Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to the Dynasty Do Podcast. I'm your host,
Corey Evans. This week, If familiar with my work, you'll
recognize it's my first quarter report card. If you're new
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these series, I'll do this four times throughout the season, first, second, third,
and fourth quarter report card. Of course, now the season
is eighteen weeks, but for Fantasy most regular seasons go
fourteen or fifteen weeks, so this is the first checkpoint. Basically,
every four weeks, I will provide letter grades ABCD and
F as if we were back in school as kids,
reflecting back on how performance was made given a subject.
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on the field, and they're immediate combined with long term
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Corey Evans The Dynasty. Do do miss out on that
bonus content? Let a grade of an A with pretty
much a fall as start to his NFL campaign, let
alone career. It is Malik Neighbors of the Giants. Week
one versus Minnesota, five grabs, sixty six yards, seven targets,
a one hundred percent snap distribution, Week two at Washington
ten for a buck twenty seven and his first NFL touchdown,
eighteen targets, talk about alpha usage eighty nine percent snap
clip Week three at Cleveland eight seventy eight, two more touchdowns,
twelve targets, eighty five percent of snaps, and Week four
versus Dallas most recently twelve for one, fifteen fifteen targets
and ninety percent of snaps. For good measure, that's a
thirty five three eighty six three receiving log eleven point
one yards per catch on fifty two targets so far.
Quite simply, Neighbors has delivered as advertised or better. After
being the sixth overall pick out of LSU to the
Giants passes the box score. Film test all of it
as an immediate NFL superstar thanks to his fluid route
running after catch instincts. By positioning, he creates leverage before
and after the ball has thrown his direction, and in
a sense, he reminds me of Justin Jefferson or Jamark
Chase Ceedee Lamb, that superstar tier of wideouts where you
know that he is quarterback independent, gets it done based
on his natural playmaking ability each and every game, and
we've seen an amazing target share to begin the season seven, eighteen, twelve,
and fifteen. In each of those respective games, he is
the de facto weapon and cog of the New York
Giants offense. Now, Malik did sustaining concussion on an awkward landing.
I've never really seen a player give them self concussion,
but Neighbors did that. He attempted to carrall sideline catch
late in the fourth quarter facing Dallas. Hopefully the ten
days between then and Week five is enough time for
Neighbors to continue his towards start to an unbelievable rookie season.
The pace he is on is record breaking among elite
company in the NFL for players of his age and
staystical outputs through four games. Therefore, should be obvious that
if you have elite neighbors on your dynasty team or teams,
and you allocated a first round selection to secure him,
you are thrilled with the results and you hit the
jackpots a la Justin Jefferson, Jamaar Chase or Ceedee Lamb
in years past. What a great of a bee is
actually a former college peer or teammates of neighbors, that
being Brian Thomas Junior, who I think his success is
being a bit underappreciated through four games. Week one at
Miami four forty seven, one touchdown, four targets, seventy seven
percent of snaps. Week two versus Cleveland two grabs ninety
four yards, four talks, seventy three percent of snaps. Week
three at Buffalo five forty eight, nine targets, yet again
seventy three percent of snaps, and Week four at Houston
a breakout game six eighty six, one touchdown, nine targets,
even chipped in one rush thirteen yards seventy six percent
of snap. So the snap percentage or distribution for BTJ
has been consistent seventy seven, seventy three, seventy three seventy six,
He's about three quarters of a full time role. Expect
that to ramp up as the season progresses. All in all,
seventeen two seventy five, two touchdowns, sixteen point two yards
per catch with twenty six targets.
Speaker 2: So whereas Milaite.
Speaker 1: Neighbors has a low eight out for the most part,
doing most of his work after the catch eleven point
one yards per catch if you round up on his
average so far, Brian Thomas Junior is the vertical field structure,
the big play machine sixteen point two yards per grab
and that was what Thomas Junior did and excel that
at the college scene alongside the Leaite Neighbors with LSU
as a results, come as no surprise that Thomas Junior
has also lived up to his pedigree from LSU twenty
third overall pick to the Jaguars. In a sense, Thomas
Junior has been a director placement for Calvin Ridley, who
departed for Tennessee this offseason. Christian Kirk has maintained his
similar possession or shorts intermediate role down field, while Gabe
Davis the new face in Jacksonville, he functions more as
a blocker or deep threat a midlifter takes defensive coverage
and attention away in order to let BTJ or Christian
Kirk thrive. Now great as the stars it's been for
Thomas Junior, I'm curious to see what Brian's role looks
like when Evan Ingram returns, because Trevor Lawrence has previously
relied heavily on Ingram for volume and a security blanket
in the Jaguars Aerial Attach. Regardless, Thomas Junior has the
upside and the makings already of a fantasy wide receiver,
one who only turns twenty two this October, so wheels
up if you missed out Marvinher's Junior or e milite neighbors,
it seems like BTJ is one of the best values
for the most project ADP and a one quarterback league
was mid to eight for I've seen him slide to
the second in superfex rookie drafts this past summer, meaning
he's as rific return on investment and the ceiling is
incredibly high lettergrade of a B for me, and I
do think I'll bring it up again that his production
is going a bit under the radar because of how
bad Jacksonville has been as a football team. It's not
often you see a collegiate superstars role transfer right out
of the gates to an NFL scheme, and that is
literally Brian Thomas Junior to a tee. How he's being
utilized as one of the best downfield threats in all
football lettergrade of a C is Jalen Hurts, who on
a point per game basis, isn't necessarily a bust, but
based on expectations what we've seen at least the past
two years of sample size, it's a bit underwhelming. So
Week one versus Green Bay twenty thirty four two seventy
eight is a passer two touchdowns, two picks thirteen for
thirty three as a rusher, one fumble lost.
Speaker 2: Mixed bag of results not ideal.
Speaker 1: Week two pursent Atlanta twenty three to thirty for about
eighty three as a passer, one touchdown, one interception thirteen
eighty five and one touchdown as a rusher aka the
rushing output salvaged a bad day as a passer. Week
three at New Orleans twenty nine to thirty eight for
three to eleven yardage rises a passer best so far
no touchdowns, though one interception eight twenty five in the ground,
another fumble lost Week four a Tampa Bay. It's now
a four game sample size eighteen to thirty about three
eight through the air, one touchdown, no picks, eight rushes
twenty yards, one touchdown, and yet again another fumble loss.
This has been a varied discouraging start for Jalen Hurts.
The Eagles, and specifically Nick Sirianni was on the hot
seat based on last season when you really take a
bird's eye view on this team and the franchisees direction.
Hurts now enters the Eagles Week five by with a
sixty eight point two complete percentage rate and seven yards
per pess attempt, which actually aren't all that off his
career norms. Where Jalen has been slacking or disappointing from
fantasy is the passing yardage along with touchdowns as both
a passer four and rusher two total six to date.
Mention the aforementioned ball security three lost fumbles. That's a
glaring issue he has to get fixed during the by
and really prioritize the rest of season.
Speaker 2: Now.
Speaker 1: Assuming aj Brown Devonte Smith are able to return in
Week six, Jalen Hurts should in three return elite value
rest of the year.
Speaker 2: The issue, though, is through four games.
Speaker 1: Played, he has not lived up to his premier quarterback
one price tech, particularly in super flex formats. That is,
in a startup draft or even trade capital your first,
if not second round pick. Hurts has a strong career
fantasy resume, so I'm not really all that worry, but
he still deserves a see because he's not producing at
the level we're hoping for. He has finished since twenty
twenty one, when he became a true starter quarterback nine
three and two, so he's still top ten, top twelve,
but the top five is up for debate unless Philadelphia
collectively as a whole, writes a ship gets back on
track out of the week five by into week six.
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of A, D and F. Before I get to that,
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with letter grades of a D and an F. Lettergrade
of a D. Is Brandon Ayuk, who's off to a
very slow start. Week one versus Jets two catches twenty
eight yards, five targets, a sixty percent snap rate. We'll
give the benefit of the doubt right coming off basically
an abbreviated offseason pulling out. Week two in Minnesota four
forty three, five targets a seven percent of snaps.
Speaker 2: Okay, a little bit worrisome here.
Speaker 1: Week three at the Rams five forty eight, ten targets
eighty percent of snaps. The production's not there. Targets were
now what Week four? Is the Patriots a dream matchup
for the most part, yet Ayuk two forty eight five
targets seventy nine percent of snaps.
Speaker 2: What is going on?
Speaker 1: Well, from my perspective, playing and simple, I looks like
a player who held out of the offseason for a
new contract. His rapport and timing is off of brock
perty at least that's what makes the most sense. He
has not cleared fifty yards receiving in a single contest
to date or scored a touchdown the season. There's little
doubt that ay Equal turn things around the rest of season. However,
in the short term he is undoubtedly fallowing short of
eightp and overall expectations, with thirteen catches for one hundred
and ct seven scoreless yards twelve pointy yards per catch
across twenty five targets in those four games played for
the forty nine Ers. Brandon's track record and usage in
the four nine ers offense over the past two seasons
is what really reassures me because it should ease any
concerns about his role.
Speaker 2: He is still locked in.
Speaker 1: He got paid a lucrative amount of money in twenty
twenty two was seventy eight, ten to fifteen and eight
for thirteen yards per grab one hundred and fourteen targets.
Last season twenty twenty three seventy five, thirteen forty two
and seven touchdowns for seventeen yards per catch one hundred
and five targets. So no, Ayuk isn't a wide receiver
one necessarily by stats or by trade in terms of usage,
but from a dynasty lens, it is now time to
treat Ayuk's slow start as the ultimate bil window, considering
first and foremost he's locked in with the franchise after
inking that four year, one hundred and twenty million dollars
contract seventy six million which is guaranteed. After landing the
deal he won at probably week one, playing hardball and
getting what he was looking for from John Lynch and
Kyle Shanahan, the upper management or the pulse of the
forty nine ers franchise, and Ayuk committed after the fact
that he really had to put his feet in the
ground and hold out of practice and do things he's
not accustomed to since being a first rounder out of
Arizona State and having to earn his reps getting in
Kyle Shanahan's doghouse as a rookie. He's turned his career
round since then, but this really disappointing start I think
can be directly correlated to an absence of timing, as
I mentioned on Field Rhythm with Brock Purdy.
Speaker 2: So it should turn around. There are betters ahead, and.
Speaker 1: If anybody is looking to cash out a Naiyuk, this
is a great time to pounce and acquire him. Still,
for the sake of this episode, his letter grade of
a D makes a lot of sense because of production
and the consistency that we've seen in the past two
seasons is not there. And when he was back for
Week one, the assumption was okay, maybe weeks one and
two are slow. No, it's been four straight weeks of
disappointing outputs. Let a grade of n F. I think
we can all agree. Kyle Pitts fits the bill. Week
one versus Pittsburgh three twenty six one touchdown, three targets,
ninety two percent of snaps. Week two at Philadelphia three
grabs twenty yards, four targets for seventy four percent of snaps.
Week three Verskins the City two grabs fifty nine yards
five targets for a sixty nine percent snap share, and
Week four first New Orleans, the dreaded goose egg no
catches three targets on a sixty eight percent snap share.
That's eight one oh five one touchdown thirteen point winers
per catch via fifteen targets in Atlanta's four games in.
Speaker 2: Twenty twenty four to dates.
Speaker 1: If you remove the bias and name or face recognition,
that is Kyle Pitts, this is a Wavewire ten and folks,
and it's unfortunate, it's reality. In Adnash League, you're never
going to drop Kyle Pits. But in redraft, if there's
better options than Wavewire, I don't blame you.
Speaker 2: This is a trend.
Speaker 1: It is an annual trend, not a weekly or half
season downturn in value. And at some point there's only
so many excuses we can make for a player. We've
now reached that stage for Kyle Pitts, who appears to
be a better college than pro talent, unless Atlanta is
seemingly using him in the wrong ways. But periphial metrics
are deep data dive metrics truly indicate that Pits is
among the worst at creating separation wide receiver or tight
end in the league, and that makes his lack of
counting stats as a receiver understandable. You have to separate
at the pro level in order to earn targets and
then produce after the catch, limited usage.
Speaker 2: That used to be the narrative for and I fell
for it.
Speaker 1: I was at the forefront of that conversation saying Arthur
Smith is the problem. He needs a new OC or
a new coach, new quarterback. But it's hard to blame
Kirk Cousins, sure and consistent, but Oczach Robinson scheming it
up because this time around b Jon Robinson, Drake Lundon,
Darnold Mooney, Tyler al Jeer, none of them are struggling.
Speaker 2: At the level that Kyle Pitts is.
Speaker 1: If Atlanta could rewind time, I doubt the organization would
allocate the fourth overall pick two Pits out of Florida
in twenty twenty one because his dominant college film and
that freak athleticism has simply not translated to the NFL
or the Falcons offensive game plans or true production.
Speaker 2: Coming full circle.
Speaker 1: Tight end is a very thim position in fantasy, so
Pitts remains incredibly valuable, if only for his theoretical upside
that may or may not exist at this point. It's
hard to know for sure. The issue is the ceiling
is reminiscent if everything clicks points per game or end
of season finish of a WI receiver three, a running
back three, or a flex instead of a true competitive
advantage that you paid that premium four like Vinceig, Travis
Kelce or Samport of twenty twenty three. That is not
Kyle Pitts, and I don't think that will ever occur
unless he sees close to or above double digit targets
week after week, and so far that is not even
in the conversation with three, four, five, and three targets
fifteen targets in Atlanta's first four games played. This is
almost full panic, sound the alarm. I believe the talent exists,
but the separation or act thereof is clearly what's holding
him back. I did see the interview today where Atlanta's
head coach Rahie Morris brought up the fact that he
can care less about stats. That's it for losers. Blah
blah blah.
Speaker 2: Listen.
Speaker 1: Kyle Pitts has been deemed a generational Titan prospect.
Speaker 2: And we're not seeing it.
Speaker 1: This is now how many years in a row where
we're making excuses for a player at some point. I
don't want to say he's a bust, but he might
not be a great fit for what Atlanta's trying to do.
If Pitts was on a different team and was not
vying for considerable volume from Bijon or Drake London, then sure,
perhaps it's a different story or outlook, but it's reality
and right now Kyle Pitts is simply not delivering.
Speaker 2: Hence the letter grade of an F for my first
quarter report card.
Speaker 1: Hope you'll enjoyed this week's episode. A quick recap of
my first quarter report card letter grades. A is Meek Neighbors,
B is Brian Thomas Junior, c is Jalen Hurts, D
is Ben and Ayuk, and F is Kyle Pitts.
Speaker 2: Do you agree? Disagree?
Speaker 1: Who was you a put at each of those slots?
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Speaker 2: ABC, D or F And.
Speaker 1: I'll be back, as I mentioned, to do a second, third,
and fourth quarter report card It's one of my favorite
annual in season series.
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