Fantasy Football Today - FFT Express: Top Rookie Breakouts to Draft in 2025 Fantasy Football – Dan Schneier’s Target List (06/26 Fantasy Football Podcast)

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Starting point is 00:00:43 So there's Ashton Genti. He's in a class of his own. We're not going to call Ashton Genti a rookie breakout. He's going to be a first round pick, maybe an early second round pick. After that though, who does Dan like as a rookie breakout? Now you said a few months ago, basically that we should hammer rookie wide receivers late in drafts. Yes. Still feel that way? I do. I wouldn't necessarily consider those to be the breakout candidates. Those are more of the sleeper candidates. But yes, I would still feel that way. And who are some of those late round rookie wide receivers you'd like to draft? be based on his draft capital and what I consider to be good opportunity. We Matthew Golden of the green Bay Packers. First of all, Golden player that I liked more on tape at Houston than after he transferred to Texas.

Starting point is 00:01:31 But I think a lot of that has to do with the poor quarterback play from Quinn Ubers. I think he's somebody who can do things after the catch that weren't necessarily on display at Texas, but were on display on his Houston film. And we'll see that in the mat with Fleur offense. There is opportunity for him to be an actual breakout in addition to just being a sleeper, but he's being drafted in our fantasy drafts really late. Just not a lot of buzz so far. I guess a lot of uncertainty with fantasy managers.

Starting point is 00:01:54 Look, there's so many guys there, Dantavion Wicks, even as a fringe player there as well as all Romeo dots, everyone in the mix there, even with Watson hurt. Um, even Tucker craft is being talked up. So I think golden is the one that comes to mind first as that guy I'm targeting late in drafts. Later guy, okay. All right, so what about the topic of today's show,

Starting point is 00:02:11 your favorite lookie breakouts for 2025? I start with the Marion Hampton. Hampton is a guy who's taped, I love, at UNC. Reminded me a lot of Jonathan Taylor with more ability after contact, which is saying a lot because Jonathan Taylor is a great after contact runner. Hampton has a surprising profile, only two career drops at UNC on 80 plus targets,

Starting point is 00:02:31 was used on arrow routes, was used on the Texas angle routes, was used on swing routes, screen game, is more of a receiving type than people realize, I think will be a weapon in that regard early with LAC. I think they'll understand that Greg Roman and they'll utilize that. But overall, I just love his talent, his ability to force miss tackles break tackles and be that thumping workhorse that currently they don't have on that roster I don't consider that to be nausea ours

Starting point is 00:02:54 I don't think he has enough juice personally to to fill that role So I like everything the Chargers do in the run game They use a lot of bodies the Greg Roman offense He's a lot of 12 heavier personnel and they find a way to kind of design and scheme up production in that run game. That was the case for Dobbins. That was the case for everyone in that backfield last year, including Gus Edwards. So Hampton is the guy I think could actually break out and just be a player that we look back on like, wow, I mean, he had the talent.

Starting point is 00:03:18 Why didn't we see this potential role coming in this specific offense that has a really good quarterback and a really good run design? He's the first one that comes to mind. I have others though. Would you rather have Hampton or Connor Hampton for the upside though? I love Connor. All right.

Starting point is 00:03:34 Who are the others? I mean, first comes to mind is Travis Hunter. When you watch the tape of this receiver class, Travis Hunter was the best on tape by far. I said that four months ago on this show. And I'll say it again, his ability to get in and out of his brakes his ability to release off the line of scrimmage was the best in class by Far which will help him create separation on third downs help him create separation in the red zone I think he'll get a lot of one-on-ones early in his career with the Jags because Brian Thomas has kind of earned the right

Starting point is 00:03:59 To have coverage shaded his way based on his rookie season. And that's just gonna lead to really good opportunities for Hunter in the past game. So I think there's an opportunity for him to be amazing right away in fantasy football and an actual breakout player like Brian Thomas from League of Neighbors were last year. I'm really excited for Travis Hunter. Let's see, let me take a quick look at his ADP right now.

Starting point is 00:04:21 It's not that high yet. On fantasy pros, it is 50 first. Yeah. And on CBS ADP it is 53rd. And that's kind of right after the range I think of where we're taking neighbors last year though neighbors kind of did see a big ADP bump as we got closer. Yeah, I think Hunter will too, honestly. But I'm less convinced than that than neighbors. I knew neighbors was going to have an ADP bump. He was way too low.

Starting point is 00:04:52 All right. Let's take a quick break here and talk about some more rookies when we come back on fantasy football today. Express. So you mentioned Hampton, you mentioned Hunter. Now we've got Trevion Henderson. We've got RJ Harvey, Qucheon Judkins, Caleb Johnson. You see breakout seasons for any of them?

Starting point is 00:05:10 Yes, I see the possibility for a breakout season for RJ Harvey. RJ Harvey was my favorite prospect before the draft and love the idea of him joining a Sean Payton offense. I think Jacob Gibbs has really good research on this. But first of all, RJ Harvey was number two behind Ash Gentian, just about every key metric, 20 plus runs, explosive runs yards after contact, or you force misstackles per attempt. Just an absolute beast running back.

Starting point is 00:05:34 Now with that said, he also joins an offense last year, Sean Payton, that had crazy opportunity, just wasn't able to be realized from a player like Chavante Williams, who was still, I guess, kind of struggling coming off the injuries, but still was on an expected fantasy points pace Adam of top 10 at the running back position. Just expect it. Now, can Harvey be the guy to realize that? Yes, it's JK Dobbins in the mix. Yes, but for breakout cases, one injury to Dobbins, which he's been injured a lot in his career, and RJ Harvey is all of a sudden the number one breakout candidate behind Ash Jentti at the position. Yeah, absolutely. I mean, he was my second favorite rookie running back.

Starting point is 00:06:12 I think I liked him better than Hampton. I can't remember now. But then, yeah, obviously- I meant value-wise, just to be clear. I did not like him over Hampton as a prospect or even close. No, not as a prospect, as a fantasy asset when he went to Denver compared to Hampton on the Chargers. I mean, I thought he's got no competition really.

Starting point is 00:06:28 He's going to catch a ton of balls with Sean Payton always. There's always a lot of running back targets in that offense. Then they bring in Dobbins. There's no way I can justify Harvey as the number two rookie running back in fantasy drafts. I think he's got to be number four at the earliest here. I'm going to put Henderson and Hampton and obviously Gentie ahead of him as well. I don't know that I'm getting any buzz

Starting point is 00:06:50 in the fantasy community on Tedarowa McMillan. Have to see something, have to get some reports, but I feel like people are a little skeptical of his breakout potential. And I would say that even though he's going, this, how about this? Even though he's going this, this, how about this, even though he's going earlier and Tyler Warren or Colston Loveland, I think Warren and Loveland have a better chance to be a league

Starting point is 00:07:16 winning player than McMillan. What do you think? Probably fair. Warren has the case of Brock Bowers if they design the offense around him for easy layup throws for Daniel Jones I just don't necessarily think I'll see that from Shane Steichen given what I've seen from him in his career I think we'll see some designs for Warren, but not enough for the breakout Loveland does he get the man Rossi and Brown roll? Maybe it's been a slow start to camp the next guy I would probably put up as far as breakouts goes would be Trevion Anderson and the reason I say that is because

Starting point is 00:07:47 They need instant offense, New England. They need to figure out ways to generate offense. One of those ways may be just getting Henderson the football in space in the passing game. Some of you have seen Josh McDaniels use as a cheat coach his entire career coaching as an offensive coordinator. It throws to the running back, throws to the slot, but specifically throws to the backs, getting those matchups that he likes isolating those. Henderson will win a lot of the matchups against linebackers in the NFL level so he's the guy at least from PPR standpoint that I could see as a sleeper breakout candidate. Jorgun Henderson, yeah I agree. Which tight end would you go for if you were taking a shot on a

Starting point is 00:08:21 rookie breakout? It's Loveland for me but I want to see more of what's going on in camp and why it was a slow start from an OTA, from an injury standpoint. Well, yeah, that's the thing. He hasn't played yet. So we got to keep an eye on that with Loveland. All right. That's Dan Schneier. I'm Adam Azer. And we will talk to you on Monday on Fantasy Football Today Express. Enjoy your weekend.

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Fantasy Football Today - FFT Express: Top Rookie Breakouts to Draft in 2025 Fantasy Football – Dan Schneier’s Target List (06/26 Fantasy Football Podcast)

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