The Herd with Colin Cowherd - FantasyPros - Player Comparisons for 2026’s Top Offensive NFL Draft Prospects (Ep. 1970)

Episode Date: February 25, 2026

Join Joe Pisapia, Pat Fitzmaurice, and Scott Bogman as they make player comparisons for the top prospects in the 2026 NFL rookie class! Timestamps: (May be off due to ads) Intro - 0:00:00 Trophy Smack Giveaway - 0:00:53 QB Comps - 0:01:43 Fernando Mendoza - 0:01:45 Ty Simpson - 0:05:02 RB Comps - 0:07:20 Jeremiyah Love - 0:07:22 Jonah Coleman - 0:11:55 Emmett Johnson - 0:13:42 Jadarian Price - 0:15:58 FantasyPros Dynasty YouTube Channel - 0:18:30 WR Comps - 0:19:00 Carnell Tate - 0:19:05 Makai Lemon - 0:22:34 Jordyn Tyson - 0:25:21 Denzel Boston - 0:28:04 KC Concepcion - 0:31:01 Hard Rock Bet - 0:34:47 TE Comps - 0:36:12 Kenyon Sadiq - 0:36:14 Eli Stowers - 0:40:09 Underrated Gems - 0:42:01 Outro - 0:45:07 Helpful Links: Hard Rock Bet - All lines provided by Hard Rock Bet. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sign up for Hard Rock Bet and make a $5 bet and you'll get $150 in bonus bets if you win. Head over to Hard Rock Bet, sign up and make your first deposit today. Payable in bonus bet(s). Not a cash offer. Offered by the Seminole Tribe of Florida in FL. Offered by Seminole Hard Rock Digital, LLC, in all other states. Must be 21+ and physically present in AZ, CO, FL, IL, IN, MI, NJ, OH, TN or VA to play. Terms and conditions apply. Concerned about gambling? In FL, call 1-888-ADMIT-IT. In IN, if you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help, call 1-800-9-WITH-IT. GAMBLING PROBLEM? CALL 1-800-GAMBLER (AZ, CO, IL, MI, NJ, OH, TN, VA).  Follow us on Twitch - The team here at FantasyPros is taking questions all week, every week on Twitch. Follow us on Twitch at twitch.tv/fantasypros and never miss a stream! Discord – Join our FantasyPros Discord Community! Chat with other fans and get access to exclusive AMAs that wind up on our podcast feed. Come get your questions answered and BE ON THE SHOW at fantasypros.com/chat Leave a Review – If you enjoy our show and find our insight to be valuable, we’d love to hear from you! Your reviews fuel our passion and help us tailor content specifically for YOU. Head to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever else you get your podcasts and leave an honest review. Let’s make this show the ultimate destination for fantasy football enthusiasts like us. Thank you for watching and for showing your support – https://fantasypros.com/review/ BettingPros Podcast – For advice on the best picks and props across both the NFL and college football each and every week, check out the BettingPros Podcast at bettingpros.com/podcast, our BettingPros YouTube channel at youtube.com/bettingpros, or wherever you listen to podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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if he develops correctly at the NFL level. I don't know if this is the perfect comp. I don't know if there is a perfect comp for Fernando Mendoza, Joe. But I see a little bit of Matt Ryan with Fernando Mendoza. Similarly, tall pocket passers with good arms, notable touch and accuracy and excellent processing ability. And although we didn't see it much at the pro level, Matt Ryan actually had some mobility during his Boston college day.

It's not a big runner, but he could at least allude pressure, not like the sort of late era, Matt Ryan we saw with the Falcons and Colts. So Mendoza is probably not going to be a prolific runner in the NFL either. I don't know if his rushing ability is ever going to move the needle in fantasy, but he might add a little bit of value there. We saw him pinball his way into the end zone

for that key touchdown in the national championship game against Miami. I see a lot of Matt Ryan. in Fernando Mendoza as a passer particularly. Okay. Well, look, that's pretty good. I mean, there's a guy that had a lot of 4,000 yard and 4,500 and above yards. Do you think those kind of seasons are really in store for him? Because those are pretty prolific,

especially when you consider, you know, the error in which he played, where the rules were still evolving a little bit towards the pass. It weren't 100% there yet, but he did come into the league back in 2008 when things started to really open up a little bit more. Yeah, it's a top end comp for sure. I think Raiders fans, assuming the Raiders take him number one, would be delighted if he lived up to the Matt Ryan comp.

All right, so let's throw a little cold water. Maybe he doesn't live up to quite that hype. Scott Bogman, bring us down to reality a little bit with another Fernando Mendoza comp. I don't know if I'm much under that reality. Okay. Because I have better Daniel Jones. And I think better Daniel Jones from this season, right, where you actually have competent play callers around him, a good supporting cast, all that good stuff.

Because, you know, New York was tough for Daniel Jones. And he played well there. But Fernando Mendoza is very cerebral, right? And that is what Daniel Jones is. These guys are big film room guys. I mean, Daniel Jones, you can see when he gets on the plane to leave road games, he already has next week's playbook. Like everybody else is either celebrating, you know, when they do those videos in the plane and everything,

Daniel Jones is in the book already. I feel like that's exactly what Fernando Mendoza is. They both are big dudes that can move but don't necessarily want to run. run, as Pat alluded to, like, I don't know if we're going to get a big fantasy kick out of Fernando Mendoza's rushing, but he can do it, kind of like Daniel Jones. So, you know, both big, tall guys, I think Mendoza is a better passer. Daniel Jones probably a little bit of a better runner, but that was the closest I had. And, you know, comps are always like, you want to do high-end comps because this is what this guy can aspire to be if everything hits.

Well, look, I think better Daniel Jones actually would, you know, Raider fans would sign up for that to be honest with you, especially after the last couple years of quarterback player. After Gino Smith, I think they might even just settle for Daniel Jones period. Forget better. They might just take that for the most part. Let's talk about Ty Simpson from Alabama last year, 28 touchdowns, five picks, threw for 3,500 yards. Obviously, you'll talk to different people. They'll give you different comps and different takes on Ty Simpson and how far along he might be in his development process. But Boggs, let's start with you here. Give me a Ty Simpson take here in terms of what the comp might be for him in the NFL.

Yeah, I think Brock Purdy is what he would aspire to be in the NFL, right? Like he's not going to be that coming in, not a lot of experience. Brock Purdy had a ton of experience from Iowa State coming in the NFL. But I do see with his footwork in particular, like the way that he gets out of, you know, pressure and that kind of things, he can avoid tackles and keep his eyes down the field and manipulate the pocket. It really reminded me of a guy like Brock Purdy. but I actually kind of like Fitz's better.

I wish I could have copied it. All right. Fitz, it's interesting because your comp was actually a number one overall back in the day. So let's talk about your comp for Mr. Simpson. The funny thing is, Boggs, I was trying to find a comp for Ty Simpson as far as just lack of college starting experience. Only one year started. When I saw your purdy thing, I was like, wow, that's kind of the polar opposite.

That was a guy who started a lot of games in college. But stylistically, I totally see. it. And I was kind of the same way I just couldn't come up with a good comp as far as a guy who hadn't started many college games. But Alex Smith, just because watching Ty Simpson and he has that quick release, really snappy and very clean mechanically, so was Alex Smith. And you mentioned the footwork Boggs. Simpson has some of that escapeability. Alex Smith definitely did when he was at Utah. So yeah, I just couldn't come up with that good one-year college starter comp. So I kind of fell back on the more stylistic comp. Well, look, Alex Smith was a guy that, you know,

went to playoffs, who got a lot of winning records when he landed in some better circumstances. So circumstance, I think will matter a lot for Ty Simpson where he lands and what's a warback situation. If we're looking at Alex Smith as Ty Simpson going into the draft, he would not have been one overall. So kind of makes sense that way, too. Yeah, that's also a good point. All right, let's talk about the running backs here. Jeremiah Love. Fitsy already has a poster in his bedroom, which his wife is not happy about, by the way.

Obviously, sky's the limit for this guy, incredible. Especially because he chose to put it over the bed. Yeah, I know. Very weird choice. At least put on the back of the door, you know, something like that. Or maybe behind on the wall when the door closes that way, you know, you could just kind of peek in every now and then. But look, I don't want to tell Fitts he has personal life. Let's talk about Jeremiah Love.

Let's talk about the comps that are out there for him because obviously this isn't incredible talent. This is a guy that I think most fantasy managers, whether it's dynasty or redraft, are really excited about this year. Landing spot matters like it does for everybody. But who's a guy that he reminds you of? Look, this is physically, they're not an exact match. But when you see Jeremiah, I love play with the sports car acceleration, the easy speed, the open field elusiveness, the pass catching ability, the one name that comes to mind immediately is Jemir Gibbs. And that is from style of play, obviously more than size you're talking about. Yeah.

Yeah. Well, definitely just the lightning in a bottle, man, and how dangerous he is and how quickly he can get up to full speed. That, I mean, I don't have, this is what I've been saying the whole year for Jeremiah I love is taller Jemir Gibbs. And that's exactly what I have. Like, as Fitz said, stylistically, not really the same. Obviously, Gibbs is bigger.

he can run through tacklers a little bit more. I think Gibbs can run past tacklers a little bit better, but they're going to do the same things, right? Like they may not look exactly the same, but I think that love is a Gibbs style archetype of running back. That is exactly what you want from him. He can catch passes and go a long way with it. He can do it in between the tackles.

He can do everything you want. So I think stylistically, they physically, like you said, Joe, they look different because Gibbs, you know, is more upright, a little taller and can run through some tacklers. But I think they're going to do close to the same things if we have Gibbs, we have loves set up for success like we had. Well, I always find that the truly special players are always the hardest ones to comp. You know, to me, it's like, well, I really don't have a guy, especially in the baseball world whenever I'm trying to comp a guy. If I say, hey, there's no comp for this guy. That means that this guy is really special. Like he is kind of doing his own

thing and very unique. I mean, like Bijon Robinson. I've seen people throw that around. to a little bit. I mean, there's a guy that runs a little bit taller, a little bit bigger than Jimere Gibbs too, but it's somewhere in that realm, and that should make people very excited. He's going to be, look, in this circumstance, too, with Love being this extraordinary talent and Mendoza, being a good talent, I mean, we talked about the comps there between those two players. Fancy, even in a Superflex league in Dynasty, would you lean towards Love as the number one overall pick over Mendoza still, despite the fact that one's a quarterback? It's close.

I think in the majority of Super Flex leagues, love is going to be the one-on-one. And even though there's more of that positional premium on quarterbacks. And I think you can certainly justify taking Mendoza if you need a quarterback. But I think just for the top-end potential, Joe, it's pretty hard to argue. Like when, with Mendoza, I mean, I don't know if he's got a superstar top-end outcome as a possibility. But I think he could be an average to above average starter for a long time. And there's a lot of value to that in Superflex. Love could absolutely be a top two or three running back.

In terms of value bogs, if you had the 101, obviously, you know, roster construction matters. If you're looking for a quarterback, I can understand wanting Mendoza. But let's say you're good at both positions. What would you rather have? Love. I mean, not really close either. Like, I love Mendoza. I think he's going to be great.

I really do. But Jeremiah Love is the most short. thing I feel like that we have in this draft. So Jeremiah Love would be my one overall, like in a vacuum, but I understand the math in Superflex leagues and quarterbacks are worth more. So I have no beef if you take Mendoza, even if you're good at both positions, because maybe you can get a premium running back and a draft pick or something. If you traded Mendoza in a Superflex league, specifically if it's like 16 man or bigger, you know,

just one of those huge leagues. leagues where not everyone's going to have a backup quarterback. So, yeah, I think that, but in most cases, just in a vacuum, it's sharing my love because he's a short thing. All right, let's move on to the next running back on our list. Jonah Coleman of the Washington Huskies last year, 156 carry, 758 yards for him. 15 touchdowns, average 4.9 yards per carry bogs. Who's your comp for Mr. Coleman? I got him as shorter David Montgomery. And Dave Montgomery also had a lot of experience coming out of Iowa state. But the thing that made me comp in to Jonah Coleman is the body control, like the way that these guys make people miss and the stiff arm, like the stiff arm and the body control that these

guys both have. And Jonah Coleman is going to be probably five nine when we when we get to his measurements and all that stuff later this week. So I, but these guys both carried a massive workload in college. Jonah Coleman was the the workhorse for Washington the last two seasons. I think he can catch the ball. He's not going to be a crazy explosive guy catching the ball, kind of like David Montgomery, was never that. That's why Gibbs has come in and done so much. But a solid, solid contributor that can be a starter for a while,

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and for more follow timbo slice life 12 and the ticot podcast network on ticot all right jonah colman for you fitzy who do you just remind you of maybe a little like tyler alger oh that's not bad either both guys sort of yeah they sort of have that bowling ball body type joe coleman is five nine two 20 something Algier 510, 225, both pretty quick feet for guys who are built like that. And really only so, so long speed for both those guys. They're not really going to break away and run by people. But when I watch Jonah Coleman, I have thought of Tyler Alger. All right.

5-9-2-something. That's a pretty good body type, as far as I'm concerned. That's what I'm rocking with these days. All right, let's talk about the next guy on our list who had himself a pretty good statistical season here. Emmett Johnson of Nebraska. He had 14151 yards on the ground. He had 12 touchdowns rushing. He also had 46 receptions and 370 yards receiving with three more touchdowns.

Fitsy, a really good statistical season for Emmett Johnson of Nebraska. Who does he remind you of that you want to put a comp on for 2026 in the draft? Let's keep it in the Big Ten. Chase Brown. Okay. Both guys were major workhorses in their final college seasons. Despite their size, both guys are about 511, 200. pounds. Emmett Johnson wasn't quite the workhorse that Chase Brown was. Chase Brown averaged 27.3

carries and 29.6 touches a game in his final year at Illinois. Brett Bealima worked him into the ground. But Emmett Johnson not too far behind. Only 20.9 carries a game and 24.8 touches a game in his final season at Nebraska. I think Emmett Johnson is maybe a little shifter than Chase Brown, but Brown probably has better contact balance. But just guys who handled massive workloads despite not really having typical workhorse size. You know what, though? I mean, I'll sign up for that. I mean, Chase Brown, pretty good fantasy running back.

That wouldn't bother me, especially if he ended up in a good offense. Like if he landed in some place that was ready to rock and roll, that wasn't a work in progress where the offensive line was good and the system was good for him set up to be that Belcal kind of guy. Emmett Johnson for you, Scott Bogman. Who is your reminder of? I saw him as Rashad White, which is, I think more of a stylistic comp than a statistical comp, because I like the Chase Brown comp and the fact that they both had a heavy workload, specifically that last season for Emmett Johnson.

But I do think that he could fit in like Rashad White, meaning he could go really anywhere and have a role. He could be a third downback. He could be your main guy if needed to be. He can also be your first and second down hitter if you have a wood. marks and Houston takes him. So I think he's a complete back that can kind of be a chameleon and mold into wherever you put him. And I think Rashad White is like that as well. So that's why I comped him to White. All right. Next one here on our list, Judarian Price of the Notre Dame

Fighting Irish last year, 113 carries, 6174 yards, 11 touchdowns on his own. Pretty good run attack for the Fighting Irish last year Boggs. Who's a player comp for Price in your opinion? All right. So I feel like this is going to be insulting to some people, right? And I think you need to remember back to what he was like going into the draft because that is how I'm thinking of this comp. Miles Sanders is what I have, Gigerian Price as. And I think body type, they're kind of the same. But really, it's the explosiveness, right? That is what Miles Sanders was coming into the league, had a couple injuries, kind of not the same guy anymore, obviously. But I think coming in, you saw a first second down back, which, Aaron Price might be way better than that. He could easily be a workhorse, but we don't know if he can catch the ball very well because he had like 18 catches in college because Jeremiah Love was getting all of the routes for Notre Dame as far as the running backs went. But an explosive player that can help on special teams, a lot of breakaway yards, a really good guy to bring in as a closer at the end of the game because of his size and his speed. and he can, he's going to get a lot of massive chunk plays against tired defenses. So that is who I comped to is Miles Sanders coming in to the NFL.

All right. Fancy, how about for you? Who does Price remind you of? My comp, much like Bogman, I'm comping him to someone more as a prospect than what they turned out to be because my guy was also somewhat of an NFL disappointment. Sony Michelle. So similar body types, both Judarian Price and Sonny Michelle are about 511. 11 to 10, both one-cut runners with good contact balance. Both come with questions about their past catching potential.

Sony-Michel didn't really have to do a lot of that, and Judarian Price hasn't either. And the other similarity, kind of the obvious one, Gidaryan Price had to play second fiddle to Jeremiah Love. Sony-Mishel had to share a backfield with Nick Chubb at Georgia, and Chubb was pretty much the 1-Aid as Sony-Michel's 1B down there. But Sony-Michel, before his knee injuries down in Georgia, pretty damn good too. Yes. Yes. You know, I think people forget that. Yes. That was a, it was quite a one-two punch there. It's actually a good comp because he didn't have all the work.

I even like it more because of that. But Sony Michelle was not, I think by the time he got to the Patriots, he wasn't the player he wasn't college already. So hopefully that's not the case for Price. So just in terms of health, it doesn't seem that. Price doesn't have the injury stuff coming in. Sonny Michelle did. And obviously, as we continue to talk here on this channel, make sure you subscribe to our new channel for the Dynasty Fantasy Football. It is. out there for you. They've got Superflex drafts. They've got startup drafts. They've got everything happening here for you. They're doing rankings. They're doing draft coverage. And of course, there's also going to be a ton of coverage regarding the combine as well. So if you haven't

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He was. He was good. Yeah. So, and I'm kind of going into the way back machine. It was better than good. Yeah. All right. So it was pretty good. The question is whether Ohio state fans can stomach having one of their Buckeyes compared to a Michigan Wolverine because the cop I have is a Monty tumor. Both guys have these tall, lean builds. Tate 63, 195 pounds, tumor 63203, I think. 63203, yeah. I'm looking at it. 203. Yeah, so they're both these smooth vertical receivers with pretty exceptional downfield playmaking ability, good ball tracking, really reliant.

hands. Like, I don't think that's faint praise for Cardinal Tate, Joe. Amani Tumor was a darn good player back in the way. I think he was a very good player. I think Carnell Tate could be even better, especially when lands in the right spot with the right quarterback. Boggs, you got somebody a little bit more sexy and exciting here for Mr. Tate? No, I don't. I think Amani Tumor is such a good one, especially going into the way back machine. But I thought peak Alan Robinson. Alan Robinson, Alan Robinson had a couple really good seasons for the Jaguars. But what made me competent to Alan Robinson is the way that Carnal Tate uses his hands, right? Like just a hands catcher and very good in contested situations as well.

Massive catch radius like Alan Robinson had also and a big dude, both 6-4, right? 6-3, 6-4, that type of big framed archetype type of a player. So mine is more of a stylistic comp. But I think you're right in the fact that, you know, it's not all, the player you comp these guys too isn't, sometimes it's going to be way below what they are and sometimes it's going to be way above where they are. Like, you know, it's pretty big. It's pretty big to put Gibbs on Jeremiah Love, even though he's a great prospect. But I do think just stylistically, Alan Robinson and Amani tumor, just big framed wide receivers that went at the catch point. And I do think you're right.

I think Carnell Tate routes these guys up better. Well, that was the point I was going to make. We did the film session show over on Twitch, DeBrow and I a couple weeks ago watching Tate film. And, you know, the way he weaves in and out, and way he gets the corners to turn their hips and then just dusts by them, you know, and just weaves back the other way.

He's so smooth. And, and look, I don't take it away anything for Monty tumor or out. Who are you going to comp him to? Compton to somebody then. You know, it,

I think that, I think on Monitumer, again, doesn't get enough credit. you're probably right. And going back and looking statistically what he was. He had 6,000 yard seasons. He did. He did.

I forgot the run that he went on. You know, I keep thinking about peak of Monty tumor, not realizing how long actually he was, rattling off those thousand yards season. So maybe more. His peak was good too. His peak was good.

His peak was good. Wasn't there somebody else there with him? Who was the other really good wider, wide receiver for the giants at that point? Was that still the Victor Cruz years or no? No. That was pre-Victor Cruz. Yeah.

I feel like there was somebody with Ammoni tumor. Or was it, uh, we have to go back and I'll go back in the wayback machine and pull it out there for you. In the meantime, let's move to McKay Lemon box because, uh, you've got a fun comp for this guy as well. And if he hits this one and, and up, let me be frank or just be Joe either way. I don't necessarily love when everybody just comps superstars. I think Tate is a superstar for the record. I think he has got that kind of level of potential. And I think it's okay to give comps to just, you know, you're pretty average or even slightly above average players if you think a, uh,

prospect is good enough. So with that being said, Mackay Lemon, what's your comment for him? Yeah, by the way, it was like Hilliard, who I was thinking about. Ike Hilliard. Oh, yes. Oh, yes. My comp for Mackay Lemon, and this is, it's kind of a hacky one, and I know people are rolling their eyes on the internet about this, but it's also a little helmet scouting, a Monmouth, St. Brown, man. Like, they just move the same. I don't know that Mackay Lemon has that a Moner St. St. Brown crazy, crazy motor, but this dude, will do whatever you want. He will go out and block. He is great with the ball in his hands. He's lightning quick. He makes guys move after the catch. He is a very good wide receiver. He just won

the Bletnikoff Award as the nation's best wide receiver. I think he's going to be outstanding. I really hope he lands in a good spot. Like, I think 13 to the Rams would be amazing, but he might not even make it to 13. So I think some team is going to see him on a St. Brown in him. specifically because they both went to USC and then, you know, go from there. So I just, I can't not see Amonra when I watch him. Well, look, that's high price because if he has half the work ethic of Amon Rae St. Brown, he's going to have a very successful career. Mackay Lemon last year, 79 catches, 1156 yards, 11 touchdowns, Fitsy.

Give me a comp for Lemon. Yeah, I mean, Amin-Ros St. Brown is the top end comp for him. And that's kind of a ubiquitous comp. Like if you look at scouting reports, that is who pretty much everyone lists. But let me throw out the name of a different USC wide receiver. And I am borrowing this one from I heard Ray Garvin make this comp, Ray G. And it instantly made sense to me. Robert Woods.

Now, Woods is a couple inches taller and a little heavier. But Robert Woods was this really good route technician. And I think that's where Mackay Lemon shines too. Woods also had really reliable hands and Lemon probably has the best set of hands of any wide receiver in this class. Neither guy's really like an exceptional athlete but they both really, really know how to get open

and are very trustworthy on the hands and just bringing down balls in the air, winning contested catches, both really, really shine as far as route technicians. All right, Fitsy, let's move on to Jordan Tyson here from Arizona. 61 catches for 711 yards last year, eight touchdowns. A lot of people very high on Jordan Tyson as well. And actually your comp is the same comp I believe that I threw on him on that Twitch show that I was referring to earlier.

So let's talk about it. Stefan Diggs. And not really a body type comparison. Tyson is a couple inches taller or a little heavier. Just both players are really good route runners who create separation with these lightning quick cuts they have. When you see Jordan Tyson, that kind of stands out. His ability to change direction without really gearing down and just kind of snap off these breaks that cornerbacks are going to have trouble staying with. So both guys have some inside outside, inside, they can play in the slot, they can play outside.

I think the biggest red flag with Jordan Tyson is the injury history. Like he's, you know, he's had some pretty major injuries. Diggs has been really durable at the NFL level for the most part. but he did have two season-ending injuries when he was at Maryland, a broken leg and a lacerated kidney. So I don't know, maybe we overplay the injury thing. The upside with Tyson is just so enticing that I might be willing to take that chance, even if there is deemed to be some greater medical risk with Jordan Tyson than there is

with some of the other top receivers. Yeah, it was the same thing. It was a separation that I talked about against the Diggs and Tyson, too, that I saw. So, Boggs, I like your comparison as well for Jordan Tyson. Let's talk about why you think Calvin Ridley is comparable to him. Yeah, I think Fitz said it like these guys can move inside and outside. I think that Tyson's probably a little bit better as an outside. And Ridley's probably a little bit better as a slot, but they can play both sides.

They both have kind of, I don't know how to say it, like interesting routes. Like they're not always clean. Sometimes they round them. Sometimes they break them off. but it's usually whatever is best for the situation. So good route improvisers as well. So I just think that that is, and Ridley's had injury history in the NFL as well.

So I kind of think that Tyson is going to be one of those guys where he's dogged a little bit by some soft tissue injuries. But you just never know specifically these days of, you know, what is an injury that should have made these guys lose that much time? And what is an injury that's a business decision to get to the NFL without, you know, anything happening. So I'm hoping it's the latter, but I'm afraid that it's probably going to be something that dogs him in the NFL as well. Well, we hope they all stay healthy. That's what we want. All right. Let's talk about Washington Huskies comp here for Denzel Boston, 62 receptions, 8801 yards,

11 touchdowns. What stuck out to me and I was having this conversation again with Derek, we watched film together, and then we go on the show and talked about it as well is he compared him to Cortland Sutton. And I said, you know, the way that he gets used in motion so much in that offense and the way he attacks the football and how good his hands are and how often the quarterback's throws were underwhelming or behind him. The adjustments that he makes are so good. I said he reminds me a little of puka. Like to me, he had a lot of puka Nakua in his game in terms of the way he was using that offense, moving him all around the field, constantly in motion, again, and always just making the adjustment so well when the ball's already in flight. You actually

Boggs also had some Cortland Sutton Love, but you also had another receiver too that you want to throw on him. Now, I like the Cortland Sutton one. The other one scares the heck out of me. Yeah, well, I think it should. Keon Coleman. I think they're kind of built the same way. Big guys that move fast. And, you know, Keon Coleman return kicks and punts. Denzel Boston's done a little bit of it as well. And I think it's scary. The reason I put Cortland Sutton and Keon Coleman is because it's scary, right? Like that's the range. The top end. Yeah, exactly. The top end could be Cortland Sutton, a guy that's going to get you a bunch of catches and touchdowns, you know, close to 80 catches, 1,000 yards and hopefully double-digit touchdowns.

That's what you want. That's the high end, right? But Keon Coleman, I think, is the bottom out of where maybe this couldn't work. But I think Denzel Boston, like I have comped him to my Steelers a bunch. I kind of hope that's where he ends up because the Steelers need a number two and a guy that can move a little bit better. I mean, he can move a little bit better than DK. DK is very stiff. Obviously, we know that. But I think that he's probably somewhere between Sutton and Coleman.

All right. Now, Fitsy, you've taken a lot of shots here, unfortunately, over the years on Kean Coleman, and they have not worked out. So I don't want to make that comp for him. I think we can move past that. Give me another comp for you, a player now that he might remind you of in terms of game. And a lot of people are mocking Denzel Boston to Buffalo. So the Keon Coleman comp is pretty frightening for Bill's fans these days. Let's hope it's better than that. So I was between a couple of USC receivers here, Drake London and Michael Pittman. I went with Pittman as my final comp. I mean, you know, he and Denzel Boston, both these big-bodied 6-4 receivers who have exceptional ball skills. They're rebounders.

And Pittman, like Boston, moves pretty well for a bigger receiver. Like these guys are pretty agile for their size. I don't know if Pittman gets a lot of credit for his contested catchability anymore, but man, he was so good at winning balls in the air when he was at USC. And I always remember that about his college career. And like that's kind of where Denzel Boston shines too. All right. One more wide receiver we're going to talk about here before we move on to the next position.

Casey Concepcion, he's really fun. Texas A&M guy and Aggie, so try not to stay too long at the dance for Bogman on this one. But 61 receptions, 919 yards, nine touchdowns. Look, he's a hard-nosed player. I like him. This is one where on that last show we did together, Debrough and I were on different, but he loves Concepcion. I think he's too small.

I think he's going to be like a third wide receiver, return some kicks, you know, have a little big play in him. But I personally think size-wise that he's not going to translate very well to the NFL. Fitsy, I don't know where you stand on Concepcion. You tell me what your thoughts are and try to give me a comp so we can maybe try to understand him better. Yeah, I've been debating whether to, I like him. He's so good after the catch. That's his secret sauce.

I think he's marvelous in that regard. So, man, I'm all about the USC wide receiver comps today. I pulled the name Marquise Lee, and I know that doesn't sound like a very flattering comp. We didn't really pan out for the Jaguars, although he did have a couple of DEC years before that. You know, he had the unholy Trinity knee injury, ACL, MCL, PCL in like the 2018 pre-C. season, only played one more season after that injury. But coming out of college, like, for one, they have similar sizes. I mean, Marquise Lee was maybe an inch taller and five pounds heavier, like six feet, 195 pounds, although maybe Concepcion doesn't. I think they list him at like

511, but he could be closer to five, nine, five, ten at the combine this week. But Concepcion is probably going late first round, early second round. Marquis Lea was an early second round pick. And playing style man, the USC version of Marquis Lee was a shifty route runner who was just dynamite after the catch. But Marquise Lee also had some issues with drops in the NFL and drops have been kind of an issue for Casey Concepciona, Texas, A&M. Yeah, Boggs, all right, let's talk about yours. I know one of the two that you throw out there, I actually like a lot. And I think it would be if things do go well for Concepcion on the NFL level, he would be a lot more like that guy. I had a hard time with Casey Concepcion.

So I went to the internet and I was looking at a couple comps. And I thought Jaden Reed was a really good one. Like kind of a gadgety type of player. You can use him on reverses. He's very fast. He's probably limited to the slot as well. Can return kicks and punts if you need him to. But Damien Parson had a really good one.

Emmanuel Sanders, the former Steelers, Broncos, wide receiver. I think that's a really good one. Just a lightning quick dude. Going to play out of the slot but can win in his routes. He wins with his feet. he can win at the catch point as well. So, but I do think his role is going to be more expanded than man he was to more of a Jaden Reed wherever he gets drafted.

So somewhere in between those two guys. I love that, Emmanuel Sanders. I do too. I do too. It's a good one. I couldn't get it out of my head. Yeah. And I think that would be if it hits with the right team, that's what he becomes.

And I think people forget before the torn Achilles how quick Emmanuel Sanders was. He was very quick and he was tough to guard and conceptionos all those things. And again, I don't want to take shots at the player. He's a really tough, hard-nosed player, but we're in a spot here where a size really matters in that. Emmanuel Sanders is underrated because he played with A.B. and Mike Wallace in Pittsburgh, and then he went to Denver and D.T. was there. He was always second fiddle, but he's very good. Yeah, but I'll tell you what, I think that's exactly the role you want him to be in. Yes.

Yeah, you don't want him to be in number one. For Concepcion, I think the best thing he could do is go to a team that has an alpha dog wide receiver so he could be that other guy. and I think the other guy roll there where he's going to see single coverage. You want him in, you want them with the giants. You don't want them with the Titans. Exactly. Exactly.

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Let's get to the tight end comps here. Kenyon Sadiq, that's the big one here. Everybody's talking about. We've done some mocks here. We ended up in the Eagles, I think twice, actually, that's happened. We'd love that. Boggs, comp Kenyon Sadiq for me. Better blocking Evan Ingram, because I think he can block a little bit more, but it's not necessarily what you want him to do.

So I think, you know, Evan Ingram at his peak, pretty good past catching tight end. I think that's something that Kenyon Sadiq is going to be for his team as well. Again, a lot like we just said with Casey Concepcion, you don't want him to be your number one target. I don't know that he is a George Kittle or anything like that, but I think he can be a very good B to a 1A. So I do like him and I think Evan Ingram is a good stylistic comp as far as catching the ball goes. I would sign up for that. I would sign up for Evan Ingram, a young Evan Ingram on the Eagles or somewhere else he could be useful. Fitsy, how about for you?

Kenyon Sadiq, what is your reminder of? Yeah, man, Kenyon Sadiq fans are going to rake me over the coals for this in the YouTube comments. But look, tight-end comps are hard. Unless it's a prospect who just runs people over after the catch like Tyler Warren did at Penn State, and then you just compare them to George Kittle and call it a day. I think it's trickier with the more athletic tight ends. So for Kenyon Sadiq, I am going to make more of an athletic comparison than a stylistic comparison. I'm going to compare Kenyon Sadiq to Mike Gisicki.

And now I know the Sadiq hive is going to hate that comparison because Mike Gisicki is basically a spare part in fantasy now. But again, mostly an athletic comp. Sadiq is a freak athlete, 41.5 inch vertical jump, and he's probably going to run a 4 or 5 something at the combine this week. You know who had a 41.5 inch vertical jump and ran a 4 or 5 something at the 2018 NFL scouting combine? It was Mike Gisickey. And he was a good prospect. Yeah, I think Mike Gisickey got stuck. in a couple bad spots.

Yeah. So I, because I think Sadiq could end up in a bad spot too, but he could end up in a very good spot and be a high end tied in immediately depending on where you're in.

I've seen like Vernon Davis cons because of the, you know, narcissism stuff like that. And then I saw, you know, David's broke the combine. See,

and I agree. I don't see that one. And I saw Lance Zero line who was really good, but like he was comparing him to McBride. I was like, what are you seeing that? I'm not.

Like, I don't think that's fair. No, yeah, I don't like that one. either. Vernon Davis ran like a four three eight, didn't he? He ran something just insane. Yeah, Vernon, okay, he was a combine stunt. Yeah. So, I think Johnu Smith is one of those guys, too, when you're talking about like physical profile of things. John is not bad. The Johnu comps

that I've heard out there for Sadiq are interesting because I'm like, okay, that I can understand, but another guy where it's like, okay, it's kind of all about where you land and what they're teaching you at the NFL level and how you're integrated into the offense or not integrated to the offense. I think that's a little bit more like that. I even, someone say Darren Waller, too, which was one that kind of was intriguing as well. Can I, so the other part about the Sadiq-Angram comparison, and by the way, Gisiki was drafted 42nd overall, so top half of the second round. It wasn't like he was a day three pick or anything, but like Gisiki, Sadiq's college stats are good, not great.

Cadiq topped out at 51 catches, 560 yards at Oregon in his final season. Gisicki's final year stats at Penn State, eerily similar. 57 catches 563 yards. Gisiki averaged 11.5 yards per catch in college. Cedique 11.2 yards, neither which is really great for a guy who's supposed to be a playmaking tight end, super athletic. Can Cadiq have a better NFL career than Gassiki? Absolutely.

And if you're drafting him in the first round, you're banking on it. But athleticism at tight end doesn't always translate to receiving production. So buyer beware here. Maybe he's like, you know, deluxe Theo Johnson. Deluxe Theo Johnson. All right. How about Eli Stowers from Vanderbilt, 62 catches, 769 yards, four touchdowns? Fitsy, do you have a come for him?

Dalton Kincaid 6-235. Kincaid 6-4-240. Stowers is faster. But Kincaid was this prolific pass catcher, Utah. He had 70 catches for 890 yards in his final college season. But because Kincaid is a lighter, tight end, he's not on the field. all the time. He had a career low 38% snapshot in the 12 games he played for the bills this season.

He's never had a snapshot above 63% in three NFL seasons. And I think that's the concern with Eli Stowers, that because he's too light to be an inline blocker, he's probably not going to be a full-time player in the NFL and can't score fantasy points when you're on the bench. All right. How about for you, Boggs? What are you to take on Eli Stowers?

Yeah, kind of the same stylistic comp, Isaiah likely. you know, a guy that probably could be better than he is, just needs a different team because Mark Andrews is still there, but a dude that's not going to be on the field for every single play because he's not really an in-line blocker, as Fitz alluded to. So Eli Stowers, I think probably, you know, like just a bigger frame in the shoulders specifically, maybe a little bit of a better blocker than Isaiah likely, but still not good enough to earn that in-line role constantly. I think he's going to be just a big slugher.

lot. So hopefully he goes somewhere that does need a lot of receptions. That's what we want for him so he can stay on the field. One of the shows I watched compared him to Logan Thomas Boggs. What do you make of that comparison? Yeah, I can see that both big like big shoulders too. Yeah. I can see that one. I don't hate that comp. All right. So those are the tight ends. And obviously in this process when everybody is gearing up for the combine and looking ahead when we're starting to look at film and kind of, you know, picking these players apart. Sometimes some gems kind of pop up. And I want to wanted to take a moment at the end of the show to kind of highlight some guys maybe for whatever reason, start to pop off the page or off the YouTube page maybe in some highlights.

So Scott Bogman, in this process they're in right now, scouting and everything right now as we're going ahead for, you know, Prime Dynasty rookie draft season. Who's some guys that really popped off for you this year? Any runway I get to talk about Skylar Bell, I'm talking about Skylar Bell, the wide receiver from Yukon. A shorter dude, but just a dog mentality, hard worker. motor motor, motor, fast, great at the catch point as well. Can win contested catches? Reminds me a little bit of Josh Downs coming in, right?

A little bit. He's got a little bit of Antonio Brown in his movement style as well. Obviously, that's an insane comp. I'm just saying stylistically the way he moves. I could see him ascending a small school guy that people aren't paying attention to as much because there are some good wide receivers in this class. Not going to be a day one guy. Might not be a day two guy, but he is going to be good in the NFL,

given the runway so i'm excited about skylobe you don't get a lot of guys from yukon really popping out for the nflb's gonna love that one john lob's gonna love that one john lob is gonna love that one our buddy john from the bronx new york too i didn't realize bell was from the bronx 101 receptions 1200 yards 13 touchdowns for him and drops are his issue that a lot of people talk about cut him in half this year with more receptions eight last year in 24 four in 2025 so cut those in half and way more targets than catch He's a Yukon guy by way of the University of Wisconsin Boggs. Oh, yeah. I'm invested too.

Better quarterback play at Yukon. Probably, yes. All right, Fidsey, how about an underrated gem for you that's kind of popped up during the process? I think Malachi Fields. Like, he was overshadowed, obviously, by Jeremiah. I love the last couple of seasons at Notre Dame and the college numbers are merely good, not great. But Malachi Fields might have had the best week of any receiver at the senior ball. And this dude's 6-4, 205 pounds, and he is going to put on a show at the combine.

Like, if he runs a 4-4 at 6-4 and 205 pounds, people are going to be very excited. And just let me throw in a mention of Adam Randall, too. Like, it's such a mixed bag at wide receiver. Just a fun guy, because this dude is big and fast, and he has only played running back for one season. and he was switched over from wide receiver to running back. And he definitely has kind of an Antonio Gibson profile. I know that's not going to get a lot of people excited, but people should remember that Antonio Gibson double-digit touchdowns

in his first two NFL seasons. Like if it all clicks in for Adam Randall, like the athletic tools are just marvelous. I like his teammate Antonio Williams as well. Yeah. Like a big slot guy, a good slot player, I should say, a big time prospect coming in, but out of high school,

but a lot of injuries at Clemson, who's a little bit underrated. So, yeah, those Clemson guys are pretty solid as well. All right, those are the gems. Those are the comps. Drop your comments below in the YouTube channel. Let us know who your favorite comps are to some of the players we discussed.

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