Chris Welsh · Oct 1, 2025
Welsh argued Quentin Johnston should now be viewed as the Chargers' No. 1 receiver, that Jaylen Waddle becomes Miami's de facto No. 1 with Tyreek Hill out, and called Malik Washington a sneaky deeper option.
“Quinton Johnson now needs to be looked at as the number one in this offense”
said on air or in an interview · The Herd with Colin Cowherd (podcast) · read the original →
3 checkable claims from this
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- Depth Chart CallsOct 1, 2025
“He becomes the de facto number one. I think that puts him in a good spot.”
Scored 100a naive guess scored 91.67+14.83 skillHow this was scored
- club:
- MIA
- skill:
- 14.83
- player:
- Jaylen Waddle
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 91.67
- position:
- WR
- naive slot:
- 2
- actual slot:
- 1
- difficulty:
- 1.78
- measured by:
- receptions
- naive basis:
- where he sat last season
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- predicted slot:
- 1
- weeks left when called:
- 14
- Depth Chart CallsOct 1, 2025
“Quinton Johnson now needs to be looked at as the number one in this offense”
Scored 83.33a naive guess scored 91.67-14.83 skillHow this was scored
- club:
- LAC
- skill:
- -14.83
- player:
- Quentin Johnston
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 83.33
- baseline:
- 91.67
- position:
- WR
- naive slot:
- 2
- actual slot:
- 3
- difficulty:
- 1.78
- measured by:
- receptions
- naive basis:
- where he sat last season
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- predicted slot:
- 1
- weeks left when called:
- 14
- Sleeper CallsOct 1, 2025
“I think he is a super sneaky option as well as a big deep threat.”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.