Fantasy Football Daily - Realistic Landing Spots For The 2025 Rookies And What It Means For Dynasty

Episode Date: March 17, 2025

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and cemetery providers owned and operated by affiliates of Service Corporation International. We're talking dream landing spots for some of our favorite rookies in the 2025 class. And in Brett's case, a couple of rookies he's not that high on, but he's still going to give the best possible outcome. A lot of times things don't go well for us on Draft Night as Fantasy football managers as dynasty managers. But we're going to talk about an ideal scenario where these rookies would thrive right out the gate and have a chance for continued success based on the landing spot, the draft capital and the offensive conditions that they're playing in.

I'm Theo Graminger with Brett Whitefield for fantasy points. Fantasy football daily. We're bringing you podcasts like this all the way up until the NFL draft and beyond. Brett, we got to talk about it, though. You're about to drop your prospect guide. let everybody know when it's dropping, where people can find it. Yeah, it comes out this week, actually. Wednesday morning.

I don't know when you're listening to this, but the prospect guide should be around Wednesday morning. If you go to FantasyPoint.com, all you need to access it is a login, a free login. You don't have to have a paid subscription, but you do have to set up a little log into the site there, and then you can access the prospect guide. It's going to come out with just quarterbacks,

running backs, wide receivers, and tight ends, which is what, you know, I'm assuming the fantasy football crowd is interested in, and then we will add to that as it goes on. And by draft day, we should have, you know, well over 100 prospects in there, 100 write-ups, defensive side of the ball, offensive line, et cetera. It's a lot of fun. Probably the best value you're going to find anywhere for any product right now in fantasy football

is Brett's guide. Again, all you've got to do is create a log into fantasy points and you have access to it. It's free. And we're going to dive into it a lot after it comes out, Brett and I have sort of talked about our rankings. We've talked about where we think guys are going to get drafted. We did an unbelievably fun rookie mock draft last week with Derek Brown of fantasy pros. Next week we have a huge, huge mock draft with some other fantasy points guests joining us.

That's going to be a really fun one. We have six people total. Probably that's going to be just a really, really fun one. But Brett, let's keep this thing going. A lot of times on draft night, you sit here and you're just hoping and hoping and hoping. and then your dreams are crushed. But this year, it seems like there's a lot of open spots, especially for the running backs and especially for in that early second round,

a lot of wide receiver spots. You think this could end up being a night we're happy on or a two-day period we're extremely happy, or you always get worried about teams just sapping up value and guys sort of fitting into situations where they're boxed out? Yeah, gosh, I'm cautiously optimistic, Theo. I think the running backs who might get some really juicy landing spots. You know, we know this wide receiver class isn't exceptional.

So I think maybe you see an early run on them just to get the good ones off the board. But at the end of the day, this is a really deep draft in other positions as well. Defensive line, for example, we could see just, you know, 15 defensive linemen off the board in the first round. I'm kind of exaggerating. But point being, there might not be some of that high draft capital value we're looking for. But I'm cautiously optimistic, though. I think it'll be a good day for us. Yeah, and you never know when those positional runs are going to go.

There's certainly a ton of edge rushers, a ton of defensive tackles in this draft class where when one gets off the board, you might hear another three called in a row. It seems like that sort of year. We're not going to talk about the quarterbacks today. That's not as fun. We're going to talk specifically on running backs, wide receivers, and tight ends. Another factor, Brett, that we have to put into our NFL draft projections and certainly into our dynasty analysis, our fantasy analysis, is the free agent signings and the

trades. A lot of the places that we projected to get wide receivers through the draft ended up making moves. Houston gets Christian Kirk, Washington gets Debo Samuel, the Rams get Devante Adams, the Steelers get D.K. Metcalf. Do you think that this sort of prohibits these teams from double-tapping the wide receiver spot? Do you think that that's sort of a, we added one, let's add two and make our passing game even better type scenario. Or do you think that these teams are going to say we filled our need, let's move on, let's fill another need. Yeah, that's a great question.

For a team like Houston, where Christian Kirk is not, he's not young anymore, they didn't give up a lot to give them. They also have like nobody outside of him and Nico Collins. I could absolutely see them, you know, still drafting a guy. Now, maybe the Kirk presence limits the types of guys they're looking at. at maybe they're not going to go for and we'll get into it of course maybe they won't go for a slot only type player maybe they're looking for another boundary guy to pair with nico collins um yeah they should still be in on it especially if they feel like they need help there right because we've talked

about it before there might not be good players available in the late second to third round theo like the receiver class is thin at best so if they need contributors for this season coming up they're going to have to strike early yeah i think I think that's sort of the way I'm looking at it where I think a lot of people when they're doing NFL draft prognostications will immediately just shift. But I think that there's some wildcards here. We also saw a big tight end move, Brett, where one of the spots where we were sort of hopeful could be a Colston Loveland landing spot, potentially a move up for Tyler Warren, Denver went and got Evan Engram. Do you see this as a they filled their Joker role or do you think this is going to be in Evan Engram as sort of a slot? But this also opens up a potential juicy outcome for us on draft night with the Denver Broncos going running back or wide receiver.

Yeah, I was going to say that way. Maybe it takes tight end off the board for round one, but it might put them in play for wide receiver or running back. But even just, you know what, even as I say that, it doesn't feel right. Like this team arguably was, I mean, not arguably, they were bottom five in the NFL last year in weapons, just in general. That's running back, wide receiver tight end. Evan Ingram is is 29 years old going on 30 got one year left on his deal or right isn't that isn't that true or no it's two year deal two year deal for engram yeah yeah so no they shouldn't prohibit them from drafted a tight especially Sean Peyton's historically love 12 personnel like there's there's no reason if they love Colston Loveland they don't go Colson Loveland you know yeah I think that I think that's the way to look at it another spot that we saw get boxed out of the equation Los Angeles charged sign Najee Harris. You've said that this is interesting to you,

and you would still think that they might be in the mix to add another running back very early. That's sort of been a lot of analysts who sort of said, you know, let's move on, but make the case for them adding a second running back. Yeah, Najee, like, he's what I call a professional back. He does everything above average and nothing great, right? He's also a scheme fit. So I think when I look at Najee Harris, I love getting him downhill. I love seeing him in power, counter run situations,

which is what Greg Roman does. And so I think he is an early down scheme fit for them. And obviously he has a three down skill set to some extent. But I mean, you see teams all over the league, they're loading up at running back right now. The advent of too high becoming such a popular thing. It's invoked to run the ball again, right? And so they need multiple bodies.

Yeah. We saw the run game fall off a cliff at the end of last year. And I think a big reason why is they just, they didn't have talent at the running back spot. And so adding nausea is just one. step. Now, when we do ideal landing spots, I'm not going to say it's ideal now for one of these guys to go to Los Angeles at 22 because they got to compete with Najee Harris. But I still think they're absolutely in play for a running back in round one. One more NFL situation where we saw the contract

extension for Jamar Chase on top of the contract for T. Higgins all within the same evening, Sunday night news drop. Which way do you think this has Cincinnati leaning at 17? Because this has been a team, Brett, where early in the off season, potentially if T was going to leave or if they didn't come to terms, potentially he could get moved. He's so good that somebody might have actually paid the price. 17 seems like that's a spot where Cincinnati goes, which position now, that they're completely sort of locked up their long-term offense.

Defense. They need defensive help badly. They can't afford to keep sticking all their investments in, you know, skill players on the offense. Yeah, and I think that for us in fantasy football, the big takeaway is, I think Chase Brown was the guy that we worried about them adding a second back with some juice. I think they're way, way less likely to do it. I think they need to get serious about these picks, especially on day two, where it's probably

defense, defense, defense. If you look at this team in the makeup, certainly offensive line. But tight end, they re-signed Giseki, which is not a, really, really. an impactful player, but a serviceable one in this offense, especially the way they utilize the tight end. And then, of course, I think Chase Brown is safe. How safe would you feel if you were holding Chase Brown in Dynasty right now, Brett? I mean, I think Chase Brown's a stud. So, you know, I had a much higher grade on him than he was actually drafted, right? Fifth Brown pick. I think I had like a late late two, early three on him. And there's not many guys in this class that have more juice than

Chase Brown, right? Like he's got legitimate juice. So I feel relatively safe. I do think this running back class is so deep, you're going to see some running backs like Chase Brown get sniped in the fourth and fifth round. It's just an unfortunate reality of how good this class is where, you know, they might accidentally stumble into a very good back in the fifth round who ends up competing with Chase Brown next year. Now, I do think Chase Brown's very good. So he probably retains the starting position, at least for another year. But, you know, that's definitely concerning. Yeah, I mean, it's going to be a, it's going to be one where you don't want to see a back with a whole lot of juice end up there. But again, it's hard to avoid.

it in this draft class. There are so many running backs. We couldn't even include all the running backs that we wanted to talk about dream landing spot-wise, but we have a really, really fun group to talk about. We're going to take a quick break. When we come back, we're talking about dream landing spot for Ashton Gentie. Ontario, the wait is over. The gold standard of online casinos has arrived. Golden Nugget online casino is live.

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19 and over, physically present in Ontario. Eligibility restrictions apply. See Golden Nuggettcasino.com for details. Please play responsibly. Welcome back, Theo Greminger and Brett Whitefield for Fantasy Points. We're talking about dream landing spots for the 2025 rookie class, players that would rise up in dynasty value, players that would rise up in redraft value,

and have a chance to reach their peak outcomes as NFL players. And just as a quick note, we're not taking copouts here. Brett, we could have had like the same answer for like a number of these backs and a number of these wide receivers. We're giving you a different team. So we can't repeat. Maybe if we do, it's by accident. But we're going to try our best not to repeat on landing spots. So let's start out at the top.

Ashton Genty, aka the chosen one, aka the real deal, aka the number one pick in every single dynasty format right now. Where do you want to see him end up on draft night? AKA the non-Newtonian fluid. You know, this guy will just morph into whatever he needs to be in the moment. Whatever he needs to be. Yeah. So I know the popular picks are Raiders at 6, Bears at 10, New Orleans at 9,

Jags at 5. I'm going earlier. New England Patriots at 4 overall. That I think that's the ideal landing spot. They're doing some work on the O line. They have a young quarterback who needs to see a fruitful run game to get the most out of him. I know they have Ramandre Stevenson. I know people are pissed right now that I said number four.

But man, I've already made the case for two backs in some of these offenses. I think this could be a more explosive dynamic version of the Jemir Gibbs, David Montgomery situation in Detroit in New England with Ramandre and Ashton Genti. Both those guys are they're multiple as well. They're both good on passing downs. and you kind of create that thunder and lightning approach. I think it would be just super dynamic. And we know Mike Vrable is going to want to do this, right?

This is what he did in Tennessee with Derek Henry. He loves his run game, loves his running backs. And then they got the right play caller to do that too. So I think that would be huge. Yeah. And when you look at Remandre Stevenson, shout out to Scott Barrett. Scott has talked about sort of a lot of these running backs

getting eclipsed on draft night, especially on day two. So Mondre Stevenson is exactly the kind of guy that you should be worried about. He's 27 years old. He's never been a top. I mean, he's been an RB1 before, but he's not a guy that talent-wise, you're banking on that's going to give you several more years of production. He could get nuked in round one. He certainly could get nuked in round two.

And he's not going to disappear. But this is a guy where a year from now he could be off that roster. Despite the extension they gave him last year, this is not a contract that's so long term that they can't get out of it. And Andre Stevenson, to me, that's a non-factor. And this is also not necessarily a guy that Vrabel's into. This is the Vrable. Vrable's going to have a big say in what they do every single round.

And I think the team's going to be more shaped into his likeness. Genty at four, I wish I would have come up with that one, Brett. I should have waited for you to put your dream landing spots first. I put mine on our sheet we're following. But that would sort of melt faces because you would have him go inside of the top five, which it's pulling hairs here, but it is more significant when you see that sort of investment in a player at a position that NFL teams usually don't put that sort of draft capital into.

It would be a full four spots ahead of where we saw Bijan Robinson go and way ahead of Jemir Gibbs. This would be significant. So for me, Brett wins if this was a debate. That's spicier, that's sexier. But I'm going to go with the Las Vegas Raiders. It's the chalk. And it's a chalk for a reason.

They signed Rahim Mostert, a back that's older. So there's minimal competition behind him. I know Mostert maybe has a little juice left in a new venue. We saw him play pretty well in Miami at times. Certainly, that huge 2023 season seemed to really fall off last year. So non-factor behind him. But I love the speed and tempo of the Chip Kelly offense. I love the chance for them to run a lot of plays and potentially open up explosive plays for him as well.

And when you look at Mostert, this is not a guy that would, would prevent him from getting all of the targets out of the backfield. And then you factor in that the wide receiver one now is Jacoby Myers, a guy we like, but not your traditional wide receiver one. Really, it's a Brock Bowers offense filling the lead target role. Myers will get about what he can handle,

but there'd be a chance for Genti to be top, dare I say, top three in running back receptions right out the gate with this landing spot. So for me, Vegas Raiders, that's my dream landing spot. Your thoughts on that one, breath. Sort of shock, Yeah, it is the chalk and I didn't, I didn't want to repeat you.

So I went with something else. Another point here, the Rahim Mostert signing for real life purposes, I think actually kind of tips their cards a little bit. I think it actually suggests they're probably are going gentie. There's no reason for that team in the state that they're into to sign a running back of that age, other than we want a short-term situation with another good running back. So our rookie running back doesn't die next year. Like that's, they have no one else on the roster, you know, like it's,

it really was a bad situation for the running back there. So getting most to me, I'm like pretty much all in. I think Gentie is going to be a raider at this point. No, I love it. I think we're both into this one and New England. Obviously, that would be a really, really fun one. Let's keep this thing going. And we're going to bounce around positions here.

So if you're worried about your running back being called, we're going to come back to some of these guys. Let's go Tet McMillan, though. Ted McMillan is our wide receiver one. you and Scott Barrett on film versus analytics. You guys talked about sort of the prospect fatigue there. You shared your enthusiasm for Tet. I'm equally with you.

He's worthy of a wide receiver won in many draft classes, not last year, but this is a guy with a ton of college production. He's big, great catch radius, potential to be really, really good in the red zone. And he's a guy who's got elite size with the potential to have elite target ceilings, which is a really nice combination to have for a wide receiver of this height. Where would you like to see him end up on draft night?

I love the answer you put in here. So I took some liberties here because obviously, you know, you threw down an answer that I think is my number one choice. But I got creative with this one. And I'm thinking, hey, let's, if I just buy into the idea that maybe there's a small slide with Tet, maybe he's not the lock top 10 pick, I think he should be. I'm giving some prudence to that. Let's let's say he's there at 11.

and San Francisco just got gutted, right? How many guys just left the 49ers in free agency, right? They need draft capital. They need you to restock the shelves. So my idea is what about a Denver sitting at 20 or a Green Bay sitting at 23 coming up to draft Ted McMillan? And I think it's reasonable because this receiver class isn't great, both those teams need a true number one. If Green Bay traded from 23 to 11 to get Ted McMillan, you could argue McMillan as the dynasty. number one pick.

People are going to argue with me and say it's gentie, but I think you could argue it should be in that scenario. I love both those teams as potential trade-up options for Ted McMillan if there is a small slide with him. Yeah, I mean, I love that because it would be, when we look at Cortland Sutton for Denver, he had the most targets he's ever had

in his career last year, and he had the most air yards he's ever had in his career. It was, I would call peak usage for Cortland Sutton. Sutton's a guy that they really like organizationally, but he's by no means a guy that we're going to ever project to get 160 targets, 150 targets. I think 130, we sort of, in the 130s was sort of the max season for him.

And ideally, there's more threats where they can spread it the ball around a little bit. Bo Nix, extremely accurate quarterback. And the Ted McMillan landing in Denver, I think you're right. I think this would, for me, it wouldn't put him at, wouldn't put him above Gentie, but I think it would put him ahead of O'Marion Hampton in like single QB setting. O'Marian Hampton, to me, is a real threat to Tet at that two spot because now we're projecting the draft capital will be extremely high and we really love him as a player.

So for me, it would still be sort of up in the air there. But the 103 in single QB dynasty rookie drafts would become extremely valuable. I also think when we talk about the success that rookie wide receivers have had, the last few seasons, that's the sort of scenario where tech could get there and put up a top six PPR season, like out the gate. Green Bay is an interesting one. Green Bay is an interesting one because I think that would be a team that has not really had a wide receiver one since Devante Adams left. And I know Christian Watson's had his moments. We saw Jaden Reed have his moments, but it's been such a spread offense. And then this year, they completely went against it and became so run heavy in

the second half of the year. I think Tet would get them right back to the balanced approach that we associate with Matt LaFleur offenses. So I love both your answers there. But it's Carolina. You've had them projected. You had them projected in your recent mock. It's sort of the, the projection we both had in early mock drafts. And it's the right one because you get Dave Canales wide receiver one usage. We saw just how good he was for Mike Evans, another bigger, taller, wide receiver in Tampa Bay. Evans led all wide receivers in touchdown grabs in Canales's last year in Tampa. Then I love the fact that we have a history now, a two-year sample size of Bryce Young hyper-targeting his top option when Adam Thielen is available.

So Thielen has had games where the target share has gone north of 30 percent, multiple times. I think that could be a consistent early role for McMillan. And on top of that, we get the top eight, excuse me, the top 10 draft capital that we'd love to see with elite wide receivers. So for me, it's Carolina. The pathways early. The pathway would be easy. He'd be an instant wide receiver one. But yours were, we're very creative, very, very good as well, Brett. So you get some props on that one. Let's take another quick break. When we come back, we're talking about our RB2 in this class, Omarian Hampton. and where we'd like to see him end up on draft night.

Welcome back, Theo Greminger and Brett Whitefield for Fantasy Football Daily. Representing fantasy points, getting you ready to crush your dynasty leagues, your redraft leagues, any format you play, fantasy points has you covered this season. Brett, remind everybody again about your rookie guide that's dropping. Yeah, the 2025 prospect guide on FantasyPoint.com. All you need to access is a Fantasy Points login. You don't need a paid subscription, although those. are better. But yeah, just go create a login. You can get it as early as Wednesday morning.

Love that. And let everybody know about what you've been dropping with Scott Barrett recently. My co-host at School v. Scott, he's been in the lab with you recently. We're going to get back together soon. But what have you guys been dropping? It's been absolute fire. Yeah. Film versus Analytics, which was a award nominated show last offseason for the draft. We're back. We're doing it again. we're going to get to as many prospects as we can between now and the draft. Those will all be uploaded to YouTube. So make sure you go to the Fantasy Points YouTube page, subscribe and turn notifications on. But also, they're going to be released, I think, in pairs on School of Scott's podcast feed.

So the School of Scott podcast feed will see, you know, two or three film versus analytics released at one time in podcast form. I love that. It's great School of Scott episodes. And I didn't have to do anything. You guys are just crushing it on that one. So I set those ones out. A lot of fun. And a big shout out if you enjoy the rookie content, the dynasty content,

make sure you're subscribed to dynasty points as well. Those guys are dropping fire every single week right here at fantasy points. Let's keep this going. Let's talk about Omari and Hampton. And this is one where heading into the NFL Combine, you saw a lot of people sort of making their arguments for other backs as their RB2 overall. That ship is sailed. Omarian Hampton is most people's RB2 overall now,

because he backed up everything we liked about him with an incredible combine performance. He put himself into a position where there's really no red flags here with this profile. He's got the size. He's got the athleticism. He has the receiving pedigree. He's a guy that can handle volume. He's got the physicality. And again, big time, big time athlete.

Oh, and the college production was elite. So talk about Omar and Hampton where you'd like to see him. end up on draft night. Yeah, so this one I'm kind of playing off the idea that, hey, what if Gentie does go number four overall or in the top 10? And he's not there for the Dallas Cowboys at 12. I actually think O'Marion Hampton is a better fit for the Cowboys at 12. There isn't a team in the NFL that had more A and B gap runs last year.

They have the heaviest dose of inside zone and duo run concepts, which is what, that's where I want Hampton. I know he tested as a guy with a ton of juice. I think that that juice is more short area quickness and burst. So I want to get him downhill. I want to get him in an inside the tackles run scheme where he can be featured on the outside sometimes, but we really want to see him just getting his pad square, putting linebackers in a blunder. And so I think the Cowboys would be a great spot.

They also have a young developing offensive line with Cooper Beebe and Tyler Smith, Tyler Guyton. They have some legit options for growth there on the offensive line. I think this could be a really good situation for him. Yeah. it's interesting. I mean, you could just picture and close your eyes and imagine Omari and Hampton in like that peak Ezekiel Elliott role that was very successful in Dak Prescott offense is, I think that's sort of a role that he could fill. And I realize the offense is way different.

Certainly the Kellynne Moore days are over there, but just the success we saw with with Elliott next to Prescott with a young C.D. Lamb, it sort of would sort of just be paint by numbers there for Dallas having another back that could handle that sort of volume, be that good on the goal line, and bring the explosiveness to that running game. Let me ask you this, though, let's say we have a cascade effect. Let's say the Raiders are sitting there at six thinking, we're getting gente. And then we get a shock result like New England taking them at four. Could we see Vegas trade down a few spots and just select Omari in Hampton, which I think could be in the same wheelhouse if they really identified running back as a need they want to fill

early in the draft. How would O'Marion Hempton fit for you in the Chip Kelly offense? That's a great question. Very good. You know, Chip Kelly is also a guy who's going to prioritize a ton of duo and inside zone. We saw it with both Henderson and Quinchard Judkins at Ohio State this past year. Yeah, it'd be a great fit. And I think it's actually a reasonable take, right? So go back to the 2023 NFL draft. The Lions loved both Bejohn Robinson and Jamir Gibbs. They actually had a higher grade on Jemir Gibbs. But when you love two players like that, you're okay trading back.

The lines knew they could trade back to 12 and still get one of their guys, whether it be Bejan or Gibbs. They move back six spots and trade or draft Jemir Gibbs at 12th overall. Ironically, that's right where I have Hampton going. But I think you for sure could see something similar happening. Yeah, I think that that I would love to see that sort of cascade effect.

And we've also talked about that's sort of the scenario where a third running back could get into the first round, which would be a really ideal scenario for us as fantasy managers, certainly for dynasty managers, where a team feels like they need to push up a Henderson, a Judkins, just because of the early cast state effect. We've seen this in years past with wide receivers, Brett, where wide receivers start going and then wide receivers start getting pulled up. With the strength of the running back position, maybe we see that this year. It's going to be a really, really fun night for us.

For me, it's Denver. And the draft capital wouldn't be as good. it would be 20th overall. But when we talk about the Giovante Williams role, where Javante Williams moves on, Javante Williams was top five in the NFL in targets of the running back position last year. The Sean Payton, Joe Lombardi,

these are coaches that are synonymous with getting the ball to a running back in space. Now, Amari and Hampton, when you combine everything he can do between the tables, the physicality he brings, and the ability to absorb volume as a runner, And then you add it to a team that wants to use the running back out of the backfield on targets. This might be the peak receiving outcome for Omarian Hampton, which for us in fantasy, that's massive.

So I want to see Denver end up with Amari in Hampton. We also, again, you talked about, you've talked about, you know, the Bo Nix and his potential to elevate players around him. Bo Nix loved targeting running backs at Oregon. This was one where Bucky Irving led the nation in running back receptions. Again, O'Marian Hampton, he's got that in his wheelhouse. We saw it with Drake May targeting him out of the backfield. And with that size, that receiving ability, with that offensive line, Omarian Hampton, for me, he would be a top 10 running back in redraft coming out the gate

if he ends up in Denver. I think that would be an outstanding situation. So the draft capital would still be in the first round a little bit lower. He wouldn't be in that Jemir Gibbs, Bejohn Robinson class draft capital-wise, but he would get that first round pedigree and be on a team that was a playoff team last year that could take a big step forward this year. So again, Brett and I are both pushing rookies towards Denver because available touches and plus offense and Bo Nix did a good job.

Let's keep this going. We talked about Hampton. Let's move on to another running back, Trayvion Henderson. who some people still have up towards the RB2 in most people's top fives. Brett, you brought up some of the potential red flags you've seen with Henderson in terms of things like durability, but we can both agree that he has the explosiveness that is appealing for fantasy managers. Where would you like to see him end up on draft night where you could see sort of a peak

ceiling outcome for him? Yeah, just if I'm spinning this completely positive and none of the red flags for him are true. All positive. All positive. And by the way, I do like Trayvion Henderson. I really do. I just, I have a few red flags that drops them a little bit lower than consensus.

That's okay, though. Great class. Ideal landing spot. I wrote two names now. I'm just going to go with the one, Theo, because I think this is the absolute nuts for Trayvon Henderson. That's San Francisco. I think, was it, pick 43? Pick 43, round two.

I know we like round one capital with the backs. He lands in San Francisco of 43. I'm going to be, you know, ear to ear, smiling. talk about the closest skill set that resembles one Christian McCaffrey in the draft class. It's Trayvian Henderson. The upside, the ceiling you're getting as a pass catcher is none. There's none like him in this class at running back. Maybe you could say a Breschard Smith, but you're not getting the rushing upside that Trayvian brings as well.

That outside zone heavy scheme, the inside zone work he's able to do, plus the past catching upside in the Kyle Shanahan offense. I just think that would just be insane. Obviously, it would stink for this year. because Christian McCaffrey is still under contract. I'm aware of that guys. You don't need to put that in the comments. But moving forward, man, that would be such a good landing spot.

It would be insane. Yeah, and I think that when we look at Christian McCaffrey, we have to be realistic. Even if you're extremely excited about a bounce back season, I know Scott and I talked about this on School of Scott, where I had him ranked lower than Scott would have in my preseason top 25, early top 25 rankings. There's some red flags there, right?

I mean, we're talking about a guy who last year was hitting at about 14 points per game. Again, a short sample size, but dealt with injuries, had to go to Germany. He's 29 years old. And father time is undefeated. The injuries catch up to you, no matter who you are in the NFL. McCaffrey, give it a year, one more year peak, maybe two more years peak. But at the end of the day, it might turn into a situation where they're mixing in a second back way more. That was thrown out there this year, scenario wise, where maybe Jordan

Mason was going to be retained and they would work him in a little bit more. Now Mason is in Minnesota. It clears a path for a second back to get touches. With a guy like Henderson, we've already seen him thrive in a running back by committee role last year in Ohio State. Led the Big Ten and yards per carry. Explosive plays galore. And like you said, that receiving upside.

I'll say the devil's advocate is this would box him out from hitting his receiving ceiling as a rookie. You'd have to really project that down to year two. But on a per touch basis, Henderson and that offense would do very well. For me, it's a team you also listed, but for me, it's Washington. Washington addressed offensive tackle. They went out and got Laramie Tunsell. They addressed wide receiver and they got Debo Samuel.

And they also filled the need with losing Allen. They got Javon Kinlaw at defensive tackle. So a couple spots where I think they might have been in the mix at 29 for all got filled. So what could Washington use? Now, Washington last year was top five in rushing as a team. Of course, Jaden Daniels was second overall at the quarterback position in rushing yards, but they really got a lot out of Brian Robinson and in spurts a lot out of Austin Echler. To me, this is a team, though, that's screaming for a talent upgrade at running back.

It's also a team that needs to manufacture yards after the catch. I think this was a really one of the reasons that they added Debo Samuel, not only that they needed a wide receiver too, but they want guys who can get the ball in their hands and create yardage. They didn't have that last year. They were very low in terms of yak accumulation. Henderson would thrive there.

He'd get big rushing lanes right next to Jaden Daniels because of Jaden Daniels threat as a runner. He also would fill their need as like a yak guy. And this offense averaged 29 points a game last year, he would go into an offense where they're going to score a lot. So for me, it's like Washington's, already pushed the chips in with the tonsill move and the Debo move. Why don't you push the chips in a little bit more and get a huge talent upgrade at running

back? And for Henderson, we'd have him attached to Jaden Daniels for the foreseeable future. I think fantasy managers would be head over heels for this landing spot. Yeah, let me add to that a little bit. Washington scheme last year, I've never seen an NFL coach do it at the way Cliff was doing it, but he was not shy about putting two running backs on the field together. Austin Echler and Brian Robertson Jr. played a bunch of snaps together on the field at the same time. Sometimes both in the backfield, sometimes with Echler coming from the slot and actually running wide receiver routes and or being the motion man and taking handoffs from a jet sweep or a fly sweep position, taking, you know, screen passes as a ghost return type player.

You put Henderson in that role. I mean, you're just going to generate explosives like crazy. And we saw Echler be productive in that role, despite him having literally nothing left in the tank. So you put Henderson in Echler's role. And I just think sky's the limit. He's also super talented and can compete for touches with Brian Robinson, Jr. And then I also love to just keep adding gas of the fire, Theo. You know, with Jaden Daniels, you're basically tagging Reed option onto every single run play you use from shotgun.

That's going to lighten the box load for Trayvon Henderson. there's going to be one defender committed to Jane Daniels on every single snap, and light boxes equal explosive plays. And I want Trayvon Henderson against light boxes. We've got to figure out ways to get that going. So it's a great landing spot. Washington or San Francisco, and I'm probably going nuts with him in my rookie drafts. Do the right thing, Washington, pull the trigger, make it a three running back first round. We need it for fantasy football. And it would help you win, according to Brett Whitefield. Brett, a player we love, Colston Loveland, tight end, Michigan.

we talked about how Denver is probably off the board, but there's still going to be a lot of teams that are very into Loveland. This is a guy who is younger than Tyler Warren, measured in very, very well at the combine, didn't test, but size-wise is right there, very athletic, very good route runner, early production in college. Like Colson Loveland is a Teflon prospect at tight end. We both think he's going to be very successful as a pro. So where could he end up that sort of,

elevates his ceiling fantasy-wise. It still blows me away that he actually measured bigger than Tyler Warren. I go to the Combine website every day and check just to make sure they haven't changed the numbers, because it's wild. I did not see that common. I'm still miffed by that. But anyways, yeah, people aren't going to like the spot, but I do. I'm going Indianapolis at 14.

And I know our guy, Anthony Richardson, has had some troubles completing passes and having a high, you know, catchable ball rate. So that's a little scary for that reason. I also know there's target legit target competition with Michael Pittman Jr. Alec Pierce, Josh Downs, Adnoy Mitchell, they have weapons galore. However, I think one of the best ways to fix Anthony Richardson in the Shane Steichen offense is to get him easy reps. And Colston Loveland is an easy button player at tight end. He wins against man coverage at the short part of the field extremely quickly. He's a massive target. It's hard to miss. Colson Loveland, huge wingspan, catch radius.

If I'm the Colts and I want to see us get the most out of Richardson, this is the guy I'm going for right here. I think he makes life so much easier and gets Richardson playing in rhythm and playing with Instructure and delivering the ball on time and accurately. I think this is the best way to fix him. Colson Love 14. Easy button targets and also that play action with the running game with Jonathan Taylor there, I think Loveland would.

absolutely thrive there. You also have the Daniel Jones, you know, threat behind where if Richardson struggles, it goes Daniel Jones, it's certainly not something we're rooting for, but Daniel Jones, the low A dot targets, he always sort of has a propensity to check down. Loveland could thrive in sort of a more higher volume role. I like that a lot. Indianapolis has been searching for a long-term answer at tight end. It seems like forever. Every draft class were like, you know, Indianapolis maybe takes a tight end. And then they end up with guys like Kellynne Graham, and Moe Alley Cox and whoever fills in that that year. Will Mallory?

And then you mentioned the wide receivers. Like we've seen sort of the ceiling outcome for Michael Pittman Jr. Not really the greatest fit with Richardson. Josh Downs is a guy that we really like. I certainly love Josh Downs, but he's not your traditional wide receiver one. So when we are looking for tight ends, we want them to land on teams where they have a pathway way to be in the number one or number two target on their team. That's how you get fantasy football elite production at the tight end spot.

You think about guys like Trey McBride. You think about guys like Brock Bowers. Colston Loveland here would have a chance to, at least in year two, threatened to be the most targeted guy on the team. So I love that landing spot as well. I think that'll be a really good one. And potentially a bailout pick for Anthony Richardson, give him a chance to succeed there.

For me, though, I got to go college. reunion. I got to go locker room narrative. It's it's the Chargers at 22. And he would immediately be the number two target on the team playing next to Ladd-McConkie. I think this one is almost like paint by numbers. If he's on the board at 22, I don't see the Chargers passing on him. And I know that Harbaugh is going to be very tempted by, as you mentioned earlier, those defensive linemen, the edge rushers, the defensive tackles. Those are the sort of picks that Harba has a propensity to take lineman, offensive line, defensive line, but how could he not take this sort of talent at the tight end spot? Then we factor in top two target right away and Greg Roman's history of

tight end success. You think about the Mark Andrews success in Baltimore. Like this is paint by numbers. This is one where Justin Herbert, Colston Loveland, like this would be the landing spot where Dynasty managers would go out and get Colston Loveland and just plug them in your lineup for the next eight years, that's your tight end on your dynasty team. And it would be an incredible one. Your thoughts on that fit? Yeah. Yes.

I mean, that's, you know, as you already mentioned, you filled out the sheet before I did. So you got some of the better spots here. I had to get creative to try to one up you. But yeah, this is the nut spot. I mean, shoot, we even saw it last year. There were weeks where the offense ran through Will Disley, for God's sakes. I mean, Greg Roman can't help himself, you know? It doesn't matter the skill level of his tight end.

He's going to dial up plays for him. you put a talented guy like Colson Loveland in there. Boy, we're cooking with gasoline here. I also like, they fortified the wide receiver position with Mike Williams. And a lot of people laughed at that move. But when you look at the receiving core now, they have, you know, Ladd-McConkie's obviously the clear one. And then they have some semblance of Quentin Johnson and Mike Williams as the other two guys.

I think that signals that they're going to be going in a different direction of the draft. So maybe tight ends the great option for them in Colson Loveland. Yeah. And stylistically, Williams and QJ. with the size on the outside, would sort of open things up for whatever they want to do for Lad. And also, I think Ladd and Loveland together, that's going to put a lot of pressure on defenses.

Like you said, they addressed running back with Nashi Harris, who's going to be able to do a lot of the things that Greg Roman and Jim Harbaugh want to do, not necessarily the most exciting things, but things that they need to do in terms of, that's why they signed Gus Edwards, running back who can absorb some volume,

not fumble, and play every game. They're going to get that out of them. So we talked about Colston Loveland, but we kind of buried the lead here. We've got another tight end to talk about Tyler Warren after we take a quick break. Welcome back, Theo Greminger and Brett Whitefield for fantasy points. We're talking about dream landing spots for the 2025 rookie class. We talked about Colston Loveland, but this is a, for most people, a big two tight end class where in most NFL mock drafts right now, you're seeing Tyler Warren off the board as the

tight end one with Loveland right behind them as a tight end two. In this projection, I'm saying that the chargers might be the floor for Loveland. Both of these guys going inside the top 22 picks. Warren, though, has a chance to steam up very, very highly. We're both kind of projecting inside the top 10 here. Why don't you take this one, Brett? Yeah, I'm going to go with the answer you put down because I think that's the best spot for him. That's New Orleans at 9.

New Orleans has speedy receivers on the outside in the slot and Rashid and Chris Olavay, which opens up a ton of space for the yak god himself, Tyler Warren, to go compete and just dominate the middle of the field. So I think New Orleans is the best spot. Now, is it realistic? I don't know. You know, New Orleans has a ton of holes. They haven't had a true offseason in five years because they're cap situation. So they got holes to fill. However, Mickey Loomis is a known unicorn chaser, right? Like this is what he does. Like Cam Jordan, Marcus Davenport,

Peyton Turner. I know those are edge defenders, but he's chasing athletic freak unicorn type guys. Tyler Warren is definitely one of them. So I could definitely see this happening. And just the volume he would be able to get, I think, is insane. We saw Derek Carr with Darren Waller in Las Vegas slash Oakland. And that was dynamic.

I'd be very excited to see him with Tyler Warren. Yeah, and I had the same answer, and I don't think we need to really expand on this one. You nailed it. And I'd say that when it comes down to it, they hired Kellyn Moore. It's an offensive type hire. Obviously, you hire a guy like Kellyn Moore. You want to see a quick turnaround with the offense. And Tyler Warren, with his versatility, his ability to handle a very, very high target share in the Kellyn Moore offense.

You've got the two wide receivers on the outside in terms of Elave, Rashid Shaheed, both have speed. Warren underneath could just feast. And you've brought up Warren as a wildcat quarterback. Yeah. New Orleans could do a lot of the similar stuff that we saw with Taysam Hill with Tyler Warren. Absolutely. Even like let's for example just say he doesn't get like a ton of volume as a runner, but he is the Tush Push guy because every team's installing Tish Push now.

That's an elite outcome for him, right? Because he's going to get three, four, five rushing touchdowns on top of his receiving workload. I think that would be massive. me be so cool. Tyler Warren, New Orleans Saints, book it. That's the outcome we want. Top 10 draft capital and all of the reasons Brett sort of laid out for his fantasy ceiling, including a few rushing scores. What's better than that from our tight end spot? Quinn Judkins, Ohio State running back. We talked about Trayvion Henderson. Judkins sort of is the, you've called him the arbitrage play to Omarine Hampton.

he's a incredible, incredibly productive college back who succeeded at two schools at the highest possible level, had three touchdowns in the national title game, and then backed it up with numbers at the NFL combat and Brett that were better than we anticipated really, really big time athlete, Quinn Sean Judkins, at least testing wise. This is a player, though, that I don't think gets into the first round. I would be very surprised by that. but I think he's off the board among the first 15 picks or so in the second round. And that's where I see him, see you sort of projecting him with your landing spots.

Why don't you take it away? Where would you like to see Quinchon Judkins land? Yeah, ideally for me, you know, I wrote down Cleveland at 33 because I just don't know what Mick Chubb has left in the tank. It might be a little ambitious for him, but Jacksonville at 36, Dio. And I know they have, you know, Travis Aetienne and I'm the other guys. Tank, Tank Bigsby. Biggsby.

But I think, you know, new regime, Liam Cohen is going to be very specific about what he wants. And Quinn John Judkins, if we're being honest, is basically a big battering ram version of Bucky Irving. They move very similarly. Real dynamic cutters, you know, physical players. Like, it would be so awesome to see Judkins with Liam Cohen. We saw how Cohen immediately transformed the Buccaneers run game. And so we know that's going to be a thing that they do in Jacksonville this year. So Jacksonville at 36, I think would be the nuts landing spot for.

Judkins, even though he'd have some competition this year. Yeah, and that's one where Scott Barrett's talked about this a lot about how get out of some of these backs in Dynasty. The Jacksonville backfield, that's one where I certainly have covered it on podcasts, where which running back is going to be the winner in the Liam Cohen offense? Is he going to go back to Travis Etyn, a guy who had immense success in 2023? Or are they going to use the sort of more explosive, more efficient runner in Tank Bigsby? This might be one where all of that is just complete noise.

And both guys are dynasty landmines and they get torpedoed on draft night. Because Quinn-Judkins, in that Liam Cohen offense, wow, I think that would be a landing spot where you'd have to really do a lot of mental gymnastics not to push him up into like the top three in your dynasty rookie drafts. He would thrive there. I mean, we saw it last year with Irving. I love that. I love that one. I wish I would have come up with that one. I went a little more traditional here.

It's sort of a changing the guard. The Cleveland Browns had Nick Chubb for many, many years. They instead just draft Quinshan Judkins at 33 overall. You start out day two with an in-state pick of an Ohio State player who had immense success in Ohio State, and you plug him right into that offense in Cleveland. We don't know what they're going to do in the first round, but they might have a rookie quarterback.

And if Cleveland has a rookie quarterback, what better way to protect him than having a really efficient runner like Judkins who can also catch the ball out of the backfield? So for me, Cleveland is a simple landing spot. I know you wrote that one down as well, but it's also the one that I would love to see plug and play running back on a team that I think would embrace him

and a fan base that would absolutely love to see a Buckeyes running back starting from day one. there would be a ton of goodwill and support for him with that team. And if he thrive there, this would be one where you'd see so many Cleveland Brown jerseys with Judkins on the back. It would be insane when you're in that Cleveland area. Your thoughts on that fit. Yeah, I like to fit.

I'm a little worried about Judkins and the Stefansky offense just because it's really outside zone heavy. Judkins, he's got juice, but for him to really thrive in that system, he'd have to really push the pace the way he has. attacks the line of scrimmage, which just isn't always his game. He can be a little patient and, you know, likes to read blocks a little bit better. So I don't know, we, it would still be a good fit. You know, Nick Chubb did it and he's, he thrived at it and they're kind of similar

archetypes. But that's my only pause. It's like, I think there might be better scheme fits for him. But the NFL doesn't always care about that. They sometimes they change what they do to accommodate the player. So yeah, and I think Stephansky, again, like you nailed it, I think that he's a smart enough coach that he could, he can adjust there to kind of get to the strengths of Judkins. But it just seems so natural. Go Chubb, then go with an Ohio state back like Judkins.

Easy, easy, easy click. For me, if I'm the Cleveland Browns at 33, and again, offer support to what's going to be a very young quarterback with an efficient running game. Let's stay with a running back that we're higher on at fantasy points than several other sites. And that's RJ Harvey. Harvey. I know you have him, Brett, correct me if I'm wrong, he's your RB right now. Correct. And for me, he's RB6 overall. So some people have him down there at RB 12, RB 11. We're going to be higher than consensus on Harvey. Brett, you've talked effusively with your praise of Harvey, the player, the production, his NFL potential. Where would you like to see him end up on draft night? Yeah. For me, it's Chicago at pick 39 or 41.

They have two picks early in the second round there. Third popular, popular Gentile. ending spot, but say they pass on him and go defense or offensive level, whatever they do. Orj Harvey would be a really nice follow-up pick in the second round. We saw the success Ben Johnson had with Jemir Gibbs in generating those explosive plays. Harvey brings that to the table. He's got angle-breaking burst. So this is a guy who can completely manipulate linebackers and safeties in the open field, totally change their pursuit angles and just rack up just explosives after explosive after explosive.

he's also a great pass game weapon. We've seen Ben Johnson get creative with both David Montgomery and J.Mier Gibbs in the past game, and RJ Harvey would step right in and be a target monster. RJ Harvey is one of the only running backs in this class, actually, that has a significant resume of actually running routes, getting downfield that he was used on the wheel route a ton at UCF. Ben Johnson loves that stuff.

He'd just be a great fit with Ben and they'd get the most out of them for sure. I mean, that would be incredible. And I think it would be sort of a wake-up call to a lot of people that were sort of fading Harvey in their dynasty rankings to have to quickly adjust if you got top 50 draft capital. I think he's going to be drafted a little bit lower, but I do think he's going to go inside the second round. And I'm looking at the bottom of the second round. I'm going to throw out two scenarios that I think would be great for him. Houston Texans, just because Joe Mixon last year, everything went well. on a per game basis, Mixon completely eight.

But again, we're talking about a back that's older. And the shelf life there is not long when it comes to Mixon. Just because, again, Father Time is undefeated. I think Mixon has another year in him. But with RJ Harvey, you'd be able to mix in a second back, keep mixing fresher. And then we'd see a takeover in 2026 where Harvey would potentially step into the same sort of volume that we saw from mixing this season. and Harvey as a as a target out of the backfield, I think would thrive with C.J. Stroud.

But for me, Brett, I didn't even put on the show sheet, but I'm sitting here looking at the NFL draft order. Kansas City Chiefs at 63 overall. We saw them bring back Kareem Hunt. Isaiah Pacheco is still there. But at the end of the day, Harvey has the juice. You talked about his ability as a receiver. How about in a hypercharged role

where it's a combination of some of the things you can do with Kareem Hunt, on top of some of the things you did with Jerek McKinnon on an offense that needs weapons. Give me R.J. Harvey next to Patrick Mahomes. Your thoughts on that one. I mean, in the past game, that would be dynamic as heck. I worry a little bit because, you know, we, like, Kansas City just has no interest in running the football at all.

They didn't care last year. I mean, pass rate over expectation, you know, it was completely lopsided the entire season. So, I don't know. I, it would probably be fun. Andy Reid, obviously, has an insane history of R.B. seasons too, you know, as a coach. So maybe he gets back to that if he's got RJ Harvey in the backfield there. Let's pivot over to some of our wide receivers.

Jalen Knoll, a player that you've been higher on than everybody and I'm higher on than some. I have him as my wide receiver six overall in the class. Where do you have him right now, Brett? Jalen, Null is my wide receiver three. Wide receiver three. So again, we're both top six on him. And we're both projecting Null to be an early pick. We love him at the senior bowl.

we talked about him a lot and then he just was incredible at the NFL combine unbelievable testing numbers even down to the bench press where do you want to see him drafted Brett I mean I'd love to see him as high as like Seattle at 18 we're not going to get that though but that's where I would love um you know Houston at 25 or the Rams at 26 for me um I think both you can make the case Rams have have a spot at slot receiver where they could just he could fill the cup roll pretty easily you know they have Devon Adams and Pooka Nakuwa. They're really going all in on Stafford's final chapter here. Why not give him three dynamic pass catchers? He's not limited to being a slot guy, though. So I think Houston would also be a great option. Noel tested as a freak athlete. He obviously did a lot of his damage in college from the slot,

but he can certainly play on the outside. We saw it in Mobile at the Senior Bowl. Houston at 25, you know, pairing him with Kirk and Nico Collins would give them a lot of different options and dynamicism within the offense. you know, also to add to that, Kirsh and Kirk might not be there very long. So, you know, if you're worried about slot production,

well, eventually maybe Jalen Knoll takes over as the primary slot guy who also plays on the outside and two wide receiver sets. And I think he eats there. Yeah, I mean, I love the idea of him going in the first round. I don't necessarily love him landing on a spot where there's target competition. Seattle one is interesting. Brett, you'd have people, their heads would be exploding because this past weekend on X, the whole whole discussion was how much slot usage is jsn going to continue to get with cooper

cup now being on Seattle you throw jill and nol in the mix people wouldn't know what to make of that but agreed he's not pigeonholed to a slot role this is a guy where you brought up amon ross st brown in terms of a potential ceiling usage outcome uh so for me he does have the versatility and i would love to see a first round uh first round pick and that sort of deep draft capital but again i love the pathway to stepping on the field and being the most targeted player on the on the field. And for me, that's the New England Patriots at 38, New England at 38 for Jalen Knoll. When we talk about Mike Vrable, sort of going back a little bit to the good old days, how about putting Jalen Knoll into a West Welker, Julian Edelman type slot role right out the gate?

And you have that incredible speed where you can move them outside or you could use them as a speed slot, but all of those easy button targets that you've talked about for New England, the Drake May needs, Jill and Noel immediately would be like a 125 target guy in New England. For me, I think that's the outcome. That's also a great outcome for his teammate, Jaden Higgins, New England at 38. New England at 38, it's just a paint by numbers wide receiver spot for me. And what better player to land in it than a guy like Noel. So for me, Jill and Noel, New England 38.

issues with that. Let's keep it going. Ilech Ayamanner, another guy that we're both very, very high on, and we've got receipts on this one, Brett. We were higher on him way before he ran a 4-4-740 at the combine. That was just like a chef's kiss, a little bit of icing on the cake for a prospect profile that we've been very, very excited about projecting to the NFL level. We both wrote down the same team here. So I'm going to let you go ahead and take this one and kind of give the argument. Where would you like to see Eelik Iyam an end up on draft night? Yeah, I'll throw two out there, but the first one would be Green Bay at 23. I already mentioned them as a possible trade up candidate for Tet, but, you know, that's probably, that's very unlikely to happen. So in the event they're staying at 23, they could

use a true X type guy who commands targets. And that's Elyke, I am minor. I think he's better after the catch, too, than his numbers suggest. He's a very physical player. In that Stanford offense, though, he was pinned on the boundary and basically asked to only do boundary things. I, i.e. catching the ball running into the sideline, kind of hard to generate yards after the catch when you're doing that. So, but I think he's a very good player. He can attack you at all three levels of the field. They need a guy like that.

That's the problem with Green Bay is they haven't had a true go-to weapon. It looks like Christian Watson is going to miss the entire season. Jaden Reed is more of a slot only type guy. And then, you know, Romeo Dubs and Dontavian Wicks just aren't really, you know, they're fine players, but they're not go-to stud wide receiver ones that I think Ellick can be. The other team ultimately really quickly is Kansas City at 31. They have these fast guys and worthy and Marquis Brown.

Getting a big body guy there that's not Justin Watson or something like that who can actually command possession style catches and be a chain mover and beat man coverage. I think that would go such a long way for them and kind of taking that offense back to the glory days. Yeah, for me, Kansas City stylistically, I, a manner would be an incredible fit. but fantasy football outcome, you nailed it. It's Green Bay. You look at the makeup of that team. They need a wide receiver one. You brought it up as a potential trade up for Tet McMillan,

but they could just stand Pat and get Eilich Iyamanner. I think heading into 2026, Ionner and Green Bay would be like a top three round pick and redraft. He'd be a guy people were really excited about. Jordan Love needs a player like this. Green Bay underrated wide receiver landing spot in the first round. Let's go with Matthew Golden. Matthew Golden, of course, ran the exceptional 40-yard dash,

but we were high on him before that, Brett. So this is not a player that we're just saying is just some fast guy. This is a guy that we liked before he ran the 40. Where would be a spot that you'd like to see him land where he could have immediate fantasy football success? Yeah, I'll even go as far as to say. He doesn't play like a 4-2 guy anyways.

He's more of a outrunner, you know, crispy breaks, contested catch, you know, air contortionist. So Seattle at 18, and you're going to be mad at me because I know they have Cooper Cup and JSN. I get it. He's so good though. He reminds me a lot of Jordan Addison. He's actually a pretty juiced up version of Jordan Edison and

Sam Darnold had a lot of success with Jordan last year. So getting him at Cooper Cup, you know, he's long in the tooth bro. He ain't going to be there very long. So let's go Seattle 18. Yeah. And I actually had the same Jordan Addison pathway listed in my notes here. But for me it's Dallas at 12 where

Golden would step in and be the number two target opposite and elite wide receiver one in C.D. Lamb. We saw Jordan Addison thrive in this role opposite Justin Jefferson. I think Golden would have the same pathway to big explosive ceiling spike week games. And like Addison as a rookie, would end up with like multiple touchdown weeks in this Dallas offense. And again, a lack of teammate target competition. Jake Ferguson at tight end is not somebody that's going to prevent Matthew Golden for me the number two target as a rookie. So I love that one.

Brett, give us your ideal outcome for your favorite player in this class, Luther Burden. Truly, truly favorite player of the class. So again, this is all positive, right? We're assuming the NFL, like, more than me, which I'm okay with. That happens sometimes. I'm going to go Miami at pick 48. You mean Miami at pick 13? No, no, no, sorry, pick 48.

Oh, okay. All right. Burden is, no, 13, I'm out. 48, though. Listen, I think Tyre, it's pretty clear Tyreeks. days, at least in Miami, they're not for long. It seems like he mentally has passed a baton to Jalen Waddle as the wide receiver one. He's literally, you know, said that. But man, just getting that explosive yak player in this offense would be so awesome. We saw Mike McDaniel have so much success

with Debo Samuel in San Francisco. And my guy, Bobby Sloick, coming over from Houston, now on the coaching staff, also a San Francisco guy. They know exactly. exactly how to get the most out of Luther Burden. If Luther Burden was to make me look bad, this would be the best possible spot for him. Yeah, and for me, the best possible spot is Houston at 25, and we brought up the Christian Kirk trade

and how we like it for Kirk. But again, they gave up a seventh round pick for Christian Kirk. And again, he doesn't have to be a long-term answer there. So Luther Burden would have to pop a little bit outside as a rookie, but I think take over that slot role relatively early on his career. We've also seen immense success for the wide receiver two, in C.J. Stroud offenses, whether it was Tank Dell, whether it was Noah Brown, whether was Stefan Diggs, they all put up fantasy numbers. Burden gets the first round draft capital

and ends up in a role that's had a history of fantasy football success opposite Nico Collins. So that's where we're out on Burden. We even in a, even in a dream scenario, Brett has him going 48 overall, tells you about all you need to know about how Brett is excited about burden, his level. Elijah Royal though, a guy that we are both very, very excited about. My tight end three in this a guy that we loved at the Senior Bowl. We've talked about Elijah Royo like 800 times. Now, where would you like to see him end up, Brett? Oh, gosh.

I think Chicago at 39. I think he could do a lot of the same LaPorte type stuff in that offense. And he's probably more dynamic as a downfield route winner even, because I think he's a little bit more athletic than LaPorta. But, yeah, maybe even a better run blocker than LaPorta. So I think Chicago at 39, I don't think. Cole Komet is anything to be scared of. Gerald Everett is also nothing to be scared of there.

I think Arroyo would immediately be their tight end one and just dominate. Yeah, and let me get the New York Jets at pick number 41. Last year they passed on Brock Bowers. They haven't resigned Tyler Conklin. I think they're going to find their answer at tight end in this draft. Elijah Arroyo would be a long-term answer at the tight-end spot, and his ability to get downfield, especially in a Justin Fields' offense, with the threat of the running game there at the point.

quarterback position. I think a Royal would have some big splashy weeks for the Jets and be a very, very popular player. Brett, this was unbelievable. I wish we could cover about 10 more guys, but we got to wrap this thing up. What do you have going on this week? Yeah, check out First Read podcast with Joe Marino. We have episodes dropped Tuesdays and Thursdays. Fun stuff. We're covering Free Agency Fallout draft. I think we're doing a mock draft for Tuesday's show. It's going to be fun. Yeah, and I have a bunch of more episodes like this coming out at Fantasy Football Daily. Brett Whitefield's going to join me a little later in the week once again. I've got Thor Neistram from Fantasy Life coming on this week as well to talk about this

2025 class. And make sure you subscribe to School of Scott as well. Scott Barrett and I are putting out episodes pretty much every week. This week, Scott and Brett, you're going to get to hear their film versus analytics. And stick with us here at Fantasy Points. We've got you covered for everything you need to crush your fantasy leagues this season. We'll see you soon.