Erickson called Josh Palmer a screaming late-round value, arguing the former Charger checks every box in his research on fifth-year wide-receiver breakouts. Palmer already owns two 100-target seasons, joins a new team (a trait shared by recent year-five WR1s Christian Kirk, Jerry Jeudy and DJ Moore), and now pairs his proven vertical ability with Josh Allen’s top-three deep-ball accuracy. Bills coaches have dubbed Palmer "positionless," promising to move him all over the formation—something they are not doing with rookie X Keon Coleman or slot-locked Khalil Shakir. Erickson believes that combination of volume flexibility and big-play juice gives Palmer true spike-week upside at a WR80 price tag.

Pete Overzet said Joshua Palmer is one of the biggest ADP mistakes in Underdog’s Sprint right now. Palmer routinely goes inside pick 150 in Best Ball Mania, but in the Sprint he is still lingering in the late-170s despite 241 vacated Charger targets after Keenan Allen and Mike Williams departed. Overzet reminded listeners that Justin Herbert has peppered Palmer with a 17 percent target share whenever he’s been healthy, and new OC Greg Roman historically funnels first reads to big-bodied perimeter options (Michael Crabtree, Marquise Brown, Anquan Boldin). At a basement price you can complete a cheap Herbert triple-stack while other drafters grab dusty veterans with no ceiling. Overzet called Palmer a "smash button" pick who should settle 20–25 spots higher once the market wakes up.

Erik Beimfohr said he is gladly scooping Joshua Palmer at his current late-round cost because Buffalo offers a clearer path to fantasy relevance than the market realizes. With Stefon Diggs and Gabe Davis gone, the Bills pass-catcher depth chart is essentially Keon Coleman, Khalil Shakir and Dalton Kincaid— leaving plenty of snaps and perimeter routes for Palmer. Beimfohr reminded listeners that Palmer produced usable spike weeks with the Chargers whenever Keenan Allen or Mike Williams missed time, so he has already shown he can handle 6–8 targets in a pass-heavy environment. Pairing that track record with Josh Allen’s league-leading deep-ball aggressiveness, a shaky Bills defense that could push shoot-outs, and a price tag below Darnell Mooney’s makes Palmer a quintessential "chaperone" pick who smooths out rookie-heavy builds while still offering top-30 weekly upside.

Erik Beimfohr argued that Josh Palmer is criminally underpriced and the ideal "chaperone" receiver for Best Ball portfolios. With Mac Hollins gone and only Keon Coleman, Khalil Shakir and Dalton Kincaid competing for targets, Palmer is almost guaranteed full-time snaps opposite Josh Allen—a massive quarterback upgrade over what he had with the Chargers. Palmer has already demonstrated spike-week potential when Mike Williams or Keenan Allen were sidelined, and Buffalo’s shaky defense could push the offense into even more shoot-outs. Beimfohr expects Palmer’s ADP to climb multiple rounds once summer reports confirm he is entrenched as an outside starter, so he is scooping heavy exposure now before the room catches on.