Are Houston's rookie WRs worth a fantasy stash?

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Yahoo Fantasy analyst Matt Harmon and contributor Ray Garvin look at the new faces in the Texans receiving core and explain there's more risk than reward. Hear the full conversation on the 'Yahoo Fantasy Forecast' podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen.
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I want to talk to both of the Texans' rookie wide receivers.
And I, I do want to talk to both of them here, right?
I'm really curious what you think about this situation because, in preseason, uh, it has been Xavier Hutchinson running as the flanker receiver with Christian Kirk in on the slot and Nico Collins obviously at X.
And when they go to two receiver sets, it's been Christian Kirk as the second outside receiver.
So right now, honestly, even though Jayden Higgins is getting drafted, I don't think either of these two guys are gonna have a big week one role.
But it's a long season, man, and like Xavier Hutchinson is a nice role player, but not somebody that you want to rely on.
They want one of these two rookies to pop at some point this year.
And this is an offense that I think is gonna be much better this year.
I, I know the offensive line talent is still a question.
But I just think them getting some real coaching in here, getting the pass protection rules right is more important than getting five superstars on the offensive line.
CJ Stroud having more control at the line of scrimmage is a very under-discussed story in the fantasy space.
That's gonna help a lot, again, from a protection standpoint, him being able to ID things, call things out, be that kind of sheriff at the line of scrimmage.
Not every quarterback needs to be the cookie cutter, Shanahan-like quarterback.
I think Stroud's gonna thrive with more control at the line of scrimmage because he's so smart, he makes good decisions.
He's a football junkie, and he's accurate and he's on time with everything.
So this is an offense I want to invest in.
And even if Jayden Higgins starts to see, this is the thing that's interesting to me.
Is that Higgins, in a weird way, because they were using him at X receiver when Nico Collins wasn't playing, and I think, I actually think he would.
If he is an X receiver, he's gonna help Nico move around, which is important to me, but also, I think he should probably play as like a jumbo flanker slot player.
But I don't want to forget about Jaylen Noel here.
Like Jaylen Noel is a badass, man.
Like I, I think one of these two Texas receivers is gonna pop this year.
You don't need to necessarily draft them.
You need to maybe keep them kind of um, in the back of your mind if one of them starts to play more.
And I just think the odds that it's Noel instead of Higgins are pretty even, and it's not discussed that way in the fantasy football space.
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