Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to the Dynasty Dude Podcast. I'm your host,
Corey Evans. This week's episode is titled better Late than Never.
Simple premise, there's players each and every year, whether the
rookie sophomores or established veterans that we're banking on the
breakout or the achieving fulfilling expectations to occur, and sometimes
it does not. These five names this week have finally arrived,
hence the episode title better Late than Never return dividends,
perhaps longer than we might have expected to wait, but
finally the value has become more consistent week over week
and they are very serviceable assets in twenty twenty four.
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Up first is Sam Donald. He's twenty seven years old,
still relatively young for a quarterback when it comes to
shelf life in the NFL.
Speaker 2: Let's all rewind.
Speaker 1: Though third overall pick in twenty eighteen out of USC
to the Jets. He played with the Jets from twenty
eighteen to twenty twenty.
Speaker 2: That was a bust.
Speaker 1: Did not fit the scheme, fit or live up to
his USC hype, then landed with Carolina twenty one to
twenty twenty two, showed some growth or room for improvement,
but ultimately again did not pan out forty nine ers
and twenty twenty three as the back of the Rock
Party and then seemingly out of nowhere, Minnesota gave Donald
a shot with a one year, ten million dollar contract,
eight point seventy five million of which is guaranteed, and
then we look ahead twenty twenty five. Donald is an
unrestricted free agent and he figures to now received plenty
of interest in the open market at the breakout season
to this point with the Vikings in twenty twenty four,
the twenty twenty five rookie quarterback class does not look
all that great on paper outside of Shduur Sanders and
cam Ward a lot of volatility thereafter. So a veteran
like Donald, who has really become a centerpiece, at least
in the short term of the Vikings franchise this season,
could generate a lot of interest and be a stopgap
or potential long term suitor to fill a vacated quarterback
position for an NFL team. So far this year with
Minnesota two thousand, seven hundred and seventeen yards passing, twenty
one touchdowns to ten interceptions, sixty seven point six completion
percentage rates, eight point three yards best attempt a one
to one point seven passer rating, one of his best
accolades out of all the metrics so far, and then
forty eight one st five and one as a rusher
in eleven games played.
Speaker 2: He's only really had that being Sam Darnold.
Speaker 1: Two dud showings came in Week five versus Jets, his
former team a Bucks seventy nine through the air, no touchdowns,
one interception, and Week ten against Jacksonville he had twosred
forty one ards passing, no touchdowns, three interceptions. Otherwise, Donald
has cleared two hundred and eight yards passing in all
but one other contest. It was actually one of his
better games in terms of efficiency. It was Week three
vers Houston, where he had a Buck eighty one through
the air, four touchdowns passing no interceptions. In fact, Donald
two plus passing touchdowns in eight different games. He is
a borderline quarterback one quarterback two in a one quarterback league.
He is a streamable, matchup driven option in superflex or
two quarterback leagues. I think Donald is a very sound
choice to be your quarterback two, perhaps a QB one
if your team is loaded in other areas such as
running back, wide receiver, or tight end. All in all, though,
Sam Donald has come a long way better late than never,
an excellent scheme fit for Kevin O'Connell, and we can
never say truly what Donald could have been if JJ
McCarthy not tares Meniscus. I do think JJ would have
got eventually pushed into the mix for starting reps. Here
we are, though, Minnesota one of the best teams in
the NFC, let alone the NFC North. Sam Donald playing
for not only this season, but landing potentially a mega
contract in the offseason for a lot of teams that
are in desperation at quarterback. Jerry Judy's twenty five, fifteenth
overall pick to Denver back in twenty twenty at Alabama,
he was an elite college prospect production profile that really
stood out. With one hundred and fifty nine career catches
for two thousand, seven hundred and forty two yards receiving
twenty six touchdowns receiving wise, and seventeen point two yards
per catch, Jerry Judy looked about as full proof as
it gets at wide receiver. Unfortunately, at least with Denver,
it was not all sunshine and rainbows. Twenty twenty fifty
two fifty six, three touchdowns, sixteen and a half yards
per ketch, one hundred and thirteen targets. He was a
PPR wide out forty seven. So so for rookie season
sophomore twenty twenty one thirty eight forty seven, no touchdowns,
twelve point three yards per catch, fifty six targets.
Speaker 2: Why was he raty five? Uh oh panic.
Speaker 1: In the streets Thirty years of pro twenty twenty two
sixty seven nine to seventy two and six, fourteen and
a half yards per catch, one hundred targets the wide
receiver twenty two. Finally we saw at least the potential
to fulfill the early expectations. Out of Alabama twenty twenty
three fifty four seven fifty eight, two touchdowns, fourteen yards
per catch, eighty seven targets, widstrecre fifty. Now we're back
to that unknown or more likely bus territory. Suddenly twenty
twenty four, Jerry Judy has really turned a corner with
the Cleveland Browns forty five six, forty five and two
fourteen point three yards per catch on seventy eight targets
in only eleven games played. Now, he's not going to
ever be ceed Lamb. And that was the big debate
in that rookie class. Do you go Jerry Judy or
Ceede Lamb? And quite obviously the answer is Cede Lamb. Nonetheless,
Judy's value has increased substantially since Jameis Winston took over
as the brown starting quarterback in Week eight. Since then,
Jerry Judy five for seventy nine versus Baltimore seven for
seventy three verst of Chargers six for one hundred and
forty two yards and a touchdown hit the Saints, and
then last week in the snow game versus Pittsburgh six
grabs eighty five yards. Jerry us he is under contract
with Cleveland until twenty twenty eight, so he has stability.
The question, however, is the usage and the splits with
Deshaun Watson, Jameis Winston, or even dtr At times, I
tend to think that Judy is now stabilized or rounded
out as a wide receiver three with some wide receiver
two potential safe floor a somewhat limited ceiling especially with
Nick Chubb getting his legs underneath him. Elijah Moore, Sect Tillman,
David Njoku all associated pieces of the Cleveland passing attack. Therefore,
it's great to see that Jerry Judy has arrived, as
I mentioned, better late than never. But I think this
might be more of a cell high than hold or
by high situation, because the sample size is large enough
from twenty twenty twenty twenty three to see that he
was a wide receiver forty seven eighty five twenty two
to fifty on an annual basis, the outlier there clearly
being wide receiver twenty two. How about Kate Otten He's
twenty five, very young for a tight end, still fourth
rounder out of Washington. Back in twenty twenty two, he
was an underrated college tight end prospect in terms of
per outputs, with ninety one career receptions for onenty twenty
six yard receiving and nine touchdowns scored as a rookie
in twenty twenty two with Tampa Bay out and went
forty two three hint one and two nine point three
yards per catch sixty five targets as the PPR Titan
twenty six, twenty twenty three as a sophomore forty seven,
four forty five and four nine point seven yards per catch,
sixty seven targets tight end twenty so with slight improvement
year three, it's been a breakout campaign four kid, He's
gone fifty forty six and four nine point seven seventy
three targets.
Speaker 2: You can see the yards per ketch.
Speaker 1: Have been early similar year over year instead of the
increasing Now are the county stats that's receptions, yardage and
hopefully touchdowns. He is matches his career high so far
but four trips to the end zone this season. Otten's
role has undoubtedly expanded as a go to target for
Baker Mayfield. With Mike Evans and Chris Gobin sidelined from
Week seven to ten, Outen has been an elite ROI
for those who have started him let alone waited since
the twenty twenty two selection rookie drafts eight hundred yards
versus Baltimore nine for eighty one and two touchdowns versus
Atlanta eight for seventy seven in a score against Kansas
City five to thirty five versus forty nine ers Tampa
Bay was on BIOMEG eleven. Mike Evans did return in
Week twelve against the Giants, and Auden finally came back
down to earth with only one catch for thirty yards.
Speaker 2: However, it was not.
Speaker 1: A close game, Tampa Bay winning thirty to seven, so
Auden services were not really needed as they were in
weeks past.
Speaker 2: All in all, Kate Adden is one of.
Speaker 1: Those tight ends that, if you remain patient, seems to
be reaping the benefits.
Speaker 2: And rewards in year three.
Speaker 1: He's under contract till twenty twenty six. With it being
such a paper thin landscape if you don't have a
few names at the position, Kateadden seems like a steal
and more of a hold than sell high at this
time because we don't know the future of Chris Goblin
beyond this postseason or heading into the offseason, and Mike
Evans is aging so far, Trey Palmer and Jalen McMillan
have not lived up to stepping up the roles of
Evans are Goblin when they were sidelined. It has been
Kate Odden who is now a no brainer tight end
one at least for the rest of this season, based
on the usage we've seen over the second half of
the campaign.
Speaker 2: It took some.
Speaker 1: Time and It was an immediate but we're seeing the
steady growth and it was worth the wait time for
a quick break.
Speaker 2: Be back with two.
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a sap be right back. Darnell Mooney comes to mind.
He's twenty seven fifth rounder out of Tulane Chicago.
Speaker 2: In twenty twenty.
Speaker 1: He was a monster in school with one hundred and
fifty four career catches for two thousand, five hundred and
seventy two yards, receiving nineteen touchdowns sixteen point seven yards
per catch with the Bear, it was a slow burmer.
Darnold Mooney twenty twenty is a rookie sixty one six
thirty one four touchdowns, ten point three guards per catch.
Speaker 2: Ninety eight targets.
Speaker 1: The PPR wideout fifty showed some encouragement and promise, nothing
that really jumped off the page or on film.
Speaker 2: Twenty twenty one as a sophomore was another story.
Speaker 1: Eighty one ten fifty five and four touchdowns, thirteen yards
per catch, one hundred and forty targets, so alpha usage
wide receiver twenty three just cracked or finished inside the
top twenty four or wide receiver two in twelve teen leagues.
Twenty twenty two and twenty twenty three were steps back.
Twenty twenty two was forty four ninety three and two
for twelve point three guards per catch, sixty one targets,
wide receiver seventy one, and then twenty twenty three was
thirty one four to fourteen, only one touchdown, thirteen point
four yards per reception, again exactly sixty one targets, and
the wide receiver eighty three. So it was the wide
receiver fifty twenty three seventy one eighty three. To begin
his NFL tenure with the Bears, he fizzled out with
the franchise, but so far with Atlanta on twenty twenty four,
it's been amazing four thirty eight seven to eleven and
five fourteen point yards per reception, eighty one targets and
eleven games played, and he was actually the PPR wide
out nine prior to start of week twelve again and
Lanta on bye is going to change that. Mooney has
been so consistent and more reminiscent of his twenty twenty
one sophomore season with the Bears when he was a
wide out twenty three. He has at least five catches
in five contests this season, six more targets in eight games,
and fifty six yards receiving or greater in seven different showings.
The best parts isa He's under contract with a Land
until twenty twenty seven, so he's a key cog of
the new oc Zach Robinson, the quarterback duo short and
long term of Kirk Cousins Michael Pennick Junior, and a
great compliment to Drake London's big X receiver body frame,
so Mooney can take advantage of weaker or less defensive attention,
become that possession wide out and.
Speaker 2: Even starts the field and necessary.
Speaker 1: I do believe that Mooney has overachieved a bit those
room for growth in terms of touchdowns at five right now,
but the fact that he was the wide receiver nine
in full PPR entering week twelve seems a bit far
fetched unsustainable. But a wide receiver two or consistent reliable
wide receiver three with those spike weeks depending on usage
for Drake London, Kyle Pitts, Orbijian Robinson really makes Mooney
an attractive hold in downs formats or a by high
where you know what you're getting for a twenty seven
year old veteran player who has proven in twenty twenty
one that it can be an eighty plus ketch receiver
over a thousand yards and deliver on one hundred and
forty targets or north of that, sign me up for
more shares don on Moon. He's been a great value,
one of the better overall investments of the offseason when
you compare ADP to now production in twenty twenty four,
and last, but not least, Juwan Jennings is also twenty seven,
a seventh rounder of the forty nine ers out of
Tennessee back in twenty twenty checks in at sixty three
two twelve. If you remember correctly, he does not have
all that enticing of an athletic profile four point seventy
two forty so lacks straight line speed twenty nine x
vertical on a nine foot eleven inx broad jump. Go
to show that the lack of explosion when it comes
to metrics, analytics don't necessarily always equate to steam fits,
and that could be more important than overall athleticism, especially
when you're tied to Kyle Shanahan brought Purdy and the
creativity of what Juwan Jennings can do on the field
as an inside outside mismatch. I will say that Jennings
had a solid Kyle dresume, perhaps one that was overlooked
and indicated his NFL potential. With one hundred and forty
six career catches, eighteen touchdowns, fourteen point seven yards per
catch with the forty nine ers, he fits the bill
of being better late than never because in twenty twenty
had no stats whatsoever as a rookie, so in a sense,
was a red shirt season twenty twenty one, twenty four,
twenty two five touchdowns, eleven point eight ears perketch, thirty
eight targets PPR wide receiver ninety twenty twenty two thirty
five four sixteen and one eleven point nine yards per ketch,
fifty six targets wide receiver ninety again twenty twenty three
nineteen for two sixty five and a touchdown, thirteen point
nine yards per grab, thirty three targets as a wide.
Speaker 2: Receiver one ten.
Speaker 1: At this point, it seemed like Jennings was living up
to his Day three draft capital the seventh round or
not all that relevant. More depth than ever important in
fantasy or real life, however, not so. Twenty twenty four
forty seven six twenty eight and four touchdowns, thirteen point
four yards per catch, and sixty five targets. Juwan has
benefited from two things and capitalized on them. Opportunity and
injuries to Christian McCaffrey, Brandon Ayuk, Deebo, Samuel George Kittle,
all missing time at some point this season. A few
of his stand up performances include Week three at the Rams,
which was an outright superstar game, eleven for abut seventy
five and three touchdowns. Welcome to the NFL, Juwan Jennings,
or at least on everyone's radar in fantasy football circles.
Week ten at him Bay seven for ninety three, Week
eleven verse Seattle ten ninety one in a touchdown.
Speaker 2: He along with all the forty nine Ers.
Speaker 1: Pass catchers outside of George Kittle, did not perform all
that well in Week twelve because it was a disaster
of Brandon Allen a quarterback, even if it was a
pivot to Joshua Dobbs. I don't think the forty nine
ers offense will be effective until rock Pretty returns. But
that's a whole other conversation. This just focuses on Jennings
finally emerging better late than never, great timing. Seen him
on Dynasty Waiver Wires. He was a hot pickup with
I go off to a slow start, his torny acl
the injuries that the forty Nineers are dealt with, not
to mention the week three outburst of eleven about seventy
five and three. So the debate now is with Jenny's
being under contract till twenty twenty six, is it a
legit role or is Jenny simply benefiting from necessity as
opposed to intent. Where if you had a healthy Brandon
and now you even Ricky Piercell emerging in this offense,
is Jennings all that relevant? It is a tough call
because we've seen what he's capable of. It is just
Kyle Shanahan is so creative and spread to ball round
so much that all players can be relevant and viable,
and I don't think that Jenny should.
Speaker 2: Be so low.
Speaker 1: So with that in mind, I'd say a second is
fair game across the board, especially if you're not a contender.
Shipping Jenny's to a contender for a second makes a
lot of sense. A third is basically taking a dart
and seeing if you can hit on another prospect that
might not ever achieve the role opportunity that Jennings has
right now and only twenty seven. Sure we look ahead
fast forward to year or two and it could backfire.
Yet it seems like he's stabilized enough value and currency
in the forty nine ers offense that there's nowhere to
go but here, which is a second or third. I
don't see it going to a first value range or
falling to a fourth or a fifth, So you might
want to see what you have rest of season and
evaluate come the off season. Thank you all for listening.
Hope you all enjoyed this episode. Topic of better Late
than Never, where players might have been deemed or viewed
as busts, but finally have turned that corner and become
solid assets in real life and for us in fantasy football.
Sam Darnold, Jerry Judy, Kate Atten, Donald Mooney and Jawan Jennings.
Thank you all for listening. Until next time, This is
the Dynast you checking out. Happy Thanksgiving, enjoyed a holiday,
all the football, and good luck in all of your
Week thirteen matchups.
Speaker 2: See you