Fantasy Football 2018 - Alex Smith Traded! + Rookie Review: 2017 WRs & TEs

What do you make for Evan Ingram? I am less concerned with the catch percentage than I am the 115 targets and whether or not that will be what we can expect from him year and year out. I think he will be a very good...

fantasy tight end. So it sounds like you think Engram will be overdrafted. I think he probably will be overdrafted. He did struggle with drops at times this year. He also was put in a position where he was kind of it. I mean, you didn't have anybody else. They lost Beckham. They lost Marshall. They lost Shepard. They lost four, what, four receivers in one week. Yeah, something. Oh, yeah. So.

Let's put it this way. If Evan Ingram came out next year and dropped 60 for 706, that might be, we might be seeing kind of the max of what you have there, at least over the next few years until you have another established quarterback in place. So do I think it'll be overdrafted, probably? But I mean, look at those targets. David and Joku had literally half, I mean, just about half the targets. Yes, 60. O.J. Howard had 39.

targets. So when you talk about projecting room to, you know, to be a value, I don't think Evan Ingram can be a value. I think Howard can be a value. Howard has the skill, talent, ability. And then you have Cameron Brate who, what, he's a, is he an RFA? Yes. So Cameron Brate's a restrictive free agent. I can see more, you know, Howard has the ability, like I said, to be a late round value, to be an undrafted value.

He could be. He's going to be really interesting because he was a hot draft prospect. Six, man. Oh, he is. In an athlete. He is a beast. Now, he can block. Evan Ingham can't block. That's why I'm not, you know. Fair. You're looking at Evan Ingham saying, you know, he's 60 plus receptions is probably a given for the next five, six years. Final five games of O.J. Howard's season. He either had 50 yards or a touchdown. And that's including the injury game. Yeah. So the arrow was pointing up for O.J. Howard.

It's going to be interesting to see how drafters respond to his final stat line. Give me your sleeper tight in for next year. Out of the remaining rookie class, Gerald Everett, Adam Shaheen, Jonu Smith, George Kittle last year, 43 receptions. That's my guy. Of the rookies, George Kittl is absolutely my sleeper tight end. Kittles and bits. Kittles and bits. Here's what I like about George Kittle. I mean,

If you want to talk about a shocking athlete, you should check out George Kittles' metrics. They're shocking. I couldn't think of a better superlative. So I went back. Shocking. But here's what I like about George Kittle. He ran a route on 54% of his snaps. David and Joku, 41%. O.J. Howard, 34%. So they sent George Kittle out to catch passes.

43 for 515. I mean, I will absolutely take that as a step in the right direction, get Jimmy Hansom and George Kittle and offseason together. And I think that George Kittle is going to be on my radar for late round tight ends. What about Ricky Seals Jones out of Arizona? You just named the depth chart. The wide receivers didn't sound very good, Mike. Is he even under contract?

Yeah, of course he is. Is he really? I believe so. 22 years old, 65, 243, obviously flashed three touchdowns, 16.8 per catch. I'm just throwing him out there. Oh, look, he is in fact under contract for next year. They just, they didn't commit to him. Well, no, because they committed money to Jermaine Gresham.

Big Rush. But I'm just bringing him out. Yeah. You're probably a couple of years from Johnny Smith's relevance with Delaney Walker. Yes. And Adam Shaheen, I still think he's interesting. Yes. Yeah, I agree that he's... In Chicago, by the way. I'm sure Brooks is over there saying, say the team name for some of these guys. Yeah, Adam Shaheen is somewhat interesting. And so let me get your... Go ahead. Your temperature check on Gerald Everett. Los Angeles Rams. Yeah.

has Sean McVease's head coach and Gerald Everett was his first ever draft pick. Does that get, does that earn him extra snap? Oh, it just, it seems like it would mean something for a coach who doesn't have a first round pick. You already have a tight end to say, okay, I'm going to take George, or I'm going to take Everett with my first pick. Well, we're not in a foreign land here where having a couple of, uh,

talented tight-ins on the roster. Well, they still probably have Lance Kendrick's on a roster, too, don't they? No, no, not Lance Gritchick. Tyler. I'm sorry. Yeah, Tyler Higby. Yeah, he's got a Higby problem. Yeah, and I think you're going to see probably, you know, five or six great plays from Gerald Evern next year. That's about where my temperature is. Everett needs an exterminator to get rid of his Higby's. Wow. Wow, that's tough. Judge, I'm going to need a ruling on that one. It's good. Yeah. Now, Brooks, would you say it's good?

In general or good because it's after the 60 minute mark of the show where no one's listening anyway. Oh, it's good in general. Yeah, maybe. He's going to need an exterminator to get rid of his Higby problem. Mike is. I'm tickled. I'm doing well. Look, hey, just a reminder. Support for today's show comes from Control GX. The first shampoo that gradually reduces gray from just for men. You just shampoo it in. You rinse it out. You move on. You use it like a regular shampoo.

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No promises. And we'll be talking about this Super Bowl. Hopefully, Jay Gris doesn't have to run the table back there. Brooks will be back. And it should be fun. Absolutely. We've got a lot more coming. And that was exciting to see a trade. We'll talk more. Get Jason's thoughts on the Alex Smith trade. And I know he already likes Jameson Crowder a little more than he did before the trade. So anything else, Mike? Nope. Nope. I've let it all out. The Higbee joke, I think.

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