Fantasy industry vets Joe Dolan and Tom Brawley are bringing it all season long on the fantasy free agents podcast unrestricted, unaffiliated unparalleled fantasy football analysis. We're back for our second edition of our draft plan podcast this week here on the fantasy free agents podcast. We kicked it off on Tuesday the 13th with our running back draft plan and Tom. I've been looking at the numbers. I don't want to get into specifics because that bores people but in our first day, I think that was our most listen to podcast. I mean that's only been out for not even 24 hours yet. And I think that that set a record for our most listen to podcast over the first 24 hours, so I guess somehow we're keeping the people engaged here. I'm thrilled about it. But but we got to keep going Tom. We got to get the wide receivers done. And then later in the week. We'll do the quarterbacks and the tight ends in the same episode. But today we're attacking the wide receiver draft plan. Yeah, you know it this is draft time. We had a couple friends even texting us last night asking about their teams and what they should do. So, yeah, it's really starting to heat up. This is the week where you know the middle of August here everything starts to heat up. Here and people will start doing dressed. So yeah, we're gonna lay out our plans here the next couple days. Hopefully help you out before you draft here. So just to reiterate if you didn't listen to the running back draft plan, by the way go back and listen to that because that's kind of where everything starts but we plan on having all four all four positions all four main positions covered in our draft plan by Friday afternoon early afternoon, and we're also going to that day update all of our cheat sheets up at Fantasy. Agents.com, so we're going to have everything you need for you to be prepared for your draft this weekend, and we're excited to get that to you Tom. Unfortunately. We do have to kick off our show with another piece of news. I was hoping we wouldn't have to do that today. I was hoping we would be able to get right into the wide receiver draft plan, but just like on yesterday's program when we had to talk about a Antonio Brown today. We have to talk about Andrew Luck according to General Manager Chris Ballard Andrew Luck's offseason. Season calf injury has essentially progressed into a high ankle injury and they believe now that they know the source of the pain and Ballard was saying that one of the things that was holding them back and was holding luck back was the fact that they didn't know the source of the pain. It's hard to treat it. If you don't know the source of the pain well now they're saying they know that Source. I know Jim irsay mentioned something about a little bone. It's like a Latin name. I'm not even going to try to pronounce. But reportedly Tom that was a red herring or a false or or kind of a kind of a it was a red herring it was something that they just didn't need to treat. It wasn't the cause of the injury and apparently they were focusing on this and that's when this high ankle injury progressed now, apparently Andrew Luck's been calling this an ankle injury for two weeks because that's where the pain has been. I don't know. What the hell's going on here Chris Ballard would Not confirm Andrew Luck will be ready for Week 1 Tom. I had to we had him at 3:00. We started this off season with Andrew luck it to at quarterback. Then I kind of bump them down just one spot to three behind DeShaun Watson because I'm like, you know, what? Why would you take Andrew Luck if this question exists and now Tom I moved him down to six at quarterback. I moved him behind not just to Sean Watson, but also Baker Mayfield Aaron Rodgers and Carson Wentz. I don't know how you could take Andrew luck with a premium. Pick at this point given the depth of the quarterback position. Now, there's going to be a point where he's going to be very appealing to you when your drafts but you just have to understand there's a big risk to drafting him at this point. Yeah, we'll get into our QB draft plans on Friday, but the the depth of the position, I mean, it's all time highs just how many guys that are viable at the position and you know, there's I just don't see a reason to take a risk on a guy that we you know, this is could be a potentially lingering issue throughout the season. Could you know hurt his his play? I mean the good news is I guess he has been resting since the start of Camp. I mean he tried to practice on it a little bit but he has been resting since then but there's a chance that this could leak into the start of the season. I know I saw most of the sports books have already taken the Colts down, you know their lines from week one and you know, they're kind of just And you know just hanging out right now. They're waiting to see more information just like everybody else and we also have to consider just the track record of the Colts and Andrew Luck and Reporting his injuries. I mean, they you know, they let everybody on in 2017 and even 16, you know, it's not that bad as shoulders not that bad and you know turns out he has to sit out the entire season so they don't get the benefit of the doubt with anything that's going on medically with Andrew Luck. So there are very, you know, this is very murky territory right now and I would not be spending a pick on him. I wouldn't be doing it anyway because there's so many premium quarterbacks later in drafts, but I definitely would not be doing it now with his his health certainly up in the air right now. Well, this is just like we talked about with Melvin Gordon, right? We have Melvin Gordon at 14 at running back right now. And if he reports it's going to look too low and if he and if he doesn't report it's going to look too high you just you have to Cut it down the middle somewhere. And that's where we're at with luck Tom and I reserve full right to move him up and down very rapidly based on the news that comes out Tom if we're doing this at what 10:30 a.m. On Eastern time today, if news comes out in an hour before this podcast is even released that Andrew Luck is back in practicing. I'm going to move him up again. I know it's just one of those things you have to be fluid, but for right now, there's no way I'm taking him before Baker Mayfield sure as hell. No way. I'm taking it. Before DeShaun Watson and some of those other names that I mentioned. So it's just one of those situations where we just have to keep monitoring it now Tom, we will get into T Y Hilton because we're talking wide receivers today and I want to know what you're going to do with Ty Hilton given the luck news, but we also got a little bit of a news here this morning Kenyan Drake of the Miami Dolphins is not practicing. He has been spotted in a walking boot now walking boot can mean anything it could mean he hurt his toe it can mean he got a bad pedicure. In training camp they're going to put you in a walking boot if anything hurts down there, but just another reason Tom that I'm not in on Kenyan Drake here. I know he looked okay in the first preseason game, but he's always looked. Okay. There's just something that doesn't click that makes him fantasy valuable. And that's the thing that stinks with Kenyan Drake. Yeah. We went over our dropped plans yesterday and neither of us are drafted him at this point not going to change now if he's dealing with a foot assure issue or an ankle injury, you know, blah. Lodge has still been a pretty good value at this price. It is going up right now, but he's still going, you know, it's you know, he's available 9th 10th 11th rounds and a lot of legs. So he's been the better value. Yeah. I'm looking at the ATP from NFC and he's still 42nd at running back hundred eighteen over also, you know, the his price is only going to continue to go up here over the next couple weeks and this injury, you know just makes it even more. A cure for Kenyan Drake right now. So, you know, maybe he starts to become a value if he starts to slip into the you know, 7th or 8th round. Maybe then I'll consider them but right now his price has just been too high right now. What's up listeners? This has been kookiness producer of the fantasy free agents podcast on anchor FM podcasting. 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So go download the anchor app or go to Anchor dot f m-- to get started today and thanks for listening to the fantasy free agents podcast unrestricted, unaffiliated unparalleled analysis for your fantasy football and bedding needs. Thomas get into the second most important position in fantasy football well and I'm calling it that time simply because most rosters are made up of Rome mostly running backs and wide receivers and on some teams. Tom many would argue that the wide receiver is the most important position and you can certainly build a team that's very strong at wide receiver and intentionally weaker at running back and build the championship team. So let's get into this wide receiver position. Position for the draft plan Tom just on a general level. How do you attack the wide receiver position heading into your draft, you know, we kind of touched on a little bit last yesterday in the last podcast, but you know, I'm pretty aggressive with, you know draft and receivers. I like to get I'd like to usually get a one running back one receiver if I can, you know, sometimes if I'm drafting at the back end of the first round, you know if I can get like a Michael Thomas and Odell Beckham, I'll go receiver receiver early and You know go after running backs in the third and fourth rounds, but I do like to stack up at least three receivers in the first six or seven rounds here, you know, most of my legs that I'm in, you know most, you know, best of all legs and stuff that you know, you're starting three receivers. So it's important to get least one of the big you know, you know, one of the top 10 to 15 receivers on your team, I think so for the purposes of this exercise the draft plan exercise. We're going to presume. We're in a 12 team. Egg that starts three wide receivers. Now if you have two receivers in a flex or two receivers and to flexes Tom you and I are in an auction League together where we have two receivers and to flexes so you can build your team a lot of ways, but let's just for the purpose of this exercise. We're going to focus like this is a 12 team league with three starting wide receivers, which means you can probably start up to four with your flex, but that's just the purpose of this exercise. Tom wide receivers are going off the board a little bit slower than running backs in the first round so far. I think ATP data and we're looking at nff see a teepee data over the last week. We have four wide receivers solidly in the first round and I think there's eight running backs now over the last week and Travis Kelce sometimes in there as well going in the first round those receivers or DeAndre Hopkins Davante Adams, Michael Thomas and Julio Jones. Tom to draft DeAndre Hopkins in the first round I'm going to say usually that's going to be in the fifth sixth seventh range and it's simply a personal preference. It's when you don't feel that the running back on the board outweighs the value of a DeAndre Hopkins or in our case Tom because we have Davante Adams number one a Davante Adams. That's it. Just depends on your personal feeling you might think Tom that you would take these guys before David Johnson others might think you know what I take David Johnson and Le'Veon Bell before I took a wide receiver but most of the time the first wide receiver comes off the board around the sixth or seventh pick. Yeah. I have seen them in the fifth pick, you know, I've seen some Hopkins there, but for me, I like to start considering them in the sixth and seventh pick. So I do have Adam slightly ahead of Hopkins, but they're both premium options here. I have Bell eighth overall after the top two receivers here. So, you know, I'd like some combination of Hopkin Adams and In that sixth and seventh spot, but you know, there's you can make a case for for some of these other guys like Michael Thomas and holy O Jones and Odell Beckham, but I think these two of a kind of distance them, you know, there's a little bit of a gap between the these top two guys in the in the second tier. So the next four guys coming off the board are very very close in ATP Michael Thomas Julio Jones Odell Beckham and JuJu Smith Schuster now I commented on On SiriusXM this past weekend. I kind of have those four guys. Tom essentially tied at number three receiver on my board let you and I I'm not going to argue with you if you tell me. Hey, I like Michael Thomas More Than Odell Beckham. I'm not going to argue with you. If you tell me I like Juju more than I like Julio Jones. It's just these guys are so close together that it's just splitting hairs to me at this point. So what if you want to go for the ceiling of Odell Beckham over the floor of Michael Thomas? If you want to go for the Youth of JuJu over the over the veteran authority of Julio Jones, I'm not gonna argue with you. It's just these guys are essentially tied for third for me and it's splitting hairs on what you want. Maybe you bump up Thomas and JuJu in PPR maybe in non PPR Julio and Odell Beckham get a little bit of a boost for you. I don't care what it is. But these four guys Tom are so close together that I think starting wide receiver wide receiver on the on the one to turn if you pick towards the back end of the first round. I actually tend to think that's a really appealing strategy this year. Yeah. I think you could even throw Tyree kill it, you know at the bottom of this group as well. You know, they all kind of depends on what you're looking for. If you're looking for consistency, you know week in week out you maybe go with Thomas and whole the oh Jones if you're looking for maybe, you know shooting for the moon looking for, you know to grab that potential wide receiver one you go after Odell or Juju or Tyreke, you know, the guys that Of you know, the big week-to-week like huge potential each week. So it's all personal preference. I'm with you though. I mean, maybe you want to go a little, you know, go with the consistency of the the Thomas and Jones and then grab one of these high upside receivers. If you're picking at the end of the first round, yeah, then maybe you'll like you said maybe you pair a floor guy with a ceiling guy and that's that's really doing a disservice to call Michael Thomas a fire guy because he has a massive ceiling as well. But I'm just I'm just trying to do. Differentiate them from Odell Beckham because I think it's more likely Odell Beckham has a 1 or 0 catch game than Michael Thomas. Yeah. That's what that's what I'm saying. Y'all. These guys are pretty high floored types. But you know Thomas and Jones, I mean those guys floors or you know, yeah a little higher higher than just about anybody's outside of Hopkins and Adams. I mean and they also have huge weekly potential as well. But I think Odell Juju and tyriq have that, you know a little bit more juice to potentially be the Super ones this year. Are you worried at all about Tyree kills off-field issues Tom because I after what happened with cream hunt. I mean, you can't say this thing's over can you know in this guy's obviously a knucklehead to I mean, he could all be putting it that's putting it. Yeah. I'm late. Yeah, I mean he could do just about anything. So he is a little bit of a Loose Cannon and you know anything could come out here. I mean just you know, what that the way Society runs here. Maybe we could have a TMZ report on the eve of Of you know their first game or something, you know, you never know what this kind of stuff. So that's why he's kind of at that bottom of that end of that tear. So I really think Tom and this is one of the reasons that I like picking almost in the back half of the first round this year is I do think the wide receiver position kind of thins out after that Tyreke it I think it's very fair to throw my Kevin's into there. I think Bruce Arians is going to be a really positive influence on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Evans is almost universally the eighth wide receiver off the board, but I'm looking at the 8th. P there is a there's a basically a five pick difference between Tyree kill and Mike Evans and then there's a for pick difference between Mike Evans and Antonio Brown. So by ATP over the last week Evans is kind of in a tear of his own and if you draft a running back say your say you have one of those top four picks that we talked about on the running back draft plan and you take one of the big four at the running back spot. The guy you are praying for in the second round in my opinion is Mike Evans. Yeah. He's a he's a great option to get towards the back. End and you know, maybe if you get you know, the one of those top five running backs, you know, nice guy to pair them with their you know, he's firmly ahead of antoniou brown. Now what you know all the the drama circling him and you know, he's kind of like almost in a tier by himself now, I think he's just kind of floating out there, you know available in the middle second to end of the second round right now. So let's get into the guys who are kind of end of second beginning of third rounders. And this is where we start to get guys Tom. You have a few more Questions about them Antonio Brown we could do three our podcast on the questions about him. Hey, we got into it a little bit yesterday. We know the risk there and nothing new really came out of the Hard Knocks episode last night. No, you haven't caught up but nothing earth-shattering out of that. Yeah, I'm gonna watch it today. My wife went to bed last night. She loves actually there's actually a little disappointing. I was expecting a little more fireworks, but it was more subdued than I was thinking. Well, maybe the fireworks will happen next week because the Antonio reported. Yes. Yesterday, so maybe maybe we'll get the fireworks next week. But we have Antonio Brown. I mean we talked about it on yesterday's podcast. You know, what the risk is maybe you're a no-risk it no biscuit type of guy like Bruce Arians. Maybe you draft Antonio Brown and say I'm going to ride and die with him and with my Christian McCaffrey pick at the top of the first round, that's fine. Then there's Keenan Allen. We know the issue with Keenan Allen great receiver. The Chargers just didn't run a ton of plays last year time though. That was a big issue for them. Now a guy. I have a ton of T Y Hilton Andrew Luck's hurt. Yeah, I'm just about to ask you. What do we do with this group now - yeah, I'm kind of thinking about moving Keenan Allen above both Hilton and brown just because of the hair just because the question marks here with both of those guys. It doesn't affect Hilton all that much for me and I'm going to tell you why because I don't think anything we heard yesterday. Now, this is the Colts but I don't think anything we heard about Andrew Luck's status would suggest that they're worried that this could be a long long term injury. And if that's the case, I'm okay plug in T Y Hilton into my lineup for two or three weeks with Jacoby percent at quarterback because I honestly think percent is one of if not the singular best backup quarterback in the NFL. Yeah, but there's I mean, there's no denying you go back and look at his 2017 statistics. I mean, you know only season under a thousand yards in the last six under 60 catches. I mean, it's not the same situation without without walk there and make your sounds like you're giving the the it's a little bit more been on the benefit of the doubt here. I really don't trust anything that's coming out Indianapolis right now. That's where the with you know them calling it a caffeine, you know, it's either incompetence or they're being very vague. I mean, would you rather pay be vague or incompetent? I'd rather them be I guess it don't know I guess I'll beg. Yeah because incompetence I think that was part of the issue in 2017. So T Y Hilton like but here's the thing Tom. I will also say about Hilton. Percent that season remember he got traded to the Colts like a week before the season started. So he's had two more full seasons with the team. And obviously this is the second year with Frank Reich and it's the Frank Reich offense. So we know it's a better offense. So I think you do have to keep take that into account as well Amari Cooper is also a third rounder. We know the questions about him. Is he good morning? I mean last year even when he got to the Cowboys and it Tom it's undeniable. That Dak Prescott was better when Amari Cooper got there that Amari Cooper was better when he got to Dallas. But if you look at the numbers, he still put up most of his numbers in a couple big games. Yeah. I mean it was still you know, the the roller coaster ride with him, you know, the big huge games and then you know, the the bottom, you know, his floor is is way too low for a guy that's going in the top three rounds here and that's been the case throughout his career wasn't just because of Derek Carr apparently. But you know, there was a little bit more consistency and you know, you touched on set being in a tough spot. I mean Cooper was also in a tough spot learning offense and getting traded over mid season, so maybe there's more growth there and but you know, we did get a little bit of a report that you know, his little foot injury here is a little plantar fascial irritations. So that's not exactly something you want to be here, you know be hearing here going into the season because sometimes that can develop into a bigger issue. Ooh, I saw pro football. Dr. David Xiao. I saw him say that it's not a big deal. It's something you can manage but it is going to be painful. So just throw that on to the docket with Amari Cooper. Yeah, exactly and we're talking about a guy that's already inconsistent. You know, now we throw in, you know playing through pain and does he become even more volatile than that's scary with a guy that Cooper Adam thielen and Stefon Diggs or the next to Tom and correct me if I'm wrong or disagree with me if you want they're going back to back in. Pay I actually prefer digs. I just think you're a better player. I'm with you. I slightly prefer digs and I like some of the moves they made this offseason. I think you know there they tried to bolster their offensive line. I think that's going to help them throw it more downfield and you know, there's been talk that you know in the in the offseason that they're going to try to run more play action. I think that kind of stuff, you know, it's going to help both of those guys, but I think it helps digs a little bit more since he is primarily a outside. Fever and a lot of those plays, you know, the longer developing players are better for the outside receivers. If you're noticing a theme here, it's that we have a lot of questions about These Guys these wide receivers who are going in the third round and Tom. This is why I haven't really liked starting in a redraft Lee best ball is different just because my approach to the running back and receiver positions are different in best ball, but in a redraft league, this is why I don't really like starting running back running. Back because I have some big questions about these third round receivers. And for the first time in a long time. I actually feel like I like the third round running backs more than I like the third round receivers. So as we talked about yesterday, I am much more likely to start my draft in my opinion receiver receiver than I am to start it running back running back because if I can get two of those top eight guys, we talked about at the receiver position. I feel more comfortable. Oil going into the year with say a carry-on Johnson or or Devonta Freeman as my number one running back then I do going into the year with an Amari Cooper as my number one receiver. Yeah. I'm right there with you. I love the third run around running backs the season and it's not like the the receivers or you know bad here in the third round. There's there's just a you know, it's just there's just a little bit of question marks with each of these guys which you know, which is why they're in the third round. So I'm right there with you. I'm much more likely. Way to go, you know wide receiver heavy or tight end hat, you know, that's why I've been taking Kelsey in the first round at the end of the first round a little bit because I do like the the running backs in the second round and in the third round, but yeah, these guys have a lot of questions but I think the guys behind them have a there is a little bit of a drop-off here to the to the next tier as well. It's funny how we look at this as well. You know, you look at T Y Hilton and Amari Cooper and these guys are definitely the team's number one wide receivers. But you know, the questions are keeping them out of the second round. But then your brain just kind of shifts and then you look at the names in the fourth round. You're like man. I love these guys. I loved the Rough Side. Let's start with Julian Edelman who's kind of a he's kind of the ugly duckling here only because he's a floor guy getting drafted in this round. But then we have Chris Godwin the number 16 wide receiver off the board Brandin Cooks Kenny Galah day and Robert woods. These guys are the fourth round wide receivers. I think edelman's the floor guy. You're a betting on If you're going with Godwin and gawad a and then with cooks and woods take your pick of the to I actually prefer Woods for Fantasy. But some people might like the ceiling of a Brandin Cooks. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah Woods is another very high floor guy. He is, you know his florist just about as high as Julian edelman's week in week out, you know, he had a nice little run of I think like five catches and 60 yards there for like 14 games last season. So he's a pretty high floor guy, you know in terms of these, you know, He's young receivers. I've been haven't really died. I've been going for the floor guys. I actually in this round but you know, I have dabbled in Chris Godwin here. I think he has, you know, huge potential here playing out of the Seas can play all this lot quite a bit and a lot of targets gone out of Tampa and we know Bruce Arians is going to throw it around. So I slightly preferred drafted him. I he he I'm surprised by the ATP. I typically see Cooks going off the board before God when But these NFC data showing people are being very aggressive with God when in these higher Stakes leagues? Yeah. I mean the high-stakes leaks you're shooting for the ceiling and you're obviously shooting for the ceiling with Chris Godwin, but you know, Tom and here's the funny part about it though, and I've talked about Brandin Cooks a ton like I didn't draft Brandin Cooks last year and I didn't really regret it. Like it was one of those that he had a couple huge games and he had some small gains, but look at the season Brandin Cooks had last year on the aggregate now for Fantasy, which is a weekly gain, Game, it's sometimes it's deceptive to look at things on the aggregate. But last year Brandin Cooks caught 80 passes for 1204 yards and five touchdowns. If anybody is drafting Chris God when in the fourth round, you tell him he's having that year. They might say, you know, what I would like a couple more touchdowns, but that's an awesome year and he's going ahead of Brandon Cooks who did that last year and is coming off of four consecutive thousand yard seasons. Yeah. I got One's Gonna be interesting. He could be end up being a floor guy like An adamant because I think he's gonna be seeing a lot of targets. I I don't know if he's going to have the huge yardage games like cook so he might actually end up big, you know more of a floor guy than anything. I know Aaron said earlier this Summer that you know, he could see God when catching a hundred passes and I wouldn't be totally shocking here. Let's get into the fifth round top because if I'm in the league where I start three wide receivers and one of these guys that I'm about to list is my third wide receiver. I am freaking psyched because these are Um, these are some guys that that I've been targeting aggressively in fantasy DJ more these wide receiver 20 Mike Williams Tyler Lockett Calvin Ridley Cooper cup Tyler Boyd. I happen to like all of these guys. I know some folks are down on Calvin Ridley and I want to get your opinion on Calvin Ridley. He did he was very touched down dependent last year, but we're also going into his second year a potential break out Year. Mike Williams hasn't broken. Yet but the Chargers have a very very narrow passing tree. I think it's going to be whoever the back is Keenan Allen Williams and Hunter Henry and that's going to get 90% of their targets. DJ more is the name. I want to focus on Tom. He's one of my most drafted receivers and this is the guy I'm highlighting where you tell me if at the end of the year one of these guys is top five in the NFL in receiving yards by I'm zeroing in on DJ Moore's that guy. Yep. He's been a one of my it's and I see the his nff. See price here is more in line with what we've been seeing all along. We've had him in the tub. We've had him and I think 18 or 19 overall, you know, he's been going like in the 24 to 26 range and in the best ball draft that we you know, I typically do but he has huge potential a he was a you know top 20 type receiver whenever he they finally started playing him last year as a rookie. They you know, they kind of bench Devin funchess and he sowed you know, Top 20 potential last year now. He gets another season to work with Cam Newton and you have to remember whenever he kind of broke out at the at the end of last year Cam Newton was really hurt or he didn't play at all. So I mean he was you know, that that wasn't with a Cam Newton that was at a hundred percent and it was with you know, Tyler heinicke, you know, so I mean more has I think he has sneaky wide receiver want, you know top 12 wide receiver one potential here. The season Tyler Lockett I look we know what Happened last year, he was the most efficient receiver arguably in the history of the NFL last year Russell Wilson had a perfect passer rating throwing to him. We don't need that to happen again Tom for him to pay off this ATP. What we do need is him to get more than 70 targets, which is his career high that's ridiculous. The the season that he put together last season with just 70 targets you talked about the Chargers happen. They're having an arrow with in-depth charted receiver. The Seahawks is might be the thinnest out of the entire leg here. Yeah, and you know walk it easily. I could see him going, you know, seeing 30 to 40 more Targets this season and if he stay, you know, he's not even going to come close to being as efficient as he was last season, but you know Russell Wilson is still one of the best deep throws in the leg and lock it is certainly proven that he can create separation down the field. So he's been you know, right after Lockett more have been my two favorite guys out of this range. I'm with you with Williams and Ridley. Not that I don't like those guys, but it's just they you know, they're both guys that score 10 touchdowns last year. It was a lot a lot of dependence on touchdowns. And you know, that's it's tough to duplicate year-to-year here. I do expect more targets and things to come for them, but I just have a few more questions there just because they have dominant number one receivers in front of them. So this this is the range that where I think it's really pivotal by the way. I love Cooper cup I've drafted him. Yeah. Yeah, we didn't really touch on them. You know, the only thing you know, the concern there is the recovery off the ACL injury. It could be you know, maybe he gets off to a little bit of a slow start but I wouldn't lose patience with him, especially since he didn't even start camp on the pump. So I'm not but he's worked his way back. So this is where your roster construction Tom really really can take off. I think it's very possible at this point to have two running backs and three receivers you feel good about or two running backs to receiver. And a tight end you feel good about maybe you have one running back three receivers in a tight end you feel good about but I mean at this point, I'm not a zero wide receiver guy. I know there are some contrarians out there who have really started to take that approach and this is where they draft their number one wide receiver. I don't like that approach. I will want one of these guys to be my number two receiver bare minimum if I have a number three receiver out of this group. I am freaking thrilled because this is where I really start to think the running back position drops. Also at this point in my draft if I'm just a typical drafter and I'm not trying to execute a different strategy by the time we get to the end of the wide receiver 25 is Tyler Boyd and we will talk about number 26 in ATP. I want at least two receivers out of this group this top 25. Yeah, I agree. I typically do that, but I have dabbled a little bit in the 0 receiver a little bit this that's just it to experiment a little bit my best ball. It typically have done it. No, you know when I've gotten like carrion Johnson and the early third, you know, I'll go I have done a few drafts with three running backs. It is a little I'm just scrambling for receivers after that. You know, I'm drafting like four receivers in a row after that. Just hoping that I hit one of these guys and you know hit it big and they have a big wide receiver one type season and maybe if you do do that, you know kind of scenario maybe AJ Green is a kind of a guy that you may be Target in the sticks around who has the huge potential. You know, we've seen him be a top five type receiver and he's going at a discounted rate. Now, maybe he's a guy that if you go running back heavy at the top of the draft, maybe a Target and AJ Green in the sixth round. So he is wide receiver 26. That's the guy I wanted to mention here his ATP over the last week at the NFC is fifty six point nine six that puts him in the back end of the fifth round, but it's kind of deceptive Tom to talk about his ATP because the range is ridiculous for him. Yeah. I saw the To 290 early and yeah, the earliest pick is 42 which is right smack in the middle of the fourth round. The latest pick is 90 which puts him in the eighth round. So it's just depending I mean the the guy who drafted him at 90 might not have even had visions of drafting AJ Green has okay sure. This is ridiculous. The guy who draft him at 42 is like I'm going to try to shoot for the ceiling. What is your plan with AJ Green? I know you dabbled on it a little bit, but do you like them on a team? Where you Two receivers you feel good about three receivers you feel good about or if you want to go a zero or a wide receiver approach. Is he the second receiver you draft and you're just planning on stashing them and hoping you have a number one guy when he comes back. Yeah. I like that approach. If you go running back heavy and your do you go shoot for the moon here go for a green maybe at the end of the fifth, you know early 6th and hope that he's you know, healthy by week 3 or week 4 and you get a you know, a top 12 caliber receiver here, you know going off the board at wide receiver 26, that would be my Approach. If I go running back heavy, you know, I don't know if I would really take you know a big risk if he's like my third receiver, you know, maybe I'd go for a little bit more stability here, but it's an interesting group down here. I still do like, you know, some of these other guys like Allen Robinson that's going right around the same price. I think he has a lot of upside potential. He started to really come. The end of last year. So this is an interesting range. We have some post type guys we and we have some pretty good guys that that people expect to break out. These are the sixth round wide receivers starting at wide receiver 27 and ATP with Allen Robinson post type Alshon, Jeffery 28 post type Jarvis Landry at wide receiver 29 post type and then let's get into to break out candidates Cristian Kirk and Robbie Anderson a lot of guys are on Cristian Kirk as a breakout. I think they're going to run a ton of plays in Arizona. So I'm in I love Robbie Anderson. I liked what I saw from Donald in the first preseason game, but there's some value Tom in these quote-unquote boring pics of Robinson, Jeffrey and Landry as well. Yeah. I've dabbled in Robinson here. I Jeffrey and Landry. I haven't done too much. I'm not a big fan of Landry. We saw, you know at the end of last season they were really spreading the rock around, you know, Freddy kitchens whenever he took We're with Baker Mayfield. You know, we're starting Higgins was right on his tail in terms of Targets in the second half of last season. So you throw Odell Beckham in the mix and I just have it. I haven't taken a single Jarvis Landry here. I'm not not feeling it. Jeffrey is a little bit. I just there's just so many mouths to feed in the in Philadelphia. Obviously. He has the the potential for you know, big games and it just with DeSean Jackson there and I think they're going to be playing Dallas Goddard a little bit. More I haven't done too much Jeffrey. I've been going for more of the the hype guys. I've been all in on Kirk here Robbie Anderson as well. I'd like what I saw out of the Sam Donald at the end of last season thrown to him. So Kirk is a very interesting to me, you know, it sounds like he's going to be playing more out of the slot this year. He's very familiar with the Air Raid Offense actually played a season with Kyler Murray at Texas A&M as well. He could be really dangerous, you know catching some short passes. He was great after the At last season so he's very intriguing to me in the sixth round. Yeah, like Kirk like Anderson number 32 and into the seventh round is Will Fuller. We know it. His ceiling is Tommy just can't stay on the field, but I'm starting to wonder if I should be dabbling a little bit more and will Fuller. Yeah. I have my fair shares of in best ball. I probably probably won't do a whole lot with Fuller and redraft but I love them for the best ball format with his explosiveness, you know, the reports out of Camp have been pretty favorable. Sounds like he's still running quite fast and running behind defense has so, you know, I've gotten a few shares a full we're here. Okay, we have we have four more guys to talk about who are going in the seventh round wide receiver 33 Dante Pettis Tom The Vibes are nuclear Andante Pettis right now. I mean, he'll he's not running with the ones exclusively and now you wonder if Kyle Shanahan is using that as kind of a motivation tactic maybe Dante pet is came into the offseason thinking, you know, I got this job on lockdown. I'm the number-one receiver and it just hasn't been working out for him thus far in Camp, but it's hard to really trust him at this ATP. Then you have Sammy Watkins who can't stay on the field and is inconsistent when he's on it, Corey Davis who is at the mercy of Marcus Mariota. And then you have a guy who is shooting up draft boards Curtis Samuel at wide receiver 36 who is now going in the seventh round. I've seen them go as high as the fifth at this point. Is he is he is he has a rocket ship strapped to his ass, but this is an interesting range of guys Tom. Who have you drafted the most of in this group? And is there anybody you're just not interested in at all? Yeah, if we're throwing Samuel into this group, but I have drafted him quite a bit. But you know previously in the summer he was more of an eighth round pick. I've really just stayed away from old, you know, most of these guys I did have Watkins, but that was more of early in the summer because the Tyree kill situation when it looked like he might get suspended. Pettis Watkins and Corey Davis. I just have kind of stayed away from these three guys. Curtis Samuel is a guy. I been a high on all year say, you know similar situation we touch on with DJ more they started playing him at the end of the last year and started to emerge and that was with the backup bandwidth, you know, Canton and Cam Newton and you know playing it like 70% so, you know a guy of kind of warmed up to hear this in the last couple weeks was Sterling chef. Bird here. He's On The Fringe of this group, you know Golden Tate sitting out for weeks. I think we're going to see a lot of Sterling Shepherd. I was at initially more on tape, but I've seen his price kind of dip here a little bit, you know and best ball on draft.com because of the thumb injury people there were some uncertainty that you know about him being able to go weak one, but I don't see it being an issue once the season rolls around so I've kind of gotten back in on Shepherd. So let's just talk about roster. By this point Tom and once you get to the eighth round, you know things just start to get muddy. You can't really talk about your rosters constructed. But when we're talking about that will Fuller Pettis Watkins Davis Samuel and Shepard Group, which takes us to wide receiver 37 and ATP. Ideally one of these guys is not my number three wide receiver. I want these guys to be if I'm drafting one of these guys. I would like one of the I would like them to be my number4 because we have a lot of questions about them. I would like to have three receivers probably by the end of like the sixth round. If one of these guys is your three you really better be strong at the other positions. Yeah. They're little scary. They have more question marks than most here are this is whatever this is where I feel Like there is a bit of a difference between the top half of the receivers here. I feel like this is where there was the position kind of starts to slip here a little bit. You know, Corey Davis is off. He's obviously supremely talented but you know, he's playing with Marcus Mariota. Do you feel better if Tannehill was the starter? Probably just kind of six of one half-dozen. Yeah. Exactly. I probably would feel slightly better. But I also just don't like the amount of competition they brought in they they drafted AJ Brown on the second round Adam Humphries was a key free agent addition and Delanie Walker has been you know, Marcus Mario's guy when he's been healthy. So, you know, I just feel like there is a bit of a cliff here right after Fuller, you know, looking at this list your wide receiver 32 and feels like there's a bit of a big drop-off from wide receiver 32 will Fuller to this next group with Pettis Watkins Davis a just there's a lot more questions than the the top 32. Let's get The eighth round here in ATP and it kind of starts with Shepherd who's on that seventh eighth round cusp Larry Fitzgerald who I think I mean, he's kind of flying under the radar if they're going to run a ton of place. He's going to catch passes Portland Sutton Hoo. I have no idea how to Value DD Westbrook who I really like the quietest one hundred Target season in the NFL last year belonged to DD Westbrook and a guy who I drafted a bunch Marvin Jones who's going like five rounds after Kenny Gala day, but as you've pointed out Tom actually He kind of outproduce Gala day when they were both on the field at the same time last year. Yeah. I'm surprised you know what this being a sharp leg that his ATP is down here in the late 90s. He's going a little bit higher in the best ball drafts that I've been doing. But yeah, I like Marvin Jones a lot Westbrook. I'm right there with you especially with you know, the it sounds like Marquis Lee could be you know on the the pop-up list through the first six weeks of the Season we haven't heard us. I haven't heard a peep out of GJ shark yet, you know kylan cotton. Really fell off so I could see a lot of DD Westbrook. He's a guy I've really been warming up to you know, once a priest, you know, once training camp started here. I feel like maybe I need to push him a little bit higher Fitz. I don't know what to do with them. You know, it sounds like he's going to be playing a lot more on the outside this year, you know, click kind of preferred the the smaller quicker receivers out of the slot here. So I just don't have any Fitzgerald here and and Sutton I'd like his talent but he's playing with Joe Flacco. I just I don't trust Joe Flacco at this point of career and they're cheaper receivers. You can buy from from Denver. Yeah, I like Westbrook and Marvin Jones that are going right around the same price. So I'm now I don't want to confuse people. I would much rather have Kenny Gala day than Marvin Jones if you were to offer them to me straight up, but the question is is the difference of four or five round difference like we're seeing here now. I think it's probably more of a two-round difference just because Gall days the younger Ascending player and more maybe Marvin Jones coming off in the injury might be descending but you know, it's it's 12 to 24 picks difference not you know, four to five rounds different. Are you more likely to have Larry Fitzgerald Tom? Say is your wide receiver for if you're really banking on upside with your first three say you draft Odell Beckham say you have Odell Beckham Chris Godwin and DJ Moore's your top three receivers. Are you more likely to have a fits? So as your number four because of because of his floor the fact that they're probably going to run a ton of plays and catch ball, or do you even look at that when you're drafting see it at this point the draft I I'm not looking for floor. Actually. I mean whenever I'm drafting wide receivers for and fine, I'm strictly looking for upside at this time at this point. That's probably why I have not been on Fitzgerald at this point. I'm looking down the list, you know Kiki cootie. I haven't drafted him at all and I just see him as a floor guy, you know a lot of targets, but you know not A lot of you know lot of yards and touchdown potential, you know, I've been more aggressive on guys like Moncrief and DeSean Jackson and valda scantling at this point Geronimo Allison's cut in this range, but you know, I think he you know, he's more of a floor full floor guy too. So I typically go for more of the upside options, you know, even if you know four or five wide receivers deep and I've went pretty aggressive at receiver early. I'm still looking for upside guys at this point in the draft. So we're now we're starting ting to meld the the rounds together. There's a big there's a much bigger difference between the second and third round than between the 9th and the 10th round and now we're starting to meld the them together and this is where you're starting to pick off the players where you know, what it doesn't matter if I take them in the eighth round of his atp's in the tent because I like them and I'm going to take my guy in the eighth round and let's start with Marcus Valdez scantling and Geronimo Allison back-to-back wide receiver 42 and wide receiver 43 in ATP I much prefer Valdez scantling. He's Young. Our he's got the height from Aaron Rodgers this offseason. I'm in on Valdez scantling. Cootie is injured. I had a lot of him earlier but he's now injured looks like a what was it Tom look like a high ankle low ankle sprain. Let's just say he came out after the game was a he said he'll be fine. It was some sort of must have been a low ankle sprain Dante Martin and this is an interesting three pick range right here. Yes Donte Moncrief wide receiver 45 DeSean Jackson wide receiver 46. I have a metric ton of DeSean Jackson because I think there's a legitimate chance. He leads the Eagles and receiving this year not catches but receiving yards and then James Washington you and I both said earlier when we were doing the podcast. I talked to Greg Cosell about this and he said, you know, I don't know what they're going to do it receiver, but he said Moncrief is a unique talent who's just never really scraped the ceiling but then James Washington explodes in the first preseason game now not with Roethlisberger with Joshua. Cops but Moncrief and James Washington Tom your Steelers guy. What is what's the talk out of Pittsburgh right now on these guys. I know you I know you digest a lot of what the beat writers are saying out there. Well, that was actually I mean Moncrief is actually kind of distanced himself from the reports in the first couple weeks. He's kind of you know cemented himself as the number two here Washington was actually having a little bit of a shaky Camp there was talk that deante Johnson was really pushing them for the number 3 spot until the big preseason game. So I think Washington has you know, if you know, he gets another performance or two like that in the preseason. He's a guy we could see baby. He starts to climb into the low 40s. Hi 30s in terms of draft picks here by the end of the summer. So I still I still lead Moncrief here, but I could be swayed if Washington has a huge performance here. We gotta remember that was Tampa Bay secondary and it probably again probably against the law to back up. So that's the one thing. I have been telling myself not to get overly excited. What about James Washington's performance the other night? And by the way with James Washington, if you remember last year, it seems like Ben Roethlisberger and Mike Tomlin kind of identified him as a kid who needs a little bit of a kick in the ass every once in a while. Not yet. He's a bad kid, but it's not might be why he's a corporate quiet guy. Yeah that that's the impression I get and maybe that's why you know, some of those reports are coming out there. You're trying to light a fire under his ass, but you said but you're right the the performance by Washington was great, but the reports have been mom Kris the to and hey look out for this deante Johnson. So I think what it's essentially a floor ceiling play not to say that Moncrief doesn't have a ceiling because he does there's a shit ton of targets here that are unaccounted for in Pittsburgh, but I think Moncrief is probably more the floor play. I think Moncrief is way more likely to catch let's let's put it this way. I think James Washington is way more likely to catch fewer than 40 passes than Moncrief is I totally agree with you. But Moncrief is a fascinating. He he's he's still really young. I think this is you know, what is this his fifth or you know, is he entering his sixth season death? He was the 2014 draft Tom. He was part of that 2014 draft class that had Odell Beckham. So he's sixth season here, but he's still I think he just is going to turn 26. I mean, he was 20 years old when he was a rookie and he's he flashed early in his career, but he's kind of been staked bit in the last. Last two years, you know, not playing with lock and 17 and then you know obviously playing with Blake Bortles last year. I think he even flashed a little bit last year at the beginning of the Season until Bortles went right into the tank. So, you know playing with Ben Roethlisberger who's one of the best deep passers, you know, that's you know, obviously why there's a lot of hype around both Moncrief and Washington with Antonio Brown's targets gone. Let's just quick talk about Val that's gambling and Geronimo Alison. Do you have a clear preference between the two I've just been going for the Ceiling with MBS. I think Allison's more of the floor play, you know, he's going to be playing the slot a little bit and a lot of little bit probably a lot and Allison. He's been pretty good. You know whenever he's gotten the chance to play but injuries have kind of hindered him a little bit was pretty successful through the first four games last year than got hurt but I like mvs is upside as the primary deep threat in this offense. Maybe he becomes the you know, the new Jordy Nelson for this. This offense, you know the couple shot plays a game here wide receiver 48 is Golden Tate. Now Tom, I've actually found myself drafting Golden Tate a lot more and best ball leagues as like a fifth receiver because I'm like, all right. I mean he's going to catch a lot of passes or at least get a lot of targets when he comes back. So it's a little bit tougher to hold him and redraft especially if you have a shallow bench, but he's somebody who I think when he returns from the suspension could be a nice value. So wide receiver 48. I have no idea what to do with Emmanuel Sanders. There's at wide receiver 49. He's coming off of Tom surgery on both of his ankles this off season, including an Achilles, but apparently he looks great in Camp. I'm rooting for him. I don't know how to Value him. Anthony Miller's wide receiver 50. He just got hurt in the preseason apparently isn't serious, but we'll see about that. Then we get into two rookies DK Metcalf in to kill Harry. Are you drafting any of these guys in this in this range from 48 to 52? Not really. I don't really love this group, but I was on tape earlier this summer, but I'm kind of opposite of yeah, I've kind of backed off of him. I am a little bit worried. You know, we saw last year. He had tough time adjusting what the Eagles that they didn't use them quite right and I have to say, you know, I nowadays losing four games of reps. You know, we saw Daniel Jones play well to begin the first preseason game. There's a chance we might be transitioning to a quarterback at some point around that. Five games into the season so I don't love the situation for Tate anymore. I've backed off Sanders. I am I don't care if they could say that he's you know, racking up 300 yards of receiving every practice scoring five touchdown. I am not touching them, you know coming off an Achilles injury and his Advanced age. I am not going there. I hope he has a great season, but I am not going to and he's got Joe Flacco for his quarterbacks, so he's been not not even close on my radar. Our antique Miller is the one guy out of this group that you know, I would take some shots on play through the shoulder injury all last year. But you know, he was a very, you know, create a lot of separation and was a good Red Zone Target last season. So that's the one guy out of this group that I would consider now, we're getting into the range time where you're starting to just you ignore ATP and you're starting to pick off the guys you like and I want you to tell me the guys you like out of this group from 53 to 60. Tyrell Williams Devin funchess Michael Gallop Jameson Crowder John Brown. Okay, there's my guy. I've drafted him a ton DeVante Parker. I can't believe he's going and I did 50 we going to get fooled by this. Okay, Joe. What's the over-under for Preston Williams passing him on the depth or the season week to wait till you're calling it week to I don't doubt it. I was gonna say end of September, I guess your A little more aggressive than me DeVante Parker. I'm just I'm not getting Fooled Again Tom. It's just not happening Paris Campbell and Josh Gordon Josh Gordon wide receiver 60. I am in at that price Tom. Yeah. I've taken my shots on Gordon, you know, that's a great price and whilst will hopefully get a little bit more news on him. He filed for the reinstatement last week. Maybe we'll hear a little bit by the end of August here to get some sort of idea Gallop. I've been all over Michael Gallo. I thought he was really starting to Merge at the end of last season and you know, he had he was getting open a lot downfield playing with deck and deck just missed him for a couple big ones, but they also connected on a couple big ones. So he's been a guy I've loved it. He's been getting rave reviews out of camp and you know, first preseason game Saw Three Targets on the opening drive and got a long defensive passes defensive pass interference on his corner back. So he's a guy I've really loved John Brown them. I'm right there with you. I really like Bob Foster this this offseason. He was going a little later and draft so but it looks like Bob Foster is battling for a roster spot in at this point in Buffalo. So I've completely backed off him and have jumped on the John Brown train here and got my shares ahead in the last couple weeks so we can wrap this up Tom. I mean we are now at the end of drafts we've gone we've listed every receiver from wide receiver 1/2 wide receiver 60 And FFC ATP over the last week. Is there anybody below wide receiver 60 and ATP that you are in on if you listen to me, you know who my guy is it straight women down at wide receiver 70. I think he can lead the Redskins and receptions and he's at wide receiver 70. He is locked into his role. I am in on him there. But Tom is there anybody below this range that wide receiver 60 range that you found yourself drafting quite a bit. Yeah. I like Debo Samuel and San Francisco, you know dispatch. Only now with all the negative Dante Pettis reports. I was on him a little bit earlier this summer now I've opted out, you know, I've been going in on him quite a bit recently here Kenny steals. I feel like he's a super bargain. Every year guy is score. I think he's nice. He's going after DeVante Parker. I am I've no freakin idea these guys scored. I think seven touchdowns in each of the last three seasons with the dolphins, you know, he is volatile I get it. I mean he has the A stinker games but he gets Brian Fitzpatrick as a starting quarterback. He's going to be playing out of the slot quite a bit and Fitz loves his slot receivers. He has I think we have Stills in the low 50s there to mid 50s here. I don't get his price right now going a little farther. I like Quincy and noon while quite a bit talk that he's going to be playing on the outside more downfield targets. We saw Sam Donald, you know, throw a pretty well down field last year. With Robbie Anderson. So a new mom has been quietly very effective whenever he's been on the field just you know, injury-hit issues have kept him from really a you know, breaking out and little bit further David more for Seattle. I mean, you know, let people drive DK metcal take David more if I want one of those too. Yep. Yeah. It just feels like he's a nice value where he's going. The receiving Corps is very thin in Seattle right now, and we saw flashes of You know some dominance from David Moore he kind of he tailed all he did tail off at the end of last year, but it's in there. I'll be taking my shots on him real late and drafts. And yeah that looks that's about the the guys going really deep that I've been taking I'm with you on the tray Quinn as well. So some other guys to just keep an eye on keep an eye on that Jacoby Meyers with the Patriots. Although there's a lot of can broil Tompkins Vibes coming out of there the the keep an eye on Hunter Renfro with the Raiders who? All the way down in our be at wide receiver 95 somebody to keep an eye on there as well. And then certainly Maurice Harris with the Patriots. One of those guys is going to emerge. It's just a matter of who we talked about that Preston Williams as well to earlier in the podcast here. We all know we said how much we don't like DeVante Parker but he's a guy that's going to be rising updraft boards and there's obviously Tom there's going to be guys we didn't talk about who were going to have some fantasy value this year, but it's impossible to get to all them. I really hope we helped you out with your wide receiver draft plan. Tom we're going to wrap up the podcast with our team to a days and then we'll see you on Friday with our quarterback and tight end draft plan. What's up listeners? This has been kookiness producer of the fantasy free agents podcast. If you're listening to this you obviously like podcasts and I'll go out on a limb and say you like music too. 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We're getting close to wrapping up the team to add a segments as well. We're going to start in the NFC with the Seattle Seahawks and they're betting and fantasy preview. Yeah. The Seahawks are went ten and six last year lost in the Wild Card round to the Cowboys. They finished over there nine wind total total offense 353 yards, which was 18th scoring offense 27 points a game sixth overall. Place for game sixty two point six which was twenty second key offensive players gone Mike Davis JR Sweezy Brett Huntley key offensive editions DK Metcalf on account of targets a hundred forty-two, which is 12 and 2019 wind total is 8 and a half with a little bit of money going towards the over at - 125 and the under at minus 105. How are you treating this backfield Tom? Because I'm a little afraid. I haven't invested enough right now. Oh, this is It's been the one group since August. I've been really going heavily and I was with you there. I hadn't been going in and off on them. I've been taking a lot of Carson and Petty. I've been pretty steady on all summer. I feel like he's been a pretty good value in the in the seventh round. I just like that Mike Davis is gone. He was getting a lot of opportunities last season and they don't really have any but anybody that's you know, as of now is going to step into that number three roles. So that just means, you know more Touches for For these two guys, so we know how much salt in Heimer wants to run the ball each week and now we're getting reports out of camp, but they want to throw the ball to the running backs as well because of just how thin they're receiving chorus. Could we be looking at a sneaky good offense Tom in the AFC West with the Oakland Raiders for their bedding and fantasy preview to I mean Tom there's a lot going on here. There's a lot of drama, but they also have a lot of talent. Yeah. I think it's all going to come down to that quarterback. Oakland Raiders for and 12:00 last year finished under there a twin toes. What was Vegas smoke and last year when they set that total 336 yards a game which was twenty third scoring offense 18 points a game, which was Twenty Eight plays per game 62 point to which was twenty fourth key players lost Jared Cook Jordy Nelson Coletti assemble a TJ climbing's key offensive editions Antonio Brown Josh Jacob strength. Round Tyrell Williams Foster Moreau Hunter Renfro, and Mike Glennon unaccounted targets 359 which is first overall in 2019, when total six and a half with money going towards the under it - 140 plus 110 to the over actually kind of like this team for fantasy. And that's even if you ignore Antonio Brown at his cost. I mean, I think there's a lot of value in in Josh Jacobs. I think there's potentially a lot of value there. But Tyrell Williams Darren wohlers been one of my favorite tight ends to draft even though he's in a sling right now and Tom I can actually see Derek Carr being a solid value in superflex leagues because he does have a lot of a lot of guys to throw to hear. Yeah. It's looking good and we touched on run fro as a lake guy. So all of a sudden they're receiving Corps is looking a lot stronger a lot of targets to go around 359 the you know, which is first so they're looking for guys to step up here. I would think that a baby is going to get a majority of those but you know as we touched on earlier in the podcast, maybe I'll go AWOL at some point this season which makes you want to get maybe some shares of some of these lesser Raiders receivers and we'll see how this backfield plays out to a lot of a lot of Hope for Josh Jacobs, you know, potentially being a 3 down back here Tom that's going to wrap it up for this edition of the fantasy free agents podcast. 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