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1:38LION mentality. Let's see. Grab 16 rounds, okay? What are these five tips here?
1:42And feel free to dive into the comments if you have any questions.
1:46I'll try to get to as many people as I can.
1:49And let's dive into it. Number one, the tips at the end, you've got to stay to the end because the last
1:56one is a bit of a shocker. It's going to be an eye-opening last tip, right?
2:00So stay to the end. All right, so the first one here is Arby's early.
2:05You guys know I preach this all the time.
2:07We got last year, we got Christian McCaffrey, Bijan, Gibbs, Jonathan Taylor, Cook, Henry, all finishing the top 10.
2:13Even people who say that Gentie didn't perform well.
2:15He still finished 11th last year, guys. 245 famous points.
2:18245 famous points for Gentey last year. Finished 11th.
2:21A lot of people rip on me saying, well, you really liked Gentey last year.
2:25Well, I did. But a lot of people like Justin Jefferson, who I told you to avoid.
2:30Gentey finished with 245 points. Justin Jefferson, 201, okay?
2:33So sometimes these wide receivers, well, a lot of the times these wide receivers that have big names end up failing.
2:39So I like the running back position early because it's a scarce position.
2:43And also, there's only a handful of running, again, a whole handful of running backs that are actual workhorses.
2:48And that position, the only thing that really screws running back is injury.
2:52With wide receivers, these guys, yes, they get injured, but they just don't perform.
2:56There's a lot of dilution with the wide receiver.
2:59So running back early, that's the number one tip.
3:01I still see people pushing zero RB, which is crazy.
3:04Don't do it, all right? Tip number two. This is very, very important.
3:08And nobody tells you this. This is what blows my mind.
3:11This is what separates this channel from all that can sheep says, is that you don't draft on ADP, all right?
3:17Give you a quick example last year, all right?
3:20It's a couple of busts. Brock Bowers finished 92nd overall rankings.
3:23Rashi Rice, 113. Terry McLaurin, 176. George Kittle, 105, okay?
3:26This is what I'm talking about, guys. So these guys, Brian Thomas Jr., 128.
3:30This is crazy, okay? So what I'm saying is that when you look at a guy like Brian Thomas Jr.
3:36finishing 128 overall, sorry, 138 overall, that is not good, all right?
3:39So you need guys that are going to potentially finish.
3:42Do you understand? Do not draft based on last year.
3:45Terry McLaurin, 170. Like, he was a big bust last year, but people drafted.
3:49George Kittle, all these big names, but because you're drafting on ADP this year, you got to project who's going to potentially bust.
3:56Like, George Pickens, 10th overall, I'm sorry, 10th wide receiver, wide receiver 10, that's crazy for George Pickens.
4:01Coming off a pinnacle year. JSN, coming off a pinnacle year.
4:04You got to look at, like, where the puck's going to be, not where the puck is.
4:09Understand? So tip number two, don't draft on ADP.
4:12Again, I just mentioned some names. Big time bust.
4:14Lad McConkie busted last year as well. Brian Thomas Jr.'s right.
4:18And it goes on. So drafting on ADP doesn't always work, all right?
4:21Number three, this is very, very important. When they zig, you zag.
4:25Let me give you a practical example. What do you mean by that?
4:29All right? First of all, an example is everyone's drafting on ADP.
4:32You're not going to do that. You're going to get 16 rounds.
4:36You're going to think smart, right? So basically, that's the first one.
4:39They zig, they zag. They draft on ADP. I don't.
4:42I get 16 rounds. That's different, right? Another thing is, like, a lot of people, like, say, in a super flex league, which is a two-quarterback league, right?
4:50You can start two quarterbacks. A lot of people go quarterback heavy.
4:54Now, there's only about four or five really good quarterbacks I can almost guarantee are going to produce on a high level.
5:00You're Jalen Hurts. You're Josh Allens of the world, right?
5:03Lamar Jackson that have that rushing upside. After that, there's a fall off.
5:07And all those guys that went round one quarterbacks are going to be scrambling to get running backs.
5:12So when they're going, when they're zigging for the quarterback, I'm zagging them getting those running backs early because, you know, rounds
5:18three to four, they're still probably going to be scrambling to get skilled positions when they've got their quarterback, right?
5:24And there's still going to be value at quarterback.
5:27So it's about seeing things before other people don't.
5:29So when they're going this way, you go this way.
5:32But do it in a calculated fashion. Don't just, oh, I'm just going to be different to be different.
5:38Be different but in a calculated way, right? So when they zig, you zag.
5:42That's very, very important, okay? And again, example, we got Rashi Rice, right, sitting as, like, wide receiver 11, which is crazy.
5:48Like, the guy just got out of the slammer.
5:51Like, I don't know what to tell you. And I heard he's looking slow in camp as well.
5:56So going back to the first one, don't draft on ADP, right?
6:00Zig, zag. All right, this is a very important one, but it's common sense.
6:04Again, stay to the end. The last one is going to kind of shock you a little bit.
6:09Aim high on the depth chart. I'll give you an example, right?
6:12We got Pickens sitting as wide receiver 10. Emeka sitting as wide receiver 17.
6:16I'm aiming high on the depth chart. I'm going to Emika because I know he's the wide receiver one.
6:22Pickens is coming off a pinnacle year, and I know he's the wide receiver two, and he's way more expensive.
6:28So give me Emika over Pickens. I'll give you another example.
6:31Jamison Williams is wide receiver 26. Carnell Tate is wide receiver 30.
6:34Like, why would you go Jamison Williams? Because he had a decent year last year.
6:39Like, again, you're listening to the ADP. You're not zigging when you're zagging.
6:43Give me the upside. Aiming high on the depth chart.
6:46Give me the guy that was drafted in the first round that I know was going to be the wide receiver one,
6:52that I know was doing well in camp, and Carnell Tate.
6:55He's doing well in camp. He's looking really good.
6:58So, honestly, like, to me, Carnell Tate, like, it's a no-brainer to me.
7:01Wide receiver 30 over Jamison Williams, wide receiver 26.
7:04I like him even ahead of Pickens. Give me Carnell Tate over Pickens.
7:08He was a wide receiver two. Do you understand?
7:10Another example, Tee Higgins, who maxes out at 110 targets.
7:13Makai Lemon is wide receiver 42. Look at the difference in gap on the rankings.
7:1815 to 42. Mikhail Lemon was drafted in the first round.
7:21Has an opportunity to be the wide receiver one, because Devontae Smith has never been the one.
7:26Do you understand? So, Lemon could be an absolute PPR monster, and you're getting him for value.
7:31So, aiming high on the depth chart, guys. Aiming high.
7:34And if you want to go for a guy who's a rookie who could potentially be on, you know, a one, go for it.
7:41Stash him later and start building the wide receiver depth, which I explained again in 60 rounds.
7:46If you have not gone 60 rounds, it's really going to wake you up.
7:50So, grab it. I'd like to blow. Now, the last one here, again, is going to really, really, really wake you up.
7:56Big time tip number five. Before I get into that, again, grab 60 rounds, and make sure you guys do sign up to Underdog using code LION.
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8:19Ready? Big names in asterisks or whatever, quotation marks or whatever, especially wide receivers, lose.
8:24What do I mean by that? So, wide receivers that are drafted early lose.
8:28Let's go over this, okay? Justin Jefferson was drafted in the first round last year, finished 21.
8:33DK Metcalf was drafted early last year, finished 26.
8:35Only 187 points. Rashi Rice finished, you know, 39th last year.
8:38Brian Thompson is 42nd amongst wide receivers. Terry McLaurin finished 54th amongst wide receivers last year.
8:4354th. 114 points. Garrett Wilson, 62. Finished 62nd amongst wide receivers.
8:46These are big name wide receivers who were drafted with high draft capital that busted, okay?
8:51That's what I'm talking about. So, with the running back, you kind of, what you see is what you get.
8:57You get an injury here and there, but those guys are kind of set for their volume.
9:02I mean, you have disappointments. Travion Henderson obviously was a disappointment last year.
9:06Should have did better, but I think he was like a fourth or fifth round pick.
9:10Regardless, should have done better. But at the end of the day, man, like big names, including other positions, lose.
9:16Going back to that same thing. Don't draft on ADP.
9:19But specifically wide receivers, you got to be cautious.
9:21That's where you can get the depth and volume and value for wide receivers.
9:26Later, these big names early, the TK against the George Pickens, for example, this year, where I believe with certainty are going to bust.
9:33Does that make sense? So, big names, specifically wide receivers, end up losing.
9:36Hence, going back, aim high on the depth charts.
9:39Again, don't draft on ADP. Zig when they zag and go running backs early.
9:43All right? Five tips that they won't tell you this stuff.
9:46They'll just say, hey, draft based on ADP and consensus, and that's not how you're going to win your leagues.
9:52All right? So, that's all I got for you here today.
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