Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to the Dynasty Dude podcast. I'm your host,
Corey Evans. This week's show is titled five Fantasy Football
Headlines to Monitor. It is Ota season, mandatory mini camp,
training camp of actually pre season around the corner. So
there's all these storylines, headlines, puff pieces that we can
read online with websites or social media clips, and it's
hard to decipher news from noise. But I have five
headlines that I think are worth monitoring, are discussing at
this portion of the off season.
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for a headline to monitor? Is Parker Washington wide Receiver
one in Jacksonville. I think it's a legitimate question of
this portion of Parker's career arc within the Jaguars organization.
Speaker 2: He's twenty four point two years old.
Speaker 1: He was the wide receiver twenty seven in PPR last
season with a fifty eight eight forty seven five receiving line,
ninety five targets.
Speaker 2: He was effective.
Speaker 1: The issue is Brian Thomas junior, Kobe Myers, Travis Hunter,
a two way player who might play more defensive back
than wide receiver in twenty twenty six. That still remains
to be seen. There's been so much back and forth
on Hunter's role. This is not about Hunter, though.
Speaker 2: This is about Parker.
Speaker 1: Washington and all of the buzz he's generated. Can he
backup or sustain what he did in twenty twenty five
moving forward? Apparently Liam Cohen is fully bought into that.
The issue I have is that Washington not surpassed thirty
two receptions premis of nine yard receiving three touchdowns or
fifty one targets as a rookie or sophomore. That was
with a different regime. So it could just be that
Liam Cohen and his offensive recipe is really good for
Trevor Lawrence and Parker Washington being the slot specialist of
the group that includes BTJ Myers, and Hunter. Now, Washington
has already crushed expectations in both real life and fantasy
circles as a former sixth round pick in twenty twenty
three to day three selection at bat, so at this
point it's pure profit. If you already have Washington roster.
The dilemma is can you flip him for at or
above his ceiling, which I would say, in terms of
draft capital, be a first in twenty twenty six if
you have not had your draft yet, or a second
in twenty twenty seven with so many mouths to feed.
Already talked about the receivers, but even Brenton Strange, the
combo of Bayes, Sheel, Tuton and c Rod Chris val
Riguez is also a.
Speaker 2: Factor to consider for volume.
Speaker 1: All in all, it's possible that Parker Washington could very
well will be the Jacksonville wide receiver one, but is
that great for fantasy with what could be at peak
what we saw on twenty twenty five a fifty eight eight,
forty seven to five log sub one hundred targets as
a high end wide receiver three in PPR formats. Next
question or headline is can aj Brown maintain his Philadelphia
usage and fantasy value as a member of New England.
Speaker 2: We all saw that trade. It took place.
Speaker 1: It was the worst kept secret of the offseason. It
was basically just waiting for June first to pass in
order to absorb some cap savings.
Speaker 2: Nonetheless, A J.
Speaker 1: Brown entering his age twenty nine campaign, so surely age
is a factor now. From twenty twenty two to twenty
twenty five with the Eagles, he ranked as the wide
receiver six five twenty and eleven in full PPR. That
is certainly a nice stretch, But I think his best
days might be behind him, or at least this shift
from Philadelphia to New England presents one last cell high window.
The Rams apparently were not comfortable trading for A J.
Brown at the reviewing his medicals surrounding that alien knee. Now,
New England's front office came out acknowledge that AJ Brown
has managed a degenerative knee issue in one of his knees.
Speaker 2: So that is somewhat concerning. It's not breaking news.
Speaker 1: We've all sort of known that's been the case in
AJ Brown's been pretty vocal about that. So we're talking
about mannag'ed reps. Are we talking about a decrease in
snap share or route participation. That's the unknown or risk
variable in play. Now. I will say, though Drake may
to AJ Brown could quickly become one of the best
quarterback wide receiver stacks in all of fantasy football if
health cooperates for aj bet. There is good, not great
competition here for targets. Nonetheless, we can expect Brown to
be the alpha Romeo Dobbs, Keisham Boudi, Tomorio Douglas, Kyle Williams.
Not to mention Hunter Henry, the running back combination of
Trevon Henderson as well as ro Marcos Stevenson. AJ Brown
sustaining that pace with the Eagles of wide receiver six, five,
twenty and eleven annually in PPR seems more so to
mix in with mngland in the eleven to twenty range right,
being a top five to six asset.
Speaker 2: That's why I'm having a hard time.
Speaker 1: I'm seeing if AJ Brown can maintain said ceiling in
fantasy and That's where I'd be looking to exit with
all this recency bias favoring AJ Brown taking off hitting
the ground running with Drake May not to mention that
now acknowledged degenerative knee condition up next for a headline.
Speaker 2: We have to monitor it. Can Jonathan Brooks be trusted?
Speaker 1: He's twenty two point nine years old, cannot forget a
second rounder back at twenty twenty four day two pick
at that. He's torn his right ACL twice, once with
Texas in college and the other time with Carolina in
twenty twenty four. Devastating blows to a really fun prospect.
And I'm not giving up by joh The Brooks and
I have not. I've been vocal about that over the years.
He only has nine rushes and twenty two yards on
the ground, as well as three receptions twenty three yards
receiving to his name in his three game NFL tenure
to date. Juba Hubbard figures to remain RB one for
Carolina in twenty twenty six. However, Johnathan Brooks could certainly
push Trevor e Tn for RB two or change of
pace duties with ric o'doddell out of the picture now
in Pittsburgh. Brooks the reason why I still have hope
and why I'm going to trust him because at cost,
if you've held on to him, it has not really
done much right. You haven't been able to flipan for
a profit, and at this point there's still going to
be that lingering injury prone label associated with him. So
unless you're getting a first or a second, it's not
even worth entertaining or a player goal value. So the
prospect themselves. Brooks in twenty three games play with Texas
back in college, six point two yards per carry, one
thousand fortune, seventy nine yards rushing, sixteen rushing touchdowns, and
twenty eight three thirty five two receiving log that warrants
day two draft capital that Caroline allocated to him in
twenty twenty four. And I do think it's within the
realm of possibilities that Jonathan Brooks unseats Chope Hubbard at
some point it health cooperates in twenty twenty six. But
it's certainly a headline to monitor. We have to see
how Brooks fares with more and more ramping up of
workload and how his knee responds to that. Brought along
still the approach, time for a quick breakway back with
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Speaker 2: Be right back with that short break. Next up.
Speaker 1: Will rom Odonza's foot be a lingering issue. I'm a
Chicago Bears fan. I am local in terms of being
in a suburb near Chicago, and I will say the
recent news about Rome in the interview we had, it's
a bit concern. He's twenty four years old. Now what
I'm referring to he is that Rome set is foot
feels different after a stress fracture in twenty twenty five, quote,
this is mynu normal. And then he goes on to
refer to there being callouses that create a new type
of foot structure. Now, other medical experts have chimed in
from what I've seen online and said that this is
typical for a stress fracture in a foot, and it's
not necessarily out of the ordinary for Rome to be
feeling this way or have this sort of response in
terms of pain management or tolerance, or perhaps his foot
even feeling a bit different when it hits the ground
when it comes to route running, or relying on different
releases up line of scrimmage. All of that, to me, though,
are major red flag, especially with Rome necessarily living up
the petations as a rookie or sophomore in twenty twenty
four and twenty twenty five, and let's reflect on that
healthy In twenty twenty four, as a rookie, he was
a wire sheer for forty nine in fantasy, with a
fifty four seven thirty four to three, receiving log one
hundred and one targets below average compared to being a
ninth overall pick in the NFL draft that year. Sophomore year,
he only played in twelve games played because of this
stress fracture in his foot that lingered and limited him.
He was a Wiresley for forty one so a slight
improvement year over year. However, it was only a forty
four six sixty one six effort with ninety targets. Sure
Djmore being traded to Buffalo does pave a path and
leave room for both Roma Dunza and who I prefer
Luther Burden to take over primary wide receiver duties alongside
Ben Johnson and Kayleb Williams. Opportunity therefore not, but it's
becoming increasingly difficult to rely on Rome being a solid
ROI as a we'll put it at the low end
wide receiver two, high end wide receiver one that was
expected after being, as I mentioned, the ninth overall pick
in twenty twenty four out of Washington and in terms
of ki ADP allocating the top four to five pick
that year to secure him on your dynasty roster.
Speaker 2: If anyone is buying Rome.
Speaker 1: Taking over as wide receiver one with the exit of
DJ Moore, this is possibly your best exit opportunity.
Speaker 2: This quote.
Speaker 1: As I mentioned of this is my new normal for
Rome in his foot. Dealing with the after effects of
the stress fracture has me very concerned. Again, I'm not
megal expert, but I'm reading between the lines. Whenever a
player has an issue, it doesn't feel like themselves one
hundred percent. I usually want to get out while I
still can get seventy five eighty cents and a dollar.
That's my opinion. But Roma Dunesay's foot is going to
be one of the major headlines and monitor as camp
and the preseason ramps up, and last but not least,
what version of BTJ. Brian Thomas Junior will be seeing
in twenty twenty six. He's twenty three point seven years old.
He lit up the NFL scene as a rookie a
eighty seven twelve, eighty two ten receiving log with one
hundred and thirty three targets as the wide receiver four
and twenty twenty four, we all thought we had the
next best thing wide receiver on our hands. Unfortunately, sophomore
year he was a wide receiver forty two in Fantasy,
A fall from superstar status.
Speaker 2: To borderline irrelevant.
Speaker 1: That was last season twenty twenty five with a forty
eight seven H seven two receiving line with ninety one targets.
Speaker 2: It's just not aligning.
Speaker 1: The expectations are now somewhere in between a top five
our receiver and barely a wide receiver three or four
in ten to twelve team leagues, so it's hard to
bang on a rebound to twenty twenty four form with
the lady discussed Parker, Washington established, Kobe Myers, Travis Hunter
all in the wide receiver room. In my opinion, then
btj's more of a wide receiver th reflex than a
wide receiver two Hunding and twenty twenty six as a
bet purely on developing a better rapport with Trevor Lawrence
and Liam Cohen's system. That means big plays, that means efficiency,
and that means most of all touchdowns compared to the
possession the counting stat roles that we know for effect
bet Myers and Washington are going to fulfill. That is
not Brian Thomas's game. He's more of the vertical field
structure with the big play one on one my ball
mentality approach, which we saw more possession stuff in terms
of being a stack compiler in twenty twenty four, but
that's not the really fits in Cohen's offense and something
we have to just accept at this point.
Speaker 2: Even if he doubles his.
Speaker 1: Production from last season in terms of coming close to
ninety ish receptions, fourteen years receiving and touchdowns with them before,
he's not going to be a top five receiver in fantasy.
That rookie year seems like the outlier at this point.
But again that's the point of this episode BTJ. What
version of him will we see this year? That is
a headline to monitor and hopefully get some answers in
due time.
Speaker 2: Thanks for listening.
Speaker 1: Hope you all enjoyed the Fantasy Football Headlines episode. Thanks
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