Sleepers + Buy or Sell, Goin’ Deep! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 8/26

three targets, but then nine targets and eight targets, the last two weeks. They won the last five games, but then that disparity of what you're talking about. Does it matter? Well, in week 16, with nine targets, he was the 49th wide receiver on the week. In week 17, he was the 18th wide receiver, where he was very relevant with similar snap counts and targets. So it's not what it was in Green Bay, but Lazard pretty much has established himself. I have heard some Equanimia St. Brown talk.

around camp returning from the injury I mean he yeah he didn't play at all last year unfortunately all right let's move on to our individual sleeper picks here it's time to get deep and Mike Mike you have a what I think is a great sleeper selection here well thank you this is the name I want to bring up and this is this is a very deep sleeper like we have prefaced and this is a player who his relevance may just be the first

quarter of the season. But I want to highlight Kendrick Bourne, wide receiver from San Francisco. Last year, here were the 49ers target leaders. George Kittle. Okay, he's still there. Yeah, I've heard of him. And he's a great player. Debo, yep. When's he going to play? I don't know. Manuel Sanders, he's not going to play for the 49ers. He'll be there in week one, but just, yeah, for the Saints. And then Kendrick Bourne. He was number four.

in targets for the San Francisco 49ers. He's reliable. 76% of his receptions turned into a first down. They look, they have a very easy, opening schedule for the wide receiver and the quarterback. According to our strength of schedule tool in the ultimate draft kit, they have the number one early season schedule for wide receivers, number three for quarterbacks, and 24 for running backs.

Not that I'm not doubting San Francisco's ability to run, just saying that if you're looking at the schedule, it lines up pretty nicely for San Francisco to get it done through the air. And the biggest thing is, who else is going to do it? Who else is going to catch passes besides George Kittle? I mean, those first few weeks, because their first round pick, Brandon Ayukin.

Hey, my bad. My bad. Look. I hate that guy. First round. If you wonder if we edit the show, there's your answer. Pick. I was getting too heated. Yeah, no, you're fine, man. Brandon. You can. Poor Brandon. As a hamstring problem. He was going to be the guy. But now we don't know when he's going to be back. Is it Dante Pettis that he finally returned to good graces? Probably not. But Kendrick Bourne.

was tied with George Kittle for the team lead in touchdowns for the San Francisco 49ers last year. Over the first couple weeks, man, I do believe Kendrick Bourne can have deep sleeper value. Yeah, I mean, Trent Taylor is going to be the dink and dunk guy, but the valuable targets have to go to somebody. And it's got to be seemingly either Kendrick Bourne or Dante Pettis. Right. Maybe he'll, you know, be that post-type sleeper. But.

If last year was any indication when you have the opportunity, he did not take a stand. No, he was their second round pick that turns sour. Good. All right, Andy, you want to go or you want me to go? That's up to you, Mr. Moore. All right, I'll hop right in. Water's warm. I like it. I'm going to go. Peer river. I'm going to go with a...

fourth string wide receiver. You know the name because he was electric in moments last year. McCall Hardman, second year wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs. And you say, well, he's not a starter. You're correct. 26 receptions. He is 26 receptions his rookie year. And now he is the fourth string, not a starter for the Chiefs. And I would take him.

rather than Sammy Watkins, rather than DeMarcus Robinson. And here's my rationale why. First of all, the dude is electric fast. He's 433. He's not sub 433. He's, he crushed sub 433 speed. He laughs at sub 4. Yeah, people are like, he goes, that's disrespectful to call me sub 44. The thing is, is not everybody translates speed on the field, but when he was on the field last year,

He was actually super fast and uncatchable. You saw that time in time. There's a reason why half of his games, half of his games, 8 of 16, he was a top 36 wide receiver. And if you look at how many opportunities he got there, like you said, Andy, 26 receptions on the season. Because, you know, when he touches the ball. He was one touch me. He was. He is a very exciting prospect. But now he's coming into year two.

And he's been working on his intermediate routes. I watched a whole camp. He was miced up in camp one week, and he is very much involved. It does sound like this? Yes, exactly. They need to put a better wind guard on that mic. Sammy Watkins has already missed sometime in camp, and that alone allows Nicole Hardman to have the opportunity to run with the ones, to show Andy Reed and Pat Mahomes.

oh, this guy might be better for our offense. We know Andy Reid will go with whoever is better, right? I mean, superstar, possibly Hall of Fame, Lashon McCoy, he wasn't better for their team last year. And Andy Reid was kind enough to give him rest days, if you remember. He just want to save him up. Yeah, I mean, he was even kind enough to rest him during the Super Bowl. Right, you wanted to save him up for.

For whatever comes next. For his next team. But my point is this. I believe McCall Hardman could and will play his way into a starter in front of either DeMarcus Robinson or Sammy Watkins. That is without injury. But it only takes one injury. And it can be to any of those three guys. If Tyreek Hill got injured, if Sammy Watkins gets injured, which he has done many times, or DeMarcus Robinson gets injured,

he will have the opportunity to go out there and dominate. Tyree kills rookie year, 593 receiving yards. McCole Hardman rookie year, 538 receiving yards. They're very similar archetype. I think a year to leap as an actual wide receiver. His route, his getting off press, he was, he didn't have a lot of college production. He came in very raw. No, we were surprised with the pick. I mean, he came in as a speedster.

End of sentence. I mean, we didn't, we expected maybe they would go a different route last year in the draft, but they knew what they wanted. You had the Tyreek Hill, will he be back situation last off season. But he was drafted almost to replace Tyreek Hill if Tyreek didn't come back. Yeah. And, and my, if he, if he takes that down from Sammy. He was just an awful quarterback. Sammy Watkins had 90 Patrick Mahomes targets. Let that sink in. He only had one good week.

On 90 Patrick Mahomes targets, let McCall Hardman get in there and get 90 targets, and you're going to have a really good fantasy option. And there's multiple ways that it could come, either playing in front or injury ahead of. Okay. I'm going to go deeper. I mean, it's our job here on the show to wade through the camp hype. What do we believe? What don't we believe? The, you know, and we know our local camp may be a little bit better than others.

Outside of DeAndre Hopkins arriving in Arizona, there's been no pass catcher that has more buzz than this guy. Don't mess around. In training camp. He delivers on Sundays and in the red zone. It's Dan Arnold. Dan Arnold is a legit sleeper candidate this year. And if you didn't, if you weren't paying attention.

He showed you why at the very, very end of last season. He had four. Sorry, Andy, to cut you off here, but this is a tip that we give everybody every year. Jason, you really highlight this. Make sure you are paying attention at the end of the season. Stick with the show. Look, rain or shine. You need to know what happens at the end of the season because guys like Dan Arnold show up.

and show out for the last four weeks and don't really make a ton of buzz, but you need to know what has happened. Dan Arnold is 6-6-22. Explosive. Me too. Monster vertical. Monster broad jump. Red zone weapon. Kyler Murray is in love with what Dan Arnold brings to the offense. He said, I've never had a guy that big that can do what he can do. It's pretty nice. Cliff says that...

They're hoping to build around Dan Arnold as that feature tied in. Max Williams is banged up. The end of the year that Mike talked about, he had four receptions for 76 yards and a score in the season finale. He scored in two of the last three outings with Arizona. Seam routes, these routes that we saw, Kyler, you know, with the time that he can buy in the pocket, with the weapons that you now have in DeAndre Hopkins, a healthy Christian Kirk.

nobody's talking about Dan Arnold, but this is a powerful offense, and he is going to be featured in it. And that is what I, that's what I believe makes for a great sleeper. I mean, you have somebody that's going to be featured that no one knows about that has tremendous upside. So I think that this is a player that, you know, we've joked about him a few times on the show, but that that has gone from.

comedy to reality. Yes. When you talk about a very, I mean, he's completely free in drafts. If you want him with your last pick, we've done that for three or four months here. Oh, yeah. If your draft is already done, you can still get him. Just go to your waiver. Yeah. He's on the waiver. Yeah. Like, he is a great name that I believe needs to be mentioned. Maybe you don't want to draft the post, man. I get it. You're going to take your shot on somebody else. But week one.

If Dan Arnold shows out, buy in. Believe what has happened and go get him off the waiver wire. Yeah, he's a very fast, very large weapon in this offense. And he flashed if you don't know Dan Arnold. He flashed with Drew Breeze a couple of years ago. Cardinals picked him up at the end of last season. But like I said, Max Williams is dealing with an unspecified injury in camp. Arnold's getting all of the opportunities.

And he is a pass-catching tight-in. Yes. That is his role in that offense. So Kendrick Bourne, McCle Hardman, Dan Arnold added to the list on today's episode. That'll do it for the Fantasy Footballers podcast. What do we have coming up tomorrow, Brooksie? We've got bus and values. Oh, yeah. Double tip. Sour, a little bit of sweet. Is that what you're saying? Oh, yeah. And what about the rest of the week? What do we got going on?

We're mocking on Friday. Oh! Final mock draft on the season. Yep. Getting everybody ready. Did you guys see that stadium on Hard Knocks? Oh, it is beautiful. That is awesome. Yeah. That was pretty incredible. Keenan Allen, number one overall pick. That stadium looked almost as good as Keenan Allen. Thank you for tuning in, everybody. Thank you for sporting the podcast. We will see you tomorrow. Stay safe. Goodbye.

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