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Lawrence Jackson
Last thing here about backup producer Pete. He is fresh off a long trip
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Connor Rogers
to the theme parks. Here, Pete, show us a picture.
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Jay Croucher
Here.
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Lawrence Jackson
Backup producer Pete.
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Connor Rogers
Wait, he doesn't.
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Lawrence Jackson
What do you mean, forgot?
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Connor Rogers
Classic Pete.
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Lawrence Jackson
Oh, my God.
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Connor Rogers
So now I'm caught. Pete, this is. I swear to God, Pete and I had a conversation last night where I was like, hey, get me, like, the goofiest, funniest picture of you because he's got young kids. Like, you know, like, whether you know you.
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Lawrence Jackson
I know you went to Universal Studios or Disney.
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Connor Rogers
Like, all of you wearing mouse ears or, like, are you, you know, with
- [00:33]
Lawrence Jackson
Hulk hands or whatever it is you guys did.
- [00:35]
Connor Rogers
And he says, okay, yeah, I got the photo. I got the photo.
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Lawrence Jackson
I get.
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Jay Croucher
I get loaded up and I will
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Connor Rogers
call for it tomorrow.
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Jay Croucher
Wow, that's a tough moment. This is what happens.
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Lawrence Jackson
Fantasy Football Happy Hour with Matthew Berry.
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Jay Croucher
Welcome to Fantasy Football Happy Hour. I'm the captain today. I'm Jay Croucher. Connor Rogers. Lawrence Jackson. Matthew Berry has been deported. He's currently in the United Kingdom. So he's not with us today. Only in spirit, but because Matthew is taking up residence.
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Lawrence Jackson
Here we go, right there.
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Jay Croucher
There we go. I don't know why he doesn't open his mouth. When he smiles,
- [01:14]
Lawrence Jackson
just a grin like the Grinch out there.
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Connor Rogers
It's like kind of an evil pose.
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Lawrence Jackson
Are you happy, Mr. Barry?
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Connor Rogers
Yeah, I had to take this picture.
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Jay Croucher
Kind of feels some Heath Ledger, Dark Knight kind of vibes. Anyway, the United Kingdom drinks for free as they take him.
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Connor Rogers
Bold move.
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Jay Croucher
Trade.
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Lawrence Jackson
Accept him as your own.
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Jay Croucher
Good trade.
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Connor Rogers
We got a conditional 2028 seventh round pick in return.
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Jay Croucher
Maybe we get Theo James or something in return for Matthew. Anyway, we have a great show coming up. We're gonna talk about the top remaining free agents. Give some best bets around the draft, positional totals in round one. But meat of the show, Connor, your top fantasy ranks of the guys in the draft. Let's get straight into it. Take a look at your top 10 rankings. Super Flex. And headlined by Donald and Jeremiah Love.
- [02:06]
Connor Rogers
A guy that's easy to love in Jeremiah Love. He'll be, I would think, consensus, the number one player in rookie Super Flex rankings. Lawrence, this is a special player. He's actually my number one overall player in NFL draft rankings for actual football. And obviously that applies here to fantasy as well, where this guy is a dynamic player in any run scheme. He's phenomenal in the pass game. He's a home run hitter, where you'll see a lot of Jameer Gibbs kind of comps in that way I think he's got more pound for pound strength, but maybe not the blink and he's gone ability that Gibbs has, but it's close. Lawrence, it's just an easy player to love. If you're picking at the one on one, I don't see how you don't take them.
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Lawrence Jackson
Yeah, in past years we've had situations where, you know, we would go back and forth with who would be the one on one in the Dynasty draft. But a guy like Jameer, I'm sorry, Jeremiah Love, up against who you have at number two, Connor, Jordan, Tyson or Fernando Mendoza. Jeremiah Love seemed like he will. Doesn't seem. He kind of is the surest thing that you got. And the thing about him we love in fantasy running backs who got this ability and can catch out of the backfield, but he can line up out wide and go get those receptions too. And then when you talk about him versus a Jordan Tyson, he's a receiver who's at a more dependent position and he's going to have to be in a certain type of situation. Fernando Mendoza, we know what team he's going to. The Raiders, they still got to get the line correct. We know what Jeremiah Love, whatever team he gets on, he's getting somewhere between 15 and 20 touches immediately.
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Connor Rogers
And I think that's an important point. Like, Jay, when you, when you look at Jeremiah Love and when you look at different running backs in the draft, especially rookie drafts, so much of the equation is, okay, what is the workload going to be year one and what is the fit and what is the usage? You just can't ask that question with Jeremiah Love because he's too good.
- [03:55]
Lawrence Jackson
Right.
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Connor Rogers
Arizona has veteran running backs. If they took Jeremiah Love third overall, you'd be like, well, Jeremiah Love's the guy. Tennessee has Tony Pollard, you wouldn't care. You'd be like, jeremiah Love. Love's the guy. Build the whole plane out of Jeremiah Love. So the conversation with the other running backs is going to be, what is the usage? How do they get him ramped up? How do you project all those things with Love? He comes with the instruction manual and it's pretty easy. Give him the ball on every single down.
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Jay Croucher
Do you think he goes to Tennessee?
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Connor Rogers
I do. I think they're justifiably the favorite to take him. I think it makes a lot of sense for them. Give yourselves a superstar to kind of staple to a young quarterback as well. They're going to have a new stadium pretty soon as well. He's the guy on the billboard that can kind of make magic and be, you know, that lightning player to change the game at any moment. So I would say Tennessee at 4. I thought it was interesting when New Orleans and Kansas City gave out pretty big running back contracts. Those teams probably understood Jeremiah Love wasn't going to make it to 8 or 9. Crazier things have happened with running backs, but I think it was very telling.
- [04:52]
Lawrence Jackson
Yeah, I think for the other rookies guys, it's just going to, we're going to have to see where they go like Seahawks, Texans, Vikings, teams like that. Then that's when we'll start to get a little more clear picture on a value.
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Jay Croucher
Yeah, we'll talk about him a bit later. But how did the success of Jadarian Price impact your scout of Jeremiah Love?
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Connor Rogers
Yeah, I think when you look at it, number one Notre Dame, they do a good job building in the trenches, but I think on the flip side of it, a low key thing with both of them is that they've both, both been highly coached up in pass protection. They both block with a low center of gravity, square shoulders. They could do that right away. Where a lot of NFL coaches are like, you can't pass protect, I can't put you on the field that much. Both Price and Love could do that. What you love about both of them is that they have the big play threat ability. Now of course, Price's touches have been limited. I think he had 1 in 20, 25, did fumble three times. So he's got to keep the ball off the ground with that limited amount of touches. With Love, you know he can handle the workhorse workload from day one. Price is going to have to grow into that. Also with Price, he can catch the ball, Lawrence, but he wasn't asked to do it at Notre Dame. You see it in workouts. With Love, you already so like with Love, you've already had all of these things solidified and answered. With Price as gifted as he is as a runner and kick returner, there is a little bit of projecting the other parts of his game and that's why he's not going in the top five or 10 of this draft right in.
- [06:09]
Lawrence Jackson
Thing about Jeremiah Love too, and he told me and you this Connor at the combine, he doesn't mind coming into the league and sharing the backfield. He said, hey, whoever I potentially share the backfield with, they going to do what they do and I'm here to do what I had to do too. He actually loved the fact that he was sharing the back because he said, hey, this guy could do everything that I could do. And so he kind of felt like it was a relief sometimes that you have a guy who is maybe not equal talented, but almost just as good there.
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Jay Croucher
If he does, go say to Tennessee and we'll see what their team success is like. But you would expect him to be a 20 carries per game guy straight away.
- [06:47]
Connor Rogers
20 touches.
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Lawrence Jackson
20 touches, yeah.
- [06:49]
Connor Rogers
It's just so like you got to give him five targets a game and then you get to 15 touches. You know, of course there's the game script question with that. If he's on a bad team is Arizona. But the thing of it is, guys, if he goes to a team that's playing in bad scripts for the run, he's so good in the pass, it might actually help him blossom in fantasy when they're losing by a lot of points. It's dangerous. Dangerous to look at a rookie and go, oh man, there's just not a lot that can go wrong. But with Love, besides injury, because that could just happen in the sport at any position, especially running back, it's hard to imagine where he's not a highly impactful player the moment he steps on an NFL field.
- [07:26]
Lawrence Jackson
I remember there was frustration the first few weeks with Jameer Gibbs, but it's crazy because that first game against Kansas City, he didn't have a lot of touches, but we saw his explosiveness off the rip and we were just like, oh, like once that happens. So we waited four or five weeks until he could get like consistently double digit touches. That could potentially be the situation for Jeremiah Love, like if he goes out there, gets only 10 touches in week one. I guarantee you within those 10 touches you going to see something to be like, oh, we need to see a little bit more of this.
- [08:01]
Jay Croucher
Yep. All right, let's go to your number one wide receiver, Connor. And that is Jordan Tyson out of Arizona State. He comes in number six in your top 50 prospect rankings. Why is he the number one guy I'd receive?
- [08:13]
Connor Rogers
This is probably where I go off of consensus away from consensus. Because he's probably not the number two overall player for rookie Super Flex rankings. I just think he's that talented. I think he's the guy that has the best chance in this draft to be that alpha receiver, that number one kind of wide receiver inside, outside. I think he's somebody that when you look at the body control, the acrobatic nature to make plays above the rim.
- [08:36]
Lawrence Jackson
He.
- [08:37]
Connor Rogers
You know, it's funny, we constantly call Karnal Tate a big wide receiver. Jordan Tyson is 11 pounds heavier than Carnell Tate.
- [08:42]
Lawrence Jackson
You say Carnell about 190 something, right?
- [08:44]
Connor Rogers
Jordan Tyson's 203 and over 6 foot 2. He's someone to me that he challenges at all three levels of the field. He got better after the catch. He's good in the red zone. I understand the injury concerns, but you saw the production there. If you had almost. And Carnell Tate was hurt this year by the way as well. And I understand people want to see guys run and work out during the draft process. I understand those question marks. But Jordan Tyson has had almost 2,000 yards over the last two years of college football. And he bailed quarterback Sam Levitt out of some pretty rough throws as well. Lawrence, when it comes to ranking guys not only in the draft, but at wide receiver and super flex, I'm looking for the guy with the biggest ceiling to dominate. And Jordan Tyson I know can be a number one wide receiver when he's healthy at the NFL level.
- [09:26]
Lawrence Jackson
And speaking of all that combine and running stuff, well, it's actually going to happen for Jordan Tyson. He's going to have that private workout for NFL teams and April 17th. And I think that like that day will be pivotal on the Internet because that could just get, that could get him into the social media top five NFL draft. Because like you say when you talk about the talent, you talked about his acrobat, acrobatic catching. Like the dude is like he's a nifty athlete, good acceleration on the routes. Again, it's going to be about where he goes, what team he goes to. They've talked about both Carnell Tate and Jordan Tyson going to the Brown the sit. It's not a situation that fantasy managers would love, but either one of those guys will be the top receiver on that team immediately. So that's what it in fact his draft stop. If he goes later in the first round, that means better teams and that could be a situation we take it way back to like Randy Moss who slipped in the draft, ends up on the Vikings. You know what happened there.
- [10:30]
Jay Croucher
Okay, question from our friend Aloha Bricks in Hawaii. What round would be a reach for Tyson?
- [10:36]
Connor Rogers
So that would be more in a redraft format, right?
- [10:39]
Lawrence Jackson
Cause I can't honestly, I haven't done a dynasty draft yet. But I think he's a first round pick in dynasty. Like he gotta be.
- [10:49]
Connor Rogers
I think he's a lock.
- [10:50]
Lawrence Jackson
I'm like hoping he get to me at 108, you know what I'm saying? I hope people think like oh, but if you're talking redraft, I would say because we don't know the team yet.
- [11:02]
Connor Rogers
That's very difficult.
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Lawrence Jackson
Yeah. If you ask me right now, he's a guy you take a flyer on. I'm like 12th round or something like that.
- [11:09]
Connor Rogers
Right.
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Lawrence Jackson
Because that's what. What round was Justin Jefferson going his rookie year? Not high. And he's, you know, so.
- [11:16]
Connor Rogers
Right. And if this is pre draft, if Jordan Tyson goes at nine to the Chiefs, he does. He's not a flyer anymore.
- [11:21]
Lawrence Jackson
Not a flyer.
- [11:22]
Connor Rogers
Jordan Tyson's what, 8th round pick? I mean, so probably higher now. Yeah, probably higher. If Jordan Tyson, man, even if he went to like the Browns at 6 or he falls in the draft or. There's just so many variables here. I think for the rookie Super Flex rankings for me I have him number two because I believe in the upside in the player and I think he's the best receiver in this draft. And there's obviously some controversy there having Mendoza at three. Because if you need a quarterback, say you're picking second and Jeremiah Love's gone. Right. Which would be the easy tailor made decision. But you need a quarterback. If you take Fernando Mendoza over Jordan Tyson. I get it. I completely get it. Because super flex, it's harder to get a quarterback. The quarterback position matters so much. Mendoza's a really good prospect and player. But if you're somebody that goes, I have two top 12 quarterbacks and my number three quarterback is a starter. I need help at skill players. I'm going to shoot for the moon here. And this happens in redrafts all the time.
- [12:16]
Lawrence Jackson
Like I'm literally in the situation you're describing. I have the number two overall pick in my dynasty. I got Lamar Jackson, Jaden Daniels. My top receiver is Zay Flowers. Then I got Khalil Shakir, Michael Wilson. So like them that like that's the guy like that I'm. That I'm gonna take like unless like Jadarian Price is on the Seahawks or something.
- [12:40]
Connor Rogers
Right. That's the thing too. Of course draft positioning can kind of alter these rankings in a big way when you start projecting out running back workloads. But yeah, I'm with you, Lawrence. Like it does so much with Super Flex rankings and rookie drafts, matters of your needs, which is weird because often you should just draft the best talent. But with quarterback situation, and there's only really one that matters so much in these rankings. That's where it can be team. It could vary team by team.
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Jay Croucher
Okay, I like it. Staking a good name To Jordan Thompson going out.
- [13:05]
Connor Rogers
Yeah, absolutely am. He's not.
- [13:07]
Lawrence Jackson
It's not.
- [13:08]
Jay Croucher
You got him mocked to the jets as well.
- [13:09]
Connor Rogers
It's all happening here.
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Lawrence Jackson
It is if he wasn't hurt at all. And like you say, you can't get those numbers always being hurt. Right. If he wasn't hurt, I think the conversation would be different around him.
- [13:22]
Jay Croucher
Okay, well, let's go. Let's go to someone who doesn't have that much of a conversation around him because he's just penciled into the number one overall pick to Vegas. That is. Fernando Mendoza beat out Jeremiah Love for the Heisman. He is third, Connor, in your top 50 prospect rankings. He will go first overall to Las Vegas barring a miracle. What kind of fantasy output are you expecting from him?
- [13:44]
Connor Rogers
Well, he's somebody that could throw the ball down the field and he's a smarter runner than an athletic runner. I think he kind of surprised some people with some of his runs in college this year. But it's more based on IQ and understanding the space that he has rather than you think of the dynamic athletes that have been in the drafts. Like you watch Jaden Daniels run, you watch Lamar Jackson run, even watch Caleb Williams run this year. Like Fernando Mendoza is not going to give you that. And you're going to have to deal with some growing pains early on because the Raiders are still completely remaking this roster, especially on that offensive side of the ball. But he's somebody that more importantly will be able to get the ball to Brock Bowers in Clint Kubiak's offense. He'll be able to work off of play action. He's very accurate. He could throw outside the numbers. He sees the field well. So you might have to be patient. We'll see what happens with Kirk Cousins out of the gate. But if you're thinking long term and trying to get a top 15 quarterback in fantasy on your roster, not this year, but years two or three, because of his ability as a pocket passer and the fact you could put a high volume of throwing on his plate. I mean that's a guy that in a rookie draft is going to be a top three pick.
- [14:46]
Lawrence Jackson
They're going to. They're going to in some way shape or fashion, including him starting week one. You could still technically take it slow with a young quarterback and still have him start week one. Remember too, a lot of times in college he operated from the RPO system, which that's not going to be the case there when he get to the league. You got a running back back there that you just took six overall. But the thing that if you're considering taking Fernando Mendoza, this is what you think about like right. Think about what the team is doing. What kind of moves have they made before drafting the quarterback? Kind of like what we saw with Caleb Williams his first year. Right. They didn't get the immediate jump, but Caleb Williams, his rookie year, he was fantasy relevant. There were weeks that you had to start him and now you have a guy that you know he could run for 400, 500 yards. But I think in his rookie year, I'm going to agree with you here, Connor, he will be good enough to where it doesn't affect a guy like Brock Bowers. For whatever receivers they have, you're going to have to see that. But Brock Bowers should be safe in that situation.
- [15:56]
Jay Croucher
Do you think a more mobile Jared Goff is a fair assessment of Mendoza?
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Connor Rogers
Yeah, he falls somewhere in that range at his best where he's Goff, Matt Ryan type of player. Like that's. It's kind of ironic too that Kirk Cousins is there now because there's some similarities to Kirk Cousins as well. When Cousins was fully healthy and not declining.
- [16:13]
Jay Croucher
It feels like those guys, those three guys, Goff, Cousins and Ryan, they never had just the ability to make that run that Mendoza did in the national title game against Miami. Just a little bit more burst even though he doesn't look super quick. Just the will.
- [16:25]
Connor Rogers
Definitely not with Goff. Younger Matt Ryan at moved better than people remember now.
- [16:30]
Lawrence Jackson
But even. Even his first few years in the league.
- [16:33]
Connor Rogers
Right. But still foot speed. Yeah, he's got a little bit more where it's like can you give me 15 to 20 rushing yards? He's big which means he can quarterback sneak at the one yard line. I mean he's running down there at
- [16:47]
Lawrence Jackson
the goal line, even from outside the goal line. Like he'll again rpo he would keep. Yeah, he'll dive right on in there.
- [16:55]
Jay Croucher
Yeah. He also seems just fearless for better or worse with no. No regard for his own.
- [16:59]
Lawrence Jackson
That's part of his game. When you got to have it, you make that outside comeback throw, you know, or the shoulder back shoulder throw. Like he got that.
- [17:09]
Jay Croucher
Yeah. Also a fearlessness seemingly in the passing game as well. I think back to some of those throwers against Ohio State in the Big Ten title game. Like airing it out on third downs. Not taking the. Going for the kill shot, not just taking the easy layups. All right, Lawrence, we'll start with you on this one. Number four for Connor is Carnell Tate. Wide Receiver out of Ohio State. How does he compare to Jordan Tyson for you?
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Lawrence Jackson
Well, the way I talked about Jordan Tyson and him being like a niftier wide receiver. Although Carnell Tate's not big. We just talked about he's like 195. He does have strong hands, runs good routes, so he's not as shifty as the other guy, but still a guy you can get in there. And again, depending on what team he walks in and he's their number one receiver. Hell, it's a few of these guys that'll walk into Cleveland right now and be that number one guy. Carnell Tate is one of them. But I'm actually with Connor and going with Jordan Tyson above Cardinal Tate. But that doesn't mean you don't want Cardinal Tate. Right. We see the catch and run ability. We know he not a Blazer, but we still know he could get downfield and catch those 50, 50 balls. Strong hands. So again, just a matter of what team he goes to. And again, another guy I feel like is an easy first round pick in these dynasty drafts builds up speed more
- [18:29]
Connor Rogers
than out of the gate rocket fuel. And of course now it's fascinating with Karnel Tate and I'm curious your thoughts on this, Lawrence. When you look at the landing spot, it's like do you want him to go to the Browns where he's the number one right away but the infrastructure for the pass game is unproven right now or do you want him to go to the Giants or the Saints as the number two but the infrastructure of the pass game is more like we saw really good moments out of Jackson Dart and Tyler Schuck and believe in the coaching staffs there as well. That's the weird one when projecting Carnell Tate in fantasy, when you talk about
- [19:01]
Lawrence Jackson
when you put, when you put those three teams out there, I'm just, because look, these guys have all played one year. I'm going to put them with the quarterback who I think will be the best five years down the line and that's your door. Also you think about the fact that the Browns are in the AFC North. I, you know, could they improve this year? Hell yeah, they can improve. But there could also be situations where in that they're in that type of game script where you know, oh, this Carnell Tate time. Because when Tyler Schuck first got in there for the Saints, they were doing that and that's when we were like, oh, Chris Solave getting numbers now.
- [19:40]
Connor Rogers
Right.
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Lawrence Jackson
But then it start turning into like the Saints actually getting Some wins, and that's where you saw Tyler Schuck game kind of come up there. But in that particular situation, like, you don't want to have to battle with Malik Neighbors. You don't want to have to battle with Chris Olave. I'd rather him just like, hey, we can battle with Harold Fannin. We can handle that.
- [20:01]
Jay Croucher
Yep. Do you think Sanders is going to be the Week 1 starter in Cleveland?
- [20:04]
Connor Rogers
It's a lot of Deshaun Watson chatter that I did not expect.
- [20:07]
Lawrence Jackson
Hated though, all of us. Like six months ago, it was like, get Deshaun Watson out the lead right now. It's like, oh, but I mean, they got the contract. They're still holding out the hope for that. Them Houston Texan days, they're not coming.
- [20:25]
Jay Croucher
They're not coming back.
- [20:26]
Connor Rogers
Muckin likes to throw the ball down the field, and DeSean, at his best, threw the ball down the field. Just feels so far away from that.
- [20:33]
Lawrence Jackson
Yeah, it does.
- [20:34]
Jay Croucher
I mean, Desean Watson was last good in 2020, I'd say I didn't work
- [20:38]
Connor Rogers
here when Desean Watson was last good.
- [20:40]
Lawrence Jackson
I was doing something completely different in my life.
- [20:42]
Jay Croucher
Yeah. And I think it's something as well where it's not like he's out of of rhythm. His body just seems broken, like he doesn't have the physical capacity to operate at the same level that he did in that last Houston season. All right, let's go to number five in your rankings, Connor. That is Omar Cooper Jr. Wide receiver out of Indiana. You currently have him mocked to the Panthers to pair with Teteroa McMillan. How does he profile?
- [21:06]
Connor Rogers
I love this player. Man can play inside and outside, and he's so damn good with the ball in his hands. A lot of people like to go to Deebo Samuel comparisons too easily, but when you look at how unique he is after the catch, Omar Cooper is going to get a lot of that. He forced 24 missed tackles during the 2025 regular season after the catch. So you get him in space. He's dangerous. He's a real weapon in the screen game. But you can't just be that manufactured touches merchant.
- [21:32]
Lawrence Jackson
You need to be able to do
- [21:32]
Connor Rogers
this is get down the field, track the ball and make plays on throws down the field because then it opens up everything underneath. And I mean, once again, like, this is pound for pound strength to run through people, run around people. Indiana had a really, really talented skill group of players. I would argue Omar Cooper Jr. Was the best of them. When I talked to his teammate, d' Angelo Pons, who had to cover him in practice every single week. Pons lit up and was like his release package reminds me of Devonte Adams.
- [22:01]
Lawrence Jackson
You talking Indiana offense or Indy? Cause I will take as players. I'm taking d' Angelo Palm.
- [22:08]
Connor Rogers
Just the offense.
- [22:08]
Jay Croucher
Oh yeah.
- [22:09]
Lawrence Jackson
Well, yeah, I don't think that would. Yeah, that's definitely not a question. Good guy. Connor against a. Against the zone. Right. I think that's one of the better parts of his game. Running the routes against the zone there. From a dynasty perspective, if he is to be drafted by the Carolina Panthers like Connor does, have him in his mock draft. You will have to be patient from a fantasy perspective because you got Teterroa McMillan who we now know he's a. You know, he's a thousand yard receiver. The Panthers drafted him to be that. If they took Omar Cooper there out of the gate, he wouldn't be expected to be that. Could he turn into a guy who could produce like Amon Ra? Probably. But Bryce Young hasn't produced two wide receivers in fantasy that give you great numbers like that.
- [23:02]
Jay Croucher
Ryan Oswald, it's like King Henry out there catching the ball. The dude is a tank.
- [23:07]
Connor Rogers
Let me throw this one at you guys. I want both of you to answer Lawrence first. His draft range. These are kind of spots that pop up. What do you think is the best for his fantasy output right away? Jets at 16, the Panthers at 19. Steelers at 21. Browns at 24.
- [23:24]
Lawrence Jackson
Jets.
- [23:25]
Connor Rogers
I think I'd agree if they're throwing a lot with Geno.
- [23:28]
Lawrence Jackson
I can't see how they won't throw
- [23:30]
Connor Rogers
Panthers though if he's the real number two over Leggett right away.
- [23:34]
Jay Croucher
What about.
- [23:35]
Lawrence Jackson
I think they. I think the Panthers like Coker more than they like Legate.
- [23:40]
Connor Rogers
I would. I would agree. So do their fans.
- [23:42]
Jay Croucher
What about to Ryan Oswald's point? Why not pair him with Derrick Henry in Baltimore at 14?
- [23:47]
Connor Rogers
The door should be open.
- [23:48]
Lawrence Jackson
He that type of guy? Yeah, he that type of guy.
- [23:50]
Connor Rogers
Him and Zay together. Baltimore I think is going to take a pass catcher.
- [23:54]
Jay Croucher
I do.
- [23:55]
Connor Rogers
I don't know which one. I know that Deke starts there too.
- [23:58]
Lawrence Jackson
I don't think it would be an Omar Cooper though because they use. They're different type of players but they use Zay Flowers a lot of the same ways. So if they were going to get a receiver it would be more like a Denzel Boston type of guy who we'll talk about shortly. Right.
- [24:15]
Jay Croucher
What's the deal with Rashad Bateman? He's just done like he had an awesome year two years ago and then he's banged up again and I just.
- [24:20]
Connor Rogers
It's hard to figure out. He has these weeks where he wins you the week and then he has checks.
- [24:26]
Lawrence Jackson
He gonna have like, you know, two catches, 74 yards and two touchdowns and then it's like, oh yeah, I started him on purpose. You didn't want to though.
- [24:35]
Jay Croucher
Yeah. I mean, to go from in Lamar's 41 touchdown, four interception season where he loses MVP by four votes, like that was largely because of Bateman and Flowers in the passing game. And then last year it's like he's just completely anonymous on side of it. Zay Flowers or bust in the passing game. So yeah, hopefully the Ravens can find another pass catcher. Let's move to Makai Lemon, wide receiver out of USC in a kind of similar tier for you, Connor, Somar Cooper.
- [25:01]
Connor Rogers
Yeah, absolutely. With Lemon. Definitely landing spot dependent. When you're talking about fantasy. He's really, really reliable. He'll work the middle of the field. I think he's pigeonholed to the slot. He's not very big. He's not very fast. He's more crafty in the middle of the field. He's got good pound for pound strength. He does play bigger than his size at the catch point. But I think his draft slot in fantasy is so largely dependent on where he goes. If he goes to The Rams at 13, I mean, watch out. Oh my God, you're. You're jumping for joy because you know Devonte Adams is going to miss time. There's a lot going on with Buka Nakua right now and Lemon can get that timing down with Stafford working routinely from the slot. If he goes somewhere else where the passing game is a little bit more volatile and he doesn't create the same way in my opinion as Omar Cooper. I know some will argue this, right? I mean, once again, working through contact, to me he's not like Tyson where he can line up as the number one and just dominate almost from any alignment and situation. But he is somebody that can be a number two in terms of volume, moving the chains. I just don't know if he scores a lot of touchdowns early on in his career.
- [26:06]
Lawrence Jackson
I mean, look, he could. To have a Monroe type, a Monroe St. Brown type production in the next few years shouldn't surprise anyone. In fact, if he does go to a team like the Rams, that's exactly where they're going to put them. That's exactly how they're going to use them. But like you said, Connor, if he played that Same role on a different team with a different quarterback, then the situation could be different for him. We know he's tough. We know he's got the strong hands. We just saw that there. We know he could run the routes in the zone, cover in the zone coverage. We know he played outside. So even though he won't do that in the league, you still know that his mindset is like, I'm that type of dude.
- [26:49]
Jay Croucher
Yep. Do you think the Rams do end up going past catching because they're a team? You look at their roster, it's like their one weakness was corner.
- [26:54]
Lawrence Jackson
They better get some corners.
- [26:55]
Jay Croucher
And then they got McDuffie and Jalen Watson. They basically fixed that. They obviously have defensive line sorted, the offense is loaded, but they are potentially missing that third guy.
- [27:04]
Connor Rogers
I think they do. It's just fascinating when, I mean, Makai Lemon is in the mock draft, in every mock draft to The Rams at 13, when you start to see something form to this point of consensus, you're like, there's just no way it can happen. I don't know, maybe they trade out. Maybe they surprise us and take Omar Cooper. Does Jordan Tyson make it to them? And they're like, we'll figure it out. We'll keep him on the field. Obviously it's a consensus pick, but I just can't assume that's going to happen right now.
- [27:29]
Jay Croucher
Our friend Valiant Vincent. Hey, finally, this guy is going to be so good. I know he's not elite speed wise, but he's such a good route guy and so good in space with his hands. He's going to be a problem.
- [27:39]
Connor Rogers
Yeah, I think he'll be. My thing with Mikhail Lemon is I think he'll be a good player. I think that I struggle finding the ceiling for him to be one of like, I mean, when we bring up a Monroe, we bring up. You look at the top receivers in the NFL. If they're not big, they're so explosive. I don't view him as that kind of athlete. I think he'll be a good player. But I do think if you're taking him, like if the Saints take him, he needs to be great. Even if the Rams is a little different because you just believe in the infrastructure so much.
- [28:07]
Lawrence Jackson
Actually you talked about Jordan, Jordan Tyson or Carnell Tate, one of them, possibly on the Saints. I actually would like Makai Lemon there more on that particular team than those other guys because you already have that Chris Olave guy like those other two, those top two are closer to Olave. You need that type of Player like a Makai Lemon to kind of get in that middle of the field. Just be that. And yeah, he ain't. What is he? 5, 10, 195.
- [28:38]
Connor Rogers
It's like a 4, 5, 5ish kind of guy.
- [28:40]
Lawrence Jackson
He could be like, what type of numbers Wes Welker used to have? 110 or Edelman 110 for barely over a thousand yards. Like, yeah, he could be that type.
- [28:51]
Connor Rogers
PPR dominator.
- [28:53]
Jay Croucher
Like it. All right, Lawrence Jadarian Price, number seven for Connor. How do you view kind of the Notre Dame infrastructure as being, you know, somewhat responsible for Darien Price and how to separate brightest talent?
- [29:06]
Lawrence Jackson
I think that Jeremiah Love was so good that Jadarian Price just couldn't be a 1200 yard back at Notre Dame. I know people said similar things like this a couple years back with Bijan Robinson and Roshan Johnson. No, hell nah. But with these two, like, I'm actually looking for Jadarian Price to go at the end of the first round. Yeah, I'm with you. I think he's. I think he's the second best. As close for that. Second best. But I think he is because he's got good acceleration. Oh, he does. Kick returning. So he's versatile. Like Connor said earlier, he can catch the ball out of the backfield, which is why they have him doing kick returns. He's a versatile bat. He can accelerate. He's not getting caught down the field. Ran the 4, 4 at the combine. It's just that he ended up, you know, being on the same team. But even with being on Jeremiah Love's team, we all still see his talent enough. And Jeremiah Love told us himself, like, we still saw the amount of talent he has, and that's why he's a guy who's going to go in the first or second round.
- [30:16]
Jay Croucher
Yeah. What do you think his capacity is to be a kind of workhorse back?
- [30:20]
Connor Rogers
That's where you wonder. Right? Because number one, if you had 119 touches, you can't fumble three times. That's not. Because then if you say you double those touches, you go to 240 and you fumble six times, eventually you're gonna. Your workload's gonna go down. Coaches just aren't gonna deal with that. So. And you know, he's one of those guys that he's got massive arms that you almost wonder sometimes. Like his ball security an issue. I know, it's a weird thing.
- [30:42]
Lawrence Jackson
Too slow over there.
- [30:43]
Connor Rogers
It almost. Remember the Peyton Hillis.
- [30:45]
Lawrence Jackson
Yeah.
- [30:47]
Connor Rogers
So, I mean, keep the ball off the ground. But man, you look at and, and so that says Jadarian Price to what the problem is. The commanders don't have day two capital
- [30:55]
Lawrence Jackson
the way they need, so they're praying for fall, the possible, the possibility of Jeremiah Love. But yeah, if they don't have a day to pick, they got no shot unless they find a trade like here.
- [31:08]
Connor Rogers
Here's two places that are realistic where Jadarian Price can go up so much higher in these rankings because all of a sudden he becomes a 210 touch player. That is a huge factor in fantasy. Seattle at 32, like Lawrence is saying, can he find his way into the first round? How about Houston at 38? By the way, that was the commander's pick from the Laramie Tunzel trade. I mean, David Montgomery is a good player, but when you look at the explosiveness and the big playability and that zone gliding ability that Jadarian Pryce has, those are two spots where people would look at and go, wow, Price is going to be a big deal this year. He has the highest range of outcomes out of this list of 10 players in a rookie super flex draft.
- [31:45]
Lawrence Jackson
Yep.
- [31:45]
Jay Croucher
Do you think the Texans that just don't view Woody Marks as the guy to pair with Dave Montgomery?
- [31:50]
Connor Rogers
He kind of fell into a role that was higher than what you expect. He's a good pass catching back that all of a sudden we need to hand him the ball on first down because we just don't have bodies.
- [31:56]
Jay Croucher
Yeah. Whenever I watch Woody Marks, solid player and it never seems like he runs for more than six yards. Yeah.
- [32:02]
Connor Rogers
Yeah, I think that's fair.
- [32:03]
Jay Croucher
All right, Burke's NFL flannels. Who is the pro comparison to Price?
- [32:08]
Connor Rogers
That's a good question. I haven't landed on one yet for Price, but. But let's make sure we. Let's make sure we revisit that one. Okay, Definitely revisit that one.
- [32:15]
Jay Croucher
We'll revisit that. Let's go ahead to Denzel Boston, though. Wide receiver out of Washington, potential landing spot 26 to the Bills to pair with DJ Moore and friends. That's where Connor has him mocked right now in terms of his Big Ten ranks last season. 8th in receptions, 5th in receiving yards, tied for 4th in receiving touchdowns. What do you like about Denzel Boston?
- [32:39]
Connor Rogers
Man, you talk about big body target that constantly tracks the ball and plucks it at the high point and constantly plays above defensive backs to climb the ladder. He's got enough speed. The 6, 8, 3 cone is phenomenal for his size. So you know he has the Agility. He's not stiff at that size and weight.
- [32:56]
Lawrence Jackson
Yeah, I like him. Come on.
- [32:57]
Connor Rogers
There it is right there.
- [32:59]
Lawrence Jackson
It's the routes for me. Connor. Yep. Versus whatever type of coverage I think that was man there. This is man here. Like, if you're a cornerback and you're on that big receiver, you're thinking, like, oh, I could sit on this route, but no, you can't. That's why you just saw him get some separation at the goal line, where as the defensive back, the goal, like the out of bounds is your friend in that point.
- [33:20]
Connor Rogers
Right.
- [33:21]
Lawrence Jackson
Him being able to still get separation, obviously have the strong hands at the end of it. This is the type of guy where if you look around the league right now, like I said, he would be more of the type of receiver that I would would hope that the Ravens would go after as opposed to like a Makai Lemon type of guy. If they were going to go receiver, this is the type of dude they should go for because they don't have this particular skill set on their roster. And you get a guy like Denzel Boston on the Ravens or even on the Bills. I know they just got DJ Moore, but he's 29 years old and who knows how they feel about Keon Coleman right now. You get Denzel Boston on that team and now we talking about something.
- [34:06]
Connor Rogers
And I've noticed some scar tissue from Bills fans when you put Denzel Boston here, because they're like, I don't want to go through the Keon Coleman experience again. It's a different player. He was asked to do so much more for Washington. They lined him up everywhere, from out wide to the slot to the backfield to almost like an H back kind of role in motion. And the fact is that he's just a more complete player. When you watch Keon Coleman in college, it was catch a screen and run through people, run down the field and try to win a jump ball. Denzel Boston, as Lawrence went through, ran a full route tree. He's played from multiple alignments. He's got a really good skill set where he tracked the ball and caught it above the rim and catches it at its highest point. You see him plucking it away from his body. He's a better athlete. So if I was a Bills fan, I would not have that fear of this being Keon Coleman all over again.
- [34:48]
Lawrence Jackson
I would say the only thing you mentioned, Keon Coleman getting the screens and running, I would say run after catching is probably the only thing that he's got. Denzel Boston, but We'll never get to see Keon Coleman run after the damn catch.
- [35:01]
Connor Rogers
You gotta be on the field.
- [35:02]
Jay Croucher
Yeah, you gotta play well. The guy who's gonna be on the field straightaway, Lawrence, is Kenyon Sadiq. I've seen him rumored to Baltimore as potential Isaiah likely replacement and Mark Andrews successor. What do you like about Kenyon Sadiq?
- [35:16]
Lawrence Jackson
I like that he's physical. We obviously know that he's fast, explosive from the combine. Right, But. But just the physical guy over there looking to reach up, get the ball with his hands, strongest hands. I don't know. Connor, how many guys in this draft do you think that they have stronger hands than Kenyon Sadiq? I don't know if there's any right there.
- [35:38]
Connor Rogers
Not many. I mean, we just talked about Denzel, Boston Lemon for his size. It's wildly impressive, but the point stands. Lawrence, this is a unique athlete. You're talking about 4, 3, 9. Wheels can jump through the gym. He's got a great demeanor as a blocker where you could put him on the field in run game situations, maybe more as an H back, maybe from the slot in motion on the perimeter. But this is someone with a bigger ceiling than he had at what he did at the college level, at the pro level because he's such a unique athlete and he is really talented with the ball in his hands.
- [36:09]
Jay Croucher
Okay, Bobby. Showtime. Dream landing spot for Sadiq. Connor has to be bolt.
- [36:13]
Connor Rogers
Dream is San Francisco. He's just not going to make it there anymore. But Baltimore is where I had him in my last mock draft because it feels like that's when the door opens for him to be taken. And that's a good lesson.
- [36:23]
Lawrence Jackson
That's when the door opens.
- [36:24]
Connor Rogers
Yeah, that's a good spot for him. But if you want like the tailor made, I mean, man, Kyle Shanahan knows how to use an athlete like this. And I just don't think he's gonna make it there anymore.
- [36:34]
Lawrence Jackson
Nah, I mean, if he gets there, he will at least be talked about doing certain type of things, like what Tyler Warren did his rookie year. I won't go as far as to say Brock Bowers because that was a record setting rookie year and he was really different at that position. But I would say this Kenyon Sadiq going in the first round as a tight end, there's a plan for you. And as much as we, you know, talk about the failures or not living up to expectations for Kyle Pitts when he was drafted as a top five overall pick, Kyle Pitts at the end of the year, Had a thousand receiving yards to his name. So. So Kenya Sadiq going in the first round. That means he should. No matter where he goes, he's getting used.
- [37:21]
Jay Croucher
Okay, let's close it out. The top 10 with Jonah Coleman, running back out of Washington. Connor, how closely do you have him tiered with guys like Shadarian Price?
- [37:29]
Connor Rogers
Yeah, it feels like love. Price and then Jonah are all kind of in a tier of their own. But man, he, he really does remind me of Josh Jacobson. He said it himself at the NFL combine to Lawrence. But the bowling ball, I mean this guy, once again like he is 30 pounds of muscle in a 10 pound sack. It is wild how dense he is. Five foot eight and a half, I believe. Sure. Just like Josh Jacobs.
- [37:54]
Lawrence Jackson
He's stocky though.
- [37:55]
Connor Rogers
Doesn't have great speed. He'll run through. He's got good feet. I care more about the short area quickness than the long speed at the running back position. Soft hands, really tough dude. Hard nosed player brings a different attitude to your offense. And if he was this year, he's going to be drafted earlier than this. So it's not fair. But if he was this year's Kyle Menung guy, no one should be surprised where it's like halfway through the season, they just got to find a way to get Jonah Coleman on the field. And he's catching dump offs and he's a red zone weapon in terms of punching in touchdowns. This is a really damn good football player.
- [38:24]
Lawrence Jackson
And you know why Kyle Manunga get on that field? Because not only can he run, he could pass protect. And that's probably, that's probably the best aspect of Jonah Coleman's game. And that's why you mentioned earlier, that's how you stay on the field as a young running back, being able to pass protect. And we've seen him light these linebackers up and he got that low body to the ground. He's stocky, you know he'll find his way on the field. So just got to see what team he on.
- [38:51]
Jay Croucher
Yep. All right, looks like we have a comment before we hit our first break. And Jonathan Medici, 7. If price fumbles because his arms are so big, does Barry fumble solo? Cuffs versus arms are so small. Hashtag Diet Coke.
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Lawrence Jackson
You go with it.
- [39:06]
Connor Rogers
Good research, Medici.
- [39:07]
Jay Croucher
Yeah.
- [39:07]
Connor Rogers
Nice job. By our analytics department.
- [39:09]
Jay Croucher
What'd you say? 30 pounds of muscle on a 10 pound sack? Sees 10 pounds of muscle on a 30 pound sack. So to speak. We're gonna hit our first break. When we come back, we'll talk about the Biggest fantasy name still out there in free agency and where we want them to end up. Sunday Night Baseball. Jose Ramirez and the Guardians are heading to Atlanta to take on Ronald Acuna Jr. And Brave. Sunday Night Baseball live on NBC. And Peacock. All right, let's talk about the most notable remaining free agents.
- [39:50]
Connor Rogers
What a group.
- [39:51]
Jay Croucher
Aaron Rodgers headlines the list, followed by the likes of.
- [39:56]
Lawrence Jackson
He really appreciated agent.
- [39:58]
Jay Croucher
I kind of view him as separate to the whole NFL free agent infrastructure. He just kind of exists out there. Tyree Kill, Stefon Diggs, Deebo Samuel, Juwan Jennings, Keenan Allen and David Njoku. Plenty of pass catches as well as Aaron Rodgers. Let's start off with Juwan Jennings. Lawrence, who is a really strange player to get your head around because he's shown such good flashes in San Francisco. With Brock Purdy, it felt like he was almost like a caricature of an injured person last season. All the different things that he was dealing with. But he still does have upside. Where would you like to see him land again?
- [40:33]
Lawrence Jackson
One of these teams that like, again we just talked about. Rashad Bateman. You asked what was the deal with him. I think we would know if a guy like Juwan Jennings went there. I don't see him going with a team like the Rams. I could see him with a team like the Chief and kind of just like resurrecting some. Oh, now he's healthy again. We're talking about Juwan Jennings. This is a guy who, when all the receivers were hurt, this guy went on to have 970 plus receiving yards in a season when he didn't even start every game. So he's shown that he can be a number one receiver on a top tier team. I'm actually kind of shocked that, that he's not on the team as we sit here today. I think there was some reports saying like he asked for too much money or something like that. But I think at this point now, now he's really just like kicking back. Like, let's see who draft who and then, you know, I'll pick my team there. But he's one of the guys on this list who could have like some real fantasy relevancy once he gets picked up.
- [41:41]
Jay Croucher
How good do you think he is?
- [41:42]
Connor Rogers
It's a weird one, right? Because he definitely punched above his draft slot. There's always the Kyle Shanahan factor. He takes a beating with his play style. I mean, we were joking last year, the amount of injuries he was playing through his impressive. But I think he's a really solid number two receiver. I mean, here, like, here's one for me. Lawrence. If the Eagles really did trade AJ Brown, why would you not take a flyer on Juwan Jennings to be the number two?
- [42:07]
Lawrence Jackson
Devonte and to be honest, it could be better for the Eagles offense because now you don't. You got a true number one steal in AJ Brown who can go somewhere where he could get what exactly what he's perceived to want. And then you have more of a player who can do some of the things that A.J. brown could do probably at a little lower level. Yep. And. But it'll also give devontae Smith the chance to be the wide receiver, one that we know he is pretty much. So I think that, I think that's the best 1 actually, if A.J. brown is off the Eagles.
- [42:44]
Jay Croucher
Okay. Stefon Diggs, Connor quietly had. Well, not so quietly. He had a very good season. Number one pass catcher on a team that made the super. I thought that on a per play basis he was excellent for the Patriots and what they needed, but he just wasn't out on the field an immense amount of the time. In terms of his snaps per game.
- [43:00]
Connor Rogers
Yeah, I think McDaniels kind of got the most out of this signing with the role that he had, man, you look at it, it's a tricky one to figure out, right. Because it is a limited role, but he's still a highly effective player. I mean, are the Niners too crowded right now with veterans? After adding Mike Evans and Christian Kirk Ricky Pierce hall misses so much time. If you're Kyle Shannon, you're like, you know what, we're just going to be a veteran wide receiver group for a year to get us by to another draft class.
- [43:27]
Lawrence Jackson
I would say it's a little more crowded than what the Patriots were. And again, like you look at the overall numbers with Stephon Diggs, 18 fantasy points per game in his eight games with at least six targets. The problem is those games when he didn't get the six targets and even some of the games where he did get those six targets, the numbers would just be so low. You would get those three for 29 yard games. But then he had that game early in the season versus Buffalo where he went 12 for 146 and it was oh snap, like Stephon Diggs is going to go on. And so he would put together a lot of those 55 yard games and boom, you end up with a thousand yards. So between him and Juwan Jennings, I think you get more consistency from a guy like Jennings as opposed to Diggs. I Actually think it's a chance he end up back in New England.
- [44:19]
Jay Croucher
Yep. Lawrence Thibaut Samuel, quiet bounce back season for him. I thought the most important thing and the most important stat is just 16 games played. He was able to stay healthy.
- [44:28]
Lawrence Jackson
Yeah. And it's actually crazy because he, you know, he played the 16 games, but then he got the 72 catches for the 700 yards, the five touchdowns. A lot of those came early in the season. So if it was like if you drafted him as your wide receiver three, like you was living it up. But then the quarterback changes start happening. Jaden Daniels was in and out, you know, with Marcus Mariota, so he couldn't really get a good rhythm with any of the quarterbacks. And now he back out there in them streets and. And the more you be out there on them streets, it's like the value kind of gets lower again. He showed he could still play. It'll be all about situation now for Deebo because now we know he's not going in to be a top guy for that team.
- [45:15]
Connor Rogers
Here's one for you. I mean, Atlanta needs another receiver man that can handle some manufactured touches.
- [45:20]
Jay Croucher
Yeah. Some slot activity allowed Drake London to get on the outside a bit more. Tyreek Hill. Connor, who had a very rough 2024 compared to expectations, looked okay in 2025. But now coming off a pretty traumatic injury.
- [45:35]
Connor Rogers
Where is the injury wise? It's. This looked severe when it happened. I mean, to me, with Tyreek, I know it's the low hanging option, I get it, but like let him, let him rehab his injury as long as he needs. And if you're Kansas City, where you know the playbook, you have a rapport with the quarterback and the organization. Tyreek, can you be ready for November, December, the playoffs? I mean, seriously, what's. That's the best option for both sides because he doesn't need to do anything the first half of the season and you don't need a mental acclimation to the plays or the quarterback chemistry.
- [46:07]
Lawrence Jackson
Yep.
- [46:07]
Connor Rogers
So just go back to Kansas City
- [46:09]
Lawrence Jackson
and on the highlight, do we have any type of like, where is he? Have they said, like, hey, nothing. He could be training camp or half the season. Like that's really what it comes down to. Because I would say this and this is. So as someone who drafted him and was hurt, I was hurt. I mean, when he got hurt in the league of assholes, like he was one of my guys, I'm like, oh, this is kind of going a little bit better than I expected. I would once we know what's going on with him. I will take that chance again on Tyree because he looked good before he got hurt. The Dolphins offense didn't, but he did. So I. I would take that flyer, see what team he ends up on. See what the health is like. I think he still got it. The dude last just last summer, this dude was going out there running 10 ones in 100 for fun. So he still got the speed, you know. So we'll see.
- [47:04]
Jay Croucher
Yeah. Lawrence, Keenan Allen. This is stunning to me. Ken Allen last year had more targets than AJ Brown, Devontae Smith, Teddy Rollin, McMillan, Nico. And he didn't do a ton of the time. He looked awesome in the first month of the season, had some great games and then it was obviously such a mass unit in la. But ultimately I think that, I mean he finished wide receiver 29 and was able to stay healthy the whole season. So a pretty good season for Kenan.
- [47:27]
Lawrence Jackson
If you tell me Keenan Allen going to be wide receiver 35. I'll take him again, put him at the end of my bench. The thing is, I think a reason for a lot of that success is having the relationship with Justin Herbert. And earlier in the season Justin Herbert relied heavily on Keenan Allen because that was his guy we got down the stretch. He went away from him. The offensive line got worse, his production fell off. It's probably why he's not on the team now because they're kind of trying to go with these younger guys.
- [47:57]
Jay Croucher
Yep. Okay, last one. Connor, your quarterback. Once a Jet, always a Jet. Aaron Rodgers. I just presume that he's going to go back to Pittsburgh.
- [48:05]
Connor Rogers
Yeah, everybody does. We don't even like really give it attention anymore. I mean can you get the ball to Michael Pittman and DK Metcalf and maybe they take another pass catcher that it just. There's no ceiling his style of football at this age.
- [48:22]
Lawrence Jackson
And he played good, like decent football.
- [48:25]
Connor Rogers
Right.
- [48:26]
Lawrence Jackson
But if they don't have him, what chance they got?
- [48:29]
Jay Croucher
They could have had 50 drives against the Texans and that player would have
- [48:32]
Connor Rogers
never not scored a time.
- [48:33]
Jay Croucher
Genuinely felt absolutely impossible. Now I understand the Texans deep defense is a group of monstars, but still there just doesn't seem to be any upside left. Rogers doesn't want to get hit and the infrastructure around him isn't quite perfect enough for him to really.
- [48:47]
Connor Rogers
The only good thing is he still throws touchdowns.
- [48:49]
Lawrence Jackson
Yeah.
- [48:49]
Connor Rogers
So if you're in a super flex league, somehow he is a rosterable. Is that a word, Rosterable?
- [48:54]
Jay Croucher
Yeah.
- [48:55]
Lawrence Jackson
Viable fantasy.
- [48:56]
Connor Rogers
It is in this show, it is where we don't even speak the English perfectly.
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Jay Croucher
19th best quarterback in the end, like, he's fine. There's just. No, no.
- [49:03]
Lawrence Jackson
Yeah, he gets some time. He can even still roll out some
- [49:06]
Jay Croucher
and still stuck with the arm. All right, we're gonna hit our last break. When we come back, last call. Best bets for NFL draft positional totals. New customers can bet $5 and get 300 in bonus bets if your bet wins. Download the app and use promo code ffhh when you sign up. DraftKings sportsbook. The Crown
- [49:30]
Connor Rogers
crown is yours. Okay.
- [49:31]
Jay Croucher
Just waiting for it. All right, let's take a look at these positions taken in the first round over unders for 2026 NFL Draft. There are going to be a wealth of these markets leading up to the draft, which is always pretty wild from a betting perspective. Quarterbacks lined at one and a half with the over favorite running backs expecting one and a half is the number there. The under is minus 800. Wide receivers lined at five and a half, tight ends one and a half, but the under is minus 2000. I'm gonna take under five and a half wide receivers. I think it's the five guys that we talked about in your top 10.
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Connor Rogers
Connor, Tyson, Tate, Lemon, Cooper.
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Jay Croucher
Boston.
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Connor Rogers
Boston.
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Jay Croucher
Yep.
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Connor Rogers
Concepcion had a little cleanup on his knee that maybe under.
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Jay Croucher
Under.
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Connor Rogers
Okay. Yeah, you need one of Concepcion. That's really it. Yeah, I like that money.
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Jay Croucher
Okay, Lawrence, what do you got?
- [50:25]
Lawrence Jackson
I may be getting over my britches here. I didn't know that under 1.5 running backs is minus 800, but I'm still gonna go over. I'm still gonna go over one and a half. I think the Seahawks are in play here. I think the Houston Texans are in play here. If you want to get a little bit funny and go early in the draft. Minnesota, even though I expect them to make that move in a later round. You got the Steelers there too. They could use another running back. But I'm banking on the end of the draft. We see a running back taken there
- [50:58]
Connor Rogers
to back up your thought process. Lawrence. The NFL likes Jadarian Price a lot better than consensus media and fans. I think he then if he. Maybe he goes top 40 instead of first round, but I think he has a real shot to go in the first round. I'll chase value here like you guys are doing. I'm going to go under one and a half quarterbacks in the first round. Mendoza is going. We know that. And sure, somebody could trade back in for Ty Simpson. I just can't find the place on paper right now.
- [51:23]
Lawrence Jackson
I just feel like you could get them in the Knicks, right?
- [51:26]
Connor Rogers
I don't think the jets are doing it. 16. I don't think the Steelers are doing it in the 20s. Jets are at 33. Arizona's at 34. One of those teams could move in to get him. I just don't think he's viewed that way. Where we have to go get this guy. And this once again is chasing value. It's 155. I'd have this even.
- [51:41]
Lawrence Jackson
Yep.
- [51:42]
Connor Rogers
I would have this as a total pick between these. I'm sure. I'm kind of shocked by this.
- [51:46]
Jay Croucher
Okay. I like it. I like it when you're shotgun. All right, we are done for today. You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here. Have fun in England. Matthew Barry. Let him back into the country. U.S. immigration. We'll see you next week.