Fantasy Football Today - WR Prospects with Emory Hunt (04/22 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Episode Date: April 22, 2021

We're excited to talk about this loaded WR class. Emory Hunt joins us with scouting reports, player comps, overrated and underrated players and more. First, we'll ask him to follow up on his thoughts on the Rams backfield (4:00) as he is not quite as high on Cam Akers as you might think. Now to the WRs, who would Emory take fourth overall: Kyle Pitts or Devonta Smith (7:10)? And let's spend a lot of time on the Top 3 WRs in this class (9:15). Are we talking about potential superstars? If Ja'Marr Chase goes to the Bengals, Smith goes to the Dolphins and Jaylen Waddle goes to the Giants, will those rookie WRs be better than their veteran teammates (19:30)? If so, how much better? ... OK, it's time to talk about other WRs (21:40)! Who are some of the best guys after the Top 3 that could be taken in Round 1? Who is overrated (28:40)? Who is underrated (30:00)? ... Emory gives us player comps for a number of the incoming rookies (33:45) and then we re-evaluate the 2020 WR class (37:15). Who is the new #1 for Emory? We've also got news and notes from around the NFL (44:00) ... Your emails at [e-mail] Want in the Podcast League? Try our NFL Draft contest! https://www.facebook.com/groups/FantasyFootballToday/permalink/1115877195573244/ 'Fantasy Football Today' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox, and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow our FFT team on Twitter: @FFToday, @AdamAizer, @JameyEisenberg, @daverichard, @heathcummingssr, @ctowerscbs, @BenSchragg Watch FFT on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCviK78rIWXhZdFzJ1Woi7Fg/videos Join our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/FantasyFootballToday/ Sign up for the FFT newsletter https://www.cbssports.com/newsletter You can listen to Fantasy Football Today on your smart speakers! Simply say "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Football Today podcast" or "Hey Google, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Football Today podcast." 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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Touchdown. Oh, he's done it again. Now here's some combination of Adam, Dave, Jamie, Heath, and Ben. In his latest mock draft, Ryan Wilson of CBSSports.com mocks six wide receivers in the first round. We are so excited to talk about this position and talk about it with Emory Hunt,

who joins us now for the third consecutive week on Fantasy Football Today. Welcome to the show, everybody. Make sure you're following us, streaming us on Spotify, on Apple Podcasts, anywhere you listen to podcasts. We know, by the way, there is an issue with Apple Podcasts

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Dave Richard is here along with Emery Hunt. I'm Adam Azer. Heath Cummings hopes to join us later. Emery, how would you describe this year's wide receiver class? Plentiful. And I think it's more along the lines of what we're going to see until college football changes what they do offensively. I want to say maybe in my era and up until maybe 2005, you had running backs aplenty. And now with the advent of the passing game, spread offenses, you're going to find a boat

load of receivers that are able to step in right away and play. You're going to find a boatload of corners that are able to step in right away and cover. So I think we'll continue to see the depth of the receiver class be what it is for quite some time. And that's going to reflect into fantasy. Good morning, Adam. Good morning, Henry. You're going to see that reflected in fantasy for years too. We've already talked about how this year you're going to be able to find great wide receivers well into the middle rounds of your fantasy draft. That's going to keep happening as long as college football feeds us interesting receiving talent. There's a lot of guys that are a little incomplete, but there are plenty of,

especially at the top of the draft class, plenty of alluring, exciting receivers coming into the league. Dave, that was so polished. That was so local news. Our Dave Richard is out on the scene. Dave, good morning, Adam. They always start with a greeting. That was good, Dave. I liked it. I'm just trying to be pleasant.

Trying to be nice. Professional. Pleasant, professional. Good stuff. Follow Emory, by the way, at FBallGamePlan on Twitter. And FootballGamePlan.com is his website. By the way, we are giving away – oh, and someone called out Emory in an email. We've got to get to that. Coming right up.

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We do have a lot of wide receiver questions, but Emery talked running backs last week. He's a former running back from the University of Louisiana. And you said something about the Rams running backs that caught the ear of Nick. And Dave, Nick is from a Northern California town north of the Golden Gate Bridge. St. Helena.

Oh, yeah. Wait, wait, wait. Chico. Isn't Chico where Aaron Rodgers is from? Sure. North of there? Might be a little further north. Sure, he says like he knows.

Let's go with St. Helena. Okay. Dear John, Jeff, Peyton, and Andrew. I believe those are number one overall picks. Those are Colts quarterbacks. Who's the John? Harbaugh. Oh, okay.

No, Jim. It's Jim Harbaugh, not John Harbaugh. Yeah, those are number one picks. John Elway, Jeff George, Peyton Manning, and Andrew Luck. All right. So I have really liked the info Embry Hunt has given on the podcasts. That said, the one take of his

I am not sure I agree with is Cam Akers. I was surprised that he thinks that Daryl Henderson could play that big of a role on the Rams next year. Cam Akers was so awesome in the two playoff games, I would have assumed he continues in the leadback role. Do you guys see it that way? So, Embry, give us your thoughts again on the Rams running backs.

That really stood out to me as well. Yeah, what do you think? A lot of people are outcome-based. So if player A has good game, player A is the best player ever. Player A needs to get taken first overall in all your drafts. But really, player A is probably not better than player B. So we have to step back and look at the talent. There's a reason why Darrell Henderson was someone that they had in

the lineup early in the season, early in the ball game. When they were feeding him the football, he was doing more dynamic things than Cam Akers. Cam Akers, albeit had a great postseason run, you have to look at it like this. Maybe he was taking advantage of bad defenses. You know, there's a reason why Cam Akers wasn't in the league dog role earlier in the year. You can also attest that to maybe his past probability or maybe the fact that Henderson just kept getting injured or banged up and they couldn't rely on him. So they just went ahead and put the rookie out there. But I also noticed when Henderson is in the game, they tend to not give him the football. But when Akers is in the game, they tend to not give him the football. But when Akers

is in the game, they force feed him the football. And it could be a situation where opportunity yields the output that you look for. But from a talent perspective, natural running perspective, explosiveness perspective, Cam Akers is good. Henderson is great in that regard. That's interesting, Dave. Do you think that Henderson could have a big enough role where we're going to be overdrafting Cam Akers? I don't. Where we're overdrafting Cam Akers, there's a chance of that. I think that the writing's on the wall for Henderson because we've seen it over the past couple of seasons where he might have a decent role for a couple of weeks and then

it it flutters away whereas when cam acres late last season had the opportunity to be the lead back the coaches were like go go you're our guy keep going keep running and uh it's the coaches who are going to see and maybe the coaches are the ones who are outcome based they saw how he played in the playoffs and they're not going to shy away from that. There's bad to Cam Akers' game. He did not rank well in elusiveness or yards after contact per attempt last year. He was 50% on downs of three yards or closer. Those are issues that might make you a little less excited to draft him, but the workload figures to be there as long as he's healthy. Emery's right. He's not as explosive of a running back as Daryl Henderson, but I think the coaches trust him more. And that's

why he could end up being honestly a 20 touch back at times this coming season. Okay. Good, good discussion and food for thought for sure. I will steer us back to wide receivers though. Um, and here's my first question for you. If we expect the top three picks to be quarterbacks, Emery, and you're on the board and you're either the Falcons or a team that traded up to number four, are you taking, just based on overall talent, are you taking a wide receiver or Kyle Pitts? I'm taking a cornerback, honestly, if I'm Atlanta.

But if I had to choose between wide receiver and tight end, I would probably go wide receiver. I feel like they have a good enough tight end in Hayden Hurst. Granted, he's 38 years old. Oh, sorry. So let me just rephrase the question. I didn't mean to make it specific to Atlanta. My question is, who do you like better? Your number one wide receiver, which I believe is Jamar Chase or Kyle Pitts? I like my number one wide receiver. I think, and my number one is Devonta Smith. He has the highest grade out of the Waddle and Jamar Chase. I would go with Smith. I like the perimeter options better. And I just think that right now, even the best tight ends are not really the true difference makers in the game. When you talk about the Chiefs, yes, Travis Kelsey is

outstanding, but man, you really worry about Tyreek Hill more so than Travis Kelsey. When you talk about Darren Waller out there with Oakland, you really worry more about the wide receivers. Waller is a good option, very good option, but he's relegated to Derek Carr. When you think about Green Bay, yeah, you like Robert Tunyon and what he was able to do, but you are worried about Devontae Adams. So I would probably go more on the perimeter because teams don't really trot out their two number one corners, which is why when you talked about Atlanta, I said, I'm going to go corner because you need two legit number ones to match up in today's game. I feel like with a tight end,

you could find ways defensively to bracket those guys, take those guys out of the equation or turn them into situational blockers as opposed to having them beat you deep down the field. So from a schematic standpoint, I would probably go wide receiver. Okay. Let me, sorry, Dave, give me your thoughts on the top three. I'm sorry. I thought you had Chase number one. That's my fault. So you go Devante Smith number one. How do you rank them? How do you separate them? How good are they? Your thoughts on the top three that everyone's always talking about? Yeah, right now I have, well, not right now, but I have Devante Smith number one as my split in or X receiver Jamar Chase and Jalen Waddle are

two in one respectively so Waddle is one Chase is two at my Z or flanker because I think those two guys are one in the same I think what people forget about Jalen Waddle is his acceleration his re-acceleration his explosive capability and his ability to really handle the football in all facets of the game. Talking about as a receiver in the wide receiver run game as a kickoff and punt returner. He's just a dynamic talent that you want out there on the field slot receivers. It's a little bit more of a mixed bag. I have to do that.

Well, number one, I do like Elijah Moore out of Ole Miss. I'm a big fan of Anthony Schwartz out of Auburn. So there's a couple of guys there that you could find, you know, to be your slot receiver, let's say, in round two, more so than anything. But as far as the top three guys, Chase, Waddle, and Smith, you can't go wrong with any one of those three and try to make them your number one. Dave, your thoughts? First, I'm taking Pitts over Chase if I'm just ex-NFL team, and I'm just going to line up Kyle Pitts out wide. He's 6'5", and he runs a 4'4",

and humongous catch radius. I'll just use him as a wide receiver. We can call him a tight end all day, but he'll be used as a wide receiver. Chase is my favorite receiver in the draft class just because I think he's the best all- around and safest prospect. I was kind of surprised by his 40 time. That seemed a little better than I thought he actually ran on film, but the guy can do it all. He can make plays downfield. He can make plays after the catch. He's got really reliable hands. He's got good enough size. And he's, I just think he's got the fewest flaws of, of all the other receivers in the draft class. Waddle, explosive for sure, a little undersized.

Smith, polished route runner, great hands, plays bigger than he is, but also undersized. And you can keep going down the list with other receivers in the class. There are going to be nitpicks on them. I think Chase has the fewest nitpicks, and that's why he's, in my opinion, the best receiver in the class. And we're really excited emery from a fantasy standpoint for these guys we think they have stardom in their future at least these top three do you see it that way or are we talking about studs here oh you start all three of those guys all four of those guys if you include pits because they are the impact

players they are the game changers the game breakers that we like to talk about especially in the backfield but we talk about out wide you need guys that can get up and go get the football. You need guys that are able to separate and you need guys that can score the ball once they have it in their hands. So all three, all four guys can do just that. And I think that's the area where you look at, well, why would you take this guy over that guy? Well, can he score? Can he take the ball away? Those two things I always look at. So if you talk about defensive backs, can you take this guy over that guy? Well, can he score? Can he take the ball away? Those two things I always look at. So if you talk about defensive backs, can he take the ball away?

I want him on my team. Offensive players, can he score the ball? I want that guy on my team and I want him early. I want to do player comps with you. We'll start with these three and then later in the show, we'll do a lot more wide receivers. But you tell me an NFL wide receiver that we can compare these guys to. So let's start with Devontae Smith. Marvin Harrison. Earlier in the summer, if you would ask me about Devontae

Smith, I would say Taye Ginn. I thought he was a bit one-dimensional, you know, just get down the field and go. But this year, watched him just develop as a route runner and watch him work himself short to intermediate to deep down the field and be consistent in that regard, he reminded me a lot of Barbert Harrison and what he was able to do out there on the perimeter. Jamar Chase. Jamar Chase. I saw something very interesting about Chase that kind of makes sense. I saw a comparison to Steve Smith.

I was like, wow, that actually makes a bit of sense. They both are aggressive when the ball is in the air. They both have that speed that you didn't think they have that they can pull away from coverage and really separate. So I'm going to roll with Steve Smith with Jamar Chase. I like that comparison. Okay. And how about Jalen Waddell? Waddell to me is, you know, Joey Galloway, Rocket Ishmael,

that type of explosive speed that you just don't understand how fast someone moves until you're out there on the field they're just literally pulling away from guys that are in full pursuit you know running their top end speed which is probably like four or five but that's just a different level of second and third gear and maintaining that gear so i would probably go with a rocket ishmael, Joey Galloway comparison. Dave, have you seen any destinations that you really don't like in these mock drafts, the first 11 or 12 picks for any of these three wide receivers?

I'm a little unsure of Devontae Smith going to Philadelphia, although what I know about Nick Sirianni is that he is a wide receiver whisperer. He does a really good job working with receivers. I've talked to a former receiver of his and how he credits Sirianni with changing his entire career trajectory because of what he does with receivers. And he may not have to do that much with Smith. It's the quarterback situation that really kind of bugs me there.

So I'd probably feel that way if Waddle went there or if Jamar Chase somehow ended up going there, too. We talked about Detroit. There should be a lot of targets for whichever receiver goes there. But again, quarterback, Jared Goff being there, don't really see that offense being great for wide receivers, especially wide receivers who excel downfield. That's something that Jamar Chase did a great job of at LSU. Those would probably be two spots. I'd be a little nervous about Arizona and Miami for just this year. If a receiver went there just because of all the time or just because

of all the, they've got to wait for other receivers to leave there. Devante Parker would have to leave Miami before a number one could truly step up. It's almost like the same thing when Judy went to Denver last year and Cortland Sutton was there. We said, well, it's going to take a little while for Judy to overtake Sutton. We might be waiting a while. Same thing with CeeDee Lamb going to Dallas last year. This gives me a chance to bring up another point, Adam,

and that is that destination for wide receiver, I think, is huge for fantasy. It's probably the biggest thing. I was thinking this morning about this. Michael Thomas, amazing that he went to New Orleans, right? And the fact that he was catching passes from Drew Brees, getting a ton of targets. What if he had gone to the Jets? Would Michael Thomas still be Michael Thomas if he was playing in that Jets offense

for the past few years? Or would he be somebody that we were barely drafting or not drafting at all? No, he's a great fit for the Saints. Right. That's what I'm saying. It's going to matter a lot. I think it's a bigger deal for running backs.

Amory, I'll throw you in this mix here. Is fit a bigger deal for running backs or wide receivers? Is it a huge deal for both? And I'm just starting to think, how many great wide receivers are really hampered by their quarterback play? The Jets would be a terrible example, but they haven't had a great wide receiver. At least I don't think they have.

So I don't know the answer there. But look, like Amari Cooper was really good with Derek Carr. He wasn't amazing, but he was really good. I guess you could say Dak Prescott took his game to another level. You know, Andy Dalton. A.J. Green was a superstar with Andy Dalton. Odell Beckham was a superstar at the end of Eli Manning's career.

So I think that great wide receivers can typically transcend the quarterback situation except for Brock Osweiler. Whereas I don't know what the deal is with running backs. Offensive lines are so big there. Emery, what's your take on this

little debate? I agree with Dave. Come on, Emery. You're cutting him off. Cut his mic. Think about why you see wide receivers get fed up. If you are running essentially cardio all day and no passes go your way, you're frustrated. At least as a running back, when they call the play, I'm getting the football. When they call a pass play, you may not be in the progression. You may have to run a clear out route or whatever, or you may just not be the primary target. And so it can be tough out there. However, when you look at the receivers that we're talking about and look at their quarterback situation, Andy Dalton was a good prospect coming out of TCU and landed in a really good situation

where he had three good receivers. Even when those receivers moved on, he had three more good receivers and they were able to thrive. We don't see this situation out there. People are questioning whether or not Henry Ruggs was a good pick. Why? Because he's out there in Las Vegas with Derek Carr.

They're not questioning whether or not he can play. They're questioning whether or not, well, maybe they reach. No, he's just in a bad spot. Watch how much we'll talk about the Rams receivers even more so this year with Matt Stafford, and watch how little we talk about whoever the Detroit Lions select with that seventh pick because of Jared Goff. So I just think that it is heavily tied. You need so much to go right as a receiver

to have success. They have to block. Your quarterback can't be scary. And he also has to be accurate to throw the football. As a running back, all you have to do is give me the football and let me figure it out. And that's where you have that special talent, like Saquon Barkley, as opposed to someone that needs a lot of space and needs a lot of room. But receivers, they definitely need their quarterback to be at least league average in order to have success. But I'll give you an example of something that helps your argument, Adam. Brandon Ayuk last year.

Yeah. Remember, Ayuk went to San Francisco. I wasn't that excited about it, but I probably should have been because he was used exactly like he was used in college and it led to some really great numbers. He also had a great opportunity because George Kittle missed a lot of time and he did great in those games. Debo wasn't at a hundred percent. He didn't have a superstar quarterback when he stepped up and, and, and put up the numbers that he did. So it's, it's not necessarily just about the quarterback. It's got to be a good

scheme fit as well. And I think Iuke is a perfect example of that. Okay. So I don't want to spend the whole time on these three receivers. So this is my last question about this group and then we'll move on. I'm going to give you a wide receiver and a destination. And I want you to tell me how much better or worse is the rookie wide receiver than the veteran wide receiver on that team. So I see a lot of Jamar Chase to the Cincinnati Bengals. Compare real quick, Emery, Jamar Chase versus Tee Higgins. Who's better and by how much? Chase is better because Chase tracks the ball extremely well. Higgins, I believe, is more of a hired assassin. Like, okay, we're going to go

jump ball. Let's go Tee Higgins. But Chase could do a of a hired assassin. Like, okay, we're going to go jump ball. Let's go T. Higgins. But Chase could do a little bit of everything. Okay, so then let's go Devontae Smith to the Dolphins. And who's better, Will Fuller or Devontae Smith? And by how much? Because Smith stays out there. He didn't even play in the league yet. You know, Fuller, you know, will miss a couple games.

So at least Smith, I know, i don't care if he's 108 pounds he has been you know durable at alabama so he's already in that regard a better option than will fuller shout out to will fuller who's outstanding when he's out there he's really good yeah he stayed out there on the field last year it was like man that's a really good year for will fuller then you find out he was taking performance-enhancing drugs? No wonder he stayed out there on the field all those games. That's why. So I would say Smith easily. Okay, and then finally, I see a lot of Jalen Waddell to the Giants at 11.

Jalen Waddell, and they're very different, he and Kenny Galladay. But what do you think about those two? I mean, who do you think would have a better kind of, maybe not necessarily 2021, but 2022 and beyond Waddle versus Galladay? You could put Waddle versus Galladay, Waddle versus Slayton. Waddle was better. Waddle has the better speed. Waddle has the better game breaking ability with the ball in his hands. Waddle will change how you defend the Giants passing game. Although Galladay is a good receiver,

and although Slayton has been a very solid receiver for Daniel Jones, Waddle is the one that causes you to rethink how you play coverage because of what he brings to the table. All right, who's next? Who do you want to talk about next? Give me like a group of three after the top three. Well, I'm a big fan of these bigger targets that will have specific roles so you go deeper in the draft you look at trayvon grimes out of florida someone that showed this

year to be a good co-pilot to someone like uh a kyle pitts so you have him going deep down the field you have him playing high pose he's probably more along the lines of what you call your bigger inside receivers, like a Marcus Colston. I think Trayvon Grimes will definitely have a role in the NFL right away. And you also look at, I can't not talk about Kadarius Toney, another Florida Gator. People just think he's a gadget guy. I don't believe that. I think he's more Antonio Brown than anything. He can get down the field.

He knows how to score the ball and he can win at every level of the field. So he has a really good ability. And we talked about Schwartz and his speed. He is another one that has that Jalen Waddle-like speed. This guy ran a four to something and he's a track runner. He's an Olympian. So he has legit world-class speed. And if Al Davis was alive, he would definitely be an Oakland Raider. And you look at what – and I said Oakland instead of Las Vegas because Al wouldn't have moved those guys to Vegas. He would have kept them in Oakland.

But I think he would have been a perfect fit with the Raiders. And also, you know, I know we talked before the show about Shai Smith. Shai Smith is a very good, solid receiver. And he reminds me a lot of D.J. Moore, just a tough, physical guy. I was impressed with him when I watched the Tennessee game with how confident he was in everything that he did at the position. So if you're picking after those three are off the board, who's the fourth?

Okay, six wide receivers were taken in the first round in the mock draft that i referenced we know who the first three are going to be or we think that's going to be the order who do you think the most likely next three are to get drafted in the first round wow in the first round i could make a case for tony you know out of florida i could probably make a case for someone like elijah moore who's a very good receiver i could even make a case for someone like Elijah Moore, who's a very good receiver. I could even make a case for a wild card and someone that would be a legit home run player in Dwayne Eskridge out of Western Michigan. So, you know, I just think that right there just tells you how deep the class is.

You have a little bit of everything. It's like walking in to, you know, Toys R Us for the first time as a kid, you're like, wow, there's so many options, you know, as opposed to walking into your local convenience store and you see like, instead of He-Man, you see like He-Person, right? It's just not the right say, it's just a knockoff brand of He-Man, right? So I just think that- RC Cola. Exactly, right, right. So I just think that, you know, with all the options we have, and that's why I'm able to break it down into different positions, because all of these guys will play different roles, but they're all fantastic options.

Dave, how about you? I mean, look, Rondell Moore, Kadarius Toney, Rashad Bateman, Terrace Marshall, Elijah Moore. Those are, I think, kind of the more common names we hear in this discussion. Who are you looking at? Well, there's positives and negatives to all those guys. The one that's my favorite is Tony.

And we've already talked about him. The fact that he's this slippery, explosive receiver who just, I mean, his highlight reels are ridiculous. But even when you watch him on plays where he's not even targeted, he's getting open. So there's a lot of excitement for him.

And he's 5'11 and almost 200 pounds, which in this class makes him one of the bigger guys compared to some of the other ones. You talked about Moore and Moore, Elijah Moore and Rondell Moore. They're both a little undersized. That's going to be a theme with the receiver class this year. And they're fun. There's no question about it.

I look at Elijah Moore. I see Debo Samuel. I don't know who I see. I see Debo Samuel. I don't know who I see when I see Rondell Moore, but he's like a lighter version of Kadarius Toney, but he's got like an injury history to go along with it. He's a little bit better, in my opinion, than Elijah Moore. I would take Tony ahead of them. And I wonder if there's going to be a little bit of a rush

on bigger wide receivers, because there aren't a lot of big receivers overall in the draft class. So that's where Rashad Bateman comes in. Not a burner by any stretch, but a good route runner, bigger wide receivers because there aren't a lot of big receivers overall in the draft class so that's where rashad bateman comes in uh not a burner by any stretch but a good route runner really good hand seems nfl ready to be like a possession receiver um kind of the same things we were saying about justin jefferson last year and then jefferson went out got a ton of targets in minnesota and had a monster year uh i'm sorry who were you talking about that you just that that was rashad Bateman.

Rashad Bateman. Yeah, because Terrace Marshall, do we see any Justin Jefferson comparisons there? This is a guy, he's got size, he can play in the slot, can get downfield. He's okay at getting downfield. He's got good acceleration when he's got space, but I don't think he's necessarily got great speed overall.

And he's got some injuries that, you just heard Daniel Jeremiah mentioned it on a conference call, but significant injuries in 2017, 2019. I think he could be a good player. I think he does have some upside, but again, that's another one landing spot's going to matter so much for him. If he can really play to his strengths as an inside and outside receiver and just be in a position to be in single coverage a lot. I think he could learn to out-muscle defensive backs for footballs and continue to be a big play threat like he was at LSU. Emery, what do you make of...

By the way, I just noticed your shirt says Emery. That's really cool. What do you make of the height? A lot of small receivers who can take jet sweeps and wide bubble screens and yards after catch, do a lot of dynamic things with the ball, but not necessarily big outside receivers. At least maybe the ones we're going to be taking in the first day or first two days. What do you make of that with this class? You know, I'm always size is not a skill. So in this, in that regard, I'm glad we're seeing more shorter, smaller guys get the pub that they are getting as far as first round hype is concerned. But someone like Terrace Marshall, first of all, we need to go to petition dot org and somehow someone get an N in there because Terrace is kind of, it's confusing to me.

You want to, you see it and you say, but Terrace is kind of, you know, it's all right. Well, I'm going to have a ghost in in there somewhere. But for him, he's six three. He's about 200 something pounds, but he runs four three. And, you know, he had he has the explosiveness. He's like Justin Jefferson in that regard to where he's a bigger guy that can play across the formation. And so, yeah, we're seeing bigger guys. And this is something that I always had as a philosophy. If I were coaching, I would want my bigger guys on the inside and my shorter, faster guys

on the outside. Bigger guys kind of hold the safeties in the middle of the field and kind of hold them over top and leaves that open space, that track meet on the outside where those shorter guys that are explosive, that can win off the line of scrimmage, can get downfield and eliminate that safety help because they're worried about those bigger guys over the middle of the field. So I like the way that we're thinking here in the NFL with these guys that are shorter, but getting a lot of respect. Who do you think is overrated? In this class. In this class?

Yeah. Oh, man, I would overrated sound has a negative connotation. Right. So one guy that I think game just doesn't, you know, rise to the occasion, so to speak, is probably Rashad Bateman. I see Rashad Bateman being closer to Tylan Wallace than, you know, being closer to Jamar Chase. And Wallace is going to be a solid receiver. You know, I think he's a good possession guy. I see Bateman more along the lines of that. I see Bateman, to be honest, more along the lines of what we saw from his former teammate Tyler Johnson. So I see someone that's a solid receiver. I see someone that's going to definitely be a chain mover.

But I don't see the difference maker that you see. In the Jamar Chase, in a Devonta Smith and in a Jalen Waddle. Those receivers in that class. Rashad Babin, by the way, if you look on a website, you're going to see 6'10", 6'2", not 6'10", 6'2", 2'10". He measured in at 6'1", 90. Same size as close to Tylan Wallace. And Wallace, watching

Wallace play at Oklahoma State, I was like, oh yeah, it's another 6'3", 215 pound wide out. I was shocked to just look at his height and weight. He was 6'1". I was like, nah, he plays bigger than this. That's crazy. And so Bateman, if you told me Bateman was 6'2", 2'10", and watched Minnesota play, I would have legit said, yeah, he's 6'2", 2'10", easily. I was shocked that he was measured shorter than 6'2", because he looks 6'2". So those guys play big. They play bigger than their size. But I think they're more of second-round talents as opposed to top-15 talents.

A lot of good receivers are going to go in the second round. It's going to be really exciting. All right, so who's underrated? Who are some sleepers? And can I first ask about Tutu Atwell? Because I feel like he might be an answer for you. But he's another small—165 pounds, but he's really fun. I think you like Tutu Atwell, right?

Yeah, he's my number one slot guy. It's funny because on the combine read, the medical checks that they just came back from, he measured it at 149. So even smaller than the 160. Okay, I think I've been eating really poorly lately. I think I weigh more than two to at well, how am I supposed to draft them on my fantasy team?

This is first of all, you got to catch one 49 before you can hit and hurt one 49. That's the, they're in life's the rub. I caught it with some mint chocolate chip ice cream over the weekend. I think I caught one 49. I got speed wise. I know. I know. So, so, so cream over the weekend. I think I caught 149. I got it. I'm talking about speed-wise. I know, I know, I know. So that's the thing. Now, granted, not everybody that's 149 is Tutu Atwell.

But what makes Tutu Atwell isn't the fact that he's 149. It's the fact that he's explosive in all directions. He shows the ability to get downfield. He tracks the football how you saw Deshaun Jackson track the football coming out of Cal. So I think there's a role for a 2-2 at well, someone that I would want on my team. So, yes, he was probably one of my more underrated guys. I also look at some guys from bigger schools. Josh Immortababy out of Illinois.

Explosive as all outdoors, played with a pro coach in L Lovey Smith, and was outstanding despite the quarterback play at Illinois. So that's someone that probably is going to go in round three that can end up being that Tyler Johnson that we saw for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. You also look at Austin Watkins Jr. out of UAB, another top tier explosive guy. I think his speed and explosiveness is legit. He could legitimately be a starting gunner on your punt coverage team and really affect the game in that regard. Him, Kwon Baker out of South Alabama, another explosive talent. Baker is someone that you can move around a formation and have success with.

And we don't talk enough about Frank Darby. I think Darby has a role out of Arizona State. He's, I think, is going to be a legitimate red zone option because he is fearless over the middle of the field. He may not separate like you want him to, but he's going to be one of those guys that is going to become a quarterback's best friend because he's dependable. He can catch the football very well. He plays a physical game. He'll probably end up being one of those target monsters on a quarterback deficient team. You like those terms that I use right there? That was me getting a little bit analytical. But I do think that's where he can fit.

I felt like he, I was surprised by his size, Emery. He measured up at 6'200". And I remember him flashing last year when I was watching Ayuk. Speaking of Ayuk, watching him play, I thought he'd be a lot bigger and a lot stronger of a receiver. I agree with you. He's going to be another one of those

under-the-radar guys who, if an opportunity is present for him, could be very good at the NFL level. Emery, let's do some player comps for, I don't know, five or I will say, I'm sure you can do it for everybody, but we'll do some of the more household names, I guess. Rondell Moore. Tell me about him. Who's a player comp. Rondell Moore is exciting. He's dynamic. I think he's more along the lines of Jamison Crowder than anything. You know, you want to

see Rondell Moore stay healthy. cause I think when we talk about him, we talking about him in terms of his freshman year, he really hadn't played much since then. Uh, but his one game back, there's the one game, the first game back against, I want to say Minnesota,

he was just dynamic. So I see him more as a Jamison Crowder type, uh, than anything. Kadarius, Tony, Antonio Brown, you know,

Brown was more of that catch andand-run guy at Central Michigan and early in his Pittsburgh career. I see the same type of trajectory for someone like Adarius Tony. Wow. Rashad. Tony has off-field incidents in his past like Antonio Brown does in his current. Tony's also a musician like Antonio Brown tried to be this year, but Tony's a lot better at rap than Brown was.

That's a fact. And if a coach can bring out his passion for football and he just stays focused on football, he could be among the best receivers in this draft class. Rashad Bateman out of Minnesota. I'm going to go with his teammate Tyler Johnson. I think that's more along the lines of what he is. You can even say Traquan Smith out of New Orleans.

Terrace Marshall out of LSU. I'm going to go with Justin Jefferson. I think a bigger, taller guy that can run very good routes, get open, and has that situational explosive burst that surprises defensive backs. Elijah Moore, Ole Miss. You know, it's funny because I look at him, I see someone that could play running back, too. He's very natural as a running back taking handoffs. But for someone like him, I can probably go.

I'm thinking of Stephen Smith, Jr or Stephen Sims Jr. for Washington. Someone like that. Not the taller guy, Cam Sims, but the shorter one and Stephen Sims. Okay. Dwayne Eskridge out of Western Michigan. Eskridge would be more, man, he is so explosive. His speed just doesn't make sense, i would say tavon austin someone like that because again escrow's was a stellar corner at western michigan last year uh in this

past season he moved them back to wide receiver and he was just averaging 20 something yards a catch old school guys out there will love this comparison uh flipper anderson that's a good one as far as receivers concerned but these these you know these since 2006 football fans don't think football existed pre-2006 so i will go with uh tayvon austin they remember him no it existed it just it didn't exist before 1996 in my opinion but uh and let's do one more uh how about Tylan Wallace out of Oklahoma State? Man, Wallace, if I had to, I like Wallace's game, man. I think he's more Cooper Cup than anything. I like Wallace. Because I was going to go old school guy.

I was going to say someone like Andre Reid. I was going to say someone like Isaac Bruce. I know a name in Hall of Famers, but I'm giving you body type and style. But contemporary, I'm going with Cooper Cup. Or even Robert Woods, to be honest. Another guy that's kind of similar to what you see from Tylan Wallace. That plays bigger than their size. Finally, if you are re-ranking the 2020 wide receiver class,

who would your top three be? Out of which receivers? Because remember, I have like a thousand names in my head. All right. Ruggs. So I'll do it in the order they were drafted, if I remember correctly. Ruggs.

I think it was Judy, Lamb, Jefferson, Rager, Ayuk, Higgins, Pittman. I don't know. I'm probably forgetting some. But, you know, those guys. Who are your top three? And I had it Ruggs, Judy, and Lam, right? And so I'd probably go Lam, Ruggs, and then put Pittman up there. Well, where's Justin Jefferson?

Justin Jefferson, to me, is still, you know, if I had to re-rank him, I still see him as he was my number one or number two slot receiver, I believe. But I do see him as a solid receiver. I think we're again, Kirk Cousins is, is pushing the ball right where, you know, the underneath area of the field. So it's almost like when you look at Michael Thomas is Michael Thomas really the dynamic receiver or is he's the direct beneficiary of getting so many targets, right? And so for me, I'm always going to gamble on explosive speed. So I love how CeeDee Lamb scores the ball. You saw that at Oklahoma. You saw it in Dallas. It will not be denied. And Ruggs, I believe, health permitting, will have the Justin Jefferson or CeeDee Lamb type

second season. So I'm still going to keep that in mind. I'm not going to overrate what I saw last year. It's really interesting. So you never probably would have thought that Michael Thomas was the best wide receiver in football, as a lot of people did a year ago. Right. I mean, if you look at his yards per catch, I mean, if you're talking about hands, yes, he has the best hands in football.

Cause to make those contested catches, albeit on a lot of shorter routes, you have to have some tremendous hands. His hand high coordination is outstanding. But as far as guys that I'm if i'm a defensive coordinator i'm not necessarily worried about michael thomas i'm more worried about guys that could beat me deep down the field interesting perspective dave you know step out of the fantasy realm i totally get it yeah but that's the difference between fantasy and reality it's that michael thomas going back to what we were saying earlier michael thomas has this amazing opportunity year after year

to be the target hog in New Orleans. It pays off in fantasy. Justin Jefferson had the exact same thing. These guys aren't the most talented receivers athletically. They're just they're given a chance to get a lot of work and to make plays with it. All right. A good example would be think about what's the tight end for Jimmy Graham. Think about Jimmy Graham in New Orleans and Jimmy Graham outside of New Orleans.

Jimmy Graham in New Orleans was Kellen Winslow reincarnated. He was the new wage tight end outside of New Orleans. It was Jimmy Graham that played at Miami, right? And so I think situation kind of dictate how you look at players and judge players. Now, granted, Michael Thomas is a very good wide receiver because he is able to consistently get open. Even though people may say his routes are limited, but he's open all the time.

That tells you he has good route running. He has great hands. He's a very good receiver. But if we're talking about from outside of fantasy, if we're talking threats, he's a very good receiver. But if we're talking about from outside of fantasy, if we're talking threats, he's not the biggest threat. He's someone that you realize like, like a Mushi Muhammad. It's like, man, I gotta, I gotta deal with this big body receiver all day long. That's tough. But if you think about if you, you know, you had to deal with Henry Ellard or you had to

deal with Flipper Anderson using the old LA Rams comparison, More people were afraid of Anderson as opposed to Ellard, despite Ellard being, I believe, a Hall of Famer in his own right in that regard, opposite of someone like Flipper. So I just think that from a fantasy perspective, yeah. And that goes to the point we were trying to make earlier, where you're tied directly to who's throwing you the football and a little bit of the offense that you're in. Awesome stuff. Before you go, I just want to tell everybody about the all-new Stitcher podcast app.

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Download it in the app store or at stitcherapp.com slash download. I've been using the Stitcher app for a long time. This is a great, great app now and a great, great product. Emery, thank you so much for coming on. I don't know that we're going to speak to you next week,

so enjoy the draft. It's finally here. I appreciate that, guys. I will be coming to you live from Cleveland. I'll be out there covering day three for CBS Sports HQ. So looking forward to it. Excellent. I'll talk to you then. I'll be around on day three.

Yes. Yes, we are looking forward to it. We're going to have podcasts Thursday night, Friday night, and some point Saturday, by the way, reacting immediately to what we see in the NFL draft. All right, that's Emory Hunt. We're going to step aside, see if we can bring Heath on for a little bit.

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But we are back to talk about some news and notes and your emails. We're not going to read your emails. We're just going to talk about your emails at fantasyfootballatcbsi.com. Dave, great emails this week. Awesome. Let's get to it. No, we're just going to talk about your emails at fantasyfootball at cbsi.com. Dave, great emails this week. Awesome. Let's get to it. No, we're just going to talk about them. Joe Burrow is ahead of schedule and expected to be ready for week one.

That's cool. Everybody's always ahead of schedule, Dave. How often do you see, oh, he's behind schedule? That's true. You don't see it very often. It's always still good to see him. The Bengals have posted videos of him walking out onto the field to throw the ball around, and he had a pretty gross injury. So it's good that he's on track to be ready to go for week one. This is all talk. You're right. Let's see if he's ready to go for the beginning of training camp. If that's the case, then we can put any fears aside about him starting slow. Averaged almost 20 points per game last year in the 10 games he played.

Averaged 40 passes per game, too. I know everybody would be excited if they took Jamar Chase, and I guess it would make sense long-term for the Bengals if they did, but they've got to protect. They have to protect Burrow. They can't let him play behind a bad offensive line,

potentially for several years, if they go and take chase with their first round picks so it's either chase or sewell basically in all likelihood this isn't a franchise that typically trades down very often um maybe if they're if the broncos are desperate to get a quarterback and they trade down with them and then they can still get one of the top two offensive tackles, theoretically, at nine. Yeah. If you think that maybe Pitts is there or Chase is just this generational talent,

I think you got to take him. I think you got to take him. I think they got to take Pitts if he's there. If it's Chase, I'm not sure if he's in the same type of like he's definitely the best receiver in the class i guess he is yeah it's a really tough call i'm not sure what i would do here but maybe i am sure maybe i would just say you got to protect the franchise quarterback bengals know that great quarterbacks are hard to come by. Brown's talked about it. So the smart thing would be to protect Burrow,

unless they've got a really good beat on offensive linemen. That'll be there in round two, round three. Chris Carson said that he and Rashad Penny can be one of the best rushing duos in the NFL. Rushing duo? We don't like those. Yeah, I'm starting to believe my love chris carson to be honest with you just the fact that he's been beaten up the past couple of seasons and when he has played he's delivered about half the time which is good for fantasy it's not great i just don't i don't want people to overrate him as anything more than a number two fantasy running back and not even one of the

best number two fantasy running backs he's a solid number two fantasy running back and not even one of the best number two fantasy running backs. He's a solid number two fantasy running back who you might lose at some point during the season. Getting Penny with him on draft day, it shouldn't cost you a lot, but he's become, I don't know if I'm ready to say he's the best settle for RB2 to draft, but he's toward the top. I'd rather have him than Melvin Gordon, but he's a running back that you settle for. You don't target him anymore. Tampa Bay GM Jason Light said the team has had talks with Antonio Brown during the offseason. Philadelphia head coach Nick Sirianni

won't declare Jalen Hurts the starter. Basically, it was a broader discussion about how he just wants competition at all positions. He's going to beat out Joe Flacco. The question is, is he going to beat out joe flacco the question is is he going to beat out a rookie but yeah we'll say i'd be surprised if they took a quarterback in round i'd be surprised if there's a quarterback there for them in round one if they took one in round two do they have a second hurts i think hurts is better than davis mills and kellen mon

right now uh kansas city is open to resigning their two starting offensive tackles from last year who are currently not on the team, Eric Fisher and Mitchell Schwartz. Replay officials can now help referees on plays that were not challenged. So that's good. That's really good. No reason not to use technology to our benefit here. And now running backs, wide receivers, tight ends,

defensive backs, linebackers, they can all wear single-digit jersey numbers. So that's cool. I don't really care about this stuff, but other people do. So I was going to ask Emery what jersey number he would wear because running backs can now wear anything from 1 to 49. But I didn't ask him. They can wear a number in the 80s now too, right?

They can. 1 to 49 and then 80 through 89. That would be weird to me if I saw 84 at running back. At Montgomery. Right. Flashbacks to Ty Montgomery wearing 88 in the backfield. Yeah, that would be weird. You got to know everybody's jersey number now.

I guess so. Okay. Emails at fantasyfootballatcbsi.com. This is from Austin. Hey, George, George, George of the jungle. Strong as he can be. Could you guys discuss general league rules around the tight end position and how shallow it is in recent years?

What are some ways to make it more balanced? My league is considering replacing the tight end position with a tight end wide receiver flex spot, for example. That's probably the easiest thing to do is you just eliminate having to start a tight end each week and you just lump in all the tight ends with wide receivers. And then on draft day, I don't know, maybe seven or eight tight ends actually get drafted. It pushes their value down. You won't see, I don't think in that format you'll see more than one tight end go in the first

15 picks. I'm not even sure Kelsey would be a first round pick. Wide receiver tight end spot? Right. Now you've got wide receiver tight end spots. First of all, you lose... The positional scarcity that pushes them up. You lose the positional advantage that those three guys have

because nobody's starting Evan Ingram or Mike Kosicki or something. Nobody cares about them. Look, to quote Rocky IV, Dave, there's no easy way out. This is an easy way out. This is a shortcut home, and I do not approve of it. You don't like it. Step up,

play the tight end position, and you have to make that difficult decision that is so fun and fantasy that leads to so much debate. When do I take Kelsey? When do I take Kittle? When do I take Waller? And by the way,

those guys are probably only going to get more valuable after the NFL draft because the Ravens are certainly looking at wide receiver, and the Lions are probably looking at wide receiver. And that could definitely make Mark Andrews and TJ Hawkinson less appealing. And when that happens, there was another one that already

became less appealing from free agency, right? Who am I forgetting here? The middle tier of tight end. Oh, Hunter Henry and Johnnie Smith. This is setting up to be potentially the most top-heavy year-wide receiver that I can remember.

I have a bad memory. But this is why... No, don't get rid of the tight end position. Just make the difficult decision because it is a huge part of fantasy. It is great strategy. And I don't want to see that go away. I approve this message. It is great strategy. And I don't want to see that go away. I approve

this message. Okay. From Sal. I currently have six starting running backs in my Dynasty League. My worst are Sanders and Montgomery. I have a strong team, lost in the championship by two points. I also have Tyree Killen, A.J. Brown, and Kyler Murray.

Is it a bad idea to keep six running backs so the other teams are hurting for them? Or do I not worry about other teams and trade for another wide receiver or try for one of the

big tight ends? It's a three receiver league with two flexes, by the way. So he can start up to four running backs. You always won't be shy to trade away from depth, whether it's in season

in a regular year-to to year fantasy league or in a dynasty league like this. So you look at your running backs and you find a team in your league. That's really thin on running backs and might overpay for one of yours. And they've got good wide receivers and you work something out. Don't give them away. Don't, don't undervalue your running backs just because you have six of them.

If Montgomery and Sanders are your worst. Right. That means you've got some really good running back. Right. But think about a trade for one of the big three tight ends. You know, could you get Darren Waller for David Montgomery? I doubt it. No, you're going to need to give up something more.

I would do that, though. Kelsey might be the one that I would go after just because in Dynasty, he's older. What if Kelsey is on a team that was below 500 last year? Maybe they're rebuilding a little bit. Maybe they'll take

a younger back like Montgomery and a draft pick. Or maybe he's got a young tight end that he can throw in. Something that can help that team develop and become a contender

while he tries and contends for the championship. Now, he's got a lot of work to do after losing the title game by two points. All right. From Grant from a small town in Missouri. East St. Louis. Hey, real quick. Schrager, have you seen Rocky IV? Probably have seen them all, but what's the difference?

What's the difference? I mean. What's the difference that's the what's the difference i mean what's the difference are you kidding the the 30 000 foot view i get that it's a movie with a boxer who overcomes the odds four times well not necessarily well yes sorry sorry that there's not a rocky where he you know upends a crime on the street. But he doesn't win every time. It's the same story. Just go away, man. 10-team PPR super flex dynasty. I don't know. I'm fired up today.

There's great context to each Rocky movie. I mean, Rocky IV is the most fun. It's not the best, but it's the most fun. Mm-hmm. 10-team PPR super flex dynasty league. 34 is the most fun. It's not the best, but it's the most fun. Okay. 10-team PPR Superflex Dynasty League. Give up A.J. Brown and pick 202.

No, no, no. Get them. Okay. So let's start with what he gave up. He gave up Ronald Jones, DJ Chark, 106, and 205. And he got A.J AJ Brown in 202? Yeah. Ring the bell.

That's a win. That's a win. That's a big win. Let me see if I have any type of sound effect that resembles a bell. Ding. It's a win. By the way, I forgot to mention

49ers. Gallman to the Niners. Okay, how about this one from... That's not fun, by the way. Because he can muddle stuff up, and I wonder if that means that the Niners aren't going to draft a running back. Or if they do, that might mean that Gallman

hits the street at some point. I'd rather them... If I'm hopeful for Jeff Wilson or Raheem Mostert, I'd rather them have Wayne Gallman than a rookie. Yeah, of course, than a rookie. I would too. But it's still, Gallman's coming off a solid year. Solid running back was available to them.

They took the chance on him. You don't think he's going to work into that run game a little bit at some point this year? When the other guys get injured, sure. Okay, Dave. No, I'm just... Yes, he might, even when they don't. But they will get injured. Not a lot. The joke I was making, yes. Right. Dave, I don just... Yes, he might, even when they don't, but they will get injured.

Not a lot. The joke I was making, yes. Right. Dave, I don't have a name or a city here. It's Barbara from Dubuque, Iowa. Hey, Molina, Pujols, Carpenter, and Waino. She's obviously from St. Louis. I have absolutely no idea.

Those are Cardinals. Okay, 14... Pujols is on the Angels? Yeah, but he's a Cardinal legend. 14-team PPR contract league, max five years on all rookies. My team is rebuilding. I have picks 1-1, 1-7, 1-11, 1-13,

2-1, 2-10, 2-12. So that's seven picks in the first two rounds, four in the first round. Should I combine some of these picks and try to get another pick in the top seven or 11? What's a good jumping off point? Also, should I try for 20-22 picks since I've heard that this class

isn't very deep at the skill positions? I don't know. Maybe not at running back. At wide receiver, it is. Yeah, but it's going to be a deep wide receiver every year. Yeah. Dave, would you 14-team PPR? Would you package some picks?

Yeah, I would try and consolidate to get one more top seven pick. Keep 1-1. Keep 1-7. Use one of your other firsts and maybe two of your seconds to try and jump back in. Then you'll have three of the top seven players in the draft. If it's a one quarterback league, do your best to get Pitts out of this.

Don't forget to... You should probably get Pitts, a receiver, and a running back with three of your first seven picks, assuming you can get back into that top seven. Ideally, try not to give up two one. If you're giving up one 11 and two second round picks, assuming you can get back into that top seven. Ideally, try not to give up 2-1. You know, if you're giving up one 11 and two second round picks, first try 2-10 and 2-12.

See what happens. And this is from Larf. Hey, John, Andy, Brian, Allison, and Claire. Some of them are in guess who? No, I believe that's The Breakfast Club. Okay.

I think John, Brian, and Claire are definitely in there. Claire is the only one I think in Guess Who? Yeah, it's The Breakfast Club. Eat my shorts. That is a movie you don't need to see. The first half of that movie mesmerized me as a teenager. The second half bored me as a teenager i think you have to i think you have to have seen it in the 80s to really like it and you probably would have loved it but the conflict between bender and principal vernon was always

you had to stop whatever you were doing to watch it yeah yeah okay 14 team ppr 2qb up to three keepers you don't have to keep any though. Who would you consider keeping 14 team PPR, two QB league, Ezekiel Elliott last season of his contract, 13th overall pick Deandre Hopkins, 16th overall, two more seasons on his contract. Kyler Murray in round four last season, Terry McLin, round five, two more seasons. Marlon Mack, no. Tannehill, round eight, two more seasons. John U. Smith, round 12, two more seasons. Daryl Henderson, round 17, two more seasons.

Thanks, by the way, the best sandwich hands down is peanut butter and Miracle Whip. Whoa. It's probably good. I'd try it. Probably good? You're going to try it? I would try it, yeah.

It sounds good. We need to get back on trying unique sandwiches. I guess I'll try it, Probably good? You're going to try it? I would try it. Yeah, sounds good. We need to get back on trying unique sandwiches. I guess I'll try it, but I am very skeptical of that combination. Well, Kyler has to be one of your keepers at round four, even if it's for one more season. Tempted to get Tannehill as well, just because it's a deep two-quarterback league.

So I feel like that's the safe thing to do. And not keeping Henderson. As of now, I'm not going to keep Janu. McLaurin is interesting. Round five, two more seasons. Terry in the fifth round, when you can keep three guys, it's like the seventh or eighth round.

What's better, Hopkins in round two? I can't decide between that and Zeke. Okay, Zeke in round one, Hopkins in round two, three picks apart. Or McLaurin in round three. Or round five. Or Zeke. Like, you're not going to get him back if you throw him back.

Well, you might because it's two QB. I don't know how many QBs are going to be kept. Probably not. Well, we've narrowed it down to four, and we know that Kyler is one of them. So you've got to pick two from Zeke in one, McLaurin in five, and you can keep them for two more seasons

and Tannehill in eight. You can keep for two more seasons if you want to. I'm going Tannehill and McLaurin. I'm going to say that if you're confident, you can draft a quarterback with one of your, with your second round pick or your third round pick. And it's somebody who's at least as good as Tannehill throw Tannehill back and then you can keep Zeke for the year keep McLaurin for two more years and with Kyler okay Ben what do you think if you're not worried about getting those quarterbacks though if you

just think you're not going to get it because people are going to typically hold on to quarterbacks then you got to keep Tannehill I think Tannehill is an auto-start in a 2QB league, so I'll take him that way. Oh, there's no question. So, I don't know. I like Terry there, but you can make a case for Zeke to end of round one. Probably not going to be there.

Yeah. All right, Drago. Thank you very much. And let's face it, McLaurin's not going to be there in round three, much less round five. That's a guy you're redrafting in round two if you have to have McLaurin back on your team,

it's a 14 team league to keep that in mind. Yeah. I mean that, that just, to me, it just makes me lean toward Tannehill because the odds are, you're not going to find a quarterback as good as Tannehill in round two or round three. Certainly not at around a value. We are done done for the week.

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