Beyond the Box Score: Rookie Gems, Best and Worst Fits and More (04/30 Fantasy Football Podcast)
Fantasy Football Today
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🗓️ 30 April 2026
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Dan and Jacob hop on with the annual "Rookie Gems" episode! First, some overall thoughts on this draft class (3:00) and news and notes (10:50) including Deshaun Watson reportedly being the frontrunner for the Browns starting quarterback job ... Dan and Jacob give their perspectives on the Round One rookies. Which rookie is a good fit for his team's offense (18:00)? Jadarian Price and Jordyn Tyson come to mind. Which rookie is a bad fit for his team's offense (24:45)? And which rookie should be drafted second in redraft leagues (29:30)? Carnell Tate? Tyson? Price? Makai Lemon? ... Moving on to the Rookie Gems! These guys might be under the radar right now, but there is potential for Fantasy relevance in 2026. We start with Antonio Williams (32:30), De'Zhaun Stribling (37:35), Chris Bell (43:10) and Ted Hurst (47:40) before rattling off more rookie gems ... Your emails at fantasyfootball@cbsi.com
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| 0:00.0 | This is Fantasy Football Today from CBS Sports. |
| 0:03.6 | What a play! |
| 0:04.8 | Can you believe this? |
| 0:06.3 | It's a no idea. |
| 0:08.0 | It's time to dominate your fantasy league. |
| 0:10.6 | Off to the races, and he stays on his feet. |
| 0:13.4 | It's just going to go the distance. |
| 0:15.2 | Now here's some combination of Adam, Dave, Jamie, and Heath. |
| 0:21.0 | It is fantasy football today meets Beyond the Box Score. |
| 0:25.5 | What do they call this? |
| 0:26.5 | Crossover episode? |
| 0:28.4 | Crossover episode. |
| 0:29.6 | Yeah. |
| 0:30.2 | Do you guys remember Flintstones Meet the Jetsons? |
| 0:33.3 | No, we don't remember Flintstones meet the Jetsons. |
| 0:35.4 | We're not in your age bracket. |
| 0:37.3 | I think I get a reference Bojack Horseman, which is kind of old. And then you gave |
| 0:41.8 | us Flintstones. Jay, you've seen Flintstones beat the Jetsons, right? Yeah, it was four. |
| 0:46.9 | I think it's Jetsons beat the Flintstones or something like that. It was great, wonderful episode. |
| 0:51.4 | Anyway, welcome to the show. You hear Jacob and Dan. Jamie is here. |
| 0:55.6 | I'm Adam, and we're going to talk about some rookie gems. We're going to also get Dan and Jacob's |
| 1:00.0 | opinion on the first round guys and how they fit schematically with the teams that they went to. |
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