Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to the Dynasty Do Podcast. I'm your host,
Corey Evans. Thanks for tuning in to this week's episode.
It is titled Preseason Week three Overview. We are here,
end of the preseason is upon us, and before we
know it, it's going to be kickoff of week one.
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direct link. So at this point in time, NFL teams
have two perspectives or philosophies. A We've seen enough out
of our starters, no need to put them into risk
of injury in the preseason.
Speaker 2: Or B a few more series.
Speaker 1: Drives or even a first half of football can't hurt
to get everyone on track and see live game action.
With that context in mind, we're not seeing a ton
of fantasy viable names still on the field. Even so,
I think there's enough to discuss this week. Six players
in particular that either cut my attention or meant active
or inactive something when it comes to fantasy football. Up
first is that Tyler Goodson could be the Colts RB three.
He went thirteen four to fifty seven on the ground,
it's four point four hours per clip and then two
catches ten yards. I was against Cincinnati Meanwhile, Evan Hall,
who's also in the RB three mix, appears to be
on the roster bubble or RB four in the pecking
order for the Colts franchise. Trey Sermon has been sidelined.
He's been dealing with a hamstring injury. Expected to function
as RB two behind Jonathan Taylor though during regular season
if health cooperates. On the flip side, if Sermon's injury
lingers or is reactivated, Tyler Goodson could stand a benefit.
He was a UDFA out of Iowa back in twenty
twenty two who signed initially with the Packers. Those familiar
with Goodson's game should see that his usage at the
college level is actually transparent or relevant to Tyrone Tracy
Junior this year as a hybrid running back wide receiver talent.
Goodson is a bit undersized at five nine one ninety seven.
He delivered out with the Colts in twenty twenty three
thirteen eighty seven on the ground six point seven yards
per clip and then six or thirty four as a
receiver in six games played. He's remembered right now or
at least top of mine within the Colts organization. With
that costly late season fumble, but brighter side looking forward.
He has flashed at times in the preseason, and this
latest stint showcased the dynamic ability could bring if needed
if j T weer to miss any time come the
twenty twenty four regular season. I've seen Tyler Goodson available
in most of not all of my Dynasty leagues. If
you need running back help or a flyer at the
position at him immediately. Isaac Garndo is a big play
waiting to happen. Eleven totes thirty two yards from ineffective
two point nine yards per carry, two catches three yards,
but two kickoff returns for one hundred and twenty three yards.
One of them was simply outstanding, and that's against the
Las Vegas Raiders this past weekend. Jordan Mason, Elijah Mikschell
our best suited for RB two reps initially at least
Chrisian McCaffrey for now, but Girendo brings electric tools to
the field with a six foot two twenty one body
frame four point three three forty As a fourth round
prospect of the Luisville he was formerly with Wisconsin and
then transferred. Isaac returned after missing weeks one and two
of the preseason. That's costly time with a hamstring injury
at the very least, though, in Week three he proved
that his kickoff returnability is worthwhile and that could be
valuable in fantasy circles for him even seeing the field,
let alone depending on leak's scoring in your fantasy leagues
with the NFL's new return setup where individual yardage and
or touchdowns could benefit a player like Garndo. If not,
this is a way to see approach, you'd likely spent
a third or fourth round rookie draft pick on Garendo
in hopes that he become RB two behind CMC. That
range of outcomes could still occur if it's in twenty
twenty four or beyond, and.
Speaker 2: Sure it's a crowded backfield mix.
Speaker 1: Jordan Mason has arguably the best on paper and passing
the eye test just watching film this preseason.
Speaker 2: Elijah Mitchell at times has.
Speaker 1: Been a great compliment to Christan McCaffrey, but Mitchell has
not head a clean bill health since entering the league.
At this point in time, it does sound like it's
Christian McCaffrey some way shit reform Mason Mitchell with Ben
Isaac Garrendo waiting the Wings to make an impact out
of the gate. Special teams could be his path to
any sort of relevancy. Andre Josavas is reported lead wide
receiver three into to natiy as a replacement for Tyler
Boyd who departed at Tennessee. Third round rookie Jamain Bergen
has had a lot of buzz at least in our
dynasty realm. However, he hasn't done all that much. It
sounds like a training camp to warrant or recognize the
same attention or recognition by Bengals brass or coaching staff,
so that's a plus or benefit to Josavas. Jamain Burden
did flash though in Week three of the preseason versus
Indianapolis with four catches fifty six yards in a touchdown.
But I have some reports to thesus lowest wide receiver
four or five or six on the Bengals initial wide
receiver depth charts. So if you have shares of Burton,
remain patient. It might not be an immediate impact as
a rookie back though. To Andre Josavas, Jamar Chase, whatever
this contract situation is should be resolved soon. The weird
part about him versus CD Lamb, for example, is that
Lamb is entering a contract year. Jamark Chase under contract
two more years. That's something that will let it play
out in real life. It does impact though the short
term ount. Look if he were to actually hold out
into the regular season. Either way, it's Chase to Higgins
and then Yosavas as widely expected three receivers and eleven
personnel to begin the twenty twenty four campaign. I talked
up Andre Yosavas as a sleeper this time last year,
a sixth rounder out of Princeton small school prospect who
ended up delivering fifteen receptions FO one hundred and sixteen yards,
four touchdowns on twenty five targets and his debut NFL campaign.
There were times that Andrea was startable as a flex
in twenty twenty three. Those same traits that made him
an exciting talent or a sleeper this time last.
Speaker 2: Year are the same.
Speaker 1: It applies for Joe Burrow to target him at sixty
two O five four point four to three speed and
his athletic background with track and field at the cleegiate
level with Princeton. What I find most fascinating about yosa
Vas is that he spent the early parts of this
offseason working with well known personal wide receiver.
Speaker 2: Coach Drew Lieberman, who has recently worked with names such.
Speaker 1: As Brandon Ayuk, Evan Ingram, Chakobe Myers, Tavion Wicks when
it comes to unique pass catching drills and then route running,
and it sounds like head coach of the Bengals Zach
Taylor has noticed the improvements for josa Vas. Even teammate
Chase Brown's running back went with Joseavas to spend time
with this personal receiver coach, and if you take a
base sample of Ayuk, Ingram, Myers and Wicks, this coach
knows what he's doing and has made huge improvements for
all these names across the board. Even Joe Burrow has
talked up Andrey Osavas's offse and say he's going to
have a quote huge year if true, and he is
wide out three in this offense in slots in as
Tyler Boys replacement, he is going to carve out a
significant fantasy role.
Speaker 2: On his one injury away.
Speaker 1: For being one of Joe Burrow's primary targets, jose Vas
should be rostered universally in all Diace leagues and hopefully
you benefited from stashing him from a season ago. Time
for quick break. I'll be back with three more players
that want to overview from week three the preseason. Before
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for that quick break, and I'll be right back. After
somewhat of a shaky offseason process to this point, it's
worth bringing up Brian Thomas Junior.
Speaker 2: I think he's.
Speaker 1: Personally poised for a huge debut season one catch thirty
eight yards against Atlanta this past week, and as I mentioned,
it's been underwhelming report wise for most of the offseason
calendar years since he was drafted at LSU.
Speaker 2: Yet as of late, i'd say the past.
Speaker 1: Month, if not two three weeks Thomas Junior's turned a
corner and practices. He's reportedly burning defenders left, right, and
center when it comes to any sort of coverage man
or zone, and then in the preseason.
Speaker 2: He's also made a name for himself.
Speaker 1: This hype should not come as all that much of
a surprise after being a twenty third overall pick out
of LSU with rare athleticism sixty four to two O five,
a four point three three forty yard dash, and quite honestly,
Brian Thomas Junior performs one of the best vertical threats
or weapons in college football lat season with a sixty
ten seventy nine fifteen log eighteen yards per catch.
Speaker 2: The production speaks for itself.
Speaker 1: The landing spot on paper isn't great, That is, unless
you assume he is the long term answer as why
not one in Jacksonville, which if Trevor Lawrence can build
off of his it consistent but still promising NFL career arc,
then the rapport between them or connection could be huge.
Thomas doesn't offer I would say the same reception for
as teammate Christian Kirk, who protects me be a bit
more of a stable commodity in PPR formats. Arguably, though
Brian Thomas Junior has the elite or higher ceiling outcome,
and that sometimes is what I prefer to chase in
a fantasy football setting. Yes, Gabe Davis also involved Evan
Ingram travsyt Junior possibly take Bigsby, but in the pecking order,
I would say moving forward ranking them as Brian Thomas Junior,
Christian Kirk Gabe Davis at wide receiver is the most logical.
Kirk is going to have the safe for four and
probably catch most passes. But Thomas Judy can win you
a week and win you a league. And because of
how loaded of a rookie class's been, you could have
selected and still could probably acquire him for a mid
to light first and superflex formats and a mid first
if not early when it comes to one quarterback leagues.
But I do think that the time is now, the
windows closing to have any sort of BILO opportunity.
Speaker 2: I'm Brian Thomas Junior.
Speaker 1: Jayalen McMillan seems to be in the driver's seat for
wide receiver with three duties in Tampa Bay. He had
one catch twenty eight yarders Miami. His main competition has
been Trey Palmer, who was out of this contest with
an undisclosed injury. He might be the atman out of
starting rotation. A former six rounder himself, last year produced
perspectable but not great rookie law thirty nine, three eighty
five and three nine point nine ers per catch on
sixty eight targets.
Speaker 2: Mike Evans and in Fiery J.
Speaker 1: McMillan are expected to line up out wide, while Chris
Goblin reverts back to his coveted slot role. Under Liam
Cohen's offense of twenty twenty four, McMillan himself at Washington
School was more of a slot weapon, but it does
have the ability clearly to play outside Tampa Bay and
visions teams to do so immediately. As a rookie talent,
McMillan himself third round selection as at match fewand to Washington.
He's sixty one pine ninety two, so that size does
give him the benefits or advantage to line up as
a mismatch in the slot or out wide.
Speaker 2: He did have an up and down resume of.
Speaker 1: Output because of injuries to the college level, but when
you watch the film, it's obvious that McMillan is a
good football player. There's been a positive drum beat now
surrounding McMillan as wide receiver three in Tampa Bay since
organized team practices or activities began after the draft, and
that's enough smoke with fire to believe the narrative at
this point is true. Baker Mayfield really turned around his
career with Dave Canalis in twenty twenty three. Hopefully that
trank continues with Mike Evans, McMillan himself, and Chris Gobwin
in twenty twenty four. Basically, don't sleep on McMillan if
anybody in your league does not think he is wide
out three in Tampa Bay or at least has a
path to become macked because Palmer seems like a question
mark at this point in time, then by low at
that price, I'd say a third anything less would be
a steal at this portion of the offseason. And last
but not Lee, it's time to take cam Akers seriously.
Hopefully it makes the Texans team. If not, he showed
enough juice and burst post achilles tear twice now to
be on a fifty three man roster in some way,
shape or form. Hopefully six round in Houston because there's
a path to a change of pace roll behind Joe Mixon.
He had seven rushes fifty three yards, seven point six
yards for clip and three catches nineteen yards.
Speaker 2: Versus the Rams his former team.
Speaker 1: The longest rush went for twenty three yards and one
of the rushes Acres was doing spin moves all over
the place.
Speaker 2: It made me.
Speaker 1: Dizzy watching the actual play, but he looks healthy and confident.
Damian Pierce is the assumed RB two in Houston behind
Joe Mixon. Regardless, Acres has looked the part during the
preseason with glimpses of pre torn Achilles form He was
at one point a covet of prospect out of Florida State.
Those days are long gone, but being viable irrelevant is
not out of the picture. Remember that Acres tour has
left Achilles in Minnesota last year in twenty twenty three,
and before that, toys right a Chilles in twenty twenty one.
Luckily it was not the same Achilles, but that is
the current reality of NFL career.
Speaker 2: Nobody's going to take him seriously.
Speaker 1: He is Rosternall my dynasty leagues and I have him
in two of those formats, so two shares I think
there's a chance that he eventually backs up Joe Mixon,
and if Vixon were to Everm's time, Acres could form
the front end of a committee and now one of
the better are setting offensive off football. He only is
twenty five, just turned that in June signed that one
year deal with the Texans for one point one seventy
five million. It's also worth noting that Joe Mixon himself
has been sidelined for most of training camp with a
lingering quad injury that has cost him preseason contest. So
at this point, Mixon appears to be on Trackbreek one,
but it would not surprise me if Damian Pears continues
that downward trend and value. Sounds like the Texans thinking'd
be more of a special team's asset with the new
kickoff return rules. If not spelling Joe Mixon keeping him
fresh at times. But I do think that Cam Akers
is the wild card in this backfield mix, even over
a rookie jo Ar Jordan. I am a rostering Acres
because he was a free ad this offseason. He's looked
good on film and it sounds like he's confident in
his ability to return to close to old form may
not the same one hundred percent explosion. Let's not forget
either that when Joe Mixon had this undisclosed mysterious injury,
the Texans wasted no time signing Cam Akers, who at
the time was on his couch and not on an
NFL team, So that does say that they had their
eyes on him in the event of an injury, and
sometimes that happens mid season or on.
Speaker 2: A practice squad.
Speaker 1: Hopefully Acres his preseason showings are enough to make this team.
If not, I am going to go ahead and guess
that he does lack John with another NFL franchise in
twenty twenty four because you can't predict injuries, let alone
running back. Acres has a lot working against him to
ever be relevant or successful again, but you wouldn't guess
it watching him in the preseason based on how fresh
he's looked. That will do it up. You all enjoyed
my preseason Week three overview. Thank you for listening over
the past few weeks. With all of my preseason content,
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keep that in mind if we'll get from episodes over
the next few weeks.
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Talk to you all next week.
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