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Rookie Review Part 2: Draft These Rookie Wide Receivers
Ready to unlock the secrets behind this season's top rookie wide receivers for your fantasy football dominance? Join us on the Frankly Fantasy Football Podcast as we break down the latest rookies set to make waves. We'll start with Marvin Harrison Jr., the Ohio State standout now with the Arizona Cardinals. Drawing comparisons to NFL star CeeDee Lamb, his phenomenal college career and Hall of Fame lineage make him a must-watch player. Discover how his route-running, athleticism, and leadership abilities could make him a game-changing asset for your fantasy team.
Next up, we spotlight Malik Nabers, the electrifying receiver drafted by the New York Giants. With a blazing 4.36-second 40-yard dash and a tenacious play style, Nabers is poised to shake up the Giants’ offensive strategy. Hear how his standout college stats from LSU translate into his potential impact in the NFL. We compare him to players like Brandon Aiyuk and J'marr Chase, offering you strategic insights for your fantasy drafts, and explore how he could emerge as a key playmaker in the Giants' lineup.
Finally, our in-depth analysis ventures into the rookies facing more challenging dynamics. We evaluate the risks and rewards of players like Ladd McConkey with the Chargers, Xavier Worthy on the crowded Chiefs roster, and Keon Coleman with the Buffalo Bills. Each player’s unique situation and potential impact are meticulously dissected, providing you with a comprehensive guide to make informed decisions in your fantasy league. Don’t miss our discussion on Brian Thomas Jr., Xavier Leggett, and Adonai Mitchell, as we uncover the hidden gems and potential pitfalls for your fantasy football season.
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Hey guys, today we are talking about our Rookie Review, part 2, wide Receivers. We got a whole episode here just for Rookie Wide Receivers. These guys will be on your team, so pay attention, sub up, subscribe like, share comment on YouTube. Let's get after it, guys, all right, all right, all right, welcome to the show. This is the Frankly Fantasy Football Podcast. We are your hosts, frankie and Johnny. Welcome in Frankie. We got our wide receiver rookie review today. We got a lot of hot guys that will be starting on your teams. Man, you ready?
Speaker 2:to go today. I'm so ready to, you know, get down and dirty with those hot guys, John.
Speaker 1:Hot guy summer for you, Frankie. Is that what you're doing right now? Hot guy summer, and I'm just going to bleed it into the fantasy football draft baby.
Speaker 1:What are your trunks of choice, your bathing suit of choice? Do you do the big trunks with the pockets down to your knees? Do you like to show some thigh I know that's a big trend right now, like the high-cut shorts. Or do you like to show some thigh I know that's a big trend right now, like the high cut shorts. Or do you go straight to the fucking banana hammock? What are you doing, man?
Speaker 2:You know, john, I am actually one of those guys that do the mid-thigh thing. Man, I like to show where my hair is pretty much rubbed off to where now it's just like bare patches in my thigh. My wife finds that really attractive, you know, so of course I go. You know more of the mid-thigh length Myself. What about you? Are you? I can see you being that banana hammock.
Speaker 1:I am not afraid to do that. If I'm in Europe, I'll throw a fucking banana hammock on. I don't care Not at all.
Speaker 2:I've got great legs.
Speaker 1:I've got great legs. Let's prove it.
Speaker 1:Maybe, Maybe another episode. This is only our second episode, so you know, hey, we'll get that at some point. Welcome to the show everyone. Thank you so much for joining us and thank you for following us and subscribing. Our numbers have shot up. We are monetized. We just so appreciate everyone that's part of the Frankly Fantasy family, Don't forget. You can follow us on social media, on Instagram. Instagram's the place to go, guys. It's funny, it's good, great memes, but good stats, good information, good rankings on there. Frankly Fantasy Football. And I know you guys all listen on Apple, spotify, google. Please also subscribe. Watch the show on YouTube, guys. We've got a little different technology this year, showing some films and different things. Follow us on YouTube as well. All right, frankie, let's get right into the Rookie Review here. Part two wide receivers let's kick it right off. Man, we got a superstar in our midst from the Ohio State University Marvin Harrison Jr. Wide receiver for the Arizona Cardinals. Frankie, let's get excited and show me Marvin Harrison baby.
Speaker 2:I mean, john, this guy is one of those prospects that very rarely comes out of college. What I mean by that is you have the Justin Jeffersons, you have Jamar Chase, and those guys are very few and far between. Marvin Harrison is right there, up with the best of them, man. I mean, we're talking about a guy, john, whose dad is not only a Hall of Famer but was absolutely insane and a wonderful locker room guy, especially from all the stuff that Peyton Manning has said, dallas Clark years ago for the Colts, so on and so forth. He instilled that in his son, john, and you really see that come out in his leadership to the team. The reason why I know this is because we're psychos with the Buckeyes and I watched every pregame postgame discussion talks about it. It's truly incredible what Marvin Harrison Jr will bring to the table for the Arizona Cardinals. Let's talk about him even further.
Speaker 2:Two years with Ohio State. The last two years, john, he had 144 receptions, 2,474 yards and 28 touchdowns an absolute dominating force there, john. He also has the ability to be a top seven overall receiver this year at Arizona, because there's basically nobody else. Dehop is gone, hollywood Brown is now in Kansas City. They also, you know they have Michael Wilson, who is sure did a good job, nowhere near a top tier caliber. You have Greg Dortch. I mean, hey, greg Dortch also, you know he had an okay year, but like there are tears to this, shit, right, and Marvin Harrison Jr is going to be special, that's the only way to say it.
Speaker 2:There's only one reason why he was the number three overall pick and, honestly, man, he could have gone number one, if I'm being totally honest. So, john, this guy is incredible. Now, who does he remind you of? I mean, this is crazy to say, but it is very accurate man, and the way his routes break the difference in his capability of understanding his sideline catches and understanding where that sideline is, and his acrobatic athleticism that he's able to implement. John, it's CD Lamb. What CD Lamb did at Oklahoma and what Marvin Harrison Jr did at Ohio State, it's like a fucking carbon copy. It's like yo. The different routes, the speed, the length, the way they're able to stretch the field, the way they can put a team on their back and be the playmaker. There are very few, very few players that can do that, to actually take over a game at their own position, and he is one of them. So cd lamb john is a damn good comp for what marvin harrison jr could and probably will be all right.
Speaker 1:So let's let's look at marvin harrison jr here. This, this is tough man because you know we talked about the rookies before and a lot of those guys were backups or their rookie quarterback expectations and fantasy are fairly low. That's not the case with Marvin Harrison Jr. Expectations are super high, sky high here. I mean, here's a rookie who's never taken a snap in the NFL. He's being drafted in the back of the first round, early second round, going off his roughly wide receiver 10. All right, that's, that's interesting man.
Speaker 1:So I mean you're looking at anchoring potentially your team on Marvin Harrison Jr. So let's talk about that. I mean you're in the back end of the draft. Here You've got the big receivers going here with CeeDee Lamb, tyreek Hill, jamar Chase, aminra St Brown, justin Jefferson. But once we get down into that back end of that first round, beginning of the second round, you're going to be looking at making a decision. Here You've got AJ Brown, garrett Wilson, pook and the Kua, devontae Adams, chris Alave and Marvin Harrison Jr. Where are you stack ranking, marvin Harrison Jr? You're on the clock. You're on the back of that round at the beginning of the second. You're looking at those guys. What's going through your head. Those are some big names, man.
Speaker 2:Those are huge names, sean, and these are guys that have proven that they can take over the league, not just the team, the league. For me, man, it's AJ Brown. The next guy out of that, you don't look elsewhere, it's AJ Brown, outside of the 5-6 that you had mentioned. Receivers. Okay, then for me, even there's the Garrett Wilson and the Puka that you mentioned there, and that, to me, is, you know, that's still a bit up in the air. Is Puka a one-year flyer? I don't think so. I think the world doesn't think so, but I'm just saying could that be something that right, you're anchoring your fantasy team on? Do you need to be aware of that? Right, you're anchoring your fantasy team on? Do you need to be aware of that? Potentially, garrett Wilson we have been foaming at the mouth to see this dude play with Aaron Rodgers. So still kind of TBD, but I definitely think he's up there, john. For me, man, here's how I would evaluate this. Let's talk 12-man league. Okay, You're having 11th or 12th overall pick. I am not picking Marvin Harrison Jr in the first round. Guys, there's no way I'm willing to do that, and it's not because of him, it's because of me. What I mean by that is, I'm not willing to risk anchoring my entire team off of a rookie. Now let's just put it in perspective. If you want to draft a receiver there for me, personally I'm going to still draft Devontae Adams. I'm still drafting Devontae Adams in the back half of the first. The reason being is because the floor is so high on Devontae that I am okay with understanding that on my next pick I may go then Marvin Harrison there because there's a ceiling play to Marvin Harrison.
Speaker 2:Now let's just say we flip it. Let's just say you want to take a risk on Marvin Harrison. You're a crazy Buckeye nut, just like we are, and you have to have him on your team. If you do that and then you go running back, I think you're screwing yourself. I think you're screwing yourself heavily, because if a running back gets injured there or Marvin Harrison doesn't pan out to the level of it is because of Kyler Murray's play, because of the team's play or whatever it may be, you're going to be significantly depleted.
Speaker 2:So there's two different ways to go about this. One is I would take a more higher floor receiver at that back half at first and then go Marvin Harrison at your receiver too. I think that would be dynamic as hell. Or you don't even draft him at all, and what I mean by this is you go running back. Running back, you have the capability to go Jonathan Taylor and come back and go Saquon Barkley. If something like that happens, guys, then you can start filling in receivers like crazy from that point. Or you could go Saquon Barkley, jonathan Taylor and then add a Marvin Harrison Jr level Now again, you're putting him Harrison Jr level. Now again you're putting him as your receiver one.
Speaker 2:For me, I don't like that. I would want a little bit more of cushion around. But, john, it's something that's really highly talked about right now and, to be honest, there's a lot of debate around it. There's a lot of people that are like Marvin Harrison is our guy. He's going to get a million targets. There's nobody else. Arizona's creating the offense around him. They bolstered the offensive line. They got Trey Benson as a running back to help out for the pass catching capability.
Speaker 2:There's only arrows pointing up, but the practical side of things is that he's still joining a shit team. They're in a really tough division in the NFC West right. We've seen this transpire. The Seahawks defense is very good. The Rams defense is back to being good. We already know about the 49ers and you got to play all of those teams twice. So there's all these other elements that come into play. So for me, it's all about the strategy that you want to choose to implement. You can go zero RB and rock it out with Marvin Harrison. You could go hero RB and say I'm going to put Marvin Harrison to the side. It's your choice. For me, I'm going one of those latter routes.
Speaker 1:I'm definitely taking AJ Brown, I'm definitely taking Garrett Wilson before him and I think I'm going to take Devante Adams before taking Marvin Harrison, because of that security. We know Devante Adams is a stud regardless of quarterback and I think Devontae Adams has two quarterbacks that can both get him the ball. I don't care if you're starting Aiden O'Connell, I don't care if you're starting Gardner Minshew. I think both of them are going to be able to get the ball to Devontae Adams. So I think he's a less risky play. But you're right, the ceiling for Marvin Harrison Jr is so high. He's going to get so many targets, man, it's going to be insane.
Speaker 1:What I would rather do in an ideal world, I'm in the back of the draft. In an ideal world, I'm doubling up and double tap and receiver. There I'm going to be taking one of those guys Garrett Wilson or Puka with Marvin Harrison. That one of those guys Garrett Wilson or Puka with Marvin Harrison that I love that. Get a Devontae and a Marvin Harrison Jr. You've got the safe floor, you've got the high ceiling. I mean, that's how I want to start my draft. With a combination like that. I absolutely love it.
Speaker 2:John real quick on that. What happens? Hypothetical situation here. Because this will happen, this will happen. Somebody goes up and takes Devontae Adams early here. Because this will happen, this will happen. Somebody goes up and takes Devontae Adams early. So you are now looking at Garrett Wilson, puka and Marvin Harrison Jr as the next three. What are you doing if you're sitting at 12 on the back-to-back, knowing you got back-to-back here? You got two out of three to pick from? Who would you end up choosing in that perspective? Are you going to take that of Marvin Harrison, with a high ceiling? Are you going to take Puka, who just destroyed a 1,400-yard season, set all the single-season records, and then Garrett Wilson, finally with Aaron Rodgers? What would you do in that situation?
Speaker 1:There's risk for all three of those guys. I mean Garrett Wilson. We know he's an insane talent. We've seen him go absolutely nuclear. But yeah, it's all riding on Aaron Rodgers' health. I mean it's all riding on Aaron Rodgers' health, so that's a bit of a scary prospect, but I'm still taking him. Aaron Rodgers is still going to be able to get him the ball. Same thing with Puka. I will take Marvin Harrison Jr over Puka Nakua. Same here. I will do that. It was a very banged up Cooper Cup. We haven't seen Cooper Cup at full go for a while. I think Puka definitely benefited from that and I just think the sheer volume that Marvin Harrison's going to get I think it's just going to be so much more than Puka. So I just value that that much more. That's where I'm taking him. Okay, let's talk about Malik neighbors. Frankie, wide receiver, drafted by the New York football giants. He's six foot, 205 pounds, runs a four, three, six, 40.
Speaker 2:Talk to us about Malik neighbors buddy, malik neighbors, is one of the guys that when you know you're bringing him onto your team. He hates losing more than he likes winning. This dude brings a moxie, a tenacity like I have not seen in a receiver in a minute. And it's real, it's raw, it's honest, and I love that for that of the New York Giants, john. And when we saw that with LSU, when he wasn't getting the ball, he would get frustrated, but it was contained frustration at that point in time. So I love what this dude is going to bring to the New York Giants.
Speaker 2:Now, new York Giants have a bit of an issue. Right, they have no Saquon Barkley. They're revamping their identity on offense. Right, they have Jalen Hyatt that they drafted last year from Tennessee, who was very, very mediocre and that's me being super nice. And then you have Wandale Robinson, who showed a lot of promise and then got hurt out of Kentucky. And then you have Darius Slayton, who has been the old vet who for some reason, still comes out and produces enough to help. None of those guys are bona fide number ones.
Speaker 2:Malik Neighbors is, and so what's interesting, though, is Daniel Jones is going to be the guy throwing him the ball. Daniel Jones, if we saw the Daniel Jones two years ago, I think this could be super interesting. If we see what Daniel Jones did last year before he was out for season, it's going to be painful to see what happens with Malik neighbors. And then you layer on okay, well, what happened with Derek Waller? We all know this. Derek Waller is gone, he's no longer in the NFL, he's officially retired, and so now that leaves open even more ability, more targets, more room for Malik neighbors.
Speaker 2:So what I'm getting at, john, is this dude is a freaking stud that could absolutely come in and make an immediate impact. Last year at LSU man, he had 89 receptions, 1,569 yards receiving 14 touchdowns. And, by the way, there was another guy across from him that we'll talk about here in a second, brian Thomas, who dominated the touchdown share. Okay, like it wasn't, like this was completely the Malik Nabors show. He did this in tandem, so now you know that he can do this with other people as well. Huge plus, huge undervalued plus or underrated plus here, john. So then you start thinking about okay, well, who can I compare Malik Nabors to, especially in this type of offense? Right, brian Dable type of offense, right, brandon Iyuk, with a little bit of Jamar Chase ceiling right.
Speaker 1:That.
Speaker 2:Jamar Chase might be a recency bias because of LSU, but him being able to take the top off is exactly a carbon copy of what Malik Nabors did. But the Brandon Iyuk side of things is where that route running middle tier came into play and that's where Malik Nabors thrived. Again, he wasn't the big red zone threat. He wasn't the guy that was strictly just doing quick out routes. This dude was dominating corner routes, flag routes, post routes right All the way to the deep in the medium tier. That has been what Brandon Iyuk dominated this year doing. So, john, I really think between the mix of the ceiling of Jamar Chase because of the situation that he's in with the route running capability of Brandon Ayuk, this cat is fucking ready to dominate this year and I'm excited to see what happens.
Speaker 1:Going 47th overall in ADP. Right now the 26th receiver being taken. He's a round four guy man. I mean he's right around George Pickens, zay Flowers, christian Kirk, terry McLaurin. What's your thought process when you're on the board? Maybe you've got a receiver, you've got you know, two stud running backs, maybe you've got two receivers, two running backs, and you're looking at, you know bringing on Malik neighbors. I mean, what's your thought process there? How are you looking at with roster construction?
Speaker 2:Yeah, man, this is really interesting because you could be looking at this in a few different ways. Let's take one example. You drafted running back, running back. In your first two rounds. Maybe you went the JT Saquon Barkley route, the example that I gave in the previous with Marvin Harrison, let's say round three. You come back around and you're looking at Jalen Hurts. You're looking at a guy that's going to get you 350 plus fantasy points. By the way, the only other guy to do that is Josh Allen. Okay, and then CMC. So let's take it like with just Josh Allen for quarterback Okay.
Speaker 2:So let's say you go Jalen Hurts in round three, you now could legitimately be looking at Malik neighbors as your number one. If that's the case, I'm okay with it, and people can criticize me and tell me I'm crazy. And the reason why I'm okay with it, John, is strictly because your strategy then is going to be receiver, receiver, receiver, receiver. If you don't draft four to five receivers in a row, you're failing yourself. And so that's when this could work really well, because you're anchoring on those two badass running backs that you have and that quarterback that you know is going to dominate from a point share or to your other example, example number two what if you went receiver heavy and you went Devontae Adams, Marvin Harrison Jr. Running back in the third round and you're sitting here looking at it? You could have Malik Neighbors as your flex, or you could go another running back, Dammit John. Here I'm going to take Malik Neighbors. The reason being is because of his upside and I know that I can get one of these other running backs let's say Nick Chubb, let's say Austin Eckler, let's say Jerome Ford, let's say some of these other cats, hats, Gus Edwards that you can get in the rounds subsequent following this.
Speaker 2:But now what you've done is you've solidified your receiver room already. You're good, your two receivers are there, your flex is there. Yeah, we'll filter in some back receivers towards the end, Maybe you know, grab whoever and rounds eight, nine, 10, et cetera. But here is where you laid the foundation. You already have your point killers and that of the receivers. You have a running back to solidify, right, that running back room to hold on, right. But here's where you can start getting creative with other running backs and tight ends or things along those lines and get a quarterback right, Like what we talked about with Jaden Daniels, what we talked about with Caleb Williams, Jared Goff Tua, Aaron Rodgers, and you don't even have to worry about getting a top-tier quarterback because you've solidified basically your starting team. So there's two different avenues that you could go when going Malik neighbors, John, I love them both. Just tread water when you're drafting and let that decide what happens in terms of your team today. But I love Malik neighbors man.
Speaker 1:Very similar situation as Marvin Harrison jr. Very, I mean really you've got a capable quarterback that we know can support a good receiver with zero competition all around them I mean there's really nobody around. So, at flex, if you get Malik neighbors as your flex, I love that. That makes me feel so good. And you're right, you can load up on the other positions, get deep with running back, then come back in the later rounds and get some more receiver depth. But I think that's a huge, very, very strong start. All right, man, talk to me a little bit. Oh, we got a Scott here. Is he Scottish? Lad McConkie? Hey, laddy, wide receiver for the Los Angeles Chargers. All right, this guy is 5'11", 186 pounds. 4'3", 9'40". Frankie, talk to us about Ladd McConkie, laddy.
Speaker 2:Laddy John. This guy is one of the most interesting prospects I have ever come across since we've been doing this. The reason being is because if you look at his stats last year for the Georgia Bulldogs, you would not see a top tier receiver 30 receptions, 478 yards, two touchdowns in nine games. What the fuck are they drafting him for in the second round? The reason being is because this cat John, his ability to separate in his route running is top tier. This guy is un-freaking-real in his route running, capability for the short to medium routes and red zone man. And so what's interesting too is he goes into a team with that of the Chargers, right, and so total rebuild here. They have no Mike Williams, they have no Keenan Allen, right, you have Joshua Palmer. You don't even have Darius or Guyton anymore, and so, like this is really crazy. They drafted Quentin Johnston last year, which was arguably terrible. What a terrible pick. And last year, john, we were saying that Quentin Johnston was going into one of the best situations which he was, and he fumbled the bag when Mike Williams was hurt, when Keenan Allen was hurt, he was the bona fide number one and he dropped terrible, terrible passes, couldn't make a catch, couldn't get anything after the yards, after the catch, and it became Joshua Palmer's team. Joshua Palmer got hurt and we saw what happened. They were abysmal. So what I'm getting at is he has immediate fantasy, relevancy and ability to actually make a difference on this team. What's also really cool, man, is this is a Jim Harbaugh offense now, and so what's interesting is look at what Jim Harbaugh did for that of Roman Wilson over there in Michigan, right over the team up north. He made this guy, this speedster, into this route-running maniacal dude who was giving the ability to get JJ McCarthy, the quarterback, making him so efficient in the routes that he was able to throw to that it worked. This is going to happen for Ladd McConkie, with even a better quarterback in Justin Herbert. So what I'm getting at is man, the ability that he has in terms of his route running capability and the situation that he's in with Justin Herbert. This could be a match made in heaven.
Speaker 2:Now, who is his route running comp in my opinion? John, or comp in general? John, I'm going to go the route running perspective only here, because he, you know, 30 receptions, 478 yards. It's hard to get a pure comp. People are going to say Cooper cup probably just because he's a white dude. Right, I'm not going to go there. I'm going to go Antonio fucking Brown as his route running comp. If you look at Antonio Brown when he was drafted out, he was slow, he wasn't very fast, he was undersized, it didn't matter. His ability to separate and his hands and his ability to catch was nothing short of miraculous. And so, john, I think that the route running comp to that of Antonio Brown mixes very well with that of Ladd and McConkie, and I think that this guy could be very interesting for the Chargers.
Speaker 1:I love this guy's film. I love watching him play. What's really interesting is the Los Angeles Chargers have the most vacated targets in the NFL. They lost Mike Williams, they lost Keenan Allen, you've got Quinton Johnson and Josh Palmer there, and that's it.
Speaker 1:Opportunity is huge and you've got a great quarterback. Opportunity is huge and you've got great quarterback. Justin Herbert he's healthy, he was. He wasn't right at all last year and I think that was a big part of Quentin Johnston's failures last year as well. Um, so he's in an awesome situation, man with a new coach. Yes, they are going to run the ball a lot more. They loaded up that backfield it. You know Harbaugh's offense. He's going to run the ball Absolutely. But this guy fits perfectly exactly what you said into that scheme. It's going to be really interesting to see man.
Speaker 1:This is a guy I'm very, very excited about. Let's look at where he's being drafted here. So he's 94 overalls, his ADPs, the wide receiver, 44. So he's going around round seven, round seven, round eight, or 44. So he's going around round seven, round seven, round eight. What are you looking at? I mean, is this a guy that you feel and this is flex territory we're talking about here now Is this a guy you feel good about putting out as your flex? Or are you drafting a couple of guys hoping that, listen, I'm going to watch the gameplay, I'm going to see where the targets are going, hoping to be able to get him into your starting lineup at flex at some point after a few weeks. What do you think?
Speaker 2:John the latter, that's exactly what I'm thinking about. Then the thing is, this is a high price tag for that as well. So you have to put that in your mind. That around seven here, guys, that's a starter. That's a starter. You think there's QB, you think there's two running backs, that's three positions already. You think that there's potentially two starting receivers on a normal tier, so that's five, right, maybe you go tight end, that's six. Now you have your flex at seven. It's a big risk. This is really expensive for this.
Speaker 2:But, john, I'm willing to do it, and here's why the ability that he has, the team that he's on, but I'm sitting him and I'm watching how this unfolds, right, and you know what I'm going to do for my strategy. I'm drafting Ladd-McConkie, and then I'm drafting Hollywood Brown, and then I'm going to draft somebody else from a receiver position and I'm going to keep fucking hitting receiver, knowing that I got my running backs loaded. And that's where I'm going with this, because that's the only way that makes sense. In order to get somebody at this level of a price tag, you could just say, hey, man, I just don't want to. I don't want to spend that cash on somebody like that. I want to go somebody in round seven, that's a little bit more higher floor, totally understand, but this guy's ceiling and his ability to get that ceiling is there. So absolutely take this guy. Make sure, though, you immediately go receiver after that in order to make sure that you're overcompensating for a potential flex starting spot you're looking at guys rashid rice, hollywood brown I'm taking hollywood brown.
Speaker 1:Jordan addison, christian watson, um, other than some of the other rookies are mixed in there too, but jackson smith and jigba. Courtland sutton I'm taking the upside over courtland sutton. J JSN some of the guys we just talked about, rasheed Rice, even potentially Christian Watson I'm taking the upside with the possibility of Ladman Conkey to see where this could go. But you're absolutely right, if you're looking at potentially starting him in your flex, you need to draft a couple of receivers there. You're going to play that game game. Yeah, there's going to be better matchups than others. There may be some other injuries, so you want to protect yourself.
Speaker 1:Okay, frankie, let's talk about xavier, worthy wide receiver for the kansas city chiefs. You know we always, always get excited here when you get a new toy for patrick mahomes man. Yeah, who's going to be this year's, you know, number one target for Patrick Mahomes, which is hugely valuable position. Obviously, he's 5'11", 165 pounds, not a big guy, not a big cat. He's about 20 pounds smaller than I am man and a little bit shorter, so really interesting there. Talk to us a bit about Xavier Worthy.
Speaker 2:John, the first thing to say is speed demon. This dude ran and broke the record at the combine. Broke of, I mean, john. He almost ran a sub four, two, a sub four, two, jesus what he ran a 4.21 in the combine, breaking the record, john. And then you start looking about what he did last year for the Longhorns at Texas. Well, he led the team with 75 receptions, over 1,000 yards, receiving five touchdowns, and was excellent, by the way, in the special teams as well, in the punt return game. He was second in the FBS last year with 16.9 yards per punt return. He had 22 of them for 371 yards and a touchdown. So this dude is not just a receiver threat. And you think about that as an addition cherry on top for your fantasy team. Right, Because you can still get touchdowns and points and things like that from the punt return game if you're set up like that. So love that cherry on top.
Speaker 2:Then you talk about the situation, john. Dream, dream, dream, dream. You think about what the Chiefs did to the Bills there, and I think they hosed them a bit. They traded the bill, traded with the Bills to come up and draft that of Xavier Worthy, john. And here's the interesting thing. Yes, they still have Kelsey in terms of the Chiefs. Yes, they still have Rasheed Rice. Yes, they just brought in that of Hollywood Brown, but Rasheed Rice has been having some off the field issues. Okay, and then Hollywood Brown right hasn't been 100% right since last year in Baltimore. So then you start piecing together, okay.
Speaker 2:Well, xavier Worthy is not only a burner but he led the team at Texas, a very good Texas team, college football playoff team, and with, by the way, adonai Mitchell or AD right, which we'll talk about as well here in a minute. So he's played with other players that have been top tier. John, this guy could be unbelievable for Patrick Mahomes man. This is so special. Now let's talk about real quick, a lookalike, John. I was in my bag, I was in my bag, I went shopping, I put it in a nice little bag. Here, son, this bag, this comp. Right here is Santana, motherfucking Moss.
Speaker 1:Okay, oh my gosh Nice.
Speaker 2:Bringing it back, john, santana Moss, specifically when he was at that of the Redskins, which is now the Commanders Okay, and so it was really cool. Man, santana Moss was a pure burner. He was down the field, he was quick, flare routes very, very minimal short routes because of what he was able to do in stretching the field. John, when you look at this comp, it is literally man like apples to apples the speed, the ability for when. Santana Moss was when they were getting thrown up, when he would from the quarterback perspective, santana Moss was when they were getting thrown when he from the quarterback perspective, throwing him deep balls. John, that's exactly what Xavier Worthy is going to thrive.
Speaker 2:The one thing the Chiefs the Chiefs left to basically wait until somebody like Xavier Worthy came about was when Cheetah left, Tyreek Hill left. There was a void there. So thank God, andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes, you can overcome that void and still win a Super Bowl. But now they add this dynamic piece back into this and amass that of Hollywood Brown and also bring in a few others. John, this guy could be amazing with Patrick Mahomes. So I am so high on Xavier Worthy this year.
Speaker 1:It's what it seems like they were trying to do, is they were trying to replace what they had with Tyreek Hill, definitely. I mean, this seems like that type of player, you know. Are you worried? Here's my question for you is that are you worried that he just becomes MVS Marquez Valdez Scandling? I mean, it's not a 0% chance that he just runs cardio out there for a while, right totally, totally could be.
Speaker 2:And, john, especially with the, the amount of people that they have, right, I mean, you have a full plate of individuals that are going to need the rock in order to play. You're talking kelsey. You're talking hollywood brown. You're talking rashid rice. You're talking isaiah pacheco. You're talking sky more.
Speaker 1:Age Rice, you're talking. Isaiah Pacheco, you're talking Sky.
Speaker 2:Moore, justin Watson they also have that and I'm drawing a blank on his name. The rookie that they got, I think, undrafted, who was a rugby player, john, who, by the way, is the ninth highest selling jersey in the NFL at this point in time. I mean, and he's balling out, he apparently ran a 4-3, and, I apologize, I'm drawing a blank on his name. I'll look that up. But I mean, you have all these other pieces. So, to your point, there is absolutely validity there. And so in a redraft league I'm not talking dynasty In a redraft league yes, there is risk.
Speaker 2:Yes, it is a convoluted team in terms of talent. But him, if he even got the opportunities that MVS had, I doubt he'll have even a third of the amount of drops that MVS had, which is automatically going to start padding that and going to build confidence in his play and going to build confidence with that of Patrick Mahomes. So, yes, there's absolutely an element of just running cardio, but there's also then that upside of well, shit, man, what if he doesn't drop that? And now there's that momentum and that chemistry that starts to build. Could he actually evolve into that of cheetah? And my answer is there's absolute potential. That's why you trade up to get him in the first round. If they don't do that, then yeah, there's more than likely they're not going to try to get him the ball as much. You draft a first rounder and trade up and waste a pick, by the way, overcoming your AFC rivals. Right now, at this point in time, you're fucking playing this guy, and that's what I like a lot, john.
Speaker 1:They wanted him, they went up and got him. Yeah, yeah, so that bodes well. Also the fact that Rasheed Rice we don't know yet he could be suspended for a game or two Missing time.
Speaker 2:It's looking like that.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I mean there will be something that comes out. So that gives me a lot of hope. I mean, with an Andy Reid offense and a Patrick Mahomes, now you throw him with the New York Giants. No, no, I'm going to draft him. I'm going to wait and see. I'm not even thinking about putting him out there, but the fact that he's with the Chiefs and could have an increased role right off the rip really gets me a little horny about him.
Speaker 1:Man, I'm not going to lie Now. He's going currently around 6'7". I mean he's going a little bit in front of Ladd-McConkie. Even so, this is a guy you're going to have to draft to play in the flex. Most likely. Is it the same kind of scenario? I mean in my mind, I'm looking at, I like him better than Ladd-McConkie. I'm going to take him because he's attached to Patrick Mahomes, because Rasheed Rice may miss a couple of games or a game, and I feel like I could plug him in to start and feel more confident knowing that the targets could be there and then draft a couple of other receivers that I can kind of play that carousel game at flex Is that, does that seem about?
Speaker 2:right, john? Yeah, I think so. And the other way I look at this too is, you know, and I think I think that's right in your opinion I think what I would actually do is I would prefer actually to take McConkie, and it's very slightly and it's strictly, because, yes, it's just less, it's less amount of competition around him. That's strictly it, with a Herbert throwing him the ball, but I'm talking, it is 1A, 1b at that point. If you're in Dynasty, though, I'm 100% going Xavier Worthy, knowing that you're locked in with that of Patrick Mahomes for a few years, so on and so forth. So it's really guys you're going to be looking at these two to draft. They're going to be right next to each other, along with Hollywood Brown, and for me, it really depends on how the camp unfolds as well.
Speaker 2:If Xavier Worthy starts going nuts off in camp John, I think that he could even move up a bit. I mean, if I'm being honest, or if Ladin McConkie starts like just absolutely being a freak, like puka-ing it, right, for this camp, I think it's got to be Ladin McConkie. So these two are so fun because, number one, they played against each other right, georgia and Texas, like they've been battling right, and then in the college football playoff, and so now they're even looking at it in fantasy football in comparison. So for me, man, I think it's 1A, 1b and we're going to really get this ironed out as camp kind of prolongs.
Speaker 1:Let's talk about Keon Coleman, wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills. All right, so Buffalo traded their pick down to the Chiefs, traded down, went after and got Keon Coleman. Okay, we got a lot of targets vacated here on this team. Josh allen needs a number one receiver. He's 6'3, 215 pounds, plays real big. Yeah, 4.46, 140. Talk to us. Introduce us to keon coleman just listen to keon coleman.
Speaker 2:Go onto youtube like, check out a couple of his interviews. One of the funniest cats of all time, actually. Shit, they need to mic him up every game, john. I mean the content this dude's going to provide is just gold hilarious, funny, eccentric, like totally a football guy Like. I love this dude's vibe. Like he's not super tenacious like Malik neighbors. He's not cool, calm, collected. Nothing gets to you like, uh, marvin harrison jr, he's this quirky cat that's just like I just want to fucking play and have some fun. I love his vibe and fits so well with the fun playfulness of john or josh allen.
Speaker 1:So, kian kian, we got to get you on the podcast come on the podcast, brother.
Speaker 2:Come on, we got to get you on, we want personality like that on here with us.
Speaker 1:Come on, buddy, it'd be so great man and so let's talk about this situation.
Speaker 2:Man, he's in buffalo. There's no digs. There's no digs. Okay, receiver two, though they still have them, sure, don't, right? Gabe davis is no longer there, so now they bring in curtis samuel and they also have khalil shakur. From a receiver perspective, john, there's not much. There's not much more than that at this point in time. So, literally, keon Coleman is stepping into maybe the receiver one, or sure the receiver two, but either way, he's going to get the rock.
Speaker 2:When he played actually what's interesting, john he came from Florida State, right, but before that he actually was a dog at Michigan State. So he's played Big Ten ball and shit weather, which is a big deal for Buffalo. That's a big underrated thing that people don't think about. So he's already played in that kind of situation. He also then, in 2022, when he was with Michigan State, he led the team with 58 receptions, 798 yards and seven touchdowns, and so then again, he went to Florida State. Afterward, didn't have a crazy great year, had a good year he would 50 receptions, 658 yards, 11 touchdowns.
Speaker 2:But here's what was interesting about Keon Coleman First Florida State player to win all three first team awards in a same season. What that means was he was first team all ACC receiver. He was first team all ACC, all purpose player and first team all ACC special teams player. Guys, what this tells me is he is not a prima donna, he's not a diva. He's going to suit up on that special teams field and go down and rock out shit for you.
Speaker 2:In addition, he's going to give it his all every play, not just his ability to jump, john, and catch these insane catches with one hand and bring it down in double coverage, but it's also his ability to block. He's so unselfish in the way he plays, which is just another team chemistry component for James Cook, ray Davis, josh Allen and so on and so forth. Man, so then, okay, cool, frank got it. But who does he remind me of? Easy Young Allen Robinson? I'm not talking about the Allen Robinson on the Rams. I'm not talking about the Allen Robinson on the Steelers. I'm talking rewind the tape, go back to Jags, go back to where Allen Robinson was a freak, was an insanely good player, to the point point where people were like yo, is this cat going to be a Hall of Famer type of player? He didn't.
Speaker 2:Target monster back in the day, monster John. And so for me, man, I really love the play style, the comp, the location that he landed, the type of person that he is for the situation and the Buffalo Bills John, this is a guy that could absolutely bust out this year. Do not be surprised if it's him over a Ladd-McConkie, or actually over an Xavier Worthy, because the position he's in that's exactly where they are, too, where they're being drafted.
Speaker 1:You're going to bunch all of these rookie receivers right into that round seven, eight, nine conversation. So you're going to be staring at all these guys and you're just going to have to make the best decision that you can. You're not going to get them all, but you can absolutely get one or two of them. And it's that same situation that we talked about with the other guys that this is a guy that could be in flex consideration for you. So you're going to have to watch. It's early, it's July, you're going to have to watch camp, you're going to have to watch preseason, but he's definitely a guy that you're going to be looking at drafting two to three guys that you're going to be deciding who do I put in my flex right now? And Keon Coleman watch him Could be interesting, because this is a guy who could be very, very good for your team, definitely.
Speaker 1:All right, frankie, talk to me about Rome Adunze, wide receiver for the Chicago Bears, paired up with Caleb Williams. We talked a little bit to Tyler Scott about Rome. All right, he's 6'3", 212 pounds, big frame guy. Big frame guy to go up there with DJ Moore and Keenan Allen, 4.45 speed in the 40. Talk to me about Rome Adunze.
Speaker 2:John Rome is one of those guys. When you watch, your mouth drops because you don't understand how he caught certain passes.
Speaker 1:You don't understand. I'll give you the Biden face here.
Speaker 2:That's exactly.
Speaker 2:That's exactly it. It's just the. You know, like you're fucking. You can't even believe what just happened.
Speaker 2:Guys, roman Dunz is that guy. You could make an argument, there's an argument to be made. He could be the best receiver in this class. I don't think it is. I think it's Marvin Harrison Jr, but you could very well make that case. And here is why, john.
Speaker 2:He had 1,640 yards last year, led the FBS and, by the way, shattered the Washington Huskies record. Okay, you don't do that if you're not a bona fide number one. You know, dude. On top of it, he had 92 receptions and 13 touchdowns. So that means that not only was he being targeted in the red zone, he was being targeted often. And, by the way, there was another guy across from him, jalen Polk, which honestly we won't really necessarily talk about much. I think he could absolutely be a good player, a rookie, in that of New England, but what I'm getting at is he's played alongside other guys who have also gotten the rock, and he was okay with it, and so that's a good person to have on your team. So the reason why Roman Dunzai, john, and on our big board here, we have listed as 10 overall in the rookie review for 10 best overall.
Speaker 2:The reason why people are going to say you're nuts? Well, the reason why he's so low guys is because the situation that he's in in Chicago, right, it's a great situation. It is, but not so much from a fantasy perspective. And why I say that is because, yeah, you have a rookie throwing the ball and, yes, there's always going to be a rookie to rookie connection. But when you start thinking about, okay, there's DJ Moore. Now I bring over Keenan Allen, I have Cole Komet, I have Tyler Scott, I now have DeAndre Swift. That also thrives in dump off passes, right, and from a receiver field in the background, right, we saw that at the lions when they had, um, uh, deandre swift, along with another additional players from running backs, like craig reynolds, or even jamal williams right, yeah, jamal williams. Exactly, john, so we've seen that happen.
Speaker 2:So for rome, you're walking in as receiver three, let's call it, or receiver four, receiver three, with tyler scott, one or the other. They're different players, different types, right, whatever. But that's why he's so much further down the list, john. It would honestly take an injury to either Keenan Allen to DJ Moore and if that happens, in my opinion, rome immediately becomes a top three, top four rookie fantasy player rookie, and so that is where the value lies. So when you're thinking about drafting him, no, you are not drafting him to start. This is not a guy that you're even remotely considering to start, because you have to see Keenan Allen, dj Moore, tyler Scott, cole, komet, deandre Swift and how this offense is going to perform.
Speaker 2:Now let's talk about okay, cool, frank. What about a comp? I don't say this lightly and I understand. When I'm ever referring to a Hall of Famer, I have to make sure I have my shit in a row, and I do.
Speaker 2:It's Andre Johnson, guys, andre Johnson. For those of you that remember that dude, he was unbelievable for the Houston Texans when the ball was thrown up and it was back in the corner of the end zone and all you had was this amount of a pocket to catch it. Guess who's coming down with it? It's Andre Johnson. Pull up the film on Roma Dunze in the playoffs and watch the exact same thing happen in double coverage, right In triple coverage, in single coverage. He's in his zone. It doesn't matter. He was able to do special things. And the thing is, michael Penix Jr, the quarterback at Washington, who's now with the Falcons, gave him an opportunity to do so, which so will Caleb Williams. So again, john. For me, andre Johnson comparison is so similar to Roma Dunzay. This dude is going to be so, so special in years to come. It's just for this year. Let's temper expectations due to only the situation that he's in.
Speaker 1:You know, it's almost like a JSN situation Jackson, smith and Jigba yeah, exactly, you know where it's this uber talented receiver that you can't wait to get on the field, but you got two guys in front. Actually, it's very similar to that. Dk Metcalf and Tyler Lockett are very similar to DJ Moore and Keenan Allen, right, I mean. But here's the good thing yes, you're going to draft him, you're going to hold on to him to see what happens. I think he might be a touchdown monster. I don't know if he's going to get a ton of receptions, I don't know if he's going to get a ton of yardage with those other two on the field, but he could score a lot of touchdowns for Caleb Williams here. But it's also Keenan Allen. The risk of him being hurt and missing games it's high, it's very high. So something like that happens.
Speaker 1:You're going to be very excited to start Rome. Yeah, no question. When in Rome, brother? Okay, frankie, talk to me. This is a guy I need some help on. I don't know a ton about him. I've been watching some films. Brian thomas jr, wide receiver for the jacksonville jaguars, he's uh, let's see here six, four, 209 pounds, four, three, three, forty, thirty, eight and a half vertical. Eh, okay, yeah, all right. Interesting, uh interesting athlete here to pair up with good old Sir Trevor Sunshine. Frankie, talk to us about Brian Thomas Jr draft pick this year to the Jags Guys.
Speaker 2:Here's why people aren't really talking about him it's because Malik Nabors was on the other side. But listen to what he also did in terms of Brian Thomas Jr 68 receptions, over 1,100 yards, almost 1,200 yards receiving alongside Malik Nabors. And here's the key 17 touchdowns, 17 led the FBS. So, john, just to bring it back, that's 17 for Brian Thomas, okay, and then Malik neighbors right, had 14, but there was 31 touchdowns between the two of them. And you can't tell me that Brian Thomas can't play with other superstars, dude, this is a great, a great situation for Brian Thomas. Man, he's a freaking tank and his play style is going to blend so unbelievably well with that of Trevor Lawrence. Here's the other thing that we need to keep in mind. Okay, this is really crazy, because Gabe Davis has been added. Calvin Ridley is gone, right, so now we have Christian Kirk, we have Gabe Davis, we have Devin DuVernay, and then you also have Ingram and that of Travis Etienne. They don't have a real number one anymore, and those vacated targets to Calvin Ridley are not going to all go to Gabe Davis. I can tell you that much. And you mentioned or you didn't hear me say Zay Jones, he's also gone. So now it truly is Christian Kirk holding it down as their number one, which he's a great slot guy. Oh, I'm going to have close to a thousand or over a thousand yards every time. He's not a bonafide number one. Gabe Davis a better, a much better MBS right, he's a boomer bust every single week in terms of fantasy football. Great burner Brian Thomas brings an element that they had, trevor Lawrence has not had since pretty much his college years at Clemson. With the size, with the speed, with the capability, the route tree that he's run. John, this could be an insane, freaking year man for that of Brian Thomas, if Trevor Lawrence can get him the rock.
Speaker 2:Now again, I want to level set what I'm saying in terms of comparison. This is crazy and I get it. Bring the heat, I'll fucking back it up. Okay, his comp to me and I'm saying this cautiously is actually Julio Jones. Julio, he's actually Julio Jones.
Speaker 2:When you look at Julio coming out of Alabama, okay, into that of the Falcons, he immediately ignited this team with Matt Ryan. You start looking at what Brian Thomas did for LSU alongside that of Malik Napers. You start looking at what he dominated in a red zone comparison. Do you remember when the Falcons had young Julio? They tossed it up in the red zone and he was coming down with it? That is Brian Thomas Jr. Then you start seeing okay, well, what about the athleticism and double coverage or safety coming over top, brian Thomas not only will torch the safety, but will also moss the safety as well. John, this guy is so impressive and is just kind of behind the scenes due to his other teammate in Jaden Daniels. Right, who is the quarterback now for the commanders? Who is his quarterback, john? This is a diamond in the rough. That could be absurd. So I love Brian Thomas Jr, and especially where you know where he's going, john, I think it could be really interesting.
Speaker 1:Yeah, you're looking at round eight or nine for Brian Thomas. I mean, he's very right in that same situation where you're looking at some of those other rookie receivers, you're looking at that. It's that flex group of guys that you're looking at taking. I like him a lot because the offense because he's tied to Trevor Lawrence that we know can get him the ball. Trevor Lawrence didn't ever really have that big target in the back of the end zone like this guy with a contested catch ability. I love it. We thought Calvin Ridley was that guy Didn't really see that on that team and that could have just been a flow thing with those guys in the chemistry thing. But I like it. And there's not yes, there's competition, but they're very different players. When you look at Christian Kirk and you look at Gabe Davis, they're very different guys than Brian Thompson. I mean very, very different. So I'm very interested in what he's got to offer. He's one of those guys that I will take a chance on, load up with a group of maybe three different receivers to rotate and carousel in at my flex. But yeah, the more I watch of him, the more I just get excited.
Speaker 1:All right, frank, we've got some honorable mentions that we want to talk about here. Not a ton of time, but we do have to talk about these guys. Uh, because they are going to be guys that you're going to be taking as potential. You know, dart throws sleeper picks to see what goes on here. If they don't get the targets then you can drop them, but I think they're guys that'd be good to take with your last couple picks there. Uh, let's start with xavier leggett, wide receiver for the carolinathers. Talk to us about the X-Man here yeah, man, he's a.
Speaker 2:You know, he's a good, a very good receiver coming out of South Carolina. Johnny, he plays much bigger actually than what he is. I was shocked to know that he was flirting, floating around that 6-1-6-2 marquee. Looks like he plays like the size of Brian Thomas, if I'm being honest, and his speed is a burner. He had 71 receptions last year, over 1,200 yards, receiving seven touchdowns. He's playing with that of Spencer Rattler, right, who also got drafted. But again, I mean, it was a very good year. But you know where does he really fit?
Speaker 2:He's in Carolina, john, and this is where it's going to be tough, because Carolina is so like discombobulated at this point they're kind of an unknown I don't want to say they're terrible because they've made so many drastic changes this offseason. So, again, they have Adam Thielen. They traded for Deontay Johnson. They obviously drafted Xavier Leggett. They also have Jonathan Mingo, who they drafted last year, right. And then Bryce Young, as I mentioned, who's going to be better this coming year. And so for me, man, xavier Leggett's in an interesting spot.
Speaker 2:So where do I? Who is the comp for him? For me, he's like the versatility of like Debo, to where he can absolutely take some of the handoffs. He can do some reverses, things like that. But for me it's very similar in the play style of like a Kenny Britt and so, if you remember Kenny Britt back in the day, very similar in the way he plays. So there is a place for this in fantasy football. Let me be crystal clear but it's just man, just don't expect things from him immediately. That's all I'm saying. This is a guy that's going to need to grow in with that of Bryce Young John.
Speaker 1:Yeah, you're going to have to sit on him again. It's a dart throw. It's an upside, upside play. Now we did see there is opportunity for receivers on this team. I know that's one of those teams yeah, I typically try to stay away from just because it's a bad team. Uh, the offensive line was horrible. Bryce young did not look good last year, but I mean we saw the old man, adam Thielen, getting some play. He was valuable last year. So you know there is an opportunity for him to step in and to take some of those targets. I think it's going to take a while, so it's a guy that I'm going to draft. I'm going to see if he's involved at all in the offense. If he's not come week two, week three, I can drop him and play the waiver wire, but I'd like to try to hold on to him as much as I can. All right, frankie, let's talk about Adonai Mitchell. Adonai, adonai, adonai, adonai, adonai.
Speaker 2:Adonis.
Speaker 1:Adonis, adonis Creed A Greek god, yeah, I like that Adonis, didn't he? The Greek mortal who dated and used to bang Aphrodite, actually, ah, a whale's vagina.
Speaker 2:A whale's vagina, if I remember correctly, john.
Speaker 1:That's right. Adonai Mitchell, wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts, all right, 6'2", 205 pounds, 4'3", 4' speed, interesting guy to add to this offense. Talk to us about Adnai Mitchell.
Speaker 2:John, this is the guy that was playing opposite of Xavier Worthy. Right, he's the big to the, he's the brawn to the speed. Right, he was, as you mentioned, big guy 55 receptions, 845 yards, 11 touchdowns. 11 touchdowns is nothing to gawk at. That dude is a ball hawk right, he knows how to get the ball. He has big playability, can take over a game if he has the opportunity to do so. Okay, he's going into a very interesting situation, though.
Speaker 2:Colts just paid Michael Pittman Jr. They also saw great play not good great play from Josh Downs last year, right, and so that was really interesting to see. And so now you look at okay, so they have right, anthony Richardson. At quarterback. You have JT. That just got paid. He's feeling real sexy about himself. A good offensive line that's going to be healthy. Josh Downs and PJ. Where does AD in terms of Adonai Mitchell, where does he fit? And, john, that I don't know because we haven't seen Anthony Richardson play, candidly speaking. And so we know Michael Pittman Jr is going to get the rock because they just paid him a lot of money. Jim Irsay doesn't like to pay a lot of money and he paid a lot of money for Michael Pittman Jr, so they are going to be targeting him. So, guys, this is somebody that you need to wait and see, certainly can look to draft him.
Speaker 2:Look at some of the things that he did at Texas. Very similar, john, in comparison to George Pickens. Right out of Georgia now is a Pittsburgh Steeler. Very similar body frame. Very similar in the way he plays. If he gets his hands on the ball, he's catching the ball right. That is what George Pickens thrives in is these beautiful, insane catches that he can make. Very similar to that to AD Mitchell. But the difference is is Pickens was in a better situation, right, you had more opportunity versus now.
Speaker 2:Is this going to be more of a run style offense and they're just going to really target MPJ and maybe Josh Downs out of the slot and, here and there, give AD Mitchell 480 yards and three touchdowns. That could likely be it. I don't foresee him taking over a game in this particular offensive set with the weapons that they have around him. So for me, if you're looking at a redraft league, john, wait till the back half with AD. Right, take a flyer on if you want to. If you're a Ryde-Dyke Colt fan, have fun with it, but if you're in a dynasty league. John, this could be very interesting. You could get him back half a one or early two, and this is a guy that you might be able to sit and see what happens and see if Josh Downs ends up getting hurt or maybe MPJ really just kind of stays as a dominant force but maybe needs that true number two across from him. It could work out.
Speaker 1:So, man, I think though, in a redraft, if we're talking a 12 or even a 10-man league, wait, sit and wait and then see what happens from this perspective, all right. Next guy here. Last guy here Frankie Roman Wilson. Wide receiver, drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers. 5'11", 185 pounds, runs a 4'3", 9'40". Introduce to Roman Wilson, because, honestly, I don't think that many people know that much about him. Tell us about him, sure.
Speaker 2:He was the number one receiver on the team up north, that disgusting blue and gold color, right. But he was excellent when he was getting the ball. He was able to have that breakaway speed. But, more importantly, right when we think about what JJ McCarthy did really well, john, it wasn't the deep throws, it was those corners, it was those posts, it was the quick outs. That's where Roman Wilson thrived.
Speaker 2:So when you think about the Steelers and the team that he's on, there is somebody that he reminds me so well of, and I'll get to in a second, but you've got to remember, from the situational perspective, they had Deontay Johnson. He's gone, no more Deontay Johnson. So who does that leave? George Pickens, and that also leaves potentially right, a Hayward. Maybe there is Van Jefferson, right, that comes into the field, but there's nobody like Roman Wilson in my personal perspective on this team.
Speaker 2:Last year for the team up north they had 48 receptions, 789 yards and 12 touchdowns. Dude was a boss. So when you look at the comp and you look at the quarterback, it makes sense, john, the quarterback is Russell Wilson, the comp is that mix of Tyler Lockett with Doug Baldwin. That is who Roman Wilson is, guys. And so when you think about Russell Wilson throwing the ball, john? That's where he can decipher and use George Pickens as DK right. Use George Pickens as that deter factor, the deep threat, that monster in the red zone that they can loft up to. And then you have the Doug Baldwin, the Tyler Lockett type of feel of this burner, the shortcut that can really get in and out of his route, so fluid, and, by the way, he doesn't get hurt. Often he drops down, like Tyler Lockett does, because he doesn't want to take a big shot, because he doesn't have a big frame. So for me, man, this is a really great situation for Roman Wilson and a really good player for Russell Wilson to have in his arsenal.
Speaker 1:I love it. I mean, what a great comp that is, you know, and there is opportunity for this guy. I mean they're looking at replacing that Deontay Johnson player and it really fits into the scheme. This is such a goddamn good team.
Speaker 2:I'm so sick of the Steelers.
Speaker 1:You know you get the Steelers. Take a Michigan guy, really, you know, and I'm supposed to get excited about this guy as a Browns and Buckeyes fan, goddamn man. But they're so smart, I mean he fits perfectly into their scheme, man. So, yeah, I mean, good opportunity here. It's very much the same thing. Right, with these rookie guys that you're drafting late in the draft, pick them up, see what you have. You know, if you don't have anything there, you can drop and play the waiver wide. But I'm definitely grabbing some of these guys at the end of my draft just to see if somebody hits. It's a lottery ticket.
Speaker 2:For me, john, a good example of this is remember last year, guys, when we were saying the lottery ticket, it wasn't so much rookie review, it was the one player that comes to mind, nico Collins, that guy we said to draft every single damn time in the last round, and look at what he did. There's going to be one of these guys that pop off, maybe not to that level of what Nico did, but certainly over 700 yards, and it's going to be one of these cats. And Roman Wilson might actually be that player.
Speaker 1:Love it. All right, guys. That is the Rookie Review, Part 2. Part de All right, just receivers. These guys are exciting. It's a great class. I can't wait to get some of these guys on my fantasy teams. Frankie, what do we have coming up next for everybody?
Speaker 2:Guys, stay tuned. We're going to be locking into new faces in new places. You're going to want to know where some of these superstars went to. Do you know where Austin Eckler went? Do you're going to want to know where some of these superstars went to? Do you know where Austin Eckler went? Do you know where Kirk Cousins went? How about Justin Field? Well, don't worry, we're going to come at you with some of these guys and tell you what the implications are for your particular team. So don't miss out on new places and new faces. Part one coming your way.
Speaker 1:We got a ton of mock drafts coming too, guys. Every week in the offseason, here we're going to be doing a mock draft and getting it out to you, so enjoy that, don't forget. Please follow us on social media Instagram, facebook, twitter, x, frankly, fantasy Football, you all listen on audio, on Google, on Spotify, on Apple. Please watch the videos on YouTube, subscribe on YouTube. Alright, guys, thank you so much. We'll see you next time with a couple of episodes coming out of new faces, new places. There's a lot of new guys, frankie. I love you, brother. Great job today. May the fantasy gods smile upon you. Bye.