Players that NEED to be on your radar

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**Daniel Dopp** (0:42)
What up, friends? Welcome in to Fantasy Focus Football alongside Field Yates.

**Field Yates** (0:47)
Yeah, I see a computer right here.

**Daniel Dopp** (0:48)
Yeah, that's it. I think he left it here. Is that his backup computer? His spare computer?

**Field Yates** (0:53)
It's the Fernando Mendoza of computers to Mike Clay.

**Daniel Dopp** (0:56)
That's right.

**Field Yates** (0:56)
That's gonna make more sense when we dive into the news in a moment.

**Daniel Dopp** (0:58)
My name is Daniel Dopp. It is just the two of us as Mike is on vacation. One more time, he thought, you know what, guys, I only have one more chance before we get into the season. I already thought we were in the season, Field.

**Field Yates** (1:07)
Right. I mean, since you and I last were on vacation, Mike has now embarked on a second vacation.

**Daniel Dopp** (1:12)
A second vacation. Must be nice.

**Field Yates** (1:15)
Must be nice, Mike.

**Daniel Dopp** (1:15)
I'm sure he's listening. We miss him as we always do. Shout out to Mike. OK, well, I miss Mike a little bit. On today's show, we're going to dive into a bunch of really fun things, Field and I bring in some players that need to be on your radar. Guys, inside the top 70, we maybe just haven't talked about enough yet this year. We want to make sure that we get to them as well as diving into some flex appeal names in the second half of the show. Going to be a ton of fun talking about names outside the top 70
First and foremost, I want to tell you guys a really quick, fun bit of information. Our guy, Eric Moody, getting a show on Sunday morning. That's right. Eric is always in the chat with us here on Fantasy Focus. Now, Fantasy Focus Sunday Kickoff, presented by Lowe's, is going to be live on the NFL on ESPN YouTube page every Sunday. You can get all of your lineup questions answered live from 11:30 AM to 1 PM, a second screen experience while we're doing Fantasy Focus Countdown Field. People are going to get their questions answered.

**Field Yates** (2:15)
Okay, Eric Moody. That's right, baby. We're not just talking about a new show. We're talking about a new show that's sponsored.

**Daniel Dopp** (2:21)
That's right.

**Field Yates** (2:22)
Like it's sponsored by Lowe's. A shout out to Lowe's.

**Daniel Dopp** (2:24)
That's right.

**Field Yates** (2:25)
Shout out to Eric Moody. Like he has put himself into the race for Time's Person of the Year. He's put himself into the race for the 50 Most Influential Sports Figures of 2026 I see you, Eric Moody. Respect. So get all your questions to Eric Moody.

**Daniel Dopp** (2:38)
That's right.

**Field Yates** (2:39)
Of course, on Fantasy Focus Countdown, we try our best to get some lineup questions answered during the show. And maybe all the lineup questions though go to Moody.

**Daniel Dopp** (2:47)
Correct. Maybe today, just as like a little bit of a teaser, I thought why not bring you a bonus episode 1pm today Eastern, get all of your draft advice and all of the questions you want answered. Eric Moody going to be there on the NFL on ESPN YouTube page. So shout out to him and go check that out this afternoon as well. Field, we got a little bit of news from the league before we decide to dive in to the players that need to be on your radar. It's a very small bit of news.
Kirk Cousins officially designated as the starter for this Raiders team. What does that mean to you?

**Field Yates** (3:16)
Nothing, for Fantasy. Here's what I would say, that my ranking for Ashton Gentry and for Brock Bowers is the exact same as it was before this news was officially announced, because A, we all thought this was going to happen. B, it's not like Kirk Cousins is a... And Fernando Mendoza is going to be on your Fantasy radar right now.
Obviously, Fernando Mendoza has a way higher ceiling as a player, and he'll get there in time compared to where Kirk Cousins is right now. But I don't think that any of us expect that week one of his starting career, Fernando Mendoza lights the world on fire in a way that Kirk Cousins can't get to occasionally, and all of a sudden Brock Bowers goes from tight end one to tight end zero? Like, how does he move forward from here? And none of the wide receivers were really on our radar prior to this. So no, nothing burger for me. I can't wait to see Fernando Mendoza as the Vegas starter. That to me as the biggest piece of news from here is that we don't get Fernando Mendoza necessarily, but it was expected it has no fantasy impact whatsoever for me.