Is Omarion Hampton being overvalued in fantasy drafts?
Yahoo Fantasy's Matt Harmon, Josh Norris and Hayden Winks explain why there may be better options given Hampton's current ADP. 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 one I can see going either way.
I'm just looking at the second round, and I see a lot of running backs who have done this before, and I'll throw in the Brock Bowers, Drake London types at wide receiver and tight end that I think I would rather go with, than Omarion Hampton, who I view as extremely boom-bust.
I thought last year you saw the explosiveness.
I like that with Mike McDaniel.
In theory, the Chargers' offensive line could be actually good rather than, like, the worst in the league.
And at the same time, there is a history of, a committee backfield approach.
They got Keenan Mitchell back out there.
I think that Kamani Vidal is a really good pass protector.
I think that was one area, going back to the Hampton film, I thought he really struggled in pass protection while being very good as a receiver.
So he could be one of these profiles where you dial him up a couple times, but he's not playing all the snaps that we're typically seeing from, like, someone like Chase Brown, who goes right next to him in ADP, who just does not come off the field all that much.
So, I like Hampton.
I'm just worried that he's not quite as good as I was hoping for last year.
And I think that some of the safety of, like, the Drake London types out there, where it's hard to find that, like, really stable wide receiver one right now.
And I think that those type of guys, leave me a l They, they make me feel a little bit safer than the Omarion Hampton boom-bust nature of this.
Yeah.
You guys have done this for long enough where it can be sometimes difficult to separate what you think about a player versus the awesome environment that he's in.
And sometimes you shouldn't, like, sacrifice your individual view of a player.
And like I, I don't love Omarion Hampton as an individual talent compared to a whole bunch of people that view him as, you know, an elite player.
He is so big and so fast, and that combination can be so good.
He does have some other elements, as Peyton outlined, that I, I don't totally love.
But you know what I do love is fricking Mike McDaniel and his rushing schemes.
And this is one of those situations where I believe that Omarion Hampton's gonna get the first crack at it.
I'm hoping- Yeah that the Chargers' offensive line is healthy entering the season, especially with their tackles and their new center.
If that's the case, I trust in Mike McDaniel's, again, schematics here to put Omarion Hampton in a position to succeed.
And when that's the case, good running back scoring has been produced from this offense, right?
I mean, 2025, the running back five in points per game.
2024, running backs 11 in points per game.
2023, we've got, got both the running back three and four in points per game.
Mike McDaniel's offense is ranked fifth in yards per rush for running backs, fifth in success rate, and first in explosive run rate.
So again, I have individual reservations about Omarion Hampton, and yet I am still ranking him as a top 14 talent this year just because I don't wanna be out on Mike McDaniel's offense, really at any point in drafts this year.
