Exploring Justin Jefferson's Fantasy Impact & QB Situation
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00:00Let's go to Justin Jefferson.
00:01So George here, I'm gonna ask you a quick question here
00:03before we go to Jefferson.
00:04So when Debo Samuel had that huge year two years ago,
00:10was it two, two years ago?
00:12And was arguably the fantasy football MVP.
00:14Do you remember who was throwing to him?
00:16Which quarterback was throwing to him that season?
00:19I'll assume it was Jimmy J.
00:21Okay, so that's what I wanna get to here.
00:25I think that it's super overrated
00:28that we've moved Jefferson so far down in ADP
00:31and are so concerned with his numbers.
00:34When in the National Football League,
00:36if you have this kind of talent,
00:37and I think you and I would probably agree
00:39that Jefferson is as or more talented
00:41than any receiver in the NFL.
00:44It hasn't been a significant adjustment
00:46down to wide receiver three, I get that.
00:48But I'm not necessarily worried
00:50about the quarterback situation in Minnesota.
00:53Because when you have this kind of talent,
00:56I do think you get the numbers.
00:58Now, look, is it gonna be a 2000 yard season for him
01:00with whoever starts a quarterback, George?
01:02You tell me, who do you think the starting quarterback
01:04is gonna be for Minnesota?
01:05I'm not sure that it's gonna be McCarthy.
01:07I honestly, I don't know.
01:08They haven't really given any indication yet.
01:10I guess we'll get one this week
01:12when they put out the depth chart.
01:13I believe that comes out, George,
01:15am I right about that Monday or Tuesday?
01:17They start the preseason.
01:19Last year, he was hurt a lot.
01:20100 targets, 68 receptions, over 1000 yards,
01:24five touchdowns, it was a down year.
01:27But it was a down year because he was out.
01:27If he's healthy, I think this is a bye for me on Jefferson.
01:34I think we all want JJ, all right?
01:36And once again, we're all splitting hairs here.
01:38I'll take JJ on my team, on every team.
01:40And I'm not gonna complain.
01:41You asked me who I think starts for Minnesota.
01:44I think it's going to be Sam Donald for a couple of games.
01:47That would be my guess.
01:48There you have a nice early bye week in week six.
01:51So if I'm looking for JJ,
01:52it's probably week seven at home versus Detroit.
01:55That's just a guess.
01:56I mean, they get a nice week one at the Giants.
01:59We know with Giants, secondary defense,
02:01not the greatest here.
02:02Then you play Santa Fe in week two.
02:04So I think you might want to avoid JJ there.
02:06Houston, Green Bay, Jets,
02:07that's a little rough stretch there.
02:09And by sitting in for the first month,
02:11you can avoid that stretch.
02:12So that would be my guess here,
02:13that JJ starts on week seven.
02:15But once again, he may look great in camp,
02:17great in preseason, where he starts great.
02:18We go into Oregon, it could be worse.
02:19Or maybe it's in the middle there.
02:21Or maybe they're one and three, like, we're done.
02:22We can't keep going with Sam.
02:25But Santa has a decent backup here.
02:26So I'm not really all that worried about Jefferson.
02:29Would I take him over the other guys?
02:30Probably not.
02:32Is he a first round pick?
02:33Yeah, he's still a first round pick.
02:35So I'm not all that, he'll be great.
02:37Yeah, and on top of it,
02:39let's be real with Darnold too.
02:40I mean, wherever he's gone recently,
02:42it seems like he's come out hot
02:44for the team that he started for.
02:45And then maybe it's video or film
02:48and they sort of figure him out a little bit
02:50and then he goes the other way.
02:51But he could start off hot
02:53if Minnesota decides to start him.
02:55And we just have not gotten any indication.
02:57I mean, you can read every beat reporter
02:59who's covered the Vikings.
03:00Nobody knows as of yet,
03:01who's gonna start a quarterback.
03:03Jefferson's total, 1,300 and a half over on FanDuel.
03:06I'll go over this at minus 112.
03:09I just think that a healthy Jefferson,
03:12now again, he may not be, and we don't know,
03:14but I think he flies over this number playing,
03:16let's say 16 out of the 17 games.
03:19I'll probably stay away from, I won't go under,
03:21but I'll probably stay away from this.
03:24They're a little bit more balanced team.
03:26All right.
03:26I think it's gonna be a good offensive team.
03:28Hawkinson, they say, looks good.
03:29He can be back earlier than we thought here.
03:30They got Addison.
03:31Remember, they picked up Aaron Jones.
03:33They can run the football.
03:34And I think they will, by the way.
03:36Right now, to sort of protect Donald and McCarthy
03:39for that matter here.
03:40So I'll probably stay away from this number
03:42as far as him going over.
03:43I'm not betting any under, I'm just staying away.