Fantasy Football Today - FFT Express - Travis Hunter the NEXT Justin Jefferson?! Jalen Milroe's Potential, Cam Ward vs Drake Maye & More! (03/26 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Starting point is 00:00:00 We're talking about NFL draft prospects, the best of the best here on Fantasy Football Today Express. And we're bringing on Dan Schneier, who I think is truly great at breaking down film and giving us prospect evaluations. He told you don't draft Will Levis. And he was right about that. But okay, let's start with the quarterbacks. And how many of them have you really gone through? And what do you think of them? Yeah, so I've evaluated this quarterback quarterback the quarterback position more than any other position right now I've seen a lot of tape of just about five of them right now so we've got Dart we've got the two up top Sanders and Ward I've done Tyler Shuck

Starting point is 00:00:38 who's a sleeper for me and then Jalen Milro from a fantasy standpoint I was gonna bring this up on our last show, Adam, when we were talking dynasty and somebody mentioned, Oh, should I take Jackson Dart at some point in round one? I think from a fantasy standpoint, I'm more interested in Jalen Milrow outside of anyone in this class, the exception of Cam Ward. And I'll tell you why Milrow brings an elite trait to the NFL that no other quarterback brings. I would argue Cam Ward brings creativity and a kind of big game hunter mentality to the position, which is great, but it's not an elite trait.

Starting point is 00:01:11 Milroy's running ability is elite. He was timed at Alabama on GPS faster than Jameer Gibbs. And you could see it on film. He wins the edge against safeties and linebackers when he's running outside. He can go inside, they run quarterback bash with him, quarterback draw. He's an absolute weapon as a runner. I went into his tape at him thinking one thing when it came to Jaylen Miller, wow, this guy must be really bad as a thrower.

Starting point is 00:01:34 He's not that. He's not good short and intermediate. He's not good pre to post snap from a processing standpoint. He's not ready to play the position, but from a deep passing standpoint, he was actually the most accurate deep passer in the class and had the best numbers on 20 plus yard air throws, or I'm sorry, the second best numbers on 20 plus and the best on 40 plus yard air throws.

Starting point is 00:01:52 He throws a touch and velocity. And he has great time off. But he can't process and he can't hit the easy stuff. Can he be an NFL quarterback? If they teach him how to do that, because look, you look back at some of the tape of some of these guys, Josh Allen at Wyoming couldn't hit the easy stuff, didn't process well.

Starting point is 00:02:06 It all comes down to will these guys be able to develop the next level. I'm not sold that anyone outside of Ward will be a starter in this class, so if I'm gonna take a chance in fantasy, I'd rather take outside of him, I'd rather take that chance on someone who actually brings an elite trait,

Starting point is 00:02:19 like his running ability. And I'll say another player who's a sleeper for me is Tyler Schuck from Louisville. Older prospect, big injury history. But when you just watch the tape, he's big frame, athletic, can throw from all different arm angles, and has the arm talent to actually get the ball to all spots. That's what the NFL is looking for. That's what you look for

Starting point is 00:02:37 in developmental quarterback. And it's not a cap ceiling. So those are the two that for fantasy stand out to me long term. Okay. How about comparing just real quick cam ward to Drake may. Um, so I had, I had ward as the quarterback for, and if we combine both these last two classes just behind may for me, and they're very different kinds of quarterbacks.

Starting point is 00:03:00 They're both big game hunters, but cam ward throws from that three-fourths arm slot and can generate a lot of power from different arm angles. Where Cam Ward really stands out to me on tape, and I wrote about this in my profile, you can find my Cam Ward profile on cbsports.com, very detailed scouting report with clips, cut-ups and things to kind of back up my points. But where he stands out to me and where he's really going to elevate himself at the NFL level, Cam Ward, is his ability inside the red zone.

Starting point is 00:03:25 Inside the red zone, he throws with such an incredible degree of touch and ball placement and timing that he can get the ball into spots that a lot of NFL quarterbacks can't. By changing that arm slot and changing the trajectory and the pace of the football on his throws, you'll watch him layer footballs in the red zone over the defender who is in that zone or in that area

Starting point is 00:03:44 and really attempt, you rarely see quarterbacks in the NFL NFL even temp and he'll throw it right over the top and it'll drop right in for a touchdown including everything you can do off script. So I think both are exciting prospects Drake may from a fantasy standpoint is going to provide more from a rushing standpoint for your fantasy points. I don't think boards the same kind of runner but ward is going to be living in that intermediate level the NFL field and I love what he said as pro day. He's like, I've been watching NFL tape and I think teams are playing a lot of cover to a lot of two high, a lot of three high, and I can take advantage of that. I can hit those, those whole shots in those areas of the field.

Starting point is 00:04:14 I thought, I thought that was his strength is. Yep. All's over the middle, up the seam, that kind of stuff. He's really good in that area. All right. We're getting on. Yeah. We're going to talk, take a break and come back.

Starting point is 00:04:23 And we're going to talk about some non-quarterbacks after this. Okay, Martin, let's try one. Remember, big. You got it. The Ford It's a Big Deal event is on. How's that? A little bigger. The Ford It's a Big Deal event. Nice. Now the offer? Lease a 2025 Escape Active all-wheel drive from 198 bi-weekly at 1.99% APR for 36 months with $2,755 down. Wow, that's like $99 a week. Yeah, it's a big deal. The Ford It's a Big Deal event. Visit your Toronto area Ford store or ford.ca today. I know you have Ashton Gentry. You said you might even love him better than Bichon Robinson, but how do you feel about Tet Macmillan? So Tet Macmillan, I've seen the comp to Drake London.

Starting point is 00:05:06 I don't think it's a one-to-one comp at all. I think they're different prospects, despite having similar body types. Tet Macmillan worries me a little bit at the NFL level for an immediate fantasy impact. I just think about players like Marvin Harrison and even Drake London in his early going in the NFL. I think it will be dependent on the system, but also on the quarterback. You need to have a quarterback who's willing to give him the opportunities to make plays outside of his frame. Same thing even could be said about Roma Dunzi at times

Starting point is 00:05:32 in his rookie season. Time's up, we're slow. It just depends on the fit there. I actually think from evaluating the tape, and I haven't seen every prospect, but I've seen the five guys that are considered the top five wide receiver prospects. I think the clear cut best wide receiver prospect on tape to me by far for what I look for in receiver is Travis Hunter, the cornerback receiver out of Colorado. To me, I see shades of Justin Jefferson. I said I was too big of a coward to give my NFL comp for him a few weeks ago on Twitter, but I'm giving it now. I see the Justin Jefferson in his game, his hip fluidity and the way that he attacks the football, both in the air and on in breakers and out breakers as a hands

Starting point is 00:06:09 catcher Travis Hunter. It's just phenomenal stuff. He can uncover against any kind of coverage zone. He has those instincts of a cornerback against man. He stacks on the vertical game and he just is able to create separation and in breakers and out breakers against man. I don't see any weakness in his game at receiver. And honestly, I see him intercept passes like that. Yeah. And these hands interceptions that you just don't see any quarterbacks make it's insane.

Starting point is 00:06:34 All right, who is, oh, Marion Hampton. How do you feel about him? Hampton, RB2 in this class would be RB1 in most classes for me. He reminds me my NFL comp for him is a better yards after contact, though this guy is a better yards after contact though this guy is good after yards after contact version of Jonathan Taylor. That's who he reminds me so much of when he runs the football. And I love his ability to create yards after

Starting point is 00:06:54 contact but I also love his ability to run in a straight line once he gets going once he gets ahead of his team. He's going to be an immediate difference maker in the fantasy game. Okay, so who are some other players that you've taken a look at? One player I love out of Texas is Matthew Golden, the wide receiver. Similar in the way of just trying to think of the wide receiver I would complement to from an NFL level.

Starting point is 00:07:14 It's not one to one, so I don't want to give that name. But just what I like about him is his explosiveness in and out of breaks and his raw speed. And that's something that can, like, somewhat like what we got from Xavier Worthy, but a different type of prospect. And I think he was held back by quarterback play at Texas.

Starting point is 00:07:29 4.2940 for Matthew Golden. Freakish speed. Yeah, and interesting because, you know, we had Mike Renner on for, what was that last week? Talking about Golden. He's not really sold on him. He says, I didn't see that kind of speed on tape. I sort of agree with that. But I like

Starting point is 00:07:50 going for to nine speed, but I just like I get to know breaks the smoothness and one one sleeper if you're looking for Kyle Williams is gonna if he hits the right system like an Amar Rase Brown type of like, you know, obviously not to that extent, but like plays a slot in a certain role. He will be absolutely an a hundred to 120 catch guy on a yearly basis, Kyle Williams. He's going to go, he's more of a slot guy.

Starting point is 00:08:12 So he'll probably go around two or three. Okay. It's also really good tight end class. Oh yeah. You like Loveland or Warren? I like them both. They're different types of tight ends, Warren and Loveland up top. Loveland is the guy that if he hits the right system, like if you put him in the

Starting point is 00:08:26 exact role, Trey McBride plays for the Cardinals, he'd be even better than McBride, I think, honestly, but it's going to depend on him joining the right system that's going to evaluate him. But with Warren, it's like you put him in and he's just one of the best football players on your roster. That doesn't necessarily translate for fantasy. I like them when they use them in H back roll and things of that nature blocking down, but he's definitely someone that could also be in exciting player.

Starting point is 00:08:50 I think that both of them have similar traits to a Brock Bowers type because Brock Bowers is really was also used that way at Georgia like Warren was but and Brock Bowers can also kind of run those in breakers and win the seam like Lovelin can but they're both probably players I would invest in in fantasy. Okay. Dan Schneier, thank you very much. You'll be entertaining with your piano and your fireplace. For those of you not watching, it's got this very food background. But that's it for Fantasy Football Today Express. We will talk to you on Monday.

Fantasy Football Today - FFT Express - Travis Hunter the NEXT Justin Jefferson?! Jalen Milroe's Potential, Cam Ward vs Drake Maye & More! (03/26 Fantasy Football Podcast)

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