Importance Of Wide Receivers In Fantasy Football Drafts
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00:02 - This is definitely the start of why we start to see
00:05 why it's so important to be taking wide receivers early on.
00:09 'Cause I think you can tell yourself a story
00:11 about a lot of these running backs.
00:12 Brian Robinson Jr. came back from literally getting shot
00:15 twice in the leg last season to be the lead running back
00:19 for the Washington Commanders.
00:20 I mean, and who's to say his athleticism, all that stuff.
00:23 I mean, I feel like it probably is going to be improved
00:26 by not having been shot in the leg
00:28 during training camp.
00:30 I do like Robinson's situation.
00:32 DeAndre Swift, I mean, I have gone back and forth
00:35 on DeAndre Swift so many times, his coaches in Detroit.
00:38 They just got sick of him, honestly.
00:40 I mean, there was that scene on hard knocks
00:42 where Deuce Daly was just like begging him
00:45 to run what was blocked, run between the tackles, get hit.
00:49 And he was like, nah, man, I'm not doing that.
00:51 I'm bouncing outside.
00:53 And the Eagles know what they got.
00:54 I mean, there's been a lot of talk
00:56 from the Eagles organization about wanting
00:58 to get the ball to the running backs in space more often.
01:00 DeAndre Swift is the best yards before contact runner
01:04 in the NFL.
01:05 No running back averages more yards
01:07 before a defender starts to try and tackle them
01:10 than DeAndre Swift.
01:11 He's got great vision.
01:12 He's very fast.
01:13 He's very shifty.
01:14 Honestly, DeAndre Swift is kind of like Kadarious Tony,
01:16 but at running back where he looks really good
01:19 when he gets the ball, but he just doesn't seem
01:20 to be playing in games all that often.
01:23 I was pretty in on Khalil Herbert,
01:26 but I am starting to get the sense
01:27 that a guy I've talked about on this program a lot,
01:31 Roshon Johnson, is actually going
01:33 to start playing in week one.
01:34 I think Roshon Johnson is going to be active in week one.
01:37 And I think he is going to be sort of their third down
01:41 pass protection guy.
01:42 And also, Khalil Herbert is a smaller back.
01:44 Roshon Johnson is a big guy, 220 pounds.
01:47 Would not surprise me if Donta Foreman is actually
01:50 inactive in week one because he doesn't play special teams.
01:53 And Roshon Johnson is the goal line back.
01:56 But if there was one guy, Craig, in this round who I think
02:00 could be a first or second round pick next year,
02:03 it is definitely George Pickens, wide receiver
02:06 for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
02:08 Five star recruit, was the number one overall wide
02:11 receiver in college football before he
02:12 suffered a torn ACL.
02:13 He came back very early from his ACL injury,
02:16 was drafted in the second round, showed some flashes last season.
02:20 Obviously, didn't really explode.
02:22 But if Kenny Pickett improves, 80 catches, 1,100 yards,
02:27 10 touchdowns is doable.
02:30 Maybe not-- certainly not probable,
02:31 but definitely doable for George Pickens.
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