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I think its positive for him that they haven't added another burner and he's had good buzz but the fact that Staley is emphasizing special teams for him makes me wonder how much his offensive role will expand. Love him as a last-round best ball pick, though...

Wishful thinking!

I think what changed for Williams is the way he was utilized by Lombardi. His role expanded significantly from being mostly a down the field contested catch player.  What you're saying is certainly possible, but I thought Allen looked like a player in slow decline towards the end of last season...

I think it's the latter.  Stafford was the perfect fit, they had amazing chemistry and it unlocked his full potential.  Plus, Woods went down and a huge number of targets flowed Kupp's way.  

That's a fair question although Kupp just showed that it can be done.  I guess my theory is that there will be more offensive production to go around. I'm imagining numbers closer to what Brady put up last year - 5,300/43. I don't think Ekeler is likely to catch 8 td's again.  He's done it twice...

Put me in the camp of people who think Williams could indeed make a big leap.  His challenge will be to stay fully healthy, which is always tricky for a player who puts his body at risk every time he makes a contested catch.   Prior to 2021, Williams had 3 career games with at least 10 targets...

Swift is shaping up to be a no-brainer for me in the second round of drafts this year.  He has a lot working in his favor: * The Lions offensive line has quietly become very strong, on the verge of being elite. * Adding Chark & Jameson (whenever he gets on the field) will help create space...

That blurb will get a ton of play online but it's pretty misleading. With that said, I do think that Jones is the most likely player to be this year's version of James Conner, to the extent we see that.  It seems abundantly clear at this point that Reid doesn't trust CEH at the goal-line and...

Was listening to a Chiefs podcast and the hosts said that they'd be surprised if Moore has 800 yards this year and that Reid likes his receivers to play multiple roles and that was unlikely in Moore's first year.  Take it for what it's worth but I do think Moore's ADP opened really high and...

I think DJ Moore and Anderson get a bump.  The narrative that Moore ascends and becomes an elite #1 becomes more viable, whereas it was always doubtful with Darnold.  Marshall becomes an interesting pick in the last couple of rounds.

I see where you're going but this feels like a true reach to me when you look at the team context/environment. The 49ers are one of the run-heaviest teams w/almost constant positive game scripts, had a great line, receiving weapons to keep defenses honest and Shanahan is an excellent...

Very nice.  And he goes on to throw some shade at the Browns, in the meantime. 😂

Exactly - thank you.  For the most part, the teams the Falcons play in this stretch either have very strong run defenses (and the Chargers should be significantly improved) and/or they can drop a lot of points on you quickly, creating negative game scripts for Allgeier (and probably positive...

His ADP is so depressed compared to last year that it's hard not to think he's a value at first glance but I think he's appropriately priced. I do think he'll see a lot of volume but I likely won't end up with him on many teams.  I've seen the splits before and after injury but Zeke will play...

Allgeier seems like the kind of back who could give you decent if unspectacular production if he has enough volume. With that said, he's playing for a bad team and running behind an objectively bad line. Not bottom 3 in the league but certainly bottom 10. He does have good blocking WR's, so that...

Excellent write-up!  In some ways, I think he's what Shanahan was hoping Jalen Hurd would be, if maybe not as naturally athletic.  Shanahan has been raving about his work ethic and ability to separate and I think he'll be on the field a lot. 15 of his 24 catches went for first downs and he...

I think 4 for 4 does some of this.  I'm sure there's a balance to be struck in terms of not providing so much information that more casual FF players feel overwhelmed but you have such an amazing braintrust over there and I'd love to see them go deeper in these team previews.  Hope this helps!

I agree. Staley also specifically talked about his special teams role and using his speed and experience against press coverage to play gunner. I think he's a great last round pick in best ball as you can pretty much guarantee that he'll have a spike week or two but can't see drafting him in a...

Thanks, Joe. I appreciate the team reports and this is really good nuts and bolts coverage of the high-level issues and basics but I do think there's a way to go significantly deeper in general and especially on the "team philosophy" side and get into more of the nuances of what did and didn't...

I'm seeing Javonte fall as far as the middle to occasionally the end of the 3rd round in some best ball drafts and I'll take every time at that point, especially because he'll exceed that ADP even with Gordon healthy all season and of course he'd crush it if Gordon were to miss time.  With that...