Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to the Dynasty Due podcast. I'm your host,
Corey Evans. This week, I'm back with a second.
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Speaker 1: All right, lettergraven A is Zay Flowers, who is twenty
four years old. He erupted for five catches, one hundred
and twenty seven yards and two touchdowns versus a very
stout Denver defense. He only did so on fifty three
percent of snaps. Talk about efficient, averaging twenty five point
four yards pertection in the process. Zay's touchdowns were from
seven and fifty three yards out. The fifty three yard
score was him zigging and zagging between defenders where Denver
simply forgot how to tackle.
Speaker 2: I'm not quite.
Speaker 1: Sure how he was able to maneuver his way downfield
and score on that play. It was more bad defense
than good offense. But accounts in fantasy on the season,
Zay checks him the forty six six, fifty four and
three touchdown log. That's fourteen point two yards per catch,
sixty seven targets in nine game played for the Ravens. Surprisingly,
Flowers has not exceeded eight and hulf percent of snaps
in a single contest to date this year.
Speaker 2: It shows again that Zay.
Speaker 1: Being on the field receiving quality passes from Lamar Jackson
is sometimes better than a receiver that is volume driven
receiving quantity of potentially erratic or consistent inaccurate passes. Jay
Flowers already is on pace to surpass his solid rookies
in totals of seventy seven, eight fifty eight and five,
which was eleven point one yards per reception, one hundred
and eight targets, and that was the PPR wide receiver
thirty one last season as a sophomore, Jay four one
hundred or more yard receiving games on his resume, one
hundred and eleven yards against the Bengals, about thirty two
versus Washington, a buck fifteen against Cleveland, and this past
week one twenty seven versus Denver. He said double digit
targets in four games at least five receptions a six
showing showcasing a very safe floor with the immense ceiling
and outside of three dut performances three catches twenty yards
at Dallas, one catch ten yards versus Buffalo, one catch
eleven yards at Tampa Bay. Save Flowers has been a consistent, steady,
reliable why out two with a wide receiver one ceiling
when he finds the end zone. There's some concern I'll
bring it up that newly acquired Deontay Johnson will impact
Zay's role from here on out. If anything, I think
Deontay is going to limit Rashod Bateman or Nelson Agalore
because Flowers is a pivotal piece of Baltimore's short and
long passing attack. The same can be said about Deontay,
but there's not enough consistency to spite Bateman sort of
breaking out in twenty twenty four for Baitman to become
a lock ahead of anyone in that pecking order, most
notably Jay Flowers or Deontay Johnson, who has been a
steady possession wide out for Pittsburgh and even his short
tenure with Carolina. So all those factors considered, report Carl
ed grade of an A goes A z A Flowers
in the second quarter of the NFL season. B Lad
mccackey herens twenty three next week, second round pick thirty
four Verrraw out of Georgia this year. He's six feet,
one hundred and eighty five pounds with a superbat letter
profile four point three to nine to forty thirty six
inc vertical and a ten foot four inch broad jump.
He received a lot of Cooper Cup comparisons, which makes sense.
The short area quickness, sudden burst in out of routes
really sound football IQ against a college talent that passed
the eye test on film or watching Georgia games live,
where you knew that he was going to be well
rounded and a solid pro based on his natural instincts
and receiving capabilities. So far, thirty five catches, four hundred
and forty yards, four touchdowns, twelve point six yards per
perception on fifty two targets in eight games played for
the Chargers. At least five receptions in five contests provided
a safe PPR.
Speaker 2: His drop receiving per week do.
Speaker 1: Show some inconsistency so far, but the peaks have outweighed
the valleys thirty nine yards twenty six yards forty four
sixty seven by forty three forty six one to eleven
and sixty four. So in a worst case scenario, we
saw twenty six yards receiving, but best case was one
hundred and eleven yard performance, which really was Lad's breakout
game only two weeks ago. Ladd's role does continue to
grow with snap breaks per week of sixty seven percent,
forty nine, seventy two, seventy seven, a bye, sixty three,
eighty six, sixty two, and eighty four. So there's been
some ups and downs, but at this point he's a
near lock for sixty percent or above in snaps, and
if he's pushing the eighty hopefully eventually ninety percent threshold,
then that's a set forget it wide receiver two to
three on that borderline commodity that likely cost you an
early mid second and super flex possibly a second even
in one quarterback leagues. This past summer, Lamacackey did not
have a ton of post draft hype because of the
landing spot. And what I find most fascinating is that
we all thought Jim Harbaugh and Greg Roman the run
it to the ground dominate time possession coaches. We're going
to run the ball left, right.
Speaker 2: And center.
Speaker 1: So far, the Chargers pass attempts enter week ten at
two hundred and twenty five rushing attempts to twenty seven.
That's a spread of only two attempts. I am shocked
that it's almost a fifty fifty split. I thought it'd
be easily sixty to forty in favor of rushing. I
think what has happened here is that Justin Herbert has
perhaps taken more control of reigns of Roman's.
Speaker 2: Offense than we might have expected.
Speaker 1: And at some point when you have Lamacackey functioning as
a top tier wide up possession, Quentin Johnston who's been
injured but is now back working the deep ends of
the field and stretching it vertically, a red zone monster,
and then even Joshua Palmer filling a hybrid perimeter and
vertical role translates to airing the ball out and utilizing
the talent you have instead of relying solely on the
rushing game. Now JK Dobbins has been a rebound candidate,
comeback Player of the Year type impact for the Chargers,
and that's with Gus Edwards out of the picture. So
I think that this is more of a balanced offensive
approach and has really benefit of that mcconckey, who actually
does lead the Chargers and catches yards, receiving touchdowns on targets.
You can't say that about too many wide receivers across
all NFL teams, but Ladd is the leading pass catcher
across the board, and for those reasons, deserves and earns
let a grade of a B on my second quarter
report card. Up next earning a C would be c J. Stroud,
who is twenty three years old, the second overall pick
out of Ohio States last season, proceeded to deliver a
stellar rookie NFL campaign four thousand, one hundred and eight
yards passing, twenty three touchdowns, five interceptions, a sixty three
point nine completion percentage rates, eight point two yards pass attempt,
one hundred point eight passer rating, and then chipped in
a thirty nine, one cent seven and three rushing log
as a quarterback eleven. Assuming a twelve team lead, it's
a back end quarterback one. The offseason narrative was assuming
straw would either remains that quote back end quarterback one
or make a sophomore leap. Unfortunately, twenty twenty four has
been a step backwards for CJ, in part due to
some statistical regression, but more importantly Nego Collins being on
ir Sefon Diggs recently turned to ACL and most notable
Houston's atrocious offensive line that has Stroud being pressured on most,
if not all dropbacks, making him run for his life
to escape pressure and forced the ball downfield.
Speaker 2: There's not a clean pocket.
Speaker 1: Cch Stroud requires a clean pocket, as we saw when
he thrived as a rookie. Not to mention Edaho State
when he was one of the best college athletes among
quarterbacks in the nation so so far as a sophomore,
two thousand, one hundred and thirty nine yards passing, eleven touchdowns,
foreign receptions, sixty three and a half percent completion rate,
seven point two yards prest attempt, a ninety one point
nine passer rating, and then thirty one totes for about
forty three on the ground and nine games played. It's
not bad, it's just off expectations and does not align
with the cost it took to draft or acquire this
drought after his sensational rookie season.
Speaker 2: Fully Nego Collins has a chance to return in week ten.
Speaker 1: Not a lock, but it's certainly in the cards it
sounds like, and that what gives Shroud his top receiver
back shortly and allows Tank Dell to see less defensive
attention because Dell does not necessarily have the build or
size to be the sole factor at wide out, which
was the case in week nine, He's still had a
solid game, but when you have Robert Woods or John
Mechshi as anstillery weapons, it is not the same impact
or pressure when you have a Nico Collins level talent
on the field. And I do think when Nigle Collins returns,
teams defensively are gonna be forced to bring less pass
rushers because you have to account for at that point Collins, Dell,
of course Joe Mixon, which represents a lot of moving
pieces in this Texans offense. CJ has quite honestly had
three dud shoeings this season that if skew his overall stock.
Week three at Minnesota two fifteen yards passing, one touchdown,
two picks. Week seven against Green Bay only eighty six
yards passing, no touchdowns, no interceptions, and we nine against
the Jets.
Speaker 2: Another dud on.
Speaker 1: Thursday Night Football was abuck ninety one through the air,
no touchdowns, no interceptions. Otherwise, Stroud has ranked as a
QB eight, sixteen, seven, fifteen, fourteen to twenty six per week,
so it's only had really two quarterback one weeks in
a twelve team league, and the rest have been either
quarterback two or quarterback three. So again, he's not the
quarterback one, even back end at that that he was
as a rookie when he was viewed in the offseason
the top five borderline quarterback in Dynasty. Now, I do
think though, that we can assess him moving forward as
that back end quarterback one high a mid range quarterback two,
because I don't doubt what Stroud can achieve.
Speaker 2: The talent has not disappeared. It is a health issue.
Speaker 1: Ode receiver Nico Collins should be back soon, Stefan Diggs
out for the season, and the offensive line is not
doing the offense or strout any favors. Stroud is not
like Jayden Daniels or Caleb Williams, we can evade pressure
with his legs and then run ten twelve yards scramble
to make up for lost time. Instead, he's more Joe
Burrow or Justin Herbert, where the pocket passer traits prevail most. Therefore,
I think C A. Shroud can buck this trend of
being a sophomore slump rest of season. But for the
time being, here's the letter grade of a C on
my second quarter report card. Time for quick break. I'll
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Letter grade of a D is DJ Moore. He turns
twenty eight in April. Not get certain about the age longevity,
no sunse of wear and tear on his NFL career
arc yet in terms of rot, running or separation, things
of that nature, it's a lack of production that gives
him the letter grade of a D thirty seven for
three seventy four and three touchdowns, ten point one yards
per catch across sixty targets a sixty two percent catch rate.
It's not all Moore's fault. There's a few factors in
play here. That being said, he has not surpassed eight
catches in a single game. He's been held to four
few receptions forty for times, so not much of a
floor or a ceiling. In twenty twenty four, most concerting
are DJ Moore's yards receiving per week of thirty six
fifty three, seventy eight, twenty two, one hundred and five
twenty the Bears by twenty seven and thirty three. That's
fifty three yards receiving or less in all but two showings.
It's not what we're accustomed to seeing output wise from
DJ Moore. In fact, he has been one of the
most consistent whouts in all football with Caroline of twenty
eighteen to twenty twenty two, or even Chicago in twenty
twenty three, with his career year of ninety six catches,
thirteen sixty four for yardage, eight touchdowns, one hundred and
thirty six targets. Unfortunately, DJM and Caleb Williams have been
unable to get on the same page or form much
chemistry this season.
Speaker 2: At times, DJ Moore has.
Speaker 1: Appeared frustrated, disgruntled on the field, and if you watched
the Bears against the Cardinals this past weekend. There was
one play where Williams extended the play with his legs
to the left side of the field and DJ Moore
literally ran out the field as if it was over
and went to the bench. He seems mentally checked out,
and that reflects on his season long stats to this point.
It's unacceptable for being a pros pro having no diva
or drama mentality before. I'm not quite sure what's going
out in djmore. Another glaring issue is certainly if it's
a coordinator Shane Waldrin who calls a bland and predictable
game plan, and that was a reason Seattle moved on
to O c Ryan Grubb out of Washington in college.
All those factors in play no longer DJ Moore is
safe wide receiver two. Instead, he's more on the wide
receiver three or even flex radar. Despite his name recognition
and career norms or previous production, it's reality situation here.
He is locked in, however, with Chicago after signing his
four year, one hundred and ten million dollars extension eighty
one point five to two five million, which is guaranteed
that keeps him under contract till twenty thirty. In other words,
DJ Moore, unless he's traded, has to get on the
same page with Cale Williams.
Speaker 2: And each of them need to work together.
Speaker 1: They're iron things out and find a way to build
a consistent rapport. Perhaps DJ Moore is not used to
giving up ample volume to the ascending Romadoonze or another
veteran like Keenan Allen cole Comet at times and Andre Swift,
but something has gone wrong for DJ Moore. I do
think he's somewhat of a by Low in dynasty, quite honestly,
because we've seen that one hundred and five yeard performance.
Seventy eight yards even early on the season are still
glimmers of hope what we're used to seeing out of
him on more so the wide receiver two or wide
receiver one map. Now, what would I spend to get
Dj Moore late first? I think is most realistic, because
who's going to spend early to mid when he's going
to be twenty eight this upcoming April.
Speaker 2: There's more by Low than sell high.
Speaker 1: Appeal here, so check in if you're a team that
needs that one piece to push it over the top.
I would not be surprised if Shane Waldron or head
coach Matt Eberfuss are fired at some point this season
and there's a new offensive philosophy and DJ Moore gets
back on track, but for the time being he's in
ben consideration. Unfortunately letter grade of a D. Unless you
have better options, just ride the wave and hope it
pans out. No question though at DJ Moore has been
a bust in twenty twenty four and then.
Speaker 2: Earning a lettergrade of an F.
Speaker 1: It is not surprisingly Anthony Richardson, who turns twenty three
in May, so with only twenty two right now, fourth
overall pick out of Florida last year, he only played
twenty four career games in college four eight and twelve
by year as a rookie with the Colts, five hundred
and seventy seven yards passing, three touchdowns, one pick, fifty
nine and a half completion percentage, rake six point nine
yards past attempt eighty seven point three passer rating, and
then the bread and butter of his game in fantasy
as a rusher of twenty five about thirty six and
four touchdowns. That was in four games played, so the
sample size was incredible before sustain a season ending shoulder
injury as a sophomore in twenty twenty four, assumed back
to full health, nine d fifty eight yards passing, four touchdowns,
seven interceptions, a forty four point four complete percenting is
rate ouch seven point two yards past attempt, and a
fifty seven point two passer rating dreadful forty one two
forty two to one touchdown on the ground in sixteenth played,
and we all know by now that he was benched
in favor of Joe flacka who do not look all
that great on Sunday night footballs a Vikings. That's a
tough defense, more so defending the run, but for some
reason the Colts cannot get anything going either.
Speaker 2: Through the air.
Speaker 1: Ar is a classic case of tools over proven talent.
While there's plenty of untapped potential left in his future,
he cannot write him off. Rickinson is more of a
project than developmental player because his inefficiencies as a passer
were recognized in college as a red flag, and then
we saw them both as a rookie and four games
played as a sophomore in the NFL and six games played.
You cannot complete the ball fifty nine a half percent
of the time and then forty four and a half
percent of the time with a passer rat in eighty
seven point three and the fifty seven point two year
over year, and expect to have the support and confidence
of your head coach and if it's a coordinator. Anthony
Rigginson is like Cam Newton in fantasy where we wanted
that sort of outlook or upside because of his rushing
ability and the rare size. The athletic profile sixty four
two forty four are off the charts.
Speaker 2: No one's going to deny that. But you have to
be able to throw the football.
Speaker 1: And as I mentioned, the red flags were on Richardson's
college resume even in school a career fifty four point
seven percent passer that.
Speaker 2: Was three undred nine three pairs attempts.
Speaker 1: That's a lot of throws to project the talent from
college to the pro level when defensive schemes and coverages
are even more difficult. In the NFL, he had twenty
four touchdowns fifteen interceptions. The only thing again that kept
him afloat was the Russian skills one hundred and sixty
one eleven sixteen and twelve touchdowns in total, and that
did indeed transfer over to the pro level, but also
made him a one mentional quarterback full circle here in
ten career games played as a pro. I think that
means it's too soon to cast off Fridgerinson from ever
being relevant again. I do think though it's early. Similar
to Justin Fields with the Bears, who was a polarizing
talent out of Ohio States due to his passing and consistencies,
the same applies to Ar and I don't think it
would be a shock if the Colts decided to move
on or trade Rigerson during the offseason. I don't think
right now there's much leverage or appeal to do so
because he's coming off a six game sample size that
was outright horrible.
Speaker 2: But that could be the exit.
Speaker 1: If Joe Flacco can take the Colts to the playoffs,
then they're going to have a later on set of
draft capital to begin with. It's a lot of speculation,
but bottom line is for Shane Stikeen and Chris Bauer
to pull the plug what was deemed a franchise caliber
changing quarterback in Ar speaks volume, so we have to
follow suit and assume that even though you relied on
him as your quarterback one in any format this year.
We don't know if or when see the field again four,
So unfortunately, he is a stash or holding dynasty unless
you can swoop in for a major by low.
Speaker 2: It's just like Fields.
Speaker 1: There might not be much of a trade market where
Fields had to settle to battle Russell Wilson and then
eventually take the back seat. This is how one dimensional
quarterbacks like Richardson or Fields unfortunately seem to end up.
I think it's a great reminder too that as we
scout talent from the college level to the pro level,
the traits of being a pocket passer or having better
pass first than rushing skills is crucial in projecting talent
to the next level. If there's exception to the rule,
it's going to be the likes of Jaden Daniels or
Lamar Jackson, where they're a quarterback or running back combined,
but their past capabilities are in line with other top
tier quarterbacks. No one ever analysts or NFL scouts for
that matter, described or touted Richardson as a really good
passing quarterback was sound fundamentally with good touch. It was
the opposite, and we saw coming to fruition this season
when he got benched, hence lettergrade of an F. Thank
you all for listening. A quick recap of my second
quarter report card. Lettergrade of an A was A flowers,
b lamacacky, C.
Speaker 2: CJ.
Speaker 1: Stroud, D, DJ Moore, and F Anthony Richardson. Thanks again
for listening. Let you all in week ten until next time.
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