Best/Worst picks at WR for Guillotine Fantasy Leagues

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Yahoo Sports fantasy analysts Matt Harmon and Justin Boone discuss the best and worst picks you can make at WR in Guillotine Fantasy Leagues. Hear the full conversation on the 'Yahoo Fantasy Forecast' podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.
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It wouldn't be an episode of this show if I wasn't talking about my love for Emeka Ibuka.
Right?
I've already gone off about him before, how I thought he was one of the best values in drafts.
I still think he is, and his ADP is on the rise, but you should be going out and getting him as many places as you can.
And it's not just a Chris Godwin injury situation, which we can go over that.
I mean, the reports came out that he had that second surgery on his ankle, the same ankle injury that cost him most of last season.
Um, he had a second surgery in the spring.
He's on PUP.
We don't know when he's coming back.
They haven't really given us a clear timeline on that.
So I'm not even sure how to factor that in when I'm doing projections for the year.
And when he does come back, how long is it going to take him to get back to form, right?
Is he going to be the same player right away, or is there sort of a younger version of him in this offense now that is gonna potentially Wally Pippin here?
I think that's within the range of outcomes.
If not, it might even be particularly likely that that happens, I think at this point.
Um, and, and you look at this, I mean, all the buzz that's been coming out of OTAs and training camp about Eguave, first round pick, we knew the talent was there.
We just thought it was gonna take a little while that these veteran receivers in front of him were gonna hold him back.
Now I'm not sure that Godwin is going to hold him back at all.
While I do think that Calvin Ridley, Tennessee Titans wide receiver, is a value picking drafts right now and is somebody that I want to take.
I'm also gonna harden myself here to this might be not the, not the best start to, uh, this season for Calvin Ridley.
Like, it might take a minute for Calvin Ridley and for Cam Ward.
Like this is really kind of more of a Cam Ward conversation than a Calvin Ridley conversation.
To get rolling here.
Yeah, for sure, and I think pointing this out specifically about guillotine leagues and emphasizing that like survival mode that you have to go into, taking a guy that has to go against Pats Tan in week one, not a smart move.
You are probably not going to be playing in week 2 if you take that player and you need him to perform for you then.
Week one.
And in that instance, Ridley's going to be available on the waiver wire if that is the lowest scoring team.
And then you can go pick up Ridley, you can make a bid for him, grab him, and now you have him for the rest of the season.
Right?
Like that's the nature of that game and why people should be keeping that in mind with these early season schedules and some of the early season matchups.
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