1 00:00:02,360 --> 00:00:12,800 Speaker 1: Yea, what is up? Welcome to another edition of the 2 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:17,279 Speaker 1: NFL Fantasy Football Podcast that's Mad MG, socially distancing away 3 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:20,080 Speaker 1: from the Fantasy Hall of Famer Michael Fabriano and uh, 4 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:22,159 Speaker 1: I mean we have news like it's it's been a 5 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:24,119 Speaker 1: while since we've had actual news to talk about. We 6 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:26,720 Speaker 1: got news this week, and we we kind of like 7 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 1: I saw this coming a mile away, right, I Like, 8 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 1: we talked about Cam Newton's best fantasy landing spot weeks 9 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:37,680 Speaker 1: and months ago and it was always New England. And 10 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:40,800 Speaker 1: so the fact that he ended up with the Patriots 11 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:45,239 Speaker 1: by no coincidence on the same night where the penalty 12 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:50,360 Speaker 1: for their videotaping the Bengals scandal, I guess you could 13 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 1: call it came out, but I mean, hey, I mean 14 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:57,000 Speaker 1: timing is everything, right, So that's uh, that's that's going 15 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 1: to have a trickle down effect in fantasy and we're 16 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:01,960 Speaker 1: gonna talk about that. Yeah, no doubt. That is a 17 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:04,039 Speaker 1: tease of what part of what we're gonna talk about 18 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 1: in today's show. We're also gonna kind of go through 19 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:08,839 Speaker 1: some top tens at least from last year, talking about 20 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:10,760 Speaker 1: guys who might fall out of the top teen guys 21 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 1: who might be in. I know it's something we've talked 22 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:15,000 Speaker 1: about in the past, but you know, things change, uh 23 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:17,039 Speaker 1: since the last time we've talked about it. Either guys 24 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:19,320 Speaker 1: have changed teams or maybe we've just dug a little 25 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 1: deeper into the numbers and found something different. H So 26 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 1: we'll go through that as well. But before we do 27 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:26,560 Speaker 1: any of that, let's talk to our faithful producers and 28 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:29,200 Speaker 1: Edward L. Murphy esquire mur are you back in l 29 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:32,039 Speaker 1: A now? I am back in l A for about 30 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 1: two and a half weeks and then we'll take an 31 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:36,480 Speaker 1: actual vacation, but just going back home because there is 32 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 1: nowhere to vacation right now in our world. So the 33 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:41,479 Speaker 1: best thing I could do is sit in my yard 34 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:43,679 Speaker 1: and that I think actually that makes the world's difference, 35 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 1: just to have some space. But yeah, right now, it's 36 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 1: no tropical island for me. It's just back to Staten Island, 37 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 1: New York. I don't know, Well, well, you're you're going 38 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 1: to an island, right islands it's gott a it's got 39 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 1: a huge like you know, landfill on it. I actually 40 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:00,280 Speaker 1: lived on to that now and for about six months, 41 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:02,880 Speaker 1: and I know is that island, but you know, just 42 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 1: tell people, Hey, I'm going to an island. I'm going 43 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:08,079 Speaker 1: I'm going to island hopping. Yeah, I don't know. Um. 44 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 1: There was floating around on Twitter yesterday a map. It's 45 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 1: like a map of the world in all the countries, 46 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 1: and it had the different tourism slogans for the different 47 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:18,760 Speaker 1: countries and like Slovakia's or something like. It was something 48 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:21,920 Speaker 1: basic like travel to Slovakia. It's a good idea. Like 49 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 1: that was like the whole that was their whole touristm 50 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 1: pitch to you. Like my question would be, what's so 51 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:29,800 Speaker 1: good about it? I guess I think that's what everybody 52 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:33,920 Speaker 1: was asking. When what's funny with that? There was like 53 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 1: countries like that are the places that you would never 54 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 1: normally think to go travel to maybe right now that 55 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 1: I mean obviously outside of the airport travel part is 56 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 1: like once you're actually in the island and or the 57 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:47,400 Speaker 1: country and maybe safer than a lot of other places 58 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 1: right now, Yeah, I mean, you know, it's all those 59 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 1: out of the way places that nobody ever thinks to 60 00:02:51,919 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 1: vacation to. Those Uh, those might be paradises, who knows, 61 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 1: who knows. Um, anyway, let's get back to what we 62 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 1: were talking about early on, and that is the big news, 63 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 1: of course, that Cam Newton has signed a one year 64 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 1: deal with the New England Patriots. I mean, it's wild. 65 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 1: I took a few hours off from my phone. I 66 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 1: was busy doing stuff around the house. I sit down, 67 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 1: I see what I missed, and all of a sudden, 68 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 1: everybody on Twitter is talking about Cam Newton and I'm like, wow, 69 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 1: this is what happens when you decide to just kind 70 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 1: of tune out for a little bit. But um, I mean, 71 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:27,239 Speaker 1: as you talked about it, this seems inevitable at some point. 72 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:30,360 Speaker 1: My question is howes this always happened to the Patriots? 73 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 1: Like how do these guys always seem to fall in 74 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 1: their laps? And I know sometimes they don't work Antonio 75 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 1: Brown didn't work out, Shadow Jo Sinko didn't work out, 76 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 1: But it just seems like thirty one other teams end 77 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 1: up tripping all over themselves and it allowed the Patriots 78 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 1: to just walk in and get these guys essentially bargain 79 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 1: basement prices. Like I don't understand how this happens. It's 80 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:51,600 Speaker 1: almost like there's like a secret clause in the c 81 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:56,400 Speaker 1: b A right, that's any move out there that could 82 00:03:56,400 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 1: make the Patriots look brilliant the other thirty and teams 83 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:03,480 Speaker 1: have to acquiesce and let them do it. And and 84 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 1: it's funny too, markets because you know, we've talked for 85 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 1: weeks and weeks about how the Buffalo Bills are the 86 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 1: favorites to win the a FC East, and you know, 87 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 1: the Jets are moving up, maybe the Dolphins are moving up. 88 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:16,920 Speaker 1: The Patriots weren't even in the discussion. Now they get 89 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 1: Cam Newton and suddenly are the Buffalo Bill is still 90 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:24,560 Speaker 1: the favorite. And I understand Cam is a former m 91 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 1: v P great quarterback. He hadn't been all that great 92 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 1: uh recently. Of course he's dealt with injuries. But if 93 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 1: Cam Newton can avoid those injuries, and you know, he 94 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:37,599 Speaker 1: released a video on social media with him working out 95 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:41,039 Speaker 1: and it looks like he's in amazing shape, this could 96 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:46,160 Speaker 1: end up being the offseason move of I mean it 97 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 1: really can you know, And I know the the immediate reaction, well, 98 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:51,760 Speaker 1: first off, the immediate reaction on Twitter was sort of 99 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:53,600 Speaker 1: all over the place, right. I Mean, you had some 100 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:56,560 Speaker 1: people saying, well, you know, he's Cam and as long 101 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:58,919 Speaker 1: as he's healthy, everything should be okay. He's working with 102 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 1: Belichick and Annals, this should be awesome. There were other 103 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:04,640 Speaker 1: people who were saying, well, I mean, look at what 104 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 1: their wide receiver group is, look at that offense around him, 105 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:11,280 Speaker 1: and you know Tom Brady had issues, why shouldn't Cam. 106 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:14,159 Speaker 1: My thought is, I mean, this isn't the first time 107 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:16,719 Speaker 1: Cam Newton has gone into a season with wide receivers 108 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:18,680 Speaker 1: who aren't great. I mean, you know, you looked at 109 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:21,479 Speaker 1: his tile a lot of his time there in Carolina 110 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:24,200 Speaker 1: when he was relying on you know, the Kelvin Benjamin's 111 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 1: and the Devin Funchesses of the world. I mean, it's 112 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:28,800 Speaker 1: not that's not a group that's gonna scare people. So 113 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 1: I feel like that's one one fear we can take 114 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:33,920 Speaker 1: off the table, right. I Mean, he's got Julian Edelman, 115 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:37,520 Speaker 1: who's you know, later in his career. We're still waiting 116 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:39,919 Speaker 1: to see what m Kiel Harry can be. But I 117 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:42,360 Speaker 1: feel like the argument that he doesn't have good wide 118 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:45,839 Speaker 1: receivers doesn't quite apply to him because he's never really 119 00:05:45,839 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 1: had great receivers and he's always found a way to 120 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 1: be successful. Yeah, I mean outside like Steve Smith, I mean, 121 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 1: you're not talking about the greatest assembly of wide receivers 122 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 1: in Carolina over the years, you know, they've almost always 123 00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:58,160 Speaker 1: been sort of like a run first team, you know, 124 00:05:58,320 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 1: dating back to the time where they had the Angelo 125 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,159 Speaker 1: Williams and Jonathan Stewart in that committee. That's sort of 126 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:07,919 Speaker 1: what they've been. And um, to me, Mohammed Sanu is 127 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:10,080 Speaker 1: not a bad wide receiver. And if he can if 128 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 1: he can get back at with Edelman, with nikkil Harry 129 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 1: as you mentioned, I mean, you know, it's not the 130 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:19,720 Speaker 1: worst wide receiver corps in the league. And Cam also 131 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 1: is a guy who historically and and this is this 132 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 1: dates all the way back to when we started watching 133 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 1: Cam Newton back at Auburn, and this is a guy 134 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 1: who can make plays with his legs, and he's got 135 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:32,120 Speaker 1: a really good offensive line in front of him now 136 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:35,040 Speaker 1: in New England. Also keep in mind that when he 137 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:38,200 Speaker 1: played under North Turner there in eighteen, he was running 138 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 1: more of a pro style offense, which is what they're 139 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 1: gonna be running, uh, you know, with Josh McDaniels there 140 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:44,720 Speaker 1: in New England. So it's not gonna be one of 141 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:47,279 Speaker 1: those offenses where he's gonna be, you know, running around 142 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 1: all over the place. And he's gonna be using that. 143 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 1: He's gonna be using that that right arm Uh. You know, 144 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:53,479 Speaker 1: hopefully the shoulder in the foot are are back at 145 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:56,920 Speaker 1: a percent again. It looks like they are. But this, 146 00:06:57,640 --> 00:07:00,400 Speaker 1: I will tell you one thing, Marcus, not not only 147 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 1: are fantasy fans happy about this, not only are Patriots 148 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:05,800 Speaker 1: fans happy about this, but the networks are happy about 149 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:07,840 Speaker 1: this too, because the Patriots had a bunch of primetime 150 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:10,080 Speaker 1: games and I don't think the networks we're looking forward 151 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:12,760 Speaker 1: to having Jared Stidham be the guy there. So now 152 00:07:12,840 --> 00:07:14,640 Speaker 1: Cam Newton is going to be starting for the Patriots, 153 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 1: a lot of people in the network world are gonna 154 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 1: be a hell of a lot happier. Yeah, I mean, 155 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 1: I really did believe, I think a lot of us 156 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:23,560 Speaker 1: did for a long time that it just seemed impossible 157 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 1: that the Patriots would go into the season with Jared 158 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 1: Stidham and Brian Hoyer is their top two quarterbacks. And 159 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 1: I know there was chatter that, you know, this is 160 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:33,680 Speaker 1: our guy we like and we want to see what 161 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:36,560 Speaker 1: Stidham can do, but it just seemed impossible to really 162 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:39,520 Speaker 1: believe that was going to happen. Um. So credit Bill 163 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 1: Belichick for basically waiting until the right moment to strike, 164 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 1: you know, to to get Cam when you know there 165 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:46,920 Speaker 1: weren't a whole lot of offers on the table and 166 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 1: get him at you know, a great discount. Um And 167 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:52,360 Speaker 1: then as you mentioned, it's also nice to leak that 168 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:56,200 Speaker 1: news just before the bad stuff comes, and so people 169 00:07:56,600 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 1: are paying attention. UM. As for Cam, what do you 170 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:03,800 Speaker 1: expect from him this year in that offense? And where 171 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 1: do you have him ranked right now? So I have 172 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:11,440 Speaker 1: him ranked sixteen at this point among quarterbacks, and uh, 173 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:16,200 Speaker 1: he's in that like Ben Roethlisberger, Philip Rivers, Baker Mayfield 174 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:20,160 Speaker 1: sort of area for me. And the good thing about 175 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 1: Cam is that, I mean, he's not gonna cost you anything, 176 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:24,560 Speaker 1: really I think about it. He's not gonna be a 177 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:27,160 Speaker 1: top one pick. There's still a lot of question marks. 178 00:08:27,280 --> 00:08:29,520 Speaker 1: I mean, Marcus, he hadn't scored a touchdown in four 179 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:33,239 Speaker 1: games and he's had one rushing touchdown since like October. 180 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:40,040 Speaker 1: So it's not like we're getting Superman guaranteed. The Cam Newton, 181 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:41,679 Speaker 1: who has been an m v P, who has been, 182 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:44,480 Speaker 1: you know, a top five fantasy quarterback for most of 183 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 1: his career, we don't know forgetting that. So the position 184 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 1: is super deep as well. So he's a QB two 185 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:54,400 Speaker 1: and he's gonna be drafted as a QB two and 186 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 1: he's gonna go out And I mean you could, you 187 00:08:56,960 --> 00:08:59,040 Speaker 1: could say what you want. If Kim is healthy, there's 188 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:01,600 Speaker 1: no competition, would him and Jared's didn't? I mean, please, 189 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:04,920 Speaker 1: it was the care for a second. So he needs 190 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:06,960 Speaker 1: to be drafted across the board in every single league. 191 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:08,880 Speaker 1: He'll be a late run pick. And if he can 192 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:11,280 Speaker 1: come back and be you know, three quarters that Cam Newton, 193 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:12,839 Speaker 1: that that we've all come to know and love, he's 194 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:15,160 Speaker 1: going to be a draft bargain. And if if the 195 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:18,319 Speaker 1: struggles continue with the arm uh, you know, if the 196 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:21,280 Speaker 1: foot acts up, then you didn't really invest a lot 197 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:23,240 Speaker 1: of draft capital in him and he becomes a waiver 198 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:26,520 Speaker 1: wire fighter. Right. Look, if you want to believe in 199 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:29,680 Speaker 1: having added motivation, I mean for Cam, this is a 200 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:32,360 Speaker 1: one year This is a chance for him to sort 201 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:34,560 Speaker 1: of prove who that he is the guy that he 202 00:09:34,679 --> 00:09:37,320 Speaker 1: used to be and hopefully get a longer term deal, 203 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:39,640 Speaker 1: whether it's from New England or for somebody else. There 204 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 1: is extra motivation there for Cam to step up and 205 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:45,000 Speaker 1: play really well this year. I've got him at fifteen, 206 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:47,160 Speaker 1: So you and I are about the same in terms 207 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:50,440 Speaker 1: of the quarterback rankings, and I feel the same way, right, Like, 208 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:53,559 Speaker 1: why not take a shot at him late, especially if 209 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:56,320 Speaker 1: you are going to wait on quarterbacks, right, Um, have 210 00:09:56,480 --> 00:09:59,040 Speaker 1: that insurance, have that guy who if it turns out, 211 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:01,840 Speaker 1: then everything is right and Cam's good again and maybe 212 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:04,240 Speaker 1: he creeps into the top ten, you're feeling great. If not, 213 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:07,160 Speaker 1: Like you said, Fabbs, it's not like you, uh, spend 214 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:09,160 Speaker 1: a high draft pick to to do that and end 215 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:11,880 Speaker 1: up with nothing. So yeah, and he's thirty one years old. 216 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:14,280 Speaker 1: I mean, like a lot of quarterbacks are, you know, 217 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:16,480 Speaker 1: in the prime of their careers at thirty one so 218 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:19,520 Speaker 1: old and basically had a whole year off to rest 219 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:23,600 Speaker 1: and recuperate, right, you know, so we'll see um for 220 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:25,760 Speaker 1: the rest of the Patriots offense. I mean, we talked 221 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:28,520 Speaker 1: about Julian Edelman and to kill Harry Um. You know, 222 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:30,559 Speaker 1: you know, James White is still probably gonna catch a 223 00:10:30,559 --> 00:10:33,480 Speaker 1: lot of passes, even even Sonny Michelle. I mean, what 224 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:36,800 Speaker 1: does this do for them? Having Cam Newton in this offense? 225 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:40,880 Speaker 1: So obviously it helps everybody, like in terms of the 226 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:44,360 Speaker 1: pass catchers because who would you rather have Julian Edelman 227 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:47,319 Speaker 1: catching passes from Stidham er Newton? I mean everyone say 228 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:49,600 Speaker 1: Newton the same thing, when to kill Harry, same thing. Well, 229 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:51,520 Speaker 1: Mohamed Sanu, who's not being drafted in a lot of 230 00:10:51,559 --> 00:10:55,000 Speaker 1: leagues right now. Um, the running back position, I feel 231 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:58,640 Speaker 1: like the Patriots the backs like Sony Michelle, especially because 232 00:10:58,640 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 1: he would be more of the guy who you're going 233 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:01,840 Speaker 1: to be utilizing down near the goal line. You know, 234 00:11:01,880 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 1: maybe he's affected negatively because you know, once Cam gets 235 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:07,559 Speaker 1: down inside that five yard line, you know, he's a 236 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:10,120 Speaker 1: lethal weapon. Let's put it that way. And the Patriots 237 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:12,720 Speaker 1: were what tied for third in red zone rushing attempts 238 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:16,800 Speaker 1: last year, So the offense has gotten down into the 239 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:20,679 Speaker 1: into the red area a lot where where a running quarterback, 240 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:24,199 Speaker 1: where a running back uh can can take advantage of 241 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:27,520 Speaker 1: an opportunity to to find paydirt. So I think this 242 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 1: is good for Cam. I don't know that it's great 243 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:32,839 Speaker 1: for Sony Michelle in terms of red zone opportunities. I 244 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:34,559 Speaker 1: don't know that it really changes much in terms of 245 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:37,720 Speaker 1: James White, who typically at least you wouldn't project him 246 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:40,040 Speaker 1: to be utilized the whole heck of a lot down 247 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:42,800 Speaker 1: in the paint the area down in the red zone. Yeah, 248 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:44,480 Speaker 1: I mean, I think that's that's fair. I know people 249 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:46,880 Speaker 1: have said that this will improve the Patriots running game, 250 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:50,280 Speaker 1: but that doesn't necessarily mean that it improves Sony Michelle. 251 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:53,199 Speaker 1: You just have another guy who can who can run 252 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:56,000 Speaker 1: the football. So, uh, it's gonna be interesting. It's gonna 253 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:58,640 Speaker 1: be fun to see Cam there in New England. I 254 00:11:58,679 --> 00:12:00,720 Speaker 1: think a lot of people who just are fans of 255 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 1: football are excited to see him get an opportunity to 256 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:05,480 Speaker 1: play again. Because the game I think it's more fun 257 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:10,240 Speaker 1: when Cam Newton is around. So definitely looking forward to that. Um, 258 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:12,800 Speaker 1: speaking of quarterbacks, let's let's kind of shuffle the deck 259 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 1: a little bit, right. We looked at some top ten 260 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:19,120 Speaker 1: guys from last season. Um, I'll give you three names 261 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:21,560 Speaker 1: of guys who were in the top ten. You tell 262 00:12:21,559 --> 00:12:23,480 Speaker 1: me who's most likely to fall out, and then you 263 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:25,600 Speaker 1: tell me who you think might jump in there and 264 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:29,760 Speaker 1: replace them this year. So quarterbacks, Aaron Rodgers, Matt Ryan 265 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:32,480 Speaker 1: both kind of fringe top ten guys. Carson Wentz another 266 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:35,240 Speaker 1: fringe top ten guy of those three, or maybe there's 267 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 1: another one in there. You you like, who do you 268 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:39,280 Speaker 1: think is most likely to fall out of the top 269 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:42,480 Speaker 1: ten and who jumps in in their place? So I 270 00:12:42,559 --> 00:12:46,680 Speaker 1: have Rodgers at eleven, I have went to twelve. So 271 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:50,080 Speaker 1: in the third quarterback that you mentioned with who Matt Ryan, 272 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:52,319 Speaker 1: I have Matt Ryan in the top ten? Yeah, I 273 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:56,440 Speaker 1: have at Ryan so all close. Ryan's Ryan's eight. The 274 00:12:56,440 --> 00:12:59,160 Speaker 1: other two guys right outside of the top ten um 275 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:01,840 Speaker 1: players that I think could move up into the top ten. 276 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:03,960 Speaker 1: Like I mean, you guys know, I'm a big fan 277 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:05,559 Speaker 1: of Daniel Jones. I don't know if he's gonna be 278 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 1: top ten, but he's got the capability to beat top 279 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:12,199 Speaker 1: ten without question. Tom Brady very likely is going to 280 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:14,960 Speaker 1: get back up into that top ten area now that 281 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 1: he's in Tampa Bay. I mean, Matthew Stafford could jump 282 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:19,839 Speaker 1: into the top ten. He was on pace to be 283 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:21,880 Speaker 1: a top ten quarterback last year before he got hurt. 284 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:23,760 Speaker 1: So those are some of the guys that I could 285 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:28,800 Speaker 1: see sort of jumping in, the likes of Rogers for example, Uh, 286 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:30,920 Speaker 1: Matt Ryan, I feel like it is going to end 287 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:32,760 Speaker 1: up being in the top ten. And as I mentioned, 288 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:36,160 Speaker 1: wentz U Wentz also right there for me and a 289 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:38,000 Speaker 1: lot of it has to do wentce, you know, just 290 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:41,520 Speaker 1: avoiding injuries getting out there starting fourteen and sixteen games. 291 00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:43,520 Speaker 1: He's got a lot of weapons. The Eagles are gonna 292 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:45,600 Speaker 1: want to go deep and go vertical, so that should 293 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:48,559 Speaker 1: help his value. Yeah. I definitely like went Stony back 294 00:13:48,559 --> 00:13:50,360 Speaker 1: into the top ten or just stay in that top ten. 295 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:52,640 Speaker 1: I guess this year. Um, you mentioned Matt Stafford, and 296 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:55,080 Speaker 1: I feel like that's one you know, people are mentioning him. 297 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:57,000 Speaker 1: I don't want to say that nobody's talking about Matt 298 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:59,240 Speaker 1: Stafford because that's not true. But I do feel like 299 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 1: when we talk about quarterbacks, maybe he doesn't get niche 300 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:04,199 Speaker 1: in quite as often. And you're right that. I mean 301 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:07,680 Speaker 1: through Week eight or nine, Um, he was easily a 302 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:12,280 Speaker 1: top ten quarterback and was a game Yeah, I think. 303 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:14,800 Speaker 1: I think when he got hurt, he had nineteen touchdowns 304 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:17,280 Speaker 1: and five interceptions, right, which which puts him on pace 305 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:20,320 Speaker 1: for what would have been the best touchdown to interception 306 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:24,920 Speaker 1: ratio of his career. Uh Now, obviously, back injuries are tricky. 307 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:27,280 Speaker 1: I mean, he broke bones in his back. That is 308 00:14:27,280 --> 00:14:30,280 Speaker 1: a thing to definitely be cautious about. But if the 309 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:32,920 Speaker 1: healing process went well, if Matthew Stafford is able to 310 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 1: be back. We know he's got two very good receivers 311 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:38,800 Speaker 1: and Kimmy Yalladay and Marvin Jones. They added a talented 312 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:41,240 Speaker 1: running back in DeAndre Swift who can catch the football, 313 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:42,760 Speaker 1: and a lot of us are thinking that t J. 314 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:45,320 Speaker 1: Hawkinson is ready to take a big step forward this year. 315 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:47,560 Speaker 1: I mean, all the pieces seem in place for Matthew 316 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:49,840 Speaker 1: Stafford to kind of slide right in. And this is 317 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:51,640 Speaker 1: a guy you want to talk about late rounds. He's 318 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:53,400 Speaker 1: hanging around in the late rounds. It could end up 319 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:56,280 Speaker 1: being a huge draft value for somebody this year. Yeah, 320 00:14:56,400 --> 00:14:58,840 Speaker 1: And there's a lot of quarterbacks who could be draft values. 321 00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:01,840 Speaker 1: I mean, I've been involved in some of these uh 322 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:05,800 Speaker 1: F s g A drafts for Sirius XM, and I 323 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:07,880 Speaker 1: mean Aaron Rodgers is going in the twelfth round and 324 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:10,040 Speaker 1: it's a four teen team league, Marcus. I mean, and 325 00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:12,240 Speaker 1: I get with the experts out there. It's a little 326 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:14,480 Speaker 1: bit different than in uh in leagues, where you know, 327 00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:17,880 Speaker 1: folks are just having fun, more casual, but they're hell 328 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:19,160 Speaker 1: Cam Newton is going to be on that list now. 329 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:22,320 Speaker 1: Ben Robinsberger's on that list, like Baker Mayfield potentially be 330 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:24,520 Speaker 1: on that list. Daniel Jones, EDI's guy, he could be 331 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:26,920 Speaker 1: on the lift. Two of quarterbacks who you get late 332 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:30,400 Speaker 1: who end up really out performing their draft value, are there? 333 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:34,120 Speaker 1: Are are their draft position order? The running backs? Uh, 334 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:37,080 Speaker 1: these guys, some of them were solidly in the top 335 00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:42,360 Speaker 1: ten um but Leonard four Nets, Mick Chubb, Austin Ekeler, 336 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:45,320 Speaker 1: I mean, Xler was the RB four after a huge 337 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 1: start this season. Is there one of those guys that 338 00:15:48,680 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 1: you feel like might not get back to top ten 339 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:53,760 Speaker 1: status this year and who who maybe jumps in in 340 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:57,640 Speaker 1: their place? I'm not. I love Austin Ekeler, And you know, 341 00:15:57,680 --> 00:15:59,640 Speaker 1: I know that there are people out there will say, well, 342 00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:01,720 Speaker 1: no Fiel up Rivers and you know they bring in 343 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:04,920 Speaker 1: Joshua Kelly. Okay, that's fine. I still believe in Austin 344 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:07,760 Speaker 1: Nekela as a top ten running back. Nick Chubb, I'm not. 345 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:09,880 Speaker 1: I'm not on board with as a top ten running back. 346 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:11,400 Speaker 1: I see him get picked in the first round, and 347 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:14,240 Speaker 1: I question why, Like I understand if Nick Chubb was 348 00:16:14,280 --> 00:16:15,920 Speaker 1: the featured back for the Browns, he would be a 349 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:19,280 Speaker 1: top five pick. I love him, He's talent, He's amazing. 350 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:23,920 Speaker 1: People forget that Kariem Hunt. It was an elite fantasy 351 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:27,360 Speaker 1: running back in Kansas City. And last year when the 352 00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:29,680 Speaker 1: two guys were on the same you know, on the 353 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:31,640 Speaker 1: same field at the same time, and then they were 354 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:34,120 Speaker 1: out there together. I mean, we're talking about eight games 355 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:37,720 Speaker 1: where the difference in fantasy points was negligible. They basically 356 00:16:37,800 --> 00:16:40,600 Speaker 1: both averaged right around thirteen points a game. Kareem was 357 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:43,320 Speaker 1: better as a pass catcher, Nick was better as a rusher. 358 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:46,160 Speaker 1: But Nick's touchdowns went way down. He went from six 359 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:47,440 Speaker 1: in the first half of the year to two in 360 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:50,280 Speaker 1: the second half of the year. I I don't see him. 361 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 1: I mean, unless something happens to Kareem Hunt, uh and 362 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:55,840 Speaker 1: he's forced to miss time for one reason or another. 363 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:58,000 Speaker 1: Nick Chubb is not a top ten fantasy running back. 364 00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:00,600 Speaker 1: Leonard Fournette I feel like I him outside of my 365 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:03,560 Speaker 1: top ten as well. While the touchdown should go up, 366 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:06,280 Speaker 1: he only at three last year. I mean, reception total 367 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:08,240 Speaker 1: has been nan it was like seventy six. They brought 368 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:10,000 Speaker 1: him Chris Thompson. He's gonna eat away at some of 369 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 1: those opportunities. So I mean, I think Leonard can get 370 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:15,000 Speaker 1: you thirty to forty catches, but you know, seventy plus 371 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:17,360 Speaker 1: it's not happening again. Yeah, that's the thing. I mean, 372 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:18,960 Speaker 1: they brought in a couple of guys who can catch 373 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:21,600 Speaker 1: the football. You mentioned Chris Thompson. Leavisco Chanel, a guy 374 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:24,399 Speaker 1: that they drafted can catch the football very well. Was 375 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:27,320 Speaker 1: was just a Swiss Army knife at Colorado and and 376 00:17:27,359 --> 00:17:29,040 Speaker 1: probably will do some of the same there. So I'm 377 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:31,840 Speaker 1: with you on four NET, very much with you on Chubb. 378 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:33,959 Speaker 1: I've been saying that for a while. I mean, in 379 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:38,040 Speaker 1: those eight games that Kareem Hut played, you saw a 380 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:40,360 Speaker 1: huge drop off of the number of targets that Nick 381 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:43,439 Speaker 1: Chubb got, and I think, uh, you're gonna continue to 382 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:46,080 Speaker 1: see that division of labor there, uh for for the 383 00:17:46,119 --> 00:17:49,159 Speaker 1: Browns in their offense. I mean I think one, you know, 384 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:51,719 Speaker 1: se Kwon Bartley was just at ten. He's gonna move 385 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:54,520 Speaker 1: up obviously as long as he stays healthy. I think 386 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:58,880 Speaker 1: Joe Nixon, provided he doesn't hold out and play sixteen games, 387 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:02,680 Speaker 1: I think he jumps in there. Michael Sanders, there's another one. 388 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:04,760 Speaker 1: So I was gonna mention Miles Sanders because he's like 389 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:06,680 Speaker 1: he's such a mystery to me, right, Like as long 390 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:09,760 Speaker 1: as the Eagles don't do anything else to their backfield. 391 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:12,919 Speaker 1: I think Miles Sanders has a huge potential. But you 392 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:15,439 Speaker 1: keep hearing these rumors that Philadelphia is looking at other 393 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:17,600 Speaker 1: running backs, other people to bring in. I mean, but 394 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:20,040 Speaker 1: I can still hear rumors about Lashawn McCoy coming in. 395 00:18:20,119 --> 00:18:21,680 Speaker 1: I don't I don't know how much he has left 396 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:24,919 Speaker 1: in the tank. Um, but we know Doug Peterson doesn't 397 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:27,680 Speaker 1: like to rely on one running back. If he changes 398 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:30,160 Speaker 1: that tune and they give the gig to Miles Sanders, 399 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:32,280 Speaker 1: I'm all in on him being a top ten guy. 400 00:18:32,359 --> 00:18:34,640 Speaker 1: But my fear is that, you know, when training camp 401 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:37,280 Speaker 1: starts whenever that may be, uh, that the Eagles go 402 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:40,840 Speaker 1: out and sign somebody and completely just you know, submarine 403 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:44,800 Speaker 1: this whole effort. So that's how I get it. I mean, 404 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:48,680 Speaker 1: like you've heard DeVante at Freeman's name, but he apparently 405 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:50,840 Speaker 1: wants a little too much money and and maybe he's 406 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:53,680 Speaker 1: not he's not really uh, you know, worth the risk. 407 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:56,640 Speaker 1: Obviously your son agrees there's me there with Devanta Freeman. Um, 408 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:01,800 Speaker 1: so I feel like I like, uh, Freeman would put 409 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:03,600 Speaker 1: a dent. But other than that, I mean, think about 410 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:05,800 Speaker 1: the running backs that are available right now. Who's on 411 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:07,639 Speaker 1: the street right now that that's really going to scare 412 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:11,400 Speaker 1: you away from Miles standards, I mean, Lashawn McCoy, Uh, 413 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:13,879 Speaker 1: wouldn't scare me, Let's put it that way. And I 414 00:19:13,880 --> 00:19:15,879 Speaker 1: still feel like Miles Sanders would be the guy. And 415 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:18,280 Speaker 1: I also feel like people are underestimating Boston Scott a 416 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:20,440 Speaker 1: little bit. He came in last year in the second 417 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:22,359 Speaker 1: half and he looked really good. He had some pretty 418 00:19:22,359 --> 00:19:25,600 Speaker 1: big games. So if the Eagles are willing to you know, 419 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:28,080 Speaker 1: take you know, take Boston Scott at what he was 420 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:31,280 Speaker 1: last season and utilize him as a complimentary piece as 421 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:33,440 Speaker 1: a number two behind Mile Centers, maybe they don't feel 422 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:35,240 Speaker 1: like they need a running back. And at this point 423 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:37,000 Speaker 1: that's been the case because they didn't do anything in 424 00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:39,080 Speaker 1: the draft, they didn't didn't do anything in free agency. 425 00:19:39,080 --> 00:19:41,280 Speaker 1: They brought back Corey Clement. So maybe they're happy with 426 00:19:41,320 --> 00:19:43,840 Speaker 1: Miles Sanders as the number one. Yeah, I mean maybe so, 427 00:19:43,960 --> 00:19:45,760 Speaker 1: And I hope he would be a good thing. There 428 00:19:46,119 --> 00:19:47,960 Speaker 1: also wasn't under the name. I think would be interesting 429 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:51,199 Speaker 1: Chinians right who when he got when he got to 430 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:53,480 Speaker 1: Arizona and just really took off, I mean part of 431 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:55,720 Speaker 1: it was just that the Dolphins didn't seem all that 432 00:19:55,880 --> 00:19:59,360 Speaker 1: interested in giving him a featured back role. Clift Juansbury 433 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:01,560 Speaker 1: had no album with it whatsoever. Once he got to 434 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:04,639 Speaker 1: Arizona and he took off, and you know, no pun intended. 435 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:07,280 Speaker 1: He ran with it. Um. So you know, if you 436 00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:10,040 Speaker 1: give him that same workload, that same opportunity over the 437 00:20:10,119 --> 00:20:11,840 Speaker 1: course of six team games, I think there's a very 438 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:14,920 Speaker 1: real chance Kenyan Drake could end up up. Who is 439 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:22,280 Speaker 1: Drake's coach in Miami? Oh yeah, Adam Gates rightly? So yeah, 440 00:20:22,320 --> 00:20:25,320 Speaker 1: Adam Um. Alright, So let's move on to UH. To 441 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:28,400 Speaker 1: the wide receivers, guys that were kind of fringe top 442 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:30,720 Speaker 1: ten guys who could possibly fall out. I think one 443 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:34,159 Speaker 1: is fairly easy. Even you got DeVante Parker, who was 444 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:38,080 Speaker 1: there right around Tim Julian Edelman. Um. Maybe although now 445 00:20:38,119 --> 00:20:40,520 Speaker 1: he's got Cam Newton, maybe that's good enough to keep 446 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:43,159 Speaker 1: him in the top ten. UH and Keenan Allen with 447 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:45,960 Speaker 1: who has a completely different set up there now we're 448 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:48,240 Speaker 1: not sure if it's Tyrod Taylor or Justin Herbert. So 449 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:52,000 Speaker 1: between Keen and Allen, Julian Edelman, DeVante Parker, I feel 450 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:53,640 Speaker 1: like I know at least one of your answers, which 451 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:56,040 Speaker 1: one of those guys falls out of the top ten, 452 00:20:56,480 --> 00:20:59,960 Speaker 1: I think they all are. I think that DeVante Parker 453 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:03,280 Speaker 1: efficiency in that in that second half stretch is not 454 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:06,680 Speaker 1: something he can duplicate. It's not I'm sorry like to 455 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:08,560 Speaker 1: it telling Low it's gonna be the quarterback there at 456 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:11,720 Speaker 1: some point during the course of the season. And listen, 457 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:14,040 Speaker 1: he's got a great rapport with Ryan Fitzpatrick, but I 458 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:16,439 Speaker 1: don't think Fitzpatrick is gonna have the magic to be 459 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:21,560 Speaker 1: a sixteen game starter, so that's gonna happen. I feel 460 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:24,480 Speaker 1: like with Keenan Allen, you know, as good as he is, 461 00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:26,240 Speaker 1: and he's gonna get a lot of targets, like you know, 462 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:28,480 Speaker 1: the drop off from Pillifer's down to Tyrod Taylor or 463 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:30,679 Speaker 1: rookie and Justin Herbert who you know. I don't have 464 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:33,840 Speaker 1: a whole bunch of belief in long term and certainly 465 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:36,520 Speaker 1: not sure term that's gonna that's gonna be, you know, 466 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:39,480 Speaker 1: an issue for him and Julian Edeman. While as you mentioned, 467 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:42,640 Speaker 1: his value is going back up somewhat the top ten 468 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:45,600 Speaker 1: with with Cam only, I get it. Cam Newton is 469 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:49,120 Speaker 1: certainly uh an upgrade over Jared Stidham. We still all 470 00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:51,040 Speaker 1: have questions about Kim Newton and whether or not he's 471 00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:52,600 Speaker 1: you know, he's gonna be a hundred percent going in 472 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:55,560 Speaker 1: its season. Uh, what kind of offense they're gonna run 473 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:57,920 Speaker 1: in terms of you know, you know, allowing Kim Newton 474 00:21:57,960 --> 00:22:00,679 Speaker 1: to maybe run a little bit more. So we know 475 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:03,600 Speaker 1: Tom Brady never ran because he's get a mobile dude. 476 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:06,720 Speaker 1: So I feel like I feel like all three of 477 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:08,920 Speaker 1: those guys will drop out and the guys that you'll 478 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:11,159 Speaker 1: see that are gonna move into the top ten. You 479 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:14,200 Speaker 1: know you're gonna see uh, you know, Mike Evans could 480 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:16,359 Speaker 1: potentially end up being in the top ten. Uh, he 481 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:18,920 Speaker 1: dropped out because he missed time at the n last 482 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:21,399 Speaker 1: season due to injury leave. He was fifteen. Uh, you 483 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:23,360 Speaker 1: know you're gonna end up seeing Davante Adams to get 484 00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:25,040 Speaker 1: back into the top ten. You're gonna see Tyreek Hill 485 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:28,920 Speaker 1: get back in the top ten. I really feel like there's, uh, 486 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:30,520 Speaker 1: there's a chance that a J. Brown could in in 487 00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:33,520 Speaker 1: the top ten. So the wider secret position is deep. 488 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:35,280 Speaker 1: And one thing that I've learned and doing drafts and 489 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:36,879 Speaker 1: box and stuff like that over the last month or 490 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:39,560 Speaker 1: so is man get your running backs in the first 491 00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:42,479 Speaker 1: couple of rounds, going the round three and four and 492 00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:44,680 Speaker 1: you you could get Kenny Galaity and d J. Moore, 493 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:47,040 Speaker 1: And I think that's that's pretty solid. Yeah. You know, 494 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:49,320 Speaker 1: it's interesting too because I think if you are able 495 00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:51,720 Speaker 1: to get you know, a couple of solid running backs 496 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:53,920 Speaker 1: at the top, then you can spin fither the next 497 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:57,840 Speaker 1: five or six rounds just stacking wide receivers um and 498 00:22:58,040 --> 00:23:00,800 Speaker 1: getting yourself a roster that you feel okay about. And 499 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:02,640 Speaker 1: I know we don't spend a lot of time talking 500 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:06,360 Speaker 1: about roster construction and draft strategy and that sort of thing, 501 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:08,400 Speaker 1: but I do feel like if you can get yourself, 502 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:10,960 Speaker 1: if you're able to get one of those eleat running 503 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:13,399 Speaker 1: backs and even just a solid number two guy, you 504 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:15,640 Speaker 1: don't have to worry about running back for a long 505 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:17,520 Speaker 1: time in your draft, and at that point you're sort 506 00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:19,920 Speaker 1: of just trying to pick values later in your draft. 507 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:21,840 Speaker 1: I think that that's kind of an important thing to 508 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:26,320 Speaker 1: pay attention to. When um, so you know those are 509 00:23:26,359 --> 00:23:29,440 Speaker 1: some of our top two Yet, do you have any 510 00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:31,920 Speaker 1: do you have any thought of any rookies maybe not 511 00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:33,760 Speaker 1: that could possibly crack the top ten or at least 512 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:35,679 Speaker 1: challenge to be in the town teen and anybody that 513 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:41,280 Speaker 1: that's a wide receiver. Yeah, no, I know, I know. 514 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:45,199 Speaker 1: I think it's a surprise. Yeah. I mean, like you know, 515 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:47,200 Speaker 1: the Cowboy Homer and me would love Ceedee Lamb to 516 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:49,040 Speaker 1: do that, but that's not gonna happen in that offense 517 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:50,719 Speaker 1: with all the weapons that they have with the Maria 518 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:54,359 Speaker 1: and gallop and Jerry Judy as much as I like 519 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:57,159 Speaker 1: him top ten with Coreland Sutton ahead of him and 520 00:23:57,400 --> 00:23:58,840 Speaker 1: a lot of mouths to feed in Denver, I don't 521 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:02,000 Speaker 1: think that can happen, you know, Jalen reagor Henry Reise. 522 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:04,720 Speaker 1: I mean, there's Brian Listen. I can go through every 523 00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:07,520 Speaker 1: single guy that's that's that picked in the draft and 524 00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:08,720 Speaker 1: give you a reason why they're not going to be 525 00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:11,560 Speaker 1: top ten. So heck. I mean, Jerry Judy is is 526 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:14,840 Speaker 1: my highest rank wide receiver out of the first year guys. 527 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:17,400 Speaker 1: I mean he's not even in my top thirty. So 528 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:22,200 Speaker 1: it's it's it's one of those things where, um, it's 529 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:26,040 Speaker 1: a deep talented position and those guys are going to 530 00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:27,960 Speaker 1: be the guys that you're gonna be sort of throwing 531 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:30,520 Speaker 1: darts at sort of in the middle to late rounds 532 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:33,359 Speaker 1: of your draft. I have Judy at forty two. I 533 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:36,280 Speaker 1: have CD at forty six, I have Regor at forty nine, 534 00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:38,960 Speaker 1: have Rugs at fifty, I have i UK at fifty two. 535 00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:41,360 Speaker 1: I mean, like that's that's sort of where we're at. 536 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:44,320 Speaker 1: There isn't and I mean typically, Marcus, you know this, dude, 537 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:46,359 Speaker 1: like what your rookie wide receivers typically don't come out 538 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:50,239 Speaker 1: and put up monster numbers, um, you know, so you know, 539 00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:53,280 Speaker 1: for every an Klin Bolden who was tremendous as a rookie, 540 00:24:53,359 --> 00:24:55,960 Speaker 1: you know, there's there's there's ten guys out there who 541 00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:58,320 Speaker 1: and you know, hey, Calvin Johnson you had, he had 542 00:24:58,320 --> 00:24:59,920 Speaker 1: a pretty decent rookie year. But I mean it was 543 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,239 Speaker 1: at eight hundred yards and maybe five touchdowns. Uh, And 544 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:04,320 Speaker 1: that's a good rookie year for a wide receiver. You 545 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:06,680 Speaker 1: don't see these elite numbers from most wide receivers in 546 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:09,040 Speaker 1: their first year. So not a surprise. Yeah, No, not 547 00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:10,680 Speaker 1: a surprise at all. I was just curious if maybe 548 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:12,920 Speaker 1: you had like a just some guy who had you know, 549 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:14,720 Speaker 1: a big hot take on or just some sort of 550 00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:17,960 Speaker 1: bananas projection. My take on the rookie wide receivers is 551 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:20,359 Speaker 1: quite cold. Uh. If it comes to rankings, yes, I 552 00:25:20,359 --> 00:25:23,119 Speaker 1: don't have them ranked very highly right now. No, I 553 00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:25,000 Speaker 1: think I think uh, you know, I think that's a 554 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:29,520 Speaker 1: popular uh too. So yeah, all right, um so before 555 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:31,320 Speaker 1: we before we get out of here, Fabs, I know 556 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:34,159 Speaker 1: you kind of have a major announcement you would like 557 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:36,680 Speaker 1: to make sure I will give you the floor here. Yeah. So, 558 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:39,159 Speaker 1: um so this is gonna be my last podcast with 559 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:43,320 Speaker 1: the NFL. Um uh, moving on and doing some stuff 560 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:45,960 Speaker 1: with Serious x M. As you guys already know, going 561 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:48,439 Speaker 1: to be working on fantasy dirt, trying to focus on 562 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:50,800 Speaker 1: that a little bit. Won't be my first time leaving 563 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:55,320 Speaker 1: the podcast, right, Um. I mean it's been like a 564 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:58,240 Speaker 1: roller coaster ride with this cast I had. Uh. It 565 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:02,040 Speaker 1: started as a radio show on Sirius XM, ironically enough 566 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:05,240 Speaker 1: with Jason Smith and Elliot Harrison, and we used to 567 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:09,920 Speaker 1: do the fantasy the fantasy version of the cantina right 568 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:13,800 Speaker 1: Moistizele's pull up, pull up a little mills and uh 569 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:16,560 Speaker 1: and talk a little fantasy football and you know that 570 00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:19,520 Speaker 1: that ran for uh, that ran on Sirius XM. And 571 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:21,840 Speaker 1: then then there was a time where the podcast basically 572 00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:23,840 Speaker 1: was just audio from NFL Fantasy Live, which you know, 573 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:26,479 Speaker 1: wasn't really the best idea in the world. But um, 574 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:28,359 Speaker 1: at that point, I don't think, you know, podcast has 575 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:31,880 Speaker 1: sort of grown in popularity as they are now. And 576 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:33,679 Speaker 1: then I was away from the podcast for a little bit. 577 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:37,080 Speaker 1: Uh came back, uh within the last one year or two, 578 00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:41,080 Speaker 1: and you know what now, I mean it's I'm always 579 00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:43,320 Speaker 1: trying to sort of grow and move on and do 580 00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:45,800 Speaker 1: different things, and having the opportunity to do my own 581 00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:49,480 Speaker 1: show on Sirius XM with with Fantasy Dirt with Bob 582 00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:53,280 Speaker 1: Harris and Mike Dempsey a lot of fun and it's 583 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:55,040 Speaker 1: sort of something that I want to focus on a 584 00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:58,159 Speaker 1: little bit. And this, you know, gives somebody else the 585 00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:02,400 Speaker 1: opportunity over there to uh, you know, have a little 586 00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:05,440 Speaker 1: fun with the podcast as well. So, UM, it's always 587 00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:07,160 Speaker 1: been a pleasure working with you on the podcast, Marcus, 588 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:08,679 Speaker 1: and maybe we've been doing this together for a long 589 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:12,880 Speaker 1: long time, Eddie, you know, I love you, um and 590 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:15,840 Speaker 1: I'm gonna miss working working with you guys. I'm gonna 591 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:18,199 Speaker 1: miss uh and a miss Q in the background crying 592 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:22,080 Speaker 1: and uh, you know, given given his Fantasy football takes 593 00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:25,679 Speaker 1: before he can even say fantasy pot. But um, for 594 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:28,560 Speaker 1: everybody out there, uh, it's been a lot of fun. 595 00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:31,480 Speaker 1: Just keep tabs on my social media because I'm gonna 596 00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:34,680 Speaker 1: have some other announcements coming up here in the U 597 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:38,880 Speaker 1: in the next few weeks. So um, yeah, I mean 598 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:41,960 Speaker 1: it's all good man. Uh, well, well we'll all be 599 00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:45,080 Speaker 1: in touch. UM don't know, but uh, you know, it's 600 00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:47,160 Speaker 1: always always been a pleasure. I mean we've been Marcus, 601 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:48,760 Speaker 1: we've been working at a long time. Eddie, We've been 602 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:51,720 Speaker 1: here a long time. So uh, you know, things change, 603 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:54,240 Speaker 1: change is good, Yeah, no doubt. Yeah, you talk about 604 00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:56,479 Speaker 1: the evolution of this podcast. I remember when I started, 605 00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:59,119 Speaker 1: when I started working at the NFL back in I mean, 606 00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:01,480 Speaker 1: it was still these series, a sex sim show. I 607 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:03,000 Speaker 1: think I sat in on a couple of episodes. I 608 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:04,080 Speaker 1: think I might have sat in on one of the 609 00:28:04,119 --> 00:28:08,320 Speaker 1: fantasy can't see that uh segments. We for that, you know, 610 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:11,760 Speaker 1: of course. Yeah, yeah, I mean just to see the 611 00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:15,760 Speaker 1: kind of evolve. Absolutely, it's been it's been a journey. Um, 612 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:18,000 Speaker 1: you know, so I look forward to whatever, you know, 613 00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:20,199 Speaker 1: whatever you got next. I know the pop parents might 614 00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:22,439 Speaker 1: dem see a couple of really good smart guys in 615 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:24,440 Speaker 1: this industry, So so that should be a lot of 616 00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:27,320 Speaker 1: fun as well. It will be a different show without you, 617 00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:30,880 Speaker 1: no doubt. There will be probably far less yankee talk. Well, 618 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:33,600 Speaker 1: Eddie and now Eddie's gonna take care of that. Eddie 619 00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:36,600 Speaker 1: will handle that. He'll make sure. I think yankee talk continues, right, 620 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:40,360 Speaker 1: it would just stink fabs if if you know, they'll 621 00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:44,000 Speaker 1: probably be a lot less cowboys talk. That's a good thing. 622 00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:48,760 Speaker 1: But I'm still hoping to bring it back. Yeah, exactly, 623 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:50,960 Speaker 1: those j World series you you might have to pop 624 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:53,760 Speaker 1: back in. Uh absolutely, I just want them to be 625 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:56,480 Speaker 1: baseball or some kind of sport. Geez the lead, Well 626 00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:58,960 Speaker 1: there's that too. We all are sort of hoping for that. 627 00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:02,640 Speaker 1: So uh so, you know, happy trails. I'm sure we 628 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:04,520 Speaker 1: will see you on the other side at some point, Paps, 629 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:07,080 Speaker 1: and it has. It has been a ride, no doubt 630 00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:11,080 Speaker 1: about it. So we are done. We appreciate you listening 631 00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:14,000 Speaker 1: and downloading and watching and all of that good stuff. 632 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:16,280 Speaker 1: You know the drill. 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