Dear Ms. Fantasy - Fantasy Football Draft Updates: Backfields, Injuries & Draft Strategy
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1 hr 26 min
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Aug 30, 2026
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Sun, August 30, 2026
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CeeDee LambDallas GoedertJames CookJonathan TaylorJuwan JohnsonBo NixBrock PurdyChris GodwinChris OlaveChristian McCaffreyD'Andre SwiftDak PrescottDalton KincaidDavante Adams
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Bo Nix
PositiveSleeper77:10
The source considers Bo Nix an interesting late-round quarterback option, highlighting his bevy of weapons and potential for a safe floor with high upside due to his rushing ability.
Insight pageBrock Purdy
NegativeInjury77:31
The source expresses skepticism regarding Brock Purdy due to the high volume of injuries occurring within the 49ers' offense, which could leave his receiving corps depleted.
Insight pageCeeDee Lamb
NegativeValue13:19
CeeDee Lamb is recommended as the safer, lower-risk alternative to Justin Jefferson for managers drafting in the first round who prefer stability over volatility.
Insight pageNegativeProjection58:36
CeeDee Lamb's ceiling is viewed as capped due to the presence of George Pickens, though his volume remains high. The source notes that Lamb is a safe low-end WR1, but no longer possesses the top-three upside previously expected.
Insight pageChris Godwin
PositiveValue55:41
The source believes Chris Godwin is mispriced and should be drafted in the fifth or sixth round. The source notes Godwin is healthy and has returned to his pre-injury form, unlike Mike Evans, who is dealing with various injuries.
Insight pageChris Olave
PositiveValue54:29
The source considers Chris Olave a 'smash' pick, especially given the early-season schedule and the injury concerns surrounding Jordan Tyson, which the source believes could linger longer than expected.
Insight pageChristian McCaffrey
NegativeBust13:24
Tara Roberts expresses caution regarding Christian McCaffrey due to the aggressive workload he sustained last season, suggesting he carries more risk than other top-tier options.
Insight pageD'Andre Swift
PositiveRole48:51
The source feels good about DeAndre Swift despite his known committee role with Kyle Monongai, citing the team's run-heavy scheme and ample goal-line opportunities. The source considers him a safe play due to pure volume.
Insight pageDak Prescott
PositiveValue77:57
The source likes Dak Prescott as a nice value pick in drafts, specifically citing his pure volume as the primary driver for his fantasy production.
Insight pageDallas Goedert
PositiveValue35:07
Dallas Goedert is a preferred mid-round tight end target (round 10) who is solidified in his role. He led the league in targets inside the 5-yard line last season and should see increased red-zone usage with A.J. Brown gone.
Insight pagePositiveUsage37:06
Dallas Goedert led the league in targets inside the 5-yard line last season despite missing time due to injury. The source expects him to remain a primary red zone target for the Eagles, making him a reliable TE1 option to target in the 10th round or earlier.
Insight pageDalton Kincaid
PositiveBust32:27
Roberts advises against drafting Dalton Kincaid as a TE1, citing a crowded pass-catching room, limited target volume for Josh Allen, and the team's stated intent to limit Kincaid's usage due to nagging injuries.
Insight pageDavante Adams
NegativeValue81:37
The source views Davante Adams as valuable in best ball formats due to spike-week potential, but is hesitant to target him in redraft leagues due to his age and reliance on red-zone touchdowns.
Insight pageDavid Montgomery
NegativeUsage48:12
The source expresses skepticism regarding David Montgomery's workload, citing local Houston reports of a potential 50-50 split with Woody Marks. The source notes Montgomery has not been a workhorse back in half a decade and warns against comparing his situation to Joe Mixon's move to the Texans, as Mixon arrived as an established RB1.
Insight pageGeorge Kittle
PositiveValue58:35
The source views George Kittle as a reasonable pick in the seventh round, noting that he is likely to be ready for Week 1 and is not expected to start on the PUP list.
Insight pageJames Cook
PositiveValue68:52
James Cook is a safe, stable first-round pick. The source notes that his volume is consistent regardless of Josh Allen's rushing production and remains optimistic about his role, even if a massive increase in passing game usage is uncertain.
Insight pagePositiveValue71:24
The source identifies James Cook as a preferred target at the 8th or 10th pick, noting that while some truthers draft him as early as 5th or 6th, the 8th spot is a "lovely place" for him.
Insight pageJaxon Smith-Njigba
PositiveProjection56:52
Despite concerns about target competition, the source remains confident in Jaxon Smith-Njigba as a top-six wide receiver pick, projecting the offense to run through him regardless of coordinator changes.
Insight pageJayden Daniels
PositiveProjection72:09
The source prioritizes Jayden Daniels as an elite quarterback option, citing his rushing upside and the addition of Stefon Diggs, which provides him with a well-rounded group of pass catchers.
Insight pageJonathan Taylor
PositiveValue11:53
Tara Roberts ranks Jonathan Taylor above Christian McCaffrey and Amon-Ra St. Brown, specifically noting that the points-per-carry (PPC) format increases his value significantly.
Insight pagePositiveProjection66:26
The source prefers Jonathan Taylor over James Cook at the 1.04 pick, citing his consistent workload and a more favorable, spread-out schedule compared to last season.
Insight pageJordyn Tyson
NegativeInjury18:36
Jordan Tyson's recurring hamstring injury and need to see a specialist have created significant concern, though he remains a viable pick at the 1.06 if he falls due to the injury discount.
Insight pageJosh Jacobs
PositiveValue43:20
The source views Josh Jacobs as a value pick if his ADP drops into the fourth round. While currently RB17, the source suggests monitoring his ADP for a discount and emphasizes the necessity of handcuffing him with Marshawn Lloyd.
Insight pageJustin Jefferson
PositiveProjection13:28
Justin Jefferson is viewed as a high-upside WR1 option. Despite concerns about Kyler Murray's consistency, Roberts believes Murray will provide enough volume for Jefferson to maintain his elite production, even if touchdown totals are modest.
Insight pageJuwan Johnson
PositiveRole40:25
Juwan Johnson is a preferred late-round tight end target as he is expected to serve as the second look in the Saints' offense while Jordan Tyson deals with an injury.
Insight pagePositiveValue55:13
The source prefers Jawan Johnson over Isaiah Likely for safety and consistency. Johnson is currently the TE16 with an ADP in the 12th round, which the source considers very reasonable.
Insight pageKeenan Allen
PositiveUsage74:58
The source suggests keeping an eye on Keenan Allen early in the season, noting that he popped off early last year (WR14 in half-PPR through four weeks) and could benefit from Josh Downs dealing with a calf injury.
Insight pageKenneth Walker III
NegativeProjection61:54
The source ranks Saquon Barkley higher than Kenneth Walker due to Walker's inherent risks with a new team and a new level of expected workload. However, the source clarifies that Walker is still a solid mid-round two pick.
Insight pageMark Andrews
NegativeProjection70:43
The source believes Mark Andrews is "cooked" and expects continued regression, noting that while he may still provide red-zone value, the team has other big-bodied options like Jacoby Lane who could cut into his production.
Insight pageMarShawn Lloyd
PositiveSleeper43:20
Marshawn Lloyd is a mandatory handcuff for Josh Jacobs owners. The Packers have indicated they want Lloyd to take a step forward as the direct backup, and his current ADP remains suppressed due to injury concerns.
Insight pageNajee Harris
NegativeDepth Chart50:12
The source is skeptical of Najee Harris's impact coming off an Achilles injury but acknowledges reports from trusted sources in New York that he looks solid and in pre-injury form.
Insight pageNico Collins
NegativeProjection60:23
Nico Collins has a capped ceiling because C.J. Stroud does not push the extreme volume required for elite fantasy production, and the Texans' defense limits the need for high-volume passing.
Insight pageParker Washington
PositiveSleeper83:45
The source explicitly states they love Parker Washington as a sleeper option.
Insight pageQuentin Johnston
PositiveBreakout56:58
The source argues that Quentin Johnston is being drafted below his floor at WR43. The source expects a strong start to the season due to the Chargers' early schedule and believes he will be on the field regardless of drop concerns.
Insight pageQuinshon Judkins
NegativeProjection51:53
The source views Quinshawn Judkins as a safe, low-end RB2 option. While acknowledging the Browns' offense lacks a high ceiling, the source notes Judkins performed fine in the same system last season.
Insight pageSam LaPorta
NegativeInjury25:45
While reports suggest Sam LaPorta's injury is not major, Roberts is skeptical due to his history of nagging injuries, which has caused him to fall out of her 'circle of trust'.
Insight pageTank Dell
NegativeUsage5:49
The Texans are being cautious with Tank Dell as he returns from a significant injury, aiming for a slow ramp-up. He is a late-round dart throw in deeper leagues, but the team's conservative approach limits his immediate ceiling.
Insight pageTravis Etienne
PositiveValue52:13
Travis Etienne has become more appealing as a safe option, with the source noting that the Alvin Kamara injury and the team's acquisition of Zamir White may signal the end of Kamara's relevance.
Insight pageTrevor Lawrence
PositiveProjection73:06
The source views Trevor Lawrence as having clear top-five upside, noting that he was the QB1 overall from week five through the end of last season, a fact often ignored by the market.
Insight pageTucker Kraft
NegativeUsage30:41
The Packers plan to ramp up Tucker Kraft slowly, likely limiting his snaps to under 50% for the first two to three games of the season. Managers should prepare for a potential streaming option early on.
Insight pageZay Flowers
PositiveProjection70:47
The source is high on Zay Flowers for the upcoming season, explicitly stating "Zay Flowers is up."
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1:44You're welcome. What's up, everyone? Welcome into the Dear Miss Fantasy Show.
1:48With me, your host, Tara Roberts. This is the official mailbag show for Player Profiler.
1:53It is Wednesday, August 26th. And I'm live on YouTube taking your questions.
1:57I've got mailbag questions for us and I've got some general, general fantasy news for us to go through.
2:04And of course, any comments that you have or questions that you have, as always, drop them in the chat.
2:10But we can go ahead and get started with the news that we've had come through.
2:16Start us off with one that I think you guys will appreciate, because I do believe we talked about this a little bit on the channel last week.
2:25Kayshawn Booty to the Houston Texans. And we'll talk about what that means for their receiving core.
2:31We talked about the possibility of Kayshawn Booty being traded, not specifically to the Texans, but the possibility of Kayshawn Booty being
2:39traded last week because he should be. He was unfortunately, I loved Kayshawn Booty last season, just in general, the promise that he has shown.
2:47And it's very interesting, right? Because he was one of those players who had high upside as a prospect, then had downturn production in college, came out underwhelming.
2:57So we really didn't think there was much there, but he's clearly been working his way up there.
3:03And I think he's deserving of being a starter.
3:06But with the addition of both A.J. Brown and Romeo Dobbs, clearly, unfortunately, there was no place for him in New England because of alignment.
3:14He is a deep threat. He doesn't play in the slot.
3:18So if you're looking at Romeo Dobbs, A.J. Brown, and then unfortunately they have to put, not unfortunately, DeMario Douglas is fine.
3:25But they have to put DeMario Douglas on the field then as the third wide receiver because he's the one that can play in the slot.
3:34So that just made Kayshawn Booty the odd man out.
3:38But there were plenty of locations to where he could go and be a starter.
3:43And the Texans became one of those locations when, unfortunately, Jaden Higgins went down with the ACL injury.
3:49We talked about tank dealt a little bit. I still, you know, if you want to take a late round dart throw
3:56on tank dealt in deeper leagues, it's not the worst thing in the world.
4:01But we know that the Texans are being cautious with them.
4:05They want him to bring to bring him along slowly and do a nice ramp up, make sure that everything is OK
4:12with him because he's coming back from a significant injury.
4:16And Jaden Higgins being there was going to allow them to do that.
4:20Right. We were drafting Jaden Higgins as the wide receiver, too.
4:24We were not drafting Tank Dell as the wide receiver, too, because we instinctually knew that they would not have to utilize him and push him along.
4:33The injury to tank, the injury to Jaden Higgins would have pushed Tank Dell into an uncomfortable timeline.
4:39So adding Kayshawn Booty makes everything a-okay there in Houston.
4:42In terms of draft location, it's interesting because I actually, I was on the clock shortly after the trade.
4:49And so I was able to draft Kayshawn Booty.
4:52And, you know, Kayshawn, the ADP has risen, but not significantly.
4:56I rose him in my rankings. I don't know if people, I don't know why it hasn't risen more than it has.
5:03Now, granted, I think it's up like three to five rounds right now.
5:07It's at round 17. It should go significantly higher than that.
5:11Where I drafted him in my draft, it's an industry draft flex leagues for Jake Seeley.
5:17I drafted him. It's a 14-team league. I drafted him in round 12.
5:21So that works out to, in a 12-team league, around round 14.
5:25I think 14, 15 is a reasonable area to target him.
5:29If I was like making comparisons, I'm grabbing the rookies first, right?
5:33I would grab, and a lot of those rookies have shot up.
5:37But let's jump to like a Jacoby Lane or perhaps a Ted Hurst.
5:41I would grab those type of rookies before I would try to get Kayshawn Booty.
5:46Although, ironically, I was able to draft Ted Hurst right after that.
5:50So yay me. But I'd probably lean towards the rookies and then go with Kayshawn Booty.
5:56Because when we look at him in the context of that Texans offense, he is going to be the deep threat.
6:03I'm sure he can be a little bit more versatile.
6:06But they have Jalen Knoll in the slot. Nico Collins can obviously play all over.
6:11So more than likely, we're going to see primary usage of Kayshawn Booty be downfield.
6:17And he's excellent at that. He had a fantastic catch rate with Drake May.
6:21So this is going to be a very reliable, deep threat option for CJ Stroud.
6:26Hopefully, maybe this will help him. Because Jaden Higgins, like him, love him.
6:31Very cool. But Kayshawn Booty, reliability from a deep threat perspective.
6:34Hopefully, that can give a nice different aspect to kind of maybe elevate CJ Stroud's game there.
6:40We're not looking at CJ Stroud as a target outside of Superflex.
6:44But this is good things. So happy for the Texans to get this to reinforce their receiving core.
6:50I do believe that Kayshawn Booty is the wide receiver too.
6:54And happy for Kayshawn Booty to now get the opportunity to start elsewhere since that was not going to happen, unfortunately.
7:01Let's see here. Jumping to the chat. Hi to Eazy-E was in here early, as always.
7:07Hi to John in the chat. Truth in the chat says fifth pick, 12-man league, PPR, PPC, and IDP.
7:13Okay. CMC, JT, or Amon Ross St. Brown? Points per carry does make things, does make me feel certain types of way about JT.
7:21I do theoretically have CMC ranked higher than JT.
7:24I would take JT before Amon Ross St. Brown, and I would take Amon Ross St.
7:30Brown before CMC just because I am being a little bit more cautious.
7:34My preference there would be to go towards JT, especially with added points per carry.
7:39Um, yeah, yeah, that's my preference there for you.
7:42All fine picks, but even in full PPR, I still lean towards JT on that one.
7:48From Henry Odom. Hello, Tara. Draft this weekend. Yay.
7:51And I'm so torn between Lamb and Jefferson situation.
7:54I need a tiebreaker help. Well, it's preference. Do you want to go safety or risk?
7:59If you're wanting to play it safe with your first round pick, it's, it's seedy.
8:04If you want to play it a little bit riskier, Justin Jefferson.
8:08I, I think I'm more inclined to lean, like, waiver in terms of whether I want to be super safe or extra risky in the first round.
8:18You guys know that I am worried about the risk of CMC in the aggressive workload that he had last season.
8:25With Justin Jefferson, I don't have concerns. Obviously, he's dealt with injuries in the past, right?
8:30But I don't have concerns about Justin Jefferson being on the field.
8:34It's just how much we're trusting Kyler Murray to make it through the season.
8:39Because I do have confidence that Kyler Murray can supply Justin Jefferson with enough volume for him to have a clear wide receiver one season.
8:47That's not a question for me. The thing that I think will happen there is that we won't get a lot of touchdowns, which is perfectly fine.
8:57We're looking for volume and yardage for Justin Jefferson to just kind of do his thing that he has done.
9:03Literally 1,400 plus yards in every single season, with the exception of last year with J.J.
9:09McCarthy. So, depending on how you want to go.
9:12If you want to play it safer, go with CeeDee Lamb.
9:15If you want to play it risky, go with Justin Jefferson.
9:19I know, I don't know if that helps you because maybe you're undecided on whether or not you want to take that risk.
9:27I will say, if you do go with Justin Jefferson, you might want to lean towards maybe a safer option when you
9:34come around in running back in round two. And maybe just kind of play it a little bit safer and not get too risky on that end.
9:44But again, that just depends on who swings around.
9:47But my lean would be just being like a little bit risky there with Jefferson.
9:52If I had to force you to pick one.
9:55But it's just safety versus risk. Dion Polk says, a lot of injuries this preseason.
10:00Way too many. It's always like that, though. But I feel like, if anything, I kind of, not to criticize beat reporters by any means.
10:08But I feel like we're getting, like, maybe a lot of more overreactions from beat reporters than we typically get.
10:15And that's making it more dramatic. You know, like, whereas an Ashton-Gentee injury, we would have, you know, gotten news that there
10:23was an injury and we would have waited to see.
10:26But instead, we get the dramatic update of there being a prayer circle and thinking that it's a season-ending injury.
10:33So I feel like that's the difference. It's like, we're, like, there's always preseason injuries.
10:38But some of the reporting has been a wee bit dramatic on a lot of these guys.
10:44So, yeah, I feel like that's the difference here.
10:47But the injuries have been so, so frustrating. From John, 75-45.
10:50Hey, Tara, draft this weekend, rookie dynasty, draft six pick, 12 team, which rookie wide receiver would you suggest?
10:57Now, this, this gets tricky, right? Because we're at the point, like, if we had asked this question, let me pull up rookie rankings real quick.
11:06If we had asked this question back in, like, May, June, April, May, June, would have been very simple.
11:12But now we've got the added in factor of the Jordan Tyson injury, the recurring issue that we were all worried about
11:20and hoping that would, you know, go away once he got into the NFL.
11:24Now we've got the hamstring injury again. Got to see a specialist.
11:28And we're sitting here and we're thinking, okay, this, this makes it a little bit concerning because let's say you get to pick six before.
11:37Obviously, Jordan Tyson would exist. Wouldn't exist. I'm assuming not super flex, right?
11:41But before we get there, we would assume that we would not have Jordan Tyson at that pick.
11:47He could be there. Honestly, if people are a little bit weary, perhaps we get, you know, someone in your draft leans
11:55and says, okay, I would rather just go ahead and take Jadarian Price.
11:59Obviously, Casey Concepcion is getting a lot of positive feedback.
12:03So from that perspective, pick six. The way that I would go for you is if Jordan Tyson, if you're getting a
12:10discount on Jordan Tyson and people are passing over because of the injury issue, I would still take him at the six
12:17because that's a pretty good discount on a guy who was the wide receiver too.
12:23If not, then you should have Casey Concepcion there.
12:26And that would be my preference. So Tyson, if he falls, still take that risk and otherwise just go Casey Concepcion.
12:33Obviously, the Browns situation at quarterback is very frustrating.
12:36And honestly, you know, I guess we haven't really talked about Deshaun Watson versus Shudder Sanders because that decision happened prior to the last show.
12:44But honestly, I kind of feel like more than likely we're going to see Deshaun just kind of be mediocre or subpar the first couple of weeks.
12:53And then they'll switch things up and give Shudder a try.
12:57So perhaps that'll breathe some life into the offense.
13:00But either way, more than likely, the scenario is that the Browns end up unless Shudder Sanders does have a breakout season and shows promise.
13:09The Browns will have another quarterback in 2027. And for right now, we do have a fairly nice quarterback class.
13:15Now, obviously, things can change. We always go in there thinking that a rookie class is going to be that we're going to have plenty of quarterback options.
13:25It's going to be solid. And then everything gets thrown sideways.
13:29But as of right now, it's looking like whoever is picking towards the top is going to get a nice selection of quarterbacks.
13:36So if the Browns, if Shudder Sanders doesn't work out, then obviously the Browns will have a higher end pick.
13:43So I'm OK with going Concepcion right there at that pick.
13:47Perfectly fine. So, you know, you got a couple options, a nice default option and then a reach option if it does fall to you.
13:55From Truth. Oh, nice. I like the comment here.
13:58Truth says, oh, yeah, I love you, Tara. You are down to earth with real sense.
14:04Thank you. Appreciate that. That's what I try to bring to the channel.
14:08So someone commented this on another video. Like it was like realistic advice.
14:13And I was like, yes, like I try not to be a hot take artist.
14:18I don't think it really fits me well in my persona because I don't do a lot of like yelling.
14:25It's very, very even keel. So I try to like moderate lukewarm takes with reasonable explanations.
14:30Like I'm not always going to be right, but we will talk through the logic.
14:35I'm not going to give you an answer without some logical reasoning.
14:39And it could be wrong. It could go the exact opposite direction.
14:43Right. But at least we talk through it from a logical perspective.
14:47So we came to a good conclusion. John says, happy, happy you're live, Tara.
14:52I need help in this draft. Nice. Let's talk it through.
14:56Darren gave 440, 440 jewels and said, unk alert.
14:59From Razzle. Hi, Tara. So if you wait on tight end.
15:03Oh, perfect. Perfect. I actually had a mailbag question on this.
15:06You know, were you the one that I don't know if you were the one someone asked me a mailbag question on this.
15:14So I'll pull this up as well. But Razzle says, hi, Tara.
15:18So if you wait on tight end, Juwan Johnson or Jake Ferguson, Cowboys offense should score more than the Saints.
15:25So just go with the better offense. This is perfect timing because I also had a mailbag question on this.
15:32The mailbag question was also around tight end strategy because it's getting a little bit more ambiguous.
15:37As we keep working through the preseason, we're trying to figure out like we had Sam Laporta dealing with an injury.
15:45Tyler Warren had a little injury scare. Seems like the Laporta injury is not as big of an issue.
15:51Supposedly the sorry, it seems like the Warren issue is not an issue.
15:55Seems like supposedly the Laporta issue is not major.
15:58But I'm kind of skeptical because we have dealt with injury issues with Laporta.
16:03So that does kind of raise my antennas of like, whoa, now because Laporta had been falling in and out of that comfort area for me.
16:12And I was like, OK, you know what? I can get behind it at his value because basically I could get behind
16:19it because I am very pro Jared Goff this season.
16:23The schedule lines up beautifully. Offensive line injury does make me a little bit concerned, but I'm not trying not to overreact to one offensive line injury.
16:32It's when you get the multiples in there that I start to panic a little.
16:37So but all things pointing towards a massive season for Jared Goff in terms of the way their schedule lines up.
16:44Back half of the season is loaded with dome games, loaded, literally, literally like two outdoor or three outdoor games.
16:51One is Chicago and championship week. So FYI, just be prepared for that.
16:55And then the other is like outdoor at Miami and then an international game and then just domes, domes on top of domes.
17:03And their defense secondary, their defensive secondary is still dealing with a significant amount of injuries.
17:09So I think we're going to continue to see with Detroit just these high, high, high point total games.
17:15Both teams pushing volume back and forth defense struggling to stop people through the air because they are better against the run.
17:22So teams just unloading on them through the air, especially because they have to keep up with Detroit's offense, which will be clicking on all cylinders.
17:31So a lot of high volume games. So I could get behind the idea of like, OK, well, I'm good with Amonra.
17:39I'm good with Jamison and I can be good with Laporta because it's just a ton of volume.
17:45And obviously I'm good with Gibbs. Like, but I'm like, OK, it's just a ton of volume.
17:51But if you're still already in season dealing with another nagging injury, it does make me concerned and it makes me want
17:58to kind of push you out of my circle of trust, right?
18:02So when we're looking at how we deal with tight end, because we know that top two excellent in Brock Bowers and Trey McBride, no question marks.
18:11I have zero issues with Colston Loveland. I prefer Tyler Ward.
18:15Daniel Jones is good. As long as Daniel Jones is good and healthy and he appears to be, we have no problem with that.
18:23The Colts offense should not have any major issues.
18:26So I'm good with Jalen Warren or Tyler Warren.
18:29But I do have him like a slight tier ish below Colston Loveland just because he has less offensive risk.
18:36But still good with him. Then you have Tucker Craft, who is fifth ranked.
18:41But I warn people just be prepared early on that you might need a streaming option because the Packers and Tyler Ward or the Packers.
18:49And sorry, guys, it's been a long day. I'll explain to you guys in a second why it's been a long day.
18:57But the Packers and Tucker Craft have specifically stated that they are going to ramp him up slowly.
19:03It sounds like it's like a five, six game period.
19:06I think it could be a little lower than that because personally looking back at the ramp up period for Christian Watson
19:14last year, it was literally two games before they got him onto a more regular snap count.
19:19So maybe they're being extra cautious, but I would not be shocked if it was just more of like the two to
19:27three game time period where they limit his snaps below 50 percent and then they push him up.
19:33So just keep that in mind. And then after that, you guys know I'm good with Harold Fanta Jr., good with Kyle Pitts.
19:41But then you get into this nasty gap where you're looking at, OK, do I go with Travis Kelsey?
19:47Do I look at Dalton Kincaid? And that's a big no for me.
19:52That's not a question at all. Please, I will never advise you to draft Dalton Kincaid this year.
19:58Wide receiver room, more addition into that. Way too many pass catchers.
20:02We are not going to see a dramatic increase in pass volume for Josh Allen.
20:07And the Bills stated that as Dalton Kincaid was dealing with these nagging injuries, their approach might be to limit his usage.
20:14They extended Dawson Knox. So all of that adds up to me believing that consistency might be an issue in terms of
20:22potential limited snap counts and just volume going towards that wide receiver core with the addition of DJ Moore to not feel
20:29super good about Dalton Kincaid as my tight end one when he's literally only performed as a tight end one his rookie season, right?
20:37I'm just I'm not there. So Isaiah likely was someone who I was feeling good with.
20:43But then the Giants preseason usage has just spooked me.
20:46I'm getting we'll talk about the Giants in general in a second, but I'm just getting very unbelievably spooked by every single
20:54thing they are doing during training camp for the preseason that is making me nervous about drafting literally any of them outside
21:01of Malik neighbors just from a pure target perspective.
21:04So honestly, my gap starts with after Kyle Pitts.
21:07It goes all the way to Dallas Goddard. That is if you're looking to push it back in Dallas Goddard.
21:14You can get him around round 10. Let me double check to make sure that it has not moved up significantly recently.
21:21I don't think it should have got hurt. Got it.
21:25Where are you? Dallas Goddard. Yeah, round 10. Holding steady.
21:28Early round 10 pick is my preference. So if you can't get one of the higher end options or one of the
21:36good safe mid round options, I gap and skip all the way to round 10 and go to Dallas Goddard.
21:42I trust Dallas Goddard. We have unfortunately heard a lot of negative things about Eli Stowers just not picking up, which I
21:50hate, but unfortunately it sounds like he's just not picking up the way that they would have hoped.
21:56Now, granted, that does not mean that he can't be something at some point this season, but Dallas Goddard is very solidified.
22:03The tight end one and could potentially be should be top two in touchdowns.
22:08We saw a significant increase in usage in the red zone from him last season.
22:13A.J. Brown being gone is only going to exacerbate that need for them to lean on him once they get inside the 20, 10, 5, especially the 5.
22:23I mean, he, I believe inside the 5, he led.
22:26Ooh, let me not lie. I believe inside. Do I have red zone stats pulled up?
22:32Yeah, I do. Inside the 5, Dallas Goddard led the league in targets.
22:36Yes. Yeah. I did not lie. Inside the 5, Dallas Goddard led the league in targets last season.
22:42Now, mind you, Dallas Goddard also dealt with injuries.
22:45So he did that on what, like 14, 15 games?
22:49So yeah, we saw a significant increase in his usage there.
22:52Now, I do think obviously the Eagles are going to lean back on Saquon Barkley, but from a receiving perspective and a
23:00red zone target, once they get close to the goal line, they're going to be looking at Dallas Goddard.
23:06So touchdowns are going to be pretty much a lock for him.
23:10And he could see an increase in targets as well as they try to work through this new receiving core.
23:17Makai Lemon should come along, but again, he's been dealing with injuries as well throughout preseason.
23:22And Dontavian Wicks has been added. Sounds like he's going to be a core piece and starter in that offense.
23:29But I feel very confident in the amount of red zone looks that Dallas Goddard is going to get to trust him as my tight end one.
23:38So that is my, if I'm jumping two double digit rounds, I stop at round 10 and I'm grabbing Dallas Goddard.
23:45If you have to go in round nine to get it just to be safe, I'm okay with that.
23:52Other than that, when it comes to Jake Ferguson, I don't hate it, but it's no longer a massive high upside pick.
23:59It's somewhat safe, but the upside is essentially gone because of the fact that CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens there really just
24:07pushes him back to being the guaranteed third look.
24:10And I like my tight ends to be the second look.
24:14So that's the only issue. I don't think he'll be a bust in any way, shape or form.
24:20Just not a massive high upside pick. So somewhat safe if you have to do that.
24:25And then, of course, I do like Juwan Johnson to be the second look at that offense with Jordan Tyson dealing with the injury.
24:33It's been a long day, guys. I was streaming earlier like a few hours ago.
24:38I was in the chat answering questions during a long stream.
24:42I shot multiple videos this morning and they were for different sports.
24:46They were golf. It was my last golf video, sadly.
24:50It was my last golf video of the year.
24:53Oh, God. Golf season is over. Tour championship this year.
24:56So I'm going to miss it. But and then I also shot a college football betting video because I will be doing college football betting.
25:04So bouncing back and forth between sports is like oddly enough, like mentally taxing.
25:09But I am very excited to be doing college betting this season because that is only going to make my dynasty rookie rankings 10 times better.
25:18So I'm very much so looking forward to that.
25:21So that is that is why if you're like Tara, why does it seem like you're confusing player names and then you go back and correct yourself?
25:30It's because it's been a super long day. And that was starting at like, I don't know, 6 a.m.
25:37where I started getting up and having to get the kids ready.
25:41So but we're here. And that was tight end strategy.
25:44So I hope that helps there with the mailbag question.
25:47And for you, Razzle, as well, because it is getting we are getting thinned out here at tight end to where our
25:55late round options are not as trustworthy as they have felt in previous times.
26:00Jumping back to the chat here. Henry Odom says, if I draft if I draft Josh Jacobs, should I prioritize Lloyd during my draft?
26:08Yes, 100 percent. And I'm not always a you must handcuff kind of drafter.
26:13But in this situation, I do think you must handcuff.
26:16Now, I still believe I think the little quote about the Packers preparing for a suspension might have been slightly out of context.
26:24It sounds like they were saying like, hey, you know, if it happens, you know, we're prepared to we were prepared to be able to deal with that.
26:33Not that they were preparing because there is a suspension coming.
26:37So I don't know. So hopefully that little misinterpretation there, because that's the way that I was taking it.
26:43And I think that's the way that a lot of other people that dug into what was actually said took it.
26:51So hopefully if that happens, we get a little ADP discount.
26:54I would like it to drop even further. Where are we at on Josh Jacobs ADP?
27:00Let's see if we had any kind of movement.
27:03Josh Jacobs. Oh, yeah, we had a little movement.
27:06This could push into round four for sure. Nice.
27:09I could see that, especially because people are feeling a lot more positive about Jalen Waddell, Travis Etienne.
27:15So, yeah, I could 100 percent see this Josh Jacobs ADP bumping back into round four, which would be ideal.
27:22Because, you know, third round is great. It's a discount.
27:25But I want more of a discount. He is wide receiver or sorry, RB 17 right now.
27:31So, Brees Hall has gone above him. Jeremiah Love still holding strong.
27:35We saw a video of Jeremiah Love walking around.
27:38So maybe Jeremiah's loves. There was a video of him walking around carrying pizzas for his rookie duties.
27:44So maybe Jeremiah Love's injury is not as dramatic.
27:47But we're not seeing a massive discount or drop in his ADP.
27:51So, yeah, with Josh Jacobs, keep your eye out on that.
27:55Do prioritize Marshawn Lloyd as a handcuff. And Marshawn Lloyd's ADP has not jumped.
28:00I don't know if people are just skeptical of Marshawn Lloyd because of all of the injuries he's dealt with.
28:06But it's still sitting at around 14. So 100 percent make sure that you handcuff because that would be Chris Brooks is there.
28:14But from everything the Packers have said, they want Marshawn Lloyd to take that step forward and be the direct handcuff.
28:21So I would 100 percent handcuff. But again, I think the wording might have been a little bit off in terms of
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30:16You're welcome. Let's see here. Jumping to the chat from Deljay in PPR.
30:20Who should I pair with Bijan at 211 and 301 or 302 turn?
30:24Hold on. Who should I pair with Bijan at the 211, 302 turn?
30:29I'm leading towards Devante and Kyron Williams and then going wide receiver, wide receiver, wide receiver.
30:34So I've been doing a whole lot of mock drafting lately.
30:38I've been doing a lot of mock drafting shows.
30:41And if you ever want to see the mock drafts, I keep a schedule.
30:46So you can check out my link tree and see the schedule of the mock drafts I'm doing.
30:52I'm doing one on Monday and Tuesday. Jesus. But the Monday one is what the Tuesday ones are on Twitch.
30:59They're fun 10 second clock mock drafts that are very rapid fire.
31:03So it's just for us to have fun, draft together.
31:06And the people in the chat, the audience drafts with us.
31:10So that's fun. So you can jump in, join, and draft with us.
31:14And it's just a fun rapid fire thing and we answer questions.
31:18But the Monday chat will be, or the Monday mock draft will be a legit mock draft with a regular clock.
31:25So make sure that you check that out. And as I've been doing all these mock drafts, I have not gotten the 101 or the 102.
31:34But what I have noticed is that with those two picks, the builds that take Gibbs and Bijon and then come around
31:42with wide receiver, wide receiver, and then hit running back in round four look very nice.
31:47Not going to lie. So while my preference, I enjoy going RB, RB at the turn in the back half.
31:54Or just RB, wide receiver, and then wide receiver in the back half of drafts.
31:59If you've got one of those early picks, I would double up at wide receiver there.
32:04Because let's look at ADP and see the guys that you know.
32:08Chris Olave has been moving up. So but he should still be available at that time.
32:14Just keep your eye because a lot of these wide receivers, Chris Olave and Malik Neighbors, they are having some movement here.
32:21So but if you come around after Bijon, you can the wide receivers available would be Malik, Chris Olave, Devontae Smith would be there.
32:29Bizet Flowers is reasonable. He tends to go later in round three, but I think early round three is very reasonable for him.
32:37So my preference actually would be to go Bijon, wide receiver, wide receiver, because the round four running backs are actually holding pretty steady.
32:45Now in round four, we've got Travis Etienne that he's moving up a little bit, right?
32:51But he's still a round four pick. So we've got Travis Etienne in round four.
32:56We've got DeAndre Swift in round four is a very nice stable option as well.
33:01I occasionally see, depending on the draft, sometimes Devontae Williams will drop to a round four as well.
33:07Late round four, I don't know that that would get to you.
33:11But Travis is very realistic. Swift is extremely realistic to make it to you.
33:16So I'm not going to lie. I might risk it for the biscuit and go wide receiver there and come around with running back in round four.
33:25Not going to lie. But your strategy would work as well.
33:29Your strategy would work as well. So if you want to play it a little bit safer, going with Devontae and Kyron
33:36and then banging it out at wide receiver, perfectly fine.
33:40But there are other options. Just FYI on that.
33:43From Marvin Tolbert, I drafted JSN over Jamar Chase trying to scroll up.
33:47Oh, no. How bad did I do? You know, I feel so.
33:51I feel you on that. I have had some.
33:54Not misclicks, but forgetting that I was like, I forgot that I was on the clock.
34:00I forgot that I was on the clock in one draft and ended up auto drafting.
34:05So, yeah, it's been a weird draft season for me.
34:08So I feel you on misclicks and mess ups there.
34:12But drafting JSN over Jamar, I mean, I hate it, right?
34:16But at the end of the day, I'm not one of those people that thinks that JSN is going to have a massive regression.
34:24Yeah, there are other pieces on the offense, right?
34:27Cooper Cup's still there. Rashid Shahid obviously does have huge potential upside if they would actually utilize him as a consistent receiver.
34:34It'd give him a consistent target share. And there are some younger options as well that I like.
34:40But at the end of the day, despite the fact that we are changing offensive coordinators, I think this offense is still,
34:48from a pass perspective, is still going to run right through JSN.
34:52So regression whatever. I'm sorry. I still feel good with JSN as a top six pick, right?
34:58So, I mean, yeah, we want Jamar over. We want Jamar over JSN, but it's okay.
35:03You'll be all right. You'll be all right. Let's see here.
35:07From Joe's. Oh, man, I'm behind in the chat.
35:10You know what? Rapid fire-ish to catch up here.
35:13Joe Sue Hildago says, How far are CeeDee and Nico?
35:16Pickens limiting CeeDee worries me. Yes. And, but here's the thing is that Nico has a ceiling limitation too.
35:23So CeeDee has a ceiling, clearly, a clear CeeDee ceiling limitation with George Pickens.
35:27It's an issue. But if you look at, because I did, I did.
35:32If you take out the games where CeeDee Lamb was injured, right?
35:36And did not play 50% of snaps. And you only look at the ones where he was playing the majority of snaps.
35:43And then you do a per target and take it out over 17 games.
35:48He still was averaging like 150 plus targets. So, I mean, the volume is still there.
35:53The touchdowns coming down were the issue. But there have been points made by a lot of people that some of the
36:01touchdown, there were missed opportunities that were on CeeDee.
36:04So the season could have been better than what it was.
36:08It's a little bit misleading of it being a dramatic drop-off because of George Pickens.
36:13Now, his ceiling is capped, right? He has no longer got the upside of that top three upside we saw before.
36:20But still a safe low-end wide receiver one pick.
36:23Nico also has a cap ceiling. We just don't want to admit it.
36:27The cap ceiling is CeeDee Stroud, right? CeeDee has Dak.
36:31We know that when Dak plays a full season, Dak is giving you a certain level of touchdowns.
36:37Dak's giving you 30 touchdowns, right? Dak is giving you 4,000 plus yards.
36:41Like, you feel good about it when Dak plays a full season.
36:45That's a guarantee. But with Nico and CeeDee Stroud, you don't have that level of volume because CeeDee Stroud doesn't push that level of volume.
36:54And because the Texans don't have to push that level of volume because they have a fantastic defense that literally only got better.
37:02So Nico also has a ceiling limitation. So I don't really love him either.
37:06I don't love CeeDee. I don't love Nico as picks.
37:10My preference is to, and this is why my preference is kind of low-key, just to skip over, invest in running back.
37:17And then, like, hey, I'm going to invest in running back early.
37:21And then I'm going to bounce around and hit wide receiver when it comes to guys like Chris Olave as a clear
37:29high-volume play now that he has Tyler Shuck for a full season and no Jordan Tyson for the foreseeable-ish future.
37:35You know, Malik Neighbors, all those guys that we had talked about as potential picks at the turn there, Devontae Smith, right?
37:43So, yeah, I don't think you have to invest in those guys.
37:47The gap is not that big between them. If you want to pass over a CeeDee and go with a Nico, just
37:54because, again, more clear, locked-in volume from a clear, like, target perspective, I'm 100% okay with that.
38:00So, yeah, Rascal says don't go with, well, you know, Rascal makes a good point here.
38:06We talked about, because I can't remember who it was, was asking about Jefferson or Lamb.
38:11But Rascal has made a point in the chat saying don't go with either of them.
38:16Need to go two wide receivers or need to go two RBs in the late first.
38:22And that's valid. It's oddly enough, for some reason, when I do the drafts where I go RB, RB in the back
38:29half and then wide receiver in the third, it doesn't grade very well.
38:34For some reason, because you're not getting one of those elite upside wide receivers.
38:39But at the end of the day, they still look pretty.
38:42So, they're like, there's nothing wrong with a draft or a, you know, a Amari and Hampton, Saquon Barkley start.
38:49That's a pretty start, right? That James Cook, Saquon Barkley.
38:52You can get those combinations, especially because I've seen Saquon drop.
38:56I see Saquon drop sometimes in a ridiculous level.
38:59You can get it. We're so deep at running back this year that you can realistically go RB, RB if the right backs are there for you.
39:08Chase Brown is always lingering around that. It's a very safe option that you could pair up with someone.
39:15So, yeah, don't, don't, Rascal makes a very good point here.
39:19Don't feel beholden to take either one of those wide receivers in the first round.
39:24You can just go running back. But, you know what?
39:27A lot of people have preferences where they want to push running back back a little bit.
39:33So, you know, we got to give options, right?
39:36Leaving says, dribbling almost a third rounder by next Monday.
39:39I promise it won't jump that high. Well, I say that.
39:43I say that. And you never know how high it could jump.
39:47It looks like it's settling in at round nine.
39:50I've been checking it daily. It looks like it's settling in here.
39:54They're no more dramatically. So hopefully. Hopefully. Now, granted, because Mike Evans came out and said that he expects to be ready for week one.
40:03Well, your expectations and what might happen are never actually the same thing.
40:07So you can say that you might be ready for week one.
40:11But you have dealt with a wide variety of nagging injuries here.
40:15And I've got I already had very limited faith.
40:18Right. I love Mike Evans, but my faith was very limited on his ability to make it through the season, especially now
40:26that he's in San Francisco and he's getting attacked by the substation.
40:30So, OK, tinfoil. But seriously. Seriously. But at the end of the day, I hope that I don't think I think round
40:37eight is the highest that stripling will push. Realistically.
40:40I don't think it'll push into round seven. I don't think it'll do that.
40:45It might. It might. Now, round eight is the cutoff.
40:48I think I think it's stabilized and it won't go that high.
40:52OK, jumping back to the chat here. Linda Blitz says, hey, Tara, I'm in a PPR super flex league.
40:59Tin team Gibbs, Bijon, Josh Allen and Jake and Jamar Chase are keepers.
41:03Won't be on the board. Second pick. Should I go QB?
41:07Chase Brown is my keeper. Yes. So Josh Allen is not on the board.
41:12I would go you have the second pick. Well, you know, if I'm OK with going with either Lamar Jackson or Drake May.
41:19My preference would be Lamar Jackson, but he if he is taken, I'm OK with going with Drake May as your first pick.
41:27Yeah. Sparky says Miss Fantasy. Nice to be a part of the chat.
41:32What you what you think about pick seven picking cook?
41:35Yes, I'm pro pro cook. First round. I think it's very safe.
41:39If the touchdowns look, the touchdowns exist no matter what Josh Allen is doing.
41:44He gets his James Cook gets his. And last year was the highest volume of Cook's career, but it wasn't egregious.
41:51It was just like 300 carries. It's not that much.
41:54Not a ton of work through the air. We do have rumors of right.
41:59You know, them saying that they want to get Cook more involved in the pass game.
42:05How much more pass volume can they be pushing realistically?
42:08Because we know that they have to also feed DJ more.
42:12So I don't know if I see a massive boost in that.
42:16But again, if we could see just a tiny little bit, that'll help.
42:20But very nice, stable option. I feel very comfortable with Cook.
42:24Actually, I just I took Cook in my the league that I was talking about.
42:29My flex league draft. Cook was my first round pick.
42:32So yes, Pro Cook, Pro Cook in the first round.
42:36Jay Salter says, Hey, Tara, question. What's a good strategy to start your draft?
42:40Usually go RB, RB in the first two rounds.
42:44Thoughts? I'm good with so flexible, right? Depending on how everything falls and where you are picking.
42:49When I am picking at the beginning. Actually, yeah.
42:52Yeah. When I am picking at the beginning, if it was 101, 102, Gibbs, Bijon, I would then come around.
42:59And I wouldn't go with another running back. I would take advantage, as I was talking about before, take advantage of those wide receivers that you have there.
43:09At least get one, maybe two if you want to risk it, but at least get one.
43:14And perhaps you can also go with a Brock Bowers there if you want to get an elite tight end.
43:21Could be available at the turn. Sometimes he does slip there.
43:25A lot of times it's mid-round one, but just keep your eye out on that.
43:30And then obviously, you know, there's plenty of running backs that you can take in that area as well.
43:36If I'm picking from the mid-rounds, I actually did.
43:39And let me see. Actually, I have a mailbag question that relates to this.
43:44Let me pull it up real quick. From the YouTube channel from Spartan BDE.
43:49Says, Hi, Tara. Love your channel. Pick 106 in my upcoming draft.
43:53If CMC is not available, would like to go.
43:56Double running back. Anchor. Would you recommend? What would you recommend in that spot?
44:01League is 12 team full PPR. So I actually did a video where I talked about how I would pick from the mid rounds.
44:09Now, if you want to go with CMC, that's perfectly fine.
44:13If JT is available, my preference would be to go JT in the mid-round picks.
44:18If not, I am okay with going with Amonra St.
44:21Brown around that area as well. If you want to just get a nice, stable block guarantee.
44:27You could also push, we just talked about James Cook.
44:30I've seen people pushing James Cook up into the middle as well.
44:34If they would prefer to lean heavy on running back in the first round and second round as well.
44:41So my preference when I'm in those middle rounds is to get one of each and not double up at running back.
44:48Because you can, right? But you have the ability to be flexible, get one of those strong round one receivers like a
44:56JSN or Amonra, and then come around and still have good running back options personally.
45:01So, and also the thing about that is, again, once you come around to the third round, a lot of those receivers
45:08that are really solid third round picks, some of them might go before it gets to you in the mid-round if there's a little bit of a run.
45:18So just be aware that if you are going to double up at running back when you're picking from mid-round spots, it
45:25does leave you a little bit vulnerable in terms of wide receivers going on a run before it gets back to you in the third.
45:34So just keep that in mind. And then if I were picking from, going back to the question here from Jay Slatters,
45:41if I were picking from the back half, that is where I do really enjoy going running back, running back in the first round.
45:49So it all depends on varying up in terms of where you're picking, taking advantage of the high upside position that's available.
45:57But I do find it really hard to come out of those first rounds without at least one running back.
46:04So guaranteed one running back, two if it's advantageous, or if you have really good options at wide receiver, just offer yourself that flexibility, right?
46:12Hope that helps there. I know that that goes back a little back and forth there.
46:17I do really enjoy the RBRB starts, but the one place that I absolutely don't recommend it is if you're picking with Bijon or Gibbs.
46:26From Leaving says, All Watson starts just stream the D that plays the rounds early this season.
46:32100% agree. Supreme Link says, It's hard to get three workhorse backs this year.
46:36What are your best handcuff options? It is 100%.
46:39Just because everything kind of dries up and gets into a weird territory.
46:44Like I know a lot of people were like, all off season.
46:48And this one kind of was like, right? All off season.
46:52A lot of my colleagues were very pro David Montgomery.
46:55And I was like, I don't know. I, I, I live in Houston.
46:59I see a lot of Woody Marks propaganda. It could very well be a 50-50 split.
47:05So I was not shocked when that little beat reporter tidbit came out of the split being very close to 50-50.
47:12That makes a ton of sense in my local mind here, especially considering that a lot of people were comparing it to
47:19David Montgomery to the Joe Mixon situation. And you got to remember, Joe Mixon came to the Texans as an RB1 existing.
47:27He had been an RB1 putting up RB1 numbers in Cincinnati.
47:31It's a completely different situation of David Montgomery coming from Detroit where he was operating in a committee where he was not having a significant amount of work.
47:40And he has not been utilized as a workhorse back in like half a decade.
47:45So, so I just, I was very hesitant to say, hey, we're bumping him back to like, oh yeah, three.
47:52I'm like, man, I just, it feels a little uncomfortable making that jump in comparing it to Joe Mixon when it was
47:59just two very different players coming in off two very different situations.
48:03So I'm not shocked at that. So with that, you know, you got Bucky Irving, you got, um, DeAndre Swift, I actually
48:11do feel very good about, but he is in a known committee there with Kyle Monongai.
48:16Um, I just feel good about him because they are an extremely run heavy team with plenty of goal line opportunities and
48:24Caleb Williams runs, but he's not a goal line sniper.
48:27So it's still a very safe situation. Um, but yeah, things get very, and then we got Cam Scadaboo.
48:34Good God. Yeah, actually let's talk about Cam Scadaboo on the topic here because that is, that was my, uh, thumbnail.
48:41So I would be remiss not to actually talk about the Cam Scadaboo situation.
48:46Um, I off season, if you follow me, I was very pro Cam Scadaboo because we saw him as a three down back.
48:53He was very successful. It was a very small sample size, right?
48:57But he was very successful as a three down back.
49:01Pass catching was not an issue. I was looking at this like, okay, yeah.
49:06And the, and the giants want to be run heavy.
49:09I was coming into it from a very positive perspective.
49:12And then they started doing weird things and saying weird things and bringing in additional players.
49:18We have the addition of Najee Harris. And by no means, by no means am I telling anyone to go out and
49:25draft Najee Harris, but it does make you pause and wonder because we saw this weird committee usage in the first preseason
49:33game of them going from Scadaboo to Tracy to Singletary back to Tracy back to Scadaboo, like bouncing back and forth and
49:40knowing that they do want to be run heavy.
49:43I worry that maybe it even doesn't have to do with them not wanting to put an aggressive workload on Cam Scadaboo.
49:51Maybe when we're looking at the context of this offense and who is running this offense, they just want to run a
49:58three man committee and maybe four man now that Najee is there.
50:02Yeah, I'm, I'm a little bit scared of this situation, unfortunately, with Najee Harris lurking in the corners.
50:08And I was very like, hey, we need to actually see Najee on the field.
50:13But there are boots on the ground that I actually trust in New York.
50:18And those boots have specifically said that Najee looks good.
50:21I'm skeptical, right? I was very skeptical coming off of an Achilles injury, like as someone who wasn't particularly explosive to begin with, right?
50:30But they say he looks very solid, looks good in pre-injury form.
50:34So I don't know, man. It makes me a little bit nervous, unfortunately, looking at that situation and feeling like once we
50:41get past DeAndre Swift in theory, but again, because Swift is in the safe category because of pure volume, we get into
50:49a very murky situation, in my opinion, of guys that have very weird committees with limited upside or shaky situations.
50:55I mean, heck, we even go to a Jadarian Price and we can't even guarantee the workload he's going to have.
51:02George Helani has been getting talked up so much in all offseason.
51:06I said, don't care, George Helani. But I don't know.
51:10I just don't trust the level of workload that we're getting there.
51:14I want to trust Basial Tootin, but again, you just can't.
51:18How much trust can you put in the Jags after what they did to us from a backfield perspective last year with Tank Bixby?
51:26So yeah, once we get past a certain point, the three down workhorse running backs, they run thin and it gets scary.
51:33So I have a hard time coming out of the first five rounds without two running backs.
51:39You push it back too far and you are asking for trouble.
51:43If you want to push it back, you know, hey, go with the safer options from a pure volume perspective.
51:50I don't have a problem with the Quinshawn Judkins.
51:53I know a lot of people have an issue with the Browns offense being bad, but it was bad last season and
52:00Judkins was a fine low end RB2 type of player.
52:04So I don't think it's that detrimental, but he does lack a ceiling because of the offensive situation.
52:10So yeah, come out with your running backs early.
52:13Travis Etienne has gotten more appealing with the Alvin Kamara injury and the fact that they traded for Zamir White does tell
52:20me that maybe this is just perhaps the final nail in the coffin for Alvin Kamara.
52:26Dealt with the injury last season. You're injured right now.
52:29This might just be it for you. So now Alvin Kamara does slip into a nice, or sorry, Travis Etienne does slip into a nice safe territory.
52:38So get your running backs, get them soon. And it makes it more important as we talked about tight end strategy earlier.
52:46It makes it more important that we prioritize running backs, receivers, and maybe we have to get a little bit more creative
52:53with pushing those onesie positions back of tight end and quarterback.
52:57I will not lie. I have not in all of my mock drafts and everything, unless it was a weird situation, I have not taken a top.
53:06What is Jalen Hurts sitting at? Hurts. Where is Jalen Hurts is at QB6?
53:11Right. Yeah. I have not taken a top five quarterback this offseason over the past month because there are too many other positions of priority.
53:19For me to sit there and invest in one of those quarterbacks, knowing how I am messing myself at other positions.
53:26I can argue all day for a high end tight end.
53:30That is not a problem. But the one onesie position that I am pushing back, it's quarterback.
53:36It's outside of round. It's round six or later.
53:39Guaranteed. 100%. I can't do it before then because I have to lock in two running backs, two wide receivers, maybe a
53:46tight end, but probably three wide receivers too. So just take that advice as we kind of go through all of this.
53:54Catching up to some of the comments here. Stribbling or DB Tell says, Stribbling with a third pick.
54:00Have second overall. Struggling with... Jesus. I told you guys I was tired.
54:04I read Stribbling. I was like, wow, Stribbling with a third pick.
54:08That's kind of crazy. Struggling with a third pick.
54:12I have second overall. Starting RB, RB. RB. Yeah.
54:15And, you know, second overall pick, RB, RB. I think I talked about that one a little bit earlier.
54:21Come around with one of the wide receivers. I know maybe Malik Neighbors makes you a little uncomfortable coming off of the injury.
54:29I don't have a problem with it. Chris Olave, if he's there, is a smash for me.
54:35Especially, like, if you look at the schedule to start off the season, knowing that Jordan Tyson is dealing with the injury.
54:42And if you're thinking it's going to be a month, I caution you.
54:46A man that has a recurring issue and has to see a specialist, I would take that as the baseline of best case scenario.
54:55It could push well out further than that. So Chris Olave is a high priority pick for me.
55:01So that is one, if you've got the second overall pick in round three, that's one that I would prioritize significantly.
55:08100%. Going back here to the chat, Marvin Tolbert says, Jawan Johnson or Isaiah Likely?
55:13Jawan Johnson. Again, I feel super uncomfortable. Hopefully, maybe things will pan out with Likely.
55:18But my comfort level is more with just playing it safer and pushing Jawan Johnson.
55:23Jawan is up to round 12. He has moved up significantly, but round 12 is still very reasonable.
55:29Tight end 16. Scott Klapke says, Tara, who is the player you don't understand why their ADP is where it is?
55:36Godwin, for me, should be in the fifth or sixth round, in my opinion.
55:41I did a video, or did I do a video?
55:44I can't remember if it was a video or short or something.
55:48But Godwin is one that I've talked about recently as well that I do think is mispriced.
55:54And I love all, basically, I love all Tampa Bay receivers.
55:58Leave your draft with one of them. If you can get a Mecca, great.
56:03It's tough to get him, obviously, because he's higher.
56:06Then turn around, try to grab. If you can't get a Mecca, try to grab Gobwin.
56:11The value for him is excellent. They say that he is good to go, that he has returned to his pre-injury body.
56:19We haven't had any issues, unlike a Mike Evans, where we're getting constant news about him dealing with a wide variety of injuries.
56:26We're not having to deal with that with Godwin in terms of any massive fear of lingering issues.
56:33So I think he's perfectly fine. I don't know if I would push him up as far as a fourth round pick,
56:40but I feel very good about him. And then I love Ted Hurst as a late round pick as well.
56:47That is definitely one that is very perplexing to me in terms of his ADP.
56:52Another one for me, and this is one that everyone always looks at me sideways about, is Quentin Johnston.
56:58Guys, do not be shocked if we see another dramatic start from Quentin Johnston where he puts up top 10 numbers at the beginning of the season.
57:07Especially as I looked at the Chargers schedule early on.
57:11They've got some nice, within the first several weeks, there's some very nice matchups.
57:16That's another one where I'm just like, you're drafting him below his floor.
57:20You can say he drops passes all you want, but at the end of the day, he'll be on the field.
57:27And if we believe in Mike McDaniel and Justin Herbert, we should probably believe in more than just Ladd McConkie.
57:34Unless you, if you have the opinion that Quentin Johnston is not going to return value this season where he is being
57:41drafted, which is a ridiculous wide receiver. What is it?
57:45Wide receiver 43. 43. That's wide receiver 43. If you have the opinion that he is not going to pay off at
57:52that ADP, people are taking Brandon Aubrey before Quentin Johnston.
57:56I just don't know what to tell you. Because if that's the case, then you should be drafting Ladd McConkie first overall.
58:03So from leaving, craft is so physical. T would be smart to ramp him up for his own good.
58:09I think so as well. Try to speed things up here.
58:13Jay Slatters. My late round tight end target to get is Dallas Goddard.
58:18100% agree. Easy E says, have a good night, Tara.
58:21I totally agree. Goddard can be a sneaky good with AJ gone.
58:25Leaving says, Kittle falls close to Goddard territory. At least something to think about.
58:30Yes. Although sometimes, let me see. Because Kittle is one of those ones where it's tough to pinpoint.
58:36You know, he's round seven right now. Especially with the news of him, like, potentially being ready for week one.
58:43It doesn't sound like he's going on the pup.
58:46So as we're kind of leaning into drafts this weekend and next week, round seven, I don't think it'll drop beyond that.
58:53Yeah. So Goddard's round 10. Kittle is a little bit before that.
58:57But I think Kittle is still a reasonable price at round seven.
59:01We just need to know, obviously, you might need to stream later with a Jawan Johnson or something.
59:07Or, you know, if Kittle's not ready, you can just go with a Jake Tonjes as a streaming option.
59:14But just be prepared just in case. But I think he's perfectly fine as well.
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61:00Bet on anything, anytime, anywhere. You're welcome. Mark Schaefer says, third pick.
61:0412-team PPR. Would you pass on Puka or Jamar and take Taylor or Cook?
61:08His RBs are super premium. They are super premium, but I would still take both Puka and Jamar before the running backs.
61:16Preference would be like... I have leaned towards the safety of going with Jamar over Puka, begrudgingly, because my preference is Puka.
61:23But the suspension thing, right? So technically speaking, you have to go Jamar over Puka.
61:28But whatever. I'm still going with both of them before I hit the running backs.
61:33Let's see here. Miles Logan says, I hope Marshawn Lloyd's ADP doesn't move at all.
61:39I don't think it's going to move a lot at all.
61:42Jedi Master Howey says, hi, Tara. Love your content.
61:45Thank you. Shout out to Pavis J in the comments as well.
61:49Hope you're doing good. And question is, in PPR, picked up Kenneth Walker over Saquon.
61:54Mistake. I do have Saquon ranked higher because Walker still comes with his inherent risk.
62:00And I'm not the whole, like, oh, Kenneth Walker, like, can't make it through a season.
62:05I'm not one of those. But it's a new team.
62:08New situation. This will be a new level of workload for him.
62:12So there are those concerns. Saquon is just a much safer pick for a bounce back in an offense that we know is going to be run heavy.
62:22But Kenneth Walker is still, at the very least, a mid-round two pick.
62:26So it's not a mistake. Yeah, Jay Slatter says that he would rather have Barkley as well.
62:32Slick Kints says, at the 104 full PPR, who would you like to start off most with?
62:38Puka, considering JSN, but next two targets are round two and three if I get one of them.
62:44Yeah. Or who should I target next to if I get one of them?
62:49Yeah, Puka is who I would go with. I don't think it's wrong to consider JSN if you want to play it safe, but Puka is my preference.
62:58And then in round two, I would absolutely get one of those running backs.
63:03At 104, at the very least, you should have a Derrick Henry fall.
63:07Now, sometimes this is personal preference of how people in your league are drafting.
63:12But typically speaking, the one that would be there would be your last call of Derrick Henry.
63:18At the very least, if you can't get him there or if you want to wait till third round and get Kyron,
63:25Kyron would be available for you more than likely coming around the turn in third round.
63:31So you could switch it up however you want.
63:34You could go with a running back and then come around and get a wide receiver.
63:39Or if your preference there is you don't, you know, you just want to risk it and go with a high end
63:47wide receiver there, like an Olave or something and come around and get Kyron in the third.
63:52I think that's perfectly fine. Eric Muna says, 12th pick, 12 team PPR starters are Jamar Hampton, Chase Brown, Lodd McConkie, Michael
64:00Wilson, Tyler Warren, ET and it flex. Got my top RBs at the one-two turn.
64:05Nice. Got my RB or QB and tied in at the five-six turn.
64:09Rate my team one to six. It is a it's an eight for me.
64:14I don't love Michael Wilson right there at the time.
64:18I think it could end up paying off, but I think at the beginning of the season, they will try to have Marvin Harrison Jr.
64:26as the alpha in that offense. And we just saw a lot.
64:30Now, granted, offensive system is changing, right? But we did see last season that when Marvin Harrison Jr.
64:36was on the field, it just limited the overall upside of Michael Wilson.
64:41I'd be curious what wide receivers you have on your bench because there's there should have been some good, you know, bench
64:48wide receivers for you to grab a little bit later in the late mid rounds.
64:53But I love that start of a combination of Chase Brown and Hampton.
64:58McConkie as a wide receiver one, I think is perfectly fine.
65:01I like the investment into Warren. And I think flexing at running back with ETN is very solid.
65:07So you're super, super strong at running back. I'd be curious what your bench is.
65:12Mark Rockwood says there are so many injuries already with running backs.
65:16Would it be wise to pick up handcuffs with old running backs?
65:21Yeah. And I think they said it a little bit earlier.
65:24I'm not typically one to handcuff directly with a running back because I do like to shoot for upside.
65:31But this season with certain players, I think it is perfectly fine if you want to do that, because there are some
65:38things going on that are making us a little bit uncomfortable.
65:42Like in some guys that are higher risk, like if you draft in CMC, draft, well, technically speaking, it should go back to Jordan James.
65:50Kalon Black came in because of the injury, but I would handcuff for sure.
65:55So I'm pro handcuffing this year. Supreme Link said, I have gotten sniped on Strickling and best ball.
66:01Oh, I hate that for you. I got sniped in best ball on him too.
66:06So it's very frustrating. It's one of those ones where it's so random how high the pick can go.
66:13Loving Life says, I have pick four. I want to go RB and I don't trust CMC.
66:19So it's Taylor or Cook. Who do you prefer?
66:22Yeah, I'm with Loving Life. We're we are. We are the same here.
66:26We're of the same mind wavelength. JT. Trust JT.
66:29The workload will be there as it is always.
66:32Anyways, in God, sorry, I was just reminiscing on the way JT was in the first half of the season last year.
66:40It was so wonderful. Life was good. Life was easy.
66:43The cold schedule was weird last season and it was backloaded very heavy.
66:47This season, much more spread out. So we shouldn't run into that issue.
66:52And obviously things do hinge on Daniel Jones, but for all intents and purposes, he looks good and healthy right now.
66:59So, yes, JT is my preference. From BJB, a trade-driven I love and a buka for, ooh, for AJ Brown.
67:06Your other wide receiver is JSN. Loving a buka for AJB is a wee bit too much for me.
67:12I can't do it. I can't do it. I'm sorry.
67:15I can't do it. A buka, if you're worried, a buka should, it sounds like he should be fine.
67:22So don't panic. You should be okay. And Jeremiah Love sounds like he should be fine.
67:27So I would not, I know, I know you've got injury guys, but do not panic.
67:33Majord says, hi, Tara. Would you start in, how would you start in 2QB league with the 11th pick?
67:39I would take, so I would take a quarterback with either the first or second round for sure.
67:45I know some people, because of depth, they're like pushing it back.
67:49And Superflex, I don't care how deep quarterback is, I will not push my quarterback out of the first two rounds.
67:56I can't do it. Now, because you have the 11th pick, what you can do is you can go running back or
68:04receiver there, depending on what high upside option is there.
68:07I would probably cut it off at, I would probably cut it off at CMC.
68:12It's probably, and again, I'm not pro CMC, but if you are, I would cut it off at CMC or JT, maybe JSN.
68:20Yeah, maybe JSN is the cutoff there. And then push quarterback back to round two.
68:25So 100%, you're coming out with a quarterback in Superflex out of those one, two rounds.
68:31Just don't double up at quarterback, because you're already at a disadvantage there picking at the end.
68:36Just do quarterback in either the first or the second, best available position elsewhere.
68:41And then you can push your QB2 back a little bit further, because we do have depth.
68:47You can push it back to Kyler, Tyler Shuck, Malik Willis.
68:51Those are all fine. Hey, even a Baker Mayfield, those are all fine options.
68:55Super chat here from Turn Ferguson. Thank you. If you drafted late, who is your top pick, or who's your top picks?
69:0310. Okay, so from pick 10, my preference there is if running back is available, if James Cook or Saquon Barkley is available, that is my preference.
69:12You guys know that I love Devon HN. I have come to terms with the fact that I don't need to push that in round one.
69:21He will always, nine times out of 10, unless there's an HN lover, now pay attention if there's an HN lover.
69:28We'll probably push back to round two. So it's not something that you have to do in the first round.
69:35So my preference there is to go with a James Cook or Saquon.
69:39If either of those are gone, then I do pivot probably to a Justin Jefferson.
69:44And then I come back around and I would 100% grab a running back early with that pick in the second.
69:51For sure. Turd Ferguson also says, I've seen Seedy and Jefferson go to the same team in round one and two.
69:58Oh, I couldn't do that. In a 10-team league, PPRs.
70:02That would be insane. I give up. I give up early RBs for that.
70:07Yeah, I couldn't do that. I can, I could go with one, but I couldn't do both.
70:12That would hurt my heart significantly. And you can, from that position, you can just go RB, RB.
70:18You can. It's very reasonable. You could get a Saquon and a Chase Brown.
70:23You can get a Saquon and a Hampton for sure.
70:27100%. Saquon and a Walker if that floats your boat.
70:30From Chris Ming, low-key feel Hibner is going to take Mark Andrews' job this year.
70:35That's my sleeper. I, and this is why, it's funny, because there was a discussion earlier on a live that I was
70:43on about Mark Andrews, and it was a little bit of an argument.
70:47It's like, I think Andrews is cooked, man. What can still happen is touchdowns can still come through, because at the end
70:54of the day, he's a big body in the red zone, right?
70:58But, you know, who else is a big body in the red zone?
71:03Jacoby Lane. So, I think we're going to continue to see the regression of Mark Andrews.
71:08Zay Flowers year. Zay Flowers is up. Yay, Jacoby Brissette.
71:12Thomas said Jacoby Brissette. Well, yay, Jacoby Brissette as well.
71:15Yay, Jacoby Lane. And yeah, we could see a changing of the guard potentially at tight end, even though they paid Mark Andrews for whatever reason.
71:24Shout out to Marvin Tolbert that said, get the likes up.
71:28Thank you. I always forget to ask. Jeffrey Moore says, I swapped third pick for the eighth.
71:33Who would you pick at eighth on the turn?
71:36Yeah, I think that's reasonable. At eighth, that is a lovely place for James Cook.
71:41Eighth is a lovely place for James Cook. Sometimes you have James Cook truthers that will take him as early as five or six.
71:50I've seen it. I've seen it. But eighth is a really good place for James Cook.
71:55Black Ice Fish says, love your streams. Thank you.
71:58I am in a $1,000 per person. Woo. OK, that's serious.
72:02$1,000 per person. Eighteen. Superflex. PPR. Do I wait on QB because after the tier one guys, everyone else is so close?
72:09Can I load up on wide receiver and running back in wide receiver early?
72:14I still would go with one elite quarterback. Still, because wherever you're picking in round one, you still could get a solid option.
72:22Now, I will say. Depending on where you're picking.
72:25Your preference, right? I would. So my preference would be that I am prioritizing Josh Allen through Jaden Daniels.
72:31I can get there with Jaden Daniels just because, again, we got Stefan Diggs added.
72:36So he now has a more well-rounded group of pass catchers, the rushing upside.
72:41Like, I can get there, right? After that, if those guys are gone, I am leaning heavily into – and honestly, I
72:49could low-key snap it off at Drake May, if I'm being honest.
72:53But I would lean heavily into Jameer Gibbs, Bijan, Puka, Jamar Chase.
72:57So yes, if those top elite options are gone, take your best available at another position, then you would still need to get a quarterback in round two.
73:06Because it's kind of similar to what I was saying with the previous one with a 10-team league.
73:12I would still come around and do that as well because the guys in that area of – particularly Trevor Lawrence, Justin
73:20Herbert, even Caleb Williams, they all have clear, easy top five upside, right?
73:24Especially Trevor Lawrence. I'm not biased on that one.
73:27After the first, like, what, four games of the season, Trevor Lawrence was QB1 overall through the end of the season.
73:34Yeah. It gets ignored. The rushing upside came up.
73:37So, yeah. I still preference the first, like, three or four.
73:41But after that, you can push it back a little bit.
73:45And then what I would do for you, because it is eight-team, I would fade my QB2 back as far as humanly possible.
73:53Stack your lineup with wide receivers and RB, get you an elite tight end as well.
73:58Get a good one. Top four, maybe cut it off at – actually, five, cut it off at Harold Fannin Jr., maybe.
74:06Tyler Warren, perhaps, if you want to cut it a little earlier, just to be safe.
74:11And then push your QB2 back as far as humanly possible.
74:15Eight-team team league, you can dip back into the Jared Goff, Malik Willis, Tyler Shuck, Kyler Murray area, is what I would do, personally.
74:23100%. Shout out to ClickShare in the comments. Made it in.
74:27You made it in. I'm about to close things out.
74:30But you made it in. ClickShare says, Is Casey Concepcion startable in flex, or are we wait-and-see mode?
74:36I'm in a wait-and-see mode. Who is the – I have not looked at the Browns week one match.
74:42I just don't trust Deshaun. I'm sorry. I just – I can't get there.
74:47I don't trust Deshaun. What is the week one matchup?
74:51Jacksonville. It's a decent defense. I don't know if I trust Deshaun.
74:55I want to give it a week before I see it.
74:58But I am pro-Casey Concepcion, and hopefully we can start him within the first three weeks.
75:04But I would give it a week before, just like, yeah.
75:08You could start Jonathan Brooks, Keenan Allen, or Dallas Goddard in flex.
75:12Keep your eye on Keenan Allen because Josh Downs is dealing with a calf injury.
75:17So I can see Keenan popping off early. Keenan popped off early last season.
75:21Through the first four weeks of the season, Keenan Allen was wide receiver 14 and a half PPR.
75:28Yeah. So keep that in mind. Do I trust him to maintain it throughout the entire season?
75:33No. But do I trust it at the beginning of the season?
75:37Yes. And then Jonathan Brooks, you know, depending on the Chuba Hubbard situation, that could be an option as well.
75:44So yeah, you've got options. You've got options for sure.
75:48Marvin Tolbert says six-pick. At the six-pit starters, Hurts, Cook, Omarion, JSN, Devontae, Kittles.
75:52Kittles. Kittles. Flex is ETN, Judkins, Baltimore D, Kicker.
75:55How did I do? You're stacked at running back.
75:58I love that combination. I like this team. I think you did very well.
76:03I love the heavy RB builds for sure. Eric Munoz says wide receivers are, okay, continuation for Eric here.
76:10Wide receivers are Concepcion, Caleb Douglas. You have Jacoby Lane, Bakai Lemon, Trey Tucker.
76:14You also have Jordan Mason and two other QBs, Williams and Chuck.
76:18Okay, nice deep bench here for sure. You know, I love the rookie combinations you've got.
76:24You've got a lot of promise there. It will be interesting to see how things work out in Miami with how quickly
76:31Chris Bell will come on or if Chris Douglas will be the alpha from the beginning.
76:37But I don't mind him as a potential option.
76:40But he's one I'll give a week and wait and see.
76:43Jordan Mason might be a startable option for you week one, to be honest.
76:48100%. But I love your team. I really do.
76:51I love that you leaned heavy into this is a perfect example of leaning heavy into youth.
76:57I would rather the high upside young rookies than taking the chance with, you know, the lame duck veteran receivers there.
77:04So like your team a lot. Turn Ferguson says, who are your favorite QBs this year?
77:10Trevor Lawrence, Justin Herbert. Um, I haven't taken a lot of Caleb Williams, but I'm perfectly fine with it.
77:16I just haven't really I think he goes before I start clicking.
77:20And then once he goes that I'm like, oh, okay, let me lean towards Justin Herbert or Trevor Lawrence.
77:27But yeah, those are my favorite. Honestly, I haven't been taking the early guys.
77:31Um, Bo Nix is another interesting one. If you want to wait, I mean, just a bevy of weapons, right?
77:38His rushing upside might, I mean, doesn't appear to be any mobility issues, but you know, maybe he just takes it safe
77:45with the rushing upside to begin the season. But it should be a very nice, um, safe floor season for him with some high upside.
77:54So Bo Nix is one that I don't mind.
77:57Um, I'm terrified of Brock Purdy because he's a safe pick, but obviously there's nothing but injuries that are happening over there.
78:04And I'm just highly skeptical of the amount of injuries that, um, we've gotten his, you wide receiver could end up being,
78:12um, a trash can at the end of the day if everyone just keeps getting injured.
78:17But I have high hopes for stripling, but it's just, I'd rather go with other options around him.
78:23I don't mind going with Dak Prescott as a nice value pick because of pure volume.
78:29And then, um, I, as I mentioned before, I do like the later quarterbacks, but none of those, those are my super flex preferences.
78:37I tend not to push that far back in QB one.
78:41Uh, Johansson said, did I give any thoughts on a viewer fantasy league?
78:45Sorry, I can't do it. Um, I just, I'm taking on a new workload this season.
78:51So I want to make sure that all of my content is perfect here and all of the contract work that I do as well.
78:59So because I'll have such a high workload, I'm, I'm opting not to do a viewer league this season, but maybe next year we'll get it together.
79:08I promise, I promise I will think about it next year, but it's just a little much this year for me.
79:15It's going to be a lot. As I mentioned, I'm doing college football, betting and, um, NFL, but I did NFL betting
79:23as well, but NFL betting, NFL DFS, all of those bounce backs just makes it a little like a little much, right?
79:30Uh, from Alinda, full PBR, Lamar, Burrow, Prescott. It is Lamar for me from positive planets.
79:36What are the best sites for payout percentages? Haven't played fantasy in seven years after playing seven year.
79:42Oh, I honestly, I don't know. I really don't know.
79:45I don't pay attention to, um, payout percentages with, um, I don't know if you mean like, um, with, uh, you know, underdog and stuff like that.
79:54Draft Kings for best ball stuff, um, and fantasy leagues.
79:58I just, I don't pay attention to that whatsoever.
80:01Sorry. Wish I did, but, um, I don't. Um, but outside of that, I appreciate you all tuning in.
80:07Thank you so much. I know we have a lot of drafts going on this weekend and next week.
80:14So if you have any comment or any questions, feel free to hit me up in the comments, um, for sure.
80:21And ask away. Oh, a click share before we close things out says who's favorite, uh, wide receiver sleepers, um, Shahid or Watson.
80:29My favorite wide receiver sleepers are rookies. I am leaning aggressively in that direction.
80:33Obviously guy like Stribling is no longer a sleeper.
80:36I think that Casey Concepcion is still a very reasonable price.
80:40Denzel Boston is still a fantastic price. Um, because again, you know, they get that nice discount for, what is Boston?
80:47Boston is round 14. Um, so they get that nice Browns discount.
80:51But at the end of the day, uh, I do ultimately think that we're going to see the switch to Shadur Sanders.
80:59I think it's better for the team and they will still have to throw the ball.
81:04So volume can be there. So I still really like them as well.
81:09Um, again, other rookie sleepers that I like are Jacoby Lane.
81:12I think he'll take over for, um, take over and push Rashad Bateman out of the way.
81:18So those are some of my favorites. And then some of my more standard sleepers are guys like Jalen Coker should be
81:25the second look to Ted Aroa McMillan. And honestly, Loki could push very even for targets there.
81:31So I love, love, love me. Oh my gosh.
81:34I hate, I did not mention Ted Hurst. Sorry.
81:37Love Ted Hurst as a rookie as well. Um, so standard like, um, Jalen Coker, love Quentin Johnston.
81:43So those are my more standard, um, late, like round nine, 10, 11, 12 ish kind of range sleepers.
81:50Um, and then thoughts on Devante Adams. Um, I just drafted him in best ball because I think it's valuable in best
81:57ball, uh, because there will be spikes, but I don't know that I want to mess with it on a week to
82:05week basis because it was very touchdown heavy. Now I do think the touchdowns will still come his target rate.
82:12I mean, my God, the amount of targets he had in the red zone was absolutely stupid.
82:17Matt Stafford, anytime he got into the red zone, he was looking for a Devante Adams.
82:23So touchdowns will still be there, but he is a year older, a lot older than a lot of receivers.
82:30It does come with a little bit more inherent risk.
82:33So my preference would be more of a wide receiver three as a flex option, but it's really tough, unfortunately, for that to happen with him.
82:42So I have not found myself targeting him a lot in redraft leagues, but in best ball, I do get behind it.
82:49Um, and then Robert, um, Scobie says, um, Bernard Steelers, only if the injury things going on with DK and Pittman are
82:57serious, but it doesn't seem like they are. Um, I just don't know that there will be enough volume to go three deep at receiver.
83:05So I like him for the future for sure, but it does sound that DK and Michael Pittman would have preference.
83:12And I'm sure that they still want to, I mean, they got, you know, they added Rico Dowdle for a reason.
83:19I think they still want to, um, run a very evenly split offense, try to lean on the ground game.
83:26Um, checkdowns should still be plentiful to the, not, not the way they were last year, but they still should be plentiful.
83:34But unfortunately, I don't know that there will be enough volume to make Bernard relevant this year, but he has looked really good this off season.
83:42So I think there's promise there for him. Sure.
83:45But that wraps things up guys. I appreciate you all tuning in at a close things out, go off and get these children to bed.
83:54It is a school night. Um, and thank you so much for tuning in.
83:59I will be back with you next week. And again, as I mentioned, um, if you have any questions, if you're doing
84:06drafts this weekend or anything, feel free to drop me a comment.
84:10Yes. Parker Washington as well. Do love Parker Washington and Cyrus Allen.
84:14Um, Cyrus, like Cyrus Allen in deeper leagues, because the role that he would take over is not for Rasheed Rice, but
84:22I think would be more of a deep threat, pushing out Xavier Worthy and taking advantage of that.
84:28But again, and yes, love, love, love, love. Parker Washington.
84:31Um, but that wraps things up. I will talk to you guys again next week.
84:36Same time, same place. Have a wonderful weekend. Enjoy this last round of preseason football guys.
84:42Talk to you later. From the podfather to you.
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