Should fantasy managers pass on Jayden Daniels?
Yahoo Fantasy's Matt Harmon and Josh Norris look at the impact of injuries to the offensive line and explain why Daniels is a fantasy downgrade. Check out the full conversation on the "Yahoo Fantasy Forecast" podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify or wherever you listen.
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This high after the- Yeah the Laremy Tunsil injury.
He was a very popular submission for our Fantasy Hotline segment, later on, which we, which we are gonna get into at the end of the show.
Yeah, I don't know if you can.
You know, he, he's kind of being grouped in what, in that quarterback three range, quarterback four with Joe Burrow, and you get into another tier after that.
I mean, Laremy Tunsil's big.
Like, well, not just physically, but also big- Yeah for this offense in that you could just keep him on an island and then ask your four other offensive linemen to block three other pass rushers, and that's it.
Life's easy for you.
Protection packages are easy for you.
That's not necessarily the case anymore.
Like, are they, are they moving Brandon Coleman to left tackle?
Are they moving Josh Carney over to left tackle?
I'm, I'm sure that they have figured it out.
I haven't yet.
It's just a downgrade no matter what, you know?
Yeah.
So, like Laremy Tunsil during his final year of Houston, I was a little bit concerned by and so were they, but this past season he was freaking excellent.
So, we know that underperforming teams based on expectation, almost always it's because offensive line injuries or just poor talent, and you hate to see your best offensive lineman go down before week one, and that is what happened here with the Commanders.
Moving into round seven
