Hello, and welcome to the Dynasty Due podcast. I'm your hois Corey Evans.
Thanks for listening to this week's show. It's title Week eight overlooked rookies
to acquire good time in the season, to check in on either underwhelming or
under the radar prospects who have not panned out as advertised, or perhaps they're
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Let's get right to it. Five overlooked rookies to acquire and I'll give
you my price tag. I associate with each as well in the process.
Up first is don Tevion Wicks, a wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers,
twenty two six' one two oh six fifth round pick out of West
Virginia, four years spent in school. His best season came back in twenty
twenty one, fifty seven twelve o three and nine touchdowns for twenty one point
one yards per catch. I doubted his ability at the pro level due to
poor straight line speed record a four point six two forty yard dash. That's
often an indication that you won't be able to beat press cover step rate,
even in zone man. Yet so far, it seems like Wicks makes up
for his lack of speed with other traits. On the other hand, speaking
of I, he does offer notable explosion with a thirty nine x vertical and
ten foot ten x broad Those are good numbers. At six one two oh
six to date, has ten catches one hundred and forty yards, one touchdown,
only nineteen targets entering Week nine. Very small sample besides of data,
not a ton of usages of work with, but what I've seen out of
Wicks, I think there's hope for his future output in the NFL. He
has not surpassed four receptions, forty five yards receiving, or six targets in
a single game so far, and based on how inconsistent Christian Watson, Romeo
Dobbs, Jayden Reid have performed collectively across the board for the Packers, let
alone the quarterback play of Jordan Love, I don't think it's out of the
question that Wicks sees more targets as the twenty twenty three season progresses, especially
the Packers fall out of the NFC playoff picture, specifically an NFC North.
A lot of plugged in beat reporters from Green Bay that follow on Twitter or
x repeatedly bring up Dantevian name as a player who stands out during practice that
should earn more reps in actual games, and essentially he is one injury away
from Watson, Dobbs or Reid to becoming a fixture in three receiver sets or
even a more sub package option or in the red zone with the size compared
to what he is right now, which is just a rotational backup player,
and that's okay for a rookie. It does take time to acclimate Dontavian Wicks
is not a starter in fantasy or real life for the Packers. However,
when Watson did miss time early on in the campaign due to injury, Wicks
saw ample playing time with snap shares of sixty two percent, fifty sixty six
and fifty eight percent. Since Watson's returned, Wicks, unfortunate has not seen
more than thirty four percent of snaps in a contest. So that is the
elephant in the room where Wicks is not seeing the field enough. With Watson
back, we shouldn't expect him to. But in terms of being overlooked,
Dantavion Wicks in Green Bay could be a sleepers we head into his softwer campaign
if out at some point second half of this season as a rookie, what
does it cost to ac quiet him. I've scooped him as a free agent
in a few leagues and those are twelve team superflex formats, So check your
waver wire first and foremost, if not a fifth, should be the most
you have to spend. Not many people are paying attention to Wicks, and
I think that could be a mistake as we look ahead for future dimes in
the rough among twenty twenty three prospects. Marvin Mims if there's already some mental
fatigue with him, and I think we need to pump the brakes on all
of the negative script and or storylines be constructed around him. He's only twenty
one. He's five to eleven, A buck eighty two second rounder this year
at A Oklahoma is being labeled a bust by some already after a slow start
in Denver, alongside Corlin Sutton and Jerry Judy rostery Mims. I believe his
investments in talent that should prevail long term, possibly sooner than later, if
the Broncos trade Sutton or Judy at the NFL deadline. I'm recording this before
to thirty first. Therefore, I do not know if either Sutton or Judy
were traded. If one of them were, then suddenly Marvin Mims could skyrock
in value. That's why he's a speculative investment, and he's being overlooked.
Why not take that risk or gamble now or even a twenty twenty four season
before never perhaps moves on from multiple players pass catchers, that is in what
looks like somewhat of a rebuild. Let's reflect back more on Mims, the
prospect, the talent out of Oklahoma. He spent three years in school twenty
receiving touchdowns averaging nineteen and a half yards per catch. Showcase's big playability most
in twenty twenty two fifty four ten eighty three six effort, and I think
his game resembles or models Marquise Brown a lot. And Mims has more speed,
arguably better after the catch and downfield ability, which has been really excited
about what he could be long term as a professional. Speed is the name
to his game four point three eight to forty yard dash. At this stage,
Mims simply needs more opportunities in the form of targets and snaps to produce.
When you're not receiving enough reps, you're not going to produce, plain
and simple, and that's the situation that Mims is in His peripheral stats athleticwise
also stand out for a smaller body frame thirty nine and a half ings,
vertical ten foot nine er s broad jump. That's all at five to eleven
one eight two, So you know no one's going to question we shouldn't be
at least Marvin Mims what he can bring to the NFL level. It's a
matter of opportunity or a lack thereof. To this point, outside of his
Week two outburst, which was two catches for one hundred and thirteen yards and
a touchdown, Marvin has largely been held in check. In fact, he's
recorded two or few receptions in seven different games as a rookie. Of this
far, targets per week of two two, five, two, one zero,
one to one. What are you going to do with that target share?
Not much and there's not much to work with. Mims has arguably provided
more value on special teams for Denver in real life with seven punt returns for
one hundred and four to two yards and six kickoff returns for two hundred and
four yards and a touchdown that unless you credit special teams individual player points,
isn't doing much for us from a fantasy lens short term, Mims remains a
complete boom or bust asset, and I think that is going to remain true
whether or not sudden or judy are traded because Denver is mixing and matching a
lot of pieces of personnel on offense. I recommend investing for the bigger picture
in what should be improve here on out. When you look at the profile
or career arc of Mims for what at this point seems reasonable mid to eight
second. He was late first, early second. This past summer has not
done enough to warrant an increase in price. We're either staying status quo or
decreasing. So start there mid to eight second attempt to scoop up Marvin Mims
now before eventually the hype will resurface. Win'll cost more likely to not a
first round pick. One more note of Marvin Mims. A thirty nine percent
snap share in Week eight for Kansas City might not sound all that great.
However, highest total number of snaps in terms of percentage. I'm a season,
so that in of itself is an improvement and encouraging development for Marvin Mims.
Don't sleep on his upside. He's being overlooked, simple as that.
Up next, as a player, I've been pounding the table four for months,
pre draft, post draft. I still will now it's Jalen Hyatt twenty
two years old, six feet, one hundred and eighty five pounds, third
round pick out of Tennessee. Pre draft, I did have high Att ranked
at one point as high as wide receiver two among all twenty twenty three rookie
wide receivers. Once his draft capital to the third round, I had to
readjust a bit. Even so, we're seeing the Giants begin to incorporate Jalen
a bit more on offense over the past few weeks. With Tyrod Taylor quarterback
downfield granted Taylor ribb injury back up Tommy DeVito was an abolute disaster. More
on the quarterback situation to come, Let's focus instead on Hyatt, the player
and the role. So take Tennessee's offensive stats at the college level with the
grain in salt. Even while doing so, it's hard to ignore how dominant
Hwatt was in twenty twenty two against SEC level competition, with Hennon Hooker sixty
seven twelve, sixty seven fifteen, receiving log eighteen point in yards per catch.
Hennon Hooker was on a Heisman level pace for Tennessee, and Hyatt was
in the same conversation as one of the best whiteouts in the country. Those
two demonstrated what Jalen is capable of when featured downfield. If the Giants continue
to lose and what looks like a twenty twenty three campaign head in the wrong
direction, then there's a path that seems reasonable for high to breakouts the season
in favor of Lendale Robinson to more of an extent, Daris Slayton, I
say Augens, Paris Campbell at wide receiver, Wandale's looked good since returning,
and it is more possession wide at ur. Jalen is winning stretch a field
and can offer some intermediate skills, let alone remp their catch upside as well.
We witnessed a mini breakout for Hyatt in week six of Buffalo three grabs
twenty one yards Week seven versus Washington to reception seventy five yards, snap rates
of seventy three to seventy percent. That was a positive indication of an increased
role. Unfortunately, Jalen disappeared in Week eight for sug Jets without seeing a
single target in the passing game. Tyrod Taylor leaving with the ribb injury did
not help matters since Tommy DeVito took over while throwing for negative one yards on
seven attempts, just brutal and in the game itself. Hyatt only a thirty
three percent snap rate that I think is more to do with Tyrod leaving and
the Giants becoming more run centric with the veto under center for the sake of
the entire Giants offense, pass catchers, running backs like Sakwon Barkley, and
even highest versus season value. Let's hope the speculation of Daniel Jones returning in
week nine is true and legitimate. Otherwise this could be a rough road ahead.
Regardless, Jalen Hyatt is once again going to be overlooked after a dud
Week eight performance. It is not talent based or warranted out of that respect
or conversation. Instead, it's a lack of consistency or reps. The seventy
three seventy percent snap rates week six seven thought we turned a corner with Hyatt.
We went backwards with the third three percent clip in Week eight. This
is our time to swoop in once again to strike while his value is dipping.
When he's caught the ball, he has big play written all over him.
We see that speed, We see the hands that are reliable, downfield.
Despite some inconsistent drops at the college level, we have not seen that
so far in the NFL. He is a lidlifter that brings short, intermediate,
and deep elements of a skill set to the field. Think will fuller
if healthy. That is Jalen Hyatt to a t. In terms of draft
capital, if you don't want to do a player for player swap, I'd
look to acquire him for a late second or a third round pick in twenty
twenty four. That seems like fair game, and based on the low level
output to date, a third could be a good start point time for a
quick break. I'll be back with two more overlooked rookies to acquire as we
approach week nine of the twenty twinty three season. The next player is Chris
Rodriguez, twenty four years old, five to eleven two twenty four, good
bill at running back, sixth Brown pick out of Kentucky. It was funny
post draft Ron Rivera, among others in Washington's brass said that they had a
third round grade on Chris Rodriguez. I don't fully buy that because that means
you could have selected him in the third, fourth, fifth Brown instead your
team your franchise waited till the sixth Brown, another team could have easily selected
him in that range. Either way, it just does spin a positive light
on Rodriguez, and I was viewed within the organization for his future dividends.
It's off and overlooked, but he put up really good numbers at Kentucky.
Five years in school, five hundred and nine to two career Russian attempts,
good for a stellar six point two yards per carry while chipping in thirty two
rushing touchdowns and three thousand, seven hundred and sixty yards with scrimmage. As
a result, safe to say that he was overlooked by most, if not
all NFL teams as a six brown selection. It's becoming clear or evident that
Washington is phasing Antonio Gibson out of its rushing offense in favor of Brian Robinson
Rodriguez to a certain extent on early downs. Instead, Gibson is being used
as more of a receiver think Jamie McKissick went healthy and with Washington in the
past. As a matter of fact, Gibson no more than six rushing attempts
in a single game this season. He is not necessarily a running back for
the team anymore. He's a glorified wide receiver that Washington's trying to incorporate out
of the backfield. Rodriguez himself did not test at the Combines, so we
don't have a benchmark for his athletic ability or traits. That being said,
he passes the film test as a powerful downhill inside runner that's difficult to bring
down. If a comparison, one that I may pre draft could be aj
Dillon on a Boston college not quite as large, Rodriguez gets thrown into the
Benny Snell range of comparisons as a plotter, I think he has a bit
more juice and burst than that. More usage began for Rodriguez in Week six
at Atlanta for carries twenty three yards. Continued in Week seven at the New
York Giants seven rush of thirty one yards with snap shares of twelve and thirteen
percent, very low snap rates. That wasn't what really stood out, It
was the rushing volume. Those numbers unfortunately did not continue Meek eight for Philadelphia,
not even a single off of the touch. The hope of Arigaez forming
RBBC with Brian Robinson can be put to a halt for now. It's not
out of the question Washington season. They have in Rorigaz later on the season.
For now, though it's not in the cards. I believe in a
talent. I believe in a situation in twenty twenty three or twenty twenty four.
Ariguez brings different elements that others don't have on this team. Robinson is
a good running back that is not trusted as a pass blocker or much of
a receiver, but is a physical force. While Gibson could easily leave as
a free agent in twenty twenty four, that leaves Rodriguez in a position to
become more involved as a sophomore, if not at some point as a rookie
down the stretch. In terms of what it would take to acquire him,
a third seems most fair or reasonable. You might be able to sneak out
a fourth, depending on how low the person in your league values him.
I'd start with a fourth. Counter with a third necessary, you can get
Dash Rodriguez, who's being overlooked for the long haul. And then, last,
but not least, perhaps the deepest of sleepers on this week's show,
it's Josh Wiley. Not familiar. He's a tight end on Tennessee twenty four
six seven two forty eight fifth round pickout Cincinnati. He played four years the
college level with eighty eight crew receptions along with fifteen touchdowns style numbers for a
tight end prospect. I remember being a fan of Wiley's game tape as a
natural pass catcher during my pre draft process analysis last offseason. Based on chigocon
Quo's surprising lack of involvement in twenty twenty three, I would not be shocked
to see why the earn more usage as a season unfolds as Tennessee looks ahead
to the future of Will Levis, a quarterback. Will Levis burst into the
scene without Tannehill at quarterback in Week eight. The Malik Willis experiment has been
a failure. Why wouldn't Tennessee se they have in Levis assuming Tannehill's traded,
which we'll see if that's true or not, and or is usurped by Levis.
The young up and coming star who slid farther in the draft than most
expected. Josh Williams sports a solid, not spectacular profile athtic wise four point
six nine forty thirty. We're gonna have ex vertical and nine foot seven broad
jump. In the short term, Wiley doesn't offer much value, first and
foremost, because he's been silent with the concussion for a few weeks. There's
a chance it sounds like for a return on Thursday Night Football this week facing
Pittsburgh. Even if he is back, you can't imagine a full slate of
reps. His snap percentages this season so far stand at three, twenty two,
thirteen, twenty nine, thirty seven and four, so well below a
part time player. All in all, he could be that being wildly the
easiest rookie to acquire. Out of all names discussed on this week's episode,
a fifth could suffice get the job done if he's not already a free agent
in your league. I've had him in a few leagues we're available, some
of which are tightened premium, which could end up being a steal if we
look back a few weeks, if not months from now. So add Josh
Wiley. Let's hope that Will Levis is legit suddenly. While he could become
a piece of the Titans aerial attack if not a committee member alongside Chigo Kwon
Quo, the difference between ocon Quote and Wiley is that wily can run block
as well as past catch. Chig is more of a past catching tight end
with wide receiver abilities that really could turn the tables here in Tennessee depending on
the direction this offense is going. Thank you all for listening. A quick
recap of overlook rookies do acquire I discussed Dontavion Wicks, Marvin Mims, Jalen
Hyatt, Chris Rodriguez, and Josh Wiley. Thank you all for listening.
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