Fantasy Football Today - FFT in 5 - The Next Great WRs? Projecting Harrison Jr, Odunze, and Nabers (04/18 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Episode Date: April 19, 2024

Welcome to the ultimate 2024 NFL Draft prospect breakdown with Dan Schneier and Dave Richard! In this episode, we dive deep into the talents of the top three wide receiver prospects: Marvin Harrison Jr (0:15), Rome Odunze (2:00), and Malik Nabers (3:02). The guys analyze their strengths, weaknesses, and potential fantasy fits at the next level. Don't miss out on the expert insights that could shape the future of your favorite NFL team's roster. Get 20% off Fantasy Football Today merch: https://store.cbssports.com/collections/fantasy-football-today%20?utm_source=podcast-apple-com&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=buy-our-merch&utm_content=fantasy-football-collection Follow our FFT team on Twitter: @FFToday, @AdamAizer, @JameyEisenberg, @daverichard, @heathcummingssr, @ctowerscbs. You can listen to Fantasy Football Today in 5 on your smart speakers! Simply say "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Football Today in 5 podcast" or "Hey Google, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Football Today in 5 podcast." Watch FFT on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/fantasyfootballtoday Join our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/FantasyFootballToday/ Sign up for the FFT newsletter https://www.cbssports.com/newsletter To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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absolutely he's he's got so many strengths it strengths. I think it would almost be easier to just go through the two things that I have concerns about with him, and they're not really the biggest concerns in the world. And then you can just assume that he's great at everything else. The concerns, I'll start with the concerns. He's fast, but he's not Tyreek Hill fast. He's not Jamar Chase fast. He will get caught occasionally from behind the top cornerbacks. We'll be able to run with him in the league and he's not a tackle breaker. He, he didn't often enough make a catch in college, break a tackle, and then add on a lot of yards. He would definitely get open and he'd get very open and then run to the end zone. He did that a

ton, but that was more because of his route running, uh, his body control. Those are the things that are going to help him get open. And I think it's going to help him stay open for a long, long time. He's also six, three Dan. So he can make contested catches in those 50, 50 balls look like 60, 40. Um, even when he's covered, he's open because he can leap high for those passes. And here's the other thing that might go a little bit under the radar. Two years ago, he thrived with CJ Stroud and everybody knows what CJ Stroud turned out to be. Last year, and even in high school, he played with a quarterback named

Kyle McCord, and he is not even at Ohio State anymore. He's transferred to Syracuse. Not the same type of prospect as CJ Stroud. And he was able to put up big numbers with both of those quarterbacks, which tells me even if he gets saddled in a situation where the quarterback isn't great, he should be able to do fine. The good news is, is that no one can see him anywhere other than Arizona or LA with the chargers. And those are two teams with two really good quarterbacks. Now let's talk Romo dunes, a, a player who I think pretty much has it all Dave. Some people have said, Oh, I don't love it. Love him after the catch. You watch him run screens and that Washington offense.

You're like, this guy is nifty after the catch. He maximizes yards. He's good on those short routes, the intermediate and deep. That's where he's at his best. He had a 70, he said he caught 75% of his contested catches this year.

I, I first, I comped him to like a basically bigger, fast, not faster, bigger version of Chris Olave. But as I've gone through the draft season, I kind of feel like he's DeAndre Hopkins with more juice as crazy as that might sound because of their strong hands and their crazy, amazing

body control at the catch point. And because I think he has a little bit more after the catch or do you say, I don't think there's anything he's bad at personally, including blocking. So I think he's going to work right away. And like you said, with Marvin Harrison, he shares one thing with him, their ability to win contested catch situations is going to make them pretty much a fit from a fantasy standpoint, no matter how bad the quarterback situation is, as long as that quarterback is willing to throw the ball in their direction. And we've seen that with Deandre Hopkins throughout his career,

he's had bad quarterback play. He's still been productive in the fan from a fantasy standpoint. I think Odunze will fit that same profile. I think he's got another thing in common with Marvin Harrison, and that's his route running ability. I think he's a terrific route runner, so certainly he's going to be able to get open for a long time, just getting defenders off balance or frozen, just the way that he runs.

Love his game. Really hope he goes to a team where he can be a number one wide receiver right away. If he goes to Chicago, it could be a little while before we see him actually achieve that. I'll wrap it up with Malik Neighbors, who is a different type of cat than Marvin Harrison and Romo Dunze. He's an absolute speedster. His acceleration is instantaneous. He's got great burst.

And he's among the fastest wide receivers in the class. I can't say he's the fastest because Xavier Worthy was outstanding at the NFL Combine. And Nabors is physical. He's got a powerful build. He's got long arms. He mastered from the slot, but he can work out wide. Good route versatility, but specialized in go and hitch routes. Exploded off the snap.

We talked about that. He's smooth in his movement. Good awareness to find space against zone coverage. That's something that he has in common with the other two guys. He's also an excellent leaper. He's a playmaker for sure. And he was very good at making off target throws. He's a little shorter than Odunze and Marvin Harrison,

but I don't think anybody's really going to care about that. His footwork and his route running needs to get a little bit better as well. But I think that he's definitely, I think people say, oh, there, there's no way anybody could be better than Marvin Harrison in the draft class. If a team wants speed at wide receiver, and that's what they covet because you can't coach it, you can't make guys faster, neighbors over Harrison actually makes a little bit of sense.

And all three of these guys are going to be subject to where they fall in the NFL draft for where they would get picked in fantasy. But I think the case could be made in one QB dynasty, rookie leagues, or the drafts rather Harrison's probably going to be first. Neighbors is going to be second. Oh, doomsday is going to be third.

I think that'll be across the board. Now, if one of them ends up in a crappy landing spot, then Brock Bowers, who we're going to talk about on a future episode in FFT and five could leap over any of the three, but I'll name a spot for each of these guys. You tell me how high you'd have them ranked in both rookie only drafts and

in redraft stand. I'll start with Harrison. If he goes to the Cardinals, you'd be my number one wide receiver in, in rookie only. And I got to hear the other landing spots to know about redraft. Okay. Uh,

neighbors with the chargers. Okay. Give me the last one. Oh, dunes a with the giants. Okay. me the last one oh dunze with the giants okay so we would do for redraft for sure i would have um marvin one two uh neighbors three o dunze for dynasty i think it would be that's where it gets interesting for dynasty i might be tempted to move neighbors ahead because i trust justin herbert long term more than Kyler Murray, but I just don't think I can do it for my, for my evaluation, Marvin Harrison. I think there's too much of a, of a floor.

That's also a ceiling with Harrison. I'm not saying neighbors doesn't have a floor himself, but it's a little bit higher for me for Harrison. So it's be the same rankings for both of me. And I'm with you on that. And I think the only way it would flip is if Odunze went ahead of one of, or went to the Chargers, I should say, and then one of those guys ended up going to the Giants. In redraft, if Harrison goes to either the Cardinals or the Chargers, expect him to be a top 30 pick. I think he's going to be in that range, especially if it's PPR. I think he's going to be locked into nine targets a game

almost immediately. So look for Harrison to be in that wide receiver two range in our rankings. That's going to do it for this edition of F15 and 5. Talk to you tomorrow.