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Preseason week one headlines Tank Dell is climbing Houston's vide receiver depth chart.
Robert Woods did not suit up for the Texans, while other presumed starters such
as Nico Collins and John Macchi did. Regardless, Dell stole the show against
New England with five catches for sixty five yards and a touchdown on eight targets,
twenty four yards being his longest reception. Tank Dell's touchdown, Nathaniel Dal's
real name, but Tanks his nickname, was an acrobatic catch where he initially
dropped the ball before reeling it in while falling towards the ground. Displayed excellent
concentration body control, which made it one of the most talked about plays from
the first week of the preseason. Like we saw at Houston in school,
Dell is very difficult to defend in man coverage thanks to his quick route running
and ability to separate off a press. Third round pick and real life who
has seen as Dynasty rookie ADP hover around the mid to late third even seen
him slide to the fourth at times for most of this offseason. Now,
don't bank on Dell carving out an immediate role in twenty twenty three. Nonetheless,
the five ten, one hundred and sixty five pound wide out with four
point four nine speed is shaping up as an exciting talent for CJ. Stroud
in Houston Quick sidebar. I know Stroud's pre debut wasn't all that great,
but the pocket was collapsing on him routinely. He had no time to go
through any reads progressions. Houst was missing almost all of its defensive lineman starter
wise, so take that with the major grain of sault. The positive spin
here is that Tank Dell could eventually become wide receiver three in this offense,
or at least become a rotational player as a rookie. At this point,
Houston has to call plays for him, put the ball in his hands,
and let the playmaking ability to take over from there. Up next is Emanuel
Wilson should be stashed until further notice. If you're not familiar with the name,
He's a running back on the Green Bay Packers. He had six rushes
for one hundred and eleven yards and two touchdowns for eighteen and a half yards
per carry eighty yards was as long as carry. Fantasy relevance is a long
shot for the UDFA at a Fort Valley stage, since Wilson needs to make
the team or Green Bay's packet squad to begin with. He initially signed with
Denver, but was cut back in May, and then latch down with the
Packers. The Packers current running back room consists of Aaron Jones, AJ Dillon,
Patrick, Taylor, lu Nichols. I could see Emmanuel Wilson leap frogging
Taylor, possibly even lu Nichols, certainly not Jones or Dylan RB three,
though would be an ideal scenario. Emmanuel is worth a speculative ad, if
only for a standout performance against Cincinnati, since he was incredibly efficient with those
six rushing attempts. I've never even heard of Fort Valley State, so I
did some research on his college profile. Wilson compiled a one eighty four twelve
two fifteen rushing log while adding a twenty seven two receiving efforts in nine games
played last season, and that short of a calendar. Those are incredible stats.
Level competition, that's fair to question. The NFL preseason has to be
taken with a grain assault. But I'm looking for standout, possible gems,
and Emmanuel Wilson fits that to a t. We shouldn't care what studs or
established players are doing in the preseason for the most part, there are some
exceptions. Instead, we're focusing or looking for outliers, and I think that's
Emmanuel Wilson. The two touchdown runs were spectacular, and his speed to the
egge the power combination is very intriguing, mind you, with a body from
a five eleven two twenty six. So I have my eye and Emmanuel Wilson.
I've added him in every league where he's available for the most parts,
excited to see if this was a flash in the pan or a legit shot
to make the team. Andre Yoselvas needs to be rostered in more leagues.
Four catches fifty yards on ten targets. Cincinnati's assembling one of the best wide
receiver rooms in terms of pure depth and all football. You have Jamar Chase
T Higgins, Tyler Boyd, Fourth Brown rookie Charlie Jones, and then sixth
rounder in Yoselvas. I've talked him up a bit this offseason, especially on
Patreon. Is a pure prospect based on his profile out of Princeton. He
was a multi sport athlete in school, really excelled track and field those sort
of activities because of his speed, which then transferred to the football field.
He offers plus size at six three, two twelve. He's developmental for the
sake of the NFL with the Bengals, yet emerged with a sixty six nine
forty three seven log in twenty twenty two in school about averaging fourteen point three
yards per catch. Josefas is a logical end of bench dynasy stash for the
future and could even become a subpack J option as a rookie Christincinnati or see
immediate playing time if there's any injury ahead of him among Bengals wideouts. So
if he's a free ASI year league, that should not be the case.
Scoop him immediately, especially in twelve team or larger sizes. It's time for
a quick break and I'll be back with a few more headlines from pre season
Week one. How about Calvin Austin and the fact that he could push Alan
Robinson for wide receiver three duties In Pittsburgh, Austin had two receptions for seventy
three yards and one touchdown on four targets, including a sixty seven yard touchdown,
two rushes twenty three yards, displaying versatility. His elite speed was on
full display as well, and it's easy to forget that Austin ran a four
point three two forty out of Memphis as a prospect last year. That is
top tier speed. George Pickens Deante Johnson locked in respectively, it's Pittsburgh's top
two wideouts, things could become interesting. However, if Austin keeps up this
level production Between him and Allen Robinson, two arabs credit. He has received
praise consistently throughout most of the offseason calendar as a slot and red zone weapon
with Pittsburgh. He brings sides of the field at six two through twenty that
Calvin Austen typically cannot match at five nine one sixty two severely undersize, but
as we've seen that big play oppside down field is undeniable when given opportunities.
As a fourth round pick at twenty twenty two, Calvin didn't even see the
field sustained a Liz Frank injury that required surgery. Keep in mind that Austin
was uber productive in college at Memphis. His final two receiving lines were sixty
three ten fifty three eleven and seventy four eleven forty nine eight, not to
mention a career yard protetch average of sixteen point three on one hundred and fifty
six receptions in school. Calvin Austen is no lock to be a consistent or
week contributor in fantasy. However, based on what we've seen Al Robinson do
as in falling off effectiveness wise with Chicago and even last year with the Rams.
It is clear that he's on the back night of his career, probably
not a full time player anymore, and that's the opportunity that Calvin Austin needs
to step in potentially usurp him or at least make it a committee at wide
reship at three in Pittsburgh at this time, though, it does sound like
Kenny Pickett is locked in with Robinson almost daily when it comes to targeting him
in practice, so this could be an uphill battle. But I'm still in
on Austin. It's such a cheap price and this first week of the preseason
was a great showing for him as a sophomore. How about Trey Palmer,
He could eventually make some noise in Tampa Bay. He had four receptions thirty
three yards one touchdown with four targets. Baker Mayfield through a dime to him
in the back corn of the end zone, Palmer able to pull it him
for a score. After Mike Evans and Chris Godwin, Tampa Bay's wide receiver
depth it falls off quickly. Russell Gage is the assumed wide receiver three.
That could change rapidly if Palmers as talented as advertised, Tray somehow slid at
the sixth round of it this year's draft out of Nebraska, despite his unique
combination of output and athleticism, he went seventy one ten, forty three nine
to twenty twenty two. He has four point three three speed, six feet
one hundred ninety two pounds. That's something that should really ketch your eye.
He's well worth an ad in dynasty if available as a free agent. For
the most parts, being drafted in the fourth fifth round of most rookie drafts
as a late round dart throw. If the Buccaneers are as bad as we
think they're going to be in twenty twenty three, then this could become situation
where they want to see what they have in young talent like Tray Palmer.
So expect him to potentially become relevant mid season, if not sooner, depending
on how Baker Mayfield and or Kyle Trast perform. And I've heard rumblings that
Mike Evans could become a trade candidate, and if that were to actually come
to fruition suddenly it would be Chris Godwin and essentially nothing else for the sake
of receiving talent, and that's where Tray Palmer could really benefit long term.
Jalil McLaughlin seems to have an inside track as RB three in Denver, twenty
three year o rookie UDFA out of Youngstown State who delivered production of two twenty
seven fifteen eighty eight thirteen on the ground and nineteen for three hundred and two
in twenty twenty two. And get this mind blowing stat he is the nc
doubaa's all time leading rusher once again. His name is Jalil McLaughlin. Get
to know the name. Sean Payton has spoken about Jalil positively in camp.
Quote he has a little burst and there's some toughness to him end quote.
The article goes on and on about what he's able to do in practice,
shows up first when he's last. That's a kind of dedication and commitment you
love to see out of any player, let alone u DFA who knows that
his backs against the wallets even make the team or a practice squad if he
keeps up this level of play. And McLaughlin actually recorded four rushes for twenty
yards and a touchdown and one catch for twelve yards against Arizona, then he's
want to separate himself from other backups in this Denver backfield mix, like Tony
Jones Tyler Beatty for the RB three job behind Javonte Williams, who I am
shocked by this rap recovery, Tony acl additional LIGMA damage to be back this
soon, we'll see, and Sma p Ryan. If Javonte is any sort
of setback, or Sean Payton has overestimated his return, then I would not
be surprised at all if Julie McLoughlin has a role week one, or at
least it's active on game days. And at this stage of the Dynasty office,
you're not gonna find a ton of hitting gems on the waiver wire,
but the names I'm discussing could be those dimes in the rough, and Jalil
should not be available in any league right now after the praise is receiving,
let alone what he did in limited opportunity Week one of the preseason, and
whenever a running back receives that recognition from a head coach direct it should catch
our attention asap, especially Jalil since he went undrafted and seems to have a
good chance at making Denver's final roster. Based on all of the rhetoric out
of camp, Kenneth Gainwell might be RB one in Philadelphia if you didn't see
or keep up with the news. This past week, Gamewell rested in the
exhibition along with other starters, while multiple trusted sources linked to the team have
indicated that Gamewell has been receiving the most touches along with first team reps out
of all running backs in camp. That is really important context to have.
If true that leaves DeAndre Swift were shot Penny in a battle for RB two
duties and eventually RB three status on Philadelphia's depth charts, I tend to think
the entire backfield has header for a full blown RBBC, which could be a
nightmare for fantasy purposes in terms of predicting usage week to week. Gainwell,
he used to be the cheapest, and hopefully you bought low when I pounded
the table for him. I've been talking about Gagwell, which seems endlessly at
this point. I've always been a fan, and we saw in twenty twenty
two down a stretch that Philadelphia featured him. He thrived there wasn't dominant output.
Nonetheless, it was nice to see because out of Memphis, we all
thought Gamewell had the potential to be featured in the NFL. Now, though,
it's DeAndre Swift or Penny that could be acquired a possible discount, and
I wouldn't be surprised if one of those two were to get cut. Since
Boston Scott is also still in the backfield mix for the Eagles, I currently
ranked them as Swift, Gainwell, Penny, Scott for twenty twenty three,
N Beyond and Dynasty. The concern if you're a DeAndre Swift owner in Dynasty
is that he was traded for pennies in a dollar erpat to draft capital from
Detroit to Philadelphia. I would be stunned if he was cut. I've seen
some people speculated. I don't want to go that far. I feel like
Rashott Penny's contract is much more expendable, and his injury history also creates more
risk. End of the day, hopefully all running backs stay in this backfield
because it's one of the best offenses in all football. The key takeaway,
though, was that Kenneth Gainwell might be actually the presumed starter come week one.
He's been a screaming value since January, and that's about the change on
the flip of a switch, because that's how ADP and rec bias works.
So let's see how this plays out the next couple of weeks and pay close
attention to all the details out of camp. For now, though Kenneth Gainwell
Stock is soaring. Finally, I have a bonus player I want to break
down, and it's more of a question than a statement. It's could Elijah
Dotson be the next great UDFA running back for the Chargers? Easy to forget
now based on his NFL success, but Austin Eckler was a former undrafted player
out of Western Colorado. Dotson reached the level of Eckler's highly unlikely. Even
so, he caught my attention against La Rams. Six rushes ninety two yards,
two touchdowns, including thirty seven to forty yard touchdowns. Both came in
the fourth quarters. So quality of defense at that point is fair to doubt
or question. What's not up for debate is dots and speed to the egge
because that's a resulted or amount to two is thirty seven to forty yard scores
to the end zone. I'm particularly intrigued by Elijah's college resume. He spent
four years with Sacramento State and then twenty twenty two with Northern Colorado. Last
season alone, Dotson ran for a two six nine twenty nine six line.
Where things get very interesting are his career receiving totals one hundred and forty eight
total receptions. How about sixty nine and twenty nineteen alone and then forty seven
and twenty twenty two Those stand out most And who else was a terrific receiving
prospect? That's right, Austin Ecklers Hei the parallel here. Now, of
course, they're completely different universes of outlooks. We know what Eckler is,
one of the best running backs of football. Ljah Dootson hasn't even made a
team at this point, and there are obstacles in front of him to even
do so, such as Joshua Kelly. I say it Spiller regardless, the
five nine, two or two pot running back is one of my top ads
off the waiver wire if available after the first week of the preseason, because
the film lines up with the box score and the Chargers have been desperately seeking
an RB two to either pair with Eckler and or spell him keep him fresh.
For years, it has not been Kelly, it has not been Spiller.
Could that change? Sure? Right now? At this time, it
really seems like the Chargers might have found a steal in Elijah Dotson and we
should take the same mindset or approach and dynasty to stash him accordingly until further
notice. That will do it. Hope you all enjoyed my preseason week one
headlines. They are to recap Tank Dell is climbing Houston's wide receiver depth chart.
Emmanuel Wilson should be stashed until further notice. Andre yoselvasan he'd be rostered
in more leagues. Calvin Austin could push Alan Robinson for wide receiver three duties
in Pittsburgh. Trey Palmer could eventually make some noise to Tampa Bay. Jalil
McLaughlin seems to have the inside track. Is RB three in Denver? Kind
of Gamewell might be RB one in Philadelphia? And then the question or dilemma
of could Elijah dots And be the next great UDFA running back for the Chargers?
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