The TRUTH: Top Tier Fantasy WRs in 2019

Put all these numbers out there and made it Mike Evans, I'd believe everything about it. Do you believe in him moving forward regardless of the quarterback? No, not regardless of the quarterback. I think a rookie quarterback will make a drastic change going into the ultimate draft kit. He will certainly have a very high risk rating because of all of the things you mentioned, the quarterback situation. You know, my hope and a lot of people's hope is that Tua.

goes here. Because if Tua were to be the drafted quarterback, I would have more confidence, because I don't think anybody's looking to rush to the field, you know, too early as opposed to, you know, if they get some. There's only one man that can rush him to the field, and his name is Ryan Fitzpatrick. That's fair. But you also bring up a really valuable point in Preston Williams and that injury. I pulled up those splits. Yeah, I have them as well, and they're not small.

Right, yeah. So you're talking to this, a target jump, three full targets of a game, up to nearly any, like nearly double-digit targets without Preston Williams. 50 yards a game more. He had 9.7. Now, granted, in this split, you have to factor in. Josh Rosen was a part of those Preston Williams games. So Devante Parker, man, he's going to be really, really difficult when, if his ADP,

Is anything remotely high? Like, if he jumps into the fourth round, fifth round makes it a little bit easier. But he was so great and he finished so high, I think his ADP will be up there. See, I don't. My point was, I think if you buy in next year on Devante Parker, I don't think you're going to have to pay. Like, I don't think people are going to go draft Devante Parker next year. Do you think they're going to take him above a Keenan Allen? You think they're going to take him above Mike Evans? No, but he.

When people pull up last year's rankings and they see, oh, Devante Parker, the number seven wide receiver, he's not going to drop to a place where the risk mitigation goes kind of out the window. Statistically, Parker was very good this year. Obviously, very consistent. But the reason that I will be drafting Parker next year is the eyeball test. He was.

actually good. He would win jump balls that seemed like you couldn't win. His catch radius was all of a sudden very good. He would make some plays where he had enormous separation and Ryan Fitzpatrick and hit him, you know, open. So to me, I think Devante Parker leveled up. Is he a top 10 receiver? Because I think he gets drafted outside the top 12 next year. Yeah, I think he does. I think he gets drafted outside of the top 12 as well. And if that is the case, then I'm in with Parker. Because I think the upside.

is a top five type of performance. It's going to be very difficult. I'm not ready to make a conclusion myself on Devante Parker, to be honest with you. I don't think there's anything to be gained in making that conclusion on him and three, you know, very short window of elite play, unknown quarterback, tough team, tough division. I'm going to wait and get as much info as I can and hopefully.

Hopefully Fitzpatrick is back, so we do have some predictability here with Park. Yeah, if, you know, the best case scenario here is that they use their super high, what are they, are they in the number five? Yeah, they're six, I think. All right. Well, we've got three guesses. Let's find out. If they use their high pick, you know, on an offensive lineman or someone other than a quarterback, then you're so much more assured. If they use it on a Justin Herbert or someone that appears to be the future.

I don't think you can trust Parker with a rookie. Dolphins at five. Okay, they're at five. The hard part is, is even if Fitzpatrick comes back, you know, we have a long history of Fitzpatrick bringing you mid-season tumult at the quarterback position, where he's, you know, he's coming out of the lineup after a few bad losses, and the team wants to see progress, and all of a sudden, somebody else is in the lineup. So you don't have the stability that other... So you're not drafted Mike Evans?

Well, no. I'm just saying like that there's a big difference though. James Winston's been the quarterback for a long time. Winston's either back on a new deal or he's franchised and he should play through it. Kenan Allen came in at number eight, but he was the 16th most consistent fantasy-wide receiver. Altogether, that makes Keenan Allen's year feel very disappointing. I doubt many people out there after week seven or so. Really.

I mean, he just had a really rough stretch from weeks four through nine. He was, he busted 19% of the time. He only had 13% great games. That was just two great games on the season where he won you a week. It was just a weird year for Keenan Allen. I don't doubt that he's a great player, but Philip Rivers. Yeah, that's the problem. Part of the problem. And I don't know if Keenan, I don't know if Keenan's career arc is going to supply me with more top 10 years.

Yeah, so, you know, you tell me you get 1,200 yards and 8 touchdowns, and I'm thrilled. But the way they came were very boom-bust. Especially with six touchdowns only. Five bus games. Yeah, that would. That would be even less than what you said. That would be less. That's correct. Yeah. I mean, if you gave me 8, that'd be better. It's just the way they came and going forward, you don't even know if Phil Rivers is going to be back.

You definitely don't know. No, no, no. You don't want it. Media as a whole, that's been a common storyline. I mean, that's why there was such an emotional, you know, press conferences. Are they going to bring Philip Rivers back? I assume he'll be back. But he's not getting younger. He's not getting better. I mean, is there a world where Philip Rivers just all of a sudden resurrects his career and is better than he was this season by a significant margin at age 38?

I think Mike Williams is a really good player. He's a downfield threat. I think Hunter Henry is a very good player. I think Austin Echler's involvement in the passing game as a focal point is a change in the offense from what we've seen before. There was a time when Los Angeles could do nothing but rely on Keenan Allen for every underneath route. Those were great days. I mean, it's just not that way anymore where predictability-wise, you can see it. He's...

number 16, and that's probably where he ends up 15, 16, and where I'm ranking him next year. Yeah. Hopefully you traded Keenan-owned for Hopkins, because he kind of did a reverse Hopkins here. I would assume that next year, Keenan will be drafted higher than where I would like to get him. I'm not comfortable with him being my wide receiver one. No, I agree. Is he, are you comfortable, Mike? I don't think so. And I'm guessing he'll be drafted as a top 12 wide receiver.

So I stand by my previous statement. No, I think you're right. So we'll press pause there. We'll get into more wide receiver truth. Some very interesting names. I lied to you, Mike. I lied to you. Get the full Mike right versus Amari Cooper experience on the next episode of the fantasy footballers podcast. Make sure you subscribe. Check out our community at join the foot.com. If you want a little bonus episode every week with some mailbag questions and it's a good time over there at Join the Foot.

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