Keaton Mitchell may be ‘awesome’ fantasy pick - with a warning
Yahoo Sports fantasy analysts Josh Norris and Hayden Winks discuss how the Chargers backup running back is showing signs of fantasy potential under new offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel. Check out the full conversation on "Yahoo Fantasy Football with Josh and Hayden" - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube or wherever you listen .
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I do wanna bring it to the Chargers because we did get to see Keaton Mitchell coached by Mike McDaniel.
He played a number of snaps, and what I like the most, Hayden, is that you saw all of, like, the Davon Achane, CMC yo-yo motions with him- Yep as a pass catcher.
Like, he wouldn't start lined up next to the quarterback.
He would start kind of in the void, in the gap between the tight ends and the wide receivers, then motion in.
Or obviously that would be like a, you know, man zone tell, but at the same time it would create some natural space for him too.
So you can tell, hey, Mike McDaniel's not doing that for Amarion Hampton.
He's not doing that for Khamani Vidal, so he has this in mind just for Keaton Mitchell.
I have the exact same notes.
Like, he's doing this on purpose.
Like, we should be reading, like, the man that put the wanted poster up is also using him in fun ways, and it worked.
Like, they were trying to get him to be a pass catcher, which we did not know that Keaton Mitchell was gonna do that, 'cause he's never done that in the pros, and they're experimenting with it, if you've been watching the training camp.
And then you watch it in the preseason, there he goes catching a wheel route down the sideline.
Yep.
I think he is an awesome pick in fantasy.
I will say this, the interior offensive line has me extremely nervous.
I have this note too.
Cole Strange snaps.
The left guard w- was like, he couldn't, he just couldn't move.
And then now we have, a center, who they did not want to start.
So the three offense alignment, it could be one of these s- these teams where McDaniel is a great coordinator.
He's gonna have to scheme around this.
Um- Right but maybe that means even more Keaton Mitchell to, to the perimeter
