UDFA Rookie Signings & Class Rankings for ALL 32 NFL Teams: Part 2 | Why Jalen Coker is an Intriguing Fantasy Football Sleeper (Ep. 149)

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Welcome back to the fantasy pros NFL ORG draft show. My name is Derek Brown and with me as always, the Minnesota Madman Thor Nystrom PERSON. What's up, baby? We're going to sit here and dive into UDFA class even further, man. We got the first episode out. We ran through teams in your article for the UDFA, UDFA class rankings, 32 to 11. We're going to dive into these

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top 10 classes, Thor. I'm fired up, baby. We're in the weeds right now. We're deep in the weeds. And they thought it was, it was, we were, we were mad for even doing one episode on the

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UDFA class.

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No, no, we got, we got two for the sickos out there.

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We got guys to get into. And these top 10 classes, we got some really interesting prospects in here. Both guys that should have been probably drafted overall, but then also some very interesting fantasy,

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more so dynasty stashes,

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but guys that absolutely could make the rosters this year and potentially become fantasy contributors down the road. Oh, absolutely agree, man. So you need to head over to Fantasypros.com right now, pull up Thor's article as we roll to these top 10 teams. Thor PERSON's going to give you the slant of all these guys,draft prospect-wise, in the trenches and the nitty- gritty. Look, if I've got to take on any of these guys, they're popping for me in fantasy. You're going to hear from it, man. Let's kick this off, Thor PERSON. Number 10 on the list, Jacksonville Jaguars ORG, I'm going to say this right now. None of these skill guys

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and they drafted a good bit of them really popped for me and stand out. What are your on them yeah so the jaguar is coming at 10 the they signed one dude that was in my top 200 pre-draft and

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that sort of juiced him up a little bit and that's josh proctor the safety from ohio state

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a kid who and i had him 199th on my board uh six one and a half one 99 70 percentile athlete

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he was a guy who was a top recruit coming out of high school, goes to Ohio State ORG. Early in his career, they tried to get him on the field, and he badly struggled. So then they had to pull him off. Then he had an injury, season ending injury in 2021. He got bench in 2022. So things were not going good for Proctor PERSON, but he was one of those guys that was able to take advantage of the extra COVID season. So he comes back. He had talked about this, like after he signed with the Jaguars about how he thought he was going to be a three and done guy when he came out of high school. Certainly his recruiting pedigree would have suggested that. But he needed that he needed double that time. So that's sixth year. That's where he turned it around. He was good last season on the field for Ohio State ORG. He was an all-big-10 honorable mention.Eight pass breakups. He also had a pick six. So I think it's possible that he could hang around as a backup safety. Then the only other thing worth mentioning with the class that the Jaguars ORG brought in after the draft wise, you know, and this sort of goes along with the top of their draft ethos. You know, they bring in Brian Thomas PERSON.

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They wanted to fortify that receiver room that had taken a shot this offseason and free agency with the big time defection. They also got after it that position in the UDFAs ORG. Their second and third rank guys on my board were both receivers, as was the fifth. The top two ones are the notable ones, because one of these guys absolutely could make the roster and a little bit kind of different prospects. Joshua Seafas, I had just outside a draftable grade. I am 260th on my board.He is UTSA's all-time leading receivers, 6-1993 DATE on him. He has the hands for sure. And he knows what he's doing out there. Will the athleticism be enough? We didn't get to see him test because of injury in the pre-draft process. But will he have enough of that to hang around?

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Certainly the receiving skill he's got that. So they're going to have to find that out in camp. The other guy they brought him was sort of the opposite, David White Jr. from Western Carolina ORG coming up from the lower levels. Six, a shade over six, two, he's basically the same height as Seafist PERSON, but two under one pounds, so a little bit bigger. And a 75th percentile athlete, David White Jr. PERSON showed some, some receiving skill down there at the lower level. He is very raw, though. He has that physical package that is impressive as well.But the thing that he could potentially make the team on initially, he's a really good gunner on special teams. And he will plug some other holes on your special teams units as well. That is what is going to have to be the foot he has led with, let's say, to beat out a guy like CF is to beat out some of these other younger veterans that the Jaguars ORG will have competing for those backup wide receiver spots.

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If he can show them that he can be a gunner as a rookie, that's how he makes this team over some of those guys makes that argument. But that's what he's going to have to do.

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Yeah, I don't disagree, man. I'm happily surprised to see the New Orleans Saints sitting here at the ninth ranked position, considering you know I was not a fan of what they did in the draft, not so much the players, but how they attack the draft. To see them at nine, definitely warms my heart a little bit,

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Thor. What do you think about their class? Yeah, I was a little bit higher on Mickey Loomis's PERSON work during the draft than you were. And then, especially in comparison to his division rival GMs.

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Well, that's fair. We won't get into that. But they did a really good job, him and the overall scouting department, and then the aggression, the investment in the UDFAs ORG afterwards.

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And the Saints ORG have been a team that historically here, at least since I've been doing it, a recent past historically, have invested in the UDFA process. They do it again here. They get one of my top ranked UDFAs in Dallin Holker from Colorado State ORG, the tight end, really more of an Hback with Holker PERSON. 6'4 pounds, 60th percentile athlete. Very interesting profile on him.So that he doesn't have speed 478. 60th percentile athlete. Very interesting profile on him. He, so that he doesn't have speed, 47, 8, and then he also is not explosive. He was only 24th percentile with his 10-yard split,

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and he's also one of the older players in the class. And in that smaller package, like I was mentioning, but the thing that he does have, it's ball skills. That's what he, you know,at Colorado State ORG, he had a ton of catches. And then he also had a bunch of contested catches. 10 contested catches last year were two more than any other tight end in this entire draft class. The other thing he does is break tackles after the, after the catch, because the one part of his athletic profile that shines, it's the agility stuff, 94th percentile in his three cone, 83rd percentile in his shuttle. That change of direction.You see it when he has the ball on his hands. Makes it more difficult for the defenders descending down to get a clean shot on him. And he has fluidness as a runner. And also some vision to set people up and he can bounce off some of those off angle attempts. The one part of his, you know, he is sought off. Like I mentioned, that's why he's going to have to be an H-back.You can't put him in line or he's going to get ragdolled.

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But he could potentially make it as a guy, like I comped him to both scafe in the pre-draft process as that sort of H-back guy that can handle the efficiency targets, the stuff in the short and intermediate sector, get a little separation up until then. He's going to make the catch and then he can paper cut the defense. I think he can make that case here with the Saints ORG. But the part of his physical package that is misleading and helps him with this on the field is he has crazy long arms despite the fact that he is short. Dallan Holker tied with the six foot seven, 260 pound colossus third tackle tight end, Brevin Span Ford that we talked about in the last episode that signed with theCowboys for the longest arms of the top, uh, 15, 20 or so guys that I had ranked in this position group. It might have even been the, you know, overall, uh, you know, going down. That gave Holker PERSON a deceivingly large catch radius that he used to good effect. And he doesn't really drop the ball either. So, I mean, he has good hands, has good ball skills.He's one of those guys that will go and attack the ball, you know, and also the full extension out. It's misleading with him because you look at him, it's like he doesn't, he doesn't look like much, doesn't run very fast off the line, but very aggressive getting after those balls. And he has those inspector gadget arms to go out and meet it.And he'll come back if he has to go and get it. And then, you know, like I said, if he has any space, that's where he can start breaking the tackles and getting up field a better yak guy than you would think. Just from his foot speed. I think he's got a real shot to hang around for a while. Like I said, Compton PERSON to bothscape.Only other guy in this class that sort of intrigues me, I guess I would say, is the Yale ORG wide receiver Mason PERSON tipped in. He has the game and the athleticism to hang around as a developmental prospect, potentially for future slot duties, but he's going to have to show that in camp that his game has progressed far enough as far as the scale. Obviously, there's some Ron PERSON is there.But I actually had him at the very end of my draftable grades.

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I am 251 on my board, you know, a little under 510, 179, 80th percentile athlete.

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But those were clearly the top two guys at the St. Scott coming out of the draft. Yeah, I agree with you on Holker and Tipton PERSON. I think they're both really strong calls.

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And looking at the wide receiver room for the Saints, I mean, after Chris Olav PERSON, it's a smorgas

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board of just random dudes. I mean, we got A.T. Perry. Yes, I like Rashid Shaheed PERSON, but then you got Bub Means, Equanimia, St. Brown, Cedric Wilson. Like, Tiptin PERSON could surprise and be the wide receiver four. Heck, if A.T. Perry, Tippedon could surprise and be the wide receiver four. Heck, if A.T. Perry, which he didn't show a ton last year, if he's not ready to be the consistent wide receiver three, I won't be surprised if we see Tipton PERSON.I mean, look, I understand this is a moonshot here, but challenge for the wide receiver three role for the Saints ORG, tested extremely good, 8.0 RAS, 4.33 speed. And if you look at just his profile, man, like I know Yale ORG's a lower level of competition, but still like a 17.1a dot so we know he can get downtown. I do agree with you that he played a lot on the boundary in college. I think he goes to

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the slot in the NFL. 84.3 receiving grade last year in college.

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So tipped in somebody, look, I'm going to be stashing him in a lot of different spots, man.

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But over to another team where, look, they're trying to stack this depth chart. They're trying to bring in talent. I think they did it. And you're ranking at eight. You agree with me here, Thor PERSON.

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What do you think about the Carolina Panthers ORG UDFA squad?

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Yeah, the Panthers ORG, I thought that they had a poor draft. I thought they made some wonky decisions and maybe would have gotten more attention

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if it hadn't been for what Terry Fontno was doing, Disco Dan Morgan PERSON there.

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But I do have to tip my cap for what they did after the draft. The scouting process was there and the aggression on the top end guys was there as well.

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They had a very interesting strategy where on the top end guys was there as well. They had a very interesting strategy where they, for the top end guys, they askewed the FBS players and went into the lower levels and basically grabbed out the top dudes from there

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at their respective positions, two of which are skill guys that I think dynasty owners need to keep an eye on in particular, the top one, Jalen Coker from Holy Cross ORG. I don't understand why that kid didn't get drafted.

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I don't get it.

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I don't get it. Don't get it at all. He has better tape than a lot of receivers who ended up getting taken. I suppose it's just that he comes from the FCS, but he played FBS opponents. And he had a couple of those cornerbacks in a blunder, including one that got taken in the draft this year in Elijah Jones from Boston College ORG and made some play. Multiple Hail Mary catches during his career and the contested catches that were his cutup with that was highly entertaining. The ball skills overall are what is awesome about Jalen Coker PERSON. That's what really jumps out.

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Down the field, he has the late hands thing that delays the defender's ability to turn their head around and make a play on the ball. And I'm talking some of the latest hands of any of the receivers that I saw in this class. There was one where I kept having to go back, rewind,before it go back, because it was difficult to even tell when he put his hands up. It was like literally the ball, you know, it was this downfield shot over the shoulder and there was a dude who was right on him. It was like literally the ball, you know, it was this downfield shot over, over the shoulder. And there was a dude who was right on him. And he didn't put the, you know, it was like he did a little cup thing there at the very end. But like, you know, it's like his arms are by his side. And then all of a sudden,it's like he knew the exact split second to just, you know, cup, cup the thing out and makes that play down the field. The defender must have been so confused about, oh, the ball was on the way. Like, so, you know, he has, he has that part of his game that I love, spears the ball outside of his frame, very reliable hands. And, you know, people out there, they might be like, well, you know, it's the subdivision thing, but he also must attest it as a bad athlete. Not really, actually, six one and a half at 208 pounds, 85th percentile

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athlete. The only part of the profile that was not quite as good was the foot speed, mid four or fives, but the thing about him is, is like, it's not, I mean, he's faster than Keon Coleman PERSON, and it's basically a subdivision, in some ways, a version of that, although he gets more separation than Kian Komen PERSON. Kian Komen PERSON is predominantly the downfield thing.But both guys that can make the plays down the field, have the really good hands down the field. But Jalen Kulker, with his testing profile, his 10-yard split, interestingly, was very quick, in conjunction with that. He actually had the exact same 10-yard split as 80 Mitchell, who ran.D. Mensha, who ran in the low four-threes, and you see Jalen Coker PERSON get off the line pretty quick.It's, you know, the downtown stuff, the footspeed isn't, you know, he's not going to singe anyone in terms of that, but he will absolutely flip those 50-50 balls decidedly in the favor of the offense. And the other thing, his vertical was insane as well. And you see that burst with him.It's the acceleration with Jalen Coker PERSON. Out of the route breaks, trying to get a step off the line. It manifests in all sorts of different ways on his game tape. And then certainly down the field, getting up and going and getting it when he had to do that. There was so many impressive plays with him on film. I remember one specifically where a cornerback was holding on to his left arm all the waydown the last 10 yards down the sideline.

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And the quarterback chucks it up to him anyway. The ref had thrown the flag before the ball even gets there. Jalen Coker PERSON puts out his right. He doesn't have his left arm. The cornerback's holding onto it like a toddler, throwing a tantrum with his father. This guy knew the ball was coming. He's like, no, Jalen PERSON, you're not,you're not embarrassing me. So he's holding onto his arm. Coker catches the thing with one hand.

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Just puts the hand out, grabs the thing with one hand. And it's a tutty, decline the penalty. And just stuff like that was super duper impressive with him. And I think he has the athleticism with that package to absolutely hang. Not only is he going to make the roster, put that one in ink. He is a threat to Jonathan Mingo for that wide receiver four-roll.

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So Jonathan Mingo PERSON better start working on his game. But the other one, I'll kick it to you for more thoughts on Coker PERSON. I know you like him too. The other one on the defensive side of the ball that I thought might get drafted was the Virginia State cornerback Willie Drew PERSON. He was fabulous at the lower levels.And then the third one, Jaden Sheridan, who also kick it to you to talk more about the Monmouth ORG running back, who tested interestingly in a small package, sort of an unorthodox game, but absolutely someone that could hang as an RB3.

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Yeah, dude, I'm with you on everything you stated on Coker PERSON. And just to put context around this, we talked about him on the Draft Sleepers WORK_OF_ART episode, went really deep into his game, so people need to go check that episode out. But amongst all FBS and FCS ORG wide receivers, ninth in yards per outrun last year, ninth in PFR for seeming grade. Watching his film, Thor PERSON, there were a lot of similarities in terms of skill setthat reminded me of just honestly, as far as draft capital goes, a cheaper version of Javon Baker PERSON. There were tons of similarities when I was watching their film, whether you want to talk about the route running, you want to talk about the body control, you want to talk about the after-catchability and to set up corners. Yeah, I love the Jalen Coker PERSON pick. I was, I'm with you. I don't know why he was not freaking drafted. I don't know why he fell to UDFA. I think it's wrong. I adamantly disagree with the NFL on that point. So love Coker, love Carolina taking him. And yes, Mingo PERSON needs to belooking in the rear view because Coker PERSON's coming, baby. He's coming for that job. Jayden is a guy we do have to talk about. We also mention him on the wayside on the NFL Draft Sleepers ORG episode. But tiny package 5-8-187, but straight line speed for days, dude. I mean, the juice and the burst is there looking at just his testing. A lot of the short area, the jumping stuff, he didn't do great in. But the 10-yard split, 86 percentile.40-yard dash, you ran a 4-4-5. I love your comp in your UDFA class rankings article of Donnell Pumfrey PERSON. I think that's very, very appropriate. He's got juice and burst. Now, the only problem with Jordan PERSON is, and he's going to have to clean this up at the next level, he runs like Mr. Magoo PERSON.The vision is very questionable at times where you're just like, um, there's a hole over there. What are you doing? He tries to bounce a lot of different stuff outside and you can see that like maybe that's, you know, him trying to hit the whole run consistently. You can do that kind of things, considering the competition he was playing against weekly. The NFL ORG, not going to fly, man. Everybody's running a 4-4 in the freaking NFL. So I like the package.I like the player, definitely stash him in Dynasty WORK_OF_ART. Moving on, man. Who makes the seventh spot in your UDFA class rankings?

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A franchise that does the draft process well and always invest in the UDFA process as well. So they, I mean, that's how they continually improve the margins of their roster.

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That's the Philadelphia Eagles. They got two guys that I had as draftable grades on. They got another one who was a top 300 and then one, actually a couple more outside of that that were just outside my top 300. So five guys in total there. The best one, the best prospect

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that I had on my board heading in was Gabe Hall from Baylor, another guy that Debrough PERSON, you and I saw down there in Mobile GPE. He impressed me down, both as far as his physical traits were pretty obvious. He is 6'4 pounds with 92nd percentile athleticism with length. So like,I mean, there's just not, you know, a ton of human beings that are built that way. And so, you know,that jumped out, especially that can move that way. So that he can. He's a fluid mover as well. So, so that sort of jumped off. I remember one play in particularly where he chased some guy to the sideline, the running back and funneled him all the way out on this concept, got off his block, ran down the line and was able to help, you know, funnel this guy out. And I remember, uh, Leotu Latu PERSON was vociferous in his, uh,you know, encouraging of the hustle that, that Gabe Hall had made on this one particular play. But that's what you see with, with him. The, so you love the, the, uh, you know, the arm length is 34 and a half inches. He has an 84 inch wingspan. So like I said, super duper long. Uh, former Feldman Freaklister. And I like his first step in addition to all that other stuff I was talking about with the hustle. The thing that Philadelphia GPE needs to work on him with, and this is going to determine if he can hang around and how long he does. If they can fix it, he could be a starter,absolutely at the next level, is the stuff after the beats after that snap. So he gets on you really quick. He gets to dictate the terms of the dance because of that first step, because of those long levers, he's going to get his hands on you first. But the problem with him is he plays too high. And I don't know if that is something that can be fixed because then he'll pop up.Right. And so he allows these offensive alignment that he is more talented then. And he also gets the head start on them to battle back in the reps. Because then he he immediately then gives away his leverage that's what got him stuck on the blocks at bailer so and especially the power guys were able to just bully him backwards at that point because he didn't have the baseunder him but that's Philadelphia GPE will just see see if you can polish him see if you can uh you know if there's any way is there too much stiffness there to to know, in the lower half to even be able to do that in the hips and stuff like that? Or is it something that we can work on? But you definitely have the tools. Other guy I wanted to shout out was Kendall Milton PERSON.I know you're a fan of him, DeBress PERSON. I'll let you talk more about him.

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But he's a guy that at least has at 225 pounds. He's at least going to bring two things into the NFL ORG. I don't know if he brings anything more than this, but I know he can grind out short-yardage stuff, and I know he can pass block.

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The other stuff, he definitely can't catch the ball.

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And I don't know what the explosion you're going to get, but at least someone interesting there for Eagles ORG fans to keep an eye on that I had 230th on my pre-draft board.

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Yeah, Kendall Milton PERSON's the guy that I earmarked for this class, man. We talked about him on the draft sleepers episode as well. 13th and yards at the contact per attempt, 21st in breakaway percentage last year. And the guy breaks tackles, man. I mean, I know the athleticism is not fantastic. I watched him.He reminded me of Roshan Johnson PERSON with less pass game utility. Again, not going to be a passing down guy can block and that could get him on the field for those reps, but really a guy where he's going to have to cash his checks based off of what he does on the early downs. Moving on to this next team, who do you see cash in checks from the UDFA class for

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the Washington ORG commanders? Yeah, so we'll stay in the division and hop over there. Washington

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loved their draft class this year. That had new new administration they brought in. Boyer PERSON, they sharp. Crushed it.

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Yeah. And in contrast to some of these Washington ORG classes we've seen in the past, this one was, you know, dinger after dinger while the draft was going Thursday through

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Saturday. And they continued that right on through into the UDFA process where to be successful

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in UDFA, you have to have the clever decision maker that prioritizes this. You have to have the scouting department behind him who has done those work in the weeds that people listening to the podcast would appreciate getting way out there in the weeds with their scouting. And then you also have to have at least a modicum of financial backing from the ownershipgroup, right? Because they have to understand the importance of it. And there's some team, some organizations that just won't, to me, it's fishing pocket change out of the couch compared to all the other expenditures that you make. This is UDFA. It's the cheapest way to find talent.It might be the last frontier to find cheap talent.

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That is a great comparison.

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Yeah, that we have, right? Like every single year, a minimum 20% of the snaps that are taken in the NFL ORG are by undrafted free agents.

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And so it's a thing that more organizations should prioritize.

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And Washington, they had all three of those things this year. They had that decision maker. They had the scouting process all the way through. And they got the commitment from ownership in the post-draft thing. That started with the Colorado ORG, my top rank guy on my pre-draft board that they signed. Colorado State cornerback, Chigosi and Ussium PERSON,6'1, 200 pounds with 89th percentile athleticism. I was surprised that that kid did not get drafted. Like I said, 231st on my board. And some of these guys, it's like, why didn't he get drafted? Because then it goes into UDFA and it becomes this wild bidding war. And this is the first indication that we had that

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Washington was going to put the resource into UDFA. They won his bidding war on Ustreams ORG with a

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$350,000 in guaranteed money, total guarantee. Not, you know, only a portion of that was signing bonus,

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but a decent bit of it was funneled into year

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one salary.

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They're telling you that kid will be on the week one roster. So you can lock that one in.

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Tom Pellasero from NFL.com tweeted out after that.

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He said half the league was in on Anusium ORG after he went undrafted. So it's like, why did they use a seventh round pick on him and pay him a lot less? Anusi was probably thrilled that he didn't go draft it because that signing bonus is you're talking high of the fifth round or even late fourth.

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Total guarantee.

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You know, like as far as that goes. Last year he broke up 11, or I'm sorry, over the last two seasons he broke up 11 balls after he had transferred to Carras State from Cal ORG was originally signed with a Power 5 school. Like the size, like the athletic school, like the size, like the athleticism, like the ability to play the ball. Then they go out, Washington ORG did they get another size athleticism freaky guy who because of, they're going to need to work on his instincts on the field to get him there. But I thought just with the athleticism in his size package,

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he was going to get drafted. That's the Texas Tech Safety Tyler Owens PERSON. At 210 pounds, he was in play to crack 4-3. In fact, at the sports books, I believe Debrot Prize picks,I believe his number was 4-3 flat. I want to say it was low 4-3.

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Yeah, somewhere in that low, low-4-3 range.

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Like, he was,

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he was slated to fly.

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Yeah, and he was, so, but we didn't get to see that number because he pulled,

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I think he pulled his hammy on his first attempt. And so, and the 40 PRODUCT is near the end of some of

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this stuff. So he's able to get some of the other testing, but we didn't get to, he didn't get to see

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him if he was going to beat that four three flat number. We did get to see his broad jump, which was one inch shy of the NFL Combines's ORG all time record. This guy is a freak athlete, you know, a multi-time film and freak lister. Everyone knows he is a crazy burner at 210 pounds. But yeah, he's going to have to work on the technique and the instincts. And he said some weird stuff at the combine about not believing in space or other planets

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and finding the flat Earth LOC stuff.

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That was Tyler Owens PERSON.

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I didn't know who said that. Yeah, like if I was Tyler Owens PERSON his agent at his podium session I would have been like

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I would have been in the back like the cut cut stop wrap it up be wrap it up be you know like on the

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Chappelle PERSON show but uh I don't know if that contributed to him falling out but I thought Tyler

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Owens is going to get drafted six seventh round but. But just a couple other things on this class,

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because I thought it was the approach,

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the specific guys they got, but the overall approach, it was holistic. But the last couple offensive guys, and I'll let you talk more about these guys, D. Brooks PERSON. I know you like Michael Wiley from Arizona GPE. He's got a shot.Sam Hartman PERSON, he definitely has the television career coming,

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and he don't mind bringing him in whatsoever.

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I mean, he was one of the top quarterbacks that was not drafted. Wasn't surprised that he wasn't drafted. People that listened to all of our episodes know that you and I were not high on him and didn't find him to be a draftable guy. But he did put up big-time stats in college, just a metric ton of passing years. A lot of them were done in Wake Forest's ORG wonky claw fence offense with the slow mesh.But last year he went to the more conventional offense at Notre Dame ORG and played well there, but you're lacking the arm strength in a smaller package. Not a ton of athleticism with him either and was not good under pressure the last couple seasons. But at least you bring him in and you see.

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But the last thing I want to say about this, as far as the holistic approach that Washington ORG took, they had done so well in the draft. And then some of these guys I'm already mentioning were some of the top guys at their position that weren't drafted. They went beyond that, though. That's not all folks.They also signed some of the top special teams guys in this class, not the kickers and the punters, but I'm talking the core special teamers that, you know, like that I would have, if I did a core special teamer ranking, these guys would have been up there. They all ended up going undrafted, but they were guys that plugged you know, like, that I would have, if I did a core special teamer ranking, these guys would have been up there.They all ended up going undrafted, but they were guys that plugged every single special teams, whole on their teams at core guys. Colson Yankoff from UCLA ORG, the guy that I ranked is the top fullback in this class. He's like an H-backy, full-backy type guy that can catch the ball. He does have utility on offense as far as that goes. Not a hugely value utility, but he absolutely can play as far as that goes. But he's an awesomespecial teamer. He was on all UCLA ORG's different units. So they bring him in, and I think he hangs between the special team's utility and then the ability to bring him in. If you need the lead

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blocker, if you need that smaller H-back guy shifting around for like some sort of Dallan Holker PERSON type stuff. Holker PERSON's better at that kind of stuff, but Yankov PERSON can do with a back feel. You can put them all over the place. The next one, Marcus Rosamie, Jack PERSON, same.Another guy we saw it down in Mobya FAC,

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not athletic whatsoever.

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The 40 PRODUCT-time probably killed any shot that he had it going. He doesn't drop balls, though, as a receiver. And that's what Georgia ORG used him as. It was just as like the tertiary when Carson Beck or Bennett PERSON before him. When they would get through their read, like it was like, Rosamie Jackson PERSON was like the last guy in the train stop. And if you threw it to him and he was open, he doesn't drop the ball.So he has really, really good hands, but he's not going to be creating any separation at the NFL level. Where he gives the value, it's special teams. He was on all the special teams units at Georgia ORG as

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well. And then the last guy they signed to keep an eye on to potentially hang is safety from Iowa State named Ben Nicol PERSON, who people overlook because his defensive work wasn't quite as good, but he has a really good size athleticism package and is an awesome special teamer. He tested in the 96th percentile as an athlete. And like I said, was one of this class's best core special teams players. So you want to talk about a team that destroyed the draft.They got the interesting guys top of their positions. Then they also went to the care of, let's grab guys that can plug all these special teams holds. This was a smash process

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all the way through for Washington. A big agree, man. And the first I'll lead off is just doubling down on what you said on Rosamie Jack Saint PERSON. Guy, like, if you're talking about the fantasy utility

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of him, it's not going to pop off the page. Fantastic hands. He is going to endear himself to

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NFL ORG coaching staffs. And he is going to endear himself to just, I mean, really, whatever team he

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stays with. And I think it's going to be the commanders. Okay. He blocks his butt off too. So if you're

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going to have him on offense, it's not just the special team stuff. He is going,

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he is one of the best run blocking wide receivers in this entire draft class. So the athleticism

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bumped him down and not. He is going to be on that roster. I believe he's going to make that team

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week one. The guy I'll bring up for fantasy utility is Michael Wiley PERSON. And really, it all begins and

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ends with the receiving utility. I think he's just the heir apparent to Austin Echler PERSON on this roster, man. You look at what he was able to do, and yes, he was dinged up a good bit at Arizona GPE, so not the counting stats that you want and stuff like that. But the last three seasons, 16th, 25th, and 5th in yards per route run. He definitely could play in the passing attack and definitely is a guy that, look, if you're looking to garner guys on your taxi squad that have the ability to catch passes,if they get an opportunity, then if we're in PPR leagues, if they're on the field, they're going to be running routes. Michael Wiley PERSON is a guy that has to be discussed in that ilk. And something else we've got to discuss here, Thor. Reality Sports Online ORG, man, by now I know people have heard us talk about it and you need to hear it again because it is awesome. Powerful fantasy sports platform, we got to discuss here, Thor. Reality Sports Online ORG, man. By now I know people have heard us talk about it and you need to hear it again because it is awesome. Powerful fantasy sports platform where owners get to build and manage your fantasy teams just like an NFL ORG GM. Have you tried it yet?If not, you got to head over there today. Free agency, multi-year contracts, rookie draft, multi-team trades, franchise tags, contract extensions, first round rookie options, automated, contract and salary cap functionality and a ton more. It is not. trades, franchise tax, contract extensions, first round rookie options, automated, contract and salary cap functionality, and a ton more. It is not complicated. It just adds another layer of strategy that you get to exploit in your leagues.If you think you're amongst the fantasy elite, head over there today, test out your GM skills for free with a mock free agency auction today. Use the promo code fantasy pros for a 10% discount on your team or league today. Again, that's the promo code Fantasy Proes for a 10% off on your team or league today. Fantasy Just Got Real Reality Sports Online.com.

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Hey guys, this is Matt Jones, Drew Franklin from the Fade This Podcast ORG. We got a great episode coming up, picks in all the sports, football, basketball. We do them all. But here's a preview of this week's episode. Do you think it's more embarrassing to dye your hair or to have hair plugs?

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I don't think either are embarrassing if you're not trying to conceal it and act like you didn't. Okay.

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So you think if you just come out and go, I got hair plugs.

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Yeah, like check out these hair plugs. I mean, don't just walk around. Hey, tap him here. Hey, stranger, I don't want you thinking this is natural.

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You know, buddy. Do you have to do that with everyone you meet? Some people try to act like they, you know what I mean. Yeah. But I mean, like John Cena got it. You know, when John Cena came back to to wrestling, he had a bald spot.And now he doesn't. You think he should be required in all interviews to say, look, by the way, I covered up my bald spot. Yeah, I guess it's weird.

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I mean, you don't wear a sign or, like, put a sign in your yard. All right. So what about toupee? Those are the most obvious.

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I don't even know if his is a toupee. It is.

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Thor, we're breaking into the top five, baby. What's the next team on the list?

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Yeah, there's been some Bronco fans that don't like the comments I have to say about the Denver Broncos draft class.

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Hopefully they'll be happier with me on this one.

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The Denver Broncos have the top five UDFA class in my metrics.

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They smashed after the draft was done. Sean Payton PERSON is he, you go back every single, you know, when he's been the head coach back to his time with the Saints ORG. He prioritizes the UDFA process. And it's not just whatever he has to do convincing the ownership to buck up for it and the scouting department of let's get after it. He gets, Sean Payton gets after the UDFA is probably more than any coach that we have in the NFL ORG.

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There was the one kid, that LaVelle Bailey, the linebacker from Fresno State that I mentioned before in the last episode that Cincinnati ORG had lost out on the bidding war for. He explicitly said in his comments after he ended up signing with Denver that the reason he did it, he said there was like three or four teams that were right around the same dollar amount. He said, but only one head coach of those four teams, three teams called me. That was Sean Payton PERSON. That's why I ended up going there.

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So Sean Payton PERSON also will flip decisions. In the past, there's been some, the thing with, who is the quarterback? Was it Tommy Stevens where there was this story of Sean Payton PERSON was like, you know, calling him and trying to negotiate his UDFA contract as the draft was going? And then it, you know, he was going to go to some other team in Sean Peyton PERSON was like, you know, calling him and trying to negotiate his UDFA contract as the draft was going. And then it, you know, he was going to go to some other team. And Sean Payton PERSON's like, no, you're not.And they ended up trading for a pick at the end of the seventh round to take up or whatever. But I mean, that's what his, he gets super aggressive with it. And that's probably that part, that aspect of him of like the roster building, that inclination. I love it because, you know, again, this is where you can win on the margins and you can get value for free. And he chips in with the rest of the scouting department and everyone else with it.It's not just about the dollar amounts. Sometimes it's going to be pretty close, but you can flip them. The three top guys that they got in this class on my board, interestingly enough, Denver ORG gave each of them identical guaranteed money, $250,000 apiece. That was offensive tackle Frank Crum from Wyoming ORG, running back Blake Watson from Memphis, and the safety dash nickel defender, Omar Brown PERSON from Nebraska. Frank Crum, I thought he was going to get drafted. He's a six-foot-eight skyscraper with 98th percentile razat athleticism.The Broncos ORG absolutely need depth on the offensive line. I believe he will be making the roster as a moldable, a moldable dude, if nothing else, a developmental project, but with some real traits there, especially at his dimensions and with the length.

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Blake Watson, DeBri PERSON, I won't go too long on this because I know that you're going to

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wax poetic about Blake Watson PERSON, but he was a guy that a former wide receiver when he signed at Old Dominion ORG, the early part of his career, it was both, you know, initially as a freshman didn't get on the field. Then Old Dominion was one of the very few teams where they canceled their season out right during the COVID season, played zero games. And so because of some of these things, it took Blake Watson a couple years,but then he ended up breaking out there after they, he'd come in as the receiver. They switch him to running back. And his last active season at Old Dominion ORG, he popped off. And that's when some of the bigger programs came a con in the transfer portal. He chose Memphis GPE and beat out a couple

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other guys that were vying for that RB1 role. They had a pretty crowded backfield in the preseason by Blake Watson PERSON and sent them all, put them all in a mill carton and ended up having over 1,600 all-purpose yards with 17 touchdowns last fall and continued in their lineage of throwing to the running back, which I know you're going to talk more about Dbrough. The last dude, Omar Brown PERSON, a guy between the versatility of playing safety, playing nickel. We have seen that sort of stuff. He was a guy who was a standout at thelower level with Northern Iowa, one of the better FCS ORG programs, who then came up to prove the concept at Nebraska. He absolutely did. He got shouted out as an all big 10 honorary last season. So he's another guy to keep an eye on, but all the way through the process is there for

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Denver with the UDFAs. I've already picked up Blake Watson PERSON in a number of leagues where rookie drafts are already popping off, baby. I've drafted him in the late, fourth, early fifth. I've spent money on waivers to get him on my dynasty rosters. We talked about him on the draft sleeper episode. Kid can play. I love the fact that you highlighted him here, 8.9 Raz. And just for the, the tackle breaking metrics of the last two seasons, man, 23rd in breakaway rate, 33rd in breakaway rate. He was fourth in yards at contact per attempt and elusive rating in 2022. He's got the size tohandle the load, man. He can play on passing downs and And looking at just this depth chart for the running back room, Javante Williams is an unrestricted free agent after this season. Samaji P. Ryan PERSON, heck, I don't even know if he makes it a week one on this roster. They spend a fifth round pick on Audric Estime PERSON. You know, and anybody that's tuned into my,or tuned into this show knows my thoughts on Audrake Estime PERSON. I really think there's a path for Blake Watson PERSON. If he can prove himself, if Joliel McLaughlin PERSON, one, if Joliel McLaughlin doesn't take the step forward, that I'm hoping and think that he can do as the passing downback in this offense, you could see Blake Watson PERSON could take that job. If they don't want to bring in another guy and look, Peyton PERSON has talked about it,if he thinks that Watson PERSON has the size and the utility to be able to handle the early down load. We could be talking about, I mean, crazy, and this is the upside shot here, Thor PERSON, Blake Watson being the starter for Denver next year, I don't think it's as far-fetched as people believe, man. And looking at what Sean Payton PERSON's done just with running backs in general, I mean, we know that there's fantasy goodness to be had.The kid has talent. He can play. I want him on every dynasty roster that I possibly can. Man, so I love his game. Who is also hugging it up and the next team you want to discuss here for the, now that we're into the top four of UDFA classes?

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The number four team on my list is another team that historically smashes, at least with the current guys in the building, and that's the Seattle Seahawks.

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Last year they had in this space in my UDFA rankings, I ranked Seattle's UDFA class number one in the NFL ORG.

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They pulled out three guys in that class that ended up appearing in 15 or more games as a rookie,

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Jake Bobo, Longstapper Chris Stahl, and tight end Brady Russell PERSON. I think they're going to get something similar out of this hall here.

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During John Schneider's PERSON time there, Seattle has signed all these different dudes who are Thomas Rawls PERSON, Doug Baldwin, Jermaine Kurtz, George Fent, Puna Ford PERSON, John Rattigan, Deshawn Sheed PERSON,

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Geron Johnson PERSON, like all these different dudes. You know, again, it's some organizations prioritize it and decision makers do and the ownership will get behind them. Some do not. And Seattle is obviously one that does. This class checks in number four for me. We had two top 200 guys on my pre-draft board in Nelson Saser from Houston, the edge rusher, who had a great season last year's first team all big 12. And then Garrett Greenfield, an offensive tackle from South Dakota State ORG. We brought up a couple of times on this, you know, between this episode and the last one with

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the Jankey Twins ORG and some of those guys.

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But the, the FCS Colossus program that went on defeat, it won the national title last year. Garrett Greenfield, 6'4, 311, 87 percentile athlete, I thought he was going to get drafted for sure. There's some work to do there for sure on his technique. But this kid was an FCS All-American for three straight years. This is a kid that should

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have been playing in the FBS. And, you know, maybe in hindsight, he maybe would have considered going up to the FBS. It probably would have, you know, could have gotten him drafted. But you also can't really fault him for staying with his brothers and winning the national title last year and the Colosses team that they had built. The other couple guys, DeBrow PERSON, I'll kick it over to you to talk about those, but the other two guys that I had draftable grades on, more relevant for the fantasy folks out there from Seattle ORG's class. Jack Westover, they keep them local with Washington ORG, last year with Washington, the team that made the college football national title game.Jack Westover PERSON, their tight end was like the outlet dude, the, um, the, the dude, like, when defenses put too much of the coverage resources to stop the three stud receivers and they, they would do the umbrella coverages and they throw out double teams at a dunce and, and all those things. Washington would, that's when Westover ORG, like he's just a super duper reliable guy in the short to intermediate range, where, you know, then you toss him the ball. He's going to catch it every time and he's going to get you yardage. And so they would paper cut people to death when they were like, no, we're not going to letyou throw it to, oh dude, we're going to take away O'Dunes and try to take away McMillan and Polk PERSON. And Washington's like, okay, we'll do another seven-year game to Jack Westover. And they would do that or else we're going to Dylan Johnson PERSON. So I liked him in terms of that. I comped him to Josiah DeGera PERSON. And then the last guy was George Halani, the Boise State ORG running back. Houdi bro, I comp to a guy near and dear to your heart in Rico Donald PERSON.

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And I know he got some thoughts on him and Westover ORG. So I'll kick it back to you. Yeah, man. Westover ORG made us some money on prize picks.

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I remember that very, very fondly. You were like, bet the over. It's going to happen. And I was like,

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all right, we're slamming the over, baby.

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So Westover ORG holds a special place in my heart and my pocketbook.

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But really, Halani PERSON's the guy that I want to highlight here. Looking at the size, I love the Rico Dowdle Comp. 510, 208, 8.3 RAS. And you look at the other parts of his game. I mean, 1.29 yards per outrun in college, 11.7 or higher elusive ratings in each of his final three seasons. He was banged up a little bit through college at Boise State ORG. All he's got to do, dude, is beat out Kenny Freak and McIntosh PERSON for the RB3 roleand he's making this roster. And I think that is definitively possible because would McIntych do anything like as far as the test last year's process testing, anything that he did last year in the NFL, I think Alani can make this team as the RB3 so people need to be stashing him because I think Seattle ORG is a team that is going to run the ever-loving heck out of the ball this year. So definitely like him for taxi squads. And I'm just going to shut up and listen. I'm just going to hang up and listen and let you talk about this next team. Go ahead.

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Have a day, buddy. The Minnesota Vikings check in at number three and the UDFA rankings this year. The past two years is where you have noted the Vikings ORG increased emphasis in undrafted free agents. Prior to that, it was highly swing and miss. I don't know if that was a Rick Spielman PERSON thing. I don't know if that was a ownership commitment thing.But the past two classes that Quasi Adolfo Mensa PERSON has put together with the Vikings after the draft have both been extremely impressive. They did very, very well my metrics last year, signed the guy that I had as the top rank UDFA coming out, a guy named Ivan Pace Jr. PERSON, who turned out to be the surprise undrafted rookie. And one of these surprised rookies in the entire NFL ORG took over a starting linebacker gig immediately. And he was wearing the green dot on his helmet for a decent portion last seasontwo has become a defensive, immediately became one of the defensive building blocks for the Vikings ORG. They also pulled out of that one, their top special teams, Ace, Nagee Thompson PERSON, and intriguing developmental pass rusher and Andre Carter the second. This UDFA class for Minnesota falls right in line with that. And I think that there's a real shot that they get similar type value out of it, perhaps not an immediate starter like Ivan Pace PERSON, who's one of the best rookie defenders,but certainly long term, the guy that I ranked on my pre-draft board, similarly to Pace PERSON, I think I'd pace 25 spots above him, but, you know, at least with it within a round, was Gabriel Murphy, the edge rusher from UCLA ORG. I had him 144th. He was edge 18 on my board. Six foot two, 247, 93rd percentile athlete, and a tremendous pass rusher, Gabriel Murphy. The last three years, the first one was at North Texas ORG, you know, where him and his brother were before that. Then they transfer up to UCLA ORG.That's where they teamed up with lay at Tulatu, like we were talking about when we hit the dolphins in the previous episode because they signed his brother. Murphy twins broke up, unlike the janky twins, who went together to Houston. But Gabriel Murphy PERSON, the past three seasons over a combined 921 pass rushing snaps, he had 18 sacks. And in those three seasons, aforementioned three seasons, his PFF pass rushing grades were 90.4, 87 flat, and 87.6. Not many guys in this class can compare with him in terms of just that on the field the past three years in college football. Though that's what he does is get after the quarterback. He's very good at it. He times up the snaps. He gets ludicrously fast jumps off of it.He's a big time time the snap guy. There will be times where he'll descend on the quarterback so fast. Like the offensive tackle wouldn't have a shot in the Pack 12 to touch him because he had timed it up correctly and then he'd blow by him. But then there's other times, you know, he'll jump off sides too sometimes where it's like he's trying to jump it, trying to jump it.But, you know, again, the utilities there. the reason that he goes undrafted number one that's his only utility UCLA the past two seasons dropped him into coverage only 29 snaps and then the the other thing is his arms are super duper short so he has all the other stuff that athleticism certainly is NFL ORG caliber he is certainly shown his ability to get after the passer, which Brian Flores PERSON in particular is going to love. But he's going to be a situational guy at the next level.Could be a good one, though, in terms of the sack numbers, the pressure rate, especially in that super-duper aggressive Flores PERSON defense. The other couple guys I want to shout out for the Vikings ORG, Dwight McLaughern, item 172 on my board. Cornerback from Arkansas, he's a guy with length, six foot two. He also has ball skills, breaks him up and extensive experience at the highest level of college football.He started four years in the SEC ORG. Previous to Arkansas was at LSU ORG, where he was a starter as well. Of course, he carried that over to Arkansas ORG. Last year, he was having a breakout season until he got a turf toe injury that wreaked Avagon ORG and essentially ended it. But the ball skills, like I said, with eight career interception speak to that. The last thing, the Vikings signed two linebackers.I think that I had draftable grades on. And I think whoever does better amongst these two guys is making that roster. They probably are fighting with each other. Vikings ORG do not have a lot of linebacker depth. Their top backup there is Brian Osamoa, the day two disappointment from a couple years ago. They don't really have anything else. So one of these dudes, like I said,I think is making it. And that's Bo Richter from Air Force and Dallas game from Toledo ORG. Bo Richter PERSON is interesting because he played, he was a safety earlier in his career. Then he played off a linebacker then last year because of the uh the defections at air force had had and trying to get more havoc they move them to the edge which he absolutely you know it's not going to play regularly in the NFL could do it situationally as a pass rusher but he wreaked havoc in the mwc coming off the edge likehe had all kinds of fun uh he's six foot1, 248 pounds, 99th percentile athlete. So that athleticism that he had that allowed him at least to be on the back end, the third level, initially certainly has retained that at the bigger size as he put on more weight. He's going back to linebacker, upball linebacker, and he just has to prove that he has the chops for that. But the pass rushing utility that he showed it in Reeking Havoclastier at Air Force,I think is something that appealed to the Vikings ORG. The other guy, Dallas Gant, started out his career at Ohio State ORG, was a big time recruit, struggled to get on the field there. So he transfers down to Toledo ORG. He was tremendous at Toledo, six foot two and a half, 228, 63rd percentile athlete. Dallas Gant PERSON is probably,Dallas Gant has the edge on Richter PERSON in special teams utility. So that is what he is going to have to try to win some of those spots in camp to make his case over Richter PERSON. He is not the athlete that Richter PERSON is. And I think you can do more things with Richter PERSON defensively. So the Vikings are going to be between those two thingsand who can make the greater case with their biggest strength. But those are the guys I wanted to shout out with the Vikings are going to be between those two things and who can make the greater case with their biggest strength. But those are the guys I wanted to shout out with the Vikings a very good top three UDFA class this year.

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Yeah, really strong. A lot of athletes here. The guy that I'll mention here before we move on to the top two, Ty James PERSON, dude. And I think that he could, look, if he blows up in camp and really for everybody, I mean, just crazy production at Mercer, man. 8.0 RAS.You're looking at just the numbers he put up at Mercer ORG and I get the level of competition. 3.73 yards per route run. His final two years at Mercer, 3.5, 4.4 yards per route run. Like, we talked about this on the last episode. If you're playing at small school competition, I want to just see you just bodybagging dudes. I want to see you crushing it and blowing up the numbers.Ty James PERSON did that. Tell me, Thor PERSON, any of these guys, and I know I'm going to hurt your feelings here a little bit with your Vikings ORG, but are you really just enamored with Brandon Powell, Jalen Naylor, Nekeel Harry, Trent Sherfield, all of these guys at the top of that receiving debt chart behind Justin Jefferson and T.J. Hawkinson and Jordan Addison PERSON? I'm not. I won't be surprised.

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No, they're receiving depth is terrible. It's bad, dude. Yeah, one of those guys that they signed a

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receiver will have a shot. They're going to have a battle royale for those last couple of backup spots at receiver for sure. Absolutely agree. And Ty James PERSON, I think, has the talent, man. Breaking into the top two of this UDFA class, I mean, we're talking about talent here. Who's the talented guys you want to talk about for the New York Jets? Yeah. So the top two classes

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that I had for the UDFAs this year, they were significant. It was like those two, then a drop, and then the, you know, the next group of teams that Vikings edged it out. But then it was like that, you know, you had a grouping there of like four or five, and then there was another drop. But these two teams at the top we're going to talk about were clearly ahead of the packand the Jets ORG just narrowly got edged out by the team that we're going to talk about in a second that finished number one in the UDFA rankings. But as far as the Jets ORG class narrowly got edged out by the team that we're going to talk about in a second that the finish number one in the UDFA rankings. But as far as the Jets ORG class, the reason they did so well, it was crazy aggression at the very top. The best of the best that didn't get drafted and guys that absolutely probably should have gotten drafted. Those were the guys that the Jets ORG zeroed in on and got really aggressive with.And in particular, the ethos was the front of the defense overall, but in particular, defensive front. Eric Watts from Yukon ORG edge rusher, a tooled up kid. I had him 142nd on my board. Leonard Taylor from Miami ORG, the defensive tackle, was a top 10 recruit coming out of high school and had crazy pass rushing numbers last year. I had him 148th on my board. And then Braden McGregor from Michigan ORG edge rusher.I had him 153rd on my board. Measurables are all there with that kid, 6-5, 254, 75th percentile athlete, and was the top recruit at Michigan the year that he came in. Had a slower start to his career. Didn't stay on the field regularly until this past season. But he was a starter on the national championship nasty defense of Michigan had this past season.And like I said, retains all the athleticism and the physical ability that led to him being such a highly ranked to recruit. As far as Eric Watts goes, he started three of his four active seasons at Yukon ORG. Yukon ORG was another one of those select few teams. I mentioned with Blake Watson, the Old Dominion ORG was one of the few teams that canceled their season because of COVID ORG. Yukon was another one in 2020 that canceled it.But Watts, in his four active season, he starts three of them. He needs work as far as the polish goes, but the measurables are really, really good and really promising. And he had the flash plays on defense, but not only that, he had flash plays on special teams as well. Speaking to the first one, 22 and a half tackles for loss over the last three seasons.And if you just isolated to the last two seasons, nine sacks on defense and on special teams, two block field goals and a block punt. The kid is crazy, crazy, a long, six foot six, two 74 with very, very long arms and 83rd percentile athleticism.So the length, the vertical and the 40, Eric Watts PERSON, all was near the top of this entire edge class. Leonard Taylor PERSON, like I said, was the, every program in the country wanted Leonard Taylor when he was coming out of high school as that aforementioned top 10 overall recruit. He goes to Miami. The thing with with him so pass rushing last year is is where he really set himself apart as far as on the field he was 95th percentile or higher in pff pass rush grade true past set uh true past set uh rush grade easy for me to say and pass rush win win rate. However, the run game stuff is not quitethere yet. And then you wonder about the full, like, will it be apples to apples, the translation of his, the past rushing? And the reason for that is he plays super high. You know, I was talking about this with Gabe Hall earlier, you know, when we hit on him, a guy who has a ton of talent, but he pops up. And that's Leonard Taylor as well. He, when we hit on him, a guy who has a ton of talent, but he pops up. And that's Leonard Taylor PERSON as well.Leonard Taylor PERSON on the field, it's a north-south bully. And so he was able to bully some of these interior offense alignment in the ACC ORG. He was able to shoot some gaps and was able to create some havoc, particularly in the passing game. But this is why he got washed out on run concepts because he plays too high. And we want to see him get better at shedding the blocks as well. That's a technical aspect of his game that they can work on. And then as far as the pass rush, you have that, that north-south bully thing going for you.They need to teach him a couple of counters off of that thing. So he has the fastball already, which manifests it, you know, at the highest level of the power five. Need to get the change up with that. Need to get maybe a couple of breaking pitches. DeBry, I know I was a little bit short on the baseball metaphor so far over our UDFA

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episode, so I had to get one more in. But if they give him some more of that stuff, then he could become a player again, you know, or at the NFL ORG level, I'm sorry, you know, and harking back to some of that stuff. If he can't and he keeps playing too high, that's where it could end early for Leonard Taylor PERSON,

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but certainly a worthy dart throw by the Jets ORG there. And the last one, McGregor PERSON, former hockey player, just like his quarterback in college,

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J.J. McCarthy PERSON, so they had that in common at Michigan ORG. McGregor was the top recruit in the 2020 class at Michigan ORG. He has that frame I was talking about before, and he has that season, you know, starting on that nasty defense. Last one I wanted to shout out was Tyler Harrell PERSON, who is a veryweird profile, 29.1 yards per catch in 2021 at Louisville. And he, one third of the receptions he had that season, went for touchdowns. And so it's like, oh my gosh, like, this kid is something. And he has, the speed was apparent on the film. You saw that during the pre-draft. It was in the four threes. But the last two seasons, like this kid is something. And he has the speed was apparent on the film. You saw that during the pre-draft. It was in the four-th threes. But the last two seasons, so first he transfers to Alabama.And Alabama and Sabin staff, they had particularly gotten aggressive with Tyler Harrow bringing him in, thinking that he was the replacement for Jamison Williams PERSON. No, he was an afterthought. Harrell was injured for part of this season. And I think they were wondering as he has heard as he says.And then when he came back, he didn't really see the field. Then he went to Miami ORG for his last season and again, didn't do anything at Miami. He had a hard time even getting on the field. Those two seasons combined, he only caught six balls. Tyler Harrell PERSON has that speed that you can't teach, which absolutely deserves a look. And so the Jets ORG, we'll find out if they can turn them around. But the last two years were a bit concerning with him,and that's why he went undrafted.

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Yeah, I agree. Harold PERSON's the only guy that I was going to mention here, and just the numbers pop for him. 2021, like you were talking about 2.8, 5 yards per route run, 9.8 yak per reception. I mean, those numbers pop, they play, and you marry that with a 7.6 Razz and the size.I mean, we're going to find out. I mean, people talked about it last preseason. You heard people hyping up Jason Brownlee and Xavier Gibson PERSON. And we know that, look, the receiving depth charts kind of thin after Garrett Wilson PERSON. Mike Williams, does he stay healthy? Can he stay healthy?You and I are not fans of Malachi Corley, unlike a lot of other people. Alan Lazar was sent to the bench last year. I could see a world. Well, look, if Tyler Harrell PERSON can show some of that promising camp and earn himself a spot, might be able to climb this debt chart a little bit higher than people give him credit for. And speaking to giving a lot of credit, man, your top spot. go ahead. Wax poetic, baby. Go ahead. Give it up.

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Let's go. Number one UDFA class in 2024 in the NFL is the Kansas City Chiefs ORG, a team that they get all, you know, Pat Mahomes PERSON, Pat Mahomes, Pat Mahomes. But the reason that they continue to win, it's not just Mahomes, it's that every year in the draft,the ROI on their slots is incredible. And then they always carry that over into the UDFA process and not only have the strategy of what they're going to do, which I love every single season. I'll talk about that in a second. But they also have the commitment to it. And now at this point, because of the success, I talked to an NFL ORG agent after the draftrecently, and he was talking about how they're the team, if he was to pick out of any of the 32, during the pre-draft process, some of these guys were they could go seventh round, but otherwise they're going to be high in UDFAs. The chief scouts are all over them, being like, we want you, you know,after the, you know, make sure, you know, we'll get the number from the agent, we're going to be contacting you. And so they get into their heads then. And then the kid, the next month, six weeks, he's like, the agent, we're going to be contacting you. And so they get into their heads then. And then the kid the next month, six weeks, he's like, the world champions want me. And so then when the draft ends, if they happen to go undrafted, the cheese are gettingaggressive now. They weren't lying. They're making the call. They're making the offers. The Chiefs ORG win a lot of tiebreakers on these guys, where the money is really close. I mentioned that the way that the Broncos do it is Sean Payton PERSON is out there on it. He's calling everybody. You know, he's like a,it's like a call service guy. He's like, call, call, call, call, call, call. With the Chiefs ORG, it starts a couple months before that and they carry it all the way through, stay in contact with these guys, and then they have the financial commitment as well. But finish the, and the last thing I want to say, as far as that goes, the five years have been doing these rankings that she's only finished outside the top 10 in one of those seasons. Last year was number four. This year, of course, the number one, they have, they signed my top ranked underactive free agent and Fabian Lovett from Florida State, six foot four, three, 16, 70th percentile athlete.I was very surprised Fabian Lovett did not get drafted. The utility there, it's a little bit one trick right now, because he's not super disruptive as a pass rusher, but he's very good in run defense. And you at least can work with him on the pass rushing stuff. But on the run defense, the early down utility alone, I thought that he would be drafted and a guy who projects to be a backup interior lineman that hangs around for a long time. So I think that he would be drafted and a guy who projects to be a backup interiorlineman that hangs around for a long time. So I think that he's going to make the roster love it. And then the second guy, one of the highest rank guys that I had coming out of the draft was Curtis Jacobs, the linebacker from Penn State. So I'd love it 110th overall. I had Jacobs 167th overall. Jacobs PERSON, he has experience and he has projectable traits in spades, both those things. Three years starter on very good Penn State defenses, and he is awesome and run defense. Coming forward, he will plug those gaps, makes the rightread, gets downhill quick, and then is happy to throw the shoulder pads into the running back in the hole. The thing that Jacobs PERSON has to do is prove that he is usable on passing downs. They didn't blitz him a ton at Penn State ORG. And in coverage, I have a supposition that he's going to have to be hidden in the NFL if you have him out on the field on those plays. Zone concept dropping him onto the dump-off guy, you know, would be my suggestion as far as that goes.Would not strand him in man coverage. But the thing of the downhill thumper guy, this is a dude who, 20 years ago, would have been drafted in the middle rounds. But because of the way the game is going, that's why he goes out. But he still has value that he can bring to the team early downs. And then the other thing with Curtis Jacobs PERSON is special teams.So he's going to give them value in terms of both that. Then the Chiefs also signed my number two punter, Ryan Reco from BYU ORG. Tori Taylor PERSON is the guy I was going nuts about all process because Tori Taylor is the kid from Iowa that the Bears ended up taking in the fourth round, next level punting prospect. But outside of that, RECO led, at least for me, the next in line and a very good punting prospect in his own right will go on there and compete.And then they also, so those are the top three. But in addition to that, they got three other dudes that I had ranked in my top 290 pre-draft, offensive tackle, Ethan Driscoll, got an edge rusher from Charlotte GPE, who's kind of interesting, has some length, a rangy kid as well. And then a USC cornerback, Christian Roland Wallace PERSON, as well, that he got pushed out because of the lack of athleticism.But he showed ball scales and he's over 200 pounds as well. The cheese, not only the top end guys, but they, they also, which was you can compare with anyone, but also the depth of it. They had more than 10 guys, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13 guys that were on my pre-draft 500.

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So it's not only hitting the top, it's also spray the board. And let's see if we can find something on one of these other guys.

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Lots of interesting names.

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I'll kick it to you for the rest of the offensive skill guys, but another smash process for the Ken City Chiefs ORG.

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Yeah, I think they just crushed the process, man. A lot of just varied prospect profiles for these guys. A lot of the skill guys they got don't really pop for me a ton. I think Amani Bailey PERSON is interesting. Look, you could look at some of the metrics, the lucivity metrics and things like that, and he pops in some of those categories.So I think he is interesting, and depending on the depth of your dynasty league, is he worth a taxi squad spot? Sure. But that also depends on who you're weighing him versus even some of these other guys like Jalen Coker we talked about earlier in this episode. I like the guy. I don't love the guy, and I think the damning thing, if you want to point to anything for him, why I'm a little bit lower on him, is just the athleticism, especially at the 57206 CARDINAL. 2.2 RAS is just not going to cut it. But again, I do think his tackle breaking stuff is interesting and his film is a little bitbetter than the athleticism score implies. Carson Steele PERSON, I just, dude, I wanted to love Carson Steel and then I saw how Carson Steele tested on his 40 PRODUCT and stuff. Now, the other parts of his profile, like some of the jumping and things like that, tested pretty well. I feel like I fell in love with this profile a few years ago, Thor PERSON. I feel like I'm having yesteryear's ghost, the ghost of Christmas past, kind of knocking on the door and saying hi, because when I watched Carson Steele, I so thought of how much I loved Ryan Knoll PERSON when he was coming out. And then I was like, I was like, oh, I was like, man, I loved Ryan Knoll PERSON. I was all out. And then I was like, I was like, oh, I was like, man,I loved Ryan Knoll PERSON. I was all out there. And the receipts are still out there. The receipts are out there, people. You can go look it up on X. I was a big Ryan Knoll proponent way back in the day. I watched Carson Steele PERSON and I'm like, I'm getting some of these ghosts and some of these feelings. I don't know how to feel. I feel very conflicted right now. But Carson Steele PERSON, again, a guy that we got to bring up here, man. But look, this has been a awesome two pack of episodes covering all of these guys for UDFA. Thor's massive, amazing article is live on fantasy pros.com ORG.Go check that out. I mean, the man almost wrote 8,000 freaking words on UDFA alone. So, I mean, look, you want the DGIN, you want the content, you want all the parts of pieces of this entire NFL ORG draft class. Thor PERSON, I think through the process, we've given the people what they want. We have gone through all the positions, all the guys, all the sleepers, now through the UDFA.If there's something we didn't cover, and we hit all the betting angles, baby. If there's something we didn't cover, leave we hit all the betting angles, baby. If there's something we didn't cover, leave a review. Let us know what's up. If you've got any other questions about prospects, look, hit us up in the Discord. Head to Fantasypros.com. Check out the previous episodes of this show.This draft cycle is Thorne PERSON us.

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Signing off.

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