Exploring Marvin Harrison Jr.'s Buy-Low Fantasy Potential

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00:00So, let's talk about some of the buys here.

00:05Let's talk about Marvin Harrison.

00:06His name has been in the news, some quarterback comments, but Joe, you feel this is a perfect

00:10time to buy low on Marvin Harrison.

00:13Yeah, look, the target share wasn't there.

00:17He got open sometimes and Murray didn't find him.

00:19It's going to take a little while.

00:20Okay, fine.

00:21I think the reason why you can buy low on him is because he's an unknown entity.

00:25So he's a player that people like myself have hyped up in the marketplace, right?

00:29Because a lot of people, you know, that still, you know, don't watch college football, but

00:33love fantasy football and love NFL.

00:35So they're saying, well, who's this Marvin Harrison guy?

00:38Now I'm stuck with him on my team.

00:39He's not going to be any good.

00:40He's going to be fine.

00:41Okay.

00:42Like I'm not worried about him at all.

00:44I think what you're looking for is a little bit more of we're coming back and we're game

00:49planning on ways to get him to touch the football, making sure that he is involved in this game

00:54plan a little bit better.

00:55And I think that things just went off script a little bit, whatever was there.

00:58He took it last week and Kyler Murray took a lot of Greg Dorch and, you know, made him

01:02a rock star for week one.

01:04But I don't think that's what you're going to see every single week.

01:05The organization spent a fourth overall pick on Marvin Harrison Jr.

01:12The organization is going to make sure that Marvin Harrison Jr. is involved.

01:16And I think it's only a matter of time.

01:18So the problem is like, this could be your window.

01:20It could shut in week two.

01:21It could happen that fast.

01:22Now it might not.

01:24Maybe week two is just better.

01:25It's just a market improvement and things kind of go along.

01:28But there's an opportunity here where Marvin Harrison Jr. just kind of shuts that window

01:33all together this week.

01:34So this might be your window to prime away where people are just feeling uneasy depending

01:38on what their roster looks like.

01:39It's like, man, this guy didn't really deliver.

01:41He's an unknown entity.

01:42And I think that's what goes against some players.

01:45Sometimes, you know, trade pieces, as we'll talk about in a moment, sometimes it's great

01:49when they have name brand value because you could sell them off the history of the player.

01:53But other times, it's really difficult.

01:55Player has no track record like Marvin Harrison in the NFL.

01:58So Marvin Harrison becomes an interesting buy low because there is concern in the marketplace

02:03for people who have him, who don't really understand or aren't as patient with him.

02:08So Harrison, to me, is that number one guy on that board that I'd be buying.

02:12All right.

02:13Joe, as a fantasy manager, personally, I enjoy being a part of a team that has a wide range

02:19of offense, but kind of like that old West Coast offense, a team that can really throw

02:24it and air it out there.

02:25Jacksonville is that team.

02:27Is Brian Thomas Jr. that guy on the receiving end?

02:32You know, I think this is a really interesting game here for him.

02:35Last week, he had four catches on four targets, 47 yards and a touchdown, right?

02:39There was more in there, too.

02:40You saw some moments there where it could have even been better potentially for Brian

02:46Thomas Jr.

02:47He's got a tough matchup against Cleveland this week.

02:49He's got some tough matchups coming up there, Buffalo and Houston, right?

02:53Those are some good defenses.

02:55But I'm trying to look ahead and project here.

02:57And if we're getting off to a good start here with Brian Thomas Jr., Christian Kirk is a

03:02nice wide receiver, but Christian Kirk isn't really an alpha.

03:05I think the reason why we don't really see Brian Thomas Jr. in the same light is because

03:09he played in college with Malik Neighbors, who got all the attention and all the hype.

03:13But if you think about it, Brian Thomas Jr. was pretty damn good, too.

03:17And now if you make him the number one target guy in this offense for Trevor Lawrence, good

03:22things can happen.

03:23Right now, if you're sitting there with Puka Nakua on your roster, who's going on the IR,

03:28who's going to be out for six weeks potentially, and you can get Brian Thomas Jr. for Puka

03:33Nakua, I would make that trade.

03:34I would make that trade because I think there's an opportunity for Thomas to grow into that

03:37role.

03:38I'm not saying he's going to be able to do what Puka did last year, but do you really

03:41want to wait six weeks for Puka Nakua to come back hopefully healthy?

03:45And do you want to have that big gaping hole at your wide receiver spot?

03:48Or do you want to take a guy like Brian Thomas, who I think people might not realize the asset

03:52they have.

03:53A lot of people might have just drafted him because of where he was in ADP, saw that good

03:56first week and thought, okay, maybe pretty good.

03:59But you dangle a big name like Puka Nakua, who's on the IR, people get very excited about

04:04getting that big time star.

04:05And Brian Thomas, again, like Marvin Harrison, a rookie, a bit of an unknown entity.

04:09So I think that works in your favor if you're trying to make a deal for one of these guys.

04:13So Brian Thomas, I think, has upside this week.

04:16We'll talk in hour two about some of his props that I think I like the over on this week

04:20too.

04:21But there's definitely a spot here where Brian Thomas can continue to grow into this role

04:24and could be the number one in this offense by the time we get to, say, Halloween.

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