RotoWire YouTube
STACKED extracted the fantasy-relevant player signal from this video and kept the full transcript here for context.
34 min
Duration
Estimated from transcript
No date
Published
30
Player insights
30
Players mentioned
Topics
Amon-Ra St. BrownBijan RobinsonBrock BowersBrock PurdyCeeDee LambChase BrownChris OlaveChristian McCaffreyChristian WatsonChuba HubbardDalton KincaidDerrick HenryDrake LondonEmeka Egbuka
Player analysis
Player insights
Amon-Ra St. Brown
PositiveProjection7:48
Ranked eighth overall, Amon-Ra St. Brown is an unbelievable player averaging 25 points per game; Jir Gibbs suggests he could have been ranked as high as fifth and expects a bounce-back performance against Carolina.
Insight pageBijan Robinson
PositiveProjection3:15
Bijan Robinson is ranked as the number two overall player and is considered the primary threat to Jahmyr Gibbs' top spot, especially with Michael Penix Jr. at quarterback. He is firmly back in the elite running back tier.
Insight pageBrock Bowers
PositiveProjection12:05
Ranked 13th overall, Brock Bowers is a locked-in asset and the benchmark for elite tight end performance; he recently posted 10 catches for 116 yards and a touchdown on 13 targets, with Jir Gibbs noting it is difficult to compete in fantasy matchups without him.
Insight pageBrock Purdy
PositiveProjection31:02
Brock Purdy is ranked alongside Lamar Jackson as a top-tier quarterback (QB2/QB3). Gibbs notes that Purdy's production remains consistent regardless of the attrition among his receiving corps.
Insight pageCeeDee Lamb
NegativeProjection10:07
Ranked 12th overall, CeeDee Lamb is currently outscoring Chris Olave in points per game, but Jir Gibbs expects regression from his 23-point-per-game average, leading to a lower ranking compared to other wide receivers.
Insight pageChase Brown
NegativeProjection1:46
Chase Brown is downgraded to 21st overall due to disappointing fantasy outcomes despite high volume; he is currently averaging 13 points per game compared to his previous 20 PPG average with Joe Burrow. While he faces no competition for touches, his recent scoring production is viewed as unsustainable, and Jir Gibbs expects continued regression.
Insight pageChris Olave
PositiveProjection9:40
Ranked 10th overall, Chris Olave is viewed as a league winner due to his alpha profile and high target volume; Jir Gibbs prefers him over CeeDee Lamb for the remainder of the season, believing Olave will outscore him despite currently trailing in points per game.
Insight pageChristian McCaffrey
NegativeProjection5:29
Ranked seventh overall, Christian McCaffrey is a locked-in asset averaging 19 points per game, though Jir Gibbs and Theo Griminger note he is currently less productive as a runner compared to top-tier backs like Gibbs and Robinson; he is projected to sustain an 18-20 point range if he remains healthy.
Insight pageChristian Watson
PositiveProjection28:27
Jir Gibbs ranks Christian Watson 25th overall, calling him a 'weapon of mass destruction' with elite touchdown potential. While Watson is currently averaging over 23 points per game with five touchdowns, Gibbs acknowledges potential regression but still expects him to finish as a top-five touchdown scorer.
Insight pageChuba Hubbard
NegativeProjection29:11
Jir Gibbs admits he was wrong to fade Chuba Hubbard in the preseason and is making a significant upward adjustment, moving him firmly inside the top 50 rankings as a low-30s player.
Insight pageDalton Kincaid
PositiveProjection31:30
Despite a disappointing week three, Dalton Kincaid is ranked as the TE3 and sits inside the top 50 overall. Gibbs ranks him ahead of both Tyler Warren and George Kittle.
Insight pageDerrick Henry
PositiveProjection9:02
Ranked ninth and tenth overall, Derrick Henry is a locked-in starter and league winner averaging 25 points per game; he has scored a touchdown in every game this season and has exceeded 17 points in every week.
Insight pageDrake London
PositiveProjection14:15
Jir Gibbs ranks Drake London 15th overall, citing his incredible historical splits with Michael Penix Jr. and his recent 190-yard outing as evidence that he is a locked-and-loaded WR1.
Insight pageEmeka Egbuka
PositiveProjection31:56
Emeka Egbuka is a notable faller in rankings due to concerns regarding the Tampa Bay passing game and the impact of Jaylen Daniels on his target volume.
Insight pageJa'Marr Chase
PositiveProjection5:48
Ranked as the number five player, Ja'Marr Chase has rebounded from a week one dud with back-to-back strong performances, scoring 26 points in week two and 24.8 in week three. Jir Gibbs expects continued strong production against the Jaguars.
Insight pageJahmyr Gibbs
PositiveProjection2:05
Jahmyr Gibbs remains the top-ranked player in rest-of-season rankings, averaging 32.8 points per game. He is firmly established in the top-three running back tier alongside Bijan Robinson and Kenneth Walker, with Jir Gibbs questioning if he is on track for a historically great season.
Insight pageJaxon Smith-Njigba
NegativeProjection4:37
Jaxon Smith-Njigba's pre-season expectations varied widely among analysts, ranging from a bottom-of-the-first-round pick to as high as sixth overall. He is also used as a benchmark for the opportunity cost of drafting Justin Jefferson early in high-stakes formats.
Insight pageJoe Burrow
PositiveProjection23:35
Jir Gibbs highlights that Joe Burrow's health is a critical driver for teammate Chase Brown's fantasy production, noting that Brown averaged 20 points per game when playing alongside a healthy Burrow.
Insight pageJonathan Taylor
PositiveUsage6:29
Ranked sixth overall, Jonathan Taylor is the focal point of the Colts' offense. Despite a down week, he has shown increased receiving usage, with at least two catches in every game, and is expected to bounce back against the Commanders.
Insight pageJosh Allen
PositiveProjection13:46
Josh Allen is the clear QB1, currently clearing the field by averaging four points more per game than the QB2 and eight points more than the QB3. Despite a poor outing against the Chargers, he remains a dominant fantasy force; however, Jir Gibbs notes his role as a 'weapon of mass destruction' around the goal line negatively impacts the fantasy ceiling of teammate James Cook.
Insight pageJustin Jefferson
NegativeValue18:16
Jefferson is expected to miss time due to injury, though it is not considered serious. Jir Gibbs suggests a ranking in the 15-18 range is appropriate, noting that while he remains a great asset for those who drafted him inside the second round, drafting him at 10 overall or ahead of Jaxon Smith-Njigba has been a source of frustration for managers.
Insight pageKenneth Walker III
PositiveProjection3:20
Kenneth Walker is ranked as the number four overall player, averaging 26.4 points per game. His elite status is driven by significant involvement in the passing game, placing him in the top tier of running backs alongside Jahmyr Gibbs and Bijan Robinson.
Insight pageLuther Burden
NegativeProjection31:26
Luther Burden's current ranking remains consistent with preseason expectations.
Insight pageMalik Nabers
NegativeProjection32:38
Malik Nabers remains inside the top 50 overall rankings, but Jir Gibbs notes he is on dangerous ground, leading to a decline in his overall standing.
Insight pageMarShawn Lloyd
NegativeBust4:56
Jir Gibbs and Theo Griminger both admit that recommending MarShawn Lloyd as a seventh or eighth-round pick was a mistake, citing the poor performance of the Green Bay offense.
Insight pageMatthew Golden
PositiveBreakout28:43
Matthew Golden is a massive riser in rankings, now placed inside the top 40. Gibbs highlights his high target volume, including two 12-target games, and expresses high confidence in him, noting he drafted Golden in high-stakes formats like the FFPC main event. Gibbs believes Golden will have games where he emerges as the highest-scoring wide receiver.
Insight pageParker Washington
PositiveRole27:21
Jir Gibbs ranks Parker Washington 24th overall, citing his role as the focal point of the Jacksonville offense and his strong chemistry with Trevor Lawrence. The threat from Brian Thomas Jr. has not materialized, and Washington is currently producing like a WR1.
Insight pagePuka Nacua
NegativeInjury19:42
Jir Gibbs ranks Puka Nacua at 18-19 overall but expresses concern over the lack of clarity regarding his hip injury, noting the potential for setbacks and surgery if he does not recover as expected. The recurring uncertainty regarding his return is causing 'bad vibes' for fantasy managers.
Insight pageTrey McBride
PositiveUsage14:53
Ranked 16th overall, McBride is a 'usage king' averaging 19.7 points per game with 34 targets over three weeks. Even in a game where teammate Michael Wilson saw 17 targets, McBride still commanded 11 targets, proving his elite floor and making him a difficult matchup for opponents in regular PPR formats.
Insight pageZay Flowers
PositiveBreakout11:07
Ranked 11th overall, Zay Flowers is showing elite efficiency with over nine yards per route run and 20 points per game; Jir Gibbs suggests an explosion is imminent due to high usage and fewer mouths to feed.
Insight pageFull transcript
Episode Transcript
0:00Rest of season rankings update. I'm Theo Griminger right here at Rotoire updating my rest of season rankings on rotoire.com. And I wanted to share sort
0:11of where I was at at the top with you guys on the podcast and on the YouTube feed. This should be up by Thursday or
0:19Friday. Working on it. Not sure how deep I'm going to go. And I'm going to continue to update this throughout the
0:24season. You can use this for trades, use this for whatever you want. But we think so short term in fantasy and I'm always
0:31saying this is a weekly game uh where we're doing like weekly rankings. We're locked in on this week. But it's great
0:37to have a big picture approach and to look at some of the things that we got wrong and that what we got right in the
0:43preseason. A lot of players we have to recalibrate where we're at on them. You never ever want to have reddraft take
0:51lock when you talk about seasonal rankings. where we were at on guys in August is inconsequential when we get actual NFL data, especially three weeks
1:02in. Now, there's some guys where we're going to hold like keep a candle burning cuz we know the situation will get
1:07better. We know Chase Brown's not going to score like he did the last two weeks.
1:11We're hoping Jameson Williams puts up a blowup game at some point. But you do see there's certain players that go through these lols and then they can
1:19come back. But for a lot of players, we're getting real information, real data, and we need to react to it. Let's
1:25get started right from the top. Top ranked player is still Jir Gibbs. The question with Jir Gibbs is not is he the
1:34top ranked player in fantasy football.
1:36It's can he have a historically good season? Like when we look back all time at the running back spot, is Jir Gibbs
1:452026 season gonna be up there? He's averaging 32.8 8 points per game.
1:50Absolutely ridiculous price tag. If there's any possible way you can get him in a reddraft league, do it. Most Gibbs managers understand that there's really
2:00no pivot unless you're offering me Bejon Robinson plus, maybe Kenneth Walker plus. Um, and that plus better be really good. There's really no point in
2:10pivoting off of Jir Gibbs. Now, I had a bunch of takes on Bejian Robinson versus Kenneth Walker, you know, two weeks ago
2:18when it was the quarterback situation was a little bit unclear. I think that was a little bit too reactionary. And I'll take the L on that one because
2:26Bejon right now looks like the biggest threat to Jir Gibbs with Michael Pennix behind center. Bejian is completely back as the number two ranked. So, it's
2:36exactly where we had it in the in the in all throughout July, all throughout August. I had Gibbs and I had Bejon. I
2:41think most people did in some order.
2:43Mostly Gibbs at the one, but that's where we're at uh through two weeks.
2:47Now, third ranked guy. Really, you could have made an argument that this player should have been right in the conversation with the two running backs,
2:55but it's Jackson Smith and Jigba, who's actually leading all of them in points per game right now. 34.7 points per game. uh leads all wide receivers in
3:06receptions, receiving yards by a lot, touchdowns. I It's unbelievable what JSN is doing. He's completely locked in. If you want to make an argument to put JSN
3:18at two, right behind Jir Gibbs, go for it. And then we also have the added bonus that Seattle can't run the ball
3:24right now. Uh Seattle's struggling to run the ball. So, they're leaning into JSN.
3:29When we look back big picture what JSN was able to accomplish last year and this year collectively, we're going to say this guy's on an all-time great
3:37trajectory. JSN is unbelievable. He stays locked in for me at three. Now, Kenneth Walker comes in at four. And I think this is fine where I have Kenneth
3:46Walker. Uh, unbelievable run out. If you were able to get Kenneth Walker inside of round two, that's looking like a league winner. Gibson Robinson, you had
3:55to take it the one spot, the two spot.
3:57And JSN is a massive ADP win because you were able to get him alongside guys like all those guys in the middle of the
4:06round. Like, you know, CMC is not far behind. He's averaging 19 points per game. But, uh, JSN over over Christian McCaffrey is how I had it ranked all
4:15throughout August and September. A lot of people on other sites had Christian McAffrey ranked right behind the running backs, uh, Gibbs and and and Robinson.
4:23So, like people love to go back and point out uh things you got wrong and I'll take an L right now. If I cost you
4:30a seventh round or an eighth round Marshon Lloyd pick, then I'll take the L on that one. But I think really you need
4:37to go back at the end of the year and say which analysts had JSN as a bottom of the first round guy, which analysts
4:44had JSN as like six overall where we had them throughout the summer. So, uh we'll look back and again things happen
4:51throughout the year. uh we can't do any sort of victory laps and we really shouldn't take L's but I will take an
4:56early L on Lloyd that Green Bay uh offense looks terrible but Kenneth Walker locked in at the four spot just in a great spot. Kenneth Walker is if it
5:08wasn't for Gibbs and Robinson then Kenneth Walker would be the talk of fantasy football averaging 26.4 four points per game right now. His
5:16involvement in the passing game is just through the roof. And I think that's what sort of lends itself to ranking him
5:22here versus a couple of the running backs behind him. It's not only the early points per game lead, it's the two-way involvement. So with Gibbs,
5:29Walker, and Robinson, and CMC for that matter, you're getting this two-way ability. CMC way less productive as a runner than those guys, but certainly
5:39still catching a lot of passes. But Gibbs, Walker, Robinson, that's the top three running backs with JSN. My number five ranked player is Jamar Chase. We've
5:49had back-to-back awesome weeks for Jamar Chase.
5:5320 plus points. He had the the the the two really good games that sort of like put us at ease after the the dud in week
6:01one. This week faces the Jacksonville Jaguars defense, which has been on fire.
6:06But we fully expect uh Jamar Chase to put up a really good number at home. 26 points in week two, 24.8 points in week
6:14three. Uh Chase right about in line. I had Chase as my number three ranked player in August. Now I have him at
6:22five. So right about in the same wheelhouse. Chase is Chase. Really nothing to see there. Six overall for me is Jonathan Taylor. And I feel really
6:30good about things with Taylor. Uh he's the offensive focal point. The offensive line quality in Indianapolis is there.
6:37Taylor had a poor week this past week in terms of uh in terms of fantasy production, but it was after a red-hot
6:45week one and week two. 25 points in week one, 29 points in week two. We can sort of sustain one lowscoring week. I think
6:53it's a great bounceback spot for Taylor this week against the Washington Commanders. I think he's going to put up a number there. Uh Taylor also involved
7:01as a receiver a little bit more than in years past. He's had at least two catches in every game. We saw a 40 yard
7:08um week in week two. 40 receiving yards against the Chiefs. Really a positive sign uh for Jonathan Taylor. Locked in asset. Seven for me is Christian
7:19McCaffrey. Again, I think CMC, if you draft him at three overall, you're kind of not loving life compared to seeing some of these other guys scoring. But
7:26CMC is still locked in. He's still finding ways to score a lot of fantasy points and I think he'll continue to do
7:33that. He just needs to stay healthy. CMC is at 19 points per game. I would guess that he can sustain this number. Um it
7:40feels like a reasonable bet for CMC to end the season somewhere in that 18 to 20 point range as long as he stays
7:48healthy. For me next is Aman Raw St.
7:52Brown. And I probably should have put Aman Rah in in retrospect looking at it.
7:56Aman Raw maybe ahead of Taylor and McAffrey would have been fine. I I I just think Aman Raw is an unbelievable
8:03player. So, this is really about in line where I had him ranked. I had him ranked a little bit ahead of eight. He's
8:08averaging 25 points per game. We did see like one down week. Uh I still managed to catch a touchdown, but we saw a four
8:15catch for 19 yard week against the Jets.
8:18Has a chance to bounce back big against Carolina this week. That could be a high-scoring game. Then another positive matchup against Arizona. So really, Aman
8:26Rod 8 feels like the one that could sort of get me in trouble. But I do think with the scarcity of the running back
8:32position, if it came down to it, in a perfect world, do I prefer Aman Raw versus those running backs? Yes. But
8:41knowing rosters for fantasy, just how important it is to have a running back like a Jonathan Taylor foundationally, I think I can recover at wide receiver a
8:50little bit more if you're in trading leagues. So that's sort of where I'm at.
8:54Aman Raw feels a little bit low. He could have been ranked I mean ahead of Chase at at five. Aman Raw is in an
9:00awesome spot.
9:02Looking at the rest of my rankings, Dererick Henry at nine, which feels a little high, but Henry is just in an
9:09unbelievable spot. Derrick Henry, I think this week has a chance to put up an absolute smash game. We saw the touchdowns against Dallas. Henry's at 25
9:19points per game. I mean, there's really nothing more to say. His next two games are Tennessee and then at Atlanta. Henry
9:26has scored more than 17 points in every single week this uh this season. He scored a touchdown in every single game
9:33this season. So Derrick Henry completely locked in. Number 10 for me, I'm putting him up high because I think he's a
9:40league winner where you got him. Uh Chris Ave for me at 10. I'm going to be ahead of consensus here. Um Ave is awesome.
9:50There's nothing to overthink. This is an alpha profile. This is an offense that moves the ball well. Als are are top-notch. The targets he's
10:00getting are are simply unbelievable. You can really lean into a lav. Right now, he's behind CD Lamb in points per game,
10:08but I do think Lamb will eventually regress from like this 23 point per game average. Whereas a I do think outscores
10:16Lamb for the rest of the season. I that might be a little bit bold. Uh, a lot of people on Lamb there, but I just look at
10:20the the raw target totals for Chris Ave.
10:24I think that's something that's going to remain each and every week. So, I do prefer him to CD Lamb. Uh, I had a Lav
10:31ranked very highly. I think end of the year, that's going to be a one that looks pretty good. If you were following
10:35my content throughout the summer, a lobby comes in at 10. Catch every drive, every play, and every touchdown poolside stadium swim at Circa Resort and Casino
10:45in downtown Las Vegas. Take it all in from six temperature controlled pools.
10:49Or claim your place in a lounge chair, daybed, or private cabana. With a massive 143 ft screen and immersive audio, you won't just watch the action,
10:58you'll feel it. Make Stadium Swim at Circa Resort and Casino your game day ritual. Reserve your spot in the sun today at circa loss Vegas.com.
11:07Now, here's the sort of the the spicy one for me. I'm putting Z Flowers at 11 overall. And this might be kind of
11:15hyperbolic, but Z Flowers is incredible on the metrics. It's what Z Flowers has been able to do. He's averaging over
11:26nine yards per route run. He's averaging 20 points per game. He's run so few routes, but the usage is just incredible. It feels like an explosion
11:36waiting to happen with Z Flower. So, I'm going to be ahead of consensus with Z.
11:40And there's also fewer mouse to feed.
11:43So, when I look at Lamb off to this red-hot start, there's going to be weeks where Pickkins picks it up. I mean,
11:49Pickkins, I think, is too talented a player not to put up some smash week.
11:52So, the guys that probably get me in trouble on this list is Lamb. Lamb comes in at 12 overall for me, which seems
11:59incredibly low and dangerous, but I'm very high on those other two wide receivers. I think they're close enough.
12:05Um, and that's where I'm at. 13 overall, Brock Bowers. and again really really could get me in trouble here. I had him
12:13at 10 overall in August. So for me to rank him here is not an indictment on Bowowers. It's just my enthusiasm for
12:20how good these wide receivers are. But Bowowers insane, incredible start. Uh we all saw what Bowowers was able to accomplish this past week, his first
12:29week back and just puts up this monster 10 for 116 yards and a touchdown week on 13 targets. Just absolutely incredible
12:40stuff. Bowowers 27.6 points in his first week back. Bowers completely locked in.
12:47What you wanted from Bowowers is exactly what you saw. Now we go up against the Kansas City Chiefs this week. I think
12:53Bowowers has a chance to put up another huge number. Can Vegas hang? Can Vegas pull this one off? I don't think so. I
13:01think this is probably more of a uh the Chiefs look really good and the Chiefs win comfortably, but if the Vegas
13:07Raiders are to beat Kansas City games in Vegas, by the way, that is going to be an electric environment. A lot of Chiefs
13:13fans will be there, too, but it'll be an electric environment. If if the Raiders are able to pull that one off, it's
13:20going to be off of a huge Brock Bowers week. So, Bowowers might be a guy we're going to have to move up in the rankings
13:26next week. Looking at the rest of these rankings, James Cook at 14 seems really low. Uh he's still an unbelievable asset. You could put him right behind
13:36Derrick Henry. I talked about the scarcity of the position at running back, but I do think it's the threat of Josh Allen. It's the fact that DJ Moore
13:46and Daltton King Kaid both cracked my top 50. It's the best offense in in football, arguably. Um but Josh Allen is
13:54just this weapon of mass destruction around the goal line. I do worry about James Cook a little bit in terms of Cook
14:00versus Taylor. I don't think he's there in in the preseason. I had Cook ahead of Taylor. Um, but I'm willing to kind of
14:08flip the script here. But James Cook an unbelievable asset. 15 overall. I could have gone Trey McBride here, but I'm going with Drake London. I think we saw
14:19the splits with Drake London and Michael Penn are are incredible historically and then we see the 190 yard outing the first week back with Michael Penn. So
14:29just unbelievable stuff from Drake London. I think moving forward he's a locked and loaded wide receiver one and it just shows the quality of the
14:37position where all Flowers CD Lamb Drake London Aman Ross St. Brown, Jamar Chase.
14:45There's so much quality at the wide receiver position and it's caused some of these other guys to get pushed down.
14:51Some notable names I haven't said yet.
14:53Now, Trey McBride comes in at 16 overall. And this is one I I could have put a little bit higher. McBride, 19.7
15:01points per game. Just disgusting for a tight end to do that. It's like when you see Trey McBride across from you and and
15:08that's your opponent has Trey McBride in regular PPR, you're incredibly nervous because if you don't have Brock Bowers, it's really hard to do battle and you
15:17know you're going to have to win at other positions. Now, if you're going up against Trey McBride in tight end premium formats like FFPC, then you are
15:25like holding your breath all game long because you know there's going to be a drive coming where he has three or four
15:31catches on the drive and can flip the script and sort of win you the week. So, McBride is there 34 targets in three
15:38weeks. The only thing I worry about with these Arizona Cardinals and I think that McBride's in a really good spot, Jeremiah Love's in a really good spot.
15:47The thing I worry about a little bit is they got to win. They got to win this week. We felt so good about the way
15:54things were for Arizona in week one when we they beat the LA Chargers and we're like, "Okay, things are great. Jacobe
16:03Brassette has bought himself the season essentially. They won a game and they won a game against a team we think is
16:09going to win potentially a lot of games." Then we look back and we said Arizona should beat LA. LA's a absolute
16:16train wreck right now. They can't get out of their way. The offense can't score. So, Arizona, that seemed like a big upset, but I think if they played uh
16:25again this week, we'd favor Arizona again. They they hung with San Francisco to an extent. Little back door touchdown at the end there to make it closer. Uh
16:35they score a bunch of points against the 49ers, but they're one-2 and Seattle smoked them. Now, they play New York this week. If New York beats Arizona,
16:45and New York's two-1, but again with Jameus Winston behind center, it's a different kind of Giants team. Lose Brian Burns. Arizona needs to go into
16:53New York for us for fantasy managers.
16:55This is like the most important game on tap for the rest of the season is Arizona winning this game in New York.
17:03If we get this run out, then we're going to get Jacobe Brassette for a bunch of weeks. The guy could lose six games in a
17:08row and they're probably still going to leave him in there. Um, so I just in the worry a little bit in the back of my
17:14mind that if the things start tailing off, could we see a quarterback change?
17:17But other than that, Trey McBride, unbelievable. Locked in. Guy's a beast.
17:22And this past week was the only week where he's not like tight end one overall numbers, but he still gets you
17:2916 and a half points and he still gets 11 targets in the game where Michael Wilson had 17 targets. So just absurd
17:36stuff there. His teammate gets 17 targets and he still gets 11 targets.
17:41Trey McBride is a usage king. Just a quick note that this show and all of my shows are brought to you by Better. Go
17:50check out the Better app. Uh really awesome stuff over there. And Better is like there's so much you can do over on
17:59that site. But you can jump into the Better Sports book for spreads, totals, and money line. It's just a great way to
18:07add extra action. If you're enjoying fantasy games, you're enjoying your NFL games, you're also going to enjoy Better. Go check out Better. Continuing
18:17these rankings, we talked about the tight ends. Let's go to a couple of wide receivers that Justin Jefferson avoids anything serious
18:27here, but he still looks like he's going to be out this week. Jefferson is a great player. Is he gonna reach the the
18:34levels of some of the other wide receivers that I talked about uh this ear little little earlier? I mean, he could theoretically. We What's very
18:42promising is he steps out and Jordan Addison puts up like a huge week with Kyler Murray. So, I think that's there.
18:50I think we got a little bit ahead of ourselves with Jefferson in week one. 31 points in week one. That's going to be
18:56the high. I mean, I think that it's just Jefferson is this is about where we should be ranking Jefferson. I I think
19:02you could rank him a little bit higher, but I think somewhere in that 15 to 18 range, uh, seems about right. I have him
19:11slightly below that. Jefferson's still a great asset. If you got Jefferson in inside of round two, like a lot of you
19:18were this summer, I think you're feeling really good. If you drafted Jefferson at 10 overall, you're like, "Okay, I I wish
19:24maybe I would have pivoted." Um, and then if you drafted Jefferson ahead of JSN, like we saw in the $100,000 NFC
19:32league, you are tilting each and every week wondering sort of why did I make that decision? So, Jefferson's Jefferson. Now, at 20 overall, I have or
19:42excuse me, at 18 overall, I have Pukanakua.
19:45And I get bad vibes with this one. And I keep saying this, and I talked about um Canada Mumfield as a waiverwire ad this
19:53week. He had a really good week, but every time they talk about Puka, it's like he could be back this week, but if
19:58he has a setback, he's going to get surgery. I just hate like the the the way this is being reported. It feels
20:05like there's a lack of clarity. It feels like there's potential for setbacks.
20:09It's a hip. So, like with Puka, I think where I'm ranking him is about right. Uh Pukanakua at 18 overall, 19 overall. the
20:18first quarterback and the quarterback that you are all guessing. It's Josh Allen.
20:24Nothing really more to say other than when we look back at the end of his career as fantasy managers, is he going
20:32to be the best fantasy football quarterback of all time? I don't think it's hyperbolic. I think a lot of you who are, you know, talking to talking to
20:41the old heads listening to my show, um, am I an old head? I don't know. My my son thinks I'm an old head. Some people
20:47said I guess I'm unk age for some of these other kids. I don't know. It's an argument. But for like the old heads out
20:53there, for the older guys who played fantasy football forever, where does Josh Allen rank for you as a fantasy football quarterback? I mean, it's it's
21:02got to be towards the very top. But it's it's just another year where Allen is completely clearing the field. He's averaging four more points per game than
21:11QB2. He's averaging seven, excuse me, eight more points per game than QB3. Uh, ridiculous numbers for Allen. Huge, huge
21:21outputs in multiple weeks. The only game that was bad was the Chargers.
21:28I doubt he's going to put two games back to back at home that are anything less than one huge stellar performance. But
21:34QB1 overall type week in week one, QB1 overall type week in week two. And then even against LA where he has a fumble
21:42and two interceptions, he still gets two touchdowns. So that's like the blip on the radar. It's Josh Allen. He's my only
21:49quarterback here.
21:5220 overall. Ashton Genty. It feels about right. Gent usage. I think we got a little bit ahead of ourselves after week
22:01one. It's been some regression post week one in terms of like what we're seeing scoring-wise from Genty. He's averaging 18.4 points per game, but the last two
22:12weeks have been 10 points and 12 12 points. The receiving work is there for him. He has had the six catch game in
22:20week one. He's had four catches in week two and three and three in week three.
22:24So, every single week getting at least three catches and that's sort of boosting him. He's got a 45 yard game, a
22:3037 yard game as a receiver. So if you're playing in PPR, Genty sort of gotten you by. But the last two weeks are like,
22:36"Hey, come on, Ashen Genty. Where's that 30 plus point week we had in week one?"
22:41KC game. This is going to be a tilting one because it's in Vegas. We talked about Bowers. The Raiders are 3-0.
22:49There's going to be a lot of eyes on this one. A big Genty game would would would speak volumes for fantasy managers
22:56that are like looking for something like week one. So, what is Ashton Genty? Is Ashton Genty going to end up being a
23:03player that is sort of a low-end RB1, or is he a player that could end up being like the RB5, RB6? I think we'll know a
23:10lot more over the next two weeks. But with Genty, we've got Kansas City this week and then we've got the Patriots on
23:17the road in week five. So, some really like tricky games. New England can't get away from the themselves right now, but
23:24week five in New England, Vegas going cross country after the Kansas City game, that's a difficult one for them as well. So, we'll keep an eye on Ashton
23:32Genty, see where he sort of ends up.
23:35Chase Brown is a player that we have to lower. Uh, he comes in at 21 overall for me. Chase Brown. We talked about him in
23:45the preseason a lot where sort of the one reservation is, are we ranking Chase Brown a little too highly? Fantasy managers were sort of ranking him and
23:55drafting him sort of where he was with Joe Burrow and not necessarily where he was in terms of counting stats. And
24:06again, Joe Burrow being healthy, it was a reasonable uh way to kind of approach it things where his splits last year
24:12with with Burrow, he was averaging 20 points per game with Joe Burrow. Average the previous two years was like 15.9 points and like 16 points. But the usage
24:22has been incredible for Chase Brown.
24:24There's no running backs challenging him. And yet, we've had back-to-back weeks with really, really disappointing outcomes. And he's only averaging 13
24:33points per game on the season. So, pretty low down there. Volumewise has been fantastic. We talked about every week um getting touches. The only week
24:43where he had fewer than 20 touches was this past week against Pittsburgh and he only averaged and he only scored 8.9
24:51points. But week one against Tampa Bay, that was the the sort of the dream for him where he gets 21 touches and five of
24:59them are receptions. Houston week two uh was a was a 23 touch week. So if we get this sort of touch volume with Chase
25:07Brown, things are going to average out.
25:09But for now, I need to rank him sort of realistically. So I put him down at 21 overall. Now, for me, I I'm going a
25:18little bit aggressive with this one because I think we've turned the corner.
25:2222 overall for me is going to be Jeremiah Love. I I love what we saw last week. I could have gone with a guy like
25:30Kairen Williams, Javvante Williams, Parker Washington, Christian Watson.
25:34They're all sort of right there. But Jeremiah Love, I think we've turned the corner. I think he's going to end up
25:39putting up really good numbers. I think your win rates with Jeremiah Love are going to be really, really good when we
25:45look back a few weeks from now and we say, "Look where we were able to get him." Uh, and look where he's scoring.
25:51Now, next up on the list for me is going to be Kairen Williams. At 22 overall, or excuse me, at 23 overall is Kairen
25:58Williams. And Kairen, it's another year where you're getting a really good um value on where you drafted Kairen Williams. Sort of the Blake Corm threat
26:08has been non-existent. Cororm looks really good running the ball. The problem is Kairen is dominating the touches and we had a massive signal this
26:17past week against Denver. He had six catches for 70 yards. Awesome, awesome output as a receiver. So, we're seeing Kairen in a game where no puka, some
26:29tight ends being banged up, and Kairen ends up being a really valuable receiver. Week two against New York, he has a touch a touchdown catch, and then
26:37he follows it up with six catches for 70 yards in week three. So, I think Kairen is a great trade target for you. Didn't
26:44mention him on my trade show. dropping a trade show each and every week here on Rotoire podcast and on the YouTube
26:50channel. Um, but Kairen I think is a really good player to try to trade for because a lot of fantasy managers got
26:56him as their running back too. I don't think they're going to be quick to trade him, but I do think maybe the market
27:00hasn't fully realized how valuable Kairen is. Averaging 17.7 points per game, continues to score touchdowns.
27:08It's It's just unbelievable how consistent this guy has been and he has scored 15.5 points or more in all three games this season. So, Kiran completely
27:19locked in.
27:2124 overall, I'm going Parker Washington, and I'm pushing Parker Washington up to 24 overall. He looks awesome. The BTJ threat is non-existent. Parker
27:31Washington is the focal point of the Jacksonville offense. He's completely clicking with uh with Trevor Lawrence.
27:39All the usage numbers are are awesome for Parker Washington. I I'm I think this is about where he should be ranked.
27:46And I think he's a a player that when again, if you drafted early and you had access to Parker Washington when he was
27:53like a sixth and seventh round pick, you're feeling fantastic about things.
27:57Averaging 16.4 points per game. So, he's right there as a wide receiver one right now. Now, is there a big gap between him
28:05and guys like uh like a Chris Alave?
28:07Sure. But 16.4 points per game. Right next to him for me is going to be Christian Watson coming in at 25. And
28:17Christian Watson I probably could have had ranked a little bit early, a little bit higher than this one. But I do have
28:23Matthew Golden ranked very highly as well. And I think there's going to be some games where Golden ends up being the highest scoring wide receiver.
28:32Golden's had two 12 target weeks. Uh Watson is just this weapon of mass destruction. Could end up being I mean we talked about him for multiple
28:41podcasts as a darkhorse candidate to sort of lead the NFL in touchdown catches. He's not going to get there, but I do think he'll end up being a top
28:49five touchdown scorer this year. And he's just on an awesome red-hot start.
28:54He's averaging over 20 points per game right now. 23 points per game. That's a number that I think will come in a
29:00little bit. But Christian Watson right now looks unbelievable. That's my top 25. Just a couple of notable fallers and a couple of notable risers. Uh certainly
29:11for me, some guys I could have ranked a little bit higher here. There's a number of them. Some risers for me. Chuba
29:18Hubard a significant riser. He's one I faded in the preseason. I really shouldn't have. I'll take the L on Chuba. I'm going to make a big
29:25adjustment here. He's easily in inside the top 50. I have him as a low30s guy right now. Matthew Golden, huge riser. I
29:34drafted Matthew Golden this year. Uh I have him on an FFPC main event team. Uh that's like a two in one team that's
29:41like the number two seed right now.
29:42Feeling great about Matthew Golden. I also have him on some NFC teams. So I was drafting Golden, but I should have
29:48been more aggressive with where I was ranking him. I was sort of the guy who took a lot of heat at with my Dynasty
29:54analysis. And I'm going to get back to doing some Dynasty shows. I know a lot of you followed me for my dynasty
29:59content when I was at player profiler and at fantasy points. I've been very reddraft focused here at Rotoire. We have so much cool so many cool things
30:07going on over at Rotoire that I've had to kind of focus on the reddraft stuff.
30:11But next week I'm going to drop a Dynasty show. Shout out to the Dynasty Life audience out there. We're basically going to drop a Dynasty life next week.
30:19Uh talk about some Dynasty trades, some Dynasty rankings. Um, but Matthew Golden is one where I I sort of took heat
30:26because I was drafting him. He was like a onetwo turn pick in a lot of leagues, an early second round pick in a lot of
30:32leagues. Um, as a rookie rookie draft selection despite his draft capital, people sort of said, "Theo, what are you doing? This is just a fast guy. You
30:41know, you're basically basically embracing um, you know, these these sort of guys never work out. It's just drafted for his 40 time kind of deal."
30:48And I and I did battle with some like really smart people and I took a lot of L's and people sort of busted my chops
30:54throughout the year for that one last year. Well, here we are. Matthew Golden, never take an L, just wait. Matthew Golden is back. Um, and Matthew Golden
31:02looks terrific and I have him inside the top 40. So, I'm really aggressive with Matthew Golden's ranking. Brock Pury right alongside Lamar Jackson. Flip a
31:11coin how you want to rank him. QB1, QB, excuse me, QB2, QB3. Pertie has the attrition uh when it comes to these
31:20receivers and it doesn't matter. He's basically Captain America right now.
31:23Bashel Tutin rises up. He's inside the top 50. Uh Luther Burden right about in line with where we ranked him. Dalton
31:32Concincaid cracks my top 50. He's my tight end three right now. Disappointing week three, but we look back to week one
31:38and week two feeling great about things.
31:40I have him ahead of Tyler Warren, which feels like it could be a loss. I have him ahead of George KD, which also is a
31:46scary proposition. Now, a couple of notable followers, and these ones hurt a lot. Um, Amecha Ibuka, notable follower for where I had him in the preseason
31:55rankings, and he's been healthy, but now we've got to deal with Jaylen Daniels.
31:59We've got to be realistic about where this passing game is in Tampa Bay.
32:03Another notable follower, Omari Hampton.
32:05Wow, what a fall. Who would you rather have right now in reddraft, Jaylen Warren or Omarian Hampton? You would have laughed at me for saying that two
32:15weeks ago. And it's probably still Hampton. I mean, it could still be Hampton, but Omarian Hampton, dangerous spot to be. I think he's a borderline
32:24top 50 guy at best right now. Um, now, could he improve his stock over the next couple weeks? Sure. But it's an offense
32:31that can't score. It's Katon Mitchell being involved a lot. The usage for Hampton is not there. He's really boosted by the two touchdown scores this
32:38year. So, he's a huge faller. Another follower for me is Malik Neighbors who stays inside the top 50, but he's on
32:45sort of dangerous ground here. And we're going to continue working on the rankings. We'll try to get him out. Um maybe I'll put something out on X about
32:53when these actually do get updated. But make sure you're checking out my rest of the season rankings over at rotoire.com.
33:00You're also going to get access with a Rotoire subscription to my weekly rankings, my dynasty rankings, as well as Ian Harditz, Jim Coventry, Jagger
33:09May, and Jeff Ericson. If you're a Dynasty manager, Jagger and I have you covered. And if you want to level your
33:15game up even more, consider Rotoire All Access. Some great deals right now on Rotoire subs. Uh we can help you get
33:22through it. If you started out your year, own three, one, and two. We want to help you turn things around. Make
33:27sure you check out all of the podcasts I'm dropping. If you're enjoying them, give us a fivestar review. Give us a
33:33review on Apple or Spotify. Uh, and if you're loving the YouTube channel, hit that subscribe button. We're dropping multiple videos a week that are going to
33:41help you crush your fantasy league.
