Early WR Rankings Part 2 + Deebo Drama, Party Time! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 4/21

The Jets do seem to me like the frontrunner since they were in contention for Tyree Kill. Yeah. It's hard not to take the chalk here because the Jets have made it clear. They want somebody. They've made it clear. They're willing to trade draft capital. They have it. They've got money. So that makes sense. And I know that players do like the Jets aren't the greatest team, but for NFL players to be in the New York market.

Those things make sense, and there's other money to be made up there. And then the second thing is, I guess, just this kind of reflection on, like, I blame none of these wide receivers for the decisions they're making. Oh, no. Oh, no. So, Devante, Tyreek, Debo. However, exactly the same way that Tom Brady was a joy for the Patriots general manager to navigate contracts with.

That is happening with Cooper Cup in Los Angeles because he is just as worthy of an extension, just as worthy of a contract. And he's come out and basically said, yeah, you have to find something that works for both sides, which is just not normal, but it is a pathway for a roster like the Rams or the previous Patriots when these players have that kind of behind the scenes negotiation and it's not done all out in public.

You know, Debo deserves to get paid. He had an incredible season. But this was just kind of came out of nowhere. It was almost like a joke, right? We kept saying, what other player might end up doing this? And here's Debo, and he might have a new team. Right. Do you go and pursue Brandon Ayuk right now in a dynasty? George Kittle. I think George Kittles' value will not change. I mean, he, trying to trade for him is.

Very, very difficult since he's one of the elite tight ends who's actually still young enough that he could be on your roster for a while. And making the preemptive call on Brandon Ayuk. I think it's an okay decision to make. What do you put the chances of the trade happening? I don't think he plays for the 49ers. Okay. So I'm like 90%. Because we've had stuff like this before. Yeah.

And even though we're talking about Debo's turning down money, it's still quite the fixer of problems when money starts to increase to a point where Debo is like, let's guarantee all of that contract. Okay, okay, fine. I love San Francisco. I'll be back. I put it very high as well that trade happens. So in Brandon Ayuk did succeed his rookie season when Debo was off the field.

And I don't think Debo is going to be better somewhere else unless that somewhere else is the Kansas City Chiefs, which is also a rumor destination. Just because of the unique way that he's used, I think a lot of that does have to do with how Shanahan gets the ball in his hands. Yeah, I mean, his rookie season over 14 yards, a catch, a redonculus over 18 yards a catch this year. That was, he's not going to sustain that. But I think that if you force feed Debo targets, even if they're.

You know, Zach Wilson targets, I think that he can still be a solid fantasy player. He won't be, if he goes to the Jets, you're not looking at Devo as a top five guy. But still top 12. But still a wide receiver won. Well, and then Elijah Moore discussions. We'll have to talk about all that if something happens depending on where he goes. Jarvis Landry has visited with the Saints. This happened yesterday. Turns 30 in November. The Deb chart right now.

Michael Thomas, Marcos Callaway, Trequan Smith, Deonté Harris. Hardy. Hardy. Dante Hardy now. Yeah, he's, he had, I don't know if he recognizes that yet, but his official name is Deontay Hardy. And then, uh, they have picked 16 and 19 and a rumored destination for a wide receiver has been the Saints quite a bit. So, you know, I'm not excited about that destination for Jarvis Landry. It seems like the suns setting home in my opinion. Almost, almost when the.

You know, Emmanuel Sanders started to sign with a new team every year. It feels like he may be heading that direction. It's just hard to find fantasy value if Michael Thomas is going to be above him and then maybe a rookie. Right. And obviously, Alvin Camara. James is, I think, a competent quarterback, but I don't know that you're going to have consistent fantasy value from multiple pass catchers for that team. Okay. I don't think we have any other news, Brooks. Any other top?

Tier wide receivers send you any text messages saying they don't like where they're at? Nothing yet. Let us know. Let us know what happens there. What a wild off season this has been. Let's take a real quick break and then we'll jump into some wide receiver rankings.

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Yeah. So again, we're recording this in the afternoon on Wednesday. You're listening to it Thursday morning. So if there's five more news stories that break, I apologize. But like you said, money can go a long way. Maybe zero intention comes with like a, we have zero intention of trading you. And then they slide a check across the table. I remember when the Seahawks were not going to trade Russell Wilson. Yeah. Yeah. You're not going to trade anybody until.

You trade them. Can we just swap them all? Can, like, can D.K. Metcavre just get swapped? And then, you know, all of these guys on these fifth year just swap. And then the new team signs them because they don't want to sign the guy they got. I mean, that's the change of scenery contract. I mean, you do have, you would have a very disgruntled wide receiver, but he's on the last year of his rookie deal. You can franchise him. Or threaten to franchise him if he doesn't sign something. So, I mean, it's not like the 49ers.

have to trade him, but they also, maybe they're just playing the game of they want more demand. All right, right before we jump into wide receivers, I want to remind people, if they were with us last year, they know about it. But next week is ultimate draft week. We're here, Mike. We are, the NFL draft is upon us. We're going to be breaking down.

rookies making our predictions about where they're going to go, breaking down the draft, it's going to be fun. Brooks, are you looking forward to this? Oh, yeah. It might be possible to simulate Brooks with a single button. It might be, if I have a button that just said, oh, yeah, I think we could get by with Brooks not being here for a game or two. I think I'd go two. You want the awe and the yeah. Oh, separately? Yeah, sometimes you want to just hit a yeah.

Okay, yeah. Are we going back to the punishment of the glamour shot? Oh, for the predictions? We'll have to figure that out. Well, Jason's not here, so he abstains. And you and I can make a decision right now. I mean, the glamour shot was, it took a little time, but it was delightful. You were the loser last year. I was. So yes, I will say yes. We're going back to the glamour shot. I was the loser because I refused to believe.

The 49ers were stupid enough to trade up for trade leans. So, yeah, let's do that again. And then we'll send it off to a listener. Yeah. After we stared at it for a while. Absolutely. You'll have to do a different pose, though, this year when you lose. I've got many poses. Don't worry about that. Ultimate draft week next week. Don't miss Tuesday's show. Don't miss Thursday's show. And then we're live in the afternoon on Thursday. So it's all about the draft next week. It's going to be fun. It's going to be exciting. And Mike, you said this. Nobody knows what the crap is going on.

Nobody. Certainly not us. The draft community on Twitter. I mean, you're seeing things that are all over the place. I have seen. Four different quarterbacks as the first quarterback. Yeah, like, you know, Malik Willis was trending for quite a while as he's going to be the number one guy. And then it was. Desmond Ritter. And then it was, oh, we're back to Kenny Pickett.