Can Bryce Young be a functional fantasy QB?
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This is one where I think we're kind of missing the boat, because this is another room that looks pretty deep with options.
Tedro MacMillan, uh, Jacob Gibbs pointed this out.
He has been on the field for 100% of Bryce Young's dropbacks, to target on 50% of Bryce Young's throws, uh, which I think makes sense.
Like, you should be trying to get your number one rookie wide receiver totally in sync with Bryce Young.
I think McMillan is gonna be ready to rock from day one.
Feelin is still playing well.
We'll see what Ligette gives him.
I'm a big Jalen Coker fan.
Uh, they're really excited about, uh, Jataian Sanders, who we probably need to just go ahead and put him at the starting tight end spot for this depth chart here.
They go too deep in the backfield between Cuba Hubbard and Rico Dowdle, two guys I think you can play.
And I think this is a more than functional offensive line.
Better than the run game, the pass game for Oz, but still a more than functional offensive line.
So typically, like when I like an offense overall, but I don't quite know how some of the pieces are gonna come together, which is how I feel about wide receiver 2 to, I don't know, 4 or 5 here if you wanna include Hunter Renfro in the mix.
Typically I just think, all right, well, I, I, I just want the quarterback of that offense, so it, it brings me back to Bryce Young as a guy that I think could take a real leap in year 3 of his NFL career.
I'm with you.
You know, uh, he's been one of those guys.
Drake May has been a huge part of my draft plan where I would just forego quarterback and take Drake May in the double digit rounds.
But if I cannot get May, let's say I get sniped.
I think Bryce Young is actually one of the quarterbacks I end up going with because of the fact that he does have some legs, right?
He has a little bit of rushing ability to go along with that.
Season last 6 weeks he was one of the best fantasy quarterbacks, you know, among all fantasy quarterbacks.
So he's, you know, averaging more than 20 fantasy points per game.
So that, that is there.
And then you look at what Dave Canalla has done with other quarterbacks, right?
Like a little bit of a quarterback whisperer, right?
So if he could kind of come in for this year.
With Bryce Young and take him to the next level, obviously this past preseason game.
You know, it wasn't the best example of that, but you know, it's a preseason game, so you can't say too much or throw the baby out with the bathwater.
It's one of those situations where you got the receiving core isn't that bad.
You added a true number one talent, and you mentioned, you know, the slot role like with Adam Thielen.
I feel like if Adam Thielen, you know, he's an old man at this point in football years, but he has, you know, Hunter Renfrow who can just slide in.
To that role.
So you know, I don't know if there's that much of a drop off there, you know, if, if they were to lose him for whatever reason.
And I think, you know, there is a point where this offense could take the next step, especially Bryce Young's development with Dave Canales coaching him up.
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