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Now here's your host, Paul Chargian. It's another edition of Fantasy Football Weekly Micro edition. Another edition of edition. It's a double edition, but only one player. And that player today is Chicago wide receiver d J.
Moore.
We're going to do a deep dive on him. And when I say we am talking about myself and Tyler Cannabilee at Tyler CANNABELI can a b L e on on Twitter?
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All right, Tyler, let's roll up our sleeves in Chicago's new go to.
Receiver, DJ Moore coming over in that trade from with Carolina, finish as the wide receiver twenty three last year. It's currently going off the board as wide receiver twenty one. And if you look at just what he did in Carolina, considering the quarterbacks he had actually kind of like the player in D Moore at least I do. He had a twenty eight point five percent team shaaring Carolina last year.
That was eighth best in the league. Like similarly in Chicago, he's by far their best receiver on the team.
He is, so he'll he'll get enough, he'll get something like that in Chicago. And you know, Darnold Mooney is a nice player, DJ Moore blows him out of the water. DJ Moore is the best wide out on this team by a mile.
Yeah, I think DJ Moore coming in is gonna help absolutely just everybody in that offense. It's gonna help fields. It's actually gonna help Mooney. He was going off the board like wideceiver thirty last year, which is yeah, which is kind of crazy because it's like, oh, he's the wide receiver one. But he's also notes. That was the
thing with him. But I think you just look at it's it's gonna it's kind of tough for you're either like a Justin I feel like Justin Field is one of those players where you think he's gonna be good or you think he's like the worst quarterback in the league, and there's no in between. But you look at DJ Moore and the quarterbacks he played with in Carolina, Cam Newton at the bitter end of his career. Yes, yep,
Kyle Allen, Eddy Bridgewater kind of like prime Teddy Bridgewater. Honestly, I like that was maybe.
Not the Prome was before his knee injury in Minnesota.
That's fair, Sam Darnold and Baker Mayfield. It's funny because when they traded for Baker Mayfield, I remember distinctly, everyone was like, this is the best quarterback he's had in his career, and that was Baker Mayfield.
Right now, guys, all those guys went on to play somewhere else exactly and in short order. So you know, none of those quarterbacks that have thrown to Dj Moore throughout his career have ever been good enough to just even stay on the team. They've all moved on, which says a lot. So this is potentially potentially the best quarterbacking Dj morrise gootten. If Justin Fields can just get up to being like an NFL average quarterback, he'll be better than all those passers.
Yeah, and I think it's just gonna be. This is this move to Chicago with DJ Moore is gonna be mutually beneficial for more endfields because when we're thinking about kind of the how quarterbacks like how they've turned around in their career that were not good in the beginning. Yeah, they got a ysever one and then they kind of went off. So like ample, we got Josh Josh Allen was literally a bust. Everyone was calling him a bust, and he was about to be out of there. They
get Digs now he's an EYP guy. Right, Tua from last year bust can't throw down the field, noodle arm Tua? Right gets Tyreek, No one cares anymore, that's right. And then Jalen hurts literally unapproved year. If he played bad, he was out of there.
I don't know if I go that it sounded like that, but there was a lot of questions about him as a passer exact at this time last year.
They get a J. Brown and they go to the Super Bowl. Absolutely, so I don't think Dj Moore is as good as Brown, Tyreek or Diggs.
No he is not, but but he's he's only like one tier down from those guys exactly.
So I mean, I think this could be very like, like I said, mutually beneficial for fields.
And uh, Chicago was dead last last year in passed attempts, and you know that was probably because the quarterback it was not great and the receivers were not great. Cold Comett was probably their best receiver. They couldn't get any kind of couldn't get in any kind of dried going with their passing game, so they threw the fewest passes in the league last year. That almost certainly is going
to change. I mean, odds are Chicago's not going to be dead last in past attempts though, you know, they might be twentieth, and that would be a huge improvement in volume, and that could also unlock some upside for DJ Moore.
Yeah, and not only were they dead last past attemps, they were like historically bad, yeah, in terms of past attempts. And they got to know if Justin Field is the guy this year. Like, I feel like they kind of want to know, so they're not just going to do what they did last year and just run the ball every time down the field. I think they have to know. They're gonna be like, Okay, you have DJ Moore, now
Justin Field, this is your time to prove it. And if you can't do it this year, then you're probably out of here. Yeah.
Now Chicago apparently believes that he's the guy because they were sitting on pick one. They could have drafted another quarterback and just said, hey, Bryce Young, go go compete with Justin Fields and you know we'll take the winner. But they didn't do that. They traded out of the spot obviously, And so apparently every you know, the team that has seen every single pass Justin Fields has ever thrown practice games. They believe Justin Fields is gonna be
the guy. Field is known for his deep passing. It was in college. We've seen him throw some really nice d passes in the pros. DJ Moore ranked seventh by Pro Football Focus on deep pass receiving, which is great. He only had one drop on deep passes all of last year, so I love that he can bring in deep balls.
Yeah. No, he's a great I mean that that play against Atlanta word PJ.
Yeah, all the.
Way down the field, he just runs behind everybody and then he throws his helmet often he lost.
He did lose them the game and the division, by the way, and a playoff spot.
Doesn't matter for famous football though. Who cares still touchdown?
Oh tell that to Brian Johnson. Oh you have no idea. Let's talk dynasty for a second on DJ Moore. I think this is a great spot to I think I think the future is very bright for him. If you if you believe in Justin Fields and you think he's gonna come around his passer. DJ Morris got top ten wide receiver ability.
He definitely has that ability to be a top ten wide receiver. It's and if he does, whatever you pay for him is not going to be as a top ten wide receiver. So I if you can get him for like I would even say, if you can get him for like a late first in a in a dynasty league, I would do that deal for DJ Moore if you believe that. You have to believe that just if just Field gives the guy and DJ Moore it's
kind of still who he was in Carolina. He can definitely be a top ten wide receiver if he gets like he's probably gonna get like one hundred plus targets this year, maybe even one hundred plus receptions, so that.
What would be great. I mean, if he gets under receptions, he's sitting on a thirteen hundred yard, ten touchdown season, and he'd be a top ten wide receiver.
And that's how you win leagues. It's kind of exploiting these these passing offenses that have been bad in the past and then they turn it around because the value you're going to get at their ADP is going to
be absurd. Kind of like like Geno last year, IFL is the perfect example where if you targeted the like the DK or the Tyle Lockett part of that offense, they were going low and draft because oh, Gino Smith is the quarterback and we had like a eight game sample size with Gino Smith when Russell Wilson was out. Everyone was really off DK. They were off definitely Tyler Lockett and look what they did for you this year. It could have been league winners.
So for sure, for sure. So right now is ADP for DJ Moore Wide Receiver twenty one, which is almost exactly where he finished last year. But we just think there's so much more upside in this season than the cavalcade of slappies they were bringing out a quarterback last season. So let's let's talk about some of the players going around DJ Moore Wide Receiver twenty one.
Former Fantasy Football Weekly micro player Calvin Ridley wide receiver nineteen, and I thought we were both pretty kind pretty high.
On him on that show. I think I'd stick with Calvin Ridley because of the landing spot and Trevor Lawrence to me obviously much more proven as a quarterback, which at this time last year. We couldn't have said that about Trevor Lawrence. But after last year, you know, one year later, Trevor Lawrence feels like the quarterback. I'd rather hitch my wagon too. And even though DJ Or will be we'll get a higher percentage of the target share Calvin Ridley, I think he'll do more with his percentage.
Yeah, And that's another thing to point out is, uh, Trevor Lawrence gets Christian Kirk. Trevor Lawrence explodes so kind of the same thing true. Mike Williams Wide receiver twenty next guy off the board.
Oh the injuries, Yeah, the inconsistent numbers. Such a frustrating player. For guillotine use, Mike Williams kills you. He beheads your teams constantly. Uh So in that respect, I would take DJ Moore for sure, But for normal fantasy use, I'm I go DJ Moore. I'm just I hate guys. I hate the I hate guys that I can't count on
weekend and week out. When you got to when you when you had to submit button with Mike Williams and your heart just is like takes a step and and your your stomach flops over and you're like oh god, is this gonna be one of those games where he's two catches for twenty yards?
Don't be that game? Yeah? Yeah, I hate that. Yeah. DJ Moore most likely won't give you that game. I mean he didn't actually getting part of the season when the Baker he.
Was bad and there he was getting nothing, but Baker looked terrible.
I mean that's why he got benched and traded. So or yeah, he got cut that's right. Yeah, Jerry Judy, why dece he for twenty two rebound year Denver Broncos.
Yeah, Judy is just really good. That offense probably gets better. I don't think Courtland Sutton is much of a factor. Hmmm, boy, I might. Yeah, the quarterbacking's kind of a push, right, I get the increasingly noodle armed Russell Wilson, or I get the big play, big arm of the of an inconsistent passer in justin fields. I think I'll go Dj Moore. Jerry Judy, what would you do?
I think I go Jered Judy because I think he's more kind of like a route technician kind of guy. Sure, and I think he could be used as like the Michael Thomas from yesteryear, where he's that he's the slam god and Russell Wilson Jean Payder reception. So I think I think I take Jerry Judy there.
I like that angle.
Definitely taking this next guy over J Moore. Drake London. Why does he were twenty three?
You and your falcons? Uh? Drake London's got a lot to prove, and I don't like his quarterbacking. So I'm on DJ Moore here.
Oh, I love the quarterbacking. I think doesn't I think doesn't hurt. It could be like the next Russell Wilson. Honestly, really to a couple of seventeens Russell Wilson.
Okay, all right, I hope you're right. We'll see if they believe that if they walk out of the first round without a quarterback.
They're not taking a quarterback. I bet my entire savings account on it. Okay, all right?
Uh? And then who's our last guy to look at for ADP Keenan Allen?
Why does he we twenty five? Yeah?
The injuries right in the age for Keenan Allen.
So let's say the whole scene.
Yeah, if you promised me sixteen games, I'm gonna take Keenan Allen who's you know do you want to you want a technician, all time great technician, Keenan Allen. Yeah, but without that knowledge that he'd plays sixteen then DJ Morris my guy.
Now, one last question, do you think DJ Moore has the most upside out of any of these guys on this list? Like, I think DJ Moore has more side than Judy London Keenan Allen. I think Calvin Ridley might be the only guy I think.
I'd say Mike Williams has got fifteen touchdown upside in that body.
Yeah, I just don't think I think I think you're right, he has fifteen upside. But I think DJ Moore can is going to give you more from like a production profile. He's gonna have a lot more catches, He's gonna have a lot more yards than Mike Williams. I think. I think Mike Williams could definitely score more touchdowns. But DJ Moore, I think is going to be the one where Mike Williams might be like one B depending on who's playing
big and they could draft a receiver too. I think the Chargers are one of those teams where.
Yes, they need to get ready for the departure of Keenan X exactly.
So he could go into this year with three guys. It could be like Jay Flowers, Mike Williams, and Keenan Allen. So.
Well, Jay Flowers would be an existential threat to Keenan Allen because of the slot. You know, both guys playing the slot a lot. That would be very, very tricky.
Yeah.
Yeah, and that's you know this, This draft class is just filled with slot receivers kind of, I'm kind of We talked about this on Friday's show. We broke down wide receivers. If you didn't hear it, we recommend you go back to it. That's a big problem with this draft class from a fantasy standpoint. It's just chuck full of slot receivers, and it's those guys usually do not end up being high end fantasy producers.
Yeah, unless you're like Keenan Allen so or Cooper Cup.
I mean we're not saying never, We're just saying, look at thirty two teams slot receivers, and you know, mostly they're kJ Osborne.
Yep.
Yeah, all right, great job on today's Fantasy Football Weekly Micro. We've got another one coming up tomorrow for you. We encourage you to stay tuned for that as well. I'll just go ahead and say it. We usually don't preview what's coming tomorrow. James Cook, Buffalo running back Deep dive on his season. There is a lot of upside and some sneaky downside to James Cook's profile for the twenty twenty three season. We'll tell you about that tomorrow. Thanks for listening, everybody, Bye bye,