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2026 Dynasty Rookie Rankings | Post-Draft Fantasy Football Tiers
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The Bush League Huddle crew breaks down their FULL post-draft 2026 dynasty rookie rankings for fantasy football.
We debate the top rookie tiers, best landing spots, fantasy sleepers, quarterback outlooks, and which rookies could become future fantasy stars.
From Jeremiyah Love and Carnell Tate to Makai Lemon, Omar Cooper Jr., Kenyon Sadiq and more, this episode covers the biggest dynasty storylines heading into rookie draft season.
Perfect for dynasty managers preparing for rookie drafts, taxi squads, and long-term fantasy football strategy.
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Transcript
00:00:12
Speaker
Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome
Playoff Excitement: Knicks and Habs
00:00:14
Speaker
back. Welcome back to another episode of the Bush League Huddle Fantasy Football Podcast. How's everybody doing? How's it going out there? There's a lot of lot of very interesting playoff scenarios, swings right now happening and in non-NFL life right now. Roger, you're your're you're rocking your Knicks hat.
00:00:30
Speaker
All three of us are big Habs fans right now battling against the Buffalo Sabres.
Roger's Fan Journey: Leafs to Habs
00:00:34
Speaker
So there's there's a lot of fun right now happening on the sports world right now.
00:00:39
Speaker
Oh, it's done. It's done. It's done. The allegiance has been made. for so right and So just to put everyone in context, this is actually not fantastic segue. Thank you very much. Before we get into all the fun stuff right now, we're just going to about this for a quick second. So our, our resident pod pod master, if you will, the, the pod director, Mr. Roger, although he's a, he's a massive giants fan for a while. He was a Toronto Maple Leafs fan. And as, and as everybody knows in the world of hockey,
00:01:08
Speaker
The Leafs haven't been relevant since 1967. So if i don know anyone is listening out there right now and you're a Leafs fan and you live in Montreal, you can understand what Raj used to go through as far as a little bit of torment is concerned.
00:01:20
Speaker
But he is happily converted over to Habs Nation. It's been about 18 months now, I want to say. You're sort of halfway there last year. I would have said 18 minutes. Give or take. Give take.
00:01:34
Speaker
Yeah, I think he's still being acclimated to it. Yes, yes, now and then we get Roger a shot for being there now. for Yes, yes, I am. And I think because I'm a casual hockey fan, I feel like this is okay for me. like But yeah, it's it's good. It's good to be a part of Habsdom.
00:01:51
Speaker
It's good to be on this side of the fence, you know, where things are nice with 24 Stanley Cups. But there's enough about that stuff.
NBA & NHL Playoff Highlights
00:01:58
Speaker
As much as the the NBA playoffs are super exciting right now, when Benyama's really taken over and all that, and the the NHL playoffs are fantastic with McKinnon breaking his nose and still getting an empty net goal because that's really what he does.
Rookie Dynasty Leagues & NFL Draft
00:02:09
Speaker
We're here to talk to you guys about a fantastic episode that we have with with rookie dynasty leagues right now. So the NFL draft happened, I think we're about a month ah go and bo ah Give or a take, like let's say like three weeks ago it happened.
00:02:23
Speaker
people are you know Rookie training camps are in full swing. you know and And Dynasty is is is very much a hot topic right now where a lot of people are going to be starting their Dynasty drafts where they they draft these rookie players.
00:02:38
Speaker
And we're here to give everybody our take on where these guys should be ranked and where they should be drafted. So we got a we got a fantastic episode where we're going to be, we've we've ranked everyone from a tier perspective. We're going to be identifying some discrepancies within our rankings because, you know, we don't always think alike. Let's just be honest.
00:02:56
Speaker
and You don't want us to think alike either. Roger was a Leafs fan up until, you know, 14 minutes ago. So because of that, we're going to be going over who got ranked higher and why. So we've got a very fun episode.
Follow Us for Weekly Updates
00:03:07
Speaker
But before we jump into that, ladies and gentlemen, and before we jump into also some other interesting news that we're going touching on as well, please follow us on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter.
00:03:16
Speaker
for your weekly fantasy breakdowns all season long, both off season on season OTAs and all that fun stuff. ah Send us all of your questions about ranking, send us your questions about drafts and all that stuff.
00:03:27
Speaker
Draft strategies. And we're may, but they're there right around the corners, you know? So if you have any questions about two, two quarterback leagues and all that stuff, one quarterback leagues and everything, send us our way.
00:03:37
Speaker
And as always, I started with the intros. um so we're We're five minutes in right now. I'm Fab, Knack, that's Raj. We're here with the Bush League Huddle Fans Football Podcast. We're going to get this ball. Who's going to get the the ball rolling right now, actually?
Free Agent Signings & Impacts
00:03:50
Speaker
So there's some interesting news.
00:03:52
Speaker
News, news, news, breaking news out of the free agent signings. We have David Njoku, former tight end of the Cleveland Browns, signing with the Los Angeles Chargers. One year, up to $8 million. dollars We have Juwan Jennings, wide receiver formerly of the San Francisco 49ers, signing with the Minnesota Vikings, one year, $13 million. dollars And just breaking news just happened about an hour ago, I want to say.
00:04:18
Speaker
Devon Achan signing a four-year extension with the Miami Dolphins, $68 million, $32 guaranteed. This will make him the third highest paid running back, which I think is a bargain in my opinion. This guy is 25 years old. i think yeah i don't know if he's turning 26 this year, but you got him for what seems to be his prime years up until you know his contract expires. So this is good on Miami. This is very, very good cap management.
00:04:44
Speaker
Just to touch on quickly for the previous two, for Njoku and Juwan Jennings, I think these are more football players moves than fantasy football relevant moves and correct me if i'm wrong on this guy it's like david and joke i they they signed charlie kolak or something colac yeah he's blocking tight end yeah yeah he's a blocking tight end so like obviously they'd be running a lot of 12 personnel you would think and and i love like and joke was great but this is more of a stock up for harold fan and jr ah because now he has all of the all of the tight end reps on that end over there and jo juan jennings
00:05:19
Speaker
i always I like Juwan Jennings. i know, Roger, you you and I, like we sort of had some nice conversations about him, like especially that year where we really broke he broke out for San Francisco when everybody else was injured. And you kind of wondered you know what what was going to be this year because they needed another wide receiver with rickcker Ricky Persol always getting injured and Brandon Ayuk.
00:05:39
Speaker
not really existing from a wide receiver standpoint for the 49ers. And he goes to Minnesota where you would imagine he's going to be third in the pecking order. So just, I get from a fantasy standpoint, like now Juwan Jennings is completely irrelevant to me, but from a real football standpoint, you got to really appreciate what the Vikings were doing.
00:05:57
Speaker
really trying to get as many weapons as possible for Kyler Murray. Because let's be honest now, it's going to be Kyler Murray, the starting quarterback. So that's just my... Weren't you MVPing him a couple weeks ago?
00:06:11
Speaker
I was, I was, and he's already beating him in practice reps too. And, uh, in the very, i know we're not going to put a lot of stock on practice and all that. And let's be honest now. I don't think the bar is very high from a JJ McCarthy perspective.
00:06:23
Speaker
I think any one of us can go in there, probably sling it better than him.
00:06:28
Speaker
I think the thing with Jawan, though, is is i think the thing with Jawan quickly is ah Addison was arrested again, i think, in early 2026 in January. And they run a lot of three wide receiver sets. And he's an amazing blocker.
00:06:44
Speaker
like He's going to see the field a lot, and I think this is a big move for the running game. Whoever is at running back with Minnesota, so I really like that
Tier 1 Dynasty Rookie Rankings
00:06:53
Speaker
signing. I don't i don't think it is a pure death knell to his fantasy his fantasy potential, though, personally.
00:06:59
Speaker
Red zone player. He had nine touchdowns last year. yeah and don't think yeah I don't think it's completely out of... I don't think he's out of the irrelevant... He's not irrelevant for sure.
00:07:09
Speaker
it just It's going to be... curious to see what it looks like, but Still had nine touchdowns last year. I feel like he could still be a good player. Yeah, he had nine touchdowns, but he had nine touchdowns, but he wasn't sharing the wide receiver room with but Justin Jefferson. you know And that's sort of like my take on it. So I feel like there's you're going to be a lot you seeing a lot more.
00:07:29
Speaker
How many targets going available for Juwan Jennings?
00:07:33
Speaker
that is it's It's a conversation to have much later on, but from a football standpoint, from a real football standpoint, I think it's a great move. And I think Minnesota are going to have a very nice team next year. Well, this year, excuse me. But with that being said, ladies and gentlemen, let's move on to the meat of this episode, which is Dynasty Rookie Rankings.
00:07:50
Speaker
So, at Ashtatuk, as they say, get your popcorn ready. We're going to jump right into tier one of the rankings. Oh, that's such a nice graphic, Roger. Ladies and gentlemen, if you're not watching this video on YouTube, first of all, what are you doing? Second of all, you're going to looking at a fantastic, fantastic graphic that Roger put together right now.
00:08:11
Speaker
And number one, I mean, the tier one is the elite, the best of the best, you want to call it that. So number one, we've got Jeremiah Love running back on Notre Dame who went to the Arizona Cardinals and what seems to be a very muddy or very...
00:08:25
Speaker
very congested running back room, but we all know that he is the, know, the guy that you want to draft from a dynasty rookie standpoint. All three of us have him ranked number one.
00:08:36
Speaker
So we'll just move on to next one over there. ah Number two is actually Carnell Tate ah from an aggregate perspective. And you can see on the screen right now, Roger hasn't ranked as two, Knack three, myself four.
00:08:48
Speaker
Carnell Tate is a wide receiver that came out of Ohio State, got to buy Tennessee Titans. From a dynasty perspective, and I guess I'll give you guys my take right now because I can see that ah I'm the one that has the biggest the biggest gap out of out of all three of us here.
00:09:04
Speaker
Why is Carnal Tate number four in my ranking versus three or two So I like Carnell Tate. I like Ohio State wide receivers. I think this is more of a scenario where I don't know what Cam Ward is going to be this year. And I don't know if he'll be able to so create that sort of volume for Carnell Tate to come out and be, you know,
00:09:25
Speaker
a a viable long-term starter. And there's a lot of conversations about him not being even the best wide receiver out of this class. um So that's really, and I just also like the other guys after him more from a long-term perspective, being Jordan jordan Tyson and Makai Lemon.
00:09:42
Speaker
um But that it's something, it's a knock on Cornell Tate, quite honestly. I said that i just have to rank these three wide receivers in a certain way and take him out as third, you know? But that's it. In a lot of other dynasty, oh, go ahead, Nick, go ahead.
00:09:55
Speaker
Well, yeah, no, i'm just I was just about to say, just to interject and just to be like the play devil ah advocate here on that point. I think Cam Ward did look much better as the year went on, especially later on in the season. And now he's going to have not only Carnell Tate, but there's going to be a Wondell Robinson that's going to be there. So it's going to help him out a lot. And I think that's where Carnell Tate will benefit.
00:10:16
Speaker
That's why I have him at three instead of, let's say, lower and at four. I think it's it's promising. the rookies are always going to struggle in their in their in their first season unless you're you know Stroud and Jaden Daniels.
00:10:31
Speaker
But typically they do struggle in in their in their early years. And I feel like Cam Ward has the potential to be better and better all la... um yeah Caleb Williams style where he just kept improving year after year. So I'm, I'm, I really like Carnell Tate in that offense this year. Although we always do say that it's not a, it's not a sexy team. Those, those Tennessee Titans.
00:10:55
Speaker
I think what gives me upside is the offense coordinator, Brian Dable. If you recall, Fab, the last time that Brian Dable had a top pick was Malik Neighbors. He was peppered with targets. And who he who did he have at the opposite side of him? At flank or wide receiver, he had Wendell Robinson. So both of those combined, I think, had a lot of targets. So I think...
00:11:16
Speaker
As I was going to say, um most people it's it's it's so differing in terms of you have Tate one, do you have Tyson two, do you have Tate ah two, do you have Tyson one Some people have even like high lemon three. So I think it it depends on the taste. But for the fit with Cam Ward, where it's a lot of scrambling ability, a lot of like deep shots, I love Tate in terms of his catching ability at the sideline and his ability is contested catch ability 80% contention contested catch rate. I love that. And I think he's gonna have a really solid rookie season.
00:11:50
Speaker
Well, I'll say this. Out of all three of those guys, I think Cardinal Tate has the highest floor. yeah I think he's the safest of all the wide receivers. i think and and And from a lot of the points that you mentioned, Roger, too, and again, the fact that he comes from the the Ohio State University wide receiver, are you like these guys are just bred to catch balls. It doesn't make any sense to me.
00:12:09
Speaker
But moving on to the guys that I think have a higher ceiling, which is why I would rank them higher, one being Jordan Tyson. And you know like when this guy is healthy, which I know hasn't has only been about two-thirds of the games that he's played, and coming from the fact that he's going to a very nice offense with Tyler sch Shuck,
00:12:26
Speaker
I just have him ranked. I mean, have a rank to Nike. have a rank to as well. Roger rank five. So I would like to see exactly why you have him rank with such a big disparity, Roger, because I think that can are on the same page for the first time in a long time.
00:12:39
Speaker
And I think there's there's that there's that offensive potential with Jordan Tyson that is so enticing. Can't believe that. very enticing i like the talent I know there was some concerns about his like route running ability maybe a little too loose of a player the durability is what concerns me He's going with another really non-durable player in Chris Olave. Not that that necessarily has a factor in the rankings, but I really worry about the amount of time that he's missed in college, the amount of time that he was in a bona fide system as well at at ASU. And i
00:13:21
Speaker
If he has a great year and he's healthy, I'll gladly eat my words. But for me, the the knock the knock that I see on him is the durability and just the lack of fighting. There was a lot of talk about, you know, lack of fighting for yards, more of a softer player as well. And again, a lot of this is it's eye of the beholder. It's more like what is your flavor in terms of type of player. And I'm more of a fan of Cardinal Tate's game and and some of the other wide receivers as well.
00:13:49
Speaker
Don't forget, Devon Vele is still there. there's it's not It's never a foregone conclusion with a lot of these um a lot of these players, even for Cardinal Tate, right? Yeah, I know. And i don't think it's um I don't think these rankings are meant to to stipulate or state exactly which guys are going to have immediate success. you know I think this is more of a long-term thing, too. I mean, this these are dynasty rankings. Exactly.
00:14:13
Speaker
So I think... But even at that, though, Jordan Tyson... I don't know. I just feel like he'll he'll have a very interesting career with New Orleans. And it's a very nice ah offense. And the fact that he's not going to be expected to be the wide receiver one there also takes off a little bit of pressure for him too.
00:14:30
Speaker
um Yeah, that's that that's how I see it. But let you know what? That's tier one. i think we've sort of exhausted tier one. Let's jump into tier two right now where the the rankings are a little bit spicier.
Tier 2 Rookie Rankings
00:14:41
Speaker
yes Yes, I will take us off here with ah Tier 2. So as a consensus, we have Makai Lemmon at number four.
00:14:51
Speaker
Got Fernando Mendoza at number five. Casey Concepcion at number six. Chadarian Price, number seven. And that Omar Cooper Jr. at number eight consensus. So if we jump back here to Makai Lemmon,
00:15:09
Speaker
We're pretty much on the same page here. Rafaf has him ranked three. I have him ranked four. And Raj has him ranked three. I don't think there's much discussion here. We've talked about him. He's that Amon Ross, same Brown comparison. It's just going to...
00:15:23
Speaker
for Production purposes, it's going really depend on how Hurts can really um get him the ball in the middle of the field. Is he going to throw to the middle of the field? Can he see to the middle of the field?
00:15:35
Speaker
So I think that's going to hinge on his success. And then obviously there's that elephant in the room where we're waiting on that AJ Brown trade. That should be in about three weeks from now if the timetable is still correct. But yeah,
00:15:51
Speaker
I mean, i have him at four. I mean, I think it's ranked pretty pretty evenly here, guys. i don't know if there's anything else to add on your end on what you would change. I wouldn't change anything. The only thing that I would add is that um I was listening to Matt Harmon's podcast today, and he was charting Makai Lemon, and it sounds like he's not just ah a middle of the field guy or a slant guy. He's really good at outbreaking routes. ah slat um the the fade route to the corner, which those are really good throws that Jalen Hurts is good with. So I think Hurts has probably heard a lot of the critics. I feel he's the type of guy who he hears the critics. He's going to want to show showcase that he can throw in the middle of the field.
00:16:29
Speaker
And yeah, this is this is more my type of wide receiver. The only last thing I would add is that the NFL is going more towards the power slots. So like the Chris Godwins, the Puka Nakua, Meka Bukas, those types of players. And Amun Ross St. Brown, they've had a ton of success lately. So I really think he is kind of a plug and play type player in any in any team.
00:16:54
Speaker
I like that. we have We move towards Fernando Mendoza. This is where we get a little bit of a skew. Fab, you had him at five, Raj at four, and I myself had him at seven.
00:17:05
Speaker
So my reasoning for being at seven it's just ah in a rookie in ah in a in a rookie draft, I'm i'm not sure I'm i'm going QB this high. I'm probably going to stack up, try to get more of positional players I know you're playing the long game, but if especially if you're playing one QB leagues, it's going to be a tough sell to to pick Fernando Mendoza at five. He does figure to have a pretty good career, but it's still a wait-and-see approach, especially not in what we saw, a bad QB class this year or a a worse QB class this year. So just curious to see, Rod, you have him at four here. what I'd love to hear the story behind that.
00:17:48
Speaker
I think he'll play sooner than we think, really. um i think let's let's take a look at what that bye week will be for the for the Raiders when the when the schedule comes out tomorrow, Thursday.
00:18:00
Speaker
i think he'll just play sooner. i feel like Kirk Cousins, we've seen what we know what we have out of him. i don't see the Raiders having a great start to the season. um and if it's not a great start, they're probably going feel pressured to to put him in. I don't think he'll start the season, Will Mendoza, but i think we'll see him way sooner than than and we think.
00:18:21
Speaker
Yeah, and to be honest with you, I had him a little bit higher just yeah i had him higherre just because there's a premium on quarterbacks. And if you're drafting a dynasty league that starts two quarterbacks, yeah guess what? You need quarterbacks.
00:18:36
Speaker
else Elsewhere, my two cents in that too. And plus, I i think he's going to have a path to to starting and putting and putting up some some meaningful fantasy numbers probably towards the end of the season.
00:18:48
Speaker
Yeah, doubt that that's that's a <unk>s it's more of a supply demand thing for me than anything else. Yeah, but I'm um ah my I guess my what I'm trying to say is you're drafting him this high, but there's no expectation. yeah he for sure he sees the field this year, but um I'm talking about it more on a dynasty potential of.
00:19:06
Speaker
i guess you see him as a potential QB one in the future ah fantasy wise.
00:19:15
Speaker
I do. I think it's not impossible to suggest that. I mean, if he has a similar career arc to the guy that he's going to be backing up or supposedly backing up in Kirk Cousins. Yeah, that is QB one territory and nothing would nothing would tell me otherwise. So, yeah, absolutely. Yes.
00:19:38
Speaker
We'll move on to Mr. Casey Conception. So consensus, like I said, number six. This one was obviously very close. Fab and raj had him ranked at seven, and I had him at fifth.
00:19:51
Speaker
I had him a little higher just because, i don't know, Cleveland, they've got to get one right at at at some point, and I really liked his game. um i don't know. i From the other wide receivers, they might have a little bit more...
00:20:07
Speaker
In front of them, you know mainly omar Omar Cooper Jr., as we'll we'll we'll see down the list, but you'll have other players in front of him that will be hard to surpass. So I like Casey Concepcion here at number five.
00:20:25
Speaker
in my ranking. Yeah, I'm not going to push back on this, to be honest with you like I mean, yeah you can you can definitely argue that he's going the best wide receiver in that in that Browns room, you know, but the problem with the Browns, and and you can also argue it's going the same problem with the Jets, even though I have Omar Cooper Jr. higher.
00:20:43
Speaker
So from an organizational standpoint, like it's kind of hard to trust those wide receivers, you know, from a fantasy perspective, even dynasty. Right. So that's kind of why maybe I had Omar Cooper Jr. a little bit higher than Casey Conception.
00:20:56
Speaker
and con Conception, excuse me. Yeah. and yeah i to do you't get the You have to. i' I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Conception. I'm sorry. But you have to figure that he's going into a good situation.
00:21:09
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, we're we're again, we're splitting hairs over here, you know, like I'm not gonna argue too much with the with Mac having my five and me having and me and Raj having it at seven. I think he's I think he's gonna a fan. I hope he's gonna be a good player because I do like the cut of his jib and and and just the highlights you saw the combine and all that stuff to the guy has the guy some juice.
00:21:29
Speaker
A lot of scouts tape watchers felt he was the best wide receiver in the class. And again, that's where it's so polarizing the this wide receiver group. There's a ton of people that find Concepcion the best. There are some who had Omar Cooper, as Cooper Jr. as the second or third best wide receiver as well.
00:21:50
Speaker
move along to number seven. ah It's the other one from ah Notre Dame, Jadarian Price. So BNFAB had him ranked at number eight and Raj had him as high as number six on the on the list.
00:22:05
Speaker
ah I don't have, i think, but yeah, that's not a huge discrepancy. I think he's he's definitely a yeah um a one to one to grab for sure in this 7-8 spot for me. Even as high as 6, I'm not going to be, you know, I'm not going like cry over spilled milk here. He's still a guy to to to go after in ah in ah in a fantasy draft and relatively high. So,
00:22:27
Speaker
Raj, any reason why you were as high as six? Chase the good offenses. Chase the offenses that you know can repeat, that have good offensive lines, the quarterbacks there, elite wide receiver. Let's see what happens with Rashid Shahid as well. But for me, I'd rather just chase the the really good the really good offenses on that front.
00:22:48
Speaker
I like it. And we'll finish off tier two here with ah Omar Cooper Jr., consensus number eight. Fab had him as high as number six on the list. I had him at nine and Raj had him at eight.
00:23:03
Speaker
Fab, you want to explain ah Omar Cooper at six for you.
00:23:10
Speaker
I just like the role that he's going to be playing automatically within this ah offense. Like we know that Garrett Wilson is going to be the alpha. He's the number one, but Omar Cooper Jr. really goes into that slot yards after catch type role, which can be very helpful from the eventuality of them having a rookie quarterback. I know this year is Geno Smith, but you can imagine that's going to be very helpful next year too. And I just feel like because the role is solidified, it automatically lends itself to having immediate fantasy impact.
00:23:37
Speaker
And he's been compared to Debo Samuel, he's been compared to other stocky sort of wide receivers in that lens too. Honestly, i I really like him on this offense. And, Rod, you mentioned it. Some people look him as the second best wide receiver in this class. I think he's a little bit overlooked. And i think that i think they got I think the Jets got a steal.
00:24:00
Speaker
with get what drafts he comes 30th overall. I really do. I think he's going to be a very important, I think he's going very good piece in this offense that will bring itself to fancy relevance. And I like him over like, you know, Casey Concepcion, just for that specific reason. You know, like ah he could have longevity from a dynasty perspective.
00:24:20
Speaker
Crazy. These two two really bad teams have these really, really gem wide receivers on the roster. And you just pray to God that they don't, you know, Screw them up. they're They're playing themselves out of ah a top pick next year, the Jets. They they look like they have a sneaky, decent team.
00:24:36
Speaker
Yeah, I agree with that. the offense, they have a pretty good team team for sure. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We forgot to mention, do you? Yeah. Yes. Yeah. And the only reason why I really had had him at nine is just I'm worried about the Sadiq aspect with Gareth Wilson still there.
00:24:55
Speaker
And that's why for me, he was he came down, came down the ranking a little bit. That's a fantastic segue to the Tier 3 rankings, NAC, which I'll jump in right away,
Tier 3 Rookie Evaluations
00:25:09
Speaker
actually. i So we had ah for Tier 3 spots 9 to 15. So Kenyon Sadiq 9, Denzel Boston with the Cleveland Browns at 10, Eli Stowers with the Philadelphia Eagles at 11, Antonio Williams with the Commanders at 12, Jeremy Bernard with the Pittsburgh Steelers at 13,
00:25:28
Speaker
The Zahn Stribling with the 49ers at 14 and Cate and Allen with the Washington Commanders at 15. So yeah, Nak, you were quite high with regards to Kenyon Sadiq. You had him sixth. Fab and I had him had him ninth. Personally, for me, it was the Mason Taylor aspect.
00:25:45
Speaker
And Frank Reich will be the offensive coordinator. And the last time he was a full-time play caller, I think they were a one tight end set team at a 87% clip.
00:25:56
Speaker
So that concerns me a bit, but I see Sadiq is being used as more of like a John Smith type, ah more gadget type tight end. i don't know if you see this. Maybe maybe you you see more a bit more upside on that front, Nak, but curious where you had him. there Yeah, no, look, you don't spend a high draft pick on a tight end to leave him on the bench is where my kind of head goes.
00:26:20
Speaker
um his production is just, it was crazy with, with Oregon last year. He is a beast of a human as well. So I, and I think again, when we start talking about next year, when they're going to be, you know, going after potentially another rookie quarterback and who might have to start, who is a rookie quarterback's best friend is the tight end. And if you have one as dominant as a Sadiq could be, i think it could be, i think, I think they hit a home run with the pick, but they're,
00:26:49
Speaker
I understand the Mason Taylor um being there, but... He was a lower-ended draft pick, whereas Sadiq's a top 15 pick. I think they're going to use him.
00:27:01
Speaker
He was a second round. i think I think Mason Taylor was in the second round. I totally get your point. He also played well. It it just felt it felt like a luxury. It felt like a luxury that... For sure. yeah yeah sure Again, with the type of season they're going into, you know we're thinking they're going to tank. This looks like a way better team than i think what you know anyone was expecting coming out of the the offseason. They have so many nice offensive weapons now.
00:27:24
Speaker
Yeah, I really do. This is not the New York Jets of old, you know? like they did their Their draft, and even the Browns too, and I know we're going to talk about some other more Browns players. I can't believe we're talking about this that much. But like date they knocked their drafts out of the park, you know? like it's And it's two years in a row that they both both teams draft very well. So this could be a change of things, as a potentially a sign of things to come.
00:27:46
Speaker
But the I agree with Raj, especially from when we both sort of had him right in the same spot. I feel like there's be a lot of mouths to feed. And I know, Nack, to your point, like he was drafted 16th overall, so you want to get him the ball and all that stuff. It's going the rookie quarterback's favorite target next year.
00:28:02
Speaker
ah i just that When they drafted Omar Cooper Jr., and and it's just more targets. and I don't know. So that's why I was a little more hesitant on that. But I'm not shying away from drafting Kenny Sneak in the dynasty, that's for sure.
00:28:20
Speaker
Yeah, totally. um At 10, Denzel Boston with the Cleveland Browns. Won't spend too much time on this, but we we're pretty even. Fabio at 13, Nak and I were both at 10 from a consensus consensus standpoint. I think what's really interesting with Boston, 800, almost 900 yards last year, 11 touchdowns with Washington, 2.5% drop rate. He's going to be a big, big red zone target. He's a big, big bodied wide receiver. sort of in the kind of jaden higgins maybe tett mcmillan style so uh it will be interesting to see i think i think him and conception neuter each other a little bit uh but will it will be interesting to see how they are used with um the todd monken offense and again looks like it's the sean watson uh so far
00:29:04
Speaker
If nothing at to add there, I'm going to move on to 11 with Eli Stowers. We were pretty even across the board. Fab and 11, NAC, 12. I think Stowers is very athletic. He had very similar athletic testing to Kenyon Sadiq. I believe um Dallas Goddard is on a one-year deal. So afterwards, he's pretty much gone after that. And I think we're going to start seeing Stowers being used more as a kind of outside the inline tight end. He's going probably probably be more on what at the wide at the at the slot position as ah as a tight end.
00:29:40
Speaker
Then we have a lot of people talk about Antonio Williams at 12. He's a slot more of a slot type of receiver. But if you look at the depth chart, Fab, you were quite eye high on him. You had him at 10th, knack 14 and myself 13. lot of people said he was probably one of the better route runners in the draft class. 600 yards in just 10 games at Clemson, 320 yards after catch. And 64% of his targets were at or behind the line of squim scrimmage. So if you look at the wide receiver depth chart, it's pretty much Terry McLaurin and Van Jefferson, Deami Brown, Jalen Lane. He has a great opportunity, a great, great opportunity to to have a big year.
00:30:22
Speaker
Yeah, that's not why i ranked him that high. Yeah, that's it's you you hit every single point on the head. I think he was a third-round pick, right? So that that is some serious draft capital, and I think you mentioned the barren wide receiver room that they have after the aging Terry McLaurin. Yes. it only a matter of time until they start stocking up there their coffers from that perspective, right? So I yeah i think there's a path to Antoine Williams getting some serious targets right away.
00:30:50
Speaker
and And great call. McCorn is on a three-year deal. I think it's the second year of a three-year deal. TBD, what happens? with but I know Brendan Ayuk is supposed to be there, but it's not looking good from his perspective in terms of you know if he even wants to play football.
00:31:03
Speaker
so Yeah. um At 13, Jeremy Bernard from the Steelers. No surprise. Knack is a way higher on Bernard than we are. I like the player. He went to Bama. He looks like a good fit yeah from a WR3 perspective, all things considered. Knack, you had him at 11. Fab and I had him at 17 and 14, respectively.
00:31:26
Speaker
Any thoughts on that one? Yeah, so the reason why I jumped him up, I've been reading a lot of, and it was not even from Steelers beat writers, but everyone has been saying that the the spot that they got him in the draft was an absolute steal. Can play anywhere on on on the line. And there were already talks about how great he looked in rookie camp and that there's chances he even surpasses Pittman Jr. on the depth chart by by um the end of the season.
00:31:59
Speaker
ah need off season So, i don't know. i what ah From what I've been reading, it just made me really, um ah well, first of all, excited. But, I mean, it it made me push up a little bit on the on the rankings in terms of how high I've ranked him.
00:32:15
Speaker
yeah and with Tomlin not there, I felt like Tomlin was always there to not play rookies. I feel like there's more of an opportunity for rookies to shine with with Tomlin not there. So it'll be interesting to see.
00:32:27
Speaker
He has a very similar game to Pittman, in my opinion, kind of like slashers, more like yards after catch players. So we'll see on that front. And then just quickly to end out for the tier three, Dijon Stribling at wide receiver. A player I really, really like. 800 yards, six touchdowns at Ole Miss.
00:32:46
Speaker
Another Yak guy. This is a big Yak tier here. And again, with no Renan Ayuk in 49er land, there's no more Juwan Jennings as well. There's a very great opportunity out ah to to line up right beside Ricky Purcell.
00:33:04
Speaker
So we're going to see if Stribling could carve out a role there. And then... wants to stay healthy. Yeah. he's Well, that's the thing. If he can't stay healthy, this is... To me, that's why I was I was quite high on him. um I was clearly highest by than any of you by three three ranking spots to knock and six ranking spots to to fab i had him at 12. And then there's Kate and Allen Kate and Allen for the Washington commanders. This is there's a huge glut at that position.
00:33:29
Speaker
ah We pretty much were all lockstep in terms of his ranking, but he had a very solid career, 1,300 rushing yards, 6.2 yards per carry, 15 touchdowns in his final season at Penn State, more of a downhill physical runner. But for Washington's zone running scheme, zone blocking team scheme, he could be a very, very nice fit on that front.
00:33:51
Speaker
And then to finish it off, the tier fours.
Tier 4 Rookie Rankings
00:33:54
Speaker
So I want to start with Jonah Coleman at 16. So you guys were very high on Jonah Coleman. I had him at 20th overall. Nak, you had him at 13. Fab, you had him at 15. For me, I don't want anyone in the Broncos running back ah room. Like, that scares me the way Sean Payton looks at running back. So curious what you guys think.
00:34:18
Speaker
So I agree with you. i don't want him from a from a fantasy football perspective, but from a dynasty perspective, it's intriguing, especially if you get him in later on because Sean Payton doesn't draft running backs for no reason.
00:34:32
Speaker
So that that's sort of my thing. It's like, this could be a lottery ticket. if um If we're drafting like ah but like a regular fantasy season like we do in the Bush League huddle and we're going to do all all the all of our drafts later on, I'm not touching Jonah Coleman for for a while until we know some some clarity that he is the starting running back and all that stuff.
00:34:52
Speaker
But from a dynasty perspective, I know the drafts for dynasties happen a lot sooner. Sean Payton likes his running backs. And when he drafts a running back, it is for a reason. And they they use the... How high of a...
00:35:06
Speaker
hundred and pick So he was like what? Fourth round? Fourth round pick? You've seen some quality running backs come out of the fourth round. It's not impossible. It's just a matter of is going to get playing time?
00:35:17
Speaker
And again, it's one of those things where like this could be a lottery pick from a dynasty perspective too. Yeah, we said the same thing about RJ Harvey. But who I like more than that east and Coleman. Yeah. i Maybe there's a size factor there. I don't know, Nak, if you have ah you felt similar. You felt even higher. um Yeah, to be honest with you, I don't think my ranking is correct here. I think I made a mistake. But um in terms of I do like Coleman and and just because so um who was there last year ah that they signed on a one-year deal that they re-signed? k doin
00:35:52
Speaker
J.K. Dobbins. J.K. Dobbins is there again. I don't think they re-sign him again another time after this after this season. he He was also hurt, leg injury.
00:36:02
Speaker
He's had quite a few threads on those tires, especially a lot of injuries there as well. And as you just mentioned, I don't think they're sold on RJ Harvey or they wouldn't have made a pick like this either with a fourth round pick. I don't think they had that much draft capital either. So I think that if they...
00:36:18
Speaker
and To Fab's point, Sean Payton made a pick, especially that high. I think that he'll hell he will carve out um a ah small little piece. And then even in two years, I think that's when you'll really start to benefit more.
00:36:34
Speaker
Yeah, wait wait and see approach. I think sound reasoning from what you guys are saying from a dynasty perspective. I think year one, it's going to be very slim pickings. So I'll just go through the rest of the tier four and then we'll we'll talk about a few of them quickly. so At 17, we had Chris Bell with the Miami Dolphins. 18, Chris Brazell with the Carolina Panthers. At 19, we had Nick Singleton running back with the Tennessee Titans. 20, we had Malachi Fields, a wide receiver with the Giants. 21, Skylar Bell, Buffalo Bills at wide receiver.
00:37:07
Speaker
Zachariah Branch, wide receiver with the Atlanta Falcons at 22. At 23, we had Elijah Surratt, Baltimore Ravens, wide receiver. 24, Kaitlin Black, San Francisco 49ers, writing back. And then Max Klar, Los Angeles Rams, tight end. So ah Chris Bell is an interesting one, I think, worth mentioning because he jumps into the most barren wide receiver room in the NFL.
00:37:33
Speaker
Even looking at my ranking, I had him at 19, NAC had him at 17, Fab had him at 12. am already willing to tweak that because of the opportunity that Chris Bell has. i think Fab, you you caught on to that right away with your ranking of him at 12.
00:37:51
Speaker
Yeah. Like Miami don't have any wide receivers. And he's, by all accounts, he he he put in some pretty good college stats, and he's not a he's not a scrub. but I think he's going to have a media path to fantasy relevance.
00:38:04
Speaker
And um this could very well be, what's his name, the new quarterback? Wilkins? Sorry. Willis. Willis, excuse me. This is good could be Willis' new favorite target right off the gate.
00:38:15
Speaker
So I i thought 12 was a decent ranking, quite frankly, considering the opportunity that's ahead of him and available to him. Yeah. The only reason why I pumped the brakes on that is only because, okay, so Willis comes in might struggle at the beginning. Obviously, Chris is chris Bell is...
00:38:35
Speaker
Very good player, but definitely not WR1. And then you figure that maybe next year they might have a rookie QB that comes to play. So that's going to peg him down a little bit as well.
00:38:46
Speaker
So that's why I was a bit hesitant to go that high up of a of of a ranking. But definitely the opportunity is 100% there with no one else in the room. Yeah, the depth chart is Chris Bell, Caleb Douglas, Malik Washington, Jalen Tolbert, Tutu Atwell. That is by far the worst wide receiver in the league. So it will be interesting to see how he how he fares. At 18, we have Chris Brazell.
00:39:13
Speaker
We won't spend much too much time. I think this is... one where fab you were more bullish on him but I think it's just Ted McMillan there's um Jillian Coker we're still like Lee get we haven't had a league at impersonation from you in a while fab um No, man. What are you going to do over there to cut our pants and get some Chris Braz over there? Is it Braz or is Braz? What are we doing over there? So, yeah, it'll be interesting to see on that front. just curious to see what the Panthers' depth chart quickly. think they drafted him to go opposite. Does he even slide into fifth? Does he even slide into fifth?
00:39:55
Speaker
He probably slides into third because Leggett has been a bit of a disappointment, to be honest. but Yeah, he has. he He's been quite a disappointment. But I think Coker's due for a really big year. that he He played really well last year.
00:40:07
Speaker
ah Nick Singleton, running back for the Titans at number 19. We're all pretty even on that front. I mean, that's ah that's a loaded backfield um you know with with Tony Pollard and Taiji Spears.
00:40:20
Speaker
let's Let's spend some time on Malachi Fields at 20, just because it's the Giants and there's two Giants fans on the podcast. I was higher than him, than Fab, who had him at 21. Nak had him at 22, had him at 18. I really like this type of player. Big wide receiver. Good good catch radius. um I think he could...
00:40:39
Speaker
potentially get up in the depth chart because darius slayton just cannot catch the ball and it seems like that was something that fields is able to do so um we'll see on that front fab i'm surprised you were you were a bit more uh trepidatious i like him i like my like i fields but the one thing he does really well is block right and they're gonna be a running team so i that has to be taken into consideration but i like like as a draft pick as real football i love this pick From Fassi perspective, I'm a little bit hesitant, at least from the upside perspective, from a dynasty draft ah perspective.
00:41:13
Speaker
Because like I mentioned, there's a lot of guys that are, that I had ahead of him that have an easier path to success. And Malachi Fields is going to be pretty much, I think might be third in the pecking order. Cause there's also, made sorry, fourth in the pecking order. Cause also Isaiah Likely that is going to be getting a lot of look too. So um that's where I'm pumping the brakes more. That's all. Yeah.
00:41:34
Speaker
Mooney, Derno Mooney's on a one-year deal, I believe, and Slayton, I think they're definitely regretting that that contract for sure. Maybe there's not another another knee surgery, so maybe that maybe he's he's not locked and loaded to be ready week one. That is that is definitely a concern. No, I don't think he's... i think he's going start on the PUP.
00:41:52
Speaker
It's too early to tell there, but think it's going to start on the That's concern. Calvin Austin season. naki You might want to watch some Giants games. there is At It's true there's Calvin Austin. It took you a while there.
00:42:07
Speaker
At 21, Skylar Bell... um I think we'll wellll we well we'll pass on this one personally. I don't know much about the player. And honestly, i Buffalo Bills rookie wide receivers. The only guy I want to own there is DJ Moore personally. for more Not a great track record. Yeah. yeah At 22, Zachariah Branch. I'm going to talk about why I'm very high on him. I was a big fan of his at Georgia.
00:42:29
Speaker
More of a ah gadget type slot player, but he can really help out on the return game. He is a very, very fast player. I think they can use him in a lot of interesting ways. And if Tua is going to start the season, I can imagine a lot of bubble screens, a lot of quick passes. Branch is the type of guy who can take it to the house. And again, he could easily be a special team demon for for the Falcons there. So I had him at and respectively.
00:43:04
Speaker
Yeah, I'm looking at that just quickly. um I think I regret draft ranking him so low. um I think I'd rather have him before some of the other guys I have ahead of him, actually, because i had yeah there's that wide receiver room outside Drake London is who? It's really nobody.
00:43:24
Speaker
You know what i mean? So I think there's there's a chance that he can look at some targets. Kyle Pitts. Yeah, it's really bad. It's Zaccheaus, Jahan Dotson. He's going to see the field a lot.
00:43:37
Speaker
excuse Yeah, a lot but i and he's going to get some opportunities. Yeah. And he played at Georgia, so they they obviously saw him and targeted him. um yeah well i just saw ah Elijah Surratt, I also was way higher than him. Then you guys and him, I had him 16. You guys, I'm at 23. Fab and NAC 24, respectively. Big, big bodied wide receiver. Big.
00:44:00
Speaker
um contested catch guy, Anquan Bolin-style wide receiver. He played with Fernando Mendoza, obviously, at Indiana. So they need they need more physicality at the wide receiver position in Baltimore.
00:44:14
Speaker
Zee Flowers has been okay. Rashad Bateman has been just okay. like i think I think they need a big-body guy. and He doesn't have the high upside, but again, he's been comped to Anquan Bolin, who played for the Ravens. I think he brings back some of that smash-mouth type type wide wide receiver play that that they've needed on the outside and and a good blocker too.
00:44:35
Speaker
And then we rounded out with Kalon Black and Max Clare. I'm not too sure how to say that name. Is Clare? Clare. Max Clare.
00:44:47
Speaker
Look, any running back from the by the Niners has a chance to potentially play with um with CMC there. So you have to you have to assume he'll be drafted. And CMC is getting a little bit older.
00:44:59
Speaker
the The Max Clair one is is, even from a dynasty perspective, they had three tight ends. I think we all agree this was a very weird pick for them. Why did they need an... The whole draft... The whole Rams draft was just weird. It looks like it was a kid in in a basement just like hitting auto draft the whole time. like It didn't make any sense to me. they got him yeah and They got him end of the second round. He was a 61st pick, so so end of the second round, I believe.
00:45:27
Speaker
um so So really interesting on that front. But... um
00:45:33
Speaker
But yeah, well, we'll have to see we'll have to see on that on on that front. I think from this list, the guy i think that has the most potential is, is I think Chris Bell is going to go quite high and let's see what happens during camp. Let's see if the night the the Dolphins bring anyone else in ah in for competition. I would have to think they might bring so so a few other veterans, but I think Chris Bell out of this tier is the one that is the most intriguing.
00:45:58
Speaker
That'll do it for our Dynasty Rookie
Wrap Up & Go Habs Go!
00:46:01
Speaker
Rankings. So as usual, you could catch us on Spotify, Apple, Instagram, TikTok, and that'll be it for us. You'll start seeing us again in another two weeks or so. We're going to have start start to have more off-season content.
00:46:18
Speaker
It's already going to be June soon. Rookie mini camps are on their way. OTAs training camp is just around the corner. So going to have a lot more pre content to preview. So on behalf of NAC and Fab, I am Raj and we will see you next time.
00:46:39
Speaker
gohabs Go Habs, go. Yes, GHG. GHG, go Habs, go. h GHG. Not the drug. Not the drug.
00:46:52
Speaker
The letters are bit off, but yeah. Have a good night, everyone. GHG. Good night, everybody. Peace out. Goodbye.