0:00Good morning, friends and enemies. It's a big day, as you can see. It's a big day because I get to get some things off
0:07my chest. I like making videos because it allows me to open up. It allows me to be vulnerable, and that's what we're
0:13going to do in today's video. Uh, I'm going to get a bunch of takes that I have off my chest for the 2026 NFL
0:20fantasy, whatever season. All right. And uh I like making a video like this cuz these are things like I'm going to make
0:25takes that I believe, but you can't really hold them against me because some of them are outlandish. I will try my
0:31best to to dive into stats and details and and why I believe the takes that I am having takes for. But some of them
0:38don't make sense and some of them don't have logic and some of them are just a gut feeling. But I will make sure that I
0:41preface that with each of these takes and you guys can let me know takes that you want to get off your chest. The best
0:46way I can describe this is like your intrusive takes. you have intrusive thoughts all summer, but like you don't want it to be held against you because
0:54they're intrusive thoughts that like, you know, you can't help but form in your brain. All right? And we actually do this throughout the season, which is
1:01kind of fun. On our betting channel, we have uh an intrusive thoughts parlay that we make. So, it's like your most
1:06intrusive thoughts for the week and what you think is going to happen, and we parlay it together, and it's always like
1:09plus 8,490 billion odds. We were really close to hitting one last year. We hit two out of three of them, but that's
1:15neither here nor here. Let us get into the video with my very first intrusive hot take that I posted on Twitter
1:21actually a couple days ago and I don't think it's really that outrageous. This is probably one of the the lesser outrageous ones I have and it's the fact
1:27that everyone's trying to figure out who is this year's Jackson Smith and Jigba and I think it's staring us right in our
1:33faces and it is Dvont Smith. The comparisons going into this year for Dvont Smith as compared to the previous year of JSN while going into fantasy
1:42drafts to me is like spoton, right? the likelihood of of getting a JSN is is very very unlikely, but if I had to put
1:49all my chips on the table, if I had to take my nuts out and put them on the table, it would be for Devonte Smith. I
1:54know I've heard a lot of Amechabuka makes a ton of sense. Z Flowers good as well, but Devonte Smith is the guy for
2:00me. You look at going into the year, mid- third round ADP, it's exactly where JSN was. You took him, league winner for
2:06you, obviously. When you look at the offensive situations going into last year, JSN's top target competition, DK Mechaf gone. Devonte Smith top target
2:14competition. Teammates of DK Mechaf and KJ Brown gone. Very similar. All right.
2:19Both of them stepping into the very, very, very clear wide receiver one role in their offenses. Both are going into years where they're getting rid of old,
2:27dusty, crusty offensive coordinators and offensive schemes. I dove much further into the offensive scheme that I think that Shawn Manion is implementing on
2:35Monday's video when we talked about bounceback players with maybe Saquon Barkley in there. So, if you want to go check that out, it's going to be a lot
2:41more under center. It's going to be a lot more roll out. It's going to be a lot more play action. It's going to be a
2:44lot more disguising what's coming between the pass and the run, which I think is phenomenal for Jaylen Herz.
2:49Getting Dvonte Smith in space far more often and stop using him as just a pure downfield guy. And obviously, the biggest push back on a take like this
2:56would be the quarterback play. A lot of people do not believe that Jaylen Herz is an accurate quarterback. They don't think he can have the volume. I'll start
3:02with the latter point of this. Last year, believe it or not, Jaylen Herz averaged more pass attempts per game than Sam Darnold did. Tim Darnold had
3:11more raw attempts, but it was only because he played 17. Jaylen Herz played 16, but Jayen Herz actually averaged more pass attempts per game than Sam
3:18Darnold did. I think Devonte Smith is there with an incredibly high target share. The other push back would be obviously the target competition is
3:24higher in Philadelphia. They did draft a first-round wide receiver in Mai Lemon.
3:28We'll see how he progresses. But overall, I think we've seen like Devonte Smith, JSN, both prolific college wide receivers. We've seen both operate at a
3:36very, very high level. We know both of them are incredibly incredibly high level elite separators. Can beat man, can beat zone, can really do it all in
3:46terms of accuracy. Sure, maybe Sam Darnold is the better throw of the ball.
3:49I think Jaylen Herz just doesn't really get asked to throw the ball over the middle of the field. But I do think
3:52playing under center more, more play action, more pre- snap motion just gets his receivers easier releases and easier throws for the quarterback. So, I am
4:01just very much buying into a full-on bounceback for the Philadelphia Eagles offense. I think it can't get worse than what they had with Kevin Patulo last
4:08year, and I think Devonte Smith is the clear wide receiver one alpha, and I can't wait to see what he does as the
4:14guy in the passing offense this year.
4:16Take number two, similar but for running backs and probably less exciting, but there's no clearer value at running back to me right now than JK Dobbins. And my
4:26take is that JK Dobbins is this year's Javvante Williams. You look at the offensive setups. Last year, Javvante Williams went in to Dallas and we really
4:34weren't sure what to expect. They drafted Jaydon Blue. They brought in my Sanders. It was like, who's competing for what spot? Is it going to be a
4:41committee? Is one guy going to take the lead? And then Javon Williams just took the lead. And because the offense was so
4:46successful and they scored so many points, Devontto Williams has pretty much backed into a touchdown almost every week and dominated the backfield
4:53because he had no competition back there. Now, this is probably a lighter version of that, but when you look at the situation for Denver, uh, kind of
5:00objectively, you look at one of the better offenses in the NFL for sure, right? You have already a pretty good offense and then you add Jaylen Wadd to
5:07the mix. They have one of, if not the best offensive line in the NFL. Shawn Payeyton, offensive schemer, great mind obviously. So you have plus plus plus
5:15plus plus plus plus plus plus plus plus plus plus plus plus plus plus plus plus plus plus plus plus plus plus plus plus
5:16plus plus plus plus plus plus plus plus plus plus plus plus plus plus plus plus plus and sure you could talk about JK
5:18Dobbins's injury history but you could also say the same thing for Javant Williams like we weren't sure Javant Williams was going to be able to stay
5:23healthy after that serious leg injury early on and then all a sudden you know again careers are not linear that things
5:29just happen like yes bad bad then good.
5:31JK Dobbins was legitimately very good for the Denver Broncos last year. He played 10 games in nine of those 10 games he had 14 or more carries. And
5:39what makes me excited is he was very good on the early down carries that he got last year. Number seven in explosive
5:45rate, number seven in true yards per carry, number 16 in juke rate. Yards per touch is going to be down because he
5:50doesn't catch a lot of passes and typically that gets spiked by pass catchers. Shawn Peyton went out and made sure that they brought back JK Dobbins
5:56to this backfield. He is going to be the clear early down starter here in Denver behind one of the better offensive lines
6:01in the NFL. I think R.J. Harvey is going to be pretty much pushed into a passcatching specialist role with maybe a few carries per game. And then they
6:10draft Jonah Coleman who to me is just insurance behind uh JK Dobbins. I don't think he eats into any of his starting
6:15role. I don't think he eats into any serious base work from a dude like JK Dobbins. Obviously, you don't want a
6:21situation where they ended up in last year JK Dobbins goes down and then R.J.
6:25Harvey is now pushed into a role that's not beneficial for him. Like he is not an early down grinder. So, I think they
6:31grabbed Jonah Coleman for that purpose because obviously, you know, you resigned JK Dobbins. It wasn't it wasn't a nothing contract. Like it was it was
6:37legitimate money for a running back telling me that like he just sees JK Dobbins being the same guy this year as
6:42he was last year, which was a great role and was a value in fantasy drafts last year. And I think you're getting the
6:46same thing going into this year. So, sure, if you want to fade him cuz you think you're going to be able to predict
6:50that JK Dobbins gets injured again, which you probably [ __ ] will, but I'm not going to hold against players what
6:56happened in the past. As long as they're not going into the year injured, I'm fine with looking at the opportunity, the situation, and the offensive makeup.
7:04So, JK Dobbins this year, Damonte Williams, clear as day. Being in this offense, great offense, great line.
7:09Like, I think again, he's just going to have a ton of touchdown scoring opportunities for being in the right place at the right time. Take number
7:15three. I think Cam Scatabo is going to score between 12 and 15 touchdowns. And I think we're going to look back as
7:19being the guy you had to have taken in the fourth round of fantasy drafts this year. He was the bellcow last year. took
7:26every carry inside the red zone. Every carry on the goal line, is a pass catching demon. He is clearly fully healthy, cleared for training camp.
7:33Every [ __ ] clip I see of him is just him doing back flips here, him doing back flips there. He's good to go. And
7:39the thing I really like about Cam Scatabo as it relates to like the rushing touchdown thing is I I think people are going to think that Jackson
7:46Dart is going to end up stealing a lot of rushing touchdowns. And I think he will annually probably post like four,
7:52five, six rushing touchdowns. But I think when you have Harbaugh coming over, you're not going to implement an offense where you use a quarterback that
8:00you're worried about getting hurt on the goal line, right? It it's crazy. If you look back at like Lamar Jackson's rushing touchdown numbers, they're
8:06always way lower than you think they'd be because they don't use him like Josh Allen or Jaylen Herz. Like those teams
8:11are not worried about those guys getting hurt because they're [ __ ] built to to to withstand those type of hits. But
8:17Lamar Jackson, Jaden Daniels, those types of like skinnier frames where you're worried about them getting hurt, they don't get used inside the 5 yard
8:22line. Like listen, you got to be smarter when you're running the ball obviously.
8:25And I think they're going to use Jackson Dart in between the 20s running the ball for sure, but as long as you're safe at
8:30QB, you have the ability to slide. You have the ability to go out of bounds.
8:33Like you can pretty much dictate how many hits you take. However, when you're inside the 5 yardd line running the ball, that is the only way to guarantee
8:40that your quarterback is going to get hit. So, I think we're going to see a New York Giants offense that's a lot
8:45better than expected. Uh it sounds like Malik Neighbor's trending in the right direction. And I think Jackson Dart's going to be awesome. And I think the
8:51Bellcow running back who from what I've heard inside camp, we've got sources here. It's a big day. It's a big week.
8:58We've got big sources inside the New York Giants training camp telling me that it is full go for Cam Scatabo to be
9:04the guy, the other guy, and then the guy after that as well. So, I think he catches a ton of passes. I think he
9:09scores a ton of touchdowns. Drafted a top 10 offensive lineman. Sure, they won't be top of the league, but I just
9:14think they got a lot going for them right now. And I think Cam is uh that guy. Speaking of that guy, we're getting
9:19into my next running back take. I think Jaka Kroski Morett is easily the most talented back they have in Washington.
9:25And I think he's by far and away the only fantasy viable option there. I I just think the guy's lit and I I think
9:31Jaden Daniels doesn't dump the ball off to running backs. The target share to running backs has been unbelievably low.
9:36I can't fathom why people are so excited for Rashad White in his $1.7 million contract. And it's not like JCM is much
9:44less explosive than Rashad White. Like Rashad White ran a 448. JCM ran a 452.
9:50People don't want to talk about this.
9:52NFL nextgen stats last year. Fastest ball carrier speed. The only running backs who on paper put up a faster speed than Jaka Kroski Morett. Jonathan
10:00Taylor, Jir Gibbs, Trayvon Henderson, Saquon Barkley, and Bejian Robinson. JCM next. You look at his juke rate. Evaded tackles per touch number seven. His
10:09explosive rating number 15. number six in the NFL in yards after contact per attempt among 48 qualified running backs with 100 plus carries. I think this
10:18offense can be really good if Jaden Daniels can stay healthy. There is a lot of hype out of camp about Jaka Kroski
10:23Morett. Do I think that there's a committee at some point? Yes. I think they'll probably open the year as a committee. And do I think JCM's like an
10:2980% snap guy? No. But I think he takes the majority of base work. I think he takes the majority of goal line work.
10:35And I think there's a chance that JCM is just simply a better athlete than people are giving him credit for. And they keep
10:40him on the field in third down situations sometimes to catch passes.
10:43Rashad White is what he is. He's an athlete. He's like a wide receiver, an oversized scatback coming out of the back field. He's not a good runner. He
10:50compliments JCM well, but I think what you're hearing from David Blau out of Washington is that they do want to get
10:56one guy that they can keep on the field for the most part so that they can disguise what's happening against defenses. So, [ __ ] what you heard. It's
11:03JCM. And in my rankings, I got JCM at RB36. All right, if you want, my rankings are all available on BDGE.co.
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11:36Let's move to my next take, which is actually like three takes combined into one. And I don't exactly know how to
11:42present this. It is the combination of Arizona and Jacksonville. Okay, let's start here. Michael Wilson is awesome and I think he's better than Marvin
11:51Harrison Jr. and will be better than him this year. Take two. Parker Washington is awesome and I think he's the best
11:58pass catcher by far in Jacksonville and significantly better than Brian Thomas Jr. and then take three is that I think Marvin Harrison Jr. and Brian Thomas Jr.
12:07are both going to stink again. And I think if you draft them highly expecting some major bounceback, then you're brain dead. Real ones remember how much I
12:16liked Michael Wilson coming out of college. He was like legitimately the guy that I was like, "Yeah, he's he's actually him and I love him." And then a
12:24couple years passed and it's like hard to get excited about a guy who's putting up 500 600 yards. But when I watched his
12:29tape, like I was I was in love. Like every tweet I had was about Michael Wilson. There was there was a Michael
12:33Wilson era on my Twitter timeline. And then obviously he had the explosion last year. The the the year three explosion goes over a thousand yards like pretty
12:40much out of nowhere despite facing target competition against the number four overall pick and despite facing target competition from the best tight
12:49end in the league last year. Obviously, there's a lot of numbers that you can talk to regression like Jacobe Brat threw the ball 50 times a game. They're
12:55always trailing etc. They're going to be more runheavy. I'm not really here to argue against that. When I look at Michael Wilson as a player though, he's
13:01become a very, very, very strong player.
13:04He always has been. He's always been a very, very strong separator. Last year, look back fantasy points data in their data suite. Among 109 qualified wide
13:11receivers who've ran 200 or more routes last year, Wilson ranked 11th overall in separation score. And you know, three or four of those guys were like slot
13:19merchants like Kamati Turpin, Pop Douglas, Almra St. Brown even. So those guys get like free separation releases and their scores kind of shoot up. So
13:26realistically, terms of separation score, he's one of the top dudes. He's running a lot of routes at the X. Like that is a tough position to to gain
13:32separation from. He's also more versatile than Marvin Harrison Jr. And you have Michael Thor coming over. He's out there on the podium comparing him
13:39and and lighting up about how he sees him like Puka. And I think that's actually a pretty good comparison. Puka who can win inside, outside, the tough
13:46routes, contested catches, etc. Robert Woods, he's comparing him to also a lot better with the ball in his hands. I just think that like I don't know. I I
13:53like Marv and I'm not opposed necessarily like drafting him if he falls to me late, but I think we're still like a year away from from
14:00anything that's realistically useful for you in fantasy for Marvin Harrison Jr.
14:04And then Parker Washington, man, it just it's it's hard not to love what we saw down the stretch from him last year. And
14:10everything out of Jacksonville camp right now is like Washington looks unstoppable. He's the clear number one target here. I think Vegas lines kind of
14:18reflect that. I think ADP is starting to reflect that now. Washington was another guy that I really liked coming out of
14:23Penn State. You know, I didn't have a an era on my Twitter timeline where I was all over Parker Washington, but I said
14:28that he reminded me of a recession version of Debo, but this was like he was coming out, you know, a year or two
14:33after Debo had his 8 billion yard 15 touchdown season and he was like one of the best fantasy wide receivers in the
14:38world. So, you know, it's hard to like compare a player to that level of peak there, but Parker Washington can play
14:44inside, outside, fits the offense perfectly, and most importantly actually has chemistry with Trevor Lawrence. He's actually been there the longest out of
14:52all the receivers in Jacksonville, despite only really breaking out down the stretch last year. But now, Trevor Lawrence trusts him. And I trust Liam
14:59Cohen most importantly to run a very highly productive offense. And if you look what Liam Cohen's offenses do with the slot wide receiver with what he did
15:08with Chris Godwin in Tampa Bay, that is the type of season I think we can see from Parker Washington here. He is
15:14explosive with the ball in his hands.
15:16He's also a very good playmaker down the field. Very strong contested catch guy.
15:20He's reeling in everything and I think that's like the opposite of Brian Thomas Jr. So I think Marvin Harrison Jr. is a
15:26good player that the situation is not great for him right now. I don't like the quarterback. Uh, we'll have to see
15:32how creative he gets used in the floor's offense. So, I like Marv better as a player than Brian Thomas Jr. I think
15:38Brian Thomas Jr. is going to be a good real life player for Jacksonville, but the volume's not going to be there. He's
15:42going to be a downfield playmaker who is a great complent to this offense, but I legitimately think he's like the wide
15:47receiver three in this passing room behind Parker, behind Jacobe Meyers.
15:51He'll have ceiling games of course, but I think more often than not, he's going to see four to five targets per game.
15:56And if he doesn't come down with those long targets down the field, you're going to have issues. The last take I
16:01have on this list, uh, I have almost zero like real logic behind it, is that I think there's a chance that Jordan
16:07Tyson outproduces Chris Lave over the second half of the year.
16:14I don't know. A just fed on volume last year. I I think this is like the first time he's he's getting real target
16:21competition here. I think Jordan Tyson is insanely talented and and it's not like I think uh he's going to blow him
16:28out of the water here. I I think they're going to be like running mates. I really think it's going to be a 1A 1B down the
16:33stretch, second half of the season when Jordan Tyson is really integrated into the off. I mean, I think it's going to
16:37start immediately as as as a starter in two wide receiver sets, but I think over the second half, you're going to see
16:42games where they're just kind of trading 6 for 75 in a touchdown game. Like, I think they're both going to be really
16:46good, which says there's a ch that was my take. There's a chance that Jordan Tyson outproduces Chris. Lav great separator, obviously, like a legitimate
16:54number one in this offense. Gets the extension. Going to be a huge part of the offense. But I I I will say I'm
16:59having trouble clicking the draft button on Chris Olive where he's going in drafts right now, like early third round. And I do want to get some shares
17:06of Jordan Tyson here. Schedule's phenomenal. All the environmental factors obviously work for both guys.
17:12But I just love that Ave will get, you know, the number one corner for the most part on most teams. And I think Jordan
17:18Tyson is really talented. And I think we're going to see some huge plays and huge games down the stretch. And I think
17:24they'll be about even. And I think it's going to be a real 1A 1B situation. And I don't think you should be surprised by
17:29that. Like obviously it's it's it's high praise for a rookie, but he was a number eight overall pick in the draft this
17:34year. Like that is the type of ceiling that you want to see from a player pick that high. So not an outlandish take, I
17:40don't think. I don't think. I don't know. You guys let me know. What are your intrusive thoughts, your intrusive takes that no one's allowed to get mad
17:47at you for going into the 2026 fantasy football season? Those are some of mine.
17:51I might have more as training camp progresses. I am filming this on August 2nd. You guys are watching this probably on August 5th, I want to say. So, many
18:00things can happen between now and then, unfortunately. And I'm sure many things will happen to all the players that I put on this list, so it'll be
18:06irrelevant by then. And maybe I'll do a new video of more intrusive thoughts as the uh summer progresses. Let me know
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