Sal I need you to take this video down, not because you are wrong, but because you're right, and I don't want to risk my league mates seeing this 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I drafted Moore last year in all my leagues, this year I won’t touch anyone from Bears. Might be a mistake and I actually think Caleb might be fine, but the WR room is too crowded.
Thank you for never wasting our time with useless banter or some deuche wearing a backwards baseball hat chiming in with their opinion on every player you cover! Keep up the great stuff!
I'm generally trying to avoid Houston and Green Bay's receivers if I can. I traded Collins last year for Breece Hall because I knew Dell was sitting on waivers and they would have similar output. I'm glad I made the trade because I'm keeping Breece as my 3rd rd pick this year. Tank was arguably the #1 in that offense before he got hurt. Definitely staying away this year unless it's at a significant discount.
Agree with a lot of the takes good speed work! Only one I like is Nico. Diggs coming in will eat into target share, however last year Nico and CJ were banged up a few games + it’s fair to expect some kind of improvement upon CJ first year and Nico breakout. I believe he puts up very similar numbers to last year with spike week potential.
Tank dell is strouds favorite target (his words). I like Nico a lot but I don’t think he puts up the same kind of production in a more crowded WR room and now that they have an alpha RB
It's pretty tough for me to get behind this "if there's no rushing upside they aren't worth drafting" thing. Literally only 3 QBs last year that had any real rushing upside and that was Josh Allen, Hurts, and Lamar. Lamar doesn't score many points as a passer so without his "rushing upside" he is barely a fantasy starter and without Hurts tush push "rushing upside" he isn't any better than Dak or Stroud or Burrow. The pocket passer isn't dead or close to it, Stroud and Dak had bigger games than all those guys passing the ball and Mahomes will too this year with some weapons. The top 3 guys have rushing upside but there needs to be 9 other QBs starting in a league so like if you can get a stack or really like a pocket passer then take him. JA and Hurts are the only two who are in a league of their own
I agree with you - people are going way too crazy for rushing upside, but Stroud is still being legit over-drafted. Why does he go so much earlier than Dak, another pocket passer? Is Stroud a better QB in year 2 than Dak is in his prime? I doubt it. Is he on a more explosive, pass-heavy offense? Dallas ran the most passing plays last year. Does he have better weapons? Maybe better depth, but give me CeeDee Lamb over any WR on the Texans.
I think QBs without rushing upside are absolutely worth drafting, just not within two rounds of the top 3 QBs with rushing upside (I'm also fading Mahomes for the most part). EDIT: Responded too early and saw that he's fading Tua and Herbert for same reason and I agree with you! I like both of them when they fall, rushing upside or no.
@joshliam1967 glad we are on the same! This is definitely a wait to draft qb year for me either way but the guys that can throw 40 tds are just as valuable to me as the guys throwing 25 or 30 and rushing for 8 or 10
It doesn't really have anything to do with the ceiling, it's about the floor and consistency - the 3 players you mentioned with the rushing upside have such a high floor that they are almost guaranteed to end up in the top 5, (and Richardson and Murray could easily get there too if things go even moderately well) where as players like Burrow, Prescott, and even Stroud need everything to go right and a career year to end up there. That's not to say those guys aren't worth drafting and starting - it's just not worth investing an early to mid round pick on a pocket passer - if you don't end up with one of those top 3 guys (or maybe Mahomes if the price is right), it's better to just wait to be one of, if not the last, owners in your league to draft a QB - guys like Purdy, Tua, Cousins and even Herbert all can end up scoring in the same range of the top pocket passers pretty easily, and will cost you next to nothing. I'm actually kicking myself in my main league, it's a keeper league and the top guys (Hurts, Allen, Jackson) as well as a few others (Tua, Richardson, Cousins were all kept but other than that there were no QBs gone yet in the late 6th round. I was set to pick last in the 6th with 2 guys ahead of me (including the Tua owner) so I was feeling good about my chances to grab a freefalling Mahomes or Stroud at a good value. Well, Stroud went and then the Tua owner grabbed Mahomes for some reason (after giving up an 8th round pick to keep Tua) so I panicked a bit and took Burrow. Still a good value at the end of the 6th (which is better than it sounds given that each team can keep up to 3 guys so late 6th is more like mid to late 8th in most leagues) but I could have grabbed some badly needed RB depth there - I ended up taking Kyler Murray in the 13th round anyway because the value was so good, and I wouldn't be at all surprised if Kyler outscores Burrow this year. Not only did I give up that pick, but now, unless I can swing a trade, I have the weekly headache of picking which guy to start.
Sal, just a friendly advise - don't get into a debate with people who post under your videos. This is YOUR take and your take only. Everyone else can build their own strategies. I so appreciate you and your efforts. Cheers, brother!
@@GreatNewsVideo Yeah totally agree. It's weird when people tell someone to take their advice but not listen to anyone else in that comments... He's a grown ass man who can have a simple and respectful conversation, that's the entire point of FF. It's all opinions and no guarantee's 🥂
Good call on Rashee Rice and Austin Ekeler. Rice helped me win last year, and although the probable suspension doesn't really bother me too much, the addition of good talent is the real issue. Rice may be a one year wonder, but it was great to have had him last year.
Calvin is going to shred this season. Also, titans are going to be slinging it more with King Henry gone. Tyler Boyd might help move the chains but his red zone looks won't threaten Calvin's.
Sal, how can people say with a straight face that the Chagers are gonna be a run team. They are gonna be playing from behind in 80% or more of their games. This team might want to be a run team, but the team is not ready to be a run first team. I think that Herbert will be a way better fantasy QB than analysts are giving him credit for. Sure, most of his points will be garbage time points, but that doesn't matter. They all count the same. Herbert could be a league winner in alot of leagues. Just my opinion.
@@carltonmoore6967 They also dont have good running backs. Curious how they plan on being a run first team with 29 year old Edwards who has been an 8 carry a game guy for almost his entire career and JK Dobbins who has about a 0% chance of doing anything.
I legit disagree w all of your picks. But after last year seeing what you were saying in the beginning of the season im so glad i never went with your advice lmao
For context before last season started, he said: Deboo > keenan allen Adams > st brown Dontae johnson > mike evans Drake london is going to be a breakout player in 2023 w ridder
I disagree with the puka take, and if anyone should not go in that range it’s Wilson. Sometimes you’re so deep in the data you can’t see the art on the field. Wilson is a stud but we have zero idea of his QB talent at this point and he has underperformed so far in terms of his fantasy value. Too many risks there. Also, I think you’re 100% right on Nico.
I feel the same way, Kupp is coming into an age that he will be there and get targets but his efficiency and huge years are over. All the data points to that
I feel like Sal picked a lot of rookies here to avoid and then banked on them completely stagnating or regressing in their second years. There’s no chance that players like Puka Nacua and CJ Stroud will totally stagnate, and even if they did, so what? If you extrapolate the ~16 ppg Puka was averaging with Kupp also there to 17 games, you get 270 points. CJ is most likely going to be Qb 6-8 even with just pure passing skills. Look at how Purdy and Goff did last year. Andrews is injury prone, and even if he wasn’t, they’re going to scheme more touches for flowers this year in the run or screen game, even if target share on true passes doesn’t go up.
So I normally don't do this, but when you miss quote somebody, not only is it not fair for them it's not fair for the listeners, Austin ekeler recently did an interview to clear that statement that he made about the chargers wanted a rusher to rush the ball 300 times, his quote was taken out of context, the chargers want to rush the ball 300 times that's not his skill set, Austin ekeler was a PPR monster,, so to sit there and try to run him for 300 times a season that's not where you are going to get the best version of him, run him 200 times give him a hundred passes, he'll stay on the field every play,, his quote was made to look like he was saying the chargers want to run for 300 times a year and he can't do that,, he also goes on to say ,he suffered a high ankle sprain very early in the season, and then re-aggravated it again,, but to the fantasy football players, you know how I get down and if I was a betting man I would have me on your team this season,,.. now with this being said, he was a first round pick last season,, he's only 29 years old,, for context, Christian McCaffrey is 28, Derrick Henry is 30,, you made the argument for Nakua, that he's a horrible pic because Cooper kupp was hurt last season. But now he's healthy.. can't have it both ways.. ekeler hurt his ankle last season now he's healthy,you go try running around with a high ankle sprain,,lol.. the man is healthy.. it's an absolute crime that he's being picked this late in fantasy,, especially in best ball.. that is a no-brainer. I will take him every single time in the 9th or tenth round..
Disagree with flowers. Getting a teams WR1 in the 5th round is a plus if you ask me, and on a high powered playoff offense. Dude had plenty of games with double digit targets last season. I’d easily take him over Andrews in the same spot when you can get similar tight ends a few rounds later (Kincaid, Pitts)
@@tobyflederstech5305 im over weight on Evens for sure feels like the easiest click I think Nico and Drake can both have good years I’m just betting 5 to 8 guys going in the second and early third have better ones
Disagree with Zay Flowers. With Derrick Henry there, teams will have to move the safeties up. They’ll be in mark Andrews route zones. Deep ball is going to be open for Zay a lot
Collins had elite YPRR numbers last year. Top 5 of the last five years. Pretty good company with Hill (who is top 5 twice), Adams and Kupp are the other two. Below him are guys like Chase, Jefferson, Lamb, Brown. Point is he's an elite talent. I doubt anyone will regret taking him.
I really believe Ekeler is gonna be a beast this year He scored 26 PPR points week 1. During the wk 1 game he got a high ankle sprain and 4-5 games and he really wasn’t the same for the rest of the season after that. He never fully recovered. He should be fully recovered by now so watch out
The reason zay flowers is going early is because the projection of improvement. He was a rookie last year and when mark andrews was hurt he was a stud so people are probably thinking the ravens will get him the ball a ton. Also Andrews gets hurt a lot so he’s gonna have some big games
I understand ur point of Andrew’s taking away from flowers but I don’t think Andrew’s will be an elite tight end this year, Isiah likely is quite frankly more talented and will undoubtedly get more snaps than he did last year. Just my opinion, don’t call me retarded until u watch the ravens week 1
Rashee Rice was drafted specifically to catch 4 yard passes and gain another 5 yards. He's there to move the chains. They normally play an RB in that role, but moved away from that. The fact they didn't draft his replacement shows they intend to keep him in that job.
thank you for being the first serious fantasy content producer to deflate the nico collins nonsense. dudes a dog but no one should be taken that high in a receiving corps that replete.
Yup I have been saying it for the last month. The only reason Stroud is going as high as he is in bestball is because there is 3 teams that need to pass on him every round. You have the Diggs, Dell and Collins team all having to pass on him when they see the potential stack come up.
I was late to my draft party and it auto drafted me Kupp. My draft in general was absolute trash so I actually ended up with Kupp, Puka and Kyren around round 4 trying to get back in the mix. I almost made it by one game. My team suffered when Stafford got hurt….all that to say if Puka lands to me I’m picking somebody else. I 1000% agree with you, Sal!!
Rice has one thing no one else besides Kelce has - Mahomes' trust. He'll get a ton of short air yards catches again. Brown and worthy will open up the underneath stuff and I expect them to rest Kelce more often to keep him fresh. I think Worthy will be odd man out most of the year.
@Syst3m04 yeah, it's crazy that it takes so long. I think they keep to the standard "wait until the courts finish" so it's consistent no matter how it appears. That gives them a better legal argument in those cases where it isn't so cut and dried.
What about leagues that award QBs .25 per completion and 6 for a passing TD? I know you hate Jordan love, but I'm also in a keeper and he's only costing me a 13th round pick
I got Nico (10th round) and Puka (18th round) in a Dynasty start up last season. (I know I won the lottery). But I do agree I will not be drafting either of them this season in redraft where they’re being taken. I’ll enjoy my dynasty riches (and championship).
Rashee Rice is already a value. He’s going in the 6th or 7th round due to an "anticipated" suspension. Fading an ascending WR like Rice is bad process. Hollywood Brown is fine, but he’s been let go by two teams early in his career for a reason. He's not an alpha WR. Xavier Worthy had great production in college, but he's built like Hollywood Brown. Rice is the alpha WR in this offense.
Swift & Everett will eat into Moore's targets as well (minor but still something to note). Agree that he is overvalued, even though I'm a DJ truther - aka Panthers fan.
Jameson Williams being drafted in the 12th round over the 9th round is irrelevant. At this point in the draft you are looking for upside. Nobody is drafting Jameson Williams hoping he returns his adp value.
Zay flowers post bye rookie bump coincided with Andrews leaving. Cause and effect could be one way or the other. I choose to believe that Zay hit his stride
I'm taking Nico Collins all day in drafts this year, but no way in the 2nd...I also think DJ Moore will have another good year but not till at least the 5th...Sal you decimate everybody in this field...pure facts
Amazing!!! I have drafted 35 best ball teams thus far and i have ZERO puka, nico collins, dj moore, zay flowers, calvin ridley, rashee rice, tj hockenson and cole kmet.
Your wrong on DJ Moore. Firstly the contract, don't overthink. Secondly he put up numbers with the putrid Justin Fields. People don't realize just how bad Fields really is
I’m not writing off kupp but I’m writing him for different targets he’s going to be the veteran seal he will be the guy that gets the balls that Williams and puka aren’t getting
If commissioners would get smart they would add +1 for QB completions and -1 for QB attempts and make the real good QBs worth drafting instead of dogs like fields 😂
So if a QB goes 20 for 30 they get 10 points but if they got go 10 for 30 they get -10 points.... I don't understand why commissioners don't use these numbers.... We use everything else!
Idk… I picked up Nico Collins 3rd round today which I think is a decent spot. He’s physically gifted, has rapport with Stroud and he’s in a good offense. Just sayin🤷🏽♂️ I say Dell who is small is the worse pick going 4th or 5th round.
Sal I need you to take this video down, not because you are wrong, but because you're right, and I don't want to risk my league mates seeing this 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I can almost guarantee you a good amount of these are going to be league winners.
@ocho33 In 14 team leagues with 3+ WR/RB/Flex spots - yes.
@@MJScoutArchMar adult leagues
@@ocho33 12 team PPR superflex 3wr 2flex are the best settings
Don’t take someone’s word as gospel look at stats this dude could be wrong very easily
I drafted Moore last year in all my leagues, this year I won’t touch anyone from Bears. Might be a mistake and I actually think Caleb might be fine, but the WR room is too crowded.
And dj moore is clearly the best of the 3
I got him in like the 6th round so I took the gamble.
that just means he'll prob get the ball wayyyyy more accurately n easier
It was a crime that I went the last month without subscribing or notifications on. Im a reformed man
True story bro I won both my fantasy leagues the 1 year I started following Sam’s advice subbing to his weekly emails
Industry plants 😤 can’t fool me
Thank you for never wasting our time with useless banter or some deuche wearing a backwards baseball hat chiming in with their opinion on every player you cover!
Keep up the great stuff!
wish I could like this 20 times. so many awful fantasy sports shows.
I've literally unsubscribed to every other Fantasy podcast at this point. In Sal we trust 🙏
Sounds like that douche who over emotes his commentary and screams phrases like "give me all the shares of [fill in the blank] BABY!!!!!”
Staying away from all Houston wrs with diggs and dell in the mix
Dell is the best out of all of them… Antonio brown level before he went crazy
As a Texans fan, I’m just avoiding Texans in general. So much competition in the offense
So who exactly are you drafting over them because wr2 in good offenses overall are better in fantasy than wr1 in bottom offenses
I'm generally trying to avoid Houston and Green Bay's receivers if I can.
I traded Collins last year for Breece Hall because I knew Dell was sitting on waivers and they would have similar output.
I'm glad I made the trade because I'm keeping Breece as my 3rd rd pick this year. Tank was arguably the #1 in that offense before he got hurt. Definitely staying away this year unless it's at a significant discount.
“Please look at this right now, how absolutely, ridiculously f$&@#%*& crazy that this is.” Sal talking about DJ Moore. 😂😂😂 love it Sal!
Sal, I absolutely love your videos. I like even more that you use Player Profiler rankings. I love all those guys as well.
Last year a guy (lions fan) took jahmyr Gibbs #2 overall
Agree with a lot of the takes good speed work!
Only one I like is Nico. Diggs coming in will eat into target share, however last year Nico and CJ were banged up a few games + it’s fair to expect some kind of improvement upon CJ first year and Nico breakout. I believe he puts up very similar numbers to last year with spike week potential.
Tank dell is strouds favorite target (his words). I like Nico a lot but I don’t think he puts up the same kind of production in a more crowded WR room and now that they have an alpha RB
It's pretty tough for me to get behind this "if there's no rushing upside they aren't worth drafting" thing. Literally only 3 QBs last year that had any real rushing upside and that was Josh Allen, Hurts, and Lamar. Lamar doesn't score many points as a passer so without his "rushing upside" he is barely a fantasy starter and without Hurts tush push "rushing upside" he isn't any better than Dak or Stroud or Burrow. The pocket passer isn't dead or close to it, Stroud and Dak had bigger games than all those guys passing the ball and Mahomes will too this year with some weapons. The top 3 guys have rushing upside but there needs to be 9 other QBs starting in a league so like if you can get a stack or really like a pocket passer then take him. JA and Hurts are the only two who are in a league of their own
I agree with you - people are going way too crazy for rushing upside, but Stroud is still being legit over-drafted. Why does he go so much earlier than Dak, another pocket passer? Is Stroud a better QB in year 2 than Dak is in his prime? I doubt it. Is he on a more explosive, pass-heavy offense? Dallas ran the most passing plays last year. Does he have better weapons? Maybe better depth, but give me CeeDee Lamb over any WR on the Texans.
@coolcreep I agree with that people are sleeping on Dak so I'll just keep drafting him
I think QBs without rushing upside are absolutely worth drafting, just not within two rounds of the top 3 QBs with rushing upside (I'm also fading Mahomes for the most part). EDIT: Responded too early and saw that he's fading Tua and Herbert for same reason and I agree with you! I like both of them when they fall, rushing upside or no.
@joshliam1967 glad we are on the same! This is definitely a wait to draft qb year for me either way but the guys that can throw 40 tds are just as valuable to me as the guys throwing 25 or 30 and rushing for 8 or 10
It doesn't really have anything to do with the ceiling, it's about the floor and consistency - the 3 players you mentioned with the rushing upside have such a high floor that they are almost guaranteed to end up in the top 5, (and Richardson and Murray could easily get there too if things go even moderately well) where as players like Burrow, Prescott, and even Stroud need everything to go right and a career year to end up there. That's not to say those guys aren't worth drafting and starting - it's just not worth investing an early to mid round pick on a pocket passer - if you don't end up with one of those top 3 guys (or maybe Mahomes if the price is right), it's better to just wait to be one of, if not the last, owners in your league to draft a QB - guys like Purdy, Tua, Cousins and even Herbert all can end up scoring in the same range of the top pocket passers pretty easily, and will cost you next to nothing. I'm actually kicking myself in my main league, it's a keeper league and the top guys (Hurts, Allen, Jackson) as well as a few others (Tua, Richardson, Cousins were all kept but other than that there were no QBs gone yet in the late 6th round. I was set to pick last in the 6th with 2 guys ahead of me (including the Tua owner) so I was feeling good about my chances to grab a freefalling Mahomes or Stroud at a good value. Well, Stroud went and then the Tua owner grabbed Mahomes for some reason (after giving up an 8th round pick to keep Tua) so I panicked a bit and took Burrow. Still a good value at the end of the 6th (which is better than it sounds given that each team can keep up to 3 guys so late 6th is more like mid to late 8th in most leagues) but I could have grabbed some badly needed RB depth there - I ended up taking Kyler Murray in the 13th round anyway because the value was so good, and I wouldn't be at all surprised if Kyler outscores Burrow this year. Not only did I give up that pick, but now, unless I can swing a trade, I have the weekly headache of picking which guy to start.
I got Nico Collins in the third round that’s why i drafted him
This guy right here know he be breaking it down 💪🏾💯 the best on CZcams
Why do fantasy guys act like rookies don't improve...
Dude, this has got to be the most helpful information I’ve heard all year. I was honestly considering Puka Nakua for my first round pick.
Sal, just a friendly advise - don't get into a debate with people who post under your videos. This is YOUR take and your take only. Everyone else can build their own strategies.
I so appreciate you and your efforts. Cheers, brother!
What is wrong with a little back and forth?
@@GreatNewsVideo Yeah totally agree. It's weird when people tell someone to take their advice but not listen to anyone else in that comments... He's a grown ass man who can have a simple and respectful conversation, that's the entire point of FF. It's all opinions and no guarantee's 🥂
Drake London is the disgusting pick there
I’ll take Drake over Olave any day
@@TheClassicalKids ok good luck
He will be last years dj moore, book it.
Good call on Rashee Rice and Austin Ekeler. Rice helped me win last year, and although the probable suspension doesn't really bother me too much, the addition of good talent is the real issue. Rice may be a one year wonder, but it was great to have had him last year.
Calvin is going to shred this season. Also, titans are going to be slinging it more with King Henry gone. Tyler Boyd might help move the chains but his red zone looks won't threaten Calvin's.
Sal, how can people say with a straight face that the Chagers are gonna be a run team. They are gonna be playing from behind in 80% or more of their games. This team might want to be a run team, but the team is not ready to be a run first team. I think that Herbert will be a way better fantasy QB than analysts are giving him credit for. Sure, most of his points will be garbage time points, but that doesn't matter. They all count the same. Herbert could be a league winner in alot of leagues. Just my opinion.
They have one of the easiest schedules in the league, they won't be playing from behind as much as you think.
@@carltonmoore6967 They also dont have good running backs. Curious how they plan on being a run first team with 29 year old Edwards who has been an 8 carry a game guy for almost his entire career and JK Dobbins who has about a 0% chance of doing anything.
@@tkell31Jim was like, “Hey, lil bro lemme get some of them RBs…torn ACLs? So what…
Dawg Chargers are not going to trailing. Check their schedule
@@tkell31their rookie is a beast
It’s funny how all of my late picks & waiver wire WRs(Addison, Nico, Puka) 😂outperformed my top WRs(Adams, Kupp, Pittman) that helped me win it all!🤙🏾
I legit disagree w all of your picks. But after last year seeing what you were saying in the beginning of the season im so glad i never went with your advice lmao
For context before last season started, he said: Deboo > keenan allen
Adams > st brown
Dontae johnson > mike evans
Drake london is going to be a breakout player in 2023 w ridder
Sal in form speed dropping! Love Andrews over flowers w a likely handcuff in BB
I disagree with the puka take, and if anyone should not go in that range it’s Wilson. Sometimes you’re so deep in the data you can’t see the art on the field. Wilson is a stud but we have zero idea of his QB talent at this point and he has underperformed so far in terms of his fantasy value. Too many risks there. Also, I think you’re 100% right on Nico.
I 100% agree
Would take Puka over Wilson, AJ and Gibbs every day.
@@NicholasKrajncwant to join my $200 league? I’d love free money 🤣
I feel the same way, Kupp is coming into an age that he will be there and get targets but his efficiency and huge years are over. All the data points to that
‘qb talent’ you mean aaron rodgers?
I feel like Sal picked a lot of rookies here to avoid and then banked on them completely stagnating or regressing in their second years. There’s no chance that players like Puka Nacua and CJ Stroud will totally stagnate, and even if they did, so what? If you extrapolate the ~16 ppg Puka was averaging with Kupp also there to 17 games, you get 270 points. CJ is most likely going to be Qb 6-8 even with just pure passing skills. Look at how Purdy and Goff did last year. Andrews is injury prone, and even if he wasn’t, they’re going to scheme more touches for flowers this year in the run or screen game, even if target share on true passes doesn’t go up.
So I normally don't do this, but when you miss quote somebody, not only is it not fair for them it's not fair for the listeners, Austin ekeler recently did an interview to clear that statement that he made about the chargers wanted a rusher to rush the ball 300 times, his quote was taken out of context, the chargers want to rush the ball 300 times that's not his skill set, Austin ekeler was a PPR monster,, so to sit there and try to run him for 300 times a season that's not where you are going to get the best version of him, run him 200 times give him a hundred passes, he'll stay on the field every play,, his quote was made to look like he was saying the chargers want to run for 300 times a year and he can't do that,, he also goes on to say ,he suffered a high ankle sprain very early in the season, and then re-aggravated it again,, but to the fantasy football players, you know how I get down and if I was a betting man I would have me on your team this season,,.. now with this being said, he was a first round pick last season,, he's only 29 years old,, for context, Christian McCaffrey is 28, Derrick Henry is 30,, you made the argument for Nakua, that he's a horrible pic because Cooper kupp was hurt last season. But now he's healthy.. can't have it both ways.. ekeler hurt his ankle last season now he's healthy,you go try running around with a high ankle sprain,,lol.. the man is healthy.. it's an absolute crime that he's being picked this late in fantasy,, especially in best ball.. that is a no-brainer. I will take him every single time in the 9th or tenth round..
Also Anthony Lynn. Ekeler is a steal this year
@@ocho33 absolutely
Disagree with flowers. Getting a teams WR1 in the 5th round is a plus if you ask me, and on a high powered playoff offense. Dude had plenty of games with double digit targets last season. I’d easily take him over Andrews in the same spot when you can get similar tight ends a few rounds later (Kincaid, Pitts)
How many games did Andrews miss tho?
@@jeremycarlon6485 How many will he miss this year? Part of the upside with Flowers is Andrews' injury history.
I think Puka in the 2nd/3rd round is a great pick.
Honestly fading the early second round receivers hard Drake, Nico and the Sal favorite Olave
For real they all gonna bust except maybe London.
I’d rather take Mike Evans over all those dudes
I prefer all the RBs in round 2 to the WR's (JT, Saquon, Kyren, sometimes Gibbs)
@@tobyflederstech5305 im over weight on Evens for sure feels like the easiest click I think Nico and Drake can both have good years I’m just betting 5 to 8 guys going in the second and early third have better ones
@@bronson__roi6435 im taking Kyren in the third honestly falls behind the second half of 2 round receivers often
@@Lonewanderer1738
Nico gonna be a good boom bust player you can grab Amari Cooper a few rounds later and get the same performance or better
Disagree with Zay Flowers. With Derrick Henry there, teams will have to move the safeties up. They’ll be in mark Andrews route zones. Deep ball is going to be open for Zay a lot
I don’t love Stroud in fantasy but realistically I think he could throw for 5k and close to 40 TDs this year if all works out
Your on-set camera control and production quality has improved this off-season. Here. Take my money.
How can he say that zay and puka are too high but doesn’t take into account that progression from these first year players are very likely.
Collins had elite YPRR numbers last year. Top 5 of the last five years. Pretty good company with Hill (who is top 5 twice), Adams and Kupp are the other two. Below him are guys like Chase, Jefferson, Lamb, Brown. Point is he's an elite talent. I doubt anyone will regret taking him.
I really believe Ekeler is gonna be a beast this year
He scored 26 PPR points week 1. During the wk 1 game he got a high ankle sprain and 4-5 games and he really wasn’t the same for the rest of the season after that. He never fully recovered.
He should be fully recovered by now so watch out
I got Nico in the mid-late 3rd round (like 30th overall) but i still didn’t like the pick. Just felt like he fell so far. Will try to trade him asap
The reason zay flowers is going early is because the projection of improvement. He was a rookie last year and when mark andrews was hurt he was a stud so people are probably thinking the ravens will get him the ball a ton. Also Andrews gets hurt a lot so he’s gonna have some big games
This guy helped me win last year can’t wait for your analysis this season
I understand ur point of Andrew’s taking away from flowers but I don’t think Andrew’s will be an elite tight end this year, Isiah likely is quite frankly more talented and will undoubtedly get more snaps than he did last year. Just my opinion, don’t call me retarded until u watch the ravens week 1
Rashee Rice was drafted specifically to catch 4 yard passes and gain another 5 yards. He's there to move the chains. They normally play an RB in that role, but moved away from that. The fact they didn't draft his replacement shows they intend to keep him in that job.
The guys not even gonna get to be on the field until week 7
@@Frankieknuckls Rashee Rice will be a league winner in 2024. Fade him if you want to.
Shout out Paul Wall & Bun B
thank you for being the first serious fantasy content producer to deflate the nico collins nonsense. dudes a dog but no one should be taken that high in a receiving corps that replete.
We’re taking Hock for the upside. He will likely come back full strength week 7-8, if you take an early TE with a late bye, Hock is a good pick.
I got AJ brown in the 2nd. I got gibbs in the first just because i was 3rd from last picking most players where gone 😭. So i picked up a back.
5:54 he must really notice the difference in the bears offense going into this year, my man Sal ain’t normally cursing in a video like this
Yup I have been saying it for the last month. The only reason Stroud is going as high as he is in bestball is because there is 3 teams that need to pass on him every round. You have the Diggs, Dell and Collins team all having to pass on him when they see the potential stack come up.
I was late to my draft party and it auto drafted me Kupp. My draft in general was absolute trash so I actually ended up with Kupp, Puka and Kyren around round 4 trying to get back in the mix. I almost made it by one game. My team suffered when Stafford got hurt….all that to say if Puka lands to me I’m picking somebody else. I 1000% agree with you, Sal!!
Rice has one thing no one else besides Kelce has - Mahomes' trust. He'll get a ton of short air yards catches again. Brown and worthy will open up the underneath stuff and I expect them to rest Kelce more often to keep him fresh. I think Worthy will be odd man out most of the year.
He also has a few felonies staring him down
@Syst3m04 I don't expect any suspension to take place until next year. League waits until legal process has finished and that hasn't happened yet.
@@briansartain2752 that’s pretty wild to me since the dude is literally on video but 🤷♂️
@Syst3m04 yeah, it's crazy that it takes so long. I think they keep to the standard "wait until the courts finish" so it's consistent no matter how it appears. That gives them a better legal argument in those cases where it isn't so cut and dried.
Fant doesn't even have a combined 1,000 yards the past two seasons. And he's only missed one game. Wow! Almost a poor man's Kelce.
I’ll pass on Puka and take Kupp in the 4th all day
Nah you’re wrong about Rashee Rice , he was still a rookie
Sal my boy.. I HATE your "Expecially" but I LOVE your breakdowns! ESPN neeeeds you bro!
Agree with Puka and Nico. Nico especially. Added Diggs and Mixon, plus Tank. That's a lot of mouths to feed.
Love it! This is what I needed.
I’m in a keeper league and I drafted Nico Collins in the 14th round last year so I think I’ll just keep him there 😂
With most pocket passers, i agree, but Mahomes is the outlier. Dude is always a threat for 5k yards and 40-50 TDs.
😂. Sal was raised on Sesame Street.
One of these players just doesn't belong her, na na na, can you tell me which one before my take is done.
Busy WR rooms destroy players
What about leagues that award QBs .25 per completion and 6 for a passing TD? I know you hate Jordan love, but I'm also in a keeper and he's only costing me a 13th round pick
Through 15 drafts I have Puca x2, DJ Moore x2, 0 Nico, FLowers, Stroud,Ridley, 1x rice, 0x ekler, 2x Jameson, 0 Herbert, 0 Hock, 0 Kmet
I got Nico (10th round) and Puka (18th round) in a Dynasty start up last season. (I know I won the lottery). But I do agree I will not be drafting either of them this season in redraft where they’re being taken. I’ll enjoy my dynasty riches (and championship).
Rashee Rice fell to me on round 9 I hope it still not too much to invest on him at least for that round.
If I got Nico in round 3 is that cool
I almost dropped my phone when i heard how you pronounced noah fant 😂
Zay F is a best ball player only… going to be hard to predict his big games
I think I have all these guys on the same team
Great vid Sal. I’m staying away from all these unless they fall down the draft
Rashee Rice is already a value. He’s going in the 6th or 7th round due to an "anticipated" suspension. Fading an ascending WR like Rice is bad process. Hollywood Brown is fine, but he’s been let go by two teams early in his career for a reason. He's not an alpha WR. Xavier Worthy had great production in college, but he's built like Hollywood Brown. Rice is the alpha WR in this offense.
Really good stuff brother
Awesome!!!
I agree with everything here except Calvin Ridley. I think he's going to do well this season.
I am concerned about Nico Collins. And I owned him. Good take on DJ Moore
Yeah I’d take Puka over Brown and Wilson in a heartbeat.
Nico is going to ball out this year! Just watch. Your gonna regret not drafting him.
He has the talent just way too many mouths to feed. Why waste a early pick on a guy who can be a 3rd or 4th option on a week to week basis.
Agreed. Dell and Schultz will lose targets. Nico is the best WR they have fading him is criminal
Nico got paid $ for a reason !
I got dj Moore in the fifth round lol so I will take that any day 😂
I drafted a team 11/12 and picked up JJ/AJ Brown/Nico, I don't mind having Nico in my flex I think Diggs will not be highly targeted by Stroud
Great video per usual Sal, just a heads up you got Devin singletary on the jets not the giants lol don’t mean to nitpick but wanted to lyk
Swift & Everett will eat into Moore's targets as well (minor but still something to note). Agree that he is overvalued, even though I'm a DJ truther - aka Panthers fan.
Jameson Williams being drafted in the 12th round over the 9th round is irrelevant. At this point in the draft you are looking for upside. Nobody is drafting Jameson Williams hoping he returns his adp value.
Boyd was a "great" slot receiver, while being fantasy irrelevant in any league south of fourteen teams. Got it.
Paul Wall and Bun B amazing rappers 🎉
Stroud has 3 wr going in the top 4 rounds. That pretty much confirms a floor of top 7.
Zay flowers post bye rookie bump coincided with Andrews leaving. Cause and effect could be one way or the other. I choose to believe that Zay hit his stride
I'm taking Nico Collins all day in drafts this year, but no way in the 2nd...I also think DJ Moore will have another good year but not till at least the 5th...Sal you decimate everybody in this field...pure facts
🫣😱🤯 Did Sal really just drop an F bomb at 5:55 ??.. 😭😭
Sal can we get a comprehensive late round league winner video.
Tell me the list please so I don’t have to watch the video.
Diggs is 30 and a minor cancer. Dell
Amazing!!! I have drafted 35 best ball teams thus far and i have ZERO puka, nico collins, dj moore, zay flowers, calvin ridley, rashee rice, tj hockenson and cole kmet.
Rams fan here… been drafting all summer, will never draft puka in the first round 😂
I drafting in the first but only if I can swing a good pairing at the back end of the round
@@loganbeal2686i'm a rams fan as well and i agree that puka in the 1st round is just too high. however, i do have plenty of kupp.
Your wrong on DJ Moore. Firstly the contract, don't overthink. Secondly he put up numbers with the putrid Justin Fields. People don't realize just how bad Fields really is
Sal Year 2 let’s go!!!!
DJ Moore is a value at his adp.
Shoutout Paul Wall & Bun B. Iykyk ‼️
I got Nico Collins at 24 was that a good decision?
edit: I got zay flowers at 57 too
I’m not writing off kupp but I’m writing him for different targets he’s going to be the veteran seal he will be the guy that gets the balls that Williams and puka aren’t getting
First time watching your content. Instant subscribe.
You really calling nico a league loser 😂😂😂 stephon bout to hate collins 😂
Amon-Ra is a stud, but AJ seems overrated with Devonta in the other side
I don't disagree with you... I love Kupp and Puka... Bestball though... Lets Go!!!!!!
If commissioners would get smart they would add +1 for QB completions and -1 for QB attempts and make the real good QBs worth drafting instead of dogs like fields 😂
So if a QB goes 20 for 30 they get 10 points but if they got go 10 for 30 they get -10 points.... I don't understand why commissioners don't use these numbers.... We use everything else!
.... Not attempts but incomplete
Is this ppr ?
Idk… I picked up Nico Collins 3rd round today which I think is a decent spot. He’s physically gifted, has rapport with Stroud and he’s in a good offense. Just sayin🤷🏽♂️ I say Dell who is small is the worse pick going 4th or 5th round.
of u don't take Collins in rd 2 .Who do u take in that spot and are they worth it?I prefer Dell to Collins anyway