1 00:00:01,639 --> 00:00:05,360 Speaker 1: Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:10,840 Speaker 1: Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from my Heart Radio, 3 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 1: your weekly source for the nation's best fantasy football advice, speculation, 4 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:19,240 Speaker 1: and whatever stupid stuff they decided to drop into the show. Now, 5 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:26,479 Speaker 1: here's your host, Paul. Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly. I 6 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:30,520 Speaker 1: am Paul Charchy and my co host as usual Brian Johnson. Hello, 7 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:33,400 Speaker 1: what's up charge, Happy spring? Yeah, it's it feels like 8 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:36,599 Speaker 1: you're here in Minnesota forty degree temperatures. We're looking at 9 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 1: sixties next week, which is really abnormal and also delightful. 10 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:45,839 Speaker 1: Certainly the supermarket in my speedo. Yeah, well, you're not alone. 11 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:47,960 Speaker 1: I've seen people in shorts all the time. It's forty. 12 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:51,320 Speaker 1: Today's forty degrees. People are out in shorts and T 13 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:54,560 Speaker 1: shirts jogging. That's God love them. One of the most 14 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:57,160 Speaker 1: Minnesotan things ever. But I'm usually an active participating in 15 00:00:57,200 --> 00:00:58,680 Speaker 1: that as well, even though I'm not wearing shorts at 16 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 1: the moment. You're not. You're a war in close. I'm 17 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 1: happy to say free agency is looming free the The 18 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 1: new year starts March seventeen, so that's when free agency hits. 19 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:11,039 Speaker 1: We're gonna get in a couple of free agency related 20 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:14,760 Speaker 1: shows between now and then, Brian. Today we look at 21 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 1: fantasy relevant quarterbacks and running backs who are going to 22 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:22,320 Speaker 1: hit the market, and next week we will turn our 23 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 1: attention to wide receivers and tight ends. Sounds good, yeah, 24 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:28,959 Speaker 1: And so the premise here is basically, here are the 25 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:31,319 Speaker 1: notable guys that you're you would ever even care about 26 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 1: and a quick, very faster recap on last year, but 27 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:38,000 Speaker 1: really more looking forward to next year and where we 28 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:40,399 Speaker 1: had ideal landing spots where they could go with their 29 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 1: value might be tos go up or down from what 30 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 1: it has been um in a couple of cases, do 31 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:47,319 Speaker 1: you wanna do you want to act now? In Dynasty 32 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 1: and Empire leagues before the player actually moves, because the value, 33 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 1: if the value is going to go up on the 34 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:55,720 Speaker 1: player after he after he's got a new home. You 35 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 1: want to make that deal now. And a lot of 36 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 1: times it's just excitement around the player and he moves 37 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 1: change when he changes teams, that's the time to uh yeah, 38 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:05,280 Speaker 1: either buy alow or sell high, depending on the guy, 39 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:08,520 Speaker 1: Depending on the guy. So let's start at the quarterback position. 40 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 1: I think there are there are a bunch of teams 41 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:13,680 Speaker 1: with landing spots. But let me just let me just 42 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 1: give you my list of teams that I think makes 43 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 1: sense as landing spots for just for just these just 44 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 1: teams looking for quarterback out right, potentially your former team, 45 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 1: The Giants, the Saints, Denver, New England, Philadelphia, Chicago, Washington. 46 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 1: I think those are all teams that could make a 47 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 1: make a big The Giants are a little bit tricky 48 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:36,919 Speaker 1: because it's so hard to evaluate Daniel Jones, but the 49 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:39,760 Speaker 1: productivity hasn't been there. Gentleman is way too married to him, 50 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:43,240 Speaker 1: in my opinion, to h to make a move hopefully 51 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 1: once they fire him, hopefully make a move a quarterback. 52 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:50,639 Speaker 1: But we're still hope. Dak Prescott. Let's start with him, 53 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 1: probably without I think, without a doubt, the biggest name 54 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:56,519 Speaker 1: free agent quarterback. And there's you know, there's trade talks 55 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:59,840 Speaker 1: around Deshaun Watson, Russell Wilson and others, but they're not 56 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:02,520 Speaker 1: for agents, and we're folcusing on free agents. Let's talk 57 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 1: Dak Prescott. Got Dak turns twenty eight in July, entering 58 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:09,920 Speaker 1: the prime of his career. Essentially uh as most should remember, 59 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 1: just on a ridiculous pace. Last season, only really played 60 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 1: four full games, got hurt in his in the fifth game. 61 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:18,359 Speaker 1: But if you extrapolate just those four full games over 62 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:21,640 Speaker 1: a sixteen game season, he would have finished finished with 63 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:25,240 Speaker 1: six thousand, seven hundred and sixty passing yards and just 64 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:28,920 Speaker 1: for reference to Shawn Watson led the NFL with right 65 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 1: passing right. Uh, so not say you have to hit 66 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 1: that number, but Dak looked great. He's got all the 67 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 1: tools in his bag. He can throw, he can run. 68 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:40,760 Speaker 1: We assume he can still run. Yeah, he's trending towards 69 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:43,720 Speaker 1: being ready for training camp for whatever team he ends 70 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 1: up on. He wants to be the second highest quarterback. 71 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:50,120 Speaker 1: It's paid quarterback behind Patrick Mahomes. Should he be as 72 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:53,600 Speaker 1: the question? Uh, we'll find out. But uh, word out 73 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 1: of word out of Dallas. Who can still franchise tag 74 00:03:57,040 --> 00:04:00,880 Speaker 1: him by the way. Uh, it's trending towards three signing him. Um. 75 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 1: Dallas Morning News is Calvin Watkins reports, Uh, talks with 76 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:07,480 Speaker 1: Dak Uh last Tuesday, just a few days ago. We're 77 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:11,000 Speaker 1: more productive than they've ever been. Uh. Jane Slater says 78 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 1: Dax met the facility nearly every day rehabbing, so it's 79 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 1: leaning towards will be with the Cowboys one way or 80 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:19,040 Speaker 1: the other, whether it's a franchise tag or a long 81 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:22,720 Speaker 1: term deal. But just for fun, if he if Dallas 82 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:25,360 Speaker 1: lets him walk, yeah, which it seems hard to believe 83 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 1: they just let him go and get nothing in return. 84 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:31,279 Speaker 1: But I think the forty Niners is a very intriguing 85 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 1: landing s guy, and they've got the cap space, it 86 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:36,040 Speaker 1: seems to sign him, and that would that would make 87 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 1: them immediate and if favorites, if not, the whole NFL. 88 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:44,599 Speaker 1: So and uh, when it comes to Dax redraft value 89 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:48,799 Speaker 1: right about now, he's going off the board quarterback seven. Uh, 90 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 1: it's very early, obviously, but obvious guys Patrick Mahomes, Josh 91 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:56,560 Speaker 1: Allen not so obvious, Kyler Murray, Lamar Jackson, Aaron Rodgers, 92 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:59,440 Speaker 1: of Shawn Watson. Depending on where Dak ends up and 93 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:01,360 Speaker 1: where de Shaun Watson ends up, I think he's a 94 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:03,640 Speaker 1: little undervalued to quarterback seven right now. I think I'd 95 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:06,600 Speaker 1: rather take my chances of Dak. If you say it's 96 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 1: on the Cowboys, it goes somewhere else over Kyler Murray 97 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 1: or Lamar Jackson. So I think that if you're gonna 98 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:13,560 Speaker 1: get into early best Ball draft. I think that's a 99 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 1: little undervalued. And the guy I'd be targeting right now, Yeah, 100 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 1: I think I think there's something to that. The concern 101 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:21,160 Speaker 1: is around the ankle. And as you ready week one, 102 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 1: I mean, if you're drafting now in the best ball, um, 103 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 1: you know, fortunately it's best ball, whoever your second quarterback 104 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:28,800 Speaker 1: is will end up getting some you know, if he 105 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:30,920 Speaker 1: doesn't play the first month of the season or whatever, 106 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:34,080 Speaker 1: you'll end up getting somebody else. But I think that's 107 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 1: the you know, that's the concern. But I do I 108 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 1: share that concern, not really. And and his ranking, his 109 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:41,920 Speaker 1: dynasty appealed pretty much the same as in redraft. He 110 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,599 Speaker 1: certainly head of Aaron Rodgers, who I probably take Rogers 111 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 1: over Deck in redraft, but definitely not dynasty. But yeah, 112 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 1: he's right after Mahomes. You could argue he's the QB 113 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:54,600 Speaker 1: two with the Josh Allen's and the even Justin Herbert's 114 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:58,040 Speaker 1: in that convo right now, and uh so, yeah, alright, 115 00:05:58,120 --> 00:05:59,919 Speaker 1: let's go to and this is a short list of 116 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:02,960 Speaker 1: uarderbacks who matter. Ryan Fitzpatrick a big drop off from 117 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:08,320 Speaker 1: Dak Prescott. In looking back at last season, in the 118 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:11,560 Speaker 1: games he his full games, he came in at roughly 119 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 1: quarterback eighteen in points per game, and I thought he 120 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:17,159 Speaker 1: was gonna be a little higher. He had two scoreless 121 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:20,839 Speaker 1: games that hurt. He had five multiple touchdown games that 122 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 1: helped ran in a couple of touchdowns. But as people know, 123 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 1: eventually he just got benched for twa in Miami just 124 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 1: decided even though two was not the best quarterback, and 125 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:33,440 Speaker 1: they benched to a couple of times, we're sticking it out. 126 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:35,320 Speaker 1: Went to a stubborn lead to the point that it 127 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:37,359 Speaker 1: cost him a playoff spot. That was really dumb. That 128 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:39,840 Speaker 1: was really dumb, and Fitzpatrick was I think, I mean, 129 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 1: assuming you're playing, you know, every team's goal is to 130 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 1: get to the super Bowl. You can't get to the 131 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:47,920 Speaker 1: super Bowl. Here, here's Miami steaming into weeks seventeen. They 132 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:50,920 Speaker 1: need to have a win in week seventeen. Fitzpatrick just 133 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:53,560 Speaker 1: bailed him out in weeked sixteen when he took over 134 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:56,720 Speaker 1: for Tua, generates a win and then they went right 135 00:06:56,720 --> 00:07:00,919 Speaker 1: back to two lost. So I still think there's game 136 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 1: left in Ryan Fitzpatrick's arm. But the only place that 137 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 1: he can go that that really creates much fantasy value 138 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 1: here is if he goes to a ready to win team. 139 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:14,000 Speaker 1: He goes to the Saints, he goes to Washington, if 140 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 1: he goes to Chicago, those are some ready to win 141 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:20,600 Speaker 1: places for him. I don't necessarily love the receivers and 142 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:22,720 Speaker 1: all those teams, but you know, in some cases they're okay. 143 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:25,160 Speaker 1: I just don't think he goes it if he's a backup, 144 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 1: if he goes anywhere else. I heard a little noise 145 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 1: about Denver as a possibility to and you'd like to 146 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 1: think he could take over the job from Drew Lock. Yeah, potentially, 147 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 1: and it got some enticing receivers in Denver, especially with 148 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:39,040 Speaker 1: Courtland Sutton making that would be a nice spot for 149 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:41,000 Speaker 1: him there. You know, like Drew Lock, those two with 150 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:43,400 Speaker 1: two those two have in common is they will throw 151 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:45,600 Speaker 1: bad passes and then the next series they don't care. 152 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:49,040 Speaker 1: They just seem unaffected by bad play and then they 153 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:50,680 Speaker 1: just come out and keep slaying. And I love that. 154 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:52,840 Speaker 1: I remember there's a quote I use on an in 155 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:55,040 Speaker 1: season show. It was Drew Lock, and he's just like, 156 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 1: once the ball leaves my hands, I'm just like, oh no, 157 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:01,760 Speaker 1: what have I done something? I'm paraphrasing a little bit, 158 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 1: but he was like, you said that to the media, 159 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:08,480 Speaker 1: even your friend, best friend, Yes, you said it to 160 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 1: the media. Um. Fitzpatrick at his advanced stage obviously has 161 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:16,119 Speaker 1: minimal dynasty value, and his redraft value honestly is pretty 162 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 1: limited as well. I think he's he's unlikely to I 163 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:22,280 Speaker 1: just think he's unlikely to go to a team where 164 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:26,320 Speaker 1: he's the uncontested starter unless something goes horribly wrong. Really, 165 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:29,520 Speaker 1: the best thing Stubird should do is don't sign with 166 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 1: anybody until training camp and then wait for your Teddy 167 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:35,040 Speaker 1: Bridgewater moment where you know somebody in training camp goes 168 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 1: down and is gonna you know, some team, some team 169 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:40,080 Speaker 1: needs a starter who can walk in the door and 170 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:42,360 Speaker 1: take over immediately, like the Vikings had to pivot to 171 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:45,560 Speaker 1: Sam Bradford that year. That's I think that's the scenario 172 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:49,440 Speaker 1: for Ryan Fitzpat. The best scenario for Ryan Fitzpatrick at 173 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:51,199 Speaker 1: least wants to wait until after the draft so you 174 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:54,559 Speaker 1: don't have to go through another two situationally exactly a 175 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:58,080 Speaker 1: highly paid quarterback. Uh. The only other notable free agent 176 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:00,800 Speaker 1: to me is Cam Newton. I think I think he 177 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:07,440 Speaker 1: was benched four times in one season. I mean think 178 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:11,319 Speaker 1: about how far he's fallen from Super Bowl quarterback to 179 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:16,360 Speaker 1: a guy who got benched for Jared Stidham four times 180 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:20,640 Speaker 1: in one season. Cama turns thirty two in May, and 181 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 1: last season all of his value was rushing the ball. Uh, 182 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:28,760 Speaker 1: He's He's essentially Taysom Hill might be Taysom Hill White, 183 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:32,120 Speaker 1: He's not nearly He's going a runner at this stage. 184 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:37,000 Speaker 1: But the passing touchdown total mind boggling. Eight passing touchdowns 185 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 1: six pass attempts, which is a fair amount, and just 186 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 1: for reference, eight passing touchdowns three nine six. Lamar Jackson 187 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:46,680 Speaker 1: had three hundred and seventy six attempts twenty six passing 188 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 1: touchdowns eight Gardner mins you had three attempts fifty few 189 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:56,800 Speaker 1: or roughly sixteen passing touchdowns. Drew Brees only twenty two 190 00:09:56,800 --> 00:10:01,400 Speaker 1: more twenty four touchdowns. The inefficiency throwing touchdowns, I can't 191 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 1: explain it. He missed one game, he had bad receivers 192 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:06,480 Speaker 1: will give him that. Yeah, and people point to that 193 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 1: all the time. But I don't care if you place 194 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:14,959 Speaker 1: fifteen games, you start fifteen games. In today's NFL, throwing 195 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:21,000 Speaker 1: a touchdown passes is ludicrously bad. Mind bogglingly bad. Now 196 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:25,800 Speaker 1: he's salvaged some fantasy value with his running, and the 197 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 1: catch was when he didn't, you got nothing. And so 198 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:33,319 Speaker 1: like in a guilloteam format, he was a disaster because 199 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 1: every other game he would not get your rushing touchdown. 200 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:38,640 Speaker 1: He would not get thirty or forty yards rushing and 201 00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:40,600 Speaker 1: you've got nothing from your quarterback and now you're getting 202 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:42,760 Speaker 1: chopped at. He was a daily play for sure. You're 203 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:44,959 Speaker 1: just trying to trying to hit the right ride the 204 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:46,760 Speaker 1: wave in the right week. And when it comes to 205 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:50,880 Speaker 1: the landing spot, you said with Fitzpatrick, something that injury 206 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:52,640 Speaker 1: or something has to go horribly wrong with the starter 207 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:56,160 Speaker 1: of It's even more so with Cam. It's kind of 208 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:59,400 Speaker 1: a song wants to run a Saints like offense with 209 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:02,680 Speaker 1: a Taysom Hill player deep in the red zonner inside 210 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 1: the twenty. That's really it. And I don't really know 211 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 1: Cancel backup this year. If he's in the league at all, 212 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:10,800 Speaker 1: he's a backup and he'll probably be in the league. 213 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:12,680 Speaker 1: You said, like the Giants, that would be an intriguing 214 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:15,959 Speaker 1: landing spot for Cam. I think he could beat out 215 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 1: Daniel Johns. I think probably he can't. He can't. I 216 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:22,640 Speaker 1: don't think he can. And I'm not even going to 217 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:25,599 Speaker 1: talk redraft dynasty value because there's nothing. Okay, let's go 218 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:28,480 Speaker 1: to running backs, way more interesting. The teams that I 219 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:32,360 Speaker 1: think are landing spots for pretty much any free agent 220 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:36,240 Speaker 1: running back. I believe our Houston, they just resigned David Johnson, 221 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:41,600 Speaker 1: but David Johnson's a wobbly starter. Atlanta, Seattle, depending on 222 00:11:41,679 --> 00:11:44,439 Speaker 1: what they decided to do with Chris Carson. San Francisco 223 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:47,600 Speaker 1: with their constant rotating backs, who all of them always 224 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:52,040 Speaker 1: heard all of that, Miami Miles Gascon is a capable back. 225 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:55,880 Speaker 1: Green Bay because all they've got two of their three 226 00:11:55,920 --> 00:11:58,520 Speaker 1: starters or two of their three hydrid headed backs. Of 227 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:01,120 Speaker 1: free agents, we'll talk about them in a minute. Green Bay. 228 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:05,520 Speaker 1: I mentioned Arizona, they've got Kenyan Drake headed to free agency. 229 00:12:05,679 --> 00:12:09,280 Speaker 1: New York Jets they lost Levy on Bell basically replaced 230 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:12,800 Speaker 1: him with nothing. And Tampa Bay is a possible landing spot. 231 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:14,400 Speaker 1: You know, Leonard for that's a free agent. We're gonna 232 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:16,320 Speaker 1: talk about him little bit later. But let's start with 233 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:19,199 Speaker 1: the Packers situation with Aaron Jones and Jamal Williams. You know, 234 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:21,000 Speaker 1: we look back to last year it certainly feels like 235 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:23,840 Speaker 1: Jamal Williams had been vulturing a lot of work from 236 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:26,240 Speaker 1: Aaron Jones, and I thought, let's dig into the data 237 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:29,000 Speaker 1: and just see how that really shook out. Jones only 238 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:32,559 Speaker 1: had two carries last year, which means he was far 239 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:35,960 Speaker 1: from a workhorse, but two one carries was still the 240 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:39,320 Speaker 1: tenth most of any back last year, which is, you know, 241 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:42,600 Speaker 1: not bad. Top ten for carries and the sixth most 242 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 1: receptions of any back last year, so he really did 243 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:48,319 Speaker 1: end up with the ball enough times in his hands 244 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:51,920 Speaker 1: to have a successful season, and he did score well. Williams, 245 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:55,640 Speaker 1: for his part, had almost exactly half of Jones's workload, 246 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:59,800 Speaker 1: so it was really a two third one third for 247 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:03,439 Speaker 1: those guys for most of the season. A J. Dillon 248 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:05,839 Speaker 1: started getting a little work at the very end season. 249 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:09,000 Speaker 1: Right now, people view Williams as being nearly as good 250 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:12,040 Speaker 1: as Jones, but that's my eyes. I think Jones is 251 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:15,760 Speaker 1: like a nine out of ten back. I agree he's 252 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:19,640 Speaker 1: really good, and Williams is good, and I think he's 253 00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:21,960 Speaker 1: tangibly better than average, but he's like a six out 254 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:24,520 Speaker 1: of ten. He's he's a good back, that's it. And 255 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:27,080 Speaker 1: Jones average five and a half yards per carry. Williams 256 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:28,880 Speaker 1: average four point two yards per cary, which I think 257 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:31,880 Speaker 1: says plenty about both of those guys. So where could 258 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:35,320 Speaker 1: Aaron Jones especially go that would put him in a 259 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:37,600 Speaker 1: great spot. Well, honestly, I'd like to keep him in 260 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:39,520 Speaker 1: green Bay. I may have my first choice because I 261 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:41,560 Speaker 1: like to keep him in offense or he's been very successful. 262 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:44,480 Speaker 1: He's been a top five running back for Fantasy points 263 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:46,800 Speaker 1: the last two years, So I'd like to keep him there. 264 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:48,640 Speaker 1: If he can't go there, I want him to go 265 00:13:48,679 --> 00:13:52,000 Speaker 1: to a team where he can be the focus of 266 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:55,440 Speaker 1: that offense, which he's never been in green Bay. Where 267 00:13:55,440 --> 00:13:58,120 Speaker 1: could he go to be a workhorse? How about Atlanta? 268 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 1: Nobody's standing in his way in Atlanta. Seattle if they 269 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:08,080 Speaker 1: let Chris Carson go, Seattle likes to use a workhorse back, 270 00:14:08,679 --> 00:14:12,520 Speaker 1: that would be Aaron Jones. Pittsburgh, that whole, that whole 271 00:14:12,559 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 1: running back situation is totally up in the air, and 272 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:16,320 Speaker 1: he could walk in there and be by far the 273 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:18,760 Speaker 1: best back. He'd get almost all the work. And the 274 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:21,840 Speaker 1: Steers almost always used a workhorse back when they can, 275 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:23,720 Speaker 1: and they haven't always been able to do that with 276 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:26,160 Speaker 1: James Conner who's going to be gone, and then the 277 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:30,040 Speaker 1: New York Jets. So for the Jets, uh, it's obviously 278 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:33,160 Speaker 1: a terrible team. Offensive line got a little bit better 279 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:36,480 Speaker 1: last year, but it's still you know, it'd be he'd 280 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:40,600 Speaker 1: be the workhorse back, but that's it. I think the 281 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:44,120 Speaker 1: re draft value for Aaron Jones in one of those 282 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:46,480 Speaker 1: workhorse landing spots puts him right back in the first 283 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 1: round of fantasy drafts. We just did our kind of 284 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:51,760 Speaker 1: first two round way too early mock. We had Jones 285 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:57,800 Speaker 1: early second, early second round. Pittsburg or most of those 286 00:14:57,800 --> 00:15:00,280 Speaker 1: places faults him into the first round. Now, if he's 287 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:02,680 Speaker 1: a shared back, I think he's still like a second 288 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:05,280 Speaker 1: or third rounder in a shared backfield because he'd still 289 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:07,560 Speaker 1: be the better if whatever back he gets teamed up with, 290 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:09,720 Speaker 1: and he'd still get a lot of work, and his 291 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:12,560 Speaker 1: dynasty value I think remains very high for Aaron Jones. 292 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:15,040 Speaker 1: He's been modestly used. He's only twenty six years old. 293 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:18,440 Speaker 1: He's got another three or four good years left in him, 294 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:21,760 Speaker 1: which is you know, for running back, it's pretty good. Now, 295 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:24,720 Speaker 1: say he goes to Pittsburgh or the Jets, who are 296 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:27,360 Speaker 1: two teams that are sort of there's talk that they'll 297 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:29,880 Speaker 1: go high at running back in the draft and grab 298 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:32,880 Speaker 1: a Nazi Harris or a Travis E the end. If 299 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:35,760 Speaker 1: they signed Aaron Jones before the draft, I think that 300 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:40,600 Speaker 1: tips their hands that they were not not that early, 301 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:43,320 Speaker 1: not early enough to get those guys. I don't think. Yeah, 302 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:45,320 Speaker 1: all right, let's talk about Chris Carson. You know we've 303 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:49,200 Speaker 1: alluded to him a couple of times now and where 304 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:52,720 Speaker 1: what do you feel like is the prospects of him 305 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:55,760 Speaker 1: staying in Seattle? And as I remember back in the season, 306 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:59,080 Speaker 1: you know, he battled injury a lot and play through 307 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:01,960 Speaker 1: some injury, but he just it never felt like it 308 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:04,120 Speaker 1: was all clicking for him. Last year. I only played 309 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:07,480 Speaker 1: in twelve games, but finished fourteen in a PPR points 310 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 1: per game among among running backs. Pretty impressive considering he 311 00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:14,600 Speaker 1: had eight or less carries than four of those twelve games. Uh. 312 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:17,400 Speaker 1: And he's just whatever. He's been healthy and they give 313 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 1: him significant touches. He looks great, and yeah, Seattle's had 314 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:24,400 Speaker 1: a pretty bad offensive line for the most of the career. Yeah, 315 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:27,920 Speaker 1: and Russell Wilson's which is why he's piste off. Carson 316 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:30,560 Speaker 1: a career four point five yards per carry since the 317 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:34,520 Speaker 1: start of eighteen and this is regular season games only. Uh. 318 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:37,120 Speaker 1: Here are the most rushing yards among uh, well not 319 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:39,600 Speaker 1: running backs football players since Lamar Jackson makes this list, 320 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:42,760 Speaker 1: but it's Derrick Henry with hundred. Roughly this is the 321 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:46,240 Speaker 1: last three years, Yeah, last three years since Derrick Henry 322 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:50,040 Speaker 1: with hundred. Zeke around thirty eight hundred, Dalvin Cook, and 323 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:54,360 Speaker 1: Chris Carson clocks in just over that, and he's he's missed. 324 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:56,440 Speaker 1: He missed four games this year, and he's probably missed 325 00:16:56,440 --> 00:16:59,880 Speaker 1: four games between every year he was like fourteen and 326 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:03,520 Speaker 1: fifteen games played two But still that's a crazy impressive. 327 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:05,840 Speaker 1: So I love him as a player, and I like 328 00:17:05,960 --> 00:17:07,760 Speaker 1: him as a player more than most people do too. 329 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:10,320 Speaker 1: I think he's a I think Carson is quietly a 330 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:13,320 Speaker 1: very good back. And and really the landing spots, the 331 00:17:13,359 --> 00:17:15,919 Speaker 1: potential ones are are all the same as uh the 332 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:19,520 Speaker 1: ones you mentioned for Aaron Jones at Miami maybe Atlanta. 333 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:21,600 Speaker 1: I think San Francisco would love to have him, not 334 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:27,240 Speaker 1: only for his abilities but his intel and uh when 335 00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:29,320 Speaker 1: it comes to re draft. Looking right now, he's going 336 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:34,080 Speaker 1: around RB twenty, which he seems pretty low after guys 337 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:37,240 Speaker 1: like uh Clyde Edwards Hilaire, who no one has sold 338 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:41,080 Speaker 1: on at the moment, Joe Mixon who, Josh Jacobs who 339 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:43,720 Speaker 1: seems to always be getting off the field, trouble now 340 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:46,879 Speaker 1: and hurt and hurts. So Chris Carson at RB twenty 341 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:50,480 Speaker 1: is an insane value and he's probably going even later 342 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:53,840 Speaker 1: in dasty formats he turns twenty seven. Uh, let me 343 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:56,320 Speaker 1: see when I got it written down in September. So 344 00:17:56,440 --> 00:17:59,080 Speaker 1: that's pretty good. I mean he's got a good you know, 345 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:03,119 Speaker 1: two or three good in the tank. So I think 346 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:05,720 Speaker 1: he's really undervalued in both formats, and the guy I'll 347 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:08,240 Speaker 1: be keeping my own, especially once we find out where 348 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:10,840 Speaker 1: he ends up. We will continue our conversation about the 349 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:14,680 Speaker 1: free agent running backs, the best landing spots, what to expect, 350 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:17,280 Speaker 1: the value going up down when we come back to 351 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:22,119 Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Weekly in just a moment, Welcome back Fantasy 352 00:18:22,119 --> 00:18:24,919 Speaker 1: Football Weekly. Paul Chartie and Brian Johnson with you. We 353 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:28,919 Speaker 1: are going through the free agent running backs that are 354 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:32,960 Speaker 1: headed to market here in about two weeks. There's some big, 355 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:35,760 Speaker 1: big names. This is one of the biggest free agent 356 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:38,440 Speaker 1: running back crops we've ever seen, and the fact that 357 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 1: these teams are all squeezed for money, means that the 358 00:18:43,480 --> 00:18:45,119 Speaker 1: many of them are not going to resign with their 359 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:47,520 Speaker 1: original teams and they're gonna be out duking it out 360 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:50,240 Speaker 1: trying to find decent deals. And I don't think anybody's 361 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:53,919 Speaker 1: gonna get an Alvin Kamara Dalvin Cooks style contract like 362 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:57,640 Speaker 1: those guys were able to negotiate from their teams in 363 00:18:57,680 --> 00:19:00,359 Speaker 1: the early part of the regular season. This past year, 364 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:04,160 Speaker 1: Let's go to Mike Davis. We've got some other bigger 365 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:07,400 Speaker 1: names coming, but for Davis, he and probably finished last 366 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:09,480 Speaker 1: year is running back seventeen and he was a solid 367 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:13,320 Speaker 1: RB two in PPR leagues really all season long. And 368 00:19:13,359 --> 00:19:15,920 Speaker 1: what was most impressive about his seasons the Panthers did 369 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:18,919 Speaker 1: not shy away from using Mike Davis, almost exactly like 370 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:22,760 Speaker 1: they used Christian McCaffrey. Now, Davis did wear down at 371 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 1: the end of the year and his productivity slipped, and 372 00:19:25,520 --> 00:19:27,600 Speaker 1: we saw a lot more of guys like Rodney Smith, 373 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:31,199 Speaker 1: but still it was a it was a good showing 374 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:33,920 Speaker 1: for him, and I think he's gonna find himself someplace 375 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:37,520 Speaker 1: where Mike Davis can be in a time share and 376 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:40,119 Speaker 1: can be a number two when a one to split 377 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:43,520 Speaker 1: getting the carries. Yeah, he was essentially kicked to the 378 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:47,280 Speaker 1: curb by Seattle and the Bears, I believe, and when 379 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:49,639 Speaker 1: he took over from McCaffrey or like, this is going 380 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:52,840 Speaker 1: to be a disaster, But yeah, he was a he 381 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:55,160 Speaker 1: was What do you think about this? Houston just cut 382 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 1: Duke Johnson. He can walk right into that role. Duke 383 00:19:57,840 --> 00:20:01,800 Speaker 1: Johnson was a pass catching number. You back, um, and 384 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:04,439 Speaker 1: Davis is every good, if not better, as a as 385 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:07,040 Speaker 1: a pass catcher. And he's just a better runner than 386 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:10,320 Speaker 1: Duke Johnson ever was. I think that's a perfect fit 387 00:20:10,359 --> 00:20:13,040 Speaker 1: for him now as a There are other spots to 388 00:20:13,119 --> 00:20:15,159 Speaker 1: where he could go into a rotation of backs, like 389 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:17,720 Speaker 1: Tampa Bay's could be a rotation of backs, Arizona could 390 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 1: be a rotation of backs, Miami with Gascon could be 391 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:22,879 Speaker 1: a rotation. In San Francisco always uses a rotation. I 392 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:25,439 Speaker 1: think he's going to fit in there. And from a 393 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:31,120 Speaker 1: redraft standpoint, Davis is a late round dart throw handcuff 394 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:33,280 Speaker 1: kind of guy. Um. I don't think you're gonna have 395 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:36,000 Speaker 1: to put any reliquity into him. And from a dynasty 396 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:39,040 Speaker 1: value standpoint, it's very low. He's sneaky old actually, twenty 397 00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:41,040 Speaker 1: years old, he got he was on rosters, We got 398 00:20:41,119 --> 00:20:42,840 Speaker 1: very little work in the early days. The only good 399 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:45,520 Speaker 1: thing is he's low mileage because last year was the 400 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:48,159 Speaker 1: only year he really got much work. Unless it's an 401 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:50,880 Speaker 1: insanely deep league. Though he's a guy you're you're cutting 402 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:54,000 Speaker 1: in your rookie draft to draft to draft somebody. It 403 00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:55,480 Speaker 1: depends a little bit of where he goes, you know, 404 00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:58,360 Speaker 1: in the right in the right system. Um. For example, 405 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:01,240 Speaker 1: if Tampa Bay lets Leonard for a net walk and 406 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:03,720 Speaker 1: they might I don't think so, but they might. Um, 407 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:05,720 Speaker 1: and he walks into that spot, well, we know he's 408 00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:08,000 Speaker 1: gonna get a certain number. Mike Davis is at that 409 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:12,040 Speaker 1: point still rosterable in a one two punch in Tampa Bay. 410 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 1: Let's go to Kenyan Drake. I think there's one of 411 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:18,600 Speaker 1: the more fascinating angles. Chase Edmonds looks like he could 412 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:22,800 Speaker 1: be sitting on what will ultimately be a starter's workload here. 413 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:24,960 Speaker 1: But talked to us a little bit about Kenyan Drake. 414 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:29,000 Speaker 1: Cliff Kingsbury recently said he thinks Chase Edmunds could be 415 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:31,440 Speaker 1: their starter. So that kind of seems like Drake is 416 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:35,359 Speaker 1: on his way out. Yeah, arguably among players who played 417 00:21:35,359 --> 00:21:37,760 Speaker 1: the majority of the season. Drake played fifteen games, which 418 00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:39,400 Speaker 1: I thought he was only like twelve or thirteen games. 419 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:42,119 Speaker 1: He played fifteen games because all those games are very forgettable, 420 00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:44,240 Speaker 1: easily one of the biggest bus when it comes to 421 00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:46,720 Speaker 1: the running back position, because he was, if not a 422 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:50,359 Speaker 1: late first round pick in some weeks, a second round pick. Uh. 423 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:53,040 Speaker 1: Just turned twenty seven a couple of months ago, so 424 00:21:53,119 --> 00:21:55,320 Speaker 1: he's got a few years left to kind of. He's 425 00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:57,000 Speaker 1: got a lot of tread on his tires. I don't 426 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:59,879 Speaker 1: know how his tires are like in the discount section 427 00:21:59,880 --> 00:22:03,760 Speaker 1: of costco though. Uh he finished twenty four in PPR 428 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:06,880 Speaker 1: points per game last year. Not great. Uh he only 429 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:11,800 Speaker 1: topped fifteen receiving yards once all season. Wow gross zero 430 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:15,560 Speaker 1: zero receiving touchdowns. Edmonds really took a lot of that work. 431 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:19,199 Speaker 1: And uh more, there's more badness in the underlying stats. 432 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:23,480 Speaker 1: Drake was roughly thirty enforced miss tackles per attempt, end 433 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:27,960 Speaker 1: yards after contact per attempt. So not a very sexy 434 00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:32,400 Speaker 1: name in the free agent market potential landing spots. It's 435 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:34,800 Speaker 1: gonna be one of one of these teams that doesn't 436 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:36,440 Speaker 1: have a ton of cap room and one that kind 437 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:38,680 Speaker 1: of makes sense to me if Chris Carson leaves the 438 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:41,680 Speaker 1: Seattle because again, they I think they've got like four 439 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:44,760 Speaker 1: millions something like that in cap space and and they 440 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 1: kind of wanted. They usually run a platoon unless they 441 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:50,160 Speaker 1: have a superstar running back, which which they haven't really 442 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:52,360 Speaker 1: had since I mean Dave Lynch, and they ran extensive 443 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:56,040 Speaker 1: obviously and that, but Carson was When Carson was healthy, 444 00:22:56,080 --> 00:23:00,360 Speaker 1: they usually went with workhorse dress cards. But of course 445 00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:01,760 Speaker 1: and leaves. I don't think they have that back in 446 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:04,960 Speaker 1: Rashad Penny, so he could find his way into put 447 00:23:05,119 --> 00:23:08,199 Speaker 1: in a platoon situation. And again, uh, Seattle would like 448 00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:11,480 Speaker 1: some inside intel from from the Cardinals perspective. I'm it's 449 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:15,680 Speaker 1: not a major factor, but another like the Jets maybe 450 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:18,480 Speaker 1: seem like a place Drake could go, but he'd probably 451 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:22,040 Speaker 1: end up competing with somebody. I think the Jets draft 452 00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:25,639 Speaker 1: a rookie running back pretty high in the draft. So yeah, 453 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:28,200 Speaker 1: but no one really cares all that much where Kenyan 454 00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:30,480 Speaker 1: Drake end up. He could turn out to be uh 455 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:32,880 Speaker 1: an insane value. He's definitely not going back to going 456 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:35,760 Speaker 1: back to Miami. I doubt that, right, I don't think so. 457 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:41,640 Speaker 1: But redraft value and dynasty value really none right now. 458 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:44,480 Speaker 1: He kind of the same as Mike Davis almost maybe 459 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:47,520 Speaker 1: a little flasher than Mike Davis, but not a lot. 460 00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:51,080 Speaker 1: Right now, you're not drafting Drake and maybe the last 461 00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:54,520 Speaker 1: round or two in the best ball. But yeah, if 462 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:56,520 Speaker 1: I've got if I, if I've got Drake on my 463 00:23:56,600 --> 00:24:00,639 Speaker 1: dynasty roster, I consider that to be. You know, I 464 00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:03,240 Speaker 1: certainly don't have a starter for next year. I got it, 465 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:05,520 Speaker 1: I got it. He's just I got a hope that 466 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:08,520 Speaker 1: there's some magic that happens and something breaks his way. 467 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:10,919 Speaker 1: And again to count on, it's really early, and I'm 468 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:15,320 Speaker 1: using Fantasy Football calculator and they have Drake running back 469 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:17,720 Speaker 1: right now. But the board really getting drafted that high. 470 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:22,560 Speaker 1: But there's no way that's for David Johnson, even Melvin Gordon, Leonard, 471 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:25,800 Speaker 1: for Nett, even who I would. I turned this up 472 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:27,879 Speaker 1: in Melvin Gordon this week and I tweeted it. You 473 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:31,240 Speaker 1: can please follow me at Paul Charchi. Melvin Gordon was 474 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:37,520 Speaker 1: top twelve among all running backs in attempts, rushing yards, uh, 475 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:42,719 Speaker 1: fantasy points and uh it might have been yards per carry. 476 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:45,520 Speaker 1: I don't I'm trying to remember I mean it was 477 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:49,240 Speaker 1: she was. He was shockingly he was shockingly effective. Philip 478 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:51,920 Speaker 1: Lindsay has always been my guy, and I love Philip Lindsay. 479 00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:54,160 Speaker 1: But Lindsay did nothing and he was playing hurt half 480 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:56,840 Speaker 1: of the season, and it it ended up being Melvin. 481 00:24:56,880 --> 00:25:00,560 Speaker 1: A good season for Melvin Gordon. Let's go to James Conner. 482 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:03,159 Speaker 1: Free agent. James Conner, it's said we recap last year. 483 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:04,480 Speaker 1: I think the best thing we can say is that 484 00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:07,440 Speaker 1: he never yielded the starting role to Benny Snell or 485 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:10,280 Speaker 1: Anthony McFarland. And there's much better to say about it 486 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:14,480 Speaker 1: than that. It seemed mostly just Snell McFarland didn't want 487 00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:17,560 Speaker 1: the job more than James Conner protected the jobs. I 488 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:21,800 Speaker 1: thought he looked hopelessly mundane throughout the year. He started 489 00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:23,960 Speaker 1: the year with a couple of good games early on, 490 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:28,399 Speaker 1: he never topped eighty nine yards after Week six. His 491 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:32,600 Speaker 1: average game after Week six for James Conner twelve carries, 492 00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:41,200 Speaker 1: forty three rushing yards and zero point three touchdowns per game. Blick, awful, awful. 493 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:43,800 Speaker 1: He Pittsburgh will not keep him. He can't be a 494 00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:47,200 Speaker 1: work course. He is too frail, he is not good enough, 495 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:50,480 Speaker 1: and he's I think the only place where he has 496 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:53,320 Speaker 1: any fantasy values if he finds his way into a 497 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:56,760 Speaker 1: time share someplace which puts him back into the conversation 498 00:25:56,760 --> 00:25:58,520 Speaker 1: of other teams. We've already talked about his time share 499 00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:02,760 Speaker 1: destinations like Houston, like San Francisco, Miami, Arizona, Tampa. I 500 00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:05,640 Speaker 1: think those are your your timeshare destinations for James Conner 501 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:08,639 Speaker 1: where you'd have any value. I think the redraft value 502 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:12,120 Speaker 1: and James Conner is extremely low. I don't trust him 503 00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:16,960 Speaker 1: to be fantasy rosterable even next year, and his dynasty 504 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:19,600 Speaker 1: values is even lower because I I don't see him. 505 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:21,879 Speaker 1: I don't see any reason why James Conner gets better 506 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:24,880 Speaker 1: in the future. To quickly circle back to Pittsburgh and 507 00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:30,360 Speaker 1: specifically Aaron Jones, Ben Roethlisberger recently restructured his his contract 508 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:34,200 Speaker 1: free up some money, so that feels like Aaron Jones landings. 509 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:37,600 Speaker 1: Maybe they gotta figure out their offensive line all over 510 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:40,359 Speaker 1: the place. But yes, yes, that's part of it. Juju 511 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:43,359 Speaker 1: Smith Schuster is gonna walk uh there as well, as 512 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:47,040 Speaker 1: predicted on this show at this time last year and 513 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:51,800 Speaker 1: all offseason. Let's talk about Todd Gurley. Free agent Todd Gurley, 514 00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:53,680 Speaker 1: you know he signed that one year prove it deal 515 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:57,720 Speaker 1: with the Falcons and promptly proved that you can't trust 516 00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:00,440 Speaker 1: Todd Gurley. Yeah, he did not prove much, even though 517 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:03,119 Speaker 1: he had nine rushing touchdowns, but eight of those came 518 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:05,320 Speaker 1: from inside the ten yard line. That's where he got 519 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:08,800 Speaker 1: all of his production. And it was a very good offense, 520 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:11,040 Speaker 1: so they were they were inside the ten twenty of times. 521 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:14,000 Speaker 1: But Gurley finished twenty three among running backs in total 522 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:17,480 Speaker 1: PPR points, but thirty second in points per game, which 523 00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:21,399 Speaker 1: is just awful. Uh average just three point five yards 524 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:24,359 Speaker 1: per carry. He only average three point eight yards per 525 00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:27,960 Speaker 1: carrying twenty nine, so he's trending way down. Uh turns 526 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:31,359 Speaker 1: twenty seven in August, but that's like the oldest twenty seven. 527 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:34,760 Speaker 1: It feels that it doesn't know history. And uh and 528 00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:38,520 Speaker 1: like Drake, Gurley was roughly thirty in yards after contact 529 00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:41,520 Speaker 1: per attempts, just got like no wiggle left. No, the 530 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:44,840 Speaker 1: Jets are gone. Uh that that knee injury is a 531 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:48,200 Speaker 1: lifetime knee injury thing for him and will probably never 532 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:51,639 Speaker 1: get better. So potential landing spots. I'm thinking if the 533 00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:58,760 Speaker 1: XFL gets what about the fan control right here? Yea 534 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:01,280 Speaker 1: watch that by the no and I love it. I 535 00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:03,640 Speaker 1: love conceptually, I love it, but I haven't watched it yet. 536 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:05,919 Speaker 1: I watched the first week and it was entertaining, but 537 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:08,920 Speaker 1: they set the bar too high with putting Marshawn Lynch 538 00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:11,720 Speaker 1: in the booth because the entertainment value of that was 539 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:15,120 Speaker 1: just I would go back in YouTube just Marshawn Lynch 540 00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:20,120 Speaker 1: because it's on Twitch, so it's like totally right. Anything goes. 541 00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:23,159 Speaker 1: That was like, but it was pretty good, but I 542 00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:26,399 Speaker 1: reterally didn't go back. I don't. I'm sure they've the 543 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:29,399 Speaker 1: notion that fans call the place that's pretty awesome. I 544 00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:31,560 Speaker 1: didn't partake in that. I wish I faigured that. I 545 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:34,080 Speaker 1: know I didn't like sign up for an account or whatever, 546 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:35,840 Speaker 1: but I know people are still buying into the teams 547 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:38,080 Speaker 1: like Famous. I think Dalvin Cook is a no winner 548 00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:40,120 Speaker 1: in a team now, and they're They've got a bunch 549 00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:43,520 Speaker 1: of Silicon Valley investors behind them, and there's there's some 550 00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:46,680 Speaker 1: there is some legitimate momentum with the FCS. The biggest 551 00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:50,560 Speaker 1: the mistake they've made, which is replicating the exact mistake 552 00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:54,120 Speaker 1: the XFL made and the a a F made. They're 553 00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:57,320 Speaker 1: starting their season right at the end of the NFL season. 554 00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:00,840 Speaker 1: We've just got done of six months of football. People 555 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:03,440 Speaker 1: need a break from football started in the summer when 556 00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:08,640 Speaker 1: we're hungry for football again. Why these leagues keep replicating 557 00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:14,400 Speaker 1: the exact same mistake. Timing is everything fools and no 558 00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:17,280 Speaker 1: no value in fantasy for a girl. And he's gonna 559 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:20,960 Speaker 1: get paid the minimum for whatever his tenure is. You know, 560 00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:24,280 Speaker 1: I think he's a veteran minimum guy on some roster 561 00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:27,640 Speaker 1: next year. He is one of the all time Cliff 562 00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:31,520 Speaker 1: Faller offers running back. He led all fantasy backs in 563 00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:37,880 Speaker 1: scoring in and two seasons later totally irrelevant, one of 564 00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:40,440 Speaker 1: the biggest whiffs. If you didn't sell high at that point, 565 00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:44,480 Speaker 1: you could have gained your price on him, um after season. 566 00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:46,800 Speaker 1: Now you're holding the bag. If you're even still holding him. 567 00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:49,080 Speaker 1: This is you know, it's all about to do the opposite. 568 00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:51,640 Speaker 1: You just you know these running backs just that when 569 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:55,960 Speaker 1: the end comes, it comes violently for these running backs, 570 00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:59,120 Speaker 1: all right. Leonard four Nets, the last of the free 571 00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:01,320 Speaker 1: agent running backs, will of scuts and again next week 572 00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:06,000 Speaker 1: wide receivers and tight ends. If we recap his season, 573 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:08,880 Speaker 1: it basically goes like this. He was almost impossible to start. 574 00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:11,440 Speaker 1: In the regular season, he was only averaging eight fantasy 575 00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:14,480 Speaker 1: points per game in ESPN scoring, and in many cases 576 00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:18,200 Speaker 1: on a week tweek basis, you had no idea what 577 00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:22,840 Speaker 1: was coming. Even if he got to ten touches last week, 578 00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:26,480 Speaker 1: the next week three touches, then you couldn't know, because 579 00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:28,960 Speaker 1: Bruce Arians does this with his running backs all the time. 580 00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:34,720 Speaker 1: Then Ronald Jones gets hurt in Week seventeen, and then 581 00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:37,080 Speaker 1: four Nets got free run for those first couple of 582 00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:39,520 Speaker 1: games where he's going to get all the workload and 583 00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:42,320 Speaker 1: he looked good doing it. And then in the final 584 00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:44,520 Speaker 1: two games, the final two playoff games, he was just 585 00:30:44,560 --> 00:30:46,040 Speaker 1: a better guy than Jones and he got most of 586 00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:48,200 Speaker 1: the work playoff Lenny he would He went from eight 587 00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:51,280 Speaker 1: fantasy points per game to seventeen Fantasy points per game, 588 00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:56,440 Speaker 1: and I, to my eyes, I thought for Net looked 589 00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:58,600 Speaker 1: just okay. For if I take the whole balance of 590 00:30:58,600 --> 00:31:03,280 Speaker 1: the season and the playoffs, and he just looked okay. 591 00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:05,719 Speaker 1: The worst part about that whole situation in the regular 592 00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:11,240 Speaker 1: season was Week X. The TeVeS said Ronald Jones week 593 00:31:12,360 --> 00:31:15,360 Speaker 1: it was the complete opposite, just like that was Bruce 594 00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:19,480 Speaker 1: Arians just messing with people, fantasy owners, the opposing teams, whatever. 595 00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:22,520 Speaker 1: Now to me, I don't have really an ideal landing 596 00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:24,440 Speaker 1: spot for Leonard for NET except I don't think he's 597 00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:26,360 Speaker 1: a workhorse back, and I think he would fail as 598 00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:29,200 Speaker 1: a workhorse back. So I want him to to flop 599 00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:31,520 Speaker 1: into one of our time share roles like the kind 600 00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:33,480 Speaker 1: he just had. But I want him away from Bruce 601 00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:36,600 Speaker 1: Arians because this is too frustrating. If I'm a Leonard 602 00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:40,080 Speaker 1: Fournett Dynasty or Empire League owner, I just want him 603 00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:43,320 Speaker 1: out of Tampa because I can't trust him there, because 604 00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:45,200 Speaker 1: I can't trust Bruce Arians week to week. I just 605 00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:47,000 Speaker 1: wanted to go somewhere else, go to Houston, like I 606 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:49,120 Speaker 1: got him on a team, And that is how I feel. Yeah, 607 00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:51,040 Speaker 1: that's I would like him to be somewhere else. I 608 00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:55,320 Speaker 1: think he has middling redraft value, middling dynasty value. Um, 609 00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:57,760 Speaker 1: but is it I got you keep on roster? Yeah, 610 00:31:57,760 --> 00:31:59,280 Speaker 1: I don't think you're I don't think you're just straight 611 00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:02,920 Speaker 1: out cutting, at least not right now, not that we 612 00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:05,440 Speaker 1: know where we're just gonna He's gonna ends up somewhere 613 00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:07,880 Speaker 1: right now exactly exactly. I don't. I don't think he's 614 00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:09,760 Speaker 1: gonna be highly paid, and I think he's gonna fall 615 00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:13,160 Speaker 1: into this. Everybody's expecting a blood bath of veteran cuts 616 00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:16,200 Speaker 1: coming because of the salary cap, and not just that 617 00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:20,560 Speaker 1: the salary cap is going down, but because teams had 618 00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:24,240 Speaker 1: planned their spending under the assumption that it was going 619 00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:27,480 Speaker 1: to keep incrementing up. And so it's not even like 620 00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:31,320 Speaker 1: teams were spending thinking it was gonna be like the same, 621 00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:33,240 Speaker 1: but they thought it was gonna increment up, so they 622 00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:35,440 Speaker 1: you know, it's just teams are really most teams are 623 00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:38,600 Speaker 1: really in a pitch, and so I think there's gonna 624 00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:42,160 Speaker 1: be a lot of guys that fall into the category 625 00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:45,760 Speaker 1: of Leonard four net that are serviceable backs. They're gonna 626 00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:47,640 Speaker 1: be They're gonna take the veteran minimum because that's all 627 00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:50,720 Speaker 1: they're going to get. He was fourth overall when he 628 00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:54,880 Speaker 1: was drafted, forest player overall. Running backs just don't go 629 00:32:55,000 --> 00:33:04,600 Speaker 1: that high. You have to be that special special. Barkley 630 00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:08,440 Speaker 1: was bonkers. He was so good he still should not 631 00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:11,160 Speaker 1: have been drafted that high, but well, only because of 632 00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:16,480 Speaker 1: the injuries. Right, His rookie year was sensational, and that 633 00:33:16,520 --> 00:33:19,880 Speaker 1: was the guy they drafted, and then two serious injuries later, 634 00:33:19,960 --> 00:33:21,600 Speaker 1: we don't know what we got in see Kwon Barkley, 635 00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:23,840 Speaker 1: I just got a bashed ghettoman. Whatever I can you know, 636 00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:25,920 Speaker 1: I know you can't help yourself because he tore your 637 00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:31,240 Speaker 1: heart out. I understand. Next week, as I mentioned, fantasy 638 00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:34,840 Speaker 1: relevant wide receivers and tight ends headed for free agency, 639 00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:38,480 Speaker 1: and there's a bunch of those as well, one very 640 00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:42,200 Speaker 1: close to my heart. You can't wait till I'm gonna 641 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:45,200 Speaker 1: start dripping. I know i'd see it. I'm coming in hot. 642 00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:49,120 Speaker 1: Yeah a long time, especially offseason. Listeners can already guess 643 00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:52,880 Speaker 1: who Brian Johnson is going to be advocating for when 644 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:56,120 Speaker 1: we when we have next week's podcast, looking forward to 645 00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:58,880 Speaker 1: that already. Thanks for listening, everybody. We'll be back next 646 00:33:58,920 --> 00:34:02,880 Speaker 1: week for more fans Set Football Weekly. 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