0:00Today's episode is a simple one. Hayden's Top 100 PPR Rankings.
0:03Yes, you always ask for specific league settings. We're delivering them here.
0:07And what I do, I just sit here and compare Hayden's ranks to your home PPR leagues, to consensus rankings for PPR leagues.
0:13And we have a ton of talking points with that.
0:16Namely, like, he still is running backs ahead of a bunch of wide receivers.
0:20Does PPR push quarterbacks down the board? A lot of strategy corner on this one.
0:24So stick around for this episode of Yahoo Fantasy Football.
0:27With Josh and Hayden. You asked for it, so we deliver.
0:30Yes, Top 50, maybe a little bit more PPR Rankings for the 2026 Fantasy Football season.
0:35Trust me, all of you out there, not only do we have our rankings updates every single Monday of the preseason, we're
0:41going to have final rankings and tiers for every single position later on.
0:45We want to give you a little taste, Hayden, and the taste is your Top 50 overall rankings for those specific PPR leagues.
0:51Yeah, I think it's important because we'll do our positional rankings.
0:54And sometimes like some players project better in PPR, but I want to do like the overall rankings because like where I have Josh Allen's important.
1:02Where do I have Brock Bowers is important? Where exactly is like Derek Henry versus Nico Collins?
1:07Like those type of things I find interesting. And we spend a lot of our summer in half PPR lands.
1:12Let's at least have a full episode dedicated to the very niche details.
1:16I'm not going to really get into like the exact this guy versus this guy, because I know when you're on the
1:22clock, you have to make those decisions. I did go back and watch last year's version.
1:27I always like to do that to like reset myself for these videos.
1:30You had two awesome calls early on. Now you had Saquon Barkley ninth last year when other platforms had him second.
1:36So while ninth is still much earlier than he finished last year, people that use these PPR rankings did not end up
1:43with Saquon Barkley in drafts last year. I want to put that out there.
1:47And then you also had Trey McBride 13th overall compared to 24th for home leagues.
1:51And I'm going to keep going back and forth on today.
1:54My job where Hayden has someone ranked and where he's going in your home league PPRs and expert consensus rankings on top of that.
2:01Before we get into these top 50, one final question.
2:04How do you draft differently in PPR formats versus half PPR?
2:07So that PPR stands for full point per reception.
2:09So the players that catch more receptions, I move up my rankings and then the players that don't catch as many receptions, I move them down.
2:17That's what happens with this type of stuff. So sometimes like a slot wide receiver, a Wandale, they move up my rankings.
2:23You know, I hate that, but I have to do that.
2:26And then the quarterbacks also have to move them down, which I also, by the way, absolutely hate that fantasy quarterbacks are
2:32ranked so low, but I'm trying to win. And so you'll see Josh Allen, like, you know, 10 spots lower than I would in half PPR.
2:40And then obviously do your own math for the standard format.
2:43Um, but yeah, we do talk so much about touchdowns and I'm not saying they don't matter in this, but maybe they
2:49matter just slightly less in this than they did before.
2:52Okay. Let's dive into it. I'm going to read six names in each grouping.
2:56We're going to go from there. The first you have Jameer Gibbs.
2:59Number one, who can a Kua second Jamar chase third B.
3:03John Robinson, fourth. I'm on Ross St. Brown fifth and Jaxon Smith-Njigba sixth.
3:06Obviously Jameer Gibbs is your one-on-one. I want to take you to the second and third, and we're already splitting hairs here in the top six.
3:14That's what we do. But Jamar chase is first and expert consensus PPR ranks and Puka Nakua is third.
3:19Yet you have them differently in your wide receiver ranks.
3:22Why? Really close. I think if Puka Nakua does not come back from like this little injury in the next like couple
3:28of days or so, I could move Jamar chase ahead.
3:31But by the time most of you guys are drafting, I think Puka Nakua will be my second overall player.
3:37He had 24 full PPR points per game last year.
3:40Wide receiver two is 3.4. Full PPR points less than that.
3:43That was JSN. Jamar chase had a little bit of a quiet season for him.
3:47Jamar chase and Puka Nakua when both these guys are fully healthy, the quarterbacks are healthy.
3:51These guys absolutely dominate. I think that the Devante Adams stuff just, you know, how willing they were to trade him away
3:58this offseason and just how, how little production he really had between the 20s.
4:02Like I want to read into that because Puka Nakua was the number one wide receiver last year without the red zone role.
4:08Like what happens if he gets the red zone role?
4:11We're talking about like an all-time season. So I just want to like roll.
4:15Play for the upside here. We're trying to come in first, not sixth.
4:19By the way, we got an awesome comment from George Lewis.
4:22I read all your comments for our videos about the psoas that right now, a soft tissue injury that Puka Nakua is dealing with.
4:29He says, psoas is basically part of the hip flexor.
4:32It's unusual in that it connects to the spine diaphragm and to the femur at the bottom.
4:36You don't, quote, stretch as much as you, quote, release it.
4:40If strained, it usually means overtraining and in the front upper part of the thigh.
4:44Now, I did not second guess his work. I did not recheck it.
4:47I did not take anatomy class. Let's just take George Lewis's word for it because we know you viewers and commenters are
4:54of the most high intelligent beings out there. I thought it was a canal.
4:58I didn't know that he's in, but it was even a body part.
5:01Next, Amon Ross St. Brown. I didn't want to bring him up here because I know when we outlined our first rounds,
5:08you had Jason over Amon Ross St. Brown and I had it flip flopped.
5:12So is this a total flip for you or is this specifically for PPR?
5:16I mean, last year they caught the exact same amount of receptions per game.
5:20So I think it's you're splitting hairs here once again.
5:22I just think that with Amon Ross St. Brown, maybe his floor is a little bit safer just because I've seen him do this a million times before.
5:30We're with Jason. You lose your coordinator, something that they talked about with the new quarter.
5:35They want more players out in the route. You know, like that helped Jason have like a league leading targets per route run.
5:41It comes down a little bit and he can still finish as the wide receiver one this season and not scaring anybody away from Jason.
5:49And then just outside of this is, you know, Christian McCaffrey and CD.
5:52Those type of guys I would put all in this tier to me.
5:56I really like one, two, three. Bijan and Amon Ross JSN.
5:59These guys are also going to crush. But to me, it's like Gibbs, Puka, Jamar Chase.
6:04Those are the guys that can have like the beyond ludicrous seasons.
6:07And then you kind of get to them this next year.
6:10Yeah, I'm on a hundred plus catches in each of the last four seasons.
6:1412 of 16 games in fantasy this season will be played indoors during the fantasy season, I should say.
6:20And we know he led the NFL in red zone targets last year and has 66 red zone targets over the last two years.
6:26So he's my wide receiver three and your wide receiver three.
6:30And again, it's not like this six is a tier.
6:32I just want to say I'm doing this for the flow of the show.
6:36So let's jump through seven through 12. 12, your seventh player is Christian McCaffrey.
6:40Eighth, CeeDee Lamb. Nine, Jonathan Taylor. Ten, Justin Jefferson.
6:43Eleven, Devon Achan. And twelve, Ken Walker III. I'm going to jump to the middle of this group first.
6:48Let's bring up Justin Jefferson, okay? Because I went on Matt Harmon's show last week via the Yahoo Network.
6:54And he has Justin Jefferson outside of round one.
6:56Now we're talking about half point PPR here. So maybe that's different.
7:00But then I went on Kevin O'Connor's show yesterday with Justin Boone.
7:03And he also has Justin Jefferson outside of round one.
7:06So do those two statements make you feel anything?
7:08Yeah. One of my sisters was like talk crap about my co-workers and just disagree with them.
7:13Is that what you're trying to get me to do?
7:16No, no, no, no. It made me think back to, okay, I have had Justin Jefferson cemented as a top 12 player this entire fantasy process.
7:24And it didn't even occur to me that other people would have him, you know, 14th or 16th or wherever they have him.
7:30I mean, I have him ninth overall. Cool. Yeah.
7:33So this is to me where the tier break exists.
7:36It's after those first nine players. And then in like half PPR, I do have JSN like 16th because I want to
7:42get all those running backs in there. But I do think that Justin Jefferson's going to get spammed the ball.
7:47The Vikings offense last year could not be quite as pass heavy.
7:51And obviously the production efficiency wasn't there. But historically, KOC wants to pass the ball like crazy.
7:56And I think that's exactly what they're going to do this season.
7:59I feel pretty good that Kyler Murray is going to start most of the season, if not the entire thing.
8:05And I think that this will be a very productive offense.
8:08That division is completely stacked up. Dome games for him as well.
8:11Some of the defenses in that division, the Lions, the Bears, the Packers without Micah Parsons, like this team's going to be in some shootouts.
8:18And Justin Jefferson at one point was in consideration for the one on one.
8:22So I think in full PPR, I'm going to break ties in favor of him.
8:27Plus, I know for a fact I'm going to get an awesome running back early in round two.
8:32So if I go Justin Jefferson, I get to pick whichever running back where if I pick the running back and now I get sniped with Justin Jefferson.
8:40Now I'm like, obviously, he's going to pick another running back, which I'm fine with.
8:44But, you know, just more options. Yeah, this is your show.
8:47But I do want to just bring in my rankings of this, too, because I think we're on the same wavelength here with Justin Jefferson.
8:54That he still, you know, owned wide receiver four in terms of team target share last year, wide receiver five in terms of air yard share.
9:02He still had 16 end zone targets, which is two touchdowns.
9:05And so to me, nothing about the usage that is warranted of the 10th or 9th overall player here has been lost.
9:11It was just the quarterbacks of J.J. McCarthy and Brosmer throwing in the football.
9:15And that's like early yet. And so I really do think that we are still getting a reduced price on an offense
9:21that just a couple of seasons ago was ninth in scoring and eighth in scoring.
9:26From 2022 to 2024, if you remove the Josh Dobbs, Jaron Hall games, he averaged over 100 receiving yards per game.
9:32I mean, it's like it's ridiculous stuff. Maybe I'm off base, but I've just viewed Justin Jefferson as a round one player here.
9:38And then, yeah, pairing him with a running back in round two is delightful.
9:42You have a bunch of running backs in this tier, though, and that even continues to the next grouping.
9:47But here, again, CMC at seven, Devon H.A.N. 11, Ken Walker III at 12.
9:51And obviously, Jonathan Taylor at nine. Quickly on CMC.
9:54OK, we talked about it on Monday, but now that Kyle Shanahan says that his absence and tightness is not contract related.
10:00One, do you believe him? And two, how many more days does he have to sit out for us to like readjust this ranking and move him down?
10:08I think the problem with the CMC moving him down is how many more players can I move him down where you're
10:14getting to the point where you're sacrificing like league winning ability?
10:18Great point. I think CeeDee Lamb, you can make that case.
10:21Jonathan Taylor, especially in half PPR. I have those guys flipped.
10:24Obviously, CMC catches so many more passes than JT that I'm holding firm here.
10:28But once you get to like, you know, Devon H.
10:31and Kenneth Walker stuff, now you're like really trying to roll the dice on those guys who are passing CMC.
10:36So I think you can only move him down so much.
10:39I'm trying to come in first place, which is difficult to do.
10:43You got to like get one of the guys that really matter.
10:46And obviously CMC has a decent chance of doing that.
10:49Yeah. No one cares in your league last year who finished fourth or fifth, you know, like you want to win and
10:55you win by drafting Chris McCaffrey if he's healthy.
10:58Right. Yeah. That's exactly what happened last year where he was the best fantasy asset in fantasy football.
11:03And a lot of people didn't want to draft him last year.
11:06Now, again, we're having slightly different summers, albeit let's remember heading into week one.
11:10Everyone was at panic station 11 because there were some red flags heading into it and he still played what all 17 games and was freaking fantastic.
11:18So I am still holding the line here on CMC.
11:21I have one quick note on Devon H. and I know we'll speed this thing up, but I was looking at exactly
11:27how many of his passes last year were check downs versus schemed up passes.
11:31Almost all of them were schemed up passes. So that was one thing where it's like, oh, is Malik Willis going to check the ball?
11:38Down at the same right to it was not like checking the ball down to Devon.
11:43They were it was swing passes, screen passes, Texas routes.
11:46It was a lot of escort screens. And I haven't seen that from like Bobby Slocke in the past.
11:51I'll be it. He was part of this coaching staff with my continue last year.
11:55It just made me felt better like that. So much of this was like, man, you know, I watch all the games.
12:02Like I always remember how much how many first read targets that he gets.
12:06But like it was in the data. Most of his receptions come within like two and a half seconds from the ball being snapped.
12:12This is not like to a buying time, sitting back, sitting back, sitting back and then finally hitting the check down.
12:18Like to has gets the ball in three seconds.
12:21And I'm just looking around that room. It's there's nobody else to throw the ball to.
12:26Like he's going to get plenty of receptions this year.
12:28I think people are overthinking that. Like if you were in charge of the Dolphins, who are you throwing the football to?
12:35I'm throwing to Devon Ajan. Very fair. I will also add Bobby Slocke is not Mike McDaniel.
12:39So sometimes it's not as easy as we think it is just to copy and paste versus I mean, and if that
12:46was the case, then every single great coordinator that left a team, they would just be able to repeat exactly what they did the previous season.
12:53Totally agree. Um, last year looking full PPR, he averaged 20.1, uh, full PPR points per game.
12:58So like there's room for him to fall and pay off this, this area.
13:02No one drafts him in this range. So I'm not fighting you.
13:05He, he gets drafted like 18th overall. I'm just saying like, don't triple counts what's happened this off season.
13:11Like we're in a good spot. Just find a point.
13:14Ken Walker, uh, you have him 12th and he's going 19th in home PPR league.
13:18So I don't think we need to repeat ourselves again there, but, uh, he has shown much more receiving work than let's
13:24say the Seahawks allowed him to do early on in his career.
13:28Uh, and maybe even more so last season too.
13:30So love K nine at 12th overall. Okay. Next group.
13:33You have Saquon Barkley, 13th Chase Brown, 14th James Cook, 15th Brock powers, 16th Malik neighbors, 17th put a pin in that one.
13:39And Ashen Jenty 18th overall. So quickly on Saquon right now, he's 26th overall in PPR, uh, expert consensus rankings.
13:45Whoa. He is though drafted 14th in home league.
13:48So right around this spot. So this is something we'll get to in a moment, but you're just straight up still ranking
13:54running backs higher at your PPR rankings here versus other people have kind of wide receivers cutting this grouping off.
14:00Yeah, I think this is becomes really close and full PPR where I don't think it's that much of a debate and half PPR.
14:06I do just want to be buying in on some of these running back because it's so hard to find running backs
14:13that are going to project for the amount of points that this group is going to, um, not that it's like easy
14:19to find like the next crystal law. They bet if you're looking at, you know, the round four selections, like there's still a lot of good wide receivers.
14:27So I think it's just a little bit rare to find this type of running back in drafts.
14:32Um, and we'll see with Saquon Barkley and James cook, you got new offensive coordinators.
14:36Like they're not going to like lose rushing snaps.
14:39Uh, there's a chance that these guys catch a couple more passes per game.
14:43Um, more goal line reps. Like you just never know both of those offenses use the tush push.
14:48Like things could kind of break their way. And this is where they have been for the last couple of years, including
14:54Chase Brown when, uh, whenever Joe Burrow has been healthy.
14:57Um, so I feel good about all these running backs.
15:00To me, it's just more who's available in rounds three and four, five and six.
15:04And like some of those running backs and like the five, six turn, like they make me really nervous and there's still wide receivers.
15:11I like in that range. I just like the builds more if I, um, at least get one running back, uh, at the turn here.
15:18Okay. Brock Bowers. Let's go to him. He is your 16th overall player.
15:22He's also 16 in consensus rankings. But if we look at home league ADPs for PPR, uh, Brock Bowers is going 22nd.
15:28So once again, no matter the format, you're ahead of market here on Brock.
15:32Yep. As long as the knee checks out, he's going to dominate.
15:35And I like, uh, my elite tight ends more in full PPR because it's hard to get the same target shares.
15:41Like you can get some guys to like catch a bunch of touchdowns, like your Mark Andrews types.
15:47Like those guys are not going to have the same reception totals as the elite guys.
15:51Uh, and then in obviously redraft versus best ball, you have to actually put them in your starting lineup rather than just,
15:57uh, take like the hindsight, uh, touchdown game. So, uh, I moved Brock Bowers up a little bit.
16:02Um, and hopefully I don't see that dang piece of tape on his knee, uh, the rest of the training camp.
16:08If people use your rankings, they're going to get Malik neighbors.
16:12Uh, it's, that's a fact 17th for you. So he's 25th in consensus rings for PPR and he's 29th in PPR home league drafts.
16:18So I know often you just draft by your rankings overall.
16:22Uh, maybe if you're in this like 17 ish territory, you can wait for him to circle back, but it does stand
16:28out that you would maybe just flat out take him 17th overall as well.
16:32Yeah. I'm getting more bullish by, by the week on his availability for week one.
16:36And not even just that it's like, if, if he's playing in week one, he's probably himself by week six or whatever.
16:42And then in redraft, you don't have to come in first and second place in the regular season.
16:47Like you just have to come in what top six, most leagues make the playoffs.
16:52And at that point, Malik neighbors could be looking like a round one type of player by the end of the season.
16:58So, um, just looking at like the, the depth chart for the giants, like it's not pretty.
17:03Like if Malachi fields is going to be the second guy at wide receiver, Malik neighbors might have a 36% target share this year.
17:10Like I, I don't think it's that crazy to envision.
17:12Um, you're obviously rolling the dice on, on health, but, uh, if he did not have this injury, I would rank him probably right next to CD.
17:20Okay. Love that. We've talked a lot about Malik neighbors, but as you said, while there are some negative news about a
17:26whole bunch of other fantasy assets in training camp, it has truly only been positive news so far about Malik neighbors.
17:32And that's exactly, exactly what we want to see next group.
17:35All right. 19th overall, you have Derek Henry. He is going 38th overall in consensus rankings out there for PPR.
17:41And I don't get it, but I want to put myself in their perspective.
17:45Okay. Cause I think from their perspective, the 69 other consensus rankings that I pulled together to make the ECRs here, is
17:51this the kind of player that people just push down and PPR leagues because he doesn't catch passes, whereas he should actually
17:58be still tremendously valuable because he still scores touchdowns.
18:00I mean, he averaged over 16 fantasy points in full PPR last year and Lamar Jackson didn't play.
18:05Yep. There's no math based reason that he should be ranked in the thirties, even when counting for full PPR.
18:11I've done the numbers. Everyone else is that other people I trust have done the numbers.
18:16It makes no sense. You are quadruple counting this, uh, at that point.
18:19He can finish with zero receptions this year and I would still take him 24th overall.
18:24I did triple check it. And, and he is actually even going after, well, not going after ranked after Drake may in
18:30consensus rankings out there for, for PPR. So after a quarter in the, in the betting markets, he's projected for the most rushing touchdowns in the NFL.
18:38And last year he averaged 94 rushing yards per game.
18:41If he catches zero passes and he averages 95 rushing yards and scores 12 touchdowns again.
18:45So that's how you win. If you want to check out our half and full PPR rankings there in the description down below, those are free.
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19:18Like I said, you have this glut of running backs ahead of wide receivers.
19:22Whereas many other people who are ringing for PPR have the wide receivers ahead of the running backs.
19:27And that stands out here with Drake London. He's going 17th in your home PPR leagues.
19:31He's actually 10th overall. A 10th and full PPR consensus rankings out there.
19:35So I know you don't have even as much hesitation about Drake London as maybe I do, but, uh, is there anything
19:41you want to add to having him after the running backs?
19:45No, I mean, last year he averaged 16.8 full PPR points per game.
19:48That was like basically exactly what Derek Henry did.
19:51Um, so this is about the right range, uh, to me.
19:54And I think that the Falcons, like you have concerns about just the entire output of the offense.
19:59I still think that his floor is pretty dang high because of how he operates, but you know, new coordinator, new depth
20:05pieces, you know, you just never know exactly. I'm not going to say anything else negative about Drake London.
20:11It's as far as I'll go. Maybe I'll try to get in your brain and put it in a way.
20:16And you tell me if I'm off base. Okay.
20:19If I'm looking at where people have him as 10th overall, right.
20:22And then after that, you have Devon H and Ken Walker, Saquon Barkley, Chase Brown, James Cook ranked ahead of him.
20:28Um, I think you believe that all of those running back names have a pathway to scoring as like the running back three this season.
20:35And maybe that's more difficult for like Drake London to be the wide receiver three or something so far this year.
20:41I think it's harder to find running backs that could average 17 fantasy points per game.
20:46And I think that there's more wide receivers that I can envision averaging, you know, 14, 15, 16.
20:51I mean, we'll get to like all those guys, but like there's, there's so many of them, like all the way down
20:57to, you know, Terry McLaurin, Mike Evans, if he stays healthy, like those type of guys, uh, DJ Morgan have a crazy season.
21:04I was like, I kind of just run out of running back names that I feel like could actually do that.
21:10Like, you know, I'm not sure if Quinch on Judkins and Bucky Irving could actually do that.
21:15Yeah. Especially in PPR, you're going to enjoy drafting wide receivers more than you enjoy drafting running backs once we hit rounds three plus.
21:21Yes. Let's put it that way. Yes. Okay. George Pickens is their 21st player.
21:25AJ Brown is your 22nd player. By the way, he's 12th in consensus rings for PPR.
21:30Uh, and then let's go to Nico Collins next, because this is exactly where he's going in drafts.
21:35That's about 25th. We've got some news here. Jane Higgins, the second year wide receiver out of Iowa state is out for
21:41the season in joint practices with a torn ACL.
21:44So the big question is who do they turn to?
21:47Like it's going to be Jalen Noel, who also was Jane Higgins teammate in college.
21:51He's a pure slot player. He just returned to practice yesterday after hamstring and toe injuries after missing for weeks, if not months.
21:58Uh, tank Dell is still being ramped up. Xavier Hutchinson is still on the roster, but the number one signal here is
22:04that it's a substantial drop off from Jane Higgins to whoever the wide receiver two is going to be on the team next year.
22:11I have Nico Collins. I moved him up to 16th overall.
22:14He's my wide receiver seven. I have him ahead of the Brock Bowers neighbors, London, all of those guys.
22:19First of all, Nico Collins just by himself. You can throw him inside the top five and just watching the games.
22:25Like that guy's incredible. Uh, they have no other option.
22:28They have to throw the ball to him now in the screen game.
22:32So that was like the one complaint that we had in our last couple of videos with Nico Collins.
22:37I was listening to the beat reporters and Jalen Knowles ramping up from returning silvering and non-contact injury.
22:42He's going to be cleared by week one, but I think what you said is true.
22:47They view him as a slot only player. This team's going to have a lot of two wide receiver sets.
22:52They might even do the three wider or three tight end stuff, uh, because they drafted some other guys.
22:58They still have Dalton Schultz. All the reporters like Dalton Schultz is clearly the number two target in, uh, on the team.
23:04They didn't Xavier Hutchinson is going to be the actual number two wide receiver.
23:08And maybe they bring in a Darius Slayton, Kayshawn Booty type.
23:11Those guys don't earn targets like Jaden Higgins is actually going to earn targets.
23:15He can actually be a threat underneath everyone else that they're going to bring in, in there is going to be a downfield threat.
23:22That's not going to be schemed up touches. I think that Nico Collins is going to walk to a 30% plus target
23:28shared this year, and he is way too good to be fading him.
23:32So of all the guys in this tier, I feel better about his floor.
23:36And I think that his ceiling becomes incredible, uh, because they are, they're not going to have any other option to get explosives.
23:43Like David Montgomery is not going to give you explosives.
23:45Xavier Hutchins is not going to give you explosives.
23:48Kayshawn Booty is going to get three targets per game if he ends up on this team.
23:53It's all going to go to Nico Collins. Um, so I feel very optimistic.
23:57I'm smiling because when I went back and watched last year's video, uh, you had Nico Collins as like a top 10 player.
24:03And so we're almost, we're almost right back there, man.
24:06Maybe, maybe, maybe by week one, you'll have Nico Collins as a top 10 player.
24:10Uh, but I think on paper and the underlying metrics could have pointed you in that direction too.
24:16Like he was 26th in red zone production for fantasy last year, despite having the eighth best opportunity.
24:21I mean, he had 14 end zone targets and only scored four touchdowns also bad.
24:25So hopefully like positive regression, which is a term that people love, uh, hits in his favor this year.
24:30I agree. I agree. And there's nothing. And Hayden knows this, nothing I love more than rankings changes on the fly.
24:36So we've, you're gonna have to do some editing work hopefully as we go along and it's not going to be a
24:43clean pocket of six for each name we keep going through here.
24:46Okay. So we talked about George Pickens and AJ Brown that now brings Chris Olave to 24th overall, right?
24:51He's going 28th in home PPR leagues out there.
24:54He's another one. And I hate to term it this way who could actually benefit from an injury next to him as well.
25:00Um, he was even better when Rashid Shahid got traded last season.
25:04So Chris Olave talk to me. He was fifth in targets per game.
25:08He was the wide receiver seven on wide receiver six usage and full PPR.
25:12I think that the most likely scenario is Jordan Tyson returns after the bi-week because you got MetLife turf in week six.
25:18You have a France game in week seven, then the bi-week in week eight.
25:22So I think you're going to have the full first four, uh, full seven games with Olave by himself.
25:27And there's like no way you can't rank him inside the top 10 for that.
25:31And then we'll see about Jordan Tyson after that, you know, we'll see.
25:35So, uh, this seems first in pace. Chris Olave is very good.
25:39I've kept him at the bottom of this tier of wide receivers because he has the most, I would say just, you know, infrastructure.
25:45Like if something happens to Tyler Shuck or just something that doesn't materialize slash he has the injury history, blood clots, concussions,
25:52uh, some soft tissues type of, uh, injuries in his past.
25:55I just moved him at the bottom of that.
25:57I think on paper, like just watching him play, I think he's like very much in this range on tape, uh, and his production was there as well.
26:05So there's no reason not to have him this high.
26:08Yeah. Wide receiver eight in terms of team target percentage last year, wide receiver four in terms of air yards.
26:14And we outlined it on the show yesterday that there is this two month timeline for Jordan Tyson, but you and I
26:20don't think he plays immediately a full compliment of snaps once he returns based on how they slow played this after his,
26:26you know, let's say off and on draft process to just kind of nursing this injury.
26:31And by the way, Bryce Lance got wide receiver two run yesterday for this team as Devon Valley.
26:36Yeah. Yeah. And Bryce Lance, uh, he needs some work in my opinion, but he needs some work next 25th.
26:42Amarion Hampton. Despite you ranking running backs high, that does not include Amarion Hampton.
26:46He is 16th in home PPR leagues. Uh, you and consensus though have him in this range.
26:50He also is dealing with an injury. The chargers just lost their new center in Tyler Biotish.
26:55Now maybe fortunately for them, they took a college center and we're looking at him at left guard in the second round and what Jake slaughter.
27:03And so you would expect him to fill in here at center.
27:06And that center spot is a pivotal position for Mike McDaniel and his rushing scheme.
27:10Just look back at what Miami center did last year.
27:13Uh, Aaron Brewer might be the best in the league.
27:16Right. Um, I think this just comes down to how much faith do I have in Omar and Hampton being a true superstar.
27:23I think it's possible. I also think it's, you know, he has some things to improve on.
27:27And I do think that Keaton Mitchell is going to get involved a little bit.
27:32I think that Kamani Vidal might do like a LaQuint Allen type of thing, which doesn't matter too much, but we can
27:38nitpick things in the first and second round here.
27:41So, uh, I just think all of those wide receivers that we just went through, I feel very good about their floor ceiling combination.
27:47Omar and Hampton obviously could finish as the most valuable player in fantasy.
27:51Like that's within his range about outcomes. I just think others believe in that upside case happening more often than I do.
27:57Yeah. Next week we have a show on the players we disagree on most.
28:01Maybe a Martin Hampton fits in there. Probably. And it's not like we disagree on him as a player.
28:07We kind of seen eye to eye. I'm just valuing the situation even more where, and I'll save all my notes for that.
28:13How about that? I'll save all my notes for that.
28:16There you go. Okay. 26, you have Jeremiah Love.
28:1927, you have Trey McBride. 28th, you have Tedaroa McMillan.
28:21And that brings us to 29th in Jalen Waddle, who is drafted 48th overall in home league PPRs leagues out there.
28:27Sleeping? They're sleeping. I mean, he's back at practice.
28:30He just apparently burnt Pat Sertan for a 60-yard touchdown in practice in full pad.
28:34So he's ready to go. Do not have to worry about the offseason injury with him.
28:39This is an offense that throws the most screens in football under Bo Nix and Sean Payton.
28:44As a rookie, he caught 104 passes, so the PPR upside is proven out.
28:48He has been one of the most efficient players in the NFL.
28:51I think since 2022, when Tua has thrown in passes, he has the highest EPA per target in football.
28:56Offensive line is really good. And I just don't see how this one goes sideways, really.
29:01He can get injured, but so could everyone else in this tier.
29:04And I can see Jalen Waddle being a second-round pick next season.
29:08Over four yards per route run on play action last season.
29:11The Broncos had the third most passes off play action.
29:14And if you look at it, Jalen Waddle ran 442 routes last season compared to Cortland Sutton, who ran 664.
29:19So let's just add, you know, a cool 220 routes onto Jalen Waddle's plate and see what happens.
29:25Dude, that'd be party time. That would be party time.
29:27Now, the thing I wanted to bring up here is, you know, we do all these shows.
29:32I did not realize you straight-up rank Jalen Waddle ahead of Devontae Smith, who's your 30th overall player.
29:37Why is that? I think that Devontae Smith is going to get the ball, obviously, more than he has before.
29:43But I think there is just a difference in, I think, the potential for, like, you know, 100-plus receptions.
29:48Like, that type of season, I think, leans more towards Jalen Waddle.
29:52I think in half PPR, I probably go Smitty.
29:54But it's really close. And then I think that Ted O'Reilly is, like, also in that bucket where I think they're going
30:01to have to pass the ball a little bit more than they want to, just based off of, like, just the depth of the team in general.
30:08The Panthers, like, don't look that great to me on paper.
30:11And T-Mac was playing inside the slot. And I think that he can be a reception type of guy.
30:17Like, these are the group of wide receivers I feel pretty good about.
30:21Like, they can catch 100 passes. And I think Devontae Smith would have, like, a different type of season to get there.
30:27And that's a little bit harder to bank on a full PPR versus, I think, Waddle's going to be on pace to catch 100 passes.
30:34Next group, Zay Flowers, 31st. Brees Hall, 32nd. That brings us to Colson Loveland, 33rd overall.
30:39He's going 43rd in home PPR leagues. We've outlined this a lot.
30:42I 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.
30:50They only did that once over the first 13 games.
30:52And his yards per route run in two-plus tight end sets is outrageous.
30:56And if you want to go to 13 and think that this team uses Sam Rausch, guess what?
31:014.66 yards per route run and 53% of the team's market share in those environments.
31:06So I love that you are 10 spots higher on Colson Loveland here.
31:09His last four games of the season, including the playoffs, 22, 25, 24, and then 10 full PPR points per game.
31:15At tight end, that's, like, impossible to do. He's also, he was 21 years old.
31:19We're looking at a future All-Pro. This is going to be, like, the next Travis Kelsey.
31:24I think that he's got the chance to be the best tight end in the NFL.
31:29And this Bears offense is going to go absolutely berserk.
31:31They keep losing defensive players. So there's going to be plenty, plenty of passes to go around in Chicago.
31:3734th. You have Garrett Wilson. Let's go to 35, T.
31:40Higgins, because he's 41st in home PPR leagues. It's not as big of a disconnect here, but I also kind of view T.
31:46Higgins as the wide receiver Derek Henry in ways, because people kind of think of him as a sideline ball winner, and
31:52that's about it, and maybe downgrade because of pure receptions and think of him as just a downfield and touchdown machine, which, by the way, is good.
32:00But let's also remember that the last time you play with Joe Burrow for 17 games, he was the wide receiver four in PPR game.
32:07Yeah, he's played 39 games with Burrow, healthy since 2022.
32:10He's averaging 15 full PPR points. That's wide receiver 14, a wide receiver 15 usage.
32:14I got him lower than that. I don't have a good reason to put him lower than that, but this is how the rankings work out.
32:22So I think that he's a—this is an awesome pick in the fourth round.
32:26Like PPR scams kind of get in the back of our head when we draft PPR, and again, T.
32:31Higgins is not that, but he did average over six catches and 76 yards with Joe Burrow.
32:36So maybe that's not 10 catches, but still six catches for 76 yards with Joe Burrow.
32:40Compared to last season, that was down to four catches on average and 56 yards per game.
32:45Yeah. I love when we're drafting players pretty much near their baseline, and he has like the obvious contingent upside where if
32:52something happens to Jamar Tace, you just take him next to where C.V.
32:55Lamb and Justin Jefferson go in the first round, just to call it a day.
33:00It's like it's hard to get up to that tier of player, and he has that potential.
33:04And it's been interesting to see Bengals fans react to the under center stuff after one final preseason game or first preseason
33:11game, and they get like the all 22 with it, where a lot of these under center play action passes with extra
33:17protection then end up only being two-man routes down the field with maybe Chase Brown leaking out after his assignment is accomplished and no one's blitzing.
33:24And those two men running down the field are Jamar Chase and T.
33:28Higgins, and that's it. Like those are the two options.
33:31Yep. He's going to get the ball a lot.
33:33Yes. Love that. Okay, Travis HN. It is HN.
33:36He asked for it. It's 36th overall for you.
33:38That's ahead of consensus 48th. That's ahead of home PPR leagues 40th overall.
33:42We got news today that Alvin Kamara is going to be out with an MCL.
33:46I know you're not double counting this because we've already had the conversation about, hey, Kamara might have owned some of the
33:53passing down work and 35 of 36 HN's receptions.
33:55We're on first and second down last year. But at the same time, we are going from a backfield split with Alvin
34:02Kamara down back to like the Devin Neals of the world.
34:05Right. We'll see. I think Kamara is going to be back eventually.
34:08But just like another reminder that Alvin Kamara at this point, like you just really can't factor in much at all.
34:14I moved him up like ahead of like the Josh Jacobs, Javante, Kyron guys that we talked about.
34:19But he's firmly in this tier. Somebody I want to draft a bunch of.
34:23I think on HN side, I think it's the best offensive line he's ever played behind.
34:28It's the fastest offensive environment he's ever played in.
34:30It's a home dome environment on top of that.
34:33Like there's a lot of things like on the positive end for Travis HN.
34:37Plus, they paid him a ton of money to be the lead back.
34:40So like every single time I hear Alvin Kamara this, that, like I just plug my ears like don't care.
34:46Here's a crazy stat for Reebs that just popped out when going through it all.
34:50Travis HN led all players last season in fancy points scored when the drive started in the opponent's side of the field,
34:57which is kind of a Jaguars turnover rate stat at 82.2.
35:00The next closest running back was Jonathan Taylor at 52.4.
35:03So Travis HN got an extra 30 points basically from the Jaguars dominating in the turnover differential last season.
35:08Yeah, he's one of these guys. He averaged over 15 fantasy points and expected fantasy points in full PPR.
35:13And like he's not thought of as a PPR guy.
35:1615 fancy points is pretty good. Let's move on.
35:19Quarterback conversation because 37th overall, you have Josh Allen.
35:21He is your quarterback one, but he's going 23rd in home PPR leagues.
35:25He's going 27th in expert consensus rings right now.
35:28So why 10 spots even below that? Does PPR simply push quarterbacks down even more for you?
35:33It does. So this is where he's ranked in fantasy points over replacement per game, which is how I compare players across positions.
35:39And when I do that in half PPR, he's been the 30th, 18th, 30th, and 19th overall player in the last four seasons.
35:46In full PPR, you would discount that about a round or so.
35:49And then I look at the players around him and who do I feel like really comfortable drafting ahead of.
35:55It's the guys we talked about. And then Javante Jacobs, Kyron Williams.
35:58I think maybe if I was on the clock, I would consider those type of guys.
36:03And then you kind of get to a tier where like, I just don't feel comfortable with the floor.
36:08And I'll just take my Josh Allen points and try to win my league with finding some upside in the other picks.
36:14So this is about the range. I can't justify going earlier than this though.
36:18We've talked about how with Joe Burney at the helm of the entire organization and how they're going to play, that's likely
36:25going to change the dropback rate, which was previously 31st, 25th, and 30th.
36:28That was attached to Sean McDermott. I do wonder though, Hayden, let's say they drop back more.
36:33Does that move Josh Allen away from being like the short yardage must own quarterback now?
36:38Like he led the NFL with 13 rushing touchdowns inside the 10 yard line.
36:42I would keep calling those plays. They seem to work.
36:44They do. They do. But that again is the rushing aspect.
36:48And, you know, getting four points for a passing touchdown is different than six points for a rushing score.
36:53What does happen though, when you call more dropbacks, the scrambles are more affected than like a quarterback designed run.
36:59And if they're calling more pass plays, like his rushing numbers could actually like, you would think they're for sure going to go down.
37:05It could like not matter that much because he's going to be scrambling like a madman.
37:10And the pass plays might work more. You know, when you have DJ Moore versus, you know, Josh Palmer slash Brandon Cooks
37:16and then Dalton Kincaid, in theory, can stay healthy for an entire season.
37:20So like this could easily be the best season of Josh Allen's career.
37:24Javante Williams is 38th. Josh Jacobs, 39th. Kyron Williams, 40th.
37:27This one's low in comparison to me. Maybe we'll talk about that next week.
37:31And then you have Emeka Egbuka over Ladd McConkie, 41st and 42nd.
37:34I mean, Hayden, we talked 24 hours ago about Emeka Egbuka's turf toe.
37:38And I thought we exited hand in hand, arm in arm, in unison that he would be at the end of this tier of wide receivers.
37:45But no, you still have him above Ladd. I just think that Emeka had like if he wasn't injured, I probably would have had him by Devontae Smith.
37:53So I have like a full round discount from that turf toe injury.
37:57There seemed to be confidence in me out there in week one.
38:00I'm not saying that's going to be a guarantee.
38:03If he misses week one, could you guys not find a freaking wide receiver to put in your lineup in the first week of the season?
38:10I hope you guys can. So I don't care about it too much.
38:14Obviously, this is the type of thing that kind of lingers.
38:17I discounted him from that. There's a lot of positives for Emeka, including the role he's going to be in.
38:23You know, it's the same exact role that Cooper Cup, you know, won the triple crown in.
38:27And he played a lot of outside on the ball downfield role last year.
38:31It's not the perfect role for him. And he had some moments, didn't struggled in some other moments.
38:36He's going to the exact role that I want him to be in.
38:40And that offensive line is pretty sick. So I can only drop him down so far.
38:45For Ladd, I just want to call this to your attention.
38:48Okay. You are well below market on Amar and Hampton.
38:51And you're actually below market now on Ladd McConkie by nine spots.
38:54How does that feel with Justin Herbert as the quarterback and Mike McTaino calling place?
38:58Not the greatest. But I also then look at the offensive line injuries.
39:02You are basically fading the LA Chargers in drafts right now.
39:05Well, I think we're going to do our top 100.
39:08I did not get Keaton Mitchell into the top 100, but it was dang close.
39:12It was dang close. So Keaton Mitchell is your pathway into the Chargers this year is what you're saying.
39:18Trey Harris, you know, Charlie Kohler, you know, it's all these type of guys.
39:22But to be serious, I do know Ladd McConkie has tons of upside.
39:25I would not be that surprised if he came in just a hair below in total snaps because of this offense and
39:32just how they rotate players in and out. I don't like having a rookie center.
39:36And then Rayshon Slater, by the way, they're saying it's not a big deal, but he hasn't practiced in about two weeks
39:42coming off of torn patella, which is like one of the hardest injuries to come back from.
39:47And let's say he does come back. Are we sure he's going to be the all pro?
39:52Like maybe that maybe he is. That'd be awesome.
39:54But maybe this offensive line is like not as good as we were hoping a month ago.
39:59Okay, let's run through until the top 50. First, you have Rashi Rice, 43rd.
40:03He's going 26th in home PPR league. So again, you're basically saying that Rashi Rice is done.
40:08So he's washed this season. Yep. Yep. That one's more simple.
40:11That one's more simple. Okay, okay. We'll move on.
40:14Everything's relative. Short answer, yes. DeAndre Swift, 44th. I mean, he doesn't get enough attention.
40:18Agree. We think he is kind of being drafted at his floor with how this team is managing their rushing department and
40:24how they specialize runs for him last year. As an individual, he probably looked more physical and aggressive than he has in the past.
40:31And something already happened to Kalman Ungay. If that carries over into the season, then DeAndre Swift has even more upside here.
40:37Right. I think that this is coming maybe slightly a little hot, but there's kind of a wide receiver cliff where you're
40:44hoping they turn into upside wide receiver twos, but you just don't feel comfortable about it.
40:48So I think that we're kind of in a tier break where I have just DeAndre Swift at the top.
40:54But it's one of those reminders. If something happens to Kalman Ungay, why wouldn't he be Brees Hall, Trav's age hand, if not even higher?
41:01Could he not be Amarion Hampton? We're excited about the Bears as we are with the Chargers.
41:06And I, you know, I don't think that Amarion Hampton's for sure that much better than DeAndre Swift.
41:11So yeah, he's in the committee, but we'll get to like the next wide receivers.
41:15You just like you're now you're envisioning things like returning to form or like they're actually breaking out.
41:20So we're kind of in a soft spot in drafts.
41:23Yeah. Swift is going 49th in PPR leagues and then I think is ranked 53rd in consensus rankings right now.
41:29Okay. I want to stay with the Bears because you have Roma Junze 45th overall.
41:33He's going 61st in home leagues, 56th in consensus rankings.
41:36We've already talked about this at length with Harmon that you have him over Uther Burden.
41:40This continues to be one of your flag plants of the season.
41:44Yeah. Luckily, we don't have to draft Roma Junze this high, but it was surprising to me to see him being 22nd in targets per game last year.
41:52Like you don't think of Roma Junze as like some like PPR guy because they have not connected on many of these passes.
41:58Uh, that's equally Caleb Williams fault as Roma Junze.
42:01Um, but if that gets sorted out, I do think that he can catch a bunch of passes, maybe in an underrated way.
42:07If you go back and watch him, this is, I'm glad that you and Matt both agreed with me.
42:13Uh, they would get him in motion and like, they weren't like manufacturing screens to him, but they were like manufacturing him
42:19on the move for first read targets for like not complete explosive, but like for like 15 yard chunk plays.
42:25They did that a lot with Roma Junze and they did draft him 10th overall, uh, or somewhere inside the top 10.
42:31Um, so I think there's like an underrated, this guy can catch a bunch of passes because the bears are going to be in shootouts every single week.
42:39Um, and Ben Johnson wants to set the record for, for most points this season.
42:43Um, and we've only talked about bears in the thirties and forties overall.
42:47So there's a chance that all these guys do get home.
42:50Parker Washington, you have 46. I mean, we are both in on Parker Washington as the Jags wide receiver one, and it's
42:56not just that you're nearly 30 spots above ADP here.
42:5917 spots ahead of consensus rankings. We've talked so much about Parker Washington.
43:03Hopefully people understand where we're coming from. And if not, we'll do it some more in the next coming weeks.
43:09You have DJ more 47th. Let's talk about Cam Scadaboo here at 48 overall.
43:13Your thoughts on the Najee Harris signing. I think it matters just a little bit.
43:17I think it matters more for, you know, Devin Singletary, Tyrone Tracy, those guys where I don't think that you can even draft Tyrone Tracy at this point.
43:25I actually moved Najee Harris ahead of Tyrone Tracy straight up.
43:28I don't think that Najee is probably going to be that great at football anymore.
43:32It's coming like off of his injuries. He's already averaging like three point something yards per carry.
43:37Um, I will say this, the giants, if you looked at how they played football in that preseason game, if you've read
43:43any quotes from either, uh, Scadabo dart or the coaching staff, they're going to run the ball like absolute crazy.
43:49And you saw it with fullbacks, Patrick Ricards out there, multiple tight end sets, not including Isaiah likely Chris manner.
43:55And Theo Johnson types, uh, Francis now I know with a top 10 pick at right guard.
43:59Uh, this team's going to be, um, fully focused on Malik neighbors and then the running back.
44:04And I think that Sam Scadabo did enough last year to make me feel confident that Najee Harris was more about the rest of these guys.
44:12And it's like good insurance for them to have.
44:14Uh, cause I'm not sure how much they trust, you know, Singletary and Tracy.
44:18Yeah. We talked so much about Malik neighbors, but the man hurts Patrick Ricard, Malachi Fields usage, as well as the insert
44:24blocking that we talked about in preseason week one tells me that this team is going to run the hell out of the football.
44:31Now it's also my radar that literally all off season, the beat writer said that the giants were in on bringing in a running back.
44:38Uh, it was from Ken Walker to H and to Jeremiah love and all these conversations.
44:43And I think also a beat writer even mentioned that they were going to make a move at that position to varying
44:49degrees prior to the season, you know, a couple of weeks ago in one of his pieces.
44:54So sure. Najee Harris isn't a glowing name and they didn't trade for anyone, but, uh, he has a history with Greg Roman here.
45:01He was like the de facto run game coordinator.
45:03Yes. They said that he needs to get in game shape.
45:07It certainly looked like that as well. But, uh, I don't think this is a nothing burger for cams.
45:12Got to know. It's not a nothing burger. I had him, uh, ahead of Deandre Swift, for example.
45:17So I moved him down, you know, a half round or so.
45:21And at the same time in full PPR last year, uh, cams.
45:24God was the RB 10. That includes the first week where he wasn't even the starter.
45:28He caught three passes, uh, per game last year.
45:31Um, and I think he's pretty dang good at it.
45:34And then watching him, I thought he was actually cutting and running through people in the preseason game to the point where
45:40I couldn't, I would not have been able to tell you that he's coming off an injury, uh, based off of what I saw.
45:47So he's, he's ahead of schedule. I think that he's on pace to hold down this role.
45:52Luther burden at 49 and Christian Watson at 50 round out that top group.
45:56Uh, I mean, Watson's going 69th in home links.
45:58He's one of our favorite clicks on the board.
46:01Regardless, we've talked about that. Yes. Enough. Okay. It sounds like you want to go beyond 50.
46:06So let's go hyper speed with this. And I might read these in the next 10 groupings.
46:11Okay. And only come up with one name. Okay.
46:13So 51st, you have Jamison Williams 52nd. You have Terry McLaurin, then Tyler Warren, Mike Evans, 54, Devante Adams, 55, Quinshawn, Dave
46:19Montgomery, 56, 57, Lamar Jackson, 58, Bucky Irving, 59 and Basial Tootin 60.
46:23I want to call your attention. I'm shocked. You have Jamison Williams ahead of Terry McLaurin, ahead of Mike Evans and ahead
46:29of Devante Adams here in full PPR. I was going to bring up Tyler Warren's name.
46:34However, scrolling Twitter while you're talking. Sorry about that.
46:36I apologize. He limped off practice today holding his groin in 11 on 11 activity.
46:41I mean, this is insane what's happening in August right now.
46:44To speak on Jamo, he is not like obviously Mr.
46:47PPR, but I think this offense is going to go absolutely crazy out of necessity.
46:51And I will say I'm a little bit nervous that Mike Evans limps off and has tightness every single practice.
46:57And I'm a little bit nervous that the Rams wanted to trade away Devante Adams.
47:01The last time they wanted to do that with some wide receivers, it was Cooper Cup and Allen Robinson.
47:06Maybe Sean McVay is seeing things. I had to keep Devante Adams this high because of what he did last year.
47:12I mean, he was he was still the wide receiver 10 last year in full PPR, which like not exactly like his bread and butter at this point.
47:20So like 75% of that was red zone touchdowns.
47:23Absolutely. So, you know, I dropped him 20 spots down from where he finished last year.
47:27That feels appropriate, but still like it doesn't make me feel great.
47:31And then all those running backs that you just listed, I don't think any of them are screaming like catch a ton of passes this season.
47:38Maybe Tootin can kind of get there. But the rest of those guys, I think that they have other back backs in
47:44their backfield that they'll throw the ball to. And those offenses aren't like total elite units either.
47:49Okay. 61 through 70. Jadarian Price, Jalen Warren, Sam Laporta, Tucker Craft, then DK Metcalf and a string of quarterbacks.
47:55Yeah. And Jalen Hurts, 66, Joe Burrow, 67, Drake May, 68, Jane Daniel, 69.
47:59And we close out this group. Let's just do 70 and 71 together because that's Ramondre Stevenson and Trivion Henderson.
48:05I mean, the name that pops out to me is Jalen Warren.
48:08I mean, we have two Steelers here with Jalen Warren and DK Metcalf.
48:12DK is well above ADP here for you. Right.
48:14So I think that offensive line for Pittsburgh is like pretty rock solid.
48:18And McCarthy does play with like a little bit of pace and they do pass the ball a little bit more than
48:24what we're kind of used to with what we saw in Pittsburgh last couple of years.
48:29Like maybe there's a little bit of a discount.
48:31I'm not like going out of my way to draft DK Metcalf.
48:35I thought that the tight ends and quarterbacks here were notable in half PPR.
48:39I would have like Laporta and Kraft after those quarterbacks.
48:42Quarterbacks, but in full PPR, I have them ahead.
48:44I think that's like the difference of, you know, they catch 70 passes this year.
48:48Like that's how you can kind of make the math work.
48:51Sam Laporta, I think is going to go crazy.
48:54You bring up the Drew Petsing stuff. Like I think that's there's very much that's in play.
48:59And then Tucker Kraft, he's he's practicing. You know, that's awesome.
49:02So good news. Yeah. And as we said, if you draft Tucker Kraft, like maybe in your draft with Jawan Johnson, because
49:08of just the comments that Tucker Kraft said that he might be on a snap count or a pitch count.
49:14And Jawan Johnson goes way too late and might even be undrafted in your home leagues.
49:18Real quick on Ramondre. There's just another quote from Vrabel.
49:21They were asking about quotes every day, but like every single day there's a quote.
49:26Like that's my answer. I know we've done like individual videos basically on the Patriots backfield that people are drafting the running
49:32back to ahead of the running back one in Trevion ahead of Ramondre.
49:36And it just has to be flipped. It has to.
49:38Is this too low for Ramondre? It means the RB 21 last year.
49:42I'm RB 27. So I can't I can't move him up too much higher than this.
49:47But like there's an argument that he should be right next to Jalen Ward and Jadarian Bryce.
49:51Yeah. And there's an argument that the Patriots run blocking should be better this year because, again, it was horrible for the
49:58first like eight games of last year from tight end to tight end, basically.
50:02Okay. Cal Pitts is 72nd for you. Harold Fannin 73rd.
50:05Caleb Williams at 74 and Jonathan Brooks at 75.
50:07Marvin Harrison Jr. 76. Brian Thomas Jr. 77. Hey, buddies.
50:10Casey Concepcion 78. Colonel Tate 79. And Makai Lemon 80.
50:13I don't want to rehash our rookie wide receiver conversation because we just did it yesterday.
50:17People might say you're overreacting, though, having Casey Concepcion as the rookie wide receiver one here.
50:22These are my top three wide receivers in the class.
50:25I had him as top 15 overall prospects across the board.
50:28I would say that by far the Makai Lemon situation is the best for team environment wise.
50:33And he's nearing practice. Like I'm not worried about his like week one status and he's played enough football.
50:38I think that he's going to be out there in the slot to start the season.
50:43I think eventually he'll be overtaking Dontavian Wicks. And then with Casey Concepcion, he's just way more team or PPR friendly than Carnell Tate.
50:49I just read in something from Easton Freeze who covers the Titans.
50:53His note, it was just Wanda is going to catch all the passes this year.
50:57Like, you know, I'm just nervous about how Carnell Tate is going to be utilized this year.
51:02You know, like I think he's a good player.
51:05I have my doubts about the rest of the Tennessee Titans.
51:08And I think that full PPR, he should go lower in the wide receiver rankings.
51:12And I think that Casey Concepcion, it's hard for me to leave a Browns game without, you know, throwing him the ball like eight times.
51:19Yeah. A scam, I think, has like negative connotation to it.
51:22Let's just say that Casey Concepcion is going to be peppered with targets this year.
51:26He's too good for a scam. He's an easy button.
51:29Yeah. 81, Josh Downs. 82, Matthew Golden. 83, Jordan Addison.
51:3284, Quentin Johnson. I mean, that trio of Golden, Addison and Johnson package together just makes too much sense for how they're going to be utilized this season.
51:40Yep. Then Dak Prescott, Justin Herbert, Cortland Sutton, Michael Wilson and Stefan Diggs are 81 through 89.
51:45Is there anyone in that group that you want to talk about?
51:48No, it's a huge tier. And I think there's like a big difference between like the running backs versus like the next group where like J.K.
51:56Dobbins, Ja'Cory Kroski, Marriott, Tony Pollard. Like we'll see how many passes those running backs type catch this season.
52:01But we can get to like Chris Godwin, Stripling too.
52:04Those round out some of our wide receivers in the top 100.
52:07Yeah. How about I just read off those names?
52:10How about I just read off those names? Okay.
52:13So 90 is Jane Reed. 91 is Dalton Kincaid.
52:1592, J.K. Dobbins. 93, Ja'Cory Bill Kroski-Meritt. 94, Tony Pollard.
52:1895, Chris Godwin. 96, Deshaun Stripling. 97, George Kittle.
52:2098, Dallas Goddard. 99, Jube Hubbard. And 100, Rico Dattle.
52:23So you'll see how I draft a lot of my PPR teams.
52:27I get probably three running backs in the top, you know, by let's say Ramondre Stevenson.
52:31And then I'm a little bit light at wide receiver.
52:34And then from 76 to 96, I have about a dozen and a half wide receivers to select from.
52:40And I get like three of them. So like I'll have like two strong wide receivers.
52:44And then you'll see my teams will be Casey Concepcion, Josh Downs, Matthew Golden, and Deshaun Stripling.
52:49And then I'll just see what happens. And that's how I kind of build my teams.
52:53So I think there's a lot of wide receivers that are about projecting the same.
52:58They go pretty late in draft. So I really pepper that tier of wide receiver.
53:02And then I come back to, you know, your tank Bigsby's and stuff way later at running back.
53:07So I kind of go running backs to start, then hammer the wide receivers, and then figure out the rest of my team.
53:14Did you sleep on the Deshaun Stripling ranking move and move him down?
53:17I mean, I feel like yesterday you were even higher than Stripling.
53:21Maybe you came in hot and you woke up this morning.
53:24You're like, I got to move him down. I mean, I haven't met like wide receiver 35.
53:29You're wide receiver 46 here. I can make, I can probably put him up to, I think him and Quentin Johnson is like kind of in that range.
53:37You know, Stripling to Quentin Johnson is 40 to 46.
53:40I think that's about the right. You can talk about it, but your actions say otherwise.
53:44I know, I'm sleeping on it. I'm still sleeping.
53:47It's a tough one to get right. I do think that 96 overall gets the job done in most leagues, though.
53:53Fair. Fair, but look, I don't want to be in the strip club by myself.
53:57It's always better when you have some buddies there, you know?
54:00You're paying the cover. I'm there, you know? I'm there.
54:03I'm supporting you. You know, I'm just not going to the back room.
54:07I know. I'm in the back room of the strip club by myself having him as wide receiver 35.
54:12I'm eating the wings. You told me yesterday you're at wide receiver 39, and here you are as wide receiver 46.
54:18What gives? You backed out on me. Could I just eat the wings?
54:22I'm just here. I'm supporting you. I'm eating the wings.
54:24Wow. All right. That does it. Hopefully, you enjoyed our top, Hayden's top 100 PPR rankings.
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