Jon Warner said he has started sprinkling Jordan Whittington onto Rams builds after hearing Sean McVay call the rookie "a guy you don’t bet against." Warner highlighted the coach’s praise for Whittington’s strength, route precision and work ethic, then reminded viewers that the Rams used him as Cooper Kupp’s practice-squad clone all last season. With Kupp now 31 and coming off back-to-back injury-marred campaigns, Warner believes Whittington could step directly into the high-percentage slot role that funneled 28 % of team targets to Kupp in 2021-22. Because Whittington is undrafted in most rooms, Warner likes tacking him onto Stafford or Vikings bring-back stacks as a free shot at 6-to-8 target weeks if Kupp misses time or cedes snaps in two-WR sets.

Polzin called Jordan Whittington the perfect final-round pick to handcuff Puka Nacua and Davante Adams in best-ball drafts. Whittington flashed Puka-like traits in 2024 preseason and handled 97 % of snaps in Week 4, turning eight targets into 6-62-0. He followed with a 10-7-89 line on 71 snaps in Week 5 when the Rams were thin at receiver. That two-game sample produced 12.2 and 15.9 PPR points. With Adams aging and Nacua already nicked up last year, Polzin expects at least three viable spike weeks from Whittington if either starter misses time, making him a cheap injury-contingent lottery ticket.

Greg Brainos said Jordan Whittington is one of his favorite last-round swing picks because he functions as direct insurance for Puka Nacua. Brainos noted that Nacua’s ultra-physical style – “plays almost reckless, does not care about giving up his body” – has already led to multiple missed games stretching back to his BYU days and into his rookie season. Whittington’s skill set mirrors Nacua’s as a tough, over-the-middle chain mover, so Brainos believes Sean McVay would slide the rookie right into the same high-volume slot/Z role if Nacua’s durability issues resurface. For drafters who are overweight on Puka shares in Best Ball Mania, tacking on Whittington in the final rounds provides a cheap, correlated outsized payoff path without burning meaningful draft capital.

Greg Brainos framed Jordan Whittington as a perfect final-round parachute for managers who already have heavy exposure to Puka Nacua. Brainos reminded listeners that Nacua’s bruising, after-contact style invites more injury volatility than the typical boundary wideout. If Nacua misses time, Brainos expects the rookie Whittington—who ran 59% of his college routes from the slot and posted a 73% catch rate at Texas—to inherit the high-percentage, middle-of-the-field snaps that power Sean McVay’s offense. Unlike Tutu Atwell, Whittington has the bulk (6-1, 205) to survive underneath traffic and can replicate the quick-hitting RPO glance concepts the Rams spammed for Nacua last year. Because he is almost never drafted before the final two rounds, Brainos views Whittington as a cheap insurance policy that lets best-ball drafters diversify without abandoning Nacua’s elite ceiling.