FFT Express - 6 BOLD Predictions for 2026! Jefferson BUSTS, KC Concepcion dominates, Lions OFFENSE Cooks, & More! (09/02 Fantasy Football)

It's time for my favorite topic of the year bold predictions on FFT Express Hello, Dave Are you gonna start whispering Express again? Yeah, when I'm feeling it I was feeling like a whisper there. Why are you move what? Why are you standing and moving your desk? What's going on? No, I got a lot of energy right now coming up with bold predictions particularly on short notice is Getting the juices flowing. I'm pretty pumped about it wanted to get on my feet and fire off these bold predictions I've got five bold predictions involving three four five six seven eight players Okay, let's go least spicy to Spiciest, okay, least spiciest at least I think this is the least spiciest is Casey conception on gets a hundred catches And I was originally going to say he's going to set the rookie record for receptions among wide receivers But I decided to lower that by nine hole catches I wanted Malik neighbors to still hold that record of course Brock Bowers has the actual record But he's a tight end, but I think conception just dominates targets for can't for for can't city for Cleveland And I see the Browns throwing a lot. I think he's their best receiver. I've been taking him in round eight I'm not gonna slow down. I think he's got the speed the quickness that's gonna get him open a lot and make him an easy target for whoever the quarterback is That's pretty spicy if that's the least spicy. I think that's my least. Well, maybe this next one is the least spicy then Yeah, let's okay, so concept because only five wide receivers had a hundred catches last year So for a conception to do that would be pretty awesome. Okay, Dave. What's next? Isaiah likely finishes top six in PPR points per game least spice less spicy that's less spicy the conception Okay, well, you're you are a master of spice. No question about it when it comes to sauces and chicken wings and other delicacies out there so you would know but I think likely just sees a lot of target volume in New York We've seen him perform well when he has gotten targets six career or not six. I'm all over the place today I told you about juices are flowing. Yeah, nine career games with at least six targets eight times as he had 12 and a half PPR points That was in Baltimore when he wasn't the number two target getter. That was when he occasionally had six or more targets per game Now he should routinely get six targets per game from one jackson dart And I think he'll end up being very good for fantasy managers Yep, I love it. You talked about him today as one of the best values going in the 90s right now Isaiah likely Definitely a good pick around eight or nine around around eight or nine. Okay, let's get one more Little spicier than Isaiah likely before the break Jerregaugh finishes top five and fantasy points per game and the Lions finished first in the NFL in points per game I think it's pretty damn spicy because You know, let me I'm gonna get my notes here. Well, you talk about the basis for it Then I'll tell you why it's probably not going to happen, which is why this is a bold prediction. Go ahead I think the Lions defense is in trouble. I think their schedule is favorable I love how Jerregaugh splits are he literally averages five fantasy points per game more when he's playing indoors and then outdoors only six games this year outdoors Two of them come in the last two weeks of the season and I think everything looks good for Detroit this year Maybe not the interior of that offensive line that could be a little bit better, but on paper it seems okay Jamir Gibbs is the 101. He's gonna do damage in the passing game. We love him on Ross St. Brown We love James and Williams. We love Sam LaPorta This feels like a season where Detroit is gonna be in a bunch of high scoring games And I think they're gonna win a lot of them and Jerregaugh will be a big reason why So he's been eighth or ninth per game two straight seasons. He's been 13th or better per game four straight seasons So he considering golf is basically going as QB 12 you can pretty much say you're drafting him at his floor Why isn't hard for him to finish top five? I don't have necessarily top five, but 24 fantasy points per game That's most likely gonna make you top five Matthew Stafford is the only quarter Matthew Stafford last year the only quarterback in the last four seasons to average 24 or more for fantasy points per game and six point-per-passing touchdown leagues while being on pace for fewer than 200 rushing yards So it's difficult however it used to happen Kind of a lot. I mean Stafford did it a different time Tomb Raider multiple times Matt Ryan twice drew breeze multiple times Ben Rathasberger Andrew Luck that press got a all-average 24 or more points per game while being on pace for fewer than 200 rushing yards Golf's not gonna come anywhere near 200. He's not gonna come near 100 So it's possible and could he lead the league in passing could you just have to have that special 40 plus touchdown season? Yeah, which is absolutely in play given the target said he has we know he's got a good enough arm to get there in the lions I think you're gonna throw more. Okay, so pretty spicy. We'll be right back with Caliente takes from Dave after this We're back on express Quasai whisper there. All right. We've gotten conception likely golf. What do we got? What's next? Let's talk about guys. We're gonna take in the early rounds and this is negative Justin Jefferson fails to average 16 PPR points per game and Rishi Rice fails to average 15 PPR points per game So spicy my goodness There's no doubting Justin Jefferson's ability. I'm doubting the quarterback Murray hasn't produced the fantasy receiver north of 15 PPR points per game since Deandre Hopkins did it in five games in 22 that's also the last time any wide receiver is averaged even 13 PPR points per game with Kyler Murray It's not like he's had a cavalcade of elite wide receivers coming in and out of Arizona Marquis Brown Marvin Harrison Jr Obviously these aren't on the same level as Justin Jefferson, but we're coming off of the year where the Vikings passing game Wasn't prolific and when it was it was Carson Wentz under center and we saw Justin's efforts in in that five game stretch average Just about 16 PPR points per game. I think he falls just a shade under it in this bull prediction Obviously, I wouldn't be drafting him as a top 20 player if I thought he wasn't going to be able to get there It's just a bull prediction. It's just for fun Rice is someone that I might actually buy into this bull prediction a little bit because I think the tenor of this chief's offense Is going to change as long as Kenneth Walker is healthy. We know they haven't been able to run the ball worth a lick the last few years Rishi rice is benefited because he's gotten so many short area targets red zone targets He's been in extension of the run game for lack of anybody else on this team being able to do it same thing with Travis Kelsey Well now they've got a run game and not only do they have Kenneth Walker I liked what I saw from Emma Johnson this preseason So he might be able to pitch in a little bit to the more the chief's run the fewer targets that'll be there for Rishi rice Who let's face it just hasn't looked the same the last couple of seasons? I don't think we can expect him to have great efficiency. We can't expect him to have great efficiency And if it volume if his volume goes down then you're going to be looking at somebody that's under 15 ppr points per game I mean to say I don't know what you mean by he hasn't looked the same the last couple of seasons He can't stay healthy But when he's been on the field. He's one of the most consistent players in fantasy The chief's been why because he gets a ton of targets exactly It should but they're not throwing as much but I don't certainly not to him I'm not sure I buy that they won't be throwing as much. They've been top seven in in pass attempts per game Six straight seasons the lowest they've been in the mahalms era has been 15th per game They've been top 10 in all but one year with mahalms. That's just Andy Reed. That's just like what they do. Sure You know, I get it. Yeah And I would add that I would expect them to still throw a decent amount But I think fantasy managers and this isn't a bowl prediction This is just how I genuinely feel. I think you've got to make a choice on who do you trust more Between Kenneth Walker the third and Rishi rice. You can't take them but I would want to have both of them on my fantasy team One of them should be great one of them should be okay There's also a world where both of them are just okay So I would be a little nervous buying into both of them I'm not drafting Rishi rice unless it's really close to the end of round two and that's in full ppr Round three you can I'm almost passing on them and or I'm sorry not in ppr I'm passing on them in early round three and I think there's a scenario where they're both great And again, I've said it a number of times But the last three years we haven't really had a great patch of mahalms. We haven't really had a great chief's offense They've been a very bad your homes last year And not as a passer as a rusher. Yes as a passer. Yeah, he was good But you know the chief's offense is really has missed an explosive element in both the passing game and the running game I don't see how they have it in the passing game unless they've your worthy is you know a different player now Cyrus Allen maybe Um, but anyway, Rishi rice last year was the fifth best wide receiver in fantasy the year before that he played only three games He was the second or third best wide receiver in fantasy. So I don't think he's gonna be that good again But they could have it they could just have a better offense. That's that's been always been my argument Now one thing I want to bring up Dave for for the Justin Jefferson thing this gets forgotten pretty quickly um Tramock bride last year with Kyler Murray First five games he averaged 12.5 points per game And then he averaged 21.1 in his last 12 games with percept So I haven't drafted Justin Jefferson once For what it's worth I did I just did I took him in around two as the six receiver. No, he was the seventh receiver off the board And look again, I just I think anybody is better than JJ McCarthy and I think Tyler is certainly one of those guys, but I'm not racing to take Justin Jefferson in round one, but I think if I come on here and said, Justin Jefferson shouldn't be a first round pick, I don't think that that's a bold prediction. That's like, okay, you don't think he's a top 12 overall player. We're trying to get bolder at him. We're trying to make some ways. - No, I like it. I would take all of the top 11 running backs over Jefferson, even in full PPR. - I'm pretty close to that too, yes. - Okay, last bold prediction. I'm staying negative. Ashton Genti, Jeremiah Love, Breast Hall, all failed the average 15 PPR points per game this year. - Okay, let me just get a little bit of context. Genti, I don't, I think he came close to that last night. - He was close, he didn't do it. Love obviously has never played in the league. Breast Hall has done it before. He just hasn't done it. I think the last two seasons or two of the last three seasons, if you want me to look it up, I got it right in front of me. I had 15.1 in 2024, 13 last year. Two of these teams, I don't think you're gonna score a ton of points. That's the Raiders and the Jets. I think the Cardinals can score a ton of points. I don't know if Love's gonna get them all. They're all three going to share at this point. Genti, especially with the ankle injury that he has and I'm glad he's working off on the side and Raiders practice now, he should be okay for week one, just based on that alone. But they're not going to try and put him on the field. In a year where the Raiders probably aren't going to make the playoffs, that's not a bold prediction. That's kind of a spoiler at this point. Why would the Raiders overwork Genti, especially when Mike Washington has shown what they've shown him? So I'm a little bit nervous about Genti getting that huge workload that we thought he was going to have back in July. And then same thing with Jeremiah Levin Arizona, they're not expected to win this year. So why would they overwork him? And both of those teams, by the way, first year head coaches, they're going to be there for the long haul. They're expected to work with these running backs for the long haul. I'm nervous about either one of these running backs coming through in a major way. I'm not drafting any of these guys until round three. Again, not bold prediction, that's reality. I'm not taking any of them with a top 24 pick even in full PPR. And Bruce Hall, to me, is more of a round four pick in full PPR. I don't like the fact at all that he's going to share with two other running backs. I've talked a million times about how Frank Wright uses multiple running backs. Frank Wright, three times, ten years as a play collar, has had a running back average 15 plus PPR points per game. I don't think this is going to be time number four. Bruce Hall is a great talent. He's going to share too much and the Jets aren't going to score enough for him to come through at 15 PPR points. That'll do it for bold predictions with Dave Richard here on Fantasy Football Today Express. We'll talk to you next time. See you later, everybody. [MUSIC PLAYING] our amount podcasts.