0:00Big show for you here today. That's right. It is a fantastic, a banger of an episode for you.
0:06Mike Wright, Jason Moore, Andy Holloway of the Fantasy Footballers joined me to go over the 12 Yahoo ADPs that are incorrect right now.
0:13That is right. They've got 12 players that they think need to be going much, much higher in Yahoo Drafts right now.
0:19We've got running backs. We've got some wide receivers.
0:22We've got a quarterback somewhere along the way here.
0:25Also, we get into the Deshaun Watson news, the Ashton Gentry news, Kayshawn Booty traded to the Houston Texans.
0:30Oh, by the way, that's not all because Justin Boone joins me at the end of the program to go over his league winners.
0:37That's right. Who are the players that are going to bring home some titles for you fantasy players out there?
0:43All that and more come up on today's show.
0:46Let's get into it. What's going on, everyone? I'm Matt Harmon.
0:49Welcome to the Yahoo Fantasy Forecast, and it is a hell of a day to talk ball.
0:54And I always say it's a hell of a day to talk ball, but today truly is.
0:59It's one hell of a day to talk ball because it's a big show.
1:04And I always say it's a big show, but today it's the biggest of shows because later on in the show, Justin
1:10Boone is going to be joining me, of course, as he always does here on Mondays.
1:15But before that, what a treat to welcome to the show the fantasy footballers themselves.
1:19We've got Mike Wright. We've got Jason Moore and surprising me today because yesterday I didn't tease that he was going to be on the show.
1:27Andy Holloway is like, listen, we're going on a Harmon show.
1:30There's no way I'm sitting this one out. Boys, it is good to see you guys again.
1:35I just hung out with you guys a ton at the Fantasy Football Expo last month, and here you are gracing me with your presence.
1:43I am just thrilled to be talking with you guys today.
1:46It is most definitely August, and we are happy to be here.
1:50Andy, Mike, Jason, that's all you got? That's it.
1:52We're bringing high energy to this show today. It is August.
1:55Well, I expected you guys to just come alongside me.
1:58Yeah, but what you said was so boring. It's nice to be able to return the favor.
2:03Harmon was on our show back when we were in a bedroom.
2:07And so, yeah, it's been a long relationship here.
2:10That's all you got? It has, and a good relationship, by the way, too.
2:14A good relationship, not just a long one, but a good relationship.
2:17No, for those unfamiliar with our long-term relationship, I used to work with these guys doing reception perception in the Ultimate Draft Kit.
2:24It was a hell of a partnership for a long time, and these guys are still absolutely crushing it without me.
2:31And things are going okay on my end as well.
2:33So, listen, what's up is up. We lost them in free agency.
2:37Yeah. Lost them in free agency. What can you do?
2:40What can you do? But things are going well for all of us involved here.
2:44And this is going to be a great show today because these guys are going to tell us what's wrong with current Yahoo ADP.
2:52They've each got some players that they think need to be going higher than they are currently on the Yahoo platform.
2:58So, we're going to take that feedback, and you guys are going to bump all of these players up your board.
3:04We got a ton to get into there. But before we do that, we got a little bit of fantasy fallout today.
3:11We got three news items to hit, boys, before we jump into these ADPs that need adjusting.
3:16First of all, Deshaun Watson has been named quarterback.
3:18Oh, boy. Week one starter after I said yesterday he was probably never going to take another snap with the team after
3:25the conference, the press conference, where he basically had the self-awareness of a potato.
3:29Tough scene. He has more self-awareness than the Browns do.
3:32I mean, that's what's crazy is like he has no self-awareness.
3:35But the Browns are like, did you not read the situation?
3:38No one wants him there. The fans don't want him there.
3:42He doesn't want to be there for the fans.
3:44And then to just the icing on the cake, he gets outplayed by Shadour Sanders in preseason.
3:49Looks terrible. And then they're like, hey, guys. Hey, guys.
3:52It's time to name the starter. Watson. What? Fantastic timing by the Cleveland Browns.
3:57Yeah, no question about that. Here's the reality, guys.
3:59I feel like what this tells us is that they were going to do this no matter what.
4:05Like there was no real competition. They were going to roll this out there.
4:09Shadour Sanders is going to be the backup. Watson is going to start week one.
4:13I would say, though, first two weeks, Jacksonville Jaguars away game.
4:16Tampa Buccaneers away game. Week three, they're home against the Carolina Panthers.
4:20Do any of you three, Mike, I'll ask you.
4:23Do you think there's any way that Watson is still starting for this team by week three when they come in at home against the Panthers?
4:30I don't mind that theory. The problem I had is I was with you of there's there's a zero percent chance that
4:37Sean Watson's going to start ever again for the Cleveland Browns after the multiple what Achilles injuries.
4:42It was like you kind of got a the Browns were you don't want anyone to get hurt.
4:47So that's not what I'm saying. But it's like the situation was was handed to you.
4:52You can get out. You made a horrible mistake.
4:55You made a horrible PR mistake. You made a horrible football decision.
4:58As it turns out, you destroyed your team. You burned all your picks.
5:02And then your cap has been destroyed by this guy.
5:05Like you had an out. You could have just said we're going to put him like at the back of the bench.
5:12We need to try something new. We need to see if she do or it could be the future.
5:17It was right there. So the fact that they decided to even go week one week of of Watson at at the
5:24start when the other guys are healthy, it blew my mind.
5:27Week three, I think I expect Watson will be starting for this team for the for the foreseeable future.
5:33It won't be the entire season. We know that.
5:35But I don't know. That'll be that'll be a crazy, crazy game if he flops the first two on the road.
5:42Yes. To run him out there in front of the home crowd.
5:45That's I mean, they have a path to the number one regardless of their starter.
5:50But man, that will be. That's just I mean, this is the bed they made, I guess.
5:55I mean, we you didn't have to do that.
5:57Cleveland, you didn't have you didn't have to. But here we are.
6:01Pretty outrageous, by the way, that the Browns spent the 94th overall pick on a quarterback last year.
6:06And there has been zero point zero buzz on Dylan Gabriel, even making a dent in what is one of the more
6:13pathetic quarterback battles I can remember in recent history.
6:16So things are going great in Cleveland. I do love the fact that Casey Concepcion is one of my favorite receiver prospects
6:22to come into the league for the last few years.
6:25And I've got to, like, convince myself that now we just got to get Shador Sanders in there by week three and then things will be all right.
6:33That will fix it. Yeah, I'm in the coping corner and it's not even week one, boys.
6:38So that's a tough spot here. Justin Jefferson last year without good quarterback play.
6:43I mean, it's going to be it's going to be tough.
6:46Concepcion looks awesome. Love him. I'm completely with you.
6:48I'm like, I really want to be in. But then you just have to go shoot.
6:53It's a he still has to catch balls that are thrown to him.
6:57And it's probably not going to be thrown to him.
7:00Well, well, at least he won't be running routes very far downfield.
7:04So there's there's the coping going even further. Speaking of the coping corner, I think we avoided a situation where Ashton Jenty
7:10drafters have to be thrown into the coping corner here because this news broke quite literally with about five minutes left in
7:17the show last night with Scott Pianowski and I talking about this.
7:20So we did not have a full reaction to the Ashton Jenty news.
7:24It was, you know, 530 p.m. yesterday. It felt pretty dire.
7:27Honestly, we got off kind of the best situation possible here.
7:31It looks like Ashton Jenty only has a sprained ankle coming out of the practice injury from Sunday.
7:36Now, to be fair, we don't know how high this sprained ankle is, which is obviously the the concern that does matter, Mike.
7:43However, it looks like we've avoided like a season ending catastrophic injury for Ashton Jenty.
7:47So, Andy, I'll start with you here. If you're drafting a team right now today, where does Ashton Jenty fall in your rankings?
7:54What are you doing with Mike Washington? Reaction to this news here of the Raiders backfield.
7:59It was absolutely insane yesterday because people were in the middle of their drafts trying to hedge.
8:04We were sitting here with our rankings going like how you don't pull them necessarily off the board without conclusive news, but
8:10we don't necessarily want to have people drafting him in the exact same spot.
8:15So it was it was a tough situation. I'm in a draft today in an FFT open draft.
8:20I was sitting there in the late second round.
8:23Jenty was on the board and I took him.
8:25I took Jenty at that spot. I felt like it was worth it.
8:29You know, whether it lingers a week or two into the year, I feel like the value on him late second.
8:35I felt like it was worth it. You know, if I get Mike Washington later, I mean, maybe I think about that.
8:42But at this point, I think we just avoided one of the worst injuries on one of the worst draft day situations.
8:48And, you know, the alarm that was going out on Twitter, all the unverified reports of what happened and us trying to
8:55draw conclusions from them turning the music on the boombox off at practice.
8:59I mean, I mean, this is what it is now in fantasy.
9:02We got to react and we got to react quick.
9:05But, you know, I know there were some people that made trades probably on the first bit of news and drafted Mike Washington very high.
9:13But as of right now, I think we're all breathing a sigh of relief.
9:17As long as that like high ankle sprain doesn't go so high that it becomes like a knee.
9:22I think we're going to be OK. I think that would be ideal.
9:26I will say just, yeah, for me personally, I dropped Gentie behind guys I honestly kind of wanted to drop behind anyways.
9:33Kenneth Walker, Derek Henry. I was like kind of looking as Scott and I were talking about this at the beginning of yesterday's episode.
9:40I'm kind of looking for a reason to boost those guys.
9:43Like, I think I felt a little more confident in those offensive ecosystems anyways, even though I'm really a big fan of
9:50what Gentie can be for the Raiders. This sort of gives you an excuse to push him down.
9:55I think the right move is into that maybe early third round range for me.
9:59Late second, I think, is appropriate for the Ashton Gentie fall after the injury.
10:04But, yeah, I think we've avoided the worst case scenario here.
10:07Last piece of news to get to before we jump into our exercise of the day.
10:12Kayshawn Booty traded to the Houston Texans for a 2028 seventh round pick and Jalen Reed safety there.
10:17I think this one makes a lot of sense.
10:20Obviously, losing Jaden Higgins was a huge bummer last week for the Houston Texans for the season.
10:25They needed a starting outside receiver. Jason, thoughts on Kayshawn Booty getting sent to the Houston Texans?
10:30I mean, I think it's one of those trades that's good for literally everyone.
10:34Might not be good for the Patriots as a team, but from a fantasy football perspective, it opens up pathways.
10:40One, it's good for Stroud. I think, you know, this was a real problem if you only have Nico and then the hope of Tank Dell.
10:47You needed another wide receiver. Booty's good. He's a good wide receiver.
10:51So, I think he's going to make an impact on this team.
10:55Whether or not he is very fantasy relevant on his own, you know, I imagine he's more of like a flex option.
11:01But then if you look at the Patriots side, you've got things opened up a little bit more clear path for Kyle Williams.
11:08Romeo Dobbs, who gets absolutely no, I mean, just crickets around him.
11:11He's going to be a relevant player. A relevant player.
11:14So, you know, this and it doesn't I don't think the loss here is enough with with the weapons they have to hurt Drake May.
11:22So similar to the DJ more to, you know, the bills.
11:25I think this is just one of those trades that every single fantasy asset is an arrow up.
11:30Mike, any different opinion there? No, I'm curious how he's going to fit in.
11:35You know, the majority of the stuff we saw from that booty was asked to do for the Patriots is like, you
11:41know, get downfield, be a deep threat. And it's like, just how is that going to work with the where Nico really succeeds?
11:48You know, I just when I watch Nico, I just feel like his, you know, the dig route or like that in
11:55that the deep in route is just like he just destroys people with that going on.
11:59So it's how will that fit? Well, is booty a complete enough player that he can slip into what the Texans actually need from him?
12:07So some questions, but I'm overall I'm with Jason.
12:09It's like this is it's just it's great. It's great news for for everybody involved.
12:14Yeah, I'll go ahead and back you up there on the deep dig routes being the strength of Nico Collins game.
12:20That's been something that's like just stood out with him ever since he really broke onto the scene here in 2023, especially.
12:27I mean, he was always a good player, kind of an underrated player, in my opinion, before he really broke out in 2023.
12:33But that's really been the strength of his game the last three years.
12:37And I think what's interesting is Kayshawn Booty kind of was a little bit of a sacrificial X receiver for the New England Patriots last year.
12:45And then, you know, Jason, you brought this up.
12:48I'm 13 spots ahead of ADP on Romeo Dobbs even before this trade happened, because I think there's almost no way that
12:54Dobbs lines up as the primary X receiver on this Patriots offense.
12:58Like he's going to get moved around and get some really interesting layup matchups and then flipping it over to Houston.
13:04And that push and pull between Booty, who I think can be a little better utilized as a Z receiver and like
13:11kicking into the slot than a pure X. That'll be fascinating with Nico because, I mean, he's basically just lined up outside
13:17on the line of scrimmage and that's it, like at a higher rate than any receiver over the last three years.
13:23Does he get moved around the formation? Because I think there's a I think the entire fantasy community has been sleeping on
13:30the fact that like Nico Collins has wide receiver one overall in his range of outcomes before this trade, certainly after this trade still, too.
13:37So he's a guy that every time in the second round, even with this Kayshawn Booty trade, like I think that only
13:44could allow Nico to even if it moves around like 10 percent more than he did last year.
13:49That would be a huge improvement. And I still, by the way, like Jalen Noel is a as a late round sleeper.
13:56He's a yeah, he's a slot only player potentially, but a guy that I think was better on film than the stats.
14:02So I think that you guys are right on about this, that the real takeaway is that basically everybody involved is a winner from this one.
14:10And I think it makes both offenses just a little bit more clear in terms of the distribution.
14:15But that's the news of the day. Had to whip through some of those, you know, maybe unfun headlines to start.
14:21But we got into a good place with the Texans and the Patriots there.
14:26Now let's get into our exercise of the day.
14:28We're going to identify some players that need to have their ADPs adjusted.
14:32We're going to start with you, Mike, your first ADP on Yahoo that needs to be adjusted.
14:37Give us your guy here. So it was funny because you you mentioned the player.
14:42It's it's Kenneth Walker. And you were like, I just moved Gentee, you know, after Kenneth Walker.
14:47Welcome to the club where we've been here all year, bro.
14:50We we're not drafting Ashton Gentee above Kenneth Walker.
14:53It's I couldn't I couldn't get into it. The team environment is just like what the Kansas City Chiefs can do when they are fully functioning.
15:00Now, we haven't seen a fully functioning Kansas City Chiefs offense in multiple years.
15:05And you're like, there's there's a bunch of different reasons that you could say maybe it's this, maybe it's that.
15:10Like maybe it's Matt Nagy. And but now he's gone.
15:13And I think Kenneth Walker, you know, I am I'm more so on the side of like a running back doesn't really transform your entire team.
15:21Mm hmm. But this is a big move, I think, for the Kansas City Chiefs.
15:26They haven't had a a quality back like Walker in.
15:29I mean, since the since the heyday of cream hunt when he was on the Kansas City Chiefs.
15:34And on top of that, like when you think about cream hunt with Andy Reid, the dude was the bell cow.
15:40He was getting everything on that team. And Kenneth Walker can really do everything.
15:44We had maybe some concerns of the prospect not, you know, in college wasn't really used as a pass catcher.
15:50Well, over the last couple of years, we've seen no is the hands are they're fine.
15:55They can work out. He can catch dump offs from from Patrick Mahomes.
15:59And he's just he is truly a special player.
16:02We know the advanced metrics of like breaking tackles.
16:04He is since he's been in the league. He is among the league leaders of those things of just being efficient.
16:10He can hit a home run. He's they finally have a player who can score from anywhere on the field.
16:16If the play unveils itself in the right way.
16:19And I think it helps the receivers, too. They just the Chiefs have been lacking.
16:23They've been lacking firepower for so long. So this was a huge move, a necessary move.
16:28And, you know, the cherry on top of you, at least we're getting the reports out of training camp is like Kenneth Walker is doing everything.
16:36They're going to they're going to have this guy touch the ball forever.
16:40Remember, the only arguments against Kenneth Walker is injury, which I think Kenneth Walker gets a more of a bad rap for that than he should.
16:48It's like his first two years in the league, 15 games played like when you have a running back in fantasy football,
16:54you should automatically assume they're going to miss two games.
16:57This is just how the NFL works. So that's not bad.
17:00Year three, the 11 games. OK, now we have a season where we truly miss stuff.
17:05Then he appears in all 17 last year. I think that I think the rap he has taken for that is just
17:12it's unwarranted and it's truly the only issue with drafting him for fantasy.
17:15So he to me, he's easily a first round pick.
17:18The fact that people are getting him in the second is just absolute theft.
17:23Mike Mike has been there consistently. Yeah, I'm a day one with Kenneth Walker.
17:27All his dreams came. He's been waiting a long time for this moment.
17:31You know, I mean, listen. I was going to you pitched it there perfectly at the end, Mike.
17:36So I was going to say, I mean, you want to say his ADP is going to be higher.
17:42He's currently drafted 14th overall. So this is a guy you're rubber stamping like your late first round pick.
17:47You're picking on the turn. You're taking Kenneth Walker if you get one of those spots.
17:52Yeah, 100%. I think it's like, you know, it gives B.
17:55John McCaffrey and cook. Those are the four. It's like, I think those guys deserve to be drafted over Walker after that.
18:02You're not putting John and Taylor there. I think you can take Kenneth Walker over Taylor and feel just fine.
18:08Okay. Yeah, I think that's fair. Like I said, I've wanted to get there with Kenneth Walker.
18:13I'm not clearly as much of a hipster as Mike Wright over there.
18:17You know, I get it. I'm coming in like, have you heard of this band Mumford and Sons?
18:22Like they actually do some pretty good stuff. And Mike's like, bro, I was there the first album.
18:27I heard the banjo way before you. I've been stomping and clapping since the beginning, Harmon.
18:32Unbelievable. I can't believe I've been out stomped on the Kenneth Walker situation.
18:36But no, yeah, I think at this point he makes total sense as one of those turn players right now for me.
18:42And, you know, the Gentty injury absence just kind of allows you to smoothly get into that.
18:47Let's stick at the running back position here and go to Jason, your first player, a little bit later in the draft,
18:54but still at the running back position. Someone who needs to have much later.
18:58Yeah. And honestly, you're saying we need to have these guys adjusted.
19:02Please don't leave them there. That's why I like him.
19:05In the 10th round, Jordan Mason is currently being drafted as the running back 38.
19:09There are 32 teams. And so, you know, you're already behind backups.
19:13You're already behind other situations, you know, like we see with the Steelers.
19:17You know, we don't know. Is it Rico or Jalen Waddell?
19:20Jordan Mason's well beyond all of these players. And again, the question comes down to, well, is he the starter or is it Aaron Jones?
19:27To me, it is a definitive. It's not a question.
19:30It is absolutely Jordan Mason as the starter. What Kevin O'Connell did this offseason, completely what he has said and what he
19:37has implemented, a vertical wide zone scheme, totally changing how they run the ball from previous seasons.
19:42They're bringing basically over what the San Francisco 49ers have done, where Jordan Mason thrived.
19:46Since Mason came in the league, literally, it's only Jameer Gibbs and Devon Achan with a higher yards per carry because he
19:53is a tackle breaking machine on that scheme. So now they're switching their scheme to focus on that run game.
19:59And even last year with a really, really bad offense, if you look at the games where JJ McCarthy didn't start, you
20:05already had Jordan Mason over 10 and a half half PPR points per game.
20:09So Kyler coming in, a trust in Kevin O'Connell, a scheme that fits Jordan Mason's skill set and an older Aaron Jones
20:16says to me, there's no risk when you're taking him in the 10th round as running back 38.
20:21But that is a depth piece that matters. And I fully expect him to be a weekly guy that is played in all 12.
20:28You know, if you're in a 12 man league, he will be started every single week.
20:33I believe most of the season and you're getting him for free.
20:37Andy, do you have like strong feelings on this Vikings offense?
20:40Because I originally probably back in June, I remember saying to Joel on the show, Joel Smith on the show, I'm like,
20:47I think I'm going to be a Kyler Murray guy this year.
20:50And, you know, that was pre Europe vacation. Me, that was like a different person back then.
20:55I think I came back, you know, maybe just a little more loose, whatever, not sure what happened.
21:00But ever since then, I have just felt a little less convicted on this Vikings.
21:05Tempered. Yeah. A little tempered on the Vikings offense because you can sit there and say like, there's no question.
21:11There's going to be a quarterback upgrade. And I think this will be a quarterback upgrade.
21:16And it's going to happen. However, you guys watched Kyler Murray for many years as, you know, tortured Cardinals fans as you are.
21:22And, you know, it's not like there's some flaws to the Kyler Murray profile overall.
21:27We booted him out of town. Yeah. I mean, Kyler.
21:30You three personally? I don't know. But yeah, we actually participated.
21:33Got him an Uber. But no, it became a frustrating exercise out here in Arizona where Kyler, you know, he had he
21:40had an MVP start to the season years ago in Arizona.
21:43We started out whatever it was, seven and seven or eight.
21:46And and you saw the potential that was always there.
21:49But ever since the injury, you also saw a more skittish quarterback in the pocket, somebody that was kind of unwilling to
21:56step up and and make the throw when necessary.
21:58Lower a dot opportunities. I mean, he was able to support DeAndre Hopkins to a fantastic fantasy season.
22:04That's what you're hoping for with Jefferson. But you also have like a lot of other pieces here in this offense right now.
22:11I mean, Jordan Mason in the 10th. I don't mind taking the shot there at the same time.
22:16And it's going to be multiple backs. It's going to be an offense that's relying on Kyler Murray.
22:21Can you support, you know, enough? Can they be a top half offense is my question for those goal line opportunities.
22:27And and, you know, Kyler, I'm praying for the Jefferson managers to get what they need out of him.
22:33Yeah, I don't think by any indications we've gotten the impression that it was a great camp for Kyler.
22:39It was just better than McCarthy. I mean, that was it's a real two a pinnock situation going on or Shadour Watson.
22:45And you don't get glowing reports. Oh, you had a great day.
22:49It's more like which guy threw fewer interceptions at camp.
22:52I mean, it it's a little bit you want a guy to come out and win the job.
22:57And instead, it's just getting close to the season where it's like, well, we've got to give the job to someone.
23:03It's like you said about the Watson thing. Like that was probably always going to be the plan.
23:09And Kyler, from the moment he signed the dotted line, it was going to be the plan.
23:14So it's going to be a trying year for Kevin O'Connell in terms of like what we believe about him as like
23:20fantasy managers and fans and what he's able to execute.
23:23Because if you go back to back years, not really able to get your quarterback across, you know, to where you need
23:30him to be after losing Darnold, it's going to be wild.
23:33So, yeah, I would say I'm like I'm very tempered as well.
23:37I'm hopeful for the fantasy production of those whiteouts.
23:39But yeah, we'll never not be nervous for Kyler.
23:42Well, Jason, I think one of the points that you made there that really does ring true and it kind of dovetails
23:48what Andy was saying there about this is really a I think a bit of a statement year for Kevin O'Connell every year.
23:55He kind of says like we this is a we got to commit to the run game.
24:00We really have to build that out. But this year, I think there's actually a chance he does really commit to that
24:07hiring Frank Smith over from the Miami Dolphins, I think, is a big deal and kind of bringing in a zone scheme that does fit Jordan Mason.
24:15So, you know, I'm playing a little bit of devil's advocate on the whole Viking situation, but I am with you, man.
24:21I actually have Jordan Mason ranked a little bit at ADP as well.
24:25I think he should be a guy that's taken in the 90s somewhere, you know, especially if you get behind it running back.
24:32He's good. Yeah. Hand the ball out to Mason.
24:35Make it easier on your on your quarterbacks. That's what that's OK.
24:38Oh, that was some quick work right there. We are all on the truck.
24:43Why is Kyler so gigantic? We're driving him out of town.
24:46OK, I get it. I get it. Good work, team.
24:49He's way bigger than us. Yeah, that's not the scale.
24:52Yeah. Well, you know, I don't know if Kyler can take up the entire back of a pickup truck.
24:57If you're listening to this on the audio version, by the way, this is a great opportunity to let you guys know
25:04you should subscribe to subscribe to the Yahoo Fantasy YouTube page so you can see that great graphic of Andy, Mike and
25:10Jason driving Kyler Murray out of town in Arizona.
25:13That's it. That's nice. Through the Grand Canyon for some reason.
25:16Yeah. Listen, we don't need to get into Arizona geography here at this point in the show.
25:21However, we do need to get to Andy's first player that he needs to push up the board here a little bit.
25:28Andy, we're staking it running back here. Who is your first ADP that needs to go up on Yahoo?
25:34Yeah, I think this one's super interesting and people are going to have different opinions.
25:38But I think Jadarian Price in Seattle is right now where he's being drafted.
25:42That's pretty much how I see the floor for Jadarian Price.
25:45You're going to be outside the top 24 right now.
25:48I see it's ADP of 65 overall. It's like RB 26 or 7.
25:52To me, you look at what this offense is and it's perfect.
25:56It kind of works with what Mike brought up with Kenneth Walker.
25:59Kenneth Walker was a huge part of a Super Bowl winning offense, Super Bowl MVP.
26:04And here's an opportunity for a guy who was platooning.
26:07That's probably too generous. Who was the bottom of the backup committee situation with Jeremiah Love in college.
26:12And so you had kind of question marks, right?
26:15You want to see all that production and those production metrics.
26:18You want to see more opportunities in the passing game.
26:21But we have to see them now on the NFL field with the opportunity Seattle is going to give him.
26:27This is a player that has elite vision. I think that's his biggest strength.
26:31We've seen in training camp so far. I don't know if you're tuning into the hard knocks world and how much hype that builds up.
26:39But a lot of passing game work for Jadarian Price and a lot of excitement from the coaching staff and being able
26:45to utilize him in the receiving game. And that's something we didn't see in college.
26:50So at the end of the day, you're looking at Charbonnet coming back from injury.
26:54You're looking at a first round running back, first pick off the board from the Super Bowl champs.
26:59And I just don't think, you know, what did they have?
27:03Two top 24 running backs last year with Charbonnet and Ken Walker.
27:06I think they were in that department. I think Walker was maybe 20.
27:10Was he higher than 20? Right around there. I don't have it in front of me, but somewhere in that vicinity.
27:16Usable options. Usable options. And especially if one guy's off the field and we'll see where Charbonnet is.
27:22But I just think the versatility, the vision, the explosiveness, the ability to accelerate in the open field on a team with weapons like this.
27:29I'm pretty excited about it. I think the opportunity is there.
27:32And again, it's all about in fantasy, the value.
27:35Right. Are you getting a player that, you know, you think can outkick the ADP?
27:39And I think that's the situation for Price. Yeah.
27:42Mike, I don't want to overthink this one because I've been kind of just in line with ADP on Janarian Price.
27:48And at the same time, Andy does make a lot of compelling points about this.
27:53And especially like this is an offensive ecosystem we should want to be tethered to.
27:57So, like, give me your read, Mike, on where you think Price is.
28:01Like, is he appropriately priced or should he be going a little bit higher?
28:05I think here he's at the appropriate spot. If I were going to move him at all, it would be, you know, a little bit up.
28:13There's, you know, the red flags of just what does this team want to do?
28:17Or how do they want to use their running backs?
28:20Because the utilization, while they, yes, technically Charbs and Walker were both usable, it was like, why are we, do we keep forcing Charbonnet onto the field?
28:28It's, you know, like, oh, big explosive play. We're in the red zone.
28:32Get Charbs in there so we can get two yards of carry or whatever.
28:36So, I don't know. It must make you so mad they won the Super Bowl with that strategy, Mike.
28:42Well, one of them was the Super Bowl MVP.
28:45It was fresh. They kept him fresh all year just for that Super Bowl run.
28:49And he would have been just fine either way.
28:52But going to that team, that situation, it's a place you want to be.
28:56And first round running backs are, you know, bet against them at your own peril.
29:00You know, it doesn't always work. Shout out Clyde Edwards-Alaire.
29:03But the majority of the time, and actually Rashad Penny, same team.
29:07But normally first round running backs are really strong bets.
29:10And the fact that it's, you know, it's not a first rounder like we had with Gentry last year where it's, you're
29:17spending your first round fantasy pick on that running back.
29:19Or even Jeremiah Love this year who, the talent is absurd.
29:23But what happens in that Cardinals environment? And you're paying a second round pick.
29:27So, his ADP, I like it for price. Yeah.
29:30Like I said, I kind of want to be in line with this one.
29:34I don't know if I want him to go too much higher.
29:37But that is also still, you know, withstanding that I have yet to learn.
29:41And I keep asking this every time I talk about him.
29:45What is Zach Charbonnet's peptide routine if he's going to be returning in like week three or something?
29:50Okay. I'm still looking. Someone in the YouTube comments needs to do an investigative report.
29:55I don't have time for it. Somebody out there needs to do an investigative report on the Zach Charbonnet peptide situation.
30:01But with that, we're going to take our first quick break.
30:04When we come back, we're running through more ADPs that need to be higher according to the fantasy footballers.
30:10We'll get into that right after this. All right.
30:12We're back. We're continuing to go through some ADPs here with the fantasy footballers that they say need to be higher.
30:19And listen, first three, solid work, boys. Solid work.
30:21But Mike, for your second one, this is one I'm absolutely rubber stamping.
30:25This is a guy I can't believe people don't want to draft.
30:29So hit us with your second ADP that needs to be higher right now.
30:33I can tell you why they don't want to draft him is because this guy has just it's been.
30:38It's it. He has been a what if player his entire career, even though he is like I think it's over the last five years.
30:46Only him and Derrick Henry have been top 24 running backs at the end of the year.
30:51We're talking about DeAndre Swift of the Chicago Bears.
30:54Hey, oh, six years. You got our little stat up there.
30:57Nice. Yeah, I don't like I have. I've been by far the most vocal of disparaging DeAndre Swift over the course of the fantasy footballers.
31:04Footballers, I've always felt like he is a top tier athlete, maybe not the best football player.
31:09But we did see, you know, on a couple of years ago before he got the bag when he was on the
31:16Eagles, when he's on when he has a great offensive line.
31:19He's such an athlete. He can make stuff happen and then goes to the Bears.
31:24It's not it's not necessarily the best. But then Ben Johnson comes in and says, we have to fix the offensive line,
31:30throw all the money in the world at it.
31:33Doesn't always work, but it worked for them. They had major improvements over any any category of offensive line that you care about.
31:40The Chicago Bears got way better last year. And DeAndre Swift is still being barely drafted, you know, as as a running
31:46back to type where he's coming off of his best career in terms of, you know, most yards and like the categories
31:53that we actually counted that we care about. So the fact that you can get a part of the Bears offense, which we all want it.
32:00I mean, yeah, we're all clamoring. We're all getting in gang fights of are you team Loveland burden Rome?
32:06And it's like Swift is over here, man. He's going to be the primary running back.
32:11And Kyle Manungai is dealing with his hyper extended knee at the moment.
32:15I don't know how long he'll be out. Does that increase his chance of maybe missing other time with certain injuries?
32:21Meanwhile, here's Swift. He's just going to score a ton of fantasy points on one of the highest powered offenses in the league.
32:28And people just don't want him. So I don't I'm a J.
32:31Don't don't adjust Swift. He is just an absolute steal and drafts right now for me.
32:36I love this one. And it's for the reason that you said there.
32:40I mean, I've been saying all offseason. My answer to which Bears player do you want is just yes.
32:46That definitely goes for the three pass catchers. But it also extends to DeAndre Swift.
32:50I mean, your point about the offensive line is well taken, Mike.
32:54And Ben Johnson, like in that bye week, the early bye week they had last year, they came out in was week six against New Orleans Saints.
33:02Just laying the hammer from a rushing game perspective.
33:04And Ben Johnson takes like an abnormal amount of interest for an NFL head coach in installing their run game every single week.
33:11I mean, this is like his we think about obviously all the cool stuff they do in the past.
33:17He's a game designing guys open and everything. And that's a huge part of it.
33:21But his bread and butter is designing an incredibly well constructed, super buttoned up rushing attack.
33:26And yeah, for me, running back 20 ADP for DeAndre Swift.
33:29I have a running back 17. Like when you get into the 40s and you're looking at like these guys, I like Travis HM.
33:36I'm not taking Josh Jacobs. I'm not taking Cam Scadaboo.
33:39They're like 100 percent. The guy that you want in that range is DeAndre Swift.
33:44Any dissenting opinions, Andy, Jason? The nice thing is, is that we know how sincere Mike is because there have been years in which he's tried.
33:51I mean, he hates DeAndre Swift. I tried to replace Swift last year with my nun guy.
33:56Yeah. I mean, he has tried so hard over the years to just wipe him from the NFL relevancy.
34:02Even, you know, the successful year in Philadelphia, right?
34:05We saw it. We all kind of were like, well, look at those holes he's running through.
34:10I mean, this is just anybody could do that.
34:12Like we haven't wanted to give him credit since he got kind of ran out of town in Detroit.
34:18So for Mike to be this convicted for our excitement for the Bears, I don't really have a dissenting opinion there.
34:24I think it's a strong pick. Yeah, I think he is worthy of being picked there and will finish as a running back, too, because he always does.
34:33I don't think he has the talent to be one of those top six like total breakout.
34:38This is the year where he breaks out. But he's going to be ahead of where his ADP is right now.
34:44Yeah. Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. Look at the growth, the personal growth on Mike right here as a DeAndre Swift backer in the year 2026.
34:52I'm a man of the people. Speaking of personal growth, the next player that we're going to talk about here, Jason's second player.
34:59This is a guy that his quarterback just last week in an interview with The Athletic said this is his favorite teammate
35:06journey that Jared Goff has ever seen. That is wide receiver Jamison Williams.
35:09So, Jason, tell us why Jamo needs to be going a little higher right now.
35:14Jamison Williams has been a player I've been slower to fall in love with as well.
35:19I loved him coming out of college. I mean, he was unbelievable.
35:22He was my number one ranked wide receiver. Then he was drafted number 12 overall in the NFL draft.
35:28He's just a special player. Took some time to get going.
35:31A bit of a knucklehead to start. Had to stop betting on games.
35:35Had to stop betting on games. But you look two years ago.
35:39Two years ago, he had 1,000 yards. He was a top 20 wide receiver.
35:43Last year, and this is something I think most everyone out there will be like, what?
35:47That's not right. He was the wide receiver 9 in half PPR.
35:51He was a top 10 fantasy wide receiver last year.
35:54He got off to such a slow start. And then if you remember, halfway through the year, you know, Dan Campbell took over play calling duty.
36:02He was like, we got to fix this. From that point on, they had a bye week, I think week 9, week
36:0810 on the rest of the season. He was the wide receiver 5 in fantasy from that point forward on pace for 1,400 yards.
36:15It's like he is the wide receiver 2 for a great offense.
36:19The Bears, we all want pieces of them. They might be a great offense.
36:23We know the Detroit Lions are a great offense.
36:26They have been a great offense year after year after year.
36:29And when you know that, T. Higgins, he's, you know, super highly drafted as the wide receiver 2 for the Bengals.
36:35George Pickens, super highly drafted, you know, as the wide receiver 2 for the Cowboys.
36:40I don't believe that Jameson Williams isn't even being drafted as a wide receiver 2.
36:44He's outside the top 24 in ADP. And this is a guy who just finished top 10.
36:49And currently, Sam Laporta is dealing with an injury that, you know, maybe it was a contact issue on the hip.
36:55Maybe it was kind of a complication of the surgery he had last year.
37:00Time will tell on that. But we do know that when Laporta misses games, Williams goes nuclear.
37:05So, to me, where he is in the draft, I think he has an upside on this offense that most of the
37:11other players in that range, in that, you know, 5th round, 6th round, they just can't compete with the Lions offense.
37:1767th overall ADP on Jameson Williams right now. I have him as a top 50 player.
37:22I love that you point out that you kind of get to do the choose your own adventure is the way I've
37:29been putting it with, or choose your own narrative, really, with the Jameson Williams first half, second half split.
37:34Was it because Dan Campbell took over the play calling?
37:37Was it because Sam Laporta got hurt? Well, honestly, we're going to have kind of both those variables at this point.
37:44I mean, Drew Petsing is the offensive coordinator, which I think is going to be fine, but it still will be Dan Campbell's vision for this team.
37:52But let me ask you this, Jason. And what is your response to what I guarantee is already some of the comments
37:58here, because I know we've gotten them previously. When you say like, Jameson Williams is a good pick.
38:03I can't do it. I can't do the weekly roller coaster.
38:07He's got me like four zeros last year or whatever it was.
38:10What do you say to those people? I would say that when you get to draft a player like that after the
38:17first four rounds, which is where he's going, then you can take volatility.
38:21You can actually... Volatility is not bad for fantasy football because if you average a lot of points but not enough on
38:27a week to get a win, we've done the studies that show like you actually want the massive outpourings that get you the W on a week.
38:35Like, that's what Jameson Williams can do. So if he was a second round pick, a third round pick, that might be
38:42tough because you're saying he's my wide receiver one.
38:44He's my wide receiver two. He could be your wide receiver three easily where he's going in drafts right now.
38:50You're telling me I get that kind of high upside on the weeks where he does hit.
38:55That's fine. I'm not afraid of volatility at that point in the draft.
38:59All right, Andy, for your second player, you're going to be telling us about someone I don't believe many people have spoken about here in August.
39:07I don't think he's been brought up on this show yet.
39:10I haven't seen anybody tweeting about this guy. Who's your second ADP that he's adjusting?
39:15Yeah, I was going to say it kind of feels like the layup here, but obviously, Dajon Stribling, 49er wide receiver, one
39:21of the last remaining living participants on the team after the attack of the substation.
39:26But Dajon, I mean, this is a unique situation where he was drafted above where people expected him to go.
39:32There are opinions out there and general managers that believed he was one of the best wide receivers in the draft.
39:38At least one. But it's a team that has historically taken some shots at guys in TBD on Kalen Black and company,
39:44but taken shots on guys a little bit ahead of where people have expected them to go and not necessarily seen it come to fruition.
39:52But here we are. I mean, you have to, you almost look at the preseason performance of Stribling through two lenses, right?
39:58One, everything's been on display and has been super impressive.
40:01You see the elite ball tracking. You see the acceleration.
40:04You see that vertical speed. You see the fact that he's got the big catch radius and he's a yak guy.
40:11All the stuff that you hope for, you've seen it.
40:13But then for fantasy, you're like, just keep it quiet.
40:16Like, keep it quiet for a couple more weeks.
40:19Like, Carnell Tate, you're doing a great job. Carnell Tate, you're doing a wonderful job keeping your ADP low.
40:25But ultimately, I mean, look, we don't catch up fast enough on some of these guys.
40:30You know, every other practice, Mike Evans, unsurprisingly, going out, no pierce all.
40:33Christian Kirk's heard. You've got Kittle coming back from the Achilles.
40:37I mean, these are not hard arguments to make.
40:39But right now, it looks like an offense that we've trusted historically year after year after year with a big-bodied, talented wide
40:46receiver that's checked every box in the preseason that's sitting there at a huge discount just because they don't have the notoriety
40:52of, you know, a Carnell Tate or Jordan Tyson.
40:55So to me, this is just one of those easy picks.
40:58I wouldn't presume, I'd say, that people take him in association with the ADP that they're seeing printed up on the Yahoo boards.
41:05So if you want him, you may have to spend more than you think.
41:09But I still think he's at a place where you can pull the trigger and end up with a wide receiver one on this team.
41:17Yeah. Listen, we've talked about dribbling so much on the show.
41:20I don't even know if we need to take it.
41:23I'm sorry. No, listen. It's good to hear your different opinions.
41:26I haven't heard yours. Are you two thumbs up, two thumbs down?
41:30Where are you on dribbling? You say you've talked a lot about him.
41:34Uh, so I've made this reference that the, uh, most, the highest viewed video in not this YouTube channel, my personal YouTube
41:40channel's history, uh, is Deshaun's dribbling is my favorite day to sleeper wide receiver, which went like mega viral because they took him so early.
41:48So shout out to the 49ers for that one.
41:50Cause we put that up like probably a week before the draft where I was like, no, this guy's going to get taken on day two.
41:58And he's well worth being taken on day two.
42:01He got taken with the first pick on day two, which, you know, I might not have done.
42:06I might not have done that. But at the same time, I thought he was a rock solid kind of second round
42:13pick receiver with a lot of inside outside versatility.
42:15And you've seen a lot of the traits so far.
42:18You're talking about this, Andy, like great hands. He, he's such an obvious coaches, pet receiver.
42:23He blocks, he makes plays with the ball in his hands.
42:26So I know the college production isn't there and necessarily like the college profile probably doesn't check all the boxes, but I
42:33think this is a guy that is going to be a good NFL player.
42:37The long-term ceiling maybe as a question, but right now for fantasy football this year, this is a guy that I don't really care about that long-term ceiling.
42:45I think he will be used and get some burn with this 49ers offense.
42:49Do we remember like how difficult it was for like Brandon, I, you can Dante Pettis to allow Kyle Shanahan to be
42:56satisfied with the work that they're doing. So that led to your coach's pet point.
43:00I mean, we, we would hear that all the time.
43:03We get, you know, come on, step up, step up, block, do something, do something, right.
43:08Get on the field. And, and it's just been all, all roses for stripping maybe because they have no one left, but hopefully because of the talent.
43:16Yeah. Andy, uh, when I stopped doing reception perception for you guys and, and, and started my own website that year, 2021,
43:23one of my biggest flag plants was Brandon. I think is going to be a great pro receiver.
43:28And that was the year he started off in the doghouse.
43:31So, uh, yeah, if anybody remembers, I was like, Oh boy, this business is going to be pretty short lived.
43:37I do remember how tough it was for Brandon.
43:40I used to get, uh, on the football field.
43:42So pretty encouraging. And now we know that that makes sense.
43:46Cause he's crazy. We didn't know that. Yes. Now it's like, okay.
43:49I see why Shanahan did not like him. Oh man.
43:52Like I said, stripling blocks everything. Every scout report, like Dane Brugler wrote this up, son of a military family, blah, blah, blah, blah.
43:59But yeah, I think we know like why stripling is going to get a lot of burn for this team here this year.
44:06Mike, your third ADP that needs to be adjusted.
44:09Who do we got here? Oh man. Mike's playing the hits today for you.
44:13He's playing the hits. He wanted the good stuff.
44:16It's JK Dobbins of the Denver Broncos. This is going to be number one.
44:20Like I, I like to start at the team level.
44:23They're going to be great. Like this is just overall, this is going to be a team that wins a ton of games.
44:30And then you have, it's Sean Payton. It's, it should be a very strong offense.
44:34And you know, so looking at what happened last year, Harvey goes unexpectedly in the second round.
44:39And so us fantasy nerds are like, well, it's going to be Harvey, I suppose.
44:44And then the beat reporters are saying, no, no, no, no.
44:47Dobbins is going to be the guy. He's going to be the starter in the primary running back for this team.
44:53Well, but Harvey in the second round. And then JK Dobbins comes out.
44:57He is the guy. And like, he was tremendous for fantasy football.
45:01We're not saying that we're not saying JK Dobbins is a top 10 running back by any means.
45:06But I mean, just a string of double digit point performances for fantasy for a player that was drafted extremely late.
45:12And yet now he barely moves up into the middle rounds.
45:15I know. Now, if you want to talk about a player getting hurt.
45:19Yes, you can. We don't like to call players injury prone.
45:23JK Dobbins body doesn't really like to play football as much as he likes to play football.
45:28Call them JK one leg. Yeah. There was. I mean, you had the year where I think with the Chargers where he
45:34basically when he's running, you're like, he's got one strong leg and one weak leg.
45:39But like for a career, JK Dobbins has a 5.2 yards per attempt over his career.
45:43Like this is a good running back that has just really gotten the worst possible hand when it comes to injuries.
45:50You know, last year to not yards per attempt isn't everything, but he's at five, right?
45:54He's at five last year. He goes out with injury.
45:57RJ Harvey comes in and RJ Harvey's on is sub four behind this.
46:01It's the same team. One player is having a ton of success.
46:05The other one is not. And then before you know it, Bo Nix is leading the NFL in pass attempts was because
46:11RJ Harvey could not get it done on the ground.
46:14Harvey will work into passing downs work, of course.
46:17But we we talk about on the footballers like.
46:20You're like, oh, I want the third down running back, the vast, but the overwhelming majority of fantasy points are scored on
46:26first and second down by the running back position.
46:29Yes, it's a nice. We love when they play all three downs so they never come off the field and you can get those cheap checkdowns and things.
46:37But that's not it's not where you cast your lot.
46:40And so for me, Dobbins on a team that that projects to win a ton.
46:44I think that Jonah Coleman is honestly the biggest hurdle in the way of of Coleman, you know, coming into this year's draft.
46:51Coleman was my RB, too. He ends up going in the fourth round, which we know that betting on fourth round running backs isn't the best.
46:59Things might be shaking up here a little bit, though, as we're moving into the modern NFL and we might have to adapt.
47:06But I think that this is Dobbins job. He's going to have a whole bunch of touchdowns.
47:11Yeah, he's not going to catch a bunch of passes, but you're not drafting him to be a top five running back.
47:17You're drafting him to be like a running back three.
47:20And I think he easily slots in to be a running back, too.
47:24I've kind of said the whole offseason. J.K. Dobbins is the free running back square that's just been sitting there.
47:30Like if you mess up in the first rounds or you're a wide receiver onesie position constructor right there.
47:36J.K. Dobbins can give you tons of running back production.
47:39So until he's probably hurt. Yes, that that is seems like an inevitability.
47:43But he he promised. He did promise that he's going to play.
47:46He held the hand up. Yeah, pinky. Yeah, pinky's up.
47:49Pinky promise. Be careful. If I'm just when Dobbins is on the field, he's a great player.
47:54And as of right now, he will be on the field.
47:57Yeah. And listen, if your 93rd overall pick gets hurt after the first month and a half of the season, that's why there's a waiver wire.
48:05OK, all right. Go pick yourself. Go pick yourself up someone and start.
48:09Go get Coleman. Because then Coleman will go get Jonah Coleman.
48:12Yeah, that would be awesome. It'd be great if you could work that out perfectly here.
48:17Listen, if we're high on the Broncos offense, Jason transitions perfectly to your third.
48:21Yeah, that needs to be a little higher here.
48:24Yeah, I mean, Jonah Coleman was my number two running back as well.
48:28They add that to a good core. And then you add Jalen Waddle, a player that was so desperately needed for this team last year.
48:35I think this offense will be good, in which case Bo Nix, the quarterback who's going to benefit from the entire offense
48:42being better, is being so weirdly underdrafted. I think people were upset with some specific performances last year.
48:47Maybe people are afraid of the ankle surgery. Looked really good this last weekend.
48:51Didn't seem like the ankle was bothering him. Connected to Jalen Waddle.
48:55This is a player who, in his two years, he came into the league as a rookie, was the quarterback seven.
49:01Then last year was the quarterback six. Then they had Jalen Waddle, and they're like, yeah, let's draft him as quarterback 14.
49:08What do you think? Ninth round? Somewhere around that.
49:10It's just like, this is a guy who can rush for 400 yards.
49:14He literally led the league in passing attempts last year.
49:17Has a good offensive-minded head coach. The weapons are there.
49:20Although I did notice on your graphic of potential offense for the Broncos, Mike would be so mad.
49:25You had no Pat Bryant out there. Excuse me?
49:28I did not see it. He's not the graphic guy.
49:31Matthew. No, I'm just saying. You think I did that Kyler Murray graphic?
49:35I don't think so. Throw that graphic up. We got to see this.
49:39I mean, it's my boy's Troy Franklin who I love.
49:42We got Franklin up there? No, Pat Bryant? Let's see.
49:45Oh, there he is, Troy Franklin. Oh, my gosh.
49:47My dude. Hey, Franklin. I love Troy Franklin, but Pat Bryant has been getting all the amazing accolades this year.
49:53Off-season. Because he's good. Everything is coming up roses right now for the Broncos offense, and Bo Nix is just completely unwanted in fantasy.
50:00This is a great point. It kind of goes back to what Scott and I were talking about yesterday, where, and it's
50:07a little intellectual honesty, look yourself in the mirror here a moment for me.
50:11If we're sitting here saying, oh, all those Packers receivers, I want to draft them.
50:16I want to draft Tucker Kraft. They might play with more pace.
50:19They might throw the ball more. And yet, no one wants to draft Jordan Love.
50:24And I've been sitting here all off-season being like, Jalen Waddell is one of my biggest flag plant players at the wide receiver position.
50:31I think, obviously, his ADP has gone up a little bit.
50:34But at the beginning of off-season, I was like, this is the most mispriced player in all of fantasy football, period, end of story.
50:41And yet, I don't want to draft the guy who's going to be delivering the football to him.
50:46Yeah, probably do. I agree with you here. Bo Nix, certainly.
50:50It's a great point, too. It's like, yeah, QB6, QB7.
50:53Let's give him a great playmaker that fits a perfect need.
50:56And, yeah, let's take him at QB12. Doesn't make any sense here.
50:59So, yeah, I do think Bo Nix is a great late.
51:03It's a great year to go late round quarterback in general.
51:06Oh, it is. It is. There's so many names.
51:09Kyler will be on to this. You know, I...
51:11How dare you. I know. I know. It's a great year for late round quarterback.
51:16You go to Kyler first? You could have named, like, Trevor Lawrence.
51:19Well, I would have gone with Jackson Dart, but you also don't love Dart.
51:23But there are quite a few options. I could go even lower Malik Willis.
51:28Then I'd get Andy's attention and agreement. I'm interested.
51:30I mean, hey, who isn't interested in a little Malik Willis in the, you know, 15th round or something like that?
51:37All right. We are going to take our quick break here.
51:40And when we come back, we've got four more ADPs that the boys need to say need to be going up here.
51:46We'll get into that right after this. All right.
51:49We're back. Our final four ADPs that the fantasy footballers say you knuckleheads that are drafting on Yahoo right now are letting them go way too low.
51:57It's time to get your act right. Andy Holloway.
52:00Ramondre. Who's your third player here? Well, look, I'll make it quick, but this is a situation that drives the player.
52:06Yes. I'm going to go Ramondre Stevenson. Drafted as the RB 31 right now.
52:10Finished as the RB 25. But in points per game last year was the RB 17.
52:15And everybody wants the flashy, sexy Travion Henderson. All indications.
52:18Boston Sports Journal. Boston Globe. Not even a discussion.
52:20Ramondre is better at everything. We've got an injury now to Travion.
52:24We all want Travion to succeed, but it's going to be Ramondre this year.
52:28And it's a tough pill to swallow, but it's a good discount in fantasy.
52:32Yeah. Listen, I'm with you on this one. Honestly, I've been saying since the Super Bowl ended, I was like, I'm not
52:39going to be able to get out of my head when we're drafting fantasy teams that when this team was in nut
52:45cutting time trying to win the biggest game of them all.
52:49They shelved Travion Henderson and just played Ramondre Stevenson.
52:51And you know what? We're here on August 24th.
52:54And my opinion has changed 0% on that one.
52:57So I'm with you. 78th overall ADP on Ramondre Stevenson.
53:00Definitely looks like a nice value right now. Mike Wright.
53:03Taking us back to the wide receiver position, who is your fourth and final player that these knuckleheads need to be drafting higher?
53:09We're going with Zay Flowers. My good sir. Number one.
53:12Very, very good at the football. The touchdowns have definitely been down.
53:16They're lower than we really want from a true number one wide receiver.
53:20But those things fluctuate. Targets matter. And the target share for Zay Flowers has gone up every year.
53:2524 to 25 to last year's 29% target share.
53:28He is an absolute stud. The Baltimore Ravens agreed.
53:31And then they backed up the Brinks truck and gave him all the gold bullion.
53:35And he's going to be their guy. I'm excited for the new offense.
53:39The targets are still going to be there. But now that you have a change of offense, I think there's a chance
53:45that we see maybe eight or more touchdowns from Zay Flowers.
53:49And if he's scoring eight while putting up the yardage that he put up last year, like 1,200 on 86 receptions.
53:55If you just bump up the touchdowns just a little bit, he becomes an elite player that's going outside of the top
54:0112 wide receivers despite having a top 12 wide receiver target share.
54:05Yeah, listen. Zay Flowers, big flag plant player for me this year as well.
54:09He's the guy that we talked a lot about in the offseason that didn't talk as much now that we've gotten into preseason time.
54:16But since Zay Flowers entered the league, 2023, 90th percentile success rate in zone coverage.
54:2198th percentile in 2024 and 91st percentile this past year while also taking a big jump against press coverage.
54:26I'm not going to say he's going to be deployed like around the goal line as Amon Ross St.
54:32Brown has been. But I mean, Declan Doyle coming from Ben Johnson's tree, like we've seen it with a guy who doesn't
54:39fit the prototype wide receiver one size. I mean, obviously, Zay Flowers smaller than St.
54:43Brown. But still, if we get an eight to 10 touchdown season out of Zay Flowers, you're going to be very happy
54:50that you took him at the 33rd overall pick.
54:52So, yeah, he's someone that fits into that tier two receiver group for me here, Mike.
54:57I'm going to rubber stamp that one as well.
55:00Jason, let's talk about a player that everybody is just fired up to draft right now.
55:04Oh, man. This is the fourth and final. They are so fired up to draft.
55:09You're talking about on average draft position, you're tight end 22, baby.
55:12Oh, wow. So, this is an undrafted player. Yeah, I mean, it doesn't matter.
55:17He could be 28, 38. It doesn't matter. He's undrafted.
55:19Here's what I believe about the tight end position.
55:22If you don't get one of the absolute tip top players, I like punting the position.
55:27And my point here is that this is a guy you don't even have to draft a tight end.
55:33Grab him off of waivers if you want. He scored 0.7 points different per game than Travis Kelsey, who was the tight end three last year.
55:40The tight end position doesn't really matter. He had eight games where he was a top 10 player.
55:46And you're starting the season with, unfortunately, Jordan Tyson down to the hamstring injury.
55:50I think you will definitely not see him for a while.
55:53All the camp report has been that Juwan Johnson is just in a mind meld with shock.
55:58He's the number two target. So I feel like getting off to a start of the season, you can plug him in
56:05even if you don't draft a tight end. You don't have to be so fearful because I think the worst picks right
56:11now in fantasy are those middle round tight ends where you're wasting a sixth, seventh, eighth round pick.
56:16Like, where there are running backs wide receivers that are good there.
56:20And those those tight ends, they might be better than Juwan Johnson, but like maybe less than a point better.
56:26How much? It's it's it's an irrelevant shot to take.
56:29So I like highlighting some of these undrafted tight ends that are that are good enough.
56:34Yeah, I mean, when you're sheep league made or just like, well, I've heard of Mark Andrews before.
56:39I've heard of Dallas Goddard before because I've been drafting them for the last decade at the tight end position.
56:45Like, just take Juwan Johnson instead, because he's probably he's probably going to outscore those guys based on Tyson injury real quick
56:52before we get to the final name we're getting to here.
56:55Just because you mentioned this, Jason, like what are you doing with Jordan Tyson at this point?
57:00Is he a guy that people should even consider drafting or is the timeline too mysterious?
57:05If you've got an IR spot in your league, then I would be I'd be willing to take him in the late rounds.
57:11I believe that he is an exceptionally talented player who's my wide receiver one personally coming.
57:16I think all three of our wide receiver ones coming out of this year's draft when he gets on the field, he will be special.
57:24So it's it's worth a stash if you have an IR spot.
57:27If not, then that might just be too hard because I think you're going to be at least a month without him.
57:34Yeah. Listen, if you don't have the IR spot, just pay attention to the news, OK, and pick them up off waiver wire.
57:41I think it's the right way to do it.
57:43Andy Holloway, fourth and final player for you that needs to be going higher in Yahoo leagues is who?
57:49What are we doing with Chris Godwin? Huh? What are we doing?
57:52Just letting Chris Godwin sit out there as old busted.
57:55Look, Emeka Abuka has to take a step forward.
57:58We expect it to happen. But with no Mike Evans, with the Baker Mayfield relationship with Godwin, I think he just came
58:05out and it was just on a radio show the other day talking about the fact that there it is.
58:10It looks like the best version of Chris Godwin being back in a system that's going to help him be successful in spots.
58:17He does things really well. And I think that that, you know, when he when he steps back to pass, Godwin is
58:24is is one of those top targets that people are ignoring because of the excitement of Abuka.
58:29It's not too dissimilar to the Ramondre situation in the fact that you get a massive discount on a guy that is
58:35kind of the been there, done that. He's not the same Godwin that he used to be.
58:40But we're talking about, you know, full PPR leagues around the goal line.
58:44I still think he's going to be involved and he's, you know, really cheap.
58:48Can you kind of convince me to not be worried about the fact that I thought the film was really rough on
58:55Chris Godwin last year coming back from the injury?
58:58And you guys know this. This is one of my like all time reception perception guys.
59:02Like this is what I mean, I linked I linked to the piece I wrote for you guys when I wrote up
59:09his profile for my site this weekend. So what do we do about the fact like does does the cheese get unbad
59:16here at 30 years old for Chris Godwin? Cheese gets better with AIDS, brother.
59:20Yeah, cheese is not the comp. Too much AIDS, though.
59:23I don't know. No, I wouldn't expect the same Chris Godwin from years ago.
59:27But I'd say that we have the evidence that it took Godwin when he had his first major injury.
59:32It took him longer than we hoped and expected to get back to a reasonable form.
59:37And so far, all indications are that, you know, time has gone by.
59:41He has had a great training camp. He has got the rapport going.
59:45You know, do we expect McMillan and Hurst and Tez Johnson to, you know, be top targets in this offense?
59:51I think that's a hard thing to ask of them to be consistent for fantasy.
59:55So beyond Ibuka, to me, it's still Godwin. And you're just looking for more of the what we got out of like,
60:02you know, digs last year in New England. And you're not talking about a wide receiver, too, for your team necessarily, but
60:08somebody that you can go put in the flex that you know is going to be on the field for a ton of downs.
60:15And that's always going to be a threat for a touchdown with Baker.
60:19So that's kind of the way I look at it.
60:22Yeah, the argument for the film being bad last year is that he was coming off that injury.
60:28The injury is all of it. And what you'd expect if that was the case is that you'd be hearing crazy reports about the explosiveness being back.
60:36And that's what we're hearing. So obviously, it's hard at 30 to to assume he's, you know, going to get more explosive.
60:42But if he's coming off of that injury, that's that's the excuse making for the bad charting.
60:47I'm sure you did. Yes, he did terrible. Yeah, charted you charted poorly.
60:51Well, listen, it wasn't great for Godwin. I'll say that.
60:54And yet, because 97th overall ADP, I'm still like four spots ahead of that from an overall standpoint.
60:59So you'd actually donate. This is one of the situations where it's like, you know what?
61:04You saw a lot of red on that chart there.
61:07If he was going at the 79th overall spot, the 60th, that'd be a different question there.
61:12We just need to see a slightly better version of this.
61:15And at 97 overall, it's still a nasty chart, though, Harmon.
61:19That chart doesn't factor in Baker being hurt, your stupid charts.
61:22You think that brought me any pleasure to put out on my website?
61:26No, that had to hurt. You think I want to put that?
61:29Yeah, it did. So do you think he's done?
61:32Is that where you lean? Do you think he's cooked?
61:35No, I don't think he's done. But I think it's probably about 95% likely that we've seen the best days from Chris Godwin.
61:42Oh, for sure. Yeah, I think that's the deal there.
61:45But you made the allusion to a step on dig season.
61:48I think he could give a Keenan Allen season from last year with the Chargers to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
61:54You know, 80 catches. Chargers leading receiver. Yeah, by the way.
61:57Yeah, 80 catches, 700 to 800 yards. And at 97 overall, that makes him a really good pick.
62:03Because this is still going to be an excellent Tampa Bay Buccaneers offense.
62:06So, yeah, I'm pretty fine just kind of saying that happened for Chris Godwin last year.
62:11And he's probably going to be a little bit better this year.
62:15And that's all you really need at 97 overall.
62:17So, you know, I don't want to see any of a...
62:21He has 80 catches this year. Look at the stupid chart, all right?
62:25I'm telling you, don't worry about it. That's why you read the words.
62:28That's why you listen to the podcast. Watch the show on YouTube.
62:32And that's why you also listen to the fantasy footballers.
62:35If for some reason you're watching this show, you're listening to this show, and you don't listen to the fantasy footballers, I mean, that's crazy.
62:42But, boys, appreciate you guys joining me. I'm so glad I've gotten to spend a lot of time with you guys over the last couple months.
62:50It's been absolutely fantastic. Andy, Mike, Jason, appreciate you guys for joining the show.
62:54And, you know, let's all try to survive the rest of August here.
62:58Let's do it. We love ourselves some Matt Harmon.
63:01So, thank you, man. Appreciate you guys. Thanks for coming on.
63:04We are going to take another quick break. We come back.
63:07We're going to welcome Justin Boone to no pressure tell you who the league winners of the 2026 season will be.
63:14We're going to get into that right after this.
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63:31And today, we're going to be focusing on some league winners.
63:34And this wonderful gentleman joining me right now, usually a part of the whole show here on Monday.
63:40But, you know, hopping in for this segment because he's been doing a lot of work.
63:44Okay, this guy, Justin Boone, has been doing a ton of work for the Yahoo product, including you just wrote a piece about league winners.
63:52So, Boone, welcome to the show. Appreciate it. League winners.
63:55No pressure. Yeah. Yeah. Just a little tricky to try to sort through.
63:59Right. And a weird spot for me to be in today.
64:02I'm used to being the starting pitcher. I'm coming in as the closer right now.
64:06So, I got to bring the heat here, Harmon.
64:09And these seven guys we're going to talk about, I think they are pretty, they're pretty fire.
64:14We're going to have good seasons and maybe even career years from all of them.
64:19I definitely think we are in line for some pretty excellent performances here with the guys you got.
64:24Before we jump into the specific players, though, do you actually have a definition of what constitutes a, quote, league winner?
64:30Because, you know, this is a constant, frankly, nauseating discussion on social media.
64:34But, like, for these players here, you know, you're not looking at this guy's going to be that random running back you pick up off the waiver wire.
64:42It is the league winner of the season. These are players that are actually being drafted.
64:47So, when you think of the term league winner, what comes to mind for you?
64:52It's players who are going to carry your team to a championship.
64:55It's not necessarily guys that are going to break out, though there might be some breakouts on there.
65:00It's not necessarily sleepers that are going to come out of nowhere and lead you to a title.
65:06It's guys that I think are very strong picks.
65:08And also, spoiler, it's the guys that I'm trying to get on all my teams, right?
65:13These are the players that I find myself drafting all the time.
65:17And then I'm trying to build, like, the core of my teams around.
65:21And every year when I do it, it's always seven players.
65:24It's one quarterback, two running backs. There's three receivers and then a tight end.
65:28And I try to do it in a way where you could almost draft all of these guys on the same team.
65:35It's tough in the first round because you're kind of locked into a certain area.
65:39But you could almost get all of these players on the same team and build it that way.
65:44But if not, I recommend just trying to get as many of them as you can.
65:49All right. So, let's get into it here. And we'll start with the quarterback if we're putting together the league winners of 2026, the roster for Justin Boone.
65:57Who's our quarterback here? Well, when the offseason started, this guy we knew was probably going to lose his star receiver.
66:04He was coming off a very disappointing campaign. And you wouldn't think that in the summer I'd be talking about this guy
66:10as somebody that I'm drafting so much. But it's Jalen Hurts.
66:13And I think he is set up so well right now.
66:17I'm writing off like there's, you know, the sources coming out of joint practices at the Patriots saying, oh, he's throwing interceptions and the offense looks terrible.
66:25Well, yeah, the offense isn't going to look great right now.
66:28They don't have their receivers. They didn't have Devonta Smith.
66:31He practiced, but he wasn't out there in the team drills going against each other.
66:35And Makai Lemon, their first round pick, he's still working his way back.
66:39And we think he's going to be fine for the start of the year.
66:43So, we're going to see this offense hit week one.
66:46They're going to have a couple weeks right now to get it all sorted.
66:51And they get that very easy start that we talked about.
66:54Harmon, you go back to, was it last week's episode?
66:57We were going over schedules. And they start off with the commanders.
67:00They start off with the Titans. And they start off with a banged up Bears secondary.
67:05That's basically like going to be an extended preseason for them, right?
67:09They're going to have a chance to have these receivers in there, you know, work out some of the issues and some of the wrinkles.
67:16And really get things going the rest of the way when, oh, by the way, Jalen Hurts has the easiest fantasy quarterback schedule for the whole season.
67:24And this is a guy who's been so good for fantasy.
67:27Like QB eight last year, and that was the down season.
67:31But you look back to the last five years, QB six, QB two, QB one.
67:35He showed us that he can be that number one overall quarterback in fantasy.
67:39And then the year before that, QB seven. And we've talked all off season long about the things that are different that
67:46could really help them rebound this year. Right. The offensive coordinator change going from Kevin Patulo to Sean Mannion.
67:51I think that's going to be such a massive upgrade in the way that this offense kind of modernizes, starts to use
67:58motion a little more, starts to do some like things that most offenses are doing.
68:02And last year it just got so stagnant. The players were unhappy.
68:06This is going to be a breath of fresh air for them.
68:10We also are going to see him hopefully have a little more time to work with in the pocket because the offensive
68:16line was banged up all last year. And we know when they're healthy, this is one of the best lines in the league, right?
68:23Nate Tice, our buddy, he had them ranked as a top five unit when he did his offensive line article recently.
68:29Brandon Thorne of established a run. He does great work on offensive lines.
68:33He's got them as the second best set of blockers.
68:36So the key is just, can they stay healthy?
68:39Can we avoid some of those injuries? Like when Lane Johnson goes down, there is very different splits for this offense when
68:45he's not out there versus when he is. So let's hope we can get some better health there.
68:51And man, I think you look at the weapons and yes, AJ Brown is gone, but Devonta Smith was always this overqualified number two receiver.
68:58So he's going to step into that number one role.
69:01We're hearing great things about Dontavian Wicks. I have a lot of belief in Makai Lemon.
69:06I think he's going to have a good season and we haven't gotten the hype about him because he's dealt with injuries
69:12going back to OTAs and for most of training camp here.
69:16But eventually he's going to get out there and show what he can do.
69:20And this guy is a really, really strong player.
69:23But the main thing here, Harmon, is even in the down year last year, right?
69:27Jalen Hurts, the passing stats weren't as great. The rushing stats were down.
69:31They weren't giving him as many designed runs. But guess what?
69:34Sean Mannion, he's like, no, no, we're getting back to that.
69:37We're going to run the ball with him. We're going to keep the tush push.
69:42He also clarified the tush push isn't going anywhere.
69:45And if you just take the down year that he had rushing, keep the passing stats the same.
69:50The down year that he had rushing, 421 rushing yards and eight TDs.
69:54Prior to that, he had four straight campaigns where he had over 600 rushing yards and at least 10 rushing touchdowns.
70:00So last year, if we just bumped up that 421 rushing yards and eight rushing touchdowns to the low end of what
70:07he was doing those four years prior, just give him 600 rushing yards and 10 rushing touchdowns, that would have made him
70:13the QB3 last year behind Josh Allen and behind Drake May.
70:16So why can't he do that again, Harmon? There are so many reasons why I think Jalen Hurts is going to get
70:23back to being a really, really big difference maker in fantasy.
70:26I like it. He goes in a great area.
70:29I'm in line with that ADP for him. And I really believe if Sean Mannion has the goods, Boone, and I feel pretty good about where Mannion is.
70:37It's like this offense is going to be better for everybody involved, especially once they figure it all out.
70:43Right? Like this is one of their early season schedule points that I really love from you because it's when they're going
70:49to need a good early season schedule. Because I think they will be sort of figuring things out, like the receivers getting back up to form and everything.
70:58But yeah, I mean, it's such a good point.
71:00That practice clip that went viral of Jalen Hurts where Quinion Mitchell picked him off and people were freaking out about it.
71:07Like how could the team post this? I'm like, well, you idiots know that the guy who intercepted the pass who made
71:13the highlight does also play for the Philadelphia Eagles too, number one.
71:17And number two, so, you know, you don't want to highlight.
71:20You want to highlight other players beyond his quarterback.
71:23Okay. Okay. Number two, the receiver targeted on that is like Hollywood Brown.
71:27I'm like Hollywood Brown is not supposed to be like one of the top three receivers on this team.
71:32And you could make an argument. I know it's hard to angle, but like that he flattened the route off in a
71:39weird way that led to Hurts throwing interception. I don't mind at all that we've seen some up and down offseason reports
71:45here from the passing game because of those receiver injuries that you mentioned.
71:49Yeah. And also, and I feel like I say this all the time, don't overreact to interceptions or poorly thrown passes in practice.
71:56Right. Don't worry about that stuff. That's when they're trying different things.
72:00They're practicing a new offense. They're trying to figure it out.
72:03Right. So yes, there's going to be some bumps along the way.
72:06I remember, wasn't there a year where like Patrick Mahomes threw like five interceptions in practice and people were like freaking out about it.
72:14It was like, relax. Now, if it's Cam Ward and we're seeing it over and over and we haven't seen him do it in real life.
72:21Okay. Maybe that's a little more concerning because you want to see a little bit of a positive drumbeat on some younger
72:28players that are trying to prove themselves. But even he's a guy who's in a new offense trying to learn.
72:34So let's relax on some of the overreactions that we have to practice.
72:38Well, we're going to get there. We're going to get real football pretty soon and then we can adapt and figure things out on the fly.
72:45All right, but give me your first running back here.
72:48That's a league winner. So this is a first round pick.
72:52And again, this kind of, you know, depends where you're picking in the first round.
72:56If you're picking first overall, you're not going to take this guy.
73:00This is more a middle of the first round pick.
73:03It's Jonathan Taylor. And he's somebody else that I've talked about on the show and my love for him and why I'm
73:09one of the people who doesn't have Christian McCaffrey over him.
73:12I just, I can't. McCaffrey scares me so much this year, Harmon.
73:16Like the 450 touches last year, the age, all of it.
73:19It just really, really scares me. And if you think back to last year, Taylor was actually outproducing McCaffrey.
73:25If you look at what he was doing when Daniel Jones was out there, the first 13 weeks of the season, it
73:31was Taylor who was averaging 23 fantasy points per game.
73:34And he was the number one scoring back. Yes, there could be some regression in terms of touchdowns.
73:40He was having like games where he's scoring three touchdowns.
73:43That's going to be a little bit tough to do, of course.
73:46But when this offense was humming and it will have a chance to get back to some version of that with Daniel
73:53Jones out there and not the corpse of Philip Rivers and not Riley Leonard and those guys that were basically just placeholders.
73:59You're going to get Daniel Jones out there, might not be 100% Daniel Jones, but it's going to be Daniel Jones.
74:05It will elevate this offense back. Maybe not to the number one amazing unit that they were when he was out there early last season.
74:13But again, it's going to be much better and they're going to rely on Jonathan Taylor.
74:18This is another team with a very good offensive line.
74:21They're very strong going back to our guys, Tice and Brandon Thorne at ETR.
74:25Both of them had the Colts line inside the top 10.
74:28So that's a positive. And could we see him actually maybe get a little more work in the receiving game last year?
74:35He stepped up. He had 46 catches last year.
74:37Now you take Michael Pittman out of the picture.
74:40Alec Pierce, obviously. We don't know when he's going to be back to full health.
74:44He's coming back from the ankle issue. I think we could really see them have to lean on JT a little more through the air.
74:52And why not? This guy is phenomenal. Another easy schedule situation.
74:55Seventh easiest schedule among running backs this year. So there's a lot of reasons here where I think we should be excited about taking Jonathan Taylor.
75:03And one of the main ones is I think his passing numbers might be a little bit better than people realize.
75:09I think people look at him and kind of associate him more with like the Derrick Henry type where he doesn't do that much in the passing game.
75:17Well, he might have to. And last year he showed.
75:20I think he's capable of that. Yeah. Listen, you get a mid first round pick this year.
75:25I love taking Jonathan Taylor. I was in a draft.
75:28It was a full PPR draft. So at the fourth overall pick, I was really tempted to take him because Christian McCaffrey went ahead.
75:35I was really tempted to take him ahead of Puka Nakua, but ultimately went with Nakua.
75:40But the fact that I even thought about it is just a really good sign for where Jonathan Taylor is right now.
75:47Real quick here. Your next running back is Kenneth Walker.
75:50We don't have to go too long on this one because we had a pretty robust conversation about Kenneth Walker earlier in the show with Mike Wright.
75:58But give us the quick pitch on Kenneth Walker.
76:00Well, this one, this should tell people how much that I actually like Walker this year because Harmon, when I went to
76:07write this article, I looked at last year's article and guess who was the second running back who I recommended in that article, right?
76:14It was like, I'll do it again, baby. I hesitated.
76:17I sat there and I deliberated like I can't.
76:20I can't put him in here again after what happened last year, but it was like a tale of two seasons, right?
76:26I felt like in the end, I was weirdly vindicated in terms of talent and what he could do on the field.
76:33It just didn't help anyone's fantasy teams. It didn't help people win a fantasy title.
76:37So that part of it was awful. But remember, he started the season strong last year.
76:42You know, he was top 10 in terms of fantasy running backs two of the first three weeks.
76:47And then he finishes incredibly, right? The last six games, including the playoffs, 128 and a half scrimmage yards per game.
76:54It just was phenomenal. Goes on, ends up winning the Super Bowl MVP.
76:57We know he can do it. And now he's going to a team in the Chiefs that brought him over really to be that guy.
77:05They're going to give him a chance to be the workhorse.
77:08They're going to give him a chance to catch passes.
77:11And he's not that old, man. He's 25. He's going to turn 26 during the season.
77:16We know what a game breaker he could be.
77:18Third and explosive run rate last year. I can't wait to see what he's going to do in Kansas City.
77:24And there is still a part of me that's a little bit worried that by putting him in this column, Harmon, and
77:31by talking about him here, that I'm somehow going to ruin it again.
77:35And something bad is going to happen, an injury or something.
77:38Knock on all of the wood. Let's hope that he's going to be healthy.
77:42And let's hope this is the massive year that we've been expecting from him.
77:46I'm with you on this one. So I am very much hoping that you are right here in 2026 that he is that league winner.
77:54Your next guy is Devante Smith. I'm going to skip past him because you talked Jalen Hurts.
77:59You already mentioned it. Like he's an overqualified wide receiver too for a long time.
78:03If you want to get more analysis on it, we are reading again in 2026 people.
78:08So you can go to the website and check out Boone's article on Devante Smith and all of these guys.
78:14But let's get to Jalen Waddle here. Again, I feel like we've been beating this drum for a long, long time.
78:20I'm Justin Boone. But tell the people why Jalen Waddle is indeed going to be one of those league winners.
78:26I don't know if we've like properly given you enough praise for.
78:30I remember the show when we were talking about Waddle and I was saying that I like him.
78:35And then you told me you had him ranked in like some wild spot, like wide receiver 12 or something overall.
78:41And I was taken back. I was like, I thought I was high on him and you were way higher than I was on him.
78:49And it made me go back and look again.
78:51And I was like, yeah, Harmon's right. Like there is something here.
78:55This is a great scenario. Everything's lining up for him.
78:58And Harmon, I want to give you props because shortly after that, I wasn't the only one in the industry that started
79:04talking about him more that moved him up my rankings.
79:07So apparently people listen to you when you're talking about receivers and who could have a big year.
79:13Who thought, Harmon? Who would have thought? Listen, listen, listen.
79:16Before we'd say like, let's give you the praise or credit for this.
79:20Let's see how the season plays out. Let's see if I'm actually correct about what's going to happen for Jalen Waddell.
79:26But yeah, I think we all agree. I mean, when we did the episode on, you know, who's going to be this year is George Pickens.
79:34Jalen Waddell was our pick there. And yeah, I mean, I've been high on him ever since the Broncos trade.
79:39And we've talked so many reasons why. Right. It's just he is going to fill this really critical role.
79:45You saw the catch in the preseason where it was the exact usage that I've been painting here, Boone, where it's out,
79:52you know, off the ball, moving around pre-snap. That vertical route from the slot.
79:56I think we're all in agreement. Like, Jalen Waddell is going to absolutely cook this year.
80:01I mean, you get him every time I'm on the board and he's on the clock and he's on the board in the fourth round.
80:08He is the guy I'm picking there almost with no hesitation.
80:11I have him ranked as a third round pick.
80:14And I have to kind of like figure out where to take him.
80:18Right. I know. Of course you do. You try to do the game with yourself.
80:22Yeah. Yeah. We're giving you props for moving the needle, not for being right about it.
80:27But yes, when it comes to trying to figure out where to take some of these guys, you don't want to you
80:33don't want to jump up and overpay too much.
80:36But if you want to get him, you might have to go after him, you know, in the mid to late third
80:43or even the early fourth, even though his ADP is a little bit later than that.
80:47But yes, he showed us the kind of player he could be.
80:51He's had good fantasy seasons before. And even last year, amidst like that kind of bad Dolphins year, you know, he's top
80:5812 in targets per route run yards per route run first downs per route run among qualified receivers.
81:03Like he has it. We know he has it.
81:06We know the Broncos think he has it. They want him to be the number one.
81:10Everything is pointing in the right direction. There's going to be more volume there.
81:14And let's hope he could stay healthy because we had an injury scare or, you know, the preseason here.
81:20So hopefully he's going to be fine for the year.
81:23Hopefully he'll stay out there. And if he does, man, the sky is the limit.
81:28He could end up as a top 12 wide receiver one here.
81:31Speaking of wide receivers, your next guy, Parker Washington.
81:34Scott called him this year's Tucker craft for the pod.
81:37Like basically the one that we we're all higher than consensus on.
81:40And it's just honestly, Boone, like I do have some questions long term.
81:44Like where's like exactly the upside for Parker Washington and everything.
81:47But he's just so easy to get in drafts, at least on Yahoo right now, even as the ADP has climbed.
81:54Yeah, he's still like in the drafts I've been in tends to go seventh round.
81:58I'm willing to take him in the sixth. And, you know, the times I've done it, it's another one of those where
82:05it's like, did I go too early to grab him?
82:08And then you just go, no, I'm happy that I have him because if you're getting him in the sixth round, he's probably your wide receiver three.
82:16Maybe your wide receiver two, but often my wide receiver three.
82:19And he's the guy that has just a much higher ceiling than that.
82:23Right. When his playing time became more consistent last year was in week seven and beyond.
82:27There was 10 games there over the next 12 weeks.
82:30He missed a game because of injury. And there was also a buy in there over those 10 games, though.
82:3614th in receiving yards the rest of the way.
82:3915th in yards per route run. 18th in fantasy points per game.
82:43And he ended the season so strong. Right. In the final seven games, five of those outings, he had at least 90 yards and or a touchdown.
82:51So he showed that he can do it. There's no reason for them to put that back in the box.
82:57Travis Hunter, he is going to be playing mostly on defense.
83:00He'll have his moments on offense, but he is no longer in that equation as a meaningful part of that passing attack.
83:06In my mind, at least not this year. Maybe that will change down the road.
83:11But right now, everything that we've heard, the beat writers are saying he's like uncoverable in practice.
83:16That Parker Washington is the clear number one guy.
83:19Again, someone else who the injury seal has been broken.
83:22He has dealt with an injury, but it's not supposed to be anything that's going to keep him out long term.
83:28He'll be fine for week one. And man, this Jags offense, this Liam Cohen offense, we want to be a part of this.
83:35We saw how hot they got down the stretch last year.
83:38Again, very easy schedule this year. Top 10 in terms of easy schedules among receivers.
83:42He's going to be able to come through with another solid year.
83:46And where you're getting him, you don't need him to be top 12.
83:50If you get him and he gives you a top 25 season, that's a huge, huge value.
83:5575th overall on Yahoo over the last seven days, which is way up from the ADP that started in the 90s.
84:01So we have definitely moved the needle on like actually moved the ADP on Parker Washington.
84:06So there is that your final player is tight end Tyler Warren.
84:09But once again, I'm going to tell people go to the website, read the piece here on league winners from Justin Boone.
84:16But real quick, just give us the quick pick pitch on Tyler Warren because we got some promos to read before we get out of here.
84:24Tight end six and fantasy points per game through week 10 last year with Daniel Jones out there.
84:29And then injuries hit for Daniel Jones and for Warren.
84:32He dealt with that the rest of the way.
84:35So we saw that. But even if you look at, think about Tucker Craft last year.
84:39Why do we like him? He had the yak ability, right?
84:43Warren also brings that. There were 14 tight ends last year, saw at least 75 targets.
84:47And so these are the best fantasy tight ends, obviously.
84:50And guess who led that group in yards per catch?
84:53And yards, sorry, yards after the catch per catch.
84:56Warren, 6.5 yards per. So he has that in his bag.
84:59This is a guy that can get points a lot of ways, including out of the backfield.
85:04They can deploy him that way. Somebody that I think is going to be up there with the elite names at the
85:11position by the end of the season. Love it.
85:13I absolutely love it, Boone. It's way too short of a time with you here today, but those are your league winners.
85:20The good news is, even though we didn't spend enough time together on the show here, you and I are going to
85:26be spending a lot of time together in person, Justin Boone, this week.
85:30Because for all of you out there, don't forget Yahoo Fantasy Draft weekend presented by Versed.
85:35It's this weekend, okay? Saturday, August 29th from 3 to 7 p.m.
85:39at Dick's House of Sport in the Buffalo area.
85:41That is right. Amherst, New York. Be there, all right?
85:44Boone is going to be there. He and I will be there together.
85:48Josh Norris will also be there. But Boone and I will be there.
85:52No, I'm kidding. Josh, it's going to be great.
85:55It's going to be awesome. All three of us together, we're going to have a live show.
86:00We're going to take your Q&A. If you're getting ready for your draft, all right, and you're not there, I'm sorry, but
86:06the odds that you lose your league, I've heard that they go up by 30%.
86:11That's just what the team has been telling me, research-wise, on the back end.
86:15So, okay, I expect to see all of you there if you are in the Buffalo area, the Amherst area.
86:21Boone is going to be there. I'm going to be there.
86:24It's going to be an absolutely electric time. Speaking of electric, 29 Days of Fantasy continues to roll on here at Yahoo.
86:31Day 15 of 29, we revealed team offense as a roster position.
86:34Pene Sewell, you're seeing the video on the screen right now.
86:37If you haven't checked it out, go to Yahoo Fantasy Social.
86:41It's a great video. He makes the point perfectly, okay?
86:44You want to give the big guys up front some love?
86:47Team offense is how you do it. The offensive lineman.
86:50Now it gets a little credit, okay? It's optional in the NFL.
86:53It's a default setting in college fantasy. You'll love to see it.
86:57It's a really cool feature. I'm very excited about this one.
87:00I am also excited for tomorrow's show because Ray Garvin is back, and we reveal our 12 breakouts for the 2026 season,
87:07and we have a very special reveal at the end of our show that you don't want to miss.
87:12That is live at 4 p.m. Eastern tomorrow on this YouTube channel.
87:16Subscribe. Come back tomorrow, and until then, we are out.