THE NEXT PUKA NACUA BREAKOUT! - 2024 Fantasy Football Sleepers and Breakouts

after his breakout campaign in 2019 I was getting the same question over and over that off season how do we find the next Cooper cup lo and behold just a few seasons later we have another wide receiver from the LA Rams that took fantasy football and the NFL by surprise puka nakua well everyone's asking the same question now how do we find the next pukaa there are several different factors and things that we need to check off in order for us to find the right wide receiver that could potentially give us those type of breakout numbers in his rookie season they've got to be guys nobody's talking about we're not talking about Marvin Harrison Jr Malik neighbors Brian Thomas or guys like that we're looking at wide receivers that really nobody's talking about I put together a group of wide receivers all the way from ADP 150 6 down to 277 these are guys going later on in your draft that more than likely would end up being the players that we're focused on here but even when looking at this list it's probably way too big because we need to be taking a look at guys that may not even be drafted puka nakua last season was somebody that was either being drafted very late at the end of your draft is kind of a dart throw last pick or somebody that was even picked up off waivers after the first week or two of the season so the first category that we're going to use to whittle down some of these names is going to be draft value and if you're playing in a 12 team League 15 rounds would equal about 180 picks so I want to focus on the guys that are going outside the top 180 so that's going to cut our list in about half now we're going to be focusing on Jermaine Burton from Cincinnati Roman Wilson from Pittsburgh Luke mcaffrey from Washington Malachi Corley from the New York Jets Javon Baker from the New England Patriots Jaylen mcmillon from the Tampa Bay Bucks then Brendan rice for the San Francisco 49ers and Malik Washington for the Dolphins but obviously not all of these guys are going to be puka neua so the next thing that we need to look at to potentially break down the list even further is going to be finding a veteran quarterback pukaa had that last season with Matthew Stafford he had a guy that he could rely on to get him the ball consistently I'm not really looking for rookie wide receivers to rely on to make a guy that wasn't even being considered a draft pick at the beginning of the season a fantasy football Superstar all right now we've trimmed our list once again down to five wide receivers at this point now we're going to focus on Germaine Burton he's got Joe burrow in Cincinnati absolutely capable of spreading the ball around Roman Wilson in Pittsburgh now there is some debate on who the quarterback will be for the entire season but as of right now it's probably going to be Russell Wilson but even if it does end up going to Justin fields at some point in time Justin Fields is a veteran at this point now he's been in the league long enough that he can still get the ball spread around whenever he needs to Malachi Corley may have an aging Aaron roders coming off an Achilles injury but he's a veteran quarterback none nonetheless that absolutely has proven to be able to get his wide receivers the ball whenever they need it Brendan rice has Brock pury and I still think people look at Brock py as Mr IR relevant and the rookie that came out of nowhere a couple of years ago but that was a couple of years ago he's going into year three now his second year as a full-time starter and he was even in the MVP conversation last year Brock pie is a veteran quarterback that's more than capable of getting the job done a Malik Washington is going to be paired up with Tua and Tua just got that massive contract it feels like Tua has been doubted every step of the way since he was drafted and he continues to prove those doubters wrong Mike McDaniels went to bat for him the organization paid him to is the quarterback of the future in Miami now we need to take a look at path to volume which one of these wide receivers have the best shot at at some point this season becoming one of the Prime primary targets for their team last season pukan nakua was able to step up the way he did because Cooper cup went down with an injury and even after Cooper cup went down and came back pukan neua was still a stalwart within the Rams offense so which one of these wide receivers have the best chance to see the same path Germaine Burton has a really good shot in Cincinnati he's going to be playing on the outside potentially to begin with Tyler Boyd is is gone you've got T Higgins also on the outside but T Higgins he didn't get that contract that he wanted and as of right now he's going to be a free agent next season at any point in time T Higgins who's already dealt with injury issues the last couple of years could feel a tweak in his hamstring and decide you know what I'm going to go ahead and sit back and even at the tight end position they brought in Mike aeki but that doesn't mean Cincinnati wouldn't be looking for at least a number two target to go behind Jamar Chase now when I started putting this video together Roman Wilson was just fine but he did go down with an ankle injury recently and this video is going to be coming out a few days after that happened because I'm recording in advance because I'm going on vacation so if for some reason something happened with Roman Wilson while I was gone before this posted or after it posted my apologies but I'm still going to be taking a look at Roman Wilson because Deontay Johnson is gone and deont Johnson has had like 4 billion targets over the last several seasons in Pittsburgh you've got Pat Fruth and you've got George Pickins but neither of those guys are Ultra established as a reliable pass catcher and neither one of those guys can work routes the same way Deontay Johnson did which fits Roman Wilson's game absolutely perfect Malachi Corley could end up having a huge season for the New York Jets as a rookie because when you take a look at what's around him right now it's Garrett Wilson and then it's a whole lot of question marks they added Mike Williams but when in the world has Mike Williams ever stayed healthy Tyler Conlin yeah he shows up every once in a while but he's never been super consistent and do we really feel like Alan Lazard is going to be the answer Malachi Corley could absolutely find himself as the number two target behind Garrett Wilson and if Garrett Wilson ever misses any time Malachi Corley could absolutely step up to help out now Malik Washington has the longest path here but I don't think it's completely out of the question the offensive Firepower through the passing game is built around Tyreek Hill and then jayen Wadd but Jaylen Wadd missed some time last year and he hasn't been super healthy since entering the league Tyreek Hill even though he didn't miss a lot of games last season it felt like he was banged up an awful lot and because of that there were some weeks where there was a lot of questions on whether or not Tyreek Hill was going to play Malik Washington is a guy that has the longest path to volume but I'm still going to place him up here because he is a guy that's literally not being looked at not being talked about and not even being drafted in 99% of leagues and because of that in the high-powered offense that we'll talk about in a second I'm going to go ahead and leave him here for right now and that will bring us to our next category offensive power we need to find an offense that can match what the LA Rams did last season because the Rams offense was extremely good they were seventh in total yards they were 10th in passing yards and they were eighth in passing touchdowns they did very well through the air and puka AA was a big reason why Jermaine Burton in the Cincinnati offense as long as Joe burrow is healthy absolutely would be a part of a high-powered offense that can throw the football and with a lot of question marks about the Run game this season if it doesn't end up working out with Chase Brown and Zach Moss they may be forced to throw it a lot more often than they would like also the defense they've lost a few players over the last couple of Seasons if the defense isn't as strong as what we've seen Cincinnati could be playing from behind yeah the New York Jets offense was absolutely terrible last season but with Aaron Rodgers it could make all the difference originally I had left Malachi Corley out of this segment and didn't consider him an offensive power because I didn't know exactly what we would see this season from the New York Jets or Aaron Rodgers but it's hard to overlook the fact that with Bree Hall literally dominating the Run game and being one of the better running backs in all of football Aaron Rogers job will actually be a lot easier and because of that Corley could still be inside an offense that would be able to perform numbers close to what the LA Rams did last season if not better and then Malik Washington with the Miami Dolphins we see this offense absolutely take the top off week after week after week there's some inconsistencies one week they're facing the Denver Broncos putting up historic numbers and then the next week they find themselves struggling to find the End Zone on a consistent basis we know that happens from time to time but overall from the standpoint of one of the top offenses in football Miami checks all the Box all right the last category we're going to talk about is going to bring us down to two wide receivers and then we're going to leave it up to the comment section to decide which one of these has the best opportunity to become the next pukaa and if this video can get 750 likes then I'm going to pick somebody down in the comment section that comments with their choice and a reason why to win a free draft guide and if you haven't had a chance to get our 2024 fantasy football draft guide then you need to get on it 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going to make some plays over the middle but can't break them big he was a guy truly that could win all over the field that could go inside that could go outside and that could run all of the routes with all of the Defenders two guys to me equal that potential and it's Malachi Corley and it's Malik Washington both of these guys have the opportunity to be used all over the formation the same way PUK and akua was last season and up until this point both of them have checked all of the boxes these are guys that either aren't being drafted or that are being drafted super late and because of that they're going to be a late round stab that you could pick up just to see what ends up happening with them but if you're looking for a true answer finding the next puka Nua isn't going to be as easy as we made it in this video we tried to break it down so you could at least use this type of step-by-step basis to try and find these late round guys that could end up equaling success for your fantasy roster but guys like puka nakua and Cooper cup back in 2015 don't come around all that often and if we're trying to bank on one every single season we're setting ourselves up for faure but like I've talked about with Malachi Corley he's going to be inside a really good offense without an established number two at this point Garrett Wilson will the guy Bree Hall will likely see a fair amount of targets and they're going to run the football but the New York Jets and Aaron roders they're going to pass it and somebody's going to have to be the number two on this team and Malachi Corley has the best opportunity to do just that he can be utilized in the slot and he can be utilized outside and if Garrett Wilson misses any time he could step up and be a big game changer for the New York Jets if I had to give my choice of somebody my first choice would be Malachi Corley but I wouldn't Overlook Malik Washington who I talked about extensively this off season when we made our Fantasy Football Draft guide available all the way back during the NFL draft with lots of Dynasty and rookie content Malik Washington was a guy that I brought up quite a bit I loved his skill set last season and I definitely believe that he can translate very well from college to the NFL level because of his big playmaking ability he wasn't talked about very often but he was one of the leaders in all of college football in terms of overall volume and he has the skill set to absolutely dominate in the Miami Dolphins offense Malik Washington is the prototypical Mike McDaniels player he's fast he's agile he can make people miss and he can do a lot of different things within the offense to make him very dangerous he's got the biggest path though to finding a consistent amount of volume and that's why I've got Malachi Corley just ahead of him but if there's any injuries to the Miami Dolphins this season Malik Washington's name needs to come up right away headliner Nation hopefully you appreciated the 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