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Derek Brown (DBro)
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zappia)
Welcome in everybody to Fantasy pros. This is the fantasy football podcast. It is me, Joey P. Joe P. Zappia. Free agency. It's done, it's dusted, it's over. Pretty much a couple stragglers kind of hanging around there. So we decided to take a look at some of our favorite moves and what it means for fantasy. Our top five for two of our favorite experts. Dbro Derek Brown. The king of bros is here. And the very most accurate ranker in the history of the universe is also here from Yahoo. The one, the only, Justin Boon, who also just got extended. I was scrolling on my Instagram having my morning cup of tea because I'm a snob and, and I'm looking through and looking through and I see Justin Boone's face, extended look at you. I mean, I didn't realize you were on a one year show me Deal Boone. I thought you were like a multi year kind of guy because you're so good. But you know what? This is what happens. You go on that one year deal boonie, just like in free agency, you go, you crush it. Next thing you know, it's that long term offer staring in the face. Way to go, buddy. Way to go.
Justin Boone
Well, that might be a little bit of a misconception. I was not on the one year prove it Deal. This was just a new extension I would like to believe for the incredible first season that I have had. Yeah, Yahoo. But no, I mean it's been a wonderful year. Like it's gone better than. And you guys know me at this point, right? I am not without confidence in myself and yet I don't think even I would have anticipated how things have gone coming back. I had some doubts. You know, after five years away from the fantasy pros accuracy contest, it was like, all right, has it changed? Has everyone gotten better? Have I fallen behind? It was a great feeling. I will tell you guys. It was good to win it the first time back in the day and it was even better this time to win it. To be like, okay, I, I might have won it all five of the years that I was gone then, right?
Joey P. (Joe P. Zappia)
Easy, easy. Let's, let's not get, I mean, year.
Justin Boone
It's been awesome at Yahoo. And it was just a no brainer to sign the extension and stick around and yeah, it's a great crew over there and yeah, I, I look forward to what we can keep doing moving forward.
Joey P. (Joe P. Zappia)
Well, bro, I mean, it's a great crew. Obviously they're very lucky to have you over there. We're very excited that you made the move over there. And deo, you saw the pictures of him and the trophies, right? Oh, yeah, Trophy room. Oh, yeah, it's getting a little much. No, no, no. Oh, there it is. There it is. Oh, look at that bad boy. There she is.
Justin Boone
Within reaching distance. There we go.
Joey P. (Joe P. Zappia)
You know, D, I feel like a little boon success, you know, I mean, your number one ranker. All these times this guy, I feel like he owes us something, right? Kind of like more guest spots in season maybe. I'm so busy. I'm Justin Boone. You know, I've said this before, I
Justin Boone
believe on the show, but I mean, you go back in the day, I was just some dude from Canada doing fantas until I joined the fantasy pros accuracy contest and it gave me some credibility. And back then I used to kind of hide the fact that I was Canadian because I was like, nobody in America is going to want to listen to a Canadian guy give them football advice. And then after a few years in the fantasy pros contest and doing well and showing what I could do, that it was like, it doesn't really matter where you're from. Just keep the content coming. So there you go. Yeah, no, I definitely owe some of the, some of the success certainly to fantasy pros and to you two gentlemen who I always love jumping on with
Joey P. (Joe P. Zappia)
hearts going out there. But it's. That's inspiration stuff. There are people who listen to the show and they're starting out to. We all started somewhere, you know, I always say any idiot can get to a podcast because I had one, right? Look at me, look at me. Still an idiot, still doing podcast. So the boys have ranked their top five post free agency dudes here that they are super excited about drafting this year. Dbro, let's get you in here first. Let's talk about your number five on your list here. And it is Isaiah Likely now of the New York Football Giants. So Harbaugh took his tight end with him and instead of going home, we just went to New York.
Derek Brown (DBro)
Yeah, man. I mean I'm going to be drafting him everywhere right now in my early redraft ranks. I have him as tight end seven and I just. The, the, the clear path for targets is set. I mean, are we worried about Malik Neighbors coming off acl? What, what does he look like to begin the season or even halfway through the season? And then. Okay, so if Neighbors were to even start on the pop, I don't, I don't know if that's going to happen. But again, this is early. Who is he competing for targets to be the number two target getter on a Jackson dart led offense? Darius Slayton, Darnell Mooney. We're worried about those guys. We shouldn't be. And we've seen the talent upside from likely. 2025 was basically a lost season. You go back to 2024amongst 47 qualifying tight ends, likely was top 15 in target per route, run rate, yards per route run, first downs per route run, basically anything you look at. So approaching Isaiah Likely as a must draft guy with top five upside at the position I think is just. It honestly feels like low hanging fruit. Guys.
Joey P. (Joe P. Zappia)
Boone right now, this is that time of year where the ranks are a little, you know, stagnant. It's March, everyone's waiting for the draft to finish, for free agency to wrap up and all that good stuff. So as of now, Likely's outside of the top 12 tight ends.
Derek Brown (DBro)
Wow.
Joey P. (Joe P. Zappia)
Early ranks. But just I want to get Boone's take on this because we've got Ronde Gadsden, Jake Ferguson, Joanne Johnson. Would you take Likely over all of those guys because those are the 10, 11, 12 right now.
Justin Boone
Yeah, I believe I have Likely right now at tight end 12. I think he's right in that range. Dbro certainly a little more excited than I am. But I think the big thing is what Debro said. This Malik Neighbors injury and this time of year, I get it, people aren't talking about injuries much. Normally it's like all very positive. I mean the Cam Scatter stuff right now is very, oh, he's going to be fine. He's going to be good. We're not really hearing the same about Malik Neighbors, and if you look at the moves that they're making, I think that also makes you wonder whether Neighbors is going to be healthy to start the year because bringing in Darnell Mooney and Calvin Austin and even a guy like Isaiah, Likely, they're loading up here and I think they're loading up because they know that Neighbors at least isn't going to be himself in the first part of the season, if he's even out there at all. So this is going to be a great start to the year for Likely. Of course he's following Harbaugh over, which you like to see. The only negative that I could put on this is we were waiting for this to happen in Baltimore and the opportunity was there and Baltimore made the decision to extend the much older Mark Andrews and actually let Likely walk. So that's the only part that I'm a little bit hesitant with him thinking that Baltimore, who in general is a pretty smart organization, even if they're trying to do certain things, maybe a little shady, maybe maybe not, we don't know. But it's a pretty smart organization and they let him walk. And normally good players don't leave like that. So that would be the only thing that I'm a little bit worried about. But the opportunity is going to be there. The volume is going to be there. On top of the fact that though they don't play the same position, think about what Wandell Robinson did in this offense and the volume that he got in this offense. I mean, Likely can work a lot of the same areas of the field from the tight end spot and be this like movable dynamic piece for them. I think that's really exciting. And we also know in fantasy it doesn't take that much to get into like the low end, tight end one ranks right. Like you put up a decent touchdown total, you can get in there pretty quickly. After the top top guys, it's pretty wide open. So I really like Likely is somebody that I'm also targeting in drafts this year.
Joey P. (Joe P. Zappia)
D, bro, you know what I love? I think it's so cute that Boone thought he could hide the fact that he was Canadian when he pronounces it organization. I just love that. Is there any doubt potentially on that at all? All right, so two tight ends to kick things off here. Chicacon go the next one on Boone's list here at number five. So let's talk about that. He is now Washington commander. Certainly opportunity abound here for him. Commanders obviously some issues last year offensive line, some issues with Jane Daniels health, some issues with some of the age on the team all kind of came home to roost unfortunately. So 2026 chicka conquo what does that look like for you going forward in fantasy this year?
Justin Boone
Well, this is another one of those like, you know, this is a deeper pick I saw Dbro put likely on here, sort of a little bit of a deeper tight end even though he has him at tight end seven. So I was like, you know what, I'm going to do the same. This isn't necessarily like must have I'm going to have a Conko on every team, but I think he is going to be an incredible value. You look back like last year, what an older Zach Ertz did was the tight end 14 in fantasy points per game through the first 13 weeks before he suffered his season ending injury. And Okonko is somebody that's been like low key, pretty interesting, pretty productive, catching more than 50 passes, you know, each of the past three years here we've also seen him do it as a fantasy starter for stretches. Like we saw him as a top 12 fantasy option. He accomplished that feat down the stretch in 2024, posted, you know, top seven weekly finishes in half of his games from week 12 on that year. So we've seen it in small sample sizes. Now he's going to get this opportunity attached to a good quarterback in an offense that we really don't know who the number two pass catcher is going to be. Right. We have Terry McLaren, who I think is also somebody that people should be targeting in drafts. Just remember he's one season removed from having a great year. And then last year like you were talking about all the problems they had and the injuries and everything, right? So this season, who's going to be that number two? Brandon Ayuk seems like he's probably going to end up there at some point, but what is Brandon Iuk now? Is he the guy that we saw a few seasons ago where he can be a meaningful piece or is he in a different stage of his career? He definitely has a lot to prove. So I think Okonkwo, in a role that we've seen be valuable for fantasy already is a very sneaky player that you're going to be able to get very late in drafts and throw them on your bench potentially early in the season and see if he can do anything close to what Ertz was doing in this offense because of the earth's
Joey P. (Joe P. Zappia)
performance last year with Jaden Daniels. What's your thoughts here on chica conquo Debo real quick, like where do you have in your ranks is. I'm sure he's outside the top 12 I would imagine from your rankings, but I imagine he's kind of sniffing around there he is.
Derek Brown (DBro)
I've got him in like mid tight end two range.
Justin Boone
Okay.
Derek Brown (DBro)
Like I think the conversation for him starts somewhere around like tight end 17 where I have Dalton Kincaid around a conquo I just want to see his route share like what that looks like in this Washington offense. It, I mean he could be a full time player. The other thing that I worry about is like could he be in a 50, 60% route share but if he gets the full run, I mean a conqueror has been one of the guys like where we, we can go back to the Alberto conversation where we've had small sample like efficiency here we've been like okay, a conqueror could break out and just because it didn't happen in Tennessee doesn't mean that it can't happen in Washington. And to Boone's point though, what's stopping him from being the number two target earner in this offense which right now like okay fine, even if we want to put Brandon Iuk there, can he still out target Iuk because what are we going to get out of him? And it's not like the Commanders have a lot of draft picks to go out and address their receiving room anyway. Like outside of their first round pick they only have one other selection inside the top 100. So they really going to need with all their other needs. Like you could say that they're going to go corner, they could go D line. There's a lot of different other ways they could go with that that pick in the third round. So are they going to add another pass catcher of consequence to this offense? Probably not. So I'm in on a conquo as well.
Justin Boone
Well and I think too with the earth thing like he was producing and yes there were some injuries at times but you had Terry McClure in there for big chunks. You had Debo Samuel there, those two on the field at the same time and Ertz was still usable in fantasy during those stretches. So I think a conqueror could certainly step in and it would be very interesting. Maybe. I don't know if we want to address it here, but we got some breaking news. Do we want to do it? Debro here. Did you see this?
Derek Brown (DBro)
Yeah man.
Justin Boone
Is this Something we want to mention on the show.
Derek Brown (DBro)
I don't even. What are you bringing up here?
Justin Boone
Okay, I'm not gonna have.
Derek Brown (DBro)
Go ahead.
Justin Boone
We have Jalen Waddle. It looks like everyone's reporting it. Jalen Waddle being traded to the Broncos.
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Justin Boone
Big yes. Big shocking breaking news here. Debro, you want to give your thoughts?
Derek Brown (DBro)
Dude, this is. This is really freaking interesting For a passing offense that is used kind of a collection of sums and I. I mean really, I. If for any Marvin Mims truthers gone, there's not even a pulse anymore. This definitely is going to ding Courtland Sutton because you haven't had really his claim to fame has been target earning and as the de facto number one now he's got a serious running made for competition for targets, man. So Sutton becomes what I mean out of these two guys. Give me Waddle in a vacuum. I would take Waddle easily over Sutton. I'm guessing we're in concert there, right?
Justin Boone
Yeah. Waddle getting into a much better situation now. I think now he moves back into. Because I had moved him down. I had a lot of concerns in Miami with Malik Willis coming in there that he was going to not get enough volume that you were going to see Willis come in, not throw the ball nearly as much as they have in the past. And now Waddle not get the kind of volume that you need fantasy wise. So yeah, I think that was concerning now for me, this puts him back in that low end wide receiver two conversation. It bumps Cortland Sutton down to maybe more of that touchdown or bust kind of wide receiver three. I know you, Deborah, were always in on the same guys. I don't know how you felt about Pat Bryant, but I was a Pat Bryant truther. I thought he had an opportunity to eventually come on. Now he might have to wait for Cortland Sutton to be out of the way. So that really kills his fantasy value this season. But what a great thing for this offense. What a great thing for Bo Nix who kind of took a bit of a step back last year. I think this could potentially boost him up a few spots, get him back into that low end QB1 fantasy conversation. Just huge news that Joe was so taken back by that he had to jump off just to compose himself.
Joey P. (Joe P. Zappia)
Well, first of all, yeah, we had massive storms here by me last night. I mean like wind blowing garbage cans across the street kind of storms, heavy rains, all this stuff. Trees are down. I. I got frozen out of the show. I come back and the guys are still doing the show, which is great. I mean, it's nice to see DBRO taking initiative for once in his life.
Derek Brown (DBro)
Take the wheel for a second.
Joey P. (Joe P. Zappia)
Okay.
Justin Boone
You know, the song is Let Jesus
Joey P. (Joe P. Zappia)
Take the Wheel, not Derrick Brown. The Broncos trading for Miami wide receiver Jaylen Waddle. Is that what we're talking about?
Justin Boone
That is what we are discussing. I didn't know if we wanted to jump into the breaking news, but we figured we had some time to fill there. So it just happened at the exact perfect moment.
Derek Brown (DBro)
Yeah, we went full filibustering with. We were jo. Less for a little bit.
Joey P. (Joe P. Zappia)
So, I mean, just. Just because I was out of it for a second. Give me, give me the 2 second recap. Because do they just hate Malik Willis? Do they not want him to have anyone to throw the ball to? Is that. Is that the idea?
Justin Boone
Boone? Yeah, we didn't really talk about the Miami side of this and it leaves that off.
Joey P. (Joe P. Zappia)
That's how, you know I'm a great host. I wasn't even here and I asked the right question.
Justin Boone
One thing that I said while you were gone was we were talking about, you know, Malik Wills in that offense. And when I did mention him, I mentioned that it made me worried about Jalen Wad and the kind of volume that he was going to get because I don't think we're going to see them throw the ball nearly as much now. Right. And I know he was a backup in Green Bay, but the past two years, in the three games that he started, his pass attempts were 14, 19 and 21. And he is that kind of quarterback. Right. They're going to try to run the ball. He's going to run the ball. If they try to throw with a lot of volume, I don't think that's going to necessarily work out for him. So I think this is very problematic. Now, you look at this offense that we were already worried about with a guy like Waddle, what is the move? I would imagine they plan in the draft to go out and get somebody and start to add to that group there. There's a couple guys left in free agency, but no one really of significance in terms of pass catchers at least. I mean, we'll see what happens with Stefon Diggs. He's going to still be out there, but we don't know what's going to happen with him off the field. We got to figure that out. So, yeah, Miami in that offense, there's some deeper guys. Malik Washington there, who's kind of interesting, like some deeper guys like that. But, man, it's concerning guys that they signed a free agency like Tutu Atwell and Jalen Tolbert. Those aren't guys that you want to be relying on consistently in your offense. So yeah, Miami's got a lot of things to figure out before the season.
Joey P. (Joe P. Zappia)
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zappia)
All right, let's get number four in the guys list. Wow, massive news, dude.
Derek Brown (DBro)
Did you see the compensation that they got back from Waddle before we move off this real fast?
Joey P. (Joe P. Zappia)
I did. No, I did. I. I saw it. It was a lot. It was a lot.
Derek Brown (DBro)
Okay, so the Dolphins are definitely taking a wide receiver in the first round. The question is when?
Joey P. (Joe P. Zappia)
Oh, good. Well, guess what, everybody? It's a good thing we've got a mock draft show on the tailgate, our new channel coming up this week. Andrew Erickson, myself, Derek Brown are gonna be hanging out there talking ball, doing the draft for you. So obviously a lot of things continue to move and shake. So go subscribe to that channel. It's our new channel. It's not fantasy, it's not wagering. It's just football talk. It's a good time. We've got some great guests. We had Celia on last week. We had Laquan Jones on the week before from NFL we had Trevor Sikamon for pff. We're just talking ball hanging out. So if you're just need your football fix this time of year, you're not getting enough of it. Tailgate's the place to go. And let's get to number four on our list too. Mike Evans for Derrick Brown Debro. You know he's an older wide receiver on a team that I think health wise we have a ton of questions about. So what could go wrong right For Mike Evans.
Derek Brown (DBro)
This just feels like the Devonte Adams situation for me last year. That's all. This feels like he goes to a really freaking good team that's going to throw the ball that has competent quarterback play there we it is a non zero chance that Mike Evans leads the entire freaking NFL and red zone targets this year. I who's to stop him guys Juwan Jennings is gone. Christian Kirk not scared of Ricky Pierce all can't stay healthy. George Kittle what what do we see out of him from 2026? Like when does he even play? When's he 100% and people are going to discount Mike Evans because they're worried about the hamstring injuries and all that kind of stuff and all the emf absolute idiotic jokes are going to be out there and I'm not worried about any of that. And people are going to say okay, well but Mike Evans is getting older, okay. And they're going to point to his 1.76 yards per route run last year. The thing that I'll push back about that is did you see Baker Mayfield play quarterback last year for most of the season? After the beginning of the season he was hurt and he played terribly. Mike Evans, if you look at also deeper analytics on him amongst all wide receivers, at least 200 routes. This guy was second in separation last year and second in route win rate. I'm not worried about Evans. The cliff has not come. You will get a discount based off of his age, based off the injury history and the upside is not going to be priced into Mike Evans. Yes, I'm all in.
Joey P. (Joe P. Zappia)
You know what's funny as we're talking about Mike Evans, it just brought up something that you kind of mentioned. You see the compensation and for the waddle trade and looking at that compensation, the one thing that just popped in my head, boom. Was that, okay, so we're doing first round picks for Jalen Waddle, right? So what's the A.J. brown cost? Or have we gotten to a point now where everybody like the musical chairs thing, like, everybody's found a chair and A.J. brown, how's it? And the Eagles may have overplayed their hand a little bit and then you can't get what you could have gotten for A.J. brown, you know, a couple weeks ago. And I know they want to wait till June because of all the cap implications there, but that does kind of beg the, the, the discussion, I think, a little bit too, of like, what is that A.J. brown value now after Jalen Waddle goes for a first round and a bunch of other picks.
Justin Boone
Yeah, agreed. And there's a lot of factors in terms of like, you know, his happiness with the team and how he feels about sticking around there. I don't normally bet against Howie Roseman either. I feel like he tends to be pretty smart about these things and I think he'll get it sorted out eventually here. But yeah, the A.J. brown situation is basically like the last major piece in terms of, you know, receiver talent out there. And there's still a few teams. I mean, it really seems like the Patriots are the ones that are hoping they can get that done. And I mean, from a fantasy perspective, I think we would all like to see that happen as well for Drake May and for A.J. brown to give them that.
Derek Brown (DBro)
True.
Justin Boone
Number one, I don't think Romeo Dobbs is that guy, but I really like Mike Evans. I'm curious, dbro, where you have him though, because factoring in all those things you said and like you look at the hamstring injuries, this is six straight seasons now where he's had some type of hamstring injury. And yes, he's getting older. The tight. I think he still has a bunch left in the tank. There's been some decline, but has a bunch left in the tank. The other thing I worry about though is the receivers like him, these bigger guys. The cliff does come very quickly for them normally. Right. So I do worry that it could hit and yes, it'll throw out all the electrical power station. All that stuff's nonsense. What I really think, value wise in my mind, I have him ranked as a wide receiver 3, but I think when he's on the field, he's probably going to be a wide receiver too, in fantasy. And he'll have those, you know, spiked weeks, the touchdowns. He'll be up there in wide receiver one range. But really I think you're expecting that when he's in your lineup, he could be a wide receiver too. The question is just going to be how many games is he going to miss and what are you going to do during those games? And you can always find somebody else on the waiver wires. You know that, that flex option to get in that.
Joey P. (Joe P. Zappia)
I, I like the Devonte Adams comp that you laid out. D RO that was a very astute. I think that in terms of usage, like big upside in terms of touchdowns. I like that. I, I think that's a good. Do I like it long term? No, I think it's a three year contract, but it's a one year deal if you know what I'm talking about. Let's get to the next one here on Boone's list, number four, Wandell Robinson, who Brian Dable now call him, plays for the Titans and he brings Wandell Robinson over. So obviously target volume is the key here. Volume is always king in fantasy. But what's the quality of that volume here in year two for Cam Ward?
Justin Boone
I think that Robinson's the kind of guy that we saw something different from him last year, right. In past seasons, you know, my guy Matt Harmon over at Yahoo, he always picks on Wando Robinson. At least he did in the past. You know, the Mickey Mouse type, like PPR scam kind of receiver. And we saw that a couple years ago. 93 catches, 699 yards. That's insane. Like how is that even possible? Right? But last year we saw them open it up a little bit more with him, give him a little more downfield. He still, you know, he has 92 catches, but he has a more respectable stat line with over a thousand yards, scores four touchdowns. And this was, you know, the worst kept secret in free agency. We knew he was going to go to Tennessee. We knew he was going to rejoin Brian Dabel. And I don't know that there was a team that needed him more. Like they didn't go out and get somebody else big perhaps in the draft. I mean, it seems like they're pretty locked on Jeremiah Love in the first round. We'll see if he ends up there and if he isn't available to them, if he does somehow go earlier than that, maybe they'll go receiver early. But right now it really looks like Robinson is going to get a ton of volume in that offense and have a chance to produce. Last year we saw whether it was Cherry dk, whether it was Alec Manor, like these guys were having these, you know, games where they were flashing, where they were getting opportunity. Robinson a much more proven receiver than those guys. So I like him not as somebody that's going to win you your league, not as somebody who's going to come in and have a monster year, but a guy who's going to be a nice value and be a really good, you know, wide receiver three flex option with some upside.
Joey P. (Joe P. Zappia)
Yeah. In PPR leagues especially. And I could see him just being that safety blanket for Cam Ward. And look, I like what Ken Moore did in the second half too. After they made the coaching change, things got a little bit better for him and he played a little bit better. And he's a hard working kid, which is what I like about Cammore. He takes it. You know, we knock a lot of the guys who don't have a good work ethic, who don't seem to be focused. I don't think any of that is ever a problem with Cam Ward. I think he's just still kind of figuring things out out. And that's, that's why I'm optimistic about this Wandale Robinson signing Boone. It looks like he had something else to say there.
Justin Boone
Well, I was gonna say I'm, I'm hopeful that Dable can really improve that offense. I think they did a great job with the coaching hires that they, they made this year and Dayball coming in.
Joey P. (Joe P. Zappia)
How could they go?
Justin Boone
Certainly I don't know if we're gonna
Joey P. (Joe P. Zappia)
ask history of the universe.
Justin Boone
I also, I don't know if we're gonna ask DBro's thoughts on this one because correct me if I'm wrong, dbro, did we not make a Wando Robinson dynasty trade late last season?
Joey P. (Joe P. Zappia)
I was trying to make a push for the playoffs and I think I,
Justin Boone
I sent you maybe like a second
Derek Brown (DBro)
round rookie, which is fair value. I'll still take that trade even today. And this is not me shading Robinson. I'm actually, I actually want to push back a little bit on something you said like him not being a league winner. If you draft this guy as a wide receiver three on your team and he produces as, let's just say what he does Last year, wide receiver 14 and fantasy points per game. I think he absolutely can be a league winner. And the thing that we saw at Robinson that was very, very different from previous years, you saw verticality in his game. He wasn't justice like around the line of scrimmage. His adot went from freaking in the fives to 9.0. You saw him be able to get downtown and that was honestly where we saw the, the stat lines differ from Wanda Robinson. So if we're talking about he lands with Brian Dabal who did that and changed his role last year and he's competing with who? Shamiri DK, which basically he just stole DK's role. So not even really DK, but he's competing with Gunner Helm and the Ghost of Christmas Past of Calvin Ridley. Yes, please give me all the Wanda Robinson and I think he can be a leader.
Joey P. (Joe P. Zappia)
Let's get to the next name on the list and it's a big one here. The Super Bowl MVP is number three on Derek's list of guys. Well you got to have now post free agency. So Ken Walker obviously had a great playoff run. Now it's a matter of what he can do for the Kansas City Chiefs and Debro. When you talk about Walker too, tell us about what your thoughts are. As Patrick Mahomes we would imagine either starts the season late or starts it slow at the very least and how that factors into Kenneth Walker's fantasy value.
Derek Brown (DBro)
I mean let's even play out the case scenario where Justin Field starts for the first four games. I think that that could easily be in play. And you're going to tell me, does Andy Reid definitively buck the trend of being a pass first offense? We don't think he's going to let Fields go out there and sling it 45 freaking times. So if that were to happen too, this offense is going to revolve around Ken Walker and Andy Reid is incredibly stubborn. Is this going to be a run first offense?
Justin Boone
No.
Derek Brown (DBro)
Are they going to run the ball more? Possibly. Because they actually have a running back that can do that. And when I said I was so in on Ken Walker last year, I guess I must have really meant in 2026. But the thing about Walker, it's never been the talent, it's been the usage and it's been a little injuries along the way. And, and for everybody that wants to push back on the Ken Walker hype and landing in Kansas City, like why? Like he's shown the ability to produce and he's been an RB one in previous years in fantasy, points per game in fantasy. And he's exactly what the Chiefs need. You look at this offense last year, second lowest explosive run rate. They had the lowest missed tackle rate in the entire freaking NFL. They ran the 10th highest zone rushing percentage, 51 of their runs. And Walker with those runs, third highest explosive run rate, third most missed tackles, force per attempt. He's top 12 in basically every single per touch efficiency metric that you could pull up. And he's a plus in the passing game. So we're talking about receptions, touchdown totals. Who's taking work away from him? It's not Amari D. Mercado? Nope. So Ken Walker show. Yeah, sign me up. He's an RB1 of fantasy for me. Boone.
Joey P. (Joe P. Zappia)
I was on with the CBS boys yesterday. We were talking about free agency and all this stuff and they asked me, where would you want to draft Ken Walker? I said, ideally in the third round is where I'd like to get him, but I don't know if that's going to be an option. Do you think he's going to end up being a second? Yeah, I do think it'd be a lock second round pick or maybe a late second, maybe early third loop around.
Justin Boone
I mean, ideally I'd take him in like the 10th round if that was possible. But it's not going to be possible and I don't think the third round is going to happen much. I think this is one of those things where in free agency we see guys get headlines, everybody gets excited about them. And this is the player that everyone has been talking about the last week since this happened, right? Everyone is excited about Kenneth Walker. People are trying to trade for him in Dynasty. People are pumped to get him in Redraft. So yes, I think he's going to be a second round pick. He's going to continue to move up boards and for good reason. I'm with dbro. Like this is a great spot for him. The only question will be durability because we've seen him get hurt in the past. And last year I also was pumping him up before the season. I was drafting him everywhere. I took a lot of him and Charbonnet. That didn't work out great. That was one of my, my biggest Ls on the year in terms of my rankings. And to watch him late in the season come on and finally, you know, make it happen in the playoffs. It wasn't any sort of consolation prize for me. I was still upset. But yes, in Kansas City, they're bringing him in to get a chance to be that guy. And you can't argue with what the Seahawks did last year. Slow playing him like that because he was healthy later in the season and in the previous couple years when they tried to use him that way, he was getting dinged up. So I hope that he can stay healthy and I hope that he can go out there and really early in the year probably be the, the engine of that offense because you're either going to have a less than 100 Mahomes or you'd have Justin Fields out there who we've seen the Justin Field show and Maybe it'll be a little bit better, you know, with Andy Reid calling the shots. But. But I still think that this offense is going to look a lot different earlier in the season, and Walker is going to be a huge piece of their success if they're having success.
Joey P. (Joe P. Zappia)
Andy Reid is light years ahead in terms of coaching and quarterback understanding than anybody that even Justin Fields has made eye contact with on his sidelines in the last five years of his career. Okay. It's not even close. So I'm not saying he's going to resurrect Fields into something special. But you know what? If I was Justin Fields, that's where I'd want to go. I'd want to go, and I want to learn from Patrick Mahomes if I'm serious. And I want to be with Andy Reid, who's been working with quarterbacks since you go back to the Green Bay days. It's not all just about the guys who are moving on to other teams. Sometimes it's those that get left behind all of a sudden, have their fantasy values changed by free agency. And one of those guys is number three on Boone's list. It's Chuba Hubbard of the Carolina Panthers. So let's talk about Chuba now that Rico has left town. What are your thoughts on him, Joe?
Justin Boone
Justin? Well, I think we got to remember the context, right? Like early last season, Chuba Hubbard was the lead back. He got injured. I think he rushed back because he was worried about getting Wally pipped because he was out and Rico Dowdle was absolutely going off. And it seemed like when Hubbard came back, he wasn't really the same player. And we've seen this happen before. Running backs get injuries, not be as efficient the rest of the season. I think that's what happened to him, because you look at this guy two years ago, 2024, he finishes the RB12 and fantasy points per game and a half PPR, almost 1200 rushing yards, 43 receptions, 171 receiving yards, 11 touchdowns. He was great for fantasy that year. And then last season, they bring in some legit competition. Now who's the competition? Like Jonathan Brooks. Sorry, Jonathan Brooks, maybe, like, we'll see. He's got a long way to go to come back from these injuries. But I think right now we're going to go into the season with Chuba Hubbard as that guy again. And if he avoids any sort of injuries, I think he could easily be a top 12, top 15 fantasy back again.
Joey P. (Joe P. Zappia)
All right, the next guy on our list, dbro, is another One in the same situation. Travis etn. That's right. Still calling him atn. I'm not, I'm not, not changing. You had your chance. Your chance was at the NFL draft when you came into the league to change your name. That's when everyone changes their name. Once you go into the draft, that's it. You're a Creole boy.
Derek Brown (DBro)
I know that people can't speak Cajun. That's not his fault.
Joey P. (Joe P. Zappia)
You know what, you know what gave it up? Erickson made a great point on the tailgate yesterday and his point was this. How come his brother hasn't said this?
Derek Brown (DBro)
Yeah, well, his brother was on a fourth round pick. I don't think his brother wants to be in wagon. The teams like pronounce.
Joey P. (Joe P. Zappia)
So another so in other words, so every time you sign a big contract now, now, next time Justin Boone comes on, I have to call him Justine Bounet. Is that what I have to call him next time he comes on the show just because he signed a big contract with Yahoo. Now please. Justin Boone. And he's a, he's a favorite of this organization.
Justin Boone
I did have one of my football coaches back in the day pull a prank on one of my other coaches by telling him that weeks after we had met that my name was actually Bounet. And the guy was like, oh my God, I'm so sorry. And he kept calling me for like a while after that before we finally told him yes. I would like to also chime in on the, the ATN name thing because I think it's, you got to think about the Cajun aspect. As a, you know, a Canadian who speaks French, I have been calling him Travis Etienne for a long time. It's, it's hn. Hn. That's what it is. It's not like he says hn. I don't even think it's actually a Chan. It's a Chan. Like it's, it's supposed to be pronounced that way. It's close to Hn.
Joey P. (Joe P. Zappia)
Travis.
Justin Boone
It's not quite a Chan, but yeah.
Joey P. (Joe P. Zappia)
So what do you, so let's, let's talk about Bay shell Tutin instead.
Derek Brown (DBro)
I, I, I truly love segment about getting people fluent in Cajun. This is absolutely, absolutely in my wheelhouse. I love this it dude. With Travis Hn gone facial toot and it's lift all the time, man. Like, and, and the great thing about this is all the Chris Rodriguez truthers out there are going to keep his ADP in check the entirety of the off season for everybody pushing back and Is there risk here? Absolutely. But you're telling me a guy that I can draft as a mid to low end RB2 and in that spot you want upside. You want upside for your team and for your roster. And Tutin has it, man. Like is there, is there worries here that this could be the new Seattle backfield and Tutin is the new Ken Walker and he gets just, absolutely just crushed by Rodriguez vulturing touchdowns. Yes. But that risk will be baked into his ADP based off of everything we're hearing everybody out the social media, streets and fantasy talking about, there is a Chris Rodriguez hive. And I'm not saying that it's not deserved. And yes, we all know that he, he was with Liam Cohen in Kentucky. We don't need you to tell us that. But Basil Tootin last year when he was given opportunity and there was also injury, that was part of this. So yes, we didn't see the ascension of Tootin, but back half of the season when we see that from rookies, he was banged up and out of the lineup. So can we see that this year we want to bet on talented second year players then Tootin is the guy you need to be targeting in drafts. Looking at what he did last year on a per touch basis amongst 55 qualifying running backs, he was top 12 in rushing success rate, missed tackle scores per attempt and yards are to contact per attempt. The upside swing you want to take at running back this year is Bashel Tootin. And I love the fact that they added Chris Rodriguez because it's going to keep his ADP in check throughout the entire of the summer.
Joey P. (Joe P. Zappia)
Well, if you're enjoying this conversation, remember you can keep the conversation going on our discord fantasypros.com chat. It's free, it's fun. You can hang out with an amazing community of of football degenerates and talk about Dynasty this time of year. You could talk about your rookie draft, you could talk about redraft, you could talk about all the madness of free agency. And of course you can even be on the shows because we have shows that are live on there that go right to our podcast feed. So be on the shows. Talk ball with us@FantasyBros.com chat all right, let's go to number two now after that very exciting Bial Tutin because I got some shares myself in the Dynasty world. So I was and it's funny because I have Travis Hn and I also have Bashaw Tutin on that same team. So now I'm loving life. Now we've Separated them out, Everybody wins. It's gonna be a beautiful thing. Also, it could be a Beautiful thing for 2026 People who have shares of one Omari and Hampton and Justin Boone. I know you want to talk about him. So I know this is the guy that's getting a lot of helium right now in the fantasy community in redraft leagues and dynasty leagues. I know the rookie was a little disappointing with injuries. Not just his, but also the offensive line. So 2026, what makes Omarion Hampton such a big winner in your mind after free agency is settled?
Justin Boone
Well, I mean, you look at what he did last season and I think if he didn't get hurt, we would already be viewing him as like a top five fantasy back. I don't think he even needed to have the great off season that he's had so far because you look at what he did last year, RB16, he averaged 13.3 fantasy points per game. Showed a pretty solid fantasy ceiling when he was good, when he was out there. Double digit fantasy points in six of his last seven outings. Despite playing behind that like decimated offensive line. Right. They had all the injuries in their offensive line. He kept producing. But let's go through the list. He gets Mike McDaniel now as his offensive coordinator. These are things most people know, but let's just make sure it's clear. Mike McDaniel, great offensive mind, going to be phenomenal for that rushing attack. And then they bring in Tyler Batash at center, they bring in Cole Strange at guard, they bring in Alec Ingold at fullback, they bring in Charlie Kohlhar at tight end. Like they just completely beefed up on top of the fact that let's hope they're going to get their two stud tackles back. Right? Let's hope those guys are back and healthy. This offense is going to be amazing. This is an offense that you want to invest in. You know, Marian Hampton was drafted to be that guy. I'm not scared about Keaton Mitchell joining the team because you can have a second back, you can have that change of pace guy out there. Keaton Mitchell is not a high volume player. He's somebody that can be a really smart piece on an offense if you use him correctly. I think Mike McDaniel will use him correctly. But O' Marian Hampton is going to be the workhorse there and he is potentially do want to talk about league winners? I think this is a guy that definitely is going to be a league winner in 2026.
Joey P. (Joe P. Zappia)
All right, so Marian Hampton, I know Dbro and I are very excited about him as well. Which brings us to the number one winner here on the boys list for post free agency. The guys that now free agency is done have a clear path to maybe some fantasy expansion going forward in 2026. And I'm gonna give you a chance here, Dbro, in case you want to change them.
Derek Brown (DBro)
No, I'm not changing it. I'm not changing.
Joey P. (Joe P. Zappia)
All right. Okay.
Derek Brown (DBro)
We're gonna talk about number one was
Joey P. (Joe P. Zappia)
before the breaking news of Jalen Waddle and all the other stuff. So your number one was Malik Willis, which I get. You know, yesterday when I was on that show on cbs, Jamie Eiseberg was talking about. He's like, look, you know, there are certain quarterbacks that I think are gonna be better. And like Kyler Murray, I think I'd rather have as my quarterback. But in fantasy, I want Malik Willis because he's just going to run a ton. And I think all we've done now is just solidify the fact that, yeah, he is going to run and run some more and run some more, and it's Devon Hn and it's going to be Malik Willis. And I'm sure they will draft a wide receiver with one of these many picks that they have now, and they have a bunch of them, so I'm not too concerned. But we are in that weird in between. So talk to me about your thoughts on what Malik Willis is now in his first run, really, as a starter after a couple years in Green Bay, sitting back and kind of improving his game and developing.
Derek Brown (DBro)
Well, first of all, with the Waddle news breaking, we have to talk about the depth chart and stuff. Greg Dulcich, I think, is a serviceable pass catcher, and I'm not hanging all my hopes on him. But now we're discussing a team that we look at the depth charts as currently composed. Well, they're not a finished product. The NFL draft is coming, and this team has, oh, let's see here now, two first round picks, a second round pick, and now they have four thirds. They're drafting pass catchers in this draft, and we talk about what's the strength and the skill set standpoint from a fantasy angle, it's not the quarterbacks this draft. It's not the running backs, it's not the tight ends. Oh, that's right. It's the wide receivers. So they probably draft a guy in the first round. Denzel Boston, come on down to Miami. Love it. Take him in the back end of the first round. Spend your second round pick on a Wide receiver or one of these thirds. Go get Ted Hurst, Chris Brazil or Bryce Lance and we're off to the races, dude. We got. You got speed and they have pass catchers. I think they're going to address this and so I'm not worried about it. If anything right now, if you're doing early best ball drafts, you're in dynasty leagues or what have you. Malik Willis, the cost is going to be suppressed as a QB2 because of all these worries. The offensive line is solid. I'm not telling you it's top 12, but it is solid. They played really good last year. They're young. I think it's going to be workable again this year. And now we haven't even discussed Malik Willis's rushing upside over the last two years. Like this guy has given us rushing equity when he's been starting six games started. He's averaged 44.8 rushing yards per game over the last three seasons amongst quarterbacks that would have ranked first, fourth and third. So we're expecting top five rushing production. Okay, giddy up. And then you add that to the passing prowess. And I know we have a small sample, but Malik Willis, over the last two years he has 118 drop backs, 89 passing attempts on those attempts, 5.6% big time throw rate. Last year amongst all the quarterbacks, at least 110 drop backs that would have been eighth best, right ahead of Caleb Williams. His 10.9 yards per attempt over the last two years, that would rank first amongst quarterbacks. And am I projecting he's going to be a top 12 NFL passer? No. But this all goes back to can he be serviceable and the rushing equity carry the day for Malik Willis? Absolutely. So if that's the case and he runs, they add pass catchers in the draft. How is he not if he stays healthy, a top 12 fantasy quarterback on a points per game basis and you're drafting him a QB2, how is he not?
Justin Boone
Guys, we've seen worse quarterbacks with rushing ability finish as a QB one in fantasy, so he definitely can do that. I have some concerns about like his dynasty value and whether he's going to remain a starter. Like I know a lot of people are looking at it and going, oh, we've seen a bunch of backup quarterbacks get another opportunity and you know, whether it was Sam Darnold or these other guys get the opportunity, excel in it and then be the real long term option for their team moving forward, I don't know that Will is going to be that guy, but that doesn't matter. We're looking at him for fantasy and Debro hit the nail on the head that for fantasy, it doesn't matter whose pass catchers are, to be honest, because of the rushing ability, he is going to be out there and be somebody that you can consider starting.
Joey P. (Joe P. Zappia)
It's funny, I almost imagine him going Dynasty leagues this off season from the guy that he was like, oh, yeah, I want to acquire Malik Willis. Let's all get on that Malik Willis train. And now they have people who have acquired them going, oh no, what's happening here? There's nothing around him. It's all falling apart. I wonder if you could actually, if you missed out on that round, one buy of Malik Willis, maybe you could buy that round too, like, or if somebody was holding him for hostage, like. No, no, no. I'm very excited about Malik Willis. Maybe, just maybe this is a second chance for you to buy him in Dynasty if you want. All right, number one on Justin Boone's list. No more anticipation, no more waiting. Justin Boone, who do you have?
Justin Boone
I will say I was surprised that this guy had as good of a season as he had. It didn't really seem like it in the moment. Ashton Genti for the Raiders. Just a nightmare first season in terms of the offensive coordinator change and the offensive line issues and the quarterback struggles around him. And at the end of the year you look and he had over 1300 scrimmage yards. He had 10 total touchdowns, was the RB17 and fantasy points per game and half PPR. And now you go, okay, they're improving on the offensive line. They're bringing in Clint Kubiak, who I think we all have a lot of faith in, in terms of, you know, what he can do as a play caller there. They're going to figure out the quarterback situation. They're going to draft a quarterback, Fernando Mendoza, number one overall. So what's going to happen this year when all of a sudden the environment around him improves? If he was able to produce like that last season, now you're gonna have a much better environment. To me, that just boils down to a very high end fantasy campaign and a guy who's going to have a shot to be potentially like top two, top three fantasy running back at the end of the year.
Joey P. (Joe P. Zappia)
All right, so there you have it, everybody. That's the top 10 here for Justin Boone and Derrick Brown. The guys that they think free agency has really upped their fantasy value. Some guys just by addition, by subtraction, some guys addition to new teams. That could improve their fantasy stock. What do you think we'd like to hear from you. Drop your comments below on the YouTube channel. What's your favorite player from free agency that has really now changed their value on the positive swing for you after free agency is now over. And of course don't forget to subscribe to the channel. We're trying to get to 300000 this year. We can do it with your help. We're getting real close to it too. As long as great guests like Justin Boone keep popping in and talking with us as well. Boonie, congratulations on the extension. We love you. Well earned. We're all very excited when you over from the score to Yahoo and we're all still very excited for you to repeat as champion again in 2026 in the rankings competition. Man. Thanks for hanging out with us today. We appreciate you.
Justin Boone
I appreciate you guys. I reciprocate that love. It's always fun hanging out and talking to you. And yeah, I will say I right after the season. It didn't take long. My wife mentioned. She goes I know what you're going to do next year. You're going to get yourself fired up and try to repeat. That's going to be the motivation. And she's probably right. That will be the fire under me next season. And you nailed it there too. Yeah.
Joey P. (Joe P. Zappia)
This is, this is the man she married. She had to know what you were. We knew we could have warned her but she didn't ask us. Otherwise we would have told her run, run for the hills away from that. That wonderful man. D. Bro, I'll see you on the Tailgate later this week. Got a big draft show again. Go over to YouTube. Subscribe to the Tailgate right now. That is our new channel and I want to appreciate everybody who's already gone over there supported drop. Great comments too. He's got some great shows. Talking free agency, talking NFL draft. Just talking ball man. And is a great time too. So join us for that. That's kind of the show after the show if you know what I mean. That's the tone of what we're doing. So not quite as straight laced as we are in Fantasy pro. So if you're looking for more ball talk, go check us out at the tailgate. That'll do it for us. But the story of the game goes on for Justin Boone. I'm Joey P. You we'll see you next time kids.
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FantasyPros – Fantasy Gold: The Top 10 Must-Have Players for 2026 (Ep. 1981)
Date: March 21, 2026
Guests: Joe Pisapia (“Joey P.”), Derek Brown (“DBro”), Justin Boone
Theme: A breakdown of the top 10 fantasy football players whose value has risen most post-free agency, with rankings, analysis, and in-depth discussion.
This episode of FantasyPros on The Herd brings together fantasy experts Justin Boone and Derek Brown with host Joe Pisapia. The trio dives deep into the impact of NFL free agency on the 2026 fantasy football landscape, highlighting 10 players they now consider “must-haves” heading into draft season. They analyze player moves, depth chart changes, notable injuries, and offer actionable insights for fantasy managers, with a mix of stats-driven analysis, humor, and breaking news.
| MM:SS | Segment / Topic | |--------|------------------------------------------------------------------| | 00:51 | Welcome + Boone’s journey and new Yahoo deal | | 04:36 | #5 on expert lists: Isaiah Likely & Chigoziem Okonkwo | | 12:15 | Breaking news: Jaylen Waddle traded to Broncos | | 20:47 | #4 on expert lists: Mike Evans & Wan’Dale Robinson | | 29:01 | #3 on expert lists: Kenneth Walker & Chuba Hubbard | | 35:59 | #2 on expert lists: Bashall Tootin & Omarrion Hampton | | 41:40 | #1 on expert lists: Malik Willis & Ashton Jeanty | | 45:39 | Final remarks/summary | | 47:35 | Outro and light-hearted banter |
This episode gives listeners a comprehensive, up-to-the-minute roadmap to the most fantasy-relevant player moves of the 2026 NFL offseason. With Justin Boone’s accuracy, DBro’s bold analytics, and Joe’s hosting humor, listeners receive not just a list of names but the “why” and “how” for each, ensuring fantasy drafters can capitalize on shifting values this summer.