Fantasy Football - Top 10 TE Rankings + Most Improved Offenses - Podcast for 8/5

on the roster who might break out. Marv might break out. Rome might break out. Berden might break out. Alec Pierce might break out. They ain't none here, brother. No one on the Raiders. They gave Nailer a bunch of money. Nail is the same risk that McBride has, though, that you mentioned.

Well, it's not a third round quarterback. No, it's not a third round rookie. It's the first overall pick. But the same risk of quarterback changes at the back half of the year. You would assume it will happen. It's very rare in this day and age for the number one overall pick to not get in. But that is enough of a difference to me. Carson Beck versus Mendoza to where, you know, and, you know, Clint Kubiak, he was.

LaFleur might be a good, you know, they're both offensive-minded head coaches, but Kubiak was the prize of this offseason. What's crazy is that this, you know, may seem really obvious to be like, okay, one, two is McBride and Bowers in some order. The truth is you're going to put them in the order that you believe. But they're going directly back-to-back in drafts. So this is a, like you do have to just pull the trigger on one. Like if you're going to be there at 205 or 203 or whatever you're at, you're sacrificing.

obviously a very high quality wide receiver running back. And you have to make the call here and you don't want to get it wrong because you're investing so much into a fantasy tight-in. So is it possible to get this pick wrong? Really? No. I mean, injury will get it wrong with, oh, you're saying between the two, I think you're going to be. Can you really get that wrong? So I think you could get it wrong where you will have regrets. And the only way that you get that wrong outside of injury on the regret front is that what Bowers does.

is truly break, you know, the position. I think that is in the range of outcomes. Like McRide did last year. That's in the range of outcomes. That's the funny part. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's like he did it. What did, what did McBride score last year on? What was his? Oh, he was 15. He was unbelievable. He was like, 15 points a game. Four or five points better than the tight end too. Yeah. So that's the part where it's hard for me to be like, you know, the Raiders were what, dead last in the NFL and touchdown scored? Correct.

And so now you're bringing in Kirk Cousins. I don't, I don't, that's the part where I have more confidence in the, in the connection between, like, I'm going to, I'm going to switch these two. You're moving. I'm sure they're basically, yeah, they're three points apart in my rankings, but out of respect for that connection already built, I'm going to make that tweak. Okay. So I, I mean, I will say right now McBride is going ahead in ADP.

by exactly one pick. Yeah, I mean, that's what Andy's doing right here. He's saying if I'm on the clock, I'm taking McBride. I'm going to take McBride, and I look, at the end of the year, I think the Cardinals score more touchdowns than the Raiders do. So, I mean, I think that's going to, and now repeating 11 touchdowns, is it hard? Yeah, is he going to do it? Probably. He'll probably do it. Bowers might do it too. These guys are going to be, it's going to be a narrow, very close situation, but it's tough. I know you are the most, like,

into Brock Bowers you've ever been, you know, in terms of like looking at him as the bona fide number one overall at the position. Yeah, I mean, it's tough. They're both great players. I don't, I don't think that there's a bad pick here. And I will say that my strategy-Reed would have been wide receiver four last year, by the way. My strategy this year is get an elite tight end, and that means only these four. And perhaps even if you want to take the strategy to just, like we know Bowers and McBride are going to be dominant.

Warren and Loveland are projections. You're hoping. Now, they're a little cheaper, but they still cost a lot in drafts. If you wanted to take the strategy of it's just Bowers and McBride or else punt, I'm fine with that as well. Bowers and McBride are both dominant. Isn't this the around Josh Allen category? I mean, could you? Won't this be your decision between if you're going to go onesie, you go Josh Allen or you go Bowers McBride? Probably. How do you view that in terms of advantage for your team, Mike? I lean the tight end.

spot of getting one of those two guys. It's not a lack of confidence in Josh Allen. It's just a, you know, finding quarterback production is. You've got guys you like later. It's just easier and more predictable on a week-to-week basis than streaming a quarterback, depending on your league and how they handle the waiver wire. But in terms of just the process of identifying the quarterback that should have a good week compared to the tight end,

it's easier on the quarterback. Yeah, I mean, we started this episode talking about Travis Kelsey. He's our 10th ranked tight end. And so if you're going to take one late and one early, the difference between Travis Kelsey is like the tight end 10 versus, you know, Trevor Lawrence right now, ADP was, is the quarterback 10. It's like, is Travis Kelsey, does Travis Kelsey have a chance to be another like absolute difference baker at the position? Probably not. Does Trevor Lawrence? Sure. Probably. Does Dak? Does Jackson Dart?

Those guys, those are all those guys. Tyler Shuck, bone nicks. Sleeper tight end you're interested in. Because this is, you know, we have our top ten by consensus, but throwing out a sleeper tight end. For me, it's Goddard. I've brought him up a couple times. Whenever AJ Brown or Devante Smith has missed time, he's been a huge beneficiary on the offense. AJ Brown is gone. He's going to miss some time for the years. Mike Lemon has had two hamstring injuries. Right now it looks like Don Tavian Wicks is the second man up, which to me makes Dallas Goddard.

the wide receiver too. Eli Stowers has done nothing. He's been buried on the depth chart so far in, in camp. So I like that. We're going to need him to get it together. I agree. Mine is the guy I took in our last mock draft, Dalton Kincaid. The team picked up his fifth year option, who's first round pick. He was literally the best in the entire league at tight end at yards per route run. The problem was he wasn't healthy. He only ran 15 rounds per game. How is he doing right now? Very healthy. There was a...

A miniature scare where it was like, oh, yeah, he went down. And so he was interviewed afterwards about like what happened. I was like, was this the knee again? He was like, no, he got it in the family jewels, as he said. Shout out. Yeah, not enough. Referencing the family jewels. I feel like I haven't heard that since like early Simpsons. But currently very healthy and obviously having Josh Allen as your quarterback doesn't hurt. And I'm going as I like to do.

The senator? With the tight end position? Oh, Jason. Guys, like, if Benson happens, we're the show, we're just, we're going to close it down. Don't worry about that. Good news for Klan. We aren't going nowhere. Just saying, no, I'm going with, you know, we've talked about, you need a tight end who can become the number two or the number one option. The Miami Dolphins, it's gross down there. Andy is a big believer in Malik Willis. I'm.

More on your side of I think that he is more likely to be a good quarterback than not. Who's the number one option there? I guess it's Malik Washington right now just de facto. But Greg Dulcich is there. His, you know, the nerd stats, the yards per route run, pretty good. 2.38, not a huge sample size for him. He's had his moments as an NFL tied in. He's had moments and he has the athletic profile that we want. When you're.

When you're just taking a random shot at the tight end position, athleticism matters. This isn't like, you know, like guys at running back and wide receiver, they can be slower. It's just, it can happen. But an athletic tight end, they are more likely to break through. He could end up as the number one target for this offense. That doesn't mean I'm saying top five or anything, but it's a player who is right now undrafted that I think he could be a sneaky top 12 guy at the end of the year. There's always.

There's always nasty tight ends that sneak in there. Yeah, and this is also something where, look, if you might not get drafted, you probably won't get drafted in your league, but when you're looking at what happens and you get a sign in week one or two. Yeah, week one, eight targets show up. Right. And even if he doesn't catch them all or doesn't get in the end zone, look for, I love looking for tight ends through the target lens when you're looking at the free agency. See who's getting action. Fanon was there last year on the waiver wire this year.

Isaiah likely might be that. Chig. Or Sadiq or somebody. Yes, Sadiq. There's a lot of options. All right. That'll do it for today's episode. Mock draft episode tomorrow. And then we'll resume rankings episodes as well. Footclan giveaway.com for that signed Bijjan Robinson, Jersey, if you want to check that out. And the Ultimate Draft Kit is. Ultimate DraftKit.com. Thank you for tuning in, Footclan. Thank you for coming along for the ride. It's going to be a fun August because Carson Beck is starting tomorrow, guys.

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