7 Wide Receivers You Are Drafting with Insane Confidence
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Jun 26, 2026
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Fri, June 26, 2026
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Brian Thomas Jr.Brandon AiyukDeVonta SmithJustin JeffersonKyler MurrayStefon DiggsAdonai MitchellAntonio WilliamsCalvin RidleyDeebo SamuelJalen CokerJayden HigginsJerry JeudyJosh Downs
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Adonai Mitchell
PositiveValue0:41
Adonai Mitchell is liked as a late-round wide receiver option with value in the later rounds of drafts.
Insight pageAntonio Williams
PositiveProjection0:44
Antonio Williams is being drafted in the middle of the 14th round with the faith that he will be a top two or three target getter on the Commanders.
Insight pageBrandon Aiyuk
PositiveProjection0:40
Ayuk is about to force the 49ers to release him and will be drafted next to top receivers like Rashid Shahid and Omar Cooper, potentially ahead of Khalil Shakir and Jaden Higgins if he signs soon with good training camp clips.
Insight pagePositiveValue0:41
The analyst is loading up on Brandon Ayuk right now, believing the Commanders situation will get buttoned up soon and the current draft pricing looks silly.
Insight pagePositiveUsage0:42
Ayuk is an exceptional route runner who can flat out win versus man-to-man coverage and was one of the more underrated route runners across the league in his early career.
Insight pagePositiveRole0:43
If Ayuk signs with the Commanders, he will be their second most talented wide receiver, positioning him for significant offensive role and target opportunity.
Insight pagePositiveBreakout0:43
There is not a wide receiver with nearly the path to upside that compares to Ayuk within many rounds of where he's currently being priced, despite the unusual offseason behavior.
Insight pageBrian Thomas Jr.
PositiveRole5:50
Brian Thomas Jr. will be used primarily as a vertical/downfield element in the offense, with Parker Washington getting gimme looks and Jacoby Myers running intermediate routes, making him high-variance week-to-week.
Insight pagePositiveProjection5:50
Brian Thomas Jr. is ranked WR30 and should finish ahead of his WR45 finish last year, with upside potential as a year-three player with elite speed and talent despite last season's volatility.
Insight pagePositiveBreakout6:20
Brian Thomas Jr. has been lighting up in camp and is one of the MVPs of the Jaguars offense according to John Shipley and Liam Cohen, suggesting improved performance in year three.
Insight pageNegativeInjury6:40
Brian Thomas Jr.'s preseason collarbone injury mentally impacted him throughout last season, causing him to be tentative over the middle of the field with drops and alligator arms on contested catches.
Insight pagePositiveUsage9:00
Brian Thomas Jr. will be a near full-time player in two-tight-end sets and play-action deep shots, with potential for many 100-yard games despite not necessarily leading the team in receptions.
Insight pagePositiveValue10:00
Brian Thomas Jr. at WR31 ADP represents good value in half-PPR and best-ball formats, with upside potential as a year-three player with elite athleticism and a sensational rookie season.
Insight pagePositiveProjection10:20
Brian Thomas Jr. is grouped with players like Carnell Tate, Alec Pierce, and Quinton Johnson as high-variance downfield threats, though he has the highest athletic ceiling of that group.
Insight pageCalvin Ridley
NegativeProjection0:41
Calvin Ridley is not expected to score many points and is being avoided in favor of other late-round wide receiver options.
Insight pageDeebo Samuel
PositiveProjection0:39
Debo Samuel is among the free agents who could sign with a team and see their ADP climb instantly once a deal is finalized.
Insight pageDeVonta Smith
PositiveProjection16:10
DeVonta Smith is projected to have his best season ever in targets and all categories with AJ Brown gone, making him a quality third-round pick despite some risk from Jalen Hurts' poor 2024 season.
Insight pagePositiveUsage16:30
In five games without AJ Brown, DeVonta Smith was WR3 in yards per game (89 yards) and WR10 in targets (9 per game), demonstrating elite production when given volume.
Insight pagePositiveMatchup16:40
DeVonta Smith can play inside and outside and is one of the best wide receivers in the league, with a new offensive coordinator bringing Packers-style concepts that align with Jalen Hurts' downfield throwing ability.
Insight pagePositiveRole17:20
DeVonta Smith commanded 37% of team targets and 2.36 yards per route run in games without AJ Brown, showing he can be the primary receiver in the Eagles offense.
Insight pagePositiveProjection18:20
DeVonta Smith has looked like the better wide receiver than AJ Brown in certain matchups due to his ball-winning ability and length, and will be the go-to option in one-on-one coverage situations.
Insight pageJalen Coker
PositiveValue0:44
Jalen Coker is preferred over the Brandon Ayuk situation by one analyst, though both are being considered in the same draft range.
Insight pageJayden Higgins
PositiveValue0:44
Jaden Higgins is in the same draft range as Khalil Shakir and other late-round wide receiver options, potentially above where Brandon Ayuk should be drafted.
Insight pageJerry Jeudy
PositiveValue0:41
Jerry Judy is liked as a late-round wide receiver option, despite being the most drafted player at 67% of drafts.
Insight pageJosh Downs
PositiveProjection20:10
Josh Downs finished last year as WR56 in points per game and is now being selected much earlier, indicating a significant ADP improvement from his 2024 performance.
Insight pageJustin Jefferson
PositiveProjection1:00
Jefferson is projected to return to elite production with Kyler Murray replacing J.J. McCarthy, as he averaged 20 PPR points per game from 2022-2024 (excluding Dobbs/Hall games) and averaged 100 yards per game, making him a confident first-round pick.
Insight pagePositiveMatchup3:00
Kyler Murray's ability to throw into tight windows, stand tall under pressure, and play with anticipation aligns perfectly with Kevin O'Connell's system and Jefferson's skill set, making this a strong pairing.
Insight pagePositiveRole3:50
Jefferson commanded 30% of team targets (WR4) and 39% of air yards (WR5) last year, demonstrating his elite role in the offense despite poor QB play.
Insight pageKeenan Allen
PositiveDepth Chart0:39
The Colts could potentially sign Keenan Allen, which would overlap with Josh Downs and potentially serve as insurance for Alec Pierce if his ankle recovery is slow.
Insight pageKhalil Shakir
PositiveValue0:44
Khalil Shakir is being compared to Brandon Ayuk as a potential draft target, with the analyst preferring Shakir over some other late-round options.
Insight pageKyler Murray
PositiveRole4:00
Kyler Murray has a history of elevating receivers to high production: 88 yards per game with DeAndre Hopkins, 80 yards with Hopkins, and 72 yards per game with Trey McBride, showing his ability to support elite fantasy output.
Insight pagePositiveProjection4:00
Kyler Murray is a sleeper quarterback with top-five upside despite being drafted around QB12, as he has elevated receivers to high-end production in the past and fits Kevin O'Connell's system well.
Insight pageStefon Diggs
PositiveProjection0:39
Diggs had a really good season last year and his legal case is behind him with no NFL suspension expected, positioning him to sign with a team shortly and climb draft boards.
Insight pagePositiveValue0:41
Diggs should be ranked the highest right now among the free agent receivers and is probably not going to climb too much more in ADP, making him a solid value.
Insight pageTank Dell
NegativeProjection0:43
Tank Dell has no floor and might not even play, making him a risky late-round pick alongside other receivers with limited upside.
Insight pageTre Tucker
PositiveValue0:44
Trey Tucker is being compared to Brandon Ayuk as a potential draft target in a similar range, factoring in risk considerations.
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Episode Transcript
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1:00So let's start with that group. Okay. And the lead off man is Justin Jefferson, who is drafted as the wide receiver
1:07six right now over an underdog and finished last year as the wide receiver 37.
1:11Does that make sense to you? Yeah, I think that Justin Jefferson's in the ball out again.
1:16I think Kyler Murray is definitely a good enough quarterback to get the ball to Justin Jefferson and from 2022 to 2024.
1:23He had the most PPR points per game at 20 and most of you guys are your drafting in full PPR.
1:29And that's if we remove the Josh Dobbs and Jaron Hall games.
1:33He's averaging 100 yards per game. So like it's really just came down to how bad J.J.
1:38McCarthy was, which makes me feel very confident that Kyler Murray is going to easily win this job.
1:43I think more or less they've already come out and said that and Justin Jefferson.
1:48Nothing's changed about Justin Jefferson. Nothing's changed about Kevin O'Connell and Kyler Murray wants to throw the ball back shoulders downfield passes.
1:54That's what Kyler Murray wants to do. It's what Kevin O'Connell wants to do.
1:58And it's what Justin Jefferson is so good at.
2:01So like I think we're just going to like throw out 2025, put in the baseline from the other seasons.
2:07Could Kyler Murray be as good as Kirk Cousins?
2:10Of course. And I'm drafting him in the first round.
2:13Yeah, I mean he finishes the wide receiver three in points per game with Sam Darnold and finishes the wide receiver five
2:19in points per game with Kirk Cousins and Nick Mullins.
2:22So it was nothing in terms of Kevin O'Connell putting him in a position of success or failure last year that led him to the wide receiver 37.
2:30It was just all about the quarterback play like that.
2:33That was the big change here. Like again pointing out some things that Reeves noted.
2:38He commanded 30% of his team targets last year wide receiver four 39% of the team's air yards.
2:43That's wide receiver five and yet that equal to wide receiver 37 season because of environment.
2:48I actually went back and watch those Nick Mullins games that they play together in terms of homework for this because I
2:54thought, okay, we know what he did with Darnold and we know we did with cousins.
2:59What can he even do with a quarterback at a tier below that but also perform better than JJ McCarthy?
3:05That was my mindset heading into that. That may be stupid transitional properties, but that's that's what I'm like it.
3:11And what I learned is that a quarterback in order to have success in this offense and especially success with Justin Jefferson
3:18is you have to throw into tight windows. You have to stand tall versus pressure.
3:22You need to play on time and you need to trust the plan to play throwing with anticipation into his own windows.
3:29If you do all that stuff, then you're going to have success and you're going to have Justin Jefferson just making freaking plays for you.
3:36And simply put JJ McCarthy could not do that last season.
3:39Kyler Murray and we talked about a wide receiver that was attached to him last season.
3:44It can be up and down with some of that stuff in terms of standing tall and you know, not falling away from throws and playing on time.
3:52But I also believe that KOC while the three names that we mainly mentioned there like pure pocket read it out players
3:59and throw with anticipation will also accentuate the strengths that Kyler Murray does have and does bring to the table.
4:05And I think obviously Justin Jefferson's talent is multiple and feasible enough that he is absolutely worth this end of the first round draft pick that we're spinning.
4:13And Kyler, he has had 88 yards per game seasons with the Andre Hopkins another 80 yard season with the Andre Hopkins
4:20training McBride had 72 yards per game. So like Kyler Murray for has for his flaws has elevated players to like really
4:26high end degrees last year was really bad with Marvin Harris and Mike Michael Wilson and training McBride obviously but you go
4:33back and watch even the first couple games of the season last year and I mean if Marvin Harrison caught the football
4:39like it this this the stat lines would look a whole lot better.
4:43And obviously Justin Jefferson will so I think that Kyler Murray I think this is going to be like the floor and
4:50I think it's actually a very similar situation to when Sam Darnold got with Kevin O'Connell and that was the floor of Sam Darnold.
4:57And here comes Kyler Murray and it's going to be an excellent season to the point I think Kyler Murray is like
5:03the sleeper quarterback if you will who has a chance to be a top five fantasy quarterback that gets drafted like quarterback 12.
5:10This is a great environment. This has been the case for like four or five seasons in a row.
5:16It really is as simple as if you trust the environment and don't get concerned with everything flying around you and just
5:22make the throws that you planned all week on time and in rhythm.
5:26You're gonna have success in this offense. And so again, it comes down to the KOC Josh recount coaching of it all
5:33here with Kyler a little bit, but I am believing that it is possible.
5:37It's gonna be much closer to the wide receiver six outcome and maybe even ahead of that versus the wide receiver 37
5:44and points per game outcome that we got last year.
5:46All right, another one and another big topic here.
5:49He finished as the wide receiver 45 last year, but now he's being drafted as the wide receiver 31.
5:55This is Brian Thomas Jr. What are your expectations for 2026?
5:58I think it's gonna be pretty volatile week to week because it does seem like he's gonna be the vertical element in this offense.
6:05I got him ranked wide receiver 30. So I think he should be ranked ahead of where he finished last year.
6:11I got him. I'm pretty much in line in ADP here.
6:15I think that Parker Washington is going to get a lot of like the gimme looks.
6:19Jacoby Myers is going to run across the middle and get drilled by safeties and linebackers.
6:24And then Brian Thomas will have some yak moments, but for the most part will be used down the field in half PPR is half PPR best ball.
6:33We don't mind that in full PPR redraft leagues cut might be a little bit frustrating for us, but Brian Thomas has been lighting it up in camp.
6:41If you go read Shipley, he's been like one of the MVPs of the offense.
6:45Liam Cohen's talked glowingly about him. And if we zoom back out wide receivers who drafted in the first round with his
6:52speed, who went from who went to LSU, who had his rookie season.
6:56These are some of the best wide receivers in the NFL.
6:59I know last year was a complete disaster playing through multiple injuries, was not playing confident over the middle.
7:05Obviously, the timing, everything was bad and all those narratives were true.
7:08And still, he's one of the most talented wide receivers on the football field.
7:12Him watching or him pulling away from the DBs.
7:15It's like ridiculous to watch. So I think for the most part, I'm taking an optimistic look here.
7:20I don't think he's going to have, you know, 95 receptions in the season, though.
7:25Truly one of the fastest players in the league.
7:28Like he ranks up there in GPS every single year.
7:30It's funny. Typically, when we talk about disaster seasons, it means the team also had a disaster year.
7:36And that's the exact opposite. Like the Jaguars were freaking awesome in terms of expectations on previous years.
7:41And then Brian Thomas was like the letdown piece of it all.
7:45You mentioned John Shipley. We're a fan favorite of John Shipley here.
7:48This is what he wrote. The Jaguars scheme focused more on intermediate passing last season than it did in any other year in Lawrence's career as quarterback.
7:56And the Jaguars tried to force the issue with Thomas in the department a year ago.
8:01They entered the year with plans to funnel the entire passing game through him.
8:05But drops were an issue over the middle of the field until they adjusted his role by the second half of the season.
8:12And I totally agree. I mean, you can watch that Bengals tape if you want to.
8:17But I watched, you know, all 30 targets that he had over the middle of the field.
8:22And he was tentative. It was kind of Jordan Tyson-ish in some ways where he would like fall down after the catch,
8:28alligator arm it, not come up with these big time catches.
8:32And that just comes down to, you know, his preseason injury.
8:35And it mentally impacted him through the entire year.
8:38Now, in that absence and what we know about Liam Cohen's offense dating back to the time with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
8:44is like the crossing routes over the middle of the field in the intermediate portion is the most consistent element here.
8:50And so in BTJ's absence, that became Jacoby Myers.
8:53That became Parker Washington, who Shipley projects as the player who is going to lead this team in receiving this year.
8:59It is just fascinating to me that in year three, here we are.
9:03And this is a player who was at the one-two turn last year, then finishes the wide receiver 45.
9:09And now we're back somewhat in the middle, but not really as wide receiver 31.
9:13And it's kind of tough for me to totally know what the outcome is here, other than it's probably going to be
9:20the more high variance downfield shot-ish stuff as you brought up initially.
9:23Yeah, I think the other big thing with Jacksonville is the two tight end looks.
9:28And if that's going to be more of a balanced kind of offense, I do think that Brian Thompson is going to
9:34be on the field for those two wide receiver sets, especially if you're going to do a bunch of play action deep shots.
9:41Like you have to have somebody that can stretch the field, and obviously he's one of the best field stretchers in the game.
9:48So I do think that he's going to be a near full-time player in the offense.
9:53I think Jacoby and Parker and Travis Hunter, those guys will rotate.
9:56That does not mean Brian Thomas is going to lead this team in receptions.
10:01It's certainly possible. But I do think the 100-yard games, there will be many of them for Brian Thomas this year.
10:07It might be difficult for us to predict. Half PPR best ball, I really like the price.
10:12And then we'll see where he is in the Yahoo drafts.
10:15And I think that I will have some interest there just betting on.
10:19Year three player, really fast, really good prospects. Sensational rookie season, just buying the dip.
10:23I do want to bring up, he was going 12th overall this time last year.
10:28Is that 12th overall player still there? It would require him to work over the middle, like you said.
10:34It's a very important part of this offense. The thing about Chris Godwin and those type of guys, you have to be able to do that.
10:41Last year was really bad at it. I think in theory, like three years from now, we can say he's a full route tree player.
10:49It's possible. I don't think it's most likely, but it's possible.
10:52Yeah, I think it's not impossible, but closer to that.
10:55In that, exactly what I said and what we heard last offseason was that the passing game is going to funnel through BTJ.
11:02And it makes sense after his rookie year. And that just doesn't have to be the case now.
11:07Because at that time, Parker Washington had not broken out.
11:10They had not made the Chakotby Myers trade. They had taken Travis Hunter, but we didn't know exactly what his role would be on offense.
11:18We found out in the opening four weeks of the year that it was somewhat minimal and scripted and designed.
11:23So I think they kind of got to a point where Brian Thomas Jr.
11:28showed that he should not have the passing game funneled through him.
11:31That doesn't mean he's going to be unproductive. And we also know that the seasons can be very freaking long.
11:37And he also showed extreme talent during his rookie year.
11:40So the upside is even higher than this wide receiver 31 outcome here, too.
11:44I mean, Alec Pierce was a field stretcher only.
11:47And then this last season did a whole lot more in the other parts of the field.
11:52Like there is player development that happens. George Pickens was a one-dimensional guy.
11:56And then this last year started showing more. So I think the baseline case is like he will be better working over
12:02the middle than he was the previous season. I also think that Brian Thomas on some of the screens and remember something
12:09like the little jet plays that they would have with Brian Thomas, like shallow crosses as a rookie.
12:14He would catch those things and be 60 yard touchdowns.
12:17And it looked like an alien out there. So like I do think there's some of that potential in Brian Thomas.
12:23I think he clearly has the most upside of anybody in this Jacksonville offense at ADP.
12:28I just like you said, you can't be confident.
12:31It's like going to happen. Sorry to keep harping on this, but I do think it's again such a drastic conversation that we had a year ago.
12:39He was being selected around names like Puka Nakua, Amonra St.
12:42Brown, Drake London, AJ Brown at wide receivers. Are we at the point now when we talk about high variance, more of
12:49a downfield threat, open it up for everyone else that he is more heading into this year in the vein of Jamison
12:55Williams and like the peak of what we thought like Gabe Davis could be as this like week to week roller coaster.
13:02Like have we just changed the narrative around Brian Thomas Jr.
13:05that much in one offseason? Yeah, that's I mean, I think that's probably a fair, fair point.
13:10Like the guys I have him right next to is Carnell Tate, Alec Pierce, Quinton Johnson, Jordan Addison, Marvin Harrison.
13:16Like those guys are all to me. It's the same type of player.
13:20I think Brian Thomas is the most talented of all of those guys.
13:24Then that's why I rank him the highest. But he's not like as well-rounded as, you know, Mike Evans, Devante Adams, Christian
13:30Watson, who I think have just established that they're doing it.
13:34So I think that we've grouped these guys together properly.
13:37And then it's just like, all right, we're flipping coins.
13:40Your three breakout. Like how real is this? But like him versus, you know, Marvin Harrison, Parker, Washington, like those guys.
13:46I do think that his his athletic ceiling is like so much higher than those guys that I want to draft him.
13:52Yeah. But at the same time, when he was on the field with all those guys last year, his target share was
13:59much lower, albeit his targets were further down the field.
14:02I would love a Christian Watson like trajectory for him.
14:05That'd be amazing. You know, we saw the early parts of Christian Watson's career where he was hitting on all the high
14:11variance stuff and he was running extremely hot. And I think you could argue with Mac Jones.
14:16That was kind of happening with Brian Thomas Jr.
14:19A little bit during his rookie year. And then what we saw last year from Christian Watson, albeit off injury, was much more of a complete player.
14:27A third down presence. Someone who ran out routes and plays at the sticks much more often.
14:32And if BTJ can kind of, you know, develop into that, too, I think it's a possibility.
14:37And that would be awesome. So just at his ADP, are you kind of in or are you kind of out?
14:43Yeah, yeah. No, I am. I just it was more of like a theoretical entire conversation about him right now.
14:49Now, you know me. I'm drafting a lot of Christian Watson, who is in that area.
14:54Roma Doomsday is right before him. Carnot Tate I'm drafting.
14:57And then it's BTJ. And then it's Tyler Warren.
15:00So this is, again, one of these cluster of pick areas where I want almost all these names.
15:05And then I get to other sections of drafts where I don't want any of the players in about a 12 pick stretch.
15:12And then I love all those like borderline elite quarterbacks that get drafted right at him.
15:17So I think like among wide receivers, I like him where he's being ranked.
15:21I think versus, you know, some of these quarterbacks and stuff, I think I can be swung.
15:26This is in half PPR. Obviously, full PPR things kind of change a little bit.
15:30So I'm really excited. I think there's still a ton of potential with Brian Thomas.
15:35And I do think we could look back and be like, yeah, it was probably his collarbone being on sideways was the
15:41reason why he didn't want to get hit over the middle.
15:45And I think we would say, yeah, that makes sense.
15:48And once again, he is the first Jaguars wide receiver off the board.
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16:18All right, let's jump back up the board and let's talk to Devante Smith.
16:22He finished last year as the wide receiver 31 now being drafted as the wide receiver 11.
16:27Obviously, we can say, well, AJ Brown's gone. Of course, that's why he's jumping from wide receiver 31 to wide receiver 11.
16:33I want you to go a bit deeper than that.
16:36Why should this ADP still make sense for us?
16:39Okay. So he had a really good rookie season.
16:42And then since then, he's had five games without AJ Brown.
16:45He's the wide receiver three in yards per game.
16:48That's at 89 yards per game on wide receiver 10 targets.
16:51That's nine per game. So we're talking about very small sample size here.
16:55But in that sample size, Devante Smith proves that he's been one of the best wide receivers.
17:00And it's only just been about the target volume.
17:03I feel pretty optimistic about the new OC that they bring in.
17:06It's going to be a lot of the Packers stuff, which is not that dissimilar to what Jalen Hurts is running.
17:12Jalen Hurts wants to be letting him play like Jordan Love down the football field.
17:17I think that's very good for Devante Smith. Smith can play inside and outside.
17:21He is one of the best wide receivers in the football league.
17:24are actually going to come with him. So obviously, there's some risk just because of how bad the Jalen Hurts season was this last season.
17:32But I think that this is going to be easily the number one season he's ever had in targets in all categories.
17:38And I view him as a quality pick in the third round.
17:42I can't go any higher than that. But I think where he's being drafted is totally fine.
17:47Without AJ Brown on the field, as you pointed out, he's had 37% of the team's targets, 2.36.
17:52yards per route run. Now, you could say, well, when AJ Brown is out, they didn't have a talent like Makai Lemon on the roster.
18:00Maybe even not like a Dontavian Wicks level talent at the wide receiver room, too.
18:04So now they do. Now they have even more players in Eli Stowers and other ones that are other options here for Devante Smith.
18:11I mean, it is like clockwork, though, where news that we all expect to happen still impacts ADP somehow in the public.
18:18I mean, he jumped from the 31st overall player to the 28th overall player, and that made him the wide receiver 14
18:25to now the wide receiver 11, just based on AJ Brown getting traded when we all knew AJ Brown was going to get traded.
18:32Yep. Yep. It's less to me about Devante Smith and more just about a functional offense.
18:36Like the more this running game can get going and doesn't have to be to the degree that 2024 was.
18:42But let's get back to, you know, league average in a lot of ways, too, in terms of success rate, explosive plays, all that stuff.
18:50Then that just changes the math in the passing game.
18:53Yeah. And what Jalen Hurts has shown in the past is when you change the math in terms of the back end
18:59and single high safeties, then he is going to generate explosive plays down the field.
19:04And Devante Smith, even in games that AJ Brown has played, has looked like the better wide receiver in certain matchups because he is a ball winner.
19:12He plays huge. He plays so long. And if he gets one-on-one coverage, he's going to be their go-to man in that department.
19:19So we can talk about the, you know, change in the offensive coordinator and all that stuff.
19:24I am so focused on just having a good rushing attack and how that's going to impact the passing game success that
19:30to me, that is like how this entire thing is going to get much closer to the top level offenses that we've
19:37seen in the Eagles in somewhat recent years. Last thing to remember Eagles last season, Lane Johnson missed a big chunk of it.
19:44Like Landon Dickerson nearly had to retire and you watch Landon Dickerson.
19:47He's back. He's just like, he was not nearly the same athlete.
19:51And then I think you just can tie it back.
19:54How many snaps, how many runs they had during that, that Superbowl run the following season, like their bodies just like did not have enough time to recover.
20:02And hopefully this year after not making it far in the playoffs at all, that they should just be healthier right now.
20:09And I think that's a huge deal for, for a quarterback that plays like Jalen Hurts does.
20:14One more who's being selected much earlier than when you finished last year.
20:17And I can't wait for this conversation. That's Josh Downs of the Indianapolis Colts.
20:22Finished last year as a wide receiver, 56 in points per game.
20:25Let's also remember where the Colts finished offensively. And now he's being drafted as the wide receiver, 43.
20:31Where are we at with Josh Downs and how his role can grow?
20:34And if the Colts can maintain their level of success like they did last year?
20:39I mean, there's really no excuses for him to not play more.
20:42Just looking at the depth chart, like you remove Michael Pittman and all of a sudden, like it needs to be Josh Downs.
20:49And we got a report, gone are the days of Downs being used as a slot receiver.
20:54Steichen plans to move Downs all across the formation, which he typically already does, giving ample opportunities to play on the outside and exploit mismatches against opposing defenses.
21:03Downs was seen on the outside plenty of times already at mandatory minicamp, making plays no matter which quarterback was targeting the offense.
21:09That comes from Sports Illustrated. So there's at least some evidence that he's going to be playing in two wide receiver sets.
21:16And if he does play in two wide receiver sets, this ADP is just straight up wrong, especially because Alec Pierce is
21:23very clearly in the middle of a rehab for a surgery he did not want to have.
21:28And it was a little bit delayed. So if Alec Pierce has a step back, big news for Josh Downs.
21:34If Josh Downs just plays two wide receiver sets, that's big news.
21:37If we get both those things together, he's going to be one of the best wide receiver picks out there.
21:43And he's not like the traditional like wide receiver, a slot wide receiver.
21:47Like he makes some serious plays down the football field.
21:50I'm sure that you're going to bring those up.
21:53I mean, I want to believe in Josh Downs so much.
21:56The passing game revolved around him at UNC when he was attached to Drake May during that time.
22:01Right. And he was like a slot plus receiver.
22:04He was winning down the field. He was winning in isolation.
22:07He was great in zone coverage, too. But obviously, at his frame, at his size, at 5'9", 171, as soon as you
22:14enter the NFL, you are pigeonholed as a player because everyone does it.
22:17What I am afraid of, and I went back, and, you know, Reeves has talked about this.
22:23Josh Downs has only run 33 routes in one or two receiver sets in his entire career so far.
22:28Yeah, not good. So I didn't want to go and watch those 33 routes because he might not even be targeted in those options.
22:35Instead, last year, because this is, you know, a Daniel Jones and Shane Sykin operation, I went back and watched his 16
22:42targets listed as an outside wide receiver. Unfortunately, even when you're listed as an outside receiver, sometimes that means you are motioned into a stack.
22:49Other times it also means a tight end or a wide receiver is motioned outside of you so the leverage changes at the time of the snap.
22:57And so it's not true, like on the ball, pure outside to wide receiver stuff.
23:02And he's still going to move around even if he earns two wide receiver things.
23:06I was a bit nervous about what I saw just because it still felt like in those moments, Shane Sykin didn't want
23:13for him to operate as like a real wide receiver.
23:16He had a 5.4 ADOT. It was, you know, some screen passes.
23:19It was speed outs. It really was nothing, nothing down the field.
23:23So on paper, he should no matter what get two wide receiver set stuff.
23:27That is the first bar to clear. And even if he clears that, I think this ADP easily is undervaluing him.
23:33I do have some level of question that he's going to be highly successful with that.
23:38But at the same time, I believe in him and I want him to be successful because I do think he is
23:45maybe one of the more not overlooked, but underused wide receivers across the league.
23:49But at the same time, I also will know why it didn't work if it doesn't work.
23:54Yeah. I mean, he's he's drafted ahead of where he was this last season, rightfully so.
23:59But I do think there is a just ceiling to his game because of the size.
24:03And, you know, we've we've kind of hoped that downs would kind of grow into this role that we're we might be getting this year.
24:11Jeed and Reed, it's been the same way. So it would not be that surprising if he's not out there for all of them.
24:18But like he goes around ahead of Michael Pittman, for example, and we know what Michael Pittman is and how he and
24:24we will talk about Michael Pittman here in a moment.
24:27Right. He's going ahead of Jacoby Myers, who really brought, you know, stability to the Jaguars.
24:32So it's not like we are getting to me.
24:35Josh Downs at much of a discount per se.
24:37Like we are still having to invest a premium wide receiver pick in him where there are more stable options around.
24:44But I would still take him ahead of someone like Xavier Worthy, for example, who is going to wide receiver spots after him.
24:51Could you go up to the depth knockdown and there should be a wide receiver tight end?
24:56And I'm curious because he's the third wide receiver slash tight end.
24:59So we have Alec Pierce is the second cold.
25:02If you go to the third option, I'm guessing Downs is one of the first third options we're drafting in fantasy.
25:08And that makes me a little bit nervous just because we're trying to get a lot of things right.
25:14He is. So it's Roma Dunze, Jaden Reed, and then Josh Downs is the next one.
25:18Yeah. My ranking is pretty close in ADP. And that's with me assuming that he's going to play a lot more snaps
25:25than he ever has and discounting with the Alec Pierce stuff.
25:28To me, it's just still hard to get to like the Quinton Johnson upside that's going around ahead.
25:34Like I think that's gonna be a full-time player working down the football field in the pass first offense.
25:39And I'm not sure if we're going to be able to say all those things with Josh Downs.
25:45So I like him. Don't love him. Well, you made a great transition for me, which by the way, we've already covered
25:51the likes of Latin McConkie, who is drafted as the wide receiver 17 finishes the wide receiver 35.
25:56Tara McClorin drafted as the wide receiver 23 finishes the wide receiver 32.
26:00Luther Burden drafted as the wide receiver 21 finishes the wide receiver 54.
26:04So if you want to hear more about those names, we have them in other videos.
26:09So click those and watch them right after this.
26:12But you talked about Quinton Johnson. So let's have another one of these conversations because he's the exact opposite.
26:17He's drafted much later than where he finished last year, where that was as the wide receiver 22 in points per game.
26:24And now you can get him as the wide receiver 38 in drafts.
26:28Does that make sense to you? No, I think this is a absolute no brainer selection.
26:32I think just zooming back out with Quinton Johnson, I had him as a second round prospect who needed development.
26:38His rookie season was really bad. His last season was certainly better and he was doing real stuff.
26:44And then this year, I'm expecting the offense to go from about league average to one of the best in the NFL.
26:50And if you go listen to our Reeves episode, he was talking about, you know, Justin Herbert might be the dang MVP
26:57because the Shanahan branch, whenever they have an elite quarterback, they go absolutely crazy.
27:01So we've seen the new OC really talk glowingly about Quinton Johnson.
27:05Another big point I wanted to bring up is Justin Herbert's footwork has changed where now his left foot is in front,
27:11which just makes like the quick hitting stuff in the offense easier to transition to.
27:16It's going to be less really deep dropbacks. I do think Quinton Johnson can be utilized in the yards after the catch role.
27:22Um, to me, he's kind of yak immediately or down the football field and everything in between is kind of lost with Quinton Johnson.
27:29I think you can do that with, with the McDaniel offense.
27:33And we've seen that with Tyree kill and Jalen Waddle.
27:36Like it's kind of not that much in between, but down the football field or underneath and go, I think that he's going to be involved here.
27:44So I think lad McConkey, Quinton Johnson, all these guys, I want to draft, but Quinton Johnson's terrible rookie season, I think has created a discount.
27:51And I want to predict the future, not draft and based off of his 2024 numbers.
27:56Again, this goes with quarterbacks. This goes with other players.
27:59So often their rookie season kind of becomes the pillar that then we judge everything off of.
28:04Whereas some people just have poor rookie seasons because of a whole bunch of things going around.
28:09And that was the case here with QJ. He had obvious flaws and he's kind of cleaned up and, you know, smoothed out some of his rough edges.
28:18There was an awesome clip that you referenced of Mike McDaniel talking to QJ during OTAs.
28:22He said, quote, your drive phase is going to fuck the league up and I want to protect that.
28:28I prefer to not see you be comfortable at the top of a stick until August because you have so much drive
28:35phase and weight that if you really utilize the drive phase, it's not going to be as clean and 90.
28:41And that's what I want. No, you'll you'll tighten up the turn as it goes.
28:45But that your drive phase right now is going to the league up.
28:49And I just want to protect that at all costs.
28:52And by that, he means that he wants him just running full speed right now.
28:56And that in August, that's when he's going to clean up the turns and the breaks in his routes, which I thought was really cool.
29:04You know, wide receiver coaching, which Mike has a history of.
29:07He's talked at length about like coaching Andre Johnson when he was this, you know, young skinny guy.
29:12And how can I give you, you know, more help and more development?
29:16And how can you trust me? It's just from improvement.
29:19Yeah, I mean, Dolphins had the second highest scoring team in 2023.
29:23So if what reads and what you just said comes into fruition, that season gave us Tyree kill the wide receiver one
29:29in points per game and Jalen Waddell, the wide receiver 22 and points per game.
29:34So this passing game can get to a point where it supports two startable fantasy wide receivers on a weekly basis.
29:40And we're really not having to pay for that.
29:43Getting Quentin Johnson outside the top 36 wide receivers at this point.
29:46Now we can throw in Trey Harris and what we like about him and maybe the Chargers do and all that type of stuff.
29:53But if you ask me right now, who are they going to be the two most productive wide receivers on this team?
30:00It's Ladd and it's QJ and there's a decent chance that both finish as top 26 wide receivers this season.
30:06Yeah, I think there's a chance that Quentin Johnson outscores Ladd depending on the format.
30:10Like he did last year. Like he did last year, you know, and like these guys are being completely in.
30:16Like I say this as somebody that's been a Quentin Johnson skeptic since I watched his film at TCU, which I did not love.
30:23It might just not matter. Like we said, it's just downfield passing with Quentin Johnson speed.
30:28And then the yak plays that Quentin Johnson is going to have because of the new OC and that they they have both tackles healthy.
30:36And that'll just allow Justin Herbert to actually read things out.
30:39Like there's a lot to like with Quentin Johnson.
30:41And if he had a decent rookie season, he would be priced in the fourth round.
30:46I think some of the issues last year that he just didn't have stats in certain games, like he had fewer than
30:5350 yards in half of his games last season, two games with zero catches.
30:57You would like to think that was a Greg Roman special and Mike McDaniel is going to get him a bit more involved.
31:04But we even know that like, again, in Jalen Waddle's wide receiver, 22 points per game season.
31:09There are some times where it just doesn't work like the wide receiver to three territory.
31:14It's a roller coaster, you know? And that's what we should expect here no matter what.
31:18Yeah. I mean, I went back and watch QJ just because I want to see what some of the differences were.
31:25I still don't think he's going to be an early separator ever, but he does have the stride length and the long
31:31speed to pull away on intermediate and deep crossers and those in breakers.
31:35And like that intermediate and in breaker stuff has actually been a lot of the most successful years in 2023 with the Dolphins.
31:42Maybe some of that was, you know, to his arm.
31:45But like Tyreek and Jalen Waddle, that was their most productive areas of the field.
31:49And I really like QJ in some of those routes.
31:52Yep. Yeah. I really have like nothing bad to say about this price tag.
31:56No, me either. I mean, you really shouldn't. And look at this.
32:00I mean, ADP has continued to climb up from starting at 94 in mid-May overall up to 80th overall at this point.
32:06And then wide receiver 43 up to wide receiver 38.
32:09And I still think wide receiver 38 is undervaluing him.
32:12I got my wide receiver 33 right next to Alec Pierce and Carnell Tate.
32:17And it's like, really? Like, who's going to score more fantasy points?
32:20Quinton Johnson or Carnell Tate? Like, I think like truth serum, I'd be like, yeah, it's probably going to be Quinton Johnson.
32:27Wow. All right. Let's talk about Michael Pittman. He finished last year on the Colts as wide receiver 28 in points per game.
32:33But right now you're able to draft him as wide receiver 48 in points per game.
32:38For me, Hayden, like if you watch him, it's glance routes, RPOs, quick hitting slants, crossers out of tight formations on boot action as well.
32:46Even screens out of stacks too. And we have said this and we'll repeat it because that's what you're supposed to do when it's a good line.
32:54Aaron Rodgers turned DK Metcalf into Michael Pittman Jr.
32:56last year. And now he just gets Michael Pittman Jr.
32:59in this offense in the areas that Aaron Rodgers loves to throw the football to at his age 40-ish season.
33:05Yeah, he's one of the later drafted wide receiver twos, so kind of in the middle rounds.
33:10And I just think that he's a really strong selection.
33:13I don't think that the gap between DK Metcalf and Michael Pittman's all that large in terms of fantasy just because I
33:20think DK Metcalf is going to go back to this downfield role.
33:23And I think that Michael Pittman is going to do the Michael Pittman stuff, which is what Aaron Rodgers likes.
33:29775 yards, that seems totally appropriate. I don't think we're chasing a ceiling here.
33:34To me, he's one of the first wide receivers on your bench.
33:37Bi-weeks come, injuries come, and you have to throw him in there and just like praying for nine PPR points.
33:43I think that's what he's going to be able to do.
33:46I don't think that Rodgers is going to turn the corner.
33:50I think Rodgers is what he is. It's going to be a balanced offense or offensive line rules.
33:55But Michael Pittman should be the guy on those audibles, those checks at the line of scrimmage, and Rodgers throws the ball immediately.
34:02I think those are going to more likely go to Michael Pittman this year than the DK Metcalf.
34:07Just to outline that comment about turning DK Metcalf into Michael Pittman last year.
34:11Last year for DK, less than 20% of his targets were 20 plus yards.
34:1544% of his targets were zero to nine yards.
34:18And at career high, 12% of his targets were behind the line of scrimmage.
34:22DK had never had a combo like that during his NFL career so far.
34:26I mean, his career ADOT dropped from 14 down to 11 last year.
34:30So you're begging for someone to win in the trash, in the muck, over the middle on these quick hitters a bit more often.
34:37And that's why they make the move for someone with Michael Pittman and gave him more money on top of it.
34:44Yep. You know? Now, I do want to say that Michael Pittman did have an awful back injury that he played through in 2024.
34:51That was one of the crazier news item and then outcomes that I can remember doing this in fantasy football, where there
34:57were reports that he was going to be shelved for like nine weeks.
35:01He missed one week of action and then just played the rest of the year.
35:06So the dude is a freaking warrior on the field.
35:09But I do want to note that, one, we might have seen already the best of Michael Pittman Jr.
35:14But two, even close to that would make him, I think, a consistent option in this offense.
35:19Yeah, I was not expecting a big ceiling in Pittsburgh offensively.
35:23So you can only draft him so high. But I do think he's a really solid player.
35:28I think he is exactly what Aaron Rodgers likes at this stage.
35:31So I think him versus DK Metcalf, it's about a coin flip.
35:35And I think his presence made me pick DK Metcalf as one of my faves.
35:39I forget exactly which episode it was, but I had talked negatively on DK Metcalf just because of this point that you're making.
35:46The last name in this group is actually Michael Wilson, a channel favorite.
35:50Finished last year as the wide receiver 24 in points per game.
35:53And now you're able to draft him as the wide receiver 44.
35:57Is that right? Well, I'm nervous about these Cardinals.
36:00Because if you look at the wide receiver slash tight end three in the offense, Michael Wilson gets drafted pretty early among
36:06wide receiver slash tight end three in the pecking order.
36:09And we know this team's going to stink. So that immediately makes me nervous.
36:13And he broke out without, obviously, Marvin Harrison. I do think it's like a...
36:18I can probably make the argument Michael Wilson's a better wide receiver than Marvin Harrison is right this second.
36:23But you should be expecting Marvin Harrison to take steps still because he's a little bit younger than Michael Wilson.
36:29I just don't have the confidence that in week one with everybody healthy that he's going to project well.
36:35And then when week 10 comes around and Carson Beck's the quarterback, like I'm just struggling to see how these guys pay off these ADPs across the board.
36:43I like them individually to like some degrees. But man, I just think three Cardinals pass catchers by the eighth round.
36:49Like, do we not see how this can go wrong?
36:52We need Jacoby Brissette to start for 17 games.
36:55I mean... It's not going to happen. And it's not going to happen.
36:59You know, he might even start seven games with how this offseason is going so far.
37:04And that's frustrating. I went back and watched early season Michael Wilson compared to later season Michael Wilson because, you know, we
37:10got five games of Kyler as a starter. And that was arguably like the worst we've seen of Kyler Murray.
37:16He was, you know, falling away from throws. It felt like every time he targeted Michael Wilson, it was kind of off
37:23target, either an overthrow or off the frame for a back shoulder.
37:26And they just weren't in seek at all in these crossing routes too.
37:30And then freaking Jacoby comes in. The touch trajectory, the timing of it all seemed like just the perfect fit.
37:36Now, you know, he was second among receivers and receptions at 56, second in receiving yards at 775 over the last eight games of last year.
37:44We know Marv only played three of those eight games.
37:47It was actually a part-time player in those three games.
37:50So that plays a part here too. But then the day, like, unless the Cardinals shock the world this year, we're not
37:56getting 17 or maybe even 12 or maybe even eight games of Jacoby Brissett at this time.
38:01So I have more confidence in Michael Wilson, which Cobra said, like you, I know that Michael Wilson is good at the game of football.
38:09I just don't know if there's going to be the environment for him to be able to expand that eight games to
38:1517 game sample from the last two years. Yeah.
38:18But is it fair that he's all the way down at wide receiver 44?
38:22I guess after he finishes wide receiver 24. I think it's totally fair.
38:26I just don't want to draft either one of these guys and I haven't been drafting Trey McBride either.
38:32You know, I think Marvin's to me like the clearest fade of them just because I don't think he's going to be
38:38a volume hog with Trey McBride there. And I'm not convinced that he's actually that much better than Michael Wilson.
38:44And then just to put the numbers on it, there was 10 games last year where Marvin Harrison had at least three targets in the games.
38:52Michael Wilson in those 10 games averaged 27 yards per game.
38:55His target share in those games was at 13%.
38:58His expected points was six half PPR. He actually had five half PPR.
39:02That's called the waiver wire. So I just, I'm just worried that, and that's that.
39:06And by the way, the Cardinals last year were first in pass attempts.
39:10That might not happen. So I, I'm not going to draft these Cardinals this year.
39:14Like there's there, the skill guys are too good for how bad the quarterback situation is going to be.
39:20We just did an episode with Ron Stewart talking about Jeremiah love go and watch that because that's a slightly different conversation.
39:27Yeah. Love's fine. Love's going to be fine. Okay.
39:29We've covered all those names. There is an interesting section in drafts right now of unsigned veteran wide receivers that are out
39:36there and some or all will find teams. Their names are Brandon Ayuk, Debo Samuel, Stefan Diggs, and even Keenan Allen.
39:42And Keenan Allen is somewhat of the latest one with news.
39:45I saw a Colts beat writer say that they could potentially sign Keenan Allen, which would, you know, dip into our Josh Downs conversation there.
39:53That's for sure. Because Keenan played for Shane Sykin with the LA Chargers and quote, if Pierce's ankle recovery is slow, it makes even more sense.
40:00So maybe that's more Alec Pierce insurance than it would be Josh Downs.
40:04But I think it would also overlap there a bit more often.
40:08Anyways, as we just talked about with the Devante Smith ADP rise when AJ Brown was traded, if any of these players
40:14sign, as soon as they do, they will shoot up draft boards and their ADP will climb instantly.
40:20So give thoughts on one or all right now.
40:22How I would rank him would be Diggs, Ayuk, Debo, Keenan.
40:26If they were just signing to all the same team, I thought Diggs season last year was really good.
40:31He's going to sign with a team shortly. His legal case is behind him.
40:35The NFL is not going to suspend him. And he's going to sign a team instantly.
40:40And there's a couple of pretty good landing spots available.
40:43Like, well, I think the Chiefs would obviously be one.
40:46The Colts have a starting spot available to him.
40:49The commanders do. I think that Ayuk is about to move teams here.
40:53I think that he's going to force the 49ers by showing up.
40:56And he seems to at least be in shape for as crazy of this offseason has been.
41:01So I think that Diggs is probably not going to climb too much more.
41:05He's the one that should be ranked the highest right now.
41:09I think the Ayuk stuff is going to look really silly.
41:12And I think the second he goes on the commanders, he will be drafted right next to Rashid Shahid, Omar Cooper, those types.
41:19And if he does it soon enough and there's a good training camp clip, he's going to go ahead of Coker and
41:25Khalil Shakir and Jaden Higgins and those guys even around or so above that.
41:30So I'm loading up on Brandon right now. And I think that this thing will get buttoned up soon enough.
41:35And if I'm wrong here, well, Calvin Ridley is probably not going to score points.
41:40Our guy Bernard is probably not going to score very many.
41:43What about Jerry Judy? Ian Harditz is most drafted player.
41:4667% of drafts. I did not name him. I like Jerry Judy.
41:50I like Adonai Mitchell. I like Brandon Ayuk at the end of these drafts.
41:54I just think that Ayuk of them like this, this is just going to look silly.
41:59Well, it is unsurprising that during the timing and taping of the show, Brandon Ayuk posted another video on Instagram.
42:05It was of him holding a football with a commander's logo on it.
42:08And the caption at the bottom reads, quote, the best team in the world.
42:13Just a couple days ago, Brandon Ayuk also got on Instagram and just said, go commanders, go commanders, go commanders.
42:19Yeah. In that same time, his longtime teammate in George Kittle got on part of my take and said, yeah, you're right.
42:25I wouldn't be happy either if a team paid me $130 million.
42:29And he said, good luck with all that to PFT in terms of, hey, we're going to sign Brandon Ayuk and it's all going to work out well.
42:37So, I mean, I don't know what to think, you know, are you going to get nice Excel CV value once Brandon Ayuk hits 100%?
42:44Do I think when Brandon Ayuk has been on the field in the early parts of his career, was he one of
42:51the more underrated route runners across the league? 100%.
42:54I mean, the dude could flat out win versus man-to-man coverage and looked exceptional.
42:58Uh, I also think that it's been weird this off season, man.
43:01I mean, beyond weird, this is not normal behavior.
43:04Uh, and so I don't think you can predict normal behavior once he reaches an NFL team.
43:09And I have no idea. I have no input of what the outcome is going to be other than if he signs
43:16with the commanders, he is their second most talented wide receiver.
43:19And his ADP is going to be up, but I have no clue what that means in terms of staying on the
43:25field, success on the field, and how that's going to look actually on the field.
43:30Yeah. I mean, there's not a wide receiver with nearly the path to upside that compares to him within many, many rounds of where he's currently being priced.
43:38Um, and none of these wide receivers have any floor.
43:41You're telling me that Calvin really has any floor.
43:44Tank Dell has a floor. I mean, he might not even play.
43:47Those are the guys that he's sandwiched between. Uh, where, where, where would you actually draft Brandon?
43:52Now you let's say he signs on the commanders halfway through training camp.
43:56Let's say it's August 10th and he has a couple of weeks to prepare.
44:01He's out there. He's healthy. We have some positive signs.
44:03And like, I mean, Khalil Shakir or Brandon, I like for real.
44:07Yeah, no, I'm, I totally hear you. Like, you know, we are drafting Antonio Williams with the faith that he's going to
44:14be a top two or three target getter on the commanders at the middle of the 14th round right now.
44:20I keep talking about it. It is disgusting to draft like any wide receiver round 12 and beyond.
44:25And there might be three or four that I actually want to draft that entire way.
44:30So if you want to make it in the 12th round, a hundred percent be my guess.
44:35Um, and it sounds like you want to take him even earlier than that when we just talked about Jalen Coker, for
44:41example, but like that's Jane Higgins above that. And then obviously Khalil Shakir is in that area too.
44:47Like, I don't want him to pass the Matthew Golden threshold.
44:50No, he won't. And I think like, I would still rather have Coker than like whatever the hell this Brandon Ayuk experience is.
44:57But like, I mean, Trey Tucker or Brandon Ayuk.
44:59I mean, like, I think that's where like he should be drafted where Diggs is being drafted.
45:04I think that that's like factoring in a lot of the risk here.
45:08The only thing though with Ayuk, it is one team.
45:11It's one team or bust. So do you think that there already is a back channel deal that is done?
45:17Yes. Yes. Okay. I think he has to, he has to force the 49ers to release him, which I think the quickest
45:24way to do that is to show up at the facility.
45:27And then I think he would get released to that.
45:30So I'm waiting for that to happen. This is always a great exercise.
45:34Again, we go through 17 plus games. These players put on the field where they actually finish in fantasy football.
45:40And the next season starts because of an all season because of changes.
45:44And we draft them entirely different than where they finished the previous year.
45:47We have to figure out if that's right or wrong.
45:50Yep. And then running backs will do the same version of it.
45:54And that one's even more fascinating because I think the running backs are still underpriced.
45:58They're priced up and they're still have not moved enough.
46:01If you're looking at half PPR and I've got some evidence for that.
46:05Well, be on the lookout for that running back show here in the next couple of days.
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