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Speaker 1: is a preseason edition of Fantasy Football Weekly, So everything
Speaker 1: we're doing in this show is built around helping you
Speaker 1: crush your draft or auction. We have a whole different
Speaker 1: format when we get to the regular season or breaking
Speaker 1: down all the games. Really, I think my goal here,
Speaker 1: guys is I want the listeners to just even if
Speaker 1: just make crushed two picks in their draft or auction
Speaker 1: that they wouldn't have hit otherwise. And that's all you need.
Speaker 1: If you have a two player differential in your raspensive
Speaker 1: huge difference. That's the goal for this shows the right
Speaker 1: land mine. So we got that. That's almost the same
Speaker 1: thing that counts is to missing up. You know, avoiding
Speaker 1: bad picks would be one of the two and improving
Speaker 1: you pick would be another two that works. That absolutely works. Uh,
Speaker 1: let's let's get those two picks onto your team. Over
Speaker 1: the course of today, we're going to talk through the
Speaker 1: highlights from the preseason action, answer some tough Westion's, provide
Speaker 1: some bold predictions, look at how the high stakes players
Speaker 1: are shaping their drafts, and we'll look ahead three years
Speaker 1: out for today's rookies to help some of you in
Speaker 1: Dynasty and Empire leagues. And we'll wrap up the show
Speaker 1: like we always do with some of our favorite sleepers
Speaker 1: for this year. All that Comic Fantasy Football Weekly let's
Speaker 1: let's begin here with a recap of some of the
Speaker 1: notable things that have come out of the first preseason games.
Speaker 1: And guys, there's not always a lot to talk about
Speaker 1: in the first preseason, you know, but then again, sometimes
Speaker 1: good things do happen, and we do have some storylines
Speaker 1: from week number one. Let's begin, Matt with the Colts
Speaker 1: and Bills game. Sometimes you can glean some good information
Speaker 1: and sometimes you just look at the running backs in
Speaker 1: Buffalo and you get nothing. T J. Yeldon fumbled the
Speaker 1: ball while running right up the gut. Not a good uh,
Speaker 1: introduction to him in Buffalo. So he was replaced by
Speaker 1: Sonora's Perry who a second quarter goal line touchdown. Oh
Speaker 1: now it's a five way time share. Frank Gore had
Speaker 1: two carries. McCoy didn't play. Devin Singletary got most of
Speaker 1: the work. Church. Do you know how many times he
Speaker 1: ran in this game? Um wait, I'm just gonna make
Speaker 1: a bold, Guests, you got it right nine times? Um
Speaker 1: on the was to me that was principal uh Rooney.
Speaker 1: Uh So that was the most important thing on the
Speaker 1: Buffalo side. On the Colt side, there was not much
Speaker 1: to talk about at all. Look Marlon mack uh t,
Speaker 1: Y Hilton, Paris Campbell all set out. But do you
Speaker 1: remember Chad Kelly, former Broncos Kelly, I thought, wait a minute,
Speaker 1: I thought he was playing for for the sing sing team.
Speaker 1: He's on the Colts now. He had a really nice
Speaker 1: QB keeper for a touchdown. He had fifty three yards
Speaker 1: on the ground, also looked good in the air thirteen
Speaker 1: of nineteen one one. He's behind Jacoby Brisette in the
Speaker 1: packing order. But Chad Kelly, it was like, well, that
Speaker 1: guy was good and the Broncos are really helpful. It
Speaker 1: was never that Chad Kelly is not good enough. The
Speaker 1: problem was he's not sane enough. That's true. That's what's
Speaker 1: been the issue. Briant Jets take took on the Giants,
Speaker 1: and we've got a brewing controversy in New York. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we'll get to that in a second. Um despite standing
Speaker 1: on the sideline and just shorts and T shirt, though
Speaker 1: Sae Kwon Barkley didn't play, but was targeted by Eli
Speaker 1: Manning a couple time for negative are yards a distressed
Speaker 1: Eli Manning. But the controversy 're alluding to charge was
Speaker 1: Daniel Jones looked really good. Uh perfect five for five
Speaker 1: through touchdown. It was kind of odd that he didn't
Speaker 1: play more though. It's almost like the Giants are trying
Speaker 1: to avoid a quarterback controversy. It's like the paper Mayfield treatment. Well,
Speaker 1: they're gonna try to stash him on their practice squad.
Speaker 1: Let's be real, they don't want anybody to find out
Speaker 1: about Well, he looked good. It's only a matter of
Speaker 1: time before Daniel Jones is a starter in New York.
Speaker 1: Um Cody Lattimer real quick looks to be the starting
Speaker 1: wide receiver obviously, golden tap Sorry upset Sterling Shepherd. Uh
Speaker 1: oh man if Sterling Shepherd actually does start to see
Speaker 1: he's gonna be ready, you think, so that's that's the word.
Speaker 1: He'll be ready. So um, but that's all to talk about.
Speaker 1: In the New York side, the Jets first team offense
Speaker 1: looked really sharp. Um Jameson Crowder capted with a touchdown,
Speaker 1: Sam Donald the Great Chris Hernon had a nice grab.
Speaker 1: Don't forget though he's suspended the first four games, so
Speaker 1: that will have a negative impact on offense. But um,
Speaker 1: the offense looked good as a whole. Levy On Bell
Speaker 1: did not play either, and Um that's all for that
Speaker 1: game in deeper leagues, because Chris Herndon, I think is
Speaker 1: gonna be very good when he does come back. He's
Speaker 1: gonna be starter caliber tight end. If you ultra sloft
Speaker 1: that position, you'll take any of the top ten tight ends.
Speaker 1: Last two picks of your draft. You go tight end
Speaker 1: Chris Herndon, and you just muddle by for four weeks
Speaker 1: and then start Chris Herndon. I saw Evan Silva tweet
Speaker 1: this where he said, you get Tyler Eiffert for the
Speaker 1: first four weeks while he's healthy, perfect, and then and
Speaker 1: then just go to Chris Herndon and you could Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's more like the first four minutes of the first
Speaker 1: quarter of the season, Washington took on Cleveland. The aforementioned
Speaker 1: Browns and Freddie Kitchens ran the two human at offense,
Speaker 1: with Baker Mayfield starting deep in their own territory, and
Speaker 1: it was an evisceration of the Redskins defense. Baker Mayfield
Speaker 1: blasted through them with a series of easy first downs
Speaker 1: and then a laser touchdown to Richard Higgins, who's turning
Speaker 1: into a nice sleeper candidate. Nick Chubb touched the ball
Speaker 1: two times when was a fourteen yard game. One was
Speaker 1: a fifteen yard game. Both the first downs the new
Speaker 1: Duke Johnson. And this is a great sleeper for your
Speaker 1: late in your draft. The new Duke Johnson is Dontrelle Hilliard.
Speaker 1: Dontrelle Hilliard, who's going to be a PPR helper. He's
Speaker 1: a pass catching specialist. And Nick Chubb's not gonna be
Speaker 1: you know, they're gonna run nient of the plays. It's
Speaker 1: because he's the new Duke Johnson. I don't think they
Speaker 1: would have traded away Duke Johnson if they didn't think, Uh,
Speaker 1: Dalton Hilliard. Don Trell Hilliard's gonna be able to do it.
Speaker 1: You did this show years ago. Dalton Hilliard was still
Speaker 1: when it was still relevant. On the redskin side disaster
Speaker 1: for the first the first team case, Kingdom started no
Speaker 1: get Darius guys in this game. The offensive line looked awful,
Speaker 1: and then even worse, Dwayne Haskins came in and looked
Speaker 1: brutal with two interceptions, including a pick six. It's all
Speaker 1: bad in Washington. This might be the NFL's least functional offense.
Speaker 1: Let's go. Let's go to our next Speaking in functional offense,
Speaker 1: let's go to Jacksonville. Let's talk about them. The Jags
Speaker 1: scored zero point, zero points, no for net, no folds
Speaker 1: in this game. They did have eight punts, two interceptions,
Speaker 1: and two turnovers on downs. Uh. That was it. The
Speaker 1: Jaguars were terrible. Um On the other side, Baltimore, Lamar
Speaker 1: Jackson was passing really well on his drive four for
Speaker 1: six for fifty nine yards plus a touchdown to Willie Snead.
Speaker 1: Keep an eye on Chris Moore, the wide receiver there.
Speaker 1: He ran with the first team and he seemed to
Speaker 1: have some pretty good chemistry with Jackson. Made a really good, tough,
Speaker 1: contested catch. And then finally Justice Hill. He looks really
Speaker 1: quick and I think he's the backup to mark Ingram
Speaker 1: in the past catching back. Caught a nice pass out
Speaker 1: of the backfield, cut up the field really well. Mark
Speaker 1: Graham doesn't have that kind of juice in his tank,
Speaker 1: but I really like mark Ingram still. Uh And and
Speaker 1: Ingram didn't play in this game, So Justice Hills the
Speaker 1: guy I want to keep my eye on, not just
Speaker 1: the backup. He's going to eat into Ingram's work might
Speaker 1: maybe the biggest upset, one of the two or three
Speaker 1: biggest upsets from last year was Detroit handling the Patriots.
Speaker 1: They met up again on Thursday night for a preseason version. Yes,
Speaker 1: sort of a revenge game from that Patricia who's already
Speaker 1: getting his head called for in Detroit, though after they
Speaker 1: scored three points and did absolutely nothing in this game,
Speaker 1: There's virtually nothing to talk about about the lines from
Speaker 1: a fantasy football perspective, and really the only player worth
Speaker 1: mentioning in this game, uh that Pertains of the show
Speaker 1: was and kill Harry looked pretty good for the amount
Speaker 1: of time he's on the field. That two nice grabs,
Speaker 1: but no one played in this game. Virtually no want
Speaker 1: nothing to talk about in this game. So I'm gonna
Speaker 1: save some time and kick it back to you. Charge.
Speaker 1: Tennessee took on Philadelphia and Marcus Mariota was inaccurate. He
Speaker 1: misfired on several of his passes. Ryan Tannehill looked far better,
Speaker 1: and he threw two touchdowns in the game. That's switch
Speaker 1: is gonna happens sooner than people so too. I think
Speaker 1: Mariota is the NFL's most vulnerable starter. I don't think
Speaker 1: in any size league you should be drafting Marcus Mariota
Speaker 1: at this point. He might not be the most vulnerable,
Speaker 1: but he's in the same realm as case Keenum and
Speaker 1: Ryan Fitzpatrick and those kind of guys who are expected
Speaker 1: to be battling opening openly battling for their jobs. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you're probably right about that. Adam Humphrey has had three
Speaker 1: targets on the first drive alone, and I think he's
Speaker 1: going to be a target sponge in this one in PPR.
Speaker 1: You want to move up Adam Humphreys. Let's go to
Speaker 1: the Philadelphia side. Carson Wentz didn't play, and then the
Speaker 1: backup Nick Sudfeld unfortunately ended up breaking his uh, either
Speaker 1: his wrist or his his lower arm, and uh, he's
Speaker 1: gonna he's gonna end up missing the better part of
Speaker 1: a couple of months on this And so suddenly, after
Speaker 1: losing Nick Foles, the quarterback situation is really bad. After
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz, Jordan Howard started, although Miles Sanders got in
Speaker 1: a lot of work, but neither of him did anything.
Speaker 1: Tons of targets to sophomore tight end Dallas Goddard. And
Speaker 1: this is a guy that I, well, I don't know,
Speaker 1: you want to draft him. This is why I've moved down.
Speaker 1: Zach Ertz and my cheat sheet. He's you know, most
Speaker 1: people have him as a as the big three tight ends,
Speaker 1: and he's one of the big three. It's not my
Speaker 1: top three. And this is why you have a big
Speaker 1: two tight ends. I have a big I do have
Speaker 1: a big two tight ends. I've got Hunter Henry I
Speaker 1: had of ahead of him. Zach Ertz. Uh, he's a beast.
Speaker 1: By the way, so big Dallas Goddard cheez man. I
Speaker 1: loved how they real life snipe to the Cowboys in
Speaker 1: the draft because Dallas and they moved up and they
Speaker 1: just took him right out under him. A rookie wide receiver.
Speaker 1: J j Arthega, that is the correct pronunciation I learned
Speaker 1: from the podcast. He's gonna call him j Jaw all year.
Speaker 1: Jay Jaws. Jaws is something I'm Jaws. I like Jaws.
Speaker 1: That works too. Both of his parents pro basketball players
Speaker 1: in Spain. By the way, I learned, he's an athlete.
Speaker 1: He made one diving play on an overthrown ball and
Speaker 1: got one hand on it, didn't almost pulled it in,
Speaker 1: but dimmed. Next time, let's go to Atlanta taking on Miami,
Speaker 1: and oh, we've got some storylines here. If you Stu Beard,
Speaker 1: Ryan Fitzpatrick and Kenyan Drake were the starters. We've heard
Speaker 1: all offseason that klin Blage was going to uh usurped
Speaker 1: that job from Kenyan Drake, but Drake was the starter.
Speaker 1: He took the first play of the game eight yards,
Speaker 1: basically did nothing else the rest of his time in
Speaker 1: the game. Josh Rosen came in later in the game.
Speaker 1: He was beat up badly by the second team offensive line,
Speaker 1: but he still managed a decent thirteen for twenty for
Speaker 1: a hundred and nine one yards, and klin Blage he
Speaker 1: ran with the second team. He looked really good, was
Speaker 1: running downhill. He had six carries for twenty three yards
Speaker 1: and a score. Um On the Falcon side, there really
Speaker 1: wasn't that much to talk about. No Matt Ryan, Julio Jones,
Speaker 1: DeVante Freeman, or Calvin Ridley. Edo Smith ran with the
Speaker 1: Ones and he scored on a goal line dive. But
Speaker 1: that was really it for the Falcons. You were missing.
Speaker 1: I think the biggest story that was Miami game. Preston Williams,
Speaker 1: the wide receiver with the four insane catches in this game.
Speaker 1: That's he is a He's a regular receiver. Victor Cruz.
Speaker 1: Remember the Victor Cruz preseason Great, that was huge. Uh
Speaker 1: the bid on him was troubled player who was off
Speaker 1: of most draft boards because character concerns. Otherwise would have
Speaker 1: probably been a second round ish wide receiver, one of
Speaker 1: the first receivers taken, but most teams wouldn't touch him.
Speaker 1: But you're the Dolphins, so why not? You have nothing
Speaker 1: to lose anybody? Well, yeah, in Miami there's a lot
Speaker 1: of inappropriate touching. So he looked fantastic. And somebody I'm
Speaker 1: definitely keeping an eye on is somebody that might emerge
Speaker 1: out of the crud that is the wide receiver group
Speaker 1: in Miami. Insert Albert Wilson going come on, hey, what
Speaker 1: about me? Us the year of DeVante Parker. It's gonna happen.
Speaker 1: I'm just kidding. Houston taking on the Packers, Brian another
Speaker 1: lame game. No Duke Johnson for Houston. No surprise there, though.
Speaker 1: Kicky Cutie did suffer a pretty gruesome looking ankle injury.
Speaker 1: His availability for Week one certainly in question, something to
Speaker 1: keep an eye on. I'm not too interested in his replacement,
Speaker 1: but it certainly bumps up the value of Will Fuller
Speaker 1: and uh DeAndre Hopkins who can't go up much higher. Um,
Speaker 1: But again, nothing to really glean from this. The only
Speaker 1: thing that the Green Bay side no one really played.
Speaker 1: Dexter Williams set a lot of a lot of work
Speaker 1: rookie running back. I bet he takes over the backup
Speaker 1: role over Jamal Williams at some point, but that's about it. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and Jones and Trenched the starter, he didn't play. Nobody played.
Speaker 1: Lame game Carolina took on Chicago Carolina side, none of
Speaker 1: the starters played, and there's nothing to see here other
Speaker 1: than I'll mention the Carolina's rebuild offensive line look bad.
Speaker 1: So other than that, nothing talking about the Carolina side.
Speaker 1: On the Chicago side though, probably the biggest story coming
Speaker 1: out of at least the Thursday night games for sure,
Speaker 1: David Montgomery, oh man, did he look good? To put
Speaker 1: your pants back on? He he played in several like Davis,
Speaker 1: got the start for one series and then he was out.
Speaker 1: So let me mention that first, it was Mike Davis
Speaker 1: at first, and he didn't do much. Den Montgomery comes
Speaker 1: out and looks every bit as good at the NFL
Speaker 1: level as he did at Iowa State. The balance, the vision,
Speaker 1: the shiftiness talking about the worthy hoping start for Mike Davis.
Speaker 1: That really was Come on, Um Davis is not bad,
Speaker 1: but still, you know, that's that's a whole different story altogether.
Speaker 1: Um Montgomery. That's I'm telling you, guys, he's gonna catch
Speaker 1: a bunch of passes. He looked awfully nice in this one.
Speaker 1: We'll take a momentary pause and coming up next the
Speaker 1: Peacock Off in the final group of our of our
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Speaker 1: I want to get to the final two preseason games
Speaker 1: that we're gonna talk about on the show, and then
Speaker 1: I want to get to the Peacock Off, which is
Speaker 1: where we make our boldest peacock worthy predictions for the year.
Speaker 1: We begin Denver taking on Seattle Thursday night. Matt what
Speaker 1: did you see Philip Lindsay was the focal point of
Speaker 1: the first three plays for the Broncos. A one yard run,
Speaker 1: a ten yard run in a nine yard reception. Not
Speaker 1: bad for the first three plays. Then Royce Freeman came in. Yeah,
Speaker 1: ran for no gain. And on it's the third and
Speaker 1: one snap, he took it fifth the yards untouched and
Speaker 1: got caught from behind, untouched, caught from behind, wide open hole.
Speaker 1: I was surprised that he got caught. I was too.
Speaker 1: He's not fast. Oh he's not. Philip Lindsay that he's
Speaker 1: a way better running back than than Royce. So yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna kind of back off of Royce for
Speaker 1: this year. Uh the yeah, that's really really about it.
Speaker 1: There's a time share there, but I hope it's I
Speaker 1: know there was a time share at this time last
Speaker 1: year too. On the Seahawks side, Gino Smith drew the start. Uh.
Speaker 1: There was a late first quarter play where Gino threw
Speaker 1: it to dk Metcalf right at the sticks for a
Speaker 1: first down. Backup corner Davante boss By out muscled the
Speaker 1: giant Metcalf and swatted down the ball. Metcalf looked every
Speaker 1: bit a rookie and it scares me seeing that right there.
Speaker 1: I I have a feeling that he's going to just
Speaker 1: not have a good first year in the NFL. Chris
Speaker 1: Carson didn't play for the Seahawks, needed Russell Wilson, Rashad
Speaker 1: Penny had a meager six for fifteen rushing. So not
Speaker 1: much else to see here on the Seattle side. Chargers
Speaker 1: took on the Cardinals and the Kyler Murray debut. We
Speaker 1: only got one series from him, A buddy look. He
Speaker 1: did look good. He also looked very small out there.
Speaker 1: Someone just someone took you know, video from their phone
Speaker 1: of the team running out and of course he comes
Speaker 1: out after the lineman and someone tweeted like he looked
Speaker 1: like a make a Wish kid coming out, and he
Speaker 1: really did. But yeah, you look good. But on the ball,
Speaker 1: didn't run the ball at all, but um forty four yards.
Speaker 1: Uh it wasn't electrifying by any means. But hopefully we
Speaker 1: see more next time. Uh. No, No other big names
Speaker 1: played for Arizona. No David Johnson, no Larry Fitzgerald. A
Speaker 1: lot more to talk about on the San Diego side.
Speaker 1: Not in the passing game, Mike Williams didn't make an
Speaker 1: amazing over the shoulder, and he'll do that a lot
Speaker 1: this year. But um, it was it was the running
Speaker 1: backs that is worth talking about here. Austin Ekeler got
Speaker 1: the start, he looked pretty good. He did bumble from
Speaker 1: the two yard line, though that's not a good start.
Speaker 1: And then to compound matters for or Ekera leivers, Justin
Speaker 1: Jackson had a really nice touchdown on from the five,
Speaker 1: ran right over a cornerback on his way, and he
Speaker 1: looked powerful. So I'm like in Jackson a little more
Speaker 1: than Echolor, just based on Deckler. It's kind of the almost,
Speaker 1: you know, the scat back of the two, but neither
Speaker 1: it built like Melvin. They're both good. So the Chargers
Speaker 1: have no interest in making this a high priced addition
Speaker 1: to their team. Not only that, if I'm the Chargers,
Speaker 1: who by the way they offered, they offered ten millions
Speaker 1: or they ten to twelve million here, which is the
Speaker 1: absolute high end of what any starting running back makes
Speaker 1: in today's mark, And I think I would rescind it,
Speaker 1: and I would be just happy to move on and
Speaker 1: not have committed ten million of my precious salary cap
Speaker 1: dollars to the running back position. When I got two
Speaker 1: guys who were perfectly functional. See what you can trade
Speaker 1: them for? Like, just open the phone lines and go
Speaker 1: best offer. Let's go. Ye, some team is you know,
Speaker 1: breaking news running backs to get hurt at some point,
Speaker 1: there's going to be an opportunity to trade away Melvin
Speaker 1: Gordon to a team that's got you know, playoff aspirations
Speaker 1: and just lost their starting running back called Dallas. Wouldn't
Speaker 1: that be funny they signed? They signed Melvin Gordon over
Speaker 1: Zeke man Um. That's it for that. That's it. Yeah, alright,
Speaker 1: nothing more on Kyler Murray. I thought he looked good.
Speaker 1: He's short, he was mostly short. What is he like?
Speaker 1: Six of seven mostly start, It was very conservative. He
Speaker 1: took a sack, he got sacked. But you won't wait
Speaker 1: to see. But kirk me if I'm wrong. They started
Speaker 1: at their own two yard line. They went the entire
Speaker 1: which is gonna be all Christian Kirk really really interested
Speaker 1: in Christian Kirk. And I've had him ranked in the
Speaker 1: low thirties for most most of the season. If you
Speaker 1: know I've got I've got Kyler Murray at quarterback seven.
Speaker 1: If we think I think he's that good, his receivers
Speaker 1: have to catch some passes in here too, So we're
Speaker 1: gonna talk about all the rookie receivers. They have to
Speaker 1: they are deep and deep and rookie receivers. All right,
Speaker 1: this is a segment we do uh e season. We
Speaker 1: like to call the peacock Off. Now let's explain how
Speaker 1: it works after this. That's the peaks That is the
Speaker 1: bas scott of the peacock off. Right there, you can peacock.
Speaker 1: You peacocked one Patrick Mahomes last year in this segment.
Speaker 1: Last year, in this segment, I said Patrick Mahomes would
Speaker 1: be a top ten quarterback. Now what makes it sound
Speaker 1: like not a big deal? Now, well, you need to
Speaker 1: understand it. This time last year, Patrick Mahomes is a
Speaker 1: d P was quarterback eighteen. So I was giving you know,
Speaker 1: you know, saying that Patrickmomes would be top ten, was
Speaker 1: going out on a limit. This time last year. It
Speaker 1: sounds obvious. Now I had Eric Ebron as a top
Speaker 1: five tight end and you laughed at me, My dad,
Speaker 1: you can peacock that. By the way, I was not
Speaker 1: a believer in Eric Ebron because he had They needed
Speaker 1: him so desperately for the friend Detroit for so many years.
Speaker 1: They could never produced. Come on, well, it's not automatic.
Speaker 1: We're tight ends go to die. Don't tell that to
Speaker 1: t J. Hockinson. It might be all right. Let's let's
Speaker 1: begin with I want I want to bold predictions from
Speaker 1: each of you one a time, UM, and I will
Speaker 1: work myself into this as well. Let's start with Brian,
Speaker 1: what is your first peacock off bold predictions? I'm going
Speaker 1: with Jared Goff, who will finish as a top five
Speaker 1: quarterback this year and right now his ADP is twelve
Speaker 1: thirteen range. Um. Really, this is more about the system
Speaker 1: than the quarterback and the surrounding talent in that system. Um,
Speaker 1: you know goss ADP and the ADP of his top
Speaker 1: three wide receivers, who are the only team the Rams
Speaker 1: have receivers that are going in the first five rounds
Speaker 1: for any of them. And they bring in um Henderson,
Speaker 1: Henderson who's gonna have this Chris Thompson type role. So
Speaker 1: we saw the first half of the year last year
Speaker 1: Gough was a top five quarterback easily. Cooper Cup gets
Speaker 1: hurt in Week ten and the wheels just kind of
Speaker 1: come off for that offense. They they piece it together
Speaker 1: and make it to the Super Bowl whatever. But uh,
Speaker 1: and he was a disaster that he was a disaster,
Speaker 1: but disaster is a little strong. He kind of hit
Speaker 1: the wall. I think he rebounds a big time. Sean
Speaker 1: McVeigh is a very sophisticated offensive mind and he probably
Speaker 1: has one of the most complicated schemes in all of football.
Speaker 1: So GoF coming back, all those receivers are brand new
Speaker 1: essentially to the team to Brandon Cooks Robert Woods last year,
Speaker 1: so they've all been the other cup coming off injury whatever.
Speaker 1: But he's healthier and it's real quick. According to Pro
Speaker 1: Football Focuses, Jeff Ratcliffe GOP has the most favorable strength
Speaker 1: of schedule among all quarterbacks. There's only been three quarterbacks
Speaker 1: in NFL history that have had a pass rating of
Speaker 1: a hundred or higher with the minimum before in past
Speaker 1: attempts in consecutive years before the twenty seventh birthday. Those
Speaker 1: pretty guys are Aaron Rodgers, Carson Wentz, and Jared Gofft.
Speaker 1: The weak talent on a great team. And for what
Speaker 1: it's worth, his m VP odds I've moved from sixty
Speaker 1: to one to thirty to one recently. That's a big shift.
Speaker 1: That's a shift, so I'm targeting Goff heavily. He's going
Speaker 1: very late in drafts, and you know I'm the same
Speaker 1: top five quarterback. We'll see, um, Matt, what is your
Speaker 1: first of two peacock off prediction? I have Antonio Brown
Speaker 1: finishing the season outside the top thirty wide receivers. Uh
Speaker 1: and and there's a lot of there's a lot of
Speaker 1: tentacles here. First off, the reports over the last few days,
Speaker 1: Chase Williams on Twitter noted that the Raiders don't know
Speaker 1: where Antonio Brown is. Later they say he's expected to
Speaker 1: join the Raiders in the near future. That was from
Speaker 1: Michael Gelkin of the Las Vegas Review Journal. You've seen
Speaker 1: his feet. His feet looked like he needs to peel
Speaker 1: somebody else's feet off of his feet. Well, they don't
Speaker 1: know the status of his frost bitten feet either, because
Speaker 1: he hasn't been there, So it's it's all weird. He's
Speaker 1: also filed a grievance against the NFL appealing the league's
Speaker 1: decision to ban his preferred helmet. And that's weird stuff.
Speaker 1: You don't want all that weird stuff involved distraction. He's
Speaker 1: refusing to play as a results now because of his
Speaker 1: helmet thing. It's insane. Second, there's a pretty big downgrade
Speaker 1: from the Pittsburgh offense with a very good offensive line
Speaker 1: in Ben Roethlisberger to a Raiders offense with Derek Carr.
Speaker 1: That's a huge drop off. I don't care what that
Speaker 1: player is. It's tangible. Brown will face double teams or
Speaker 1: bracket coverage all year long because the other viable wide
Speaker 1: out is Tyrrell Williams and they've got nothing else to
Speaker 1: throw to. Third, the Raiders offensive line is an absolute disaster,
Speaker 1: and now left guard Denzel Good is out with a
Speaker 1: back injury. Richie Incognito is suspended. The other right guard,
Speaker 1: Gabe Jackson, just injured his m c L and will
Speaker 1: miss half the season. Fourth, there's no hope for it
Speaker 1: to get better because Tom Cable is the guy supposed
Speaker 1: to fix it and arguably the worst running back or
Speaker 1: offensive line coach in the nf So get this. According
Speaker 1: to Warren Sharp, as an NFL coach, Tom Cable has
Speaker 1: seven bottom ten rated offensive lines in past protection in
Speaker 1: his coaching career. That's over thirteen years. Never once he's
Speaker 1: had a line rank better than twenty in the league.
Speaker 1: He's bottom half all the time. So brown. He's got
Speaker 1: everything working against him. And by the way, frost bite
Speaker 1: reoccurs they play in Denver in week seventeen. He's been
Speaker 1: a half cold. Tutsie's Lamar Jackson is currently the fifteen
Speaker 1: selected quarterback over all ADP for quarterbacks fifteen. He will
Speaker 1: be twice as good, finishing seventh or better. This is
Speaker 1: not dissimilar to my Patrick Mahomes of last year who
Speaker 1: was eighteen, and I put him in the top top
Speaker 1: ten this year fifteen. For Lamar Jackson, he will be
Speaker 1: twice as good. Last year in the games he started,
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson was quarterback four four. So in a sense,
Speaker 1: I'm I'm bluffering by three spots here. It's almost it's
Speaker 1: not even that bold of prediction. I suppose by all accounts,
Speaker 1: his passing has improved in year to including your account
Speaker 1: of moments ago, Matt uh Your he's look he looks
Speaker 1: like a better passer, typical of most sophomore quarterbacks. Looks
Speaker 1: like a better passer. In that Chargers playoff game too,
Speaker 1: that not many people seem to remember he passed well
Speaker 1: in that game. I agree. Most of the time he's
Speaker 1: going to score you points like an RB two. He's
Speaker 1: gonna chip in fifty yards and a coin flips chance
Speaker 1: at a rushing touchdown just on the ground. He's going
Speaker 1: to be an RB two. Then many games he will
Speaker 1: throw one or two touched ounts. That's just like gravy.
Speaker 1: That's just a bonus on top of this. When those
Speaker 1: two things come together in the same game, he's going
Speaker 1: to have these giant games that it's going to almost
Speaker 1: single handedly win for you. Lamar Jackson will finish at
Speaker 1: QB seven or better. All right, let's go to our
Speaker 1: next peacock off bold prediction, Brian, Who you got? Well,
Speaker 1: I'm sort of doubling down on my peacock off from
Speaker 1: last year, and I didn't get the sounder because it
Speaker 1: didn't work out basically due where's the sad trombone sounder?
Speaker 1: That's the vulture. Wait a minute, hold on there, there
Speaker 1: you go. Well, that vulture noises awful. Let's not hear
Speaker 1: that until least speak three. Alright, I gotta make it finish.
Speaker 1: I think, okay, they're all right now it's done. Well,
Speaker 1: charge out. Earlier you said zach Ertz was at your
Speaker 1: big three tight ends in Favorite Hunter, Henry, I'm going
Speaker 1: Evan Engram will finish as the top three tight end
Speaker 1: this year. I'm doubling down on e UM to say
Speaker 1: the Giants within the wide wide receiver being understatement. Evan
Speaker 1: Ingram is clearly the top receiving option on that team.
Speaker 1: He will be their their wide receiver one. And you know, overall,
Speaker 1: his numbers weren't great last year. He was hurt earlier
Speaker 1: in the year. It ruined the first half of the season.
Speaker 1: But in the second half of last year, from weeks
Speaker 1: ten to seventeen, Evan and Gram recorded the highest overall
Speaker 1: tight end grade by Pro Football Focus UM. And in
Speaker 1: his first two seasons he's been an absolute beast and
Speaker 1: the red zone. He has picked up a first down
Speaker 1: or scored a touchdown on seventy percent of his targets
Speaker 1: in the red zone and UM just overall, UH, he's
Speaker 1: an elite talent. He's up there with George Kittle, Gronk,
Speaker 1: Jimmy Graham, and Aaron Hernandez as UH one of only
Speaker 1: five tight ends over the last decade to have logged
Speaker 1: more receiving yards in their first two seasons. And he
Speaker 1: has missed missed time, missed six games you injury, So
Speaker 1: if he stays healthy, he will be in that top
Speaker 1: three tight ends this year. Alright, Matt, what is your
Speaker 1: next peacock off bold prediction? Amari Cooper finishes the season
Speaker 1: as the number one top wide receiver in fantasy You
Speaker 1: gotta be bold, right, Uh. Cooper finished and standard PPR
Speaker 1: leagues as the number eighteen fantasy wide receiver last year. However,
Speaker 1: when he joined the Cowboys, he was much better and
Speaker 1: everybody knows that. Let's take out the first three weeks
Speaker 1: where he was learning a whole new offense. Mid season
Speaker 1: from week twelve through two Dallas Is two playoff games,
Speaker 1: he played eight games. He averaged six and a half catches,
Speaker 1: ninety one yards and three quarters of a touchdown. Season
Speaker 1: full season, it's one oh four catches, fourteen fifty four
Speaker 1: yards and twelve tds. And that's how you get to
Speaker 1: be the number one wide receiver in fantasy football. That
Speaker 1: would rank in PPR sixth last year. And who's above
Speaker 1: him from last year? Antonio Brown obviously moving way down.
Speaker 1: Davante Adams, who has a completely new offense in Green
Speaker 1: Bay and Rodgers is already mad about it. Tyreek Hill,
Speaker 1: who's thirteen touchdowns seems somewhat on statin unsustainable plus I
Speaker 1: don't think he can keep his nose clean. Julio Jones
Speaker 1: is going to miss the entire preseason with an injury.
Speaker 1: He's always dinged up. And DeAndre Hopkins, who is really good,
Speaker 1: but that offense has maybe the worst offensive line in
Speaker 1: the entire league. So give him a new year in
Speaker 1: a revamped offense with Kellen Moore, who looks like a
Speaker 1: quality offensive coordinator, with Cooper and Deck and contract years.
Speaker 1: They're gonna throw it all year to Cooper. Our final
Speaker 1: Peacock Off bold prediction. Guys, do you like touchdowns? Yes?
Speaker 1: All kinds? All kinds, there's real how many kinds are there? Point?
Speaker 1: So you can pass it to yourself touchdowns. Mike Williams
Speaker 1: likes touchdowns, Yeah he does. Yeah, he did like touchdowns
Speaker 1: that now that you mentioned it. Last year he led
Speaker 1: all wide receivers in touchdowns per target. Every sixth pass
Speaker 1: that went his way was a touchdown last year for
Speaker 1: Mike Williams. Oh no, are you gonna extrapolate that to
Speaker 1: a hundred targets and all of a sudden he has touchdowns?
Speaker 1: I'm not, but I should have. I wish I had
Speaker 1: now uh. He was one of only seven wide receivers
Speaker 1: had double digit touchdowns last year. He did it while
Speaker 1: sharing time with Travis Benjamin as the team's fourth receiver.
Speaker 1: And now Mike Williams is the presumptive starter, which brings
Speaker 1: me to the actual prediction part of this. Mike Williams
Speaker 1: will outscore Keenan Alan in fantasy. Yes, it's going to happen.
Speaker 1: That is That is an absolute quasi lock right there, guys.
Speaker 1: Coming up next, we will look at what the high
Speaker 1: stakes players are doing differently than the rank and file
Speaker 1: drafters out there. These are the guys that have big
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Speaker 1: it is time for a Sharp Attack. These We want
Speaker 1: to find out what the high stakes sharps are doing
Speaker 1: in their drafts. That Joe six pack isn't I feel
Speaker 1: like we should have played Jaws music for this? What
Speaker 1: are we doing now? Where? Why didn't I? Why didn't
Speaker 1: I think of them? How would you like a culture? Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's totally the same thing. I know. I see Brand's already.
Speaker 1: She's scrambling over there to try to get his jaws.
Speaker 1: All right. I would like to dot on true story.
Speaker 1: When I was teaching my daughter at age two and three,
Speaker 1: all the cow, the cow goes move, you know, the
Speaker 1: dog says wolf? You know that stuff. I taught her
Speaker 1: what the shark says? Dune dune, dune, dune, dune, dune, dune.
Speaker 1: Nice job. Yeah, that's good parenting right there, really is.
Speaker 1: That's good parenting. Uh. We get our high stakes data
Speaker 1: from the National Fantasy Football Championships a DP. It's their
Speaker 1: sixteenth the year. This is sort of the granddaddy of
Speaker 1: the high stakes fantasy championships, with entry fees that range
Speaker 1: up to twenty thousand dollars. If you've got twenty thousand
Speaker 1: dollars on the line, you're paying attention to what you're doing.
Speaker 1: I was out at their baseball drafts last year, UH,
Speaker 1: their live drafts in Vegas, and it was just fascinating.
Speaker 1: It's absolutely wild to watch these guys whole different level.
Speaker 1: They do have I know they have online drafts, they
Speaker 1: have lives drafts that you mentioned Las Vegas in New
Speaker 1: York City as well National Fantasy Football Championships. You can
Speaker 1: find the ADP yourself at play n f f C
Speaker 1: dot com. Um, I've got a handful of guys that
Speaker 1: I want to talk about that are that are materially
Speaker 1: different from an average draft position standpoint for the high
Speaker 1: stakes players as compared to the rest of the world,
Speaker 1: which includes free guys that are just you know, people
Speaker 1: who play for free, mock drafters, people who are expare
Speaker 1: menting everything else. Let's start here. Baker Mayfield going two
Speaker 1: rounds earlier in n f FC drafts. Your thoughts, well,
Speaker 1: you know, in general, this is a one quarterback format,
Speaker 1: and in one quarterback formats, most people like to wait
Speaker 1: because there's just in the you know, QB seven to
Speaker 1: like fifteen range. I mean we're talking we love Gothic
Speaker 1: quarterback twelve and Lamar Jackson the quarterback fifteen. To see
Speaker 1: Baker and Mayfield going two rounds earlier. That just means
Speaker 1: these sharps are truly believed he is on a whole
Speaker 1: another level than the Cam Newton's and even that means
Speaker 1: he's going before Aaron Rodgers. I would believe if he's
Speaker 1: going two rounds earlier, that's well before Aaron. So they're
Speaker 1: just truly believing in that video game offense that appears
Speaker 1: to be on paper. So if you want to win
Speaker 1: one of the main events in these NFC championships where
Speaker 1: you can win up to like two grand you gotta
Speaker 1: kind of shoot for the moon, and you gotta get
Speaker 1: the guys who are going to be the absolute studs.
Speaker 1: You have to hit on Patrick Mahomes from last year.
Speaker 1: And if you believe Baker may Field can be the
Speaker 1: guy who's going to be the number one overall quarterback
Speaker 1: and fantasy, you take him two rounds earlier than his ADP.
Speaker 1: He's got forty touchdown potential, absolutely arm and if Baker
Speaker 1: Mayfield's also got some running ability, you know, I'm not
Speaker 1: saying he's Lamar Jackson or that he's Kyle Kyler Murray,
Speaker 1: but he's he's got he's he's a foot us yeah,
Speaker 1: I would say real quick. And you in a one
Speaker 1: quarterback league, you don't want to be deciding on a
Speaker 1: weekly basis. Between QB eight and ten, you get Mayfield,
Speaker 1: you're drafting him. You're like, I'm gonna planting Gueld. So,
Speaker 1: speaking of Kyler Murray going one round earlier in high
Speaker 1: stakes NFFC drafts, he's already going pretty high. I mean,
Speaker 1: I think I think a largely the public is sort
Speaker 1: of onto him and backing him. But he is going
Speaker 1: one round earlier. I think it's the running potential. I
Speaker 1: think people are looking at both Baker and Kyler. And
Speaker 1: we can even include Lamar Jackson in this conversation because
Speaker 1: he's next on the list two round Well, he's actually
Speaker 1: lower in NFFC ADP, but that's that's because Baker and
Speaker 1: Kyler have that passing and running ability and it can
Speaker 1: gain you so much in fantasy. If you have a
Speaker 1: guy who can do both, you want it. You want
Speaker 1: to just shoot for the moon and hit that hit
Speaker 1: that bingo right there. That's what Baker and Kyler can do.
Speaker 1: And I think the concern you mentioned Lamar Jackson, he's
Speaker 1: two rounds lower for the SHARPS and NFFC, and I
Speaker 1: think that the concern is what you're just mentioned. There's
Speaker 1: gonna be dug games. Or he doesn't run and doesn't pass. Yeah,
Speaker 1: if they can bottle him up on the running part
Speaker 1: of it and make him throw like Sandy or San
Speaker 1: Diego Los Angeles Chargers did in that playoff game. Force
Speaker 1: him to throw and see what you can do and
Speaker 1: and and make him beat you through the air. I
Speaker 1: think that's what most defenses are going to plan to
Speaker 1: do with Lamar Jackson this year. Who's missing from this
Speaker 1: combo is Cam Newton too. He's kind of in between
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray and Lamar Jackson and a DP and Cam Newton.
Speaker 1: I don't understand why he's going so much later than
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray when he has more proven receivers into some
Speaker 1: more proven track records. So that's defensive lines kind of
Speaker 1: un And so there's that Tampa Bay wide receiver Chris
Speaker 1: Godwin already. I think, you know, everybody gets the upside
Speaker 1: right now, and I think he's I think almost all
Speaker 1: savvy listeners know that Chris Godwin is going to become
Speaker 1: a big part of what Bruce arians does in Tampa Bay.
Speaker 1: But he's still going one round earlier in these high
Speaker 1: stakes drafts. Well, they lost de Sean Jackson and they
Speaker 1: lost Adam Humphreez and that's a lot of vacated targets
Speaker 1: from that offense right there. So he's obviously opposite Mike Evans.
Speaker 1: They have O J. Howard, they have Cameron Braid, but
Speaker 1: Bruce arians likes to air the ball out and they
Speaker 1: don't really have much of a running game to speak of,
Speaker 1: so that's pretty exciting. Mike Evans can't catch everything. O J.
Speaker 1: Howard can't catch everything. Chris Godwin is gonna catch a lot.
Speaker 1: David Montgomery, rookie for the Bears, with the dynamic first
Speaker 1: game in the preseason, look terrific going one round earlier
Speaker 1: from the Sharps, I think now, especially after the Thursday
Speaker 1: night game, it's gonna catch up. It's gonna I I
Speaker 1: think if you want David Montgomery now, you're gonna have
Speaker 1: to even outdule the Sharps and take him probably end
Speaker 1: of round two. You know I'm projecting, because you know,
Speaker 1: we still don't have you know, it's so fresh that
Speaker 1: we still don't have great data on this yet. But
Speaker 1: I think if you want Montgomery, if you try to
Speaker 1: wait for the third round, you're more than likely not
Speaker 1: going to get him. Restball Ten's drafts. He's going fifty
Speaker 1: fifth overall, which puts him in the fifth round. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's changing. That's not gonna hold it. No way that holds.
Speaker 1: I had him as running back eighteen, bumped him up
Speaker 1: to running back thirteen. Running back thirteen goes in the
Speaker 1: middle of the second round. But I think I'm a
Speaker 1: little higher on David Montgomery than some others. But part
Speaker 1: of the reason I like him so much, and they're
Speaker 1: already using him to catch a bunch of passes he's
Speaker 1: gonna he could easily end up catching in this offense.
Speaker 1: Next player Calin Balaje going two rounds earlier, and NFFC drafts.
Speaker 1: You don't have to pay a lot for him either way.
Speaker 1: But there apparently is a a feeling that Calen Balagh
Speaker 1: from Miami is going to end up being the starting
Speaker 1: running back. Yeah. I think it's a bit of an
Speaker 1: overreaction to some earlier reports. Though when he was running
Speaker 1: with the ones when training camp opened, it sounds like
Speaker 1: it's more going to be tune split. So, in my opinions,
Speaker 1: a little bit in a overreaction to the you know,
Speaker 1: the early first team work for Belage. I think Kenyan
Speaker 1: Drake is still going to factor enough that will keep
Speaker 1: Blage out of the RB two territory more of a
Speaker 1: flex play. But maybe the shop Sharp's around is something
Speaker 1: I'm not I like to kind of consider myself one
Speaker 1: as well. I'm kind of scratching my head here in
Speaker 1: a very bad offense where I don't see a lot
Speaker 1: of positive game script for the running backs. But well,
Speaker 1: that game script is a big part of Miami's running
Speaker 1: back problem. That is a that should be a bad defense,
Speaker 1: a bottom five ish defense that's gonna put them in
Speaker 1: a whole lot. That's part of why I like Ryan Fitzpatrick.
Speaker 1: It's just gonna part his beard and I love the
Speaker 1: stew in his beard. Oh man, there's gonna he is
Speaker 1: going to be a fun dart throw on a weekend
Speaker 1: and week out basis Ryan Fitzpatrick. Four picks or four touchdowns,
Speaker 1: it's one or the other. And that's what I love.
Speaker 1: And you know what, he doesn't care, God just it
Speaker 1: it does. It's just he's unflappable after fifteen years Ryan Fitzpatrick.
Speaker 1: Let's go to our next Sharp analysis, and that is
Speaker 1: New England's rookie running back Damian Harris. Going two rounds
Speaker 1: later in NFFC drafts apparently don't believe in him now. Interestingly,
Speaker 1: Patriots didn't play him at all in the first preseason game.
Speaker 1: It could be because they already know that he's good,
Speaker 1: or maybe they didn't think they wanted to look at
Speaker 1: him here and he wasn't ready. Maybe so one of
Speaker 1: the prevailing methods of drafting, especially when you approach Patriots
Speaker 1: running backs, is just get the last one you can.
Speaker 1: So you wait, you wait, you wait, wait, you don't
Speaker 1: draft Sony Michelle in the sixth round or the fifth
Speaker 1: round or the fourth round. You don't draft James White.
Speaker 1: You wait and you get Rex Burkhead, or you get
Speaker 1: Damien Harris really late in your draft, and you just
Speaker 1: see which one of them pops off, and maybe maybe
Speaker 1: they have a three or four games stretch similar to
Speaker 1: like Jonas Gray or something like that. That's how you
Speaker 1: play the Patriots running game, and you do it right.
Speaker 1: You just avoid them all. That's how I played some season,
Speaker 1: And I like to dabble in the Patriots running backs
Speaker 1: and and stake acclaim to a guy because so many
Speaker 1: people won't philosophically like they're never drafting a Patriot running back,
Speaker 1: and there's their value there. There's probably a lot of
Speaker 1: Sharps who are like that, and that's why that's depressed,
Speaker 1: and the ADP for Damian Harris is depressed that way.
Speaker 1: This is not that year. This is suddenly turned into
Speaker 1: the biggest cluster point in the NFL backfield. Right. We
Speaker 1: have five guys that could end up doing something in
Speaker 1: any given game, and just because somebody did something last
Speaker 1: week doesn't mean he's gonna do anything the next week.
Speaker 1: Have you ever used cluster boink before? I've got it
Speaker 1: on the air many times because I can't say any
Speaker 1: other variation of that. I understand. Yeah, like that, you
Speaker 1: got to be careful about that. Justin Jackson going three
Speaker 1: rounds earlier and NFFC drafts, this is the San Diego
Speaker 1: running back who looks like in a missile San Diego,
Speaker 1: just like he's a Clipper. Yeah, I quote unquote covered
Speaker 1: this game earlier. Yeah, Jackson looks like the more complete
Speaker 1: back over Eckler was great. He's kind of more of
Speaker 1: a pass catcher than a full Sockler would maintain his
Speaker 1: role and Jackson might take the Gordon role. I'm not
Speaker 1: if you hadn't seen if you didn't see the touchdown.
Speaker 1: The Jackson scored and Euer didn't look the same running
Speaker 1: near the goal line. Jackson looked just different and he
Speaker 1: ran more more powerful. So I'm full on board with
Speaker 1: the with the sharps on this one. I would take
Speaker 1: Jackson if I have to pick one, hands down PPR
Speaker 1: and take Eckler is a good running back who can
Speaker 1: run inside. He's not so small, He's not Darren Sprowls.
Speaker 1: He's not so small that he can't run between the tackles,
Speaker 1: and he has a career yard per carry a five.
Speaker 1: Austin Echoes are good running back, and I I understand
Speaker 1: why Justin Jackson's going early. It's a lot of people
Speaker 1: just think Melvin Gordon's in deep trouble. Actually, we're gonna
Speaker 1: talk a little bit more about Melvin Gordon a few minutes. Next,
Speaker 1: let's go to Buffalo running back Devin Singletary going one
Speaker 1: round earlier in NFF seed high stakes drafts. Like I mentioned,
Speaker 1: that is to a cluster boink of epic proportions. In Buffalo,
Speaker 1: there's just way too many guys two miles to feed
Speaker 1: their Frank Gore, Lashawn McCoy, Devin Singletary, T J. Yelden
Speaker 1: is a pass catching back. I don't like any of them.
Speaker 1: I don't want to have any part of this. The
Speaker 1: sharp seemed to think Singletary is going to come out
Speaker 1: of this as the winner. I just don't want any
Speaker 1: part of it. I am leaning Singletary. If I gotta
Speaker 1: pick one, I'm gonna choose him because I don't trust
Speaker 1: any of the other guy. I don't trust anybody to
Speaker 1: make that decision correctly. There uh last guy briefly vikings
Speaker 1: rookie running back Alexander Madison going two rounds earlier. I
Speaker 1: think those are people ensuring or handcuffing Dalvin Cook because
Speaker 1: I'm a big Cook believer this year after you, But
Speaker 1: I think people are that's all or nothing, so they're
Speaker 1: really ensuring that pick. So I think that's why that
Speaker 1: might be he's not going to take that. It's not
Speaker 1: gonna be Latavias Murray here. Um. I really think that
Speaker 1: this is the Dalvin Cook Show and they are gonna
Speaker 1: work that Kim hard this year. So we'll we'll see
Speaker 1: how that ends up turning out. But I'm not I'm
Speaker 1: not as optimistic that Madison's a guy you're gonna be
Speaker 1: able to start like you could with with Dalvin cook Um.
Speaker 1: You can get all the ADP for these players at
Speaker 1: play NFFC dot com if you want to see what
Speaker 1: the heart of the high stakes players are doing. People
Speaker 1: twenty dollars on the line. Coming up next, let's answer
Speaker 1: three tough questions. You can play along and you go
Speaker 1: three and oh on Fantasy Football Weekly. This is Fantasy
Speaker 1: Football Weekly. Fan, it is Fantasy Football Weekly. I'm your host,
Speaker 1: my co host Brian Johnson, Matt Harrison. Boys, It's time
Speaker 1: to get into the grinder with three tough questions. Listeners,
Speaker 1: you get to play along, see if you can go
Speaker 1: three and oh as well. We like to begin with
Speaker 1: tough question number one with the last pick of year draft.
Speaker 1: Will you take Josh Gordon, Rob Gronkowski or neither? Brian
Speaker 1: last pick, I think it's worthy of taking a flyer
Speaker 1: on one of these guys. And despite uh, that's probably
Speaker 1: being the wrong answer, I'm going with Josh Gordon because
Speaker 1: he really wants to play football display his extra curricular activities. Uh,
Speaker 1: but his nose has been clean so far. But he's
Speaker 1: in an amazing shape. I've read reports of other receivers
Speaker 1: working out with him and they're basically saying he's ten
Speaker 1: times better than all of us. Probably is if he's
Speaker 1: working out with a bunch of bodies. I mean he's
Speaker 1: an elite physical condition. He can step on the field
Speaker 1: and play football right now. Last I saw Gronk, he cannot.
Speaker 1: He looks pretty frail in my mind, and he has
Speaker 1: other interests that include real Yes, he looked did you
Speaker 1: see the pictures of him a couple of weeks ago.
Speaker 1: Now I'm not challenging him to a fight or anything,
Speaker 1: but he looked frail by Rob Gronkowski standards. He didn't
Speaker 1: look like Gronk. He looked like Robert, Okay, Robert. So
Speaker 1: I don't know. I know he can get you know,
Speaker 1: supplemented up and get back in game shape probably, But
Speaker 1: you say supplemented up for Rob gronow up and I
Speaker 1: I mean, I mean the stuff you buy a g
Speaker 1: n C. I'm not calling him a cheat or either.
Speaker 1: I'm not trying to start this beef with Gronk like
Speaker 1: I'm sure he cares what I say. But anyway, I'm
Speaker 1: going Josh Gordon. If he can get in to the
Speaker 1: league again, he's reinstated. By the way, he will be
Speaker 1: an absolute force, and I just don't think Gronk has
Speaker 1: that in him anymore. But Gordon has the desire to play,
Speaker 1: so I would go Gordon, Brian's not going on the
Speaker 1: Gronk cruise anytime soon. No, apparently not. No, I would
Speaker 1: go on that. I'm going on the ground Glass Pick cruise.
Speaker 1: I don't think you're invited to the ground was anymore
Speaker 1: as what I'm saying I have said Josh Gordon as well.
Speaker 1: He's already applied for reinstatement. He'd signed another deal with
Speaker 1: the Pets in the offseason. He's just waiting for the
Speaker 1: league to let him back in. Gronk might return, but
Speaker 1: it might not be until November or December or whenever
Speaker 1: he decides to come back. And while he's a huge
Speaker 1: different maker, we don't know if he wants to return,
Speaker 1: and Gordon does want to return, we don't know when
Speaker 1: either we'll get back. But Gordon has the inside track
Speaker 1: on getting back sooner. You you started to hit on
Speaker 1: the main point of this entire Russian map, but you
Speaker 1: missed it. You're so close, though. It is really all
Speaker 1: about the timing on this last pick, because we're really
Speaker 1: asking which guy could start the season with the team,
Speaker 1: because in reality, with this last pick of the draft,
Speaker 1: you're not going to hold that spot if it doesn't
Speaker 1: work out either guy, You're gonna churn that spot in
Speaker 1: week one if neither guy plays in Week one. So
Speaker 1: now what we're really asking is which guy is more
Speaker 1: likely to play week one. Gronk has the strong advantage
Speaker 1: because he only needs to decide I'd like to play,
Speaker 1: and then he's on the team and he's playing, whereas
Speaker 1: Josh Gordon has to wait for Roger Goodell to decide
Speaker 1: he can play. And the wheels of justice turned very,
Speaker 1: very slowly and arbitrarily with the league. Anybody you draft
Speaker 1: in the last round is a total crap chute. But
Speaker 1: how many of them have the upside of Rob Gronkowski?
Speaker 1: What tough question? Number two? Zeke in the late first round,
Speaker 1: Todd Gurley in the early second round, and then Melvin
Speaker 1: Gordon in the late third round. Is that draft strategy
Speaker 1: so crazy it just might work? Matt, You know, Church,
Speaker 1: this question was pretty tough. That is pretty tough. My
Speaker 1: thalamus has been injured. Yeah, it's caused my consciousness, sleep
Speaker 1: in memory to be severely damaged. Here I can tell
Speaker 1: from the last question really, it made me think that
Speaker 1: there's way too much risk here. Even if Zeke and
Speaker 1: Gordon do return, they're running backs, and running backs are
Speaker 1: always the biggest injury risk. Plus Girley isn't healthy. Don't
Speaker 1: let anyone tell you different. Darryl Henderson was drafted to
Speaker 1: be his replacement, not a complimentary piece. And these are
Speaker 1: your top three picks that you might never get to play.
Speaker 1: I think it's too crazy. I would rather go with
Speaker 1: a guy like Davante Adams or Michael Thomas in the
Speaker 1: late first, you could get Cook Mixing or Chubb in
Speaker 1: the second. You could get Tyreek Hilled, Digs or Aaron
Speaker 1: Jones in the third. And on't you feel better about Thomas,
Speaker 1: Chubb and Tyreek Hill over Zeke Gurley and Gordon Brian.
Speaker 1: You're not guaranteed to do well in your league if
Speaker 1: you draft three perfectly healthy running backs or three running
Speaker 1: backs not throwing to hold out and uh, you know,
Speaker 1: and these guys are risks to holdouts in one for
Speaker 1: or you know, bad knee. So I don't have much
Speaker 1: to add on top of mats out other than it
Speaker 1: is kind of too crazy to work. I would never
Speaker 1: do it. Uh. The cars have to fall too right
Speaker 1: for the to work. So I'm out. Yeah, you guys
Speaker 1: cracked the code on this one. It is just crazy
Speaker 1: as appealing as it sounds to get three of what
Speaker 1: would have been you know, going into the season. You know,
Speaker 1: a month ago, that felt like three of the top
Speaker 1: five or six running backs. But where we are now
Speaker 1: with all three of those guys. Even though you can
Speaker 1: only spend a late third rounder in Melvin Gordon and
Speaker 1: get Todd Gurley in the second round, you can't take
Speaker 1: all that risk onto one team. You are asking for
Speaker 1: suicide for your fantasy squad. To bring that much a
Speaker 1: risk upon it tough question number three. It's almost impossible
Speaker 1: to predict injury, so you know, let's just start there.
Speaker 1: But just for the sake of this exercise, let's assume
Speaker 1: Devanta Freeman will stay healthy all year. If he does,
Speaker 1: if he plays the six team games, will he finish
Speaker 1: as an RB one, an r B two, or a
Speaker 1: flex level running back? Brian? That is one hell of
Speaker 1: an assumption to stay healthy all year. But if he does,
Speaker 1: I gotta go Freeman as an RB one. UM Last year,
Speaker 1: Freeman did not play at all. Maybe you played the
Speaker 1: first week, but essentially did not play at all, but
Speaker 1: officially logged two starts. Atlanta running backs as a whole
Speaker 1: finished bottom five from a fantasy perspective. The year is
Speaker 1: prior uh in seventeen, they were top ten, they were
Speaker 1: first overall. Granted, they had Kyle Shanahan as r O
Speaker 1: c's now the head coach of the forty niners, but
Speaker 1: you know, some of those schematics are still in place,
Speaker 1: and Atlanta invested a lot of draft capital in their
Speaker 1: offensive line for the second round pick. And so if
Speaker 1: Freeman stays healthy, Tevin Coleman gone that he will get
Speaker 1: spelled by either Edo Smith, Brian Hill, or Quadri Allison,
Speaker 1: but not of those guys are very threatening to actually
Speaker 1: eat into his actual workloads. So stays healthy RB one okay,
Speaker 1: will devote Freeman. Matt Finish as an RB one RB
Speaker 1: two reflects. I looked at the offense from last year
Speaker 1: and their philosophy completely changed on the Atlanta side when
Speaker 1: Freeman went down, and then the team got better um
Speaker 1: and basically the same amount of passing attempts last year
Speaker 1: sixty three versus six forty two, the Falcons through for
Speaker 1: nine hundred more yards and had eleven more total touchdowns.
Speaker 1: On offense, they got better when they stopped running the ball.
Speaker 1: They started being a passing team. They passed on sixty
Speaker 1: of their plays. Last year, they had the third fewest
Speaker 1: rushing plays in the league. They went from two three
Speaker 1: shotgun snaps in to five hundred twenty five last season,
Speaker 1: almost doubled it. They're going to be a passing team
Speaker 1: from now on. So I don't think DeVante Freeman is
Speaker 1: any better than a low end RB two. They finished
Speaker 1: seven and nine. How are they getting so much better?
Speaker 1: Their offense improved, their defense might have been these. Uh.
Speaker 1: First of all, let's dispel the notion that DeVonta Freeman
Speaker 1: is injury prone. It's not as bad as you probably
Speaker 1: think out there. We we tend to remember last year
Speaker 1: much more clearly than the previous. You don't have to
Speaker 1: dispel that notion. You said he's gonna be healthy all year. Well, okay, true.
Speaker 1: He played at least fourteen games in every season until
Speaker 1: last year, So there's that at least fourteen games by
Speaker 1: running back standards, that's pretty darn good. He's one of
Speaker 1: the leagu's highest paid running backs. DeVonta Freeman is, and
Speaker 1: the Falcons only got the two games out of him
Speaker 1: last year. They they're gonna want some return on that
Speaker 1: investment um and they also don't want to put their
Speaker 1: their most important player, Matt Ryan, at risk with all
Speaker 1: of those dropbacks. Remember Atlanta's is an excellent overall offense.
Speaker 1: They scored the six of the eighth most points last year.
Speaker 1: Ask yourself, this can a a proven successful workhorse. Back
Speaker 1: to Brian's point, who has no real, no real competition
Speaker 1: on the depth chart on a team that scored the
Speaker 1: eighth most point last year being RB one, Heck yeah, absolutely,
Speaker 1: RB one, DeVonta freeman. They're gonna pass all day. Well,
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Speaker 1: and Empire league. Matt, you're in your commissioner of an
Speaker 1: Empire league. Tell listeners what an Empire league is. Well,
Speaker 1: I can tell you a few things. It's like a
Speaker 1: dynasty league. And you know what a dynasty league is.
Speaker 1: A dynasty everybody. You carry everybody over the next year.
Speaker 1: Don't say you're in a dynasty league. By the way,
Speaker 1: if you have three keepers, yeah that's not That's exactly right. Okay,
Speaker 1: So dynasty league, you hold over everybody. The caveats with
Speaker 1: the Empire League number one. Every year, half of the
Speaker 1: money that you guys pay into your league pot gets
Speaker 1: saved in a rolling Empire Pot. That pot continues to
Speaker 1: grow and grow a year after year until somebody wins
Speaker 1: that pot twice or the wins the wins the league
Speaker 1: twice in a row. Then they get the Empire Pot.
Speaker 1: In in our Empire League that we started se seven
Speaker 1: years ago, it has I think seventy entry fee, so
Speaker 1: that's kind of fun. And of course the other half
Speaker 1: goes to the yearly winner the other the other half
Speaker 1: goes to for a second third, that kind of thing.
Speaker 1: The second part of this, when somebody wins that Empire
Speaker 1: League and they win the Empire Pot, the league is done.
Speaker 1: It's over. Disband the league, you can start a new one.
Speaker 1: It's it's done. Though. I love that part because in
Speaker 1: fantasy football, normally you only have the most recent champion
Speaker 1: or the most recent winner is Brian Johnson. You don't
Speaker 1: have the winner. There's never the winner the league. You
Speaker 1: can never say I won the league, except in an
Speaker 1: Empire league. When you go back to back and you
Speaker 1: cash that check for that year's pot, the ruling Empire Pot,
Speaker 1: and the league disbands, you won that league absolutely. Now.
Speaker 1: One of the rules that we put in that's that's
Speaker 1: pretty big rule. The winner from the previous year, the
Speaker 1: the guy going for the second win in a row,
Speaker 1: we don't allow that team to trade. And that's what
Speaker 1: makes it much more difficult. Does It's a collusion measure
Speaker 1: that we want to make sure. Hey, now this pot
Speaker 1: is getting pretty big, we're not gonna have We're gonna
Speaker 1: have Brian trade and all of his good players to
Speaker 1: charge so he can win in the second year. So yeah,
Speaker 1: it's it's an anti collusion measure, and it makes it
Speaker 1: much more difficult and interesting. One Nlike other dynasty leagues,
Speaker 1: every other dynast dynasty league ends at some point. An
Speaker 1: Empire League will never end unless someone wins. Because of
Speaker 1: the Empire Pot. One manager owner wanted to leave the league.
Speaker 1: You guys was talking about the original Empire. You're walking
Speaker 1: away from your part of im in immediately bought that organ. Yeah,
Speaker 1: so I'm all yeah, So that Empire pot insures the
Speaker 1: league goes on until it comes to a people don't
Speaker 1: leave your league either. Now. The other thing that's great
Speaker 1: about the Empire League when you are the reigning champion
Speaker 1: and there are eleven other teams whose sole purpose is
Speaker 1: to stop you, man, is that fun? You are wearing
Speaker 1: the black hat all season long, everybody gunning to stop you.
Speaker 1: I am one of those right now in in in
Speaker 1: our second Empire League that we do in our office,
Speaker 1: and man, it's not looking good with Zeke on my
Speaker 1: roster and Kill and A J. Green on my roster
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Speaker 1: We've got Empire leagues, dynasty leagues starting right there. Guys,
Speaker 1: are you ready to polish your crystal balls? Are any
Speaker 1: other balls? I suppose let's look ahead twenty twenty one
Speaker 1: one three years from now, and I'm gonna give you
Speaker 1: a series of rookies. I want you to tell me
Speaker 1: whether or not you think they're going to be meaningful
Speaker 1: fantasy producers three years from now. For these rookies, are
Speaker 1: you going all or nothing? Thumbs up, thumbs down? Meaningful?
Speaker 1: Not meaningful? Because life hasn't worked out. You know you
Speaker 1: could be quarterback fifteen. That's that's a perfectly fine answer. Yes,
Speaker 1: we begin and by the way I'm throwing out obvious guys.
Speaker 1: Daph mcgoverery is great and he's gonna be great, and
Speaker 1: nobody even needs to hear that. I'm giving you bubble
Speaker 1: guys that I think could go either way. Correct. Dwayne
Speaker 1: Haskins the quarterback for the Washington Redskins. What are your thoughts?
Speaker 1: Is he a meaningful fantasy contributor? In is there a
Speaker 1: meaningful contributor on the entire Washington Redskins team? In one
Speaker 1: is the question. I don't know. It'll be a new
Speaker 1: coaching staff, I can tell you that much. Yeah, nothing
Speaker 1: seems to work out in Washington. They certainly don't have
Speaker 1: a ton of exciting weapons right now. He needs more
Speaker 1: talent around him, first and foremost. No matter how good
Speaker 1: of a quarterback he is, I need to round him
Speaker 1: some talent. But speaking to his talent, you don't hear
Speaker 1: anything too exciting about Dwayne Haskins. He's not a runner.
Speaker 1: He's not very mobile, No, he's not. He's very average there,
Speaker 1: and he's he's got a good arm, but he's not.
Speaker 1: They don't have a scream accuracy, and I don't know,
Speaker 1: so to me, he's not someone I'm gonna target for
Speaker 1: a long term success. So I'm just gonna quickly say, no,
Speaker 1: he's probably a backup quarterback in the NFL in three years.
Speaker 1: And you said it, Charch. They're probably looking at an
Speaker 1: organizational shift there, a new coaching staff, maybe a new GM.
Speaker 1: If that happens, what do they do They bring in
Speaker 1: their new quarterback. They bring in their new guy. Washington
Speaker 1: might be a top five pick in the draft this year. Yes,
Speaker 1: they're going to draft a quarterback. That's exactly what I
Speaker 1: was going to say. They're going to go Cardinals on this.
Speaker 1: They're gonna go first round quarterback this year, first round
Speaker 1: quarterback next year. And remember coaching staff that has no
Speaker 1: allegiance to Dwayne Haskin. It wasn't long ago when Dan
Speaker 1: Snyder's team picked Robert Griffin the third and then Kirk
Speaker 1: Cousins later in that draft. Good point. Daniel Jones quarterback
Speaker 1: for the Giants. Is he a meaningful fantasy contributor? Well,
Speaker 1: Eli will be long gone, so it will be his team.
Speaker 1: And uh, he'll still have se Kwon for one more
Speaker 1: year on the rookie deal. So I think Daniel Jones
Speaker 1: will be like a quarterback t Ish in the drafts
Speaker 1: to three years from now. So I guess in a
Speaker 1: super flex league he's meaningful. Let's go to our former
Speaker 1: Giants desk, Brian Johnson no longer the Giants. You've thrown
Speaker 1: away your Giants allegiance in this offseason after the Odell
Speaker 1: Beckham trade. But I still don't get very plugged into
Speaker 1: that organization. What do you think it was really after
Speaker 1: the Jones pick? And it's not because I always be good,
Speaker 1: be good in three years? I think, well, I was
Speaker 1: on the ropes after the Beckham trade. This is all
Speaker 1: about gentleman, so we don't know. Didn't even get into that.
Speaker 1: But yet they reached way too much on Jones in
Speaker 1: real life anyway. Uh, Jones did look good last night,
Speaker 1: only through five passes, completed them all. Um, No, he'll
Speaker 1: have no competition unlike Washington. I don't think the Giants
Speaker 1: can afford the pr nightmare of taking another quarterback early
Speaker 1: in the first round anytime soon. So Evan Ingram is
Speaker 1: an elite tight end talent. Sterling Shepherd Golden Tape probably
Speaker 1: still be milling around. They do need to add an
Speaker 1: elite receiver along the Odell Beckham like that guy they
Speaker 1: had traded away. But I think as long as Geelman
Speaker 1: gets fired too, because that whole team has doomed as
Speaker 1: long as heason charge. But as long as Geedelman's gone,
Speaker 1: they get a received right I think, Yes, Okay, I
Speaker 1: don't get Daniel Jones a beat that down and say
Speaker 1: he's gonna be a good quarterback do to Actually, I'm
Speaker 1: you know, I think there's there's a lot of reasons
Speaker 1: to think that he He certainly has the opportunity there.
Speaker 1: Let's let's hope that he can put it together and
Speaker 1: be a meaningful fantasy provider. Next, let's go to the
Speaker 1: running back position. Where do you know some of the
Speaker 1: guys that are walking into great spots? These are more
Speaker 1: of the bubble running backs that aren't as obvious. Let's
Speaker 1: start with Darryl Henderson, the running back for the Rams.
Speaker 1: Do you believe he will be a meaningful contributor in
Speaker 1: one You would have to think so, because none of
Speaker 1: us believe that Todd really right. You know what, He'll
Speaker 1: still be getting paid, though girly might be it'll be
Speaker 1: dead cap space, but he'll still be getting paid. That
Speaker 1: that could be the case. I don't think. I think
Speaker 1: Gurley isn't gonna make it through this year without being
Speaker 1: on I R. I think he's gonna finish the season
Speaker 1: on I are we They're already gonna use him in
Speaker 1: a Chris Thompson type type role. Um Sean Payton said,
Speaker 1: not Sean Payton, Um, I might blanking, but Sean McVeigh, McVey,
Speaker 1: thank you, And uh so he'll have a roll right
Speaker 1: off the bat. He'll be on the field, and you know,
Speaker 1: they say he has three down potential, and you know
Speaker 1: Gurley's health very questionable, Girly goes down, All signs point
Speaker 1: to Montgomery stepping in, so we'll say, yeah. So the
Speaker 1: only thing I'll add to this is when Sean McVeigh
Speaker 1: showed up in Los Angeles, he had Todd Gurley, he
Speaker 1: had a bell cow running back. That might not be
Speaker 1: Sean mcveigh's forte of the offense he wants to run,
Speaker 1: and he might want to run more of the Philly
Speaker 1: or New England style offense with a running back by committee,
Speaker 1: which by the way, he did in Washington. So Chris
Speaker 1: Thompson and the rotation of backs they were using there now, granted,
Speaker 1: none of them are gonna go it. That's the thing.
Speaker 1: That kind of that was the rug match Kelly Years
Speaker 1: just a little bit here, and man, I just think
Speaker 1: that Henderson great talent, but he might be looking at
Speaker 1: a time share as early as next year with somebody
Speaker 1: not named Todd Gurley. I think there's a chance Darrell
Speaker 1: Henderson's the top five running back running back in one
Speaker 1: because of the offense that he's in and Todd Gurley
Speaker 1: is gonna be gone. That's it. I don't think it's
Speaker 1: any more complicated than that elite offense. Excellent talent at Memphis.
Speaker 1: I like Darrell Henderson. Let's go to Devin Singletary, the
Speaker 1: rookie running back now on the Bills. Let's project forward
Speaker 1: to one. We don't have to worry about Frank Gore
Speaker 1: m Irie. Come on, we don't have to worry about
Speaker 1: the Shawan McCoy and Tony twenty one. In theory gonfl
Speaker 1: Frank Or won't be on the Bills, He'll be on
Speaker 1: the card or something, right, It'll be somewhere else that
Speaker 1: will be an expansion team that he'll be, all right, Matt,
Speaker 1: Devin Singletary meaningful contributor in one for your dynasty or
Speaker 1: empire team. My problem, miss I don't know if I
Speaker 1: can trust Josh Allen, and if I can't trust the
Speaker 1: quarterback in the offense, then the coach gets fired, and
Speaker 1: then the GM gets fired, and then everybody gets fired.
Speaker 1: So I'm just worried about Singletary in that vein where
Speaker 1: I don't trust anything that's happening in Buffalo. So I'm
Speaker 1: not going to trust Singletary to be a meaningful contributor. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I I worry that he's not a workhorse, that he
Speaker 1: isn't built for a workhorses load, that he's he's not
Speaker 1: necessarily scat back. But I don't I don't see him
Speaker 1: have some bruising runs on Thursday night. But that's a
Speaker 1: small sample size, of course, sat back not Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: not a bell cow. He's not a bell cown. Sorry,
Speaker 1: Devin Singletary. I think he will be a meaningful contributor,
Speaker 1: but he will not be an elite, high end contributor
Speaker 1: like Darryl Henderson might be. Let's go to Damien Harris.
Speaker 1: He's the He's the third round rookie that the Patriots
Speaker 1: took so a surprise people after they took Sony Michelle
Speaker 1: in the first round the previous year. What are your thoughts,
Speaker 1: and Damien Harris is a meaningful contributor in one. I
Speaker 1: don't like looking three weeks down the line and right,
Speaker 1: so looking three years down the line, I don't know.
Speaker 1: I'm just out. I don't know, I'm just well, how
Speaker 1: about Tom Brady? Right? Definitely know theory. No, Tom Brady
Speaker 1: and we do. They don't have a succession plan. Belichick's
Speaker 1: gotta retire as soon as Brady's gone to right right.
Speaker 1: I hope he doesn't, just so we can finally get
Speaker 1: an answer to whether or not Belichick goes at all
Speaker 1: to Brady or Brady's at all to Belichick. I want
Speaker 1: to say, I want to see Belichick do it without Brady.
Speaker 1: How about this for a bold prediction. Tom Brady a
Speaker 1: member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in just to see
Speaker 1: if he can win one without Belichick. He already put
Speaker 1: his home up on the market this last week. He's
Speaker 1: he's not guaranteed any money past this year. He's a
Speaker 1: basic free agent next year. That be weird. Belichick wants
Speaker 1: to probably win one without Brady. Brady probably wins. Wants
Speaker 1: to win one without Belichick to prove their legacies. What
Speaker 1: about Tom Brady? In a different spot. Next year, it'd
Speaker 1: be it'd be weird, but not impossible. We've learned it,
Speaker 1: you know how. In fact, I'll the most Hall of Famers.
Speaker 1: It feels like end up Hall of Famers end up
Speaker 1: finishing their career somewhere in Minnesota, Farvin, Minnesota, Montana, in
Speaker 1: Kansas City. You know, it's just at the bitter end,
Speaker 1: there's usually some other team that's ready to Peyton Manning,
Speaker 1: Jerry Rice in Seattle and then Denver exactly ended it
Speaker 1: like four times. Deebo Samuel is the wide receiver for
Speaker 1: the San Francisco forty Niners, already expected to start this year.
Speaker 1: I think this is a pretty clear case of yes, yeah,
Speaker 1: I love Deebo. Uh. He's very fast, not tall, only
Speaker 1: five eleven, but he's built like a brick house. He's
Speaker 1: like he was. I think he's very Percy Harvin. Like
Speaker 1: I was gonna say, an Kin Bolden with an extra gear,
Speaker 1: how Bolden was. I don't think Bolden was big. He
Speaker 1: was tall. That he was Bolden was. He was super thick.
Speaker 1: He was super thick. Balden, please six one tops on.
Speaker 1: Bolden wasn't that tall. Debo is gonna have an impact
Speaker 1: of this year and down the line, Deebo Samuel is
Speaker 1: gonna be a monster called six one nicely dumb. That's
Speaker 1: two one, just taller than five. And I think that
Speaker 1: j j Arthagajaja white Side Jaws calling him Jos Jaws
Speaker 1: wide receiver for Phili Delphia taken in the second round.
Speaker 1: Look good so far. A couple of years from now
Speaker 1: to Sean Jackson probably not playing at that point. He's
Speaker 1: already very long into his career and there's not there's
Speaker 1: not a lot standing between him and starting by then,
Speaker 1: and with with Carson Wentz only you know, presumably even
Speaker 1: better then. I think this is almost a lock that
Speaker 1: j j Arthaga white Side is a contributor. So your
Speaker 1: problem with Philly is they add three wide receivers to
Speaker 1: their offense every year. We still have al Shan, we
Speaker 1: still have Nelson Agilar. Mac Hollins was a guy they're
Speaker 1: excited about. They just keep adding random dudes. I'm not
Speaker 1: saying I'm not saying mac Hollins is going to take
Speaker 1: not no, but they add so many guys and there's
Speaker 1: so many mouths to feed in this offense. I think
Speaker 1: Jaws is going to be fighting for fifty catches seven
Speaker 1: hundred yards every year of his career just because Philly
Speaker 1: spreads the ball around. That's their motto is spread the
Speaker 1: ball around. Nobody's bigger than this team. We're just gonna
Speaker 1: keep moving it around. He looks different, he looks different,
Speaker 1: he looks good and Alshon Jeffrey will be a free
Speaker 1: agent if he stays. If they keep him, they can come.
Speaker 1: I'm starting next year to save a cap space, So
Speaker 1: I don't know. Jaws six three, he's gonna present plenty
Speaker 1: of mismatches. And uh, I love that both his parents
Speaker 1: played pro basketball. That's pretty speaking of parents that played
Speaker 1: bro IRV Smith junior, last guy. I want to talk
Speaker 1: about the tight end for the Vikings currently behind Kyle Rudolph.
Speaker 1: Is he a contributor in one? So Rudolph will have
Speaker 1: moved on Kirk Cousins contract. You may have moved on
Speaker 1: who knows. Um it might be the end of the
Speaker 1: Vikings window of opportunities, so they might have moved on
Speaker 1: from guys like Dig Steal and Cook Cousins. If Smith
Speaker 1: might be the best guy on that offense and sitting
Speaker 1: around at that point, So I think IRV Smith is
Speaker 1: probably a guy that three years from now we're looking
Speaker 1: at as a top tennis fantasy tight end. Sounds very good.
Speaker 1: I think, uh, I think you're looking at a very
Speaker 1: probable top ten fantasy tight end for er Smith at
Speaker 1: that point. Our final topics are ahead when we reveal
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Speaker 1: at Explosive Output. Best Ball drafts have become big business
Speaker 1: because people love to draft, but they don't always want
Speaker 1: all the in season management. Matt explain how Best Ball
Speaker 1: drafts were. Yeah, you can't expect to run like a
Speaker 1: hundred Fantasy leagues if you want to draft that many.
Speaker 1: But you can run a hundred Best Ball leagues pretty
Speaker 1: easily because it's draft and hold that. That means you
Speaker 1: draft players at the beginning of the year and you
Speaker 1: hold those guys all year long. I mean there's no
Speaker 1: trade season managements, no waivers. Yes, there's no i R.
Speaker 1: Your team is your team the whole season, and the
Speaker 1: computer compiles your best starting lineup every week based on
Speaker 1: production after the fact. After the fact based on the
Speaker 1: production of that week. So if you have in week
Speaker 1: one Andrew Luck who scores twenty Fantasy points, and you
Speaker 1: have Andy Dalton as your backup who scores twenty one
Speaker 1: Fantasy points, you don't need to worry about it. Andy
Speaker 1: Dalton and he's your starter for that week, so he's
Speaker 1: thrust into your starting lineup. No lineup headaches there uh
Speaker 1: in best ball games and we prefer Best Ball tens
Speaker 1: and Best Ball Tens dot com um. You play for
Speaker 1: total points over the whole season. There's no head to
Speaker 1: head matchups. You're starting lineup consists of one quarterback, two
Speaker 1: running backs, three wide receivers, a tight end aflex and
Speaker 1: a and a defense special teams. You have twenty players
Speaker 1: on your rosters. Now generally you want to kind of
Speaker 1: target players who are more boom or bust players. Safety
Speaker 1: is not much of a concern seeing as how the
Speaker 1: computer sets your lineup based on the results. Yeah, so
Speaker 1: if I've got a bunch of let's you say, wide
Speaker 1: receivers that are boom er bust guys, tyrk Kill up
Speaker 1: until last year was a classic boom er bust guy.
Speaker 1: Marky's goodwin, Sean Jackson, I always perfect example of Tyler
Speaker 1: Lockett for years. You know, if you could find the
Speaker 1: five good games for Tyler Lockett, Will Wolf Fuller, Yeah,
Speaker 1: although really one healthy Will Fuller's almost every week. But
Speaker 1: you can have all the or many of those wide
Speaker 1: receivers not have to sweat. Is this the week that
Speaker 1: Deshan Jackson's got you? Just you know, the computer put
Speaker 1: them in if you did go off. So if you
Speaker 1: normally you end up with six, seven, maybe eight wide
Speaker 1: receivers on a best ball roster and a best ball tends,
Speaker 1: now you look at the last like four or five
Speaker 1: wide receivers on your roster and you go, I want
Speaker 1: three good weeks or maybe four good weeks out of
Speaker 1: these guys. If you can get three or four good
Speaker 1: weeks where they score fifteen to twenty points, you're golden.
Speaker 1: That's all you need the whole time. You just don't
Speaker 1: want them to just give you goose eggs the whole season.
Speaker 1: You just need a couple of spike weeks. We call
Speaker 1: them spikes. Are are you know? The big spikes in production?
Speaker 1: My my favorite best ball strategy is two and preferably
Speaker 1: three rushing quarterbacks. Rushing quarterbacks give me a Lamar Jackson
Speaker 1: I can get, as you know, probably roughly quarterback fifteen.
Speaker 1: Give me a another quasi or decent rushing quarterback in
Speaker 1: maybe Josh Allen, third guy, Josh Allen perfect. In our
Speaker 1: current Best Ball ten's draft that we're doing in the
Speaker 1: office right now, we're in about the tenth round. I
Speaker 1: have Kyler Murray. Yeah. I have Carson Wentz, who's not
Speaker 1: a bad runner. Yeah. Those those three three quarterbacks right there,
Speaker 1: and I'm just rolling with those three guys for the
Speaker 1: whole season. I'm feeling really good about my quarterback play
Speaker 1: for now. I like it. Best Ball strategies right there. Uh,
Speaker 1: there's a lot of things you consider. There's I want
Speaker 1: to get to our sleepers, our favorite sleepers. Every every
Speaker 1: week we release one sleeper each last week, Jalen Samuel's,
Speaker 1: Curtis Samuel, and Donte Moncrief. We were the three that
Speaker 1: we gave you. Let's find out the three that we've
Speaker 1: got here, and then we're gonna go through some of
Speaker 1: our bottom of the barrel starters and just find out
Speaker 1: how much you're willing, If you're willing two roster some
Speaker 1: of these bottom tier starters around the NFL. We begin
Speaker 1: with Brian Johnson, your sleeper this week. Alright, I'm gonna
Speaker 1: go for a guy in the tight end waste land
Speaker 1: that really isn't getting drafted in a lot of leagues,
Speaker 1: and that is Darren Waller of the Oakland Raiders. Wow,
Speaker 1: that's Waller. I don't have a lot of stats to
Speaker 1: reel off experience, but he's drafted by Baltimore as a
Speaker 1: wide receiver in UM he went over to Oakland a
Speaker 1: couple of years ago, spent last year, is Jared Cook's
Speaker 1: primary backup. And we all saw how involved Jared Cook
Speaker 1: was in that Oakland offense. And right now Oakland is
Speaker 1: even more than a wide receiver, having acquired Antonio Brown somehow,
Speaker 1: so they are very short on pass catchers and as
Speaker 1: a converted converted wide receiver, Waller's route tree is far
Speaker 1: more advanced than a lot of tight ends. And there's
Speaker 1: nothing but good reports coming out of camp about this kid.
Speaker 1: And like his workout metrics are off the charts, like
Speaker 1: six six to fifty runs a sub four five forty
Speaker 1: and uh it's his job to lose. And uh, he's
Speaker 1: a last round dart that I'm throwing all day long.
Speaker 1: Darren Wall or tight end Oakland Raiders. All Right, Matt,
Speaker 1: who is your sleeper this week? He's Mine's not as
Speaker 1: deep minds Littavius Murray of the New Orleans Saints. People
Speaker 1: are drafting Murray as a significant downgrade to what mark
Speaker 1: Ingram was in seventeen. Ingram's ADP last year was in
Speaker 1: the fourth or fifth round. Lottavius Murray's going in like
Speaker 1: the eighth right now, um the Saints have. The Saints
Speaker 1: running backs have combined to score twenty seven touchdowns in
Speaker 1: twenty seven touchdowns in seen twenty four touchdowns in sixteen.
Speaker 1: And that was mark Ingram and Tim high Tower. That
Speaker 1: was pre Alvin Kamara. The Saints have been a top
Speaker 1: three running back Fantasy points producer in each of the
Speaker 1: last five years. They're not thought of as a a
Speaker 1: running team, but they are a running team, a legit
Speaker 1: running team. So if you factor in that Kamara could
Speaker 1: equal his touchdown production for last year and get eighteen again,
Speaker 1: that leaves you nine touchdowns to go around to other
Speaker 1: running backs in that group. And Murray's approven downhill runner.
Speaker 1: He's a goal line threat. He's a team that utilizes
Speaker 1: running backs more efficiently than anyone. Only thirteen running backs
Speaker 1: at eight or more touchdowns last year, and I think
Speaker 1: Murray gets at least eight this year. Um. That puts
Speaker 1: him in the conversation with guys who scored eight last year,
Speaker 1: like Aaron Jones, Philip Lindsay, David Johnson. Did you know
Speaker 1: Zeke had seven total touchdowns last year? Lottavius Murray might
Speaker 1: be outscoring Zeke in touchdowns this year. And he's going
Speaker 1: in the seventh daighth round in the neighborhood of Royce
Speaker 1: Freeman and Jordan Howard. I would much rather have Latavius
Speaker 1: Murray than either Royce Freeman or Jordan Howard. You know
Speaker 1: what he is, what vulture? A possible vulture, Latavius Murray. Um.
Speaker 1: I The part I don't like about Latavius Mury his game,
Speaker 1: and this is where I'm going to disagree with you,
Speaker 1: is zero lateral movement whatsoever when he's on the field.
Speaker 1: You all you gotta do is stack between between the
Speaker 1: hash marks and Lottavius Murray's dead. I did say downhill running.
Speaker 1: He is a down He is very much a downhill runner,
Speaker 1: and I don't think he's nearly as good as Mark Ingram,
Speaker 1: and I think Alvin Camara is gonna see an uptick
Speaker 1: in total usage by ten or and the stretch. I've
Speaker 1: got Camara number one overall because primarily I don't believe
Speaker 1: in Lottavius Murray. That said opportunity counts for a lot,
Speaker 1: and he is gonna get a little bit of the
Speaker 1: gold line work as the vulture, and there's a he's
Speaker 1: gonna be one of those guys you can just start
Speaker 1: in the dart throw as as a bye week guy. Absolutely,
Speaker 1: that's might that might be it. I don't think he's
Speaker 1: an RB two, but I think he's a He's a
Speaker 1: decent flex play and right, that's Latavius Murray my sleeper
Speaker 1: this week. Another running back Detroit's running back see J Anderson.
Speaker 1: Let's talk about yeah. But the difference is c J
Speaker 1: Anderson has a thirteen round a DP. That's the difference here.
Speaker 1: Um let me give you this quote from Lions offensive
Speaker 1: coordinator Darryl Bevil quote. I'm not gonna do the voice,
Speaker 1: all right, I'm Darryl Bevil exactly know, even though I've
Speaker 1: talked to him, will always be about running the football.
Speaker 1: We want to be a tough, hard nosed physical football team.
Speaker 1: We want to be able to exert our will on
Speaker 1: our opponents. That's what Darryl Bevil said. Coaches never lie
Speaker 1: to the media. You know, I don't think this one's
Speaker 1: a lie, and I've got data to back it up here. Ready,
Speaker 1: the Lions are going to run the ball a lot,
Speaker 1: a lot. First, Matt Patricia grew up in the Patriots system.
Speaker 1: Of course, he was the defensive longtime defensive coordinator. Um
Speaker 1: that was from twenty twelve to twenty seventeen. He was
Speaker 1: defensive coordinator. Matt Patricia was. During his tenure, the Patriots
Speaker 1: ran the ball the sixth most times, despite having Tom
Speaker 1: Brady at quarterback six most times. Now, I ask you,
Speaker 1: were the Patriots successful between twelve and twenties seventeen. Yes, yes,
Speaker 1: he saw the blueprint. Matt Patricia saw what worked running
Speaker 1: the ball, though I don't think that necessarily factors in
Speaker 1: here theoretic. Oh my god. Well, well that's another good reason.
Speaker 1: We'll even We'll get to that in a second. Now.
Speaker 1: In so, let's let's rewind the clock two seasons for Detroit.
Speaker 1: The year before Matt Patricia arrived, the Lions ran the
Speaker 1: second fewest times in the NFL second fewest. Then last
Speaker 1: year Matt Patricia shows up and he starts the new blueprint.
Speaker 1: They go from ranking thirty one in rushes to eighteen
Speaker 1: in rushing attempts. That's not a coincidence. Now they bring
Speaker 1: a new offensive coordinator, Darryl Bubble. They afore mentioned Darryl
Speaker 1: Bubble as offensive coordinator in Minnesota and Seattle, Bevil's teams
Speaker 1: ran the ball the second most times in the NFL. Now,
Speaker 1: let's note that he had Adrian Peterson and Marshawn Lynch
Speaker 1: as his two running backs runners. Yeah, kind of Hall
Speaker 1: of fame guys. So he's not looking at Hall of
Speaker 1: Fame caliber boys here, And hold on what I'm not saying.
Speaker 1: C J. Anderson's a Hall of famer, not even close.
Speaker 1: Carrie On Johnson's a damn good back, and we don't
Speaker 1: know how good he could be in his second year.
Speaker 1: And this isn't even a ballt carry On Johnson, who,
Speaker 1: by the way, I love for all the same reasons.
Speaker 1: And I've got Carrie On Johnson safely inside my top ten.
Speaker 1: Can you name other than theoretic one of those running
Speaker 1: backs from that played for Detroit though sack center one
Speaker 1: that actually played now, Amir Abdullah, Yeah, that's probably one.
Speaker 1: Darryl of those teams as offensive coordinator have averaged thirty
Speaker 1: rushes per game. Thirty. Now, Carrie Johnson's a mortal. He
Speaker 1: is not going to carry the ball thirty times a game.
Speaker 1: At most, he will be like twenty where the other
Speaker 1: ten gonna go. Well, not theoretic, he's gone. You didn't
Speaker 1: carry the ball anyway. It's not probably Zack Center all
Speaker 1: of a sudden as a work horse. It's going to
Speaker 1: go to c. J. Anderson, the guy that they brought in. C. J.
Speaker 1: Anderson is going to get a lot of work and
Speaker 1: a run heavy offense is current ADP is thirteen. No
Speaker 1: nervousness about game script. Failing Detroit this year. Um, that
Speaker 1: defense got a lot better at the moment they brought
Speaker 1: in snacks Harrison. The whole defense got so much better. Snacks, Um.
Speaker 1: And by the way, the Giants are so dumb, And
Speaker 1: why would you give up snacks Harrison? All then all
Speaker 1: teams that was run right through the Giants. Never give
Speaker 1: up your snacks. Never give up your snacks. Lesson learned Um,
Speaker 1: most like to say, uh, snacks Harrison, never mind? Okay,
Speaker 1: look we'll continue on. Thank you. Carry on, Johnson. I'm
Speaker 1: going to give you some of the bottom of the
Speaker 1: barrel starters. These are the bottom two starters at their positions,
Speaker 1: and I want you to tell me if you're willing
Speaker 1: to pay their ADP price. Let's assume you have effectively
Speaker 1: an unlimited number of roster spots, and you running out
Speaker 1: of roster spots, but there's somebody else in the same
Speaker 1: round that you could draft. Ryan Fitzpatrick going off the
Speaker 1: board in round twenty three, you're in a round draft.
Speaker 1: Oh goodness, Well, look I can't help, but that's what
Speaker 1: that's where his ADP is right now. Well, he has
Speaker 1: to be your backup quarterback in that scenario, and you
Speaker 1: have to be draft drafting a backup quarterback and must
Speaker 1: be super flex because otherwise you're not gonna roster backup quarterback.
Speaker 1: You're gonna, you know, roster running back. That's what we're
Speaker 1: gonna pop off in camp or something like that. You're
Speaker 1: not gonna go with a scrubby quarterback. But if you
Speaker 1: have to, like you said, if it's Patrick is intriguing magic.
Speaker 1: So if I'm gonna take a dumpster dumpster dive at quarterback,
Speaker 1: it's fitz Patrick. Why not in a super flex league, Yes,
Speaker 1: in a one quarterback league, No, Stu Bird is gonna
Speaker 1: behind constantly. Miami is gonna be losing in almost every game,
Speaker 1: and he's just gonna be hauling deep passes. When are
Speaker 1: they going to give Josh Rose in the ball? That's
Speaker 1: the question. Do you ever have to give Josh Rose
Speaker 1: in the ball? Because they got to figure out what
Speaker 1: they got there in the top five. Again, next year,
Speaker 1: the Arizona figure out what they had in Josh Rosen,
Speaker 1: they got out. Well, Miami gets a whole year of
Speaker 1: it though, right, Eli Manning going in the twenty fourth round. No, no, now,
Speaker 1: we're all right, nobody nobody interested. Okay, let's go to
Speaker 1: our bottom of the barrel starters at running back, your
Speaker 1: bottom two guys, Jordan Howard going uh in round number eight. Uh.
Speaker 1: That's where I'd rather take guys like Latavious or guys
Speaker 1: like Darryl Henderson, maybe guys even like Kareem Hunt who
Speaker 1: are going a little bit later, uh and Miles Sanders
Speaker 1: from the same team. I generally want a little bit more. So. No,
Speaker 1: I'm not taking Jordan Howard. Yeah, I've seen him going
Speaker 1: earlier than that in some drafts, which is criminal. Um,
Speaker 1: you know might think of that early either. I would,
Speaker 1: I would wait for longer for even higher upside guys
Speaker 1: like a Tony Pollard. For Dallas, I'd rather wait five
Speaker 1: rounds and grab him over Jordan. It was so tough
Speaker 1: for Eagles running backs to get to the fifteen carry
Speaker 1: mark over the almost never happened. Almost never. Peterson's Doug Peterson.
Speaker 1: This is what he's going to do. It's gonna be
Speaker 1: a rotation. We saw it in the Thursday night preseason game.
Speaker 1: They're already sharing work and if someone steps up, it's
Speaker 1: gonna be Miles Sanders. There's basically no questioning that Peyton
Speaker 1: Barber round eleven, I mean, as the last starter, and
Speaker 1: Ronald Jones doesn't scare me at all. Yeah, I'll take
Speaker 1: Peyton Barber in the eleventh. How much better is that
Speaker 1: offense going to be under Bruce Arians on a regular basis?
Speaker 1: Seven seven is the answer. Yes, all of the above.
Speaker 1: Peyton Barber. They did not. They watched the tape. Arians
Speaker 1: shows up, watches the tape of the whole season and decides,
Speaker 1: I don't need to make any change at the running
Speaker 1: back position. Why because Peyton Barber is pretty good. He
Speaker 1: did grab his boy, Andre Ellington, though I'm not a
Speaker 1: real uh, Marquis Brown is your number, your top drafted
Speaker 1: Baltimore receiver at round sixteen. I think CP mentioned it
Speaker 1: on the show last week that Myles Boykin has kind
Speaker 1: of been the guy who's been popping off in camp. There.
Speaker 1: They seem to be a wide receiver by committee kind
Speaker 1: of a thing. And so I'm probably going to be
Speaker 1: the guy who takes the last of the Baltimore wide receivers,
Speaker 1: just kind of like you take the Patriots running backs.
Speaker 1: You mentioned Chris Moore, and there's Chris Moore steam right now. Yeah,
Speaker 1: so I'm out on boy You know, Marquis. We knew
Speaker 1: that it was gonna be a long set up for
Speaker 1: Brown because of the foot injury that was gonna take time,
Speaker 1: and you know he's already you know, not participating fully
Speaker 1: in camp, and it's it looks like it's gonna be
Speaker 1: a long slow burn for Marquise Brown for him to
Speaker 1: get up to speed, get on the get on the
Speaker 1: field and everything else. I think I'm avoiding that. Kenny
Speaker 1: Stills is the other bottom of the barrel, lowest ranks
Speaker 1: starter round fourteen. Another great best ball is Ken Stills.
Speaker 1: If you if you like stew Beard, you gotta like
Speaker 1: a deep threat like Kenny Stills because Stu Beard is
Speaker 1: gonna chuck the ball and Kenny Stills might be the
Speaker 1: guy who gets a yards and two touchdowns in a game.
Speaker 1: The ultimate headache, though, is Ken good luck figuring that
Speaker 1: out started. I think last year had a good like
Speaker 1: Week one or a couple of weeks of the season
Speaker 1: and then just evaporated after that injury, bad play. Thanks
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