WEBVTT - Rootin' for Tuten 0:00:00.640 --> 0:00:04.320 Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of iHeartRadio. 0:00:06.440 --> 0:00:10.720 Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from iHeartRadio, your weekly 0:00:10.760 --> 0:00:14.760 source for the nation's best fantasy football advice, speculation, and 0:00:14.800 --> 0:00:18.200 whatever stupid stuff they decide to drop into the show. Now, 0:00:18.239 --> 0:00:19.960 here's your host, Paul Chargian. 0:00:20.600 --> 0:00:23.599 Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly. I am Paul Charchion, my 0:00:23.720 --> 0:00:26.239 co host, as he has been the last several weeks. 0:00:26.600 --> 0:00:27.760 Kent Wyrock. 0:00:28.280 --> 0:00:30.400 Hey, how are we doing, Paul, glad to be back. 0:00:30.680 --> 0:00:33.880 Yeah, and welcome to the divisions. Welcome to the kitchen. Yeah, 0:00:33.960 --> 0:00:35.240 that's so, we're out of the closet. 0:00:35.280 --> 0:00:38.160 We've come out of the closet and now we are 0:00:38.240 --> 0:00:38.920 in my kitchen. 0:00:39.200 --> 0:00:40.880 We both got a little bit more space this week, 0:00:40.920 --> 0:00:42.360 so I think that's going to give us some room 0:00:42.360 --> 0:00:44.920 to breathe in terms of analysis and everything. 0:00:45.080 --> 0:00:47.200 Yeah, that's great. I hope so too. I hope so too. 0:00:48.200 --> 0:00:50.479 You know, for those I think the regular listeners know, 0:00:51.200 --> 0:00:53.559 in the middle of a move to Utah, I'm back 0:00:53.600 --> 0:00:56.000 in Minnesota. So we get for the moment anyway, so 0:00:56.040 --> 0:00:58.080 we get to we get to see each other face 0:00:58.120 --> 0:01:00.920 to face. We've done a lot of episodes of Fantasy 0:01:00.920 --> 0:01:01.760 Football Weekly for. 0:01:01.840 --> 0:01:03.640 My kitchen, Kent. Yeah, I can imagine. 0:01:03.720 --> 0:01:07.400 Yeah, there's a lot of history here and the smell 0:01:07.520 --> 0:01:11.440 of Matt Harrison is is still seeped into many of 0:01:11.480 --> 0:01:13.319 these barstools at the kitchen. 0:01:13.360 --> 0:01:14.600 You know, I thought I picked that up when I 0:01:14.600 --> 0:01:16.360 walked in. I didn't want to say anything about it 0:01:16.400 --> 0:01:17.760 because you don't respect him and all that. 0:01:17.840 --> 0:01:21.520 But no, yeah you walk in, you go sad Harrison. 0:01:21.520 --> 0:01:22.320 What's he doing here? 0:01:22.560 --> 0:01:24.319 Yeah? Yeah, it lingers. 0:01:24.360 --> 0:01:27.160 It takes a while, yes, for all that. Absolutely, Absolutely, 0:01:27.480 --> 0:01:31.480 Today we're breaking down what's new in the AFC and 0:01:31.640 --> 0:01:35.360 NFC South Kent and and by the way, before we 0:01:35.440 --> 0:01:37.760 start breaking down teams and what's new in the off 0:01:37.800 --> 0:01:39.399 season for each of these teams, and you know. 0:01:39.360 --> 0:01:40.520 What we like, what we don't like. 0:01:41.920 --> 0:01:46.560 Tush Push got officially voted down. I thought it was 0:01:46.600 --> 0:01:48.160 going to pass, and it almost did. I think it 0:01:48.200 --> 0:01:53.760 was like three short, shy, three votes shy. Obviously, Jalen 0:01:53.840 --> 0:01:59.000 Hurts is the huge beneficiary of this, and Saquon Barkley 0:01:59.080 --> 0:02:03.520 without the tush pus, Saquon Barkley, who was already going 0:02:03.560 --> 0:02:06.080 first in a lot of drafts for many people, I 0:02:06.080 --> 0:02:07.760 think it would have been first with a bullet at 0:02:07.760 --> 0:02:10.320 that point. But you know now you know, now you 0:02:10.360 --> 0:02:14.720 know that erases twelve twelve rushing touchdowns that you know 0:02:14.760 --> 0:02:16.200 could have potentially gone to Barkley. 0:02:16.280 --> 0:02:16.960 Well that's what we thought. 0:02:17.040 --> 0:02:18.880 But last year Barkley did just find in the rushing 0:02:18.880 --> 0:02:21.280 touchdown category. So but you know, like we talked about 0:02:21.320 --> 0:02:23.800 last week, we saw that offense kind of go up 0:02:23.840 --> 0:02:27.360 to their stealing. We believe maybe so if they drop 0:02:27.440 --> 0:02:29.320 it down a little bit, that could be Barkley, who's 0:02:29.320 --> 0:02:30.280 the one suffering for sure? 0:02:30.360 --> 0:02:31.480 Yeah, it could be, it could be. 0:02:32.560 --> 0:02:35.040 You know, I'm still I was totally wrong at Barkley 0:02:35.080 --> 0:02:36.480 last year. I was like, Hey, if your quarterback is 0:02:36.480 --> 0:02:38.480 going to steal thirteen fourteen touchdowns, how does that? Where 0:02:38.480 --> 0:02:40.480 does that leave you? And I was nervous about Barkley. 0:02:40.560 --> 0:02:41.160 Totally wrong. 0:02:42.800 --> 0:02:43.600 Now watched this year. 0:02:44.040 --> 0:02:45.920 It'll end up happening. We'll find out, I hope not. 0:02:45.960 --> 0:02:48.320 We want good things for everybody, and that offense can 0:02:48.360 --> 0:02:51.440 feed more than one player. But interesting to note that 0:02:51.680 --> 0:02:53.680 that happened didn't have to change any rankings, which is 0:02:53.720 --> 0:02:56.560 which is really nice. And you can already find early 0:02:56.639 --> 0:02:59.160 season rankings at fantasylife dot com, which we encourage you 0:02:59.160 --> 0:03:03.520 to do a right Let's jump into the AFC South Kent. 0:03:04.000 --> 0:03:09.120 You are up first with Indianapolis, a team that in 0:03:09.160 --> 0:03:12.679 an offense that worries me at the quarterback position quite 0:03:12.720 --> 0:03:16.559 a bit. They brought in Daniel Jones to either compete 0:03:16.639 --> 0:03:19.399 with or be the fallback plan for Anthony Richardson. 0:03:19.760 --> 0:03:19.959 Yeah. 0:03:20.000 --> 0:03:21.280 I mean, I don't know if they're going with golf 0:03:21.320 --> 0:03:23.000 scoring for how good their quarterbacks are going to be. 0:03:23.120 --> 0:03:26.840 But it's a bad challenging against bad here, So I'm 0:03:26.840 --> 0:03:29.040 gonna actually start at the top with the coaching changes. 0:03:29.360 --> 0:03:31.000 There's not a lot on the offensive side of the ball, 0:03:31.040 --> 0:03:34.160 but Gus Bradley was fired as defensive coordinator and they 0:03:34.160 --> 0:03:37.640 brought in lou Aron Umo. I believe I'm pronouncing that correct. 0:03:37.680 --> 0:03:40.560 So this was a bottom ten offense last year and 0:03:40.560 --> 0:03:43.520 that's why Bradley was canned ultimately, But I think it's 0:03:43.720 --> 0:03:47.000 distinction without difference here because ana Arumo was also bottom 0:03:47.080 --> 0:03:48.640 ten four of the six years when he was with 0:03:48.680 --> 0:03:52.680 the Bengals. So if we're going to have any additional 0:03:52.680 --> 0:03:55.000 opportunity on the fantasy, you know, offensive side of the 0:03:55.000 --> 0:03:57.080 ball from the defense being bad, that's still in play. 0:03:57.200 --> 0:04:00.440 So you have that there, and then you know, in 0:04:00.480 --> 0:04:04.360 front of the quarterback, something that comes into play in 0:04:04.400 --> 0:04:07.240 all phases of the game. Ryan Kelly and Will Fryes 0:04:07.280 --> 0:04:09.320 lost to in free agency, both to the Vikings. 0:04:09.320 --> 0:04:11.200 So and this is a real loss. 0:04:11.200 --> 0:04:12.920 I mean, yeah, well talking about this is the Vikings 0:04:12.960 --> 0:04:14.880 is one of the most improved offensive lines of football 0:04:15.160 --> 0:04:17.520 the Bears. But that you know, to come with that, 0:04:17.720 --> 0:04:19.880 this certainly hurts the Colts too. 0:04:20.040 --> 0:04:20.960 Oh yeah, definitely. 0:04:21.040 --> 0:04:23.960 And so the new center is expected to be Tanner 0:04:24.000 --> 0:04:27.239 Bordolini and he's a twenty twenty four fourth rounder showd 0:04:27.279 --> 0:04:29.760 promise but just limited action. Hasn't really done much yet 0:04:29.760 --> 0:04:32.400 in the league. And then right guard is Matt Gonclaves. 0:04:32.600 --> 0:04:34.320 He struggled but was coming off the bench. He filled 0:04:34.360 --> 0:04:36.040 in at left and right tackle last year, but now 0:04:36.080 --> 0:04:38.000 he's at right guard. So they've got a little bit 0:04:38.000 --> 0:04:39.440 of a mix up on the interior. I think that's 0:04:39.480 --> 0:04:41.440 going to a lot of challenging for Anthony Richards if 0:04:41.440 --> 0:04:44.440 you face like pressure up the middle. So it's a 0:04:44.480 --> 0:04:47.679 tough look. But you know, going over to the quarterback position, honestly, 0:04:47.680 --> 0:04:49.960 the bigger news is they lost Joe Flacco, and that 0:04:50.120 --> 0:04:52.839 is saying something he's an agents wonder. I mean, his 0:04:52.920 --> 0:04:55.039 last couple of years, both in Cleveland and then up 0:04:55.080 --> 0:04:58.360 in Indianapolis, they've been really resurgent for him. So it's 0:04:58.400 --> 0:05:00.000 been a lot of fun to watch. But now he's 0:05:00.120 --> 0:05:02.320 north of forty, I think his time's finally done. Yeah, 0:05:02.960 --> 0:05:04.880 they did bring in Daniel Jones. He hasn't had a 0:05:04.880 --> 0:05:07.280 touchdown rate above three point two percent since his rookie 0:05:07.320 --> 0:05:10.640 year or fifteen touchdowns. He absolutely does not have the. 0:05:10.640 --> 0:05:13.440 Stuff, but that doesn't mean Richardson does. 0:05:13.440 --> 0:05:15.160 No And I was just about to get to that. 0:05:15.200 --> 0:05:17.559 I mean, you you have kind of the mystery box 0:05:17.560 --> 0:05:19.960 with Anthony Richardson, and I think that's the only thing 0:05:20.000 --> 0:05:21.599 you can hope for at this point. If you're switching 0:05:21.640 --> 0:05:23.960 over to Daniel Jones, that's a lost season. You have 0:05:24.000 --> 0:05:27.599 absolutely nothing to gain from that transaction. So it'll be 0:05:27.640 --> 0:05:29.240 interesting to see if they do make a switch at 0:05:29.279 --> 0:05:31.920 any point this year. They will, but you know, it's 0:05:32.400 --> 0:05:34.320 it's a lost loss situation in my opinion. 0:05:34.480 --> 0:05:37.120 Well, you know, they made the switch last year and 0:05:37.120 --> 0:05:40.160 then everybody ever and I would have made the switch too. 0:05:40.240 --> 0:05:42.960 I was absolutely on board with the sich Richardson just 0:05:43.400 --> 0:05:47.080 was he was giving away wins, but the mentality seemed 0:05:47.080 --> 0:05:50.320 to have been, well, Okay, we're okay giving away wins 0:05:50.360 --> 0:05:53.719 because we want we want a longer look at Anthony Richardson. 0:05:53.880 --> 0:05:55.680 Well, how long can you do that? You know it's 0:05:55.680 --> 0:05:56.200 sooner or later. 0:05:56.240 --> 0:05:58.800 Your coaches have to protect their own job. I mean this, 0:05:59.000 --> 0:06:01.240 at the end of the day, you have to have wins. 0:06:02.000 --> 0:06:07.120 I'm I'm really really nervous about this offense. And you 0:06:07.120 --> 0:06:10.760 know the degree to with Anthony Richardson has to get 0:06:10.800 --> 0:06:15.400 better is dramatic. If Shane Stikeen is going to remain 0:06:15.440 --> 0:06:16.160 the head coach. 0:06:16.040 --> 0:06:19.080 Yeah, and you know that that could not last very 0:06:19.120 --> 0:06:20.720 long either. He could be on the outs too if 0:06:20.720 --> 0:06:23.560 this season goes down in flames, which is very very possible. 0:06:23.560 --> 0:06:25.440 All right, let's go to the tight end position. Tyler 0:06:25.480 --> 0:06:29.000 Warren is another notable change for this year. 0:06:29.120 --> 0:06:31.680 Absolutely, it's a big addition. It's an improvement to the 0:06:31.760 --> 0:06:34.039 receiving corps. You know, they've gone through kind of the 0:06:34.720 --> 0:06:39.720 Will Moley Cox uh be the one careful to be 0:06:40.440 --> 0:06:43.560 through and to fulfill his sleeper status, but he never did. 0:06:43.960 --> 0:06:45.920 They resign him due to some cheap deal. He's he's 0:06:45.920 --> 0:06:49.200 on the back burner now. It's Tyler Warren's tight end room. 0:06:49.320 --> 0:06:52.120 And uh, you know, he's joining the same receiving corps 0:06:52.120 --> 0:06:54.320 of receivers that they had last year, so they at 0:06:54.400 --> 0:06:56.560 least have some continuity in the passing room with the 0:06:56.600 --> 0:06:59.120 addition of Tyler Warren. So there's some improvement there. But 0:06:59.279 --> 0:07:01.440 the the the off said from the offensive line scares 0:07:01.480 --> 0:07:03.839 me a little bit more. And on the rushing side 0:07:03.839 --> 0:07:05.280 of the ball, if we looked at that, they you know, 0:07:05.320 --> 0:07:08.200 they have Jonathan Taylor, who's obviously great, but in terms 0:07:08.200 --> 0:07:11.080 of the backup or depth behind him situation, they had 0:07:11.120 --> 0:07:13.640 Trace Sermon last year who was nothing. They dropped him, 0:07:13.640 --> 0:07:17.320 and they signed Khalil Herbert in free agency, who has 0:07:17.360 --> 0:07:19.920 had times periods where he looked like he could be 0:07:20.080 --> 0:07:23.280 a viable fantasy football running back but ultimately kind of 0:07:23.320 --> 0:07:24.800 fell short and wasn't able to give you any kind 0:07:24.840 --> 0:07:29.840 of consistent play. So it's They also drafted DJ Giddens 0:07:29.880 --> 0:07:31.600 in the fifth round. And I know that you and 0:07:31.640 --> 0:07:33.480 Thor like Giinn's I looked that up a little bit 0:07:33.520 --> 0:07:35.640 to make sure you know, I knew where you guys 0:07:35.680 --> 0:07:38.080 were coming from on this. But he has an opportunity 0:07:38.120 --> 0:07:39.760 to climb the depth chart here. I think it's it's 0:07:40.040 --> 0:07:43.760 wide open behind Jonathan Taylor, but ultimately it's a handcuff 0:07:43.760 --> 0:07:44.600 situation at best. 0:07:45.200 --> 0:07:49.400 Herbert is a nice all around utility guy, but he's 0:07:49.400 --> 0:07:50.400 not a splashy player. 0:07:50.880 --> 0:07:53.600 And I'm very glad you didn't that. 0:07:53.720 --> 0:07:55.760 Jelannie Woods did not catch a straight from you. I 0:07:55.800 --> 0:07:57.560 thought you were going to take a shot at my guy. 0:07:58.320 --> 0:08:00.800 I've been waiting for the breakout year for Johnny Woods 0:08:00.800 --> 0:08:05.160 for three seasons now, and my I want to believe 0:08:05.160 --> 0:08:07.840 there's some alternate reality right now where Jolnnie Woods is 0:08:07.840 --> 0:08:09.760 so good this team to not draft Tyler Warren, but 0:08:09.880 --> 0:08:12.520 Warren will be the starter and potentially an important piece 0:08:12.520 --> 0:08:16.120 of this offense because Michael Pierce are Alex Pierce and 0:08:16.120 --> 0:08:17.480 Michael Pittman and Josh Downs. 0:08:18.320 --> 0:08:20.200 You know that's it. They're not bad, They're fine. 0:08:20.320 --> 0:08:22.800 Yeah, there's no truly lead one here, And honestly, Tyler 0:08:22.840 --> 0:08:25.360 one could end up being the top targeted receiver in 0:08:25.400 --> 0:08:28.080 this group if we're being honest. Yeah, it'd be probably 0:08:28.120 --> 0:08:30.040 a low end outcome, but certainly in the in the 0:08:30.120 --> 0:08:33.320 range of possibilities. So overall, this team is in a 0:08:33.360 --> 0:08:36.000 worse situation just from the sake of the offensive line. 0:08:36.000 --> 0:08:38.120 It's gonna hurt the rushing, it's gonna hurt the passing, 0:08:38.400 --> 0:08:40.520 and they don't have a quarterback situation to account for 0:08:40.520 --> 0:08:44.440 that either. So unless there's some huge strides in Anthony 0:08:44.520 --> 0:08:46.560 Richardson's game, it's it's much worse. 0:08:46.760 --> 0:08:48.760 That's much I think this is. This team's in trouble, 0:08:49.240 --> 0:08:51.040 This offense is in trouble, and this is a stay 0:08:51.080 --> 0:08:53.560 away offense for me. A lot of people love Josh Downs, 0:08:53.600 --> 0:08:55.800 A lot of smart people football people think Josh Downs 0:08:56.000 --> 0:08:58.720 is a really good player who's been in a bad situation. 0:08:59.200 --> 0:09:01.760 We'll see maybe make a little more impact here. Let's 0:09:01.760 --> 0:09:04.600 go over to Tennessee. No meaningful changes, can't at running 0:09:04.640 --> 0:09:06.400 back or tight end, so nothing to really talk about 0:09:06.400 --> 0:09:08.920 there at all. Cam Ward will be your opening day starter. 0:09:09.559 --> 0:09:11.320 And all I want, all I want from a Tennessee 0:09:11.360 --> 0:09:13.720 quarterback at this point is just give me stability, just 0:09:13.760 --> 0:09:16.800 you know, don't give games away and throw Hail Mary 0:09:16.840 --> 0:09:20.360 balls for interceptions. If he just brings stability in your one, 0:09:20.400 --> 0:09:24.160 that's a win for a lot of Tennessee fantasy players. 0:09:24.840 --> 0:09:28.480 And you know, Will Levis just spraying wobblers all over 0:09:28.480 --> 0:09:28.840 the field. 0:09:29.160 --> 0:09:30.760 Was ugly last year. 0:09:31.280 --> 0:09:34.160 Cam Ward, We've already broken broken him down on other shows. 0:09:34.280 --> 0:09:36.000 You know, you saw him in the draft, so you 0:09:36.000 --> 0:09:37.440 already know a lot about it. I'm not gonna spend 0:09:37.440 --> 0:09:40.840 a ton of time on him here, but high IQ player, 0:09:41.280 --> 0:09:45.240 lots of pre snap adjustments, good decision making, which is 0:09:45.320 --> 0:09:48.800 very important. He's got a good arm. He can be 0:09:48.840 --> 0:09:52.199 an aggressive passer without turning the ball over. So he's 0:09:52.200 --> 0:09:55.760 basically everything Will Levis isn't. For the most part, I 0:09:55.760 --> 0:09:58.760 don't think he's going to be a regular Fantasy contributor. 0:09:59.080 --> 0:10:02.080 Definitely not this year in my mind for cam Ward Kent, 0:10:02.760 --> 0:10:06.320 and I'm not sure in the future either. He brings 0:10:06.400 --> 0:10:09.920 no rushing to the table the past, the arm, and 0:10:09.960 --> 0:10:12.880 the skill set for the quarterback position is good, not great. 0:10:13.400 --> 0:10:16.400 Had cam Ward been in last year's draft class, he 0:10:16.440 --> 0:10:18.320 would have been the seventh. 0:10:17.960 --> 0:10:19.920 Quarterback off the board potentially for sure. 0:10:20.000 --> 0:10:22.440 Yeah, so you know, I just you know, all I 0:10:22.480 --> 0:10:24.800 want here is just have somebody who who can put 0:10:24.840 --> 0:10:28.120 the rest of my Titans on the map and not 0:10:28.200 --> 0:10:30.880 erase those players. A couple of updates from the wide 0:10:30.920 --> 0:10:34.760 receiver room in Tennessee Kent Tyler Lockett's going to try 0:10:34.760 --> 0:10:38.319 to wring one more season out of his thirty two 0:10:38.559 --> 0:10:39.559 year old body. 0:10:39.559 --> 0:10:41.000 He's going to turn thirty three in season. 0:10:41.080 --> 0:10:44.199 You know, he just keeps going. I tried to kind 0:10:44.200 --> 0:10:46.000 of predict the downfall in a way that you're talking 0:10:46.000 --> 0:10:47.760 about him right now, but he seems to just keep 0:10:47.800 --> 0:10:49.560 performing in a solid NFL way. 0:10:49.600 --> 0:10:49.880 If not. 0:10:50.040 --> 0:10:53.079 Fantasy got phased out of the Seattle offense largely last 0:10:53.160 --> 0:10:55.520 year as Jackson Smith and Jigba got more and more 0:10:55.559 --> 0:10:58.520 and more attention. It all came out of Tyler Lockett's productivity. 0:10:59.280 --> 0:11:03.640 But no such problem here because this is a thin 0:11:03.880 --> 0:11:07.120 wide receiver room, and Lacka could easily end up being 0:11:07.160 --> 0:11:11.240 a starter. Despite declining yards in four straight years, declining 0:11:11.240 --> 0:11:15.800 receptions in three straight years. Van Jefferson is that he 0:11:15.840 --> 0:11:17.240 needs to beat out. I don't even know the Van 0:11:17.280 --> 0:11:18.360 Jefferson's gonna be on this team. 0:11:18.440 --> 0:11:19.920 Got no, it certainly not YEA. 0:11:20.760 --> 0:11:24.199 Now they've got two rookies fourth rounders, and they've got 0:11:24.240 --> 0:11:29.080 a primrose path to playing time in Tennessee, and I 0:11:29.120 --> 0:11:31.040 think at least for one of them, it may just 0:11:31.080 --> 0:11:35.560 be a matter of when. So the first was elick 0:11:35.840 --> 0:11:38.520 iomanor he went in the He was actually the second 0:11:38.520 --> 0:11:41.920 of the two taken, but by almost everybody's standards, he 0:11:42.000 --> 0:11:44.280 was the better of the two and the more promising 0:11:44.679 --> 0:11:51.000 opp receiver opportunity, and that was Thor's number six receiver. Yeah, 0:11:51.040 --> 0:11:53.200 and and Thor felt like that was a steal in 0:11:53.240 --> 0:11:57.120 the fourth round for Tennessee. He hit national prominence when 0:11:57.120 --> 0:12:01.880 he roasted Colorado corner back Travis Hunter two years ago 0:12:01.880 --> 0:12:04.040 in a game, put up three hundred yards on Travis Hunter, 0:12:04.080 --> 0:12:07.000 and all of a sudden, whoa eleck Iomannor who's his? 0:12:07.720 --> 0:12:11.280 He's strong, he's physical, good speed, he's a four to 0:12:11.360 --> 0:12:14.679 four forty guy, good ball skills. He's he'll have an 0:12:14.720 --> 0:12:18.560 opportunity to get some reps I think at some point 0:12:18.600 --> 0:12:21.560 this year, but probably not weak one. And then the 0:12:21.600 --> 0:12:24.880 other guy they took was a pure slot receiver named 0:12:25.080 --> 0:12:31.400 Chimmey ray d K. Chimurri ray DK a great name 0:12:31.440 --> 0:12:33.680 and I'm probably gonna butcher it like all season long, 0:12:34.720 --> 0:12:37.560 elite intangibles, high IQ guy. 0:12:37.640 --> 0:12:38.839 Coaches raved about him. 0:12:39.000 --> 0:12:43.880 He transfers to Florida his senior year, he gets voted 0:12:43.960 --> 0:12:47.480 captain and out of a transfer year. I mean, that's 0:12:47.520 --> 0:12:49.720 making a strong impact on your team in a very 0:12:49.720 --> 0:12:50.280 short time. 0:12:50.440 --> 0:12:52.960 Walking in the door and just laying it out right away. Yeah, 0:12:53.000 --> 0:12:54.079 I'm in charge now. 0:12:54.480 --> 0:12:59.240 So people love uh chimur ate DK's intangibles. 0:12:59.320 --> 0:13:00.440 He's super fast. 0:13:00.480 --> 0:13:02.680 I think he ran a four to three something forty 0:13:03.720 --> 0:13:07.040 and the slow receiver spot wide open in Tennessee, wide open, 0:13:07.160 --> 0:13:09.880 so he may find some playing time at some point, 0:13:10.120 --> 0:13:10.800 also worth. 0:13:10.640 --> 0:13:13.040 Maybe thrown out. They also got Xavier Ristrepo as an 0:13:13.080 --> 0:13:15.440 undrafted free agent who fell, you know, thanks to a 0:13:15.559 --> 0:13:17.280 very slow forty time. But I think we know that 0:13:17.320 --> 0:13:20.080 in today's NFL, if you can you know, run technical 0:13:20.160 --> 0:13:21.880 routes or anything like that, you can still find an 0:13:21.880 --> 0:13:24.480 opportunity to play in time. So I agree in this 0:13:24.600 --> 0:13:27.840 particular receiving corps, I think there's at least a small chance. 0:13:27.920 --> 0:13:31.280 Yeah, just because again super thin yep, dep chart. Okay, 0:13:31.360 --> 0:13:34.600 let's go to our next team, the Houston Texans, coming 0:13:34.640 --> 0:13:38.920 off a really disappointing season. I think there's I think 0:13:39.000 --> 0:13:42.199 this is there's some opportunity to buy low on Texans. 0:13:42.240 --> 0:13:42.839 What do you think? 0:13:43.200 --> 0:13:46.839 Yeah, I think there's pops possibly true, because I think 0:13:46.880 --> 0:13:48.680 the script has flipped so hard on CG. 0:13:48.760 --> 0:13:49.120 Stroud. 0:13:49.160 --> 0:13:50.960 You know, his first year, his rookie year, he was 0:13:50.960 --> 0:13:54.680 obviously awesome. Not so people reacted really really, you know, 0:13:54.960 --> 0:13:57.120 aggressively to that and wanted to acquire him in dynasty 0:13:57.160 --> 0:13:58.800 drafts and stuff like that. He went very, very high 0:13:58.840 --> 0:14:00.720 and then you know, kind of fell and had a 0:14:00.720 --> 0:14:03.080 tough year last year. But I think now people have 0:14:03.600 --> 0:14:05.480 gone a little bit too far on the opposite side 0:14:05.480 --> 0:14:06.160 of the pendulum. 0:14:06.200 --> 0:14:08.000 So it's a good opportunity. 0:14:08.040 --> 0:14:09.760 There's some you know, mix ups going on with their 0:14:09.760 --> 0:14:11.440 offensive line and stuff, and they don't. 0:14:11.280 --> 0:14:14.200 Like, Yeah, they had to get better on the offensive line, 0:14:14.200 --> 0:14:17.040 and I don't feel like they put enough good resources. 0:14:16.520 --> 0:14:17.559 Into it, and that worries me. 0:14:17.640 --> 0:14:20.240 Ken No, they lost Laromie Tunsell who was traded to 0:14:20.280 --> 0:14:20.880 the Dolphins. 0:14:21.000 --> 0:14:22.800 Okay, that does not worry me. 0:14:23.160 --> 0:14:25.480 Okay, it went to the commanders from the Dolphins, but yes, 0:14:25.920 --> 0:14:29.560 you saying, And Tunsel to me was arguably the most 0:14:29.600 --> 0:14:32.120 overpaid player in the NFL, So I had no problem 0:14:32.160 --> 0:14:34.400 that they punted him, but I wanted him to backfill 0:14:34.440 --> 0:14:35.520 that offensive line more. 0:14:35.680 --> 0:14:38.080 Yeah, they also lost Shack Mason. They brought in Cam 0:14:38.200 --> 0:14:40.760 Robinson who he's been around the block a little bit, 0:14:41.160 --> 0:14:45.080 Veteran Lake and Tomlinson, veteran Trent Brown, guys who've been solid, 0:14:45.080 --> 0:14:47.680 but they're just aging and yep, they're doing I guess 0:14:48.000 --> 0:14:51.120 a decent work with a limited value put into it. 0:14:51.160 --> 0:14:53.600 But as far as like overall improvement, I'm not seeing 0:14:53.600 --> 0:14:55.880 it quite there. They also, by the way, had an 0:14:55.920 --> 0:14:59.040 offensive coordinator shift, so Bobby Slowik, who for a while 0:14:59.080 --> 0:15:01.840 I think people consider to be on the track towards 0:15:01.880 --> 0:15:04.160 like head coaching and stuff, and he really had a 0:15:04.160 --> 0:15:06.560 tough season to play calling last year. So they brought 0:15:06.560 --> 0:15:09.040 in Nick Cayley, who's a first time offensive coordinator tight 0:15:09.160 --> 0:15:11.440 ends coach for the Rams, So we'll find out how 0:15:11.480 --> 0:15:15.480 he does in the coming year or two. But also 0:15:15.560 --> 0:15:16.560 worth noting there. 0:15:16.800 --> 0:15:19.480 Let's go to the receivers, because I don't believe Tank 0:15:19.520 --> 0:15:22.960 Dell's gonna play this year, and we're keeping our fingers 0:15:22.960 --> 0:15:26.120 crossed that Tank Dell ever plays again. Yeah, he had 0:15:26.200 --> 0:15:29.680 one of the most brutal knee injuries we've seen. So 0:15:30.280 --> 0:15:34.120 they spent second and third round picks in this draft 0:15:34.160 --> 0:15:35.440 at the wide receiver position. 0:15:35.600 --> 0:15:37.800 Yeah, and two guys that were really high RADS scores 0:15:37.840 --> 0:15:40.320 nine point twenty nine point seven for Higgins and Nole. 0:15:40.480 --> 0:15:43.040 So that's Jayden Higgins who was drafted thirty fourth overall, 0:15:43.160 --> 0:15:45.720 Jalen Nole, who's drafted third round. We're talking about Jayden's 0:15:45.720 --> 0:15:47.520 and Jalen's and all sorts of players. 0:15:47.840 --> 0:15:50.680 It's gonna confound us many times on the show. I 0:15:50.680 --> 0:15:51.760 forget every single time. 0:15:51.840 --> 0:15:53.960 But yeah, both guys are you know once you know, 0:15:54.880 --> 0:15:58.480 Jayden Higgins is six', Four Jalen knowle is five, Ten 0:15:58.640 --> 0:16:02.320 so different that the spectrum of athleticism, here but certainly 0:16:02.360 --> 0:16:04.840 they're bringing some fresh blood into the receiving room and 0:16:04.880 --> 0:16:07.120 that's good to. See they also sign Just worth throwing 0:16:07.120 --> 0:16:09.960 Out Justin watson And Braxon barrios's depth guys, too just 0:16:10.000 --> 0:16:13.600 to find something to HELP. C. J stroud. Along BUT 0:16:13.640 --> 0:16:15.920 i HAVE i imagine that those rookies are going to get 0:16:15.920 --> 0:16:17.120 some significant playing time this. 0:16:17.200 --> 0:16:18.560 YEAR i think they will. 0:16:18.560 --> 0:16:22.000 Too Now Christian kirk they traded, for And kirk is 0:16:22.040 --> 0:16:28.360 the presumed slot. Starter, Yeah Jalen noel figures to some 0:16:28.520 --> 0:16:31.240 it's probably next. YEAR i think it's. ALL i Think 0:16:31.320 --> 0:16:33.680 Christian kirk's got one year on his. Deal, yes SO 0:16:33.840 --> 0:16:35.960 i think it's going to Be kirk at least to 0:16:36.040 --> 0:16:38.960 start this year because of the all the veteran advantages 0:16:38.960 --> 0:16:41.200 that he's. Got and THEN i think they go To, 0:16:41.240 --> 0:16:44.000 noel who can be pretty electric after and AND i think, 0:16:44.000 --> 0:16:46.400 there you, know there's gonna be some opportunities down the 0:16:46.440 --> 0:16:48.920 road as a dynasty stash For, Noel BUT i think 0:16:48.960 --> 0:16:50.960 THAT'S i think his time is more likely next year 0:16:51.000 --> 0:16:51.480 than this. Year. 0:16:51.520 --> 0:16:54.560 ABSOLUTELY i think after they struggle last, year they kind 0:16:54.560 --> 0:16:57.240 of recognized that they needed to build up this team AROUND. C. J, 0:16:57.320 --> 0:16:59.600 stroud make sure that they have a solid foundation in. 0:16:59.640 --> 0:17:02.760 Place they were kind of just kind of like a 0:17:02.800 --> 0:17:06.760 paper weapons style of offense where they just fell apart pretty. 0:17:06.800 --> 0:17:09.520 Quickly so they'll they'll make some overall, improvements AND i 0:17:09.520 --> 0:17:10.960 think you're right down the road that should be a 0:17:10.960 --> 0:17:11.280 really good. 0:17:11.280 --> 0:17:12.520 Improvement AND i. 0:17:12.440 --> 0:17:14.240 Want to talk running back for just a second while 0:17:14.240 --> 0:17:19.400 we're talking To, houston BECAUSE i really disliked WHAT i 0:17:19.520 --> 0:17:23.280 saw In Joe mixon's second half of the season when 0:17:23.280 --> 0:17:27.040 he ran out of gas and we saw his yards 0:17:27.040 --> 0:17:29.040 per carry dropped to ABOUT i don't have this in 0:17:29.040 --> 0:17:29.600 front of me right. 0:17:29.640 --> 0:17:31.240 NOW i believe three and. 0:17:31.200 --> 0:17:33.920 A half yards per, carry. 0:17:34.480 --> 0:17:35.880 Which is not good. 0:17:36.000 --> 0:17:41.720 Enough all the metrics went south hard on him And Joe, 0:17:41.720 --> 0:17:45.879 mixon And i'm really nervous. Here so you add together 0:17:45.960 --> 0:17:48.400 this offensive line that we didn't. Love they were thirtieth 0:17:48.400 --> 0:17:50.960 in run block win rate last, year twenty seventh in 0:17:51.040 --> 0:17:56.320 PFF's run blocking, rating and then over his final six, 0:17:56.400 --> 0:18:00.679 Games Joe mixon drooped to twenty ninth in rushing, yards thirty, 0:18:00.720 --> 0:18:04.000