Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to the Dynasty Dude podcast. I'm your host,
Corey Evans. This week's show was titled Players to Stop Doubting.
It's a two part series. The Stop Doubting aspect is
what you're listening to here on your podcast rector your
choice for free, and then the opposite is my bonus
episode over on Patreon. This week called Players to Start Doubting.
So I have five for each category for the show
you're listening to right now. With Players to Stop Doubting,
I have pinpointed five names who at some point have
disappointed or been off to slow starts, perhaps not reached
their perceived ceiling or lived up.
Speaker 2: To adp expectations.
Speaker 1: I believe it's time to stop doubt that possibility and
simply believe in their talent, situation or long term dividends
in Dynasty Fantasy Football.
Speaker 2: Let's get right to it. Up.
Speaker 1: First is T Higgins, who has a twenty four three
sixteen three touchdown log with forty five targets entering in
Week eight. He's coming off a huge performance with six
receptions for ninety six yards receiving and a touchdown versus Pittsburgh.
T could have had over one hundred yards and a
second touchdown, but used his football ATQ to seal a
Bengals victory by sliding down to two o'clock after a
clutch fourth quarter catch. It's always frustrating when that happens
from a fantasy lens, but it is the right move
in order to win in real life, and Tea executed
it perfectly. Regardless of quarterback, whether it's Joe Burrow, Jake Browning,
or now Joe Flacco, the talent of T Higgins should
not be questioned. The issue that T has had in
terms of reliability and fantasy has been durability. It's been
Higgins his red flags in twenty twenty the games played
for a year of sixteen, fourteen, seventeen, twelve and twelve.
Speaker 2: If you want to knock.
Speaker 1: Him or have a more pessimistic outlook towards his value
because of the injury risk, so be it.
Speaker 2: His production and stats don't lie. He's been consistent.
Speaker 1: Annually as the PPR wire sheever twenty eight, twenty four,
eighteen fifty one, and seventeen from the span of twenty
twenty twenty twenty four prior to this season, with the
outlier being that wires here fifty one campaign.
Speaker 2: In my opinion, we need.
Speaker 1: To fire up t Higgins as a wire receiver two
with wyoceiver one Spike Weeks as evident from week seven
from here on out with the calculator risk of his
injury history. But stop questioning or doubting what he's capable
of producing, because went healthy. T Higgins is one of
the best in the business at wide receiver, even alongside
Jamark Chase, who is arguably the best, if not one
of the best wide receivers.
Speaker 2: In all football.
Speaker 1: T Higgins is a set of forget it option in
redraft and dynasty and is an underappreciated cornerstone piece of
any dynasty roster. So stop doubting him. Jordan Addison, same
logic applies. He served his three game suspension to start
twenty twenty five has been on.
Speaker 2: A tear ever since his return.
Speaker 1: He's gone four for one to fourteen with eight targets
against Pittsburgh, five forty one in a touchdown, with six
targets against Cleveland, then Minnesota had its by then this
past week nine catches one hundred and twenty eight yards
with twelve targets versus Philadelphia.
Speaker 2: Talk about a towards start.
Speaker 1: Snap breaks per game over that span had been ninety
six seventy five, which was the first quarter team punishment
sounded like a curfew issue for Addison, and then ninety
three percent, So seventy five percent we can pretty much
dismiss he's been a ninety percent or greater snap rate
player in his smallest temple size in twenty twenty five
outside of that discipline first corps situation. In a second
game back, Let's also reflect back and see that Addison
has been a stable wide receiver two with wide receiver
one upside twenty twenty three is a rookie a seventy
nine to eleven ten touchdown log, one hundred and eight
targets as the PPR wide receiver twenty three twenty twenty
four is a sophomore. He built off that with a
slight improvement as the PPR wide receiver twenty one sixty
three catches eight seventy five and nine touchdowns with ninety
nine targets. Sure, Addison has succeeded and benefited from scoring
touchdowns in both his first and second NFL seasons, which
is not necessarily sustainable stats, but the county stats receptions, yardage,
and targets are there when you factor in He's in
the same situation as t Higgins as the one B,
but instead of being Jamar Chase, the one A in
Minnesota is Justin Jefferson. Therefore, don't doubt Adsen's role alongside
Jefferson overthink who is that quarterback from Minnesota, whether it's
Carson Wentz, JJ McCarthy, or if the quarterback of the
future for the Vikings is not yet on the roster,
Jordan Adison, even as a prospect of the USC was polished, refined,
and we're seeing that in a full display now in
year three of his NFL tenure. I am very confident
Addison as a stable wide receiver to like T Higgins younger,
There's no reason to doubt him. He has a large
simple size of consistency already at the pro level. Let's
keep it moving with another player to stop doubting a quarterback.
Speaker 2: Bo Nicks.
Speaker 1: He emerged as a stud during his twenty twenty four
rookie season as the QB seven and Fantasy Football on
the year, it was a three thousand, seven hundred and
seventy five yard passing perform twenty nine touchdowns, twelve interceptions,
a sixty six point three completion percentage rate, six point
seven yard past attempt, along with ninety two rushes for
four to thirty on the ground and four touchdowns. It
was fair to expect bow Knicks to experience a sophomore
slump or aggression of sorts twenty twenty five, and from
an efficiency standpoint, sure that has been the case at
times this season. Yet bo Knicks is on pace to
replicate or even surpasses exceptional numbers from that rookie campaign
in twenty twenty four. Nick saw a huge boost in
his stats in terms of Week one to seven from
that amazing comeback Week seven win first the New York
Giants when Denver scored thirty three points in the fourth
quarter in a shocking turn of events. However, it serves
as a reminder of what bo ceiling can be in
negative game script in tandem with the Broncos supporting cast.
Entering Week eight, Knicks has one thousand, five hundred and
fifty six yards passing eleven touchdowns to only four interceptions,
a sixty two and a half complete percentage rate a
bit lower than you'd like to see, as well as
a subpar six point one yards per pest attempt, but
the rushing output it keeps him afloat when the passing
numbers are suboptimal or below average. He has thirty eight
rushes for one to seventy two and three touchdowns. View
Knicks as a mid to back end quarterback one thinks
to his passing and rushing capabilities and realize that sure
Week seven, that outburst of Denver scoring those thirty three
points in the fourth quarter is not the enormous the exception.
It's just a reminder of what bo can do when
there's neutral or negative game script. If Denver has the lead,
it'll be a lot of JK. Dobbins R. J. Harvey
in a run focused oriented approach. However, if Denver has
to pass the ball in order to compete, then bow
Knicks is up for the task. We've seen it now
as a rookie full sample size of a season and
half a campaign for the second Fantasy Football in twenty
twenty five, where we should not be valuing him as
anything less than a back end quarterback one or high
end quarterback two. The ceiling is a top ten to
twelve quarterback where he doesn't necessarily receive that level of
respect in a cost time for quick breakway back with
two more players to stop doubting and continue to trust
in Fantasy football.
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after a short break another player to stop out his
DeAndre Swift. On the year so far, he has eighty
nine rushes for four nineteen and three touchdowns, four point
seven yards per rush, almost at five yards per clip,
and sixteen receptions for one sixty six and a score
across twenty three targets. The snap rates per game are
the one downside Swift has been some motivate committee member
in terms of snap rates and Ben Johnson's scheme at
eighty one fifty seven sixty one sixty six the Bears
by fifty six and fifty four percent the county stats
are at least overall volume at least subside some of
those concerns because Swift has been fantastic on a per
touch basis, and despite seeing the snapshare decline since the
Bears by, Swift has turned in arguably his two best
games of the season and in recent memory, whether it's
with his current team, the Bears or former.
Speaker 2: Eagles or Lions.
Speaker 1: Week six at Washington it was fourteen rushes for one
hundred and eight yards and then two receptions fifty seven
yards and a touchdown. Three targets filed suit in Week
seven versus New Orleans with nineteen rushes for one twenty
four and a touchdown on the ground and one cat
for fourteen yards with one target, Swift is on a
roll and has a chance to run for one hundred
plus yards in now three consecutive games in what has
been a bad Baltimore defense in Week eight. DeAndre has
also been a model of consistency during his entire NFL
career to this point with Detroit, Philadelphia, and Chicago. Keep
in mind, from twenty twenty twenty twenty four, Swift has
been the PPR RB eighteen, fifteen, twenty one, twenty and nineteen,
yet does not receive the RB one or RB two
value that those annual finishes indicate as his cost or
appropriate ADP. He is always an exception to what the
market value actually should be. He deserves to be viewed
or valued as a steady RB two with RB one
spike weeks inherently built in to his NFL season. It's
worth noting that Kyle man On Guys also hely involved.
Coming off his best game of dates as a rookie
in the NFL. With usage increasing, New Orleans has thirteen
rushes eighty one yards and a touchdown, as well as
two catches thirteen yards on forty five percent of It's
okay if this ends up being a Jamier Gibbs David
Montgomery split in some sort with it being Ben Johnson.
DeAndre Swift is the leader of this backfield. It's not
as if he is struggling with efficiency, averaging almost five
yards per carry and being an effective pass catcher out
of the backfield. It's just Kyle Maana Gui. His role
is expanding and he looks good on film as well.
But DeAndre Swift is someone that we have to stop
doubtings performing year in year out so consistent it does
not receive that respect in redraft or dynasty and last
been not least. Let's conclude this with Javonte Williams. Most
of the fantasy football community was prepared to already has
decided to write off Dravonte after a few disappointing seasons
in Denver after injury from twenty twenty two to twenty
twenty four, Williams signed that free agent deal with Dallas
and has not looked back, with a blazing hot start
to the twenty twenty five season, one hundred and eleven
rushes five to ninety two on the ground, six touchdowns,
five point three yards per carry, and has added twenty
three for eighty five and a scores receiver thirty two
targets in seven games played to date. The snap shares
each week have been flirting with or close to alpha
usage in today's NFL game for running backs seventy seven,
seventy two, fifty nine, eighty seventy seven, eighty five and
sixty nine percent, so a couple ebbs and flows, ups
and downs. For the most part, Javonte has been the
centerpiece of Dallas's rushing attack. We now Jayden Blue in
the mix, Miles Sanders is injured out of the picture.
Javonte has been effective with ample volume, and that's potentially
the most exciting part about his post hype breakout season
Now in Dallas. The five point three yards per rush
on one hundred eleven carries is astounding. Nobody saw it coming,
especially when Dallas could have easily drafted a Day two
running back, except the team opted to wait on Jayden Blue,
who has had a minimal role to date. Rico Daldell
was an option to bring back as well and resign. However,
Javonta Williams was the running back Broadden, and he has
taken the job away without looking back. It remains me
seen if the Cowboys choose with exten Williams are allowing
the test fagancy once again in twenty twenty six, would
not be extension or a new contract has met if
this performance keeps up at some point over the next
half of the season, and by all means, Javonte has
recaptured or surpassed his rookie season value when he delivered
as the RB seventeen and PPR formats and it made
him such a covenant prospect out of North Carolina and
ter in week eight he's the PPR RB six, so
a borderline top five asset in PPR scoring. If you
have shares of Javanti Williams, it is a difficult position.
You can either reap the rewards and continue to start
him or potentially cash out at a premium. What we've seen, though,
is a larger sample sized and expected of him being
the feature back and now one of the better offenses.
Speaker 2: And off football.
Speaker 1: So if you're contending ride the wave, don't doubt Davonte.
He's health, he's performing. Let's see if he can keep
it up and maintain his RB one status or being
on pace for an RB one finish in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 2: Thanks for listening up.
Speaker 1: You all enjoyed this week's show of players to stop doubting.
Those were as a reminder Te Higgins, Jordan Addison, Bo Nix,
DeAndre Swift, and Javanti Williams.
Speaker 2: There's been enough level of success in their NFL.
Speaker 1: Careers or even career arcs to have proof of concept
and at some point you have to stop doubting their flaws,
whether it's injury risk or inefficiency. They're performing now with
proof and the pudding that their talent is legit and
their roles are secure until next time.
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Speaker 1: Hope you all have a great rest of the week
collecting the macrops and I'll talk to you soon.
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