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Jared Smola

Jared Smola

Aug 22, 2026

9:15
Hampton goes.
9:15
Yeah, I was gonna say, I was, I was pumped when we got the 104.
9:19
I think, um, and I, I actually did an article on Draft Sharks looking at the best draft position.
9:23
Now, I didn't do it for a tight end premium, I just did it for, uh, PPR, and half PPR, and non PPR.
9:28
But I, I do believe there's a big edge to having a top four pick this year.
9:31
'Cause not only do you get one of those four guys we talked about, you know, Gibbs, Bijan, Chase, and Puka, but I think this, this two...
9:38
The, the guys who get the two, three turn.

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88:46
Where are you at on Jeanty and your enthusiasm level?
19:10
Yeah
19:10
... boosts the value of running back and wide receiver and kind of depresses tight end as a result.
19:14
Um, then the Swift pick and, and, you know, specifically I lo-- I, I think he's undervalued.
19:19
Um, he was a top 20 running back last year.
19:21
Even over the second half of the season once, once Kyle Munyoungae got more involved.
19:25
We talk about Mike McDaniel's running game being so bankable.
19:28
Ben Johnson's is super bankable as well.

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27:02
He just needs to stay healthy, man, and then that's, that's basically where I'm at with JK Dobbins as my RB3.
10:33
I have him as, like, a low-end QB two, but I think there could be some upside.
10:38
Yeah, quarterback 18 for us right now on Shuck.
10:40
And, you know, he, he is more a quarterback two target in best ball for me and a quarterback two target in managed, uh, super flex or two quarterback leagues.
10:48
I don't feel as strongly about Shuck as I do Kyler with, like, you know, the potential to be a one quarterback league starter in managed leagues.
10:55
But I do still think he's a strong value where he's going.
10:57
To me, with Shuck, it is more about the situation than the player.
11:02
I, I, I was, I was not a big fan of Shuck pre-draft.

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43:25
Um, but it, is that how you see Shaheed, and do I need to move him up my rankings?
5:48
Let's talk Colts to start.
5:51
Yeah, so look, I think the Colts were one of the teams that came in surprisingly high for me, I guess.
5:56
Um, you know, 11th in fantasy environment score.
5:59
They're also, uh, 12th in implied- ... points per game.
6:04
Um, yeah, the interesting thing though is that this team is projected to, I, I think they're like fifth or sixth in implied points per game allowed.
6:11
So they also have a lot of games that are projected to be shootouts.
6:14
That, that to me is, it makes the, the, the passing game more interesting, right? Um, if this team's gonna be playing from behind more than they were, especially early last year when Daniel Jones was healthy.

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41:05
That's cool
18:46
Um, how do you, how, how do you feel about Achane with, um, you know, the general state of the Miami offense?
18:54
Yeah, I'm generally avoiding Achane at cost.
18:59
Um, I don't think he's super mispriced.
19:01
I think, you know, he's, he's pretty consistently dropped into, you know, like the early to mid-second round.
19:06
I think that's kind of reasonable.
19:08
He's still...
19:08
He's just...

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61:57
Um, do you have any players that your projections say are being undervalued in the late rounds of drafts, or maybe they're not even being drafted at all? Who, who would you recommend that people be drafting more than, uh, or at a higher ADP than, uh, what they're going right now?
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18:42
you know,
18:42
had to have them type season where if you didn't draft Devon HN, you're not going to win your friends.
18:46
I just don't think there's that type of upside in this offense because, you know, on top of the quarterback concerns with Malik Willis and just how much they're going to throw a chain also lost Mike McDaniel.
18:56
That's the reason we're so excited about all these chargers.
18:58
Like, that's a big loss for this Dolphins offense.
19:01
The implied points per game and fantasy environment score.
19:03
we'll confirm that this is not expected to be a good offense.

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61:13
Do you have any players that your projections say are being undervalued in the late rounds of drafts, or maybe they're not even being drafted at all? Who would you recommend that people be drafting more than or at a higher ADP than what they're going right now?
5:15
Really happy to see that you have him as a flag plant.
5:18
Yeah, I continue s- to be surprised at May's cost.
5:22
You know, he's obviously more expensive than he was last year, but I, I think he's still too cheap.
5:26
Um, like you said, Theo, he was, he was quarterback three in fantasy points per game last year in his second NFL season, in his first season in Josh McDaniels' offense with a pretty mediocre supporting cast.
5:37
Um, you know, May...
5:38
And May did it with his arm and his legs last year.
5:40
He was awesome as a passer, led the league in a ton of different categories, completion rate, completion rate over expected, yards per pass attempt.

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38:51
But what is a upside outcome look like for Christian Watson this year, and do you think Green Bay could become a little bit more balanced as an offense overall?
34:57
Where are you at on him, even with the rising ADP?
35:02
Yeah, we'll see how high that ADP climbs.
35:04
I'm still in on him at his price right now.
35:07
Um, I mean, I think to me the, the biggest question with Brooks is obviously he's a guy coming off a twice torn ACL.
35:13
So what is that gonna mean to, you know, his, his ability to hold up and just his explosiveness ex- explosiveness coming off those injuries? But I think when, when healthy, he was clearly an exciting prospect.
35:24
He was the first running back off the board in his draft.
35:25
He averaged 114 rushing yards per game on 6.1 yards per carry in his final college season.

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50:52
It sounds like you are as well.
3:43
Talk about why he's underrated reflective to the market right now, and what a smash season for him could look like.
3:51
You know, just looking back to last year, Watson was awesome.
3:53
He, he was Green Bay's best wide receiver by basically any metric you wanna look at.
3:57
PFF receiving grade, yards per route run, targets per route run.
4:01
Watson led the, the Packers wide receiver corps in all those metrics.
4:04
He actually posted career bests in both PFF receiving grade and yards per route run, and he was top six among 76 qualifying wide receivers in both of those metrics.
4:13
So he was awesome last year.

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21:14
Uh, talk about Davante Adams and your enthusiasm here.
5:08
know,
5:08
aspect that makes it toughest.
5:10
I mean, are we kind of buying that he's going to be, you know, more defensive back and less wide receiver? I'm not totally buying that at this point.
5:16
We're still in March.
5:17
Long way to go.
5:18
But yeah, I mean, with Washington, like you said, by almost any metric, he was the Jags best wide receiver last year.
5:26
And we saw that kind of show up in the box score over the second half of the season from week seven on last year, including the playoffs, seven and a half targets per game for Parker Washington on a 23.4% target share.

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29:36
So I'm curious if you actually have a take or if you're just pointing these things out.
3:13
So why don't you get us started? What is your first bold prediction for the 2026 fantasy football season?
3:19
Yeah, these are not only the boldest predictions.
3:21
They're the first boldest predictions you're going to hear.
3:24
So we got it all bases covered here.
3:27
I'm going to go Zay Flowers has his best fantasy season and finishes as a top 10 fantasy wide receiver.
3:38
Flowers, by the way, just an early best ball drafts on underdog is wide receiver 20 in ADP.
3:42
I'm saying he can finish 10 plus spots higher than his current ADP.

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10:56
What's your next bold prediction here, Jared?

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