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Podcast: IDP Rookies w/ Sigmund Bloom 5-8-20

By Matt Schauf | Updated on Thu, 13 Jul 2023 . 2:27 PM EDT

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It's fantasy football projections time around here, which has Jared busy ahead of next week's release. So I'm taking this opportunity to talk IDPs, and I'm bringing in one of my favorite people from the industry to do so with me. Footballguys' Sigmund Bloom comes on to talk Chase Young vs. Patrick Queen at the top of the rookie IDP board, Patrick Queen vs. the other LBs, an exciting class of safeties and much more.

Here's the rundown:

Chase Young up top? ... 9:23

K'Lavon Chaisson and the rest of the edge class ... 12:37

Sneaky value at DT? ... 18:22

Patrick Queen's allure ... 20:54

The suddenly exciting Bengals LB corps ... 23:23

Draft Jordyn Brooks or no? ... 28:08

Let's talk about Zack Baun ... 33:45

Who tops this fun class of safeties? ... 37:52

Late rookie-draft sleepers ... 45:02

Check our rookie IDP rankings as well as the combined cheat sheet before you jump into your dynasty rookie draft.

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Matt Schauf, Editor

Matt has earned two Fantasy Pros accuracy awards for IDP rankings and won thousands of dollars as a player across best ball, dynasty, and high-stakes fantasy formats. He has been creating fantasy football content for more than 20 years, with work featured by Sporting News, Rotoworld, Athlon, Sirius XM, and others. He's been with Draft Sharks since 2011.