Davis Mattek urged drafters to pump the brakes on Pat Bryant’s new round-14 Underdog ADP. Mattek pointed out that Courtland Sutton’s 25-percent target share survived Sean Payton’s first season and that second-year burner Denzel Mims was being schemed both deep and behind the line of scrimmage over the final month. He added that rookie bell-cow Audric Harvey projects for a spin-heavier game plan that will further squeeze wide-receiver volume. Even if Bryant wins the No. 3 job, Mattek expects Evan Engram–style tight-end dominance to siphon looks from the middle of the field, forcing Bryant to be “really, really good” just to clear four targets a game. With 100-percent draft capital already baked into the price, Mattek is passing on Bryant in favor of rarely drafted flyers like Diami Brown and Ty Felton, whose spike-week paths are cleaner in Best Ball playoff formats.

Pat Fantasy Dog Pound highlighted Pat Bryant as a must-draft final-round dart after Sean Payton compared the rookie to Michael Thomas, calling him "explosive off the line, competitive, tough, with outstanding hands." The Broncos badly need a WR2 behind Courtland Sutton—Marvin Mims flashed but logged only a 26 % route rate last year, and fellow rookie Troy Franklin profiles as a situational deep threat. Bryant’s appeal in best ball is back-half spiked-week potential: drafters can afford to wait while he carves out snaps, hoping he replaces early-round "dusty vet" production once bye weeks hit. Coach-speak plus clear path to volume makes him a free-square correlation piece in Denver-Chargers Week-17 builds.