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Everything Just Changed - Training Camp

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16 min
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Aug 4, 2026
Published
Tue, August 4, 2026
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Alvin KamaraBijan RobinsonChristian KirkChristian McCaffreyD'Andre SwiftDeebo SamuelDeVonta SmithJ.K. DobbinsJayden DanielsJeremiyah LoveJonah ColemanJordan JamesKeaton MitchellKenyon Sadiq
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Alvin Kamara

NegativeUsage5:33

Following his contract restructure, reports indicate Alvin Kamara will be running alongside Travis Etienne in the Saints' offense.

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Bijan Robinson

NegativeProjection5:19

Despite a massive contract extension, Bijan Robinson's fantasy ranking remains unchanged at 1.02.

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Christian Kirk

NegativeInjury2:06

Christian Kirk is currently dealing with a calf injury.

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Christian McCaffrey

PositiveUsage2:26

If the 49ers' depth running backs miss extended time, Christian McCaffrey could realistically be in line for another 400-touch season.

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D'Andre Swift

PositiveRole18:26

The source notes that if Kyle Manungai's soft tissue injury leads to complications, it could provide a significant boost to DeAndre Swift's job security.

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Deebo Samuel

PositiveValue3:59

Following Ricky Pearsall's season-ending injury, Deebo Samuel is considered an enticing late-round pickup, particularly in best ball formats.

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DeVonta Smith

NegativeInjury20:50

DeVonta Smith is currently dealing with a hamstring injury; the source advises monitoring the situation without making drastic ranking adjustments yet.

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J.K. Dobbins

NegativeRole6:30

JK Dobbins is projected to serve as the primary first and second-down grinder for the Broncos, though his touches between the 20s are viewed as having limited fantasy upside.

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Jayden Daniels

PositiveProjection23:24

The source believes a potential trade for Stefon Diggs would be "absolutely massive" for Jayden Daniels' fantasy outlook, providing him with a superior receiving option and a serious step forward for his production.

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Jeremiyah Love

NegativeRole8:03

Despite training camp usage reports, Jeremiah Love is expected to be the featured running back for the Cardinals given his status as a top-three NFL draft pick. The primary concern is the team's overall offensive projection rather than a committee backfield.

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Jonah Coleman

NegativeDepth Chart6:39

Jonah Coleman is viewed as a depth piece and a jack-of-all-trades who could fill in at either early-down or third-down roles if an injury occurs in the Broncos' backfield.

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Jordan James

NegativeInjury2:08

Jordan James is dealing with a rib injury, which the source is monitoring as part of the 49ers' running back depth situation.

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Keaton Mitchell

PositiveSleeper23:53

Keaton Mitchell is a high-upside late-round handcuff; the offensive coordinator views him as a "matchup issue" with untapped pass-catching value, and he benefits from an improved offensive line and coaching staff.

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Kenyon Sadiq

NegativeInjury15:37

Kenyan Sadiq suffered a setback in his recovery from offseason hernia surgery; the source advises crossing him off draft boards entirely due to the likelihood of a slow start to his rookie season.

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Khalil Herbert

NegativeDepth Chart2:20

Khalil Herbert has signed with San Francisco, providing depth to the backfield, though it does not impact Christian McCaffrey's outlook.

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Luther Burden

NegativeValue4:26

Despite coach speak comparing him to Amon-Ra St. Brown, the source has not updated his rankings for Luther Burden. He is a target in ESPN drafts (5th round) but an avoid on Sleeper where his ADP rises to the beginning of the fourth round.

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Malik Nabers

PositiveValue0:43

Malik Nabers is looking healthy and has avoided the PUP list, leading to increased confidence and a rise in draft position from the fourth round to the 2/3 turn.

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Mike Evans

NegativeInjury2:00

Mike Evans is dealing with a quad injury; the source has downgraded him from a fourth-round pick to a fifth-round pick due to the injury and his age.

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Parker Washington

NegativeValue21:41

Despite generating significant training camp buzz, the source remains skeptical of Parker Washington's sixth-round ADP, noting that beat reporter praise is common every offseason; the source ranks him as a seventh-round selection.

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RJ Harvey

PositiveRole6:09

Sean Payton has confirmed R.J. Harvey will be the Broncos' third-down running back. He is a preferred target after pick 100 on ESPN and Yahoo due to his receiving role and goal-line upside, though he is harder to draft on Sleeper where his ADP is 68.

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Tee Higgins

NegativeValue15:04

The source suggests that if one uses the contract extension as a tiebreaker, Zay Flowers could be drafted over Tee Higgins in the third round.

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Terry McLaurin

NegativeProjection23:39

The source is uncertain about how a potential Stefon Diggs trade would impact Terry McLaurin's specific fantasy outlook, suggesting it would primarily affect the team's second and third receiving options.

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Travis Etienne

PositiveValue5:42

Travis Etienne's ADP has fallen from a third-round pick to an early-to-mid fourth-round pick across most platforms, including Sleeper, ESPN, and Yahoo.

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TreVeyon Henderson

NegativeUsage20:02

Despite being the more dynamic and explosive back, Trevon Henderson is struggling with pass blocking, which may prevent him from securing a passing-down role and lead to Rhamondre Stevenson retaining the starting job.

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Tua Tagovailoa

NegativeRole4:58

Tua Tagovailoa is projected to be the Week 1 starter for Atlanta, though the source notes this does not change the offensive outlook based on sportsbook data.

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Zay Flowers

NegativeValue14:51

Zay Flowers received a massive $140 million contract extension from the Baltimore Ravens, but the source notes this does not change his talent profile or the team's offensive structure, and therefore does not warrant significant changes to his fantasy rankings. If using the extension as a tiebreaker, he could be drafted over Tee Higgins in the third round.

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Episode Transcript

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0:00I have so much fun watching clips from
0:02training camp, but I'm going to be
0:03honest, a lot of the news pieces that
0:05get put out that people get excited
0:07about, it's junk, right? Well, I love
0:10seeing my guy Tedo McMillan have a
0:12highlight grab. It shouldn't impact how
0:14you change your fantasy football
0:16rankings. But there are golden little
0:19tidbits that we do need to monitor that
0:21we do need to utilize when we are
0:22updating our rankings, such as injury
0:25news, such as coach speak regarding
0:28running back adept charts, and lastly,
0:30of course, free agent signing. So, I
0:32want to go through all the biggest stuff
0:34in training camp right now and talk
0:36about how it has updated my rankings.
0:38Starting with something that came out a
0:40week ago at this point. So, we're going
0:41to be brief. Obviously, if you haven't
0:43seen by now, Malik Neighbors is looking
0:46great. Malik Neighbors is looking
0:48healthy. I mean, he dipped down in
0:50baseball drafts to where he was a
0:51fourthround pick in drafts a few weeks
0:54back where now all of a sudden people
0:56are drafting him at the two three turn
0:58with confidence as he's out there
1:00running with what looks like full speed.
1:02He dodged the pup list and now it looks
1:05like he's on track to play week one. So,
1:08no, we're going to be brief. You
1:09probably already know this, but
1:10Neighbors is actually a much safer pick
1:13than he looked like he was a month ago.
1:15Now, moving over to bad injury updates.
1:18the 49ers injuries through five
1:20practices. We have Mike Evans with the
1:22quad, Deshawn Stribbling with the
1:24hamstring, Ricky Pierol out for this
1:26season, Christian Kirk with the calf,
1:28Jordan James with the rib, Kayn Black
1:31with the abductor, and then some players
1:32on the defensive side of the ball that
1:34we don't need to discuss. But actually,
1:36I was going to be quick to overlook the
1:38running back injuries in this backfield
1:40before we actually had a Khalil Herbert
1:44signing to San Francisco, which of
1:46course, I mean, it's not going to impact
1:48McCaffrey. But what it does indicate is
1:51the running back depth pieces with Black
1:53as well as Jordan James. Those injuries
1:56are going to be something we need to
1:57continue to monitor over the coming
1:59weeks. And if those guys miss an
2:01extended period of time, Christian
2:02McAffrey could realistically be in line
2:05for another 400 touch season if he is
2:08able to stay healthy. Now, the Mike
2:10Evans quad injury and the Deshawn
2:11Stribbling hamstring, that stuff doesn't
2:13look like it is too too serious, but of
2:15course, especially as we look at Mike
2:17Evans, the wide receiver in his 30s
2:20coming off an injury riddled season, it
2:22is going to be incredibly important to
2:23make sure that we get positive injury
2:25news with them over the next week or
2:27two, that they're back at practice, that
2:29they are 100%. Because I'm going to be
2:31honest, I have moved Mike Evans down
2:33from being a fourth round pick in my
2:34rankings to a fifth with this injury
2:37popping up on the radar. But Ricky Palt
2:39being out for the season does mean that
2:41Debo Samuel is an enticing late round
2:44pickup. Better pick in best baseball in
2:46my opinion than your regular reddraft
2:47league though because I don't
2:48necessarily know what the true ceiling
2:50looks like. Now going over to Atlanta,
2:52we have an update with the quarterback
2:54battle according to Ian Rapaort. The
2:56quote is the way it's tracking you
2:58likely have Tua as the week one starter
3:00with Penn getting back to full health.
3:03So, I know that some people want to make
3:05some dramatic statements of how the
3:07Atlanta Falcons offense should be this
3:09year in comparison to last, but if we go
3:11through and look at the sportsbook data,
3:13um, sports books are actually projecting
3:15out Atlanta to be about the same to
3:17slightly better. They just gave a
3:19massive extension to Bean Robinson. That
3:22doesn't change where Bejian's ranked for
3:23me. He was the 102 before this. He's the
3:26102 after this. But I'm not going to be
3:28that concerned with Tua being the
3:29starting quarterback for Atlanta because
3:31again that Sportsbook data is telling us
3:33it's going to remain about the same
3:34offense as it was. Now moving over to
3:37stuff that I know people get ecstatic to
3:41see that I don't think matters that that
3:44much. Ben Johnson said Luther Burden's
3:47destiny is to be one of the best wide
3:49receivers in the league and compared him
3:51to Amra St. Brown. Keep in mind Ben
3:53Johnson was the offensive coordinator in
3:55Detroit where you had the Aman Ross St.
3:57Brown emergence and Jarvis Landry. So I
4:01know this has a lot of people steaming
4:03Luther Burton up and crowning Luther
4:05Burton as the next guy in Chicago. But
4:08for me personally, this kind of coach
4:10speak doesn't move the needle nearly as
4:12much as a coach coming out and saying,
4:15"Okay, this is what our running back
4:17depth chart looks like." Or, "Okay,
4:18here's the injury update that we have
4:20with Mike Evans." So, if you go over to
4:22flockfantasy.com, you will have seen
4:24that I actually didn't update my own
4:26rankings with Luther Burton at all with
4:28this. Um, Luther Burden I have as a
4:31target if you're drafting in ESPN where
4:33he goes in the fifth round, but I
4:35actually have him as an avoid if you're
4:37drafting on like Sleeper where you'd
4:39have to take him at the beginning of the
4:41fourth. Now, of course, if you want
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5:06season. Links in the description and
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5:10free start sit questions and trade
5:12questions you can ask me during the
5:14season. But let's move over to some
5:17running back usage stuff where this does
5:19make a difference in my mind. Head coach
5:21more on Travis CTN and Alvin Kamar's
5:24usage. These guys can play a number of
5:26snaps together. They can play
5:27separately. Obviously got to run the
5:29ball better. So those guys are going to
5:31help lead it. So you've actually seen
5:33once Alvin Kamara restructured his deal
5:36to stay in New Orleans. And now we are
5:38getting these reports coming out that
5:40Kamara is going to be running alongside
5:42ETN. Travis ETN has fallen down from
5:45being a third round pick in fantasy
5:46drafts to now on most platforms he's
5:49going in the fourth. The expert average
5:51rankings on flock fantasy.com have him
5:53at pick 45. In sleeper drafts he goes to
5:56the three four turn. ESPN he's an early
5:59fourth. Yahoo he's a mid4th. And even in
6:02those basketball drafts, he has fallen
6:04down to being a early fourth round pick
6:07as well. Now, moving over to RG Harvey's
6:10update. I personally have been drafting
6:13a decent amount of R.J. Harvey this
6:14year. And we actually have Shawn Peyton
6:16saying that R.J. Harvey will certainly
6:18be in the position to be the Broncos
6:20third down running back. In my opinion,
6:22this is another one of those updates
6:24where it actually matters because if we
6:26look at the deployment of this running
6:28back depth chart, you have JK Dobbins
6:30who can very clearly be the first and
6:32second down grinder. You have RJ Harvey
6:34where maybe he goes through, slides in
6:36on third downs, and then Jonah Coleman
6:39is the jack of all trades that could go
6:40through and play either position if you
6:43were to have an injury to the guy in
6:44front of him. But with that in mind, who
6:47would I want in this backfield? I
6:49probably want RJ Harvey if he already
6:52has the receiving role unlock and has
6:55the upside to get goal line usage as
6:57well because if JK Dobbins instead is
7:00seeing the first and second down touches
7:02in between the 20 yardd lines, those
7:04touches have empty calories. They're not
7:06going to lead to a ton of fantasy points
7:08the way that the receptions on third
7:10down and the goal line role would have
7:12as well. We already talked about the
7:13Denver Broncos having the best offensive
7:15line in the league right now. If you
7:17look at where R.J. Harvey is getting
7:19drafted in your sleeper drafts, it's
7:21honestly tough to take him there. He's
7:22going off the board at an average pick
7:24of 68, but he goes at pick 100 or later
7:27on ESPN and Yahoo, and you're reasonably
7:30able to take him as your fifth running
7:32back in some of these drafts. So, I love
7:34the RJ Harvey pick if you're able to get
7:36him after pick 100. Um, because again,
7:39you're pricing in a lot of aggression
7:41for him, even though that's not
7:43inherently a guarantee. Now, I know I
7:45talk a lot about running back usage
7:48mattering in training camp and this
7:49actually impacting my personal rankings,
7:52so maybe I'm gonna be a hypocrite here,
7:55but the Tyler Algier report where Alier
7:57has gotten the majority of the carries
7:58with the first team offense through
7:59eight days of training camp. Um,
8:01Jeremiah Love got the remaining reps. I
8:03hate to say it, this isn't that big of a
8:06deal for me. And again, maybe this is me
8:08being a hypocrite, but what we see year
8:11in and year out will be coaching staffs
8:14leaning on the veteran, right? Allowing
8:16the veteran to be the guy at the
8:18beginning of camp, making the rookie
8:20earn the role, making the rookie expand
8:22his role as camp, preseason, and the
8:25early part of the regular season um
8:27progress. And with Jeremiah Love, given
8:29the fact that he was the number three
8:31overall pick in the NFL draft, I think
8:33that he is going to be the featured down
8:35running back here for the Arizona
8:36Cardinals, even with the reported usage
8:38of Tyler Algier. So, my biggest concern
8:41with Love is the fact that the Arizona
8:43Cardinals project to be garbage. Not
8:45necessarily that Tyler Algier is getting
8:48work at camp. I don't think this going
8:49to be a committee. Now, going over to
8:51what we got today, um Zay Flowers gets a
8:54massive extension in Baltimore. Maybe if
8:56you wanted to use this as a tiebreaker
8:58and say, I mean, come on, Mason. They
9:00just gave this dude $140 million. Of
9:03course, they're going to plan on
9:04featuring him. You should take him in
9:05round three over T. Higgins. Sure, if
9:08you wanted to use it as a tiebreaker
9:09piece of information, you can do that.
9:11But for me, this doesn't change who's on
9:13the Baltimore Ravens team. It doesn't
9:14change the talent that Z Flowers is. So,
9:17I'm not going to be making any dramatic
9:19changes with my rankings based on an
9:21extension that a player gets. So, I
9:24think that this is one of those stories
9:25that gets super big on Twitter, gets a
9:28lot of traction, but doesn't matter
9:29ultimately for fantasy. Very similar to
9:31the Bejian extension. Now, something
9:33that will matter, and I actually do have
9:35to update my rankings with is going to
9:37be Aaron Glenn told reporters that
9:39rookie tight end Kenyan Sadi suffered a
9:41little setback to the offseason hernia
9:43surgery he had. He will now miss some
9:45time, but Glenn is still confident that
9:47Sadique will be ready for the regular
9:49season opener. So, I was actually mixing
9:51in a lot of Kenyan Sadi in baseball
9:53drafts late. I was looking at a really
9:55strong athlete, right? This is a guy
9:57that went round one in the NFL draft and
9:59I was willing to ignore the fact that he
10:01was a New York Jet and probably the
10:02third to fourth option in his offense.
10:05Well, now this just puts a wet blanket
10:07on that situation because as a rookie
10:09missing this amount of time, we have to
10:11assume that he's going to start slow
10:12with his role. It's not like he's going
10:14to be playing a ton of snaps week one.
10:16So in your ESPN, in your Yahoo drafts, I
10:19would almost cross Kenyan Sadika off the
10:21board entirely and then just have him as
10:24an interesting waiverwire pickup if you
10:25are able to get him. Now moving over to
10:29Chicago, this is something to monitor. I
10:32mean, it's not a massive massive update
10:36until we get some additional news, but
10:39Bears head coach Ben Johnson told
10:41reporters that Kyle Manungai is dealing
10:42with a soft tissue injury. We're taking
10:44it day by day. it should be on the
10:46shorter side. So, this is just something
10:48again to make sure you're monitoring
10:50next week. Does Kyle Manungai go back to
10:52practice with no problems? And then in
10:54that case, literally nothing has
10:56changed. He just missed the week of
10:57practice. But very similar to the Kenyan
10:59Sadiq situation, if we have any
11:01complications with this soft tissue
11:03injury that we don't have a lot of
11:05information with right now, that could
11:06be a massive boom to DeAndre Swift and
11:08his job security and then obviously
11:11lower the probability that Kyle Manungai
11:13wins this starting job. But at the end
11:16of the day, we don't have enough
11:17information to make conclusions on that
11:18right now. Just something to monitor.
11:20Now, Bucky Irving at practice is getting
11:23the majority of work right now, which I
11:24don't necessarily think that matters too
11:26much in terms of predicting out the
11:28usage between Bucky Irving and Kenneth
11:30Gainwell. But what it is good for is
11:32it's good to know that Bucky Irving is
11:34healthy. Because if y'all remember about
11:36two months back, we had the report
11:38coming out of Tampa where they were
11:39saying he's going to be good sometime
11:41during the summer or the fall. and you
11:43hear that and you're like, what is he
11:45going to be good in October? Like, what
11:47does the fall mean? But the fact that
11:49he's at camp, he's out there practicing
11:50with no serious problems does mean that
11:53Bucky Irving is probably a safer pick to
11:55make him round five than he previously
11:56was. And you can go through and you can
11:59move him up in that massive tier of
12:01running backs that you have with guys
12:02like Trevian Henderson. And keep in
12:04mind, we did just get an update with
12:06Trevon Henderson as somebody who's been
12:08drafting a considerable amount of him.
12:10It does concern me. The reports are that
12:12he is still struggling with pass
12:13production. And that's what's going to
12:15lead to Raadre Stevenson keeping this
12:17starting job if he does do just that.
12:20Because obviously, at least in my
12:22opinion, Trevon Henderson is the more
12:24dynamic running back, the more explosive
12:25running back. You have bigger play
12:27upside if you decide to lean on Trevian
12:29in comparison to AADER if you're the
12:31Patriots. But Trevon may not get that
12:33opportunity if he can't get the passing
12:36down roll locked with that pass blocking
12:38ability. Now, Tucker Craft looks like he
12:41is recovering extremely well from the
12:43torn ACL. So, I actually think it's a
12:45safe thing to say to move Tucker Craft
12:47up your rankings. Now, moving over to
12:50Devonte Smith and Mai Lemon. Very
12:52similar to Kyle Bengai. I don't want you
12:54to make any massive adjustments, but
12:56both are currently dealing with
12:57hamstring injuries. That is going to be
12:59something to continue to monitor. Um,
13:01Parker Washington has been getting a ton
13:03of buzz coming out of Jags camp. Every
13:06single day we are getting reports that
13:08Parker Washington looks like the best
13:10guy blah blah blah. Again, for me going
13:13back to it, what I care about in camp,
13:16injury updates, running back usage. I
13:18don't necessarily care to see beat
13:21reporters saying this guy looks great.
13:24We hear that every single off season,
13:26right? So for me, maybe I'm being
13:29stubborn here. I still am not bought in
13:31on Parker Washington being a solid sixth
13:33round pick. I have him ranked as a
13:35seventh round selection which obviously
13:38in some of your drafts he will fall
13:39there and you are able to take him.
13:41Quick side note, I actually just made a
13:43bet with somebody in the flock league
13:45that Ted McMillan scores more points
13:47than Parker Washington this year which I
13:49think is just absolute free money. So
13:50I'm very excited about that. Now moving
13:53over to our next update, we are going to
13:55have the commanders monitoring the
13:57Stefon Diggs situation and potentially
14:00looking to bring Stefon Diggs into
14:03Washington. This would be absolutely
14:04massive for Jaden Daniels. I think Diggs
14:06would be a serious step forward over the
14:09best wide receiver too that they have
14:11right now, which may be Antonio
14:12Williams. And also, I think this would
14:15make them lean on the tight end position
14:16with Chig a little bit less. I really
14:19don't know how much it would impact
14:20Terry McLaren specifically. I just think
14:22those second and third receiving options
14:25in Washington would be worse, but Jaden
14:27Daniels would be less and Stefon Diggs
14:29would be very exciting as a commander.
14:31And then the next thing we need to
14:33discuss will be the update that we have
14:35with Katon Mitchell. The quote that we
14:37have from offensive coordinator McDaniel
14:39says, "He's a matchup issue for every
14:41defense. I think he has a lot of pass
14:44game value that he hasn't been able to
14:45really represent in his career, but it's
14:48showing so far in camp. Keep in mind
14:50this is the same coach that when he went
14:52to Los Angeles printed out a photo of
14:55Katon Mitchell, put it on the wall and
14:58put wanted underneath. He called his
15:01shot. This is the guy that he wants. I
15:03am still betting on Amari and Hampton. I
15:05still think Hampton is an incredible
15:07round two pick. But Katon Mitchell may
15:09be one of those handcuffs in the later
15:11rounds that if Amari Hampton were to go
15:13down, Katon Mitchell could be a league
15:15winner behind a much improved offensive
15:17line with a good coaching staff and
15:18obviously he has a ton of athleticism.
15:22But I think that's all we got for the
15:23updates in this video. Of course, I'm
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