Yahoo Sports fantasy analysts Matt Harmon chats with the Atlanta WR about his role with the Falcons, playing with Kirk Cousins and much more. Drake joined Yahoo Sports on behalf of DirecTV. Hear the full conversation on the “Yahoo Fantasy Forecast” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.
Video Transcript
I’ve been focused on your game basically since back, since back to us c and I remember thinking, watching you at us c um man, this guy would be so good.
It’s kind of what I like to call like a power slot receiver, you know, not a guy who moves fully inside, but you’re a big guy, you can block in the run game and you can win on these like quick hitting reps and, you know, this is no disrespect to anybody that was there with the team in, in your first two years, but I felt like so many snaps were just kind of out on the boundary as that ex receiver.
And then when I see the Falcons hire, you know, Raheem Morris and then hire Zach Robinson as the officer coordinator.
It clicks to me like, man, this is a guy that can really fit well with how those rams receivers like Puka Nku and Cooper Cup have been used and right away in week one, even if the results weren’t there from a statistical perspective, you know, your snaps in the slot were way up off the line deployment motion at the snap has that been basically the plan kind of for you.
Uh, ba basically since those guys have got there and, and when did that sort of kind of come together for you?
Um, yeah, pretty much when they got there.
They let me knock that I’ll be switching sides.
Uh I wanna be predominantly the River Z so a lot more movie parts and stuff like that.
And then I think too, that going back to my US C days, the way I got onto onto the field as a freshman was to play in that slot, you know, and with my Bachelor background, I think, reached spatial awareness.
Um and I think that they keyed in on SD Rock raheem, you know, um it took note of that and um anywhere that I could play to help the team, honestly, um I’m gonna do it, let’s talk about Kirk Cousins, new quarterback this year.
What has it been like, sort of getting the timing and rhythm and chemistry down with him, uh of a guy who’s played in this league and basically seen it and been there and done that.
Um Exactly, he’s been there, seen it done pretty much every situation that you could think of and um to have that and you have that in, I keep that knowledge um is really, really great, especially me being a young player and just our, our room all the way around that A P MO or, or don you know, we’ve learned a lot from you.
That’s 13 years in the league of just straight knowledge.
Tell us what you got going on with Direct TV.
For business.
I use them after, if we have 1 p.m. game, uh, you know, I have family coming in.
So if we go to a restaurant, I’m able to use sports bar finder app.
Um, pretty much any restaurant that out there that use Direct TV.
I know that I catch up on something.
Um, and it makes, makes lights.