Fantasy Football Daily - 2026 NFL Draft Rookie Player Comparisons | The Next Jahmyr Gibbs? 👀

Episode Date: March 6, 2026

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How do this year's top rookies in the 2026 class compare to some of fantasy football stars of today and a couple of retired stars mixed in? Brett Whitefield and Theo Greminger, 2026 NFL draft podcast. Let's help. That's the old cheat. Brett, we are into the month of March. We're rocking and rolling. We just did a mock draft on our previous show. We are starting to dive into this class.

We're getting more and more information on these players. And this is always a really fun exercise. Trying to compare the upcoming class and these players to current NFL players is an inexact science to say the least. Do you enjoy when people ask you, who is this player like? Who would you compare them to? Or do you think it's a little bit overrated? I really try to shy away from doing the ceiling floor thing. You know this.

And anyone that's been following me for any amount of time knows this. I try to get like a play style comp where like when I watch a guy, he reminds me of X player. So my comps are generally more geared towards that. So if somebody asked me and then I have one already in the chamber, I'm like, yes, I love talking about it. If I don't have one, though, like I can't force myself to make one if that makes sense. Like I just doesn't work that way for me. Yeah, I kind of like it. Certain parts of it I really hate.

I do not enjoy our conversations as one another leading up to the show, especially when you disagree. and you let me know that you disagree wholeheartedly with a couple of these comps. Just a little bit of history with me here. At my previous job, before I got the fantasy points, I would do the player comps, usually with one or two other guys. I did it for a couple years. So I was actively involved in it, doing it very deep, trying to look at like athleticism with the players.

So I've done this before in the past. Haven't really had an opportunity to do it while at fantasy points. So we're excited to do that. Brett, before we get started, you've got a huge, huge drop coming up. Let me know about your prospect guide. What's going on with it? Ballpark, when do you think it drops? Let me give you a whole rundown of draft content in general from me.

Just release mock draft 2.0. By the time you're listening to this, it will have been last week. It's still worth reading, though. There's some valuable stuff in there. A huge update to my big board also went out. And then now first iteration of prospect guide, which is just going to be my top QBs, running backs, wide receivers, and tight ends.

That's going to drop this week. So by the time you're listening to this, It should be any day that you're getting the prospect guide. Make sure you're looking for that. As soon as it comes out, I'll even drop it in the comments on this video on YouTube. How about that? Yeah, I'm honored to be helping Brett out in a very small way. Brett's doing 99% of it.

But I'm adding some fantasy context to a couple of the top players. Really excited about that. Brett, it's always just a wealth of information for any dynasty manager, any redraft manager, best ball manager, or if you're just a NFL draft fan and you want to learn about these players. Make sure you check out Brett's prospect guide. And if you want access to fantasy points.com, all of our amazing articles, all of our amazing tools and rankings, make sure you use the code fantasy and get yourself 10% off of any package. Really got some cool stuff coming out this month. Free agency right around the corner, Brett, some trades going down. But let's talk about these

comparisons. Got to talk about Jeremiah Love right off the top. We were gushing about him coming out of the NFL Combine. Didn't really have to test at all. Could it just showed up and talked to some teams, but tested and absolutely flew in the 40, sort of a dream profile for fantasy managers, the undisputed 101 in all formats right now, Superflex, you name it. Who are we comparing him to when you're looking at NFL players of today or in the past? Yeah, I've been steadfast in this one since the first time I laid eyes on the man, and that's the thicker, Jemir Gibbs. When you think about the things that make Jemir, amazing love has all that plus a little bit more weight to him so he can handle

some of the the grittiness of the position better he's a more physical player obviously because of the size but like that burst the vision the ability to alter angles to make guys misses exceptional he's not super wiggly also like jemir gives where it's like this very linear player but they they make you miss with the way they set up those attack angles for defenders and I just I can't unsee it. And then lo and behold, he goes to the combine, and he actually runs the same exact 40 time that Jumear Gibbs ran, which is really funny.

But that burst, acceleration, top end speed, receiving ability, the hands, the route running, all that. It's just, it's eerily similar to me. Yeah, and I think we discussed this when he was at Notre Dame this past year, and that was sort of the dream scenario. And him running the 436 really, really justifies it. I think if you're looking at the archetype from a fantasy football lens, big plays, explosive plays are valued by so many NFL teams now.

There's a lot of analytics to it. And these sort of players that can rip off these 40 plus yard plays are so valuable right now in the NFL. Jeremiah Love can absolutely do it. I'm with you completely on this comparison. I think it's Jemir Gibbs. I think he plays a lot like him. And we hope he gets to avoid a David Montgomery type in the same backfield. But it doesn't really matter where he's going to land.

We've seen a bunch of these potential landing spots. I know we both talked about the Tennessee Titans at four. Kansas City at nine has been talked about by many. New Orleans at eight, Washington at seven. He's going to get this incredible draft capital. And none of those spots would sort of scare me with a veteran presence running back that's going to sort of box him out from getting anything that's other than special as a rookie. So we're in line with that one.

Let's talk about the player that's the 102 in Superflex for many because he plays quarterback. Fernando Mendoza, who you've been very, very high on. I talked to you in the pre-show about this one. I'll start out with this one. I said that I see the Matt Ryan one that a lot of people are throwing out there. And when he weighed in at 236, a lot of people said it's sort of a bigger Matt Ryan. Matt Ryan had like a pretty thick frame. I understand people with the Jared Goff one that we've talked about on previous shows.

I went a little bit old school with this one. I throw out Tony Romo, and you didn't hate this comparison. But when it comes to Romo, I think the ability to be a gunslinger and also the ability to extend plays in the pocket, Romo had like a lot of like grit and moxie back there, really like timely moments. And that's sort of like what we saw from Mendoza this past year. So I sort of like throwing Tony Romo's name out there.

A lot of real ones remember just how good peak Tony Romo was for Dallas. your thoughts on that one and who are you comparing Fernando Mendoza to? I do like the Romo comp. I think anyone in that range of like that play style. I think golf fits in that play style as well. I do think Matt Ryan, Romo a little bit more mobile than those guys, right? And then Mendoza is a step above even Romo where I think Romo's at from a mobility standpoint. So I could rage bait everyone and just say he's Tom Brady and I've been tempted to do that because the whole Raiders thing.

But I don't want to rage bait people. so I'll give you an authentic comp. I think he's closer to Joe Burrow than he is Jared Gough, where I still think he lives and make his living as a pocket passer. But when a play needs to break down and he needs to go get one for himself for his team on third down, I think he has that ability, probably even a little bit better than Burrow.

Obviously, he's thicker, bigger than Joe Burrow. It could probably take a beating a little better than Joe Burrow, who's dealt with injuries pretty much his entire career. But that true pocket, just, you know, precision surgical style passing attack is what mendoza brings that accurate pinpoint passing the the between the brain stuff it's just all like that's why we have to comp him to these guys these the brady types the golf the burrow because he's so surgical with the way he can dismantle you a lot of his skill is between the ears it is his brain um so yeah these these are all right in line though with kind of

how i've been feeling about him this whole time yeah it's it's very interesting because we've made the squint and see Joe Burrow type projection here. And now it's like open eye Joe Burrow. So I think the Joe Burrow one will get people ecstatic. And also sort of if you look at their their trajectories, Joe Burrow transfers from Ohio State to LSU. Burrow has this meteoric rise at his final year at LSU, wins the national title with a couple of unbelievable wide receivers on that team, Justin Jefferson, Jamar Chase. And for Fernando Mendoza transfers to Indiana, wins the national title, Meteoric Rise as a prospect, and he's got a couple of wide receivers who are, you know,

they're really, really good. Now, we're not going to say Jamar Chase, Justin Jefferson, but both Elijah Surratt and Omar Cooper, who we'll talk about a little later, are both going to be drafted on day two, maybe day one for Cooper the way it's looking. So a very interesting one there. Let's talk about one more player before we take a break here. let's talk about Mackay Lemon, who's always been a really fun one for the two of us to discuss. I think I'm higher on Mackay than you are.

You love to add that you don't hate Mackay Lemon, but you're not as enthusiastic as I am. For me, I'm going to go super exciting comp. I'm going to go Amon Rae St. Brown, who you will hate because Amman Rice St. Brown is probably one of your favorite NFL players ever with what he's done for the Lions, an absolute dog, an absolute warrior, but both coming out of USC. both projectives of versatile talents that can win in the slot can also move to the outside. I think Mackay Lemon is an absolute killer, route runner, has the potential to win with his yak ability. And I think like Amon-Raw-St. Brown, Brett, you're going to see him in the 140 plus target range early on in his NFL career.

I'll say I'll also throw out a little bit different, but sort of year two, Chris Godwin type vibes in how the usage could play out. But for me, I'm going to go really exciting here. Get the fantasy people going here. We're going Amon-Ross St. Brown, USC. How much do you hate that one? I mean, I don't hate it. I see the low-hanging fruit, you know. I do.

Everyone is making that comp, so we're not unique in that one. I went, I landed on a much better comp, though. Make people angry. Go ahead. I think this is a really good one. That's Olamed Zechias. See, now people are going to turn. off the show they're going to turn off the show you're turning off the show right now and guess what

just like olamed zaki is achi yes mckeye lemmon would beat luther burden head to head and start over luther burton so um i'm just trolling guys i'm very good thank you red thank you relax everyone relax no i you know i'm not as bullish on them as everybody obviously the amon ross there's some deficiencies there that i don't think he'll ever reach amon rath territory but i you know i i it's fine it's a fine com i think lane sir line also went umanra i think dj i think dj also went Amman Ross. So can argue with those two guys, right? The other one I'll throw out there is what about like a vintage golden tate?

Yeah, so I think the Golden Tate one, what people will also pour cold water, but Golden Tate was like it's, well, because again, it's, it's one of these names that doesn't like ring out in the streets in fantasy circles. But Golden Tate, if you go look at the production that you had on multiple teams, Golden Tate was an absolute killer. Really, really, really a strong fantasy asset, didn't reach the levels of an Amman, St. Brown most of his career, but had a long history of success and was an impactful player for fantasy managers. Maybe talk about that one a little bit, because I like that one. People will get maybe, oh, come on, Brett. Yeah, I mean, Golden Tate would be a great, I would say there's a strong statistical likelihood he won't reach Golden Tate. That's just the nature of the NFL draft, but Tate had, Tate had four seasons in a row of 90 plus catches. There you go. Those seasons were

over a thousand yards. He led the league in four smiths tackle. as a wide receiver in all four of those seasons. Like, Tate was a dog. And I think when you, you talk about a guy who he didn't have that vertical separation ability, I also think Mackay Lemon struggles with that. Golden Tate did have incredible body control, though, and he was good in the red zone as a touchdown guy. I think Lemon checks that box as well.

So I think, I think Golden Tate's a perfectly awesome range of outcome for, for Mikai Lemon, you know? Yeah, it's sort of an age-based one. I mean the people listening and watching. You have to be of a certain age when you say the name like Golden Tate to really appreciate that one. 25-year-olds listen to the show. Maybe pop in the tape. Go check out the stats for Golden Tate before you hate on that one. We will continue to discuss Mackay Lemon over the next couple weeks.

A really, really fun player. Fantasy managers are really rooting for him to land well and to land with high draft capital. So we're going to keep an eye on that one. But McCoy Lemon will not be the first wide receiver off the board. The first wide receiver off the board, best odds for that and the wide receiver that both of us have as our wide receiver one in the class right now is carnell tate we're going to talk about NFL comparisons for tate right after this all right welcome back 2026 NFL draft podcast theo griminger and brett whitefield every week

up until the NFL draft and we will be covering the NFL draft in its entirety right here on fantasy points youtube make sure you are subscribed to fantasy points youtube we're going to make a bunch of announcements for it last year brett and i we covered all of day one all of day two. And then I even came back like a sicko on day three, joined the Dynasty Points crew. Not sure I'll do that this year. A little fatigue sets in.

Mental fatigue too, Brett, when it comes down to because you talk the entire draft. But the two of us had an awesome time doing it. We're going to do it again. You're going to see so many of the faces at fantasy points that you love to listen to, you love to read. John Hanson will pop in, Scott Barrett, Ryan Heath, Thomas Tipple, Tom Brawley, Joe Dolan,

everybody. We're dragging them all in and we might have some cool guests from outside of fantasy points as well. We'll break down each and every pick from an NFL perspective as well as from a fantasy football lens. Amazing time doing it last year, Brett. I'm already excited to do it again this year. Thank you. It's going to be awesome, man. It's going to be great. And one player we're going to discuss early on is Carnell Tate. Carnal Tate of Ohio State. I feel like it's the stupidest thing ever. Some of these people out here are hating on Carnal Tate for being 6-2 and not 6-3. If you walked by him on the street, you wouldn't be able to tell. And people are hating on him for running something in the 4-5s instead of the 4-4s.

You and a number of people have questioned the actual timing of the 40-yard dash that it was a little bit faster than maybe he was clocked in at. Chad Johnson came out and dropped a really, really strong post on Twitter. I quote tweeted Johnson. Johnson thinks he's a top five pick in the NFL draft. I was saying how stupid these people are for caring so much. NFL is not played in a fast, vertical line sport, and he thinks Carnell Tate's absolutely awesome. There's been so many players that have, like Carnell Tate,

ran in the four-fives and been absolutely destroyers of worlds and fantasy football. Most of the good receivers in the NFL. Devante Adams, Jackson, Smith and Jigbuk, Cooper Cup, DeAndre Hopkins, a million of them. carnell tate is really really good and the NFL draft capital is going to reflect it i said for for carnell tate um it's an interesting one i think the george pickens one is good and it's sort of dallas george pickens for carnell tate where he's going to avoid hopefully he's going to avoid an arthur smith offensive coordinator and hopefully he's going to avoid complete mediocrity at quarterback but if you look at what

Pickens was able to do this past year in Dallas, those sort of spike weeks, that 18 point per game range, you're talking about a clear wide receiver one. So I think it's sort of a fast track to that. I think that the Pickens one is a strong one for Tate. Also, with Pickens, we had second round draft capital. With Tate, we're going to have top 10 draft capital. So I could have gone way more exciting, but I think Pickens is pretty exciting for people now. Pickens is a wide receiver one in my dynasty wide receiver rankings and for most people out there. So your thoughts on Carnell Tate and my comp to George Pickens in terms of NFL comparison. There's elements of that I totally get on board with.

The ball tracking, the hands. I mean, Tate has some of the best hands I've seen from a college prospect in some time. No drops. The guy doesn't drop anything. Yep. The body control, the ability to win at the catch point, the catch radius. Think about all those highlight real catches from Georgia from Pickens. Well, that's Tate in a nutshell.

I do think Tate's a much more polished route runner right now even than George Pickens is, who's been in the league for a few years now. So I, but I definitely see a lot of that comp. My initial comp when I first watched him was A.J. Green. Now I realized Tate does not have the mass, the girth that A.J. Green has. So I've pivoted a little bit off that. And I've gone a little bit more to a same school comp with Chris Olivae. But I also see a lot of skinny Batman, Devante Smith and Tate's game.

You know, Smith and not to interrupt that one, but I like that one a lot. It's a heavier Devanta Smith. Devonta Smith coming out of school was really, really frail. And we didn't have as much sample size of those low BMI wide receivers hitting at an exceedingly high rate. Smith, Smith was like, people were really concerned about how skinny he was. Tate is sub 200, but he's still a well-built guy. What was the final win, Brett? Well, like 190 for something?

194. So really solidly built, six. foot two. Devonta Smith was like, correct me if I'm wrong, 170. Yeah, so really, really different there. Yeah. And just again, play style wise, I see Devante Smith and Tate where just the smoothness in the route running, the easy, like, Devante Smith would clown dudes in, in college football as a separator. Just like, and it didn't look like he was even putting an effort. And that's Carnell Tate where like, he'll just hit a break and then all of a sudden he's eight yards past the corner defending him and you're like, how did that even happen?

And so there's just a smoothness to his game that Alave has, the AJ Green had, that Defante Smith has. So kind of a weird blend of a trio there, but like it's it's the all encompass. I mean, he's a wide receiver one is I guess what it comes down to. He's a true wide receiver one. He's going to make a team very happy. Yeah, and I think Carnell Tate realistically, when you're talking about him, where does he rank among all wide receivers in dynasty without knowing his landing spot?

Not in the top 12, but for me, he's going to be somewhere in that top. 18 wide receivers. That's how enthusiastic I am about him. And I think if the landing spot's good, we can adjust that post-NFL draft. Love drafting him in early best ball drafts now. I don't think that the market is quite as enthusiastic about his potential in 2026 as it should be.

Let's talk about the third wide receiver for many. And some people have them one. Some people have them two. Some people have them three. Jordan Tyson, Arizona State, really, really exciting one. 26 reps at 203. 26 bench press reps. I'll add that in.

If anybody wasn't sure what kind of reps I was talking about. That's really strong for a wide receiver. Some of those offensive linemen, Brett, that actually tested in the bench press were hitting like 25, 26 reps. So Jordan Tyson really, really strong. His brother plays in the NBA. Jordan Tyson is 6 foot 2, 200 pounds plus looks the part, looks bigger than that. Like when you watch him at the podium, he's got a really good frame. Looks like a guy who could play eventually at like 210.

maybe 212 when it's all said and done. For me, Tyson's always sort of projected as a wide receiver one. It's one where we're maybe budding heads a little bit on our projections for him and our comparisons. I think the route running is really good. You sort of maybe are not as excited about that as I am, but the body control, how explosive he is, and I think the versatility where NFL offensive coordinators can kind of move him around and exploit matchups.

For me, I'm looking at Stefan Diggs. And I think Stefan Diggs, you know, when we look at what he was able to do during his time in Buffalo, I think that's sort of a dream scenario for Jordan Tyson. Is Tyson going to settle in as a 125 target guy? Perhaps maybe he could get to that 150 range and then it sort of wheels up. But I do think he is someone's wide receiver one at some point in his early career. I'll kind of die on that hill. Your thoughts on Tyson and who you're comparing him to? Yeah, I've had a really hard time.

coming up with the comp for Tyson. I see, you know, you say Stefan Diggs, I see that explosiveness in and out of the brakes. I do see that for Tyson. It just has a general lack of polish in his route running. He cuts off the wrong foot all the time. There's false steps in there. He's more of a TikTok route runner,

if that makes sense, where it's like, it looks pretty, you know, but it's not going to be in rhythm or in time or in sync with the actual designs of an NFL play. So he's got some work to do there. A lot of his best tape is him playing in space, where it's like,

we're going to manufacture space for him to get into and go run. So from that standpoint, I see like Quentin Johnston. Obviously, that's going to make people mad. So I'm not trying to make people mad here. This is what I see when I watch him. He's somewhere between, like he's a little bit more twitchy version of Quentin Johnson, where I do think he's got a ton of vertical explosiveness. He can be good at the catch point.

And he needs to work on that route polish like Quentin Johnson did. He's definitely, of all of the receivers we're talking about, as potential first round picks. He is by far the most raw of them all. And if he wasn't such a freak athlete, we wouldn't even be talking about this guy as a top 20 pick because that's the, you know, that's the peg you're going to hang your hat on,

is that freaky athleticism. So he could be a mis- Are you, are you just a Jordan Tyson hater because his brother put it on, put it on your Detroit Pistons? There it is. There it is. There it is, guys.

That's the motivation. I didn't even know until the pre-show today that, that guy on the Cleveland Cavaliers is Jordan, Tyson's brother. So there you go. Elite, elite family athleticism. Let us know in the comments. Is Brett a Jordan Tyson hater? Who is your Jordan Tyson comp? Interested to hear what our listeners and viewers say about this one. Who are you comparing Jordan Tyson to? Mackay Lemon and certainly Carnell Tate to. And for that matter, uh, Jeremiah Love and Fernando Mendoza. Let's keep this one going. Player that we really, really loved, uh, for weeks and weeks now.

You have extremely high up in your big board. I would say that you are the high. on KC Concepcion, wide receiver out of Texas A&M of pretty much anyone in the industry or NFL evaluators. You had him up at previously, Brett, correct me if I'm wrong, 11th overall in a previous mock draft. Where is he falling in your big board? Oh, going 11. Yeah. And my big board, he's nine. Oh, so he's even even higher. He's been top 10 on my big board since I released one, yeah. Yeah. So Brett's extremely high on KCC. I thought I was high on KCC. until Brett told me I wasn't. But when I look at Casey Concepcion,

this is a really easy one for me. I mentioned Zay Flowers earlier to you in the season. I think a Zay Flowers with a much higher number of targets is what we're going to see from him early on in his NFL career, which is super exciting looking what Zay Flowers is able to do this past year, like a 14 point per game clip on a sub 120 targets. KCC, I think, projects as a guy who could end up being 140 target player, really, really explosive.

I love the versatility. We even have the added bonus that he could be used on manufactured rush attempts, which they used him at Texas A&M like that, also previously at NC State. I think for me, Casey Concepcion, I've thrown out the Zayflowers one. I think we can go even more recent, and we can say Luther Burden, the same hype that the fantasy managers had about Luther Burden last year we should have about Casey Concepcion. I know there's a lot of things you,

disliked about burden that you love about Casey Concepcion, but hey, fantasy people, you understand what I'm saying here. That's a compliment, Brett, not a hate. Love KCC. He's my 106 in Dynasty in Superflex. So I'm extremely high on him. Your thoughts on him, Brett. Yeah, love him. The route to which is nuts. You can separate from anybody. You can beat man coverage. You can settle in zone. I know his production against zone wasn't awesome, but that was more QB driven than conception driven. My player come from him is Brandon Ayuk. I think he has got the ability to be a dominant outside receiver as a just a true

route winner. If you want to get him those manufactured mismatch touches out of the slot, you can do that as well. But he is a Brandon Ayuk clone to me. I love the Brandon Ayuk one. And I've projected KCC to go to San Francisco as well. We talked about them on the previous show. You want to hear our entire NFL mock.

make sure you listen to our previous episode. We recorded just a few days ago. I think we're both really, really high in Casey Concepcion. He's also a player that I think the fantasy community is sort of falling in love with slowly. One player who the fantasy community, like last year we saw it where the fantasy community had a love of Luther Burden. There was like a true Luther burden hive out there. This year, the hive is with Omar Cooper Jr. out of Indiana. Cooper has been really a rocket ship this season.

And we talked about Fernando Mendoza, how he's been a slow drip early on and then quickly became the consensus QB1. Then a couple weeks later started becoming the consensus 101 in NFL mock drafts. Omar Cooper, I think he's going to go in the first round of the NFL draft. I think more and more people are mocking him there. I said that the rise sort of reminds me a little bit of Ricky Purcell, just sort of that slow drip and all of a sudden he's a first round pick. Omar Cooper, this one, I've heard a couple people make this comparison, and I've kind of fallen in love with this one. Rashi Rice. I think that the Rashi Rice comparison, and I think the fantasy people get really excited about this one, I think he compares to be like a Rashi Rice at the next level.

And the athletic measurables for him really, really good, 442, 40-yard dash. But Omar Cooper has big playability, the ability to command targets at the next level. really exciting in the open field forces mistackles here. There's a lot to like about the fantasy friendly profile. And he out targeted Elijah Surratt, a really good wide receiver. He had more targets than him this year at Indiana. So you talk about teammate target competition. Your thoughts on Omar Cooper.

Do you like the Rashi Rice one? And who are you comparing him to? Yeah, I do like the Rashi Rice one a lot. I have two names written down. Rashi Rice is one of them. I didn't know other people were comping him to him. so that actually makes me feel pretty good about that comp. What I see the blend there with Rashi is just that run after catchability.

Like Cooper, if Conception's not the best run after catch receiver in the draft, Cooper is. Or vice versa. Like Cooper is awesome. He's a bowling ball. Contact balance is elite. But he's got more vertical juice than Rashi Rice. And so this is where my second comp comes in, DJ Moore, where Rashi's kind of been pigeonholed as a big slot, power slot type player.

I see way more vertical linear explosiveness. And I think he's got some DJ Moore in him where DJ Moore also a guy who's great after the catch, traditionally been awesome, especially when he's in Carolina. It was amazing after the catch. But he has a ton of juice and route running prowess to win vertically. And so I think you're getting a really nice combo player in Cooper where he's got that body control.

Gosh, some of the alien catches he's got on tape, Theo, are just ridiculous. Yeah, I mean, probably the catch of the year. He's a way most of the player than people are talking about. Yeah, really, really, really exciting one right there. Let's talk Chris Brazel before we break. Chris Brazzle is one that I think we're getting more and more excited about. He's one that before the NFL Combine, you started to really move him up. You really love the tape.

You also talked about the tape at Tulane, which a lot of people just aren't even talking about. Chris Brazel has got this. It's like the reverse helmet scouting where people hate on the recent success rate of Tennessee products. There's been a lot of players who haven't delivered for us in fantasy football. And I think Chris Brasel is being punished for that. But has that vertical element to his game as a field stretcher, really, really athletic. He's six foot five. Big playability to him. And I think the chances of him becoming a late first round pick or certainly a top 40 selection got way better at the NFL Combine with him running in the four threes at that sort of frame. We knew he was fast. He

justified it. Chris Brousel is a really exciting one. Who are you comparing him to? Brazel, I have Christian Watson. See, I love that one. I think that's a great one. Watson. He might have better hands than Watson too, but the thing that the first time I ever laid eyes on Watson, the thing that struck me was like the sink and explodeability for a guy that tall and explosive is, it was wild. And that's what you see, especially in the two lane tape, put on Brazels two lane tape you see like a legit route runner despite this massively framed guy just long limbs and arms and legs and it's it's a whole lot of body to kind of get low and explode out of breaks and not telegraph what he's doing yet he does it and he's very fluid um yeah i see christian watson

there man i love it i think christian watson one's really good i didn't have a player comparison for brousel so i will now be using the christian watson one as well your comp is now our comp any other wide receivers that you wanted to rapid fire brett before we closed out on this position yeah let's do it we didn't hit denzil boston oh yes i have a denzil boston one i i overlooked him so god denzil boston we talked about this one i i i went back and forth we're texting with each other you call me up i'm at the gym i tell you my comp you're low you hated it i'm reworking it so i'm coming i'm coming into it's t higgins t higgins t d denzil boston is t higgins this is the t higgins comp this is the T. Higgins out of this draft class. So many parallels, even down to similar draft capital.

T. Higgins was, I believe, a top three or four pick in the second round. We fully expect Denzel Boston to go a little bit higher. But I think they're right in that same wheelhouse. They're both about the same size and I think have the same NFL trajectory here. You've talked about some really exciting players in like the playing style comparison for Denzel Boston. Maybe even, dare I say it better NFL players than T. Higgins, but who's your NFL comparison when you're doing this sort of an exercise? Yeah, so I actually had T. Higgins down in my notes. So this is a good comparison from me.

I finally did all right. I did all right. It shows over, guys. We'll see you next week. Yeah. So from the body control, like the way that Boston can own the boundary like T. Higgins, I definitely 100% see that. For me, like a peer play style comp is Puka Nakua. Like Boston plays pissed off. He plays like a guy who doesn't want to go down.

Like he's he will give his life to get the next first down. That's how Pook can play. That's why Pook is always banged up, right? Boston plays exactly like that. Just this competitive toughness that's just unrivaled. I mean, Mackay Lemon has a lot of that too. So I'll give, I'll give Mackay some credit there. But man, Denzel Boston, just hair on fire mentality.

Just imagine T. Higgins with just this will to never get tackled. Like that's basically what you're looking at. And I think, I mean, that's why Boston's a first round caliber prospect, where T was just a second round caliber prospect. That's the differentiation there. It's like Boston's awesome after the catch. I think his best trait is his ability after the catch because of the competitiveness. Yeah, and Boston's a funny one because I think people were not like over the moon with his

combine performance in the fantasy community. I'm like, what did he expect out of Denzel Boston? You're watching him during the year. Did you expect this guy to come out there and be like a James and Williams type burner or something like that? That's not what he is. What did he even do? I think people, there were some people a little bit underwhelmed by the vertical. with the explosive.

Yeah, and again, it wasn't like bad. So it's funny how people want to nitpick certain colleagues of ours, even nitpick post-combide, but we will maintain, we love Denzel Boston in November. We're going to maintain our love for Denzel Boston. And he's got that big, like Drake London-type frame to him. Brett, I think he's going to go. There's a chance.

Like, we've talked about where we think these guys could end up being drafted. I think Denzel Boston, when it's all being said and done, could go in that 13 through 20 range. So I think the draft capital for Boston might be higher than maybe we even projected him last week. I think NFL teams are going to continue to really like this profile. Easy clean projects as a wide receiver one type for NFL teams. So we'll keep an eye on Denzel Boston.

Any other wide receivers you want to rapid fire before we close it out? Yeah, I'll just hit a couple real quick. We don't have to linger. Malachi Fields. I got MPJ, Michael Pittman Jr., Skyler Bell. I have Jaden Reed. Skylar Bell out of Yukon. Skylar Bell out of Yukon.

Yep. 100 receptions this past year. Yep. And then Antonio Williams, I have Christian Kirk. Do I have any more receivers? I think that's it for Comps right now. I'll have more by the time all those players are written up. But yeah.

I really like the Skylar Bell one. I think the Skylar Bell, Jaden Reed one is exciting. I was on a show with Casey Myers of the F.F. Dynasty doing a dynasty rookie mock draft. They're really high on Skyler Bell. There was some internal people at the FF Dynasty that were worried he was going to test really poorly like a Nick Nash. And he wowed everyone. So when you add that into context with Skylar Bell's college production, I think he's an interesting one, Brett, not a player we've really talked about at length on this show.

So we'll talk about Skylar Bell over the next few weeks. Project your draft capital for Skylar Bell, Brett. Where do you think we're going to end up hearing his name called in the NFL draft? Do you think round three? He'll go day two. Okay. I think there's a chance he sneaks in back end of round two. I've heard from NFL people too that a lot of people really like him.

He's not going to be an analytics darling because he comes from Yukon, have the easy strength of schedule, whatever. I don't care. The tape is really good. So argue with your wall. Yeah, there you go. Skyler Bell. We'll talk about him more in the next upcoming weeks.

And we're going to be covering a couple of these sleeper rookies, maybe some of the lower-ranked players that we are high on in the next couple weeks on this show. let us know some of the in the comments, some subjects and some players you want us to dive into, and we will share them on this show. Let's take a quick break, Brett. And when we come back, we're talking running backs right after this. All right, welcome back. We talked about the running back, but Jeremiah Love is not the only running back in this draft class.

And I will maintain that I like this running back class more than some in the fantasy community who are like really, really down on it. I think we're going to end up with some players drafted a little bit higher. than some are projecting them for. Let's start out with Judarian Price, who I gotta like go to battle for my guy, Judarian Price. Judarian Price weighed in at 203 pounds, so people were a little bit disappointed with that one.

I ended up running a 44940, which is fast, fast. But Judarian Price people maybe anticipated would run somewhere in the lower fours. So people are nitpicking the profile, nitpicking the size. I will continue to love Judarian Price, and I plan on drafting him a ton, especially if he falls into an easy-to-click range, which there's a chance.

But I think there's going to be a correction when we get to the actual NFL draft. I told you this pre-show. I still think we hear Judarian Price's name called inside the top 40 picks. I think NFL teams are going to really like him. And also with the added benefit that he's a awesome kick returner, I think will help him get drafted early. So Judarian Price, when I'm looking at him, and I'm at him, and I'm at him, to say, I got this one from Daniel Jeremiah the other day. So I'll give DJ credit on this one, but I think it's a really good one. Tony Pollard. And I think if you remember back to what Tony

Pollard was in Dallas when he was in a top-notch offense, the type of fantasy production and boom weeks he was able to provide us, the receiving ability out of the backfield, which is a projection for Judarian Price. We didn't see him have to catch the ball at Notre Dame. But when you play behind Jeremy, I love all of your stats and usage are going to be a little bit skewed. But for me, Judarian Price, with that sort of explosiveness, can at least be an opportunistic pass catcher at the next level. But I think the home run hitting ability, similar size, and I think the elusiveness compare very favorably to Tony Pollard. So I'm going to say Tony Pollard for Judarian Price. Who are you on? My, uh, my comp firm is a little different. I think people are going to be

shocked it's Kenneth Walker the third get the people going Brett get the people going with that there we go yeah it's funny how full circle we've come on k w3 because he was like a meme early in the year now he's a Super Bowl MVP and everyone wants him but um I look at the build the explosiveness the make you miss ability and I see I just see Kenneth Walker the third like and I know price only weighed what 203 at the combine I think that's a fake weight I think he was trying to maybe hit a better 40 time I think Notre Dame listed him at like 215 right and my wrong in that Theo yeah he was listed like 215 throughout the year there was a lot of people yeah this was the 203 was light was light light yeah that the 203 seems like maybe he cut a few pounds uh before the

combine to try to fly i'm not sure i'm not sure i'm gonna guess he cut too much because it hurt his explosiveness a little bit but um yeah i just the build he's so densely built like when you look at him you see nthl running back he's got muscles coming out of everywhere um really nicely built guy very explosive but the thing is like people are crying about the four four nine 40 but that's not even his best trait like i didn't need him to run that fast like he's a an elusive monster like you cannot get hands on him first guy never gets him on the ground like he is i mean he's got so much wiggle to his game which is also kenneth walker the third where walker is explosive but his his superpowers that the first guy never gets him down he is a tackle breaking machine um he plays way bigger than his size and then

watching him in the drills at the combine, I actually see some ceiling as a route runner that we never got to see at Notre Dame just because he's buried behind, you know, Jeremiah Love or some of the explosiveness and the brakes looked really polished for a guy who didn't get asked to do it ever. You mentioned the kick return ability too. Like I think this is definitely a guy who's going to go pretty high in the draft.

But Kenneth Walker to 3rd, that's where I'm landing. I think that one will get people ecstatic. The Tony Pollard one, I think people are going to like that one, especially people who rostered Tony. Pollard during his time as a Dallas cowboy for a couple of year period. Judarian Price, we will maintain a bullish stance on. Another player who we've been high on throughout the process and we think is going to end up being drafted pretty highly, little disappointing to not see him run, but Jonah Coleman

out of the University of Washington, who's built like an act like a like a bowling ball, got that thick frame, really easy to like here. I came up with a comparison here, and I'll give credit also. I've heard Ben Gretsch make this comparison, who I recently podcasted with on Fantasy Football Daily. But talk about Jonah Coleman. I think people love to throw out the Doug Martin build, Maurice Jones Drew-type build.

That sort of like name pops into people's heads. But I'm going to go recent. I'm going to go Josh Jacobs. I think he compares to a Josh Jacobs and the ability to absorb volume. I think that Jonah Coleman might be a better pass catcher. Certainly is not going to have the draft. capital that Jacobs had. Jacobs had heard his name called inside a round one. We would be surprised

on that for Jonah Coleman. But I do think he'll have his name called on day two. And I think that there's a fantasy friendly profile here. So I'm going to go very sealing one. I'm going to go Josh Jacobs who has had multiple RB1 seasons and has had multiple seasons where he's toward the very top of running back touches. Brett, is this too bullish for Jonah Coleman? I mean, if you're going ceiling floor. It's probably a little bullish. I mean, Josh Jacobs was a first round pick after all. But as far as playstyle goes, I can get on board

with it. Jacobs is a guy who has never really played to his size. He's more of a slasher, despite his size. And he's good with yards after contact, but not going to make a ton of guys miss. I also think Jacobs is a very underrated pass catcher. You see the build. It doesn't

scream, you know, past game weapon, but he had back-to-back seasons in Las Vegas where he had 50 plus catches. I think that's in the cards for Jonah Coleman. My comp, so I'm actually adjusting my comp on the fly. I'm on board with the Josh Jacobs thing. My initial comp was like a bigger version of Rashad White, where it's like I don't see great vision.

I don't see tackle breaking potential, but I do see past game, you know, skill set, kind of like Samajai P. Ryan has a similar build. He's very good in the past game, but not really a good runner. I see that for Jonah Coleman, but I really like the Josh Jacobs comp. I think that's probably where I'm going to land. Yeah, well, there we go. There we go.

Let's keep this one going at the running back position, a player that, and people can check the notes on this. Like we were talking about Mike Washington back weeks and weeks ago with Thor Nystrom. As a player, we were both really excited about seeing at the Senior Bowl. We were all sort of high on Mike Washington. Then the Senior Bowl happened, and it was like Mike Washington was the winner among all running backs at the Senior Bowl. there's been this slow drip, Brett, where the community starts getting more and more enthusiastic about this profile. And then the NFL Combine happens.

And Mike Washington is one of the most athletic running backs, no hyperbole that we've seen in the last 20 years at the NFL Combine. I completely ripped it to shreds. I had one of the highest speed scores of all time. He's got size. He's got proven explosiveness. And he's got the elite athleticism. But I still keep falling back on.

on our initial comparison at the Senior Bowl, he's like David Montgomery, but he's a much faster David Montgomery. And I'm not trying to overhype the player, but I think that he's headed into the first round of dynasty rookie drafts. And I think he's gonna end up being a second round pick or a third round pick based on this sort of NFL Combine performance.

So I'm gonna stick with our David Montgomery projection, but with sort of the added bonus of extremely fast straight line speed. And I'll say that the straight line, line speed doesn't always mean that you're going to end up ripping off these crazy, crazy long runs in the NFL, like it's an exact science. But we do know that athletically, Mike Washington is way more gifted than we saw David Montgomery. Montgomery was a, correctman if a wrong, third round pick out of Iowa State, had a lot of juice and enthusiasm, but Mike Washington, I think might get drafted earlier than him.

Yeah, he might. I'm sticking with the Monty comp as well, a more athletic Monty. Here's something that's interesting about Monty, though. I know he didn't test great in the 40 at the combine. It's like a 4-6, right? But he has four career runs over 70 yards. Did you know that? It's wild.

He had a 72 last year, a 75 the year before that, and going back to Chicago days, he had a couple as well. And I'll add that Arkansas was a train wreck. They were a 2 in 10. I'm not, I mean, they were 2 in 10 team with, you know, by all accounts among SEC people, one of the worst offensive lines in the, SEC. Yeah, that stat I gave you

was David Montgomery, not Mike Washington. Oh, excuse me, I apologize. My point being is Montgomery despite being known as a guy who's not super athletically gifted, it's got four 70 plus yard runs in his career. I think Washington may, you know, fall into the same footsteps where he is considered an early down

grinder, but he has legit home running hitting ability. So he's my RB3 in the class right now. It's not a strong RB class. I'm not like saying he's an amazing prospect, but I'm pretty excited about that combo of physicality and fleticism. And who is your current RB2 right now, Brett? Judarian Price.

Gerard Price, there we go. Let's continue the running back conversation. Go with Ketron Allen of Penn State, a player we've also both been very, very high on throughout the process. Penn State's all-time leading rusher, I mean, that's crazy. All-time leading Russia in school history, Kate Tron Allen. Yeah, so my initial lien, again, was a David Montgomery type, but I got a better one for you. I think he's Javante Williams. I like that one a lot.

I would say my one pushback on that one, the Javante Williams, I think Ketron Allen is maybe a little bit more explosive in the athletic testing than Javante. Javante's sub. I just when I see it, I expected the Penn State guys to test a little better, but that's a great one. Javante Williams was a high second round pick despite a sub 100 speed score. And everybody knows Javante Williams, the track where he was headed towards sort of fantasy football great. in Denver gets injured.

And then we saw it this past year with a career year in Dallas now that he's fully healthy. So I think people will get really excited about your Ketron Allen one. They're almost identical size and like play style wise, you know, whether, you know, or whether Ketron's a little more athletic or not, I don't know, but play style wise, just that early down, very physical ability to kind of set up bad angles for defenders. Like they really reminiscent of each other to me. How about, uh, let's go with Emmett Johnson, a play player that a lot of people were maybe a little bit disappointed, weighs in at 206 pounds,

I believe, and runs like a 4, 5, 6. I never expected him to be a burner. But I think that the analytical fantasy football people, there's a lot of love for Emma Johnson heading into the process, maybe a little bit disappointed with the athleticism at the combine. But I'm still very excited about this profile, had incredibly high production numbers at Nebraska, Also, Brett, showed the ability to catch the ball out of the backfield well for multiple seasons. Some really strong production, not only as a runner, but as a receiver. Who would be an NFL comparison for Emmett Johnson? I got two names written down.

The first one is Tajay Spears, because I see some burst and acceleration that resembles. Tadje is so fast out the gates. Doesn't have necessarily a home run hitting ability, but he's a super quick player. Then the second guy in play style-wise, this, you know, probably lines up better is Bucky Irving. I see Emmett Johnson. He's a little undersized, but the wiggle is just insane. The ability to make guys miss. They both have just nasty jump cuts, the ability to cut off one foot, get skinny in a hole,

very similar running style from Bucky and Emmett Johnson. I like that one. The Bucky one is going to get people super excited and sort of fits that sort of fantasy-friendly profile. All throughout the name Aaron Jones. I think Aaron Jones is interesting when it comes to Emma Johnson as well. And I think similar 40 times as prospects. But it's sort of that elusiveness. He's very shifty when you watch Emma Johnson.

Like really, really quality runner. Great vision as well. So love that one. Brett, I think we covered all of the running backs. Unless you've got a running back you want to throw in here. I don't. Okay. Well, there we go.

If there's a running back you want us to talk about. Let us know in the comments. Let's take one more quick break. We come back. We're talking tight ends. including two of the most athletic tight ends we've seen in recent Combine history, Kenyon, Sadiq, and Eli Stowers right after this. All right, Brett, let's talk about Kenyon Sadiq first off,

because I think during the, I'd say the previous months, we sort of talked about some Sam Leporta type tendencies with Sadiq, sort of that sort of frame, and then sort of blew it out of the water with the athleticism at the combine. The fastest 40-yard dash time of all time, at the tight end position the second highest vertical jump he had uh correct me if i'm wrong on the the broad jump he was one of the highest uh that we've seen in recent memory there and then the highest right it's well i guess the longest broad jump and then the the bob bench press he's also an

absolute dog uh in terms of his of his reps right there so like sedique athletically strength-wise checks off all the boxes. Size-wise, weighed in nicely. Like, when Sadiq, when we watched him in college, there was a chance he would have weighed in a little bit lighter, I think showed up, measured exactly how you wanted to see him at that sort of profile, and then just blew it up athletically.

So for me, NFL comparison, can I go with a modern era Vernon Davis? Like Vernon Davis in a higher target share era, for elite tight ends. And then I'll also throw in a tight end that the fantasy community can easily get behind Evan Engram,

but a little bit more of a dog than Evan Engram. Like I think Evan Engram, when we took, look at Evan Engram, sort of the ups and downs with his production in New York could maybe be attributed to

not really a mauler. And they would use him in different ways. And then certainly the ADOT would change. Then he got to and had that magical run in Jacksonville. I think we could see that. So for me, Kenyon Sadiq, a player that never had a 20% plus target share in Oregon, it's a little bit of a leap of faith here.

But again, NFL teams are going to look at that athleticism and this sort of profile. And I think some of these offensive coordinators might fall in love with Sadiq. So I'm going to say Vernon Davis for showing my age here, shout out to the DMV, Vernon Davis, an absolute stud athlete. And then Evan Engram, again, an elite 40 times. at the tight end position, but I think Sadiq has a little bit more mauler to him. Do you dislike those comps? Where are you at? I have the same two names written down.

And then next to Evan Ingram, I have TRT Evan Ingram. Okay, there you go. There you go. Shout out to the older audience out there too. Yeah, Ingram's a giant, you know, he's a giant wimp. And so I don't think Sadiq is that. Sadiq is probably the best blocking tight end in the class, actually. He's also the most athletic.

But I see the Vernon Davis for sure. The vertical juice, all that stuff. It's right there. So compact build like Vernon. Vernon was 6.3 as well. And, you know, 245, so 250, something like that. Yeah. So how about Eli Stowers of Vanderbilt, who also extremely, extremely athletic?

We've talked about him where certain NFL teams are going to look at him and say, I'm just going to plug him in the slot. Might be end up being a slot receiver. Technically, might be one of these players that's sort of moved around a way. weapon type. But still, he weighed in at 240, which we were a little nervous about that weight for Eli Stowers. So Stowers ends up having this, the highest vertical of all time at the tight end position, runs inside the four-fives, 62 receptions this past year at Vanderbilt.

We've both talked about him as a potential first-round pick. I think he's gone by pick 40. Really exciting for fantasy managers. And there's a lot in the fantasy community who have moved Eli Stowers ahead of Sadiq. I have Sadiq as my tight end one, but I have Stowers very solidly as the tight end too. Your NFL comparison for Eli Stowers. It got two names.

From an use standpoint, you can line them up and deploy him the way Trey McBride is used where he is that big slot or he's even out wide. McBride spent a ton of time at Colorado State outwide. It has done so with Arizona Cardinals as well. From a pure length and catch radius in route running standpoint, I see Kyle Pitts, or just there's not a ball the dude can't get to.

Some of the catches on Storris tape are just ridiculous. Him tracking down deep balls from Diego Pavia. The end zone prowess. He's fantastic. So I'll invoke Kyle Pitts and Trey McBride as the two cops there. Yeah, I mean, that's, you throwing out Trey McBride with Eli Stowers is going to get people absolutely head over heels. I'll say Cleveland, David and Joku, a little bit of that, a little smaller.

But when you look at the sort of usage and how Injoku was utilized for about three years as a high target earner, the ability to exploit matchups. Think about like Joe Flacco, David Injoku era. I think that sort of jumped out to me. And then I think the Evan Engram one also sort of applies here just in terms of how he could be utilized. When we think about Jacksonville Evan Engram, I think that's sort of a dream for Stowers. but Brett Whitefield using the word Trey McBride when talking about Eli Stowers is going to get the people going.

Brett, we've got a couple other tight ends that you wanted to touch base on. Let's talk about Sam Roush out of Stanford who had one of the best Razz scores of all time at the tight end position and he's an absolute monster. He's 260 plus. You liked him also a lot

when we were down in Mobile. Let us know about Roush and how you compare him at the NFL level. Yeah, my comps. they're not going to scream at anyone as being amazing, but like thinking modern NFL, I see A.J. Barner slash Colby Parkinson, where Roush is this mat.

I mean, he's 6-7-265. I mean, he's a massive dude. It's monster. The ace in the hole for Rouse, though, is he's a fantastic route runner. I mean, you saw it in the three-cones too, right? Sub-7-3-cone, it's 265-67. That's ridiculous.

The shiftiness, the lateral quickness for that size is unreal. So I think it gives you a vertical. in your past game off play action passes kind of how Parkinson was used last year. But I also think he can be a better down-in, down-out receiver than the two guys I mentioned. I just, I see those comps because of the size, the frame, and the blocking ability. Rouch is a fantastic blocker. You know, he's got a, he's big enough that he can swallow up smaller defensive ends. He can get to the second level and work linebackers over.

Stanford has also a really strong lineage of tight ends in the NFL. A lot of very productive players. They come in NFL ready too, where they know what to block. They have a pretty pro-style offense, so they know, you know, a pretty diverse route tree for a tight end. So I'm big on Sam Roush. He's my tight end four in the class, and he's been ascending. Yeah, Sam Roush is interesting because I think he's going to be a second round pick. There's maybe there's more fantasy-friendly profiles out there.

For some of those guys, I mean, 260 plus is certainly not modern NFL tight end in fantasy football. all the kind of guys that are printing, but certainly in terms of getting on the field, Sam Roush is going to be on an NFL field next year, especially with teams that like to use 12. Throw him right in there. He's absolutely ready to go. Talk about Jack Andres from Texas, who during the year, there was a big sort of hive for him. I know I'm in some chats with some high stakes managers. A lot of them are Texas based, and people are very, very high on him.

You have him very highly ranked among your tight ends. you think the draft capital is going to be great. How are you comparing him? We've seen actually a long line now, Brett, of Texas tight ends at the NFL. This would be three years in a row. It was Jotavian Sanders, then we had Gunnar Helm, and now at Jack Endry. So where are you out on this one? Yeah, let's start with the fact that I think his Cal tape is better than his Texas tape

when he was playing with Fernando Mendoza, actually. He was Mendoza's top target, and it showed the route. tree, everything just stood out. Like he looks like a receiver playing tight end. I think that bodes well for him. My two comps are, I'm going to give you our Dalton Schultz and Jake Ferguson. I think injuries has more juice than those guys. But like from a pure play style where I think he could be a big asset as a seam

stretcher and a dump and run type 10. And he's really good after the catch, real competitive. Not necessarily a make you miss guy, but he's got a lot of juice after the catch, physical, competitive toughness, going to be a chain mover at the NFL level. I do think he's Dalton Schultz. slash Jake Ferguson with more juice, way more athletic upside there. Yeah, I love that one. I mean, that gets people, it's sort of like those sort of profiles are not league winners,

but there are tight ends that provide great utility for us in fantasy football. I love the Ferguson one there. And Dalton Schultz, obviously, has had multiple seasons of finishing as a tight end one as well. Maybe he's got to be a Dallas Cowboy after the Schultz and Ferguson comparison. Any other tight ends you want to list as well, Brett? I'm out. I'm out. I'll just throw Michael Trigg, Baylor tight end.

He's got this 240 frame. He's got kind of a choppy short leg guy. Really explosive in the short area. Change of direction skills are off the charts. Reminds me at Johnny Smith slash Gerald Everett. So I think in the right offense, he could really pop.

He's going to be super landing spot dependent for fantasy though. And that's unfortunately, that's how a lot of tight ends are once you get out of that first second round range you need a guy to land well he's going to be one that needs to land well if arthur smith ever comes back to the NFL just get michael trig ahead of time because you know he'll be arthur smith's favorite player but um john new smith gerald everett is my comp there let's let's quickly let's quickly off the cup my guy justin joe lee do you have an NFL comp for him can you say the name harold fan and junior get everybody excited that's not where i was going to go i was going to go isaiah likely okay so isaiah likely still gets the people going Isaiah likely without Mark Andrews. There we go. Justin Jolie, Michael Trigg, two tight ends that I'm rooting for very, very hard to get that necessary draft capital. Some of those guys like Max Clare and Sam Roush are going to be drafted ahead of them.

But it's not going to box us out from rooting for our guys. Brett, this was so much fun. Really a big appreciation to the fantasy points audience. We're almost there, Brett. We're almost at the NFL draft. It's going to come hot and heavy here. We've got pro days coming up. We're going to react to those.

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