Troy Franklin's Rising Fantasy Value & Bo Nix Potential

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00:00Joe, a wide receiver available in maybe seven out of 10 leagues.

00:03Where can we go?

00:05Yeah, Troy Franklin's where we can go for the Denver Broncos.

00:08Troy Franklin's coming off a game where he had nine targets,

00:10eight catches for 89 yards and a touchdown.

00:12He was wide receiver eight last week.

00:14He gets the Chargers this week, all hands on deck.

00:17Bo Nix struggled in that first week, had some good moments,

00:20I think, against the Colts last week.

00:22So hopefully pulling out of a little early slump here.

00:24But, you know, it's second year in the league.

00:27There's more tape on you.

00:28Teams make adjustments.

00:29Don't be shocked if Bo Nix is a little up and down, I think, in 2025.

00:33But Troy Franklin's an interesting piece because we kind of got a tease of this last year,

00:37and Troy Franklin and Bo Nix played together in college, right?

00:39So there's a continuity there.

00:41There's a familiarity there.

00:42There's a trust level there.

00:44It's just whether or not we're going to see him overtake Marvin Vims

00:47as the number two wide receiver on this depth chart.

00:49Now, that remains to be seen.

00:51But if it does happen, I want to get ahead of it.

00:54I want it to be on my roster when it happens.

00:56Because if it happens again this week and he has another repeat game where he's a top

01:0010 wide receiver, which, again, I don't anticipate that happening.

01:03But even if he's a wide receiver, too, he's going to be gone off that waiver wire.

01:07So get him now.

01:09Put him on your team for nothing now.

01:11And then see how he performs.

01:12If he goes back to being a two-catch guy on three targets in the game, okay, then you just drop him

01:19and you go back to pick up something else that's useful on the waiver wire.

01:22But to me, this is one of those classic get-ahead-of-the-curve situations with Troy Franklin

01:26of the Denver Broncos.

01:27Because if he does emerge as that number two guy behind Cortland Sutton,

01:30especially Evan Ingram did nothing the first two weeks of the season.

01:34He's not playing today.

01:35There's more targets available in this offense.

01:37He's even, I think, a streamer this week as a flex play in a 14-team league,

01:42maybe even at 12 if he just had the worst situation in terms of wide receiver play.

01:46So Troy Franklin, definitely an ad Sunday morning.

01:48All right.

01:49The way you leaned into that worst maybe can be applied to people's tight end situations.

01:55So you've got to give me someone.

01:57It doesn't have to be sexy.

01:58It just has to be available.

02:00Give me someone that's available in at least 7 out of 10 leagues at the tight end position.

02:04Yeah.

02:05Well, I'm going to give you a guy who is playing really well right now,

02:09who is tight end four in fantasy over the first two games is Juwan Johnson of the Saints.

02:15Now, nobody wanted Juwan Johnson because he played for the Saints

02:17and because we kind of know who Juwan Johnson was previously.

02:20But there's a big difference in what's happening now with the Saints and why Juwan Johnson.

02:24This is the question I keep getting asked.

02:25Why is this happening now?

02:27And I think the answer is, number one, you have a quarterback that's limited in Spencer Rattler,

02:32who has been better than I think a lot of us anticipated, but nothing special.

02:37He's not moving the ball downfield the way Derek Carr could, right?

02:39So Juwan Johnson's going to benefit from that, right?

02:42Lower average depth of target.

02:44He's also going to benefit from the fact that Taysom Hill is not there, right?

02:47Hill is hurt.

02:48He's probably not playing this year.

02:49Maybe at the end of the year, we'll see.

02:50But whenever they would get in the red zone, which is where tight ends typically eat,

02:54which is where tight ends can score their fantasy points and get touchdowns,

02:58Juwan Johnson wasn't on the field because you had all these gimmick plays with the other tight end.

03:03And I think that is something with Taysom Hill that now that that's out,

03:07Juwan Johnson's in.

03:08And he's got 20 targets in two weeks.

03:11Rookie quarterbacks or younger quarterbacks tend to check down a lot, too.

03:15Juwan Johnson benefits from that.

03:17So, look, he's got 13 catches on the year to start the season.

03:20He's got one touchdown.

03:21Juwan Johnson plays the Seahawks this week.

03:23It's a tough matchup.

03:25So, yeah, you're going to have to get rid of the football quick.

03:27So, Juwan Johnson is a guy that should not be readily available as much as he is in leagues,

03:32considering how bad the tight end play has been.

03:34So, Juwan Johnson's definitely an add, too.

03:36Even if you have a decent tight end, add him on principle as a potential guy that you could use as trade bait

03:42or to cover your bye weeks at some point.

03:44Because if Hawkinson doesn't turn things around with Wentz and Andrews doesn't turn things around soon,

03:49Juwan Johnson is a pivot in the next couple weeks.

03:51Juwan Johnson is a pivot in the next couple weeks.

03:52Juwan Johnson is a pivot in the next couple weeks.

03:53Juwan Johnson is a pivot in the next couple weeks.

03:54Juwan Johnson is a pivot in the next couple weeks.

03:55Juwan Johnson is a pivot in the next couple weeks.

03:56Juwan Johnson is a pivot in the next couple weeks.

03:57Juwan Johnson is a pivot in the next couple weeks.

03:58Juwan Johnson is a pivot in the next couple weeks.

03:59Juwan Johnson is a pivot in the next couple weeks.

04:00Juwan Johnson is a pivot in the next couple weeks.

04:01Juwan Johnson is a pivot in the next couple weeks.

04:02Juwan Johnson is a pivot in the next couple weeks.

04:03Juwan Johnson is a pivot in the next couple weeks.

04:04Juwan Johnson is a pivot in the next couple weeks.

04:05Juwan Johnson is a pivot in the next couple weeks.

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