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OTAAS, mini camps, and everything in between is now over. We're heading into the long dark night of the NFL off season. And today, I'm going to break down the nine most crucial details you guys need to know from OTAAS that are affecting some of my biggest risers in dynasty fantasy football, redraft, best ball, and all other formats.
At the end of this video, I'm going to rapid fire a bunch of OTAA tidbits as well. Things that came out from mini camps that I think are relevant that I think actually matter for fantasy. So, let's start it off with my number one riser, specifically a dynasty take in OTAAS and mini camps. It could probably come as no shock to anybody that Achuka is on the rise. Top 10 PPR point per game wide receiver in the first nine games of last season. I feel like everybody knows the story at this point with Achuka. You had that big big time start to the year. First five games, 20.5 PPR points per game. Comes out, operates as effectively the Z receiver opposite of Mike Evans. Chris Godwin was no was not on the field. Jaylen McMillan was not on the field. He had down the back half of the season a horrible catch rate. Baker Mayfield was injured. Um, he was banged up from rushing back from the hamstring injury he suffered against the San Francisco 49ers. A lot of fantasy doctors thought he was going to miss two maybe three games. He came back the very next week on Monday Night Football against the Detroit Lions. So, Amecha Ibuka to me, I look at the whole situation as kind of anecdotally why you don't rush back from injuries, especially as a rookie. He actually said recently that he feels like he kind of got his legs back a little bit going through the whole draft process. He hit the rookie wall. The injuries kind of caught up with him. The thing that I have on the rise for Ibuka, because all this stuff isn't really new. The thing that's new for me is I expected the coaching staff, the front office, the offensive coordinator, Zack Robinson, to come out and say that Acha Ibuka was going to be the X receiver of this team, leaving Mike Evans's role obviously as the X receiver. You're going to see number one corners. You're going to see the Sauce Gardner's of the world, the Patrick Surtain's of the world, the JC Horn's of the world. But they have come out and said he's going to play Z receiver primarily. Chris Godwin is probably going to move inside to the slot in three wide receiver sets, which I expect the Bucs to be probably top five, top 10 in the NFL in 11 personnel. And then rookie wide receiver Ted Hurst, who's big, 6'4 size and speed to play X receiver, and some combination of Jaylen McMillan, Chris Godwin, and Mecha Igbuka to fill in and play X during that time. Now, the reason this alignment stuff matters so much is because Amecha Igbuka was playing this role when he was his peak producing self in the first couple of games of 2025. Also got to remember this was a rookie receiver. If we flipped his season and that's how he finished the season versus started the season, we'd all be drafting this guy at the two-three turn in redraft leagues. So for me, I see him as right there with Tedaro McMillan, with Carnell Tate, some of the best young receivers outside of the proven like Drake London, St. Brown, CD Lamb type. So for me, I moved him up to wide receiver 11 in my dynasty wide receiver rankings. If I look ahead to the site and see kind of where I am relative to the rest of the experts, it looks like me and Sammy are towards the top of the list. And like I said, I'm expecting a lot more first half of Mecha Ibuka than second half of Mecha Ibuka because a large part of this too is the fact that I think Zack Robinson will be a good addition to the coaching staff. I think Baker Mayfield's a lot healthier. The offensive line had like 11 different combinations last season with Tristan Worf missing the beginning of the season. You also had Bucky Irving injured for a majority of the season. I just think that the Buccaneers offense is going to run through a Mecha Ibuka. Zack Robinson has used the the Cooper Kupp role kind of as the the tag phrase for what they want to do with Igbuka. And I'm just very excited about what I've seen so far in training camp, in OTAAS, in mini camps. And hopefully it continues into training camp. We continue to hear the drum beat that we heard from Igbuka last season, which is that he's maybe the best receiver on the team, and he definitely should be the best receiver on the team at this point in time.
Let's talk about Quinton Johnston, who's another guy that is just going up the board right now. I have been drafting a crap ton of Quinton Johnson in best ball leagues. And I'm going to say something ridiculous here, but it's not going to seem so ridiculous after I say it. Why can't Quinton Johnston be the best Chargers receiver in fantasy this season? And the reason I say this is because Quinton Johnson is 24.8 years old, just had his fifth-year option picked up in a contract year. Ladd McConkey is 24.6 years old. They are the same age. And Quinton Johnston last season, 12.23 points per game. Uh, 26th overall wide receiver if you guys recall. Very similar to Amecha Ibuka. He suffered an injury about October or so and it really hampered his ability to come back and produce at a high level. But by the end of the season, week 16 against Dallas, week 17 against Houston, he started to produce again. He gave you a lot of good spike weeks. And you know who didn't? Ladd McConkey. I had Ladd McConkey in fantasy last year on the Flock League team. You guys probably watched me rip my hair out talking about how annoyed I was with Ladd McConkey. I am the highest, even more so than Mason, who's the Quinton Johnston guy on the site. And when it comes to Dynasty, I'm also the highest on the site on Quinton Johnson. The reason for this again, when I look at the metrics, the ADP is not correct. I don't think that Ladd McConkey should be dubbed the next Jackson Smith-Njigba going in the 3-4 turn area of fantasy drafts in 2026, going as a top 15-20 dynasty wide receiver, and then Quinton Johnson is left for dead as wide receiver 40-something in dynasty, going outside of the top 75 picks in redraft. The buzz that we're hearing from OTAAS is that Quinton Johnston can be used as a yards after catch threat, can be used on these drag routes, on these slant routes. There was a time when we talked about Mike McDaniel running this offense that he ran with Jaylen Waddle and Tyreek Hill as potentially one of the best play-action scheming coaches in the NFL. There were stats that I remember Dwayne McFarland from Fantasy Life talking about a slant route or a drag route was worth almost two and a half times more fantasy points in a Mike McDaniel offense than it was worth on an average NFL offense. This is Quinton Johnston, man. This is what he does well. So, the 19% target share that he had while banged up half the season versus Ladd's 21.3%. The wide receiver 26 in points per game finish that was better than Ladd McConkey's wide receiver 37 in points per game finish. I had Ladd in the Flock league. He was not discernibly better than Quinton Johnston last season. In fact, I think QJ was actually the better player in back-to-back seasons. He scored eight touchdowns. He's had 700-plus yards. I think in a contract year, we could be talking about one of the best values in fantasy football right now for an offense that I expect to go absolutely nuclear with Justin Herbert potentially winning the MVP of the NFL. So, if Quinton Johnston ripped off a 1300-yard season, I would not be shocked by it. And it would not shock me at all too if he is the better of the two Chargers receivers. Not just at cost, not just at value, overall points per game.
Michael Pitman Jr., he is up for my wide receiver 42 in dynasty to my wide receiver 36. I have been drafting a crap ton of him in best ball as well. And very similar to what I just said for Quinton Johnston. I just don't see why DK Metcalf goes so much higher in redraft formats and dynasty formats than Michael Pitman. They're the same age. In the last three years, Michael Pitman of the two of them is the only one with a top 15 points per game finish. Michael Pitman, in my opinion, is a better fit for Aaron Rodgers and what he does well. And also, when you factor in this Mike McCarthy offense, what they do, funneling the offense through like a CD Lamb type or a guy that can play both inside and big slot, that's Michael Pitman. That is not DK Metcalf's skill set. It is better for DK Metcalf to have a guy like Michael Pitman on the field. However, in the last three years, the the higher target share has gone to Michael Pitman, not DK Metcalf. And despite DK Metcalf being the clear number one in Pittsburgh last season, and Pitman competing with Josh Downs, with Tyler Warren, with Alec Pierce, all the guys that he had to compete with. So, for me, I love the buzz that he's getting. Apparently, he has been a favorite target of Aaron Rodgers so far, the safety blanket, etc., etc. Shout out to Zayn Dane, by the way, who's been covering OTAAS and mini camps over on X at an extremely high level. Go give him a follow. McCarthy and Pitman have talked about diversifying his routes so he can work a little bit more downfield as well. I am very excited about Michael Pitman. I think that he has a chance to really crush his ADP. And when I look at him at 103.7 ADP versus, let's say, T.J. Hockenson or Garrett Wilson, who are both projected number one receivers going to get, let's say, somewhere between 120 and 140 targets. I don't see a discernable difference between those players in round three, round four versus Michael Pitman in round seven, round eight. And it actually makes me want to draft a running back where you can take Garrett Wilson or T.J. Hockenson and then just take Michael Pitman later and get similar production. Maybe it's a point per game less. Maybe it's a point and a half per game less. But I don't think it'll be that different. If they're 1100-yard receivers, he might be a 950-yard with more touchdowns type of receiver.
Brian Thomas Jr., another guy that's getting a lot of buzz in mini camps, OTAAS right now. Wide receiver 26 to wide receiver 21 in my dynasty rankings. He's been moving up the best mid-round wide receivers. I talk about this every year. Prime wide receiver ones in those videos that I do every August. You finished as a wide receiver one before and you're under the age of 28. Brian Thomas Jr. of course hits both of those thresholds because as a rookie, he was wide receiver 12 in points per game, wide receiver four in overall finish. That led to him last year being worth upwards of three first-round picks on the dynasty market. And also too, he was a first-round or a one-two turn pick in redraft leagues. All I need to hear from the Jaguars brass is that he's back. That he looks like he was his rookie self. And so far, that's what we've heard. Drops have gone away. The offseason OTAA's MVP according to John Shipley, who covers the Jaguars very well. Keep it coming, dude. Keep it coming. This guy was an extremely valuable asset in fantasy football just two years or just last year, just last offseason at this time. And he was a first-round redraft pick for a reason. First-round NFL draft pick, receiver, good prospect, produced alongside Malik Neighbors and absolutely showed out down the stretch of his rookie season. Again, this caused us to all draft this guy with confidence at the one-two turn. Nobody turned their head when he was going that high. Everybody believed he was the talent that was capable of doing that. A lot went wrong for him last year, whether it was mental health stuff because one of his best friends from college committed suicide, maybe it was injuries, he was dealing with a wrist thing. Like, we don't know. We really don't know with Brian Thomas Jr. All I do know is that he has the most predictive indication of future fantasy production in the bag, which is past wide receiver one production, and he is going off the board in redraft 61.5 ADP. I've drafted a crap ton of him. In Dynasty, he is worth, let's call it a mid to late first-round pick on the open market, and you can probably get him for that pretty easily. So he is a guy that I'm very, very excited about hearing the buzz for.
Rashod White, another guy that I was already high on. So, he's not really skyrocketing up my rankings, but he's kind of adjusting on the market. He was my RB35 before this in Dynasty. He's my RB31 now. I have him way above his 111 overall ADP on Underdog. I think he's inside my like top 90 players or something like that. First name out of Dan Quinn's mouth, the head coach of the Commanders for the standouts on offense was Rashad White. Rashad White, if you guys recall, played with Jaden Daniels at Arizona State. He has a familiarity with the quarterback. Rashad White also, if you might remember in his time in Tampa Bay, has a running back one finish in his career, which just like I said for Brian Thomas Jr., the biggest indication that you can command a workload, you can be a good target earner, you can, um, you know, finish as a high-end fantasy asset is that you've done it before, and Rashad White is the only one in this backfield that has. Jaka Kroski Merritt's fun. He's a fun name. Kron Allen's a prospect I really liked. Jerome Ford's been productive at times and he's on this team as well, but Rashad White is the only one who has the history of commanding a 250-plus carry workload and a 70-plus target workload. And during his inefficient Buccaneers days, he's adjusted that the last two years, 4.3 yards per attempt in the rushing game. And he's also upped his receiving efficiency as well. White has also, uh, been talked about at times as the team's second best receiving outlet because they don't have a wide receiver two until maybe Brandon Aiyuk signs there. Dan Quinn apparently likes Rashad White as the pass-catching back. He doesn't know, quote unquote, if there will be a designated starter, which all that tells me to be honest is that right now they're looking at it as a committee, but if somebody stands out, they could get the hot hand, and I do think that will be Rashad White. And I do think he is absolutely worth every bit the hype that he's getting right now. And part of the reason why I've been very comfortable taking him in Underdog drafts or stashing him in Dynasty is because he has that history of being productive before.
Let's talk about Josh Downs, who also has a top 30 finish under his belt. 13.2 PPR points per game as a 23-year-old true, um, sophomore in the NFL. In 2024, he had a 77.8% route participation on route to a 13.11 points per game finish. The problem last year was routes. He was not on the field enough. And the reason I, I wish I had accounted for this more because I was high on Josh Downs last year as well, is Tyler Warren. Tyler Warren as a tight end and a big slot archetype took away from Josh Downs' role. His role dropped from six, uh, dropped down to 68.3% of the routes, and with a large majority of those routes coming after Daniel Jones was already injured. So it was on the times that the Colts were not a productive team. You could see some of his biggest snap share games came down the stretch before, um, when Daniel Jones was healthy. He was not a consistent starter for this team. Not somebody that you could rely on. What happened this off season? They lose Michael Pitman. We're hearing the right things about Josh Downs' usage-wise. Apparently, this is a quote from, uh, I believe The Athletic or something. Gone are the days of Downs being used only as a slot receiver. Stiken plans to move Downs all around the formation, giving him ample opportunities to play on the outside and exploit mismatches. Josh Downs has always been capable of playing on the outside. He just didn't for whatever reason. Maybe they wanted to run the ball better. They needed a bigger guy to block, or whatever the case was. Josh Downs apparently has been seen on the outside plenty of times already at mandatory mini camp, making plays no matter which quarterback was directing the offense. I know Josh Downs is a great player. All he has needed is the role. That means he is capable of being a number one receiver in the NFL. I expect him to lead him and Pierce between the two wide receivers in targets. I do expect Downs to command more targets than Pierce. And the reason for that, Alec Pierce, 20-plus yards per reception, downfield target, very little short and intermediate work. That was Michael Pitman's job before. It'll probably be split between Tyler Warren and Josh Downs going forward. And if Downs is going to be used on the outside, it could mean more downfield work for him, which we haven't really seen him do in the NFL, but back when he was at the University of North Carolina, he was exceptionally good down the field in contested catch situations, even despite his small frame.
Moving into Trevon Henderson, another guy that has been getting a lot of buzz in OTAAS and mini camps. He is going from my RB16. I've been very pessimistic on Trevon Henderson, as you guys probably know, um, to my RB13. Now, instead of being the lowest on the site on Trevian Henderson, I'm a little bit more middle of the pack on the site in Trevian Henderson. Both from a dynasty standpoint, I'm actually on the higher end of things, and then a redraft standpoint. Here's some of the quotes that we've heard from OTAAS's mini camps from Patriots beat reporters. Now, we haven't heard a ton from like Mike Vrabel and some of the coaching staff and whatnot, but the team wants him to be the RB1. It's a big July and a big August for Trevian Henderson. If he can get more consistent, he's the most explosive option in the backfield as both a runner and receiver. These are quotes from the beat writers of the Patriots. It's pretty simple to me. If you believe in Trevian Henderson and you think he's a very talented prospect who came in and provided a lot of flashes, a lot of big plays, a lot of explosiveness, if you think he can take a step forward, become more consistent in between the tackles, be better at creating five-yard runs as opposed to negative five-yard runs. Trevian Henderson can be a league fantasy asset if one of two things happens. Number one, he takes that leap. He gets more consistent, or honestly, even he just carves out the third-down work entirely and he becomes a 75-80-plus target running back. If he's getting 10 to 12 carries and 75-80-plus targets, he can be a top 12, top 15 running back in this great Patriots offense that now features AJ Brown and Romeo Doubs. Or number two, Rhamondre Stevenson played very well last year. I'm not going to take away anything from Rhamondre Stevenson. He averaged 4.6 yards per carry last year, one of the most efficient receiving backs in the NFL last year as well. However, the two years before that, 3.9 yards per carry and four yards per carry for Rhamondre Stevenson. If he gets injured, if he struggles, if he starts fumbling again, he's 28 years old and Henderson is 23. It's understandable that a five-year NFL vet would be entrusted more during a playoff run than Trevian Henderson, who was making some mistakes. Henderson right now, if after Stevenson had come back from injury, he had continued to be the starter, he would be like RB5 in Dynasty right now. He'd be like RB6 in Dynasty right now. And I've been skeptical that he can take that leap because going back to Ohio State, they haven't always been able to trust him with the full workload. But I trust Josh McDaniels and Drake May to be able to coach him up into things that he's capable of doing. And also too, I trust them to be able to give him all that he can handle. If all he can handle is 10 to 12 carries and six targets a game, then he can handle that and he can be DeAndre Swift or even Alvin Kamara, dare I say it. If he fails, it's pretty much all on him in my opinion. And if you believe in the player that is Trevian Henderson, which generally I do, Stevenson's not really a huge, huge issue. He's going to be a pest. He's going to annoy you at times. It kind of feels to me like the whole Raheem Mostert, Devin Achane light situation from a couple of years ago. And not saying that he's as good as Devin Achane, definitely is not as proven as even Devin Achane going into his second year was. But I do think the prospect that he was, the big plays that we saw, the receiving skill set that we didn't really see a ton of except for in a couple of games here and there, I think it's all if it takes a 20-30% step across the board, it could result in him being a top 15 fantasy running back no problem this year and obviously a staple in dynasty leagues going forward.
Jaylen Waddle goes from wide receiver 27 in my dynasty rankings, wide receiver 27 to wide receiver 23. In dynasty, I am the highest on the site on him by a pretty decent margin. In redraft, I am the second highest on the site on him. Sammy is right on the same page as me by the looks of it. Jaylen Waddle, I talked about it in the projections video. He's apparently making waves at OTAAS and mini camps. It's hard to say the addition won't have the most notable impact. This was a quote from a beat reporter. Has wowed teammates. He will be a high volume target. Quote unquote, the team should target him 10 times a game because he makes every route the same and the team will use him in ways that he can take short passes into significant gains. I've been talking about this Broncos team from the framework of like projections. And the reason I think Jaylen Waddle could have such a breakout season is because again, what did I say with, uh, Brian Thomas Jr.? What is the biggest indicator of fantasy point production in the future? Past fantasy point per game production. Especially when you have two seasons in which Jaylen Waddle has been a 15-point per game receiver, and then beyond that point, he had a future Hall of Famer that he was competing for targets with in Tyreek Hill. Now he goes to the Denver Broncos, who have more route participation for their top receivers, who have more passing volume than the Miami Dolphins did. And more importantly, there's no Tyreek Hill there. Courtland Sutton is a good player. He has not exceeded the targets per route rate of Jaylen Waddle in the last four seasons in Denver that Waddle has in Miami. And again, keep in mind, he was competing for targets with Tyreek Hill most of those seasons where Tyreek was playing at an extremely high level. And Courtland Sutton was the clear-cut number one on his team. So for me, I look at Jaylen Waddle as, yeah, he is going to take over the alpha job here. He's going to project for about, I don't know, 130-140 targets. Right now in my projections, and I talked about this last week, I have Jaylen Waddle projected for 136 targets on a 22.7% target share, which is a rather conservative projection compared to what he's done with Tyreek out of the lineup in his career, 1,179 receiving yards, eight touchdowns, 15.1 fantasy points per game. If you're getting a 15.1 point per game receiver out of the four-five turn of fantasy drafts in redraft leagues, and for what a late first-round pick in dynasty leagues, that is going to be worth it and then some. That is an exceptionally good buy low if you are a contending team or a very good pick in redraft. So for me, Jaylen Waddle is on the rise in all formats. I've definitely gotten a lot higher on him than I was before.
And then the final guy, and we'll get into some of the rapid-fire news, is Jaylen Coker. Huge thing here is why he went from wide receiver 64 in my rankings to wide receiver 48. The contract extension. He signs like a $36 million three-year deal. Wide receiver two clearly by his team. They paid him as such. He was the best receiver on the same field in the playoffs as Puka Nacua, T.J. Hockenson, and Davante Adams. All of them on the same field at the same time. Who had the best game? It was Jaylen Coker. And when Jaylen Coker was healthy last year, he performed in a lot of good spots. I'm really excited about Coker the player. There's a lot of buzz in OTAAS and mini camp that he's the secret weapon. Without Coker on the field, defenses can hone in on T.J. Hockenson. In my Carolina Panthers projections, I talked about this as well. I have Jaylen Coker projected for within 1.6 points per game of T.J. Hockenson. I do not think that T.J. Hockenson is going to take some meteoric leap and have 160 targets this year. I think that Coker is too good to let that happen. And more importantly too, the pie of the Panthers offense isn't big enough for T.J. Hockenson to command that type of volume because generally they're a slow pace of play. They like to run the ball, and Bryce Young is somewhat of an inconsistent quarterback. So for me, Jaylen Coker is on the rise because I think that just of the Panthers' two receivers, he is going to be the better value in all formats because T.J. Hockenson is extremely expensive and Jaylen Coker is not. So you can get him in best ball, in redraft, in dynasty for very little when you have to pay two-plus first-round picks in dynasty for T.J. Hockenson or a third-round price tag in redraft because you believe in Bryce Young like I do. Jaylen Coker is the way that I'm doing that.
So let's go. Rapid fire news tidbits from training camp and or from mini camp and OTAAS. I have, I don't know, 15, 20, 25 pieces of news that I just wanted to shout out here. Let me know what you guys think is the most interesting. Some of these things are more relevant than others. Some of these things are just things to monitor heading into training camp. Again, we're about a month away from training camps opening. Teams go on vacation. Hopefully, nothing bad happens as far as, you know, news and suspensions and all that. That's that's pretty much what we're hoping for this time of year. Nobody gets suspended. Nobody does anything stupid. Here's the news tidbits that we have. In no particular order of importance, just things that I've seen from guys like Zayn and and people covering OTAAS and mini camps for The Athletic and and whatnot on Twitter. Lamar Jackson really taking to Declan Doyle's new offensive approach. He's the 30-year-old offensive coordinator of the Baltimore Ravens. I've talked about how I think they're going to go more pass-heavy, be more creative, harder coaching. Apparently Lamar Jackson's responding to that. We've covered a lot of the buzz relating to Breece Hall, the Jaguars running back in the running back rankings video, but essentially the TLDDR version is early reports are that he's expecting a bigger role. Last year, especially with Chris Rodriguez banged up right now, some reports indicate that it could be a committee, something to watch in Jacksonville. Adonai Mitchell in New York, where he's the number two, number three receiver, depending on what you think of Olamide Zaccheaus, he's apparently been showing out and developing a big-time chemistry with new quarterback Geno Smith. Reports indicate that in New York, the Jets want to get a look at Kade Klubnik at some point this season. So if you guys are buying Geno Smith in Dynasty as a third quarterback thinking you got a a guaranteed starter all 17 weeks, think again. It's possible they want to look at Kade Klubnik, especially if they're bad, which they probably will be. The New York Giants are expected to be a heavy 12 and 13 personnel team. So wide receivers in New York outside of Malik Nabers, not super interesting. However, tight ends in New York may be a little bit more interesting. And the run game in New York definitely interesting. Xavier Worthy, Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver, has reportedly bulked up a little bit and is ready to go after a shoulder injury limited him all season in 2025. As you guys remember in the Flock League, I had him on the first snap of Xavier's season. He gets mapped by Travis Kelce and apparently they limited his route participation, his going over the middle of the field and taking big hits for the rest of the year. Jaden Higgins, Texans wide receiver, second-year wide receiver, and Jaylen Noll, Texans second-year wide receiver, apparently are ready for a big leap. Now, keep an eye on Tank Dell's health heading into training camp. That could throw a wrench in things. Sam LaPorta is expected to be a full go from the back injury that he had surgery on this offseason. Me and Dr. James Freddy talked about that a couple weeks ago. Cole Kmet could be used in the Sam LaPorta role in Dave Canales' Commanders offense, who's the new offensive coordinator there. Keep an eye on Cole Kmet. He's a big free agent addition. And as of now, they don't have anybody outside of Terry McLaurin. We'll see if Brandon Aiyuk ends up there, which is another tip is that he went on his Instagram live the other day and basically talked about, "Go Commanders, go Commanders." Like, he wants to go to Washington. It's it's no secret to anybody. Browns wide receiver, Denzel Boston, apparently looks every bit as good as Cedric Tillman, if not maybe better in camps right now. And also, we have, uh, some reports that Shedeur Sanders is maybe on the trade block. Uh, Deshaun Watson currently the front runner to win that job right away. They might be in on Brendan Sorby. I would say that they might be a very strong front runner for Brendan Sorby. Actually, Mahomes expected to be cleared for practice soon. Hopefully that happens because if he's not out there during training camp, I'm going to be bumping my Chiefs projections down. Kenneth Walker, speaking of the Chiefs, impressing in practice, but the, uh, rookie running back E.J. Smith has also flashed, specifically as a pass catcher, which is what I'm worried about for Kenneth Walker is that he might lose those reps because we've seen guys like Kareem Hunt, Isiah Pacheco, etc., work in tandem with a receiving back in Kansas City over the last couple of years. Chris Godwin for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers apparently has gotten the most looks in OTAAS and he's probably the front runner for the team's wide receiver one as it stands, and he's also likely going back to the slot. I talked about this a bit with Achuka, but definitely Godwin is a very good value in all formats. Uh, Indianapolis Colts are likely to add a wide receiver at some point, but the two names that have been floated are both slot receivers. Keenan Allen and Deebo Samuel, which would be good news for Josh Downs yet again. Greg Dulcich in Miami has been the primary target and has developed a clear trust for Tua Tagovailoa. Another Miami report. We have, um, Caleb Douglas and Chris Bell. Both could earn very big roles on the outside assuming that Chris Bell is healthy, of course. And also we've heard that Quinn Ewers is actually giving Tua Tagovailoa a run for his money as the starting quarterback. Ryan Flournoy, wide receiver of the Dallas Cowboys, is working the slot for Dallas and he's been impressive apparently so far. Keep an eye on that for maybe Jake Ferguson. That would affect the most, I would think. Chris Bell in Carolina is competing for the wide receiver three spot opening day behind Jaylen Coker and T.J. Hockenson with Xavier Legette, and it sounds like he's winning as of right now. Bryce Young in New Orleans impressing downfield, especially with Chris Olave out. Keep that in mind. Olave, of course, needs to clear for training camp with that blood clot issue that he's dealing with. Speaking of the Saints, sounds like Alvin Kamara is staying put. He's not going to go anywhere. That is bad news for Travis Etienne in my opinion because if there's one thing Kamara can do, it's catch the football, and that's the role that I want for the New Orleans Saints because I think they're going to be uptempo, throwing a lot. Terrance Ferguson, Rams tight end, second-year tight end. Several people in the Rams building believe that he can take a big step this year. Of course, they drafted Maxx Williams as well, but Terrance Ferguson could end up being the tight end to own there, although they are going to use a lot of them. A lot of two tight ends, a lot of three tight ends. T.J. Hockenson in Tampa Bay stood out among all of the wide receivers in Tampa. He's the number five receiver on the team right now. So very deep receiver room in Tampa Bay. Todd Bowles called the backfield, Bucky Irving 1A, Kenneth Gainwell 1B, and essentially Sean Tucker backing up the starting ball carrier, which would be Bucky Irving. So Peter Schrager, who does a good job covering the team, obviously I follow this team very closely, basically called the the split that they expect a tighter version of Bucky Irving and Rashod White. So they think that Kenneth Gainwell's role is going to be bigger than Rashad White's role. Just keep that in mind. George Holani, Seahawks running back. Definitely the front runner to be, let's call it, the 1B to Jaren Price or even maybe the 1A to Jaren Price early. I would have thought it was Emanuel Wilson. Adjust the best ball ranks. Jalen Thornton in line for the wide receiver three in Kansas City. Calvin Ridley in Tennessee won't be handed the wide receiver three job. It sounds like Alec Pierce and Shamari Jackson are both fighting for it behind Wandale Robinson and Carnell Tate. And it was also noted in the same article that Jalen Robinson has been the top offensive weapon in OTAAS and mini camps, not Carnell Tate, even though he's gotten some good buzz as well. Taj Spears clearly ahead of Nick Singleton so far. Tony Pollard, of course, expected to be the starting running back, but Nick Singleton was a guy that I've been drafting a lot of in Dynasty and redraft because especially this time of year when you're in shorts and t-shirts, he's big, he's fast, he should look good out there. So hopefully that picks up during training camp. But as of now, it could be Tennessee Titans business as usual in the backfield. Michael Mayer likely to play the Y spot while Brock Bowers plays Joker. Gets moved around the formation. Starting slot receiver works out wide. Um, the Raiders could lead the NFL in two tight end sets. So just keep that in mind. Michael Mayer 18th round best ball, 20th round best ball if you're in those types of formats. Could be worth a swing there. And of course, is one of the best tight end handcuffs in the NFL. Trey Tucker has impressed. Jack Bash has not. So Trey Tucker may be in line to be the wide receiver one/two depending on what you think of Jaylen Naylor there. I think they need a lot of work at wide receiver, but apparently the Raiders are pretty content with Hunter Renfrow and Brock Bowers being the engines and then everybody else being kind of compliments. And like I said, if Jack Bash's best role was a big slot, and that's going to be Brock Bowers' role, that's not good news for him. That means he plays on the outside. And I think both Trey Tucker and Jaylen Naylor are better at that at this point in time. Jonah Coleman could have more carries than R.J. Harvey by mid-season. That's a legit quote. Early signs point to a bigger role than we thought. Another legit quote, already shown he belongs in the rotation. That's all great news for Jonah Coleman. I think that this backfield could be a big-time split, but week over week it changes. Let's say the first six games of the season it's Dobbins. Next five games of the season it's Harvey because somebody gets hurt. And then the next eight games of the season it's Jonah Coleman. I think that there's going to be ebbs and flows in this backfield. Coleman's the cheapest of the options there, and he's the ones I've gravitated towards the most. But I do think Dobbins is the front runner at the moment. No limitations for Bo Nix coming off of the ankle injury. Good news for the Broncos. Pat Bryant will compete with Troy Franklin and Marvin Mims for wide receiver three snaps, though they could use a combination of those three players on a week-to-week basis. Obviously, the Waddle addition hurts Troy Franklin. I am still of the belief that he's going to be the clear wide receiver three there because I think he's better than Pat Bryant and I think he's better than Marvin Mims. Probably only a 70% route participation like slot receiver. However, I do really like him still as an 18th round best ball pick and a low-end dart throw, especially in dynasty best ball leagues as well. The Ravens wide receivers are an interesting thing for me. And apparently Zay Flowers and Tez Walker are the, let's call them fragile starters right now as wide receiver two and wide receiver three. But both Elijah Sarratt, fourth-round receiver from Indiana, and Jacory Lane, third-round receiver from USC, have impressed a ton during camp. It would not shock me if by second preseason game, even training camp, one or both of them are starting three-wide receiver set players because Bateman's always injured, unreliable. Tez Walker's kind of just a deep threat, more of a role player. I think that Sarratt and Lane can easily be the number two and number three by mid-season at the very latest. DeShaun Stribbling, the surprise 33rd overall pick for the San Francisco 49ers. Quote, "Probably not right away, but should make an impact by the end of the season as a slot or role player." Not very good news. I would say that's probably bullish for Ricky Pearsall, George Kittle, and Mike Evans, and of course, Christian McCaffrey. Jordan James and Keelan Black are reportedly the ones competing for the RB2 job behind Christian McCaffrey, which is an important job because of CMC's injury history. Uh, third-round pick, Keelan Black probably the ball carrier of the two. Jordan James more of the pass catcher, but you never know. Jordan James, I would say, would be the front runner if you're taking dart throws on one of them, but Keelan Black had the higher draft capital. Phil Mafa, not Jaden Blue or Malik Davis, is the backup ball carrier to Javonte Williams. So, I would imagine if Javonte went down, it would be Phil Mafa carrying the ball with Malik Davis mixing in and probably Jaden Blue operating as the third-down back. So, think of that what you will if you're not in on Javonte Williams. Fifth-round tight end Tanner Kozo. Perhaps no player has garnered as much buzz to this point in Jaguars camp, which is I, I loved Kozo as a prospect. So, I think that's that probably means from a dynasty perspective that Luke Strange will be the starting tight end this year, but maybe Kozo makes him expendable in free agency next year. That would be my guess. He was a good taxi squad stash for a reason. Um, Jaguars have also been talking about using Parker Washington as the day one slot receiver, which for me that actually speaks a lot more bullish to the Brian Thomas of it all and even the Jakobi Myers of it all because if he's the slot receiver, that means he's only running 70% of the routes. And you know, that's probably bad news for Travis Hunter realistically, but Thomas and Jakobi Myers project as the outside receivers. And given that they took two tight ends in the draft, Nate Boricic, or whatever, the the blocking tight end, and Tanner Kozo, the fifth-round tight end, that actually speaks as very bullish to Brian Thomas and Jakobi Myers to me because they'll be the two wide receiver set guys. If James Gladstone and Liam Cohen are going to take a page from Sean McVay's book, whom they both learned under, um, and run a lot more two tight end sets, we want the two wide receiver set guys, which would be Jakobi Myers and Brian Thomas Jr. Tua Tagovailoa, early starter in Atlanta to be expected. Michael Penix isn't cleared for contact yet. We'll see what happens by camp. My prediction is that Tua is the starting quarterback for most if not all of the season because the coaching staff and front office did not draft Michael Penix. Zachariah Branch looks more than just a screen merchant. He's actually made some nice plays. However, Jalen Dodson is currently operating as the wide receiver two there, but bullish on Zachariah Branch. Brian Robinson is apparently taking to the Tyler Allgeier role behind Bijan Robinson, which of course we know is the handcuff. And that's pretty much it. Of course, there's probably stuff that I missed that was less relevant, but these were, I was combing through Twitter. I was combing through breakout videos and articles and podcasts and and everything I could find. These were the biggest tidbits I found from OTAAS and mini camps.
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