Rico Dowdle, Joshua Palmer among top fantasy sleepers | Fantasy Football Happy Hour | NFL on NBC

all right guys five sleepers here to Target okay let's jump right into it number one Rico dowle Yahoo ADP of 131.5 here Matthew I would be RB 49 for a guy that there's a world where he's the running back that gets the bulk of the Carries On This roster yeah I mean look somebody in Dallas is going to get the ball right and I actually think the Dallas backfield like it's not too expensive to just basically get the entire backfield Dow's going after Zeke but the fact of the matter is is that there are 37 touches up for grab with Tony Pard now in Tennessee so D who was actually uh led the backfield last year in yards per carrying yards per Target last season and scored you know 12 or more fantasy points in all but one of his games last year when he got double dig touches has showed some improvement I will also say I kind of like Ezekiel Elliott in the Naji Harris role which is that I don't know that Ezekiel Elliott is great at this stage of his career but I also think he's Ezekiel Elliot and that there is something to an NFL locker room Conor this something you can speak to as well cuz you're around it all the time with the Jets but like I say this about fantasy analysis all the time we forget that they are players and players are human beings with emotions and that a locker room and NFL team is like any other business there are politics in a pecking order not and and coaches and everything like that and so my point is is like it's hard for me to see Mike McCarthy and a team where Jerry Jones sort of controls everything Mike McCarthy saying hey Zeke hey 21 go take a seat you know like I I don't know like I think Zeke's gonna get a chance now he may ultimately just not still have it so I think him and D but my point is is that they may not be the most um efficient or effective but it's going to be one of the best offens in the NFL and somebody is going to run the ball in Dallas and it's not going to cost you much to in fact get one or either both of those guys together and you sort of sort of see who emerges yeah I think this is the exact type of situation in principle to hunt for an efficiency the Cowboys last year were the number one scoring offense in the NFL now the offensive line is probably a little bit weaker but it's still the same show the young guys look good though they look good say that g looks really good this summer and Cooper B yep um it's still Dak Prescott in a dome s lamb spacing the field so I think that between Zeke who should get work and then also on the other side like Zeke is 29 hasn't had a great year since 2019 so there is an opening for D so I think both of those guys can provide value whenever I watch D he just looks like a poor man's P to me and I'm excited by that the running style I just wonder if Zeke eats at the goal line for them that it hurts D who going lead the team with rushing I I think if you were this is going to sound insane but this this feels a little bit to me like ZZ and Senate in Washington which is that I think no I think Zack SZ is going to actually be a productive reasonably productive fantasy tight end for like the first five weeks and then at some point Ben s it's just going to take over and I think that I don't know that he'll be reasonably affected but I think Zeke for the first five weeks is just going to get he's going to be the starting running back of the cowboys he's get an opportunity but I think there's a chance that D just sort of takes over because at some point zek's just going to run out of gas another running back here Jay going right after dowo at 132.5 is Jalil mlin now we know jamonte Williams is expected to lead this backfield but mlin had a big role as a pass catcher at times last year yeah he did he was exciting and I think the main thing here is that I'm not sure Shawn Payton's in love with javante Williams and the way that he plays I think there is an opening there whether it is Julio mlin your man audri ese as well I think is actually someone who can be drafted as a late round flyer so I think this Broncos situation is very unsettled and look it's not going to be an amazing offense but it seems like Nicks is going to be able to run it at a competent level the other thing that was interesting is is that mlin like got gets some Red Zone work he gets some Red Zone work they like the pass catching ability of him as well and so I agree with you I think this just what we're talking about with Bo Nicks I don't think the Broncos offense is going to be great but I also don't think it's going to be a disaster and I think they're basically all being left for dead and the only guy that's being drafted in any sort of reasonable way is Devonte Williams and he's the guy that makes me the most nervous because I agree with you it doesn't seem like pton loves him there there were rumors at one point that Williams might not make the team he's GNA make the team but again like I have a decent amount of audric estimate just see what happens with see what you know stash he hasn't had a great Camp it doesn't seem like and down up and down but um uh but for certainly mlin clearly is has that third down role kind of carved out and pton has found him you know feels like he's his guy you know he was drafted by pton last year and so you could certainly see an a scenario where mlin has a has a third down roll with upside for more a wide receiver going in this range Matthew that 131 range based on ADP is Romeo dobs it with Green Bay I mean he led their wide receivers in snap rate targets and routes but he is not being valued Above the Rest of the guys in this wide receiver room no one likes uh Romeo dobs right Christian Watson Davian Wicks J uh Jaden Reed these are all guys that um routinely get drafted higher and my point is is like I I ultimately think it's going to be a wide receiver by committee I think all four guys will have big games throughout the season it's going to be hard to predict which one in any given week barring an injury like Watson's obviously struggled with his hammy and but uh but all four guys are going to get run but if you're like we like this offense We Like Jordan love quite a bit we think all of them are talented if you want to take a piece of the Packers passing game Romeo dobs is by far the cheapest way to get a piece of the Packers offense so I just I think he's really underrated because again people are you know they they they remember some of the you know some of the flat flashy plays with Wicks or Jaden Reed especially and of course Christian Watson just you know has been a big play guy ever since he came to the league I think with people that dobs has a little bit of a stench because he was so hyped in his rookie season like oh is this guy going to be Devon Adams and then he just kind of didn't do much in his rookie year with Rogers but last year like he was two point he was the most targeted guy and I think when there is such a cluster and uncertainty around four guys like there is some rational and just taking the guy who's the cheapest and he is that at the moment and I think people would be shocked to learn this stat he was top six in the NFL in Endzone targets last year he was top 10 in Red Zone targets among wide receivers like like Jordan love likes to look for him when they get in close and so I just again he's the cheapest of the four guys if you want to take a stab at the Packers passing offense why not get the guy that's the best value yep another cost- effective option at wide receiver Joshua Palmer here Jay I mean we say it all the time but somebody has to catch the ball on this Chargers offense no matter how little they want to actually throw and Palmer's right in the mix for them yeah and look this offense is still going to take deep shots as well and I think that there's a good chance Josh Palmer is the wide receiver W for Justin Herbert and just that sentence alone gives him a certain value now uh it doesn't seem like Quinton Johnson has really made that many strides um we'll have to see with the rest of the re room but I think Palmer even though it doesn't feel like it he is the safest best mak's been banged up too yeah mak's been banged up and Mak is not a guy in college that played a ton of snaps either like I mean right so no that was a brock Bowers driven offense quite a bit so so I just again Josh Palmer he's had 16 career games where he's gotten at least seven targets and he averages 14.4 fantasy points per game like you're telling me you're going to get double digit you could you easily could get double digit fantasy points from a guy going out outside the top 60 he's my wide receiver 51 but like on yahu I think he's going he's going he's going 67 like I mean it's like yeah Justin Herbert's the number one receiver he's right they're gonna throw it to somebody they're absolutely going to throw it and everyone's a Ab by Maki and I love Mak and dony too but it but even if it's just those two guys yeah like you know I mean like he's competing with like will dley for targets and Johnson like it's just yeah it's not like this team's going to go 14 and three and be running the ball 70% of the time they're good close games right the defense it's going to take a little while to build it that way so I'm with you at some point you have to be in a throw script in the NL you don't always get to decide how much you get to run the ball yeah yeah I mean like again like you think about the Lamar Jackson Leed offenses in Baltimore where they were very run heavy under Greg Roman they still had I mean Mark Andrews obviously was very productive but they I mean they had productive pass catchers they had people they threw the ball still ttin it's still just right like that's the bra's Point there's a very good shot he's the number one wide receiver for Justin Herbert and he's going outside the top 60 what are we doing people all right our last one here for today's sleepers Matthew Noah Fant at tight end ADP of 138 tight end that would be tight end 23 here and this is somebody that has always had the talent and now gets an offensive coordinator and Ryan grub that we know what kind of passing attack he could develop he wants to push the ball obviously there'll be much more uh uptempo this year I think more pass friendly this year Kobe Parkinson and will dley no longer on the Seahawks between the two of them that's 66 tight end targ targets from last year on an offense that I think was more conservative than what we're going to see this year in Seattle as well there's been only two seasons that no fan has actually been able to get on the field and have like a a 70% or more snap rate where he's actually been a starter and in those two years he was basically a borderline tight end one this is a guy that I remember when he came out of college Conor that people he was massive ceiling massive ceiling he was a first round draft pick and so we think that Talent is somewhere in there and so I he's going as tight end 23 on Yahoo J yeah I've always had a soft spot for no fan kind of like uh Jake Ballard back in the day I really like Jake ballads work no F some reason resonates in the same way I just want shares of the Seattle Team I think the Seattle team is being very underrated their win total is only seven and a half they won nine games last year and I think they got better I think this coaching staff between McDonald and Grub it's going to be Geno Smith's just underrated as well like people have kind of moved on from Gino Gino's fine Gino's an average to above average back in a loaded rece like with between jsn meta Lockett understand that takes away from Fant a little bit but I just think this offense is going to be really good and in scoring position more than people think but and by the way like Walker and shanet they have a good running back thing his offense is loaded I think the defense with McDonald who was seemingly the best defensive mind in the sport just about these days I think this team is going to win nine or 10 games and make the playoffs which is like plus 200 for them to make the playoffs okay you have a chance to win $1 million in the NBC sweep Stakes on Yahoo fantasy just download the redesign Yahoo fantasy app or go to nbcsports.com fantasy mililli for additional details what are you waiting for hey it's Matthew Barry from nbcsports.com and rotoworld.com and I want to thank you so much for watching whatever it is you just watched or if nothing else being too lazy to click out of the autoplay after this video started after whatever it is you actually wanted to watch finished but now that you're here I'd like to take a moment here to ask you respectfully respectfully now okay I'm asking you respectfully to subscribe to the NFL on NBC YouTube channel you'll get the latest roto world fantasy news headlines all sorts of great shows including my own fantasy football happy hour so go subscribe now again I'm asking respectfully