The Breakout Superstars of 2026
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Aug 7, 2026
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Fri, August 7, 2026
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A.J. BrownChris RodriguezChuba HubbardDeVonta SmithEmeka EgbukaJayden ReedJonathon BrooksJosh DownsKeilan RobinsonLuther BurdenMatthew GoldenOmarion HamptonParker WashingtonTank Bigsby
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A.J. Brown
NegativeUsage12:01
The source notes that A.J. Brown is no longer on the team, which serves as the primary catalyst for the increased target and air yard projection for DeVonta Smith.
Insight pageChris Rodriguez
NegativeUsage6:48
The source views Chris Rodriguez Jr. as a limited asset who does not catch passes and will likely be relegated to early-down work, absorbing hits without providing the valuable fantasy touches associated with pass-catching roles. He is considered a concern for the Jacksonville backfield due to his size and connection with coach Liam Cohen, though he has missed significant time in July due to a lower-body injury.
Insight pageChuba Hubbard
NegativeBust8:58
The source expresses a strong fade on Chuba Hubbard, describing him as a 'slightly above average' player who has never ranked in the top 30 in elusive or breakaway rating and fails to provide the necessary juice for an offense.
Insight pageDeVonta Smith
PositiveBreakout11:26
DeVonta Smith is a major breakout candidate poised to command a 26-30% target share following the departure of A.J. Brown. Despite a minor hamstring injury, the source is not concerned, emphasizing Smith's elite separation skills and the new Philadelphia offensive scheme under Kellen Moore, which features more play-action and pre-snap motion to generate easy targets.
Insight pageEmeka Egbuka
PositiveBreakout13:20
Emeka Egbuka is a smash play in the fourth round, projected to step into the WR1 role in Tampa Bay following Mike Evans' departure. The source expects offensive coordinator Zack Robinson to utilize Egbuka similarly to how he used Drake London in Atlanta, moving him into the slot to generate easy separation and high-volume production.
Insight pageJayden Reed
PositiveRole18:43
Jayden Reed is identified as the primary slot receiver for the Packers and is expected to be on the field frequently in 11 personnel sets, with some additional usage in 12 personnel.
Insight pageJonathon Brooks
PositiveBreakout8:54
Jonathan Brooks is considered an 'objective GOAT' and a primary breakout target. Despite a likely committee start, he is expected to overtake Chuba Hubbard as the season progresses due to superior explosiveness and tackle-breaking ability. He is a strong investment in the 9th-10th round, especially with Raheem Blackshear no longer on the team.
Insight pageJosh Downs
PositiveUsage16:36
Josh Downs is expected to command a very high snap rate and target volume in Indianapolis due to the departure of Michael Pittman Jr. and a lack of depth behind Alec Pierce. The source emphasizes that once Downs is on the field, his playmaking ability makes him difficult to remove from the offense.
Insight pageKeilan Robinson
NegativeDepth Chart8:08
The source explicitly advises against drafting Keilan Robinson, grouping him with Chris Rodriguez Jr. as backfield options to avoid in favor of Tank Bigsby.
Insight pageLuther Burden
PositiveBreakout19:40
Luther Burden is a notable prospect to monitor, with the source buying into the hype surrounding him due to 'insane' training camp reports. He is considered a unique talent and is being tracked alongside top tight end prospects.
Insight pageMatthew Golden
PositiveValue17:26
Matthew Golden is a strong value pick at his 10th-11th round ADP. Despite a quiet rookie year, the source believes Green Bay will prioritize his development as an outside starter opposite Christian Watson. He is projected to be a route-heavy player, and his high-variance, deep-threat profile is expected to benefit from being attached to Jordan Love and Matt LaFleur.
Insight pageOmarion Hampton
PositiveBreakout3:46
Omarian Hampton is projected to be a three-down bellcow for the Chargers in 2026. The team has revamped their offensive line by adding Tyler Bottes and Jake Slaughter, and the hiring of offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel—who historically maximizes running back production—positions Hampton for high-volume fantasy success. Despite potential situational usage for Keaton Mitchell, Hampton is viewed as a high-draft-capital workhorse in a high-powered offense.
Insight pageParker Washington
PositiveBreakout14:50
Parker Washington is viewed as the clear WR1 in Jacksonville, preferred over all other team receivers regardless of ADP. He is a high-ceiling target who excelled as a downfield threat and YAC playmaker last year, recording all three of the Jaguars' 100-yard receiving games including playoffs. The source highlights his chemistry with Trevor Lawrence on middle-of-the-field targets, notes that Liam Coen's scheme will provide high-value scoring opportunities, and cites 'insane' training camp reports suggesting he will be used in diverse personnel packages.
Insight pageTank Bigsby
PositiveBreakout7:28
Tank Bigsby is identified as an explosive runner with significant pass-catching upside, expected to handle early-down passing work in Liam Cohen's offense. The source views him as a preferred target over other Jacksonville backfield options, comparing his potential fantasy value to the role Travis Etienne held last year, which was driven by big plays and pass-catching production.
Insight pageTrevor Lawrence
NegativeProjection8:21
The source notes that Trevor Lawrence's nine rushing touchdowns from the previous season are likely to regress, which negatively impacts the overall touchdown projection for the team's backfield.
Insight pageTyler Warren
PositiveValue20:10
Tyler Warren is considered extremely underrated due to negative sentiment surrounding the Colts' passing offense. The source suggests he could lead the team in targets and finish as a top-three fantasy tight end.
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Episode Transcript
0:00Good morning, friends and enemies. In today's video, we're going to talk through somewhere between 12 and 15 of the players that I think are most likely
0:10to break out and become superstars this year in fantasy football. I'm talking about the dudes that are going to take a
0:16step up to the point where next year when you're drafting them, they've moved up a tier. They've moved up two tiers.
0:22They've moved up three, four, seven tiers relative to where they're getting drafted right now. Maybe hyperbole, maybe I'm telling the truth.
0:32If they weren't household names before, they will be following the 2026 fantasy football season. Let's jump in from the very very very top. And this is a cheap
0:40one, of course, but this is Ashton Genty, who had a good, relatively disappointing year if you drafted him in, you know, the first or very, very
0:48early second round of fantasy football.
0:49Most of that was just due to horrendous play by the rest of his team. Most of that was due to horrendous play on the
0:55offensive line. This year, what's different? Why is he going to become a superstar? Because everything around him is better. All right, you bring Clint
1:01Kubak in, that offensive scheme is going to be a thousand times better for him.
1:04You bring in not only one quarterback, but two quarterbacks. You have Kurt Cousins who will start for a little bit and then he'll hand the reigns to
1:10Fernando Mendoza, number one overall pick in the NFL draft this year.
1:14Probably going to be pretty good.
1:15Probably going to be able to write the ship of an NFL offense. That's what happens when you're a number one overall
1:20pick. Then you have the offensive line.
1:21This will be the biggest game changer.
1:22Of course, they went out, they signed Tyler Linda Bomb to a very, very big contract to play the interior. That was
1:28the biggest gap that they had on their offensive line, and it will make all the difference going from that being a
1:32negative to that being a positive for him. They will get back Colton Miller, their tackle. He was one of the better
1:38tackles in the NFL, missed most of last year. They will get back Jackson Powers Johnson, their second round pick from 2024, who missed a lot of last year as
1:47well. So, the offensive line, will it be elite? No. But will it be usable for Ashen Genty? Yes, and that's what's
1:53important because he just needs a usable offensive line to be a superstar. He was a guy that got north of 70 targets last
1:59year and I expect that to be the same going into this year. So, you have a guy who's rushing floor gets a massive
2:05raise. You have a guy who's rushing ceiling gets a massive raise. I imagine every single play is going to be either
2:10Ashen Genty or Brock Bowers. So, Gent is going to finally fulfill the draft capital that made him the number six overall pick in the 2025 NFL draft. Do
2:20not be scared to reddraft Ashton Genty in reddraft this year. Same with the year 2 running back Omar in Hampton out
2:28in LA. All right, he will be the bellcow. He will be the starter for the Los Angeles Chargers. And similar to
2:34Ashen Genty out there in Vegas, the offensive line matters. All right, they lost Shaw. They lost Rashawn Slater.
2:40They revamped everything. So, not only do they get their two allproish tackles back on the offensive line, they go out sign Tyler Bottes. they go out and draft
2:48Jake Slaughter in the second round. Like they're going to have not only an improved offensive line, but an actual very good offensive line. It will end up
2:56being a strength as compared to what it was last year. I imagine this offense is going to be humming. High-powered.
3:02They're moving the ball. They're moving the chains. Amari Hampton, first round draft capital. And then you bring in Mike McDaniel from Miami. He is their
3:08new offensive play caller. He is their new offensive coordinator. He has always squeezed the juice out of his running backs. Devon Achan, Raheem Moler. This
3:16is a position that McDaniel just knows how to use in fantasy football. Hampton is explosive. He's got Bellcow size. You can use him on all three downs. And
3:24again, I think this offense at full strength is going to be one that just scores and scores and scores and moves
3:30the ball and has a lot of plays and has a lot of first downs and has a lot of fantasy production coming out of the
3:35back field. Will Katon Mitchell have a role? Yeah, I think he really will. I think they will get him in space off. I
3:40think they'll use him in some pass catching situations, but I think Omarian Hampton is one that you don't want to overthink. just allow yourself to attach
3:46a high draft capital three down bellcow to a very very good offense and Omarian Hampton will become a household name in
3:532026 because of it. Moving a couple rounds later into fantasy drafts, we have Cam Scatabo in the fourth round out in New York. All right, I am hearing
4:02every good thing you can hear about Cam Scatabo coming back from the serious ankle injury that seems already like it's a thing of the past. People are not
4:08worried about it. He is dominating first team reps in training camp. Everything I'm hearing is that yes, he is the clear
4:15bellcow out there in New York. They are going to feed him as much as this man can fit on his plate. And usually with
4:22these slower, bigger type of backs, like something's got to give somewhere. And I guess you can say his speed and maybe
4:28the speed of his brain, but the pass catching ability is so strong here. He gets all of the valuable touches. He
4:34dominated goal line work before getting hurt last year. He dominated red zone work and actually dominated running back targets last year. All right. So, when I
4:41look at the valuable touches in fantasy football, they're all going to Cam Scatterabo. I think he will be given the chance to be a bellcow in this Giants
4:48offense that I think is actually going to be very wellrun and I think they're going to be better than a lot of people
4:52are giving them credit for, especially with the optimistic news of Malik Neighbors looking more and more likely to get back onto the field, if not week
4:58one, very early into the season. So, Jackson Dar will have his number one weapon. I think Isaiah likely, we'll talk about in a little bit, little
5:04foreshadow there, will help move the chains on this offense as well. So, Cam Scatterawa, I think he dominates touchdown work. I think he dominates on
5:11third downs and and has a ton of pass catching upside here. You also look at the division they're playing in. Dallas
5:16a couple times, Washington a couple times. They get Detroit and Dallas in week 16 and 17. Smooth fantasy playoffs for you. And I like Tyrone Tracy, but
5:25again, from everything I'm hearing at camp, this will be full go, full steam ahead for Cam Scatterabo to get as much
5:31work as he can possibly handle. And we've seen throughout his career, mainly back in college, like this dude is a neverending empty plate that you can
5:40continue to pile on. And I'm actually not overly concerned about Jackson Dart taking a ton of rushing workload, especially where it matters inside the
5:485yd line. I think they're going to be really smart with him because obviously that's a concern with his concussions and being able to stay healthy and on
5:53the field. So when they're running in between the 20s, like he just needs to be be a little bit smarter, slide, get
5:58out of bounds. When you're inside the five and you're running, like you're almost definitely going to get hit. So, I'd imagine similar to Harbaugh in
6:03Baltimore, they they very rarely ever use Lamar Jackson inside the five yard line as a rusher. You know, they'll get him out in space and allow him to like
6:09scramble a little bit to open up the defense. Very rarely did they actually have design plays inside the five where they knew he was going to take hits. So,
6:15again, I think it's going to be Cam Scatabo, the battering Ram that batters his way into the fantasy playoffs for you this year. We move even further down
6:23fantasy drafts, a round or two later, and we've got Bayalt Tutin out in Jacksonville. Now, this one's a little bit tricky because I do believe that
6:31there will be a legitimate committee there in Jacksonville between Chris Rodriguez, who signs from Washington, and then you have Laquin Allen, the
6:38secondyear pass catching specialist. I think Laquin Allen's role is pretty known. He's going to play in like very obvious passing situations, third and
6:44long, two-minute drills, things like that. So, I think you automatically kind of chip away 15% of the snaps to him.
6:50Though, I think this Jacksonville team is going to be very good. I don't think they're going to be trailing much. I
6:54don't think they're going to be in many like obvious passing situations where all running backs are off the field all the time except for Laquin Allen. So, I
7:01don't think there's as much of a risk of that really impacting Bashaw too. And Chris Rodriguez is a legitimate concern because he's a bigger bruiser and he
7:09reconnects with Liam Cohen. Cohen coached him at Kentucky, which is why he kind of went out and, you know, handpicked him. But Bashalt Tutin has
7:16been running with the ones completely at camp because Chris Rodriguez has basically missed most of the July activity with a lower body injury and
7:23just returned to team activity and team drills a couple days ago. So he will get back into the rotation. No doubt about
7:28it. But when we look at the upside type of play here, we have an extremely explosive runner in Bay Shaw Tutin. We
7:35have a dude that can play in passcatching situations. And one of the reasons Travis ETN was so valuable in fantasy last year were for those two
7:42reasons. Big plays and pass catching.
7:44Chris Rodriguez isn't catching passes.
7:46So when they want to run early down stuff and they want to target the running backs, which Liam Cohen does heavily in his offenses, most of that
7:52early down passing work is going to go to BA Tutin. So when I think of upside, I think of a dude like him who has good
7:57contact balance that we saw put together a bunch of explosive plays last year.
8:01I'm very much in on on Tutin seeing that upside and and breaking out in a major way. I definitely want to attach myself
8:08to this backfield in some way. And I'm not really interested in either of the other two guys. Rodriguez or Laquin Allen, which makes me go down toot and
8:17drive here. All right. And the backfield last year, 20 touchdowns for the running backs combined last year. And that does not include Trevor Lawrence's nine
8:24rushing touchdowns, which is obviously going to dip. So I think there's a ton of highv value fantasy touches and fantasy gold to have here. And I think
8:31almost all of it points towards Toutin's skill set. Whereas Rodriguez, sure, he might get like 12 carries per game.
8:36It'll be similar to what he got last year where he was like decent for Washington, decent yards per carry, a guy that you can just kind of chuck up
8:42the middle and allow him to take the big hits, but the valuable fantasy touches will go to a guy like Bashalt. And what
8:48would a summer video be for me if we didn't wrap up the running back section with my GOAT, the GOAT, the objective
8:55GOAT, Jonathan Brooks out in Carolina.
8:58All right, I'm done with Chuba. We are done with Chuba. The homies hate Chuba.
9:02Carolina probably doesn't hate Chuba.
9:04Jonathan Brooks, man. Just give me all the Jonathan Brooks in round nine. I will take him till the what do they say?
9:10The [ __ ] cows come home. That's got to be the dumbest phrase I've ever heard. Someone who's a farmer, please
9:15explain that to me. When the season starts, it's going to be Chuba's backfield. When the season ends, it will be Brooks's backfield. I don't know how
9:22early it's going to happen, but I do know it's going to happen. It'll be a committee. Brooks will get more and more
9:27involved as he gets healthier and healthier, and the coaching staff has more and more trust. He's a much more explosive player. He's a much better in
9:33between the tackles runner and he provides juice to an offense that Chuba Hubard simply does not. Chuba Hubard has never ranked inside the top 30 running
9:41backs in elusive rating or breakaway rating. He is a sum of his parts slightly above average player on all three downs that doesn't move the needle
9:51for an offense. And I subjectively think Jonathan Brooks can be the guy that does that for you. as he moves up, you know,
9:57as he gets into the eighth round, I think that's where things normalize and you're like, "Okay, this is where I need
10:02to start making decisions, him or someone else. Once he gets into the seventh round, that's spooky status."
10:08But as he stands right now, if he's 10th round in your home league, 11th round, ninth round, I'm still very much okay
10:14investing into Jonathan Brooks, who was a second round pick, the number one running back drafted in his class.
10:20Carolina's held on to him for this long.
10:22Rico Dattle is no longer there. So, it is a two-headed backfield of Chuba and Jonathan Brooks, and it's only a matter
10:27of time before the GOAT does goat things. Let's swap positions now. We're going to move over to the wide receivers. If at any time you just want
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11:26Let's talk wide receivers. We've got my man's Dvonte Smith out in Philadelphia.
11:32Yeah, I got to I I got to relax with the Dvont Smith hype probably cuz if this ends poorly, it ends really poorly. But
11:38I love Dvont Smith, man. I think I've talked about him in every video I've put out this week so far. I know he's
11:43dealing with a little bit of a hamstring injury, but it is not considered to be serious. So, at this point in the
11:48offseason, it's not like he's a rookie where he needs a million camp reps, but at this point in the offseason, I'm not
11:52overly worried about. He's got plenty of time to rest up and get ready for the remainder of training camp in coming
11:57weeks. Why I love Devonte Smith. Point number one, AJ Brown is obviously gone.
12:01He's led the team in air yards. He's led the team in targets. He's led the team in most receiving categories over the
12:07last four years since he arrived in 2022. He is now gone. So Dvonte Smith's target share should skyrocket up. He should be sitting around the alphas of
12:15the league that are typically between 26 and 30% of their team's target shares.
12:19Dvonte Smith has always been an incredible elite separator. Like he can do it against man. He can do it against zone. Going back to his college days,
12:27put up one of the single best seasons of all time by a college wide receiver. One of the [ __ ] Heisman, right? And now
12:32he finally gets a chance to be the wide receiver one here. And what I'm hearing from Shawn Manion's offense out there in
12:37Philadelphia is a lot of under center, a lot of play action, a lot of pre- snap motion, which means easy separation,
12:44easy targets, easy downfield shots. It makes life a lot easier for a guy like Jaylen Herz might not be the best
12:50quarterback. And I made this comparison on Wednesday's video where I had 10 takes that I needed to get off my chest,
12:55but I think Devonte Smith very well could be this year's Jackson Smith and Jigba. Very similar situation, very similar draft position where they were
13:03going. both lost their top target and Jaylen Herz averaged more pass attempts per game than Sam Darnold did. They both got rid of really shitty OC's and
13:11offensive schemes the year prior and move into a more progressive target friendly offense. So give me all the Devont Smith this year. Next up we've
13:20got Amecha Ibuka. He feels like one of the easier, you know, like breakout breakout guys this year. He was on his
13:26way to having a massive year as a rookie and then kind of tailed off, dealt with some injuries. Baker Mayfield dealt with
13:32some injuries and things just kind of went south for the entire Tampa Bay offense. But now with Mike Evans gone, I
13:36mean, Amecha Ibuka stepping into that real target number one role, I think Zack Robinson coming in as the offensive coordinator is going to do wonders for
13:43him. I don't think Acha Iuka is like an elite outside man beater, but I think used in the right way and in the right
13:51scheme with Zack Robinson, he can be a really really powerful wide receiver.
13:56One, I look at what he did in Atlanta where Drake London the first couple years underwhelming in terms of production because of Arthur Smith. In
14:03those first two years under Arthur Smith, he was playing from the slot 10% of the time. With Zack Robinson as the
14:09offensive coordinator in Atlanta, that number jumped for Drake London from 10% up to 36%. So 36% of the time, a dude
14:16like Drake London, who's 6'4, like huge, not the typical slot guy that you think of, ended up in the slot for a lot of
14:22his targets, which means easy targets, a lot of separation. And that's coinciding with when he started to become a 100 catch per season guy. So I think Ibuka
14:31profiles as that type of receiver that Zack Robinson's had success with moving around the formation. And uh Ibuka I think is just like a smash play in the
14:40fourth round and will very likely be a household name by the end of this year.
14:44Love the fit there. No more Mike Evans.
14:46Love Zack Robinson coming in. Baker fired up on that contract year.
14:50Expecting very very very big things from Mr. Amecha Ibuka. Same with Parker Washington out in Jacksonville. To me, he's the clear number one target. Uh I
14:59mean, if you're listening to reports out of Jacksonville's training camp right now, he's quite literally the next Jerry Rice. You know, hard hard to take it to
15:06that level, but I'm I'm like right below there. I'm excited about Parker Washington. I'm really excited about Parker Washington. If I'm talking about
15:13all the receivers in Jacksonville just straight up, it's Parker Washington by a pretty wide margin for me in drafts regardless of ADP. When I look at how
15:22comfortable Trevor Lawrence got throwing to the middle of the field targets, Parker Washington, Jacobe Meyers, I mean BTJ became such an afterthought. I think
15:31it makes sense with Liam Cohen's scheme.
15:33It's so slheavy. It's over the middle.
15:35Trevor Lawrence is throwing guys that he trusts. Parker Washington became a really good downfield threat last year, but he's also really good with the ball
15:42in his hands as like a yak guy. So that I think allows for easy targets over the middle of the field and then allowing
15:48him to make plays. I think this is an offense that's just going to score a lot of points. So, he's going to be put into
15:52really good positions to score touchdowns. There are a lot of really good players in this offense. So, it's it's hard to see exactly how high of a
16:00target share he can really get to between himself, Brian Thomas Jr., Jacobe Myers, Travis Hunter playing a little bit of offense, Brenton Strange
16:07is good, Liam Cohen loves to throw the ball to his running backs as well. So, like I think everybody can get it. But
16:12when I look at Parker Washington and I think of ceiling, that's the guy that I want to target. Last year, the Jaguars
16:17had three individual games where a receiver went over 100 yards, including playoffs. Parker Washington was all three of them. I think they know what
16:24they have in Parker Washington. They love him. The training camp reports have been insane. He's virtually been unstoppable, apparently. And I believe
16:31they're going to use him in all sorts of personnel. So, Pash is that guy. You want to talk about a couple guys that I
16:36think are going to be used in all sorts of personnel. Josh DS is the next guy on this list and he's been on this list for
16:43a couple years, but I love Josh DS and I think in Indie they've got no choice but to play him at an insanely high volume
16:49right now because Michael Pitman's gone.
16:51I don't know. Mitchell is gone, Alec Pierce is recovering from the offseason ankle surgery. should be returning semi- soon, but that's another one where it's
16:59like, all right, well, the deeper we get into August, the more skepticism I have of him being 100% by the time the season
17:05starts. Regardless, behind Alec Pierce, there is nothing on the depth chart. It is like Ashen Dulan is Nick Westerini.
17:11So, I think Josh DS is going to be playing a very, very, very high snap rate. And when he's on the field, he's
17:16really good. So, I think he commands a ton of targets and uh I think once he's out on the field and he's doing that,
17:21it's going to be very hard to take a playmaker like him off the field. So, I love Josh DS. I also like Matthew
17:27Golden. I was a really big fan of him coming out of Texas. I thought he was a great separator and I think he got I
17:32won't say an unfair shake last year. I think he had every opportunity to be great. You know, you had Jane Reed
17:36getting hurt right away. You had Christian Watson missing the first half of the year, Tucker Craft missing the second half of the year. So, I do think
17:42like there's a very high likelihood that if he was going to break out, it would have happened last year. But, I think
17:46they want to give him every opportunity to be that guy. I think he is the second wide receiver starting on the outside
17:52opposite of Christian Watson. I think unfortunately Jaden Reed is probably going to play primarily slot here in Green Bay. I think there's a very high
18:00likelihood that Green Bay goes a lot more pass heavy though and I think with Romeo Dobs gone and in New England and
18:05Dontavon Wix gone and in Philadelphia this will be a much more condensed target share. And when you draft a dude like Matthew Golden in the first round
18:14like you are going to give him every opportunity to succeed. And I think things would have looked a lot better last year had a couple of the deep balls
18:21that didn't connect were two inches this way or two inches that way and we'd be looking at Matthew Golden as having a
18:27lot more of a successful season. It's like the deep balls for a couple years just didn't go Christian Watson's way and then all of a sudden last year they
18:34did. And I think that's like the difference between a lot of these high variance players that rely on speed and downfield shots is like they do provide
18:43a lot of variance, but as we saw Christian Watson, they also do provide a lot of upside. And again, when you draft
18:48a dude like Matthew Golden in the first round, you're not drafting a dude who you're only trying to play in the slot.
18:53Like you're drafting a receiver that you want to have on the field for 80 plus% of the snaps. And I think it's clear
18:58that they see Jaden Reed as the slot guy here. So, I think it's going to be, you know, I'm sure Reed will sprinkle in for
19:03some 12 personnel sets where there's two wide receivers, but primarily I think it's going to be Watson and Jaden Reed, and then I think it's going to be Tucker
19:10Craft, and then I do think they go pretty heavy on 11 personnel because they don't have a lot of depth at tight
19:14end. So, Jaden Reed will be on the field. But again, I think Matthew Golden will be a very, very route heavy player.
19:20and a first round pick getting a ton of routes attached to Jordan Love, who I believe in as a quarterback, attached to
19:26Laflur, who I believe in as a play caller, is a situation I'm very much okay buying into for a 10th, 11th round
19:32price tag. Moving past the wide receivers into the tight ends, top of the board here, we've got Coloulston Loveland. And I should probably throw
19:40Luther Burden into this as well. I kind of just like skipped past him a little bit, but holy [ __ ] If if Parker
19:46Washington is Jerry Rice and this doesn't even make sense cuz Jerry Rice is like the top of the top of the top of
19:51the top, then Luther Burton is Luther Burton is Luther Burton. It's really the only way I could put it right now. Like
19:56the camp reports are [ __ ] insane for Luther Burton out there. So, I'm I'm I'm starting to buy a little bit more into
20:02the hype. All right, but whatever. Move on to Coulson Lovelin, his running mate, who I feel the best about investing into
20:08when it comes to this offense.
20:10Superstar, secondyear tight end. I'll actually just kind of clump both of these guys together. Lovelin and Warren, both top 15 picks in the NFL draft last
20:19year, and I think both of them exploded.
20:21Warren more so over the first half of the year. Loveland over the second half of the year. Lovelin is just like an
20:26animal, a a specimen and a nightmare matchup for opposing defenses. And now you have their top target guy, DJ Moore, out of the way. Ben Johnson obviously
20:36handpicked him. We saw what he did with Sam Leaporta in Detroit. Like, this offense is only going to get better and
20:41more creative. I think Lovelin is probably uh knocking on the door of entering that elite tier of fantasy tight ends, the Trey McBrides, the Brock
20:50Bowers. He is right there and will be in that tier following this season, I think, for the Chicago Bears. I would
20:57say the same thing for Tyler Warren. I think he's being extremely underrated because people are bored of this passing offense. But with Michael Pitman Jr.
21:03gone and Adani Mitchell gone, like Tyler Warren could very well lead this team in targets. Like if Alec Pierce is there
21:09and he's a wide receiver one, he's probably not going to lead the team in targets, he might lead the team in yards
21:13because he's such a good downfield playmaker, but Tyler Warren could end up catching 80 passes in this offense. And if Daniel Jones is even hesitant to
21:21throw the ball like downfield because of the Achilles, that could mean more of those short and intermediate targets to a guy like Tyler Warren. I like taking
21:28shots on Josh DS and Tyler Warren because I think they're both like maybe not forgotten about, but I think they're both underrated because people are
21:34pretty much writing off Daniel Jones and this passing offense in Indianapolis, which I think is valid. Like I think it's super valid to be concerned about
21:41it with Daniel Jones coming off the Achilles tear, but Tyler Warren is operating like a season vet already and it would not shock me if he finished
21:48this year as a top three fantasy tight end whatsoever. The last tight end up on this list, we're going to pair with the
21:54first quarterback on this list. And I am clearly very, very, very in on the New York Giants this year because this is
21:59the tandem of Isaiah Likely, their new starting tight end, who got a nice contract from Harbaugh. He comes over from Baltimore. And he says, "Isaiah
22:07Likely, I've seen what you can do, and I want you to be our wide receiver, too, in this offense behind Malik Neighbors,
22:13pairing with Jackson Dart, the quarterback here." We've wanted to see likely by himself, but he's been stuck behind the shell of Mark Andrews now for
22:21a couple years. Every time Mark Andrews is out, Isaiah Likely ended up ripping off top five fantasy performances, and now he finally gets to be the guy in
22:30this offense, and there is so little target competition behind Malik Neighbor. So, I think we saw Jackson Dart heavily target tight ends in the
22:37red zone, too. So, I think likely he's going to be moved all over the field. I think he's going to be a high volume
22:41target earner in this offense. And I think we've already seen his athleticism be something that provides big fantasy days here. So, very much like likely I
22:50think with Jackson Dard, he's just a really exciting secondyear QB who scrambles a ton, racks up rushing yards.
22:56If this offense is is better, if they become the team, I think they will. They also invested a top 10 pick into an
23:02offensive lineman, so they should be a little bit better up front as well.
23:04Jackson Dart will obviously have to be smarter. He'll have to stay healthy.
23:08He'll have to slide a little bit more.
23:09He'll have to get out of bounds, but his rushing floor is insanely high. Vegas right now has his rushing yardage total
23:16at 450 and a half yards. That is higher than Drake May. That is higher than Jaylen Herz. That is higher than Caleb
23:23Williams. The only quarterback, it is not higher than the only quarterbacks I should say is not higher than are Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson. Five and a half
23:31rushing touchdowns for Jackson Dart.
23:33That's his line in Vegas as well. The only quarterbacks it is not higher than are Jaylen Herz and Josh Allen. Are
23:39those exact numbers? Of course not. But they are directionally correct. So I think we have some massive ceiling gains from Jackson Dart. And at the end of the
23:46year, I think he's going to be a dude who's putting up 19, 20, 21 points per game for you and operating basically as
23:52like a a Jaylen Herz light, especially if Malik Neighbors can get onto the field right away for week one. And then
23:59lastly, we've got the New Orleans Saints quarterback, Tyler Shuck. I've talked about him a lot this summer. I just think on paper makes a ton of sense
24:05going into year two. Was very good over the second half of last year. They draft Jordan Tyson. Their offensive line looks
24:11really, really strong going into the year. Love the scheme. Kell Moore, very fast pace, lots of plays, lots of passes, high volume. Probably still
24:20going to be trailing a lot. They get to play in the NFC South. Very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very good
24:28strength to schedule. They get to play in the dome. No weather concerns, just fast-paced. You add Travis ETN, Tyler Shuck can run the ball, too. Like, it is
24:37it is all good on paper. We just need Tyler Shuck to be good at as a quarterback. Like, if he's good, then
24:42everything around him is perfect.
24:44Pairing Jordan Tyson with Chris Ave who just got the extension. And then you have Joan Johnson who emerged as a legitimate pass catcher. Travis ETN and
24:52Kamar out of the backfield is a sick duo. You add David Edwards on the offensive line. Kelvin Banks was a stud.
24:57You get McCoy back on the offensive line. Like shit's good out there in New Orleans, man. [ __ ] is good by the
25:03levies. All right, so [ __ ] is good with all of these players. That is why they are my breakout superstars list for 2020
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