Is Rome Odunze the next Larry Fitzgerald? | Yahoo Fantasy Football Show
Yahoo Fantasy analyst Matt Harmon and NFL writer Charles McDonald look at one of the upcoming draft's top receiving prospects and decide if he will be an immediate fantasy contributor. Hear the full conversation on the “Yahoo Fantasy Football Show” podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen.
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MATT HARMON: So let's get into Rome Odunze here because when people say, it's Marvin Harrison, Malik Nabers, teardrop, Rome Odunze, I don't agree with that at all. And it's crazy because, in the dynasty fantasy football community, that seems to be the consensus, is that, for-- because he's a four-year player and different production models and stuff like that-- people that do that, they do great work. And it's valuable stuff. But because of that, there seems to be this idea that Odunze is not in Nabers' or Harrison's tier or there's that-- even that he's kind of overrated as a prospect.
If Harrison didn't exist, he would be my number one receiver in this class.
CHARLES MCDONALD: Same.
MATT HARMON: And that's how high I view him. I just think he-- again, a lot of what we talk about with Marvin Harrison, true X, that, really, to me, doesn't have any holes in his game.
CHARLES MCDONALD: He kind of reminds me of Larry Fitzgerald to a degree,
MATT HARMON: Yeah, sure.
CHARLES MCDONALD: --where the-- it's like the ability to track the ball deep down the field in horrific circumstances, where you've got two bodies on him, and he's finding the ball, and he's plucking it out the air and coming down with it and giving himself a chance to-- maybe not the biggest YAC threat, but still, to be someone that can be a monster just when it comes to getting open, getting the ball, tracking the ball, and finding and bringing it in downfield--
I think the floor on Rome Odunze is still probably a low end wide receiver one. His worst case outcome to me is someone who probably starts for a pretty long time in the NFL. And at best case, he turns into one of the more dynamic weapons in the league. I think he's just so clean, so polished that it's hard for me to see a spot where he actually fails and doesn't live up to what he's supposed to be.