Lance Zierlein

A lot of people at NFL, I guess these network personalities, I didn't know Brandon Perno works for NFL Network now, but there's only two people that have the Tennessee Titans winning this game out of 10 over on this NFL Network site.

I mean, Bucky Books, Lance Zierlein, Colleen Wolfe, Nick Shook, Brandon Perno, Brooke...

I'm not even going to try that last name.

Dan Paris and Grant Gordon all have chosen the Jets.

So...

I went on ESPN Radio a couple of days ago with Lance Zierlein, and he asked me about Dejan, and he was like, well, where do you stand? And I'm like, well, where do you stand? Because my analytics model really didn't like him.

He was like, he was like i'm actually i did my projections and i'm very pessimistic and like p i got a lot of heat for it i he was like i'm just looking at christian mccaffrey okay that's a target hog mike evans okay when healthy that's a target hog mike evans or george kittle when healthy that's a target hog debo samuel you know knows the system so he was like i projected out like 35 catches and like 400 yards and four touch that something like that he's like I got a lot of and so like what do you think I'm like well like I think that's right I think I think that's the most likely outcome assuming everyone's fully healthy but fantasy football doesn't work like that in the game of fantasy football the most likely outcome isn't always the most important one and what I always say is A player's bull case outcome matters exponentially more than the median, which matters exponentially more than the bear case, which almost doesn't matter at all.

And so to me, Deshaun Stripling is like literally the best handcuff at cost.

Um, so a-and even Nico Collins gets a little bit of a boost with no Jayden Higgins.

I know Lance Zierlein has said he thinks it's about 15 more targets total coming Nico Collins' way this year if he looks over like the full season.

So really an appealing, uh, group of wide receivers and that's why this year I think is, is so challenging because the second round is loaded.

You made a case for multiple running backs there and then we've also got multiple wide receivers.

Yes, the, uh, the art that I never got to turn into a T-shirt 'cause I start lots of things I can't finish.

I think it was Charch and Lance Zierlein, um, David Dodds, uh, Matt Waldman.

I don't know if there's anybody else in there.

I know that those five are in that original art, and I'm hovering it all, over it all.

and i think there's something that should be said about the fact that he was playing in cleveland oh exactly yes

two NFL.com's Lance Zierlein is projecting big seasons for the NFL's top two pure pass rushers, or edge rushers, I should say, with Reuben Bain Jr. and David Bailey Jr. both being projected to tally nine and a half total sacks this season.

What are your thoughts on that lofty projection, and which rookie between Bain and Bailey Jr. do you think will be more productive in 2026?

I'm going to go with Reuben Bain Jr. because in camp he's definitely been showcasing his ability.

Coming up on the NFL Report, the latest on a scare Tuesday in Cincinnati.

Meantime, he is QB2 right now in Vegas, but will Fernando Mendoza be QB1 for your fantasy team by the end of the season? Lance Zierlein is here.

He has some numbers that may surprise you, or maybe not, I don't know.

Plus, Chargers linebacker Daion Henley joins the show to tell you why practice, not a game, is sometimes just as much fun as the game.

They were bad last year.

That is the word we're looking for.

But now they have Geno, and now hi, Lance Zierlein.

Great to be back with you.