Fantasy Football Insights: Quentin Johnston's Rising Role

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00:00All right, so the next two receivers are really interesting, one because I think that we may

00:06have to change the perception of what we think of him, and then the second one just because

00:10of injuries picked up in virtually every league, so this is going to be a low number.

00:14We'll start off with the Chargers, Quinton Johnson.

00:16Now Justin Herbert's still questionable for Sunday, keep in mind, he's expected to play,

00:21but very limited practice.

00:23People forget Quinton Johnson basically was one of the best receivers in all of college

00:27football, took his team to the college football playoff and almost a championship.

00:32He's already got two touchdowns.

00:33I think Jim Horbaugh sees this.

00:35For whatever reason, Brandon Staley couldn't get him going, but this was the by default

00:40wide receiver conversation, George, which is by default, Keenan Allen, Mike Williams

00:46are gone, who's going to be the guy?

00:48We discussed it, we brought up different names, Palmer was one of them.

00:52It's obvious to me that even with a new coaching regime, they want to see Quinton Johnson get

00:56the ball more.

00:58I just don't think they're ever going to be throwing the ball nearly as much as they were

01:01with Staley.

01:02He's 24% rostered.

01:04For me, George, he's a pickup.

01:06I don't know that he's a start, but I would like to see the progression over him over

01:10the course of the season.

01:12I would probably agree with you on all counts, but I would need to know who you're releasing

01:17for him.

01:18You know, that's sort of, you know, Shahid has to be on your team.

01:20You have to have a worse player than Shahid.

01:23Quinton Johnson, I probably need to know who you're releasing, because I don't know.

01:27I think the player himself is fine, but we know the offense isn't going to throw them

01:31up and down the field.

01:32Herbert, another injury, which is just annoying.

01:34Same foot, he had to plant the fasciitis, by the way.

01:36So that's somewhat concerning.

01:37I think he plays this week, but still, you know, I don't know how he's going to drop

01:41back.

01:42He's scrambling now to get extra time here to find people down the field here, that sort

01:45of thing.

01:46And certainly, you know, you pick up Johnson, you're not starting him this week.

01:48All right.

01:49That's going to be old-time football, you know, 13-10, 14-10 game, just boring.

01:55So you're not starting him this week anyway.

02:01Now another, I think, pickup for this week, if you have Debo or you have Cooper Cupp,

02:08I think Juwan Jennings is a really good option.

02:10I'm not completely sold, George, that Brandon Ayuk is just going to absorb all of the catches.

02:17Now, George Kittle's status would certainly give Jennings now a double bump, I would say,

02:23if he didn't play on Sunday.

02:26The Kittle thing is a little bizarre.

02:29And maybe you're saying, well, Craig, they play different positions.

02:31What does it matter?

02:32I think it does.

02:33Like, I think that Jennings, George, if Kittle is out for whatever reason, I think he becomes

02:39a must start for the San Francisco 49ers.

02:41I think he's going to get a lot of targets, a lot of catches.

02:43We saw how well he played in the Super Bowl, too.

02:46But if Kittle is in there, I still think he's good, but I don't feel as confident inserting

02:51him into the lineup this week.

02:53Boy, it's like you guys have read my waiver wire pickups this week.

02:57Yeah, I grabbed Jennings in a couple of leaks.

03:00Same thing.

03:01Listen, even if Kittle plays and Ayuk is back to Ayuk, there's supposed to be a goal around

03:07here.

03:08It's not all going to go to Ayuk.

03:09And the Rams are going to try and take Ayuk out of the game.

03:11Make no mistake about that.

03:12They're going to want to force anybody but Ayuk to beat them in the passing game.

03:16Makes perfect sense here.

03:17And if Kittle plays, which is iffy, I don't think he's going to be anywhere near full

03:20strength.

03:21He's got the hamstring problem.

03:22Does that heal in a day?

03:23You know, in the next 24 hours, what is it, 32 hours, whenever the game starts here, that's

03:27going to heal?

03:28I don't think so.

03:29So I don't think he'll get his full couple of snaps anyway.

03:30I think Jennings is a nice pickup here.

03:32This is not an unknown guy.

03:33As you said, he had a good playoffs last year, saved their bacon, actually.

03:36They may not have gone as far as they did without him.

03:39So yeah, I'm a Jennings guy.

03:40I think he can be a good player for them, a good soft player.

03:42I think he'll put up good, solid numbers, have him as a wide receiver three.

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