WEBVTT - The Preseason Begins! 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:06.480 Fan time. Now for Fantasy Football Weekly from my Heart Radio, 0:00:06.880 --> 0:00:10.719 your weekly source for the nation's best fantasy speculation and advice. 0:00:11.160 --> 0:00:14.600 Now along with the guys from fanball dot Com, here's 0:00:14.640 --> 0:00:20.560 the host for Fantasy Football Weekly, Paul. I am Paul Giarchion, 0:00:20.800 --> 0:00:29.440 and it's the most year. How about that no one 0:00:29.480 --> 0:00:31.639 knows the second line of that. Nobody, well, you know 0:00:32.240 --> 0:00:34.480 you can't even make it into football at that point. 0:00:34.520 --> 0:00:37.879 I don't think and cheer cheer with beer for football. 0:00:38.240 --> 0:00:39.760 I like the way. I like the way you're headed 0:00:39.800 --> 0:00:42.239 with that. It is time for Fantasy Football Weekly. I'm 0:00:42.240 --> 0:00:44.320 your host, Paul Giarchion from fanball dot Com. My co 0:00:44.440 --> 0:00:47.879 host today are Brian Johnson and Matt Harrison, A tenor 0:00:47.960 --> 0:00:52.919 and soprano. No, hey, what were you guys? I think 0:00:52.920 --> 0:00:55.960 soprano because I grew up. Who wants to be the 0:00:55.960 --> 0:00:59.080 falsetto in this I can definitely do falsetto. I like it. 0:00:59.200 --> 0:01:01.760 Make the darkness is I believe in a thing called love. 0:01:01.840 --> 0:01:04.800 That's my jam at karaoke. I love it. Uh. It 0:01:04.920 --> 0:01:07.760 is a preseason edition of Fantasy Football Weekly, So everything 0:01:07.800 --> 0:01:09.959 we're doing in this show is built around helping you 0:01:10.000 --> 0:01:13.440 crush your draft or auction. We have a whole different 0:01:13.480 --> 0:01:15.440 format when we get to the regular season or breaking 0:01:15.480 --> 0:01:18.720 down all the games. Really, I think my goal here, 0:01:18.720 --> 0:01:21.959 guys is I want the listeners to just even if 0:01:22.000 --> 0:01:25.479 just make crushed two picks in their draft or auction 0:01:25.520 --> 0:01:28.720 that they wouldn't have hit otherwise. And that's all you need. 0:01:28.760 --> 0:01:32.400 If you have a two player differential in your raspensive 0:01:32.959 --> 0:01:38.160 huge difference. That's the goal for this shows the right 0:01:38.240 --> 0:01:41.680 land mine. So we got that. That's almost the same 0:01:41.720 --> 0:01:45.080 thing that counts is to missing up. You know, avoiding 0:01:45.080 --> 0:01:48.400 bad picks would be one of the two and improving 0:01:48.400 --> 0:01:51.920 you pick would be another two that works. That absolutely works. Uh, 0:01:52.160 --> 0:01:54.840 let's let's get those two picks onto your team. Over 0:01:54.880 --> 0:01:56.880 the course of today, we're going to talk through the 0:01:56.960 --> 0:02:01.320 highlights from the preseason action, answer some tough Westion's, provide 0:02:01.360 --> 0:02:05.400 some bold predictions, look at how the high stakes players 0:02:05.400 --> 0:02:09.600 are shaping their drafts, and we'll look ahead three years 0:02:09.639 --> 0:02:12.239 out for today's rookies to help some of you in 0:02:12.320 --> 0:02:14.960 Dynasty and Empire leagues. And we'll wrap up the show 0:02:14.960 --> 0:02:17.720 like we always do with some of our favorite sleepers 0:02:18.120 --> 0:02:23.280 for this year. All that Comic Fantasy Football Weekly let's 0:02:23.520 --> 0:02:25.840 let's begin here with a recap of some of the 0:02:25.960 --> 0:02:29.280 notable things that have come out of the first preseason games. 0:02:29.639 --> 0:02:31.720 And guys, there's not always a lot to talk about 0:02:31.720 --> 0:02:34.880 in the first preseason, you know, but then again, sometimes 0:02:35.040 --> 0:02:37.920 good things do happen, and we do have some storylines 0:02:38.000 --> 0:02:41.760 from week number one. Let's begin, Matt with the Colts 0:02:41.800 --> 0:02:45.079 and Bills game. Sometimes you can glean some good information 0:02:45.680 --> 0:02:48.280 and sometimes you just look at the running backs in 0:02:48.320 --> 0:02:52.280 Buffalo and you get nothing. T J. Yeldon fumbled the 0:02:52.320 --> 0:02:54.639 ball while running right up the gut. Not a good uh, 0:02:54.720 --> 0:02:57.680 introduction to him in Buffalo. So he was replaced by 0:02:58.200 --> 0:03:02.640 Sonora's Perry who a second quarter goal line touchdown. Oh 0:03:02.720 --> 0:03:05.760 now it's a five way time share. Frank Gore had 0:03:05.800 --> 0:03:09.280 two carries. McCoy didn't play. Devin Singletary got most of 0:03:09.280 --> 0:03:11.880 the work. Church. Do you know how many times he 0:03:11.960 --> 0:03:15.440 ran in this game? Um wait, I'm just gonna make 0:03:15.520 --> 0:03:19.760 a bold, Guests, you got it right nine times? Um 0:03:19.919 --> 0:03:25.560 on the was to me that was principal uh Rooney. 0:03:25.960 --> 0:03:28.440 Uh So that was the most important thing on the 0:03:28.440 --> 0:03:30.600 Buffalo side. On the Colt side, there was not much 0:03:30.600 --> 0:03:34.040 to talk about at all. Look Marlon mack uh t, 0:03:34.200 --> 0:03:36.240 Y Hilton, Paris Campbell all set out. But do you 0:03:36.280 --> 0:03:40.440 remember Chad Kelly, former Broncos Kelly, I thought, wait a minute, 0:03:40.440 --> 0:03:43.680 I thought he was playing for for the sing sing team. 0:03:43.960 --> 0:03:47.000 He's on the Colts now. He had a really nice 0:03:47.160 --> 0:03:50.360 QB keeper for a touchdown. He had fifty three yards 0:03:50.360 --> 0:03:52.640 on the ground, also looked good in the air thirteen 0:03:52.640 --> 0:03:56.200 of nineteen one one. He's behind Jacoby Brisette in the 0:03:56.240 --> 0:03:59.200 packing order. But Chad Kelly, it was like, well, that 0:03:59.320 --> 0:04:02.320 guy was good and the Broncos are really helpful. It 0:04:02.720 --> 0:04:04.880 was never that Chad Kelly is not good enough. The 0:04:04.920 --> 0:04:07.680 problem was he's not sane enough. That's true. That's what's 0:04:07.720 --> 0:04:11.160 been the issue. Briant Jets take took on the Giants, 0:04:11.200 --> 0:04:15.840 and we've got a brewing controversy in New York. Yeah, 0:04:15.880 --> 0:04:19.040 we'll get to that in a second. Um despite standing 0:04:19.200 --> 0:04:21.440 on the sideline and just shorts and T shirt, though 0:04:21.480 --> 0:04:24.279 Sae Kwon Barkley didn't play, but was targeted by Eli 0:04:24.360 --> 0:04:27.239 Manning a couple time for negative are yards a distressed 0:04:27.279 --> 0:04:29.919 Eli Manning. But the controversy 're alluding to charge was 0:04:30.120 --> 0:04:33.280 Daniel Jones looked really good. Uh perfect five for five 0:04:33.520 --> 0:04:35.840 through touchdown. It was kind of odd that he didn't 0:04:35.880 --> 0:04:37.920 play more though. It's almost like the Giants are trying 0:04:37.920 --> 0:04:41.800 to avoid a quarterback controversy. It's like the paper Mayfield treatment. Well, 0:04:41.880 --> 0:04:44.359 they're gonna try to stash him on their practice squad. 0:04:44.440 --> 0:04:46.440 Let's be real, they don't want anybody to find out 0:04:46.440 --> 0:04:49.200 about Well, he looked good. It's only a matter of 0:04:49.200 --> 0:04:52.480 time before Daniel Jones is a starter in New York. 0:04:52.600 --> 0:04:55.239 Um Cody Lattimer real quick looks to be the starting 0:04:55.240 --> 0:04:59.839 wide receiver obviously, golden tap Sorry upset Sterling Shepherd. Uh 0:05:00.160 --> 0:05:03.240 oh man if Sterling Shepherd actually does start to see 0:05:03.640 --> 0:05:06.039 he's gonna be ready, you think, so that's that's the word. 0:05:06.320 --> 0:05:08.360 He'll be ready. So um, but that's all to talk about. 0:05:08.400 --> 0:05:10.719 In the New York side, the Jets first team offense 0:05:10.720 --> 0:05:14.640 looked really sharp. Um Jameson Crowder capted with a touchdown, 0:05:14.680 --> 0:05:16.720 Sam Donald the Great Chris Hernon had a nice grab. 0:05:16.760 --> 0:05:19.320 Don't forget though he's suspended the first four games, so 0:05:19.520 --> 0:05:22.080 that will have a negative impact on offense. But um, 0:05:22.200 --> 0:05:23.960 the offense looked good as a whole. Levy On Bell 0:05:24.040 --> 0:05:26.279 did not play either, and Um that's all for that 0:05:26.360 --> 0:05:28.800 game in deeper leagues, because Chris Herndon, I think is 0:05:28.800 --> 0:05:30.840 gonna be very good when he does come back. He's 0:05:30.839 --> 0:05:34.520 gonna be starter caliber tight end. If you ultra sloft 0:05:34.560 --> 0:05:36.880 that position, you'll take any of the top ten tight ends. 0:05:37.240 --> 0:05:39.039 Last two picks of your draft. You go tight end 0:05:39.120 --> 0:05:42.320 Chris Herndon, and you just muddle by for four weeks 0:05:42.360 --> 0:05:44.880 and then start Chris Herndon. I saw Evan Silva tweet 0:05:44.920 --> 0:05:47.039 this where he said, you get Tyler Eiffert for the 0:05:47.080 --> 0:05:49.800 first four weeks while he's healthy, perfect, and then and 0:05:49.839 --> 0:05:51.920 then just go to Chris Herndon and you could Yeah, 0:05:52.000 --> 0:05:53.680 that's more like the first four minutes of the first 0:05:53.760 --> 0:05:58.360 quarter of the season, Washington took on Cleveland. The aforementioned 0:05:58.400 --> 0:06:00.800 Browns and Freddie Kitchens ran the two human at offense, 0:06:00.839 --> 0:06:04.880 with Baker Mayfield starting deep in their own territory, and 0:06:05.279 --> 0:06:11.520 it was an evisceration of the Redskins defense. Baker Mayfield 0:06:11.520 --> 0:06:14.479 blasted through them with a series of easy first downs 0:06:14.480 --> 0:06:16.839 and then a laser touchdown to Richard Higgins, who's turning 0:06:16.880 --> 0:06:19.360 into a nice sleeper candidate. Nick Chubb touched the ball 0:06:19.400 --> 0:06:21.280 two times when was a fourteen yard game. One was 0:06:21.320 --> 0:06:24.040 a fifteen yard game. Both the first downs the new 0:06:24.120 --> 0:06:27.600 Duke Johnson. And this is a great sleeper for your 0:06:27.880 --> 0:06:32.120 late in your draft. The new Duke Johnson is Dontrelle Hilliard. 0:06:32.680 --> 0:06:35.480 Dontrelle Hilliard, who's going to be a PPR helper. He's 0:06:35.480 --> 0:06:39.400 a pass catching specialist. And Nick Chubb's not gonna be 0:06:39.400 --> 0:06:42.160 you know, they're gonna run nient of the plays. It's 0:06:42.160 --> 0:06:44.039 because he's the new Duke Johnson. I don't think they 0:06:44.040 --> 0:06:46.360 would have traded away Duke Johnson if they didn't think, Uh, 0:06:46.680 --> 0:06:49.640 Dalton Hilliard. Don Trell Hilliard's gonna be able to do it. 0:06:49.720 --> 0:06:53.039 You did this show years ago. Dalton Hilliard was still 0:06:53.160 --> 0:06:56.520 when it was still relevant. On the redskin side disaster 0:06:56.760 --> 0:07:00.279 for the first the first team case, Kingdom started no 0:07:00.400 --> 0:07:03.080 get Darius guys in this game. The offensive line looked awful, 0:07:03.120 --> 0:07:05.680 and then even worse, Dwayne Haskins came in and looked 0:07:05.760 --> 0:07:08.960 brutal with two interceptions, including a pick six. It's all 0:07:09.040 --> 0:07:12.640 bad in Washington. This might be the NFL's least functional offense. 0:07:13.360 --> 0:07:16.360 Let's go. Let's go to our next Speaking in functional offense, 0:07:16.640 --> 0:07:19.239 let's go to Jacksonville. Let's talk about them. The Jags 0:07:19.280 --> 0:07:23.280 scored zero point, zero points, no for net, no folds 0:07:23.280 --> 0:07:26.560 in this game. They did have eight punts, two interceptions, 0:07:26.560 --> 0:07:30.480 and two turnovers on downs. Uh. That was it. The 0:07:30.560 --> 0:07:34.160 Jaguars were terrible. Um On the other side, Baltimore, Lamar 0:07:34.280 --> 0:07:37.520 Jackson was passing really well on his drive four for 0:07:37.680 --> 0:07:40.440 six for fifty nine yards plus a touchdown to Willie Snead. 0:07:41.000 --> 0:07:43.680 Keep an eye on Chris Moore, the wide receiver there. 0:07:43.840 --> 0:07:45.480 He ran with the first team and he seemed to 0:07:45.480 --> 0:07:48.480 have some pretty good chemistry with Jackson. Made a really good, tough, 0:07:48.520 --> 0:07:52.600 contested catch. And then finally Justice Hill. He looks really 0:07:52.720 --> 0:07:54.840 quick and I think he's the backup to mark Ingram 0:07:54.840 --> 0:07:57.320 in the past catching back. Caught a nice pass out 0:07:57.360 --> 0:07:59.800 of the backfield, cut up the field really well. Mark 0:08:00.000 --> 0:08:03.240 Graham doesn't have that kind of juice in his tank, 0:08:03.600 --> 0:08:06.400 but I really like mark Ingram still. Uh And and 0:08:06.560 --> 0:08:08.560 Ingram didn't play in this game, So Justice Hills the 0:08:08.600 --> 0:08:10.040 guy I want to keep my eye on, not just 0:08:10.120 --> 0:08:12.240 the backup. He's going to eat into Ingram's work might 0:08:13.200 --> 0:08:15.040 maybe the biggest upset, one of the two or three 0:08:15.080 --> 0:08:19.040 biggest upsets from last year was Detroit handling the Patriots. 0:08:19.080 --> 0:08:23.600 They met up again on Thursday night for a preseason version. Yes, 0:08:23.720 --> 0:08:26.239 sort of a revenge game from that Patricia who's already 0:08:26.240 --> 0:08:28.160 getting his head called for in Detroit, though after they 0:08:28.160 --> 0:08:30.800 scored three points and did absolutely nothing in this game, 0:08:30.840 --> 0:08:33.360 There's virtually nothing to talk about about the lines from 0:08:33.360 --> 0:08:36.640 a fantasy football perspective, and really the only player worth 0:08:36.679 --> 0:08:39.440 mentioning in this game, uh that Pertains of the show 0:08:39.480 --> 0:08:41.199 was and kill Harry looked pretty good for the amount 0:08:41.200 --> 0:08:42.920 of time he's on the field. That two nice grabs, 0:08:43.160 --> 0:08:45.240 but no one played in this game. Virtually no want 0:08:45.280 --> 0:08:47.080 nothing to talk about in this game. So I'm gonna 0:08:47.080 --> 0:08:48.680 save some time and kick it back to you. Charge. 0:08:48.760 --> 0:08:53.320 Tennessee took on Philadelphia and Marcus Mariota was inaccurate. He 0:08:53.360 --> 0:08:57.120 misfired on several of his passes. Ryan Tannehill looked far better, 0:08:57.200 --> 0:08:59.600 and he threw two touchdowns in the game. That's switch 0:08:59.640 --> 0:09:02.040 is gonna happens sooner than people so too. I think 0:09:02.120 --> 0:09:06.000 Mariota is the NFL's most vulnerable starter. I don't think 0:09:06.360 --> 0:09:09.440 in any size league you should be drafting Marcus Mariota 0:09:09.480 --> 0:09:11.880 at this point. He might not be the most vulnerable, 0:09:11.960 --> 0:09:15.400 but he's in the same realm as case Keenum and 0:09:15.520 --> 0:09:18.600 Ryan Fitzpatrick and those kind of guys who are expected 0:09:18.640 --> 0:09:21.800 to be battling opening openly battling for their jobs. Yeah, 0:09:21.800 --> 0:09:24.240 you're probably right about that. Adam Humphrey has had three 0:09:24.280 --> 0:09:27.720 targets on the first drive alone, and I think he's 0:09:27.720 --> 0:09:29.880 going to be a target sponge in this one in PPR. 0:09:30.040 --> 0:09:31.959 You want to move up Adam Humphreys. Let's go to 0:09:31.960 --> 0:09:34.800 the Philadelphia side. Carson Wentz didn't play, and then the 0:09:34.840 --> 0:09:39.880 backup Nick Sudfeld unfortunately ended up breaking his uh, either 0:09:39.960 --> 0:09:43.240 his wrist or his his lower arm, and uh, he's 0:09:43.240 --> 0:09:45.040 gonna he's gonna end up missing the better part of 0:09:45.080 --> 0:09:47.160 a couple of months on this And so suddenly, after 0:09:47.200 --> 0:09:50.240 losing Nick Foles, the quarterback situation is really bad. After 0:09:50.280 --> 0:09:54.079 Carson Wentz, Jordan Howard started, although Miles Sanders got in 0:09:54.120 --> 0:09:55.760 a lot of work, but neither of him did anything. 0:09:56.240 --> 0:10:00.080 Tons of targets to sophomore tight end Dallas Goddard. And 0:10:00.200 --> 0:10:02.440 this is a guy that I, well, I don't know, 0:10:02.520 --> 0:10:05.079 you want to draft him. This is why I've moved down. 0:10:05.400 --> 0:10:08.160 Zach Ertz and my cheat sheet. He's you know, most 0:10:08.200 --> 0:10:10.760 people have him as a as the big three tight ends, 0:10:10.760 --> 0:10:12.840 and he's one of the big three. It's not my 0:10:12.920 --> 0:10:15.280 top three. And this is why you have a big 0:10:15.320 --> 0:10:17.200 two tight ends. I have a big I do have 0:10:17.240 --> 0:10:19.640 a big two tight ends. I've got Hunter Henry I 0:10:19.679 --> 0:10:22.959 had of ahead of him. Zach Ertz. Uh, he's a beast. 0:10:22.960 --> 0:10:26.360 By the way, so big Dallas Goddard cheez man. I 0:10:26.400 --> 0:10:28.839 loved how they real life snipe to the Cowboys in 0:10:28.880 --> 0:10:33.079 the draft because Dallas and they moved up and they 0:10:33.080 --> 0:10:35.600 just took him right out under him. A rookie wide receiver. 0:10:35.720 --> 0:10:41.120 J j Arthega, that is the correct pronunciation I learned 0:10:41.120 --> 0:10:43.679 from the podcast. He's gonna call him j Jaw all year. 0:10:43.960 --> 0:10:47.920 Jay Jaws. Jaws is something I'm Jaws. I like Jaws. 0:10:48.080 --> 0:10:51.720 That works too. Both of his parents pro basketball players 0:10:51.720 --> 0:10:55.280 in Spain. By the way, I learned, he's an athlete. 0:10:55.320 --> 0:10:58.600 He made one diving play on an overthrown ball and 0:10:58.679 --> 0:11:02.160 got one hand on it, didn't almost pulled it in, 0:11:02.520 --> 0:11:06.520 but dimmed. Next time, let's go to Atlanta taking on Miami, 0:11:06.559 --> 0:11:10.319 and oh, we've got some storylines here. If you Stu Beard, 0:11:11.040 --> 0:11:14.600 Ryan Fitzpatrick and Kenyan Drake were the starters. We've heard 0:11:14.600 --> 0:11:18.200 all offseason that klin Blage was going to uh usurped 0:11:18.200 --> 0:11:20.199 that job from Kenyan Drake, but Drake was the starter. 0:11:20.280 --> 0:11:22.040 He took the first play of the game eight yards, 0:11:22.360 --> 0:11:24.440 basically did nothing else the rest of his time in 0:11:24.480 --> 0:11:27.720 the game. Josh Rosen came in later in the game. 0:11:28.160 --> 0:11:31.880 He was beat up badly by the second team offensive line, 0:11:31.920 --> 0:11:34.800 but he still managed a decent thirteen for twenty for 0:11:34.840 --> 0:11:38.400 a hundred and nine one yards, and klin Blage he 0:11:38.520 --> 0:11:40.640 ran with the second team. He looked really good, was 0:11:40.760 --> 0:11:43.760 running downhill. He had six carries for twenty three yards 0:11:43.800 --> 0:11:47.040 and a score. Um On the Falcon side, there really 0:11:47.080 --> 0:11:50.000 wasn't that much to talk about. No Matt Ryan, Julio Jones, 0:11:50.080 --> 0:11:53.240 DeVante Freeman, or Calvin Ridley. Edo Smith ran with the 0:11:53.240 --> 0:11:55.199 Ones and he scored on a goal line dive. But 0:11:55.480 --> 0:11:58.079 that was really it for the Falcons. You were missing. 0:11:58.120 --> 0:12:01.160 I think the biggest story that was Miami game. Preston Williams, 0:12:01.200 --> 0:12:04.400 the wide receiver with the four insane catches in this game. 0:12:04.920 --> 0:12:09.040 That's he is a He's a regular receiver. Victor Cruz. 0:12:09.480 --> 0:12:12.880 Remember the Victor Cruz preseason Great, that was huge. Uh 0:12:13.200 --> 0:12:16.600 the bid on him was troubled player who was off 0:12:16.600 --> 0:12:20.480 of most draft boards because character concerns. Otherwise would have 0:12:20.520 --> 0:12:23.160 probably been a second round ish wide receiver, one of 0:12:23.160 --> 0:12:25.880 the first receivers taken, but most teams wouldn't touch him. 0:12:26.080 --> 0:12:28.480 But you're the Dolphins, so why not? You have nothing 0:12:28.480 --> 0:12:32.320 to lose anybody? Well, yeah, in Miami there's a lot 0:12:32.360 --> 0:12:36.719 of inappropriate touching. So he looked fantastic. And somebody I'm 0:12:36.720 --> 0:12:39.439 definitely keeping an eye on is somebody that might emerge 0:12:39.520 --> 0:12:42.160 out of the crud that is the wide receiver group 0:12:42.160 --> 0:12:45.520 in Miami. Insert Albert Wilson going come on, hey, what 0:12:45.640 --> 0:12:48.960 about me? Us the year of DeVante Parker. It's gonna happen. 0:12:49.360 --> 0:12:53.000 I'm just kidding. Houston taking on the Packers, Brian another 0:12:53.120 --> 0:12:57.000 lame game. No Duke Johnson for Houston. No surprise there, though. 0:12:57.080 --> 0:13:00.199 Kicky Cutie did suffer a pretty gruesome looking ankle injury. 0:13:00.600 --> 0:13:03.120 His availability for Week one certainly in question, something to 0:13:03.160 --> 0:13:05.880 keep an eye on. I'm not too interested in his replacement, 0:13:06.160 --> 0:13:08.320 but it certainly bumps up the value of Will Fuller 0:13:08.400 --> 0:13:11.600 and uh DeAndre Hopkins who can't go up much higher. Um, 0:13:11.800 --> 0:13:14.679 But again, nothing to really glean from this. The only 0:13:14.679 --> 0:13:16.360 thing that the Green Bay side no one really played. 0:13:16.360 --> 0:13:18.120 Dexter Williams set a lot of a lot of work 0:13:18.160 --> 0:13:21.080 rookie running back. I bet he takes over the backup 0:13:21.200 --> 0:13:24.160 role over Jamal Williams at some point, but that's about it. Yeah, 0:13:24.160 --> 0:13:26.880 and Jones and Trenched the starter, he didn't play. Nobody played. 0:13:27.040 --> 0:13:31.640 Lame game Carolina took on Chicago Carolina side, none of 0:13:31.679 --> 0:13:33.439 the starters played, and there's nothing to see here other 0:13:33.480 --> 0:13:36.440 than I'll mention the Carolina's rebuild offensive line look bad. 0:13:36.920 --> 0:13:39.920 So other than that, nothing talking about the Carolina side. 0:13:40.200 --> 0:13:44.480 On the Chicago side though, probably the biggest story coming 0:13:44.559 --> 0:13:47.800 out of at least the Thursday night games for sure, 0:13:48.559 --> 0:13:53.440 David Montgomery, oh man, did he look good? To put 0:13:53.440 --> 0:13:57.280 your pants back on? He he played in several like Davis, 0:13:57.280 --> 0:13:59.319 got the start for one series and then he was out. 0:13:59.760 --> 0:14:01.680 So let me mention that first, it was Mike Davis 0:14:01.679 --> 0:14:04.560 at first, and he didn't do much. Den Montgomery comes 0:14:04.559 --> 0:14:07.600 out and looks every bit as good at the NFL 0:14:07.720 --> 0:14:11.040 level as he did at Iowa State. The balance, the vision, 0:14:11.120 --> 0:14:15.160 the shiftiness talking about the worthy hoping start for Mike Davis. 0:14:15.200 --> 0:14:18.319 That really was Come on, Um Davis is not bad, 0:14:18.840 --> 0:14:22.640 but still, you know, that's that's a whole different story altogether. 0:14:23.360 --> 0:14:26.320 Um Montgomery. That's I'm telling you, guys, he's gonna catch 0:14:26.360 --> 0:14:28.840 a bunch of passes. He looked awfully nice in this one. 0:14:30.280 --> 0:14:34.240 We'll take a momentary pause and coming up next the 0:14:34.320 --> 0:14:38.160 Peacock Off in the final group of our of our 0:14:38.520 --> 0:15:00.160 preseason recaps. It's Fantasy Football Weekly. This is Fantasy Football 0:15:00.000 --> 0:15:11.680 a weekly Fantasy Football Weekly returns and if you want 0:15:11.680 --> 0:15:14.000 to fall along with my rankings, it's available for free 0:15:14.040 --> 0:15:16.880 at fanball dot com. Go to famball dot com slash 0:15:17.240 --> 0:15:21.680 charch ranks, c H A R c H ranks. I 0:15:21.760 --> 0:15:24.120 am Paul Charchy and that's where my play rankings are 0:15:24.120 --> 0:15:27.520 famball dot com slash charts ranks. You can follow along, guys. 0:15:27.560 --> 0:15:30.080 I want to get to the final two preseason games 0:15:30.120 --> 0:15:31.520 that we're gonna talk about on the show, and then 0:15:31.520 --> 0:15:33.880 I want to get to the Peacock Off, which is 0:15:33.960 --> 0:15:40.360 where we make our boldest peacock worthy predictions for the year. 0:15:41.400 --> 0:15:45.960 We begin Denver taking on Seattle Thursday night. Matt what 0:15:46.080 --> 0:15:48.440 did you see Philip Lindsay was the focal point of 0:15:48.480 --> 0:15:50.880 the first three plays for the Broncos. A one yard run, 0:15:50.920 --> 0:15:52.840 a ten yard run in a nine yard reception. Not 0:15:52.920 --> 0:15:56.240 bad for the first three plays. Then Royce Freeman came in. Yeah, 0:15:56.320 --> 0:15:58.360 ran for no gain. And on it's the third and 0:15:58.400 --> 0:16:01.440 one snap, he took it fifth the yards untouched and 0:16:01.480 --> 0:16:04.880 got caught from behind, untouched, caught from behind, wide open hole. 0:16:05.640 --> 0:16:08.680 I was surprised that he got caught. I was too. 0:16:08.800 --> 0:16:12.760 He's not fast. Oh he's not. Philip Lindsay that he's 0:16:12.800 --> 0:16:16.680 a way better running back than than Royce. So yeah, 0:16:17.000 --> 0:16:19.520 I'm just gonna kind of back off of Royce for 0:16:19.600 --> 0:16:24.560 this year. Uh the yeah, that's really really about it. 0:16:24.800 --> 0:16:28.400 There's a time share there, but I hope it's I 0:16:28.400 --> 0:16:29.920 know there was a time share at this time last 0:16:29.960 --> 0:16:34.080 year too. On the Seahawks side, Gino Smith drew the start. Uh. 0:16:34.280 --> 0:16:37.400 There was a late first quarter play where Gino threw 0:16:37.440 --> 0:16:40.240 it to dk Metcalf right at the sticks for a 0:16:40.280 --> 0:16:45.520 first down. Backup corner Davante boss By out muscled the 0:16:45.600 --> 0:16:50.680 giant Metcalf and swatted down the ball. Metcalf looked every 0:16:50.720 --> 0:16:54.600 bit a rookie and it scares me seeing that right there. 0:16:54.680 --> 0:16:57.360 I I have a feeling that he's going to just 0:16:57.480 --> 0:17:00.000 not have a good first year in the NFL. Chris 0:17:00.040 --> 0:17:03.240 Carson didn't play for the Seahawks, needed Russell Wilson, Rashad 0:17:03.280 --> 0:17:06.159 Penny had a meager six for fifteen rushing. So not 0:17:06.240 --> 0:17:08.399 much else to see here on the Seattle side. Chargers 0:17:08.440 --> 0:17:12.080 took on the Cardinals and the Kyler Murray debut. We 0:17:12.160 --> 0:17:15.919 only got one series from him, A buddy look. He 0:17:16.000 --> 0:17:18.440 did look good. He also looked very small out there. 0:17:19.040 --> 0:17:22.480 Someone just someone took you know, video from their phone 0:17:22.480 --> 0:17:24.200 of the team running out and of course he comes 0:17:24.240 --> 0:17:27.680 out after the lineman and someone tweeted like he looked 0:17:27.680 --> 0:17:29.159 like a make a Wish kid coming out, and he 0:17:29.200 --> 0:17:30.960 really did. But yeah, you look good. But on the ball, 0:17:31.000 --> 0:17:33.639 didn't run the ball at all, but um forty four yards. 0:17:33.760 --> 0:17:37.040 Uh it wasn't electrifying by any means. But hopefully we 0:17:37.080 --> 0:17:39.919 see more next time. Uh. No, No other big names 0:17:39.920 --> 0:17:42.960 played for Arizona. No David Johnson, no Larry Fitzgerald. A 0:17:43.000 --> 0:17:44.840 lot more to talk about on the San Diego side. 0:17:45.000 --> 0:17:47.080 Not in the passing game, Mike Williams didn't make an 0:17:47.119 --> 0:17:49.840 amazing over the shoulder, and he'll do that a lot 0:17:49.920 --> 0:17:52.119 this year. But um, it was it was the running 0:17:52.119 --> 0:17:54.920 backs that is worth talking about here. Austin Ekeler got 0:17:54.960 --> 0:17:57.600 the start, he looked pretty good. He did bumble from 0:17:57.600 --> 0:17:59.960 the two yard line, though that's not a good start. 0:18:00.160 --> 0:18:04.879 And then to compound matters for or Ekera leivers, Justin 0:18:04.960 --> 0:18:07.080 Jackson had a really nice touchdown on from the five, 0:18:07.320 --> 0:18:09.560 ran right over a cornerback on his way, and he 0:18:09.600 --> 0:18:12.239 looked powerful. So I'm like in Jackson a little more 0:18:12.240 --> 0:18:16.280 than Echolor, just based on Deckler. It's kind of the almost, 0:18:16.320 --> 0:18:18.520 you know, the scat back of the two, but neither 0:18:18.560 --> 0:18:23.560 it built like Melvin. They're both good. So the Chargers 0:18:23.600 --> 0:18:27.320 have no interest in making this a high priced addition 0:18:27.359 --> 0:18:30.560 to their team. Not only that, if I'm the Chargers, 0:18:30.720 --> 0:18:33.480 who by the way they offered, they offered ten millions 0:18:33.880 --> 0:18:36.280 or they ten to twelve million here, which is the 0:18:36.480 --> 0:18:40.000 absolute high end of what any starting running back makes 0:18:40.000 --> 0:18:43.080 in today's mark, And I think I would rescind it, 0:18:43.680 --> 0:18:46.119 and I would be just happy to move on and 0:18:46.160 --> 0:18:48.600 not have committed ten million of my precious salary cap 0:18:48.600 --> 0:18:50.359 dollars to the running back position. When I got two 0:18:50.400 --> 0:18:52.880 guys who were perfectly functional. See what you can trade 0:18:52.920 --> 0:18:55.480 them for? Like, just open the phone lines and go 0:18:55.600 --> 0:18:58.080 best offer. Let's go. Ye, some team is you know, 0:18:58.680 --> 0:19:01.359 breaking news running backs to get hurt at some point, 0:19:01.400 --> 0:19:04.680 there's going to be an opportunity to trade away Melvin 0:19:04.760 --> 0:19:07.760 Gordon to a team that's got you know, playoff aspirations 0:19:07.760 --> 0:19:11.720 and just lost their starting running back called Dallas. Wouldn't 0:19:11.720 --> 0:19:15.280 that be funny they signed? They signed Melvin Gordon over 0:19:15.400 --> 0:19:21.280 Zeke man Um. That's it for that. That's it. Yeah, alright, 0:19:21.359 --> 0:19:23.840 nothing more on Kyler Murray. I thought he looked good. 0:19:23.880 --> 0:19:28.320 He's short, he was mostly short. What is he like? 0:19:28.320 --> 0:19:31.800 Six of seven mostly start, It was very conservative. He 0:19:31.800 --> 0:19:33.520 took a sack, he got sacked. But you won't wait 0:19:33.520 --> 0:19:36.359 to see. But kirk me if I'm wrong. They started 0:19:36.359 --> 0:19:38.160 at their own two yard line. They went the entire 0:19:40.040 --> 0:19:45.320 which is gonna be all Christian Kirk really really interested 0:19:45.640 --> 0:19:47.840 in Christian Kirk. And I've had him ranked in the 0:19:48.040 --> 0:19:50.960 low thirties for most most of the season. If you 0:19:51.000 --> 0:19:53.600 know I've got I've got Kyler Murray at quarterback seven. 0:19:54.119 --> 0:19:57.320 If we think I think he's that good, his receivers 0:19:57.320 --> 0:19:59.320 have to catch some passes in here too, So we're 0:19:59.320 --> 0:20:01.119 gonna talk about all the rookie receivers. They have to 0:20:02.240 --> 0:20:04.640 they are deep and deep and rookie receivers. All right, 0:20:05.280 --> 0:20:07.080 this is a segment we do uh e season. We 0:20:07.160 --> 0:20:11.119 like to call the peacock Off. Now let's explain how 0:20:11.119 --> 0:20:14.159 it works after this. That's the peaks That is the 0:20:14.280 --> 0:20:16.920 bas scott of the peacock off. Right there, you can peacock. 0:20:17.040 --> 0:20:20.479 You peacocked one Patrick Mahomes last year in this segment. 0:20:20.720 --> 0:20:23.880 Last year, in this segment, I said Patrick Mahomes would 0:20:23.920 --> 0:20:26.399 be a top ten quarterback. Now what makes it sound 0:20:26.440 --> 0:20:27.960 like not a big deal? Now, well, you need to 0:20:28.040 --> 0:20:30.720 understand it. This time last year, Patrick Mahomes is a 0:20:30.880 --> 0:20:36.000 d P was quarterback eighteen. So I was giving you know, 0:20:36.240 --> 0:20:38.560 you know, saying that Patrickmomes would be top ten, was 0:20:38.960 --> 0:20:41.000 going out on a limit. This time last year. It 0:20:41.000 --> 0:20:44.000 sounds obvious. Now I had Eric Ebron as a top 0:20:44.040 --> 0:20:46.440 five tight end and you laughed at me, My dad, 0:20:46.520 --> 0:20:49.720 you can peacock that. By the way, I was not 0:20:49.800 --> 0:20:52.760 a believer in Eric Ebron because he had They needed 0:20:52.840 --> 0:20:55.640 him so desperately for the friend Detroit for so many years. 0:20:55.640 --> 0:21:00.000 They could never produced. Come on, well, it's not automatic. 0:21:00.119 --> 0:21:01.840 We're tight ends go to die. Don't tell that to 0:21:01.920 --> 0:21:05.280 t J. Hockinson. It might be all right. Let's let's 0:21:05.280 --> 0:21:09.119 begin with I want I want to bold predictions from 0:21:09.160 --> 0:21:11.760 each of you one a time, UM, and I will 0:21:11.800 --> 0:21:13.840 work myself into this as well. Let's start with Brian, 0:21:13.880 --> 0:21:19.080 what is your first peacock off bold predictions? I'm going 0:21:19.160 --> 0:21:22.160 with Jared Goff, who will finish as a top five 0:21:22.240 --> 0:21:24.600 quarterback this year and right now his ADP is twelve 0:21:24.680 --> 0:21:27.760 thirteen range. Um. Really, this is more about the system 0:21:27.800 --> 0:21:31.320 than the quarterback and the surrounding talent in that system. Um, 0:21:31.440 --> 0:21:35.480