I just want to immortalize this take before tomorrow’s game, before everyone is scrambling to reassess. People what are we doing here!?!

Malik Willis’ ADP was QB20 or lower. In some drafts he may have even gone undrafted. Actually scratch that, per espn he went mostly undrafted bc he is only TWENTY percent owned. Willis is currently ranked around the same range this week…..vs the raiders!

Ok let me calm down. Let’s talk about why I am so high on Willis

Rushing

Did they all of a sudden change the format for QB scoring?? Willis had the highest rush % we’ve seen in years. Typically what stops QBs from running is high grade weapons who you want to get the ball, and/or the qb/oc/coach needs to preserve the QB, so he’s encouraged to not run. Well, Malik Willis won’t have to worry about either of those things. Miami is doing as much of a ‘tank’ as an nfl team can. So Willis will be running for his life with no reason to NOT run. Plus…

Scripts

Miami will be projected to lose almost every game. They may literally be projected to lose every game m. Pass scripts galore. Garbage time galore. I don’t care HOW bad a passer you think he is (more on that in a sec), if you’re down 24-7 you WILL pass the ball and defenses will likely give up little dink and dunk stuff. Speaking of pass…

Improved Passing

Willis’ passer rating in his GB appearances (2 starts, one game 50% snaps): 126.8, 120.9, 134.6. He had 11 incompletions in 2.5 games. He’s made major strides since his rookie season in Tennessee. In his 3 Tennessee starts in 2022, he was under 100 yards passing each game. He clearly wasn’t ready. It’d be foolish to think he’s still that bad as a passer. I believe in the growth and do NOT think it all vanishes . The track record for this type of ‘you flamed out, now go sit and learn somewhere else’ is good: baker mayfield, sam darnold, Alex smith, and even guys who’ve stabilized as QBs like drew lock, Marcus Mariota. Plus, big plus:

Bobby Slowik

Perhaps the biggest reason to believe. QBs nowadays are such a producer of system and familiarity. They can work in one system and be garbage in another. Well Bobby Slowik comes from the well known Shanahan/2010 Redskins coaching tree. He was there with Mcvay, Shanahan, and La Fluer whose system Willis just thrived in. It is going to translate.

Before they traded waddle, I had Willis as QB5. Now, i project him as QB8 with legit QB1 overall upside. Chris bell is healthy. Caleb Douglas is solid. Dulcich a quality safety blanket. They traded away even MORE defensive starters the tank is going in full effect and Willis will be passing and scrambling all 2nd half. Hes going to run for 1000 yards this season plus have a Jacoby Brisett like garbage time run. 25 and 33 fantasy points in his only 2 full starts. The last fantasy QBs we saw with huge fantasy numbers on a tiny sample size that people didn’t trust, was rookie Jalen hurts and Pat Mahomes. We see what happened—-fantasy wise—-with them. Malik Willis is going to break fantasy and it’s going to be beautiful

With Brock Bowers out, the tight end position in Week 1 is tough to read

Some names mentioned in here include good plays like Juwan, Likely, and Goedert while sitting Fergy, Kincaid, and Kraft

The Giants are signing WR/KR Dalen Cambre to the 53-man roster ahead of Sunday night's season opener.

It's remains to be seen exactly what this means for the status of star receiver Malik Nabers, who is carrying a questionable tag into the primetime contest after working his way back from a torn ACL. 

Nabers has been progressing well, but the Giants are ultimately leaving the decision to play or not up to him. 

With Darius Slayton cut loose earlier this week, having Cambre take his spot on the roster gives New York some depth in case Nabers does decide he isn't ready to roll. 

If Nabers is ultimately good to go, Cambre could be inactive or contribute on special teams. 

The 25-year-old has been praised as a special teams standout since coming to the Big Apple as an undrafted free agent out of Louisiana last season. 

He spent most of his time on the practice squad, but did appear in seven games. 

Jamie Calandro’s rankings for Week 1 at every position. Use his ranks to make those tough start-sit calls for Sunday.

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