Pat Fantasy Dog Pound said Jermaine Burton is worth scooping at the very end of Underdog’s fast-filling Sprint, Pug, and similar time-boxed drafts. Burton’s off-field concerns and uncertain practice participation are suppressing his ADP, but that uncertainty is precisely what creates leverage in contests that will be finished long before camp reports clear things up. Pat framed Burton as a “one-million-percent 18th-round guy” who can deliver a unique ceiling if his talent wins out once the Bengals hit training camp. Because only two of twelve advance in these rooms, Pat likes Burton’s spike-week profile as a cheap correlation-agnostic swing that most drafters skip.

Pat Fantasy Dog Pound warned viewers not to overreact to the first wave of coach speak praising Bengals rookie Jermaine Burton for ‘staying after practice.’ He reminded drafters that similar puff pieces pushed Burton into the 160s of last year’s big-board before Andrei Iosivas leap-frogged him once Cincinnati recognized Burton’s character concerns. The result was essentially a season-long zero for anyone who chased the hype. Pat expects history to repeat—predicting Iosivas will again settle ahead of Burton in summer ADP—and he will only click Burton in the 18th round as a pure talent swing. Anything earlier, he says, is dead money that can be allocated to safer late darts.

Pat Fantasy Dog Pound cautioned drafters against clicking rookie wide-out Jermaine Burton right now. While Burton’s vertical skill set gives him a higher ceiling than Andrei Iosivas, Pat reminded listeners that the former Alabama star bounced between three schools, has a documented off-field incident, and already drew ‘character concern’ comments from Bengals coaches. Until Burton stacks multiple weeks of positive camp reports, Pat fears he could be a flat zero that clogs the back of your roster. His plan is to monitor beat writers (and even Burton’s Instagram) and only begin adding shares once the narrative flips and the market moves him ahead of Iosivas. Waiting, in Pat’s view, captures the same upside at a cheaper ADP and avoids burning a final-round pick on a player who might not dress on game days.