Zeke Returns, Undrafted Gems, Thursday Night Preview!

the Patriots have massive success with the slot-wide receiver. And Albert Wilson could fill right into that role. I don't think Albert Wilson goes undrafted if he doesn't have the injury last year. I completely agree. I think he's the most hyped, heralded, excited, bull, I mean, fantasy, exciting player on this team if he doesn't have the injury. And then you got the changeover at the quarterback position in the coaching staff. So there's all these murky kind of variables, but they're starting to, you know.

But he's being traded away. Wilson looking good. Wilson's ready to go. Right. So it's starting to look fine. With a team like the Dolphins, you want a player who can make something out of nothing. You know what I mean? It's not that the dolphins are some great offense where they're putting up so many points that you just want whoever the wide receiver won is. You want a guy who on a certain game, you know, maybe they're down, maybe it's the beginning or late in the game, and it just takes one play where all of a sudden he's so fast and electric, you just...

take a screen to the house. I'm guessing the dolphins are going to be seeing a lot of negative game scripts, which it turns into passing. I concur. So does Vegas. So who's your second pick? It's not as exciting as Albert Wilson. I really want to stash Albert Wilson, but starting running backs are very hard to find. And

As of now, until further notice, Frank Gore is still the starting running back for the Buffalo Bills. I know we're very excited. The fantasy community is very excited to see what Devin Singletary can do, but I think the removal of LaShawn McCoy just entrenchedes Frank Gore as the starter, at least for the short term. This isn't, you're going to hold on to Frank Gore and all season ride him out to the regular Frank Gore RB12 finish, but...

At the worst, it's a time share with, which I believe Frank Gore will see the higher end of the time share. So I'm just interested to see week one. Does Frank Gore go out of the, right out of the gate? And Frank Gore is getting 15 plus carries. If you want to hear the full breakdown on the singletary situation, Frank Gore, we talked about it a lot on yesterday's show. I'm curious if I can dive into it for just two seconds here. Sure. I'll allow it. I'm curious what your thoughts are just.

You know, people want to see what Singletary can do, but he's a really small guy. Yes. I mean, he's a 200-pound, 5-7 running back. Baffling. He did not, you know, score in, you know, none of the workout metrics did he impress in any way, shape, or form. I remember not liking the college tape very much. I thought he's looked fine in the preseason, but is there, I'm starting to wonder if he just stinks.

If he comes out and can't hang. Even if he doesn't stink, does the team view him as this guy that, like, why would they move on from Gore at any point during this season and just hand the whole backfield to Singletary? I don't think they will. I just am thinking it's going to be more committee-based. I think the team's going to be better than people think. I think they're going to ride those rails throughout the season, which doesn't make me think they're going to just try to turn to Singletary. I just am starting to.

Just wonder what that looks like in the backfield and whether Gore will be there as a thorn in the Singletary owner's side throughout the season. And Singletary, like he is absolutely baffling. He's a smaller guy. He's not off the charts athletically. In fact, he's quite under the charts. He's down beneath the charts. He's looking up at the charts. But his college production profile is absolutely massive. He did it on a really bad team. And he won with power.

Yeah, he's, which is, but he's small, and so can he translate winning with power? A 15 bench reps, 12 percentile. I'm saying, he is a very confusing player. The bills do see something. I just believe that Frank Gore is going to be used more than drafting Singletary in the mid to late rounds and not drafting Frank Gore at all. I think if you're in a deep league, like a 14 team league with, you know, two flexes, something like that.

Gore is very valuable because he's just guaranteed use. Otherwise, though, I'm not excited about Gore because I'm not excited. Sure, but I mean, you brought up like undrafted gyms. You're looking to scoop someone up before the waiver claims go nuts on this guy after week one. Yeah, we all agree Frank Gore's best days are ahead of him, right? Probably. He is infinite. He is all. He is Frank Gore. Sorry to cut you up. So, you know, I'm trying to fight, but I agree. You can't have enough.

running back. So you just, he is currently a starting running back and you need running backs. That's why one of my undrafted gyms is Gio Bernard, just paid. They're not paying him to not use him. And he is in the situation where there is a world where he becomes better, right? Joe makes it goes down and all of a sudden Gio is a stud. If, if, if, if, if, Gio's a, a, he's not a handcuff because he has standalone value, but he has that handcuff.

built into him. Exactly. So that's why I'd rather stash a guy like Gio who could change into a star. You know, if Devin Singletary goes down, Frank Gore doesn't really get that much better. It's like, oh, we're going to give you five or six, you know, a couple more carries a game. I went through the motions with Gio in the Megalibald draft yesterday. It's a two-flex league. Last couple rounds, he's sitting there and I'm just like, I just don't know what I, Joe Mixing to me can overcome.

a lot of the problems on the offensive line. And I just don't think Gio with 8 to 12 touches a week will ever do anything for you. So I'm personally not in on that as a pick unless you're in a super, super deep league. It's a PPR flex type of move. It's a PPR flex and it's really the handcuff upside. I mean, you're not excited about Gio or you're, you're not going to be using Gio when Joe Mixon is, you know.

out there getting all of the work unless you're in one of those deep PPR leagues. But if Joe Mixon goes down, then you've got a star before the waiver wire goes. The two players that I am more excited about, I want to throw out Miles Boykin. We haven't talked about him a lot. He's a rookie wide receiver for the Baltimore Ravens. He wasn't even the first rookie wide receiver drafted by the Baltimore Ravens because Hollywood Brown went in the first round.

uh to baltimore but he's been dealing with his injury from college he's not a liz frank yeah he's not up to 100% right now uh you know he didn't get camp with lamar jackson miles boykin the the the the the buzz around town in baltimore is that he could very well establish himself as the number one and he is the exact opposite of under the charts when it comes to workout metrics i mean he's a 90 plus he's up above him he's like looking

Looking down at those graphs, he's saying, look at this graph. So, thank you, Mike. Yes. I saw where you were going. He is an athletic monster. He's 6-4 runs a 4-4-2. He's great across the board. He's not like a D.K. Metcalf where it's like, oh, he's great in a straight line. But, you know, if he tries to move side to side or quick little bursts, he's uncoordinated. This guy's a true...

different breed of athlete. He's great against press coverage. Matt Harmon loved him in reception. And every reason I like Mark Andrews, the fact that he's a big-bodied guy that could emerge, that could also be true of Boykin. And then the last name I'll throw out. Boykin on it. Boykin, greater sign, McLaurin for this year.

I agree. That's where I'm at. I just wanted to put that out there because you brought up Boykin. I brought up McLaurin, both rookies, both with opportunity. But I like Boykin more than I do McLaurin. And I think, you know, when you look at what Lamar Jackson had success with last year, I brought this up. Warren Sharp was talking about this. He was not, Lamar Jackson struggled when he was put in a position like these forced passing downs, third down and long. He struggled throwing in those situations. He was very good when he threw.

early in the drive, first and second down throws. So I just think if there's a rapport there, Andrews, Boykin, those could be two of the main guys for this season. If Boykin comes out week one and gets eight, nine, ten targets, I think you're going to have a mad dash to the waiver wire. You know, I'm not usually in on early season rookie wide receivers, but this is a free one. This is an undrafted guy that costs you nothing. So so what? Grab them if he pops in week one, you've already got him. If he doesn't.

Then move on because he was undrafted anyways. And Anthony Miller. Anthony Miller is a guy that. See, undrafted now? Yeah, I mean, because the injury. The injury kept him out of preseason and out of a little bit of camp. He was a guy that when he was, I forget where he was like the 10th round, I was loving his value there until the injury. Now the injury.

caused his value to be undrafted. He's on the waivers. He's the second wide receiver, a second year wide receiver as well for the Chicago Bears. Also not on the injury report, in case you're curious. That's what I was going to bring up. He's not even on the injury report for this first week. You know who is? Trey Burton. Trey Burton is dealing with a lot of issues this whole camp. So part of the reason that you had hesitations with Anthony Miller was there's a lot of mouths to feed there. But maybe with Burton a little.

you know, under the weather physically, you have more opportunity for Anthony Miller. He was awesome as a rookie, even though he hurt his shoulder and had to have shoulder surgery after the season. Seven touchdowns as a rookie, he flashed a lot. So he's a guy that I would also keep an eye on. I'd be fine with him or Miles Boykin stashing those guys. Anthony Miller, greater sign, Miles Boykin, greater sign. Terry McClure. I took Anthony Miller in the ninth round.

of a 12-team Megaliboy yesterday. Wow. Yeah. Okay. So I... He's a good wide receiver. Yeah, I mean, we liked him. He's been in the ultimate draft kit until the injury stuff happened, but, you know, that was just after Deshawn Jackson. That was ahead of Corey Davis, James Washington, Michael Gallup. Okay. You're saying other people's picks. Correct. Okay.

I thought you were saying... My own pick? Yeah, and I was scared for you. No, it's kind of... It's kind of funny because I took Anthony Miller in the ninth. I took Markey's Goodwin in the 12th round. Just for a deep shot. It's a two-flex league. You need to have somebody you can play, not just wait on. That's the hard part. You drop those guys. These are all players that hopefully you know something early, quickly. Move on if you're not interested. So that is it for undrafted gyms.

You guys want to talk about real? Yes! Oh, my goodness. Thursday Night Breakdown. It's been too long, my sweet friend. Wait, one friend? Which friend are you referring to? I'm referring to football. Oh, okay. All right. The best friend. My best friend, sorry, guys. The Green Bay Packers take on the Chicago Bears in week one. The Bears are three point.

Home favorites. It's a 46 point over under. It's not bad. And this is a, what, these two teams faced off week one last year, did they not? They certainly did. That's where Aaron Rogers, right before halftime, everyone thought Aaron Rogers was done for the season. Little Willis Reed action. And then came back and was it three touchdowns to come back and win the game? Yep, 24, 23, big comeback. Yes.

Here we are. Aaron Rogers. Mitch Rubiskey. David Montgomery gets his first opportunity of the season. Aaron Jones. This is the week of conclusions, the wrong kind. You remember office space, the jump to conclusions? Oh, yes. All the fantasy players, they break that mat out this year. I'm worried about people breaking it out in week one. Of course we are because...

For Aaron Jones. The only thing, the only thing better than taking a preseason victory lap is a week one victory lap because that's, it's for real. It's locked in the lottery. It feels so good. I win. I win. It's over. You guys remember Mike Gillisley? Was that? Oh, yeah. It's week one. Oh, yes, I do. Great. Oh, Jordan Howard getting out to that past catching roll. Yeah, last year.

Yeah. And then that didn't hold up. Yeah, I'm just hoping that this game is a lot better than last year's kickoff. What are you talking about? It was great. The Falcons Eagles? Oh, I thought you were talking about the Bears Packer games. That was incredible. No, I'm talking about the NFL kickoff that I was so excited for last year and then it was just 12 to 18. Aaron Jones may have a rough go to begin the season. Let's start with Aaron Jones.

I think we all like the upside. The Bears last year allowed the fewest rushing touchdowns. I looked it up this morning. It was one touchdown per 67 rushing attempts. To put that in context, Aaron Jones averaged a touchdown every 16 attempts last year. The Bears are special against the run. They had the second lowest early down run success rate. Running back struggle against the Bears' defense we saw last year. They gave up.