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Fantasy Football Today Beyond the Box Score

NFL Draft WR Preview: The Top 3! (04/01 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Fantasy Football Today Beyond the Box Score

CBS Sports

Sports, Football

4.9721 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2021

⏱️ 6 minutes

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How good is this WR class overall and how does our Emory Hunt rank Ja'Marr Chase, Jaylen Waddle and DeVonta Smith? Get the scouting reports on these players who could all be taken with Top 10 picks.

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0:00.0

You've heard a lot about the top three wide receivers in the upcoming NFL draft.

0:03.8

That would be Jamar Chase, Devante Smith, and Jalen Waddle in some order.

0:07.5

We'll talk about them right now on Fantasy Football Today in Five.

0:11.0

I'm Adam Azor.

0:11.9

Welcome to this show, continuing our prospect profiles here on Fantasy Football Today in Five.

0:16.9

I am joined by Emery Hunt, who's been awesome awesome breaking down quarterbacks and running back so far.

0:21.6

And now we get to talk about wide receivers today and tomorrow. Follow us and stream us on Spotify.

0:27.2

Emery, we've heard a lot of buzz about this wide receiver class for a long time. In your mind,

0:30.8

how good is this class overall? It's very good. And I think it's deep across the board.

0:35.6

You talk about split-ins, flankers, slot receivers,

0:54.4

bigger inside receivers. Any position you want to fill, I think you can get the job done in this draft class. Right. And the way you rank them, you rank them by slot, flanker, and split-end. So overall, though, if you were giving overall grades, are those three guys, Devante Smith, Jamar Chase and, and Jalen Waddle, are they your top three? Yeah, they were my top three. They grade out very well.

0:59.6

All three guys, to me, have just tremendous skill set. And I think they should even bypass that

1:05.9

three-year window that we like to give wide receivers when they make the jump to the NFL.

1:09.6

They could be good right away. Who's the best? I would say DeVantz-Smith. He has my highest grade. I was more impressed with how well he ran routes this year. I thought that's where he grew significantly within his game. He has a lot of speed, reminds me a lot of Marvin Harrison because of how he's built and how he's able to run routes. And because he's been so dynamic, I think, man, this guy can play on the outside as a split and as an ex-receiver as a bona fide number one option. Okay. I will get back to these guys. But Henry Ruggs, you told me off air, was your number one, your highest graded wide receiver last year. Where would he rank

1:44.9

in this year's class? He'll be right there with Jalen Wado and Jammar Chase. I had Ruggs, my number

1:50.9

one split, and he had an 88.5 point grade. And he was just so good. He reminded me a lot of Joy

1:56.7

Galloway with how fluid fast he was and explosive he was.

2:02.0

And I think when you look at the receiving court that we're talking about this year,

2:05.1

the three guys, man, it's still a lot of speed, a lot of explosiveness.

2:09.6

So a lot just carries over into, you know, to this season as far as the draft prospects are

2:14.1

concerned.

2:14.3

So Ruggs would fit in right there with Waddle and Chase.

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