes per game. Um, more goal line reps. Like you just never

13:42know. Both of those offenses use the tush push. things can kind of break their way and this is where they have

13:47been for like the last couple years including Chase Brown when uh whenever Joe Burrow has been healthy. Um so I feel good about all these running backs

13:56and to me it's just more who's available in rounds three and four, five and six and like some of those running backs in

14:02like the the five six turn like they make me really nervous and there's still wide receivers I like in that range. I

14:07just like the builds more if I u at least get one running back uh at the turn here.

14:12>> Okay, Brock Bowers. Let's go to him. He is your 16th overall player. He's also 16th in consensus rankings, but if we

14:20look at home league ADPs for PPR, Brock Bowers is going 22nd. So once again, no matter the format, you're ahead of

14:27market here on Brock.

14:28>> Yep. As long as his knee checks out, he's going to dominate. And I like uh my elite tight ends more in full PPR

14:35because it's hard to get the same target shares. Like you can get some guys to like catch a bunch of touchdowns like

14:40your Mark Andrews types. those guys are not going to have the same reception totals as the elite guys. Uh and then in

14:45obviously reddraft versus best baseball, you have to actually put them in your starting lineup rather than just uh take like the hindsight uh touchdown game. So

14:53uh I move Brock Bowers up a little bit.

14:55Um and hopefully I don't see that dang piece of tape on his knee uh the rest of the training camp.

15:00>> If people use your rankings, they're going to get Malik Neighbors. Uh it's that's a fact. 17th for you. He's 25th

15:07in consensus rankings for PPR and he's 29th in PPR home league drafts. So, I know often you just draft by your

15:17rankings overall. Uh maybe if you're in this like 17ish territory, you can wait for him to circle back, but it does

15:25stand out that you would maybe just flat out take him 17th overall as well.

15:31Yeah, I'm getting more bullish by by the week on his availability for week one.

15:35And not even just that, like if if he's playing in week one, he's probably himself by week six or whatever. And

15:41then in reddraft, you don't have to come in first and second place in the regular season. Like you just have to come in

15:46what top six most leagues make the playoffs. And at that point, Malik Neighbors could be looking like a round one type of player by the end of the

15:52season. So, um, just looking at like the the depth chart for the Giants, like it's not pretty. Like if Malachi Fields

15:58is going to be the second guy at wide receiver, Malik Neighbors might have a 36% target share this year. Like I I

16:03don't think it's that crazy to envision.

16:06Um you're obviously rolling the dice on on health, but uh if he did not have this injury, I would rank him probably

16:12right next to CD Lamb.

16:14>> Okay. Love that. We've talked a lot about Malik Neighbors, but as you said, while there is some negative news about

16:20a whole bunch of other fantasy assets in training camp, it has truly only been positive news so far about Malik Neighbors. And that's exactly exactly

16:28what we want to see. Next group. All right. 19th overall, you have Derrick Henry. He is going 38th overall in consensus rankings out there for PPR.

16:38And >> I don't get it, but I want to put myself in their perspective, okay? Because I think from their perspective, the 69

16:46other consensus rankings that I pulled together to make the ECRS here, is this the kind of player that people just push

16:52down in PPR leagues because he doesn't catch passes, whereas he should actually be still tremendously valuable because he still scores touchdowns. [laughter]

16:59>> I mean, he averaged over 16 fantasy points in full PPR last year, and Lamar Jackson didn't play.

17:06>> Yep. [laughter] There's no math-based reason that he should be ranked in the 30s. Even when counting for full PPR, I've done the

17:14numbers. Everyone else's other people I trust have done the numbers. It makes no sense. You are quadruple counting this uh at that point.

17:22He can finish with zero receptions this year and I would still take him 24th overall.

17:26>> I did triple check it and and he is actually even going after well not going after ranked after Drake May in

17:33consensus rankings out there for for PPR. So after a quarterback in >> in the in the betting markets, he is projected for the most rushing

17:39touchdowns in the NFL. And last year he averaged 94 rushing yards per game. If he catches zero passes and he averages

17:4695 rushing yards and scores 12 touchdowns, again, that's how you win.

17:51>> If you want to check out our half and full PPR rankings, they're in the description down below. Those are free.

17:56Those are on Yahoo. Uh if you want to take your game to another level though, we have the Ultra Playbook over on

18:00Yahoo. That's part of Yahoo Plus on top of it. Uh, I mean that has like a what 150 page document just to help you

18:08dominate your drafts. It has fades, it has targets, it has tei, it has really everything that you need and it also

18:15includes many other sports and not just NFL fantasy football. So, go and check out the Ultra Playbook. Okay, like I said, you have this glut of running

18:25backs ahead of wide receivers, whereas many other people who are ringing for PPR have the wide receivers ahead of the running backs. And that stands out here

18:32with Drake London. He's going 17th in your home PPR leagues. He's actually 10th overall and 10th in full PPR consensus rankings out there. So, I know

18:43you don't have even as much hesitation about Drake London as maybe I do, but uh is there anything you want to add to

18:50having him after the running backs?

18:51>> No, I mean last year he averaged 16.8 full PPR points per game. That was like basically exactly what Derek Henry did.

18:58Um, so this is about the right range uh to me and I I think that the Falcons like you have concerns about just the

19:05entire output of the offense. I still think that his floor is pretty dang high because of how he operates, but you

19:11know, new coordinator, new depth pieces, you know, you just never know exactly.

19:16I'm not going to say anything else negative about Drake London. It's as far as I'll go.

19:19>> Maybe I'll try to get in your brain and put it in a way and you tell me if I'm off base. Okay. If I'm looking at where

19:27people have him as 10th overall, right?

19:29And then after that, you have Devon Achan, Ken Walker, Saquon Barkley, Chase Brown, James Cook ranked ahead of him.

19:37Um, I think you believe that all of those running back names have a pathway to scoring as like the running back

19:45three this season. And maybe that's more difficult for like Drake London to be the wide receiver three or something. So far this year,

19:53>> I think it's harder to find running backs that could average 17 fantasy points per game. And I think that there's more wide receivers that I can

20:01envision averaging, you know, 14, 15, 16. I mean, we'll get to like all those guys, but like there's there's so many

20:06of them like all the way down to, you know, Terry McLuren, Mike Evans if he stays healthy, like those type of guys.

20:11Uh DJ Morgan have a crazy season. I just like I kind of just run out of running back names that I feel like could

20:16actually do that. Like, you know, I'm not sure if Quinnon Judkins and Bucky Irving could actually do that.

20:21>> Yeah. Especially in PPR, you're going to enjoy drafting wide receivers more than you enjoy drafting running backs once we hit rounds three plus.

20:28>> Yes, we'll >> put it that way.

20:29>> Yes.

20:30>> Okay. George Pickkins is your 21st player. AJ Brown is your 22nd player. By the way, he's 12th in consensus rings

20:37for PPR. Uh and then let's go to Nico Collins next because this is exactly where he's going in drafts. That's about

20:4425th. We've got some news here. Jane Higgins, a secondyear wide receiver out of Iowa State, is out for the season in

20:51joint practices with a torn ACL. So, the big question is who do they turn to?

20:56Like, it's going to be Jaylen Null, who also was Jane Higgins teammate in college. He's a pure slot player. He just returned to practice yesterday

21:04after hamstring and toe injuries after missing for weeks, if not months. Uh Tank Dell is still being ramped up.

21:12Xavier Hutchinson is still on the roster, but the number one signal here is that it's a substantial drop off from Jaden Higgins to whoever the wide

21:22receiver is going to be on this team next year.

21:23>> I have Nico Collins. I moved him up to 16th overall. He's my wide receiver seven. I have him ahead of the Brock

21:29Bowers, Neighbors, London, all of those guys. First of all, Nico Collins just by himself, you can throw him inside the top five and just watching the games

21:36like that guy's incredible. Uh they have no other option. They have to throw the ball to him now in the screen game

21:41stuff. That was like the one complaint that we had in our last couple videos with Nico Collins. I was listening to

21:46the beat reporters and J Jaylen Null is ramping up from return. He's still wearing a non-cont injury. He's going to be cleared by week one. But I think what

21:53you said is true. They view him as a slot only player. This team's going to have a lot of two wide receiver sets.

21:59They might even do the three wider or three tight end stuff uh because they drafted some other guys. They still have

22:04Daltton Schultz. All the reporters like Dalton Schultz is clearly the number two target in in uh on the team. They think

22:09Xavier Hutchinson is going to be the actual number two wide receiver and maybe they bring in a Darius Sllayton Kahan Booty type. Those guys don't earn

22:17targets. Like Jaden Higgins actually going to earn targets. He can actually be a threat underneath. Everyone else that they're going to bring in in there

22:23is going to be a downfield threat that's not going to be schemed up touches. I think that Nico Collins is going to walk

22:29to a 30% plus target share this year.

22:31And he is way too good to be fading him.

22:33So of all the guys in this tier, I feel better about his floor. And I think that his ceiling becomes incredible. Uh

22:40because they they're not going to have any other option to get explosives. Like David Montgomery is not going to give you explosives. Xavier Hudson is not

22:46going to give you explosives. Kan Boot is going to get three targets per game if he ends up on this team. It's all

22:51going to go to Nico Collins. Um so I feel very optimistic.

22:53>> I'm smiling because when I went back and watched last year's video, uh you had Nico Collins as like a top 10 player.

23:00And so we're almost [laughter] we're almost right back there, man. May maybe maybe by week one you'll have to go call

23:06us as a top 10 player. Uh but I I think on paper and the underlying metrics could have pointed you in that direction

23:12too. Like he was 26th in red zone production for fantasy last year despite having the eighth best opportunity. I mean he had 14 endzone targets and only

23:20scored four touchdowns off so bad.

23:22>> So hopefully like positive regression which is a term that people love uh hits in his favor this year.

23:28>> Agree. Agree.

23:29>> And there's nothing and Hayden knows this. Nothing I love more than rankings changes on the fly. So, Weeaves, you're going to have to do some editing work

23:38hopefully as we go along and it's not going to be a clean pocket of six for each name we keep going through here.

23:43Okay, so we talked about George Pickkins and AJ Brown. That now brings Chris Olive to 24th overall, right? He's going

23:5228th in home PPR leagues out there. He's another one and he determined it this way who could actually benefit from an

24:00injury next to him as well. Um he was even better when Rashid Shahid got traded last season. So Chris Olive, talk

24:07to me.

24:08>> He was fifth in targets per game. He was the wide receiver seven on wide receiver six usage in full PPR. I think that the

24:13most likely scenario is Jordan Tyson returns after the by-week because you got Metife turf in week six. You have uh a France game in week seven, then the

24:23bye-week in week eight. So, I think you're gonna have the full first four uh full seven games with Olave by himself

24:28and there's like no way you can't rank him inside the top 10 for that. And then we'll see about Jordan Tyson after that,

24:32you know. We'll see. So, uh this team's first in pace. Chris Lav is very good. I kept him at the bottom of this tier of

24:39wide receivers because he has the most I would say just you know in infrastructure like if something happens to Tyler Shuck or just something doesn't

24:45materialize slash he has the injury history blood clots concussions uh some soft tissues type of uh injuries in his past I just moved him at the bottom of

24:54that I think on paper like just watching him play I think he's like very much in this range on tape uh and his production

25:01was there as well so there's no reason not to have him this high >> yeah wide receiver eight in terms of

25:05team target percentage last here are four in terms of air yards and we outlined it on the show yesterday that there is this twomonth timeline for

25:13Jordan Tyson but you and I don't think he plays immediately a full complement of snaps once he returns based on how

25:20they slow played this after his you know let's say off and on draft process too just kind of nursing this injury and by

25:27the way Bryce Lance got wide receiver two run yesterday for this team as Devon >> this time yeah and Bryce Lance uh he

25:33needs some work in my opinion but >> he needs some Next 25th, Omaran Hampton. Despite you ranking running backs high, that does

25:42not include Omarian Hampton. He is 16th in home PPR leagues. Uh you and Consensus though have him in this range.

25:50He also is dealing with an injury. The Chargers just lost their new center in Tyler Biatish. Now maybe fortunately for them, they took a college center and

25:59we're looking at him at left guard in the second round in what Jake Slaughter.

26:03And so [clears throat] you would expect him to fill in here at center. And that center spot is a pivotal position for

26:08Mike McDaniel and his rushing scheme.

26:10Just look back at what Miami center did last year. Uh Aaron Brewer might be the best in the league, >> right? Um I think this just comes down

26:18to how much faith do I have in Omar and Hampton being a true superstar. I think it's possible. I also think it's, you

26:24know, he has some things to improve on.

26:26And I do think that Keaton Mitchell is going to get involved a little bit. I think that Kimi Vidol might do like a

26:30Laquent Allen type of thing, which doesn't matter too much, but we can nitpick things in the first and second round here. So, uh, I just think all

26:37those wide receivers that we just went through, I feel very good about their floor ceiling combination. Omar and Hampton obviously could finish as the

26:43most valuable player in fantasy. Like that's within his range about outcomes.

26:46I just think others believe in that upside case happening more often than I do.

26:52>> Yeah. Next week we have a show on the players we disagree on most. Maybe Amarin Hampton fits in there. probably.

26:58>> And it's not like we disagree on him as a player. We kind of seen eye to eye.

27:01I'm just valuing the situation even more where and I'll save all my notes for that. How about that? I'll save all my

27:06notes for that.

27:07>> There you go.

27:07>> Okay. 26 you have Jeremiah Love. 27 you have Trey McBride. 28th you have Tedoa McMillan. And that brings us to 29th in

27:15Jaylen Wadd who is drafted 48th overall in home league PPRs leagues out there.

27:23Uh >> sleep. They're sleeping. I mean, he's back at practice. He just apparently uh burnt uh Patanford 60-yard touchdown in pract practice in full pad. So, he's

27:35ready to go. Do not have to worry about the offseason injury with him. Uh this is an offense that throws the most

27:40screens in football under Bo Nicks and Shawn Payeyton. As a rookie, he caught 104 passes. So, the PPR upside is proven

27:47out. He has been one of the most efficient players in the NFL. I think since 2022 when two has thrown him

27:53passes, he has the highest uh EPA per target in football. Uh offensive line is really good and I just don't see how

28:02this one goes sideways really. Like he can get injured, but so could everyone else in this tier. Uh and I can see

28:07Jaylen Wadd being a second round pick uh next season.

28:10>> Over four yards per route run on play action. Last season, the Broncos had the third most passes off play action. And

28:17if you look at it, Jaylen Waddle ran 442 routes last season compared to Courtland Sutton who ran 664. So let's just add,

28:24you know, a cool 220 routes onto Jaylen Waddles plate and see what happens.

28:29>> Dude, that'd be party time.

28:32>> That would be party time. Now, the the thing I wanted to bring up here is, you know, we do all these shows. I did not

28:38realize you straight up rank Jaylen Waddle ahead of Dvonte Smith, who's your 30th overall player. Why is that? Uh, I think that Devonte Smith is going to get

28:45the ball obviously more than he has before. But I think there is just a difference and I think the potential for

28:50like, you know, 100 plus receptions like that type of season I think leans more towards Jaylen W. I think at half PPR

28:57probably go Smitty, but it's really close. Um, and then I think that Tedo is like also in that that bucket where I

29:04think they're going to have to pass the ball a little bit more than they want to just based off of like just the depth of

29:08the team in general. the Panthers like don't look that great to me on on paper and T-Mac was playing inside the slot

29:14and I think that he can be a reception type of guys like those are the these are the like the the group of wide

29:20receivers I feel pretty good about like they can catch a 100 passes and I think Dvonte Smith would have like a different

29:24type of season to get there um and that's a little bit harder to bank on full PPR versus I think Wadd's going to

29:31be on pace to catch 100 passes.

29:33>> Next group Zflower is 31st, Reese Hall 32nd. That brings us to Coulson Lovelin, 33rd overall. He's going 43rd in home

29:42PPR leagues. We've outlined this a lot.

29:44I mean, beginning in week 15, they played over half their offensive snaps with two plus tight ends on the field during five of their final six games.

29:51They only did that once over the first 13 games. And his yards per route run in two plus tight end sets is outrageous.

29:59And if you want to go to 13 and think that this team uses Sam Roush, guess what? 4.66 66 yards per route run and

30:0553% of the team's market share in those environments. So, uh I love that you are 10 spots higher in Coulson Loveland

30:11here.

30:11>> His last four games of of the season, including the playoffs, 22, 25, 24, and then 10 uh full PPR points per game at

30:20tight end. That's like impossible to do.

30:22He's also he was 21 years old. Um we're looking at a future AllPro. This is going to be like the next Travis Kelce.

30:29I think that he's got the chance to be the best tight end in the NFL. And this Bears offense is gonna go absolutely

30:34berserk. They keep losing defensive players. Uh so there's gonna be plenty plenty of passes to go around in Chicago.

30:41>> 34th you have Garrett Wilson. Let's go to 35 T. Higgins because he's 41st in home PPR leagues. It's not as big of a

30:51disconnect here, but I also kind of view T. Higgins as the wide receiver Derrick Henry in ways because people kind of

30:57>> think of him as a sideline ball winner and that's about it and maybe downgrade because of pure receptions and think of

31:03him as just a downfield and touchdown machine which by the way is good. Uh but let's also remember that the last time

31:08he played with Joe Burrow for 17 games he was a wide receiver four in points per game.

31:13>> Yeah, he's played 39 games with Burrow healthy since 2022. He's averaging 15 uh full PPR points. That's wide receiver 14. A wide receiver 15 usage. I got him

31:22lower than that. Um I don't have a good reason to put him lower than that. Uh but this is like this just how the

31:27rankings work out. So I think that he's a this is like an awesome pick in the fourth round.

31:31>> Like PPR scams kind of get in the back of our head when we draft PPR. And again, Tiggins is not

31:37that, but he did average over six catches and 76 yards with Joe Burrow. So maybe that's not 10 catches, but it's

31:45still six catches for 76 yards with Joe Burrow. compared to last season that was down to four catches on average and 56

31:51yards per game.

31:52>> Yeah, I love when we're drafting players pretty much near their baseline and he has like the obvious contingent upside where if something happens to Jim

31:58Martace, you just take him next to where CD Lamb and Justin Jefferson go in the first round just to call it a day. So

32:03like it's hard to get up to that tier of player and he has that potential >> and it's been interesting to see Bengals

32:08fans react to the under center stuff after one final preseason game or first preseason game and they get like the the

32:14all 22 with it. uh where a lot of these under center play action passes with extra protection then end up only being

32:22two-man routes down the field with maybe Chase Brown leaking out after his assignment is accomplished and no one's blitzing >> and those two men running down the field

32:30are Jamar Chase and T. Higgins and that's it. Like those are the two options.

32:35>> Yep. He's going to get the ball a lot.

32:37>> Yes. Love that. Okay. Travis Achan, it is Achan. He asked for it. Uh is 36th overall for you. That's ahead of

32:45consensus 48th. That's ahead of home PPR league's 40th overall. We got news today that Alvin Chimera is going to be out

32:52with an MCL. I know you're not double counting this because we've already had the conversation about, hey, Chimera might have owned some of the passing

32:59down work. Uh, and 35 of 36 hands, you know, receptions were on first and second down last year. But at the same

33:06time, we are going from a backfield split with Alvin Chimera down back to like the Devon Neils of the world, >> right? Uh, we'll See, I think Chimera is

33:13going to be back eventually. But just like another reminder that Alvin Chimera at this point, like you just really can't factor in much at all. I moved him

33:20up like ahead of like the Josh Jacobs, Javvante, Kairen guys that we talked about, but he's firmly in this tier.

33:25Somebody I want to draft a bunch of. I think on a hand side, I think it's the best offensive line he's ever played

33:30behind. It's the fastest offensive uh environment he's ever played in. It's a home uh home dome uh environment on top of that. Like there's a lot of things

33:38like on the positive end for Travis Han.

33:40Plus, they paid him a ton of money uh to be the lead back. So, like every single time I hear Alvin Chimera, this that

33:45like I just plug like don't care.

33:48>> Here's a crazy stat for Reeves that just popped out when going through it all.

33:53Travis Aan led all players last season in fantasy points scored when the drive started in the opponent's side of the field, which it's kind of a Jaguars

34:02turnover rate stat at 82.2. The next closest running back was Jonathan Taylor at 52.4. So Travis Hen got an extra 30

34:10points basically from uh the Jaguars dominating in the turnover differential last season.

34:15>> Yeah, he he was one of these guys. He averaged over 15 fantasy points and expected fantasy points and full PPR and

34:20like he's not thought of as a as a PPR guy. 15 fantasy points is pretty good.

34:25>> Let's move on quarterback conversation because 37th overall you have Josh Allen. He is your quarterback one but he's going 23rd in home PPR leagues.

34:35He's going 27th in expert consensus rings right now. So why 10 spots even below that? Does PPR simply push quarterbacks down even more for you?

34:44>> It does. So this is where he's ranked in fantasy points over replacement per game, which is how I compare players

34:52across positions. Um, and when I do that in half PPR, he's been the 30th, 18th, 30th, and 19th overall player in the

34:59last four seasons. uh in full PPR you would discount that about a round or so and then I look at the players around

35:06him and who do I feel like really comfortable uh drafting ahead of the guys we talked about and then Javvante Jacobs Kairen Williams I think maybe if

35:15I was on the clock I would consider those type of guys and then you kind of get to a tier where like I just don't

35:19feel comfortable with the floor and I'll just take my Josh Allen points and try to win my league with uh finding some

35:25upside in the other picks. So this is about the range. I can't justify going earlier than this though.

35:30>> We've talked about how with Joe Birdie at the helm of the entire organization and how they're going to play, that's

35:36likely going to change the, you know, drop back rate, which was previously 31st, 25th, and 30th that was attached to Shawn McDermott. Um, I do wonder

35:44though, Hayden, let's say they drop back more, does that move Josh Allen away from being like the short yardage, must own quarterback now, like he led the NFL

35:53with 13 rushing touchdowns inside the 10 yard line. Um, I would keep calling those plays. They seem to work.

35:58You know, >> they do. They do. But that again is the rushing aspect. And, you know, getting four points for a passing touchdown is

36:05different than six points for a rushing score.

36:07>> What does happen though when you call more drop backs, the scrambles are more effective than like a quarterback designed run. Um, and if they're calling

36:14more pass plays, like his rushing numbers could actually like you would think they're for sure going to go down.

36:19It could like not matter that much cuz he be scrambling like a mad man.

36:22the pass plays might work more you when you have DJ Moore versus you know Josh Palmer Brandon Cooks and then Dalton

36:27Concade in theory can stay healthy uh for an entire season. Um so like this could easily be the best season of Josh

36:34Allen's career.

36:35>> Javvante Williams is 38th, Josh Jacobs 39th, Kairen Williams 40th. This one's low in comparison to me. Maybe we'll talk about that next week.

36:44>> And then you have Emecha Ibuka over Lad Mananki 41st and 42nd. I mean, Hayden, we talked 24 hours ago about Emecha

36:53Eggberg's turftoe and I thought we exited hand in hand, arm-in- arm in unison that he would be at the end of

37:01this tier of wide receivers, but no, you still have him above Vlad.

37:05>> I just think that Amecha had like if if he wasn't injured, I probably would have had him buy Devonte Smith. So, I I have

37:12like a full round discount from that turf toe injury. Uh they're seem to be confident he's going to be out there in

37:18week one. I'm not saying that's going to be a guarantee. If he misses week one, could you guys not find a freaking wide

37:22receiver to put in your lineup in the first week of the season? I hope you guys can. Um, so I don't care about it

37:28too much. Obviously, this is the type of thing that kind of lingers. I discounted him from that. Uh, there's a lot of

37:33positives for Amecha, including the role he's going to be in. You know, it's the same exact role that Cooper Cup, you

37:37know, won the Triple Crown in. And, uh, he played a lot of outside on the ball downfield, uh, role last year. It's not

37:45the perfect role for him. and he had some moments didn't uh struggled in some other moments. He's going to the exact

37:50role that I want him to be in and that offensive line is pretty sick. So I can only drop him down so far. For lad, I

37:56just want to call this to your attention. Okay, you are well below market on Amarin Hampton and you're actually below market now on Lad Mani by

38:04nine spots. How does that feel with Justin Herbert as the quarterback and Mike McDaniel calling place?

38:09>> Um not the greatest, but I also then look at the offensive line injuries. You are basically fading the LA Chargers in

38:15drafts right now.

38:16>> Well, we're I think we're going to do our top 100. I did not get Katon Mitchell into the top 100, but it was

38:21dang close. It was dang close.

38:22>> So, Katon Mitchell is your pathway into the Chargers this year is what you're saying.

38:25>> Trey Harris, you know, Charlie Kohler, you know, it's all these type of guys. Um, to be serious, I I do know

38:31has tons of upside. I I would not be that surprised if he came in just a hair below in uh total snaps because of this

38:39offense um and just how they rotate players in and out. I don't like having a rookie center. And then Raan Slater,

38:45by the way, they're saying it's not a big deal, but he hasn't practiced in about two weeks coming off a torn

38:49patella, which is like one of the hardest injuries to come back from. Um, and let's say he does come back. Are we

38:53sure he's going to be the AllPro? Like maybe that maybe he is. That'd be awesome. But maybe this offensive line is like not as good as we were hoping uh

39:01a month ago.

39:02>> Okay, let's run through until the top 50. First, you have Rashi Rice, 43rd.

39:07He's going 26th in home PPR league. So again, you're basically saying that Rushy Rice has done so he's washed this season.

39:14>> Yep. [laughter] Yep. Okay, that one's more simple. That one's more simple.

39:19Okay. Okay.

39:20>> Everything Everything's relative. The short answer, yes. [laughter] >> DeAndre Swift 44th. I mean, he doesn't get enough attention.

39:29>> Agree. We think he is kind of being drafted at his floor with how this team is managing their rushing department and

39:36how they specialize runs for him last year as an individual. He probably looked more physical and aggressive than he has in the past. And

39:43>> yeah, >> something already happened at Kongai. If that carries over into the season than DeAndre Swift has even more upside here,

39:48>> right? I think that this is coming maybe a a slightly [snorts] a little hot, but there there's kind of a wide receiver

39:53cliff where like you're hoping they turn into like upside wide receiver twos, but you just don't feel comfortable about it. So I think that we're kind of in a

40:00you know a tier break where I have just the shift at the top. Um but it's one of those the reminders is if something

40:05happens to Kyle Bengai like why wouldn't he be you know Bree Hall Travis Ageand if not even higher like could he not be

40:11Omarian Hampton like we're excited about the Bears um uh as we are with the Chargers and I you know I don't think

40:17that Omar Hampton's for sure that much better than DeAndre Swift. So yeah he's in the committee um but we'll get to

40:23like the next wide receivers. you just like you're now you're envisioning things like returning to form or like they're actually breaking out. So, we're

40:30kind of in a soft spot in drafts.

40:32>> Yeah. Swift is going 49th in PPR leagues and then I think is ranked 53rd in consensus rankings right now. Okay. I

40:40want to stick with the Bears because you have Roma Jun 45th overall. He's going 61st in home leagues, 56th in consensus

40:48rankings.

40:48>> We've [clears throat] already talked about this at length with Harmon that you have him over Uther Burden. This continues to be one of your flag plants

40:55of the season.

40:56>> Yeah, luckily we don't have to draft Roma Dunay this high, but it was surprising to me to see him being 22nd

41:03in targets per game last year. Like you don't think of Roma Dunay as like some like PPR guy because they have not

41:09connected on many of these passes. Uh that's equally Caleb Williams fault as Roma Dunes. Um but if that gets sorted out, I I do think that he can catch a

41:18bunch of passes maybe in an underrated way. If you go back and watch him, this is I'm glad that you and Matt both

41:24agreed with me. Uh they would get him in motion and like they weren't like manufacturing screens to him, but they were like manufacturing him on the move

41:32for first read targets for like not complete explosives, but like for like 15 uh yard chunk plays. They did that a

41:38lot with Roma Dunce, and they did draft him 10th overall. Um or somewhere inside the top 10. Um, so I think there's like

41:46an underrated this guy can catch a bunch of passes because the Bears are going to be in shootouts every single week. Um,

41:52and Ben Johnson wants to set the record for for most points this season. Um, and we've only talked about Bears in the 30s

41:58and 40s overall. There's a chance that all these guys do get home.

42:01>> Parker Washington, you have 46th. I mean, we are both in on Parker Washington. It's a Jags wide receiver one. And it's not just that. You're

42:07nearly 30 spots above ADP here, 17 spots ahead of consensus rankings. We've talked so much about Parker Washington.

42:13Hopefully people understand where we're coming from and if not we'll do it some more in the next coming weeks. You have

42:17DJ Moore 47th. Let's talk about Cam Scataboo here at 48th overall. Your thoughts on the Naji Harris signing?

42:24>> I think it matters just a little bit. I think it matters more for you know Devin Singleary, Tyrone Tracy, those guys

42:32where I don't think that you can even draft Tyrone Tracy at this point. I actually move Naji Harris ahead of Tyrone Tracy straight up. I don't think

42:38that Naji's probably gonna be that great at football anymore coming like off of his injuries. He's already averaging like three point something yards per

42:46carry. Um I will say this, the Giants, if you looked at how they played football in that preseason game, if you

42:52read any quotes from either uh Scatabo, Dart, or the coaching staff, they're going to run the ball like absolute crazy. And you saw it with fullbacks

43:00Patrick Ricard's out there, multiple tight end sets, not including Isaiah likely, Chris Maner, and Theo Johnson types, uh, Francis Minoa with a top 10

43:08pick at right guard. Uh, this team's going to be um, fully focused on Malik Neighbors, and then the running back.

43:14And I think that Sam Scatteraboo did enough last year to make me feel confident that Naji Harris was more about the rest of these guys. And it's

43:21like good insurance for them to have uh, because I'm not sure how much they trust, you know, Single Terry and Tracy.

43:26Yeah, we talked so much about Malik Neighbors, but the man hurts, Patrick Ricard, Malachi Fields usage as well as the insert blocking that we talked about

43:33in preseason week one tells me that this team is going to run the hell out of the football. Now, it's also on my radar

43:39that literally all offseason the beat writers said that the Giants were in on bringing in a running back. Uh it was

43:46from Ken Walker to Achan to Jeremiah Love and all these conversations. And I think also beat writer even mentioned that they were going to make a move at

43:55that position to varying degrees >> prior to the season, >> you know, a couple weeks ago in one of his pieces.

44:01>> So sure, Naji Harris isn't a glowing name and they didn't trade for anyone, but uh he has a history with Greg Roman

44:08here who was like the deacto run game coordinator.

44:11>> Yes, >> they said that he needs to get in game shape. It certainly looked like that as well. But uh I don't think this is a

44:16nothing burger for Cam Scotville.

44:18>> It's not a nothing burger. I had him ahead of DeAndre Swift, for example. So, I moved him down, you know, a half round

44:25or so. And at the same time, in full PPR last year, uh Cam Scativa was the RB10.

44:31That includes the first week where he wasn't even the starter. He caught three passes uh per game last year. Um and I

44:38think he's pretty dang good at it. And then watching him, I thought he was actually cutting and running through people in the preseason game to the

44:45point where like I couldn't I would not have been able to tell you that he's coming off an injury uh based off of

44:49what I saw. So he's he's ahead of schedule. I think that he's on pace to hold down this role.

44:54>> Luther Burton at 49 and Christian Watson at 50 round out that top group. I mean Watson's going 69th in home leagues.

45:01He's one of our favorite clicks on the board regardless. We've talked about that.

45:04>> Yes.

45:04>> Enough. Okay. It sounds like you want to go beyond 50. So, let's go hyper speed with this. And I might read these in the

45:12next 10 groupings, okay? And only come up with one name. Okay?

45:16>> So, 51st, you have Jameson Williams.

45:1952nd you have Terry McCorin, then Tyler Warren, Mike Evans, 54, Devonte Adams, 55, Quinn Sean, Dave Montgomery, 56, 57, Lamar Jackson, 58, Bucky Irving, 59, and

45:30Bashel Tutin, 60. I want to call your attention. I'm shocked you have Jameson Williams ahead of Terry McLaren, ahead of Mike Evans, and ahead of Devonte

45:40Adams here in full PPR. I was going to bring up Tyler Warren's name, however, scrolling Twitter while you're talking.

45:45Sorry about that. I apologize. Uh, he limped off practice today holding his groin in 11 on 111 activity.

45:52>> I mean, this is insane what's happening in August right now. Uh, to speak on JO, uh, he is not like obviously Mr. PPR,

46:00but I think this offense is gonna go absolutely crazy out of necessity. And I will say I'm a little bit nervous that

46:05Mike Evans limps off and has tightness every single practice. And I'm a little bit nervous that the Rams wanted to trade trade away Dvonte Adams. The last

46:12time they wanted to do that with some wide receivers, it was Cooper Cup uh and Allen Robinson. You maybe Shawn McVey is

46:18is seeing things. I had to keep Dvonte Adams this high because of what he did last year. I he was he was still the

46:24wide receiver 10 last year in full PPR.

46:27uh which like not exactly like his bread and butter at this point. So like I >> 75% of that was red zone touchdowns.

46:32>> Absolutely. So you know I dropped him 20 spots down from where he finished last year. That feels appropriate, but still

46:38like it it doesn't make me feel great.

46:39And then all those running backs that you just listed, I don't think any of them are screaming like catch a ton of

46:44passes this season. Maybe Tuton can kind of get there. Uh but the rest of those guys, I think that they have other back

46:50uh backs in their back field that they'll throw the ball to. Um and those offenses aren't like total elite units either. Okay. 61 through 70. Jaren

46:58Price, Jaylen Warren, Sam Laaporta, Tucker Craft, then DK Metaf, and a string of quarterbacks. Yeah. And Jaylen Herz 66, Joe Burrow 67, Drake May 68,

47:09Jane Daniel 69. And we close out this group. Let's just do 70 and 71 together because that's Raandre Stevenson and Trivia Henderson. Um,

47:19I mean, the name that pops out to me is Jaylen Warren. I mean, we have two Steelers here with Jaylen Warren and

47:25>> DK Metaf. Uh DK is well above ADP here for you, >> right? So, I think that offensive line for Pittsburgh is like pretty rock solid

47:36and uh McCarthy does play with like a little bit of pace and they do pass the ball a little bit more than what we're

47:41kind of used to with um what we saw in Pittsburgh last couple years. Like maybe there's a little bit of a discount. I'm

47:46not like going out of my way to draft DK Mechaf. I I thought that the tight ends and quarterbacks here um were notable.

47:52In half PPR, I would have like Leaporta and Craft after those quarterbacks, but in full PPR, I have them ahead. I think

47:59like that's like the difference of, you know, they catch uh 70 passes this year.

48:03Like that's how you can kind of make the math work. Uh Sam Laor, I think, is going to go crazy. You bring up the Drew

48:08Petting stuff, like I think that's there's very much that's in play. Uh and then Tucker Craft, he's um he's practicing, you know, that's awesome.

48:16So, >> good news. Yeah, and as we said, if you draft Tucker Craft, like maybe in your draft with Jawan Johnson, uh because of

48:23just the comments that Tucker Craft said that he might be on a snap count or a pitch count um and Jawan Johnson goes

48:29way too late and might even be dra undrafted in your home leagues.

48:32>> Uh real quick on Raandre, there's just another quote from Vrabel. there were >> I mean there's there's quotes every day

48:39>> but like every single day there's a quote like that's that's my we've done like individual videos basically on the Patriots backfield that people are

48:47drafting the running back two ahead of the running back one in Trevian >> ahead of Randre and it just has to be

48:53flipped it has to >> Is this too low for Raandre the RB21 last year um I have RB27 so I can't I

48:59can't move him up too much higher than this but like there's an argument that he he should be right next to Jaylen

49:03Ward and Jerry and Bryce >> yeah and there's an argument that the Patriots run blocking should be better this year because again it was horrible

49:10for the first like eight games of last year uh from tight end to tight end basically.

49:16>> Okay. Cal Pitts is 72nd for you. Harold Fannon 73rd. Caleb Williams at 74 and Jonathan Brooks at 75. Marvin Harrison

49:23Jr. 76. Brian Thomas Jr. 77. Hey buddies. Uh Casey Conpsion 78. Colonel Tate 79. And Mai Lemon 80. I don't want

49:34to rehash our rookie wide receiver conversation because we just did it yesterday. Uh people might say you're overreacting though having Casey

49:41Conception as the rookie wide receiver one here.

49:44>> These are my top three wide receivers in the class. I had him as top 15 overall prospects across the board. I would say

49:49that by far the Mai Lemon situation is the best um for team environment wise.

49:54Um and he's nearing practice like I'm not worried about his like week one status and he's played enough football.

49:59I think that he's going to be out there in in the slot to start the season. And I think eventually he'll be overtaking

50:04Dantavian Wixs. Uh and then with Casey Conpion, he's just way more team or PPR friendly than Carell Tate. I just read

50:11something from uh Eastston Freeze who covers the Titans. He's his note. It was just Wando is going to catch all the

50:17passes this year.

50:18>> Like you I'm just nervous about how Carninal Tate's going to be utilized this year. You know, like I think he's a

50:23good player. Uh, I have my doubts about the rest of the the Tennessee Titans and I think that full PPR uh he he should go

50:30lower in the wide receiver rankings and I think that Casey Conpsion and it's it's hard for me to leave a Browns game

50:36without you know throwing him the ball like eight times.

50:38>> Yeah. A scam I think has like negative connotation to it. Let's just say that Casey Conception is going to be peppered

50:45with targets.

50:46>> Oh yeah.

50:46>> This year he's too good for the easy button.

50:48>> Yeah.

50:48>> Yes. 81 Josh Downs. 82 Matthew Golden.

50:5283 Jordan Addison. 84 Quinton Johnson. I mean, that trio of Golden Addison and Johnson packaged together just makes too much sense for how they're going to be

51:01utilized this season. Y >> then Dak Prescott, Justin Herbert, >> Courtland Sutton, Michael Wilson, and Stefon Diggs are 81 through 89. Um, is

51:11there anyone of that group that you want to talk about?

51:13>> Um, no. That's a huge tier. And I think uh there's like a big difference between like the running backs versus like the

51:19next group with like JK Dobbins, Jakory Crosky, Meritt, Tony Potter. Like we'll see how many passes those running backs type uh catch this season. Um but we're

51:28we can get to like Chris Godwin dribbling too that those round out some wide receivers in the top 100. There's >> How about just read off those names? How

51:34about I just read off those names? Okay, so 90 is Jane Reed, 91 is Don Concincaid, 92 JK Dobbins, 93 Jakoy Bill

51:42Kroski Merritt, 94 Tony Pard, 95 Chris Godwin, 96 Deshan Strippling, 97 George KD, 98 Dallas Goddard, 99 Juba Hubard, and 100 Rico D.

51:54>> So you'll see how I draft a lot of my PPR teams. I get uh probably three running backs in the top, you know, by

52:00let's say Raandre Stevenson and then I'm a little bit light at wide receiver and then from 76 to 96 I have about a dozen

52:08and a half wide receivers to select from and I get like three of them. So like I I'll have like two strong wide receivers

52:15and then you'll see my teams will be Casey Conpsion, Josh Downs, Matthew Golden, uh and uh Deshawn Stribbling and then I'll just see what happens and

52:23that's how I kind of build my teams. So there I think there's a lot of wide receivers that are about projecting the

52:28same that go pretty late in draft. So I I really pepper that tier of wide receiver. Um and then I come back to you

52:35know your tank bigs bees and stuff uh way later at running back. So I kind of go running backs to start then hammer

52:41the wide receivers and then uh figure out the rest of my team.

52:44>> Did you sleep on the Deshun Strippling ranking move and move him down? I mean I feel like yesterday you were even higher

52:53than Strippling. Maybe you came in hot and you woke up this morning, you're like, I got to move him down. I mean, I

52:57have him at like wide receiver 35.

52:59You're at wide receiver 46 here.

53:01>> I can make I can probably put him up to I think him and Quinton Johnson is like kind of in that range. You know,

53:07scribbling to Quinton Johnson is 40 to 46. I think that's about the right.

53:10>> Well, you can talk about it, but your actions say otherwise.

53:13>> I know. I'm I'm sleeping on it. I'm I'm still sleeping. This is a tough one to to get right. I do think that 96 overall

53:19gets the job done to most leagues, though. I will say >> fair. But look, I don't want to be in the strip club by myself. It's always

53:25better when you have some buddies there.

53:27You know, >> you're you're paying the cover. I'm there, you know. I'm I'm there. I'm supporting you. You know, I'm not going

53:32to the back room.

53:33>> I know. I'm [laughter] in the back room of the strip club by myself having him as wide receiver 35.

53:38>> You told me yesterday you're wide receiver 39 and here you are as wide receiver 46. What gives? You backed out

53:44on me.

53:44>> Can I just eat the wings? I'm just here.

53:45I'm supporting you. I'm eating the wings.

53:48>> Wow. All right, that does it. Hopefully you enjoyed our top Hayden's top 100 PPR rankings. Uh tomorrow we'll be back with

53:56an episode uh of my favorite player in every single round. We got plenty more content for you next week, too. Um and

54:02if any of you have ideas, recipes, uh let's say potions to keep a seven-month-old from getting sick every single week, let me know

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