The Best Wide Receivers in the NFL Draft (04/22 Fantasy Football Podcast)
Fantasy Football Today Beyond the Box Score
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🗓️ 22 April 2022
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
Josh Edwards gives his Top 6 wide receivers with Drake London perhaps a little lower than you might expect. How do the top two guys compare to DeVonta Smith and Jaylen Waddle? Which projected first rounder has the most bust potential?
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| 0:33.6 | We could have some big impact wide receivers |
| 0:36.1 | in their rookie seasons. We're hoping for a lot of them to go in the first round. Let's talk about it right now with Josh Edwards. Welcome to the show. Josh was here yesterday to break down the running backs. Now we're going to talk about the wide receivers, his favorite ones for the upcoming NFL draft. All right, I asked you this question for running backs. I'll ask you again for wide receivers. You're an NFL |
| 0:54.6 | GM. Give me your top two. My top two would be Ohio State's Garrett Wilson and Alabama's |
| 1:01.8 | Jameson Williams, who is formerly of Ohio State. They were teammates in Columbus. Those would be my |
| 1:06.8 | top two wide receivers because of their ability to make plays after the catch. |
| 1:15.8 | And how do they compare with not Jamar Chase? I know there's no Jamar Chase. How do they compare with, let's say, Jalen Waddle and Devante Smith, who were the next to last year? |
| 1:21.0 | Yeah, Devante was just such a clean route runner. And that's, you know, what we saw in his first |
| 1:25.6 | league in the NFL. |
| 1:31.2 | Jalen, we saw his ability to make plays at and around the line of scrimmage. |
| 1:35.7 | I think that's kind of more of the pond that you're fishing in with these type of wide receivers in this year's class. |
| 1:37.5 | I don't think we have the Jemar Chase where, you know, they're a great combination of size |
| 1:41.9 | and physicality and speed, but I think you're going to get some difference makers. |
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