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The Breakout Superstars of 2026 · BDGE Fantasy Football

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[SPEAKER_00]: Good morning friends and enemies and today's video.
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[SPEAKER_00]: We're going to talk through somewhere between 12 and 15 of the players that I think are most likely to break out and become superstars this year in fantasy football.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm talking about the dudes that are going to take a step up to the point where next year when you're drafting them, they've moved up a tier.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They've moved up two tiers.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They've moved up three, four, seven tiers relative to where they're getting drafted.
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[SPEAKER_00]: right now.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Maybe high perbly.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Maybe I'm telling the truth.
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[SPEAKER_00]: If they weren't household names before, they will be following the 2026 fantasy football season.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Let's jump in from the very, very, very, very top and this is a cheap one, of course.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But this is Ashden Jenty who had a good relatively disappointing year if you drafted him in, you know, the first or very, very early second round of fantasy football.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Most of that was just due to horrendous play by the rest of his team.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Most of that was due to horrendous play on the offensive line.
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[SPEAKER_00]: This year, what's different?
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[SPEAKER_00]: Why is he going to become a superstar?
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[SPEAKER_00]: Because everything around him is better.
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[SPEAKER_00]: All right.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You bring Clint Kobiak in.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That offensive scheme is going to be a thousand times better for him.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You bring in not only one quarterback, but two quarterbacks.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You have Kirk cousins who will start for a little bit.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And then he'll hand the reins to Fernando Mendoza.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Number one overall pick in the NFL draft this year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Probably going to be pretty good.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Probably going to be able to write the ship of an NFL offense.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That's what happens when you're number one over a pick.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Then you have the offensive line.
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[SPEAKER_00]: This will be the biggest game changer, of course.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They went out.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They signed Tyler Linnabom to a very, very big contract to play the interior.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That was the biggest gap that they had on their offensive line.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And it will make all the difference going from that being a negative.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That being a positive for him.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They will get back.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Miller, they're tackle.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He was one of the better tackles in the NFL, Miss most of last year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They will get back Jackson Powers Johnson, their second round pick from 2024, who missed a lot of last year as well.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So the offensive line will appeal lead.
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[SPEAKER_00]: No, but will it be usable for Ashing Jenty?
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yes, and that's what's important because he just needs the usable offensive line to be a superstar.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He was a guy that got north of 70 targets last year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And I expect that to be the same going into this year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So you have a guy who's rushing floor, gets a massive raise.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You have a guy who's rushing ceiling, gets a massive raise.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I imagine every single play is going to be either Ash and Gentie or Rock Bowers.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So, Gentys going to finally fulfill the draft capital that made him the number six overall pick in the 2025 NFL draft do not be scared to redraft Ash and Gentys in redraft this year same with the year two running back Omarion Hampton
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[SPEAKER_00]: out in LA, right?
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[SPEAKER_00]: He will be the bell cow.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He will be the starter for the Los Angeles Chargers and similar to Ash and Jente out there in Vegas, the offensive line matters, right?
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[SPEAKER_00]: They lost show up.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They lost for Sean Slater.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They revamped everything.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So not only do they get their two all pro-ish tackles back on the offensive line, they go outside Tyler Beatish, they go out and draft Jake Slater in the second round, like they're going to have
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[SPEAKER_00]: not only an improved offensive line, but an actual very good offensive line, it will end up being a strength as compared to what it was last year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I imagine this offensive is going to be humming.
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[SPEAKER_00]: High-powered, they're moving the ball, they're moving the chains.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm already having an first round draft capital, and then you're bringing Mike McDaniel from Miami.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He is their new offensive play caller.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He is their new offensive coordinator.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He has always squeezed the juice out of his running backs.
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[SPEAKER_00]: The Von Hane, where he most served.
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[SPEAKER_00]: This is a position that McDaniel just knows how to
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[SPEAKER_00]: Hampton is explosive.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He's got bell cow size.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You can use him on all three downs.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And again, I think this offense at full strength is going to be one that just scores and scores and scores and moves the 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 backfield.
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[SPEAKER_00]: We'll keep Mitchell have a roll.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I think you really will.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think they will get them in space often.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think they'll use them in some past catching situations.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But I think Omar in Hampton is one that you don't want to overthink just allow yourself to attach a high draft capital 3 down bell cow to a very, very good offense.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Omar in Hampton will become a household name in 2026 because of it.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Moving a couple rounds later into fantasy dress.
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[SPEAKER_00]: We have camscadobo in the fourth round out in New York.
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[SPEAKER_00]: All right, I am hearing every good thing you can hear about camscadobo coming back from the serious ankle injury.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That seems already like it's a thing of the past.
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[SPEAKER_00]: People are not worried about it.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He is dominating first team reps in training camp.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Everything I'm hearing is that yes, he is the clear bell cow out there in New York.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They're going to feed him as much as this man can fit on his plate.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And usually with these slower bigger type of backs, like something's got to give somewhere.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And I guess you can say his speed and maybe the speed of his brain.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But the past catching ability is so strong here.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He gets all of the valuable touches.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He dominated goal line work before getting hurt last year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He dominated red zone work and actually dominated running back targets last year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Right.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So when I look at the valuable touches in fantasy football, they're all going to camp Skatabo.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think he will be given the chance to be a bell cow in this giant's offense.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But I think it's actually going to be very well run.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And I think they're going to be better than a lot of people are giving them credit for, especially with the optimistic news of Malik neighbors.
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[SPEAKER_00]: looking more and more likely to get back onto the field.
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[SPEAKER_00]: If not week one, very early into the season.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So Jackson Darr will have his number one weapon.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think Isaiah likely will talk about in a little bit.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Little foreshadow there will help move the chains on this offense as well.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So James Gato, I think he dominates touchdown work.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think he dominates on third downs and has a ton of pass catching upside here.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You also look at the division they're playing in.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Dallas a couple times, Washington a couple times.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They get Detroit in Dallas in week 16 and 17.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Smooth fantasy playoffs for you.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And I like Tyrell and Tracy, but again, from everything I'm hearing at camp, this will be full go full seem ahead for camps cataboo to get as much work as you can possibly handle and we've seen throughout his career mainly back in college like this dude is a never ending empty plate that you can continue to pile on.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And I'm actually not overly concerned about Jackson Dart taking a ton of rushing workload, especially where it matters inside the 5-yard line.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think they're going to be really smart with them, because obviously that's a concern with his concussions and being able to stay healthy on the fields.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So when the running in between the 20s, like he just needs to be a little bit smarter, slide, get out of bounds.
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[SPEAKER_00]: When you're inside the 5 and you're running, like you're almost definitely going to get hit.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So I'd imagine similar to Harba and Baltimore.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They very rarely ever use Lamar Jackson inside the 5-yard line as a Russia.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You know, they'll get him out in space and allow him to scramble 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 it.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So again, I think it's going to be Cam Scatobo, the battering ram that batters his way into the fantasy playoffs for you this year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: We move even further down fantasy drafts around or two later, and we've got base hall to and out in Jacksonville.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Now, this one's a little bit tricky because I do believe that there will be a legitimate committee there in Jacksonville, between Chris Rodriguez, who signs from Washington, and then you have LaQuina Allen, the second year pass catching specialist.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think LaQuina Allen's role is pretty known.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He's going to play in like very obvious passing situations, third and long, two-minute drills, things like that.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So I think you automatically kind of ship away 15% of the snaps.
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[SPEAKER_00]: to him though.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think this Jacksonville team is going to be very good.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I don't think they're going to be trailing much.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I don'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 Lequeen Allen.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So I don't think there's as much of a risk of that really impacting base shot to and Chris Rodriguez is
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[SPEAKER_00]: a legitimate concern because he's a bigger bruiser and he reconnects with Liam Cohen, Cohen coached him at Kentucky, which is why he kind of went out and, you know, hand picked him.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But based on two, and has been running with the ones completely, I can't because Chris Rodriguez has basically missed most of the July activity with a lower body injury and just returned to team activity and team drills a couple of days ago.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So he will get back into the rotation, no doubt about it.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But when we look at the upside type of play here, we have an extremely explosive runner in base shot, too.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And we have a dude that can play in past catching situations.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And one of the reasons Travis ETN was so valuable and fancy last year were for those two reasons, big plays and past catching.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Chris Rodriguez is in catching passes.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So when they want to run early down stuff and they want to target the running backs, which Liam Cohen does heavily in his offences, most of that early down passing work is going to go to base all to him.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So when I think of upside, I think of a dude like him who has good contact balance that we saw put together a bunch of explosive plays last year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm very much in on on base shot to and seeing that upside and breaking out a major way.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I definitely want to attach myself to this backfield in some way.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And I'm not really interested in either of the other two guys and Rodriguez or Laquean Allen, which makes me go down to and drive here, right?
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[SPEAKER_00]: And the backfield last year, 20 touchdowns.
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[SPEAKER_00]: for the running backs combined last year and that does not include Trevor Lawrence's nine rushing touchdowns, which is obviously going to dip.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So I think there's a ton of high value fantasy touches and fantasy gold to have here.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And I think almost all of it points towards two in skill set, whereas Rodriguez, sure, he might get like 12 characters per game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It'll be similar to what he got last year, where he was like decent for Washington, decent Yars per carry a guy that you can just kind of chuck up the middle and allow him to take the big hits.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But the valuable fantasy
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[SPEAKER_00]: And what would a summer video be for me if we didn't wrap up the running back section with my goat the goat the objective goat Jonathan Brooks out in Carolina.
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[SPEAKER_00]: All right.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm done with Cuba.
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[SPEAKER_00]: We are done with Cuba.
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[SPEAKER_00]: The homies hate Cuba.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Carolina probably doesn't hate Cuba.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Jonathan Brooks man just give me all the Jonathan Brooks in round nine.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I will take him till the what do they say the fucking cows come home.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It's got to be the dumbest phrase I've ever heard someone who's a farmer.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Please explain that to me.
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[SPEAKER_00]: When the season starts, it's going to be Chew's backfield.
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[SPEAKER_00]: When the season ends, it will be Brooks's backfield.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I don't know how early it's going to happen, but I do know it's going to happen.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It'll be a committee.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Brooks will get more and more involved as he gets healthier and healthier, and the coaching staff has more and more trust.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He's a much more explosive player.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He's a much better in between the tackle's runner, and he provides juice to an offense that Chew Behobert simply does not.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Chew Behobert has never ranked inside the top 30 running backs in elusive rating or breakaway rating.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He is, of some of his parts, slightly above average player on all three downs that doesn't move the needle for an offense, and I subjectively think Jonathan Brooks can be the guy that does that for you.
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[SPEAKER_00]: As he moves up, you know, as he gets into the eighth round, I think that's where things normalize and you're like, okay, this is where I need to start making decisions him or someone else.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Once he gets into the seventh round, that spooky status.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But as he stands right now,
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[SPEAKER_00]: 10th round in your home league 11th round 9th round.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm still very much okay investing into Jonathan Brooks, who was a second-round pick.
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[SPEAKER_00]: The number one running back drafted in his class.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Caroline is held on to him for this long.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Rico Dattles no longer there.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So it is a two-headed backfield of Tuba and Jonathan Brooks.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And it's only matter of time before the goat does goat things.
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[SPEAKER_00]: We're going to move over to the wide receivers.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Let's talk wide receivers.
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[SPEAKER_00]: We've got my man's Demonti Smith out in Philadelphia.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I got to, I got to relax with the Demonti Smith high probably because if this ends poorly, it ends really poorly.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But I loved Demonti Smith.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Man, I think I've talked about him in every video I put out this week so far.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I know he's dealing with a little bit of a hamstring injury, but it is not considered to be serious.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So at this point in the off season, it's not like he's a rookie where he needs a million camp reps.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But at this point in the off season, I'm not overly worried about he's got plenty of time to rest up and get ready for the remainder of training camp in coming weeks.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Why I love it about this myth, point number one, age of Brown is obviously gone.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He has led the team in air yards.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He has led the team in targets.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He has led the team in most receiving categories over the last four years, since he arrived in 2022.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He has now gone.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So, Devontis Smith's target share should skyrocket up.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He should be sitting around the alpha's of the league that are typically between 26 and 30% of their team's target shares.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Devontis Smith has always been an incredible, elite separator.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Like, he can do it against man, he can do it against zone, going back to his college days, put up one of the single best seasons of all time by a college wide receiver, one of the fucking highest minute, right?
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[SPEAKER_00]: And now we finally get to chance to be the wide receiver one here.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And what I'm hearing from Sean Manion's offense out there in Philadelphia is a lot of under center, a lot of play action, a lot of pre-snap motion, which means easy separation, easy targets, easy downfield shots.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It makes life a lot easier for a guy like Jalen Hertz might not be the best quarterback.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And I made this comparison on Wednesday's video where I had 10 takes that I needed to get off my chest.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But I think Devontai Smith very well could be this year's Jackson Smith in Jigba, very similar situation, very similar draft position where they were going both whilst they're top target and Jalen Hertz averaged more past attempts per game than Sam Donald did.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They both got rid of really shitty OCs and offensive schemes, the year prior and move into a more progressive target friendly offense.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So give me all the Devonta Smith this year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Next up, we've got Ameka Abuka.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He feels like one of the easier breakout breakout guys this year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He was on his way to having a massive year as a rookie.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And then kind of tailed off, dealt with some injuries.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Baker made field notes and injuries.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And things just kind of went south for the entire Tampa Bay offense.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But now with Mike Evans gone, I mean, Ameka Abuka is stepping into that real target number one role.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think Zach Robinson coming in as the offensive coordinator is going to do wonders for him.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I don't think Ameka Abuka is like in a lead outside man,
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[SPEAKER_00]: But I think he was in the right way and in the right scheme with Zach Robinson.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He can be a really, really powerful wide receiver one.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I look at what he did in Atlanta where Drake London the first couple of years underwhelming in terms of production because of Arthur Smith.
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[SPEAKER_00]: In those first few years under Arthur Smith, he was playing from the slot 10% of the time with
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[SPEAKER_00]: Zach Robinson has the offensive coordinator in Atlanta that number jumped for Drake London from 10% up to 36%.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So 30% of the time I do like Drake London who's 6 foot four like huge not the typical slot guy that you think of ended up in the slot for a lot of his targets which means easy targets, a lot of separation and that's coinciding with when he started to become a hundred catch-per-season guy.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So I think Abuka profiles as that type of receiver that Zach Robinson's had success with moving around the formation.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And Abuka, I think, is just like a smash play in the fourth round.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And we'll very likely be a household name by the end of this year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Love the fit there.
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[SPEAKER_00]: No more Mike Evans.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Love Zach Robinson coming in.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Baker fired up on that contract year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Expecting very, very, very big things from Mr. Ameka Abuka.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Same with Parker Washington out in Jacksonville.
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[SPEAKER_00]: To me, he's the clear number one target.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Um, I mean, 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 that level, but I'm like right below there.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm excited about Park Washington.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm really excited about Park or Washington.
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[SPEAKER_00]: If I'm talking about all the receivers in Jacksonville, just straight up.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It's Parker Washington by a pretty wide margin for me in drafts regardless of ADP.
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[SPEAKER_00]: When I look at how comfortable Trevor Lawrence got throwing to the middle of the field targets, Parker Washington, Jacobie Myers.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, BTJ became such an afterthought.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think it makes sense with Liam Cohen's scheme.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It's so slot heavy.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It's over the middle.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Trevor Lawrence is throwing a guy that he trusts.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Parker Washington became a really good downfield threat last year, but he's
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[SPEAKER_00]: That I think allows for easy targets over the middle of the field and then allowing him to make plays.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think this is an offense.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It's just going to score a lot of points.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So he's going to be put into really good positions.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Two score touchdowns.
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[SPEAKER_00]: There are a lot of really good players in this offense.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So it's it's hard to see exactly how high of a target here.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He can really get to between himself.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Brian Thomas Jr. Jacobi Myers, Travis Hunter playing a little bit of offense.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Brent and Strange is good.
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[SPEAKER_00]: The him calling loves to throw the ball to his running backs as well.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So I like I think everybody can get it.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But when I look at Parker Washington, I think of
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[SPEAKER_00]: That's the guy that I want to target.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Last year, the Jaguar's had three individual games where receiver went over 100 yards, including playoffs, Parker Washington was all three of them.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think they know what they have in Parker Washington.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They love him.
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[SPEAKER_00]: The train camp reports have been insane.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He's virtually been unstoppable apparently.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And I believe they're going to use him in all sorts of personnel.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So, P. Wash is that guy.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You want to talk about a couple of guys that I think are going to be used in all sorts of personnel.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Josh Downs is the next guy on this list.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And he's been on this list for a couple of years, but I love Josh Downs.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And I think in Indy, they've got no choice but to play him at an insanely high volume right now because Michael Pitman's gone at a Mitchell Liz gone out pierces recovering from the offseason ankle surgery.
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[SPEAKER_00]: should be returning semi-sume, but that's another one where it's like, all right, well, the deeper we get into August, the more skepticism I have of him being 100% by the time the season starts, regardless, behindout Pierce, there is nothing on the depth chart.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It is like Ash and Duelin, is Nick Westbrook, a Keeney.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So I think Josh Downs is going to be playing a very, very, very, high snappery.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And when he's on the field, he's really good.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So I think he commands a ton of targets.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And I think once he's out on the field and he's doing that, it's going to be very hard to take a
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[SPEAKER_00]: I also like Matthew Golden.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I was a really big fan of him coming out of Texas.
17:29
[SPEAKER_00]: I thought it was a great separator.
17:30
[SPEAKER_00]: And I think he got, I won't say an unfair shake last year.
17:33
[SPEAKER_00]: I think he had every opportunity to be great.
17:35
[SPEAKER_00]: You know, yet, Jane read getting hurt right away.
17:37
[SPEAKER_00]: You had Christian Watson missing the first half of the year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Tucker craft missing the second half of the year.
17:41
[SPEAKER_00]: So I do think like there's a very high likelihood that if he was going to break out of what happened last year.
17:46
[SPEAKER_00]: But I think they want to give him every opportunity to be that guy.
17:49
[SPEAKER_00]: I think he is.
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[SPEAKER_00]: The second wide receiver starting on the outside opposite of Christian Watson.
17:53
[SPEAKER_00]: I think unfortunately, Jayden read it, probably going to play primarily slot here in Green Bay.
17:58
[SPEAKER_00]: I think there's a very high likelihood that Green Bay goes a lot more pass heavy though.
18:02
[SPEAKER_00]: And I think with Romeo Dobbs gone and in New England and on David Wix gone and in Philadelphia, this will be a much more condensed target share.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And when you draft a dude like Matthew Golden in the first round, like you are going to give him every opportunity to succeed.
18:17
[SPEAKER_00]: And I think things would have looked a lot better last year had a couple of the deep balls that didn't connect were two inches this way or two inches that way.
18:25
[SPEAKER_00]: And we'd be looking at Matthew Golden as having a lot more of a successful season.
18:29
[SPEAKER_00]: It's like the deep balls for a couple of years just didn't go Christian Watson's way.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And then all of a sudden, last year they did.
18:35
[SPEAKER_00]: 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 a lot of variance, but as we saw Christian Watson, they also do provide a lot of upside.
18:46
[SPEAKER_00]: And again, when you draft a dude like Matthew Golden in the first round, you're not drafting a dude who you're only trying to play in the slot.
18:53
[SPEAKER_00]: Like you're drafting a receiver that you want to have on the field for 80 plus percent of the snaps.
18:57
[SPEAKER_00]: And I think it's clear that they see Jade and Reed as the slot guy here.
19:02
[SPEAKER_00]: You know, I'm sure Reed will sprinkle in for some 12 personnel sets, where there's two wide receivers, but primarily I think it's going to be Watson and Jayden Reed, and then I think it's going to be Tucker Kraft.
19:10
[SPEAKER_00]: And then I do think they go pretty heavy on 11 personnel because they don't have a lot of depth at tight end.
19:14
[SPEAKER_00]: So Jayden Reed will be on the field.
19:16
[SPEAKER_00]: But again, I think Matthew Goldman will be a very, very route heavy player.
19:20
[SPEAKER_00]: And a first round pick getting a ton of routes attached to Jordan Love, why I believe in as a quarterback attached to La Flore, who I believe in as a play caller is a situation I'm very much okay buying into for
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[SPEAKER_00]: round price tag.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Moving past the wide receivers into the tight ends.
19:36
[SPEAKER_00]: Top of the board here, we've got Colston Lovelin.
19:39
[SPEAKER_00]: And I should probably throw Luther Bird in into this as well.
19:42
[SPEAKER_00]: I kind of just like skipped past them a little bit, but holy shit.
19:46
[SPEAKER_00]: If Parker Washington is Jerry Rice and the son who makes census Jerry Rice, like the top of the top of the top of the top of the top, then Luther Bird and is with the Bird and is Luther Bird and.
19:54
[SPEAKER_00]: It's really the only way I can put it right now, like the camp reports are fucking insane.
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[SPEAKER_00]: For Luther Bernout there, so I'm I'm I'm starting to buy a little bit more into the hype.
20:02
[SPEAKER_00]: All right, but whatever move on to Colson Lovelin is running mate, who I feel the best about investing into when it comes to this offense.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Superstar second year tight end.
20:12
[SPEAKER_00]: I'll actually just kind of clump both these guys together.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Lovelin and Warren both top 15 picks.
20:18
[SPEAKER_00]: in the NFL draft last year, and I think both of them exploded, worn more so over the first half of the year, lovelin over the second half of the year, lovelin is just like an animal, a specimen and a nightmare matchup for opposing defenses.
20:31
[SPEAKER_00]: And now you have their top target guy, DJ, more out of the way, Ben Johnson obviously handpicked him.
20:37
[SPEAKER_00]: We saw what he did with Sam Laporta in Detroit like this offense is only going to get better and more creative.
20:42
[SPEAKER_00]: I think leveling is probably knocking on the door of entering that elite tier of fantasy tight ends.
20:48
[SPEAKER_00]: The Tremic Brides, the Brock Bowers, he is right there and will be in that tier following this season.
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[SPEAKER_00]: for the Chicago Bears.
20:57
[SPEAKER_00]: I would say the same thing for Tyler Warren.
20:58
[SPEAKER_00]: I think he's being extremely underrated because people are bored of this passing offense, but with Michael Pimman Jr. gone, and at an imitial gone, like Tyler Warren could very well lead this team in targets.
21:08
[SPEAKER_00]: Like if outpourses there and he's the widersiever one,
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[SPEAKER_00]: He's probably not going to leave the team in targets.
21:12
[SPEAKER_00]: He might leave the team in yards because he's such a good downfield playmaker, but Tyler Warren could end up catching 80 passes in this offense.
21:19
[SPEAKER_00]: And if Daniel Jones is even hesitant to throw the ball downfield because of the Achilles, that could mean more of those short and intermediate targets to a guy like Tyler Warren.
21:27
[SPEAKER_00]: So I like taking shots on Josh downs and Tyler Warren because I think they're both like maybe not forgotten about, but I think they're both underrated because people are
21:34
[SPEAKER_00]: pretty much writing off the annual Jones and this passing offense in Indianapolis, which I think is valid, I think it's super valid to be concerned about it with the annual Jones coming off the Achilles stair, but Tyler Warren is operating like a season vet already, and it would not shock me if he finished this year as a top three fantasy tie then whatsoever.
21:51
[SPEAKER_00]: The last tight end up on this list, we're going to pair with the first quarter back on this list.
21:55
[SPEAKER_00]: And I am clearly very, very, very in on the New York Giants this year.
21:58
[SPEAKER_00]: Because this is the tandem of Isaiah likely their new starting tight end, who got a nice contract from Harbao.
22:05
[SPEAKER_00]: He comes over from Baltimore and he says, I say, likely, I've seen what you can do.
22:09
[SPEAKER_00]: And I want you to be our wide receiver, too, in this offense, behind Malik Neighbors, pairing with Jackson Dart, the quarterback here.
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[SPEAKER_00]: We've wanted to see likely by himself, but he's been stuck behind the shell of Mark Andrews now for a couple of years.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Every time Mark Andrews is out, I say, likely ended up ripping off top five fantasy performances.
22:27
[SPEAKER_00]: And now he finally gets to be the guy in this offense, and there is so little target competition behind Malik neighbor.
22:34
[SPEAKER_00]: So I think we saw Jackson Dart.
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[SPEAKER_00]: heavily target items and the red zone too.
22:37
[SPEAKER_00]: So I think likely he's going to be moved all over the field.
22:39
[SPEAKER_00]: I think he's going to be a high volume target earner in this offense.
22:43
[SPEAKER_00]: And I think we've already seen his athleticism be something that provides big fantasy days here.
22:48
[SPEAKER_00]: So very much like likely, I think with Jackson Dard, he's just a really exciting second year QB who scrambles a ton racks up rushing yards.
22:56
[SPEAKER_00]: If this offense is better, if they become the team, I think they will.
23:00
[SPEAKER_00]: They also invested a top 10 pick into an offensive lineman.
23:02
[SPEAKER_00]: So they should be a little bit
23:04
[SPEAKER_00]: Jackson Dart will obviously have to be smarter, he'll have to stay healthy, he'll have to slide a little bit more, he'll have to get out of bounds, but his rushing floor is insanely high.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Vegas right now has his rushing yard as total at 450 and a half yards.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That is higher than Drake May, that is higher than Jalen Hertz, that is higher than Caleb Williams.
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[SPEAKER_00]: The only quarterback, it is not higher than the only quarterbacks, I should say it is not higher than our Josh Allen and the more Jackson.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Five and a half rushing touchdowns for Jackson Dart.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That's his line in Vegas as well.
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[SPEAKER_00]: The only quarterbacks, it is not higher than our Jalen Hertz and Josh Allen.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Are those exact numbers?
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[SPEAKER_00]: Of course not, but they are directionally correct.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So I think we have some massive ceiling games from Jackson Dart.
23:46
[SPEAKER_00]: And at the end of the year, 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 like a Jalen Hertz light.
23:54
[SPEAKER_00]: Especially if Mouli Knabers can get onto the field right away for week one.
23:58
[SPEAKER_00]: And then lastly, we've got the New Orleans Saints quarterback Tyler Schuck.
24:01
[SPEAKER_00]: I've talked about him a lot this summer.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I just think on paper makes a ton of sense going into year two was very good over the second half of last year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They draft toward enticing their offensive line looks really, really strong going into the year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Love the scheme, killing more very fast pace, lots of plays, lots of passes, high volume, probably still going to be trailing a lot.
24:21
[SPEAKER_00]: They get to play in the NFC South.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very good strength of schedule.
24:29
[SPEAKER_00]: They get the play in the dome, know whether concerns just fast pace, yeah, add Travis ETN, Tyler Shutkin, run the ball too.
24:36
[SPEAKER_00]: Like it is, it is all good on paper.
24:38
[SPEAKER_00]: We just need Tyler Shutkin to be good as a quarterback.
24:41
[SPEAKER_00]: Like if he's good, then everything around him is perfect.
24:44
[SPEAKER_00]: Pairing Jordan Tyson with Chris Alave, who just got the extension and then you have Joanne Johnson who emerged as legitimate past catcher, Travis C. T. N. and Kamara out of the backfield to sick duo, you add David Edwards on the offensive line, Kevin Banks was a stud.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You get McCoy back on the offensive line, like shit's good out there in New Orleans, man.
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[SPEAKER_00]: She's just good by the levees.
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[SPEAKER_00]: All right.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So she's just good with all of these players.
25:06
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