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Welcome into Fantasy Pros.

I am Ryan Warmly, joined by Andrew Erickson and Jake Sealy from The Athletic.

We are talking in this video about some must-have wide receivers this draft season.

We are into draft season, fellas.

These are the receivers that we are targeting based on where they are going in drafts. We're going to do wide receivers that you need to leave your draft with, kind of guys that we are really, really targeting. And then also guys that are kind of ADP climbers that are starting to move up. There's some helium with them in rankings that we are willing to still reach for even as their value goes up. So we'll give you one of each of those in those categories.

Erickson, let's start with you.

Who is the wide receiver that you need to leave your draft with?

So I'm going to start with Jalen Waddle as my wide receiver that you need to leave your

draft with.

The vibes out of Miami are much pro-Waddle and not necessarily pro-Tiree Kill.

You think about the factor of his quarterback talking about how Tyree Kill needs to

rebuild his relationship with him and the offense and all of his teammates after last

year's outburst when he basically quit on the team, whereas Jaylon Waddle is being praised

for being really consistent, taking on a larger leadership role in this offense and for the Miami Dolphins as a potential captain candidate. So I just think this is the year where Waddle gets back to what we saw the first two years of his NFL career, where he was essentially a fantasy wide receiver one, doing it in different ways. His rookie year, he did it through volume. The second year, it was through efficiency. We've seen him be really efficient in this Mike McDaniel offense with Tuatunga Viola as his quarterback. So I'm just buying in onto the fact that Waddle can be the Dolphins number one wide receiver this year and not be Tyree Kill because we've seen Tyree Kill last year. It fell off a little bit his efficiency because of the offense.

But I just think that I'd rather bet on the 26-year-old who started his career with three straight 1,000 yards, started with seasons. Attached to his former college quarterback and NFL quarterback, he's played a number of seasons with, I think that we're going to see Waddle take on that focal point. And I got more confidence betting on Janele Waddle after they traded away John Smith.

Again, that's 111 vacated targets from this offense. It opens up another option that they can go to underneath. Waddle doesn't have to just be stuck in a vertical role, which is what happened last year where he wasn't seeing enough volume. I think with John O'Gone, it also opens up opportunities in the red zone. Johnny Smith led the Dolphets and targets inside the 10-yard line last season, so that gives an opportunity for Jay and LaWad to see more red zone opportunities and score more touchdowns. And Waddle, don't forget, he finished the end of last season really strong. Nine plus target in three of his last four games, two 99 yard outings over 13 points per game over that span. So Jalen Waddle going outside the top 30 wide receivers in ADP. I'm just going to bet on the talent 26 years old and bet on the downfall of Tyrie Killed to continue and that's going to benefit Wattle the most. Jake, what do you think about Waddle? This is somebody that I'm not surprised Erickson picked just because he has been a big Waddle fan for a number of years in a row. I don't know that I've talked to you as much about him. What do you make of Waddle this year? Yeah, and the Waddle talent, undeniable. The potential in this offense, undeniable. but I will say the third thing that's undeniable is the risk

and it's the risk of injury with Tua and Waddle. And the Waddle one is starting to get annoying just

because it's multiple soft tissues, multiple legs, multiple situations where it's like, oh my God,

is this going to keep happening? But we're not paying that top 20 cost like we were last year or the

year before even like, oh my God, because we know Waddle has Y receiver top 15 potential if everything

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