WR & TE Rookie Preview + Best Landing Spots - Fantasy Football Podcast for 4/7

maybe you'd like to see, but physically similar, really fast on the football field, very bursty, monster production, 15 touchdowns, 1,500 yards last year at Alabama, and really wouldn't be projected to be later in the draft, if not for that injury. He very well could have been the number one.

wide receiver taken in this year's draft if he didn't get injured he just completely dominated ironically he was with these other two ohio state guys transferred with those other three transferred out because he was a little bit more buried on the depth chart and then proved that look maybe he is the best of that group i loved his tape i don't like the size but he

is different to me because if you look at Olavi and Garrett Wilson, they're winning everywhere. You know, Olavi's routes are just unbelievable. And that's all fine and dandy. But when I look at these smaller players, I really want them to win with speed. And they're all blazingly fast. But James and William's, James looks like he uses his speed. You watch his highlights. And it's nonstop.

pulling away from guys. Yeah, there's no player that had better downfield separation than Jameson Williams in the collegiate level. Right. He's like a Deshaun Jackson type to me where undersized, but he's so darn fast on the field that he could just have bomb after bomb after bomb. So 11 touchdowns of 30 plus yards, which was number one in all of the FBS. So for fantasy, it's going to be really interesting, right? He is, you know, similar to the NFL draft. He's injured.

He tore his ACL late. He's not going to be ready to go. And so when you're in your rookie startup draft, he's going to drop a few spots because people are wanting someone that can play this year. And so are the chiefs and the Packers and the Cardinals. These are teams in contention. So you may see those high quality destinations, even Dallas, high quality destinations. You know, we talk about Gallup isn't going to be back.

Well, you're drafting a guy in the first round. You might want to be able to play him in week one. So some of these high-quality destinations might not be where James and Williams lands. He may be a player that develops on a situation that is two or three years out. Yeah, but I am a believer. I really just loved his tape. We both have him at number two on our list. Yeah. Yeah, and I have him lower simply because of, like, his tape is very good. It's only one year of, it's outrageous production. I mean,

To be fair, you said, the 1,500 yards, 15 touchdowns, but to that point, had not surpassed 200 yards. The transfer, we have, we have, you know, we don't have insight into what was going on at Ohio, at Ohio State, sorry, of why wasn't Jameson playing more? Like, was there a, the politics of the team that he, he couldn't rise up the depth chart? Was he just?

The team didn't view him as good enough to rise up the death chart. And so he made the decision, which was for him the right decision. But to me... I know. Can't persuade you that that was... That he should, you know, he's a good enough player? It's, but... Why would the transfer matter if you put up 1,515 at Alabama in the SEC? Yeah, I know. That's the argument. And I...

Your argument is 100% accurate. It's simply a, it's just a gut thing of, like when we see players not work in the NFL, it's not usually because they are bad players. It's other things that we have no insight into where they are not connecting. They're not, they don't have the right practice habits. They're not mentally strong enough. Things that you just, we on a fantasy football podcast, we can't possibly say what has happened.

So that's what that's non-staff. Yeah, that is what is holding me back from going all in on Jameson Williams because it should, it should be an easy slam dunk that Jameson Williams is going to go in the NFL and dominate right away. He's going to be a patriot. That's what I think. He's one of these Alabama guys. They're not, you know, in it for right now. They got Parker.

That'd be a good landing spot. And the last thing I'll say on him is weight, the 179. He's low. He's a few pounds lighter than Garrett Wilson. Because of the ACL, he's not, you know what I mean? Like he wasn't able to put on weight and do his normal workout. So you kind of give a little bit of grace there when you weigh a little bit less coming off of an ACL injury. Now those are the top five. Now, we all have them in different orders. But those are the consensus top five for all three of us.

uh i have wilson i got a lave three jameson williams too sorry alave three drake london for tralin berks five yeah and there and there's a break here i think this is really the the tear break so i was setting you up to give your top and i was looking for jason okay you were looking for it while you talked all right jason's got london williams berks wilson olive and i am wilson burke's

London Williams-A-Labbe. All to change right after the draft. Yep. Of course. But this next, if you want to draw the line there, there are other players that have, I would say, fan bases out there on NFL draft Twitter, people in love with Skymore. I like Skymore. Out of Western Michigan. He's 510-195. He's the new moon hands. Yeah, he has the biggest hands in the class. He has hands that make...

Kenny Pickett, very, very jealous. Moon hands on the Giants. Okay, yes. Oh, by the way, Akeem Hicks was the other name I wrote down with Traylon Burks. Yeah, I mean, just giant hands for being five. Moon hands. We need a new moon hands. Yes, we do. Yeah. So I didn't like him as much. I think he's lower in my rankings, but, you know, he had a lot of production. Yeah, and he's got giant hands. I'm going to bring up some names. You tell me who you want to talk about. Okay. But Jahan.

Dotson, who I liked on film. Yes. Too small for me. I'm sysicist. 511178. David Bell out of Purdue, Christian Watson out of North Dakota State. George Pickens getting a lot of talk right now, 631.95 out of Georgia. Those two guys. Also looks very special on show. Yeah, I want to pause at least on Christian Watson because he is 65208. He is such a wildcard. 64208.

runs of 436, putting his speed score just nearly off of the charts. The green bar is just about to give a smooch to the other side because his athletic ability is so incredible. But he's from a smaller school. Not a lot of production. North Dakota. So he played a couple years ago with Trey Lance, small school. And yet with those physical skills.

43 catches. He had 43 receptions for 800 yards and seven touchdowns. And I do not mind a small school guy. I do not mind a small school guy. I brought up Corey Davis because he was a small school guy. He ended up, I mean, he was like fifth overall in the draft. But he was at a small school and his production was.

Like 1,400 yards a year. That's what it should be at a small school. You should be doing Rashad Penny's running back numbers. Yes. What was it? San Diego State for Rashad Penny? Where they're just, they don't make sense. They look that good. And to put up 800 yards. Otherwise, you get Justin Watson out of it, not Christian Watson. It is just, it's sketchy. But the size and the speed is something that.

is very rare. The film, too, I think was excellent. Like, I realize he didn't have a lot of production, but he looked the part. He looked great. And my biggest thing is, you know, he's a, he's a senior, which I don't like. I like the early declares.

But he went to the senior bowl and he was the talk of the town. I mean, everybody was saying... Which matters. He dominated a lot. You know, that's what happened with Debo Samuel when the Niners were there and then they drafted him. So people... I think Cooper Cup also dominated the senior bowl. I'm very, very curious where he goes in the draft. He falls to round three, four, whatever. He's a lower production guy from a small school. But if he creeps up to the second or I've seen inklings of the first, then I'm all in on him because I really like the film.

And what about maybe the most injured player in the draft? George Pickens, 6-3-195, but didn't play a lot over the last two years. In fact, 2020, 2021 combined for 41 receptions, just five last year after the ACL. I love the film. I love the size. It's tough with the lack of time in production. He's sure of himself. He says he's the best wide receiver in the class. He broke out as a true freshman years ago and was awesome at an age that people aren't that good.

And then he's been injured basically since then. So he is certainly on my radar of some. These two guys, Christian Watson and George Pickens, are my next two after the top. That reminds me of somebody. Rondale Moore. Yeah, I know. That is exactly who comes to mind. The difference is Rondale Moore is an itty-bitty baby at 5-7 and this guy's 6'3. Yeah. Kyle, I'm curious as you have been knee-deep in the Dynasty Pass.

Do you have any specific thoughts on Pickens on one side or the other? Do you believe in the potential? I'm from Georgia, and so I watched a lot of him, but I'm not a big fan. Okay. Take that, George. He's a Georgian authority. And this is George from Georgia. Wow. Oh, man. It's very Georgia. Taken down by the Borgorgon. Borgorgon? Borgorg.

The bejorgian. The bejorgian. You do a goiter in there. I don't know what happened. First of all, I shouldn't have thrown to Kyle because apparently he lost his voice between this morning and now. And then the bejorgian is that's the new name. All right. Turning our attention ever briefly to the tight end position, Trey McBride. Trey McBride and Greg Dulcich.

Do we have a favorite and do we care? I have a favorite. I actually really like Trey McBride. I do too. I think he's great when I watched the film reminded me quite a bit of Mark Andrews. It was unbelievable that he didn't score. He just didn't do that. He loved having yards and he loved having great catches and yards after the catch. Four touchdowns on 22 receptions in 2020.

One touchdown on 90 receptions. 1100 yards and a touchdown. That's, I think that that is. It's embarrassing. It's embarrassing. But I have to believe that's just, you know, luck of the draw there. You know, you get tackled at the one. Jacobi Myers is like, yeah, buddy. So, but I like the tape a lot. And I think he'll be the first pass catching tight end drafted. Now, Mike, you like Dulcich, but I have to ask you.

Is it those head and shoulders locks on his head? How much is it the hair? Don't leave out the mustache, fellas. I know. I know. I know. Yeah, I mean, he's his vibe. I wish we could, we need a, a vibe metric. Yeah, he's got the Palomalu vibe going on. Just off the charts. Like this guy is like.

He's doing all right in his life. And five touchdowns. He's doing all right. But if he looked like Sam Darnold, would he be your number one? That's the question. Is Zach Wilson? He still would be. Well, I mean, if you gave him like that physical stature, then no. Right, right. These guys are, they're very, very close to each other. But you like Big D. Big, big Greg D as they are calling him in the streets. Yeah, like he's just, when I'm watching between the two of them,

He's the one that at least seems more Kelsey in to me. And again, not an unofficial talent scout. But like that's when you're watching a tight end, you're really, really hoping. Please remind me of Travis Kelsey. And Dulcich reminds me of him just a little bit more.

Okay, yeah, some comps we had from McBride, Todd Heap, if you remember him. Oh, Todd Heep was great. And Baltimore. And Dulcich, I see faster Austin Hooper. Travis Kelsey is the question. If Austin Huber was really fast, would he be Kelsey? No, Hooper's not physical enough to be Kelsey. Unless I see Dustin knocks a little bit with Dulcich. Yeah, that's fair. But the headline here, if you haven't heard of say it before, rookie tight ends, not drafted at number four overall.