WR Tiers: Where to slot Justin Jefferson, Malik Nabers, Terry McLaurin, Tyreek Hill

Fantasy Football Happy Hour with Matthew Berry

NBC Sports, Matthew Berry

Fantasy Sports, Sports, Football

4.3 • 710 Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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August 26: Matthew (@MatthewBerryTMR), Jay (@croucherJD), and Connor (@ConnorJRogers) continue their positional tier analysis by focusing on Ja’Marr Chase, Justin Jefferson, and CeeDee Lamb as the top players at wide receiver. They also ponder if Nico Collins or Malik Nabers could end up the WR1 by season’s end, and detail their concerns with Terry McLaurin and DK Metcalf. The trio also highlight the Raiders signing Amari Cooper and Tyjae Spears being placed on IR before wrapping the show explaining why they believe the Buccaneers will repeat as NFC South Champion.

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0:00.0	Yes, Evil J, what are the betting odds in Kyle Pitts for a comeback player?
0:03.4	Thank you for the question, Clark Brady. Well, the literal story here is that the AP, the Associated Press, who governs these awards, was so disgusted with the outcome of Joe Flacko winning comeback player of the year. They literally changed the rules so that you can't come back from sucking. Carl Pitts wasn't even lost, you just sucked. So he's ineligible to win the award
0:01.7	because Joe Flarker literally ruined the award for everyone because he was still getting his spirit. So we can't let this happen ever again. So he can't win. Literally can't win. Yeah, so there are no odds. It's off the table, Clark Brady, but we appreciate. Yes. We appreciate the question. I think Christian McAfee is the guy. I think Christian McAfee's the guy. Yeah.
0:38.3	Fantasy Football Happy Hour with Matthew Berry.
0:43.3	Welcome to the fantasy football happy hour.
0:48.3	Connor Rogers, Matthew Berry, evil, J. Croucher.
0:51.3	You heard it from, it's gone.
0:53.3	You're not evil anymore. Hair cut. I don't like it. Yeah. I got to do a Premier League commercial later, and I don't think the Premier League. I think the Premier League wants people to watch their games. And so no one's going to watch Arsenal Liverpool if they see my mustache. What kind of Premier League commercial are you possibly doing? I don't know. I just got the three words,
1:11.8	Premier League commercial, and that was my cue to shave. But the problem is, Matthew, is that,
1:15.8	so if I have the kind of faux mustache, I look 13 years old, and now with it shaven off,
1:21.6	I look six years old. I just have no pathway to, I'm 33 years old. I have no pathway back to
1:27.2	a birthday of 1992. I'm not in the 2000 old. Yeah, yeah. I'm no pathway back to a birthday of 1992.
1:29.0	Yeah, I, I, it's a, it's a weird one, for a sure.
1:35.2	One per, I will say this, however, while you struggle with your age and you still get
1:39.3	carded, one kid that no longer needs to get carded is my son Connor, who turns 21-year-old today.
1:47.0	Big day.
1:48.0	Big day. So my kid, Connor, he drinks free here in the happy hour.
1:52.0	He's currently a junior at Alabama. That's me and my son.
1:56.0	We were fishing a couple of weeks ago before he went out, before he went back to Alabama, where he's a
2:03.1	junior roll tied. So it is his birthday today, 21 years old. So finally tonight, he'll have his first
2:08.2	drink. Tough place. Yes, tough place to have a 21st birthday. Oh, my goodness. Yeah.
2:12.6	Nothing to do in Tuscaloosa. He'll be okay. But he's an absolutely great kid. He's a great
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