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Speaker 2: Yates joins us. Now, Hey, Piel, thank you for the time.
Speaker 2: How are you.
Speaker 4: I'm doing great? Thanks much for having me on. I
Speaker 4: hope you're having a great summer.
Speaker 2: Well, the summer has been fantastic, and now it'sammed up
Speaker 2: a little bit because we do have football back. I'm
Speaker 2: curious did you have a chance to eyeball any of
Speaker 2: the Colts and Patriots last night? Just out of curiosity?
Speaker 4: Hey, we called that the Will Mallory Show, right, Yeah,
Speaker 4: I did stuff last night from Will obviously, And yeah,
Speaker 4: a game that won't be remembered at like the Pro
Speaker 4: Football Hall of Fame. If I had to guess, not
Speaker 4: too many ties they go down as memorable. But yeah,
Speaker 4: I did have a chance to catch some of it.
Speaker 4: Saw some of Anthony richardson Will Mallory has mentioned, and
Speaker 4: then a lot of missfield.
Speaker 1: Goals as well.
Speaker 2: Yeah, especially you kind of wonder if maybe one of
Speaker 2: these these kickers from the Colts that gets cut ends
Speaker 2: up in Foxboro with Mike Frado England. Yeah, any kind
Speaker 2: of murder with a group of or straighter or whatever. Hey,
Speaker 2: what were your thoughts? And we've been around this for
Speaker 2: so long now it almost wears us down a little bit.
Speaker 2: So we need a little bit of inside perspective, if
Speaker 2: you don't mind outside perspective, if you don't mind right here,
Speaker 2: what are your thoughts on Richardson in terms of what
Speaker 2: the Colts should do with him this season?
Speaker 1: Yeah?
Speaker 4: I think the weird line that the Folts are having
Speaker 4: to straddle right now is that, you know, quarterbacks do
Speaker 4: have value if they're on your roster. Depths can certainly
Speaker 4: be tested. And we give a quarterback coming off of
Speaker 4: a torn achilles, even one that's rehabbing as remarkably well
Speaker 4: as Daniel Jones, It's like you still have to be
Speaker 4: mindful of the pieces behind him. And you have your
Speaker 4: backup in Raley Leonard, but another player is only going
Speaker 4: into a second NFL season that you just don't want
Speaker 4: to give Anthony Richardson away.
Speaker 1: But that you're getting. So if you're not getting any.
Speaker 4: Offers that are of consequence, the question is is it
Speaker 4: more valuable to have a third string quarterback most likely
Speaker 4: maybe a back up, our third string quarterback who might
Speaker 4: not play at all, or you know, a Day three selection,
Speaker 4: which you know, Day three pitchs have certainly become lots
Speaker 4: of things in the NFL, but they're far from a guarantee.
Speaker 1: And I do think there's a bit of a pride
Speaker 1: factor involved here.
Speaker 4: You know, I understand the Chris Ballard and the Colts
Speaker 4: organization has moved on in many ways from Anthony Richardson.
Speaker 1: They signed Daniel Jones last year, they reinvested in Daniel Jones.
Speaker 1: I get that. At the same time, this was.
Speaker 4: The front office that took him fourth overall a few
Speaker 4: years ago, during a draft in which not everybody thought
Speaker 4: that Anthony Richardson would go that high. Some thought it
Speaker 4: could have been We'll Levice as an example, who would
Speaker 4: go fourth overall, or other players that were not quarterbacks
Speaker 4: could have gone fourth overall. So I think it's kind
Speaker 4: of a tricky spot here for the Colts said, if
Speaker 4: they get an offer that's too good to refuse, do
Speaker 4: it until that point.
Speaker 1: As awkward as it may be, you do need the
Speaker 1: quarterback death. It's a field.
Speaker 2: Yates of ESPN ESPN dot Com fantasy football analyst, football
Speaker 2: analysts in general, it's kind of not to join us
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Speaker 2: on that in just a second. But Field, I'm curious.
Speaker 2: I went over this in the pregame show last night
Speaker 2: with analysts Rick Venturi, and he brought this up and
Speaker 2: obviously there's no relatable here. That's not something that at
Speaker 2: least we understand or know that Shane sdeykeen has been
Speaker 2: thinking about doing. But would you try to concoct some
Speaker 2: really kind of offensively odd ideas, I e. Taysom Hill.
Speaker 2: If Anthony Richardson is a part of this team moving
Speaker 2: forward this year, would you try some different things offensively
Speaker 2: with him? Yeah?
Speaker 4: I think with Anthony, like again, yeah, we're way past
Speaker 4: the point of having drafted and fourth overall, get it sober.
Speaker 2: And done with.
Speaker 1: That's that's three years ago or four years ago. Now.
Speaker 1: It's some costs of a draft investment.
Speaker 4: But we've reached the point where you don't have to
Speaker 4: focus exclusively on the stuff you can't do right, like
Speaker 4: not the most accurate pastor obviously not a timing in
Speaker 4: rhythm thrower, obviously, but let's see what we can do
Speaker 4: tap into some of the unique abilities. I mean, he
Speaker 4: is on the short list at least the greatest quarterback
Speaker 4: athletes we've ever seen, right, I mean that's based off.
Speaker 1: To Tom by Dusty. He has put himself into that.
Speaker 4: Zip code and maybe you can find ways.
Speaker 1: To tap into that. You know, he had.
Speaker 4: The shortyardist run last night. I still believe that anthy
Speaker 4: could be amongst the best goal line rushers in the league.
Speaker 4: And you know, Jonathan Taylor is all that and more
Speaker 4: as well. So maybe in a different circumstance, you wouldn't
Speaker 4: need to tap into Anthony Richardson, or you would need
Speaker 4: to tap in Anthony Richardson. So perhaps the coach a
Speaker 4: little more hesitant there. But if he's on the roster,
Speaker 4: you might as well do yourself service and see what
Speaker 4: utilities can get out of him. Even if it's not much,
Speaker 4: it's better than him simply watching every single game from
Speaker 4: the bench.
Speaker 1: Field.
Speaker 2: Jays joined us so Daniel Jones on the rebound from
Speaker 2: that injury, and we'll start right here. Does it surprise
Speaker 2: you that he's making at least from what we've told,
Speaker 2: been told, and what we have seen so much progress,
Speaker 2: and then how would you factor in what to expect
Speaker 2: considering how good he was up until the point a
Speaker 2: year ago when he was compromised and done due to injury.
Speaker 4: Yeah, Daniel, what a remarkable rehabit process so far. You know,
Speaker 4: he certainly seems like he is more than ahead of
Speaker 4: a typical schedule. He's way ahead of a typical schedule.
Speaker 4: I think Daniel was in some ways reflective of how
Speaker 4: I think this Colts team. It's a bit of a
Speaker 4: pendulum team in twenty twenty six, So, I mean, my
Speaker 4: dad is there sort of two.
Speaker 1: Sides to it.
Speaker 4: The good version of Daniel Jones, the Rabits career has
Speaker 4: some really good I mean he's put He took a
Speaker 4: Giants team to the playoffs the Outdold with her cousins.
Speaker 1: In that game they beat the Vikings.
Speaker 4: This was a few years ago, of course, and then
Speaker 4: last year he was playing like a playoff quarterback for
Speaker 4: much of the first half of the season and then
Speaker 4: he got it wasn't quite as perfect in the game's
Speaker 4: leading up to him.
Speaker 1: Still, he just played a really good ball, good enough
Speaker 1: to help you win a lot of meaningful games.
Speaker 4: So, but the Colts have several players that like the
Speaker 4: best version of them can be really good that the
Speaker 4: worst version can become be a problem. And this team,
Speaker 4: it's not a house of cars, not the right term.
Speaker 4: But I could see this team competing for the.
Speaker 1: Playoffs once again. I could also see this team finishing
Speaker 1: third of this division. Right, that would be not surprising
Speaker 1: any of us because it happened last year. So it's
Speaker 1: a big year.
Speaker 4: It's a pressure cooker, perhaps every sad at any time
Speaker 4: a team makes an announcement at the end of the
Speaker 4: season to say that they are keeping the head coach
Speaker 4: in the GM, it means the year ahead is a
Speaker 4: pressure year, right, So, Daniel Jones, in this entire Colts franchise,
Speaker 4: I do believe based some pressure this year, just giving
Speaker 4: all the circumstances of what took place last year and
Speaker 4: over the past six or seven years.
Speaker 2: And I know field you at ESPN, when you compile
Speaker 2: all these fantasy football numbers as well, you kind of
Speaker 2: view as what you saw last time he was on
Speaker 2: the field, But also you compile that with what has
Speaker 2: been historically his past or what has been the connection
Speaker 2: to it. Would you expect him to have a season
Speaker 2: this year if healthy as he had until he was
Speaker 2: injured a year ago, or would there seem to be
Speaker 2: a bit of a decline. How would you view him
Speaker 2: through I guess the lens in this case of fantasy
Speaker 2: football numbers.
Speaker 4: Yeah, the fantasy football outlook is this is Daniel Jones
Speaker 4: obviously has a lot of upside. He was really good
Speaker 4: last year, especially in the first half of the season.
Speaker 4: The question mark on Daniel is when you're coming back
Speaker 4: from an achilles hair. A big part of Daniels fantasy
Speaker 4: values tied to his legs and is the team going
Speaker 4: to be judicious with Daniel Jones given the fact coming
Speaker 4: off of one of the most significant injuries that we
Speaker 4: see relatively frequently around the NFL. So Daniel Jones can
Speaker 4: certainly be a very very solid fantasy football quarterback. Is
Speaker 4: Quebec seventeen for me in my rankings because I am
Speaker 4: accounting for the possibility of him not being as lethal
Speaker 4: as a runner as he was at the time last year.
Speaker 4: I think that would be rooted by the Colts. It
Speaker 4: would not be a merit of Daniel Jones in real football.
Speaker 4: It would just be a reality of a guy it's
Speaker 4: closely removed with December seventh. I believe it was when
Speaker 4: he popped his achilles and this old season kind of
Speaker 4: went by the wayside from.
Speaker 2: There, field, Jonathan Taylor got that two year extension. What's
Speaker 2: your fantasy football expertise tell you about the culture running
Speaker 2: back going into this year?
Speaker 4: Yeah, forth rank running back for me, Jonathan Taylor. I
Speaker 4: believe it's the betting favorite to lead the NFL in
Speaker 4: rushing yards the season.
Speaker 1: Is just a remarkable, remarkable talent.
Speaker 4: If we don't see as much of Daniel Jones running,
Speaker 4: It's good things for Jonathan Taylor's fantasy value because it
Speaker 4: means more opportunities for Jonathan Taylor right specifically at the
Speaker 4: goal line, where he's already going to be led the
Speaker 4: NFL and Russian touchdowns last season, A good bet to
Speaker 4: do that any year, but the possibility of getting twenty
Speaker 4: rushing touchdowns, it's greater for Jonathan Taylor then probably any
Speaker 4: running back in the NFL, maybe alongside.
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry or somebody like that.
Speaker 4: So my fourth right funning back, I'd be surprised if
Speaker 4: he went much lower than seventh or eighth overall in
Speaker 4: most fantasy football drafts and guy that you know, remember
Speaker 4: there is agony over whether to extend him the first
Speaker 4: time around, and here we are and he has already
Speaker 4: been extended once again. So he's just been a hallmark
Speaker 4: player for the Colts since being drafted.
Speaker 2: Field Yates ESPN joins us we have seen a rebirth
Speaker 2: of sorts of value at the running back position, and
Speaker 2: now it's more reflective as it always has been in
Speaker 2: terms of the world of fantasy football. But in the
Speaker 2: actual NFL world, Why have we seen that positional rejuvenation
Speaker 2: here recently?
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think it's probably a couple of factors. Is one,
Speaker 4: you know, the numbers robbinsly going to go up because
Speaker 4: the salary cap is going up. The larger the salary cap,
Speaker 4: the larger the salary. I also think we're in just
Speaker 4: this really unique period with some great, great players at
Speaker 4: running back right John Robinson, Jamier Gibbs, Jonathan Taylor, three
Speaker 4: guys who not only are you know, can be particular
Speaker 4: powers right now, but also guys who like the prime
Speaker 4: may not be reached yet for them. Jonathan's a little
Speaker 4: bit older than those two guys, so maybe Jonathan is
Speaker 4: in the prime of his career. But it's it's kind
Speaker 4: of a timing thing right now. So we've got some
Speaker 4: really good backs and you know, we may have another
Speaker 4: one as a rookie.
Speaker 1: And Jeremiah Love.
Speaker 4: Made his pre season debut last night. You know, I
Speaker 4: think also teams are starting to realize a little bit
Speaker 4: of Yet it's this is what history has told us
Speaker 4: we aren't supposed to do. But some of the best
Speaker 4: movers and most successful stories in the NFL have been
Speaker 4: the people that have been ahead of curves. And I'm
Speaker 4: not saying that paying running back top of the market
Speaker 4: is definitely ahead of the curve, but it could be. Hey,
Speaker 4: people are telling us to zig, and that's when we zag.
Speaker 4: So team are saying, I'll pay a great running back
Speaker 4: and I'll find some value elsewhere.
Speaker 1: So things tend to be cyclical in the NFL.
Speaker 4: Perhaps is the start of a new cycle running backs
Speaker 4: are appreciated.
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Speaker 2: We'll get into that in just a second too. So
Speaker 2: Alec Pierce, new big deal wide receiver coming back from
Speaker 2: a surgery, and Tyler Warren you're number two at tied end.
Speaker 2: What is the fantasy value and your thoughts on the
Speaker 2: type of season you expect from both of those Colt players.
Speaker 4: Yeah, Alex a really interesting one because the contract that
Speaker 4: he signed with the Colts this offseason was what most
Speaker 4: free agent contracts are at their core, which is a
Speaker 4: bet on what the player is going to become. But
Speaker 4: to be clear, I mean, alex sample size and body
Speaker 4: of work is lesser than most receivers that are getting
Speaker 4: paid around where he ranks in average per your pay right.
Speaker 4: I mean people have had some figures talk when they
Speaker 4: saw that number. Up to this point in fantasy, he
Speaker 4: hasn't been a top forty player at the position of
Speaker 4: wide receiver, but he gets there this year. Absolutely he
Speaker 4: could if he's healthy, but there's some question mark surrounding
Speaker 4: his health. And then also the way in which Alec
Speaker 4: has been used. He's been more of a downfield vertical threat,
Speaker 4: which in fantasy the best version of that is like
Speaker 4: a Mike Evans type player, but also requires excellent efficiency.
Speaker 4: We'll see whether Alex brings us to the table. No complaints,
Speaker 4: no worries whatsoever about Tyler Warren. He's going to be
Speaker 4: incredibly busy. He's an excellent, excellent tight end and given
Speaker 4: all the injuries at pass catcher right now for the Colts,
Speaker 4: shouldn't surprise anybody if he challenges for one hundred and
Speaker 4: thirty or so targets this year.
Speaker 2: You know when we should factor this in the question
Speaker 2: I asked a little bit earlier about Anthony Richardson's senior field,
Speaker 2: about gadgetry offensively with Shane Steiken, that may all be
Speaker 2: used up by Tyler Warren at this point.
Speaker 4: Yeah, a lefty quarterback for Mechanicsville, Pennsylvania. He's got some
Speaker 4: serious game to him. Yeah, I think that's totally far.
Speaker 4: You know, Tyler is such a unique player. I think
Speaker 4: that's the pensyl bing. I believe it's Virginia. Is Tyler's
Speaker 4: from state. I apologize for that, but yeah, that's totally fair.
Speaker 4: Is that like he's gonna see some rushes this year,
Speaker 4: perhaps some stuff at the bottom, you know, at the
Speaker 4: goal line. So Tayler is such a talented player, the
Speaker 4: kind of guy that you could really build. You know,
Speaker 4: a significant portion of your passing game around. He's a special, special.
Speaker 2: Player ESPN's field Yes, joins us. Give us some Fantasy
Speaker 2: Football twenty twenty six risers in your opinion?
Speaker 1: Who risers? Well, we talked to you.
Speaker 4: Alex Pearson is the kind of guy that has a
Speaker 4: chance to become a riser. But some of the players
Speaker 4: I like this year a Mecca Abuca from the Buccaneers
Speaker 4: stepping into a clear cut wide receiver one role for them,
Speaker 4: Polston Loveland from Chicago Bears. He and Tyler Warren kind
Speaker 4: of vying to be the next tight end to crack
Speaker 4: that All Pro ranking. It's you know, bruck Hoers and
Speaker 4: Tyler and Trade McBride have kind of a grip on
Speaker 4: that our have over the past couple of seasons, with
Speaker 4: George Kittle mixed in there as well. And then Justin
Speaker 4: Herbert's the guy that I think is due for a
Speaker 4: big bump. You know, Justin plays in the system run
Speaker 4: by Mike McDaniel, and Mike McDaniel was able to.
Speaker 1: Make to a tongue by Loa the NFL's leading passer.
Speaker 4: I think Justin Herbert's more talented player than two and
Speaker 4: I'm excited about what it's going to look like once
Speaker 4: we get to the regular season.
Speaker 2: For the Chargers those on the decline out there, a
Speaker 2: couple of highlights for people, maybe the side stiff if possible.
Speaker 4: You know, a guy like DK metcalf is one that
Speaker 4: gives me a lot of you know pause, He's just
Speaker 4: you know with Dk, he's so talented, but he relies
Speaker 4: on efficiency down the field.
Speaker 1: And his quarterback, Aaron Rodgers.
Speaker 4: Had one of the shortest average depth of targets amongst
Speaker 4: starting qbs last year.
Speaker 1: Aaron just wants to kind of dec and dunk his.
Speaker 4: Way down the field as opposed to threaten you really
Speaker 4: far down the field.
Speaker 2: Draft strategy for folks out there this particular year, I
Speaker 2: don't know if it changes. It always seems like it's
Speaker 2: the same for me. But does it change for you?
Speaker 2: And should it change for those out there participating?
Speaker 4: Well, what I would tell you, Let me give you
Speaker 4: just two simple rules that will apply until the end
Speaker 4: of time.
Speaker 1: Most likely. One is you've got to play the draft room.
Speaker 4: It's not different than the NFL draft in that regard, right,
Speaker 4: unless you're thinking first overall, you don't really know exactly
Speaker 4: what's going to happen.
Speaker 1: So play the draft room right.
Speaker 4: The second rule of fount It's just it's really you're
Speaker 4: gonna reach a pointer in the season for running backs
Speaker 4: just aren't gonna be in stock, and so get them.
Speaker 1: When you can.
Speaker 4: They're trying to break a tie between two players that
Speaker 4: you're closely ranked. One are running back on wide receiver
Speaker 4: wrab the running.
Speaker 2: Back they field and closing. And I'm going to ask
Speaker 2: you something early odd. It's about defense, and it pertains
Speaker 2: to the Colts the value of a defense like the
Speaker 2: culture built right now until further notice, where.
Speaker 1: They're back end heavy, meaning they.
Speaker 2: Rely on Sauce Gardner on Sharvarius Ward on Cam Bonham
Speaker 2: as their playmakers in the secondary and not so much
Speaker 2: a belief in a lot of frequency getting after the quarterback.
Speaker 2: Can that be more or less of that? How do
Speaker 2: you view that in terms of the world defense? Because
Speaker 2: you got playmaking ability and you got talented players on
Speaker 2: the secondary. But is that something you sidestep considering what
Speaker 2: we don't know about Layatu Latu and Ardent Key coming
Speaker 2: off the edge.
Speaker 4: Yeah, what I would say is that for fantasy, if
Speaker 4: I'm going to draft the defense, it's going to be
Speaker 4: the one that's more likely to pile up a ton
Speaker 4: of sacks, turnovers and touchdowns. Score off of turnovers are
Speaker 4: impossible to predict, so I tend to lean towards the defenses,
Speaker 4: like maybe the Denver Broncos the Houston Texans are going
Speaker 4: to pile.
Speaker 1: Up nine thousand facs during the season.
Speaker 2: Makes a lot of sense right there, Field Yates, When
Speaker 2: can we catch you again? I think you're all over
Speaker 2: the TV every time I'm talking of the afternoon. You're
Speaker 2: like looking right across from me on the television monitor
Speaker 2: when you guys go fourth hurts today.
Speaker 4: And then Monday morning, Monday few Friday. It's an am
Speaker 4: Eastern time fantasy focused. So we have a lot of
Speaker 4: fun there.
Speaker 2: Field, It's always great to talk with you, man. Thanks
Speaker 2: for dropping and we'll do it again here in Indianapolis
Speaker 2: if you want you over the course of the season. Two, pal,
Speaker 2: that sounds great. Thank you so much. You got a
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