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1.1o – Zach Charbonnet (RB – SEA)

Zach Charbonnet is a dancing rhino covered in butter. Charbonnet is a tough runner with nimble feet for his size and a mean stiff arm. He can string together jump cuts to daylight more regularly than a person his size should be able to. Arm tackles don’t bring down Charbonnet. He slips through them with ease. Charbonnet has a strong leg drive and consistently finishes runs well. While his lateral agility will surprise, he’s still at his best when he gets downhill in a hurry. Charbonnet is a decisive runner who operated in a gap-heavier scheme over the last two seasons (53.5% of his runs came on gap designs). Charbonnet is a serviceable pass-catcher. He displays soft hands, but his athletic ceiling will limit how creatively a team will deploy him through the air at the next level. He can be a trusted check-down option for his next quarterback. His calling card will be his ability to handle volume and break off chunk plays. His home run-hitting ability will not. Charbonnet is a buildup speed back who utilizes his fancy footwork to cover up for an average burst.

Dynasty Outlook: Seattle crushed my heart. You heard my audible sorrow if you listened to our live reaction podcast of Round 2. That pain was and remains real. Charbonnet got the draft capital we wanted from a dynasty perspective, but Seattle just dolled out similar capital for Kenneth Walker last year. Charbonnet is now locked into a timeshare for the foreseeable future with Walker. Unless Seattle plans to transition to a top five-10 neutral rushing rate team, this will cap the volume for Walker and Charbonnet yearly, assuming both stay healthy. I can’t drop Charbonnet below the ranking of RB3 in this class because of the combination of talent, draft capital invested in him and the fact that nearly every running back in this class was sent to a butthole-clenching landing spot. Charbonnet is a late first-round/early second-round rookie draft pick.

2.1o – Tyjae Spears (RB – TEN)

Tjae Spears concluded his final season at Tulane with stellar numbers, ranking fifth in yards after contact per attempt, 15th in breakaway rate and 11th in PFF’s elusive rating. He’s electric in space with plus lateral agility and an effective jump cut. Spears flashes good change-of-direction ability with the juice to flip the field and get to the edge on zone runs. He’s adept at utilizing his vision and angles, making it difficult for tacklers to wrap him up head-on. Weighing in at 204 pounds at the Senior Bowl helps his projection at the next level. He added essential “work weight” with a stacked lower half without sacrificing his explosiveness. Spears possesses fluidity in his routes from the backfield with the ability to separate from linebackers. He is a work in progress in pass protection, but he has the tenacity and lower-half strength to at least grow into a serviceable back in this area.

Dynasty Outlook:  I love Spears’ talent and what he showed both at Tulane and in the pre-draft process. If you feel like a but is incoming, there is, but his medicals are concerning. The conversation around his knee is frightening. His problematic knee could easily derail his short-term and long-term projection in the NFL. Derrick Henry is an unrestricted free agent after this year, so it’s equally possible that Spears is the favorite to take over as the team’s starter next year. I’ll only let him slip so far in rookie drafts before pulling the trigger based on that upside alone. Spears shouldn’t be available past the second round of Superflex rookie drafts.

3.1o – Tank Dell (WR – HOU)

Tank Dell is a rail-thin speedster (165 lbs). He was utilized in the slot, in motion and in bunch formations at Houston to give him free releases at the line. He’s best suited for slot usage in the NFL. Immediately his speed jumps off the page. Quick feet help him beat many nickels off the line. He drops from fourth to second gear easily on curls and comebacks. Dell is an early and late separator. He is a precise route runner who is lightning-quick in and out of his breaks. While he can be pushed off his route if corners can get their hands on him, Dell also flashes the ability to separate from the outside with speed releases. His ability to stretch the field is a nice wrinkle. He ranked 11th in passer rating when targeted 20-plus yards down the field in 2022 (minimum 20 deep targets).

Dynasty Outlook:  The slightly framed Dell lasted until the third round when the Houston Texans selected him at the behest of their new quarterback, C.J. Stroud. Dell has been a high-end target earner at Houston over the last two seasons. We’ll see if that translates to the NFL, but he’s worth considering after the third round of rookie drafts. He’ll be duking it out with John Metchie, Noah Brown and Xavier Hutchinson for a Week 1 starting job.

4.1o – Chris Rodriguez Jr. (RB – WAS)

Chris Rodriguez Jr. has questionable vision on zone runs. Rodriguez Jr. will take the cut back often as he lacks the speed to get to the edge. He won’t stretch it to the boundary. He is best utilized as a gap scheme back with clear downhill running lanes. Rodriguez Jr. is a dependable volume back and solid interior rusher. Rodriguez Jr. will get what is blocked, but he displays little ability to get more than that. He has a power-back mentality inviting contact, but he doesn’t have the extra thump or leg drive to run over people. Rodriguez Jr. is a straight line & one-speed runner.

Dynasty Outlook:  The Commanders picked up Rodriguez Jr. in the sixth round. Rodriguez Jr. is an early-down grinder type who, at best, is the early-down handcuff to Brian Robinson for Washington. With zero passing game upside, meh draft capital and abysmal testing (56th percentile 40-yard dash and 24th percentile burst score per Playerprofiler.com), Rodriguez is a player that I’m content with letting fall to waivers or the last round of a dynasty rookie draft before considering adding him to my rosters.

5.1o – Zack Kuntz (TE – NYJ)

Zack Kuntz’s elite athleticism pops up immediately on film. He looks like a thoroughbred stallion galloping down the seam with explosive lateral quickness to snap off the top of his routes fluidly. He can create early separation against linebackers in coverage. He subtly changes directions seamlessly on posts and corners. He moves through contact well in his routes, but play strength isn’t one of his strong suits. Kuntz creates plays after the reception thanks to his straight-line speed and not his ability to weave through traffic or break tackles. Among 24 FBS tight ends in his 2021 breakout season with at least 59 targets, Kuntz had the 11th-lowest missed tackles forced and third-lowest YAC per reception. He’s a “high cut” player who plays like it, as he has difficulty busting through tacklers once they get their hands on him.

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