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Draft Worries + Dynasty Trade Values - Fantasy Football Podcast for 4/7

53 min
Apr 7, 2026about 2 months ago
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Summary

The Fantasy Footballers discuss draft concerns and dynasty trade values ahead of the 2024 NFL Draft. The hosts analyze which players' fantasy values are most at risk from draft outcomes, evaluate dynasty trades, and answer listener questions about player valuations and roster decisions.

Insights
  • Top-tier rookie wide receivers (Carnell Tate, Jordan Tyson, Mecole Hardman) landing with poorly-run organizations like the Jets or Browns could significantly diminish their fantasy value despite elite talent
  • Chris Olave's target share will likely decrease substantially if the Saints draft a top-3 wide receiver, making him a risky early-round pick despite his elite production
  • Chase Brown's dynasty value is at serious risk with the Bengals meeting with Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah at pick 10, with less than 5% probability he reaches that selection
  • Veteran running backs like Kyren Williams should only be acquired by championship contenders, as their short remaining window makes them poor assets for rebuilding teams
  • Kirk Cousins' mentorship role with Raiders QB Mendoza creates a favorable fantasy environment for tight end Brock Bowers, similar to how veteran QBs benefit rookie receivers
Trends
NFL Draft landing spot volatility is creating significant fantasy value swings for rookie receivers based on team quality and offensive infrastructureVeteran wide receivers (Cortland Sutton, Chris Olave) losing target share to newly-drafted competition represents a broader trend of organizational youth movementDynasty leagues increasingly value age and contract length over recent production, with 25-year-old players commanding premiums over aging veteransSecond-half breakouts (Parker Washington, Tank Dell) are being discounted in dynasty valuations due to draft capital concerns and lack of early-season consistencyBackup running back insurance (Isaiah Pacheco, Brian Robinson) is becoming more valuable as elite RB injuries remain unpredictableCoaching changes and play-calling adjustments (Dan Campbell's involvement with Jameson Williams) are creating mid-season fantasy value spikes that persist into dynasty rankings
Topics
2024 NFL Draft impact on fantasy wide receiver valuesDynasty trade valuations for running backsRookie wide receiver landing spot analysisChris Olave target share projectionsChase Brown dynasty value assessmentKirk Cousins mentorship impact on Brock BowersKyren Williams contract and trade valueJameson Williams consistency concernsParker Washington breakout sustainabilityCortland Sutton aging curve in dynastyIsaiah Pacheco backup running back valueTank Dell injury recovery timelineRishi Rice suspension clearance implicationsFirst-round draft pick risk assessmentDynasty keeper league strategy
Companies
Kansas City Chiefs
Discussed Rishi Rice's personal conduct policy clearance and his fantasy value with Patrick Mahomes
New Orleans Saints
Analyzed potential top-3 wide receiver draft pick and impact on Chris Olave's target share
Cincinnati Bengals
Discussed meeting with Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah and potential impact on Chase Brown's dynasty value
Las Vegas Raiders
Analyzed Kirk Cousins signing and mentorship role with first-overall QB pick Mendoza
Detroit Lions
Discussed Jameson Williams' second-half breakout and Dan Campbell's play-calling changes
Los Angeles Rams
Analyzed Kyren Williams' contract situation and shared workload with Blake Corum
Jacksonville Jaguars
Discussed Parker Washington's second-half breakout and contract year implications
Denver Broncos
Analyzed Cortland Sutton's value with Jalen Waddle acquisition and aging curve concerns
Houston Texans
Discussed Tank Dell's injury status and expected return for Week 1
Philadelphia Eagles
Discussed AJ Brown's trade rumors and potential Patriots move
New England Patriots
Analyzed potential AJ Brown trade destination and impact on his fantasy value
Buffalo Bills
Discussed James Cook's value with fullback loss and new wide receiver DJ Moore
New York Giants
Analyzed Jonathan Taylor's value with Daniel Jones injury concerns
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Discussed Roma Dunze and A'Mecca Egbegbu competition with Mike Evans departure
Chicago Bears
Discussed Imika Egbegbu's target competition and Rob Gronkowski's impact on his value
People
Andy Holloway
Co-host of the Fantasy Footballers podcast discussing draft worries and dynasty values
Jason Moore
Co-host absent from this episode due to dental work; typically participates in draft analysis
Mike Wright
Co-host discussing dynasty valuations and draft impact analysis
Kirk Cousins
Signed $321M career earnings deal with Raiders; discussed as mentor for QB Mendoza
Chris Olave
Analyzed as primary draft concern due to potential top-3 WR selection impacting target share
Chase Brown
Dynasty value at risk with Bengals meeting Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah at pick 10
Rishi Rice
Cleared of personal conduct policy violation; fantasy value improved with suspension resolution
Brock Bowers
Benefits from Kirk Cousins mentorship and veteran QB presence in first season
Jameson Williams
Analyzed as dynasty WR17 with inconsistency concerns despite second-half breakout
Parker Washington
Second-half breakout discussed; valued below 108th pick due to draft capital and contract year
Kyren Williams
Dynasty value assessed at $25.5M contract; recommended only for championship contenders
Cortland Sutton
Analyzed as aging asset (30.5 years) with declining targets due to Jalen Waddle acquisition
Tank Dell
Injury status uncertain for OTA; expected ready for Week 1 per beat reporter
Dan Campbell
Took over play-calling to improve Jameson Williams' target volume mid-season
AJ Brown
Trade rumors to Patriots discussed; preferred over Jalen Waddle in dynasty valuations
Jalen Waddle
Acquired by Broncos; impacts Cortland Sutton's target share and dynasty value
Quotes
"Chris Olave is a very good wide receiver, but it is super duper awesome when you're getting 30 plus percent of the target share because you are pretty much the only man in town"
HostEarly segment
"If two of those guys end up on the Jets or Browns, it's going to suck. That will poo poo all over the drafts."
HostDraft concerns discussion
"Kirk Cousins will have a handshake agreement to be the godfather of Mendoza's children"
HostKirk Cousins mentorship segment
"If I'm a contender, I'm willing to go pay the price for Kyren Williams. I would give up my first round pick."
HostDynasty trade discussion
"Jameson Williams might be too low in my rankings, but his inconsistency, I don't think goes away"
HostDynasty valuation segment
Full Transcript
Welcome to the fantasy footballers podcast with your host Andy Holloway Jason Moore and Mike Wright. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the podcast. The fantasy footballers podcast. If you're nasty. Thank you. I was ready. That's my best friend Jason Moore. It was going on best friend right. And he's not here today. Yeah, he's okay. He was here today. He was here today, but he is not able to be on the show. So sorry. But now you get like, because this is, this is your questions today, and we're going to go wherever we want to go on today's show and dad's not here. Maybe we'll just have a little bit more fun. I'll set a puzzle for everyone. Okay. Andy's missing has, he has a lot in common with a an animated character from a kid's movie. That's probably a little too vague. I'll go animated animal. Okay. Okay. Okay. I still, I know the issue and I can't solve the puzzle. Well, you're not as smart as YouTube. All right. It's just, it's his teeth. Jason, I would have gone maybe Lloyd Christmas, but you do you. It was a toothless reference. Ah, but Lloyd Christmas really would have. Yeah, it happened again. Ladies and gentlemen, but he will, he will be back this time in the front. I wasn't sure we were going to even mention why, but I mean, it happened. It happened. He's going to get repaired. Everything's going to be okay. We think. Let's see on today's show. I'm going to talk a little bit about draft. We're not the first time and it will not be the last time. There's no way at this point. It's not a little draft and it is a mailbag show. Not a ton of news, but we will, we'll talk about it. Hey, make sure you check out the ultimate draft kits. Ultimate draft kit dot com. You can pre-order the regular, the base level, or if you want to get on the UDK plus, just skip all over that. Go UDK plus footland.com. Oh, we're skipping all of, just go to UDK. Go to footclan.com and just become an ultimate footclan member. It's one thing. You get everything we ever do for the whole year. All the highest tier, the every episode, every special recording, every DFS dynasty ranking. Just we don't have anything outside of that. It's easy. Just there won't be pictures of Andy's. No. I mean, you would have to message him and ask for those quick questions. Or, you know, hey, I, but we won't do that. We would never. Quick question today. Which players fantasy value are you most worried about being impacted from the NFL draft? So this one is pure. I'm looking at a very selfish list. Yes. This one is purely selfish. 100 selfish. But the question is, who am I worried about being impacted from the NFL draft? And I, I think it's going to be Chris Olavi. Chris Olavi is a very good wide receiver, but it is super duper awesome when you're getting 30 plus percent of the target share because you are pretty much the only man in town and I fully expect the same. He wasn't though. Like towards the end, I mean, uh, Devon Valle, you know, the bi-week. So I guess in the game right before the bi-week, that's when everything really changed. You had the Rashid Shaheed trade and then everyone was like, Oh yeah. Remember when we gave up multiple picks to get Devon Valle? Sure. On to our team and he has not played at all. Well he played five games in a minute. He was, he was making an impact. But even then I'm looking, I'm looking, you know, after the bi-week later in the season when they had Valle 30 percent target share 28, 29, 39, 41 percent target share finishes the season with 30 percent target share. That's not going to happen if you draft Carnel Tate, which Valle. After the bi-week was that 21 percent? Yeah. I mean, but Valle is not one of these top three wide receivers. I think there's a good chance the Saints take one of the top three wide receivers. Okay. And I believe that would have an impact on Olavi. Olavi is a very good wide receiver. You might argue he is like the world's best wide receiver too. Like he shouldn't really be the wide receiver one for an NFL team. I think he would be awesome next to another stud. Um, and, but he will be impacted for, you know, fantasy purposes. This is a guy who you're coming off of a hard to remember. He was the wide receiver six. Yeah. Like that's how good. And he will not be a top six wide receiver if they draft one of those top three guys. Um, and then I think we can, we can name a bunch of people that we're worried about. I like Olavi. I'm not worried about him. I think he's a stud and the situation around him had just really eroded and you were hoping that it can be at least okay. It's his career with Garrett Wilson is just, it's so wild of seeming how just on these parallel lines, both of these guys have been going, except now I feel more confident that Olavi has taken the off ramp of he has a very strong offensive coach who will give us extra snaps every single game. And I believe in Tyler Schuck. I think perhaps Schuck can't elevate to being one of the, you know, like a top five quarterback in the league, but he looked pretty good to me as a, as a second round pick who was, you know, just finishing off a rookie or with, with, like you said, they weren't flush with top tier weapons. I mean, John Johnson is one of their primary right. And who's, he's a fine tight end, but he's, he probably shouldn't be. I would say as much as I like, I mean, if you look at weeks 10 through 17, that's when Tyler Schuck was starting. You had Olavi on a 17 game pace of 109 receptions, 1464 yards and 14 and a half touchdowns. That's, that's not wide receiver one numbers. That's like the wide receiver one type of numbers. For me, it's selfish. And the most obvious one is chase Brown as we had to report right before recording because we're recording this Monday afternoon. That the Bengals are going to meet with Jeremiah Love. Now they are picking at number 10. They're picking at 10. Yeah. So you don't think there's any chance I can get there. I said, my odds of Jeremiah Love being available at 10, I'm putting it at less than 5%. I mean, obviously you've got to get through a few. I don't believe that the giants are actually going to pull the trigger at five. Now, I don't think they will have a chance. Sure. I mean, the Titans are heavily rumored. And I could see, I think that that is the biggest trap for him not getting to 10 would be the Titans just take, or they take them right off the bat, pick four. He's off the board. Then you get to pick seven with the commanders. They could very, very much use him. I think that he fits their team. Perfect. I love that. But they have a lot of needs. They need a wide receiver very badly. And so maybe they don't draft him. Then you would have had an issue with Kansas City at nine, but they spent the money on Kenbo Walker. They're not, they're out of the Jeremiah Love. Well, right. And right before them was the, the saints are in there as well. And they gave all the money to Travis ETN or HN. We're still trying to figure this one out. Still trying. We want people to know who it is. When we say Travis HN people as of today will not know who we're talking about. Yeah. It really is difficult because we want to respect the guy's name. And, but we also have, we, people need to know who you're talking about. So it's a difficult thing. We'll see how, because he said, I can remember, did he say like he wants it to be that way? Or he's like, this is what it's supposed to be. He was totally fine with ETN. He's totally fine with ETN. But he also said, it'd be nice if people started saying HN. It's like Camara where he's like, was it Alvin Camara? Or is it Camara? And he's like, well, I say Camara. My mom says, Camara. And you're like, well, we're trying to help you out here, man. You help us. So we'll figure that one out over, over the next few weeks. I say tomato. Right. So my selfish one is Chase Brown. I don't think that Jeremiah Love gets there. And this draft is interesting because I don't, there's, there's of course, there's always plenty of players who are on the hot seat of, it seems like they could be easily replaced. Like in this draft, like, uh-oh, danger, danger. Your starting spot is, is up for grabs. I think we're just, I think it's going to be a bunch of surprises of, of these rookies going to places, right? Oh, well, I don't know if I totally saw that. So my honest biggest worry about the draft for who will be impacted the most is the rookies. Because you have the Cleveland Browns and the Jets and I just, I don't want to keep dunking on them. Right. But if they're probably, if they take two of Carnell Tate, Jordan Tyson and Mekain Limit, if two of those guys end up on those two teams, it's going to suck. That will poo poo all over the drafts. And the thing is, is we, you don't want to overreact to players going to bad destinations. It's very common that great players go to bad destinations. We still have Garrett Wilson who at this point, it feels like Garrett Wilson will never, his fantasy production will never equal what you are looking at on the field of his talent. Yeah, I agree with that. But like AJ Brown back in the day, he went to the Titans. Everyone was really upset because they weren't a good team. And when you look at the draft, you go, okay, the Raiders, they're the worst team in the league. You know, statistically, they got the number one pick, the Titans, the Giants, the commanders, the Saints, those are all bottom 10 teams. But I have faith of their exactly because they're good organizations. It's not the same with the Jets and the Browns. It's just not the same. If they, when they go there, and those two teams are going to be drafting another wide receiver. So hopefully it's not one of those top three guys. It will suck. It will suck. And I will move them down in my heart and in my ranking. The draft is on the way. So we are just a couple of weeks away. Very, very exciting times for the rookies. We'll be talking much more draft as the weeks go along. Let's get into the news. News and notes from around the league. Kirk Cousins. Can't stop won't stop. He has Jason. I'd hopefully you haven't read this blurb 321 million in career earnings. He trails only Tom Brady and Matthew Stafford in his quest to somehow earn more money than any other player in the NFL. It's an, it's an incredible job. And the gold jacket goes to Kirk Cousins agent. I mean, he's done great work. Part of that jacket needs to be shared with cousins himself because he held to his guns on. He started back in the day with the first like I only want guaranteed money. I'm not doing, he had to deal with being on Washington of them wherever the breakdown was happening. I think he played two years on a franchise. So it was like, he just kept getting it. Well, here's full guaranteed money. Okay. Here's full guaranteed money. And then he stayed healthy and played well. Like this isn't to, to dunk on the career or just crap on Kirk Cousins career. He has been a good, solid quarterback, but when you look at the highest paid quarterbacks, you're like, okay, this guy has taken a team very far in the post season should have at least us Super Bowl. And yet he, he has the money. It was funny when it first was announced like he signed with the Raiders. My bad. When the deal came out, it was like signing a 10 year hundred million dollar deal. It's really basically a one year, 11.3 million dollar con contract that the Raiders are going to owe some of the money will be owed from the Falcons. And there is a, an enormous like poison pill amount of money on this contract at the end of this off season, almost forcing the Raiders to let him go into free agency. But it's a pretty clever way to have the, the contract work for the cap space for, you know, all teams involved. And then Kirk Cousins will be in the same position next year to sign for more money. Yes. So he's going to the Raiders, you know, over the last couple of months, I think that the Raiders have reiterated they want the number one pick to sit. It's, it's going to be Mendoza. They've talked about, they want Mendoza to sit maybe a whole year. I don't know if in today's NFL, you can actually sit down the first overall pick for the entirety of the season that it's a, it's just, it's a different business now. You used to be able to do that. It's much, much more difficult. Who do you think is the weak one starter? I do too. I think Kirk Cousins starts and probably plays half the season. Kirk, Kirk played with coach Coob's up in Minnesota for a couple of years. I, it's a lot of money. So we're just, we're joking about cousins making money, but I think this is solid. You want, if you're going to invest the first pick in a quarterback, having Kurt Cousins here to, to teach him how to play. And I think that at this point cousins will, I think he'll accept that. I keep, you know, he's always seemed like a solid dude, at least from some videos that we're privy to as the public. I, but he understands I'm here for a year. I'm here to, I'm here to redeem my value for free agency for next year, but I'm also going to teach this kid how to be a pro, how to earn as much money as possible. He's going to help him with that. You can teach him so much. What's funny about this is I don't think I've ever seen someone talk about Mendoza as a prospect and not mentioned Kirk Cousins name, not unrelated to this. It's like, he's like a, he's like a bigger Kirk Cousins. The, the clean mouth. Yeah. It's basically just, it's almost personality. Yeah. It's basically just they're both pretty goober. Yeah. And so you can't find a better mentor for Mendoza. Like does Mendoza get down with Coles cash? For sure. Probably. For sure. I mean, you know, does he look at the full price and then the markdown, he's like, I can't believe this thing's marked out 50%. When these guys get together, everything's marked out. I'm one week in one weekend of their relationship being together. There's, Kirk Cousins will have a handshake agreement to be the godfather of Mendoza's children. For sure. These guys are going to be two P's and a Paul's bros, but from a fantasy perspective, this is really good news for Brock Bowers. I believe you see a lot of times we, we talk about this through great rookie seasons like, like, uh, bow Nix a couple years ago. It was like, bow Nix had a great rookie season, but we always have to like delete the first month because the training wheels were on the first month. Like if you, if you look at his rookie season from week five on, because he's more of a pro then when you start week one as a rookie quarterback in the NFL, unless you're Cam Newton, it doesn't usually just you have prolific stat padding for those kinds of quarterbacks. And so having the beginning of the season actually be a veteran quarterback, most likely, I like that. I like that for Gentia. I like that for Bowers. And then when Mendoza does come in, it's halfway through the season. It can hit the ground running more like what we saw from Tyler Shuck last year. Yep. And so I, I think it actually is important for fantasy. Adam Schefter has reported the NFL concluded that chiefs wide receiver, Rishi Rice, did not violate the personal conduct policy. If you recall, there was an accusation, violent and abusive behavior filed by the mother of two of his children and former girlfriend. So apparently he will be in the clear, at least for that. Yeah, there is still an upcoming court case for, I do not remember this. I believe for the vehicle stuff. Oh, but didn't, he already had the suspension last year. Okay. That was for the vehicle. So then also, yeah, if that's the case, we are free and clear here. And until the next issue, he will be on thin ice for suspensions. If anything comes through any sort of perf, he'll be in big trouble. Do you think he is undervalued in like draft rankings? We didn't see a ton because you had the suspension, the first six games for Rishi Rice last year and then you had the injury of Mahomes. So the end of the year was like, okay, you didn't, but when you had him with Mahomes, he basically like a top 12 wide receiver every single week. He started week seven, which he scored 20 points, 21 points, 16.6 has a down game, 6.8, 20.1, 25.4. And then things kind of fell apart over the next, week 15 is when Mahomes went down to injury. So you still had, yes, for, for fantasy football, he will score a lot of points. So yes, in, in terms of speaking only of that, then yeah, he knowing that he's not going to be suspended, it's, it's pretty valuable. We got a report. This one was just maybe funny or maybe laugh a little bit. It's being reported that Joann Jennings is asking for too much money. Jennings, what are you doing? He's going to be 29. He is a solid player. Oftentimes solid players believe they should be paid like great players. He should be paid a good amount of money. There's got to be, someone has to have cash for Joann Jennings. I think the issue right now, and teams have to want it. That teams would want him. But the issue for him is because he was asking for too much money and didn't get signed early, we are so close to that first wave. We're so close to the draft where there is, there are so many Joann Jennings in this track and they, those Joann Jennings will miss his hand and those Joann Jennings will be younger. It's like, if I'm a GM, I'm not signing Joann Jennings right now. If the draft doesn't fall my way and the specific wide receivers I liked went to other teams and whatever, then I'll go sign him after the draft. But I would be surprised if he signs before the draft, which means search for news during this show. He'll probably sign. We did get some positive comments about Tank Dell. Coach D'Amico Ryan's said his status for OTA is uncertain. They expect him at some point this year a another beat reporter for the Texans. Jonathan M. Alexander said, I expect him to be ready for week one. That'd be great. Tank Dell is a good player and the Texans are better when he's on the field. Yeah, as is CJ Stroud. All right, we'll take a quick break and be right back with the Mailbag. Mailbag. Thank you. I mean, I didn't even Hardware Barracks, ordinary J Gris over there holding it down. I wasn't asking for that. I was just telling the people at home. We're never asking for that. Every time that thing is just a frying pan to the face. It's a good jam. He's J Gris. The problem is it kind of sticks in my head. All right. If you would like to submit a question for future Mailbags, just go to the website. Or if you want to do a voicemail, that's 302-464-TFFB. No voicemails today, but we have our first question from Andrew off of IG. It's Bucky Irving. I like this. I think Dynasty Price Check on Bucky Irving is a topical question right now. The question is, should I trade Bucky for the 104 rookie pick, which that's an easy one to put a name to. It's one of the three wide receivers. So it's like you can just run through them. I would rather have each one of those three wide receivers over Bucky Irving. Okay. What if it's Carnel Tate on the Cleveland ground? He's the last one left. Yeah. That's what I was just going to say. Carnel Tate goes number six to Cleveland. He will be third in my big three. So he would be this pick for Bucky. And I would take the young top 10 drafted wide receiver over the smaller fourth round running back that has had a breakout, but also been dealing with the injuries. So yeah, I would rather have the 104 for Bucky. Now there is a pretty big... They brought Kenneth Gainwell in to compete for touches for Bucky on the Tampa Buckeys. Yeah. There's a fairly large gap between the 104 and the 105 as of now, not knowing how the NFL draft falls. I feel like you could convince me that Bucky is worth more than the 105, depending on what you think about Sadiq. And honestly, like, man, I am... We said this on the rookie preview show last week, but I am so, so close to putting Stowers ahead of Sadiq. Oh. I feel like I need to do it now because I won't be able to do it after the draft. You know what I mean? Because Sadiq will be drafted higher or we presume he will over Stowers, but I... Seems like it. I like Stowers more than Sadiq. And Bucky is a tough evaluation right now because you had the breakout of year one and then a deleted year. And now... And the best competition, in my opinion, that he's had on the team of Kenneth Gainwell. I probably prefer the rookie wide receiver. If you... You know, try and do a zoom out real quick. Don't have the landing spots, but it's like once the landing spots are secure, who's going first in a startup draft? Those three wide receivers or Bucky Irving? It will easily be those three wide receivers. I'll say probably. Most likely. I'm not going easily. Well, it would easily be those three wide receivers for me in a startup because I... Then you should easily trade Bucky for the 104. Yeah, I would... I don't like building my... If I'm building a dynasty team from scratch, I do not like... What if you're... Pretty much the first two rounds, I hate when I get a running back, but if I do get a running back in the first two rounds, it's because it's Bijon. It's because it's one of the most... Okay, so flip that real quick. You're a contender. You have Bucky. Bucky's your RB2 right now. Would you go for... I'm a contender and Bucky's my RB2. If I'm real contender, he's my RB3. You know what I'm saying? No, he's not. I would say... I would still take the... I think that hopefully... I don't believe Carnell Tate... Like when I've been mock drafting, I have Carnell Tate falling to eight to the Saints. And that... That bypasses... Really, the big problem is pick six for the Browns. Yeah. Pick six for the Browns is where they can ruin it by taking one of those three guys. They're going to take a wide receiver, but they have plenty of more draft capital later to take one of the guys that I just don't even like already. So I don't think that there's a guarantee one of those three is ruined. I would make the trade. Brian off of IG says, why is no one talking about Parker Washington? Parker Washington, if you do not recall, Jacksonville Jaguars pretty much had a breakout campaign last year. They're wide receiver three or wide receiver two or wide receiver one. Yeah. What is happening? One or two, not sure. And so just have a dicey conversation about it. And then there's the follow-up is Parker Washington worth the 108. I assume this is what I trade the 108 for Parker Washington, which just reading it, that sounds difficult of a guy who... He didn't come out of nowhere. Like we already knew who Parker Washington was, but this level of success feels like it came out of nowhere. But it's Liam Cohen. You guys have shared your thoughts on Brian's Thomas Jr. of perhaps he's not even long for the Jacksonville Jaguars. Just how are you about valuing Parker Washington and who then they had the addition of Jacoby Myers like in the middle of the season? Yeah. So I think Parker Washington is undervalued. The second half is when Parker Washington really changed after the bi-week. I think he's really good. My Felix model had a talent score of 91 on him as a prospect minus draft. Oh my. Right. Now, doing a little back test and that is not as sticky as the actual Felix model with the draft capital, which once you have him, the draft capital, he's like a 45th percentile, which is why you saw two and a half years of him do nothing. He's a six round pick. And so who cares? Now a breakout can happen and can then be sticky. And that could have happened more often than not. That draft capital sticks around for just about ever unless you are, you know, obviously if you puka, if you come out the gates and you've got bad draft capital, but you establish yourself as a superstar right away. Okay. Draft capital no longer matters forever. However, when you break it out in the back half of year three, you aren't seen as a core foundational piece of a franchise. You're probably not going to have the team building around you this year, especially with Brian Thomas, Jr. there. And so I would rather have the 108, but that does not mean that I think Parker Washington's current value is he is, he is good. He is better than what his value is. But I think there's a gap there between the 108. It's going to be probably a second round wide receiver. Yeah, it will be after the bi-week. Parker Washington's pace was 1200 yards and that includes a game he got hurt and only played 38% of the snaps. And then the week he came back, he only played 45% of the snaps as he was ramping back in. The second half was fantastic for Parker Washington. He's in the final year of his contract. So Jacksonville, if you're looking at this from dynasty, Jacksonville is going to have to make a decision of their decision is made with Brian Thomas, Jr. What they do with them because they have to they re-ups Jacoby. They have to pick one of those two. Right. So yeah, maybe they'll be playing for their, for the contract. Yeah. I mean, they always are. I'm not trading the 108 for Parker Washington. It might be fair, but being a year three guy and then having that breakout over the second half, I'm not willing to take on the probability risk that Parker Washington, that was the best year of his career. That is one of the possibilities. Yeah, because I mean, we haven't even mentioned Travis Hunter because he's a cornerback wide receiver, but that's more competition there as well. All right. We got the next question is from Tony off of IG. Dynasty value for Kyren Williams, 25 and a half. He's in year five. He did get the bag last year. So that, I mean, that tells you that he will at least have his job. At least have it this year. This year, but Blake Corum was used a lot more Blake Corum showed there is a reason that he was drafted in the NFL. It's like, this is a situation that could quickly enter a full 50, 50. I don't believe that. I don't. I think Kyren is that much better. Yeah. I think Kyren is that much better. Now, obviously last year it wasn't, it wasn't what it was. It wasn't like the 90, 10 of years past last year. I think you're going to see more of that where you have a shared workload, but I don't believe it'll be 50, 50. Kyren is their guy. He's also got a pretty nice contract. So he's under contract the next three years. He can get, they can get out of it. Yes. Very cheaply after this season. Yes. That would be the concern. But that's what I like about the contract. This isn't a type of contract that I feel like this isn't Todd Gurley levels that's crippling your ability to build a team. He's paid 10 million a year. That's a lot. That's a good chunk of change. But if you feel like he's an important part of your offense, 10 million a year is like, okay, we don't have to get out of this. Right. You know, they would, they would still have 2.3 million dead cap next year if they got out of it next year, which means they're just saving 8 million, which is, I mean, maybe they'll have to, but I think he's safe for two years, which means for dynasty, if that was the question, what's the dynasty value for Kyren? He has, he's a key for you. Would you acquire Kyren? I think he is, he belongs on a championship contending team. Okay. So if you're a contender, lacking an RB2, you're willing to go pay the price? Because to go to trade for Kyren, I would be expensive. I would give up my first round. If I'm a contender, I'm a back half first round pick. If I've got like the 110, you know, because I was one of the best teams in the world. One of the best teams in the world, get it done. You'll need more. Yeah. But I would be willing to go start negotiations and try to acquire him. And if I'm, if I'm a middling team, if I am, this is the type of player, like we got that, we got there every couple of years, the, the crops of great running backs to get old and you start seeing, we saw this with Derek Henry forever ago and, and for, and then forever, which is, there are certain players out there that they need to be moved. They should only be on the contending teams. If you're not a contending team, capitalized right now, you can get more than the 110 for Kyren Williams. And you should do that because he's not going to be around four and five years from now. He's not built like Derek Henry. And he doesn't have that kind of, he didn't come into the NFL with the name value, like a B genre or someone. So will he get another contract after this? Probably not one that is like meaningful for fantasy football. So if I'm a middling team or rebuilding team and Kyren's on my roster, I'm looking to trade him to a championship contender. In related news, Kyle, the Borg-Ogon has just put Kyren Williams on the trade block. Oh, he's got him. Maybe I'll, maybe I'll grab him this episode. Please do please, please have your whole entire team just be running backs. And you can pretend you're a contender. All right. Those words anger me. Let's see. We got it. Roma Dunze. This question is off of Twitter from Jason says it's a keeper question. Roma Dunze in the seventh or Imika Egbegbu. A Mecca Egbuca in the eighth. That's a really fun one because both guys were disappointing down the stretch. Rome, oh really, both guys got out to a smoking hot start. The exact same thing though of like just catching nonstop touchdowns. Gosh, their, their beginning of their seasons is hilarious. If this one's, I know, I know my answer. This one is easily a Mecca. Okay. That's where I am. For me. Yeah. It's a Mecca. I think it's, it's closer. Rome, Rome has much more competition than a Begbu does. Yeah, it is. It's hard to say his name right now. Hard. Rob Gronkowski has murdered. Imika Egbegbu. A Mecca Egbegbu. I can't even say it, man. I mean, a Mecca. It's awful. This is a guy I just adored and loved. He was a my guy last year and then Rob Gronkowski put that monstrous comment out, ruined his career and our brains. But yeah, A Mecca doesn't have the target competition. He's not dealing with like right now Luther Burton and Mr. Lovely. Oh, they have, they have left. It's like they're sleeping in the weight room. Either one of them could be the one over Rome and Rome could still be the one as well. Sure. We just don't know. I don't think that there is another player on the roster for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers now that Mike Evans is gone. Chris Godwin. Okay. I guess Godwin could be the one in a big, I will never say his name. What is wrong with you? What is Rob with me? Okay. That's what's Rob Gronkowski. Yeah. I mean, at this stage, I expect a Mecca, a Bucca to be the one for their like that's my expectation. I genuinely think it's more likely that he's the one than Rome becoming the one. Yes. I genuinely don't know. Like what I'm going to have to, when we start after the draft, starting out for the the UDK, I'm going to have to dive deep to figure out the target pecking order for the bears. I'm in do a Bucca this year. I'll go one more year. Okay. Of like, take another shot. Yeah, it started, it started so hot. He's a great wide receiver, right? That's the thing that was so weird is he was a great wide receiver. Then he was drafted in the first round. And then he was a great wide receiver. And then it and then all of a sudden Baker couldn't throw the ball to him and he couldn't catch. So weird. This next question is from Joshua in Texas. I am in a super flex dynasty league. My team is terrible. I got a trade offer of AJ Brown for Jalen waddle. Interesting. Okay. So this is a team. This is getting out of a in aging veteran who will probably be on the downside of his career. AJ Brown will be playing at at 29 this year. Well, it was waddle 27.3. Oh, it's like a year and a half. Really? I know, right? It feels like a Jalen Brown. What? Well, Jalen waddle came in a little later. I don't think I would do that. I don't I would rather have AJ Brown. Yeah, I would stick with AJ Brown. Like, but to be fair, I don't understand how this is worded. I think they might be getting AJ. I mean, it says I got a trade offer of AJ Brown for Jalen waddle. That could go either way. I guess. So we'll just say we are on the side of the say yes. Yes, you figure it out. Yeah. Where's your question better? We're both preferring AJ Brown over Jalen waddle. Okay, let's say you you have AJ Brown. There's still all the rumors. The Patriots rumors have not gone away. They have now just shifted to well, it's going to happen after June 1st. It could. I believe that. So do you if you hold on to AJ Brown, do you want him to move to the Patriots or do you want to say no, I would I would much rather him move to the Patriots. I want him to move to just about anywhere. Obviously, if you move to a team that has no quarterback, but I don't the thing about a nice veteran like this who's got a humongous amount of money on his contract and would expect probably a new contract. Upon arrival. Yeah, I think a trade means more new cash. There isn't a team out there without a quarterback that is doing that. So I don't worry like always going to go to this bad team that has no quarterback because why would they trade capital for an aging vet and then give them a bunch of cash if they don't have the quarterback figured out. This is a team like the Patriots. It's like we've got our quarterback, you know, the commanders where it's like, we've got a good team, but we need to support our quarterback with another stud. And I think that when he gets traded for draft capital and given a new contract, the targets will be coming. So I want him traded. All right, quick break back with some more questions. Mike in Baltimore is Isaiah Pacheco a must have running back now that he is behind Gibbs. No, I mean, he will be he will be rostered in all leagues and has to be rostered, but a must have to me is like someone that you're going to be playing. Well, I think if if if Jamire Gibbs is not playing, you'd be starting to check out horse, but that just means he's an insurance running back. Yeah, but so he's like the level of insurance that Pacheco provides for the Detroit Lions is a very important insurance back. I mean, you're going to look around the league and say, okay, who's behind B John who's behind Gibbs who's behind McCaffrey who's behind. And then if there is a clear backup and Pacheco appears to be the clear backup, then those will be important guys. I'm fine drafting them. I'm fine dropping them if I need to. Well, let's just go that Pacheco versus the other B Robinson who who's who's got the higher premium, your monthly premiums waiting for the payout who's higher. I would rather have Brian Robinson. Okay. I think that he has shown more in the last year and a half when given opportunities. He's looked pretty good and Pacheco has never looked remotely the same after that leg break. I mean, this was a guy who was on fire, looked great. We loved how he destroyed the turf when he ran and he broke his leg. It was unfortunate his opportunity to be a bell cow and get that bag didn't happen. But then when he came back, it was like, we forgave him because he just came back from a leg break and he looked worse than cream hunt and aging vet. So then you go into the next year and you're like, okay, there was some news like, oh, he's looking good. And I don't know, did he ever look good to you last year? No, yeah, me either. So I'll take the guy that still looks good. All right, let's stay in Detroit. Felix off of IG. What is Jameson Williams value in dynasty? So Jameson Williams 25, freshly 25 years old. Apparently because of the website says he's 25.0. I don't know his actual birthday, but a happy birthday. Whenever it was, he was a first half blunder and a second half wonder and he finished as a top 10. Wait, wait, wait, I'm is it his birthday today? It's not his birthday today. But what if I told you that he was Andy's my guy and his birthday at his March 26th? Are you telling me he didn't know that? Of course. Holy. That's why he was a my guy. B day, bro. B day, bro. You gotta be careful with that one. Second half. He's on the but day, bro. Right. So birthday, bro's second half. He finishes the top 10 wide receiver. It was awesome. That was and do recall coach guns Mahoney, AKA Dan Campbell took play calling and said, you stink at this. I'm gonna do it because you can't figure out how to get Jameson Williams the ball. It's actually very easy. According to head coach guns Mahoney, where do you have Jameson Williams? Cause that that's really like he was a top 20 guy back in 2024 off of 58 catches for a thousand seven. So I mean, like that's not really anything spectacular. I've got him right now in dynasty leagues as my wide receiver 17. And every time I look at that, I think he might be too low. Wait, he might be too high every time he was higher in points per game two years ago. I didn't realize that because like right now I've got him obviously behind the Chris Olavi, George Pickens, the same kind of age. I have George Pickens. Yeah, illegally high in my ranks. Yeah. And so Jameson, you can make really strong arguments, nice big long contract, freshly minted 25 years old, great offense, quarterback stability that he is great. But his inconsistency, I don't think goes away. I think the place that I don't believe he's going to be a hundred catch receiver ever, you know, and so he's a frustrating fantasy asset to have. So I look at him and I'm like, okay, would you rather have a 25 year old all those things I just said that is on a good offense, but he's 25 or the aging AJ Brown, Jameson Williams. Is that easy for you? Yeah, it is. So I have him above AJ Brown in my rankings, like AJ Brown is at 19, Jameson Williams is at 17. When I think through this, I feel like I would rather have AJ Brown to be able to put in the starting lineup more confidently right now. But then of course the age and the gap. So I think he's at the right spot. Whenever I see a player and I'm like, he should be higher, he should be lower. It's probably baby bear situation here. I got you. Well, this really Goldilocks, the baby bear was, well, it was always the baby bear who was the one. You're right. You're right. His chair is bad. I mean, maybe baby bear had it made. I like if you're talking kids have it made. Just don't know it yet. The if you're saying the value this year, AJ Brown on the Eagles, I'll take Jameson Williams. Oh really? Redraft? Yeah. AJ Brown on the Patriots. I'll take AJ Brown. Okay. But I do. I have confident that Jameson Williams will be far more consistent and reliable this year. Dude, have that confident. Have it. Have that confidence. Yeah. That's what you said. Did I? Yeah. I thought I said I'm far more confident. I don't think so. Well, what did I say? What did I say back there? Dude, they're not listening. Yeah. They're not doing anything. They're not paying. Are you playing a solid game? Are you a mind sweeper? What are you doing? I wish we had a camera behind them. I need, we need screen share. You ever noticed that the guys who set up the cameras never put a camera behind them so we could see what they're doing? They're like, no. Very suspicious. But did Mike have a flubby statement? You don't know how to talk, do you? No idea. Okay. You guys, what were you doing? You guys were not producing this show. What were you doing? I was reading the head. Oh my gosh. I was working a trade offer. We're trying to get kind of back in. Goodness. Cause he knows we can't do anything. Yeah. This is the time to swoop in. He's in the tampering period. Fair. Unbelievable. Illegal tampering period. Ridiculous. All right. Well, let's, let's stay talking Dynastie. Eli off of IG. Dynastie value. Cortland Sutton, 30 and a half. He will be entering year nine in the NFL. His value is, he is, Farton again. It's weird because it's the same thing, you know, it's like Cortland Sutton this year on the Broncos. The wide receiver 13. He should be solid. Like last year, he just finished wide receiver 13. He has Jalen Waddle, Waddle now, which is that's a big difference than anything that they have of our arguments of Pat Bright and Troy Franklin. Jalen Waddle is much, much better than both of those guys. Yeah. I mean, that's the dynasty issue is once the Jalen Waddle trade came through, you go, okay, well, Cortland Sutton, he'll be a red zone target, but he's not going to be their wide receiver one. It seemed like last year they were trying to have him not be the wide receiver one, or at least I don't think they were trying to manufacture that, but there were large stretches of the season where Troy Franklin was leading them in targets, leading in yards. And then Cortland Sutton was saving fantasy value with touchdowns. Cortland Sutton is 30 years old. The wheels are going to fall off really, really soon for him. And he might already invested in their future. He may not even be a Bronco in two years. So yeah, it's the unknown of where is a 31 and a half year old receiver going to go. I don't know if you can package Sutton with someone like Sutton plus another legit player to upgrade. But I would be trying to unload Sutton off of being back to back and half PPR wide receiver 13 two straight years, 120 plus targets in each of the last two seasons. Do you think he can hit 120 targets? No way. No way does it get a way? No way. No way. No how not with Waddle there. I mean, a Waddle injury, just a balloon hands. Alright, we got we got a we got maybe one more. Let's go that guy from someplace. Oh, dude, I know him. You know that guy. I know that guy. He wants to know as of right now, I'll read you the names if you are not privy to them, your least favorite round one pick. Because we we often say, you know, like you, you don't win at the draft, but this is where you build your foundation for a very successful year. Jason, your strategy of round one is that of not that you don't want upside, but you do want to feel safe. Yes, with your pick. I do. I think in the first round, everyone has upside. And we know that historically, probably, you know, at least 30 plus percent, probably even closer to half of the first round, we'll be disappointed. It all it just happens. Like usually it's injury to derail a first rounder, but sometimes it's just, they just don't live up to the hype. So this year, B. Jean Jamir. No, that's fine. Love it. Jamar Puka, JSN. No problems. They're not scared about any of them. Johnny Taylor, Christian McCaffrey. You're everyone is always scared of Christian McCaffrey. Sure. But also, I'd love to have him. He was very fun to have on my team last year. C. D. Lam, Oman Ra. No fears there. Okay. Here's where, yeah. I mean, it makes sense that the back of the first round would be where it went. So that's Justin Jefferson. Little scary off of a terrible year, but Kyler, I think, Kyler is, you know, Kyler Murray, the guy that the Arizona Cardinals paid to leave the guy that, uh, the majority of Arizonans, if you went and took the poll said, we got to get this guy out of here. No one like Kyler Murray until he was a free agent. Then people love him and they want him on their team. Yeah. Cause he's not a cardinal. Very strange situation. Makes complete sense to me. But so you got the quarterback situation for Jefferson. You got James Cook and then Ashton Gentie. Ashton Gentie's still, these are, this is from Bestball, by the way. He's sneaking in there at the very last pick of the first round. James Cook lost his fullback. Is that, yeah. I mean, he lost his fullback. They also got a wide receiver in theory to be a more of an alpha and DJ more. Um, the coaching changes neutral as it's the OC. So the offense should be the same, but, but I mean, it's like, can Joe Brady handle the responsibilities of being a head coach? Some guys are awesome offensive coordinators and then they end up being in charge of a team and they can't do it. Uh, yeah, I mean, look, I think the scarier one feels like it's James Cook, but in truth, it probably should be Ashton Gentie. It would be Ashton Gentie for me because of the, if Kirk's going to play a bunch of the year, that's better. They overpaid. They got a new center. We love that. We love the, the new offense that is coming in. So it's Gentie, but real quick though for Taylor, the second half of the year, it fell off. I mean, I don't care at all about that. You don't. No, I mean, that was, these were games where, where Daniel Jones was playing. They just were playing harder teams. Kind of yes, but also like the last four games of the season, which were really bad were Daniel Jones. When Daniel Jones left, it was a, I had him. It was a, you know, a wide foot kick to the Nards and he had a, when he had the down games, they still weren't like bad games. They were first two weeks after the bi-week, which were Daniel Jones games full 100%. They lost both of them and lost to Kansas City and they lost to the Houston Texans in those two games. Jonathan Taylor put up 7.6, half point point, half point PPR, whatever, half point scoring, and then 13.6. Those two defenses are elite run stopping defenses and everyone has a bad game here and there. At that point, that's the end of Daniel Jones. He only played like a quarter of the next game and it was a little bit more mild, but I, I'm not worried about, I'm not worried about Jonathan Taylor. He's a freak of nature. Well, I bring that up because we, you don't know for sure that when will Daniel Jones be ready to play? Sure. Week one, I don't know. Week four? We'll know closer to it and I think he'll, he'll move around and fall if he needs to fall. If all of a sudden, Daniel Jones is starting on the pop or something that we don't expect, but at the end, if you look at Ash and Gentie being there who very, very, very talented. You have Koubiak coming in saying he wants to have a timeshare, which he did not have as a rookie. And then there's other, there's other running backs out there. Devon H. Ann, I know that you've got a much worse offense this year, but also it's all Devon H. Ann. You've got a Marion Hampton that I think I would prefer with the upgraded offensive line over Gentie. I would expect a better overall offense. And I mean, you've even got, I think there's a lot of people that are in the Gentie tier that you can make an argument. Josh Jacobs bouncing back and not being injured. Ken Bone Walker, like that spot to me, I don't know what other wide receivers were on the board, but that spot feels like pretty questionable. All right. That's going to do it, ladies and gentlemen, for our show. 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