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The Late-Round Fantasy Football Podcast

756: A Weaker Wide Receiver Class

The Late-Round Fantasy Football Podcast

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Sports, Football, Fantasy Sports

4.83.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

​This year's wide receiver class isn't as good as some of the ones we've seen recently, and that means we've got to work a little harder to find sleepers and values. To help, JJ sits down with Matt Harmon, who's an analyst at Yahoo Sports and the...

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0:00.0

This is the Lay-Round Podcast with your host, JJ Zacharyson.

0:12.0

What's up everyone, it's JJ Zacharyson, and this episode's 756 of the Lay-Round Fantasy

0:17.2

Football Podcast sponsored by Fandool.

0:20.9

Thanks for tuning in.

0:21.9

There's been a lot of talk about how this year's wide receiver draft class just isn't

0:25.5

very good.

0:26.5

I think some of that stems from the fact that recent classes have been awesome, and this

0:30.3

one just looks bad in comparison.

0:32.4

But there's definitely merit to the idea that we're not looking at some unbelievable wide

0:36.1

receiver class.

0:38.2

With that being said, I'd argue that in draft classes like this one, it's even more important

0:42.2

of a good grasp on the group.

0:44.5

Because strong fantasy assets are going to emerge, even if the class in general doesn't

0:48.7

look so hot.

0:50.6

And is there anyone better to analyze this class than my friend Matt Harmon?

0:55.1

He's a football writer and analyst for Yahoo Sports and Yahoo Fantasy, but he also has

0:59.2

his side hustle called Reception Perception, which is his unique methodology for wide receiver

1:03.5

evaluation.

1:04.9

I sat down and talked to Matt about Reception Perception itself, and then of course,

1:08.8

this year's wide receiver class.

1:11.0

We talked about Jackson Smith and Jigba's lack of perimeter work in college, Jordan Addison's

1:15.2

production dip last season, Zay Flowers, Antonio Brown-Comp's, and so much more.

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