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These Teams Have the EASIEST Strength of Schedule in 2026!

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May 29, 2026
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Alvin KamaraAmon-Ra St. BrownChris OlaveDeVonta SmithIsaac TeSlaaIsiah PachecoJahmyr GibbsJalen HurtsJameson WilliamsJared GoffJordan AddisonJuwan JohnsonSam LaPortaTaysom Hill
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Alvin Kamara

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Kamara is going in the 14th round, but the analyst believes the Saints want to move on from him and don't know how to do so without making him or the fanbase upset; Etienne is the clear lead back and Kamara is not a priority pick.

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Amon-Ra St. Brown

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St. Brown is a late-first round pick (consensus ADP 108, ranging 7th-12th depending on format) who provides elite consistency with 90+ receptions in all five career years and at least 115 receptions, 1,260 yards, and 10+ touchdowns in three straight years.

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Chris Olave

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Olave is going in the middle of the third round and broke out hugely last season with a pace of 100+ receptions, 1,400 yards, and 13 touchdowns when Shuck started; year two in the system with improved QB play and Kellen Moore's offense sets up well for continued success.

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DeVonta Smith

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Smith is the analyst's favorite Eagles player at the 3-4 turn and offers amazing value as a locked-in alpha receiver who could easily finish as a top-10 wide receiver, especially valuable in double-running-back builds from the late first round.

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Isaac TeSlaa

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Teslaa is fine as a stack option on Underdog or in deeper 12-team formats with multiple bench spots, but is unlikely to be drafted in most leagues and is better discussed as a waiver wire option.

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Isiah Pacheco

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Pacheco is an okay handcuff to Gibbs but is not a David Montgomery replacement; he's only worth drafting if you already have Gibbs and expect a Gibbs injury, and is not a priority pick in most roster constructions.

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Jahmyr Gibbs

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Gibbs is expected to go first or second overall in most draft formats and deserves that ranking due to Detroit's easy schedule, dome games, and consolidated offense that utilizes its best players.

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Jalen Hurts

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Hurts is a mid-sixth-round pick who offers great value after falling from round-three ADP last year; he could run for 15-17 touchdowns and still has playmakers around him (McKay Lemon, Sowers) despite losing A.J. Brown.

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Jameson Williams

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Williams is going in the early fifth round and while the math and rankings say he's a great pick with good upside on Underdog, his inconsistency and unpredictable spike weeks make him less ideal as a WR2 in smaller formats, though more viable in 12-team two-flex leagues.

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Jared Goff

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Goff is a mid-10th round value pick who is well-suited as a second quarterback or first-quarterback option paired with a risky late-round QB, especially in Superflex formats, given Detroit's high-scoring offense and likely increased passing volume near the goal line with Montgomery gone.

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Jordan Addison

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Addison is going in the mid-to-late sixth round and has upside as a potential top-tier wide receiver talent, though injury concerns from his college career (multiple major injuries, hamstring rehab) limit certainty; he's a good flyer in running-back-heavy builds.

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Juwan Johnson

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Johnson got volume last season out of necessity when other players were injured, but the addition of Travis Etienne and Jordan Addison significantly limits his floor and ceiling; he now needs an injury to be viable in round 12.

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Sam LaPorta

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LaPorta is going in the early eighth round and is probably being drafted around his worth or slightly earlier, but the analyst notes that mid-round tight end picks historically underperform and his production has been dropping in recent seasons due to injuries.

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Taysom Hill

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Hill is going in the early 11th round at an aggressive price tag, but the analyst likes his talent and upside, especially in Superflex formats or as part of a two-late-quarterback build on Underdog stacks.

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Travis Etienne

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Etienne is the analyst's favorite Saints player, going in the mid-to-late third round with a four-year, $48 million contract ($28M guaranteed), no real competition behind him, and will get receptions, goal-line usage, and early-down work in a high-pace offense.

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0:00What's going on, guys? It's Nick here.
0:01Back with another video. We're talking schedules today, specifically which teams have the best schedules this season. I have all the data on my
0:08website, thefantasyfootballadvice.com.
0:10But, we'll go over the top teams today.
0:12I will rank each team's skill players from my highest level of interest to my lowest level of interest. So, we will
0:17start off with the team with the easiest schedule in the league this season. It is unfairly, I would say, the Detroit
0:23Lions. Um I don't know. Do they really deserve the easiest schedule in the NFL?
0:28Uh it's also nice that they got a ton of dome games. So, they've got their bye in week six. Week seven on, from week seven
0:35through 16, right before the fantasy playoffs, um week seven through 16, they play uh eight dome games, twice outdoors. One of those outdoor games is
0:45Miami, probably going to be pretty good weather. The other one is in Germany, uh which is a home game for Amon-Ra. Uh and
0:51then um that's like half a dome. So, really most of their schedule through the championship, right up to the championship, is going to be really good
1:00matchups and domes. They do play at Chicago, so that could be a tough one.
1:06Um but it's also potentially really high-scoring game. So, even if, you know, it's outdoors in Chicago, we don't know about the weather in that spot. If
1:13it's not horrible weather, they're playing at Chicago, that could be a 35-37 game. So, really like the schedule for the Detroit Lions this season. It's
1:22also a consolidated offense, which it always is. We always know this, right?
1:26Detroit is going to utilize their best players. They're going to just score a ton of points. We love that they play in
1:31domes, and when you have the schedule on top of it, it is awesome. Uh so, in order of like how I would rank my
1:36interest, Gibbs is number one. If you're lucky enough to get a top two pick in your draft, you can get either Bijan or
1:43Gibbs. I don't expect seeing, unless you're in like a full PPR, three wide receiver league, maybe someone takes Ja'Marr Chase at one or two. Uh but
1:52Gibbs is going to go first or second overall in most formats. Um deserves to do that. Monty's gone. He's in Houston
1:59now. So, he really is no one behind him.
2:01We'll talk about Pacheco in a second, but Pacheco is not David Montgomery, right? Um, I think Pacheco is an okay handcuff, and I
2:09I don't know. Like, if we get to the end of of summer, and it clearly seems like Pacheco's that too, I probably wouldn't
2:14every time I drafted Gibbs also draft Isaiah Pacheco. Uh, cuz he's kind of like the type of player that Dan Campbell likes. Uh, but yeah, Gibbs is
2:21going to be amazing this season.
2:22Definitely take him first or second overall. I'm I'm fine taking him first overall if you want him over Bijan.
2:28After him, I'd say it's Amon-Ra. Uh, he goes in the late first. Uh, consensus has him at 108 right now, but anywhere
2:33from that like seventh to 12th spot is like kind of where he'll go depending on format. Uh, the name of the game with
2:38Amon-Ra is just consistency, right?
2:4090-plus receptions in all five years of his career. At least 115 receptions, 1,260 yards, and 10 or more touchdowns in three straight years.
2:51Like, you're just locking in amazing production. He plays through injuries.
2:56Um, he doesn't get injured that often, but when he does, he plays through them and produces well. Um, just there's there's really nothing you can argue
3:03against Amon-Ra St. Brown besides he's a wide receiver, and maybe you want to go running back over him. I would say a
3:10pretty big drop-off after the top two.
3:12Those are very clearly the top options on this offense. I would say third in my level of interest is Jared Goff. And
3:18obviously here, that is within the context of ADP. Um, I would not take Goff over Sam LaPorta.
3:26I would not take him over Jamo, but in terms of ADP, uh, like the mid-10th round for him. Um, but just still more
3:32so someone if I'm in like a one-quarterback league, I would still prefer to take a mid-round quarterback.
3:37That's a great strategy this season. Um, there's great quarterbacks going in rounds like five through seven. Um, but if I was double-dipping, you know, I
3:44didn't get those guys, maybe I took a shot on like a Kyler, or I took a shot on someone who's a little bit more
3:49risky, I would take Goff as that second quarterback, or the first quarterback and then take a risky option after him.
3:54Uh like like maybe like a a Malik Willis, right? If you really like Malik Willis, but you don't necessarily want him as your only quarterback, Goff is a
4:00great second option cuz he's going to be good. Maybe they score a lot of touchdowns on the ground, but they Monty's gone, right? Monty is that
4:07guy when they got in close, they give to him. They'll do that with Gibbs, of course, but just a little bit more
4:13likely they throw the ball in close this season.
4:16I don't think they're going to give Pacheco the ball as much near the goal line as they gave David Montgomery.
4:19Montgomery was so good in that role. So, I think Goff's set up to have a really good season, but again, not someone I'm
4:25like going out of my way to draft. I like him on Underdog, like him in Superflex, like him as part of a
4:30two-quarterback build, probably not like a hyper target of mine, someone who we have like twice exposure to, or two-x exposure than normal. Uh Sam LaPorta, I
4:40would say would be next. Uh but I would say Sam LaPorta and Jamo are probably tied for next. Uh LaPorta's going in the
4:46early eighth round. Uh Jamo goes in the early fifth round. I think both are fine. I think they're probably both being drafted right around what they're
4:55worth, maybe a little bit earlier than they're worth. Um the math is going to say Jamo's a great pick, and the
5:01rankings are going to say Jamo's a great pick, and I love taking him on Underdog for the weekly upside. My only
5:06hesitation with Jamo is when's it coming, right? If I'm in like a two-wide receiver one-flex league, I don't love having him as my wide
5:15receiver two because there are a lot of games where he underperforms, and it's fine having that, but it's not ideal. I
5:21would like just a little bit more stability. Uh there's also the chance, what if LaPorta, you know, just like steps it up a little bit more this
5:29season, plays a little bit more healthy?
5:31What if um Isaac TeSlaa, like, you know, has a larger role in the offense this season?
5:37There are still paths to where Jamo has good like end-of-season numbers, but in terms of like the value he created for your team, there's a lot more of
5:46those down games or mediocre games and then a couple spikes. And just because you don't necessarily know when those spikes are happening, it's just hard to
5:53trust him. If you move into three wide receiver, two flex, where all of a sudden you do need more of those
5:58starters and that last starter on your team is a little bit more thin, now I'm a little bit more okay having him
6:04because I'm good with that variance. I have more starters on my team. I need a little bit more of that upside and I am starting a
6:10weaker team overall. There's just every extra slot you have on your roster means that last roster spot is just a little
6:17bit weaker.
6:19If I want my entire roster to be super strong in a smaller format, you know, I'm less likely to go with him. And
6:24especially the case in like eight and 10 team leagues where you got to be really, really strong. There's just too much
6:29variance there where I just kind of don't want it. 12 team, two flex, a lot more viable. So, Chigboun Laporta, kind
6:35of mixed there. The only gripe I have with Laporta is the production's been dropping in recent seasons. It's mostly injury related, but
6:42it's not great to see. Um and while he's a great talent, mid-round end is just a losing bet. Like, year after year you
6:49look, there are going to be hits in the middle rounds, but teams that draft mid-round tight ends just do not perform
6:55as well as teams that either take them early or double dip later on. So, it's just not really worth it in my opinion.
7:02So, again, fine. Maybe I'd put kind of going over there, maybe put Chigboun over Laporta, but it's very close between the two of
7:09them. Um I would say last I'd definitely put Pacheco and Isaac TeSlaa. And it would really just come down to my roster
7:15construction. If I went RB zero, Pacheco's not a bad option. If I drafted Gibbs, Pacheco's not a bad option. But if I went, you know, robust RB, um even
7:24like double hero, like I have decent amount of running backs in my roster already, I'm not just like throwing a random flyer at Pacheco because you're
7:30going to need a Gibbs injury for him to do anything. And then TeSlaa, fine on Underdog as a stack, fine in a
7:36deeper format if you're in like 12 team, three wide receiver plus like seven bench spots and you're like, you know, I
7:42need a lot of these wide receivers.
7:43Sure, for the vast majority of you, I feel like Taysom is just going to be someone that, you know, has a chance and
7:49maybe we talk about him in a waiver wire video, but I don't think the draft will get to the point where you have to go
7:55there. He goes on average in like the 15th round. A lot of you playing leagues where there's only 15 rounds and you're
8:00spending, you know, rounds like 14 and 15 on defense and kicker. And so your last skill player is in round 13 and so
8:06you're just like never going to get to Taysom. I love the talent, but we'll see in the summer if they really are
8:12expected to ramp up his usage and again, that will impact Jameis Winston if they do.
8:16Team number two, second best schedule this season is the New Orleans Saints, a team that I really like this year, not
8:24only because their schedule is easy, uh, but, you know, Kellen Moore really wants to push the pace. Um, they also get a
8:31lot of dome games. Uh, they also have, uh, a really, really strong playoff schedule at the Bucks, home versus the Cardinals, at the Falcons. And so you're
8:42getting a game in Florida and then you're getting two dome games to end the season, uh, to go along with again a ton
8:48of dome games during the regular season.
8:51Um, it's just a a really good combination. When you add in the schedule, you add in they're going to play at a top five pace, you add in the
8:57defense is bad and so even if they're scoring points, they're going to have to continue scoring points, uh, to keep other teams away. And there's going to
9:05be games where they give up, you know, a quick 17 points over, you know, four drives or something like that and their
9:11offense needs to push the pace. So, I really like them. Um, in terms of who my favorite is, I would say Travis Etienne's probably my
9:18favorite and that's maybe surprising to a lot of you. I like a lot of these guys, so I I don't it's not like a a
9:24diss on anyone else. It's just that again, this season is tough at running back and he goes in like the mid to late
9:29third and that's just a really good spot. They give him a four-year, $48 million contract, $28 million dollars There's no real competition behind him.
9:39He's the guy. He'll be used in receiving game, not like a crazy amount. He's not Alvin Kamara, right? But he'll get
9:45receptions. He'll get goal line usage.
9:48He'll get a lot of early down work. Um everything just sets up well for him to have a great season. Um again, a lot of
9:53plays, we love that. Um I don't know. It's like when you think about where he goes as well, you can do him in a robust RB build. So,
10:02if you want to start off, you know, three running backs in a row, this is the season to do it because there's such
10:07good talent at wide receiver. A little bit later on, you're almost feel like you're overspending at wide receiver early. We're not taking quarterback that
10:13early. We're not taking, you know, tight end in like the first or the mid second.
10:17And so, it's like it sets up well to where ETN sits there and you're like, "Okay, if I take him as my third running
10:21back, I don't have to touch running back for a very long time. And I'd be overpaying for all the running backs in
10:25round four on anyways." So, it's a great combination. Uh but also, if you happen to end up with a Ja'Marr Chase, a uh
10:34Justin Jefferson, CeeDee Lamb, Amon-Ra St. Brown, you end up with one of those guys early on and you're like, "Oh no,
10:40is running back going to fall off a cliff?" Yes, but if you go wide receiver, running back, running back and he's your second running back in round
10:46three, it's a really good spot. So, I just think strategy-wise, plus situation-wise, he's a phenomenal pick this season. Uh next step I would say is
10:54Chris Olave, also going in the middle of the third round. Broke out in a huge way last season. And his season-long pace
11:02with Shuck starting was over 100 receptions, 1,400 yards, 13 touchdowns.
11:08He was just really, really good. And think about the situation. You had Spencer Rattler to start the year. Um then you have Shuck who like nearly won
11:16Rookie of the Year. If he made like two more starts, he probably does win that.
11:20Um so, he played well, but this is still a rookie quarterback taking over. So, you start off with Rattler, who's not that
11:26good. You transition into even just any, even if the quarterback is good, you transition into a new quarterback.
11:31That's tough. It's, you know, Kellen Moore's first season coaching the team, so it's like you have like year two in the system, year two of the shock, the
11:38dome, the schedule, it's like everything the pace everything sets up well for Chris Olave as well. I will note like if
11:44I had the option between Olave and Etienne, Olave goes three picks before by ADP, but I would 100% go Travis Etienne. Like again, running back early
11:52is very important this season. Uh next I would say is Jordan Addison going in like the mid to late sixth round. Um
12:00There's an argument to be made that he's the best wide receiver in this class.
12:03It's really just injuries that people were scared of, right? He suffered multiple major injuries in his college career. He'd been rehabbing, so he
12:10missed the combine and did his pro day, um and rehabbing from a hamstring injury. And so people were concerned about that. That's probably why he
12:18didn't go as a top wide receiver. Like but we also don't know, right? I guess the the thinking people have is when we
12:25saw him play, he was awesome. And had he not gotten hurt in college, there's a very real chance that he would have been
12:31easily the top pick over Carnell Tate at wide receiver.
12:35But we also don't know that, right? And so it's like there is still some unknown with the injuries limiting the sample
12:43size we have of him, and it's not like he's a slam dunk prospect, right? It's not like, oh, if he's out there healthy,
12:49he's better than Olave. Like Olave is still probably a better wide receiver than Tyson, but he has that upside. Um I would just say like between, you know,
12:58Olave, a proven talent who's done it multiple seasons, he's been hurt before as well, but done it in the NFL, crushed
13:05last season, you'd still rather him in the mid third round over Tyson in round six, but I like the upside of Jordan
13:12Addison. It's a great range to take a flyer at wide receiver. Let's say you started off with that like three wide
13:18receiver start, running back, running back, or three running back start. Three running backs first three rounds.
13:22You could still get Jordan Addison as your third wide receiver if you went wide receiver, receiver, wide receiver after that. It's maybe an aggressive
13:30build. I don't know that you have to go three running backs this season, but regardless, in the sixth round he can be
13:35your third wide receiver in a running back early build, and that still adds a lot of upside.
13:40I would say there's a cliff after those three. I like Taysom Hill, but the early 11th round is a pretty aggressive price tag for him. That
13:49entire range of quarterback is going very early this season. So, it's not that people have him as like the eighth best quarterback. It's that all of these
13:57late round quarterbacks, because late round quarterback has hit recently, they're all priced up. So, that's why I'm saying there's great options at
14:04quarterback. We'll get to one at this next team. Great options at quarterback in like round five through seven, because the next range of quarterback
14:11has been pushed up so much that they're more expensive at the same time that the early quarterbacks are less expensive.
14:18So, it's a very good year to be drafting early and middle quarterback. Not as good of a year to be paying an elevated
14:24price tag for Taysom Hill, who again, I think can be good this season, but is much better in superflex, much better in
14:31a stack on Underdog, much better. Um if you wanted to do Taysom Hill and you know, two late quarterbacks, that's an
14:37option as well. Taysom Hill still a risky quarterback. He's played half a season as a pro, uh but if you like the
14:43upside there, take him. Take off. You've got two good options. Uh after him, I'd say it's Juwan Johnson. Um I'm just not
14:49super interested in him. He got volume last season out of necessity, and they've even talked about this uh when guys get injured, when you know, the
14:57offense is very consolidated because you just don't have that many great skill players, he's going to get volume. When you add in Travis Etienne, when you add
15:04in um Jordan Tyson, it really limits the floor and the ceiling for Juwan. He now needs an injury, and in round 12, I don't know
15:12how much I need want to draft a tight end that needs an injury in that range.
15:16So, not super excited about him. There are definitely higher upside tight ends.
15:21Uh and then Alvin Kamara, 14th round.
15:23Genuinely I like I think that's fine.
15:25Like if you're drafting right now and you want to use your very last skill player pick on Alvin Kamara, go for it.
15:30I just don't think the Saints want him on the roster. I just also don't think they know how to get rid of
15:37him and save face. Like he's like the face of the Saints. They do not want to make him mad, don't want to make the fan
15:43base mad, so they don't want to trade him. He'll just retire. They don't want to cut him really. It's like kind of
15:49tough doing that. And so I think they really just want to like let this sit.
15:53Hopefully he retires on his own.
15:55Hopefully he does something cuz I don't I just don't think they want to do anything. But like ETN's the guy. And so
16:01I don't think you need to go there. Uh but if you again, it's the 14th round.
16:03You're probably cutting that pick anyways, no matter what you do.
16:07Uh Eagles, third best team.
16:10Uh they have also the easiest passing schedule, so maybe that helps that out a little bit in this passing game. Uh I
16:16would say my favorite is DeVonta Smith.
16:18A.J. Brown is not going to be there.
16:20Hopefully he joins the Patriots, but we'll see where he goes. Um so he's the locked-in alpha. Uh he could easily end
16:26up as a top 10 wide receiver. That's an amazing value at the 3-4 turn, especially because it's a very, very common start doing double running back
16:35from a late first round pick this season. Like being able to go like Gentry Achane, um I don't know, Achane Hampton, like some sort of combination
16:42like that, maybe James Cook and Saquon.
16:44I don't know. There's a ton of running backs in that range. Maybe McCaffrey falls to you. Um people going to go double running back
16:51at that late first. And so if you can then grab DeVonta Smith as your wide receiver one and then pair him with
16:57another great wide receiver at that next turn or maybe you get lucky and one of the top-end running backs fell and you
17:02can go three uh running backs plus DeVonta Smith. Like it's a good spot where DeVonta Smith maybe isn't your traditional wide receiver one in your
17:10mind, but because of the value you're getting on him with the locked and loaded running backs you'll have to pair with him. If he ends up as a top seven
17:18wide receiver because he's being, you know, targeted 10 times every single week, that's going to really benefit your roster. So, love the value on him.
17:27I also love the value on Jalen Hurts.
17:30Mid sixth-round pick right now. This is a guy that people were absolutely drafting in round three. Sure, he had a down season last year, but he could run
17:37for 15 touchdowns. He could theoretically run for 17 touchdowns this season. And while they're going to lose AJ Brown, they added McKay Lemon, who
17:45we'll talk about in a second. They added Sowers, we'll talk about after that. Um these are not replacements for AJ Brown.
17:52AJ Brown is still like you'd prefer if you said, "Oh, could you have AJ Brown or those two?" You want AJ Brown. He's a
17:58great wide receiver, but it's not like they lost AJ Brown and now they have to play complete and utter scrubs. Like
18:04they still have playmakers around him.
18:07Uh so, I like him. Um he's also kind of uh typically um someone that falls a little bit cuz people just don't like him as a
18:15as a player. Uh and then also, he goes a lot of times at the end of that tier of quarterback. And so, you can be in your
18:22draft being like, "Okay, I wanted to target that early to mid quarterback, but he's the last one in that tier. So,
18:27if you don't get him, he won't be there in the next round and now you have to go double late quarterback if you want to
18:33kind of make up that value."
18:35Personally, I'd rather just draft Hurts, hope that he has that kind of year where he's running for like 12 to 15
18:41touchdowns, hope that the passing numbers are solid, and know that even if he's not what he used to be, which is
18:47like a top three quarterback, that's fine cuz you got him in the mid sixth round. Opportunity cost is way lower.
18:53After him, I'd say it's McKay Lemon. Uh he goes at the round seven eight turn in a 12 team league. Uh personally, he's my favorite
19:00wide receiver in this draft class, but not for fantasy. So, like talent-wise, you strip landing spot, you strip everything else out, I think he's got
19:08the best shot to be the best wide receiver in in class, but when he lands on Philly, that's not great. Um they're not going
19:15to have high passing volume. Um and a lot of it's going to go to DeVonta Smith. They're going to throw a little
19:20bit to Saquon. They're going to throw a little bit to Stowers and Goedert. And when you have games where they're just
19:25not throwing the ball that often, that just limits things a lot more than you're going to see for Cornell Tate and
19:32for Jordan Tyson. So, talent-wise, I love him. Opportunity-wise, I don't love it as much. And the big question is, what are they doing 12? Right? Does Quez
19:41Watkins play in 12 personnel when they put Dallas Goedert and Stowers onto the field? Right now, if you made me guess,
19:48I would say no, at least to start the season. Maybe later on, he will. And that's a problem. It's also a problem
19:55that they throw Stowers out there. He could theoretically play in the flex spot. Like, Stowers is basically or in the flex spot, the slot.
20:03Stowers is basically just a slot wide receiver. He's not very good at blocking. You can play him at tight end.
20:08That's why it's a little bit exciting at fantasy. Um and we'll get to his ADP. I think it's it's pretty nice.
20:14But at the end of the day, that could take away from Quez Watkins. So, I think I still put him here because again, I
20:19love the talent. He is my favorite receiver in this class. It's does he play in 12 personnel? Do they throw the
20:26ball enough to be viable? So, love him.
20:28And I think that the again, I don't want to poopoo him too much here. It's the late seventh round. He could be your
20:33third if you went super heavy at running back and drafted an early tight end or quarterback, third wide receiver, or he's your fourth wide receiver. At that
20:40point, like, it's worth the risk taking a shot on someone who has his level of talent. Um after him, I'd say it's
20:47Saquon, and that might surprise people, but going at the 202, like, you know, sometimes going at the end of round one, I don't think he's cooked. I
20:55just feel like that's really expensive.
20:57When you guys got guys like, um you know, Devon Achane, Trey Palmer, Hampton, Achane Achane, I mean, I don't know. Like, I feel like
21:06you're taking those three over Saquon Barkley. Um Just look look at the trajectories of their careers, right? Those three are on
21:14the ascension. They're all great talents. They're all going to be used in receiving game. I'd say Achane and Achane obviously a lot more in receiving
21:21game than Hampton. Um but like, you know, they're all kind of trending up.
21:25They all have that chance to break out and be a top three running back.
21:30Saquon again is awesome, but the odds are he has a season similarish to last year, and there's that chance that he
21:38does regress a little bit uh and kind of continues his drop-off in his career.
21:43And then the other thing I'd say is look at the backups, right? I'd say Keaton Mitchell. So, like, Hampton is kind of
21:48like, you know, at the end of that like Achane and Achane in my opinion Achane and Achane uh then Hampton because Keaton Mitchell
21:54is someone of a concern. Look at the backups here. Achane is no one you're worried about. Achane is no one you're
21:59worried about. I'm not worried about Washington. Um and really I'm not that worried about uh Keaton Mitchell because of how good the think the Chargers
22:05offense can be. There's room to eat for both of them.
22:08But I'm a little worried about Tank Bigsby. I actually think he's like decent, and I think if they wanted to limit the workload in any way of Saquon
22:14Barkley to keep him healthy, keep him more fresh, they can do so because Tank Bigsby is a quality backup running back.
22:20And so, I don't know that they will. It seems like it in my mind like if Saquon doesn't want that to happen, it won't
22:26happen.
22:28But it's at least a concern I have.
22:30Whereas like, I know for a fact that especially Achane and Achane are just going to be fed the football this season. And so, I don't know. If they're
22:39ascending, they're going to be fed the football, and there's at least some risk with Saquon, it's not as ideal in my
22:44mind. Um and at 202, like, again, sometimes he goes in round one. I just don't think Saquon's a round one pick
22:50this year. Um Next up, Stowers. And you could argue honestly that Stowers deserves to be, you know, kind of put up there with um
22:59Mecole Hardman. I would just say the only reason he's not is because like I love him honestly like an underdog or
23:04like a a tight end premium league where like an underdog you might draft three tight ends and you got to use all of
23:08them. In a traditional format that a lot of you play in, he goes in round 16 kind of for a reason. There's a decent amount
23:15of tight ends that are solid. He is still the tight end two like Dallas Goedert should project ahead of him. Um
23:21he might not play as much as people think a little especially early on because he's such a bad blocker. You can't throw him out there especially as
23:28the only tight end because like you need Dallas Goedert out there blocking a little bit um cuz Quez Watkins literally like is a slot wide receiver. He will
23:36not be blocking anyone well and so it's easy to click him in a double tight end build if you waited a long time and you
23:43took a shot on like an Olamide Zaccheaus or a Quez Watkins or like a Seddiq or like someone like that where you're like
23:48I don't know even uh like a Mark Andrews where you're like I think there's upside here but I don't know. It's really easy
23:53to click Quez Watkins as that second tight end uh but I would not feel confident in him as my only tight end
23:59going into week one cuz there's a chance he goes out there and plays like 30% of the snaps and has one or two targets and
24:04you're like whoops, I really need someone else as an option. Uh so that's why he's a little bit lower but if
24:11everything works out the way that it could work out and he's genuinely used as a slot wide receiver um and when I
24:17say that it's like if they go into 11 personnel, they're probably still going to use Quez Watkins in the slot cuz it just makes a lot of
24:23sense. He's their best option there. Um I I don't think they would like not use Quez Watkins.
24:29Is there a world where maybe like Quez Watkins is terrible and they're like okay Quez Watkins, you won the outside job and they genuinely use Quez Watkins
24:36in the slot? That would be awesome in like 11 personnel um cuz you could also start in 12, right? You could start with
24:44DeVonta Smith and Quez Watkins on the outside and you've got a a formation that has uh Dallas Goedert and Quez Watkins, right? That's your 12
24:51personnel.
24:53Again, hopefully if you're Quez Watkins you're with them.
24:55They can run it from that or they can also split Stowers out into the slot a little bit more and kind of change up
25:00the formation in that way. Get a little bit more advantageous spot. They could put him out wide. I don't know if that
25:04that's as optimal, but you know, there's like flexibility they have in the offense to come out in one set and change to another if they see something
25:11in the defense. And that's a really big positive for Stowers giving them that flexibility. So, I like him a lot, but
25:17again, I don't know I'd trust it as my only tight end, especially in a league that only has like 15 rounds. You're
25:22just not going to get to Stowers. You could easily draft a tight end before that. So, more so a two tight end
25:27builder. But especially a superflex, um or especially on 10 and premium, we like him. Uh Tank Bigsby.
25:34Kind of mentioned before, great handcuff. If you draft Saquon, you're better be drafting Tank Bigsby this season. He's not going to take over
25:41obviously, but if Saquon were to suffer a long injury, I think they feel confident giving Tank Bigsby, you know, 17 or 18 touches a game. He'd be someone
25:50we're just auto locking into the lineup.
25:52So, why not draft them both, right? If he's like free, he's like the 14th, 15th round. You draft Saquon in round two,
25:58you're like, "Oh man, that makes me nervous." Just draft Tank Bigsby like two rounds ahead of ADP, lock him up as
26:03that handcuff. And now you've just got the starting running back on the Eagles every single game all season cuz it's not going to be a situation where they
26:10split the workload. I know I said there's a possibility they use him to keep him fresh. That would just be like
26:15not having Saquon get 95% of the running back touches. If they scale that down to like 85% or something like that, that
26:22still limits his effectiveness as a round two pick. Uh but there'll never be a situation where it's 50/50, 60/40, probably even 70/30. So, um no
26:33regular value, but a ton of contingent value, contingent upside if there's an injury. Uh after that, I would say it's Dallas Goedert. I really just don't like
26:40Goedert. I liked him a lot last season uh for that upside. And he really hit last season, but when you bring in
26:48Stowers, that hurts because there could be a lot of plays where they play in 12-personnel and Goddard is kept in the block cuz
26:54they're not going to keep Stowers in the block. Uh and then also he's he's more expensive. So, he was going in like
26:59round 12, 13 last year. He's already up into round 10. Uh maybe that that drops off, but like I I don't like him in that
27:05round 10 range. Um I just think there are better uses of your ADP at that point. Stowers is literally a better
27:12use. Like don't draft Goddard at 10, draft Stowers in your final round. And while Goddard's probably better, uh you can get kind of the end of the really
27:19good skill players in that range instead. Uh and then I would say Wix. I mean, he's going in the mid-18th round.
27:25If you feel like taking him in an Underdog stack, sure. You're not drafting him in a redraft league.
27:30Fourth best.
27:32Cleveland Browns. Surprising, uh but you know, uh they get a pretty good schedule. Um they do have a below-average playoff schedule, so that's not great. Uh and
27:42their schedule is better for passing than it is rushing. I would prefer it be better for rushing because Judkins is my
27:48favorite player, we'll talk about in a second. Uh but good schedule. Um it's just that like when you combine poor playoff schedule with the fact that
27:55they're Cleveland, so their home games the fact that they're Cleveland as an organization. Then also the fact that their home games
28:02later in the season are in Cleveland. It could be very windy, it could be rainy, it could be snowy, it could be wet and
28:08gross.
28:09You know, you compare that to someone like the Saints, like um the Lions that we've talked about. Well, they get their
28:15home games in a dome. And when they play division games, those are in domes as well. So, it's like it's a lot better,
28:20at least some of them are division games are in a dome. Uh it's better than being in Cleveland. And that's not as apparent
28:26early in the season, it's very apparent later in the season when you have those like 35-point totals in Cleveland. But, they have a good schedule, uh and that's
28:34definitely a benefit for Judkins. Maybe they can steal a couple more games than expected. And he goes right now in the
28:40early fifth. He's easily, in my opinion, the best Cleveland player to target.
28:44He's a very talented running back. Um there's a cliff, like I've said, in running back after round three, um, even sometimes at the end of round three, to
28:54get a running back of his talent level with the opportunity to get 20 touches a game in round five is something that I
29:00don't expect to continue. I do think he's going to jump up into like the mids early fourth round by August, so great
29:06value right now, great value in Underdog right now, as well. Um, monitor his progress coming off the foot injury.
29:12That's why his ADP is later, but he's already out there in OTAs. Um, he looks good. Maybe he doesn't look 100%, but I
29:20feel pretty confident he's going to be close to 100% in week one, and I don't think the public is going to be okay
29:27with that. Certainly a chance he suffers a setback, certainly a chance that maybe he's not as healthy as we think, but
29:32everything that I've seen seems to indicate that like he's going to be good to go, and if he is, round five is
29:37ridiculous for player of his talent level. Uh, after him, I'd say it's Casey Can't Stop Won't Stop, um, going to end
29:43of the 10th round. Some people think that he could be the best wide receiver in this class, uh, just because of his
29:48ability to get open. I think that's a little bit aggressive, but I do love him. Um, he should win the wide receiver
29:55one job pretty easily in Cleveland. Um, great value. You're getting him around 10, round 11. There's no risk there, and if you are getting someone that some
30:04people, some people I respect, think could be the best wide receiver in this class, I mean, how do you not take that
30:09sort of value? Uh, after him, I'd say, honestly, I think it's a cliff after that. I really don't like the many
30:15Cleveland players. It's Judkins, it's Can't Stop Won't Stop, and it's almost no one else. Fannin is fine, but he goes in round six. That's too expensive in my
30:23opinion. Uh, he won on volume, he won on garbage time last season. Mid-round tight end is a losing strategy overall.
30:30What it comes down to is like, do the 50/50. Would you rather Jayden Daniels and Mark Andrews or Tyler Shuck and Fannin?
30:39Maybe you like the Shuck Fannin side, but I think Daniel's Mark Andrews is definitely the win there. Um after him, I would say Denzel Boston. I
30:47just don't think Denzel Boston's that good. 13th round, so do whatever you want that late. Uh but I also just don't
30:53want to over invest in Cleveland. Uh Dylan Sampson, 14th round, sure, handcuff Judkins, but I mean, he goes in the same range as Tank Bigsby, and I
31:01think Tank Bigsby is clearly a better handcuff than Dylan Sampson. Uh and then Jerry Jeudy, I mean, I think he's probably better
31:09than Denzel Boston, but uh will they just go the youth movement and play Boston? Maybe. And it's not like Jerry Jeudy is that good. And then the
31:18quarterbacks don't take them. So, it truly just is Judkins Concepcion. I'm really not drafting anyone else, but occasionally I'll take Fant in if he
31:24falls. Uh we'll do a shout-out to end this one.
31:28Uh Arizona Cardinals, they don't have um an amazing like overall schedule, and they're bad, and we don't know what's happening at quarterback. So, there's
31:36reasons to be pessimistic on the Arizona Cardinals, but they're one of just three teams that does get three dome games in
31:43the fantasy playoffs, and they do have the number two playoff strength of schedule, including the number one strength of schedule for passing. They
31:50get home versus the Jets, at the Saints, home versus the Raiders. That's an awesome schedule.
31:57The downside are still there, though.
31:58Again, like I don't know if this holdout's going to go very good for Brissett. If you are the Cardinals, why on earth would you pay him? You're
32:04trying to get the 1.01 next year. You're trying to tank.
32:08Why would you pay Brissett a ton of money if he's holding out? Like, just go with your rookie quarterback, test things out, have a bad year. Sure,
32:16you're wasting year of Love. That's why you don't draft Love as early as they did. But, um and you're wasting year of
32:21Marvin Harrison Jr. You're wasting year of um Michael Wilson. So, of McBride, like you have a young team, it's bad to be
32:29tanking, but they kind of have to because they don't have the quarterback of the future. Maybe they pay Brissett, and if that happens, I like this offense
32:35a lot more, but we will just see what happens in that situation, Um but you still have question marks. What's the
32:40split between Marv and Michael Wilson? I like Bowers over McBride, so I don't draft McBride that often. Love is probably the best pick, but my guess is
32:49he rises into the mid second round come August. And so, love the playoff schedule, love the dome games. Um much prefer investing in the first four
32:58teams we talked about. Detroit, New Orleans, Philly, and then Judkins and Concepcion on Cleveland. No one else really on Cleveland. So, check out my
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33:43All right, that'll do it for this one.
33:44Thank you all for watching and I'll catch you all on the next one.

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