Greg Brainos pushed Theo Johnson as a last-round dart, reminding listeners the Giants kept the rookie on the field for 85% of snaps in his very first NFL game before an ankle injury derailed his season. Johnson faces little target competition behind Malik Nabers and Wan’Dale Robinson, and Brainos loves that the Giants play the up-tempo Raiders in Week 17—"if he just grabs two TDs against Vegas, he pays off this pick." Johnson’s 4.57 forty at 259 pounds gives him rare athleticism for a 20th-round tight end, and Brian Daboll historically features athletic TEs in the red zone (46 combined TE targets inside the 10 over his last three play-calling seasons).

Eric Luttrell could not believe rookie tight end Theo Johnson is slipping completely off the board in Underdog’s 18-round Puppy drafts. Luttrell reminded viewers that New York spent a second-round pick on Johnson after Darren Waller’s retirement, leaving only Daniel Bellinger (career 10% target rate) as token competition. Johnson ran a 4.57 forty at 259 pounds and posted a 93rd-percentile broad jump— measurables that Eric compared to Dallas Goedert’s pre-draft profile. With Brian Daboll historically featuring the tight end in the red zone (Giants TEs have averaged 21% of team end-zone targets under Daboll), Johnson has a clear path to day-one snaps and touchdown equity. Luttrell called him “a draft-day winner who somehow still costs zero capital” and urged drafters to tack him on as their TE3 any time they need a live late-round body instead of recycling dusty veterans.