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Fantasy Football Today Beyond the Box Score

5 Late-Round Wide Receivers You Need To Target! (06/13 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Fantasy Football Today Beyond the Box Score

CBS Sports

Sports, Football

4.9721 Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Join us as Jamey Eisenberg and Dan Schneier unveil their favorite late-round wide receivers for this fantasy football season! Discover how Luke McCaffrey, Jalen McMillan, Wan'Dale Robinson, and others could be the key to your draft success.

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0:00.0

We're looking at late round wide receivers here on FFT and 5.

0:07.0

Welcome to Fantasy Football Today in 5. I'm Jamie Eisenberg. That's Dan Schneier.

0:13.0

Talking about some of our favorite late round wide receivers, Dan. So maybe guys that we're looking at picks after 100 overall. The floor is yours. Give me somebody that you are targeting first. We'll talk about maybe three guys here on this episode. Okay, we're going to narrow it down to three guys. I'm going to start with a medium-level sleeper here. And that medium-level sleeper is Rashad Bateman, who's a player who, if you look back on his date from last year, actually was getting open at a better rate, like it looked like somebody closer to what the product I saw at Minnesota. Now, obviously, Dodo Beckham Jr. out of the mix, they're still a very pass-heavy offense, so they want to be at least. I think that will continue to grow in year two of that system with Tom Monk, and they'll only get more pass-heavy and more comfortable as Lamar gets more comfortable in the system. So Bateman is a sneaky, like a sneaky 100-target type of guy that you're getting really late in your drafts with former first-round pedigree and talent. So I like him a lot. So you say pass-happy offense, and I know you're a Derek Henry guy. So do you see it being more pass happy than it was a year ago? I do. I like Henry. With the loss of Beckham, it's still a benefit to bait. So I do still think it will be more pass happy. My love for Henry this year is mostly based on the touchdown upside and how much touchdowns are worth to us in fantasy football. Okay. Makes sense. I don't see the past volume necessarily increasing that much. Okay. But I do see the loss of Beckham that makes Bateman worth the late round flyer. All right, give me another guy that you're looking at. Okay, now we'll go a little bit deeper, but not too deep. I got a super deep one coming at the end, but we got it a little bit deeper. Luke McCaffrey, the rookie wide receiver for the commanders. McAfree is one of my favorite sleepers in the entire draft class. I put him on my my guys list because when you watch him on film, you see that he's a former quarterback who plays receiver now. What do I mean by that? He was the second best receiver from an efficiency standpoint against zone coverage. He understands how to beat zone coverage because he was a quarterback and he read that. And that's so perfect for playing within this new Cliff Kingsbury system. I think he'll win that slot job. And it doesn't hurt that, you know, we're hearing early rumors from Jane and there, reports from Jane Daniels that I show up at the building at 530 and the only person who's there is Luke McCaffrey with me. So, you know, maybe they can build that report early, rookie to rookie. I just think there's a really good chance that he could be that guy that everyone's screaming, rushing a waiver wires for after week one or two. So do you see him taking over for Jahan Dotson? I don't think he takes over from McCorn, but there was some talk, obviously, about using McCaffrey outside. And if that happens, I think that comes at the expense of Dotson. I do too. And I think that's part of why I like him as a potential late round of sleeper, because Dotson just hasn't been productive at the NFL level. I know he has draft pedigree, but the efficiency marks are not there. And he's really struggled in a lot of ways so far in his NFL career. Right. Did have the seven touchdowns in his rookie campaign, but really disappointing. As a sophomore, we'll see if Daniels can help him. But hard to expect not only McLaurin to play well, but also one of these two guys to step up. And then, you know, the tight ends, whether it's Zach Ertz or another sleeper, I think that we all like in Ben Sinit, somebody that all these guys can be supported by Jane Daniels.

3:07.6

The third guy that you're looking at in this range is?

3:10.5

This is a super, super deep one.

3:13.2

And it's Charlie Jones, the second year receiver for the Bengals.

3:16.8

So Charlie Jones is a big time sleeper.

3:18.9

He was a player I loved at a Purdue.

3:20.6

What I loved about him was his ability to win in the slot.

3:23.6

He was the only guy I saw who

3:25.8

beat Joey Porter Jr. at corner and just consistently beat him when he played Penn State.

3:30.8

And that was really good to see because he had a really good season with Steelers. And now we have

3:34.7

guys that they drafted. Obviously, they drafted the kid who on blank, Germain Burton at Alabama.

3:39.7

Andre Ushivis out of Princeton is there as well in the roster.

3:42.7

But Charlie Jones is to me the guy who can fill that Tyler Boyd role the best and the most likely to fill that role. And that role is productive for fantasy football. So this is super deep. You've got to be playing in 14, 16 teams to be looking at a guy like this. But don't be surprised if Charlie Jones is the new Tyler Boyd or Tyler Boyd Light because he was a really talented player.

4:00.3

We had really good tape coming out. I know they like him on special teams, so he'll be involved in the return game as well. And like you said, there's an opening with Tyler Boyd gone. I just wonder, just from speaking to Zach Taylor at the owner's meetings, you know, him talking about moving maybe Jamar Chase inside a little bit more and then giving Burton the opportunity to play on the outside, which I think would be good for Chase.

4:20.4

But Charlie Jones could certainly be somebody to fill that role. I'm going to give you two names for me.

4:25.3

One is Jalen McMillan. Our guy, Pete Priscoe, has been at Tampa Bay Bucks minicamp this week and just raving about McMillan, who they feel like they got as a steal in the NFL draft. And we know what they're planning to do, which is to move Chris Godwin inside, which allows McMillan maybe the chance to be the starter on the outside. And while that may not lead to a lot of production early, could be somebody that plays a role. And we know Mike Evans at this point in his career did miss a game last year that helped Chris Godwin's numbers pop. But Godwin, I think, benefits in this regard. But McMillan is somebody that you can take with a late round pick and also have a lot of production. Potentially, if Baker Mayfield looks for him with enough of a target share. And then a guy that you mentioned on our full-length episode on Thursday, which I think people are going to overlook because of the team he plays on is Wondell Robinson. You mentioned it.

5:06.9

So you're removed now from the AC. And then a guy that you mentioned on our full-length episode on Thursday, which I think people are going to overlook because of the team he plays on is Wondell Robinson.

5:06.4

You mentioned it.

5:06.9

So you're removed now from the ACL. He most likely will profile, and you can address this more than I can, as the slot receiver for the Giants, with neighbors on the outside and probably Dary Slayton, but it could be Jalen Hyde as well. But I think for Robinson's role, especially now with the tight end position being a little bit of a question mark, we know that's sort of been a Daniel Jones staple, mostly with Sterling Shepard. So I like the opportunity to take Robinson late. Have him on a couple of Dynasty leagues. I'm excited to see what he can do. And so all neighbors getting all the headlines, I think Robinson is somebody that should not go overlooked with one of your late round tips. Yeah, I love that call by you. Wanda Rumpson has been the best Giants receiver at minicamp so far outside of Malik

5:40.4

Neighbors, obviously.

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