2019 Rookie Review Show + MAN LUNGS - Fantasy Football Podcast

It really seems like teams missed on Terry McLaurin letting him drop all the way into the third round because the dude as fast as lightning. And if you hear him talk about playing the wide receiver position, he is a wicked smart guy. He really knows his craft and is working on his craft. I think that was just a miss by people. Unfortunately, we don't know what's going to happen with him because of the quarterback position. But to speak to.

He was consistently folding chair open. Right. He would get, he could park in the corner. Now, mind you, Dwayne Haskins would airmail him or miss him. But Laura should have been great every game. Absolutely. But, I mean, even Case Keenham when he was in, Keenham missed him a few times. He is a great, a great player. Do you have a favorite of this past group? Favorite of this rook? From a talent perspective-wise, somebody that, you know, you just mentioned it.

Terry McLaren wants to be great aspect. AJ Brown seems like he'll have some stability that maybe the other guys won't have. Debo, he's involved in a lot of ways where passing volume doesn't equal, you know, he's more of the Percy Harvin-esque, talented player. You can take handoffs and do something with him, even if he's not getting a lot of targets. Do you have a favorite moving forward? My favorite, it's AJ Brown, just like other people, because you take his athletic...

profile and his stature. He's a beast. We kept calling him the tank for a reason because he can get open and then it's really hard to tackle him. But Terry McLaurin has completely won me over as from a talent perspective. From a talent perspective, watching him play, watching him just frequently get open. I think he is, he should, he's probably my second favorite of this.

rookie class, which I mean, I'm including Hollywood Brown. Terry McLaurin, I think, is really, really awesome. Yeah. Yeah, I thought I was super impressed with him. And I didn't come into the year. I think Jason gets the credit on that one. Jason, do you have anything to say? I give him credit every time he's out. Jason was all in on McLaurin after week one. Yeah, I mean, he was. Maybe that's what it was, huh? He saw him on the field, thought he was.

thought what he saw was not a mirage and he was right about that he really should have grabbed him in our dynasty league yeah or even our like keeper league who's got him in there i don't know you got him in there i do who's got him in the dynasty league i remember in that league uh al borland who is sitting here uh al how do you feel about the terry mcloran situation in that league i don't want to talk about it yes the fab burn i totally forgot yeah he signed

Terry McCorrin for something like 45 and it was very entertaining for us because at that point, suddenly George Kittle was a threat to miss that next week. So he had to ensure George Kittle. He had no one else to drop. So he had to make the very difficult situation or a decision to drop Terry McLorn right after he paid 40 fab for him on the same week you paid it, right? Oh, yeah. I bought him for a dollar the next day.

Yep. And, uh, but I credit you because you could have gone like sunk cost fallacy there and just like, I spit my fab so I'm stuck with him and then. Yeah. So anyway, it was entertaining for us. AJ Brown, you talked about him. We've talked about him in the truth episode. Incredible end of season. Everything is really heavily dependent in terms of projecting Brown on having the same quarterback in place in Tennessee. I think we, we trust Rabel. If they bring Henry back.

Those two components there, look, if it became Tom Brady or Phillip Rivers, or for some reason it wasn't Tanahill, but Henry and Vrable were there, I would still have enough confidence in Brown to put him in that top 20 range. Man, it'll be really disappointing if Tom Brady went there for AJ Brown. You think so? Well, it's just what the offense represents. And Tom Brady's deep ball is not what it once was. No.

No, no, no. And that's what we need. Ryan Tannenhill was dominant because he was so efficient on his deep passing. His wide receivers certainly helped with that. But that would be disappointing. But then we talked about maybe that's just catching lightning in a... Right. What do I say? A barrel? Yes. I catch my lightning in a barrel, right? Oh, it's a lot of lightning. Yeah, there's a ton of it. You want to get it all. If it's a bottle, I mean, that's such a small amount of lightning. If you're going through all... Thank you, Mike. All the trouble.

To catch electricity? Let me just say this. It's a lot of trouble. It's not... You ever done it? From the outside, it seems easy. But I'm going to tell you, barrel or bottle, it's difficult. I mean, Franklin tried with a key. Yeah, I didn't make any sense. No, it's ridiculous. You know, I don't even understand that story. What did he actually do? Did he actually do any of that?

I have no idea. I have no idea. The key and the kite. Yeah, but is that a real story? What is the key, the purpose of the key, is he holding the key? No, the key is tied up on the kite. The kite is going up, it's to attract the lightning. So he, because he's trying to prove something about electricity. Why is it, why is it attached to the kite? So it can go up into the air. Why does the key make something go up into the air?

No, the kite brings the key into the air. Yes, that makes sense. I thought you were saying the key gives it some lift. Well, the key to getting the key in the air is the kite. Okay. The kite is the key for the key? And this is this happened? Yeah, he needed something to conduct electricity up there. Yeah. Can't fly a lift. But is it actually a true story or is this like George Washington cut down the cherry tree? Back check. Get on snow. Are you telling me George Washington did not cut down a cherry tree? I am telling you.

that he probably did not cut down a cherry tree. What? Why would you cut down a cherry tree? No more cherries. Yeah, that doesn't make sense. You're right. Cherries are delicious. Yeah, now you're not eating cherries. All right. We're going to get some more of this presidential history fact checking going on. It's that time of year. Before we move out of wide receivers. Oh, we're not moving out, Mike. Oh, okay. We're going on. What are your thoughts on Nikiel Harry? I don't know what I... Really, really high hopes.

The only first round wide receiver taken in this year's draft, went to the Patriots, thought it was a perfect landing spot, missed 10 weeks because of the injury. He was the number one pick for some rookie draft. Yes, because he, I mean, college production was there, athletic profile is there, landing spot is there, draft capital is there. Very difficult to draw conclusions on 12 catches in the regular season. But that's the problem. He came in and played.

seven games to end the season and did basically nothing. He had the one awesome touchdown catch, but that was really all he did. He was targeted a little bit in the playoffs. He certainly seems like the most talented option that they have outside of Julian Edelman, who is getting older, 50,000 years old. Julian Edelman, he's infinite too. Yeah.

Not injury-wise. But Nikiel Harry, I think you have to, if you want to move forward with the idea that you're going to find value there, it's all based on the fact he's a first-round draft pick. He's a physical freak, and his involvement in the offense has to move up. I mean, he's going to have to prove himself in training camp. To me, he's a player that is a...

The offseason hype, the storyline's out of camp, that's going to matter. Okay. Is this guy running ahead of- He's on your watch list? Jacobi Myers or not? I mean, because this team is not going to be blindly loyal to draft capital. Jacobi Myers is the player making the step forward in the off-season and not to kill Harry. So very hesitant. You know, what are you going to do in a dynasty league other than hold him? You've got no choice. You have to hold him, yeah. Nicole Hardman. Yeah.

McCall Hardman was like 26 receptions in 16 games. Electric with the ball on his hands, not integral to the passing game. What is the true value of McCle Hardman? Because he was fully attached to the off-season stories of Tyreek Hill where for a good stretch of time, it looked like Tyree Hill was going to be banished from the land for his off-the-field behavior.

They spent a second round pick on McCull Hardman, almost seemingly saying, Kansas City saying, yeah, we know we're not going to have Tyreek here. So we got to compensate. We've got to get a wide receiver with speed. McCle Hardman shoots up the rookie rankings because he went to the perfect spot. But now Tyreek is back. All the talk of the team moving on from Sammy Watkins, that's currently at a place where they're saying they want him to be back. They'd love to find a way. They're going to need a restructure from Sammy.

But he'll probably do it. Yeah, he'll probably do it. And then, I believe to Marcus Robinson, his contract is up. So does McColl Hardman become relevant? Because now he's the third wide receiver and the fourth option, maybe even the fifth option in the passing game? I think that there's, I think that there's plenty of reasons to look at Hardman as a growing fantasy asset. I think the things that you talked about with.

wide receivers there and the opportunity. The fact Hardman can be used the way Debo Samuels used in into rounds and things like that. The fact that Andy Reid is there to maximize the value of a player with that kind of speed, you know, putting up 538 receiving yards on 26 catches. That's ridiculous. Not everybody can do that. Right. And more playing time, more opportunity. I mean, let me put it this way. 50 for 1,000 and 8?

That's not outlandish for McCle Hardman. That's fair. And, you know, that's not a hot, he's not going to be a PPR machine. By any stretch to imagination, he's going to be a crap. One of my players is hurt. I have McCall Hardman sitting there. Did I pick the right week? If I did, then I'm going to beat you kind of player. So I'm somewhat optimistic because he's not, he's in a best case scenario. One touch, man. He just needs one touch, Mike. Yeah, I know. One touch.

Some other players, do you like, do you like Deontay Johnson moving forward? I love Deontay Johnson. He was very impressive. 59 receptions. 59, 680 yards and five touchdown on 92 targets. And those 92 targets were 92 of the worst targets you have seen in the history of the NFL. His quarterback situation with Rudolph and Duck Hodges was something that.

look away insurmountable i mean juju could not overcome what was happening with that quarterback situation he was the third round pick the coaching staff seemed to grow in their confidence of giving him opportunities and seeing what he can do and so he was extremely impressive to me i he is definitely on my my watch list for a for a second round wide receiver to take a big jump that

is seemingly out of nowhere. I mean, it will not be out of nowhere for hardcore fantasy football players. But the common, like the real average player in fantasy who is not listening to a podcast right now, when Deonte Johnson has a breakout year next year, they're going to say, oh, who's? I've never even heard of this guy. I would not be shocked if he ends up in the discussion as a sleeper.

in our ultimate draft. 100%. You can put him in there. Yeah. I mean, Juju on the outside, regardless of what you believe about Juju's upside, we've seen the value of being a player that can get loose in the middle of the field. Deonti Johnson had some big plays. He's dynamic with the ball in his hands. He had four games as a top 12 wide receiver last year. I think on that team. That Deonti Johnson is a reason why you can believe in Juju.

as a fantasy asset yet again. I mean, Big Ben coming back is the crux of the argument. But I think that Deonti is good enough that now it's not Juju versus the world. But next year you're talking what? Juju as a second or third round pick and Deonti Johnson as a...

Yeah, 11th to 12th round pick. We'll see where it shakes out. But if that's the case, then I would take Deonti for sure. Yeah. Hunter Renfro, I want to bring him up too because he ended the year so strongly. He did. And this is another one of those hypothetical Brady teams. Hunter Renfro, Tom Brady, that could happen. It could. And if Tom Brady goes there, then Hunter Renfro becomes a lot more interesting. So you're not. No.

Super interest. 49 for 605 and 4. 13 games, 71 targets. Ended the year. Week 16 and 17 is the sixth wide receiver each week. Dealt with some injuries. Found his footing later. I mean, sells insurance on the side. A really, really impressive season for a player drafted in the fifth round. Yeah. To come through with that. But it's... He was a superstar in college, though. Yes. He just was not the athletic profile.