Keeping His Throne

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57 min

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Aug 20, 2026

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Thu, August 20, 2026

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Derrick HenryBreece HallKhalil ShakirBraelon AllenC.J. StroudChris OlaveCourtland SuttonD.J. MooreD'Andre SwiftDavid MontgomeryJayden HigginsJaylen WaddleJordan MasonJordyn Tyson

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Braelon Allen

PositiveDepth Chart10:51

The source is pushing up Braylon Allen in their rankings, noting that he appears to be a more direct handcuff to Breece Hall than previously anticipated.

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Breece Hall

NegativeInjury10:09

Breece Hall is dealing with a groin injury confirmed to be a multi-week issue rather than months. While the source remains open to drafting him in the late third or early fourth round, they note that risk-averse managers who need immediate week-one production might want to downplay him.

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PositiveValue53:05

The source prefers Breece Hall over Derrick Henry due to Hall's superior pass-catching profile, despite acknowledging that Henry's touchdown equity in the Ravens' offense could make the comparison a wash.

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C.J. Stroud

NegativeProjection21:35

The source suggests that drafting CJ Stroud in two-quarterback leagues has become significantly more difficult given the current team outlook.

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Chris Olave

PositiveValue17:28

The source confirms they have been aggressively drafting Chris Olave and suggests that any hesitation regarding his current ADP should be dismissed following the Jordan Tyson injury.

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Courtland Sutton

PositiveValue32:55

The source highlights Cortland Sutton as a value at WR38, noting his rapport with Bo Nix and his established role as the team's primary outside receiver.

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D.J. Moore

NegativeProjection40:28

The source is uncertain about DJ Moore's outlook, questioning whether he will be treated as a true WR1 by Josh Allen and if the offense's run-heavy tendencies under Joe Brady will limit his ceiling.

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D'Andre Swift

PositiveRole23:52

The source has moved DeAndre Swift ahead of David Montgomery in their rankings. Swift is viewed as the clear lead back in Chicago, with only Roshon Johnson as competition, making him a more attractive pick than previously thought.

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David Montgomery

NegativeValue28:55

The source views David Montgomery as 'dead zone-y' and has dropped him behind DeAndre Swift in their personal rankings.

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Derrick Henry

PositiveValue11:46

Derrick Henry gains value relative to Breece Hall due to his current health status, making him a preferred target in the same draft range.

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NegativeValue49:20

The source expresses deep conflict regarding Derrick Henry, citing age concerns and his lack of pass-catching usage, but acknowledges his elite efficiency stats (3.6 yards after contact, 10% explosive rush rate) and massive touchdown equity in the Ravens' offense.

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PositiveValue53:09

The source views Derrick Henry as a 'smash pick' if he falls to the end of the third round, though they remain wary of his lack of pass-catching ability compared to other running backs like Breece Hall.

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Jayden Higgins

NegativeValue21:31

The source admits to not drafting Jaden Higgins, noting that the collective team situation in Houston does not currently support a high-upside projection for CJ Stroud's pass-catchers.

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Jaylen Waddle

NegativeValue31:53

The source is conflicted on Jalen Waddle, noting his high ADP (WR19) and the uncertainty regarding his role as the clear WR1 in Denver compared to Cortland Sutton, though he acknowledges Waddle's elite efficiency metrics.

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Jordan Mason

PositiveValue39:40

The source prefers Jordan Mason over Rashad White, viewing Mason as a more explosive back in an offense expected to improve under the new coaching staff.

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Jordyn Tyson

NegativeInjury13:57

Jordan Tyson is expected to miss at least two months with a hamstring injury. The source suggests scratching him off redraft boards unless you have an IR spot for a stash, noting the high re-aggravation risk associated with hamstring injuries.

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Josh Downs

PositiveValue23:36

The source is buying the dip on Josh Downs, arguing that Keenan Allen's historical usage in three-wide receiver sets suggests he will not necessarily cannibalize Downs' role in two-wide receiver sets.

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Juwan Johnson

NegativeRole15:06

The source is giving Juwan Johnson a slight boost following the Jordan Tyson injury, though they remain cautious given his inconsistent production history.

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Keenan Allen

NegativeValue6:51

The source is fading Keenan Allen, noting his low ceiling and the likelihood that he will be used primarily for short-area routes on third downs rather than as a field-stretcher.

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Khalil Shakir

PositiveRole46:41

The source suggests that Khalil Shakir's playing style meshes well with Josh Allen's 'hair on fire' hero-ball approach, which involves breaking down defenders and throwing off-platform, contrasting with the more rigid, timing-based offense he struggled with in Chicago.

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NegativeValue47:42

Khalil Shakir is currently being drafted as the WR25. While the source remains on the fence about drafting him, they acknowledge he has moved into a bin of players they are fading but worried could burn them if the stylistic fit with Josh Allen reinvigorates his production.

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Makai Lemon

PositiveInjury19:56

Makai Lemon is practicing in full pads and is expected to be fine. The source views him as a 'smash' pick at his current ADP of 111, aiming to buy before his price normalizes back to the late 80s or early 90s.

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Tank Dell

NegativeInjury22:02

The source advises caution on Tank Dell, citing reports from a prominent Houston beat writer that Dell has not practiced and is expected to be placed on IR, making him a 'no-no' for fantasy managers.

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Tyler Warren

PositiveValue25:31

The source remains bullish on Tyler Warren despite the Keenan Allen signing, noting that Warren's role was already established alongside Michael Pittman and Alec Pierce, and the new addition shouldn't negatively impact his production.

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2:18All right. What's up? And welcome back, everybody. It's Fantasy Football Weekly with your host, friend, and faithful narrator, John Laghezza.

2:25Your friend and mine, Mr. Jake Trowbridge. Jakey, it is ABD season.

2:29Always be drafting, my friend. It is awesome. Oh, gosh.

2:32Really enjoying the show and having so much to process with all the moving pieces, news, injuries, camp notes, preseason games.

2:39Man, what was happening so slowly, right? The snowflakes were falling.

2:43Has turned into the avalanche ready to pour. How are you doing, my friend?

2:47I mean, I'm doing fine. Can we ask how all of the other NFL players are doing right now?

2:53Can we get a roll call? Is everybody good?

2:56Is everybody healthy? John, I'm a big scary movie fan.

3:00I like a good horror movie. I enjoy being scared like that.

3:04I haven't found a recent horror movie that can live up to logging on to social media and seeing what is happening to our favorite players right now.

3:13It is an outright bloodbath out there. Yeah, it feels like we do this every year.

3:18And then also every year, I'm like, except this year, it really is like that, right?

3:23Every year, it feels like there's more injuries than before.

3:26Except this time, it really does feel that way.

3:29Impactful fantasy stars are going down. We're all waiting with bade breath with open draft rooms, a lot of us.

3:36Slow drafts, basketball drafts are going on. I'm in redraft leagues.

3:40You're in a couple also. And I've never really been that guy from a moral standpoint, letting my clock bleed out to wait for news.

3:48This is that one time of year where sitting on the slow clock could really save you a lot.

3:54We're going to get into some of the news and notes.

3:58But what do you think about the injury landscape?

4:01Yes, I get it's going on. And we're all like kind of driving ourselves nuts right now.

4:06Yeah. Is it just living in the moment that we think this year is worse?

4:11Do you actually think it is? It's probably a little bit of the fact that we get so much more news.

4:18Like I think a few years ago, some of this stuff, if it wasn't immediately serious, we just didn't know about it

4:25or didn't care about it right away. But now it's everything is flashing in front of your face all the time with a big warning sign.

4:34So I mean, it's probably a little bit of that.

4:37But you know, you could only see so many groin injuries pop up on your timeline and not freak out.

4:43Are the groins okay, John? Are we okay? What's the plural of groin?

4:48Is it groins? One groin, two groins? Now, to your point, back on track, it is true, right?

4:54In this ubiquitous age of information, I think we get exposed to more info than we normally would have.

5:00And you and I are very locked in to the DMs.

5:03As soon as a note happens, I put it to make sure we won't skip it.

5:09But some of them, like you mentioned, get rectified 10 minutes later.

5:13Player X left the field if they're getting hit in the thigh.

5:1610 minutes later, it's, you know, Player X is back on the field.

5:21But that didn't stop a thousand accounts on social, like you mentioned, from total doom saying, it's over.

5:27Change your boards, move your ranks. Right now, just last thing before we dive into it.

5:32I'm trying to wait until I get definitive news, similar to what we're doing on the show, waiting to cover something until

5:39it's definitive and I'm actually moving players in my ranks.

5:42Do you think that's safe? Do you think I should be a little more reactive?

5:47No, reactive is one thing. Overreactive, I think, is where we often cross over the line with this stuff.

5:53And yeah, you're moving guys down or off your draft board when you don't really know what's about to happen.

6:00I get playing it safe, but that's often a different way to lose in your drafts, I think.

6:06All right, let's get into some of these news and notes.

6:09First up, it's my New York Jets and Brees Hall, who had been going in the third.

6:15I've had Brees Hall as a second round pick.

6:18He's on a good majority of my teams right now.

6:21We mentioned the groin. They're saying his groin injury is confirmed to be weeks and not months, as if that's supposed to make us feel a lot better.

6:30I'm still open to drafting Hall because I think Geno will normalize.

6:34I think they're going to be a lot better than the public thinks.

6:39Running backs are hard to find. So if Hall is getting to the end of the third, early fourth, I think I'm still going there.

6:47I think I'm now passing on him early third for, let's say, Zay Flowers.

6:51Even Trey McBride, depending on the room. I'm also pushing up Braylon Allen, who looks like maybe he's more of a direct handcuff than I thought.

7:00What do you think about the Jets' room? Yeah, I think there was a time very recently where Brees Hall versus Derrick

7:07Henry was a real point of contention for me if I was taking a running back around that range.

7:13Now it's like, well, Derrick Henry gets the obvious sort of win out of this just by the virtue of not having a hurt groin at the moment.

7:22So I think taking Brees Hall in the fourth makes a lot of sense.

7:27It's I don't know what the re-injury rates are for groin injuries.

7:31Again, we're not doctors here. But it does feel like if they're saying a few weeks and if you're okay with the

7:38first couple of weeks of your season potentially being slow for Brees Hall, meaning he's not going to come out and give

7:45you 15 to 25 fantasy points immediately, then go for it.

7:49But if you're one of those people who needs to have your week one lineup set and forget, that might be a

7:56guy that I would still be downplaying. Yeah, it's really rough.

8:00I'm very much an injury pessimist, but I have found that pendulum can swing a little too far where in years past,

8:07I've maybe scratched off a Brees Hall for news like this.

8:11They're saying it could be a couple of weeks.

8:13That would still give him a couple of weeks before the season.

8:17He's familiar with the book, the playbook and the team.

8:21So there is a chance that he hits the ground running and is still fine.

8:26So I'm keeping him. I'm keeping the light on for him.

8:29I think it'll be fine. Next up, I have a huge amount of gratitude for you.

8:34I've always been very clear. I'm not a prospector.

8:37You were warning us about the Saints wide receiver, Jordan Tyson.

8:41He's now falling down to the wide receiver 38, 80, 25.

8:45You could probably expect that he's expected to miss at least two months with a hamstring injury.

8:50You mentioned the trepidation with that same injury repeating itself with the re-aggravation rates.

8:55Now that's kind of manifested. I don't know, man.

8:58I was already drafting Devon Vele very, very late.

9:01It would have to be a redraft 19th or 20th round in the best ball.

9:06But now that could be viable. Also, I'm giving Juwan Johnson a boost.

9:10I don't know when we're going to see Tyson.

9:13It could be quite a long time. This one I may be scratching off my board.

9:18And maybe in redraft, if you have an IR spot, he's an interesting stash.

9:23And if not, maybe come like week six, we're looking to add him.

9:27But I don't think I'm looking to use up a viable roster spot with Jordan Tyson.

9:32Yeah, it's a bummer. And by the way, Producer Robbie coming in with the applause.

9:37I want to be very clear. That was about my prospect work on Jordan Tyson, not celebrating the injury to Jordan Tyson.

9:44Very clear about that. But it almost hurts me more because, John, I was just finally starting to turn a corner with

9:51Jordan Tyson going like, OK, I mean, he's been at camp and he has been looking really good.

9:57And knock on wood, there hasn't been any flare-ups with this injury.

10:01I was just starting to get interested in Jordan Tyson.

10:04And then the rug gets pulled out. I think you make a salient point about if you're comfortable stashing a guy on

10:12IR, if you have that capability in your league, the upside is still massive for Jordan Tyson whenever he gets back.

10:18I personally am not bumping up the rest of the guys too much.

10:23I'm doing just a little bit of a copy and paste from last year in terms of Juwan Johnson, who did not

10:30have Jordan Tyson to compete with back then, was still pretty up and down for my taste for a tight end.

10:37But you're getting him very late. Bryce Lance is a little bit interesting, I guess.

10:42Another rookie who had some hype coming in. Obviously drafted much, much later than Jordan Tyson by the Saints.

10:48I think it's just Chris Olave. It's once again his world.

10:52So if you had any qualms about drafting him at his current ADP, I think that has to vanish.

10:58Yeah, I've been pretty much aggressively drafting Olave as well.

11:01As far as Tyson goes, like Bobby Sherman would say, deep cut there, easy come, easy go.

11:07Saints do have a week eight bye. And I think that's something we do have to eyeball when it comes to these longer term injury timelines.

11:15That, I know it's a little bit beyond two months, but that feels like, especially with the kind of whole rookie thing,

11:22post bump rookie bye we're all used to, maybe that feels like a time that might be right.

11:28So again, that's a pretty far ways off. But yes, I would like to stress that IR thing again.

11:34There is going to be a spot in home leagues where you would absolutely take a Jordan Tyson over whatever is left.

11:42And you just draft him and stash him and you get like a free week zero ad.

11:47I'm always down for that. I think that's a really good way about it.

11:52Next one, another rookie wide receiver. This time, just a smidge of good news.

11:56We don't want to be too optimistic now. Eagles wide receiver, Makai Lemon.

12:01Wide receiver, 45, ADP 111. This is when I started getting interested again.

12:05He's now practicing for the first time in weeks, 20th overall pick in full pads for Thursday's practice and is expected to kind of be fine.

12:13So right now I am trying to buy this with two hands until I believe the price will normalize back to where

12:21it was in probably like the late 80s or the early 90s.

12:24So for me, Lemon is a smash. I'm starting to get a little bit worried.

12:29Not too much camp news about the Eagles offense is not great.

12:33Maybe that's to be expected with all the turnover going on.

12:37But I don't know. Where are you on Mr.

12:40Lemon? Well, I mean, this is a new offense just to elaborate on that.

12:44This is a brand new offense, not just because A.J.

12:48Brown is gone, but because they have Sean Mannion coming in.

12:51There's a lot that is going to look awkward.

12:54I think that's just natural for new offenses. I don't trust the offenses that are brand new that look too good out of the gate.

13:02I'm always suspicious of what they're holding back, maybe on defense or in terms of play calling or whatever.

13:09With all that said, Lemonheads rise up. Makai Lemon, somebody who I've loved coming into and after the draft, especially in Diassey.

13:16The inverse of Jordan Tyson, I was so into Makai Lemon all offseason.

13:20And then the amount of concern over the injury had me concerned because the team felt concerned.

13:26And so I was just starting to back off with Makai Lemon.

13:30I will slowly turn my ship back around. I'm not going to chase him too far up the draft board still, because

13:37again, re-injury rates scare me a little bit with a guy like Makai Lemon, but still Devontae Smith season for sure.

13:44Still investing in this offense overall. Jalen Hurt, still one of my favorite quarterbacks.

13:48Matthew Berry's run or die, Devontae Smith. I submitted Colston Loveland and I made the finals, but we didn't get across the finish line.

13:56Regardless, I am blank planting as if I had an 11th toe, it would be down.

14:01All right, next piece of all. Speaking of the Bears, if I was a better host, I would have picked up on that subway first.

14:10It's Bears running back Kyle Monunga. He was RB35, ADP 94.

14:13In like a section of the draft where I'm just completely ignoring all the running backs.

14:18I've now completely capitulated with the sheep, Jake. I'm taking all my running backs early and then taking the rest of them late.

14:26And that just kind of is what it is.

14:29I don't like the middle. Now, to the young guy, I think he now makes DeAndre Swift a little more interesting.

14:36I'll admit I was really not drafting Swift. He was right on the bubble of guys where I'm like, maybe I want to, maybe I don't.

14:44I think I was choosing other people in front of him.

14:48Now I think we have to go with Swift, right?

14:51If you're into the Bears offense and what we think we're going to get, you know, year two.

14:57Caleb Swift just didn't really pop off the page, but you got some consistency.

15:02You know, he had 14 carries per game. He did go over a thousand yards on the ground, 4.9 per attempt.

15:08My worry was more, he didn't get a lot of yards after contact.

15:13The explosive rush rate was okay, but not great.

15:16He was very good at avoiding those negative runs that we like.

15:20But if you're pretty much going to be the only game in town, there's got to be a spot for DeAndre Swift.

15:27I was like squinting with the microscope out. Britton Brown, Roshon Johnson, sound like the next guy's up.

15:33Radio people, Jake is shaking his head no. If I could speak more clearly, I'd be doing the same.

15:39I've drafted Roshon in the past and that's been a huge nothing burger.

15:43So it feels like this is good to me.

15:46I won't be fooled again. This is good to be Roshon.

15:50He's right. So talk to us about DeAndre. Yeah, I mean, DeAndre Swift was a guy that I didn't love.

15:56The only piece of the Bears offense that I loved, like you, is the tight end Colson Loveland.

16:02Everybody else gave me some pause. Even Luther Burden, who people were tripping over themselves to draft.

16:08Loveland was the focal point. DeAndre Swift, he wasn't off of my draft boards, but he was like a guy where the

16:15start of the running back dead zone kind of felt like maybe it began with DeAndre Swift.

16:20Now I look at it like DeAndre Swift versus David Montgomery was one of those questions.

16:26At least back when I was drafting, I don't know where their ADPs are right now.

16:31How would you coin flip that now? I'm sorry.

16:34How would you go Swift over Montgomery? Is that where you were in the first place?

16:39Oh, absolutely. It wasn't where I was in the first place.

16:43In the first place, it felt like those guys were a coin flip.

16:47Now it feels like, yeah, absolutely. Give me DeAndre Swift over David Montgomery.

16:51That's a little bit maybe more of my ambivalence towards Montgomery than my outright love for DeAndre Swift.

16:57But you can't argue with somebody who, again, is only fighting with Roshan Johnson.

17:02Najee Harris got picked up. The Bears aren't going to sign a veteran backup that's quality.

17:07So I'm into it. Yeah. I wonder now, you know, we're getting all the James Conner stuff again.

17:13Again, Najee, maybe we'll tackle that again, what that means for Scadabo in another episode.

17:18I'm curious to see how the market responds to it.

17:21For me, I wasn't overreacting, but again, we can do that another time.

17:25Man, as far as the Bears go, I think you're right.

17:29I'm really sorry to step on you before. I wanted to get out that kind of selfish 1v1.

17:35That's exactly the rankings move that I made, was now I have Swift in front of Montgomery, who I still think, you

17:42know, has a place this year, but he feels kind of dead zone-y to me a little bit.

17:48And then also Houston just lost Higgins. I actually forgot that note, if you want to cover that really quick.

17:54That just could kind of trickle downstream and hurt the entire Texans offense.

17:59While we have Higgins on the brain, I didn't bring him up.

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22:09been a couple of years since we've seen him.

22:12But the last time that we saw him with Houston, he was incredible.

22:16It's certainly for fantasy purposes. I don't know where he sits health-wise right now, but monitor that if you haven't drafted already.

22:24Yeah. You know, to that point in particular, I guess maybe you didn't see it.

22:29I saw it. I read it and I'm trying to digest it.

22:32That's why I didn't bring it up today. But there's a, one of the most prominent beat writers for Houston.

22:39Say what you want about the beat writers. He was very, very bold and put out an entire thread on why he thinks Tank is a no-no.

22:48You know that we may not see Tank Dell at all, right?

22:52He hasn't practiced yet. He's expecting IR. And he really went into detail because he got challenged.

22:57All beat writers don't know anything. I don't think we should be doing that.

23:02I understand they may not be experts in projections or fantasy football, but sometimes the information can be valuable.

23:08He really, really planted the flag and was very detailed.

23:11That doesn't mean he was, he's correct, but he made sure to make his point known.

23:17It was well-researched, right? And it's well thought out.

23:20So I was really kind of pumping the brakes on Tank because, you know, he's a potential breakout player in that spot.

23:27We know I have a huge target vacuum created.

23:30So we'll keep an eye on Houston. Maybe we'll bring it up also.

23:34I'm going to put that on my little whiteboard.

23:37All right. I had one more note. Old man, Keenan Allen signs with the Colts.

23:42I guess this was kind of telegraphed, right? There's some history with Steichen, I believe in the past.

23:48I don't know. People are now like, it seems like they projected this Allen signing onto Josh Downs and why you can't draft him.

23:56Before I kick it to you, I had one really interesting Keenan Allen stat that I wouldn't have guessed in a million years.

24:03Now we probably think of him as a possession type guy, which is fine.

24:08However, of the 597 offensive plays that Allen was on the field for last year, all but 13, that's 98% were three wide receiver sets.

24:16So, but where I'm going with this is people's problem was, oh no, Allen is going to eat up an X role

24:23and knock any dreams of downs in two wide receiver sets out of whack.

24:28And unless they have a different plan for him, that doesn't seem to be the case.

24:33Again, I know that's not necessarily predictive, but I think it is really worth noting.

24:38He was not a two wide receiver guy like at all.

24:41It just was not even a thing at all.

24:44So downs is starting to fall and I'm kind of buying the downs news.

24:49I'm not really buying Allen. So talk to us briefly about Keenan Allen and Josh Downs.

24:54Keenan Allen, by the way, just, uh, I think like 50 receptions or something from hitting number three overall in the history

25:01of the NFL and total career catches. Got to point that out.

25:05Cause you know, a guy like him wants that.

25:08So he's going to get that like 50 receptions.

25:11Then becomes his floor this season. The question is, can he give you more than that?

25:16Like, can he give you some sort of consistency for fantasy?

25:20I don't personally think so. The point about three wide receiver sets is very interesting to me, John.

25:26And I would also kind of beg the question though, if Alec Pierce is out because his injury, I'm not saying that he will be Alec Pierce.

25:35It seems like things will be on track for him to play, but if something happens with that injury and there's a

25:42setback, is it Josh Downs and Keenan Allen and two wide receiver sets?

25:46Is it a big emphasis? And it does Tyler Warren just get everything at that point.

25:51Um, one thing I do want to say though, people have been knocking Tyler Warren as well because of this signing.

25:58Knocking him down a little bit. I'm not, I still love Tyler Warren.

26:03I don't see a world where he eats into something that Tyler Warren was going to get.

26:08Warren was playing with Michael Pittman last year and healthy Alec Pierce.

26:12So I don't think that this necessarily is worse for him than that.

26:16Um, but yeah, I'm not drafting Keenan too heavily.

26:19I, maybe in the last couple of rounds, if he's there, I'll dabble.

26:24Yeah, I think that's fair. I think the ceiling is very low and I do, you know, agree kind of archetypically.

26:30It probably doesn't fit because there is just a lot of redundancy.

26:34Now we think of Warren wins close to the line.

26:38Josh Downs wins close to the line. They bring in Keenan Allen to win close to the line.

26:43And to me, this seems very telegraphed in he's going to run a hook route one yard beyond the sticks on third downs.

26:51Like to me, that feels like exactly what it's going to be.

26:55I don't think he's going to stretch the field.

26:58I don't think they're going to get very creative with him.

27:01I think he's going to come out to win in a tight spot against somebody he's probably bigger than, and he's still

27:09got good hands and knows how to win and kind of tight spaces.

27:13So to me, it's low ceiling. Maybe it'll even boost the entire offense.

27:17All right. That was pretty cool. That was the news and notes, kind of a mouthful or two right there.

27:24Let me shuffle the paper and take a quick breath and let's get into, oh, I forgot we're going to do perplexing

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31:04All right, and we're back. Jake, it was funny.

31:07You asked me, I don't know what they're called, perfecting players or draft dilemmas, so that's what I wrote down.

31:14That's what we're covering. Love it. I used to go with them like chin scratchers.

31:19Sometimes when I cover baseball, I sort of call a game with chin scratcher.

31:23After a few, we've heard enough out of me.

31:26We're alliterative. You want to shoot a bottle first.

31:29In this way, we are alliterative on this podcast.

31:32Yeah, yeah, yeah. We alliterate with the best of them.

31:35Yeah, you know, I actually took a New York Times writing class.

31:39They warned me about that, not to be too elitative.

31:43So I've been trying to, I've been actually pulling back on my, you know, Peter Piper pickled pepper references.

31:49All right, I can't believe I got that one out live on air.

31:53All right, talk to us about Jalen Waddle and why you're confused because he's back practicing and I'm not so confused.

32:00Talk to us. Well, I hope that you can unconfuse me, John, because I do think the point of these guys that

32:07we're talking about, you and I, we have a lot of very strong takes, particularly about specific players.

32:13These are not those players where I fall on one side of the fence or the other.

32:19If this was the hokey pokey, John, my hand would not be in, nor would it be out.

32:24It, I guess would be shaking all about as the song goes.

32:28But with Jalen Waddle, if you can convince me that where he's going right now in full PPR ADP, which is he's the 19th receiver off the board.

32:38He's 43rd overall. So he's going in the fourth round.

32:41If you can convince me that without a doubt, Jalen Waddle is the true wide receiver one for the Broncos.

32:47I will cave and I will draft him. But the fact that I see Cortland Sutton sitting all the way down at

32:55wide receiver 38, 99th overall makes this a little tougher for me to wrap my head around.

33:00It's a big, big gap. And Cortland Sutton is coming off a thousand yards, seven touchdowns last year.

33:06He has rapport with Bo Nix. Waddle's new to the offense.

33:10Waddle hasn't had a thousand yard season since 2023.

33:13I've been saying that ideally at the spot where Waddle is in my drafts, I want to get two of Zay Flowers,

33:20Emeka Ibuka, and Garrett Wilson through those rounds. That's what I would love.

33:24But if they're not there, and our guy Colson Loveland is also gone around this time, then I look at Waddle and

33:31I think, huh, he could reach the heights of his early career.

33:35He started off, he was wide receiver 13, wide receiver 8, and full PPR those first couple of seasons.

33:41And if Bo Nix throws the ball 600 times again, like he did last year, then him and Sutton could eat.

33:48As long as the other wide receivers don't get into the mix too much.

33:53We've got a Troy Franklin. We've got a Pat Bryant.

33:56We've got all these guys that Sean Payton just really, really wants to be a thing still.

34:02But if Nix coming off that ankle injury, you know, won't take off as much running as he did last year, then

34:09I see Waddle being able to produce based on his ADP.

34:12But it's, I don't know, John, it's scary. Get the fear out of me.

34:17What am I missing? Oh man, I don't know if I'm tasked with declaring him the clear number one.

34:23I don't know if that's the case. I think the hope is, as you mentioned, the pie is big enough for more than one person.

34:31Now, I do think he should be in the lead for volume.

34:35I think Sutton has more of a clearly defined role.

34:39He'll be looked upon to win outside, something he's very good at.

34:43Okay, so you mentioned a pass volume. What I think would be all the draft capital giving up, first of all, right?

34:50So Payton, very clear. He's been talking about this for years, right?

34:54He loved these kind of joker players, these underneath kind of versatile weapons that he can move all around the formation.

35:01The Broncos gave up a first rounder, a third, and a fourth.

35:04That's a 30, a 94, and a 130. That's a lot of draft capital.

35:09True. And we've seen production. Last year, it was good, not great, but it was still good.

35:15Three top 10 finishes, one top five finish. The underpinning stuff that we love so oh very much was very, very strong.

35:22He scored a half of a fantasy point per route, which is all you could ask for, right?

35:28It's an ace right there. 25% target per route, two and a quarter yards per route, and under nine routes per first

35:35down are all really kind of elite numbers. I think we know that he could win out of the slot, but that's really not all that he did.

35:44And he's good against man and zone. He had very good success rates against both, at least 14.5% success rate against both

35:51man end zone, but 22% of his plays went for 20 yards, and 18% of his targets were downfield targets.

35:58So I think that's a little bit, and not that you said it, but I'm speaking more to the general public, that he's just an underneath guy.

36:07He's kind of slotty, and like a slot merchant is kind of the word now.

36:12And I don't know if that's the case. You know, Denver, again, was top five in plays run, and they were sixth in dropbacks per game.

36:20So there could be a lot of volume with Waddle.

36:23It's just a versatile weapon, really, the guy looked upon to not just move the chains, but maybe win in post routes,

36:31intermediate routes, with Sutton kind of doing the clear out thing.

36:34I think all of your points are really strong.

36:37I think we would need Waddle to take a step up.

36:41The only pushback I would have is the pricing there between people having doubts like yourself and the injury.

36:47He's firmly at the end of that entire tier.

36:50He's really further back near Loveland than anywhere near Ed Bucca or Garrett Wilson or any of those guys.

36:56Zay Flowers now more at the beginning of the third.

36:59Waddle is making him play the middle of the fourth.

37:03So that's where I think I have him, is at the very end of that wide receiver tier, if I prioritize running

37:10backs, he could still be your wide receiver two or three, where I think that's a perfect pick.

37:16I am taking those other names that you mentioned before him, though.

37:20I think that's a really good call out. My first chin scratcher is a bit less exciting, but it's a player that

37:27I was on that I've kind of gotten away from.

37:30And I think it's important for us as analysts to, one, be clear about that, but to pull the curtain.

37:37It's Rashad White. I thought he was the best runner and pass catcher.

37:41And now I'm not so sure. The drumbeat for Bill Krosky-Meritt is really picking up.

37:46And if he's taken the step forward in pass blocking, and that's been the word because that was the hangup, if that's

37:53been the case, you could see Rashad White getting supplanted.

37:56And if he's just a third down guy, third and long guy, that might not be great.

38:02And JCM might be back to roster in Washington.

38:05I'm kind of getting away from Rashad White. Do you have a strong take on Washington at all?

38:11Well, it's very tough this year. You kind of need, I'm not saying you have to have a take on Washington, but

38:18those middle to late around backs, there's going to be a hit somewhere and we got to try and find it.

38:25Yeah. And it's nice that they're all being drafted so late.

38:28You're not the risk of going, I'm going to grab one of these guys is barely a risk because if they don't

38:36pan out, if you grab the wrong one, or if there's not a right one to have in this backfield, because they all split too much.

38:44So what? You spent a 10th round pick or 11th round pick or whatever these guys are going at right now.

38:51It's too late to really care about, but it's much easier to get a win out of these messy backfields.

38:57So if you want to plant on Ja'Cory Krosky Merritt, that's fine.

39:01If you want to plant still on Rashad White, because you think he is still the best pass catcher, they will still

39:09utilize him a lot as a dump off machine.

39:12I don't know that that's true, but if that's your thought, go for him.

39:16I don't have a strong enough opinion on Rashad White to be like, I'm not clicking him.

39:22But if you are a zero RB or a do the opposite as fans of this show know, then, you know, go

39:29try Rashad White and see if he'll get six targets a game.

39:33Yeah, I hate to leave people without an option where I've gotten away from White and I'm still not sold on JCM.

39:40I've pushed Jordan Mason into that spot. He's very similarly priced.

39:44I think, you know, he's the more explosive back in an offense where looking again to take a pretty big step forward.

39:51This is just the JJ McCarthy sunk the entire organization into like the ninth circle of Dante's hell and that any kind

39:58of return to even average or below average that rising tide should lift all ships.

40:03So I've been going with Mason. Again, at the price, you don't need to be that confident like you mentioned, but that could be a hit.

40:11But yeah, I'm not really drafting White right now and he's not really falling.

40:16So if my doubt is growing and his price isn't changing, I find I getting away from it.

40:22All right. Your second player is another guy. This is interesting because this is a player, one of the very few players

40:29I've come around to the bullish side on. Talk to us about DJ Moore.

40:34Well, my question all off season after DJ Moore got signed was, are we going to get Stefan Diggs in Buffalo or

40:41are we going to get something closer to Amari Cooper in Buffalo, which was a complete unfettered disaster?

40:47Now, obviously big asterisk, Amari Cooper resigned halfway through the season.

40:50That's not the exact same situation as DJ Moore, obviously.

40:54But I still don't know which side of that spectrum I want to air on with DJ Moore because look, I don't

41:01buy into the whole DJ Moore gave up on the Bears last season narrative.

41:05I don't buy into that, but I do think that there was something very off because DJ Moore had just as many

41:13games with fewer than 20 yards as he did games of 50 yards or more.

41:18There was a game where this man got four targets and zero yards.

41:22There was another game where he got three targets and had negative four yards.

41:26As much as I want to blame Caleb Williams for all of this because of his god awful accuracy, or at least

41:34the accuracy during the regular boring old throws. I think it was on both of them.

41:39I think it was also on DJ Moore. So will Josh Allen be able to completely wipe all that away?

41:45Will he even treat DJ Moore as the bona fide wide receiver one, which is what he did with Diggs?

41:52And even if he does, will that be alone enough to get DJ Moore a top 24 finish if the offense stays

41:59as run heavy as it's been during Joe Brady's tenure when he was offensive coordinator?

42:04Now, of course, he's the head coach. But Buffalo has been seventh from the bottom of the league in pass play percentage

42:11over the last three years with Joe Brady in house.

42:14So the good news is that unlike Waddle, you're still getting more, you know, later.

42:19I think like a round and a half later as of right now.

42:24So he's, again, not quite as risky. But on the other hand, you do have to draft DJ Moore over guys like Jamison Williams and Christian Watson.

42:32And you have to pass up cheat code quarterbacks like Jane Daniels and Jalen Hurts.

42:37And I don't know that I really want to do that, John.

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45:58You only take flack when you're over the target.

46:01Gosh, yeah, it's not saying my pushback to you because I think I was fully in line with you.

46:07I was not drafting more at all. And not to say I was overly swayed by a preseason game.

46:13I don't really care about that. It was something that was mentioned on a Bills broadcast that one of my favorite analysts brought up.

46:21And it was, he was talking about styles make fights, right?

46:25That kind of famous boxing adage. And one, I think it's, you know, time-tested for a reason.

46:30But it was that Moore struggled with the Bears because that offense is very much time-oriented.

46:36Everything is timing, timing, timing. Moore is more of a freestyle kind of player.

46:40And that would mesh pretty well with Josh Allen's hair on fire hero ball, breaking down defenders, throwing it off your back

46:47foot with three people hanging on you, but still managing to throw a dot, you know, 40 yards downfield right on the numbers.

46:55And then we kind of saw that in the preseason game.

46:59I was like, oh, man, this is exactly what I was being warned about when I feed him.

47:04I'm on the fence. My biggest issue, even if I believe all that, of the names that you mentioned, I'm really struggling to take him over.

47:13Again, Watson, you mentioned Williams. I like Mike Evans if he could defeat the substation.

47:18This is all part of the early running back discussion.

47:21There's so many great receivers in the 50s and the 60s.

47:25Right before we're even thinking about quarterbacks yet. At that point, none of the quarterbacks have gone off the board.

47:31We're still locked in on the skill position, guys.

47:34So I'm trying to open up my horizons to more.

47:37And I think that's how it succeeds. So I've worked him in a little bit.

47:42But, yeah, I'm still struggling with the 1v1. But at the very least, where it was a player that I was telling

47:50myself, dusty, maybe washed, could be a zero, is now he's at least, Jake, moved into the bin of players that, though

47:57I'm fading, I'm worried they could burn me. Would you agree with the last part?

48:02Oh, I'm always worried these guys that I fade are going to burn me.

48:06And that's why it's a question instead of an outright, like, stay away from this guy.

48:12Because I have those players where I do say, stay away.

48:15But if you're right, if this is just a fighting style change that reinvigorates him, you know, I guess he'd be going

48:22from, I don't know what, Ali to Tyson. I hate to compare Caleb Williams to anybody of that height and stature.

48:29But if that is the change that re-unlocks him, then, yeah, I'm going to feel like a dummy if I pass him up.

48:37Yeah, more also to that, we might as well get one more shovel full of dirt for Caleb.

48:43And it was very few wide receivers had more unrealized air yards than Moore last year.

48:48Very few wide receivers had a higher uncatchable or, like, off-target, you know, rate when targeted than Moore.

48:54So, not to make excuses for him, but maybe there is a little juice left and maybe the stylistics do work.

49:01So, I'm just ready for him. And you made it, put it perfect, I should say, that he does need to finish as a wide receiver two.

49:09He's going off the board as a wide receiver 25.

49:13You know, wide receivers are going early. So, again, the 1v1s are really difficult.

49:17All right, last but certainly not least, El Rey.

49:20It's the king, Derrick Henry, who, if you ever find me sleeping under the overpass, it's because I just can't stop beating Derrick Henry.

49:28I wrote down two words, father time. Yeah, eventually, right?

49:31I just refuse to give in. Well, I guess at this point I refuse to give in, period.

49:37But I refuse to give in to a world where more NFL carries make you healthier, right?

49:43That is not a universe or a plane of reality that I exist in.

49:47So, I just think I'd always rather be off one year early than hanging on one year too late because the price is so high.

49:56That said, running back is very tough to find, especially if you have the three or the four.

50:01Henry may be the last choice. And if you don't like Hall because he's hurt and you don't like Jeremiah Love because

50:09he's banged up, now you're a zero RB guy you might not have wanted to be.

50:14So, I don't know. Can you convince me to take Henry?

50:17I shouldn't mean convincing. It's just all I have is the age.

50:21He's like the best player ever. But should I just be drafting and take my medicine?

50:27I mean, I don't know, John. The only argument that I have against it, because you can't ignore it, you can't ignore the age.

50:35But the only argument that I have is that we've been doubting Derrick Henry because of his age for what, three years, four years?

50:42I don't know. It felt like as soon as he turned 29.

50:46Yeah, maybe more. Yeah, we're like, well, this guy can't keep this up.

50:51It's the Tom Brady argument, but for running backs.

50:53Like, well, he can't keep doing it and doing it at a high level.

50:58It just doesn't make sense. But sometimes a guy just takes the Captain America super serum and you just have to ride that rail.

51:06You know, you just have to latch on to the jersey and hope that he pulls you across to another top six

51:13running back finish, which, I mean, it's possible. Yeah, I mean, I guess.

51:17I've been telling myself the story that we're not even getting enough of a discount.

51:22Okay, so put yourself in a, you know, plane of the multiverse where Derrick Henry is only 28 instead of 32 and a half or whatever he is.

51:31Done. Isn't that where he'd go? I think he still goes in the same spot because he doesn't catch the ball at all.

51:39And now this is definitely the part I'm off of.

51:42If people are telling me he's superhuman, I'm more willing to believe he's superhuman than he's going to catch, you know, 50 balls or something this year.

51:51I just don't think that's in the cards. I think I don't like to spend the second round pick on a running

51:58back that can get game scripted out completely. And we've seen this happen.

52:03This is not a would not be a new thing.

52:06So put him together. What do you got? Bibbidi-bobbidi-boop is me kind of feeding Derrick Henry again against all my better judgments.

52:13And, you know, I love the spreadsheet. Everything in the spreadsheet is screaming.

52:17This guy is still as good or better, right, than almost anyone.

52:21He had 3.6 yards after contact per attempt, 5.2 per attempt.

52:25He still had a 10% explosive rush rate. And he faced eight-man boxes almost 52% of the time.

52:31He was awesome. He gets all the goal line stuff, right?

52:34Because Lamar, as much as he runs, Lamar's running touchdowns come from like 35 yards out.

52:40They don't come from near the goal line. You give it to old reliable.

52:44If anyone was going to score 20 touchdowns, right, he's on the shortest list of players to do it.

52:50And then I'm still having trouble getting there. So what about yourself?

52:54Maybe I missed it. Where are you? Are you clicking the button for Henry?

52:59Are you past that? I was just doing a box draft with Chris Harris the other day, actually.

53:05And this came up. And it was Derrick Henry versus Brees Hall at the, I think it was the end of the

53:12third round, I want to say, is where it was.

53:15And yeah, I was fine with it. Because again, I just feel like we can make the cognitive good statistical arguments for this.

53:23But Derrick Henry just keeps punches, punching us, punching us in the face over it.

53:28So I just, I'm tired of getting punched in the face, John.

53:32And I just want to cower to Derrick Henry and his awesome talent.

53:36And yeah, he doesn't catch passes. He hasn't caught passes and yet he's continued to shine as a fantasy asset more often than not.

53:44So it's just like, how many times do you roll the dice?

53:48And when does it finally come up snake eyes?

53:51I guess if it does for me this time, so be it.

53:54I'll deal with it. But I do think you used to have to draft Derrick Henry, at least at like the middle of the second round.

54:03So it is a little bit of a discount.

54:06Yeah. Also, well, speaking of discount, you're talking end of third.

54:10My assumption had been the rooms I've been in, which is end of second.

54:14That's a pretty big difference. Now I've been drafting running backs early.

54:18So if I'm near the wheel, maybe I, I don't know if I could pass him as my RB three.

54:25I think I'd have to take him. I think Derrick Henry end of the third is a smash pack.

54:31If he's your flex play, I think that's a total smash.

54:34So for me, yeah, it's a, it's a price dependent thing.

54:38I would have taken Hall before Henry for the pass catching stuff, though.

54:42I understand the touchdown equity might totally make that a wash, but yet I'm over here doing the same thing over and

54:49over yet looking for a different result. I think they have a word for that, Jake.

54:55It's insanity. Well, this is easily the fastest half an hour by week.

54:59Thank you so much, Jake, for your time, man.

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