Must-Haves for Draft Weekend Part 2! Injury Report Roundup, Best Offenses, High Upside, Late-Rounders & More! (09/05 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Fantasy Football Today

Adam and Jamey Eisenberg break down essential fantasy football draft strategies for the upcoming season, covering injury updates, top offens

Key takeaways

• Injury concerns for key players like Ashton Jeanty, TreVeyon Henderson, Mike Evans, George Kittle, Emeka Egbuka, and Breece Hall are being monitored but appear manageable for Week 1 readiness.
• Running backs such as Ramondre Stevenson and Travis Achan could benefit from injuries to higher-profile players like Alvin Kamara and DeAndre Swift.

Main topics

• Injury Report Roundup
• Top Fantasy-Friendly Offenses

Notable quotes

If you're comfortable waiting, Jared Goff is the first one you want to target because of his early-season schedule and consistent production.

Conclusion

With thorough injury updates, strategic offense targeting, and smart l

Transcript preview

Speaker 1 (0:00) Five big things that you need to know going into your drafts this weekend with Jamie Eisenberg on FFT Express. Speaker 1 (0:10) All right, here we go. Let's start with the injuries. We had a little bit of a scare at Bears camp yesterday, but I think all is well. What are the biggest injuries we need to know before drafting? I think we have two running backs at the top of the draft or relatively close to the top of the draft with Ashton Gentee and Jeremiah Love. Hopefully both will be ready for week one. It sounds like they're trending in the right direction. We got the scare for both of them. Gentee late in the process in the practice that Dave actually was at. Speaker 1 (0:39) Love in the first preseason game, ironically enough, against the Raiders. But I think you're drafting them in the appropriate spots with Gentry late round two, early round three. Love mid to late round three, early round four if he falls. I think those are great values for both of those guys. We're keeping an eye on some other injuries as well. Trevion Henderson has this ankle problem that I think has brought his ADP down, which I think is smart, which has helped elevate Ramondre Stevenson. Speaker 1 (1:03) Trying to get into the running back ones that are really relevant. I think those are the biggest ones. At wide receiver, we're keeping an eye on Emeka Buka with the toe injury. Hopefully he's going to be okay. Seems like he's trending in the right direction. Alec Pierce has overcome his injury concerns, so it seems like he's someone that will be rising up draft boards. I still would like to take Josh Downs first. Also has been a little injury prone, but sounds like he's going to be okay. But Pierce has immense upside if he can become a little bit more of a diversified wide receiver. Speaker 1 (1:32) Mike Evans seems like he's going to be fine. Made the trip to Australia, so hopefully he'll be out there for week one. Same thing with George Kittle, two 49ers that we know we've been tracking for the entirety of the offseason. Evans has actually battled four separate injuries in training camp, so that's brought his value down. And then in the case of Kittle, coming off injured reserve, that's great. Same thing with Tucker Kraft, another tight end that we had some concerns about, but he's healthy, ready to go. I think we covered most of the major ones there, unless I'm missing someone. No, I don't think so. There's some minor ones like Carnell Tate, the Bengals wide receivers, Zay Flowers back at practice. I think it's, you know. Speaker 1 (2:10) Oh, I have two. I have two. Yeah, go ahead. That have helped actually players. Not that anybody was drafting Alvin Kamara to be starters, but his absence has allowed Travis Achan, I think, to be put in a spot that he probably belonged to begin with. But having Kamara stay on the roster was a little concerning for me. But Kamara's