Continuing our discussion of our

2024 redraft rankings, that's what we're going to talk about on today's edition

of stealing banana shorts. I'm Ben Gretch.

You can find my newsletter at banggretsch.substack.com with me as always,

is Sean Siegel. Find off his awesome work over at Rodeviz. Let's jump in.

We want to go position by position on the ranks. One of the ranks that I noticed when I looked

over at the tight end position was Pat Fryman, who I'm very low on. And also when I looked over at the tight end position was Pat Frymouth, who I'm

very low on. And also when I was looking at the receiver position was George Pickens,

who I'm also very low on. And a big part of that when I go through the projections is the

Arthur Smith effect, no surprise. But when you really dig into the pass rate over expected and the

way that they've played the last couple of years,

in addition to that, the fact that the Steelers have also run a very negative pass rate over expected for a couple of years since Ben Roth, Lusberger retired.

The quarterbacks, the specific quarterbacks, whether it's Wilson or Fields, you're talking about probably a high sack rate.

You're talking about a higher than average rate.

Just looking at the called pass plays that will become pass attempts.

And with fields, that gap is larger than any quarterback because he does hold the ball

along and takes sacks at a high rate and scrambles at a high rate as well.

Those are the other two outcomes on a called pass other than a pass attempt as a sack or a scramble. Basically, the ball never gets out of the quarterback's hand. That tends to happen at a very high rate, either of those with Fields. It makes him a fun fantasy quarterback because he will take off and run for big yardage. But I have a real issue, even if Pickens is a hit, even if I understand and agree with you and have

long felt that Justin Fields doesn't get enough credit for the accuracy, especially as a

downfield passer.

And I think the Fields and Pickens fit is actually really pretty nice.

Even if I think that that means Pickens is going to have some explosive splash plays,

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