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Fantasy Football Today Beyond the Box Score

Updated WR Rankings! What Changed After the NFL Draft? (05/05 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Fantasy Football Today Beyond the Box Score

CBS Sports

Sports, Football

4.9721 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2021

⏱️ 6 minutes

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We'll tell you where the rookies are ranked and which veterans moved up or down after the NFL Draft. Just how bullish are we going to be on Ja'Marr Chase?

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0:00.0

Rankings week continues on fantasy football today in five.

0:07.0

Let's talk about wide receivers.

0:09.6

Adam Azer and Jamie Eisenberg here on FFT in 5.

0:12.7

Make sure you're following us on Spotify or anywhere else you listen to podcasts.

0:17.2

Jamie's here to talk about his updated wide receiver rankings,

0:19.7

and I want to ask you about the rookies, so I assume

0:22.8

Jamar Chase is number one for you. Did he crack your top 24? He did. You know, I basically replaced T. Higgins,

0:31.1

so I had my top 24 with Jamar Chase. I just think that this is going to be a fun offense. I think

0:35.0

the relationship between Joe Burrow and Jamar Chase will matter.

0:38.7

I think Chase's talent will shine through. We saw last year the past attempts and the volume for Burrow. So I think that's going to be somewhat similar. So I'm excited about Jamar Chase. You know, you don't want to overreact to rookie wide receivers because of the shiny new toy. but I think there's a lot of things

0:54.3

that fall in place here

0:55.1

for him to be successful

0:56.0

in his rookie campaign.

0:57.2

You've got three... react to rookie wide receivers because of the shiny new toy. But I think there's a lot of things

0:54.3

that fall in place here for him to be successful in his rookie campaign. You've got three

0:58.1

bangles in PPR in your top 30. I'm excited about them. Like I said, I think, you know, T. Higgins

1:05.0

still going to be very good. He was good as the second option in terms of targets when

1:10.0

AJ Green was there last year and Burrow was healthy and Myler Boyd is going to be a potential star as well. You know, kind of the steady Eddie in PPR. He's not as good in non-PPR because I don't think the touchdowns will be there. But in PPR, I think he's going to be a very good fantasy option. And you have all three of them, just inside the top 30 for Boyd and Higgins. You have all three of them ahead, slightly of Devante Smith, who is your number two ranked rookie wide receiver. Where did Smith and where did Wattle end up for you? Wattel ended up around 40. You know, I think Smith is a guy that will probably rise a few spots once I, you know, go back and reevaluated again. But it's more about Hertz, I think, than it is about Smith and, you know, just how good of a

1:49.1

pass or Hertz will be.

1:50.0

But I think he's going to be good, Devante Smith. And Waddle is just in a crowded receiving court. You know, I think you got to look at Fuller and Devante Parker and Mike Keseki is guys that are going to command targets from still an unproven quarterback as well.

2:02.0

So you got to worry about that also.

2:03.4

The fact that those two guys know each other's good. But to me, Waddle is definitely third behind Smith for seasonal leagues. You can make a case he's second in terms of rookie only drafts, dynasty formats, all those things. But I would take Smith over Waddle right now in seasonal formats.

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