The FF Dynasty - 10 Dynasty Assets To BUY LOW Now!
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54 min
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Jul 8, 2026
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Wed, July 8, 2026
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Bucky IrvingC.J. StroudDalton KincaidMac JonesMatthew GoldenNico CollinsPatrick MahomesQuentin JohnstonRicky PearsallTre HarrisXavier Worthy
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Bucky Irving
PositiveValue9:45
Bucky Irving represents a buy-low opportunity at RB20 in FFD crowdsource rankings, priced as late RB2 to early RB3 in dynasty formats (around 17th in Underdog and Dynasty Streets). His efficiency metrics are elite: 5th in yards per touch (2024), 3rd in juke rate, 5th in evaded tackles, 9th in EPA at +18.6, 2nd in yards created per touch (4.94), and 4th in yards created (1,255 total). Despite Kenneth Gainwell's 73 receptions last year, Irving has demonstrated superior efficiency and explosiveness. Irving has shown consistent production against Carolina (113 rushing, 77 receiving yards in Week 17 rookie season; 152 rushing, 33 receiving yards in Week 13), capable of 150–200 total yard games. His shoulder injury discount and Gainwell's presence have suppressed his price, but Irving's efficiency profile and potential for increased volume as he heals into fall make him appropriately priced with significant upside.
Insight pageC.J. Stroud
PositiveValue24:00
CJ Stroud is a buy-low QB2 with rebound potential tied to Texans' offensive line upgrades. Stroud is currently at rock bottom relative to his rookie-year expectations and is priced as a QB2, but if he rebounds anywhere between his current level and his rookie-year performance, he's perfectly fine as a QB2. Last year he was on pace for a 4,000-yard season (3,500 passing yards before injury) and would have reached the mark if healthy for the final games. The source notes he doesn't run, so he needs ceiling outcomes, which Nico Collins can generate. Offensive coordinator DNA analysis projects Collins at 110 receptions, 1,700 yards, and 14 touchdowns (WR1 overall), suggesting Stroud's upside is being undervalued. He's available in the 7th round in some formats, making him a reasonable reach for a second or third QB.
Insight pageDalton Kincaid
PositiveValue27:25
Dalton Kincaid is a buy-low tight end with elite efficiency metrics and structural offensive role. Despite only 179 routes, Kincaid ranked 1st in yards per route run, 4th in air yards, 1st in 20-yard gains, 1st in QB rating per target, and 1st in fantasy points per route run. He's 2nd in fantasy points per target (2.57). The Bills' offensive coordinator Pete Carmichael (formerly Denver/Saints) typically targets tight ends at 23–25% of targets. With Dawson Knox re-signed, Kincaid operates as the big slot in 12 personnel. DJ Moore is the likely #1 target, positioning Kincaid as a drastically mispriced option with draft capital, advanced efficiency metrics, a rocket-armed QB (Josh Allen), and an OC unafraid to target tight ends. At 106 in PPR and 152 in tight end premium, he's extremely cheap. Health is the key question, but if fully healthy and another year in the league, he could age into being Allen's safety blanket. Singular 2nd-round picks are acquiring him in some leagues.
Insight pageMac Jones
PositiveValue45:50
Buy-low quarterback currently ranked QB29 (135 PPR overall) and easily obtainable for 2nd/3rd round picks in trades. The source argues there aren't 32 quarterbacks better than Mac Jones in league perception despite recent undervaluation. Trade strategy: acquire at discount, hold for value increase at trade deadline or next offseason when he lands elsewhere (prefers to stay in San Francisco but will move). Can be flipped immediately post-trade without needing to start him. In startup drafts, target in 14th-16th rounds; in rookie drafts, willing to trade any 2nd-round pick for him due to upside trajectory.
Insight pageMatthew Golden
PositiveValue48:01
Buy-low receiver despite negative analytics perception; super cheap right now. Packers invested significant draft capital (high pick) on him, signaling organizational commitment to opportunity creation. End-of-season performance showed improvement; team moved other receivers out of the way to establish him as full-time player. The source argues draft capital investment indicates Packers will do everything in their power to make it work, though doesn't guarantee success. Speculative upside: if he produces 7 TDs on 100 targets, becomes league-winner breakout. Recent Bears game performance showed flashes of competence.
Insight pageNico Collins
PositiveValue17:51
Nico Collins is a buy-low for contenders despite being WR13 in FFD super-flex premium ADP and WR17 in tight-end premium crowdsource rankings (50th overall). He played 15 games in 2025, averaging 15.1 PPG and finishing WR8, yet market sentiment has weakened due to recent Texans offensive struggles. The decline stems from C.J. Stroud's poor performance and offensive line issues, not Collins' talent. Houston has aggressively addressed these problems: drafting Ursary, acquiring Wyatt Teller, drafting Rutledge at center, re-signing Ed Ingram, and bringing in Braden Smith. They also added David Montgomery to improve the run game. Collins has recorded 1,000+ receiving yards in each of the last three seasons (WR11 in 2023 with 15 games, WR22 in 2024 with 12 games, WR8 in 2025 with 15 games). Despite playing only 15 games last year, he ranked 18th in target percentage (23.1%), 5th in yards per target, 9th in yardage (1,117), 11th in team market share (32.5%), led team with 12 end zone targets (8th overall), 15th most targets inside the 20, 19th overall targets per route run, 11th in fantasy points per route run (0.26), 5th in deep targets, 8th in air yards, 11th in yards per route run (2.44), and 4th in yards per reception (15.79). He's a bully receiver who can get vertical and doesn't rely solely on speed, positioning him for 3–5 more elite years at age 26–27. At his cheapest price ever, he's a championship-caliber WR1/WR2 for contenders.
Insight pagePatrick Mahomes
PositiveValue33:30
Patrick Mahomes is a buy-low QB1 with generational opportunity due to injury-driven mispricing. The source has been on the case for Mahomes being mispriced at a low, citing his track record of 5,000-yard passing seasons and multiple 4,000-yard seasons. Last year, Mahomes was on pace for another 4,000-yard season (3,500 passing yards before injury) and would have reached the mark if healthy for the final games. The source notes that Mahomes' value is as low as it's ever been due to injury concerns and perception that he won't be an elite QB1 anymore. However, the stranglehold on his shares has loosened, presenting a buying opportunity. His value cycle has changed, but great quarterbacks' production cycles can rebound.
Insight pageQuentin Johnston
PositiveBreakout2:28
Quentin Johnson is positioned for a breakout season under Mike McDaniel's offensive system. In the first four weeks of 2024 before injury, he averaged 17.5 fantasy points per game with 9th in air yards and 11th in targets (8 targets per game, over 75 yards per game). He ranked 22% in targets per route run. McDaniel's offenses have historically ranked top-five in yards after the catch, and Johnson's profile as a receiver who excels after the catch creates a hand-in-glove fit. Johnson is one of only five players in the last two years with at least eight receiving touchdowns (alongside Jamar Chase, Amon Ross, A. Brown, T. Higgins, Devontae Adams), doing so on just 84-91 targets. Mike McDaniel has stated his goal is for every pass catcher to achieve career highs. Johnson is currently WR46, 136th overall in FFD crowdsource PPR rankings—a significant discount given his upside and role in the offense.
Insight pageRicky Pearsall
PositiveValue42:13
Ricky Pearsall is a buy-low candidate ranked WR38 (118 PPR overall) with elite efficiency metrics despite limited sample. He ranked 4th in 20+ yard play percentage (behind Jamison Williams, Alec Pierce, Christian Watson); 34.7% air yard share (22nd), 14.67 yards per reception, 1.9% drop rate, 2.53 yards per route run vs. man (18th), 2.01 vs. zone (35th). He's a strong route-runner who understands separation and field positioning; paired with Mike Evans on opposite side creates favorable coverage matchups. PCL injury in Week 4 limited 2024 exposure to 9 games, but efficiency numbers suggest significant upside if healthy. Good rapport with Brock Purdy despite limited playing time together. The source frames him as a low-cost jam-in candidate at the end of the buy-low list, suggesting his price has fallen due to injury concerns despite elite efficiency metrics.
Insight pageTre Harris
PositiveValue47:27
Buy-low candidate previously discussed on prior episode; included on current buy-low list alongside other undervalued assets. The source maintains conviction on this player as a value target.
Insight pageXavier Worthy
PositiveValue34:30
Xavier Worthy is a buy-low WR with injury recovery narrative and elite rookie-year finish. Worthy is priced in the late WR40s/early WR50s (WR49 crowdsource, WR50 ADP), making him a low-cost lottery ticket tied to Patrick Mahomes. He recovered from a labrum tear suffered on a crossing route last year and has no legal issues. His rookie season showed strong finish: 19-point game Week 15, 20-point Week 16, 22-point Week 17, 22.1 points in playoffs vs Buffalo, and 35.7 points in Super Bowl vs Eagles (some garbage time). Andy Reid confirmed Worthy got hurt early last year and was never right, so the team was cautious with him. From Week 8 onward in his rookie year, he posted: 13, 2, 16, 9, 10, 9, 19, 20, 22 points—a strong run. He has 4'2" 40-time and 140 record speed at combine. The Chiefs haven't brought in significant depth at WR, and if Kenneth Walker strengthens the running game, Worthy's opportunities expand significantly. He could deliver a Jamison Williams-esque breakout outcome. The source emphasizes buying low at a low cost with no mortgage required.
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1:25What is good? We're back and we have some by-laws for your pleasure.
1:29Now, these could be contender, rebuilder, kind of all over the place.
1:33We'll maybe contextualize a little bit when we're talking about it, but just this is basically people that we like that are,
1:40that we might be a little higher on than consensus being a by-law, right?
1:44Just a different, you know, tag to be able to have a conversation about some players.
1:49So tonight we're going to talk about guys like Quentin Johnson, Bucky Irving, Nico Collins, Xavier Worthy, Dalton Kincaid, maybe a couple of more at the end there.
1:58So let's get into it. Chev, I ended last week's show with a little bit of talk of Quentin Johnson and you weren't here.
2:06So I'm going to assume you're going to take this time to recognize the congregation.
2:11Now, I don't know if you guys want to get your collection plates out.
2:15First and foremost, if I were doing any better, I'd be Jeremiah.
2:19So listen, listen, we're just going to, we're, I was, I was first, this is one of the best episodes, the best
2:26episode, the best, the best, absolute best episode last week without me overpay.
2:30Don't say that. All right. I was really, I was, I'm not going to lie.
2:34I was kind of bummed, you know how selfishly sometimes you're like, yeah, I mean that, no, y'all were absolutely cooking.
2:41So obviously I feel like I got to bring the heat tonight and I wanted to lead off with Quentin Johnson because
2:48I've just been having some aggressive visions. Okay. And so if we look at the beginning of the year, obviously they lost
2:55Rashawn Slater, the Chargers that is the Los Angeles Chargers of Anaheim have lost.
2:59They lost Rashawn Slater at the beginning of the year.
3:03And then the first four weeks of the season, Quentin Johnson, 17 and a half fantasy points a game.
3:09All right. And it was ninth in air yards, 11th in targets.
3:12I mean, eight targets a game, over 75 yards a game.
3:16Then we pick up the thigh injury slash hamstring and he's out.
3:20And then Joe all gets hurt and it kind of changes the trajectory of the offense.
3:25And we already know like that single ply, the interior of their offensive line last year was just single ply wet toilet paper.
3:32And they were just trying to get Justin Herbert killed, but he was still slinging it downfield.
3:37So now, okay. Mike McDaniel comes in and Mike McDaniel's offenses traditionally have been top five in yards after the catch, you
3:44know, just in his tenure with Miami. And like that to me is all aggressive signal for Quentin Johnson, whose profile as a, as a coming out.
3:53We're like, I, he doesn't really play like a big man, but he's great after the catch.
3:58So if you're talking about a hand in glove fit, we talk about Justin Herbert and how that instantly made everybody back
4:05in with Mike McDaniel, like pairing him up with Mike McDaniel.
4:08He becomes a cornerstone. Now I feel like maybe there's some question, but this is a guy who threw for 5,000 and
4:15I don't think that they'll throw the ball that much, but I mean, Quentin Johnson was at 22% targets per route run.
4:22And he was at 17 fantasy points a game.
4:25So again, I tend to like those guys that could just win you a week.
4:30Like that's, that's what Quentin Johnson represents. And it's, you know, it's boom bust.
4:34And at, you know, the price point that he's at right now, nobody likes him.
4:39He's, he's one of five players in the last two years to have at least eight receiving touchdowns.
4:45The list is really aggressive. Y'all want the list?
4:48Let me get it. Jamar Chase, Amon Ross, A.
4:50Brown, T. Higgins, Devontae Adams, and Quentin Johnson. That's my stat for nerds.
4:54Yeah. That everybody's going to hate. Quentin Johnson, they cannot see me.
4:58They are like Stevie. Hmm. Okay. I see what you did there.
5:02I see what you did there. But yeah, I mean, he's doing this on like 91 targets, 84 targets.
5:08So I think with Quentin and the last but not least with Quentin Johnson, you had the clip from mini camp where
5:15Mike McDaniels coaching him up and talking about how he's going to F the league up once, you know, once they get
5:22into training camp with the way that with his drive phase.
5:25So you have a guy who's coach receivers has a background.
5:29You know, what type of offensive mind that he is.
5:32And this is Quentin. This is basically bag season for Quentin Johnson.
5:36So I wanted to lead off the episode with that because I absolutely am buying all the Quentin Johnson.
5:42I just took him in Scott Fishbowl and I took him.
5:45Well, yeah. And I took him in a startup.
5:48So I'm really excited about it. Yeah. I mean, right now he's coming in FFD crowdsource PPR at wide receiver 46, 136 overall.
5:55So pretty cheap. And as you mentioned, Chev, like he came into the league.
6:00It's like, I like the yak guys and could be a vertical threat.
6:04That, you know, was definitely a bit more yakky and like seem like he's kind of figured out how to just straight up be a vertical threat.
6:12So if you can now have the combination platter of like, Hey, this guy could catch it short and get me or,
6:19Hey, I'm going to go over the top. You know, and I don't, I'm not trying to sound any alarms for that.
6:26I think this offense is going to eat. I think Herbert's going to be closer to the 5,000 that we were maybe talking about.
6:34It's going to be more of like, you know, think San Francisco, even if they do run it a lot, like the
6:41efficiency of the passing offense is going to put the numbers at a pretty good spot.
6:46Right. But if guys like Quentin Johnson and Gadsden and Njoku and Trey Harris come out there, the pie might get a
6:53little smaller for somebody like lad who we want to be a little bit more of a volume sort of receiver.
6:59So this, a Quentin Johnson love and some of these other guys, definitely.
7:03I don't think lad's going to be bad, but maybe not quite as great as we maybe think he could be.
7:10And we've been a huge lad pod is not, not, not, but I'm just saying like, if everything goes well and this
7:17offense functions at a high level, I think lad will, will be maybe just a hair hamstrung by guys like Quentin Johnson,
7:24especially if you're going to have more, more explosive.
7:27So before you go, Jeremiah, I just, is this, is this offense, not one of the offenses where you just want to
7:34have some sort of piece, whether it's Keaton Mitchell, whether it's a Rondae Gadsden, like you want to be tied to Justin
7:41Herbert and Mike McDaniel, you know, it's, and this is a completely, it's a much cheaper entry point at wide receiver 46
7:48than any other piece in the offense besides maybe Keaton Mitchell.
7:51Maybe Trey Harris, but maybe Trey Harris, but like you still got Trey Harris's roadblock.
7:56So it was like, Hey, I'm going to get him, but it's a stash.
8:00Quentin Johnson is going to have a role regardless of how the season opens up.
8:05I'm pretty sure Trey will too, but I think we know I'm, I can almost guarantee you that Trey will or rather Quentin will.
8:12Yes. Right. So that's, that's, there's like deep, deep stash deep by, you know, 2026 and beyond, but or 2027 and beyond Trey Harris get in that business.
8:21Yeah. It's just, yeah. You just want to be a part of the offense.
8:26Just want to be a part of a daddy.
8:29Right. And I agree. And I, that I'm still, I would very much be in on, but I'm fine with lad at the price point too.
8:37I think lad's price point is fine. I'm not trying to say I'm anti lad by any means.
8:42So I want to clear that up. But I did have Trey Harris on the back end of this thing as a, as a bylaw.
8:50So Jeremiah, who do you got? Who's first on your list?
8:54Oh, and Hey, just, you ate there. No crumbs.
8:57When you said something about hamstrung, that was off the glass.
9:00Great call out chef with Trey Harris. If we're talking about all of the chargers, you'd be remiss to skip on some Quentin Johnson.
9:08So you might as well, you want to take it to ride the ride for the chargers.
9:13You should not just have blind spots and ignore just because of what's happened in the past.
9:18You should take a look at what Mike McDaniel has done.
9:22He's all talked about. I want everybody, every pass catcher to get their career highs.
9:27We get the career highs and that applies to somebody like Quentin Johnson.
9:31You're going to want plenty of him and shout out to you, Shev.
9:35We've been sharing. You shared a lot of good rankings for me for Scott Fishbowl.
9:39I got him in Charlotte this weekend. So very happy with some Quentin Johnson on that Scott Fishbowl.
9:45Wipe me down. My first person is Bucky Irving.
9:48If you're getting mid round two in the underdog streets, late round two, or sorry, late RB2 to early RB2 or RB3 prices.
9:55So that's underdog streets and dynasty streets. He'll be about 17.
9:59I have him right now ranked 18. Beauty is this is buy low.
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11:50health and just viability as being the main share back, which Kenneth Gainwell, 73 receptions last year, that was with Aaron Rodgers.
11:57Baker Mayfield not inept. Dumping off to the running back, we've gotten a ton of good coach speak positive in Tampa Bay
12:04already for Kenneth Gainwell, so this is no knock on him.
12:07But we can't just cast aside Bucky Irving, and this is just a de-risked spot to get somebody in a startup like Bucky Irving at his price.
12:16Look at his efficiency numbers. Fifth in yards per touch in 2024.
12:20Third in juke rate. Fifth in evaded tackles. Ninth in EPA.
12:23A at plus 18.6. Second in yards created per touch at 4.94.
12:27Fourth in yards created. 1,255. I can rattle off so many more, but you get the idea.
12:32The numbers are there. The efficiency is there. We've had some wipe-me-down performances versus the Carolina Panthers.
12:38So you think about like Ray Davis when we talked about on the Stash episode, hey, his only glitch is he plays well against the Jets.
12:46Well, a glitch that happens for Bucky Irving is how good he plays against the Panthers, but he kind of has that
12:53all the time because he is that talented. But we've got performances where he had 113 rushing yards, 77 receiving yards against the Panthers.
13:00Week 17 is rookie season. Against the Panthers week 13, 152 rushing yards, 33 receiving yards.
13:05So he's able to rack up these anywhere from 150 total yards to 200 total yard games.
13:11And people don't like to think of the idea of, okay, there's been a discount injury on Bucky Irving.
13:17And hey, Gainwell's a play. People don't like to think of the fact that we could be in October.
13:23That shoulder's healing up into the fall, right? And then all of a sudden, Gainwell gets banged up.
13:28And who has a lion's share of that backfield?
13:31It's Bucky Irving. I almost said for shot bite.
13:34So Bucky Irving is at buy low for me.
13:37And the beauty is you don't have to pay up price-wise.
13:40It's de-risk for the fact that I think he just matches where he is in your startup.
13:46And then there's nowhere to go, in my opinion, but up.
13:49So there will be some people who think he's going to fall.
13:53We shuffle the deck every time new each year.
13:56I think he's about appropriately priced. But to that effect, Bucky Irving to me is a good buy low.
14:02Yeah, no, he's RB20 right now in the FFD crowdsource rankings.
14:05I think that's really good value. He'd for sure be it.
14:09When we were making these lists, I shared with you guys my list once he told me.
14:14And he was on my list. Buck, that was.
14:17I think this is a phenomenal buy low. Quentin Johnson and Bucky are both kind of in whatever position you are.
14:24You could buy Bucky. You don't have to be a moniker of rebuild contender, whatever it is.
14:29I think both of those are bias for any spot of any team moniker that you have, whether it's good, bad, or kind of middling.
14:37So I like that a lot. And you mentioned it kind of there at the end.
14:42Who do you think? Do you think Kenneth Gainwell or Rashad White are better players right now?
14:47Overall? That's insane. Yeah. Who would you say it is?
14:50Bucky. No, no, no. I mean, Kenneth Gainwell or Rashad White.
14:54Oh, probably Rashad White. Skill set match is Bucky Irving.
14:57So you've removed Rashad White. And then Gainwell's more of that throw down.
15:01So all around back. So has Bucky not already beaten kind of Rashad White out as kind of a similar player of,
15:08or not beaten, but like shared the more of a lion's share of an I know it's a different coordinator in a different situation sort of.
15:16But we also have to remember in the beginning, like this Bucs offensive line went through a war of attrition as well, as well as Baker being injured.
15:25So like the Bucs just had this up and down thing where they never had like everybody kind of right at the right time.
15:33I think worse came into the season hurt potentially.
15:35Yes. Yes. So get a key. They were they were a piecemeal on the offensive line.
15:40And then when they finally got everybody back, I think I'm sorry to anybody who would be offended by this, but I
15:47think I said it before when everyone got healthy on the offensive line, then Baker was hurt.
15:53And right. And that get Bucs pulled a, you know, pulled a hammy.
15:57He started. He was still playing, but his eight odd dropped off a cliff.
16:01I think Jacob Gibbs put something out there about his post injury, you know, a dot versus pre injury a dot and
16:08just how he was still, you know, he was generating 20 yard gains at like the sixth or seventh highest rate in the league.
16:16So, you know, I think that, you know, I think that all that is going to be really good for really good for Bucky.
16:23I think that his price has plummeted to a place where it's almost like we forgot he's not like we forgot he's good at football.
16:31Like he's shown us. He's forgot. He's not Rashad White, which no shade to Rashad White.
16:36There's no shade to Rashad White. All right. All around player.
16:40I loved Rashad White. I like Rashad White right now.
16:43By low. I mean, yeah. But to Jeremiah's point about Bucky, like we just act like we haven't seen him be hyper efficient.
16:50Yeah. And really explosive. And, you know, we haven't seen that same thing.
16:54It's accumulation for Rashad White. It's accumulation for Kenneth Gainville.
16:57They don't have they don't bring what Bucky Irving brings to the table.
17:01Yeah. So it's just a two it's a totally different type of player with a totally different type of ceiling.
17:08And we're just acting like it's only like you said, it's we the last thing that we saw was then be then be crappy.
17:15So, yeah. And now they're in an injury designated what she was playing with and carried has carried an injury designation, which
17:22is further drop the stock, which is which means it's probably time to go ahead and acquire as much as you can.
17:29And because the price point right now, he doesn't even need to be like the crazy one a bell cow right now,
17:36even if they just kind of split the work for a little bit and he pulls back away.
17:42This is the price point is still fine there.
17:45So I think there's a no lose with Bucky there.
17:48So I like that a lot. All right. All right.
17:51I'm going to jump into mine here. I've got Nico Collins and now so a little bit higher end of from where you guys were.
17:59And this would be more of a contender by right because if you're if you're a rebuilder, this is obviously not a buy low for you.
18:07But and look, Nico might not even like be dipped down so far where you're like, oh, look at how much over
18:14consensus I am or however you want to phrase that.
18:17Like right now he's going for two and super flex item premium ADP for FFD.
18:22He's wide receiver 13 there. He's wide receiver 17 in tight end premium crowdsource rankings.
18:2750th over 50th player overall. But the stock we've seen the stock on the chart kind of start climbing back up.
18:33And I think people are being hip to it.
18:36Played 15 games last year. 15, 15.1 points per game.
18:39I believe he was wide receiver eight. Yes. In 15 games in 25.
18:43So like the reason I have him here is because for so long, this has been a guy who has been touted
18:50as, you know, somebody who can be in the wide receiver weekly one.
18:54Like one overall category of that's that's what kind of effect he can have.
18:59And this is the first time I've seen the grip loosen now that some of that has to do with age.
19:05But just like you said, the last thing we saw was.
19:09Stroud be terrible. This offensive line be terrible. I think double concussion Stroud last year was I think that was a real thing.
19:16I think that was the first time probably in his career where he had been rattled like that.
19:22And he looked rattled like he didn't look like himself.
19:25Stroud, that is when you go back and watch those games near the end of the season.
19:30He just he looked a little meek, which is never I'd never have seen him be that right.
19:36Always a pretty strong, confident thrower of the football.
19:39And his stock is nothing. Nico's stock is down because Stroud stock is down in the Texans offense stock is down.
19:45And when you go through this season and you look at it and hey, what did they do?
19:51They went right out and they attacked the offensive line.
19:54They improved that position by having some draft picks.
19:57We know Ursary was a good player for them that they drafted.
20:01They brought in Wyatt Teller. They drafted Rutledge at center.
20:04Ed Ingram was somebody who they re-signed. And they brought in Braden Smith.
20:08And they actually have a little bit of depth there.
20:11So offensive line should be better. They brought in David Montgomery.
20:15Their running game should be improved. And I think that's a big part of fixing this offense.
20:20It's like that run game was just nobody was worried about it because of who the running backs were and how bad the offensive line was.
20:28So all of this is a symbiotic kind of situation.
20:31And when it's not all going together, it's not going to work right.
20:36Right? And now look, some of the cons here we could say are, A, Nico's never finished a full season.
20:42So it's been 15, 15, and 12 through when he's been the man.
20:46And you could say, hey, we're a little bit worried about the play calling.
20:50It wasn't great from the rookie play caller. But, I mean, as a rookie play caller, he saw, what, 118 targets?
20:57You know, so even if it's not great, he's still being featured.
21:01So it's all going. He knows who the guy is.
21:04He knows who the alpha is. Regardless of what you think of the play caller, Casario, you know, it's still going Nico's way.
21:11And look, Nico has had 1,000 yards in each of the last three seasons.
21:16But he has missed time. So wide receiver 11 and 23 with 15 games.
21:20Wide receiver 22 and 24 with 12 games. And wide receiver 8 with 15 games last year.
21:25I think people thought Nico didn't play well last year, and he was still wide receiver 8.
21:31I mean, that just kind of speaks to what it is.
21:34Like I said, weekly, he can be in the mix of a top five receiver at any given Sunday.
21:40And I think if Stroud could just take a step back forward, that's going to be more often than not.
21:47And to me, Nico Collins is just somebody you can pay.
21:50You know, you got to pay. You got to pay to play.
21:54So you're going to have to pay a reasonable price tag to get him.
21:58But it's the cheapest it's ever been. And he's somebody who could absolutely take you over the top and win you a
22:05championship to be your, you know, wide receiver 1 and or 2 at that point if you're going all in.
22:11Look, this year we saw he was 18th in target percentage at 23, 118 targets.
22:16So he was fifth yard and this is 15 games, ninth in yardage with 1117 team market share 11th with 32 and
22:23a half only six TDs, but led team and end zone targets with 12.
22:27And that was eighth overall inside the 10. He had the 15th most targets inside the 20.
22:33He had this. He had 16 19th overall, but doubled any other Texan that's that's on the roster is targets per route run fantasy points.
22:41Had him at 17, but he was really tied with a bunch of players at 11th with 0.26 fifth and deep targets
22:48eighth and air yards is yards per route run were 2.44.
22:51That was good for 11th yards per reception 15.79.
22:54That was good for fourth and yards after contact per reception.
22:57Just as that I like 2.2, which was 11th.
23:00And I don't think you necessarily equate Nico to that, but he can do those kinds of things.
23:06He is a bully out there. Like, um, so just for, I, I just to run all those numbers to just be
23:13a reminder of how good this guy is. He's in the top, you know, third of most of the receiving stats played
23:2015 games and they weren't that great last year.
23:23So I just think Nico Collins, um, should be somebody who, if you're a contender and the grip is loosened in your
23:30league a little bit because he doesn't have the same.
23:33He's 20, you know, early 27. And so dude, you're probably going to get three, four or five more years out of Nico.
23:40These elite receivers were seeing him be very good.
23:43Uh, and he's not somebody who just wins off a speed, right?
23:47Um, that it's going to be like, Hey, maybe he loses a step.
23:51Like Nico could do a whole lot of things, get vertical down the field.
23:55Um, and this leads me to say is, is Stroud also maybe a little bit of a buy low.
24:01I was hoping. So first and foremost, I just want to say, wipe me down.
24:06Second. Second. My goodness. So I was thinking the whole time when you were saying this, it was like, Hey, so Stroud
24:13has to be, if we're talking, you know, how long, you know, how long you've been doing this.
24:18Right. And just how quickly things can change. So we're at the complete rock bottom of what we thought CJ Stroud could be two years ago.
24:27And now it's like, you don't really want to measure QB two, but I mean, if he just rebounds to somewhere in
24:34between what he is right now and what he was after his rookie year, then you're, you're perfectly fine with him as a QB two.
24:41And that's where he should be valued because he doesn't run and you need really ceiling outcomes.
24:47And Nico Collins is a guy that can generate ceiling outcomes for a guy.
24:51Sure. That's if we're talking about, so I was looking at, you know, I've been working on the thing with offensive coordinator DNA.
24:59And so one of the things that I did was we did the Texans and we did the Texans.
25:04It spit out some really, really high end projections for Nico Collins, like 110 receptions, 1700 yards, like 14 touchdowns.
25:11That's like wide receiver one overall stuff. That's, that's how good he is.
25:15He just never plays 17 games and we don't ever get the type of target volume.
25:20That's like on 150, 156 targets. It'd be really hard to project him, but that's how efficient he was.
25:26You just rattled off all the numbers about how awesome he is.
25:30Yards per route run, like red zone targets, all, all of these things.
25:34And it's like, oh, well, CJ Stroud's gross. So we don't want a guy who's awesome.
25:39So yeah, it doesn't make a lot of sense in dynasty brain.
25:43Right. And it's back season for CJ. So like you said, he's priced as a wide receiver or a QB two right now.
25:50And I think it's, it's, this would be time where I don't mind reaching down.
25:55Like he'd be hanging around like the seventh round sometimes where you can just grab CJ as your second or third.
26:01Um, and, and kind of, you know, hopefully, you know, and I know we don't, we don't like to give players time and go through system.
26:09But like, again, I'll use Trevor Lawrence as an example of like last year, there were so many people.
26:15Anytime we'd mentioned the Jaguars who were like, Trevor, isn't even a starter in this league.
26:20And now the same people, you know what I mean?
26:24So it's just, things change, man. Things change. So, all right, Chev hit us with your number two guy.
26:30Oh, for your bylaws here. Sorry. Yeah. Yeah. Uh, yeah.
26:33I was like, hit us with number two. This is, we're taking a turn.
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27:22And Messi only trusts Duracell. I'm going to go with Dalton Kincaid.
27:25Ooh. Kincaid. Do y'all ever seen Bowfinger? Oh, yeah.
27:28For sure. So, anyway. So, only 179 routes, but first in yards per outrun, fourth in air yards, third.
27:34First in 20-yard gain. So, like, that's an explosive play for a tight end.
27:39Obviously, the crown jewel is 40-yard plays or 50-yard plays.
27:42But this is, I mean, if we're talking about the way that we think that the offense is going to function, they're
27:49telling you that they want to use Dalton Kincaid.
27:52Like, they do. Whenever he's out there, they're using him.
27:55And he's the big slot. He's what we talked about.
27:58You know they're going to use a lot of 12 personnel.
28:01They just re-signed Dawson Knox. So, you know he's going to be out there.
28:06And I think that this offense kind of, with Pete Carmichael, the offensive coordinator who was formerly with Denver Broncos and the
28:13Saints for years and years and years. So, you're going to have a higher target share of the running back.
28:19You're going to have a higher target share of the tight end.
28:23Typically around 23 to 25%. If he's the primary target, and if you're saying that there's going to be a question about
28:30who could be the number one target in the offense, it's going to be DJ Moore.
28:35Do we think, like, with the way that Joe Brady's used receivers, it's going to be DJ Moore?
28:40I don't. But it just spells Dalton Kincaid could be drastically mispriced right now for what he could be.
28:46So, that's where I landed. I'm not saying that that's what's going to happen.
28:51But if you look at it, he's got the draft capital.
28:54He's got the advanced efficiency metrics. He's got the rocket-armed quarterback.
28:58He's got the offensive coordinator that isn't afraid to target tight ends.
29:02Why wouldn't we be in on Dalton Kincaid where he's going right now?
29:06Yeah, I mean, some injuries and just kind of the overall overarching theme of we think we want to be in on
29:13Buffalo, but we can't really trust the assets right now.
29:16But Kincaid's been so efficient in almost any metric that you can point to when you give him the ball.
29:22I mean, he's got to – I think he has to earn – if he can be on the field, he has to earn more targets this year.
29:31He's at 106 in PPR. Let me switch to tight end premium real quick.
29:35He is at 106 in tight end premium and player 152.
29:39So, he's really cheap right now. You got any thoughts here on Kincaid, Jeremiah?
29:43Yeah, just a couple more efficiency stats. QB rating per target, number one.
29:47Fantasy points per route run, number one. Second in fantasy points per target was Dalton Kincaid at 2.57.
29:53I think the question really has been, can he stay healthy?
29:56And then there's been some annoyance of Dawson Knox out there.
30:00But if we can get a fully healthy Kincaid and then he's just another year in the league, who's to say?
30:07Because structurally, from a route standpoint, DJ Moore is DJ Les.
30:10We've already established that. And then you're expecting a lot right now from Skylar Bell as a rookie.
30:16Really, it goes back, and this is going to annoy me for Buffalo Bills fans because I'd like to see that.
30:22I've got like a – my Uncle Jerry is early 80s.
30:26He's like 82. His name's Jeremiah. Believe it or not, funny how that works.
30:30And he's a diehard Bills fan. And they just keep not getting there.
30:34I want him to get one Super Bowl before he goes.
30:38But my God, not trading for Jalen Waddell. And then your divisional – not divisional, your conference rival, who's near in place
30:45to you in the Denver Broncos for competition to come out of the conference in the AFC to go to the Super
30:52Bowl, went and put their nuts on the table and went and acquired Jalen Waddell.
30:56And I think that was a huge mistake by the Buffalo Bills.
31:00Now, Venture and Veer out, hopefully, directionally, with the acquisition of DJ Les, you can get the bills to get some more focal point to Dalton Kincaid.
31:09And to Chef's point, this price point, this buy low point, you're not having to give near as much.
31:15So it's an easy distraction in a trade. It's a throwing in a trade.
31:19It's something that you can finesse, especially in a tight end premium league.
31:23Yeah, I mean, Kincaid's got to be – right now, if you're in any rookie drafts or anything, I don't know exactly
31:30where the price point is all over. I was looking at trades.
31:34It's kind of all over the place for Kincaid because he's just that type of player.
31:39And a lot of these guys that we talked about tonight are kind of all over the place in trades.
31:45But, man, if you could pull off Kincaid for, like, a second-round pick right now, I'd be fine with playing that lottery
31:52spin right now in tight end premium. In tight ends, age like fine wine.
31:57Keep going, Chef. Yeah. No, no, no. That's a point.
32:00First of all, he's just hitting – he's just becoming a real boy as a tight end.
32:05He's 26 years old. Like, that's just when you just – you're finally – you got a little hair on your chest, right?
32:12Right. Is he going to tight end you? We got to stay tuned to find that out.
32:18But with Justin Herbert, we talked about wanting to be tied to a piece of Justin Herbert with Quentin Johnson.
32:24Why wouldn't you want to be tied to a piece of Josh Allen?
32:28I know that the last couple of years it's been just him doing it with his legs to keep him at the number one overall quarterback spot.
32:37But what if it just levels out a little bit more and he finds someone that he trusts?
32:42And what if that's Dalton Kincaid? Based on everything that we just rattled off over the course of the last few minutes.
32:49Yeah. He should age into being his safety blanket and being the guy that – they're Mahomes and Kelsey going into the sunset together.
32:57So, I agree there. And I'm just looking at some trades right now.
33:01There's a – here's 205 in tight end premium.
33:04Here's a 27 second for Kincaid in a fourth in tight end premium.
33:08Here's a 27 second in tight end premium. So, singular seconds right now are picking up Kincaid in some spots.
33:14So, not that there's every league and, you know, but – I know it'll never happen in your league, guy.
33:20Right. Right. Right. But just – hey, just throw it out there just for a second just to see how it feels.
33:27That's right. You want to get weird. Let's get weird.
33:31Let's get weird. Jeremiah, get weird on your second buy low here.
33:34We're buying low and we're going lower in ADP pendulum.
33:37And this is a signal to – I want to shout out – you had mentioned, Casey, you've been on the case
33:44for Patrick Mahomes being mispriced, being at a low, a generational buying opportunity.
33:48All the good phrases there. We've rattled off the 5,000-yard passing seasons, the amount of 4,000 passing yard seasons.
33:54Patrick Mahomes would – had he had been healthy for those last few games, would have reached a mark because he was just like, what, 3,500 passing yards.
34:03He was right on the precipice of another 4K.
34:06You see it in 4K every year with Patrick Mahomes in his passing yards.
34:11But it's the Chiefs. We want to buy into the Chiefs.
34:14Eric Biannimi. Shout out to Travis Kelsey. He's somebody I thought about for this buy low.
34:19But then again, that's just kind of age and stage.
34:22So I would just tell people dead cat bounce, 2026 play.
34:26Honorable mention, Travis Kelsey. But we want to stay on that Chiefs trajectory.
34:30Let's talk about Xavier Worthy. We have Xavier Worthy.
34:33He'll go around people like Travis Hunter, Josh Downs, Michael Pittman Jr., DK Decaf.
34:37Not really excited about him. Jaden Reed. So we're talking about there's a lot of – in that purview of what you're paying.
34:44Why not go and select a startup, somebody like Xavier Worthy.
34:48If he's going in the late wide receiver 40s, early wide receiver 50s, you don't really have a lot to lose and
34:55you have a receiver who is tied to Patrick Mahomes.
34:58He doesn't have intersections with law enforcement, fortunately for him.
35:01And then when you think of the depth that has not been brought in along with Rashi Rice, and then there is
35:08an aging Travis Kelsey that we can account for because what if it is bearish for him?
35:13As much as we want Eric Biannimi to get Kelsey going again for another resurgent year.
35:18Xavier Worthy is somebody to look at because there has not been a lot brought in.
35:23I know Stefan Diggs is out there. Maybe he could end up with the Chiefs and the Chiefs were rumored for A.J.
35:30Brown. They know that they want more, but how come they haven't done more?
35:35Well, maybe there's some bullishness there for somebody like Xavier Worthy.
35:38And the video that's out there, let's not one – do we even know if that is him?
35:44It's not. So the trajectory of his career – do not Brandon Iyuk, Xavier Worthy, somebody who's right between the ears.
35:50He's seemingly recovered and healthy. He has that 4'2", 140 or the record speed at the combine.
35:56He's got the pedigree with the Chiefs. They love him.
35:59And we had last year all the enthusiasm where he gets a crossing route and he tears his labrum.
36:05Let's look at what he did his rookie season where it's like he's got the 19-point game in Week 15, a 20-point game in 16, 22 in 17.
36:14Then in the playoffs against the Buffalo Bills, 22.1 points.
36:17And then in the Super Bowl against the Eagles, some of it was garbage time, but there was accumulation along the way, 35.7 fancy points.
36:25He's got a lot going for him. Right. And he's just ran into some injury and some bad luck.
36:31But when you forecast and zoom out and see what the Chiefs haven't done per se, granted they may want to shift into some Kenneth Walker.
36:39I still like the fact that you're an option, the second option, maybe third option, the 2A, however you want to call it, Xavier Worthy.
36:47And remember, he can get some gadget plays. People forget about his speed.
36:51And you're tied to Patrick Mahomes. So buy low for me, Xavier Worthy.
36:55But the beauty is you're buying low at a low cost.
36:59So you're not mortgaging much of anything. Yeah. No, you're like you said, wide receiver 49 in the crowdsource rankings, wide receiver 50 in the ADP.
37:07So he's way down there. And you hit on it.
37:10But I'm going to just dive a little bit further.
37:13And I know it's the rookie year and it's that back end.
37:17But even just going back to Week 8, and then they go into a spot where he doesn't really do anything in Week 9.
37:24But then from there, but Week 8, 13. Then Week 10, 2.
37:28Which, whatever. And then 16, 9, 10, 9, 19, 20, 22.
37:32Like, listen, I'm going to live with 9s and 10s from Xavier Worthy if that's the worst of it.
37:38I'm fine with that. That's okay. Other receivers give me that.
37:41Like, that's a great run right there to close out your rookie season through 9 weeks or whatever that is.
37:47You know? Like, so, and last year, like, Andy Reid has come out and said, like, hey, look, he got hurt early.
37:54And he just was never right. And we didn't want to put him in a bad position a lot of times.
38:01And we were kind of concerned about him. So, like, we were just trying to keep him out there and yada, yada, yada.
38:08So, I think Xavier Worthy could come back out here.
38:11Like you said, for the price point, really shock some people.
38:15And just kind of remind them, like, yeah, a couple of gadgets here and there.
38:20Get him involved. But, dude, this is just like we were just talking about the Texans.
38:25Like, the problem with the Chiefs offense, I think, has been not the players that they have.
38:30And I know everyone's like, well, Rashi Rice stinks because of whatever metric you want to point to, except for the one
38:37that matters in fantasy, which is his fantasy points.
38:40And Xavier Worthy, we've seen, have good success, too.
38:43Travis Kelsey's still okay. But the lack of a running game to literally have any concern of anybody else on the field
38:50or any part of the field having to worry.
38:52If Kenneth Walker can come out there and stay healthy and they actually do really commit to the game with him and
38:59Biennemi now being back in town, I think the dynamic of this Chiefs offense completely shifts.
39:04And Xavier Worthy's opportunities could be so much. You back off that line a little bit and you're saying, oh, we've got to worry about the running back.
39:13We've got to worry about Xavier deep. We've got to worry about Xavier here on a screen.
39:19We've got to worry about him on an end around.
39:22Like, you start worrying about that speed again. And now the math's a little different.
39:26Okay. So it's clearly not out of the realm of possibilities for him to give you a Jamison Williams-esque outcome.
39:33Right? Got us all a mini bit of it there.
39:36That's what I'm saying. Yeah. Like, we've synced it.
39:39So why can't it happen again? What is the meaning of this?
39:43What is the meaning of this? For people to assume that Xavier Worthy's not good at football, that he's cooked, that he's
39:49a distant third or fourth in the offensive pecking order, and we've seen him be good.
39:55And this is a price point to where, no, you don't have to choose him or Rasheed Rice.
40:00You can go get Xavier Worthy for still cheaper than what Rasheed Rice would cost you.
40:05So you want to be tied to Patrick Mahomes.
40:08Patrick Mahomes, ergo, is another buying opportunity because of the injury.
40:12And people think that now he's not going to be an elite QB1 for fantasy anymore.
40:17And it just, again, with great quarterbacks, sometimes the life cycle, like the value cycle changes, the production cycle.
40:23I won't say that. And thus the value cycle changes.
40:26And Patrick Mahomes' value is as low as it's ever been.
40:29Casey, you always say the stranglehold has loosened on Patrick Mahomes' shares.
40:33So if, I mean, I don't know. Is Xavier Worthy loose change at this point?
40:38It seems it. And like you said, I mean, he could be tossed around in rookie drafts, I'm sure.
40:44And you could be able to get him, weasel him out of somebody's pocket pretty easily.
40:49I give you three new ports and a 20, 27 third.
40:52Yeah, I mean, obviously Cyrus Allen's taking a spot.
40:55So you might as well just trade me straight up.
40:58Traded it for the van straight up. You'd have to throw something in for me to give you Cyrus Allen.
41:05Yeah. Yeah. That is peak non-football activity happening. And I don't hate Cyrus Allen.
41:09You guys have given Cyrus Allen some love throughout the offseason.
41:12He's a good player. One guy's a fifth-round pick and one guy's a first-round pick.
41:17Right. And, you know, I hope Royals gets on the field because I still believe in him.
41:22He'd be a stash for me. I think we should see some Royals.
41:27And maybe he makes worthy obsolete. I don't know.
41:29But I agree. I think it's worth a stab of taking worthy and kind of what he can do.
41:35Kind of not dissimilar to some of the stuff that you were talking about, Quentin Johnson.
41:40You just mentioned J-Mo. Like, he can have that sort of impact, right?
41:45Kind of what we've seen from those guys. So I like that.
41:48I like that a lot. All right. I had so many here that I couldn't cram them all in.
41:54Like, I always want to throw a breeze out there, but I figured I'd give it a rest.
42:00You mentioned Mahomes. Love that. Sometimes, you know, you just got to cram it in there.
42:05So we're going to cram a couple here at the end.
42:09You got to jam it, right? Sometimes you just got to jam it in there.
42:13What is happening right now? All right. I'm going to jam in Ricky Pearsall here at the end.
42:19You know, obviously, we haven't seen a lot of Ricky, right?
42:22Unfortunate start to his career. And then last year, week four, you know, we saw, I believe that was in week four,
42:29where he came, made the catch and landed on his knee, hurt the PCL, and then was just having a tough time
42:36to get over the injury throughout the rest of the season.
42:40But the little bit of Ricky that we did see, like the down the field explosive numbers were very good.
42:46If you look, I saw, whilst researching Jacob Gibbs, who's again, shouted him out on the last show, shouted him out again here.
42:53Good follow on Twitter. He had their, Ricky Pearsall was ranked fourth among players with 20 yard plays or more of percentages.
43:00Jamison Williams one, Alec Pierce two, Christian Watson three, and then Ricky Pearsall four.
43:05Right. His air yard share was 34.7%. That was, that was good for 22nd yards per reception, 14.67.
43:10Good number 15 down field or deep targets. That was good for 39th, but only ninth game, only nine games.
43:17Right. First downs per route run 23 his drop rate, only 1.9%.
43:20So pretty sticky hands yards per route run versus man 2.53.
43:24That was 18 yards per route run versus zone 2.01.
43:27Not, not quite as good, but 35th. So, and I'm a Niners fan.
43:31So I watch a lot of like Ricky's a good route runner.
43:35Ricky understands how to get open. Ricky understands where the field is.
43:39He understands the math of the field. Um, I think you just, you need to see Ricky be healthy.
43:45Now you're going to put Mike Evans on the other side of the field with him.
43:50We got Striplin who's a rookie. We'll see what, where Kirk kind of fits in with his role throughout this offense.
43:56But if pretty Ricky can stay healthy, man, I, you know, I think there's going to be a lot of opportunity for
44:03Ricky to, to make kind of a, in the same vein that we're talking, we're talking about Quentin Johnson and stuff like that.
44:11Like, I think he can kind of start by making those splash plays and then work into being like every level of
44:17the field sort of receiver because he understands how to sit down, how to beat man.
44:22Now he can get bullied a little bit by some physical corners here and there.
44:27Um, and yes, he's old. Oh no. But like that we're good here.
44:31Like if he could stay healthy, I'll take a three year run from Ricky and he's 29.
44:37Uh, oh, by the way, like, you know, at some point I should have mentioned with Nico, like we, we have the
44:44tier of like money makers, value losers. Like that's the way Nico is going.
44:48But like, if you're ready to win, he's going to be a money maker.
44:52I think Ricky's going to be in a similar position where if things go right and he's healthy, I think he's going
44:59to help you win weeks, uh, and feed families with, with Ricky here.
45:03So some good efficiency numbers from Ricky, again, not a whole lot to go off of because we just haven't seen him a lot.
45:11So that's obviously a big knock. Um, but when, when you do see him, he's a part of this offense there, they
45:18understand where to go with them and how to use them.
45:21You could see it. Um, and him and Purdy have a nice relationship and a good rapport already, even though they haven't
45:28played a whole lot together, just got to keep them on the field.
45:32Ricky Pierce all is, is free, free right now, like way cheaper than any of the other guys that we mentioned, you
45:39know, wide receiver 38 right now, not way cheaper, but, uh, 118 in, in PPR overall and in the crowdsource ranking.
45:46So, uh, pretty Ricky, uh, is, is on the buy low list.
45:50And then I, I had a couple more. I want to throw Mac Jones on there.
45:55I know I had him in the stashes, uh, but QB 29, one 35 overall.
46:00Again, we just forget what this guy did when he came in and all of a sudden, like he's very easily obtainable right now.
46:07Like I went through a bunch of trades and he's getting seconds and thirds and like, dude, he's going to go somewhere
46:14and immediately increase in value next year or at the trade deadline this year.
46:19I don't know. I think, I think he kind of wants to stay in San Fran if possible for another year.
46:25Cause he seems to really like it, uh, you know, kind of opposite of what we're hearing from Brandon Iyuk right now.
46:32Uh, and that it's a great place. Uh, so, um, but like, that's the game I'd be playing like buying low for him.
46:39Like, you don't even have to use them. You can sell him immediately after he goes somewhere.
46:45And like for, for whatever reason, we've completely forgotten that Mac Jones was great.
46:49And that little, that whatever he just did in San Francisco, some, there isn't 32 quarterbacks that are better than Mac Jones,
46:56or at least the league is going to view better than Mac Jones.
47:00So buy low on Mac Jones, get him as a throw and go buy him as just like, if you're in a
47:07startup right now or a startup, you have like 14, 15, 16th round.
47:11We're seeing Mac Jones, pick them up and just stash them away.
47:15Or, and if you got the party pairing, oh my, this double, double whammy, or, you know, if you're in a, any
47:22sort of rookie draft situation still, and you get into the second round and you're jammed up or I would trade any
47:29pick for Mac Jones of my second round pick basically because it's, it's, it's going up in value.
47:35Like it just is, you know? So I would do that.
47:38I had Pierce on here. I had Trey Harris.
47:41We talked about him and I got Matthew golden on here too, man.
47:45And I know nobody likes him and he stinks and the analytics stink, but he's super cheap right now.
47:51There's nothing I can give you numbers wise that points to anything except for like at the end of the year, we
47:58started to see it kind of come together. And now all the Packers receivers old and new are kind of giving them a little bit of love.
48:06The Packers typically don't spend that kind of capital on somebody.
48:10And I hate using that as an argument. I hate when you're like, oh, well, but gold or Tate was such a
48:17high pick of, of course he's going to be good.
48:20It's like, well, that has nothing to do with anything.
48:23Like he might suck. I'm not saying he's going to, but like they, the Packers who don't traditionally do this did it
48:30and they're going to give him opportunity. That's what the, that's what that pick means is that they're going to do everything
48:37in their power to make it work. It doesn't mean necessarily it's going to work.
48:42Like I saw, I saw Matt Kelly talking to somebody about that.
48:45You got to take Tate over Mendoza because it was such a high pick.
48:50It's like, no, you don't. Um, and then the Cleveland Brown receivers, man, I, I, we did the Browns on the, on
48:57the, uh, I did Quinshawn Judkins on the other one, but Casey Concepcion, Boston, like last time we did by loads, I
49:04said by the low end rookie picks in the first round, still standing by that.
49:08But like, and Boston was one of those reasons and Boston's getting some steam right now.
49:13Casey, like by both, like things change guys, things change.
49:17I know, but I know it doesn't in ever in Cleveland, but it has in Washington a little bit.
49:23It has in Jacksonville a little bit, you know, things change and we could be, we could be looking back a couple
49:30of months from now and being like, damn, what a value Casey Concepcion.
49:34We could be looking at it and like, oh man, Deshaun Watson or, or Shador was good enough to facilitate these guys having a decent rookie season.
49:42So anyway, I've talked a lot. Any closing thoughts before we wrap up here, boys?
49:47No, man, you just vibe code maxed everything that was in my brain.
49:51So yes. It feels good to thruple again before we close out.
49:55I just wanted to say that the point, the cool thing about Ricky Pearsall being paired with Mike Evans is that he
50:02gets to play the Z role now, or he gets to move in and out of the slot.
50:07You move Christian Kirk there. So you're not getting DBs that can be as handsy with him.
50:13And he is a natural born separator. You know, he, ironically enough, he moves a lot like Brandon.
50:18I use now. I don't think he can do a Brandon.
50:22I use could do after the catch, but in terms of separating within a route, I think they're very similar.
50:28So I, you know, I really loved everything that you said there and, you know, Matthew Golden, it's just, you just got
50:35to see, like, it's just, you got to let it play out.
50:39They moved, they moved other guys out of the way so that he could become more of a full time player.
50:46Yeah. So let's just see what happens. And you're ready to write him off.
50:50But what if he goes out and gives you 706 touchdowns this year on a hundred targets?
50:55You're going to be like, oh yes, yes. That was a breakout I needed, you know?
51:00And now some of them are going to be flashy if he does that.
51:05Right. It's not going to be, you know, cause he's, he's fat.
51:09Like we just, that bears game at the end of the season, like, like, oh shit, there it is.
51:15Yeah, exactly. Exactly. And sometimes that's all you have to go on.
51:18And you just got to trust your evaluation. If we didn't have to give people numbers to make them believe what you
51:25were saying, that's all I would go on a lot of times.
51:29Like, yo, did you, are you watching what's going on?
51:32This is nuts. I swear. And, you know, this is the last thing I'll say.
51:37I swear it's become way more cool to just talk about football without actually watching football.
51:42Yeah, for sure. As a, as a fantasy community.
51:45And I don't understand it because football is one of the most awesome things ever created.
51:50Okay. And to like, let's, let's, who can be less impressed with some player?
51:54Yeah. It's just because do you like watching football at all?
51:58Yeah. It's like, do you, do you like titties?
52:01Like I like titties. I like looking at titties.
52:03Boobies. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. Absolutely. Who can be less impressed by titties?
52:08Yeah. Nah, it's crazy. It is crazy. It's like, you know, well, it can't be good because he didn't hit this threshold as a rookie.
52:16And you're like, I don't know. That seems like a crazy, like I like the thresholds and I like the idea of
52:23it, but it's just like, can we contextualize things anyway?
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