Fantasy Football Daily - Evan Silva’s Offseason Winners + EARLY ADP Targets You MUST Draft | Fantasy Football 2026

Episode Date: May 4, 2026

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We're talking some of fantasy football's biggest offseason winners, some of the best landing spots from the NFL draft, and a couple of offenses that could break out in a major way. Right here on Fantasy Football Daily, Theo Greminger joined by Evan Silva today. Let's get it. That's the old cheat. All right. Welcome to Fantasy Football Daily right here on the Fantasy Points Podcast Network and Fantasy Points YouTube. First time guest today, Evan Silva. And Evan, I got to say, it's fitting that we're podcasting together today since we are the two best. NFL mock drafters, I think, in the entire world at this point. Of all time. Of all time.

Of all time. There you go. So why do you talk about it? You took down which contest, Evan? The fantasy pros mock draft accuracy. And you took down the huddle report. So and those are the two biggest contests, I believe. Yeah.

And I think that big NFL media, they're in complete shambles and utter disarray. The two fantasy guys were able to knock down some of the talking heads that are always telling you how like LinkedIn they are and how locked in and they're texting with this GM and all that stuff. Well, listen, guys, if you're so good, why did Evan and I crush you this year in the in the mock draft contest? But Evan, big shout out to you. You also took down the Huddell report, uh, 2018, 2019, one of those years as well. So, yeah, my, my last year at Rota World. Yeah, so there you go. And, um, yeah, would be remiss without saying like, for your first time here on Fantasy Football Daily, I told you like, you're the last person I needed to get on this show because I had

I've had so many people on, but of all the people like I respect throughout the industry and whose work I followed before I was even making podcasts, you were certainly like a big influence on me, some of your OG podcasts and then all the great work you've done over to establish the run. So really excited to chop it up with you today. What do you guys have going on this time of year? NFL drafts, like the door is closed and like what's the rest of April and early May look like for you? The NFL draft is like a big time. especially those five days, like the day before and then the day after, as well as the three days that the actual draft lasts. But, you know, getting all the stuff prepared for the predictions the day before, the three actual days. And then I put like a lot of effort into my NFL draft grades. I know that people are very critical of draft grades. You got like three years. You can't, you can't judge a dude's career until he retires, you know. But I like to take it like a, a process-based approach to grading the draft, talking about like what veterans were acquired with picks that each team had, trades up and down the board, were those trades beneficial

adding picks? And then the last part of it to me is like my opinions on the individual players. But I think that we can judge a team's process without having, you know, the players retire before we do actual draft grades. Yeah, 100%. And I think it's kind of disingenuous for people to say three years from now because a lot of these teams in the NFL, like we saw last year Seattle and New England playing each other in the Super Bowl, how quickly things can change in the NFL and how much of an impact year one guys can make. Look at what Seattle was able to do last year with Gray Zabel, Nick Emanwari. Without those two guys, they probably don't make the Super Bowl. So I think it's a little disingenuous.

Who were the teams you were most impressed with in the NFL draft collectively? Who drew a grade for you? I think the Giants killed it. I really like, I mean, I like what the Eagles do almost every year, but especially this year, I mean, acquiring Jonathan Grenard, you know, is like the cherry on top to a really, really nice draft. You know, they drafted the Bolitnikov Award winner and the Mackey Award winner. Yeah, those.

Those are two teams that really stuck out to me. I really like what the Raiders did as well. I think that the Raiders finally, maybe at long last, are heading the right direction. Yeah, I'm with you on that. I think Cleveland, I think the New York Jets, there was a couple of teams. Agreed on both of those.

Did very, very well. So fun NFL draft, I think it was a wide open one. Why don't we start out a little bit towards the top? And I think this is a conversation that's gonna carry on into the summer. Right now, this is a conversation for Dynastasy managers in rookie drafts, but I think it's a redraft question. I think it's a best ball question. We had two wide receivers go in the top 10 picks. Carnel Tate goes to the Tennessee Titans,

Jordan Tyson goes to the New Orleans Saints. Which player do you think is prime for a bigger 2026 season? Who would you be more comfortable clicking that button for right now? I am all in on Jordan Tyson. I'm all in on the Saints offense as in as a, as a an entity this season. And Kellyn Moore's second year, he wants to lead the NFL in plays per game. They play indoors. I think they're going to have a really hard. They went all in on their offense trying to surround Tyler Shuck with as much talent as possible. They've got a really good offensive line. They're going to have to compensate for what's still a pretty bad defense. So, I mean, I don't think that we're going to see Jordan Tyson leapfrog, Chris Olave, to be the Saints

number one receiver, but I think we're going to see him have a lot of big games. With Carnal Tate, you know, Calvin Ridley is still there. They gave a lot of money to Wando Robinson. You know, I think that, you know, Carnell Tate was not a high volume producer in college. We've never, we haven't seen him be a number, an actual number one receiver, you know, at any point in his college career. So, I mean, I think that Carnell Tate, Tate will have big games too, but I like the upside of Jordan Tyson and the floor of Jordan Tyson. I'm going to be really aggressive. I'm going to release my top 150 in probably like a week and a half. And I'm going to be very aggressive on Jordan Tyson. I love the take. I think I'm a little

higher on Cardinal Tate than you are, but I think they're both like in lockstep for me. Jordan Tyson has some outs though. Everything ran really well for Chris Ilave in terms of staying on the field last year. But the concussion history is scary. If he were to go down, you'd have number one target in a Kellyn Moore offense where we know the tempo is going to be good. You know they're going to run a lot of plays. And I completely agree with you about what they've been able to do for Tyler Shuck. A lot of people are talking about ETN as well as Jordan Tyson. But they also, I like the Bryce Lance and Oscar Del Picks where you add that like elite speed there. So really, really strong stuff. I think both of those guys are strong targets. And I think that the general

attitude of, hey, the 2026 class sucks is kind of making those guys easier to get in all formats. Dynasty, I think they're a little underrated, but especially like best ball and redraft. I think those guys have really, really strong passways. What if I asked you this one, Evan, just a kind of a contrarian take to your Carnal Tate worries? We've seen this with Brian Davel before where he's got a a number one target that his team acquired. It happened in Buffalo with Stefan Diggs, and it happened in New York with Malik neighbors. Tate's different than those guys,

but we've seen him really fast track and really have a high target share, a lot of first read rates to those guys. Do you think there's a pathway where that's Tate, or is it you're a little worried about the offense in Hull, Wondale Robinson, and of course the stuff you listed about Tate? I think that that's the way

that Cardinal Tate gets there. If Brian Dable does fast track him to the number one receiver role, like he did with Malik Neighbors, like he did with Stefan Diggs. It's just being a number two receiver throughout his college career kind of bugs me a little bit.

And just the production, I mean, he had 51 catches last year. You know, so I mean, I don't like, not want Carnell Tate, but I think that from a projectable standpoint, you know, is he going to be an 80 catch player right away in the NFL, you know, competing with Calvin Ridley, competing with Wondo Robinson? Wondo Robinson can be really, really annoying. I mean, Wondo Robinson is a guy that over the last two seasons, average like 135 targets per season, you know, and he can really eat into the volume that the other players

in the offense get. So I don't know. I mean, you know, you kind of explained it. Like there is one one avenue for Cardinal Tate to be more productive than Jordan Tyson right away. That's if Brian Dable fast tracks him into that clear-cut number one receiver role. I just, I don't know. Brian Dable loves his guys and Wandoe Robinson is one of his guys. Yeah, very interesting discussion. I think, you know, whether you agree with Evan, you agree with me on two versus three, right behind Jeremiah I love in terms of the skill position, rookies, non-Fernando Mendoza,

like Tyson and Tate, they both landed really, really well. both could end up having really strong seasons, and I want access to both of those guys. Mackay Lemon, though, Evan, like we podcast together over your channel in the pre-draft process. We did a rookie draft, Adam Levittan and John Daigle, and I think that was that was Packer Rain as well. Mackay Lemon was a guy that I know John has been extremely high on in the process, had him as like his 102 for a lot of it. You're not having to pay that price anymore because, you know, He landed at 21 overall and with the other two guys going ahead of them. But there's a little bit of apprehension, even paying the 105 in Dynasty or seventh round pick in underdog bestball streets, because people are worried about his fit with Jalen Hertz in Philly.

Are you thinking the same thing? Do you, are you worry about this kind of wide receiver winning in a Nick Siriani Jailen Hertz offense? First of all, I'd feel more than fine paying the 105 for Mackay Lemon in Dynasty. I mean, I'd feel really good about that. I think that in Dynasty, that's where you bet on Mackay Lemon. For 2026, I think that skepticism is the way to go because, and it's not just his fit with Jalen Hertz. It's the fact that the Eagles run one of the run-heavyest offenses in the league, that is not going to change. If you want to go to Jalen Hertz, and also Devante Smith, I think, is a true alpha, especially we are, you know,

assuming that AJ Brown is going to be removed from the equation, I think that Devante Smith becomes the alpha. Sequin Barclay is going to get a lot of balls. Dallas Goddard returns. And then Jalen Hertz, as you mentioned, the fit with Jalen Hertz is questionable because, and this is a stat from Rich Rebar, since Jalen Hertz entered the league, no quarterback in the NFL, has thrown a lower percentage of passes in the middle of the field than Jalen Hertz. He's not a middle of the field passer. To me, like McCoy Lemon was the kind of guy. If he jumped into the right situation,

he could be a guy who catches 100 balls every single year. And I just don't think that that's in play in year one for him. And also, I kind of wanted because the Eagles like to use a lot of multi-tight-end sets. And they gave Don Tavian Wick's money. And they gave Hollywood Brown some money. And so is Mackay Lemon going to be like a 60% offensive snap player as a rookie? That's where my concerns stem from. The run-heavy nature of the offense and is Mackay Lemon going to be a player that is on the field for every snap as a rookie?

I just, I think it would be a good season if he catches 70 passes, and I think that that could even be difficult. The Eagles don't throw the ball that much. Yeah, I think that it's the volume that would be. the concern for me, where if he landed in another offense, then we could make a pathway where overall targets could kind of overcome, you know, any sort of quarterback traits or, you know, their past historical tendencies. I'm going to, I'm going to still be, I think that's a great way you put it, where the dynasty, like the long-term outlook for Lemon makes sense, but maybe the sealing case for 2026 takes a big hit. I think he's very talented. I think they like them. And it could be a

situation where they try to force feed him early to really fast track him. But like you said, Sequin, he's sort of the one nobody's talking about where he could bounce back this season in a major way and look not like he was in 2024, but a little bit better than he was in 2025 in terms of efficiency. But DeVant to Smith, I completely agree with you. He's primed to have maybe his best season ever in fantasy. You could see a situation where he averages 17, 18 points per game after never being like a 16 point per game guy in any other season. So completely with you on Smith, were there any other rookies where you're like,

wow, this guy landed well, I'm into him in this sort of range and this fit? Yeah, I mean, I like the landing spot for Casey Concepcion because I think that he can be the Brown's number one receiver right away. And I think that Denzel Boston can end up being like the sacrificial ex-receiver, as Matt Harmon calls it, where he's not a big volume player. Denzel Boston was not a big volume player in college really either,

and Casey Concepcion just masses in the middle of the field. I understand the quarterback concerns. Trust me. Trust me. You know, that's going to be an issue, absolutely. But I think that Casey Concepcion can be the Brown's number one receiver in year one. Antonio Williams, I thought. And we had Mike Renner on before the season or before the draft.

and he loved Antonio Williams. Antonio Williams goes to a situation where he could be, you know, Tara McCorn is going to be the dude in Washington, but Antonio Williams can be the number two guy, I think, in Washington, like from the jump. And then Zachariah Branch, who was kind of like a polarizing player, I feel like throughout the draft process because he caught so many screen passes.

But if you look at his production on passes where he wasn't catching screens, He was great yards per route run, really efficient. Really, I mean, he's just fast. He's 4, 3, 5. And I tend to have a, I tend to like take a liking to receivers who were really good in the return game in college because it shows that they are really good with the ball in their hands. I mean, you could, the list is so long of stud receivers in the NFL who were awesome in the return game. T.Y. Hilton, Odell Beckham.

Bryant was a sick punt returner at Oklahoma State, Zacharii Branch was an awesome return man in college. And if you look at the depth chart in Atlanta, I mean, it's like wide open beyond Drake London. So I think that Zachariah Branch landed in a great spot. I love it. And I love getting guests on that kind of agree with me on Zachariah Branch. Zachary Branch is a dude. set the record for the most receptions ever at Georgia, and people love pointing at, you know, these are all screen passes, they're low eight out variety,

but that's what the offense was at Georgia. Certainly he was able to have a huge target chair among a bunch of other like future Sunday players, not only from the underclassman, but also Oscar Delp was drafted in the third round this year. So I'm into a branch. I think there's some parallels and people hate this one, but there's parallels to tank.

Dale's rookie year where it's like the hometown team drafts him. And he's a third rounder. He's a little small, but he punches above his weight class. And Evan, if it's to a tongue of Iloa, the low Addot stuff is great. Absolutely. And I also think that, you know, at the end of the day, like, I think Zacharii Branch had with like 81 catches last year. And just the fact that, you know, the, the Georgia offense identified him as a player, hey, we want to get this dude the ball and get get him the ball with his hands because he can make plays with the ball on his hands. Like, I understand that, you know, the routes don't necessarily translate to the NFL, but like, this is a dude that they want to get the ball to because he can make plays.

And that, that to me, I think reflects positively. 100% agreed. Let me bounce ahead a little bit on the show sheet. Let's keep talking rookies here. What's your excitement level with Jeremiah Love? You got the Notre Dame hat on. We all know Jeremiah Love is a baller. And are we getting a discount on him?

Because last year, fantasy managers were maybe a little burned, having to use the 10th, 11th, 12th overall pick on Ashton Genti and only getting like 14.5 points per game out of it. Or are you concerned at all about guys like James Connor, Tyler Algear, and maybe the offense not being that great? It's not just the Notre Dame hat. Theo. It is the signed Rudy Rudiger, 45 jersey, and the signed Johnny Latiner, 1951 Heisman winner on the front cover of Time magazine. You see that? That's awesome. That is awesome.

Anyway, Jeremiah Love. Yeah, I mean, I think that, like, mid to second round to late second round is where Jeremiah Love is going to belong. I mean, the Cardinals did give Tyler Algier money. They did bring back James Connor. James Connor could be pretty annoying, I think, for Jeremiah Love because he's probably the best pass blocking back that the Cardinals have. Those guys end up playing 30, 35% of the snaps. Tyler Alger could be really annoying at the goal line.

I mean, that's where he was really good in Atlanta, and that would be an excuse to get Tyler Algeo. the ball after they gave him money. And also, it doesn't make any sense. I mean, this is pretty much a tank year for the Cardinals. Why would they load up Jeremiah Love with a ton of work when they have two other guys they can use? They also still have Trey Benson, although I'm skeptical that he will be on the final roster. But yeah, I don't think that this is a great year to bet on Jeremiah Love. It has nothing to do with Ashton Gentie. It's all about the situation in Arizona. How many touchdowns are the Arizona Cardinals going to score this year with Jacobi Brissette,

disgruntled Jacobi Brissette at quarterback, and then eventually Carson Beck? And then how many of those touchdowns is Tyler Augier going to vulture? And how many is Trey McBride going to score? Touchdowns move the needle in fantasy football, and Jeremiah Love is going to have to hit long runs to score touchdowns, I believe. He did that at Notre Dame. Notre Dame, although I love Notre Dame, played a volleyball. very soft schedule after its first two games, Texas A&M and Miami, and then from the,

they had like the easiest schedule in NCAA Division I after that. And Jeremiah, I love hit a lot of long touchdown runs. That's way harder to do in the NFL. Yeah, you make sort of a bowl case here. I will say that ADP's supporting love, where you don't have to make as heavy a bet. You say mid-second. That's probably where I would have him ranked. Right now we're seeing him at like the two, three turn in some of these early best balls. We'll see how it shakes out over the summer. His past catching upside, though, Evan, is very interesting. And I think that's a little bit underrated. But you talked about Jacoby Brissette and you said there's going to be a rookie as well. And that's sort of a segue to

the next question. When we, well, I did my offseason winners podcast right here on Fantasy Football Daily. And Brock Bowers was one of them. There was no target competition whatsoever really drafted in the NFL draft. He's competing with guys like Jalen Naylor, Tucker, Jack Bash, guys like that. But then I think back and it's a, you still have to deal with a rookie quarterback being breaking in. Trey McBride last year really benefited from Jacoby Brissette taking over, but then Arizona drafts Carson Beck.

And I think most people are assuming it's just going to be Jacoby Brissette for most of the season, but he was one in 11 last year. So there could be a nightmare scenario in my head where Trey McBride gets off to a really fast start and you're dealing with Carson Beck in like week six, not week 12. They put them in early when Arizona's like one in five to start out the year. Is there anything to be said about McBride and Bowers who are going to go in the first round in FFPC locks?

Is there any apprehension clicking that button with those guys knowing that they're going to be catching passes from a rookie? And on the flip side, does this make Colston Loveland even more appealing in what could be an unbelievable offense for the Chicago Bears and Ben Johnson year two, catching passes from a third year quarterback in Caleb Williams? I'm going to rank them for sure. Brock Bowers, Colston Loveland, Trey McBride, for sure. There you go. I mean, Trey McBride, look, it's funny, Trey McBride was a Mackey Award winner. Brock Bowers won two Mackey Awards.

Tray McBride, it was a little bit of a mirage last year. I mean, they were dropping Jacoby Brissette back to pass 50 times a game. I mean, I don't think that Mike LaFleur is going to want to do that. You know, and I also think that the Cardinals are just going to rack up losses, and eventually they're going to go with Carson Beck, and I don't believe in Carson Beck. I don't know. What are your feelings on Carson Beck? I have very little faith in him.

They're not good, Evan. They're not good. I mean, I think it's a he started for two major colleges, I think, number one thing. So he's played in big situations, but I know Brett Whitefield, who evaluates talent over here at the college level for us at Fantasy Points, detests Carson Beck's game. And I'm, I never thought we'd have to be discussing him in late April, early May as a guy who's going to be starting NFL games. For me, he looks like a long time backup quarterback that Arizona might just throw in his starter this year. It's, it's terrible for fantasy for me.

Yeah, I described him as a weak-armed pocket sloth. So I don't have very much faith whatsoever in Carson Beck. And I don't think that Mike LaFleur is going to want to be dropping any of these quarterbacks back 50 times a game like they did with, like Jonathan Gannon did with Jacob. That was a mirage. I mean, Trey McBride is good, but I don't think he's nearly as good as Brock Bowers or Colston Loveland.

I have a lot more faith in the combination of Kirk Cousins and Fernando Mendoza. And then if you look at just an utter lack of target competition with the Raiders, Brock Bowers could catch 130 passes this year. I mean, I'm going to try to jam him into my first round when I published my top 150. And then Colson Loveland, man, the ceiling is so high on him. I mean, he might already be, I think Brock Bowers is the number one tied in the NFL. But Colston Loveland, I think, might already be locked in number two. He's not going to come off the field.

He can block, which helps him. And, yeah, I mean, that a third year springboard for Caleb Williams, you could see that. He made a big step in year one of Ben Johnson. Think about the kind of leap that Caleb Williams can make in year two of Ben Johnson. It gets you really excited about Colston Loveland. Yeah, and we saw what a target ceiling game can look like for Colston Loveland down the stretch with all those double-digit target ones, was it 15 targets in an NFL playoff win?

So I'm completely with you. I think Loveland's a strong value, and it gets stronger and stronger when you take a step back. Tight end four and five for most people. Tyler Warren, that's a pretty clear thesis when you look at Warren. But Harold Fanon Jr.,

we thought we had that same thing. We already talked about Casey Concepcion. We already talked about Denzel Boston. They drafted two wide receivers in the first 40 picks. Quinn Sean Judkins looks like he's going to be healthy for camp. We know he's going to get a ton of touches, you know, in terms of rush attempts. Do you have any worries about Harold Fannin Jr?

Because the market's steaming him up big time. He flipped Tyler Warren for a lot of the offseason, the pre-NFL draft best ball ADP. And in leagues like FFPC, leagues like Underdog, he's still going very highly. Do you think that's an appropriate player to attack in that range? Or are you kind of avoiding that four or five? Because, especially in the second half of the season last year, the Browns funneled so much of their offense through Harold Finn. And I think that the coaching staff change is maybe the biggest concern for me.

And then you have the fact that the Browns could end up starting like three different quarterbacks easily. That's another concern for me. It's not the rookie draft picks, I don't think. It's the environment. with Harold Fanon. I feel very good about him, but I mean, if we're, you know,

if we're trying to pick, you know, poke holes in them, it's the coaching, it's the environment. Yeah, my take with Harold Fanon was, and people didn't like it.

I talked about him as sort of a guy who took a little bit of a knock. I worried a little bit more about the rookies than you did. For me, it's like if I'm drafting a, like a lot of times we have a bigger gap between tight end one, tight end two, then there's a tier break. Then tight end three,

there's a huge tier. break. This year, like the price for tight end four and tight end five is a little more expensive than usual. And if I'm going to take a shot on a highly drafted tight end, I want to have a pathway to tight end one overall. And I don't see that with Harold Fannin Jr. this year. I think it, the, the rookies are annoying enough that it may be caps his target ceiling at 120. And that's really good for a tight end. But if you put context into the offense, we don't know who the quarterback is going to be, it sounds like it could be Deshawn Watson. So it's just a little too many variables for me. I'm happy to hold my Harold Finn and Jr. shares in Dynasty, but from a redraft,

best ball perspective, he's a little bit more structural than like, hey, this guy's going to win me the league type guy, which is a little bit disappointing. I want to get your opinion on the Washington commander's offense, because we thought maybe they draft Jeremiah Love, we thought maybe they'd draft a Carnell Tate or a Jordan Tyson, they end up making a really strong pick with Sunny Stiles. And you bring up Antonio Williams, who I agree with you, is a great landing spot guy. But there's so many guys on this offense that maybe have capped ceiling outcomes,

except for Terry McLaren. McLaren was so good in 2024, playing with Jaden Daniels. Last year, the team finishes 5 and 12. McLaren has his worst fantasy scoring. point per game average throughout his entire career. And obviously Daniels missed a lot of time with injuries. Do you think things are setting up well for a big bounceback season with Daniels and also McLaurin with this first year offensive coordinator, David Blow, who's 30 years old

and has this huge role? I mean, I think that Terry McCorn can absolutely crush. It's just a matter of him staying healthy and Jaden Daniels staying healthy. I mean, that's all it comes down to. I'm excited about David Blow, too. I know that Rich Rebar is too. I mean, the things that he's been talking about, he's saying all the right things, David Blow, bling, bling, bling, blow, as we call him.

You know, they're going to use play action. They're going to throw the ball on early downs. They're going to move Terry McCorn around so that he doesn't get stuck twice a year on, you know, because he's running 80% of his routes in one spot on the field like he was under Cliff Kingsbury, and they could just, the Eagles could just stick Quinnion Mitchell on him, you know, every snap, and he just takes him away. Like, that's not going to happen anymore. And I love that.

Terry McCorn is such a great route runner. It doesn't make any sense to just stick him, you know, in one position for entire games. And that's what Cliff Kingsbury was doing. And David Blow was not going to do that. So just a matter of staying healthy, that's it. And then Terry McCorn will crush. Yeah, I'm totally with you. I think McLaren, like, I talked about this over on your channel with John Daigle.

If you want to try to get out of some of those rookie draft picks you don't like, trading for a wide receiver who's over 30, it's a little uncomfortable to do, but I think McLaren's set up to really help you win in fantasy this year. And last year, like if you're an FFPC drafter, last year it was like taking Jaden Daniels with the last pick in the third round

and then McLauran with the first pick in the fourth round was like the chalkiest thing to do. This year they're going to both be a little cheaper, and I think both could have huge, huge season. So I'm completely into it. Let's keep the conversation going and actually pivot over to some second year players. We talked about a ton of,

we actually talked about Loveland second year guy there, but let's look at the wide receivers because you're putting out this new best ball content. We're going to play catch up in terms of the early redraft ADP, early best ball ADP. But you've got Tetaroa McMillan who's been steamed up in a major way, a Mecca Egbuka, who now has a more clear pathway to look like the first month of the season,

Emekaegbuka than the second half of the year. with Mike Evans now in San Francisco. And then you've got Luther Burden, who is everyone's favorite year two breakout wide receiver. Who's your favorite of these three? Maybe if you want to put a little context into the cost, I think McMillan's going to be the most expensive. Are you into this group of players?

Last year, fantasy managers were burned by year two wideouts. McConkey burned us, BTJ burned us, Malik neighbors got hurt. It was just a lot of times year two wideouts provide such big, fantasy wins. Is this year going to be a case of like revenge of the year two wide receivers? I'm not sure. I mean, I definitely like all three of these guys. It's interesting that you say that Tet is going to be the highest drafted between him, Luther Burden and Emeka Egbuka. I think that I would rather have burden and Egbuka over Tet right now. I just think that there's a little bit of a ceiling on Tet because of the quarterback play, because the Panthers are going to want to run the ball.

because they, I mean, they have some decent other options. I mean, I think that Jalen Coker is coming. You know, they did draft Chris Brasel. But they're going to run the ball, and they have a quarterback who's really limited. You know, Brett Young is very limited. So, I mean, I love Tet as a player. It's just not the greatest environment for him to have a really big ceiling. Luther Bergen has the biggest ceiling among these three.

I think for sure, because of the reasons that we discussed when we were talking about Colston-Leveland, that if Caleb Williams takes a leap to become the best quarterback in the NFL, which is absolutely within his range of potential outcomes, he's going to carry Luther Burden. And Luther Burden is a freaking baller. We saw that last year. He was a very limited role, you know, with like around 50% of the snaps. This year, if he can get that full-time role, which I believe that he's ticketed for right now,

he can absolutely take off. Emeka Agbuka, though, I mean, he has a good argument here, too. you know, no Mike Evans. Chris Godwin is just, he might be dust at this point. Jailene McMillan is all right, you know, but they brought back KDOT. And I mean, Emeka Egbuka should be the Buck's number one receiver this year. And so I think he's got plenty of ceiling too. I think it's between Burden and Egbuka.

I think that I would take Egbuka over Burden, though, because I think he's got a little bit of a higher floor. But I think that Burden has the best ceiling among these three receivers that were discussing. Yeah, there you go. I would say that it's if you're putting cost into the equation, McMillan steamed up in a major way. I think that in redraft, he's become sort of a trendy third round pick. And in Dynasty, there's some sites that have them up to wide receiver nine. So it's, it feels like it's getting a little too expensive. Love the enthusiasm for Eggbuka and Burden as well. Really, really fun players. There's a ton of year two running backs who are getting steamed up. We of course know about Ashton Genti and Omari and Hampton, but then you have this huge

cluster of guys like Quinn Sean Judkins, Travion Henderson, Cam Scadaboo, R.J. Harvey. They've all like, sort of some of them have taken hits. Scataboo was sort of a winner. Do you have bets to be made when you're looking at the year two running backs? 2025, of course, was like the year for running backs where we're saying it could have been one of the most talented classes now they're in year two i guess we could take this as a two-part question where it comes down to gentie versus hampton and then which of the rest you like so why don't we first look at gentie hampton where i've talked about this with scott barrett on school of scott and on fantasy football daily how in under on underdog and some of the best ball sites it was genty ahead of hampton but then when

the three hundred fifty dollar adp started over in ffpc they started started the big guerrilla contest early this year, that's redraft. A lot of those early drafters who were high volume, sharp money guys were pushing Hampton ahead of Gentie. Where are you at with the bet between Gentie and Hampton? I think it's clearly Ashton Genty. And I think that the improvement in the environment for the Raiders, you know, from quarterback play to offensive line, getting back Colton Miller, you know, a more functional offense. I mean, Chip Kelly, I mean, it wasn't happening for Chip Kelly, you know, and Pete Carroll. And, you know, now we got Clint Kubiak calling a shot.

I mean, that's going to be a really big upgrade for Ashton Genti. Maybe I'm crazy, but I think that Keaton Mitchell poses more of a threat to Omarian Hampton than people want to give that credit for. I think that Keaton Mitchell is very much a Mike McDaniel kind of player. And if he gets rolling, I mean, he has blinding speed. And I think that there are some, you know, I think that there are some reasons for skepticism on Omari and Hampton. I don't think that he's any kind of a lock. So, yeah, it's clearly Ashton Genty for me.

And I will be drafting quite a bit of Keaton Mitchell this year and probably not very much Omarian Hampton. Well, there you go. And you're the second big guest to sort of like hype up Keaton Mitchell. Sigmund Bloom's always been on that Mitchell train. I thought it was awesome. He doesn't like Hampton very much either. No, he's Fadenhampton for sure. He came on my dynasty show Dynasty Life a couple of times,

and he's listed him as a trade target, all that stuff. But Keaton Mitchell and Alec Ingold, the fullback, Mike McDaniel had wanted posters made up of both those guys in the Chargers facility, like it was the Wild Wild West. So he obviously wanted to get some Keaton Mitchell. Talk about those other running backs who were all being drafted in, like, I guess we used to call it the Dead Zone. Now the dead zone's kind of moved around.

But Scataboo, R.J. Harvey, Trayvionn Henderson, Quinnshon Judkins. Is there a best bet among these players for you when you're looking at year two backs? Yeah, I think it is clearly Quinn Sean Judkins, who showed that he could handle big volume after having no training camp last year. And also the Browns did not. They made zero notable offseason running back additions. and they added left tackle Spencer Fenno, center Elton Jenkins, right tackle Titus Howard. So they remade their offensive line,

and Judkins is locked in as a high-volume workhorse. He's an easy pick among those guys to be a target. It's a really, really interesting take. I had this with Scott Barrett as well. Judkins, I think, comes out like a winner when you look at what Cleveland did on the offensive line, not only in the NFL draft, but also with all the free agents.

think it's a great take, Evan. I think Judkins could end up being a real value. And if they get functional quarterback play, league winner is probably not the right word, but he could be an RB1 in fantasy football. Yeah, and then one of the biggest losers, I mean, I think that everyone would agree is RJ Harvey. I mean, I really want no part of RJ Harvey. He's going to be like the number three back in a three-way committee. Yeah, it's Jonah Coleman pick. I know it's a fourth round pick, but I agree with you. It's a scary one for Harvey. And people look back at R.J. Harvey's counting stats. He was inefficient, but he scored a ton of touchdowns. Dobbins was playing ahead of him at the beginning of the season. And sort of a lot of the RJ Harvey was Dobbins will break

down again. Now if Dobbins breaks down, they can go with Jonah Coleman, who might be a better fit for the offense. And the offense changed with Jalen Waddle coming over there as well. So, yeah, I'm with you. I think R.J. Harvey's a really tough. It's tough to make a pro-J. Harvey argument. if there was an injury this year in the backfield. So I'm with you there. Talk about L.A. We talked about like, let me ask you, though. Let me ask you about Bayshol Tutin. Where do you stand on Bayshall Tutin? I made a, we were talking on our podcast and then our video team clipped it that I was like, I think that Chris Rodriguez is going to be the Jaguars leadback over Bayshall Tutin. And I mean, I think it got on like some Jaguars message board because I was

getting like hate messages all of a sudden out of the like out of nowhere because our video team clipped it talking positively about Chris Rodriguez and I liked Bayshall Tutton a lot I think I was higher than consensus on him last year and I still like him but I mean he's a fourth round pick who had 385 total yards as a rookie and they went to sign Chris Rodriguez anyways I shouldn't be saying all this because I don't want to influence your opinion but what is your opinion on bashal tuiton in the conversation I think we still would have come to judkins because Judkins is a clear argument, but, you know, I saw your guy's clip. And, and, uh, there's some, there's been a lot of like Bachel Tutin love over here.

Ryan Heath was huge on Bachel Tutin last year. Graham Barfield, big on, on Bachel Tutin. And I'm still going to be team Bachel Tutin because I think in this offense, they're going to end up having a lot of screen passes. And I know there's a lot of like, hey, those could go to LeQuint Allen. It could be a true, like, ugly committee. But I think if Tuton gets enough voluble, in terms of the targets in the passing game,

he could concede some of these like between the 20s runs to Chris Rodriguez and still be an effective player. I don't think he's year two Chase Brown, which I think would be sort of like the dream for Bachel Tutin drafters. They're getting year two Chase Brown, like a super athletic home run threat guy who can catch some passes. But I think Bachel Tutin's going to be an RB2 in fantasy, whether that means it's a guy that we're happy to start every week

or just starting because he's an RB2 remains to be said. I think he's the best bet in the Jacksonville backfield. And Chris Rodriguez, I understand he's a warrior, the connections to Liam Cohen, Scott Barrett likes him, but the guy doesn't catch passes ever. And I think a big part of this Liam Cohen offense is going to be targets to the running back this year. And I think they showed you their comfort level with Bachel Tutin by not drafting a running back in this draft class, where they were linked to Gendarian Price. That would have been catastrophic for everyone,

but they didn't walk away with any of these guys, and he avoided everybody in free agency besides Rodriguez. So I think I'm Team Bachel Tutin. I think we're, after the video clip, Evan, you're, you are associated with Chris Rodriguez till the end of time, so we're buttoned heads on that one. I know. But we're also going to talk about it.

As you said, Chris Rodriguez is a warrior, and therefore I feel good about betting on warriors. There you go. He plays hard. He runs hard between the tackles for sure. Talk about the L.A. Chargers offense because we talked about New Orleans. And I think it's like it's very, it's like a lot of sharp people are talking about New Orleans is like not only the breakout offense, but the one you can get access to because Tyler Shucks cheap. Travis E.TN's pretty cheap. Chris Lava is like a third round pick.

And then Jordan Tyson like probably too cheap. And then we talked about Washington, which is sort of like, I think Rich Rebar is really pumping this one. but Terry McLaurin, Jaden Daniels, we both like them. Everybody loves the Los Angeles Chargers, though. That's like the one where they had all the offensive line injuries, and now you've got Mike McDaniel joining up with Harbaugh, an offensive mine that we really liked in Miami, and it just seems like everything's setting up,

but you're going to pay some higher price tags for these guys. Ladd-McConkie, it's like last year didn't exist. He's already back in like wide receiver 18 range. O'Marion Hampton, we talked about. He's steamed up. Are there ways to find value in this offense, and are you buying into this offense being like the breakout offense this year? I think even before you consider the upgrade from Greg Roman to Mike McDaniel, it's just so important that the Chargers are getting back Joe Alt and Rayshon Slater. I mean, that is just absolutely massive.

I mean, the on-off splits with them, especially Joe Alt, and then to have both of them back, it's just so huge. kind of remade their interior offensive line too. They use a second round pick on Jake Slaughter. They signed Tyler Beadash. They signed Cole Strange. They've got Trevor Penning coming back. He'll play. He'll be like a backup on the interior. I mean, just their offensive line is going to be so much better. And it was catastrophic in the second half of last season after they lost Slater and Alt. Having those guys back is going to be massive. I'm going to keep tabs, though, on the health reports on those guys, though. I want to make sure that that's going to actually happen. But I feel at this stage, you know, April 30th that Ray Sean Slater and Joe Alt should be back for

week one. And then you add in Mike McDaniel. He's just so much more advanced as an offensive designer and play caller than was Greg Roman, who, I mean, has had a really nice career as a coordinator in the NFL. But Mike McDaniel is like, the man. And he can maximize guys and he wants to get as much speed out there on the field as he possibly can. I mean, I'm really excited about the Chargers offense, no question. Yeah, and I think Justin Herbert is a really great target this year. A couple of like cheaper options, like getting access to Arronday Gadsden and best ball, I think could be really fun.

But everything's going to get more expensive as the summer moves along. And Evan already told you sort of his apprehension on Omari and Hampton. So that's sort of a big takeaway is Evan loves the offense, but doesn't love Omer's. Marion Hampton at cost. So keep that one in mind. Let's talk about Kenneth Walker. Because it's a pretty easy question. Everybody loves the landing spot.

We saw the guy rip it, rip it up in the NFL playoffs, one Super Bowl MVP, finally escaped Zach Charbonnet in that annoying split, ends up in Kansas City. Everybody's happy. But now he's going like top 15 overall in early best ball drafts and probably will be a mid-second round pick in some of these early. redraft leagues like the FFPC and FFC. Is this too much of a cost for you when it comes to Kenneth Walker, or are you buying into the smash season?

I'm okay with this cost. I don't know that I personally will draft a ton of Kenneth Walker at that cost, but I think it's where he belongs. It's such a great situation. I did a draft with Davis-Matic recently, and he noted that Chiefs haven't had a good running, like an actually good running back since, Damien Williams before the pandemic.

And Damian Williams even is kind of pushing it as like an actually good running back, although he should have won Super Bowl MVP that one year. I will never let that go. But I mean, you know, like Brian Westbrook is, you know, an after, I mean, the Chiefs, Andy Reid hasn't had a good running back in a really freaking long time, period. And Kenneth Walker is a really good running back. And, you know, Kenneth Walker, if you remember coming out of Michigan State, knock on him was that he didn't catch passes. Well, Kenneth Walker has 77 catches over the last

two seasons. And that's really big in that offense as well. And we know he's an awesome runner. And Patrick Mahomes will be back, I think, early in the season. I feel very good about Kenneth Walker as like a top 20 pick. But yeah, I don't know if I personally will be taking a ton of him if he's going at that one-two turn. Yeah, I think you could look at it as like a structural bestball pick where there's so many running back by committees guys you're going to have to dip into. So if you want to start running back, running back,

Walker makes a ton of sense there. It's a great point you made because if you've been playing fantasy football for a long time, Andy Reid used to be looked at as like a running back whisperer, Brian Westbrook, Shady McCoy, and of course Kareem Hunt early Kansas City years. So we could get that with Kenneth Walker, ends up getting an 18, 19 point per game season. So there's a lot of ranges of outcomes there, but it's a pretty safe floor for him too.

And really interesting stuff because where people are like running backs haven't been producing in Kansas City, they haven't had anything there. And we did get that one season from Isaiah Pacheco where he ended up being like a top 15 score a couple years back. So I think we could see a really good one from Walker. Talk about another guy that I've been sort of pounding the table for as an offseason winner and that's Zay Flowers. Ended last year really, really well, gets Declan Doyle as the offensive coordinator and avoids really anything in the NFL draft or in free agency that's

going to hurt him like being a dominant target share guy in this offense. There's a chance that just the offensive coordinator change and Lamar Jackson sort of, you know, last year banged up. But if they limit his rushing volume just a little bit, and it becomes like instead of being the worst passing offense in terms of volume, maybe like the 10th worst, that Zay Flowers could have a really big year. I'm into him in all formats. Where are you standing on Zay Flowers right now?

Love him. He's gotten better every season since he's been in the league. He was 86, 12, 11, and five touchdowns last year. The thing for him has been touchdowns. He had 86 catches in over 1,200 yards last year. If he can score eight or nine touchdowns, it's a really big difference. It's just that his touchdown counts have been 5, 4, and 5 in his first three NFL seasons. And I think that we know that touchdowns can, you know, regress positively toward the mean.

So, I mean, if he scores 8 or 9 touchdowns this year and he has the exact same number of catches in yards that he had last year with Lamar Jackson injured, I mean, he's going to be a smash wherever he. he goes. I love Zay Flowers. I drafted a ton of them last year. I'm going to draft a ton of them again this year. Well, there you go, Scott Barrett. If we're all in the same draft again with the ETR guys, you're going to have to reach to get yourself some Zay Flowers ahead of Evan Silva. I'm into it. It's another one of these young offensive coordinators. Declan Doyle coming from the Ben Johnson coaching tree over there. Really, really fun one. I'm optimistic here because I think Baltimore, Derek Henry sort of is what he is, but he's getting older. And then Zay Flowers becoming just

this huge offensive focal point, it's in the range of outcomes. I'm really excited for him, and I want to get him in all formats. Any other off-season winners for you that you wanted to point out here, Evan, before we finish up? I like what the dolphins have done around Malik Willis. They have the most gargantuan offensive tackle duo in the league. Patrick Paul is 6'8, 331 pounds. Caden Proctor, 6'7, 352. it's like they, you know, this is not like a trial run with Malik Willis.

Like they pushed their chips in on Malik Willis at least in year one. And I like what they've surrounded him with. And so he's a really exciting pick. I think that you could draw a parallel between, I mean, I admittedly, I was high on Justin Fields entering last season, almost thinking that, you know, there was no way that he could be benched. And, you know, because Tyrod Taylor was next up, and he did wind up getting benched. I don't think that the dolphins are going to be benching Malik Willis.

I mean, you know, the receiver core, you know, the coaching staff, you know, we'll see about that. But I like how they're building around him. Malik Willis running off the edges behind Caden Proctor and Patrick Paul is a really excited. He could lead all quarterbacks in rushing yards this year. You know, Jonathan Brooks is a guy who, you know, has had a super star-crossed beginning to his career, of course, with the repeated ACL tears. But the runout for him has actually been pretty good. And he was recently quoted as saying that he feels like he's near 100%. He'll certainly be ready for training camp.

He was a really talented guy coming out of college. And Ryan, if you want to go really deep, Ryan Flournoy. right now looks like the Cowboys locked in number three receiver, one of the past heaviest offense in the league, a team that is going to score a ton of points. Great athlete, had some big games last year, can play the slot, can play outside. And, you know, if something happens with, you know, C.D. Lamb

or something happens with George Pickens, like, Floranoi can go from a guy who's, like, a nice bench stash into a fantasy starter every week. I love all the takes there. So make sure you check it out Ryan Flournoy, Jonathan Brooks, and then Malik Willis, I still think is a fantastic value in all formats. Completely agree with you. Even if it doesn't really matter how the Miami Dolphins do,

Willis, as long as he's on the field, is going to rush for a ton of yards. He could average like 50 plus rushing yards a game this year if it, if it leans his way. So it could be a really, really like an 800-yard rushing season for him. And that's going to be fantasy gold. Evan, you mentioned you're going to drop your top 150 rankings over to establish the run soon. Give the fantasy football today audience a little bit of a sneak preview. Who's at the 101, Evan? Jemir Gibbs.

Let's go. Jemir Gibbs, no matter what. Make sure you're checking out everything Evan's putting out over at ETR. Make sure you're sticking with us here at Fantasy Football Daily. We are going to drop a ton of shows in May and the rest of April that are going to be absolute fire. Stick with us here at Fantasy Points. We're going to help you crush your leagues. season.