The Lineup Show - 6 League Winning Players to Draft in Fantasy Football 2026 With Fantasy Stock Exchange
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28 min
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Aug 7, 2026
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Fri, August 7, 2026
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Parker WashingtonBrian Thomas Jr.Bucky IrvingChris RodriguezChuba HubbardJeremy McNicholsJonathon BrooksKeenan AllenLadd McConkeyRJ HarveyTrevor LawrenceTucker Kraft
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Brian Thomas Jr.
PositiveProjection11:51
Danny from Fantasy Stock Exchange remains bullish on Brian Thomas Jr., ranking him as the WR26 with an ADP of 31. While Parker Washington is gaining ground, Thomas Jr. is viewed as a talented piece of a high-scoring Jaguars offense that the analysts are stacking heavily in best ball.
Insight pageBucky Irving
NegativeUsage32:17
The source notes that when Bucky Irving was sidelined last year, Rashad White finished as an RB1 in the subsequent two games where he received a full workload.
Insight pageChris Rodriguez
NegativeDepth Chart2:16
Danny from Fantasy Stock Exchange views Chris Rodriguez as a 'jag' (just a guy) with limited career production (less than 250 touches, six receptions). While he may steal 8-10 carries per game early in the season, he is currently recovering from offseason foot surgery, and the Jaguars' coaching staff has clearly signaled that Tootin is the preferred explosive option.
Insight pageChuba Hubbard
NegativeBust15:09
Chuba Hubbard is viewed as a highly replaceable running back who struggled with efficiency in 2025, ranking 47th of 49 in yards after contact per attempt and dead last in explosive runs. While he has been the starter, the coaching staff has shown a history of rewarding more efficient backs (like when he replaced Miles Sanders or when Rico Dowdle gained share), making him vulnerable to losing his job to Jonathan Brooks.
Insight pageJeremy McNichols
NegativeBust31:50
The source dismisses the hope for Jeremy McNichols to become the lead back in Washington, noting he failed to seize the job from Chris Rodriguez and others last year. He finished as the RB43 in points per game, which the source deems 'unstartable.'
Insight pageJonathon Brooks
PositiveBreakout14:31
Jonathan Brooks is a high-upside target who is currently being drafted as the RB30 despite having top-15 potential. He was a top-50 pick and the only RB taken in the second round of his draft class. With Chuba Hubbard struggling with efficiency (ranked 47th of 49 in yards after contact per attempt in 2025), Brooks is expected to eventually take over the lead role in Dave Canales' offense, similar to how Hubbard and Rico Dowdle earned work in previous seasons.
Insight pageKeenan Allen
NegativeRole40:33
The source attributes part of Ladd McConkey's disappointing 2025 season to the presence of Keenan Allen, who cannibalized targets due to his rapport with Justin Herbert and similar role.
Insight pageLadd McConkey
PositiveBreakout38:37
Ladd McConkey is identified as a major breakout candidate for 2026. Despite a disappointing rookie season, the source highlights that he led the NFL in separation win rate out of the slot (20.3%) and performed well against man coverage. With a healthy offensive line, a new offensive coordinator in Mike McDaniel, and the departure of Keenan Allen vacating 122 targets, the source expects a significant leap in production.
Insight pageParker Washington
PositiveBreakout9:45
Parker Washington is a high-conviction target following a strong finish to 2025, where he was the WR16 from week nine on and WR6 in the fantasy playoffs. He ranked 4th in the NFL in explosive rating and was PFF's 11th highest-graded receiver. Reports indicate he will remain on the field in 11, 12, and 13 personnel, giving him significant opportunity. He is viewed as the 'Jamar Chase' of the Jaguars' offense.
Insight pageNegativeValue38:44
The source mentions Parker Washington as a player they would be excited to pair with Ladd McConkey in a draft, implying potential upside or value.
Insight pageRJ Harvey
NegativeBust35:48
The source expresses regret over their previous optimism for RJ Harvey, now viewing him as a miss and feeling unexcited about his role heading into his sophomore season.
Insight pageTrevor Lawrence
PositiveProjection10:59
The analysts are highly optimistic about Trevor Lawrence, projecting him for massive volume (up to 70 touchdowns and 8,000 yards in jest) and comparing the Jaguars' offense to the Joe Burrow-led Bengals. They recommend stacking Lawrence with his pass-catchers in best ball formats.
Insight pageTucker Kraft
PositiveValue5:43
Tucker Kraft is a massive value at his late-sixth-round ADP. He was the TE1 in points per game through week eight last year before his ACL injury. He led all tight ends (with 25+ receptions) in yards per reception and yards after catch per reception in 2024 and 2025. With Romeo Dobbs gone and no major pass-catcher additions, Kraft is poised for a breakout. He is trending toward 100% health for the season opener and is compared stylistically to George Kittle.
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Episode Transcript
0:00Obviously, we'd all love to draft Jameer Gibbs and Jamar Chase.
0:03But who are the guys that aren't getting talked about enough that could win you a Fantasy Football Championship?
0:08We're about to go through 6 League Winners for Fantasy Football in 2026.
0:12Let's go. Welcome into the The Lineup Show. I'm Mitch Anderson.
0:15I'm Justin Mello. And Mello, we are joined by a very, very, very, very returning special returning guest today, Danny from Fantasy Stock Exchange.
0:21We are so pumped to have you back to discuss six of our Fantasy Football League winners.
0:26What's going on, Danny? Not much. I mean, when you guys mentioned it was a League Winners video, I'm like, I gotta get back on it.
0:33If you guys don't know, my brand is basically just talking about the guys I love and let's just say I got
0:39two guys I love on this video. Let's go.
0:42We're not just talking about the guys we love.
0:44We're talking about the guys you are gonna love when you draft them and they help you win your league.
0:50So Danny, let's get into this first guy that you're loving in drafts this year.
0:54Yeah. And we'll start off. Last time I was on the channel, actually, Mello brought him up in the Dynasty cycle.
1:00And let's just say, if you invested him in Dynasty at that time, he has gone up tremendously in value.
1:05I'm talking about Basial Tootin, running back of the Jacksonville Jaguars.
1:08And I get it. It's very much of a projection to say that he's going to be an RB1 in Fantasy this year.
1:15Like people will just look at the base metrics in 2025.
1:18Oh, he was inefficient on his 80 carries. Oh, he wasn't making people miss.
1:21It's like he was playing the short yardage role of the team.
1:25Travis Etienne was the RB1 last year. When this regime was hired last year, their entire pitch to management was 2026 and on.
1:31This is what we envision of our run game.
1:34And Tootin is going to be the centerpiece. And it makes sense, man.
1:37When you see a guy like Basial Tootin, the yards after contact metrics in his last year at Virginia Tech, his overall
1:43receiving profile coming out of Virginia Tech, I mean, just in general, you're getting a 205 pound talented running back that has 4.3 level speed.
1:50And I get it. He's climbing an ADP. Like people aren't going to watch this video and think, oh, well, I'm going to get him in round seven.
1:58Like, no, if you want him now, you're probably having to go into round five, having to go on that 4.5 turn.
2:04But my argument is that is still too cheap.
2:06I'd be willing to take this guy at the 3-4 turnabout.
2:09He's currently my 41st ranked player. So early fourth round, give or take.
2:13And to me, when I'm looking at it, it's very simple.
2:16Chris Rodriguez, he's just a jag, no pun intended.
2:18He has six career receptions, less than 250 career touches.
2:21And sure, maybe he's a banger. He steals eight to 10 carries per game.
2:25Like he should have a role early season once he's back from that foot injury.
2:29But that is key context. First day of camp, this guy gets offseason foot surgery.
2:33And everything we have heard from Jaguars camp has pointed to Toodin being the winner.
2:37They love how he looks. Explosive plays every single day at practice.
2:41And ultimately, if I'm going to be making a bet on who can be the three down workhorse for what I project
2:47to be a top five to 10 offense in the league, like I do with the Jacksonville Jaguars, I am doing it with Basial Toodin.
2:54Think Bucky Irving on steroids. Oh, I love that comp right there.
2:57Yeah, this is a guy, like you said, Melo brought him up the last time we all spoke and he has just
3:03gone up my board even more somehow. All of the buzz coming out.
3:07And meanwhile, I feel like every piece of buzz that comes out of training camp has been out of Jacksonville somehow.
3:12But that being said, the Basial Toodin train, it's left the station and it's off the rails right now at the hype.
3:18And I'm buying in. I mean, like you said, yeah, you can point to, I believe it was 3.7 a carry last
3:24year, but they were using him in so many short yardage situations.
3:28Chris Rodriguez, yes, he was effective in Washington last year, but this is a guy that this regime went out and got
3:34one of James Gladstone's first picks last year. And to me, I think he is such an unbelievably screaming value that isn't
3:40flying up your redraft boards just because of the fact that like a lot of your friends and people who are like,
3:46aren't so into fantasy football don't really know Basial Toodin yet.
3:49I think the tired take, and I'm a numbers guy.
3:52I love metrics. I love stats. The tired take is 3.7.
3:55Some of the efficiency metrics weren't there. The wire take is watch him play.
3:59And you just know that boy's a dog. Like he took a screen to the wrong side of the field last year
4:05and still scored like a 12 year touchdown on it.
4:07When his entire offensive line ran the other way, he just missed like three guys missed.
4:12But more than that, I just like this offense that he's in and the opportunity you talk about with Chris Rodriguez still
4:18not being healthy and him truly being the guy in this offense when like the Bucky Irving comp is perfect.
4:23Like Liam Cohen, day three running back with Bucky Irving, you had this huge explosion as a rookie for Bucky.
4:29You can see it from Tootin here in year two.
4:32And if you want to like truly make a league winning pick and you don't want just the safe guy, you want
4:38the guy who could have a top 10 finish at a discount.
4:41Tootin is your guy. Exactly. Ultimately, I like the dead zone this year specifically because there's profiles like Tootin in the dead zone.
4:47Typically speaking, when running backs were going, you know, 22 in the first 30 picks in 2020, that's why the dead zone was the thing.
4:54Nowadays, when it's so scarce at the top, you're only seeing 15 to 17 running backs going early.
4:59To me, Tootin is the best lottery ticket outside of that range because realistically, we talked about the Irving comp.
5:05Let me point to you another day three running back with big time tangible traits who was behind an incumbent workload or workhorse the year prior.
5:12That guy leaves and he assumed the next workload.
5:14And it's funny because there's a lot of parallels here.
5:17Again, there's a difference in cost. I feel like the market's gotten sharper, but like Chris Rodriguez, Zach Moss was a pest.
5:23Like Bachel Tootin, Chase Brown, not the most efficient rookie year.
5:26Look what he did in year two. The offense is to the parallel.
5:30I mean, we're, we're statting out these Jags receivers and Trevor Lawrence, like they're Joe Burrow and the Bengals receivers.
5:35Like if you really believe in this offense like that, you also want the running back similar to Chase Brown.
5:41I'm going to pivot here though, to a tight end.
5:43And I'm going to be talking about somebody I love dearly.
5:46And that is Tucker craft. Oh, I've, I've been so adamant all off season and most years I'm, I'm pretty adamant, but
5:53especially this year, I'm like, take a tight end high, take one of the first two or three.
5:57And if you don't get one, just pump the position.
6:00Like there's not real difference makers in the middle rounds, but Tucker craft is the exception to that rule though.
6:06He is far too cheap in my eyes. He's falling to the late six right now, despite being the tight end one
6:12in points per game through week eight last year, before he tore his ACL and people continue to sleep on just how
6:18talented he is with the ball in his hands.
6:20Uptight ends with at least 25 receptions last year.
6:23He led the NFL in both yards per reception, as well as yards after catch per reception.
6:27And last year was not just a fluke either because in 2024, he also led all tight ends with at least 25
6:34receptions and yards after the catch per reception and was second in yards per reception only to George Kittle, which I think
6:40is too perfect because Tucker craft truly in my mind is the new George Kittle.
6:44Yeah. I think he will be for years to come stylistically.
6:47I think hopefully statistically you're going to see that same type of production.
6:50And just to make things a little bit better, the Packers let their target leader from a year ago, Romeo Dobbs walking
6:56free agency creates even more opportunity in this offense who didn't really bring in any other notable pass catchers this off season
7:02either to take away some of that workload. So all of this just leaves the one elephant in the room for me, which is the aforementioned ACL injury.
7:10All the early indications have been that he has looked great and craft himself said about his doctor.
7:15He told me my knees look spectacular, almost like he had never seen a rehabilitation like mine.
7:20I think everyone online, including myself read that in a Trump voice in their head.
7:24Yeah. I just heard that in a Trump voice, but that's neither here nor there.
7:28Cause the point is craft is trending toward being a hundred percent for the start of the season, which means his current ADP is absolute theft.
7:35If you were perfectly healthy, if that ACL had never happened, he'd be going a full two or three rounds earlier.
7:41No, a lot of people are saying and sound the alarms.
7:44He might just be ahead with an NFL player before.
7:47We've never heard an NFL player. We've never seen this.
7:49Yeah. I mean, Tucker craft was my true love last year in the flock league.
7:54Famously, I had the craft Loveland combo, which would have worked out tremendously if the rest of my team didn't go down
8:00like the plague, but including Tucker craft for that matter.
8:02But yeah, yards after catch ability. The one thing I've also cited this off season on our channel is the fact that
8:08I think green Bay might just throw the football more like Micah Parsons for six weeks, probably not going to be fully healthy.
8:15I mean, that's even if he plays in the first six weeks, there's a tweet that came out that he's expecting to
8:21miss the first month and a half on top of that, Josh Jacobs, the legal issues, Jordan love.
8:26We know he's one of the most talented passers in the league.
8:29If he got more volume, I truthfully do believe that this offense is more so at the 34 to 35 attempt per
8:35game, as opposed to the 29, 30 attempt per game type of range.
8:39All of a sudden, maybe you make the case that craft isn't quite as efficient as he was after the catch last year.
8:45The offense is throwing the football more that more than makes up for it.
8:49Yeah. And I think something that's so interesting with Tucker craft is so many people are ranking Tyler Warren above him.
8:55And with Warren, I think the big argument is, okay, stepping into year two and you've got all these vacated targets from Michael Pittman.
9:01If we see Alec Pierce miss time, that's even more vacated targets, but Mello, you brought it up.
9:06It's like, we let Romeo Doves walk and we let Dontavian Wicks walk.
9:10And so after that, we vacate all these targets, but you're adding that on top of a guy who was already the
9:16tight end one in points per game last year, not just a guy we're projecting to break out.
9:21And so for me, I think he's such an unbelievably tremendous value.
9:24I, every best ball draft I've been doing on underdog.
9:27I feel like my exposure for Tucker craft has to be like 92%.
9:30Yeah. Uh, free click and what 82, 85 overall, I think his ADP is.
9:34Yeah. Oh yeah. I can't get enough. Cannot get enough.
9:37Let's move on to a guy that I cannot get enough of honestly, since this past January, let's talk some Parker Washington, the man on the wall.
9:45It's been a minute since I truly deep dived on Parker Washington.
9:48And I want to dig past the fact that Liam Cohen can't stop talking about him, that his teammates can't stop hyping
9:54him up, that he's the first one in last one out of the building every day, constantly making plays at training camp.
10:00I'm actually going to ignore all of that and just get into the numbers from last season on why I'm chopping wood and carrying water all August long.
10:08And my exposures for Parker Washington are at 111%.
10:10So a lot of people talking about this incoming breakout that already happened.
10:14He was pro football focuses 11th highest grade receiver in the entire NFL last season.
10:18He led this Jaguars team and targets from week nine on, he was the wide receiver 16.
10:22He was the wide receiver six in the fantasy playoffs, wide receiver three in week 16, 17 player profiler has an awesome
10:29metric called the explosive rating that measures a player's explosiveness, factoring in per play efficiency with total volume of explosive plays created.
10:35Parker Washington ranked fourth in the entire NFL. And so now we're seeing all of this incredible camp buzz around an exciting
10:41player, but to me it's camp buzz supporting an incredible player that we already saw last season.
10:45And so the Martians got the laser beam pointed on earth.
10:48I want Parker Washington. Shout out Max Kellerman for that one.
10:51Shout out. We might be the unofficial Jaguars podcast at this point.
10:55Danny, I think the last time we had you on, we talked up Trevor Lawrence too.
10:59We're talking up all these Jaguars. Can't stop. I think Yappabo Travis Hunter for 50 minutes if I want to as well.
11:05I think the point here is just, I want pieces of this offense, right?
11:09Like I just want somebody and Mitch, I'm in, I mean, I'm not in your boat to the point where like, I
11:15have like a Parker Washington content addiction, but I do like Parker Washington a lot.
11:19And I think he's somebody who's really starting to gain a lot of respect in the broader fantasy community as well.
11:25He's somebody I'm drafting a lot of, but like, honestly, even if you're a Brian Thomas guy, cause you believe in the
11:31town, what we saw as rookie draft capital. Like I think a big part of the reason we're talking about these Jags
11:37players is we just like this environment and we'd like their odds to put up a ton of yards, score a ton of points.
11:44I want pieces of it. And if Parker Washington's the guy that is going behind Brian Thomas, like, yeah, I do.
11:49I am very interested in that. Yeah. Initially this off season, I was a little bit lower on Parker Washington.
11:55I was like, well, if I'm high on Hunter, I'm high on Brian Thomas jr.
11:59I kind of had to like equate it out of my head.
12:02But honestly, that negativity has more so just now been on Jacoby Myers.
12:06It's like, I'm going to be the Hunter stand.
12:08I can't ignore this Washington buzz. And I think Brian Thomas jr.
12:12is closer to the player in year one than he was in year two.
12:16Cause realistically, I mean, the tea leaves are reading to the fact that Parker Washington is very valuable in this offense.
12:21Like you mentioned in terms of the PFF grade, in terms of how he's used down the stretch, he has been the
12:27clear winner at receiver in the Jaguars camp. I mean, we look at how we ended the year 41 targets in those
12:33final four games, 19 plus PPR points in each of those four games, including the playoff game.
12:38And on top of that, we're hearing reports that he's going to remain on the field.
12:4311 personnel, 12 personnel, 13 personnel. Like that was my major question mark.
12:46Cause I'm like, if we're jotting out the pure outside receivers on the Jaguars, to me, it would have been going into
12:52the off season, BTJ at the X, Travis Hunter slash Jacoby at the Z.
12:56And then you got Parker Washington operating the slot.
12:59But if it sounds like he's going to be on the field in two receiver sets, get some snaps in one wide
13:05receiver sets, then all of a sudden you have all the opportunity in the world to produce.
13:09So again, I've been very bullish on BTJ. I have him like, I think wide receiver 26 in my rankings, 31 ADP,
13:15but I since moved Parker Washington to my 76th ranked player.
13:18I'll turn this into a daily double too. I mean, we're talking about, I love Brian Thomas Jr.
13:23And you're so excited about Travis Hunter and Jacoby Myers is still going to have his role here in Jackson.
13:29Go draft Lawrence. Go draft Trevor Lawrence. Exactly. Trevor Lawrence, we're statting him out.
13:33We always joke about this. We're statting him to have 70 touchdowns and 8,000 yards.
13:37So maybe you should just get Trevor Lawrence too.
13:39Yeah. Been loving my Jaguar stacks and best ball.
13:42He's playing the Joe Burrow role in that Bengals team.
13:44And Parker Washington is of course Jamar Chase. Yeah, absolutely.
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14:22But guys, let's get back to the video. All right, Danny, you ready for your next one?
14:27Yeah. So I'll just go straight into my second player talking about two young, talented running backs.
14:31The second one being a guy that quite frankly, I think has been out of sight out of mind.
14:37People will cite to the fact that he only has nine carries in his NFL career, but let's not just forget how
14:43good of a prospect Jonathan Brooks was like this was a legitimate earning, but running back prospect coming out of Texas over four yards after contact per attempt.
14:50He clearly, in my opinion, was a really good running back prospect.
14:54I mean, they traded up into the top 50 to get him.
14:57He was the RB one off the board that year and the only running back that went inside of the second round.
15:03And when I'm looking at this situation, ultimately what it stems back to is that I think Chuba Hubbard is one of
15:09the most replaceable running backs in the league. It looks like the team wants him to win the job because quite frankly,
15:15yeah, Chuba Hubbard fell with some injuries last year, but was struggling even prior to the injury.
15:20And when you look at his 2025 season, he ranked 47th of 49 running backs and yards after contact per attempt.
15:25And he was dead last in explosive runs. At the end of the day, our job in fantasy football is to dictate
15:32what the ambiguous backfields are and ultimately what the ceiling is in those backfields.
15:35We know Carolina wants to run the football. We know they produce productive running backs in the past.
15:40And if quite frankly, Jonathan Brooks can just be the lead RB one, he doesn't even have to be an 80% opportunity player.
15:47But I think that can actually happen because my call for him was Aaron Jones.
15:51If you plugged in 215 pound Aaron Jones with Dave Canales, with that offensive line, with that run scheme, dude, I think
15:57we're talking about a potential top 15 running back and you're getting them as like the RB 30 off the board.
16:03Yeah. We, we actually just had a chance to talk about him a little bit with Derek Brown from fantasy pros.
16:08And one of the stats that blew my mind, you just hit on it, the explosive run rate.
16:13He had 134 carries last year and zero explosive runs.
16:16Um, he was also 79th in the NFL and EPA per rush.
16:19And Melo, you talked about this, but like, we're just, we're drafting the guy at his floor right now.
16:25Jonathan Brooks, there's so much opportunity in front of him.
16:27And he's been skyrocketing too. Like two months ago, it was criminal.
16:31Like it was like free money to just grab Jonathan Brooks.
16:34People are catching up now. My CLV man, closing live values going crazy.
16:37That's paying off mortgages. 27% at 119 average ADP, by the way.
16:41Wow. Like that was just ridiculous. You see, I mean, he is going in some places now, I think we just hit
16:47the breaking point where he's actually passed Chuba on some platforms right now.
16:50Yeah. ADP. But like, I don't think that's necessarily wrong.
16:53I think he is when healthy, if healthy back to his collegiate form, the better player than Chuba Hubbard.
16:58And last year is probably better evidence of that than anything.
17:01It's just a matter of how big of a role will he have?
17:05Will he be the true starter? I think there's a good chance he isn't.
17:09If he is, he's still a value despite his skyrocketing ADP.
17:12I couldn't agree more. I think he is just the, the upside is so undeniable and the perfect guy for the exercise
17:18of like who could actually win you your league.
17:20Yeah. And ultimately we have the precedent before, like the two years Dave Canales has been the head coach at Carolina, uh,
17:26shout out Ryan Heath for the stat. He actually tweeted this out a couple of weeks ago, but weeks one to three,
17:322024 Chuba Hubbard, Miles Sanders were the main two in the backfield.
17:36Chuba Hubbard completely outplayed Miles Sanders 5.19 yards per carry on only a 60% design carry share versus 3.11 yards per carry
17:42from Sanders on a 31% design carry share for the rest of the season.
17:46Hubbard grew to an 81% design carry share. Canales saw that Hubbard was the better running back in the backfield and rewarded him with the work.
17:53Now we fast forward to 2025 weeks, one to six.
17:55Obviously I mentioned Chuba Hubbard really struggling dealing with the injury.
17:58Rico Dowdle comes in 5.83 yards per carry, but only a 31% design carry share in those first six weeks.
18:04What happens to that for the rest of the season?
18:07It jumps to 61%. Ultimately to me, the bet is just simply on the fact that if you think Brooks is that
18:13top 50 town is that guy that he was at Texas can get over it from a health perspective.
18:18Do you think he can outplay Chuba Hubbard in the first four weeks?
18:22And if the answer is yes, this is a running back you need to be drafting.
18:26Well, I do love drafting me some Jonathan Brooks.
18:28I have another running back here I want to talk about.
18:32It was going in a similar range a little bit later.
18:35I think most places now far less sexy, but I still just can't resist the urge to draft Rashad White right now.
18:41And I'd never really been a huge Rashad White guy throughout his whole career.
18:44I'd been almost like kind of anti Rashad White.
18:47So I'm kind of surprised that I'm in, but I just can't take all the disrespect that he's getting right now.
18:53He's being drafted as the RB 39 off the board, often falling into the 10th round of 12 team leagues.
18:58And it doesn't make sense for me for somebody who I project to be the starter on a good offense.
19:04And part of it is of course, while the believers are a dying breed, they still do exist and they have hope
19:10for JCM to be the guy in this backfield.
19:12But my problem is he had every opportunity just a year ago to take this job from Chris Rodriguez, who Dana, you
19:18just reminded us is not very good. And Jeremy McNichols, who was getting involved and Bill failed to really become the true
19:24starter, the true workhorse in this offense. He was the running back 43 and points per game, which frankly is just unstartable
19:30regardless of what formatting format you're playing in. So despite the disrespect, we've seen it from Rashad White before, which is really the big difference.
19:37When Bucky Irvin went down last year, White finished as an RB one in both of the very new, the very next
19:43two games where he actually got a full workload.
19:46And it wasn't just two games last year. We've seen it on a season long basis before people are very quick to
19:52forget that Rashad White was the RB four overall in PPR just three years ago.
19:56That's right. Rashad White finished the entire season as the running back four overall.
20:00And I know what you're thinking, Melo. That was three years ago.
20:03He sucks now. He had pro football focuses fifth highest run grade just last season and know how that is just run
20:09grade because some people think he is strictly a third down pass catching back.
20:13And then that's all he's going to do here in Washington.
20:16The tape from a season ago begs to differ no matter how many times you want to call him slow and unathletic.
20:22Even though I'm talking about how he can run, I'm not mad that he's known as a pass catcher too, because it
20:28doesn't hurt to be a pass catcher on this offense that is desperate for target earners behind Terry McLaurin.
20:33And by the way, Rashad White has a report with Jaden Dales already from their days at Arizona State.
20:39So while I don't think Rashad White has this top 10 running back upside, like we talk about with a guy like
20:45Jonathan Brooks at his cost, I think he could be league winning in the sense that he could be an every week
20:51type of starter in your lineup as long as he actually takes control of this backfield.
20:55Schoolhouse Rock tried to tell us 50 years ago, Mello, that JCM is just a bill.
21:00And that's about it. Rashad White has so much going for him.
21:03And I'm actually so tired of the disrespect. So much so that that stat you brought up about how he was the
21:09RB for three years ago, I only found that as like a hate stat for Brees Hall when I was trying to make an argument against you.
21:16And I was like, wow, yeah, it's actually pretty impressive that Rashad White's been very relevant for the past few years.
21:22He's still extremely talented. And what he's actually been missing is a true opportunity.
21:26And that's exactly what he's getting here in Washington.
21:28Yeah, this is one of my favorite clicks on the board.
21:32Realistically, if you need running back production and you get into round eight, round nine, round 10, like straight up, I prefer
21:38guys like Rashad White and Jordan Mason ahead of just the Ramondre Stevenson types, ahead of just the RJ Harvey types.
21:43Like to me, it almost should be flipped at where those guys go on the board.
21:48Yeah. RJ Harvey's that's a guy that I think I feel so good about so many of my calls earlier in the summer and in the spring.
21:55I think RJ Harvey is one of those guys that I'm thinking is one of my misses and that I'm not really
22:01feeling too excited about his role here in his sophomore season.
22:04I would entirely agree with that. I'd much rather have Rashad White right now.
22:08Yeah. Like the receiving profile on top of that.
22:11Yeah. Sure. We're expecting them to sign a Stefan digs.
22:13First of all, even if they do sign digs, we know Rashad White's going to get third down snaps long down a distance.
22:20Now it's a very, very good in pass, bro.
22:22Very tough on the goal line. Like he's shown that he can handle the consequential touches of a team.
22:27Like you said, RB for three years ago. So ultimately when I'm comparing him versus more of an explosive, exciting compliment back
22:33like Bill, again, I liked Katron now on the prospect, but admittedly, he fell in the NFL draft.
22:38He's probably more so going to be a mid to late season play.
22:42Even if you draft Rashad White, if he starts extremely strong, you could use him in a trade up to, to eventually consolidate.
22:48A hundred percent. You know, if he's on the field, the vast majority of the snaps for Washington, or if he gets 15, 16 opportunities week one.
22:56Yeah. If nothing else, that's a trade shit because people are going to see that volume and be like, all right, I want him.
23:02Amen. That can just be so valuable. All right, let's move on to our final guy.
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23:17But guys, let's talk about this last man who, if I went into a draft and I get this guy first, and
23:24then I get Parker Washington, I'm going to do unspeakable things.
23:27And that is Ladd McConkie. First of all, congratulations to him on being a father.
23:31We all know that the baby bump is worth at least one touchdown in week one.
23:35But for me, the hype doesn't stop there. Daniel Popper, senior writer for the athletic who covers the chargers has likened his
23:41role to that of Tyree kill and Jalen Waddle in the Mike McDaniel offense.
23:45He's also unsurprisingly been lighting it up so far in training camp.
23:48But Mitch, I drafted Ladd McConkie last year in the second round, and he was a disaster, which I will agree with.
23:54Unfortunately, last year he finished as the wire receiver 12 in his rookie season.
23:58So we were drafting him at either the wire receiver 10 or 11 disappoints with a wide receiver 27 finish.
24:04But let me explain exactly why everything went wrong in 2025 and exactly why that isn't the case here in 2026.
24:09Starting with the offensive line, we've said this ad nauseum.
24:12You had the injuries to Rashawn Slater and to Joe All, two all pro tackles that go down and lead to the
24:18chargers having the 31st ranked offensive line in the NFL.
24:21As a result, Herbert finishes with a career high 54 sacks and a career high scramble rate of about 8%.
24:27Another thing you don't want with those things is for your team to go out and sign a veteran receiver who already
24:33has a rapport with your quarterback, who plays such a similar role that he'll cannibalize production, which is exactly what we saw with Keenan Allen.
24:39Fast forward to today, we've got a healthy offensive line, a healthy Justin Herbert, the introduction of Mike McDaniel as the offensive
24:46coordinator, Keenan Allen's out of the building, hopefully for good, fingers crossed, but now vacate about 122 targets that Ladd can soak up.
24:52And so that rookie season, he was the wire receiver 12.
24:55He led the entire NFL in separation win rate out of the slot at 20.3%, a mark that he almost broke when
25:01lined up out wide, an impressive 20.2%. Demon against man coverage ranked second only to Zay Flowers in average separation score against man at about 0.29.
25:08And so to finish my rant here, the yards and the volume may not have been there last year, but the underlying metrics were.
25:15Number one overall receiver in separation score against cover two, finished fourth among all receivers with about 3.26 average yards of separation.
25:21And this team has an immense amount of trust in him.
25:24We've already seen Jim Harbaugh come out and Mike McDaniel come out.
25:27They're telling us that this will be a breakout year for Ladd McConkie, and I'm saying the exact same thing.
25:33You know, I love Ladd on this show too.
25:35I think I might need to push him up my rankings too, because I'm at a point now where I'm doing drafts
25:41and there's other receivers on the board that I have ranked higher, but then I see Ladd there staring me down and
25:47I'm like, God damn it, he got me again.
25:50I can't, I can't not click that button. So I'm drafting a ton of Ladd and it's the, it's what you said, Mitch, just this offensive environment.
25:57Like if he was going to the same exact environment as last year, obviously at his current cost, it would be, I
26:03would have no interest at all, but everything has changed for the better.
26:07And I've always believed in the talent anyway. So that's why I'm in.
26:10I might be a sicko, but he's my wire receiver 12 right now.
26:14Ooh, spicy. And I can see it, man. The sex appeal of a lot.
26:18I know all too well, but all jokes aside, I mean, yeah, he hit the nail on the head here.
26:23Ladd McConkie, a ton of upside, especially when you get to that fourth round portion of your drafts.
26:28We typically like framing, like for example, a recent video we did on the channel is this year's blank.
26:33This year's version of a 2025 breakout star. Like for example, Mello, you talked about Rashad White.
26:38He would be a good candidate for this year's Javante Williams.
26:41To me, if anybody's going to be this year's JSN, it's going to be the guy that got an extreme upside and
26:47offense coordinator that knows how to designate deep targets that has an extremely improved offensive line with those guys coming back and
26:53has a top five to eight quarterback in the world.
26:56Sounds like a pretty good recipe to me. Yeah.
26:58Literally all the ingredients are there. Like everything is right there.
27:01And that's why I want it. Amen. I love it.
27:04And those were our six league winners for 2026.
27:07Thank you all for tuning in. And thank you so much to Danny for tuning in.
27:11Danny, before we get out of here, do you have anything left to plug?
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27:35No, we don't have to, man. I'm not going to.
27:38Oh, Danny is genuinely the best guy and one of the best follows and their content is incredible.
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27:48Nothing from me. All right. Catch you guys next episode.
