Dynasty Stock Market - Dynasty Values Set to EXPLODE Next Season
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37 min
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Jun 19, 2026
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Blake CorumJaylen WaddleBrian Thomas Jr.Kyren WilliamsA.J. BrownDrake LondonJordyn TysonKyle MonangaiLuther BurdenSaquon BarkleyTrevor Lawrence
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A.J. Brown
PositiveValue0:26
A.J. Flowers (A Flowers) is one of three premium, heavier-priced players the analyst is calling to rise in value next year, with the expectation that he will be ranked higher in dynasty rankings.
Insight pageBlake Corum
PositiveProjection0:30
Blake Corum is set up for success and is currently ranked RB31 but could rise to at least RB25 or higher by next year, especially if he makes an impact this season.
Insight pagePositiveDepth Chart0:30
Blake Corum is positioned to become more involved next season as Kyron Williams ages and the Rams have an out on his contract after 2026 (only $2.3M dead cap), creating opportunity for Corum to take on a larger role.
Insight pagePositiveUsage0:30
Blake Corum had 145 rushing attempts over 17 games (8.4 per game) in a committee approach, which is notable for Sean McVay's typical one-guy system, showing Corum earned significant volume.
Insight pagePositiveUsage0:31
Blake Corum generated 397 total yards after contact on 746 rushing yards (53.2% of his yards after contact), demonstrating he creates his own yards rather than relying solely on blocking.
Insight pagePositiveUsage0:32
Blake Corum averaged 2.41 yards before contact and 2.74 yards after contact, meaning he was creating more yards after contact than he was being given before being touched.
Insight pagePositiveUsage0:32
Blake Corum has an 11.72% explosive rush rate with 17 rushes for 12+ yards, demonstrating he has significant big-play ability compared to Kyron Williams.
Insight pageBrian Thomas Jr.
PositiveBreakout0:22
BTJ is absolutely going to go off next season, with the analyst expressing strong conviction about his breakout potential.
Insight pagePositiveValue0:27
Brian Thomas Jr. is ranked WR27 and is on the cusp of breaking into the top 20, with the analyst noting he is one of several good veterans/young players tipping toward top-20 status.
Insight pageDrake London
PositiveValue0:26
Drake London is one of three premium, heavier-priced players the analyst is calling to rise in value next year, with the expectation that he will be ranked higher in dynasty rankings.
Insight pageJaylen Waddle
PositiveValue0:23
Jalen Waddle is currently consensus WR29 but the analyst ranks him as WR18, believing he will pay off given the trade compensation (first and third) invested by Denver and his fit in Sean Payton's offense.
Insight pagePositiveRole0:25
Jalen Waddle has never been fully featured as the primary target, with his targets declining from 142 in his rookie season to 100 in 2024, but Sean Payton's acquisition signals he will finally be the featured guy.
Insight pagePositiveProjection0:26
Jalen Waddle is projected to rise from WR29 to WR18 or higher next season, with the analyst calling him to hit his mark and potentially push even higher in value.
Insight pagePositiveMatchup0:28
Jalen Waddle fits Sean Payton's offensive scheme very well as a vertical threat who can also win on the inside and in short/intermediate routes, and Payton will want to get the ball in his hands to make plays.
Insight pagePositiveUsage0:29
Jalen Waddle posted a 14% explosive play rate, 21.2% target share, and 0.345 EPA per target last season, demonstrating solid underlying metrics that support his projection.
Insight pageJordyn Tyson
PositiveValue0:27
Jordan Tyson is ranked inside the top 18 in dynasty but hasn't done anything yet, suggesting he may be overvalued relative to proven veterans.
Insight pageKyle Monangai
PositiveValue0:33
Kyle Monongai goes in round nine in redraft/best ball formats and is comparable to Blake Corum in terms of output and feature ability, with strong coaching staff support in Chicago.
Insight pageKyren Williams
NegativeDepth Chart0:30
Kyron Williams signed a three-year, $33M extension through 2028, but the Rams have an out after 2026 with only $2.3M dead cap, suggesting the team may be looking to move on from him.
Insight pageNegativeBust0:33
Kyron Williams is a sell candidate due to his declining role and the emergence of Blake Corum, with the analyst noting Sean McVay's loyalty to Williams despite his fumbles and inconsistency.
Insight pageLuther Burden
PositiveValue0:27
Luther Burden is ranked inside the top 18 in dynasty but hasn't done anything yet, suggesting he may be overvalued relative to proven veterans.
Insight pageSaquon Barkley
PositiveValue0:27
Saquon Barkley is mentioned as one of the younger players ahead of veterans like Brian Thomas Jr., Jalen Waddle, and A.J. Flowers in dynasty rankings due to recent impact and age.
Insight pageTrevor Lawrence
PositiveProjection0:22
Trevor Lawrence bounced back this past year and showed really good play; the hope is he can sustain that good performance going forward.
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Episode Transcript
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0:59I am your host, Pete Nova. I am joined by Coach, a.k.a.
1:03Jeremiah here. And today we're going to talk about six players that we think are going to increase in value by this
1:11time next year in Dynasty Fantasy Football right here on Player Profiler.
1:15What is going on, folks? Thank you so much for joining.
1:19It is Pete Nova here with the Player Profiler Dynasty YouTube channel.
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1:33Jeremiah, why don't you let the folks know what we plan on talking about and why we are going to talk about these players today?
1:41Hey, love to see you podcast, Pete. Great time.
1:45Look, we are having Dynasty content just out of our ears.
1:48And you and I have talked about how it gets stale.
1:52It's a little dusty gathering. We want to have takes for 2026.
1:56We want to start nailing that. And of course, we are going to approach July, August.
2:02August always takes care of itself, but there can just be like a lull and a dead period.
2:08We've done so much working content. There's so much Dynasty content to where we're pushing towards redraft, but it can still inform our Dynasty.
2:16The beauty of this exercise is three and three each, Pete.
2:20Who is going to increase in value this year to next?
2:24So that's both a Dynasty play and a redraft play because one by virtue, a player goes off, they improve, and they
2:31go up in value for next year. Well, no, duh.
2:35They're going to be there for Dynasty. So my first player, okay, how I thought of this, Drake London, you might say
2:42to yourself, well, hey, man, he's solidified top 10 wide receiver in Dynasty.
2:47Why do you even have to bother? But consensus, our rankings, Dynasty rankings, that player profiler, wide receiver eight in the Dynasty
2:54market, you'll find Drake London right around wide receiver eight.
2:58You sit there and say, well, what's the big deal there?
3:01He'll just probably be stagnant. But you don't think of him as being the wide receiver one, two, three, four overall.
3:08And how I got onto this was thinking about Jeremiah Smith.
3:12Jeremiah Smith comes out of the league. He'll be right around, what, CeeDee Lamb, Amon Rossi Brown.
3:18There's all sorts of players where you say, hey, if Justin Jefferson has another bad year, he'll fall down and Jeremiah Smith will rise up.
3:27Then people say, well, it's Jamar Chase, it's JSN, Pukunakua.
3:30And hey, right there is where you're going to put Jeremiah Smith.
3:34People don't think about the players who are going to go up in the send.
3:39And one of those players who I'm going to pitch is going to be Drake London.
3:45So when it comes to Jeremiah Smith versus Drake London next year, they'll be neck and neck in rankings to me in
3:52that tier with Jamar Chase, JSN and Pukunakua. But as you look along, wide receiver 19 last year, but you see 12
4:00games played, 17 games a year prior. He had 157 targets in 2024, 100 receptions in 2024.
4:06But what to look at is the game log.
4:09The beauty is he had week six versus Buffalo, 31.8 points, wide receiver one overall.
4:14And then this was the coolest part, three or four weeks, he was wide receiver one overall.
4:20Christian Gonzalez here, New England, 38.8 fantasy points. And then versus Indianapolis, Sauce Gardner, 24.4 fantasy points.
4:26And of course, we know what happened with Michael Penix getting hurt.
4:30It wasn't really the best thing, but things were cooking for Drake London.
4:34If you look up, look at his age, going to be age 25 when the season starts.
4:40Pete, I'm so much in on Drake London, and he's going to improve so much right now in the underdog streets, in
4:47the best ball market, which is effectively redraft. He's going mid round two.
4:52So getting the blood flowing for 2026, I'm going to say he's going to be a bonafide mid round one pick in single quarterback formats.
5:01And we're going to get him in the dynasty streets.
5:04So both can happen. You're going to get him to be a top five safely wide receiver in dynasty.
5:10What do you think? Are you bearish on that?
5:14Bullish on that? Yeah, I'm not ready to put London top five.
5:18I am. I'm still high on London. You know, he's in my top 10 for my wide receivers right now as well.
5:25I don't know that he can get to that point unless he gets that quarterback upgrade.
5:31I do worry about the future of the team, right?
5:34You have Tua Tungle by Loa. You have Michael Penix, right?
5:38What is that future look for the quarterback position?
5:41But if you're projecting him to get a quarterback change and an upgrade, right, then I could absolutely see it.
5:48I just worry that that's one thing that does hold him back.
5:52But when we look at the metrics for him, I mean, look, 30% target share last year, number five in the NFL.
5:59You look at his area yard share, 40.4%, eighth in the NFL.
6:04Yards for outrun, 2.44, which is eighth in the NFL as well.
6:08So this is all good news for Drake London and good metrics for him.
6:12It's something that we've seen consistently year over year for him.
6:16Obviously, last season coming in at 16.8 fantasy points per game, that ranked sixth in the NFL.
6:22He came up back-to-back seasons where he's averaged 16 points per game.
6:26So he's been that guy for us over the last two years.
6:30So I don't see why he can't continue. It's just a matter of if he does continue to do what he did
6:38this next season and they do get an upgrade next year, which you might be banking on that, I think it's fair
6:45to assume that either of those guys will be the quarterback there next year.
6:50And that is the path for me, in my opinion, that vaults him to that tip of that top five area.
6:57But I'm not so sure that they're going to lose enough games to get in that range to get that guy.
7:05So we'll have to see. But it's also a good quarterback class.
7:09Now, today, as a junior, we know how that always goes.
7:12Well, funny enough, you said tip of the. I was like, hey, where are you going to go, Pete?
7:19Where are you going to go with the tip of the?
7:23And that always gets us excited, the tip of the.
7:26The tip, yeah. If you look at the quarterback.
7:29So, okay, Arch Manning, to your point, probably not going to be bad enough to get that high enough of a draft pick.
7:37And then there's Dante Moore currently. Mess to make.
7:40More of a thrower, mess to maker. And then you have Darian Mensah.
7:45Maybe he's a round two player. If he doesn't fit the Heisman hype, there's Darian Mensah out there.
7:51And then Lenora Sellers, if he boosts up, he wouldn't have to move too far from South Carolina.
7:57There's a lot of quarterbacks out there, a lot of opportunity.
8:01To your point, Pete. And this is fun for college because it's applicable to the right now for the 27 class.
8:08We're going to be watching those players, what's going on in collegiate.
8:12That's what's so fun about football is you have parallel.
8:15When you see them blended together, what's going on on Saturdays to inform what's going to happen on Sundays very soon for team planning.
8:24It's a good forward way to be looking. Speaking of forward looking, you have Antonio Williams who, hey, draft night, Pete.
8:31We were hyped. We were excited. And you were putting him, I think, as high as 108.
8:37You were having him in round one. Pete, is he still a round one player for rookie drafts for those who haven't had them yet?
8:45And of course, from the redraft streets, right now, Dynasty Startups, round 13, wide receiver 60 overall.
8:51He's in that Jalen McMillan, Jeremy Bernard range. How do you see him in redraft?
8:56He's going to be more expensive next year. How much more expensive?
9:00Are we talking a round or two? Or do you think a significant gap?
9:05Yeah. So at least to answer the first question, for Dynasty purposes, I still have Antonio Williams who just did a rookie draft.
9:13I have him about the 112 slash 2-1 area.
9:16It's where I feel pretty comfortable with him. You can make some arguments for some other guys and maybe push him back down to the 203, 204 area.
9:26But realistically, I feel really comfortable about the situation, the landing spot.
9:30And when you talk about it, I mean, we look at the wide receiver rank where he is in startup ADP right now.
9:38And I mean, it's really low, right? Wide receiver 60.
9:41He's right next to Jeremy Bernard. He's next to guys like Chris Godwin, Jacoby Myers, Jalen Coker, Roman Dunze.
9:48You know, there's a lot of wiggle room for him to move up if he has an encouraging rookie season.
9:55And I don't know that I necessarily feel like he can't have a good rookie season.
10:00Omar Cooper is rated as the wide receiver 38.
10:03And I prefer Antonio Williams over Omar Cooper Jr.
10:06right now. Obviously, it's a little more risky because one guy was a first-round pick.
10:11The other guy was not. But the truth is, to me, Omar Cooper, I'm not really in love with the landing spot.
10:19I think there's some risk there with Omar Cooper as well, just given, you know, what's around him.
10:25Him and Kenny Sadiq could definitely cannibalize each other.
10:28You also factor in Garrett Wilson has not been able to be, you know, that guy there.
10:34And now you're adding and expecting the wide receiver 2 in this offense to, you know, to be a strong fantasy contributor on the Jets.
10:43And factoring in, you know, you also have AD Mitchell there, who is definitely going to be somewhat of a headache as well.
10:50And a thorn in the side. So there's a lot of room for Antonio Williams to move here.
10:57I think he's set up to have a rookie season where he can be a strong contributor.
11:02He doesn't have to explode, Jeremiah. He could be a guy that, you know, pulls in 60 to 70 targets, maybe 650 yards, something like that.
11:11Maybe four touchdowns. Like, that's doable in this offense with the weapons around them and the target competition.
11:17And it's enough where you say, hey, going into year two, he proved it a little bit enough.
11:24And I think there's no way he does not rank higher than wide receiver 60.
11:29I think he could be as high as the late 30s to early 30s as early as next year, in my opinion.
11:36I do wonder if there's going to be a wrinkle in if Stefan Diggs ends up joining the commanders, if that's going
11:44to stall some of the Antonio Williams hype and what he has next year.
11:49I think it's easily gained value from where he's at.
11:52And you don't have to pay a steep price.
11:55And I contend that next year you won't have to pay much of a steep price on Antonio Williams either.
12:02Now, not too further, the DMV, the Baltimore area, we go to Zay Flowers.
12:07I am calling the shot that he will live up to the ADP.
12:11You cannot get him high enough. I believe, Pete, you and I had talked about Zay Flowers on a show prior.
12:18It prompted me to push Zay Flowers all the way up to wide receiver 14.
12:24In market, in dynasty, he is wide receiver 22 at the 6-7 turn.
12:28And I would absolutely call my shot if I'm going 14 overall wide receiver.
12:33I'm saying already that's six spots ahead of consensus market.
12:36Zay Flowers is going to hit. It's not a fluke wide receiver 7.
12:41And Declan Doyle, Lamar Jackson, they're just going to lock in.
12:44And he's really going to hit his stride. So I see him broaching back end of wide receiver 1 value.
12:51When you talk about guys like Mecca, Buka, Chris Alave, I can absolutely see Zay Flowers, if he has a season that
12:59we expect and anticipate him to have, approaching their level in dynasty.
13:03And the beauty is, in redraft, we can get the immediate results.
13:07Looking at what he had last year, he had 118 targets, 86 receptions.
13:12I think we can go up to 130, 140 targets.
13:15We can definitely go over 100 receptions next year for Zay Flowers.
13:19Get that ball out quick from Lamar Jackson. In three seasons, full health, 16, 17, and 17 games played.
13:26In our player profiler, explosive rankings, number three overall.
13:29So that's very valuable. Fourth in explosive plays and receiving EPX.
13:32So these are just explosive 20-yard plays, big down the field.
13:36So you love to see it. The targets, again, 16th last year.
13:40The route participation was number four overall. I see those numbers converging, getting closer.
13:45We have the finish that we had last year as a wide receiver 7.
13:50It was really at the end of the year where he did clean up.
13:55He had a wide receiver 8 game, 20.8 fantasy points against the Steelers.
13:59And then week 16 versus New England, 21.2. And I believe Lamar Jackson didn't play that game.
14:05It was a Sunday night football game. And he still cooked.
14:09So love what he's doing. And I am big time in on Zay Flowers next year.
14:14Do you think, Pete, that he's flying too close to the sun?
14:18Or do you think I'm accurate in my projection?
14:21Right now, if he's wide receiver 22, where is he for you?
14:26Yeah, Zay Flowers, criminally underrated player. You know, he's attached to a passing attack that people seem to shy away from.
14:33And for good reason, right? You know, the passing attack, it's really only been one guy, one or two guys.
14:40Mark Andrews, Zay Flowers. Zay Flowers ranked at 22 in startup ADP.
14:44I have him ranked like just right there in terms of my current, you know, dynasty wide receiver rankings.
14:50But it's not unrealistic to see him moving into that mid to high wide receiver two range with a good season, considering
14:58the fact that he had a good season this past year, right?
15:02He was a wide receiver one in 2025. Wide receivers ahead of him, Roma Dunzey, Rashi Rice, A.J.
15:08Brown, Tyson, Jordan Tyson, Luther Burden, Jordan, Carnell Tate, Garrett Wilson, like, Ladd McConkie.
15:13Like, there's a world where Zay could absolutely be better than those guys this year.
15:18And especially with the rookies, like, if those rookies don't come out swinging, you talk Jordan Tyson, Carnell Tate, and let's say
15:26Luther Burden, who really hasn't done anything yet, but it's a lot of projection to have him at wide receiver 17.
15:33You can easily see him going ahead of those guys.
15:36Rashi Rice gets a new landing spot. But, you know, maybe he's behind Zay Flowers, too, if he doesn't get inked to a long-term extension.
15:45So I think it's absolutely fair to have Zay Flowers and be bullish on him.
15:50Just looking at some of the underlying metrics for him going into next year, you know, I think when you look at
15:57just the target share, it did increase this past year, you know, 25.4% in 2024 to 29% in 2025, which is a pretty significant jump.
16:06It just kind of shows him continuing to be that clear option.
16:10He's had consistently high volume, right? So about 116 targets in 2024, 118 in 2025.
16:15So he's kind of holding that line of, like, having at least 110 targets.
16:20So that volume is there as well. And even the red zone target share, interestingly enough, jumped up significantly this past year.
16:2810.9% in 2024. That moved to 20.4% in 2025, nearly doubled for Zay Flowers.
16:32So those are all pretty encouraging numbers to, when you talk about just volume and opportunity growth, if he can sustain that growth that we saw, absolutely.
16:42I could see him moving into that, you know, mid to high wide receiver two area for value for next year.
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18:42Let's talk about Brian Thomas Jr. You think he's going to rise.
18:46We've seen him, rookie season, had a lot of efficiency where everything broke right.
18:50He was 11th in production premium, 12th in EPA, 4th in best ball points added in 2024.
18:56284 fantasy points per route run was ranked 8th at .57.
19:00And 284 fantasy points, Brian Thomas Jr., number 4 overall in 2024.
19:04We have the sophomore slump. Big issue. And now we're hearing, Pete, hey, I'm feeling good in my routes.
19:11I'm staying out of the trainer room. I'm spending more time with Trevor Lawrence.
19:15We have cleared out Travis Hunter, seemingly. It doesn't seem like he'll be out there offensively.
19:21It's Jacoby Myers. We know we love Parker Washington, but we still have a lot of love for Brian Thomas Jr.
19:28Pete, where do you have Brian Thomas Jr. as you see him rising from this point next year?
19:34Yeah, there's a path with Brian Thomas Jr., right?
19:37Currently, he's the wide receiver 27 right now in startup ADP.
19:41He's ahead of T. Higgins. He's ahead of Mekhi.
19:44I'm sorry, he's behind T. Higgins. He's behind Mekhi Lemon, Devonta Smith, Marvin Harrison Jr., Zay Flowers.
19:50T. Higgins is not getting up there in age, but he's not young.
19:55Devonta Smith, not young as well. You have Mekhi Lemon, who's a rookie.
19:59He might not have a strong year one. It's possible.
20:02Marvin Harrison Jr., right? He's still ranked at 23, but a lot of that's baked in just on the sheer fact alone
20:10that he was a high draft pick. So that's also a possibility of him moving ahead of him as well.
20:17Obviously, I would say Flowers is 22. So there's a world where, look, you think about Brian Thomas Jr., and unfortunately, he
20:24did not have a great season, right? It's just a fact, right?
20:28Solid volume still, though, last year. 91 total targets, 6.5 per game.
20:33He'd like it to be higher, of course. But Brian Thomas Jr.
20:37is not a player that needs to have a crazy amount of volume to be successful, right?
20:43He's a guy that can take the top off of defense, right?
20:47He can be a guy that they can lean into being a downfield threat for them.
20:52And he doesn't have to just be that guy either, but he has that big play ability.
20:58And I think he's going to get enough volume where even if he's not going to be like a boom-bust ex-sacrificial guy
21:05on the outside where he gets three targets a game, then you've got to hope he comes down with a big catch.
21:13Like, I think it'll be mixed in where he's going to get those opportunities, but he's also going to stay on that
21:21consistent, you know, six and a half to seven targets per game.
21:25Also, when we also just look at this offense last year, right, they ranked third in the NFL for targets to the wide receiver position.
21:33So that's encouraging just from a standpoint of, look, he is going to be in an offense that's going to want to feature the wide receiver position.
21:42So the volume should be there for him. 14.5 average depth of target.
21:47So, you know, you see him, again, being used downfield, which is valuable.
21:51You mix that in with the explosive plays. He had 11 explosive plays, which is 20 plus yards on 91 targets.
21:59That's a 12.1% explosive play rate. So, again, big play player.
22:02I think he bounces back this year. He's healthy.
22:05His head's on straight. He's right. I think we could see a guy that, yes, a lot of his production in his
22:13year one where he crushed was when Mac Jones was quarterback.
22:17We've also seen Trevor Lawrence become a better player under Liam Cohen.
22:21Let's just hope that both of these guys can be better players together this year and be on the same page where
22:28BTJ was a really good player two years ago.
22:31Trevor Lawrence, really good player this past year. He bounced back.
22:35Now let's hope that BTJ can bounce back as well and Trevor Lawrence can sustain that good play that we saw from last year.
22:43I don't know what happened. Yeah, it's breaking on our end.
22:47But it's funny. Anywhere between – there's somewhere between rookie season, BTJ, last season, and BTJ is going to go off.
22:54Long story. Too long. Didn't read. BTJ is absolutely going to go off.
22:59Now my next player – Ryan, just – we're laughing here because Jeremiah is trying to man the back end of moving things around.
23:07I think I'll just handle it. You just worry about your takes.
23:11Well, Pete, after the ad break, I clicked add to stage and it went away, man.
23:17It went away, man. I don't know. I don't know.
23:20All you need to know – all you need to know is – You're giving boomer vibes off right now.
23:27Man. Jalen Waddle. Jalen Waddle's our next guy. That's what I'm going to talk about.
23:32Jalen Waddle, right now, he's consensus. Wide receiver 29.
23:35I have him as the wide receiver 18. All right.
23:39He's going to pay off. I have him back-to-back with Devonta Smith.
23:43Everything we're getting out of Denver Broncos – again, Denver Broncos fan Pete.
23:47What we're getting out of Denver is all speed on Jalen Waddle in that he just looks much worth the trade compensation.
23:55When you think about it, round one draft capital and a third-round pick, a fourth-round pick swap.
24:01So essentially a first and a third for this 27, soon-to-be 28-year-old player in the prime of his career.
24:07Everything is pointing to Jalen Waddle and just being the number one offense – being the number one in an offense that
24:15is just this close to a Super Bowl. And when you look at what the Buffalo Bills did where they stopped shy
24:22of giving up the one, like what will you do in order to win?
24:27Do anything it takes. To spite your face, the Buffalo Bills would not trade a one to the Miami Dolphins.
24:34Huge issue. And is that hubris? Is that pride?
24:37Are you more scared of what the Dolphins could do with that first-round pick, which would be a late first-round pick, than
24:44acquiring Jalen Waddle and being one receiver away? And would you rather have DJ Moore than Jalen Waddle?
24:51So that's just like a different aside there. I would much rather have – you can get a lot more route technician
24:58and ability out of somebody like Jalen Waddle where it's more just a – I don't know.
25:04It's more of a – to get DJ Moore, it's not really a scheme fit.
25:09He's just kind of go-out-their-backyard football. And that's a big problem.
25:13So Jalen Waddle, what's been the problem? People being in his way.
25:17And it's been Tyree Kill. And you see in the targets, you have his rookie season, 142 targets.
25:23Then it dipped down to 116, 104, 2024, 83, then to 100 targets.
25:28So we haven't seen full, unadulterated, you're the feature guy.
25:31And look, teams, they can lie. They can tell truth.
25:34They lie a lot. But they really tell the truth at draft time and in the acquisitions that they make, Pete.
25:42And when they go and send away a one, Sean Payton is not going to give a first and third away to not feature this guy.
25:51I know you've got all the Troy Franklins, all the Pat Bryants that you want in Denver.
25:56You have every player that we get hoodwinked about being a joker.
26:01And we don't see the fruition, at least in Denver yet.
26:04We saw it in New Orleans. We haven't seen it quite yet.
26:08I think as advertised on brand, you're going to get Jalen Waddle to be featured.
26:14And the beauty is you're paying a higher price on Jalen Waddle.
26:18He is going to hit. So right now at wide receiver 29, I'm calling wide receiver 18.
26:23And we may be even pushing up from wide receiver 18.
26:27So I'm calling him to hit his mark. So it's funny enough, with my three players, it's Drake London, it's A Flowers, it's Jalen Waddle.
26:36These are premium, heavier price players. But I'm saying, I'm calling it, they're going to rise up in value next year.
26:43Because players don't always hit year in, year out.
26:46You shuffle the cards. When we shuffle the deck, they're going to be higher up in the deck than they are right now.
26:54All three of them. Yeah. When you look at the common theme for what we've done in today's show, we have BTJ.
27:02We have some of these other wide receivers. And ultimately, it's a lot of wide receivers that are just touching the edge of being inside the top 20.
27:11Say Flowers, 21. You have Brian Thomas Jr. at 27.
27:15Jalen Waddle at 28. Those guys are tipping and getting close inside that top 20.
27:20Because, look, you look at it, a lot of guys ahead of them are young players.
27:25Younger guys that have had maybe more impact seasons recently.
27:29Or maybe just project to be better because of their skill set and their age.
27:34Roma Doonze is just on the cusp. He's ahead of all those guys.
27:38Jordan Tyson hasn't done anything yet. Colonel Tate hasn't done anything yet.
27:42Those guys are inside the top 18. Luther Burden hasn't done anything yet.
27:47So it's very realistic for some of these guys, these good veterans.
27:51Waddle finds himself in a new landing spot. BTJ, we talked about already.
27:55Say Flowers. Looking at Jalen Waddle, Sean Payton's not going anywhere.
27:59He just inked an extension in Denver. I think it just goes to show Denver really felt like they needed to improve
28:07this offense and needed a big play player. And like you touched on, right?
28:11That player they got in the late first round, was that going to be an impact player that's going to help them win a Super Bowl?
28:20And I don't think they were going to find that player there, right?
28:25You're looking at Omar Cooper Jr. Not a bad player, but those are the kinds of guys you would get.
28:32Versus Jalen Waddle, who has been a really, really good player.
28:35He's just been stuck in an offense that, you know, with a quarterback that's kind of hindered his ability to be the best self or his best self.
28:45And Sean Payton, I think, is going to, you know, Sean Payton can be a little frustrating, Jeremiah, when it comes to his usage and utilization of players.
28:55But I got to be honest, like this is a player that fits his offense, I think, really well, right?
29:01I mean, this is a guy that he's been used a lot as a vertical threat, but he can be a player
29:09that's going to win, you know, on the inside, right?
29:12He's going to be a guy that's going to win in the short and intermediate as well.
29:18And Sean's going to want to get the ball in his hands and have him make plays, right?
29:24This is an explosive playmaker in Jalen Waddle. So that's exciting as well.
29:29So I don't think it's that crazy to project him there.
29:33He had a 14 point, 14 percent explosive play rate last year with a 21.2 percent target share.
29:39An EPA per target, 0.345, which is actually really good if you pay attention to EPA, right?
29:45You sit there and be like, it's not even a full one, like it's 0.345.
29:50But like that's that's pretty decent from an EPA standpoint.
29:53So Jalen Waddle, I really, really like the call out there.
29:57Yeah. And we're going to move over to Blake Corum, who's a guy that I've talked about a decent amount here on this offseason.
30:05I think he's set up for success, right? Blake Corum is obviously behind Kyron Williams.
30:10When you look at the Kyron Williams situation, Kyron Williams did sign an extension, Jeremiah, three years, $33 million, right?
30:17That has him running through to 2028. But when you look at the contract, there is an out for them.
30:24You know, it's really after this year, 13,947,000 is the dead cap if they cut him in 2026.
30:30Obviously, that's not happening. After 2026, though, they have the ability to get out of Kyron Williams' contract.
30:36They only owe him $2.3 million in dead cap if they cut him, right?
30:41He's owed 10 million in 2027. So there is an out.
30:45I'm not saying that they're going to go ahead and cut Kyron Williams next year.
30:50But what I am saying is Blake Corum showed out very, very well this past season.
30:56I was very encouraged with Blake Corum. Just looking at some of his numbers and his metrics, look, 145 rushing attempts over 17 games.
31:04That's only 8.4 rushes per game, right? So you look at that and you say, yeah, that's a committee, right?
31:11But we haven't seen these kinds of committees with Sean McVay, really.
31:15It's really usually been one guy. So I think it shows a lot that Blake Corum was able to get in as much as he was last year.
31:2414 targets. We'd like to see that go up as a receiver.
31:28But when we just look at even just the yards creation for Blake Corum, 397 total yards after contact on his 746 rushing yards.
31:37That means 53.2% of his rushing yards came after contact, right?
31:40And why that's good is because some running backs, right, they benefit from really good blocking, right?
31:46They don't get touched for the first few yards consistently on their runs.
31:51And so, you know, they end up racking up really high yardage totals, but underlying metrics wise, like it's not sustainable if
31:58the offensive line starts to struggle a little bit.
32:01Blake Corum showed that like he can get yards after contact and be explosive.
32:06When you even just look at the per carry breakdown, 2.41 yards before contact, 2.74 yards after contact, meaning he was creating
32:14more yards after contact than he was being given before he was contacted.
32:18So those are all things that are exciting to me when you look at Blake Corum.
32:24And I also just take a look at just the explosive side for him as well.
32:29Obviously, people have always kind of knocked Tyne Williams for him not being nearly as explosive as Blake Corum.
32:36Blake Corum is explosive, right? 11.72% explosive rush rate.
32:39He had 17 rushes for 12 plus yards. So it just demonstrates that he's got some big playability.
32:45So excited for Blake Corum. I think he's going to definitely be valued higher next year, especially with Kyron getting a little
32:52bit older and that loomingness of the fact that they do have an out on his contract.
32:58And I think Corum is going to be more involved this year than we saw last year as well.
33:05So Blake Corum is a guy that right now he is ranked as the running back 31, right?
33:11So guys in front of him are Kyle Monungay, Jalen Warren, Chuba Hubbard, RJ Harvey, David Montgomery.
33:17He could absolutely get up to at least RB25 in that area and even possibly go further by next year, especially if
33:24he makes that mark and makes an impact this year.
33:28Well, we're looking in redraft formats and best ball formats.
33:31He goes in round eight, round nine sometimes. So there's a market for the here and now that is on Blake Corum.
33:39Really, it's a matter of, okay, Kyron Williams, let's get out of the way.
33:43When he gives up a back-breaking fumble deep in the green zone, at what point will Sean McVay just say, I'm tired
33:51of this shit and give the ball to Blake Corum?
33:54So there's a lot of that. There's a ton of loyalty and there's, we got to give credence to every year.
34:02It seems like, hey, we're going to push Kyron Williams less and less.
34:06And he just keeps reappearing, respawning, but I'm with you.
34:09He's a, Kyron Williams was a sell for me in a few shows ago on another platform.
34:15And by virtue, Blake Corum ought to come right through.
34:19I think it's just going to be a 60-40 share and it's just going to be Corum creeping up into your point.
34:26That's going to cause a price increase. If Kyle Monongai goes in round nine, two rounds earlier than Blake Corum, offensively, when
34:34you think of Swift and Monongai and what you can run with Kyron and Corum, Corum and Monongai could really be neck
34:41and neck as far as the output that they have.
34:45And the feature ability, I think the love that Kyle Monongai has with his coaching staff in Chicago, Blake Corum surely has in LA.
34:53And they're very comparable offenses as far as their high octane.
34:57But the better weather too might benefit somebody like Blake Corum.
35:01So I'm with you, Pete. I love Blake Corum.
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