Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to the Dynasty Dude Podcast. I am
your host, Corey Evans. Hope you all a nice Thanksgiving.
This week's show is themed around Thanksgiving. It's called players
to be thankful for, and I have five players that
I don't think we're appreciating enough in terms of the
value that has been offered and delivered in fantasy football
this season.
Speaker 2: Let's get right to it. Up. First is Jayden Higgins.
Speaker 1: He has twenty seven receptions for two hundred and ninety
four yards and four touchdowns across forty five targets in
eleventh's played so far in his rookie campaign. Second rounder
out of Iowa State, thirty four overall, He's sixty four
two fifteen. In a sense, is a Nico Collins clone
for the sake of Houston's off bring to a lot
of versatility line up inside the slot or out wide
for the Texans alignment and personnel groupings. I do like
Jalen Noele a lot as well, but so far as
teams with Jaane, Higgins.
Speaker 2: Is earning that label as.
Speaker 1: Potentially being the one B ten Eagle Collins as one
A Jayan Higgins have been on a heater dating back
to week eight. Let's look at the game logs. Week
eight versus forty nine ers four thirty four in a score,
eight targets eight three percent snap rate. Week nine versus Denver,
the only dud in this group one catch, four yards
with a target forty eight percent of snaps. Week ten
versus Jacksonville five forty two and a touchdown, seven targets
with fifty seven percent of snaps. Week eleven against Tennessee
four for fifty five, seven targets sixty one percent of snaps,
and Week twelve versus Buffalo four thirty eight another touchdown,
nine targets fifty eight percent of snaps. This mini breakout
has lined up with Davis Mills, so it's going to
be interesting to see if CJ. Stroud A pounds returned,
whether it's in week thirteen or beyond, will continue feeding
Higgins with consistent volume, or if he'll revert back to
more of a complimentary role. Nonetheless, we have to be
thankful for Jaydan Higgins, even if it's a slow start
year one. He's been on a tear when it matters
most second half of the fantasy season, answering the fantasy
playoffs and he's been as good or better than Nico Collins.
The targets over this stint of excellent production have been eight, one, seven,
seven to nine, so seven more targets in four of
those five showings. Jaydan Higgins is easily worth the first
round pick in DOWNCIE formats, and it might not be
out of the question that he pushes Nico Collins for
that one a status in Houston before long. Another player
we should be thankful for is Daniel Jones. He has
two thousand asured, forty yards passing, seventeen touchdowns, seven picks,
a sixty nine point one completion percentage rate, eight point
one yards press attempt, and forty three for one fifty
nine and five rushing scores. At least one passing touchdown
in each game this season. He's been consistent, providing a
safe floor and a fairly high ceiling in the process.
He has registered only two multi interception contests and turnovers
at least in the past for the Giants, and even
that short one year window with the Vikings has been
the issue for Danil Jones.
Speaker 2: Not with the Colts. It's been a ideal seam fit.
Speaker 1: The Colts are maximizing Jones's strengths and limiting the opportunities
for him display as weaknesses, which again are turnovers both
interceptions of fumbles. Of course, they have happened, but not
at the same extent or regularity as in seasons past.
Danil Jones is registered two hundred and twelve years passing
or more and ten eleven games played in twenty twenty
five uber consistent his first season with the Colts is
only a one year contract, which is then going to
lead to what sounds like significant interest as a free
agent in twenty twenty six. The Colts and even the
Vikings are both top contenders for services based on early speculation.
Speaker 2: We'll see how that all shakes out.
Speaker 1: The best part from a donasy lens is that Daniel
Jones is still twenty eight twenty nine in the offseason
come May. In his career fantasy QB finishes indicate that
we might be seeing a new trend for Daniel Jones,
at least when he's in a position to succeed. His
fantasy finishes have been quarterback twenty five, twenty four, twenty seven,
nine forty four, and twenty nine. Answering Week thirteen. Jones
stands as the fantasy QB eight. So his QB nine
finish and now this QB eight pace showed that he
is capable of producing as a mid range or back
end quarterback one. Is it his like the range of outcome? No,
but scheme, fit and coaching staff are truly important factors
for Daniel Jones, and I think we should be thankful
for his rebound, especially in super flex formats. We've had
him rostered most UF gets a quarterback two, quarterback three
or worse, and returning ROI as a quarterback one, at
least on pace for that sort of outlook up. Neight's
a player that I am especially thankful for. I've been
a huge fan of his since he came out of Clemson,
and I am still vocal about how valuable I believe
he is, especially this season. It is Travis Etn with
production of one sixty nine eight fifteen and five rushing
touchdowns four point eight yards per rush, adding twenty four
catches for a buck sixty and two touchdowns as a
receiver thirty seven targets. Etn is still only twenty six.
He turns twenty seven in January twenty twenty five. Is
undoubtedly a rebound season for Etn, who displayed excellence early
on in his NFL career as the ppr RB seventeen
and twenty twenty two. Twenty twenty one was a red
shirt season in a sense because that Liz Frank injury
did not even play a snap.
Speaker 2: Twenty twenty three even.
Speaker 1: Better, as what was truly a sophomore campaign as the
PPRRB three before aggressing to the PPRRB thirty five and
twenty twenty four. A lot of people rode off Etn
after that downturn and value. He is now on pace
for his third one thousand plus yard Russian campaign in
twenty twenty five. Previously had one thousand, one hundred and
twenty five yards rushing in twenty twenty two and one
thousand eight yards rushing in twenty twenty three. He has
recaptured that form and usage this season. Etn has also
been able to have a consistent, albeit limited receiving role
with Jacksonville this season. He is somewhat on pace for
his career in ORMs, previously set at thirty five, fifty
eight and thirty nine receptions per year dating back to twenty
twenty two, fifty eight receptions being the outlier, but he
is certainly in that range of eclipsing thirty five or
thirty nine catches over.
Speaker 2: The next month of the season.
Speaker 1: The most important factor when you look at Etn's value,
not only the rest of the way but moving forward,
is that he's a free agent in twenty twenty six
and he could become a hot commodity at running back. Now,
of course, it's a two full conversation because twenty twenty
six is a good prospect rookie running back class, so
a team can solve the position in that fashion. But
in terms of available running backs in the open free
agent market, Etn is going to be a top the
NFL class for that purpose, and he's showcasing.
Speaker 2: Once again with Jacksonville.
Speaker 1: If you give him ample usage, they can deliver one
call upon Is he going to be an annual RB
one unlikely, still a set of forget at RB two,
they'll be peaks and valleys. But Etn has is a
lot of critics in twenty twenty five while reservicing as
Jacksonville's go to top running back, and I am very
thankful that he has rebounded because I have so many
shares in dynasty leagues. Time for a quick break. I'll
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a short break. Let's be thankful for Chris Olave sixty
nine seven thirty four four touchdowns, one hundred and eight targets,
and what has been a truly comeback Player of the
Year caliber season after his concussion scares in twenty twenty four.
He has double legit targets in seven games, five more
receptions in nine games, and at least fifty four yards
receiving in ten different contests. He's the PPR wide receiver
eight answering meet thirteen, which is on pace for his
best NFL and Fantasy football season alike to date. Let's
look back PPR wide not twenty five and twenty twenty
two Wide receiver sixteen to twenty twenty three, which was
a good pace to showcase his ascension in NFL, but
then reverted back to the wide receiver ninety four last
season due to the affirmation concussions, which really did put
a big scare into his NFL future. Despite inconsistent quarterback
play out of Spencer Rattler and Tyler Schuck Chrys, Olave
has managed to play above expectations and return consistent wide
receiver two value with even why receiver one Spike Weeks
as evident from his wide receiver eight standing entering this week.
Is that sustainable? Hard to say, I think he's more
of a wide receiver two than Whyde receiver one, but
you have to be thrilled with the results, especially when
even myself had a lot of skepticism about Olave's career arc.
If one more hit for concussion were to occur, the
fear and the drive down adp that it caused has
really provided a nice return on value if you're willing
to take that risk and leap of faith in him.
Bouncing back, He's out a contraaryt. The Saint's still twenty
twenty seven, so has job security. You'd have to think
that the Saints prioritized quarterback in freegency or even the
twenty six twenty seven classes.
Speaker 2: The answer is not. Rather, it's not Schuck.
Speaker 1: Either way, Olave seems to be a loyal player who
does not want to be traded. Great to see him
on pace now for a ninety plus catch season, flirting
with or exceeding a thousand yards and close to five
or more touchdowns and last been not least a player
that we have to be thankful for. And even despite
his elite value in twenty twenty five, I don't believe
he is receiving enough attention recognition. It is Jackson Smith
and Jigba JSN eighty catches, one thousand, three undred and
thirteen yards, seven touchdowns for sixteen point four yards per catch,
one hundred and seven targets. He isn't back to PPR
wid receiver one entering week thirteen eight more receptions in
eight games eight one hundred plus yard receiving games. So far,
I'll say that again, Jaysn has eight games with at
least one hundred yard receiving or more. Already he has
six double EDSIT target games. His worst performance has been
four receptions for seventy nine yards added eleven rushing yards
and Week four against Arizona, which is still a very
safe floor showing of thirteen points in PPR scoring.
Speaker 2: That's his worst game of the season. It's a testimony.
Speaker 1: It shows how dominant Jaysn has been, and it's proving
that his breakout software campaign in twenty twenty four, where
he had one hundred catches for one thousand, one hundred
and thirty yards and six touchdowns across one hundred and
thirty seven targets, was no fluke.
Speaker 2: As the PPR.
Speaker 1: Wide out nine, Jaysn has truly ascended into elite wide
receiver one territory for DOWNCEE purposes alongside and some order
Jamark Chase, Justin, Jefferson, Amanas, Saint Brown, Ceedee, Lamb Milik,
Neighbors and Puka Nikua and now jays m projects as
an annual one hundred catch thousand yard receiving five plus
touchdown threats or asset which is rare, territory or company
when it comes to a building block for fantasy football purposes, JSN,
thank you for being now a fantasy football star. He's
going to be a league winner based on rejact value,
let alone even at startup ADP for Don's purposes in
twenty twenty five, thank you again for listening. I hope
you all day fantastic Thanksgiving. Enjoy the special time with
your families. I'll be back next week with another episode.
Until next time, this is the dinashon're checking out for
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