Brock Bowers: A Rising Force in the NFL and Fantasy Leagues

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00:00Let's start with the elite. First name on the tip of your tongue is alliteration. It's Brock Bowers.

00:05How do you think he fits into this whole new system in Las Vegas?

00:09Well, I think he's going to fit right in at home because he's going to have a better quarterback.

00:13And the fact that he did what he did last year with some really subpar quarterback play speaks to his talent.

00:17I remember Nick Saban was asked about, you know, some of the guys in college that he has coached against

00:22right before he had retired and called it a career and who was giving him a hard time.

00:27And he said, Brock Bowers, that was the first name off his list. He said, Brock Bowers is a problem.

00:31And I couldn't find a solution. So if Nick Saban can't find a solution to stopping Brock Bowers,

00:36I don't know what the rest of the league is going to be looking for in the NFL, but he's that good.

00:39And he's that talented. And I think it also helps that they brought in some more help and they brought in Gino Smith.

00:43And Pete Carroll is a professional football coach has been doing it for a very, very long time.

00:47I think it's going to be very tantalizing for him to have this kind of a potential target there for his quarterback.

00:53And Brock Bowers last year, just off the charts, a little slow to start out of the touchdown gate,

00:59only one touchdown in the first, yeah, in the first eight weeks, that was kind of the story for him and McBride, right?

01:04The touchdowns were hard to come by for both of them. I think that'll be better this year for Bowers necessarily.

01:10He was still tight end one, regardless. He had 112 receptions last year, almost 1200 yards, five touchdowns.

01:16I think you could see a repeat of those reception numbers and those receiving yards.

01:20I don't think it's going to go quite past that, but if he gets five more touchdowns, that's going to be a huge difference maker.

01:26That's like a 30 point difference potentially for Brock Bowers and with McBride, another guy to a huge target hog in his offense.

01:33The conversions, that was the big problem. Could they get this guy, the football in the red zone?

01:38And they just couldn't do it. He went without a touchdown all the way until week 17.

01:41And he had one week 17 and 18. So, I mean, the fact that he had just two touchdowns all year with 111 receptions is absurd.

01:48But the good news for both these guys is touchdown regression usually happens.

01:53So, when the touchdowns are low one year, they tend to pop back around.

01:56You just want to see that usage and the target volume show up in the red zone area for both these guys.

02:01I'm not worried about it at all with Brock Bowers. I'm only slightly concerned with it when it comes to the Arizona Cardinals

02:06because of the enigmatic Kyler Murray, who just gives off the vibes he doesn't want to be there.

02:12George Kittle is not, to me, quite elite in this grouping.

02:15I know some people will argue that, but I will say this. I drafted George Kittle yesterday.

02:20George Kittle at value might be a better fantasy investment this year than either of those two, and I'll tell you why.

02:27He's cheaper than both of them. Bowers typically goes in the early second round.

02:32McBride, late second round, early third round.

02:34Kittle can go anywhere from right in the third round to even fifth round, depending on your draft.

02:39And the later he goes, the more intriguing he is, and he's the only piece of that San Francisco 49ers attack

02:45that I actually feel comfortable with, that I know he's healthy, and I know he's going to play, and I know what his role is.

02:51I don't know about Ayuk. I don't know about Jennings.

02:53None of us will ever know about Christian McCaffrey, again, because I can't believe anything the 49ers ever tell us.

02:58And you're looking around, and Ricky Pearsall is a great talent, but I haven't seen it really yet come to fruition.

03:03So Kittle's the one thing you can count on.

03:04So those are the three guys in that mix for the top.

03:07But Kittle might be a best return on investment than all three.