Daniel Dopp's Fantasy Players On The Rise | Fantasy Focus

Daniel dos players on the rise we've got five names here Daniel players that you believe are on the rise in terms of overall value or you are drafting sooner how are you defining On The Rise these are players that are climbing up my rankings based on either I'm finally coming around to them we've seen some things that happen and they are clear paths to Opportunities or Targets in their offense so I'm going to start and we've mentioned a handful of these already but not everyone listens or watches every single show so we're going to say that we're in like day I don't know whatever 20s something of the show the show I don't there so many ways you can slice up the pre-season yeah who starts I'm going to start with Rashid rice like it obviously we're in a situation where field and we got to say this first we've been saying this every time there is a legal situation that needs to play out right now the NFL is not going to do anything until the legal situation plays out on that side and then the NFL will do its own investigation but because of all the things that we thought Rice's ADP slipped huge this year was very very late still much later than it should be right now ADP has him coming off the board as a 33rd wide receiver in the ninth round if you wait until the round and you're drafting today you're not going to be able to get rishy rice just period end of story when you look at what he did last year it was basically a tale of two halves and we've talked about this a couple shows ago with stefa wide receiver 27 as a rookie but from weeks 12 to 17 rice was wide receiver four in fantasy points he had a 27.8% Target share he was top seven in targets receiving yards and receptions there is a lot to be able to love about what Rashid rice can continue to do in this offense in spite of the fact that they added Xavier worthy who we just talked about and Hollywood Brown who has been banged up I love Rashid rice and the idea that he's coming off the board as a 33rd wide receiver is obnoxiously low there is still a chance that if this situation does play out from a legal perspective the NFL could suspend him at some point this season but with where you're able to draft Rashid rice right now it is way too low he is a guy that has climbed way up my boards I'm taking Rashi rice uh I'm absolutely grabbing him at the dip he's my wide receiver 24 I'm the dip let me ask Mike a trivia question cuz Mike has talked about how the chief's offense is going to look a lot different this year Mike where did Rashid rice rank amongst qualified players in average depth of I believe he was last lowest or very close to it okay do you have an idea of like what number that was out of how many qualified I'm not going to give you that number he uh I don't know 85th out of 85 229th okay so we're using everyone then oh out of all you're are you using all players in all positions okay I was thinking like qualified receivers but fair enough yes I think the qualifier of 10 targets last year okay yeah that's it's a insane yeah yeah I mean I've talked about that like he I worry about his ceiling a little bit just because that short range area although it's still the chief's offense so he could be a short area Target and scores I have projected eight touchdowns so uh I'm with you he I mean if he's not suspended at any point this season he is going to be a discount throughout the summer as his his ADP dip from where we initially had him uh but it's going to be a different offense there I expect a bounce back the Chiefs are going to be more vertical this year Hollywood Brown will be back at some point Xavier worthy they're it's going to be a a a better offense a more fun offense I think they rebound because remember they were mid pack in EPA EPA last year yeah they really did fall off I think they fixed it this year yeah Mahomes that was the floor for Mahomes last year finishing his qb12 we expect a lot more from him all right another guy that I have and this unfortunately has to do with Jonathan Brooks but chuba hubard needs to climb up draft boards I have raised him up a fair amount Jonathan Brooks is obviously going to be the future of that backfield but starting on the NFI list going to miss at least the first four weeks and then even once that happens guys still hasn't practiced with the team has not practice with this team since he was drafted even once he comes back he's now got to get back to not just performance but being able to understand I've never played in the NFL he's basically going to learn on the fly as he does this chuba Hubbert I said it earlier in the show he was not sexy but he had a bunch of volume when my sanders did not work out he was very very efficent excuse me very very heavily utilized once he took over as the starter he was fifth in the NFL in touches and 14th in the NFL in scrimage yards mhm 12.6 fantasy points per game a guy that you can grab basically free coming off the board in the 16th round right now you're going to have a starting running back for a number of weeks like I said a bi-week fill in or a flex play if you need someone because someone else gets hurt I think there's a lot of really good value on chuba hubard and he's like I said basically free in drafts well said yeah not not Mar at I agree excellent uh excellent late round flyer right now and potential starter certainly a flex candidate right out of the gate the the season yep again I did my week one and my week two through S wow I left 18 off the board because I wanted to let you guys feel a little bit more adequate uh but yeah he he was higher in my week one rankings than his current ADP was you going to start on 20 25 ranks later today then or wow okay oh they're done okay good I actually I'm working on my 2031 NFL draft rankings wow chba hubard right now though coming off the board as a 45th Running Back 40 it's religious all right another guy obviously we talked about this yesterday too Nick chub is going to start the season on the pup listed who have no idea when he is going to be able to be back with this team which means Jerome Ford who's being drafted after Nick chub yeah is Great Value again another guy that wasn't super sexy but when he's coming off the board in the 13th round last year he averag 12.4 fantasy points per game he's basically the same thing that chuba hubard was for the Panthers and you know that you're going to be able to get him as a guy that you can play for at least the first four weeks if not longer because of that devastating knee injury that Nick chub had I have him at my running back 33 and another guy that you can just have as a by- week Fillin or Flex that is almost free in fantasy drafts I hope people paid attention to that part that you just said a bye-week filling or a flex play I don't think he or chuba hubard fits into the conventional mold of what we're talking about for League winners right I don't think the difference between your roster being a champion and Nod as like hey I snagged chilate or I snagged Jerome Ford in the 13th round yep but that's not not every draft pick has to be the player that defines your success rate right I think the next two might fit into this category quite a bit more in different ways but yes like is like Innings eaters running backs Jerome Ford chuba hubard both reasonable names to have on your board earlier quite a bit than a yeah sometimes you need Innings eaters at run at running back it's just the nature of the position because we you know we're picking upart Kiren Williams and his role and everything like there's just not that many clear feature backs there's only a few so when you get down to like rb20 through and then now keep in mind we're in week eight or whatever and all there's a bunch of guys injured like you're just like man if I can just get somebody who's getting 12 touches I'll be happy at this point it's just the nature of uh of fantasy football so absolutely you know these guys could help you get off to a three And1 or 4-0 start and then that basically sends you to the playoffs that they're huge by the way there are guys that I think it would be considered like unkind to call them inning Innings eaters but if you look at them closer last season they were basically that with more upside than these two players yes that are being drafted away earlier like Naji Harris with he an elite fantasy player last year no he's being drafted like 85 picks higher than these guys which I get that I understand why he's being drafted higher but again I I may I guess because he was a first- round pick he could have a monster season but if I were to guess like the more likely outcome for Naji it's another solid like push for a thousand rushing yards maybe push for eight rushing touchdowns maybe have some role in the passing game but he has largely seated that to Jaylen Warren which was the reason why as a rookie he was a fantasy super dupstar and now he has settled back into what I would say top of the Innings eaters bracket on a list yeah yeah I'm with you on that the big difference I think for me with Naji Harris is like he's just going to have competition right out of the gate with Jaylen Warren whereas out of the gate for these two guys they're the kind of the clearcut number ones in both their offenses in Jerome Ford and chuba hub that could obviously change obviously as the guys come back yeah by the way Cleveland did wave Deontay Foreman or I guess relief Deontay Foreman uh we'll see if they bring him back as vet or if they claim someone today we'll see how that works out see both they're not done at running back it's Pierre strong is the two and that's it so add someone have just two backs right now all right I got two wide receivers and these ones aren't tied to injuries this is just me being a little bit higher on these guys than I have been throughout the offseason based on how things have worked out Terry McClaren can you guys can you tell me how many awful quarterbacks Terry mcen has had to endure in his NFL career quite a few quite a few double digit is what we can say for a fact now obviously we saw Jan doson get traded to the Eagles and I'm trying to figure out who else we're going to be throwing the ball to in Washington I mean if Jen is locking on someone let's look at this I think the and Mike please correct me you just did the depth charts updated everybody the number two wide receiver is either going to be luke mcaffrey alamad zakus or dami brown I think I think they're gonna open the season with dami brown and then zakus as the three and then mcaffrey Off the Bench all personel maybe I don't know I mean uh uh John Bates I guess is the two right now so not I don't know he'll be like worked in I think they'll they'll rotate those two guys as the two and three I don't think so though I'm we'll we'll see it's in Cliff Kingsbury I assume I mean he used a lot of three and four wide sets in Arizona I assume they're going to spread out the field like he normally does I I don't really understand them being like brown and zakus are like are starting I that's a it's definitely one of them things that I'm like I I don't know why they're happy with this group but receiver I wonder if Noah Brown goes to DC I want I really wanted him to come to I love I don't know where he going go Noah Brown cut yesterday surprising because they guarante million bucks this offseason uh but they were so loaded Houston get the numbers part of it um I'll just say this uh Terry mcen fits into the mold of like a guy that could be a League winner because I I know uh he hasn't shown it in recent Seasons not because of anything related to himself but like he has top 20 wide receiver upside of you're getting him was wide receiver 34 yep right but there now there are a few of those guys that also fit in that category like George Pickins is going right around wide receiver 30 and Amari Cooper who we know probably not going to reach inside the top 10 but he could have a top 15 season there's Chris Godwin like there are good examples but mclen I think deserves to be mentioned in that same regard I love mclen especially commanders have a the third lowest win total from ESPN bet six and a half wins which to me is like all right you're probably gonna have to throw the ball a lot and if you're throwing the ball based on the names that we just mentioned I Jaden Daniels if that was if I was him which would be great I would be locked in to Terry mcen I mean no offense to any of the rest of these guys but like he is the one pass catcher that I'm going to try to find more often than not yeah I think the reason he's not higher is uh he hasn't done it yet he's been around for a while he hasn't he hasn't shown that ceiling yet um and he hasn't really had a lot of top end players behind him already um and I know Daniels should be a better quarterback but also he might run it 120 130 times and take away some some pass well it's great for Daniels might not be as good for McLaren but also it should be a fast-paced offense which will offset some of that so I think he's properly ranked I mean I moved him up a couple spots after the uh the Dotson trade assuming the targeter goes up a little bit but I think he's properly ranked I've got him as wide receiver 29 which is the highest amongst all ESPN rankers so just excited about what he's going to be able to do all right last one that I have here and I've gone back and forth in this we've talked about a bunch but it is Malik neighbors and it's kind of similar to the conversation that I just had it's a little anecdotal with this offense when you look at the backups here you're talking wand Del Robinson Darius Slayton and Jaylen hayatt Mike you said I don't know if he's going to have 10 targets a game but he should absolutely average at least eight and a half his rookie season if not more and he's going to have those Boom games where he does have 12 14 15 targets I believe in this offense Malik neb is a guy and you said it field earlier in the show Marvin Harrison Jr and Malik neighbors I think the Gap is closer than what we see in their ADP right now so Malik neighbors is a guy that I moved up I'm now the highest ESPN ranker on him we're at wide receiver 15 Mike oh you upstage me okay oh all right yeah I I get aggressive move him to 16 you have to upstage me all right that's cool I remember do you guys remember you know two weeks ago I asked I was like is there a way to get Malik neighbors into your top 20 for wide receivers I expected both of you to be like huh and it turns out that both of you said yes and you put your money where your mouth is now all three I've drafted him in a number of leagues there as my lowend wide receiver too and he's gonna yeah he's gonna go high higher than ADP I think his ADP will climb over the next week just because there is this Buzz about him and he such a well-known commodity even as a rookie player yeah and I don't take that lightly by the way I'm not some like for example I saw someone today was kind of going around social where they were like oh uh kirn's Department returner I just moved him from RB 6 to7 or something was it an actual like that was an actual tweet yes someone tweeted they moov and and uh he's kind of getting torch for you want to name no I'm not gonna name you could you find it the internet Daniel do on Twitter come on now hey now it was I'm really surprised that Matthew said that though that's really suring to me uh but anyway generally I don't do that like I don't I'm not gonna aggressively move guys like I I study all offseason for a reason and get them in in order but sometimes especially in large tiers that there's justification to move someone up like five six spots and in Neighbors case it made sense I feel like this is another situation where you just look at the and I don't want to this sounds disrespectful I me to disrespectful but like Malik neighbor skill set and then there's like the rest of the Giants players in that offense that it's like he is just clearly the best offensive playmaker in this offense even though we haven't seen him everything that we saw coming out of college Daniel Jones should be locked in on him so I'm I moved him up a obviously big amount and I've been drafting him there as well that I think is going to be awesome this year good list right there uh do you obviously not definitive there's so many names we could add to that list for sure yeah but that's a good list