VideoFrom Ron Stewart
The Players Skyrocketing Up My Fantasy Rankings After This Weekend
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Aug 16, 2026
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Breece HallCaleb DouglasChris OlaveChristian WatsonCyrus AllenD.J. MooreDalton KincaidDenzel BostonDenzel MimsEmeka EgbukaIsaac TeSlaaIsaiah LikelyJa'Kobi LaneJayden Reed
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Breece Hall
PositiveUsage12:53
Ron Stewart notes a positive trend for Breece Hall, citing Hayden Winks' report that Hall played 90% of snaps on the first drive; while Isaiah Davis and Braylon Allen remain in the backfield, the situation is less worrisome than last year.
Insight pageCaleb Douglas
PositiveBreakout6:29
Caleb Douglas was a surprise third-round pick by the Dolphins, significantly higher than his pre-draft projection. He played every snap with the starters in preseason, signaling potential as a starting wide receiver. He has been added to Ron Stewart's rankings at 163rd overall and is considered an interesting dart throw with rookie upside.
Insight pageChris Olave
PositiveProjection17:02
Ron Stewart notes that Chris Olave receives a small boost in his rankings due to the ongoing injury concerns surrounding Jordan Tyson.
Insight pageChristian Watson
PositiveUsage12:00
Christian Watson's 89% snap share suggests he is locked into a primary three-receiver rotation for the Packers alongside Matthew Golden, moving away from the team's previous five-man rotation.
Insight pageCyrus Allen
PositiveSleeper5:14
Cyrus Allen is a day-three rookie receiver prospect who has moved up 27 spots in Ron Stewart's rankings due to a loud training camp drumbeat. While he lacks elite production model metrics, he is highly regarded by Matt Harmon for his route-running ability. He is a sleeper candidate in a Chiefs receiver room where established players like Rashee Rice, Xavier Worthy, and Travis Kelce have durability or age concerns.
Insight pageD.J. Moore
NegativeInjury18:44
Despite a nasty ankle injury, reports indicate DJ Moore is good to go; Ron Stewart maintains his ranking at 509 and does not consider him a 'stock down' player.
Insight pageDalton Kincaid
NegativeUsage19:42
Ron Stewart is giving a small dock to Dalton Kincaid's ranking due to the Bills' wide receiver and tight end rotation, which limited his route participation.
Insight pageDenzel Boston
PositiveUsage2:17
Denzel Boston is identified as the biggest stock-up player on the Browns, having played 10 of 10 snaps with the starters alongside Deshaun Watson and running six routes, effectively serving as the team's starting number one wide receiver.
Insight pageDenzel Mims
PositiveValue1:06
Ron Stewart is aggressively moving Denzel Mims up his rankings, citing rave reviews from training camp and preseason usage; Mims has climbed 16 spots, moving from WR59 (142nd overall) to WR53 (126th overall).
Insight pageEmeka Egbuka
NegativeInjury19:54
Emeka Egbuka has a stable sprained toe and is optimistic for Week 1, but Ron Stewart moved him down four spots due to the risk that turf toe could negatively impact early production, similar to his hamstring issues last year.
Insight pageIsaac TeSlaa
NegativeDepth Chart21:01
Isaac TeSlaa is ranked 214th and should be avoided in drafts; he is currently buried as the wide receiver six on the depth chart, playing behind Cedric Wilson and Greg Dortch, and is struggling to generate separation in practice.
Insight pageIsaiah Likely
PositiveUsage8:08
Despite playing only six of 16 snaps in the preseason, Isaiah Likely's usage remains encouraging as he ran six routes on seven pass plays. Ron Stewart is not concerned about his limited snap count, attributing it to the team's tendency to rotate players in preseason rather than a lack of role.
Insight pageJa'Kobi Lane
PositiveBreakout3:58
Jacobi Lane is ranked 161st by Ron Stewart, who notes Lane played 100% of snaps with the available starters in the preseason; he is receiving significant praise for his training camp performance, with reports suggesting he is having a historic rookie camp for the Ravens. He is a third-round pick with early production history at USC and is drawing significant praise from training camp reports, including a highlight-making catch that impressed Derrick Henry. He profiles as a potential red-zone target similar to Isaiah Likely in the Ravens' offense.
Insight pageJayden Reed
NegativeRole12:22
Jayden Reed is considered a neutral fantasy asset because he is likely to be the odd man out in two-receiver sets, though he remains involved in the passing game by running routes on all his snaps.
Insight pageJaydon Blue
PositiveBreakout13:28
Ron Stewart has moved Jayden Blue up 17 spots in his rankings, identifying him as the lead candidate for the RB2 role with standalone receiving upside following his performance in preseason action.
Insight pageJeremiyah Love
NegativeUsage17:21
Jeremiah Love showed strong usage with a 70% snap share and primary third-down/route work, but his ankle injury and the team's potential downplaying of the severity create uncertainty; if his Week 1 status is in doubt, he may drop to the fourth round.
Insight pageJonathon Brooks
PositiveValue14:05
Ron Stewart continues to move Jonathan Brooks up his rankings (now 606), viewing him as a high-upside swing in the sixth or seventh round; he compares Brooks' profile to other pass-catching backs like Jaylen Warren and Trevion Henderson.
Insight pageJordyn Tyson
NegativeInjury16:02
Ron Stewart has moved Jordan Tyson down 26 spots due to recurring hamstring issues, citing Jeff Mueller's warning that managers should prepare for him to potentially miss half of the season; this is his fourth hamstring injury since October, creating significant re-injury risk and uncertainty for Week 1.
Insight pageKaytron Allen
NegativeUsage37:17
Ron Stewart moved Kaytron Allen down 26 spots in his rankings, citing inefficient usage (3.7 yards per carry) and noting that his high carry count in the preseason is historically associated with players who fail to secure significant roles.
Insight pageKeaton Mitchell
PositiveUsage15:06
Ron Stewart identifies Keaton Mitchell as trending up because he rested during the preseason alongside other starters, signaling his secure role on the team.
Insight pageKhalil Shakir
NegativeUsage19:45
Khalil Shakir receives a small ranking dock from Ron Stewart due to the Bills' rotation of players during the preseason.
Insight pageMarShawn Lloyd
PositiveValue11:11
Ron Stewart moved MarShawn Lloyd up to 128th overall, noting that the Packers trust him as a bell cow. With Josh Jacobs dealing with a groin injury and potential legal issues, Lloyd is viewed as an upside handcuff who could be a fringe top-12 starter if he gets the opportunity.
Insight pageMatthew Golden
PositiveRole12:00
Matthew Golden is projected to be the Packers' starting X receiver, having played 100% of snaps with the starters and showing potential to be the lone receiver on the field in 13 personnel sets.
Insight pageMike Washington Jr.
PositiveBreakout9:04
Ron Stewart moved Mike Washington up 25 spots in his rankings, identifying him as the clear RB2 handcuff to Ashton Jeanty. Washington was the only other back to take snaps with the starters and is now considered a legitimate handcuff in the same tier as Tank Bigsby and Brian Robinson.
Insight pageOmar Cooper Jr.
NegativeDepth Chart35:48
Ron Stewart expresses concern that first-round pick Omar Cooper is currently running behind Isaiah Williams, a career special teamer, and was on the field late into a preseason game, which is a negative indicator.
Insight pageTony Pollard
NegativeUsage20:25
Ron Stewart moved Tony Pollard down 12 spots after observing a true split backfield with Tyjae Spears; Pollard had nine snaps and five opportunities compared to Spears' 13 snaps and four opportunities. Pollard is no longer considered a viable dead zone option.
Insight pageTyrone Tracy
NegativeUsage8:21
Despite leading the backfield in snaps, Tyron Tracy's poor pass protection performance, which resulted in a sack on Jackson Dart, is a significant concern. Ron Stewart notes this error is more actionable than his snap count and could lead to Tracy being relegated to the doghouse behind Devin Singletary.
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Episode Transcript
0:00What's going on, man? Welcome back to the basement. I'm Ron and today we're going to talk about all of the fantasy
0:05football news and notes from around the league you need to know after week one of the NFL preseason. Right now, home
0:11league ADP is slow to update, so one of the biggest advantages you can have over your opponents is staying up-to-date with what is important. And I say what
0:19is important because that is key. I'm not going to tell you that Jaylen Brooks had nine catches for 151 yards and a
0:24touchdown. We are much more concerned about injuries, depth charts, usage, and actionable takeaways as it pertains to fantasy football. We are going to talk
0:32about 27 different players today. Some of them stock up, some of them stock down. Now, in the first half of this
0:38video, we're going to talk about the players whose stock is moving up, in particular at the top here, rookie wide receivers. This is a great tweet from
0:45Ryan Heath here showing that every rookie wide receiver over the past 4 years to average 12+ points per game in the second half of the year, a lot of
0:52them are these day two or three guys who get a boost as the season goes on. So, these guys were kind of emerging in camp
0:58right now, getting a lot of buzz.
0:59They're not going to be in your lineup in week one, but in week seven, eight, nine, 10, down the stretch of a season,
1:06they could be league winners. So, someone like Denzel Mims is someone I keep moving up. I have moved him up 16
1:11spots here. And of course, if you want to see my rankings and who's moving up or down, you can find that over on the
1:16basementdraftguide.com. You can go over to the change log and every little tweak that I make between now and week one is
1:23reflected in the change log, so you can see who is moving up or down. Denzel Mims here goes from 142nd as my wide
1:28receiver 59 up 126th ranked player as my wide receiver 53. Now, with Denzel Mims, he has been getting rave reviews. And I
1:38will say this is going to be some preseason stuff, some training camp stuff, all of the above, everything over the last couple weeks you need to be
1:44ahead of. And this is from Benjamin Solak who went in person to Browns camp.
1:49And it's a of course a joke tweet that he says, "Cleveland takeaways, it's Denzel Mims, Denzel Mims, Denzel Mims."
1:55He is getting rave reviews right now and that was reflected in the first preseason game. Now, I do want to give a
2:01shout out to PFF and Nathan Yankey. They compile all of this data every week over on PFF, charting all of these snaps,
2:09routes, everything you could possibly ask for when it comes to usage with the starters. That is what we are really keying in on here and with the starters,
2:17Denzel Boston led the entire team with 10 snaps. It was him and the quarterback, Deshaun Watson, having 10 of 10 snaps with the starters. He had
2:25six routes run, the most he could possibly have. He is essentially the starting number one wide receiver. Now, we're not going to add Casey Conception
2:32to this video. Right now, he's running behind Jerry Jeudy, but he was used in a very creative way with a like a
2:38end-around handoff that he took in for a touchdown. That's exciting. Really what we want is to him eventually leapfrog Jerry Jeudy, but for now,
2:46Denzel Boston is the biggest stock up on this Cleveland Browns offense. Then, we'll go to the next rookie receiver here, De'Shawn Shribling. Goes from 141
2:55to my 121st ranked player, up 20 spots here. He, of course, catches seven balls for 63 receiving yards, which is great,
3:04but more importantly, we want to key in on the usage. Dwayne McFarland's another great resource. He has his utilization report over on Fantasy Life and this is
3:12his blurb for Shribling. I'm not going to read the entire thing, but this is a guy who had 60% of his snaps inside of
3:19the slot. He played 100% of the snaps in 11 personnel, which is three wide receiver sets. He wasn't out there in
3:24all of the 12 personnel, which is two wide receiver sets, but still, 94% route participation. He was used a bunch and
3:30with Ricky Pearsall hurt, Deebo Samuel getting older, Mike Evans getting older, Shribling has a real chance to be a difference-maker in a high-scoring
3:39offense. So, he is somebody that I keep moving up to right on the back end. Like I would have Shribling and Denzel
3:43Boston. We talk about that wide receiver cliff. These rookie wide receivers that are making a name for themselves in camp right now are guys to take flyers on
3:51when you need those upside sleepers late in your draft. Uh speaking of that, we have more rookie wide receivers here.
3:58First up, Jacobi Lane. He is my 161st ranked player. I was already very high on him from the training camp reports.
4:04He is somebody that in training camp has been a huge standout, but preseason then confirmed that to us where he played
4:11100% of the snaps with the starters.
4:12Now, of course, starters Lamar wasn't playing, Mark Andrews wasn't playing, Zay Flowers wasn't playing. Starters just means the top available guys he was playing
4:23with. So, outside of the guys who rested, he is at the top of the depth chart as like the wide receiver three or
4:28four right now in this current moment. He of course catches a touchdown. And you have James Hensley beneath this and August
4:358th saying, "In 27 years of covering the Ravens, I'm not sure I've seen a rookie have a training camp quite like wide
4:41receiver Jacobi Lane. Every day Lane produces a highlight-making catch, and today he has Derrick Henry leaping in the air in celebration." This is
4:49somebody who was a round three pick in the NFL draft, early producer over at USC, producing next to Mecole Hardman.
4:56Not in a crazy way. This is somebody who topped out at 745 yards, but early producer you can give some slack for. Also an early declare on top
5:05of that. There's a lot to like with Jacobi Lane potentially filling in as like an Isaiah Likely red zone target style player in this offense attached to
5:14Lamar Jackson. So, he is somebody I'm taking flyers on late. Same deal with Cyrus Allen. He has now moved up 27
5:20spots for me in my last update, and he's another one that he has been getting a really loud drumbeat during training camp. You of course have
5:30Rashee Rice's knee not looking great.
5:32Xavier Worthy is fragile. Travis Kelce's getting super old. Cyrus Allen not the same caliber of prospect of these other guys, right? When you're talking about
5:40Boston second-round pick, Tylan Wallace second-round pick, Jacobi Lane third-round pick. Cyrus Allen is a day three receiver prospect out of Cincinnati. He
5:49is not going to pop in spreadsheets or production models, but he is somebody that Matt Harmon, we had him on the
5:55channel on the Dynasty channel during the off season, and he was a huge fan of Cyrus Allen as a route runner. Uh he
6:02gets five targets, two catches, 20 yards in this game. There's nothing really to glean when it comes to the Chiefs rotation at receiver in this game. Cyrus
6:10Allen, Jaylen Royals, and Andrew Armstrong all played in a rotation with again, the starters, but of course their high-end players weren't playing. So, we
6:19don't know much about the depth chart, but this is somebody that the drumbeat is getting loud for, and I want to keep
6:23moving up as a sleeper rookie wide receiver. We'll talk about Caleb Douglas as well, another rookie wide receiver.
6:29This one more concrete. He is somebody that prior to the draft, we all thought he was going to go on day three, right?
6:35Meaning rounds five through seven. Of course, the Dolphins pay up or rounds four through seven. The Dolphins pay up to get him in the third
6:42round, way higher than anybody else expected, but we're talking about a round three prospect. I moved him from somebody that wasn't even in my rankings
6:49to my 163rd ranked player.
6:52He was out there for every single snap with the starters. It was Malik Willis, it was Devon Achane, it was Caleb
6:58Douglas. Now, you can take a positive away from this with Devon Achane, but we already knew he was going to be the
7:02bellcow on every down. It really just comes down to what is his receiving usage going to look like with Malik Willis, and will this team be able to
7:09move the ball or score points. But, Caleb Douglas, if he's going to be essentially their starting wide receiver one with rookie upside, I think that he
7:16is an interesting dart throw as well.
7:18And then our last rookie wide receiver that is trending up here is Malachi Fields. A little bit lower, I have him
7:23195th here, but a fun prospect out of Notre Dame.
7:29This is a guy that was in a little bit of a rotation here, but it's a wide-open receiver room. You of course have Darius
7:34Slayton, Darnell Mooney, Calvin Austin.
7:36You have Malik Neighbors at the top, of course, but after that, it's like OBJ, Slayton, Mooney. Malachi Fields can absolutely work his way into the top of
7:44this rotation. He scored a touchdown on a fun scramble drill with Jackson Dart, which I think is a huge boost for him
7:52in earning trust with the young stud quarterback. So, Malachi Fields is interesting. He's fun. I'll also say I wouldn't read too too much into this.
8:01Like I I I do want to say as well at the top of this video, we're going to talk about what stuck out
8:06to me as important and actionable.
8:08You're going to hear a lot of guys tell you that Isaiah Likely only played six of 16 snaps.
8:13I think we're talking about Harbaugh, a more old-school coach. I don't think he's going to show all of his cards. I
8:17think he's going to rotate players. I'm not super concerned about Isaiah Likely.
8:21He still ran six routes on seven pass plays. And then I'm not reading into Tyron Tracy outsnapping Cam Skattebo either. I think that they kind of
8:28rotated it all around, saw what stuck, got their players in and out. And then you can also see Tyron Tracy had the
8:35blow-up in pass protection that killed Jackson Dart. I think that that is more actionable than Tyron Tracy leading this backfield in snaps. There's a chance
8:42that he gets sent to the doghouse behind Devin Singletary after that. Harbaugh has actually came out in front of the media and kind of talked about the Tyron
8:49Tracy reps. So, something to keep an eye on as it pertains to this backfield.
8:53Then we'll talk about some rookie running backs because I think it's very important as we are talking about handcuff upside, right?
9:00We're drafting Tyler Allgeier, we're drafting Brian Robinson, Isaiah Pacheco.
9:04And these guys who get buried are these rookie running backs like Mike Washington. I moved them up 25 spots here. And here's why.
9:12All of these rookie running backs between Mike Washington, Emmit Johnson, Nick Singleton, Keaton Allen, Demond Claiborne. Those guys like Demond Claiborne, Nick Singleton, and Keaton
9:21Allen are behind two other running backs, right? So, Singleton's behind Pollard and Spears. You have Keaton Allen behind Roshon White and Bill
9:27Kroskey Merritt. Mike Washington is the direct handcuff here. So, he deserves to be in that pretty much from like Tank Bigsby
9:35through Brian Robinson's tier of legitimate handcuffs. He is the main back behind Ashton Jeanty. He was the only other running back to take a snap
9:42besides Ashton Jeanty with the starters over the weekend. He had a 53-yard touchdown, which is obviously great, but again, we're less focused on performance, we're
9:51more focused on usage and role, and this told me that he is the clear RB2 handcuff to Ashton Jeanty, who is in
9:58line for a lot of touches. Similar deal with Emitt Johnson as well. This is somebody that during camp had been rumored to be buried on the depth chart.
10:09He's going up. Uh this is from Zane Dinani. Zane Dinani is a great account to follow, by the way. He is keeping up
10:14with all of this stuff. He said, "Amari Demercado got fourth-quarter third-string snaps after Emitt Johnson and Breion Shadd Smith, and Emitt
10:20Johnson looked solid. Are the Chiefs going to keep four running backs? Breion Shadd Smith is fun, but he is a pass-catching specialist only. Think of
10:27your classic uh Laquon Allen on the Jaguars. He's never going to be fantasy relevant. I think that if Kenneth Walker was to go down, Emitt Johnson his is his
10:36direct backup." And as we are talking about performance again, bottom of the barrel as it pertains to what is actually important from these
10:44games, but he did have 10 missed tackles forced in preseason from Ian Hardit's here. Nobody else had over five. So, that is at least a positive. I have him
10:51as a 15th-round pick. Nothing crazy, but he is a good handcuff. As we are talking about once the wide receiver cliff
10:57happens and you're picking later on in your drafts and everyone's just spamming upside handcuffs, Emitt Johnson and Mike Washington fit that bill. Now, we'll go
11:04around the league for some more players whose stock is rising, but these are veteran players. First, we have these three Packers. Christian Watson, Matthew
11:13Golden, and MarShawn Lloyd. We have the snaps with the starters here from Chris Wect.
11:20The Packers, of course, Jordan Love plays all the snaps, he's the quarterback. MarShawn Lloyd played nine of nine snaps. I know that everyone is
11:26hesitant with MarShawn Lloyd, and I understand the hesitancy with MarShawn Lloyd, but Josh Jacobs, as it stands right now, has a groin injury and has an
11:33unresolved legal case that could fetch him like a six-game suspension.
11:37They love Marshaun Lloyd. They let him be the bell cow in this game. Any game that Josh Jacobs has to miss, Lloyd
11:43would be a fringe top 12 starter in that given week. So, he's an upside handcuff.
11:47I've moved all the way up to 128th overall as someone that can start in week one if Jacobs isn't good to go or
11:54has his legal issues or someone that can carve out a real role. This was a real legit running back prospect who has just
12:00never been healthy. Then you have Matthew Golden and Christian Watson.
12:03Matthew Golden playing nine of nine snaps here. Christian Watson playing eight of nine. Christian Watson's 89% snap share in this game would have been
12:10a season high last year. This signals to me that instead of that Romeo Doubs, Dontayvion Wicks, Christian Watson like five-man hockey shift rotation that
12:18they've been doing in the past, this is it. This is their three receivers.
12:21Matthew Golden and Christian Watson.
12:22Jayden Reed didn't quite make the list because he's going to be the odd man out in two wide receiver sets, but he still
12:28ran five of five routes in this game.
12:30All of the two wide receiver sets in the first two drives with the starters was a running play. We'll see how that holds
12:38up during the season. Reed is definitely more of like a a neutral, I I would say, but Matthew Golden, I think he's going to be the
12:46starting X receiver. He played the most snaps. He'll be out there in probably 13 personnel as the only wide receiver on
12:52the field. Uh then we'll talk about Breece Hall. This one's like a very small. This is This is stock up in all
12:56lower case.
12:58He's my 302 right now. I I didn't move him up, but it's at least worth mentioning. This is from Hayden Winks
13:02saying that Breece Hall played 90% of the snaps on the first drive. That's huge, but Isaiah Davis was banged up.
13:08Something to think about. Isaiah Davis is the annoying pass-catching back.
13:11Braylon Allen also takes a long run to the house for a touchdown. I wouldn't rule out the best case scenario on
13:17Breece Hall, but it's a much more positive outlook than this time last year when he was splitting reps with Isaiah Davis and Braylon Allen in a much
13:24more worrisome capacity is what I would say.
13:28Then we have Jayden Blue, stock up. I have moved him up 17 spots since my last update. He is the Javonte Williams
13:35handcuff with stand-alone receiving upside. This is a guy at Texas that had a massive receiving ceiling as someone that was really more known for his role
13:45out of the backfield than between the tackles. This is from Zane Denani here saying that Jayden Blue got the start, played till half. Malphurs spelled him a
13:52bit, but got his first nine snaps after Blue played till the early third.
13:57Essentially, Jayden Blue, just given what we saw in this preseason game, is the lead candidate to be the RB2 on this team. And then we'll
14:05talk about the Panthers, guys. This has been the biggest story, not so much directly tied to the preseason. We did see Jonathan Brooks in preseason action.
14:13I think he had like four touches.
14:15He saw 80% of the snaps with the starters as like a true bell cow, but that's not we know that if Hubbard is down, Brooks
14:21is going to be the guy.
14:23We still don't know how the split is going to look like with both of them healthy, but Chuba Hubbard as of right
14:28now has a hamstring injury. I continue to move Jonathan Brooks up. He is now my 606. I think in your home league you'll
14:33get him in like the seventh round. But, Jonathan Brooks to me, and I know everyone wants to push back on it, he's
14:38not that different of a bet than like Trevion Henderson or Jaylen Warren as a pass-catching explosive playmaker stuck in a two-man
14:48backfield, right? That would be Ramondre and Trevion Henderson. That would be Jaylen Warren and Rico Dowdle. You can go all the way down the list with JK
14:54Dobbins and R.J. Harvey. And there is no clean-cut back. So, once we get to that range of guys who are a little bit more
15:00messy, I'm fine with Jonathan Brooks as an upside swing in round six, though I think in home leagues he'll be more of a
15:06seventh-round pick. Then our last player that is trending up here is going to be Keaton Mitchell. Now, he didn't play in
15:12the preseason, but that is the signal.
15:14This is from Hayden Winks here. Keaton Mitchell rested with the rest of the Chargers starters and key players.
15:19Cam'Ron Ealy played, so Cam'Ron Ealy is the clear RB3. And so did Arron Mosby Gadsden. He Arondae Gadsden is going to
15:26be our first stock down player. Now, from here through the rest of the video, these are players who are trending down
15:33after week one of the NFL preseason.
15:35Arondae Gadsden playing while David Njoku and Charlie Kolar both rested, Gadsden, especially on a site like Sleeper, where Sleeper is so dynasty
15:43focused that they have Gadsden pushed up to the 9 10, uh is a massive massive fade for me.
15:48Uh I just That's crazy. But, consensus of like 15th round, if you want to take like a flyer on him, you might cut him after a
15:55week or two, but that's more so where I'm at. Uh some of these other guys who are trending down are more injury related, which is very
16:02important to stay ahead of right now. We have Jordan Tyson. I have moved him down 26 spots, four wide receiver spots in
16:08the rankings.
16:10This hamstring issue is really bad news.
16:13This is somebody that came into the league as a first-round pick wide receiver that had hamstring issues all throughout college. And now he has
16:21tweeted again. This is from Jeff Mueller, uh one of the best fantasy analysts on Twitter, talking about maybe he comes back weeks
16:30one through four. Maybe he misses half of the season. He said, "I think you need to prepare for him to miss half of
16:34the 2026 season."
16:37Fourth re-injury since October, it is just really tough. It is really tough. No one knows exactly what's going on. He get
16:47got some second opinions. He's sort of done some feeling out with the hamstring.
16:52It's tough to say if he plays week one.
16:54My baseline expectation is he misses a few weeks and then gets up to speed, but then there's also re-injury risk. So,
16:59I'm going to probably be pretty aggressive with how low I rank Jordan Tyson. I think Chris Olave gets a small boost as well.
17:05But, we did get some small positive news that Jordan Tyson did just uh do a light jog to the huddle by Nick Underhill. As
17:11much as As much as that means anything to you, doesn't mean a ton to me, but I I guess it's like a small small positive.
17:18Something to think about Jordan Tyson as he starts slipping down the rankings.
17:21Then we have Jeremiah Love.
17:24To me, this is neutral.
17:26The ankle injury is not good. He twisted his ankle up in the first preseason game, but then he also had a 70% snap
17:33share to Tyler Allgeier. He had all the third down usage, all of the route share. It was a really really strong
17:38role.
17:40But then he twisted his ankle, and it seems like LaFleur is kind of playing things close to the vest. If you want to
17:45do a tin foil hat here, I think really what's going on is the Cardinals realized that maybe they were idiots for playing the third
17:52overall pick and giving him 14 touches or something like that through the first half.
17:57They said that they did some research and they want to do that with the rookie running back, and now that he twisted
18:01his ankle, I think they're probably covering things up. It's probably a little bit more extreme than just like a slight twist.
18:08It's probably like a low-grade high ankle sprain, meaning he's going to Right now they're saying they're hopeful for week one. So, we'll just keep an eye
18:14on that for now. I think that the usage was so good, and he looked really good offsets a ankle injury that we don't
18:20have all of the information about, but just something to keep an eye on. If the ankle injury is going to like genuinely
18:26put his week one status in question, then we'll probably move him to the fourth round of drafts, but for now, I
18:32am holding strong.
18:34Uh I'll also say Chase Bisontis, the second-round interior offensive lineman they drafted, is out for the season.
18:40That's also not good for honestly the entire Cardinals offense.
18:44I'll say DJ Moore isn't a stock down player, but an injury I wanted to talk about. I said DJ Moore sigh of relief here. Uh
18:51he's my 509. I haven't budged on him.
18:54He had a nasty ankle injury, but it's All the reports are that he's good to go.
18:59I do want to talk about this Dwayne McFarland tweet, though. There was a Bills wide receiver tight end rotation.
19:04DJ Moore playing only 66.7% of the routes. I wouldn't go out to worst-case scenario here. He played 100% of the first drive. They're probably
19:14rotating players. He's someone who got banged up on I want to say the second drive is when he got banged up. I
19:19wouldn't go crazy, but I would give like a small dock to Dalton Kincaid, Khalil Shakir. I guess Keon Coleman working ahead of Josh Palmer is a slight
19:28positive for Keon Coleman in like really, really deep leagues, but those are my Bills takeaways there. And then my last injury update is Emeka Egbuka.
19:37This wasn't directly preseason. This was during the week. He's got a toe injury, whether it was turf toe or a sprain toe.
19:43It seems to be that he has sidestepped surgery. This is from Jeff Mueller again. Stable sprain toe.
19:50Optimistic he's active week one. Turf toe could negatively impact his early production. So, that's something you have to weigh here. This is somebody
19:56last year who was awesome and then he gets a hamstring injury and that negatively impacted his production. So, that could be the case here. I moved him
20:02down four spots.
20:04I'm open to moving him a little bit further, right? When you talk about him versus Ladd McConkey, him versus Tutu Atwell, McMillan, him versus
20:10Jaylen Waddle, maybe you just break the tie or break the tie to the healthy wide receivers this time of year, but there's
20:17no doubt that Egbuka has monster, monster upside. This is just a little bit of a hiccup.
20:25Then we have the rest of our stock down and this is all usage based. First, we have Tony Pollard here. I moved him down
20:3012 spots.
20:32He had nine snaps and five opportunities to Tyjae Spears' 13 snaps and four opportunities. Then we have a tweet from Nathan Jahnke, the PFF usage guy. I
20:39think my most relevant takeaway from yesterday is how close Tony Pollard and Tyjae Spears appear to be. I was high on
20:44Pollard as a dead zone option, but not after last night. This is going to look like a true split. Then you also have
20:49Nick Singleton potentially mixing in as well, really muddying things up in this backfield. The offense also looked awful. Cam Ward didn't look right. They
20:58got nothing going on in this game.
21:00So, stock down to the Titans across the board. Then we have Isaac TeSlaa, someone when probably not drafting in a traditional home league, but if you were
21:08feeling Isaac Tecla curious, I would stop that. He's my 214th ranked player.
21:14He is somebody that played more snaps than Cedric Wilson and Greg Dortch according to Chris Wacht, which is not good. That means he's like
21:23wide receiver six on the depth chart right now. Zane Nanji said as well that the entire camp beat report has been
21:30that he's been struggling to generate separation in practice. So, that coupled with the playing time here, Isaac Tecla as like a trendy year two breakout guy,
21:38to me he is off my board in home leagues. I'd rather take swings at all of the rookie wide receivers we
21:43mentioned at the top of this video. Then we'll talk about a rookie wide receiver I'm not super jazzed to be taking stabs on, Omar
21:51Cooper on my Jets. He is running behind Isaiah Williams, a career special teamer, is our wide receiver three. Omar Cooper, a first round pick, can't beat
22:00out Isaiah Williams right now. Of course, it's a long season.
22:03Can he maybe stack some production on the back end like the other rookie wide receivers? Absolutely. 158th ranked overall for me as a late round sleeper
22:11at this point, but he was on the field for the sixth offensive drive. This is from Kyle Dvorchak. The last time a
22:17first round rookie of any non-quarterback skill position was on the field that late into a preseason game was Treylon Burks in 2022. It is a
22:24really, really bad sign that he played that long into the game as a first round pick. We'll see how this goes from here.
22:31I think that you can even put Adam and I Mitchell as a stock up guy as the true wide receiver two, and I don't know that
22:37Omar Cooper ever unseats him there this season. Then our last stock down player is Kaytron Allen. I moved him down 26
22:45spots here.
22:46He had 21 plus carries. He had 23 carries in this game. This is a stat from Mahan Runta here.
22:52Other running backs since 2011 with 21 plus carries, William Powell, Nate Ealakas, Lorenzo Taliaferro, Kenny Hilliard, Divine Redding, Nick Brossette, A.J. Rose Jr., and Keaton
23:02Allen. I don't know any of those guys.
23:05Besides, I guess Kenny Hilliard. I know Nick Brossette is the guy who outproduced CEH in CEH's sophomore season or whatever.
23:12Not good at all that he was used that much. Also, had like a 3.7 yards per carry, wasn't very good. When we talk
23:16about Keaton Allen versus the Mike Washingtons and Emmit Johnsons, those guys are the clear RB2. Keaton Allen to me is the clear RB3, and maybe even
23:24lower than that. He could be even lower on the depth chart than we previously thought. It is Bill Crocky and Rashad
23:30White up top, and then Keaton Allen is fighting for a roster spot is what that usage says to me. And then I will give
23:36one last bonus. This is a bonus stock up that right before I recorded this video, everyone on Twitter is talking about
23:41Tucker Kraft right now. Uh Tucker Kraft catches a pass in 11-on-11 from Jordan Love, takes contact, breaks it, and runs for more. The crowd goes crazy for
23:48Tucker. After a torn ACL, he is out there in 11-on-11 today playing full contact in scrimmage. That is absolutely huge.
23:58I think he's going to play week one.
24:00And probably be fine. So, Tucker Kraft, big stock up off of the ACL tear, but that is going to do it for us today. I
24:07just figured I'd give you guys a nice little update on what you need to know because there's a lot of noise out
24:13there. Uh like I said, I left some things out that some are going to probably jump at or jump to conclusions
24:17with. To me, that was the like 25 or so real impactful notes to stay ahead of as it pertains to your fantasy football
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