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Emeka Egbuka is Pricey but....Shouldn't He Be??? #bestball #fantasyfootballadvice

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3 min
Duration
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Jul 14, 2026
Published
Tue, July 14, 2026
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Emeka EgbukaChris GodwinJaylen WaddleMatthew GoldenAdam Trautman
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Adam Trautman

PositiveRole0:48

Adam Hurst could do some things in Carolina's offense but would be lucky to be the number three target, indicating limited target competition for Terrace Marshall McMillan.

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Chris Godwin

PositiveRole0:36

There is a case that Chris Godwin could rebound and potentially split targets with Emeka Egbuka in Tampa Bay, creating some uncertainty about Egbuka's target dominance.

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PositiveRole0:43

Godwin could potentially rebound and split targets with Emeka Egbuka in Tampa Bay, creating uncertainty around Egbuka's target share.

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Emeka Egbuka

NegativeValue0:00

Egbuka is overpriced in the market and should be viewed as a 4-5 turn upside swing rather than a 3-4 turn pick, making him less attractive than alternatives like Terrace Marshall McMillan.

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PositiveProjection0:18

Egbuka's 1.75 yards per route run is much stronger than comparable receivers like Matthew Golden, indicating solid efficiency as a rookie.

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NegativeValue0:23

Egbuka is preferred less than Jaylen Waddle at his current expensive price point, though the decision may not come up in drafts due to Egbuka's high cost.

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PositiveBreakout0:32

There is a second year breakout case for Egbuka as a first-round pick who showed strong efficiency metrics as a rookie.

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PositiveBreakout0:32

There is a second year breakout case for Egbuka as a first-round rookie who achieved 1.8-1.9 yards per route run (80th percentile) and around 1,000 receiving yards, showing strong efficiency indicators.

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PositiveRole0:36

Egbuka is likely the number one receiver in Tampa Bay, but there's uncertainty around whether Chris Godwin could rebound and split targets, creating more ambiguity than Terrace Marshall McMillan's clear target dominator role in Carolina.

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PositiveProjection0:49

Egbuka posted 1.8-1.9 yards per route run as a rookie, which pushes into the 80th percentile, and accumulated around 1,000 receiving yards as a first-round pick, both extremely positive indicators for a rookie.

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PositiveProjection0:55

Egbuka's rookie season raw numbers of around 1,000 yards combined with strong yards per route run efficiency (1.75) and first-round pedigree are positive indicators that he did what we expect a first-round pick to do.

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Jaylen Waddle

PositiveValue0:23

Waddle is preferred over Emeka Egbuka at their respective price points in the draft.

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PositiveValue0:23

The analyst prefers Jaylen Waddle over Emeka Egbuka at their respective price points.

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Matthew Golden

PositiveProjection0:41

Matthew Golden's yards per route run of 1.5 is used as a comparison point, showing it's not terrible but not great, and is lower than Egbuka's 1.8-1.9 range.

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PositiveProjection0:41

Golden's yards per route run of 1.5 is not terrible but not great, serving as a comparison point for Emeka Egbuka's superior 1.8-1.9 range.

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Episode Transcript

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0:00Let's talk a Mecca Bucas, a player we
0:02both agree is overpriced,
0:06but that we're both getting nervous
0:08about,
0:10uh, you know,
0:11being out on relative to the market. Uh,
0:13for me it's that
0:16he actually goes around some other guys,
0:19uh, like a Terrace Marshall McMillan.
0:21And I'm like,
0:22give me McMillan, man. This guy was a
0:25much better prospect than a Bucas. He
0:27went, you know, significantly ahead in
0:29the first round. And he's like very
0:32clearly the number one guy in Carolina.
0:36Where Bucas, I think, likely the number
0:39one in Tampa Bay, but there's a little
0:40bit more,
0:42uh, you know, you could you could make a
0:43case that Godwin rebounds, that it'll be
0:46kind of split. McMillan, you know,
0:48flashed a bit. They they have Hurst who
0:50could do some stuff, you know. Not that
0:53like he's going to
0:54he's I mean, he'd be lucky to be the
0:56number three target, but it kind of
0:57could kind of be spread around a little
0:59bit where McMillan, I think, has much
1:01more of like a target dominator type of
1:03pro front profile. He's like the big
1:06outside X in Canales system that's been
1:09a good thing to be.
1:12And so it's just like, yeah, you got to
1:13take him at the three-four turn now. And
1:16that's that's not really what I see a
1:17Bucas as. I see him more as like kind of
1:20a four-five turn upside swing.
1:23Like frankly, I I want Jaylen Waddle
1:25over the over a Bucas. Like you know?
1:27And he goes, I mean, I'll have to ever
1:30make that decision cuz a Bucas so
1:31expensive.
1:32But there is a second year breakout case
1:35here right?
1:36>> Yeah, I I will note one like he's very
1:39much in the mold of now I'm like using
1:41Matthew Golden to support my argument.
1:43But when we talk about like Matthew
1:44Golden's yards per out run, 1.5 isn't
1:47terrible. It's not great. But then you
1:49look up at someone like a Mecca Bucas
1:51and you get to like the 1.8, 1.9 range
1:53as a rookie, and that's already pushing
1:55to like the 80th percentile. And then
1:58you you like counter that with his raw
2:00numbers, which again, like not elite.
2:02He's like right around 1,000 yards, but
2:04for a first-round rookie
2:05>> for rookie, yeah.
2:06>> get on the field to hover around 1,000
2:09yards, to have our prior because you're
2:11a first-round pick who you liked as a
2:12prospect be quite strong on you. Like
2:15these are all extremely positive
2:17indicators where I kind of agree with
2:18you.
2:18>> 1.75 yards per hour and 4 him. So, not
2:21quite elite, but much stronger than a
2:23guy like Golden for sure.
2:24>> Yeah. I want to say I have like a
2:25decade's worth of data and he's in like
2:27the 80th percentile. Which of course,
2:29he's a first-round pick. You'd expect
2:30him to be up there, [clears throat] but
2:31he did what we expect a first-round pick
2:34to do.

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