The Herd with Colin Cowherd - FantasyPros - 10 Must-Have Players the Experts Are Drafting Everywhere in 2026: Zay Flowers, Christian Watson, Rachaad White & More (Ep. 2112)

Starting point is 00:00:00 This is an IHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human. This is Michael Rappaport, and my podcast, the I Am Rappaport Stereo podcast, is unlike anyone you've ever heard. If you're looking for strong opinions about sports, entertainment, politics, pop culture, and whatever else catches my attention,

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Starting point is 00:00:46 the term experts loosely, but yeah, experts are drafting everywhere in 2026. Don't give me that face, Derek Brown. Guys, we're going to be talking about these players today, but I want to define the term must-have. because must have is also going to be relative to where they're going in drafts. And that's a big thing that we're talking about today. Because obviously anyone in round one or even round two, these are like, yeah, of course they must have players. Everyone wants some on their team.

Starting point is 00:01:11 But we're going to go a little bit deeper. We're going to talk first about players in rounds three through 12. And then we're going to talk about some of those later round picks. And we're going to go pretty quickly through this one. Erickson, I'd love for you to kick us off here with your first must draft player at their current ADP. Zay Flowers, wide receiver 16. 36th overall in average draft positions. So right around that 3-4 turn.

Starting point is 00:01:34 Talked about Zayflowers on multiple shows already over the last week. Massive ceiling. Talked about all the Bull Prediction Show. I think that he could be the wide receiver one overall this season. And, I mean, to top it off, the guy just got paid. Here, as we're recording, he just signed a new contract, $140 million, putting Zayflowers into that top five wide receiver category because I think that the Ravens are getting ahead of it because they've been following Andrew Erickson on the Fantasy

Starting point is 00:01:58 Pro's account and check. channel, they realize, oh no. That must be it. Say Flowers. They saw the ball and takes episode, Erickson. They saw it. Say Flowers is going to score some touchdowns this year. We got to get ahead of this.

Starting point is 00:02:09 So for me, I think it's well deserved for Flowers, what he has done throughout his first three seasons in the NFL. All he's done is gotten better and better and better every single year. Last year, accumulating with over 1,200 receiving yards, 86 catches, scored six touchdowns, rushing and receiving, finishes the wide receiver seven overall in 2025. very consistent, at least four catches in 13 of his 17 games played. Fifth in target share, 28%. Top 12 in air yard share.

Starting point is 00:02:37 And I think the biggest highlight was how efficient he was on a per route basis, 4th and yards per route run behind only Pukunakua, JSN, and Luther Burden. Two of those guys are top five receivers, top five overall picks and fantasy drafts. And I think that Zay Flowers is showing his peripherals of, in a brand new offense with Declan Doyle that I expect to be much heavier paced. I think that they could only throw the ball more because last year they were dead last and pass rate over expectation. And featuring him more in the red zone because that's really the one thing lacking from his profile up to this point. He hasn't been able to score touchdowns.

Starting point is 00:03:10 But if he has that one outlier spiked touchdown season, we know Lamar Jackson, who had a 6.5 passing touchdown rate last year, we know that he can fuel a top receiver. And I'm just not afraid of any of these other weapons, Mark Andrews, these rookie receivers, Rashad Bateman can never stay healthy. over 15 ppr points per game last year, 13 games with a healthy Lamar Jackson. Sky is the limit for Zayflowers, the ceiling for Zay Flowers. I think he's going to have a monster season, so he is a must-have player for me. And I just, I get sick if I do mock drafts or best ball drafts that I don't get Zay

Starting point is 00:03:41 flowers. And that's really a key indicator of, is he a must-draft player for you? If you don't get him, makes you feel sick. Yeah, I was in a draft recently where I was sitting at the 312, and I was so excited to get Zay Flowers, and he went one pick right before me. sick is the opportune word how I felt. You mentioned that ceiling for Zay Flowers. D'Brow, you had a few choice words prior to the recording on the ceiling of Zay Flowers

Starting point is 00:04:05 and what he's already done in fantasy for us. Are you kind of on the same vibes here with Erickson and Flowers? Absolutely on the same vibes. And I think it's kind of criminal that I broached this question to y'all before we turn the mics and the cameras on, how many people would know if you asked him off the cuff that Zay Flowers was the wider. 12 in fantasy points per game last year. And yet he's still being ranked as a wide receiver two.

Starting point is 00:04:30 And that's without scoring touchdowns last year. Yeah. Sky's the one in Frisea this year. Love him. Yeah, really excited for flowers for that Declan Doyle, Ravens offense. We'll see how that one turns out. Debrough, hit us with your next guy. It's another receiver where a sky feels like the limit.

Starting point is 00:04:45 Oh, man. Every year, all year, all the time. Christian Watson, baby. It's always Christian Watson season. And again, another player that's being disrespected, did wider receiver 29 and ADP right now, and you can get him in every single draft that you want to get him as a wide receiver three price tag,

Starting point is 00:05:00 and he produced already last year as a wide receiver two, and nobody wants to give him his flowers. Wide receiver 21 and fantasy points per game last year, weeks eight through 18. And we look at this, just look at the constitution of the Green Bay Packers passing attack right now. They lost Romeo Dobbs, lost Antavian Wicks. Christian Watson only ran 68% of the routes last year.

Starting point is 00:05:21 All of this screams, he's going up this year. And if he keeps up this per route efficiency that has been absolutely elite, he's going to be a top 15 wide receiver, maybe even a wide receiver one this year. Like we're wondering, is it Jane Reed, is it Matthew Golden and two wide receiver sets? Okay, people can keep speculating on that and drafts all they want to. I can tell you that Christian Watson will be in those sets. Hell, even when they go like 13 personnel, 21, they only have one wide receiver on the field. Christian Watson's not coming off the field this year, boys.

Starting point is 00:05:50 And so if he keeps all this up and just to throw some more, um, you know, great metrics everybody's way for Christian Watson last year. Fourth in yards per route run, tenth and first downs per route run, sixth in fantasy points per route run. So if the routes run go up this year, even to the 75, 80% route share range, not even saying he has to be in the 90% range. Watson's scoring is going to go through the roof. Yeah, everything in Green Bay is going to be looking a little bit different this year. that target funnel has really consolidated down to essentially these three receivers and Tucker Kraft. And I was just charting Jordan Love for reception the other day. And man, there is a different

Starting point is 00:06:31 level of trust that he has with Christian Watson, where he sort of does the, well, Watson down there somewhere. And he will launch those 50-50 balls. Whereas with Jayden Reed and Kraft, it's sometimes it's a lot of like near the line of scrimmage stuff. And Matthew Golden, they're still working on that timing there. Erickson, are we feeling as confident about Watson? Yes, very confident. I don't think it's outlandish. I think he could be a top 12 wide receiver and kind of finally break the bowl. I know that his price is a little expensive when you just look at his body of work because he really has never really put it together for a full season. But if he is healthy, now we're, he's not rehabbing his injury. I mean, the fact that he came back at all last year, I had totally

Starting point is 00:07:08 written him off. I was like, can't draft this guy. And he basically hit the ground running and was the best receiver for the Packers from when he came back from his torn ACL injury, which was a late season injury. So this guy is showing that I'm a freak. And if we're putting Matthew Golden from at least some of the off season reports about how they've been deploying some of these receivers, if Matthew Golden is in that sacrificial X role that Matt Harmon has talked about, then Christian Watson is no longer this 17 average depth of target player. And oh, we can use Christian Watson on drags. Like that is just like churning out fancy points similar to Jameson Williams where, hey, let's bring the average depth of target down just a little bit,

Starting point is 00:07:48 this guy in some space and watch him cook. So for me, the comparison is Christian Watson is this year's Jameson Williams, right? Jamo, like, had flashed the big playoff side, but never really put it together in a full season because he was either injured or dealing with an injury or suspended. Christian Watson, again, it's year five for him, but it's more like his year four type of season because of how much time he's missed. So Christian Watson, yeah, I'm all aboard. I think another fun name I'd love to comp him too is a little bit of Chris Olava,

Starting point is 00:08:15 a guy who had never really reached that ceiling, but has the quarterback, the offense, the target volume available to him, he can make the plays down field. By the way, Erickson, I promise, nobody in production after this will take the I'm a freak quote out of context and put it into something for socials. Can we get that clip for social?

Starting point is 00:08:31 That needs to be. Oh, I love it. All right. Erickson, we're going back to you here, man. Those first two receivers, those are guys that you guys have both said could finish top 12 pretty easily with great price tags.

Starting point is 00:08:44 We're going to start to work. our way down the board here a little bit later, some names that maybe the people coming back into fantasy football might not be as familiar with. Yeah, this one for me is Jordan Tyson, wide receiver 3690th overall. This is just too cheap for a wide receiver that was drafted inside the top 10. If you knew nothing about Jordan Tyson, what he did at Arizona State, whether he was dealing with injuries or not. And all I told you, if Joe Schmo at the bar, hey, who should I draft? Like, what's a wide receiver sleeper? I'd be like, hey, draft a bunch of these undervalued rookies.

Starting point is 00:09:15 the board because that's how I really feel. And Jordan Tyson in particular is the one that I think is in the sweet spot. If you just look at receivers average production that are drafted in the top 10 over the past five drafts, they've averaged 78 catches over 1,000 yards, 6.4 touchdowns as rookies. That is fantasy wide receiver 2 production. So for me, I feel like we're getting Jordan Tyson playing this uptempo in a dome, Saints offense attached to an up-and-coming quarterback and Tyler Shuck, who showed last year, I can fuel a fantasy wide receiver one. Again, we were just talking about Olave, he had never making the leap. Well, give him Tyler Shuck.

Starting point is 00:09:53 And boom, as a rookie quarterback, he was able to help Olave hit career highs and obviously get a fat payday. So I'm just really excited about this offense overall. And I think that there's enough volume to go around between both Olave and Jordan Tyson as the number two, the 1B in this offense. Because last year, Rashid Shaheed, before he got. traded to the Seattle Seahawks, 15th in the NFL and wide receiver targets. There was enough for both guys to absolutely feast.

Starting point is 00:10:21 I think one of the most undervalued strategies when you're talking about drafting receivers and fantasy is just going after these real life wide receiver twos. They comment a discount because they're not viewed as the number one alpha when we see plenty of times that getting a number two on an office is actually better than getting a number one on an offense that doesn't really throw the ball that much. So I think Tyson makes so much sense here. The last stat that I'll leave you guys off with here is looking at, So again, going back to top 10 wide receivers drafted since 2021, there have been nine of those guys.

Starting point is 00:10:51 90% have been wide receiver 3s or worse. So you're looking at a top 36 type of floor just based on the draft capital loan. And that's where you're getting to get Jordan Tyson. So to me, it's an all upside bet. And that's why I love drafting him in every single draft I'm in. Yeah, and Jordan Tyson being drafted somewhat around that like wide receiver 3, wide receiver 4 value in drafts. knowing what that ceiling can be in a Callan Moore offense. I mean, he loves to get that ball downfield.

Starting point is 00:11:19 That is somewhere where both Tyson and Alave, they win consistently. Derek Brown, you are wearing your I love Jordan Tyson shirt today on the pod. You are closest to this team in terms of affection. Are the vibes feeling like that coming out of camp that Jordan Tyson could be way out producing this current ADP that he's at? Absolutely. I fully feel that way. And I'm above consensus on Tyson. and wide receiver 31 versus consensus being as a low-in wide receiver 3, high-in 4.

Starting point is 00:11:49 And the best thing that I want to pull out of everything that Erickson laid out there, when it comes to supporting multiple players in a passing offense, we have to go back to can the guy are in volume? I think that we believe that in Jordan Tyson, but is the volume going to be there? And the stat that I'll leave everybody with is weeks 12 through 18 last year, the New Orleans Saints. Fifth and neutral passing rate, 11th and pass rate over expectation. quietly, this will be a pass-happy offense this season.

Starting point is 00:12:18 And this offensive line has gotten better to the New Orleans Saints. Yes, David Edwards, baby. Shout out to David Edwards. In week one, they get the Detroit Lions who still have secondary issues from last year. It's going to be a shootout. When I was thinking about this line, it was Tyler Shuck doubles, J-M-O-bring back, who says no. I mean, guys.

Starting point is 00:12:36 No one. That's the way. I can't find anybody, Erickson. Detroit Lions having secondary issues. That's, yeah, that sounds about right. Yeah, that never happens, right? Yeah, no, never, never, never, never. All right, Dibro, let's go to the next guy on here.

Starting point is 00:12:52 I honestly think this player that you're going to talk about is maybe one of three of the most divisive and most talked about and enigmatic players that I think will actually define fantasy football for a lot of fantasy managers and fantasy analysts this season because I don't think I've gone a day. since June 1st without hearing this name. Go for it, Dibro. He is the most mispriced wide receiver in ADP right now. I'm going to lead it off with that. Parker Washington should be a guy you're circling on every single draft board.

Starting point is 00:13:28 Wide receiver 30 and ADP right now. I've got him at wide receiver 27. I can make a case to push him into the top 24. I will remain above consensus on him. And the reason that he's languishing at this ADP, at this cost, in ranks, the places is baking in the risk of, but what if Travis Hunter plays more? What if they take him off the field? What if it's Brian Thomas Jr. says in all these different things. But the flip side of that, what if he produces just like he did to end the season? What if he does that, guys? Because if he does that, you're not drafting a wide receiver three.

Starting point is 00:14:05 You're drafting a guy that could be a top 12 wide receiver at a wide receiver three price tag. In week 16 through 19 last year, so four games, this dude averaged 22.3 ppr points per game while soaking up a ton of high cholesterol usage in those four games, six red zone targets, 13 deep targets. All of that matters because it's not just like, oh, he's running all these underneath routes, and he's just a checkdown guy, and that's how they're running the offense. No, he was Jacksonville's Amundra, saying, Brown, that you were able to get at a wide receiver three price tag. He had a 28.9% target share averaged $1,30.

Starting point is 00:14:40 13.5 receiving yards per game, almost 3.8 yards per route run at a 33.3% first read share. Those are elite wide receiver 1 numbers. Even if we talk about a discount, he gets 75, 80% of that type of usage. He's a top 15 wide receiver guys that you can draft in every single league as a wide receiver 3 that maybe outkicks that by a massive amount. I just want to confirm. Did you say high cholesterol usage? Uh-huh. Sure did. I'll steal that.

Starting point is 00:15:14 Is it the good cholesterol or the bad cholesterol? A little bit of both. I stole that from Rick Rebar. Shout out to Reeves, baby. Okay. Erickson, your view on cholesterol and Parker Washington. Clestrel is underrated. You got to make sure you get the good cholesterol.

Starting point is 00:15:31 They're good ways to get good access to it. It's not all bad. Just like not all fat is bad. Eggs in the morning kind of guy. Yeah. Egg whites only. At one point, at one point, I was probably up to like that many eggs a day, but limiting it. It's usually two eggs.

Starting point is 00:15:44 That's what I limited to. Don't ever get stuck in an elevator with dinner. Price of eggs is nuts right now. You can't be doing that. That is also very, very true. I am with Debrough here on Parker, Washington. And I think that's this one to take me a little bit of time to kind of get around to, because I think that we were all trying to figure out how to attack this Jaguar's receiver room.

Starting point is 00:16:05 And I just kind of went into some more research about, you know, identifying. new wide receiver ones and that year four is a very, very common season where we see these guys take that major step. And similar to the Christian Watson thing where he is a year five guy, but just looking at games play, Parker Washington's only started 16 games in his NFL career. Again, as a former day three pick, they don't get thrust into the role right away. They got to earn their reps. And I think that's just showcasing, this guy's really talented. I remember it wasn't so long ago when this Jaguar's franchise before Liam Cohen showed up, was excited about, yeah, we got Christian Kerr for one more year and then the Parker Washington show is going to take over.

Starting point is 00:16:44 And it got delayed a little bit because they obviously went out and drafted Travis Hunter when they did. They wanted to see what they got of him out of the slot. But when he went down last year, Washington steps into that slot role, that Christian Kirk role that has been so great attached to Trevor Lawrence, wherever he has been, being the quarterback for the Jaguars. And he just absolutely went nuclear. So I agree. I think Washington is the guy that you want to target from this Jaguar's passing aim. Tobie Myers, I think it's still a really good value. But in terms of the ceiling play, it definitely is Parker Washington for me.

Starting point is 00:17:13 So again, Debrough, we are continuing to handhold on this show. Let's go. Let's go. Interesting. Okay. So the ceiling play for you is Parker Washington there. I think I would lean more towards Brian Thomas being the ceiling guy with Parker Washington, probably being maybe the safest out of this group.

Starting point is 00:17:26 I feel like someone's going to be really good out of this wide receiver room, or they're either all just going to be disappointing. And it's going to feel like that Packers wide receiver room every year, where the ball gets spread around a lot, especially with, I know we mentioned it here, Travis Hunter is playing still enough wide receiver where it could get annoying with four different guys in the field. Some. Some. Some.

Starting point is 00:17:44 Right now, the, the snap share, and obviously it's just practice, so we don't want to over inflate this, right? It's 59% playing defense and 41% playing offense. I think the good thing with this wide receiver room is you have Parker, Washington, Jacoby Myers, and Travis Hunter, who can all play inside and outside, whereas Brian Thomas is going to be that guy that's only going to play on the outside. We kind of need to see how that ends up working out for this Jaguar's offense once we get into the season.

Starting point is 00:18:11 All right, guys, let's move on to the next one here. Erickson, you got a running back here. I think, is this the first running back of the show? It is. Yeah, hit us with your guy. Well, because all the good running backs are in the first two rounds and we weren't allowed to use those guys. So I wanted to be clear because it's like, once you get to round three, it's like, right,

Starting point is 00:18:30 dead zone. And that's where you feel a lot less competent. And so without us even basically stating it, it's, yeah, like this is a great year to at least get at least one hero running back. If not, do your superhero RB start. So for me, when it comes to these later round running backs mid to late rounds, Rashad White is the guy that stands out the most of me. I think that I've drafted him in every single draft that I have done. And if I don't, Tom Stracken is usually the guy that drafts him instead of me because I let him fall. I just think he's one of the most missed-priced players on the board.

Starting point is 00:19:00 Look, he's going as the RB 38, 100. And 107th overall, he has never finished worse than RB 38 in his NFL career through four seasons. He's caught 40 or more passes in four straight years. And that's been the biggest thing out of Washington commander's training camp is, yes, they do watch a core cross key merit to take on that bell cow role in terms of working on early downs. But everything about Rashad White is pass catcher, pass catcher, pass catcher, pass catcher. And when you play in full half-p-pr formats, that scores fantasy points for you. So I understand that Rashad White is not the sexiest rusher.

Starting point is 00:19:33 is actually really boring to watch in the open field when he's running, but that's not what he's going to be asked to do here. Like, that's going to be cross-team merits role, you know, getting to the outside zone, ripping off a big play attached to Jane Daniels. I also don't think that's like getting Rishaw White enough credit where this is going

Starting point is 00:19:47 to be like one of the first times he's attached to a mobile quarterback. I mean, he played with Tom Brady, he played with Baker Maffield, but like an elusive quarterback like Daniels, I think that can help boost Rashad White's efficiency as a rusher. And even last year, second in rushing success rate,

Starting point is 00:20:01 second an EPA, EPA per rush because he was really good in short yardage and conversion attempts. So I think that this commander's backfield has a chance to be minimized into a two-man backfield instead of three where it was last year. We had Rodriguez-Koski-merit and you had like McNichols or Echler working on passing downs. I think White is just going to see, again, quoting Rich Rebar and Debrough, these high, you know, cholesterol targets and touches where he's catching passes and seeing red zone opportunities.

Starting point is 00:20:29 So even if he's losing out on touches in between the 20s, as a rusher, that's fine with me. Like, I don't need that to get the value from Richard White from a fantasy perspective. So again, RB7 finish overall in 2003. Like, this guy has been a top 12 fantasy producer not that long ago. And last year, RB 24 and points per game, seven games, weeks five through 12. So if we're looking at who could be this year's Javante Williams, for me, it's Rashad White.

Starting point is 00:20:53 Just someone that, yeah, veteran, kind of sick of this guy. He's on a new team. How good is he really? Well, he scores fantasy points everywhere he goes. So give him Rashad White. It's funny you mentioned Javante Williams because last year, Javante Williams and Travis ETN were two of the cheapest starting running backs that you could get in drafts. Both guys with previous success, with past catching ability, and good offenses.

Starting point is 00:21:17 And now here we are with Rashad White, who has top 12 upside that he's done it before in a potentially very good offense with past catching upside. It just kind of feels like we're playing the same record over again this year. Yeah. Yeah. Nobody wanted Javante Williams has screamed all last. draft season and nobody wanted him, but I'm in I'm with Erickson on this. Rashad White is a damn good draft pick this year.

Starting point is 00:21:39 Well, Debrot, give us your, uh, not last, but of one of your top must draft players, because I really like this one. I am in full agreement with you on this wide receiver. Everything that Erickson laid out for the Jordan Tyson case about Ricky wide receivers drafted in the first round could easily all fit Carnell Tate, man. And Cardinal Tate, I just think he's going to explode in this rookie season. wide receiver 35 and ADP, there is a runout where Carnell Tate is rookie season Malik Neighbors. And it's not hard to see.

Starting point is 00:22:07 All we need is Cam Ward to cook. We know Brian Daibald is going to run his passing game through one guy. Yes, I know Wando Robinson had a very good season last year. But again, that was when the entire depth chart disintegrated around him. Malik Neighbors was out. He stepped up. Wondell Robinson can have a very productive season. But the number one wide receiver in that passing attack will be Carnell Tate.

Starting point is 00:22:28 He came out as a prospect. Everybody wanted to shade him and say, well, he never saw top coverage. He wasn't really that guy. He wasn't that good. Is he really fast enough? All these different things. And it just feels like every year people try to knock these guys down a peg, like the top wide receiver on the board.

Starting point is 00:22:46 Like we saw it with Drake Lund and Tedro McMillan because he didn't watch film. He wasn't fast enough. Cardinal Tate, I'm going to continue to put respect on his name because it's deserved, man. 10th and yards per route run, fourth and receiving grade. in his final collegiate season. He finished with an otherworldly 68.8% contested catch rate zero drops in his final season, despite having an eight out of 14.6.

Starting point is 00:23:10 So all of this says that Cornell Tate is underrated. He's awesome. And there's a runout where he's earning a 26, 27% target share for the Tennessee Titans. And then we're just talking about, okay, well, the volume is definitively there. Now the floor and ceiling is determined about which version of Cam Ward do we get. Do we get the collegiate version of Cam Ward with explosive plays and all this off-script stuff and dayball's letting him cook? Or do we get last year's Cam Ward? I want to lean more towards the positive and his ability to have a growth in a totally, after spending last year and languishing in a broken offense with no past catchers.

Starting point is 00:23:45 He's surrounded by nothing but talent this year. And Carnell Tate can be a huge byproduct for that. Yeah, big thing that Cam Ward loves to do is get the ball downfield and put up those 50-50 balls. hit a lot of those back shoulder fades as well. And those were the things that Cardell Tate was so good at coming out of Ohio State. And I don't know if you guys have watched the Netflix series quarterback with Cam Ward. I'm watching right now. Oh, you just see the light leave his eyes when Calvin Ridley is dropping passes.

Starting point is 00:24:13 Even his dad who's in the stands, he's like, my dad never reacts to anything. And the dad gets up and he's ready just to like rip his jersey in half. There was a lot of frustration going on last year, man, with that Titans offense. I would love to see an arm wrestling match between Cam, Ward's dad and Roma Dunesais. I feel like people would want to see that. We need it for the timeline. I mean,

Starting point is 00:24:33 O'Don Beckham Jr.'s dad might join the chat. Oh! She's just looking for hanging. We can have a tournament. I'm here for this. This would be amazing content. Well, guys, we're going to hop into the rapid fire section where you're going to give us your sleepers for round 13 onward.

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Starting point is 00:25:16 the Fantasy Pros app. Use the draft assistant and draft with confidence. Try it now for free by claiming your three-day trial of Fantasyprose premium at Fantasyprose.com backslash free. All right, boys, these are the rapid fires. We're going to go 30 seconds on each of these players. Erickson, you're going to give me two guys from round 13 onward that are your sleepers that you are targeting. Running back Dylan Samson for the Cleveland Browns, second and yards per outrun first and target rate per outrun among running backs last year. The other guys, Chris McCaffrey, Bejohn, Rob, and Jimmy Gibbs. Maybe you've heard of him.

Starting point is 00:25:47 Maybe you've heard of those players. Pretty good company for Dylan Sampson. And Todd Munkin took Derek Henry off the field for Justice Hill. So just saying, like, I'm not so sure it's going to be. be Quinchot Judkins, three down workload, considering what we've seen from Monkin in the past with these past catching running backs. And he's also turning 22-year-old this season, Dylan Samson. And then my other guy, wide receiver, Trey Harris for the Los Angeles Chargers entering his second season, we're all excited about this Chargers offense. And Harris, to me, just represents a very,

Starting point is 00:26:13 very cheap piece when he should at least see a full-time role. I don't know exactly how Mike McDaniel will deploy all these players. It's possible that Trey Harris has put into this X role just kind of based on his size speed profile, but I think there's still a lot of upside attached to it. So I'm willing to wait and see how these chargers receivers are used in this new offense. And Albert Breers actually have done some reporting as well that the team is really excited about Trey Harris taking a big step forward, especially as a big body target. To me, that screams red zone. That screams touchdown upside.

Starting point is 00:26:43 And I want that on my fantasy roster, especially if I can get it at my last pick. So Trey Harris is my second sleeper. Debrough, give me your two sleepers round 13 and onward. My two guys, Jalen Koker and Debo Samuel. Jalen Koker checking in at Wider Super 56, the gap between him and Tett should not be as large as it is. When Koker was healthy last year at Weeks 13 through 19, he had a 20% target share out targeting Tett. He had 2.3 yards per route run, again, better than Tett. Four red zone targets, again, better than Tett.

Starting point is 00:27:14 And he had a 28.3% first read share. Again, that was better than Teteroma-Millan during that stretch. So Jalen Koker, the gap between those two players should not exist. this. Debo Samuel, guys, this is this year's Keenan Allen as a veteran wide receiver that gets no respect and he signed late so ADP will not catch up to where he should go in drafts as a wide receiver three. He was not cooked. Wide receiver 29 and fantasy points per game last year amongst 109 qualifying wide receivers. Debo Samuel, 18th in target share. Ninth best in yak per reception. 21st and first read share. Ninth best in mistackles force per reception. Again, he's not cooked.

Starting point is 00:27:53 As we're recording this, he is the only guy that seems to be healthy on this freaking depth chart outside of him and Christian McCaffrey. Invest in Debo Samuel. This year's Keenan Allen. Well, there you have it. The 10 must have players that the experts, Debrough and Andrew Erickson, are drafting everywhere in 2026. That's going to do it for us today. As always, I want to thank you guys for watching and listening all the way through for myself, for Debrough, for Erickson. We'll see you next time.

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