Which Sleepers Emerging in OTAs Will Keep You Ahead of the Fantasy Football Curve? | On The Couch
The Audible
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🗓️ 11 June 2026
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of On the Couch, Sigmund Bloom sits down with Marcus Mosher to sift through all of the news coming out of NFL OTAs to tell you what you need to know to be smarter than your leaguemates.
Injuries, rookie debuts, second and third year leaps, new coaches and teammates, scheme and role changes, and general buzz set the scene for the summer and show us what we should be paying closer attention to when the training camp firehose gets turned on in July.
Watch this show to get the drop on the rest of your league while their brains are still on fantasy football vacation.
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Timestamps
00:00 Why is Ryan Flournoy a player we need to know?
03:28 What about Brian Schottenheimer's comments shows us that Flournoy will get more usage in 2026?
12:51 Why should we be open to Jaydon Blue having a bigger role in 2026?
16:03 Why is the Brock Bowers the player you need to get in every league?
17:45 Should we be concerned about Jaxon Smith-Njigba without Klint Kubiak?
20:21 Brock Bowers as Kubiak's Jaxon Smith-Njigba in Las Vegas
22:00 Unknown Upside as a key to winning your league
26:10 Could taking two Raiders be the strategy to win a high stakes contest?
27:20 What should we look for in the Steelers offense?
32:07 Will Mike McCarthy use Darnell Washington as a full-time player?
34:45 How high is Adonai Mitchell's ceiling?
35:50 Should we buy the Parker Washington hype from OTAs?
37:15 Can Carnell Tate be a #1 wide receiver right away?
38:48 Should we be aggressive or cautious about drafting Jonathon Brooks in fantasy leagues?
41:02 What did we learn about the Jaguars backfield in the spring?
42:53 Why is Jalen McMillan one of the most underrated receivers in fantasy leagues?
45:34 Could George Holani start Week 1 for Seattle?
47:59 Is Isiah Pacheco used up or does he have potential in fantasy leagues?
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | why do you need to know about Ryan Flournoy if you want to get an edge in fantasy football this year, |
| 0:07.0 | that more this week on the couch. |
| 0:10.4 | My fellow Western Pennsylvania and otherwise my friend and a football mind, |
| 0:16.9 | I always enjoy interacting with Marcus Mosier. |
| 0:19.7 | You know, you're a Cowboys expert, |
| 0:22.0 | you're a football expert. OTAs who might say, that's not real football, but Ryan Flournoy |
| 0:28.2 | is a real NFL receiver. Yeah, and we can't take away a ton from OTAs, but you can get |
| 0:35.4 | some vibes. I know you guys like to call it to drumbeat, and you can see how coaching staffs feel |
| 0:41.8 | about players. |
| 0:42.7 | And let's start with Ryan Flanoy. |
| 0:44.6 | It's pretty clear that Brian Schottenheimer and his cowboy staff absolutely loves him. |
| 0:49.5 | He was the number one receiver during Tuesday's practice. |
| 0:53.6 | Brian Schottenheimer said he's got a chance to be a Pro Bowl receiver. |
| 0:57.6 | And say the more that we've been talking about, you know, how the Cowboys are going to deploy the receivers and just based on the OTA usage, |
| 1:05.0 | I wouldn't be surprised if we see Flannoy on the field a lot in one and two wide receiver sets. |
| 1:11.4 | I think they know Cid Lam is the focal point of this offense, |
| 1:14.9 | but he's been beat up the last couple of years. |
| 1:17.2 | They've got to figure out a way to limit his snaps. |
| 1:20.7 | And I wouldn't be surprised if we see him pulled off the field on early snaps in favor |
| 1:25.3 | of Flanoa, who they absolutely love. |
| 1:28.4 | And that's the key, right, is the Cowboys are just coming right out and telling us, |
| 1:34.2 | Brian Schottenheimer, it's refreshing, right? |
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