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1:49And we're here today to talk to you about our top 20 wide receiver rankings going from wide receiver 20 all the way up to wide receiver 1.
1:58We're going to break it into some tier talk on the bottom half and then the last 10 we'll try to spend a little bit of time with.
2:07And we're just going to rock and roll. So before we do that, though, Jeremiah, how are you doing today?
2:13Man, tier one imports here. We're going to get to the tier one section.
2:18And look, you have a lot of options in these drafts.
2:21We have so much information. It's like drinking water from a fire hydrant.
2:26We just got that Ashton Jeanty news. So hopefully we'll get better news on him on that forefront.
2:31This episode, though, Shev, top 20 wide receivers. So much movement here in redraft.
2:36Let's list them off. Just the first three that come off the top from 20 down to one.
2:42Garrett Wilson, Devontae Adams, Jalen Waddell, Shev. I know talking you're high on Devontae Adams of those three.
2:48What's your talk? What's your thought when you are on the clock?
2:51It's to me. I feel the safest with Devontae Adams.
2:55It's an elite passing environment. I believe the Rams were fifth in passing attempts last year.
3:00Devontae Adams scored a touchdown, one touchdown per game last year, led the league in end zone targets.
3:06And you could clearly see that you could clearly see that Sean McVay had a distinct plan for using him.
3:12And he was just his normal elite self opposite of Puka Nakua, where he gets to be the number two wide receiver
3:19for the first time since Jordy Nelson was in Green Bay.
3:23So about a decade, he gets to be the number two wide receiver.
3:27And he's going to produce wide receiver one numbers, wide receiver nine overall in just 14 games last year.
3:33So I feel the safety of Devontae Adams. And I feel like at the price point that he's at, I just can't
3:40pass that up because he's going to return on wide receiver 19.
3:44He's beating wide receiver 19 with ease if he just plays 14 games.
3:48So I feel the safest about him. I know there's been some concern and some trepidation of him being, you know, him
3:55falling off the age cliff or because of the offseason chatter of them trying to acquire A.J.
4:01Brown, who's five years, you know, four years and some change younger than he is and one of the best receivers in the league.
4:08Like it's given people an artificial reason to it's the artificial sweetener of fading.
4:13But this is not this is not real. This is fake news.
4:17Devontae Adams is locked in as the number two target in this offense.
4:21And if you believe that Terrence Ferguson is going to eat into his role, I just I don't know what to tell you.
4:28Like maybe I don't know. Go buy some lotto tickets.
4:31Go buy some scratch off tickets. See how that works out for you.
4:36Hey, look, if you have three redraft drafts, you want one on each team.
4:40And that's how simple it is. If you look at Devontae Adams, fourth and red zone target share last year at 35 percent.
4:47First and total touchdowns at 14. And he was second in red zone targets with 32.
4:53So you had mentioned the high usage in the red zone.
4:56He's the closest thing we have to a goal line back, but at the receiver position in the red zone.
5:03So what helps in fantasy football, regardless of format, PPR standard, it is touchdowns.
5:07My God, touchdowns are just the holy grail. When you run hot in touchdowns, you run hot in fantasy football.
5:13And I think the only fade that's out there is redraft is the fact that Devontae Adams could fall off the cliff and he's not quite there.
5:22Maybe there's something to the fact that the Rams were interested in a receiver in the first round last year, or at least there were murmurings.
5:31There was peddled interest in somebody like an A.J.
5:33Brown that maybe self-scouting. The Rams are of the mind and understand that they need more at the receiver position.
5:40That could be more of a long-term option. And 2026 could absolutely be live.
5:44Of those three, though, I love what you say about Devontae Adams.
5:48Let's speak a little bit on Garrett Wilson. He has 100 reception season under his belt.
5:53He's had 3,000 yard plus receiving seasons. Now it gets, you know, Smith.
5:58I think he's just a lock. It's just a matter of can he get his fantasy points per game average up to
6:05be one of the elite-tiered wide receivers? This is one of the most depressed prices Garrett Wilson has had.
6:11We've seen the talent on display. Remember that double-tap touchdown he had in one of those primetime games last year?
6:17They went on to review. It was like, my God, if we could just get a great quarterback.
6:23Well, we have just a good quarterback, Geno Smith.
6:26If the Jets pass 500-plus times next year, I see a great outlet option for Garrett Wilson, wide receiver 20 on our
6:33ranks, to possibly be a back-end wide receiver one.
6:36Looking at Jalen Waddle, though, you and I are both in.
6:39And it's all what we've seen in preseason. Just the design route for him, targets drawn up.
6:45The intentionality of the Broncos offense, John Payton, in bringing Jaylen Waddell here.
6:49Bo Nix, who people don't realize, the Denver Broncos are tremendous with the run game.
6:54They've got an excellent offensive line. But they throw a ton.
6:57They are just going to be a high-throw team, high-path team.
7:01People are thinking that ankle injury is still hurting Bo Nix.
7:04It's not the case. And Jaylen Waddell is out of the springboard.
7:08And he doesn't have Kyrie Kill anymore. So I'm hyped about that.
7:12Shifting up, we have the next three players, Shev.
7:15Tedderola McMillan, who I know you've always been high on.
7:18Wide receiver 17. 16 is Rashi Rice. And wide receiver 15, Zay Flowers.
7:22Of those three, what stands out to you the most?
7:26Who are you trying to click? Obviously, the most mispriced asset here is Rashi Rice.
7:30I mean, he was 18 points a game prior to the second season-ending injury last year.
7:36And you wonder, I mean, I kind of, in real time, I wondered if he was going to, if it was, hey,
7:43just where, you know, just if it's a scenario where they're out of contention and so he's dealing with something nagging that
7:50they don't want to potentially exacerbate, or it was, you know, it was real smoke.
7:55It ended up being real smoke. And you've seen the recovery be a little bit slower.
8:00It could be because he didn't have the proper tools to recover while he was incarcerated.
8:05But also, it could be just that this is something that certain players just are never the same from.
8:11So, if he is his old self, which is entirely possible, he's going to be a PPR scam, as he's been called so eloquently before.
8:19But that's going to lead to another 18 points a game.
8:23So, him being a wide receiver 16 sticks out of my mind.
8:26But I'm completely with it because you have the trepidatious news about camp.
8:31You have the issues with the contract and if the team is going to start to try to build the airplane in
8:38the air and figure out life without Rasheed Rice while they still have Rasheed Rice.
8:42So, I understand the fade here. I'm just, I'm saying that if everything goes right, if he is who he's been for
8:50the last two years on the field in very limited sample sizes, then he's going to destroy wide receiver 16 and be
8:57a top five or top six wide receiver in points per game.
9:00And I love it. Anything that has happened with Rasheed Rice, so long as he's on the field, he produces and plays well.
9:08And I push back at people who say that Rasheed Rice is an overrated talent, not to the Kansas City Chiefs.
9:15And if Patrick Mahomes is the one who is chucking the rock to you, how are you fading Patrick Mahomes, Andy Reid?
9:22Their judgment is how valuable somebody like a Rasheed Rice is, where he's even overtaken, you know, it was a lot of
9:29Travis Kelsey over the years who would get the looks in the red zone.
9:33But they're peppering targets for Rasheed Rice. He's just like a little bit of a different version of Devontae Adams in the red zone.
9:41And people like to discount it and call it off.
9:44So, you brought good light to Rasheed Rice. Something I'd like to bring up for Ted Arora McMillan is I'm sitting here,
9:51man, I don't know if I can push him any higher or how do I not?
9:56How do I put him lower? It's like this juxtaposition that I'm in.
10:01122 targets last year for TMAC, 70 receptions. I just see that going up to 140 targets.
10:06And that 70 reception mark going much higher, much closer, like a magnet closer to the targets that he has.
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12:00Bet on anything, anytime, anywhere. You're welcome. And we have Chris Brazell out for the year.
12:05That's a tough look, tough break. Jalen Coker, really the only other true talent competition out there.
12:11But we're seeing usage. There's talk, murmurings, but then there's actual action where we're seeing and getting reports of Terrell McMillan being
12:18in the slot, playing from the slot, and if you're going to give him that advantage, moving him around, I'm so excited for Terrell McMillan this year.
12:27So what do you got on T-Mac and maybe Zay Flowers?
12:30You know, I've said some really aggressive things about Terrell McMillan, the big pineapple before.
12:35It's just the passing environment ceiling. So we did get him to 120 targets, 70 receptions, 1,000 yards, seven touchdowns as a rookie.
12:42And they weren't really doing all the things that you saw him do in his college profile that made him such a
12:49special talent, a guy that they would take with a top 10 pick.
12:54Like, so there's so much room for utilization growth.
12:56The problem is that Bryce Young is averaging 188 yards per game as a passer last year, and he only surpassed 200
13:04yards passing four times, if I'm not mistaken. So the questions about the quarterback player, what kind of bring it down?
13:10Because if there's only 188 yards to go around and you're giving Ted Arroa McMillan, let's say 80 of those, then he's
13:17going to have a, he's going to have a fantastic year.
13:21But what happens when they're doubling and they're, they're actively trying to take him away?
13:26They did sign Darren Waller. I'm not concerned about that.
13:29I'm not concerned about Jalen Coker eating into his targets.
13:32I think this is a scenario where they both can eat.
13:36We were probably in line for that with the Houston Texans.
13:39And unfortunately, Jaden Higgins got hurt, but I think this could be a twin tower style duo.
13:45And I think that, you know, I think that that's, that's kind of, he's just capped by the limited offensive passing ceiling.
13:52If Bama Bryce finally becomes Bama Bryce, then we're looking at a potential top 10 outcome for Ted Arroa McMillan.
13:58If we get some touchdown luck, we've already, I mean, six, four is 220.
14:03We're talking about a guy who could, who could exceed far exceed the wide receiver 17, where we have him right now.
14:10But there's just, there's not a safe enough floor for me to take him over Zay Flowers, 28, 29% target share consistently, you know, back to back years.
14:19Now we're coming in with Declan Doyle. Mark Andrews has repressed enough to where this is the unquestioned one.
14:25And he takes, if he just takes a small step forward in their red zone passing tree evolution, then we have, we
14:32go from wide receiver seven to the wide receiver seven in points per game, which would be going from 14 points a
14:39game to 17, 16, 17 points a game. And I really, really like the fact that he's going off the board of wide receiver, wide receiver 15.
14:48So that's pretty much that tier for me. I'm, if I'm on the clock, I've not hit the button on Rasheed Rice
14:55as much as I would want to. I just kind of tend to go a different direction.
15:00Maybe I, maybe positionally I'm stacking running backs instead of, instead of taking the Rasheed Rices or the Zay Flowers, but I'd
15:07be fine with Zay Flowers because I think we're in line for a career year and it was bag season and he got paid.
15:15So let's move on to the next tier. Let's, why don't you lead us off?
15:20We have wide receiver 14, Nico Collins, Devonta Smith, wide receiver 13, and then Emeka Buka, wide receiver 12.
15:26They're all in this range for different reasons. One being Nico Collins just had, we, the sad news, Jaden Higgins torn ACL out for the season.
15:34And now in a lower pass volume offense, I was going to rely a little bit more through David Montgomery in this defense.
15:42It's going to be a lot more one-itis between top tier target share, Nico Collins from CJ Strout.
15:48And then you have Devonta Smith who has AJ Brown out of the way.
15:52So it's wheels up for him. And then Emeka Buka here is wide receiver 12.
15:57He's a little bit down in this clump because of the fact that there's that injury, the toe injury.
16:03I'm thinking in one quarterback formats next year, Emeka Buka will be around one player.
16:08And now there's just like this little brief pause because we're not sure the severity of that toe injury.
16:14What's the truth? And is it, Hey, Bucky Irving's not going to be ready for a couple months.
16:20And then he's out there and kicking to, we think it's just going to be like a one week injury up to
16:27week one, where we're going to be delicate with Emeka Buka.
16:30So for me, I'm still bullish the most on Emeka Buka.
16:34I look at that first half of the season start right up to about week 10, where he was just crushing and Baker Mayfield got hurt.
16:42We had confirmation that Emeka Buka also got hurt earlier on in the season.
16:47And then when you just kind of trickle in the fact that it's the longest season of a player's career, that rookie
16:54season where you have to do all the auditioning in the NFL draft and the combine in the senior bowl, all the
17:01way through the season, he never did take a break.
17:04So we get a full off season. And then the unfortunate part of this injury, but I'm still going to be bullish on Emeka Buka.
17:12I like him here at wide receiver 12. You have them a little bit lower.
17:17I have them a little bit higher. I think that's what pushes it back towards wide receiver 12.
17:23I think that's more realistic for Emeka Buka. My bullishness, it takes him the air out of the balloon just a little bit.
17:30But if you're on the clock, Shev Smith, Collins, Buka, who do you like the most?
17:35Well, there's a couple of points that I would, I'd like to push back on just a little bit.
17:41The Texans were ninth in pass attempts last year.
17:44And you could say that that's due to not having any sort of running game, but I mean, that's kind of been Nick Kaley.
17:52Nick Kaley uses a ton of 11, 11 personnel.
17:55So that's going to be great for the running backs, the past game utility, but I'm a little bit higher on Nico Collins.
18:02I have Nico Collins at wide receiver 10. I'm looking at it from a perspective of, we've got the clear runway to
18:09get him to over 120 targets for the first time in his career.
18:14He's given us wide receiver eight, wide receiver 11, but he's never, he's basically like the, the Houston version of T Higgins
18:21where you never get a full 17 game season.
18:23But what you get is awesome. And Nico Collins has been awesome throughout, you know, since the emergence of CJ Stroud as
18:31the rookie of the year, even in CJ Stroud's downtrodden years, these past couple of years, he's been over 15 points a game.
18:38So I'm a little bit higher on Nico Collins.
18:41I mean, as you know, this and discord's going back years and years and years, I've loved Nico Collins.
18:47So I, I would have it Nico Devante. My order would be Nico Devante and then a Mecca Ibuka.
18:53I have, I I'm a little bit lower on the Mecca Ibuka than you.
18:58The toe injury just does give me a little bit cause for pause.
19:02It could be, hopefully it's not hammer time. Hopefully we're, we're good to go after a show after a short little delay.
19:09Maybe it gets a little, maybe, maybe it's off to a little bit slower start, but that's the way that I have it ordered.
19:17I've got, you know, I've got Devonta Smith basically as my wide receiver, my wide receiver 13, I believe.
19:23Yeah. Let me pull that up just to make sure that I'm not, I'm not blowing smoke here.
19:28I've got a wide receiver. No, that's you. Sorry.
19:31Oops. Wide receiver 13 is exactly where I have him.
19:35So like I said, I just have a Mecca Ibuka maybe at the bottom of that tier.
19:40Whereas you have him in the top, you said some really bullish things.
19:44He was, he is a, my guy for you to bring home the bacon guy for you.
19:50So yeah, I, I really love the fact that really love the fact that you're bullish on that.
19:55And we differ slightly, but we're in the same, we're in lockstep as far as what this tier looks like.
20:02Well, it is starting to get a little bit tighter, fewer players in here because it's getting heavier at the top.
20:09Chris Alave, George Pickens. Alave is at 11. George Pickens is at 10.
20:13Chris Alave last year, Shev, 156 targets, 100 receptions, 1100 receiving yards.
20:17He was really disappointed. He didn't get that 17 game season in.
20:21He just finished shy week 17. He had to be out and he had 1840 air yards.
20:26We see now Jordan Tyson may miss the first month.
20:29I think that just skyrockets and pushes up. Not that you can go too many spots higher.
20:35It pushes up somebody like Chris Alave, where if I'm on like the wraparound two, three turn, I'm very happy ecstatic.
20:41If I'm coming away with any kind of combination that involves somebody like a Chris Alave.
20:47So he's a little more cemented in there. He's patched up in there and for him to go back to back with
20:54George Pickens, I think it's just, it speaks volumes for Chris Alave to be in that, that path, especially to we're getting
21:01another year further out from the issues with the concussion.
21:04So hopefully this is like a Brandon Cook's trajectory for Alave.
21:07And then the skillset prime is elevated up here for somebody like Chris Alave.
21:12And if you believe in Tyler Shuck, and everything that's going on in new Orleans, I'm thrilled, excited, and happy to have Chris Alave.
21:20And for dynasty, this is just a big boost because if you already have him, you're getting free runway, at least to start the season.
21:28And what helps in redraft, even though let's assume Jordan Tyson comes back within one month and he just is a skyrocket, jumps off a trampoline and produces.
21:37You're getting a headstart. You got to get to the playoffs and redraft.
21:41Those first couple of weeks help set up the rest of your season.
21:45Think about how often, Shev, if you go to three and oh, three and one, four and one to start the season,
21:52how much you're in the driver's seat at the top of the standings, it allows you opportunity when maybe you hit a rough patch with injuries.
22:01So I'm excited about Chris Alave, but speak to Alave and maybe what you think about George Pickens.
22:06Well, okay. So there's two things. One, Alave was 19 points a game.
22:10Once Tyler Shuck took over as the quarterback and it was, it was music to everybody's ears.
22:16We were getting the, the short game utilization. You're getting Alave basically as the bell cow version of a wide receiver.
22:23And now he's coming off the board wide receiver 11 for us.
22:27I have him three spots ahead in our overall rankings.
22:30I think that this is the appropriate tier because you get the, you get the consistent volume that you'll get from Chris Alave.
22:37Now the flip side of this is my firstborn son, George Pickens being here and being in going back to back years
22:44in an ideal situation from a dynasty perspective, you it's really hard to make this bet for more than one year, but
22:51for this year in redraft redraft alone, as long as Dak Prescott is healthy, he is going to be an absolute new.
22:58He's got wide receiver over wide receiver one overall ceiling.
23:02He was basically 22 or 23 points a game without CD lamb.
23:05And then 16 points a game with him. This is one of the best past passing environments.
23:11I don't know that there's a duo of wide receivers that I would take over the duo in Dallas.
23:17So him coming off the board wide receiver 10, anyone that you're taking above him is just a bet on more volume
23:24and more weekly stability, but he has the same ceiling as everyone else in that tier outside of maybe Jamar chase.
23:31I love what you said about George Pickens, because in my rankings, I have Pickens 10 and I have CD lamb nine.
23:38I have them back to back because I, I see them mirroring and merging to where it's not an insult for Pickens
23:45in lamb territory, but it's more of an acknowledgement to what you said.
23:49Pickens can do just about everything up to maybe somebody like a Jamar chase.
23:54So that includes somebody like the CD lamb. When we see the targets go from one Oh six and one Oh three
24:01and seasons of 1100 and 900 receiving yards respectively for George Pickens.
24:05And it goes up into that 137 target range.
24:08And he nails 1400 receiving yards. We've talked about this about Jameson Williams and the George Pickens trajectory, but we have seen the trajectory happen.
24:16We've seen it with George Pickens. So to your point, wide receiver five last year, it's hard to keep him out of the top 12.
24:24So I like this landing spot for him. And there's really not much room between he and somebody like a Jamar chase.
24:31So I think he's aptly fit. And look, Daniel Jeremiah always says teams want to date, not marry some of these players.
24:38They don't want to get into the longterm, but my God, they love the end season when football is happening.
24:44Dallas Cowboys, Dak Prescott all the way up to the front office and ownership.
24:49Jerry Jones, they love them. Some George Pickens. It's just that nervousness about multiple years out and he crashes out.
24:55You know, you hate that, but my God, when it's week five and he's crushing, you love to see it.
25:02And speaking of love to see it, Drake London comes in next.
25:05He's wide receiver nine for us. Shev. I like the fact that we're getting maybe Michael Penix cleared and Tua has just been awful.
25:13And I'm sitting here thinking we can go back to the goodness.
25:17If we get Michael Penix with Drake London, Drake London is on the elevator up as well.
25:22Where do you see Drake London in 2026? Oh, without question.
25:26He has, he has the, he has the pathway, the runway to volume finishes the wide receiver one overall.
25:32So it, we're in lockstep. We have him at 16, just because we don't necessarily trust that he can, he's going to have the reliable enough quarterback play.
25:41This is really solely based in the fact that solely based in the fact that Drake London's quarterback situation is less than
25:48ideal, but he's going to offset that with massive volume.
25:51So he was 16 points a game. He dealt with injury for a little bit last year, finished with 12 games, 919
25:58yards, seven touchdowns, had three wide receiver. He was a wide receiver one overall for a month of the season.
26:05You had that awesome game versus Christian Gonzalez and Marcus Jones of the Patriots, where he absolutely dominated.
26:11And you saw that once he was healed from the PCL injury before suffering another injury close to the fantasy playoffs, he was dominant.
26:18And that's what you're going to get from Drake London.
26:22So he has the wide receiver one overall upside, in my opinion, just because of the fact that he's going to be
26:29peppered with volume and he can play in the third football dimension of verticality, like no other.
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28:19You're welcome. This is a guy who's now been paid.
28:22He's there. He's their franchise cornerstone in the passing game, much like Bijan.
28:26They they've got a killer B situation going on like bell been and you know, bell been and Antonio Brown, excuse me,
28:33but they've just got to get the quarterback thing figured out.
28:37If we get done with this to a business and we get back to Michael Penix, I think that Bijan, excuse me.
28:44And I think that Drake London is going to finish as a top three wide receiver in points per game this year.
28:51Man, I love that. And now I sit there.
28:54Okay. On the clock after the patch of running backs, be it.
28:58Well, now we have to take Ashton Janty out until we figure out what is, what is what, right?
29:04But anywhere from Devon H and Marion Hampton, Chase Brown, Sikmon Barkley, James Cook, there's a patch of running backs.
29:10Kenneth Walker. We're all there at that one, two turn clump.
29:14And then Drake London kind of figures in there between, and he's a little bit up far, farther on our list.
29:20Malik neighbors, wide receiver six. If you're on the clock, chef in 2026, do you trust Jackson dart with Malik neighbors or Michael Penix with Drake London more?
29:29Because 17 game pay season, Malik neighbors, Drake London seem like they could be just about even on target share.
29:36Who do you click? Because those are, that's a conundrum where I, I feel great.
29:41Either one I pick, but I'm very torn on who to take, who would you take neighbors or London?
29:47Both on the clock. I'm going to take, I'm going to take Drake London right now because I don't have to worry
29:54about him having the runway to a being, being ramped up or having the runway to a slow start.
30:00I just saw the report that I just saw the report that Malik neighbors could shed his non-contact Jersey and be an
30:0711 on 11 team drills next week. That's great news, but also the terrorist known as Matt Al Nagy, Val coacha is
30:14the offensive coordinator for the New York giants. And that gives me calls for pause.
30:19So while I do have, I do have Malik neighbors ranked slightly behind Drake London right now, I fully recognize that that
30:26could blow up in my face because this could be just all of their, all of their young talent being undeniable, but
30:33the connection with Pennix who I believe is going to be the starter.
30:37The week one starter is just too strong for me to pass up on Drake London here.
30:43So I'll go, I'll go Drake London because he is ahead of Malik neighbors for me right now.
30:48And you always like to say the term and I love it.
30:52Proof of concept. We have proof of concept with Michael Pennix and with how awful Tua has been, I'm getting a little
30:59more excited to the crystallizing of, okay, if it's going to be Pennix, London is going to get fed.
31:05So I'm, that's kind of a little tiebreaker. And you answered that for me because I was like a little bit here
31:13on London to neighbors kind of, it feels weird to be a little hesitant on Malik neighbors, but that's how granular it is up at the top here.
31:22When we get to these players next up, speaking of granular, somebody who you've had a fade on for, Justin Jefferson, wide receiver eight.
31:29I have met 12. You're down all the way at 18 or 17 overall.
31:34Sorry. And I have Justin Jefferson as my wide receiver seven chef, just ahead of AJ Brown, who's wide receiver six.
31:41I feel like you've been on, on one where it's like, Hey, it's going to be AJ Brown.
31:46You're going to fade Justin Jefferson. What do you make?
31:50Is it AJ Brown or, or Justin Jefferson? Cause right now I have AJ Brown six, just ahead of Justin Jefferson, because
31:57I see that, that quarterback pathway with Drake may just edging out a little bit on somebody like a Justin Jefferson.
32:03Whereas year over year and career, Justin Jefferson is usually up there in that ceiling where it does feel funny to say
32:10AJ Brown above Justin Jefferson, but I think at least for this one year, especially with what happened last year with Jefferson,
32:18I think it's apt to put somebody like AJ Brown ahead.
32:21Well, we got to adapt to new information. And the information that we have is Drake.
32:26Drake may has the first receiver. That's that's a, that's in their prime prime that he's had to throw to.
32:33That's a difference. That's a true difference maker. AJ Brown, one of the best deep ball receivers in the league, one of
32:40the most complete receivers in the league. And now we have a runway and a pathway for Drake may to have a
32:47new shiny toy and target him to the tune of 150 times, 160 times.
32:51AJ Brown's career high in targets is 145. And I believe he finishes a wide receiver seven that year.
32:57I think that this could be a match made in heaven, just in terms of his physicality and Drake may's ball placement
33:04and his ability to make pinpoint throws. So I'm much more confident in the situation in new England than I am in
33:12the situation in, in new and Minnesota, excuse me, almost said new England again, but I'm much more confident in that outcome
33:19because if Kyler Murray is great for fantasy, it's going to be because he goes back to the 570 yards and, you
33:26know, and four touchdowns, or he gets all the way back up to the 2020 levels or 2019 levels where he's at
33:33800 yards rushing, he finished third in MVP voting, but that still doesn't to me.
33:38I don't know that we're going to get the ceiling outcome for Justin Jefferson out of that.
33:43If Justin Jefferson just goes a hundred receptions for 1200 yards and six touchdowns, like, I don't know that you're going to
33:50be totally satisfied with that, where you're being, where you're selecting him at.
33:54It could be that it could be another season of, Hey, the quarterback play, the actual throwing the football is only marginally
34:01better than what we had in JJ McCarthy. And while I do think he'll have a higher catchable target rate, I don't
34:08think we're going to get the ceiling outcome. So give me AJ Brown all day long and twice on Sunday over Justin Jefferson in 2026.
34:16Now of this next patch of players, we have CD lamb neighbors, AJ Brown wide receiver, seven, six, five.
34:23We've covered AJ Brown and Malik neighbor. Some, I want to point out for you, Shev CD lamb, you have nine overall and I have them 19.
34:31So you have a little, a little bit higher wide receiver, seven for our consensus rank.
34:36So what stands out to you that makes you bullish on CD lamb?
34:41I kind of mentioned some of what goes on with George pickings being close.
34:45Maybe being able to flip flop with somebody like lamb.
34:48And you had said pickings can be all the way up to Jamar chase.
34:53So give us a bullish take the, Hey, let's not forget about CD lamb outlook.
34:58You mentioned something early in the, early in the off season where you talked about having a preference over having a preference
35:05of McKay lemon over Carnell tape because of the fact that you have the slot utilization.
35:10And with city lamb, you just have an easier, a much easier path to high volume targets.
35:15If they're both on the field, CD lamb is still going to command the first read target more often than George pickings does.
35:23And CD lamb dealt with drops last year, dealt with injuries last year.
35:27Uh, I think that, I think that with CD lamb, you still have, you might not have the wide receiver one overall
35:34ceiling, but he could give you wide receiver three.
35:37He could give you what Amon Ross given you.
35:40It's just that these last two seasons have been kind of derailed by injury.
35:44And you had the emergence of George pickings. George pickings is a shiny new thing.
35:49You know, for years we were saying George pickings is really good at football.
35:54Casey and big co on the dynasty side, we're telling you George pickings is a special talent.
35:59And now that we have the outcome confirmed, I think we're getting a little bit out over our skis about how good CD lamb is.
36:07CD lamb is going to command those targets. We saw when they were both healthy.
36:12It's not, it's, it's a one, a one B situation, but you know who the one a is and you could rely on those targets.
36:20So only three touchdowns for CD lamb in 2026, 2025 to, I fully expect that number to go closer to the eight to 10.
36:28And I think that they're both be wide receiver ones.
36:31I think they both could finish in the top six, maybe even top five.
36:35If everything breaks, right. And Dak Prescott's healthy, this is going to be one of the highest, highest volume passing environments.
36:42So that's why I have CD lamb there. I'm not ready to, I'm not going to back down off of, I'm not
36:49going to back down off of the fact that I think they'll both could be top five receivers.
36:55And I think CD lamb has the safer week to week variability because of the target share.
37:00I think it's just one of those things where people get lulled to sleep for the fact that it's been so routine
37:08for somebody like lamb and they don't realize that he could catapult up and be back in the top three conversation as soon as this year.
37:16Whereas at 27 years old, and then he puts another year on and then next year he's 28.
37:22If any kind of injury hits or a little bit of regression, people are kind of saying, Oh, well, you know, you're
37:29getting a little bit older there in the late twenties.
37:32It is crazy how things happen. Then you get somebody like Jeremiah Smith shoving in other receivers who get drafted.
37:38You know, it's very fickle and very quick how things momentum changes and turns on a dime.
37:44But it seems like people have forgotten about CD lamb.
37:47They forgot about Dre and they forgot about CD lamb.
37:50So let's go to I'm on Ross St. Brown wide receiver for chef.
37:54He's my wide receiver to overall this year. I see him.
37:58It's the outcome. Socratic method. Just does it stand to reason?
38:02Would it be crazy for the fact that looking back at I'm on Ross career, that there'd be one year where he's
38:09the wide receiver one overall in fancy football. And that would include this year in his prime path, age 26, going to
38:16be 27 at some point in the season. So there'll be a young 27, 172 targets last year for productivity, fourth and
38:23receptions, fifth and receiving yards, third and yards after catch with 570 second and total touchdowns, fourth and fancy points per game.
38:30Red zone target share. Number two, who does he think he is?
38:34Devante Adams, 37% there for Amon Ross. St. Brown.
38:37So I'm very high on him. You made a sharp trade last year and the audience doesn't know this, but now they will.
38:44We're in a dynasty league and you sent away a Mecca, Buka and a second for Amon Ross St.
38:50Brown. You got Amon Ross St. Brown. And that was just a shrewd, sharp deal because as things were hitting ceiling for
38:57Mecca, Buka, you went and acquired somebody like an Amon Ross St.
39:01Brown. So hat tip to you on that, but I'm there for Amon Ross St.
39:06Brown. How bullish are you on him this year?
39:09It's the safest pick on the board. It's the safest pick after, after pick five in, in any redraft league, it's the safest pick on the board.
39:17I mean, this is a guy who's going off of, he's, he's seeking to become the first, I believe the first, uh,
39:24he's, he's in position to have the most catches of any player through his first six years of his career coming off
39:32four straight years of over 150 targets and, or excuse me, over 140 targets.
39:36He's not, he's not hit. He didn't hit the, one 50 mark in 2022 or 2024, but even when he didn't, we
39:43got double digit touchdowns in three straight years. We've got 1400 yards, 1500 yards, 1200 yards, and the dominant red zone share.
39:50And this, this is the, this is the, the engine of this offense.
39:54This is the player that is the, the heart and soul of this offense.
39:59You could say Jameer, Jameer Gibbs is their most talented player.
40:02Amon Ross St. Brown is the heartbeat of this team.
40:06Yeah. And he's as tough as nails. He doesn't miss time.
40:09He's got three straight wide receiver, three finishes. And like I said, it's just, we don't have to make this harder than what it is.
40:17I don't mind. I don't mind someone having JSN ahead of him, but you, you lock yourself into a bit of variance.
40:24We've seen him perform with Ben Johnson. We've seen him perform with the Broncos guy that they fired.
40:30We've seen him perform with, we've seen him perform when Dan Campbell took over play calling, even though it was a much
40:37closer, even though it was a much closer yardage share between he and Jamison Williams than it was at any other point in their career.
40:45So with, you know, with drew Petson coming in, I just think that this is still going to be Amon Ross show.
40:52Even if Jamison Williams takes a step forward, I don't care.
40:56This is one of the safest picks on the board because he's their number one target in the red zone.
41:02He's their guy that they're going to, they're going to go to in crucial situations.
41:07He's locked in for at least 141 targets, as I alluded to before.
41:11And with Jared golf and the chemistry and the mind mill that they have, I just think that this is as safe as it possibly gets.
41:20Yeah. You said it best. And as much as we're in the elevator ride up for somebody like a Jamison Williams, well,
41:27guess who's already at the top, who was already at the higher floor.
41:31It is Amon Ross St. Brown and he's not going anywhere.
41:34Lions have just a tremendous schedule run out for them.
41:38And I see just a little bit of a flip flop with JSN to where a little bit of a philosophy could change.
41:45A little bit of a game flow thing could change for the Seattle Seahawks.
41:50It's not changing for the Detroit lions and they're just going to continue printing year over year.
41:55And you said it best safe. I have Amon Ross number two wide receiver in my ranks.
42:00The reason being over JSN is just for the reason that I just stated.
42:05And then for Pukenikua, it's more of some of this off field stuff, the little bit of risk where it comes into the risk and talent.
42:13I just say to myself, if they're close enough in tier and it's not sacrilege to say that Amon Ross could outproduce somebody like Pukenikua this year.
42:22Why do I need to bother with that headache when I have a pack of players that close?
42:28It just goes back to the granular nature of the neighbors in London debate.
42:32You're, you're just picking out one or two small things because of how high the talent is.
42:38And that's what wins out for me. So there's so many things factors there.
42:42So, but Shev, why don't you take us home on Pukenikua, JSN, Mar Chase in our ranks.
42:48It goes JSN, Puka and Chase at one. Well, I won't bury the lead.
42:52You've heard me say last year, you heard me say Bijan was my RB one in all formats.
42:58Jamar Chase is my wide receiver one in all formats.
43:01No, no shade there. Pukenikua comes in at two for us.
43:05And it's just the fact that he's faced with having to deal with Jamar Chase.
43:10175 targets in 2024, 185 targets last year. I believe he was second in the league in receptions.
43:15And that was somewhat down season for him finishing as a wide receiver two or three overall, depending on the scoring format.
43:22And with Burrow healthy, there's just no reason. Nobody else, like I said, has the ceiling that Jamar Chase has on a
43:30weekly, on a weekend week out basis. If we're talking any sort of best ball, then he has to be the wide receiver one in that format.
43:38And you look at if, and I encourage anybody, if you play on sleeper, if you go look at the league history
43:45and you can look at the highest single season, the single game, single week performances, you'll see a bunch of Josh Allen
43:52and you'll see a shit ton of Jamar Chase in the highest scoring weekly performances ever.
43:57So that's part of my logic. I'm going to assume that Burrow is going to be healthy and Jamar Chase is going to resume more of the 2024.
44:06Oh, wow. Oh, does that a, wow. We got a, we got a long touchdown by someone from the Seahawks.
44:13Jakartia, For those of you who are tuned in and just saw me sideways.
44:17Better to be Jakartia, right? Jakartia wrong than never Jakartia, right at all.
44:22Hey, there we go. But yeah, that's just Puka is my wide receiver too.
44:26It's pretty solidified. We're in an incredible environment. The Rams are one of the most efficient machines that we could possibly imagine.
44:33And Sean McVay is going through some sort of offensive metamorphosis and revolution again.
44:38And that led to Puka Nakua finishing as a wide receiver one overall.
44:42So there's no, the only thing is just the groin, the current groin injury or adductor strain or whatever he's dealing with
44:49right now gives me a little bit of pause, makes me move Devante Adams up in my rankings just to touch.
44:56And then JSN, the reason he's there offensive player of the year, but we do have the 49ers, former tight ends coach
45:03and run game coordinator coming over to the San Francisco 49ers.
45:06Can he be as good as gear is as not Gary, but Clint Kubiak now head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders.
45:13Can he be as good as Clint Kubiak was for JSN?
45:17I don't know. It's going to require some incredible target share and efficiency for him to repeat the 163 targets on a low bottom three passing volume.
45:26I think they were actually, they passed the ball the least.
45:29So that's why I broke down the three, the way that they are.
45:33I do appreciate you having a Mon Ross St.
45:36Brown where you have him because that, that solidifies in my mind that I'm not crazy.
45:41It is the safest pick on the board. However, there's just other players with a little bit more ceiling than what I
45:48would be, than what I'm looking for right there.
45:51If I have a top three pick. So before we get out of here, do you have anything that you wanted to,
45:58to allude to or cover before we head out?
46:01Well, one is a fun show because it gets very granular at the top and that's what, what's really fun about this.
46:08And then we're so rapid and reactive to all the information that's happening.
46:13It's so much fun. Real football is about the start, Shev.
46:16And you and I have been talking about, we're getting tired of all the drafting.
46:21We're getting excited to have our rosters. In front of our face.
46:25You know, you can go and roster bait, right?
46:28It's sitting on the toilet, taking a shit, just setting your lineup and just looking at that lineup.
46:33It feels so good. And these are the players, you know, we laid them out.
46:38It's very granular at that very top. So it's very fun because we shuffle a deck every single year.
46:44And the information that shifts, it's crazy because some of these, and let us know in the comments, chat, like, subscribe, give us five stars, please.
46:53But let us know who's going to fall next year.
46:56We reshuffle the deck every year. Who's going to raise up?
46:59Who do we have at the right level? One through 20, 20 all the way down to one as we did it, as you listen.
47:07So I've been Jeremiah. It's been Shev. We'll see you next week.
47:11There's ball watchers and ball knowers. Sign yourselves accordingly.
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