Fantasy Football Today - Rankings Updates! Where Did We Rank the Rookies? Which Veterans Moved the Most?  (04/27 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Episode Date: April 27, 2026

With the NFL Draft behind us, it's time to give you a rankings update. First, Jamey and Heath talk about the Day Three picks (2:30) that stood out to them. Which quarterbacks might have a chance to play this season? Which running backs could contribute right away? We've also got some quick news items (10:50) and a recap of which teams upgraded their offensive lines in the NFL Draft ... Rankings updates for the rookie running backs (14:45) and wide receivers (22:40). Jeremiyah Love or Ken Walker? How about Derrick Henry? Jadarian Price or a Patriots running back? How about David Montgomery? Then we briefly talk about Fernando Mendoza and Kenyon Sadiq (37:05) ... Looking now at NFL veterans, who are the rankings risers (42:40) and fallers (53:40)? Clearly, it was a good week for Cam Ward and Tyler Shough, but is Harold Fannin Jr. moving down in the rankings? We also discuss veteran WRs who are still unsigned and where we want to see them go ... Email us at [e-mail] Fantasy Football Today is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else you listen to podcasts Watch FFT on YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/fantasyfootballtoday⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Shop our store: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠shop.cbssports.com/fantasy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  SUBSCRIBE to FFT Dynasty on Apple: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fantasy-football-today-dynasty/id1696679179⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ FOLLOW FFT Dynasty on Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/2aHlmMJw1m8FareKybdNfG?si=8487e2f9611b4438&nd=1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ SUBSCRIBE to FFT DFS on Apple: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fantasy-football-today-dfs/id1579415837⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  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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What a play! Can you believe this? It's a no idea. It's time to dominate your fantasy league. Off to the races and he stays on his feet. It's just going to go the distance. Now here's some combination of Adam, Dave, Jamie, and Heath. All right folks, we are recapping the NFL draft with our rankings,

risers and fallers and where the rookies have ended up in the rankings. So I shouldn't say ended up. where they are right now in the rankings on Monday, April 27th. An exciting time of year. We've got a mock draft tomorrow. We'll break it down for you on Wednesday's show. Thursday, I think we're going to have Jacob and Dan on for a little Beyond the Box score with the rookie gems. Got a couple of fantasy analyst gems here, Jamie Eisenberg and Heath Cummings.

Dave is going to be joining us later. Guys, just kind of been reading on Reddit and all online, just different places. Saw it on the news. apparently Saturday's show was one of the people were saying it was one of the best we've ever had. So I just want you guys to be able to sort of pick up that momentum and kind of bring it today. All right? We good with that? You're feeling good.

Yeah. Okay, good. I mean, listen, you are the male podcast hosts of the decade. Yeah, yeah, fairly. They give that out already for the 20s. They were like, we don't even need to go through the rest of the decade. We're just going to give it to them right now. So anyway, Saturday was crazy.

We had real scheduling issues. So the best we could do is just me chatting for 12 minutes. Hope everybody was able to get something out of it. But I would love to know what you guys thought about day three. Were there any day three picks that stood out to you, Heath Cummings? Well, it was nice to see some running backs drafted. It would have been nice if some of them would have been drafted, at least the guys we liked two situations where they might start.

But no, it was nice to see the running backs. drafted. Okay, so we had Jonah Coleman. I thought also, like there's some quarterbacks that I wasn't

really that excited about that may have a chance to compete for a starting job. All right, so we'll just take a look at all the quarterbacks we're taking.

We have Mendoza and Simpson in round one, Carson Beck, to Arizona in round three, Drew Aller to the Steelers in round three. Cade Clubnick

out of Clemson to the Jets in round four. Cole Payton to the Eagles in round five. Talen Green. to the Browns. They have now four quarterbacks in round six. Athen, oh, man, Kaliakmanus.

I can't remember how to say that. I was watching the highlights. Out of Rutgers going to Washington. Baron Morton to the Patriots and Garrett and Usmeyer to the Chiefs. So you're thinking Clubnik and Peyton? And I forgot that Drew Aller was drafted on day two, but I was including him in that also.

Okay. Jamie, any day three picks that stood out to you? I think Heath said it best with the running backs. Like it's just, you know, now we have at least a handcuff for Ashton Genti. We have a potential, you know, running back of the future, maybe in Denver. You know, you started to talk about Jonah Coleman. I think we might have the handcuff for Kenneth Walker, the third in Kansas City, you know. So they weren't like, hey, look, these guys got chances, this crappy running back group.

You know, it's like, how can we make this worse for fantasy football managers? they found a way to make it worse. So I'm curious. I just saw the first pick in one of my dynasty leagues, the rookie draft started. I know we're going to have a couple of our drafts that we're in together starting soon. It's going to be fascinating to see really back end of round one,

beginning round two. And then obviously once we get to August, when we have a little bit more clarity when we start to do redrafts that matter, you know, like you said, we're going to start to do a lot of drafts on our end. But, you know, let's be honest, that's more for content,

purposes than it is for people that are playing. When people are doing this for real, you know, when are they going to start to dive into this rookie class and start drafting them? Heath, I know we're posting our rankings on the site this week. Like, you know, I was updating them throughout the week and I'm sure you were as well, you know, doing projections. Like it's just like so uninspiring. Like usually we're like 30 rookies, 40 rookies, 40, you know.

I think there was like, there was five running backs and like 10 receivers and, one tight end for me like that's all i got well i think that's that's the like because i'm going through doing the uh doing my rookie top 40 for dynasty that i'm going to publish probably in about 15 minutes after this podcast gets over and like that group of emitt johnson mike washington nix singleton um jonah coleman like i really expected one or two of those guys were going to have a projectible role in twenty days in 2026. And like,

I, those are kind of guys like, we'll rank them as late draft picks as handcuffs. And maybe Johnny Coleman's a little better than that. But they basically just have no projection for year one. Well, all right. Let me,

okay. So I talked about this on Saturday. I'm not going to just redo the show. But first of all, I just wanted to play this because. Kind of the vibe I'm getting right now. But let me just go through the day three running backs and what I thought, some of them,

not all of them. And you can give me a quick reaction. Johna Coleman to the Broncos, fourth running back off the board, first running back of round four. I think bad for R.J. Harvey. I think if J.K. Dobbins gets hurt, I think Coleman comes in and has a role.

There's a report in the athletic that he's already going to have a short-yardage rule and that he'll compete for the third down roll. But I think bad for R.J. Harvey, did you guys feel that way? Slight downgrade for Harvey? Because of what you said, I don't think the upside is as big

when Dobbins gets if, Robbins gets injured. I don't know that I really think it will change things very much while Dobbins and Harvey are both healthy. Right. Well, unless he's taking goal line carries, which. I mean, yeah. That would be weird. It's Sean Payton.

So, like somebody other running back was probably going to have 80 touches next year. It frustrated us, whether it was Tyler Bade or Julian McLaughlin or like whoever. So Coleman's better than those guys. but there was always going to be our third running back. This is somebody that I'm very interested in for 2027. Yeah. And as I mentioned on Saturday, this was the second pick they made in the draft. They didn't have a first or second round pick.

So Coleman second pick for the Broncos. Mike Washington to the Raiders, Emmett Johnson to the Chiefs. Those look like handcuffs right now. We don't even know that. But that's the possibility. I think Washington for sure, Johnson probably in a shared situation with Richard Smith, but I would guess if something happened. to Walker, like, that's going to be the guy we're going to look at

and knowing Walker's injury history. It's, you know, easy late-round pick, at least for me. And I think there's a possibility, I hate to say this for the sake of Ashton Genty, but I think there's a possibility that Mike Washington could matter as the RB2 in the Kubiak offense. I agree. It might be that he's getting 10 touches a game and he has enormous big play upside. So he actually, I have him projected for more points next year than Jonah Coleman or this year

than Jonah Coleman. I agree. That's Mike Washington going to the Raiders. So Nicholas Singleton, I said, interesting for 2027. Tony Pollard is in a contract year. Tage Spears has had three games in his career

with more than 10 carries, maybe four games. So we'll see as a former five-star recruit, Nicholas Singleton. I don't think I mentioned Adam Randall, but Adam Randall is really interesting. He looks good out there. He's a converted wide receiver.

He's going to the Ravens, obviously. That's Derek Henry's backfield. But look, round five running back, it's unlikely. But then Ketron Allen, I mean, how can you guys not look at Ketron Allen going to the commanders and think this guy's got a chance to be their starting running back? That's, I think that's the most interesting one. I probably should have put him number one on my most interesting list. But now that I think about it, like he's got the best chance to be the starting running back of any of these guys, doesn't he?

I wish it would have been one of the first four guys we were talking about. Yeah. I just, I don't think he's going to do anything on passing downs. And I don't think he's the one thing that. that Bill's good at is running the football. Like, I don't think, I don't think Ketron Allen's a better rusher than Bill is. So, and he's probably not going to pull passing down. So it's, yeah, sorry.

Um, yeah, I don't, I don't, I mean, right, Allen's not my, my favorite guy. He's, you know, but I, right, I wish it had better running back, but opportunities there. And then I don't know if there's anyone else I talked about. And I don't think so. I don't think so. I, we're good there. although Daman Claiborne to Minnesota, we'll see maybe down the line. Eli Haydenreich. He's interesting.

He's not really a running back. He's the leading receiver. But he was drafted as a running back. By name only. He's Navy's leading receiver as a running back. He could be the slot receiver for Pittsburgh. He could be a running back too. He's an interesting, but I have no idea what to make of Eli Haydenreich.

Okay. Great story, though. Yeah, very cool. Those are some day three picks. that stood out. I talked about some wide receivers. Maybe we'll get to them today on this show as well. FFT Dynasty, very important week for FFT Dynasty.

Make sure you listen to that. Beyond the Box Score, I mentioned we're going to have Jacob and Dan on on Thursday, but they've got their own show as well. They have their own YouTube channel. Look for Beyond the Box Score on YouTube. They have their own podcast, obviously. News and notes. Mike Tomlin was asked who he thought Pittsburgh's starting quarterback would be,

and he didn't say, it's going to be Aaron Rogers. If you had to make me choose, I'd say it's going to be Aaron Rogers. So I guess still we'll call him the clubhouse leader. And I mentioned that Nick Cosmiter of the athletic thinks that Broncos running back, Jonah Coleman, the rookie we just talked about could be the short yardage back. But can he take over the third down roll from Tyler Badee? And just that was the question there. And he's got the skill set to do it.

But just so you know, he didn't, Badee didn't have the third down roll to himself. He split it with R.J. Harvey and continued to split it with R.J. Harvey after Dobbins was injured. Just some offensive line notes. The teams, just to recap, that took offensive tackles in round one, or Cleveland, technically the Giants, but they're moving now we know where to guard. So Cleveland, Miami, Detroit, those three teams took offensive linemen that I assume will start hopefully immediately for them. Offensive tackles. Pittsburgh, New England, and Carolina, or it was actually in the order of Carolina, Pittsburgh, New England, those three teams took offensive tackles that don't necessarily need to start right away.

I think Carolina will. Well, that depends on Iki Aquano, right? And if he's back in time, Iki Aquano is recovering from a ruptured Patelotendon that he suffered in the playoffs. So Carolina, maybe Pittsburgh and New England probably not going to start their left tackle, offensive tackles in week one or maybe at any point this year. The Browns, by the way, they were the first team to select two offensive tackles. They took the first offensive tackle, Spencer Fanon in round one, and they took a third rounder, Austin Barber.

So they prioritized that position, the Cleveland Browns. And they're a really good draft. The team that took an interior offensive lineman early, Giants, Ravens, although the Ravens still don't have a center necessarily, and Houston, those three teams took interior guys in the first round, and the Cardinals took one with the 30s. fourth pick, they might move him to tackle. Chicago and the Chargers also drafted Interior Offensive linemen in the second round.

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And let's start with Jeremiah Love. And Jamie, where'd you go with Love? And Heath, you can follow up. I put Love, I think originally when we had the discussion following the first round. I think I said I had him at 15. I moved up to 14. So running back 14, that would put him in early round 3. I don't know if he's going to

get to round 3. I think everybody gets excited about players like this. We know. We've had the discussion Thursday night. Bejohn Robinson first running back off the board. He was a round one pick in his rookie campaign. Ashton Genty was a round one pick or early round 2, whatever. I don't remember the ADP finished,

but he was in the top 15 overall picks. It's understandable to get excited about love. He has that type of profile to be an elite playmaker. It's just on what could be a bad team, on what could be a crowded back in what could be a crowded backfield. So I'm a little bit

concerned about love just reaching that top end potential, at least in his rookie campaign. So for me, he is a early third round pick. Maybe he gets into the two, three turn, but for right now he's RB14. I think I had like three spots behind that, so RB17. And

like everything Jamie said is right. He has the upside to make that look dumb and to be worth a first round pick. But I do think it's a bad offense. I think like when you compare his situation to somebody like Brise Holes, I'm not sure that it's that much different, except Briseau might have a better quarterback. We'll see Jacobi Brissette's willing to play on the contract. He's on right now. Okay.

So would you go with Sequan Barkley or? or Jeremiah Love? Barkley. Barkley. Ken Walker. I've seen that a year ago. Ken Walker or Love? Walker for me.

I have Walker. Full PPR. Derek Henry or Love? Henry. You know what's a weird little aside here? So you kind of can split rookie running backs into the guys who were drafted in the top 10, right?

Big pedigree, Barkleys and Four Nets and Zeeks and Loves and Beas and Beechs and Bejie. John's, genties of the world, and the guys who were taking, you know, like Omarian Hampton and Najee Harris and Josh Jacobs, there are so few rookie running backs who get drafted in the teens. Jamir Gibbs was the only one I could think of. He had a great rookie season, but not until Montgomery got hurt. And Melvin Gordon also was drafted.

Oh, McCaffrey 11? No, McCaffrey was eight. Oh. Gurley was 10. according to what I'm looking at now, I think it's right. Melvin Gordon 15. Ryan Matthews in 2010 was 12th. There are so few rookie running backs who fall in the teens.

What's up with that? Interesting. By the way, can I consider 12th overall the teens? Of course. You know exactly what I'm getting at. It's 11 through, I guess it's 11 through 20. All right. How about?

Are you saying 20s in the teens? Well, that's the thing. I have to make a decision. I think you've got to go one through 10, 11 through 20, and then 21 through 32. What if you just went with the numbers that have teen in it? I don't know. That doesn't make any sense to me. All right.

How about Judarian Price, Heath? Where did we go on Price? I am so conflicted on this one. As of right now, I've got him at RB30. excuse me, R. Be 30. That's pretty low. Okay, Jamie, how about you? 23. Ooh, okay, big difference. Heath, your thoughts?

I am just not sure that he's going to have a very big role once Zach Charbonnet's back. Like, I think he probably ends up in a 50-50 split. And listen, there's a benefit to drafting for a hot start. But I also don't know that he's going to go week one as an 18 touch per game guy. I think it maybe takes him a little time to work into that role in Seattle, and then he's also going to have Zach Charbonnet coming back. Maybe not early in the season, but I would think definitely by the time we get to the fantasy playoffs.

So I don't disagree with that. Obviously, we have to see what the Charbonnet rehab and role will be when healthy. So that will probably change a little bit by the time we get to August, I think negatively for me and probably positively for Heath, depending on which way it goes. I look at the fact that they did not have a lot of draft capital, and they spent one of their four picks, the first pick that they had. And I know, you know, how much, I don't know how many people followed,

you know, the intimate details of some of the draft picks, but Seattle was apparently trying to trade out. They had some things happened in front of them that failed to some of those trade materialized. And so I don't think they panicked and took price. I'm sure that this was a player that they were, you know, targeting. And it obviously makes a lot of sense for their roster. But, you know, you are talking about a running back in Charbonnet that suffered this injury in the divisional round of the playoffs.

And to his point, we may not see him until the fantasy playoffs and the Seahawks if they're making into the playoff run or Super Bowl run, obviously. But it feels as if Price has an opportunity here to just completely push aside two guys that have, you know, clearly been backups in George Hollani and Manuel Wilson and step into. nearly 400 total vacated targets touches. It's a great opportunity. So that running back group for me is very jumbled. Keith mentioned Breece Hall, Andre Swift, facial Tutin, David Montgomery,

you know, there's that sort of tier of guys that should be featured options, could be featured options, could be in some good offenses, could be in some crappy offenses, you know, have touchdown potential, at receiving option, you know, receiving potential. I just look at the situation scenario and draft capital. I'm somewhat excited about Price. He may move up a spot or two, to be honest.

It is interesting in the fact that he doesn't have that much work. 280 carries in three seasons is pretty low. Season high, career high was 120 in a season that was in 2024. Also, 15 catches in his career. So I don't know. Heath, I don't know if you remember whatever. any scouting breakdown that you had on the dynasty show on price, but does he look like a guy that's going to catch passes?

I think there's a whole lot of, we think he has the skills to do a lot of things. We've not seen him do them. And that goes for the past catching probably more than the rushing because his efficiency as a backup running back was good. It's just, is that because he was seeing so little work? And it's easier to be an efficient running back.

but that's part of the reason why he's so low for me. Just looking at, I think, probably 28 or 29. I'll probably come up a couple of spots from 30 just because he is a young guy with upside. But there's just so much uncertainty over how big his role is going to be for a guy who's never really had a big role. Right. All right, that's Judarian Price.

I'll give you some ores. Judarian Price or a Patriots running back? Price. I'll go, Trayvion. Judarian Prycer. David Montgomery, who by the way is on Houston, in case you've forgotten. We haven't spoken about him in a while.

Price or Montgomery? Price. That's the guy that I had one spot ahead of him. I'll probably have Price. Okay. All right, let's go to the wide receivers here. I know what the answer was on Thursday. It was Lemon for Jamie,

and it was Heath's, Heath and Dave had Tate. Who's your highest ranked rookie wide receiver, Heath? Tate. Still lemon, Jamie? No, I moved Tate ahead of lemon. Just, you know, taking a bigger, broader look at it. Obviously, lemon could have a huge role. I think it's going to have usually my second favorite receiver.

But I moved Tate. So in redraft, I moved, in our redraft rankings, I moved Tate one spot ahead of lemon. So I think when I did it Thursday night, my rankings was lemon, and then somebody was in between. I don't know who it was. And then I had Tate. And I'm like, you know, I got to give Cammore a little bit more credit, got to get Brian Dable a little bit more credit, got to give a situation a little bit more credit.

You know, I think on Thursday I said when shocked me of Juan, they'll still too much too involved, you know, just from the connection there. And maybe giving Lemon too much credit, you know, and not enough to Devanté Smith as well. Plus the additionist hours, you know, I think that factors in also, you know, that they may do what everybody else is doing, especially Sean Mannion, now another new play caller coming in, you know, more two tight-end sets. so it could take away some targets from Lemon as well. And I think also, you know, look, we're all assuming AJ Brown is gone. There's a lot of bodies there now. You know, this is a team that had very concentrated targets to two wide receivers. And Marquise Brown is still a good player.

He may not be the player that he was when he was in Baltimore, but he's still a good player and we'll get some opportunities. Dante Wicks may still be an untapped guy that could get some chances to make some plays. So if they start to get a little bit more multiple with how they use their receivers and take away from even DeMonte Smith and what the upside could be there, and obviously the upside of what Lemon can be. There's just an easier path to success for Cardinal Tate. So clearly Calvin, Calvin Ridley may have a role in the two rookies from a year ago,

now sophomore receivers in D.K. What's the kid from Stanford? ELEC, Eilke, Eilmanner. Eilke. You know, they may have a role as well, but I just think Tate, draft capital, should matter. Eric. Opportunity as well.

Yeah, I was trying to think of like the anatomy of, of a good rookie wide receiver. And boy, it's really... Just looking at guys who got to 1,000 yards. It's really unpredictable, just over the last six years, right? No one could have seen it coming for Pooka Nukuoka, the fact that Cooper Cup missed seven games. No, he played...

He played 12 games. By the way, Jamie, not to be a jerk, but last week, two weeks ago, I think you said that Cooper Cup was coming off his Triple Crown season, It was actually two years before they drafted Puka. He was coming off a nine-game season where he averaged about 90 yards per game, but he was coming off an injured season.

But no one could have seen Puka coming. Jamar Chase... You're prickly. Jamar Chase, I don't know who other putting that vote, by the way. I think probably he's. Although when Heath made a subtle comment about how bad the Knicks were, it did make me even more prickly a couple of times.

Did I make a comment about how bad the NICS was? Yeah, you made a comment about the NBA gay playoffs. I knew it was about the day. I think it was a comment about how great the playoffs have been, and they've been fantastic. It's a great series. Well, only one team.

Very evenly matched teams. Only one team. No, they're not. That's what pisses me off. They're not. Anyway, Jamar Chase was on a team that had a young quarterback and also had T. Higgins and only through the ball 32.6 times for game. And yet Chase had an amazing year.

Justin Jefferson, Adam Thielen, was coming off a terrible season. we should have seen like the changing of the guard there, but that was still tough. The Brian Thomas Jr. thing was very much, like they didn't have a good passing offense. They threw for 3,700 yards and 19 touchdowns. They had back up quarterback. Yeah, right. But obviously he benefited from Kirk and Ingram playing eight or nine games each. How about that?

Would you have ever thought if I had told you, the New York Giants in 2024, we're going to throw for 3,521 yards and 15 touchdowns? and Wondale Robinson was going to have 140 targets. That's the scenario which Malik Neighbors was a fantasy stud. Isn't that wild? Yeah. Ladd-McConkey, I think looking back at that, we were excited about, was it Josh Palmer we thought would be good?

Quentin Johnson was there. Wasn't that Dave's summer guy? Maybe. And there was reason for it because Palmer in the past that had been good in little audition games where guys had been out. but maybe we should have thought McCocky's got a better chance here Garrett Wilson

dominated targets I think Chris Olave dominated targets with bad receiving course Tedderall McMillan as well I don't remember the exact circumstances for Jalen Waddle they had Devante Parker Mike Gassicki

Jalen Waddle got a ton of targets at the time the NFL record for rookie receptions Yeah so I guess my point is they come in different shapes and sizes it's possible Lemon is the number two receiver on a team that doesn't throw much

but that doesn't mean he can't have a great season. But, you know, I guess you probably prefer a guy who's the number one receiver, which we think Tate is more likely to be the number one receiver than Wondale? I don't know. Who leads the team in targets? I would think totality would be Wondale, but I think it's one of those where targets per game shifts in the middle of the season from Wondell to Tate.

Yeah, I have them, like, just about dead even. Okay. All right. Sorry for that. detour and did you guys say you want to know where we were ranking those guys about to say you say where you were ranking them not wandell or you but the rookies no i've got tate i think at 33 tyson at 34 and lemon at like 38 i have tate at 31 lemon at 32 tyson at like 35 okay who's in that range jamie who are some other guys there

It's in the same range as Christian Watson, Alex Pierce, Godwin, Wondell's not far behind, those type of guys. Jordan Addison for me. What about James and James? Williams is ahead of those. Yep. O'Don's ahead of those guys. Metcalf, Sutton behind those guys. Right.

So. Okay. Jaguars receivers? They're all behind the rookies for me. I have Jacobia head. Looking at this mock draft from a couple months ago, a month ago. I took Brian Thomas Jr. Round six.

What an idiot. How about Chris Godwin or a rookie? Again, imagine saying that a year ago. I'll take the rookies over, Godwin. I have the rookies over. I think I might have Godwin over Tyson, but I have Tate and Lemon over them. All right.

how many we've had at least one top 24 wide receiver in 11 straights at least 11 straight seasons at the end of the day so that doesn't mean they're that much better than the guys who were 30 or whatever but it does hopefully that'll continue we'll get a top 24 guy that's really I think I think you will again you know you look at Tate situation in Tennessee it's it's very ideal if Cam Moore takes a step forward which I think a lot of people saw toward the end of the season him playing much better. I think you look at Lemon's situation. He's stepping into a great role if you just assign the AJ Brown targets to him, forget about how he gets it done. But he's a good playmaker, certainly with a ball in his hands. Jordan Tyson could be, you know,

great in New Orleans if he can, you know, if Tyler Shuck takes a step forward and we can get two targets operating at a high level. And then there's going to be a surprise or two. I mean, look, you know, Concepcion, if he's that type of player that everybody thought he would, coming out of Texas A&M and the quarterback play in Cleveland, whoever the starter may be can feature him. I don't think, you know, and Heath, you correct me if I'm wrong, because I know you were very high on Harold Fanon going into the draft process, but I don't think anybody saw that level of fantasy production for him in his rookie campaign, you know, so it could happen.

And then, you know, I think you look at some of these guys like Douglas in Miami, for example, somewhat of an afterthought, right? in the draft process, in the rankings, in, you know, pre-draft rankings, in NFL and, you know, fantasy and reality, like, he could, he could lead all rookie receivers to targets. You know, I mean, especially with Chris Bell coming back from a ACL term. Like, you know, there's a huge opportunity there. And then two guys that I'm excited about, maybe more short term than long term just because of their chances. You know, we talked about this a little bit Friday night. Antonio Williams in Washington.

and Zachariah Branch and Atlanta. Like they're stepping into essentially starting roles. And they're smaller guys. Branch, when he gets the ball, he's electric. You know, like there's just a lot to like about him there. And so hopefully that's the second receiver. And Williams, I mean, that receiving, of course, potentially terrible. It's just like, who's been an afterthought in the NFL?

Well, let's put him on Washington. You know, Trayland Berks and Van Jefferson and all these guys that just, you know, have never really done much with some opportunities beforehand. And like those two guys can be very impactful right away. Absolutely. That is Caleb Douglas going to the to the dolphins. And I mentioned it at the time. It was regarded by Mike Renner, who was doing all our draft grades,

as one of the biggest reaches of the draft so far, 75th overall. But it doesn't matter. You're 100% right. We don't know. Although I think there was a good report about Chris Bell. I don't know if it was his doctor or whatever. But someone said he'll be ready for week one, Chris. the other Dolphins receiver now out of Louisville torn ACL.

And I'm much more excited about Bell for dynasty purposes than Douglas. Same. Same. But again, this year, like Bell, who knows, may not play. This is clearly a team that is focused on 2027 and beyond. You know, so they may, and they should take their time with him and not rush him back on the field. Be so interested to see where these rookies go, where Tate, Tyson, and Lemon go. Concepcion, did he crack your top 48? Yes. Yeah, I don't have a whole lot of separation between him and Boston.

I think both of those guys are going to be worthy of draft picks at the end of the draft. Okay. And Cooper. Yep. How about Jerry Judy? You're going to draft Jerry Judy. Was that, are you trying to make up for the for the Knicks Hawks thing now? No, I was not like Jerry Judy too.

No, but he is going to be a starting wide receiver in all likelihood, you know. Like this, I think I mentioned this either Thursday, Friday night. Like, I'd like to see Calvin really traded. I'd like to see Jerry Judy traded. I'd like to see James Connor traded. I'd like to see Alvin Kamara traded. Like, let's give these guys opportunities to maybe get still one year moment, a couple

games. Like, I don't know. It just feels like they're just going to be buried in their current situations, current scenarios. Well, I think you've got to start thinking about, let me just pull up the tight ends that were drafted here and see if Cleveland drafted one. I actually don't think they drafted. Yeah, they drafted Joe Royer in the fifth round,

and they drafted a guy in the seventh round. So my point would be this. If Jerry Judy's going to be a starting wide receiver, I don't see why I draft Denzel Boston. I just don't think because teams are going to start using tight ends more, and maybe Todd Monkin, we could project that he's going to do that a lot. I don't really see a reason to think about Denzel Boston right there. You've got to figure Concepcion is going to play.

play ahead of Boston. So the number three receiver, he's not a slot guy. I don't think Denzel Boston. Maybe Concepcion could be and they play boss on the outside. But you know what I'm saying? Like that's a, that's a, that's a waiver wire pickup to me. You got to see something. Well, I think, I think it's going to really like who's on the field in those two wide receiver sets. Concepcion will be some of the time, but I'm not sure that he will be all. I think that's, That's one of the reasons that I kind of have those guys mixed. Yeah, if you're telling me that Casey Concepcion is going to be on the field for 80% of targets, then he's probably ranked too low at around 48.

But I just don't think that's a guarantee yet. Okay. All right. Kenyon, Sadiq, and Fernando Mendoza, I will ask you about those guys when we come back after this quick break. And also, what about what about Shudor Sanders assuming he's going to be the starter, which we shouldn't necessarily assume? What about Tyler Shuck, an infusion of talent for Tyler? They're shook. What about other players that could be on the rise or sinking in our rankings? We'll be right back on fantasy football today.

Okay, flights on air Canada. Where'd you want to go? The Azores? For its hot springs and volcanoes? Hmm, speaking of volcanoes, what about Japan? You know I love sushi. Not as much as I love tapas. Maybe, Majorca. We could hit the beach, then go hiking. Hiking? Or how about a seaside stroll in Sicily? Ooh, I do love canolies.

Wait, what do you think of? With a world of destinations to choose from, good luck picking just one. Air Canada. Nice travels. Heath, given the fact that Kirk Cousins could easily start this season, I assume we don't have Fernando Mendoza ranked very high in our rookie rank, in our 2026 rankings. I don't think you're going to draft Fernando Mendoza unless you're playing in a Superflex league. And if you draft him in a Superflex league, he's probably going to be your QB3.

What do you think about Mendoza versus Cam Ward and Dynasty? I prefer Mendoza, but not by a lot. I think he came in at QB 15 in my dynasty rankings. I've got Cam Ward at like QB 18, 17, so they're only separated by a couple of spots. The thing that you like about Mendoza, I mean, he's a couple years younger, and Cam Ward could be one bad year away from getting replaced.

That's exactly what I was thinking. It makes me nervous. Ward might have more upside than Mendoza, especially now that he's got Cornell Tate. But I think the security of Mendoza, he's going to be a starting quarterback. And he's not necessarily going to be a starting quarterback

longer than Cam Ward, but he has a much longer leash at this point. I was thinking the same thing, because I have Ward in a Dynasty League, and I have the second overall pick, and I'm not going to take Mendoza unless I can trade Ward. But I just, I am nervous about it because if they, let's say they both,

struggle this year. Well, you're not going to get rid of Mendoza. I don't know. Maybe if he's terrible. I think we saw that the Cardinals did that, right? They had Josh Rosen and one year later they took Kyler Murray, I think. It can happen. But if Ward has two bad years, because was he bad last year?

Statistically, yes. Watch the tape, I don't know. A lot of drops, a lot of really encouraging moments. But he had the six lowest yards per attempt of any rookies since 2010. And the guys- December was good. though. It was good. He stopped throwing interceptions. I was

encouraged, but statistically he had a really bad year. And it's not a great list. I think just in the Arizona comparison, that was a quarterback that was selected 10th overall in Rosen. And then they had the next year the first overall pick. So. Right. But if the Titans are terrible again,

and Arch Manning or another highly touted guy is available, then he's gone. And then Ward's going to get replaced, right? So, all right. All right. Anywho, topic for Heath's show, I guess. Kenyon Sadeek, Jamie, where do you end up in your rankings? Jets, tight end, Kenyon, Sadiq? Tight end 16.

I basically all I did was bye-bye Mason Taylor. This is now Sadiq's spot. So it's obviously not the most ideal landing spot in my mind. There is opportunities here. I think we're going to see Frank Reich, the offense coordinator now for the Jets, use a lot of two tight-end sets. But the fact that they have Garrett Wilson,

that they drafted Cooper, that they have Mason Taylor, that they draft to Sadiq, Like there's not a clear path to a lot of targets. He's a very interesting playmaker, has a chance to be elite as a playmaker. You know, we saw certainly a lot of flashes of huge upside and potential to Oregon. As we talked about time and time again, the stats weren't there. I don't know if that's necessarily his fault.

But, you know, we're talking about a Gino Smith-led offense that has four guys, or at least three guys. I'll put Mason Taylor, maybe a distant fourth at this point. But three guys that are, you know, of high-end pedigree, the only thing that makes me a little bit leery of this is this is still the same regime that drafted Mason Taylor a year ago. So it's not like, oh, yeah, Taylor was somebody that we inherited. Like they targeted Taylor and then they came out and they targeted Saddam.

So I'm going to guess that Taylor is going to have a little bit of a role. Plus, this is also the team that, you know, I know throw in, but hey, can we get Adinaim Mitchell as well? So there's some playmakers on this team. And I just don't know if Sadiek's going to get the amount of targets that we need for him to be. Anywhere in the level of Colston, Lovell and Tyler Warren,

Harold Fanon, the rookie tight ends from a year ago that were extremely successful, I think he, even with the draft capital, has a long way to go. Yeah, I think he's going to be like 21 for me. I'm concerned that he's playing about half the snaps,

and that when he's on the field, he's third at best in terms of the target, the target tree. And so that's a difficult combination. You mentioned, I think one of you guys did Friday night or Thursday night, Dalton Kincaid. This feels very much like Dalton Kincaid.

I forgot to ask you about Omar Cooper Jr., I think, specifically. So I'm going to look at some wide receivers that were drafted in our post-free agency mock draft kind of late. And tell me if you'd take Omar Cooper Jr. And anyone else, Boston, Concepcion, Stribling, whatever it is, ahead of Jaden Reed. I'd rather have Reed. I'll take one of the. rookies. Three of the rookies.

The rookies are Cooper. I'm sorry. No, not the top three rookies. I guess anyone other than Tate, Lemon, Tyson. So, Concepcion, Reed, everybody else. Okay, how about Khalil Shakir? Concepcion and Cooper

over Shakir. I'll take Shakir over those guys. Last one. Quentin Johnston. I've got Johnston one spot ahead of Shakir. Concepcion, Johnston, rest of class. Okay. So how about rankings, risers, and fallers?

I don't know. If there are many, this was not the most impactful fantasy draft, at least on the surface. Hopefully we'll have some pleasant surprises. But Heath, were there any players that moved up or down in your rankings? Tyler Shuck moved up. Fantastic situation for him. I think he's a top 15 quarterback for me now.

Wow. Okay. Tyler Shuck, who's in that range? Baker Mayfield, Bo, Nix, Jordan Love, Malik Willis. Man, okay. He had a nice rookie year for sure. Shuck, let's see. This was his last six games.

21.4, 21.3, 20.1, 19.1, 25.9, 23.8. that's incredible. That's a great finish. That's six point per passing touchdown leagues, by the way. He had three rushing touchdowns in that stretch, but really good stuff. That offense could just be flat out great. Yeah.

I travel more on a lot of playmakers. Yeah. Better run game, though. That's the one thing that could be a little bit of a hindrance is, you know, they're going to run the ball better this year than they did last year. But, I mean, look, everything that they've done, they added a pass-catching running back.

I know Calamore doesn't necessarily feature. sure that in his offense as much. But I mean, look, if Olavé stays healthy and builds off what he did, and then you add Jordan Tyson, you add a tight end, you add some offensive line pieces, you know, like this is, this is a lot to like. Oscar. I had it Oscar. Delp. That's right. Yeah. Wait, did I already make a joke about that horrible Sylvester Stallone movie? You did to me on the phone when I asked you, we were talking about the Saints. And I couldn't remember his name, remember? Yeah.

Oh, what a horrible movie. Jeez. He doesn't beat up anyone in that. He might actually. I don't remember, but it's not. I finished what's eating Gilbert grape, by the way. It's very good. Okay, Tyler Shucks the riser for Heath.

Jamie, anyone for you? Veteran riser. I'm trying to think anybody that, like, made a big leap. Cam Ward moved up. Tyler Shuck moved up. Pollard a couple of spots. I made the case for Scataboo on Thursday. Go ahead, yeah, Heath.

I was going to say Tutin. Tutton moved up, yep. The Coltswide receivers moved up. Yeah, for me. Okay, just you were expecting some target competition that didn't come. Yeah. What about, did anyone?

Like, we've got Gino Smith and Shadurz Sanders who have, the Tyler. Shuck kind of situation. They just haven't played well. But any thoughts on those guys? I think Shador has to win the job first. But the position is so low.

Like just think about the names that he throttled off that are quarterbacks. I don't know where the starting point was. 13 through 17. Yeah. But, you know, like, I mean, for me in the teens, which starts after 12. But in the teens, you know, you have Baker

and golf. and Knicks and, you know, for me right now, at least my homes is 14. You know, like there's just a lot of great quarterbacks. It's just hard to say, like, who in their right mind would go into it in that one quarterback league thinking, I need to draft Dino Smith or Shreder Sanders. And I'm going to throw out one more name as a potential riser who, inspired by an email from Richard. Thank you, Richard.

Our email address, by the way, is Fantasy Football at CBS. i.com. If you have any thoughts on the draft class, fire away. But Richard was talking about the Raiders wide receivers, and he wants to criticize them for not addressing their wide receiver room. And he's right. I mean, they have pretty bad wide receiver room. But I did think about Jalen Naylor here, who is done very little.

He's 27 years old. He had 444 yards last year, which was career high. But fun fact, he ranks, since entering the NFL in 2022, Jalen Naylor ranks 16th in yards per target and eighth in yards per catch among 129 wide receivers with 100 or more targets. That's eighth in yards per catch.

And a lot of the yards per catch leaders are high A dot guys. The Justin Watson's and Darius Slatins and Alec Pierce's of the world. And that's not Jalen Naylor. So I think Heath, I remember you mentioning that that he was kind of like that

stats guy just on a very small sample size. I mean, it's it is a little bit easier to be an efficient wide receiver when you have Justin Jefferson and Jordan Addison on the field as opposed to when you're running routes next to Trey Tucker. I still prefer Tucker to Nailer for now. All right. But he was a riser. I do think when you look at the Dolphins receiving core, the Raiders receiving core, even though the Browns spent capital on their two rookies, that receiving core to a lesser extent. Like someone is going to emerge from those teams as fantasy viable,

whether a fantasy starter is a different question. But like we had moments, especially early in the season, pick up Trey Tucker, start Trey Tucker. Like that was that was a thing. You know, last year it was Chimeri Dike as, you know, some good moments. Like, you know, you see this happen. And so can they can they find someone? Can somebody step forward?

And I think when you look at it, like, you know, you put Jack Pesh in that conversation, too, for the Raiders. Like, nail or Tucker Bash, like, they're going to get chances. There's still so many veteran wide receivers that are free agents that are better than the number one wide receiver on the dolphins and the Raiders. Those guys are probably going to, I don't know if either one of those teams want to add them, though. You could see, I mean, you know, based on at least the narrative. narrative when he was cut, but like Tyree Kill is probably waiting for a contender to give him an opportunity and obviously contracts is going to matter there. The Joanne Jennings one is weird to me because like Stefan Diggs has, you know, got baggage,

you know, and is older. Like the Jennings one I don't understand. Like I would have expected him to have signed in the start of free agency or at least, you know, the early part or the free agency period, you know, just based on what the conversations were surrounding him. The one that's interesting right now is, is obviously Brandon Ayuk still too, you know, So does he end up in a situation where, like, you know, you mentioned the Colts. Like the Colts took a big swing at the trade deadline last year with, you know, acquiring

Soss Gardner giving up to first-round picks. Like, is that a Tyree Kill spot? Is that a Joanne Jennings spot? Is that a Stefan Dick spot? You know, like we're looking at Pittsburgh, for example, and that's, you know, kind of been a destination for Brandon Ayyuk for over a year. You know, are they still interested in trying to acquire him, Washington? You heard me say, Antonia Williams, like, that gets crushed quickly.

You know, so this is one of those things that, and Keith, I'm curious how you, you know, navigate this. Like with these rookie only drafts and telling people what to do with these wide receivers, like one or two of these guys could get crushed in a month by a veteran, at least for 2026, you know, could get crushed in a month. You know, like Bernard, for example, if they trade for IUC, and now you're looking at Pittman locked in, Medcaf locked in, and whatever they do with IEU's contract. Like those three guys could be in Pittsburgh for a while, and Bernard just doesn't matter. And he could be a late first round pick in rookie only drafts. I think the problem is that they could get crushed. The value could change. The thing is running back already got crushed.

So I think you mostly just draft those wide receivers based on how you had them evaluated beforehand and the draft capital. But there's a couple of guys. like Antonio Williams is one that I've boosted up a little bit because of the landing spot. Ayukas, people must just not think he's healthy because he went about his knee injury, rehab in a very strange way, I guess. He's 28 years old. I think, I feel like the contract thing, we've seen teams be like, oh, we're going to pay off some of the contract. That's an obstacle that I feel like can be gotten around. But he's 28 years old with.

2,000-yard seasons under his belt, a 1,300-yard season. This is a guy in Brandon Ayyuk that a lot of people feel like is an elite wide receiver. It never really got to prove it because he didn't get a ton of targets. But Debo Sammy was doing all this cute little gimmicky stuff, and Brandon Ayuk was running the really, you know, the good route, the real routes down. He's awesome. He got the good routes. Yeah, well, the non-gimicky stuff.

And he's potentially a fantastic player when he's healthy. I just don't know how healthy is. Boy, is that interesting. You're right. Heath, I was going to say that the vet. It's been one of those. Adam, you were right. But I didn't even get a chance to say it because you keep saying the things that I'm going to say.

So you would like credit for thinking the thing that I said. Yes. I was going to say it. I was such a nice guy that I let you say it first. Yeah, I would think if I was thinking something and you said it, I would just say, Adam, you are right. All right. So we just got screwed by the draft.

Where does, where do those? where do those four guys Tyreek, Diggs, Jennings, N. I.U. Go. That helps them, helps their team, and doesn't ruin somebody else. Yeah, that's, you want anyone to the dolphins. Two of them to the dolphins, two of them to the Raiders. No, one of them to the dolphins.

But we know Tyreeks not going to the dolphins. Yeah, Jennings to the dolphins. And this is assuming, this is obviously assuming that AJ Brown goes to the Patriots. Yeah. Jennings to the dolphins. where do we want Tyreek to go? We're going to give him to a contender.

And Diggs, too. The Diggs and they're going to contenders. I can see Tyreek to the Colts. Could we see a Stefan Diggs Houston Texans reunion? That wouldn't bother me at all. I don't think he would really take away from Nico. And then Hank Dells

a wild card. He would take away from Higgins. The thing that kind of scares me a little bit, but I could see happening is one of those guys, not Tyreek. because of McDaniel, but going to the Chargers. I mean, they made the, you know, play for Keenan Allen late in the process last year. Yeah, that's a good call.

Keenan Allen, by the way. Didn't even mention him. Wow. All right. Let's talk about some losers or fallers. If there are any, I wanted to share this tweet. How do you feel about Garrett Wilson's fantasy value after tonight? This was on Thursday.

Jets selected Kenyon Sadeke and Omar Cooper Jr. 47% said unchanged. 25% a little worse, 19% better, and 10% said a lot worse. So most people, about half people thought unchanged. And then 25% thought a little worse for Garrett Wilson. How do you feel about Garrett Wilson? Were there any other players that you thought, this isn't great for their fantasy value?

Garrett Wilson was a small faller for me. Chris Olavet was a small faller for me. I think Harold Vannon was a bigger follower than both of those guys. Okay. Is that your biggest faller? I mean, the biggest fallers probably Tyler Algier. All right. Well, other than that,

was Fanon, was Fanon a significant follower for you? Where is he now? Well, he is because I, and we've talked about this a lot already this year, but I'm higher on Pitts and Leporta and likely than most. And I don't, I can't make the argument for Fanon over those guys right now.

So he's tied in nine. I can make the argument. over Pitts very easily. It's the same thing. He has not done well at all when Drake London was on the field. Everything he did was with Drake London off the field. It's just, it's really that simple. He'll said that without Kevin Stefansky.

Yeah, but he, and I mean, the darnel Mooney thing, I know you guys didn't bring that up, but Mooney was doing nothing last year. It's like this whole career has been disappointing for Kyle Pitts, except his rookie year. Well, I mean, to be fair, every time Matt Ryan has been a member of the Falcons, He's at a thousand-year season.

I don't really know how much target competition there is for the Browns. He's still going to be their primary tight end. He's not losing snaps to Concepcion in Boston. So that's good. And then I have a hard time seeing both Concepcion and Boston being good this year. And it's possible that neither is. It's possible that neither is good, obviously. But they don't have to be good, though.

They just have to be better than Jerry Judy and Cedric Tillman. No, that's not the only factor here because the Brown's passing game could be better, too. Yeah, if you want to put stock in Sanders or a rejuvenated healthy Sean Watson, I mean, those are two things that for me are hard to necessarily get behind. But I think in terms of Fanon, he's not going to run away with targets like he had the potential to. And so that's, I think, the biggest difference is if he falls to second on the team in targets, then he warrants falling down the fantasy rankings. If he falls to potentially third on the team of targets,

then he may not be a top 12th titan. I don't think that's the case because I love his talent. I love his potential, and I think he has the chance to still lead the team of targets, maybe get better in year two. But you're talking about a tight end guru leaving in the coach. You're talking about target competition being added. And so now when you start to compare him to Leporta,

who got a tight end guru as a offense coordinator, to Pitts who got arguably the guy that started that tree, in Stafansky and, you know, likely getting this opportunity. I still have Fanon ahead of likely, but that's the range, you know. So Fanon fell behind Laporta, Kraft for me as well and Pitts because Kraft, you know, his offseason couldn't go any better if he's healthy, you know, losing Romeo Dobbs and losing Dontabian Wicks, you know, just getting, you know, more target potential. I think that's great for him. So, you know, all those guys in that mix, you know, I think it's kind of easy to say whatever order you have them. There's a clear now top four, you know,

where Fanna was in that conversation, probably when the season ended, you know, you have McBride, Bauer's, Loveland, and Warren. I don't know if anybody's going to crack that top four from an ADP standpoint. Bride Bowers, Loveland, Warren. I really like Bowers. I think that's the guy I'm targeting. Or Kelsey. Great or late.

Great or late? I did just want to say, like, last year, Jerry, Judy led Brown's wide receivers with 602 receiving yards. That was their high, Isaiah Bond was. And it wasn't like there were five guys over 500. Isaiah Bond was second at 338 receiving yards. Like, it's a massive difference. Well, but they also, they were 31st in scoring.

They were 31st in gross passing yards per game. So that's the argument is that they just, they get better. Everybody gets pulled up, I guess. Do we have any? Do they want to get better, though? The thing that you look at Kyle Pitts. This is off the top of my head. why was his second year so disappointing?

One of it was the bad quarterback play. The other was they brought in Drake London, right? I think London. He also got hurt. Yeah. He's never for a pretty significant injury, didn't he? In his second year? Yeah, at some point.

I can't remember. But they brought in London. Second and third year he was battling through that knee injury. Okay. I guess I'm just trying to think of it. They brought in London. You're right. No, I'm just thinking of these second year tight ends coming out.

I mean, listen, I'll just tell you, you know, I spoke to Arthur Smith going into year three for Kyle Pitts. And that was after acquiring Bijon Robinson. So it was Pitts, London, Robinson three years in a row. And I said to him, this was after, you know, year two for Pitts. Like what was the difference between Kyle Pitts year one, year two? And he said having a veteran quarterback. And Matt Ryan giving him chances to make plays his rookie season.

So does Tua help that? does a more season Michael Penix if he's healthy help that? We know Penix is very high on him last year in terms of Pitts in the training camp process. So I mean, you heard me say I like Zachariah Branch. I don't think there's a

significant chance that Branch cracks the top two targets, spots for the Falcons of everybody's healthy. I think it's clearly London one and Pitts too. Okay. I think the last point I'll make if you want to be optimistic about Fana and was

Trey McClain. Bride. Now, Tram McBride broke out in his second year. Then they drafted Marvin Harrison, Jr. And Tram McBride had a great season and continued to do so. So, you know. All right. And that'll do it.

Thank you all for watching and listening. We'll talk to you on Wednesday. We have a mock draft on Tuesday. We'll talk to on Wednesday. Heath, FFD Dynasty is? Tomorrow, Jacob Gibbs. We are kind of, it won't be a contentious debate, but kind of, a little bit of a rankings debate with the rookies.

Nice. And I like this poll we have here on YouTube. Are you happy with the picks your team made? How many people think you said yes and how many said no? What percentage? 28% said yes. Whoa. That was, yeah, you guys basically said the same number.

You are so wrong. 70% said yes. This is the season to be optimistic about our football teams. I think the thing about it, like when you look at the NFL draft in its entirety. Forget about fantasy. Like there were some teams that did really well. Really well. Browns did well. Browns did well. Giants did well. Cowboys did well. I'm trying to think who else. Like, well, the Giants, right? People, oh, the Giants did well with their pick. Yes.

I love who the Giants picked. I also was very happy when they drafted Kavon Thibbado and Evan Neal at four and seven overall, five and seven overall, something like that. So it's, I have, I don't usually be like, oh, this team did well because you just don't know. And the fact that 70% of our respondents are optimistic, a lot of people are going to be very disappointed in a couple of years. By the way, very 49ers fans, I'm sure you voted no. All right, thank you to J.B. and Heath. We'll be back on Wednesday with Fantasy Football. See you.