Becoming a Best Ball Bro: Leaning Into Injury Risk?

**JJ Zachariason** (0:01)
First, it was Ricky Pearsall, done for the year. Then it was Luther Burden with a groin injury. Then it was Emeka Ibuka with a toe injury. Mackay Lemon hasn't practiced in weeks. Jeremiah Love has a high ankle sprain. Breeze Halls banged up. Jordyn Tyson's out for a couple months with his hammy that he can't get right. But hey Rich, hey, at least we got some good CLV with Keenan Allen. I'm JJ, and over the last couple of years, I've been doing everything I can to be a best ball bro. And last season, things finally fell into place. I got 40th in the DraftKings Millie Contest, taking home $20,000. Maybe I became a best ball bro, but I'm still looking to learn more about this game, and I still want others to come on this ride with me. So even if you consider me a best ball bro, this could be your year. This could be the year that you officially become a best ball bro.
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Welcome in to another episode of Becoming a Best Ball Bro. I'm JJ Zachariason, joined as always by Rich Ryan. Rich, what's going on, buddy?

**Rich Ryan** (1:53)
JJ, my wife and I were sitting down last night watching some Netflix, watching Four Seasons, shouts to Steve Carell.
Everything that guy touches is gold. And I get the notification that Keenan Allen has signed with the Indianapolis Colts. And I fist pumped so hard, Jen was like, what are you so excited about? I'm like, my guy JJ had a rough one today, and I'm glad he ended it with a dub.

**JJ Zachariason** (2:18)
I needed something to happen favorably because, man, it feels like every, especially wide receiver that I've talked about in the draft guide that I've been drafting a decent amount of has gotten hurt at some point. Now we have this lingering toe with a Mecha-Buka. The big thing though was Jordyn Tyson. I actually, I was looking at my best ball. I'm overweight on Jordyn Tyson, but it's not as much as it could have been because I'm pretty high on him, just as a player, as a prospect, all of that. And yeah, I mean, let's just talk about that right now because I think it's the big news with best ball at the moment. I think that Jordyn Tyson is still draftable. I know a lot of people are going to just take him off their board because of the injury. And look, of course, we knew that this injury thing was a thing with Jordyn Tyson. I wrote about it in the prospect guide. It was a reason why I had him in the same tier as Carnell Tate. Otherwise, if there are no issues at all, he was technically a better prospect in my eyes. He would have been a tier above. And camp over the last few weeks, I know it's just camp, but my gosh, the hype with Jordyn Tyson was really there. Jake Underhill is one of the best beat writers in the country, let alone the best for the Saints. And he was saying that Jordyn Tyson, at some point this season, had a very real chance to be the best player on the Saints roster. He's not one to just say things like that. He's a very thoughtful beat reporter. And it just goes to show how well Jordyn Tyson was performing. And so I felt good about the talent evaluation part. The obvious part that was the issue with Jordyn Tyson as a prospect and the issue right now is that he's gotten hurt. Now, I will say, I think that the broken collarbone that he had is just not a deal that I think has anything to do with this at all. Maybe you could say that the ACL that he suffered a few years ago could be a part of this and why this hamstring thing has seemed to be lingering, because he suffered the hamstring last year, he dealt with it during the draft process. Then obviously, they're saying that this is disconnected. It has nothing to do with any of that. I think that's probably BS. I mean, your body all functions as one. It's not like you have these independent muscles that don't touch each other. With that being said, and for the record, I'm also parroting what smart people like Jeff Mueller on Twitter, a PT is saying about this. With that being said, I do have the general stance that players are injury prone until they're not.