Top 10 WR Rankings + Jason Takes a Dive - Fantasy Football Podcast for 8/11

One of them you have to draft as the fourth wide receiver, one of them as the 15th wide receiver. And obviously Hopkins has a longer history. He's done it. That's why he's being drafted there. But the value is more with more. Because, I mean, look, here, what do we know about Carolina? Since there's a lot we don't know. We know their defense is going to be terrible. Yes. We know that DJ Moore is an athletic freak. Yeah.

We also know that he pretty much dominated in the games that he played in. So if he takes another step forward in that third year with an offensive system that's coming in, you know, Teddy Bridgewater, how was Michael Thomas when Teddy Bridgewater was the quarterback? Pretty good. He was fine. So we know he can support someone. And I think that DJ Moore's role.

close to the line of scrimmage, a lot of screen games. They manufacture touches for him because he's so fast. I think the ADP is the big key here. I mean, you're not, if you're getting him between wide receiver 12 and 15, you're not taking the kind of risk that you would with someone else. I am kind of, you know, last year it was all, is Curtis Samuel or DJ Moore? Which guy's going to be the difference maker? We've already illustrated how bad.

The quarterback was 35th best pass the rating. That affects somebody like Curtis Samuel as well. And the gap is just so immense. I mean, Curtis Samuel is a undrafted 14th round guy. DJ Moore is a fourth round, early fourth pick. Curtis Samuel is an excellent post-hype sleeper. He was open. For some reason, they decided last year, Curtis Samuel, you're going to go out and you just run.

fly routes. You run an eye on down the field. And we'll see if Cal Allen can get you this time. Oh, Shuck Snow, he missed again. Well, but we'll try it on the next play. Yeah. So I think it will be interesting to watch DJ more. Carolina in general, like you talk about question mark teams and what you're what you're going to get out of it. I'll be watching them closely. I mean, camp's going to be interesting. They have a running back. They catches the ball over 100 times, you know, and you mix in Samuel, you mix in Robbie Anderson.

And then you still have to get DJ Moore volume. I think we all agree. If DJ Moore doesn't have volume in this offense, it's going to be a huge problem for the upside. Yeah, I completely agree with that because DJ Moore is a slot wide receiver. He has to have volume. And coming in at number 10 is another one that is volume type of player. Robert Woods makes the top 10.

Oh, this is the respect that we've been just searching for for his entire career. Mr. Woods, I hope you hear this. We have you as a top 10 fantasy wide receiver. That's right. Welcome in to the top 10. Game, respect, game. Go ahead and come on the show anytime you'd like. Last year was incredible. Only two touchdowns for Robert Woods. This is bizarre. He's being 90 receptions, 1,100 yards, two touchdowns. His back half of the year pace, take it for what you will, 180 target pace.

120 reception pace, or 1,500 yards. I mean, that is a dominant. I respect him, but I'm not going to give him 1,500 yards. No, and that's not really his M.O. I mean, if you're in a PPR league, people have asked this question a lot. I am 100% comfortable with Robert Woods as my wide receiver won in a PPR league. He is going to get the Rock a lot. Him and Cooper Cup, they are the pass catchers on the outside. They're going to have the opportunities.

And, you know, whether they go 12 personnel more, whether they use the tight-in more, it doesn't really matter to me. Robert Woods is the linchpin of the passing offense. The passing offense that throws the ball more than anybody in football. And what really just undermined his whole season was just the total touchdowns. And two is just, you know, maybe he's a five or six guy, but two is just outlandish. Well, and that's what he is. I mean, he's, I remember a game early in the season where he just.

completely missed a toe tap in the end zone. And he's he's a five or six touchdown guy, but he's consistent. He gets the ball. He is, you know, I made this argument last year for him. And it seemed.

poor in the very beginning when Cooper Cup got off to a strong start. But I believe he is the first read. He is the first target in this offense. And Cooper Cup is better around the end zone. But if you just want the consistency from fantasy production, knowing he's on the field, you know, you saw at the end of last season when Cup and cooks were kind of splitting time in the snap percentage of 60, in the 60% range, Robert Woods doesn't leave the field. Robert Woods is always out there, is always the number one read for a great offense.

Sean McVeigh, we, you know, we've put our trust in him as fantasy, you know, players. So Robert Woods is just phenomenal. And if the touchdowns happen to come up, if he gets eight, if Robert Woods gets eight touchdowns, he's a guaranteed top 10 wide receiver. He's basically been a top, you know, 12 wide receiver for, you know, his pace, the previous two seasons was great. And he's cheap. Nobody wants, he is not flashy. You know, the,

Cup and Woods both are as unflashy a wide receiver core as it gets, and they're phenomenal in both real life and fantasy. And to be clear, we have him ranked by consensus at 10. That does not mean you draft him at 10. Oh, no, you take that value. He is currently the wide receiver 17, but feels very safe. You know, when you think about the types of wide receivers we've talked about today, some are in that boom bus category.

Robert Woods is not going to lose you a week. He might not win you a week, but he's going to be a stabilizing force for your fantasy roster. You look at the wide receiver 17 finish. So two years ago, he was a top 10 fantasy wide receiver at the end of the year. And the only difference, you know, a couple of yards, but it's the four touchdowns. If Robert Woods simply hit his regular five to six touchdowns, he would have been a wide receiver one again. Yeah.

And this is why, look at these players, right? Robert Woods, fourth round pick. DJ Moore, basically a fourth round pick. He's at the 312. You've got Amari Cooper, fourth round pick. This is why I was talking about on last episode when we were talking about the running backs 11 through 20 with these big question mark guys, the David Johnson and Todd Gurley, Chris Carson, those players.

they're all going in the same round as guys we have as our top in our top 10 at wide receiver. So get the top 10 running backs and then the top 10 wide receivers. All right. That's going to wrap it up for today's episode of the podcast. I encourage you to check out Ultimate DraftKid.com. If you're in that mode right now, getting ready for the season. If you just want to win at fantasy football. Either way. Either way. The drafts are coming. We got it one month from the season. I cannot wait to, what do we get?

Sean McVey mask, Sean McVeigh tonight? Yeah, we will, yeah. Shield, face shield. Kind of sounds a little bit like John Gruden. You notice that? Oh, big time. If I were McVeigh, I'd have the face shield as well. Too handsome. Oh, right, all right. We'll catch you tomorrow. See tomorrow. Goodbye. Thank you for listening to another episode of the Fantasy Footballers podcast. Join our fantasy football community on join thefoot.com. And follow us on Twitter at the FF ballers.

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