Fantasy Football Today - NFL Draft: The Best WR Prospects (04/01 Fantasy Football Podcast)

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Starting point is 00:00:25 Emory knows these prospects so well. You're going to get great information. He's going to give you his top wide receiver at four different receiver positions within wide receiver position as a whole. But first, we're going to talk about the position here. Last year, Emory, last draft, we had five wide receivers go in the first round. We had Chase, Waddle, we had five wide receivers going the first round we had chase waddle we had devante smith cadareous tony and rashad bateman how many first rounders do you think we should have at wide receiver in 2022 you know i think we should have probably three to four i think we'll see a run on old tackles we'll see a run probably on corners then we'll start to see the run on receivers but i think by that time we'll get three to four

Starting point is 00:01:06 because Edgerton is a pretty good class too. So three to four receivers, I think, should go in round one. And how would you compare this year's top tier, the elite wide receivers, the round one caliber guys to last year's? That's a great question. I would say this year is just a notch below in terms of the elite. Last year, I had two receivers grading over 87 and 90, and that was Jabbar Chase and Devonta Smith.

Starting point is 00:01:30 This year, no one has reached 90, but man, they're pretty doggone close. So I would say it's right there, maybe 1B compared to 1A. The depth of this class, I think is tremendous. So you rank, you separate wide receivers into split end, flanker, slot, and inside receiver. So you're going to give us number one at each spot there.

Starting point is 00:01:49 And give us a brief definition. Let's start with your number one split end. Yeah, split end is your X receiver. That's the bona fide number one guy we got to go to in this ball game. And number one this year is Drake London out of USC. He is someone that you know is getting the football. You still can't stop him. He can win short, intermediate, deep down the field, plays above the rim like you want

Starting point is 00:02:08 him to. He does a great job, I feel as though, after the catch. What's his speed explosiveness like? It doesn't matter to me. For me, it's more about can he catch the football? And he does a good job in getting separation. I think when we look at speed, we tend to look at, okay, that's how you're going to separate. But for him, he was playing with a lot of inexperienced quarterbacks. So he probably was open earlier in the route. Quarterback didn't see him and then throw the football. So when he finally got to him, now he's covered. It's like, oh, man, he can't separate.

Starting point is 00:02:35 That was open five seconds ago. You got to throw me the football. But I think his speed is good enough. He'll create that quick separation in the NFL. When you do that, you're going to get the football right away. And he's 6'4". He's one of the bigger guys, Drake London here. So what do you think?

Starting point is 00:02:49 Like Mike Evans, Kenny Golley? Who's his NFL comp? I would say a little bit more Mike Evans than anything because he has the ability to consistently win at all three levels. I think Mike Evans wins at the intermediate level really well, and we know what he does inside the red zone and also getting deep down the field. I think that's Drake London's ceiling, in my opinion.

Starting point is 00:03:08 Okay, let's go to your number one flanker and tell us about that spot. Flanker is more of your athletic guy, a guy that has a little bit more of that speed, that pizzazz. And this year, you have a great one, I believe, in Christian Watson out of North Dakota State. Tremendous ball getoff. He has great routes. And also, he's a track guy, so we know he can fly. He also carried a football at North Dakota State in the backfield, so he's versatile. He loves a block inside also. So you can get him on the field right away. And at the Senior Bowl, he had one of his best days. On the worst day out there possible, when it was a torrential downpour, he was catching everything while every other receiver

Starting point is 00:03:42 was dropping everything thrown their way. And how about his size? Six foot four? Six foot four, 215, 220. And it has Gumby-like athleticism. I know you remember what Gumby used to do. And Fred Armstrong, like that's a guy you get in Christian Watson. Take away the logo off the helmet, just watch him play. You see a bonafide star. All right. Slot receiver. Who's your number one slot receiver? And what is a slot receiver? Slot receivers are guys that can win quick and they have tremendous explosiveness, whether it's short area bursts

Starting point is 00:04:11 or guys that can really take the top off the defense. To me, those two things aptly describe Jamison Williams out of Alabama. He can win right away and if you don't get a hand on him, see you later, get ready for the next play or get the extra point team out there because it's going to be a touchdown. He's going to pull away from you. That's the type of speed he has. To me, that's

Starting point is 00:04:28 something like what we saw last year in Jalen Waddle in terms of the explosiveness, the raw explosiveness. This is Jameson Williams' forte, and he's going to be a stud from day one out there on the field. When he gets out there healthy on the field. Right, recovering from a knee injury, and not all slot receivers are Cole Beasley. He's

Starting point is 00:04:43 more of the Jalen Waddle type, as Emerory just said and then inside receiver so what's the difference between slot and inside receiver that's a great question everyone always asks that and the inside receiver is a little bit more physical than your traditional slot receiver so this is a guy that could either be a split in or a flanker but he's a little bit more physical i feel as though than the flanker so he's more like a split in but tightly aligned to the line of scrimmage can also block really well. This year's number one, Garrett Wilson out of Ohio state. I think he's a little bit more physical at the catch point that people give him, give him credit for. They were shocked at how he's able to out muscle DVs for the football. And I told him this at the combine when we spoke to him

Starting point is 00:05:21 here on CBS sports HQ, he has the most arrogant hands in the draft class. This dude believes he can catch any pass thrown his way. And nine times out of 10, he really can. OK, so you gave us, you know, maybe we'll save it for the for the next show. And you gave us your number one split end flanker inside receiver and slot receiver. We'll find out your number one overall wide receiver is. That was great stuff from Emory Hunt. And we'll have another episode for you tomorrow on Fantasy Football Today in 5 as we take our second look at the wide receiver position in

Starting point is 00:05:48 this draft class.

Fantasy Football Today - NFL Draft: The Best WR Prospects (04/01 Fantasy Football Podcast)

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