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Speaker 1: course of this edition of Fantasy Football Weekly. Will start
Speaker 1: the show by telling you the one thing you need
Speaker 1: to know about every team's off season. We will then
Speaker 1: give you the training camp battles that we are watching
Speaker 1: throughout training camp. We're into training camps now, but here
Speaker 1: are the battles that are particular note to fantasy owners.
Speaker 1: Then we'll look at the Dynasty and Empire rookie drafts,
Speaker 1: will go through the average draft position for the first
Speaker 1: two rounds, and we'll tell you if people are taking
Speaker 1: these players too early, too late, or at just about
Speaker 1: the right time. We'll also answer three tough questions. We'll
Speaker 1: get to all of our sleepers, and we'll give you
Speaker 1: some ideas about what to do with that extra week
Speaker 1: that's on your schedule now that the NFL has employed
Speaker 1: the seventeen week see reason. So plenty of good stuff
Speaker 1: to get to. Let's begin by going through the one
Speaker 1: thing you need to know about every team's off season. Now.
Speaker 1: The way I've asked my co host Scott and Matt
Speaker 1: to handle this is not the most obvious thing, not
Speaker 1: necessarily the biggest thing, Like Aaron Rodgers is now in camp.
Speaker 1: That's not everybody knows that what we want to go with,
Speaker 1: the stuff you need, the one thing you need to
Speaker 1: know about each team. We begin with Scott and the
Speaker 1: Carolina Panthers. Yeah, I'm not going to keep it to
Speaker 1: one because I'm terrible at this and I don't bother. Uh.
Speaker 1: Donald is looking great, but Terrace Marshall is just ripping
Speaker 1: up camp. And there's a great, great connection with Dan
Speaker 1: Arnold in camp right now that the Beat writers keep
Speaker 1: talking those two receivers, keep an eye for him lately,
Speaker 1: late late in your draft. All right, Matt. The Las
Speaker 1: Vegas Raiders offensive line went through a massive overhaul, and
Speaker 1: not necessarily for the better. The Raiders let three starters
Speaker 1: go this offseason. They'll have an unproven center, likely Andre James,
Speaker 1: who had a Pro Football Focus grade of twenty four,
Speaker 1: replacing Rodney Hudson who was a seventy three UH, and
Speaker 1: then first round pick Alex Leatherwood, Richie Incognito who was
Speaker 1: injured most of the last year, and Denzel Good who
Speaker 1: should be named Denzel slightly below average after his rank
Speaker 1: of fifty nine among eighty four guards last year. It's
Speaker 1: gonna be a offensive line that's in flux all year
Speaker 1: and it's going to be bad for the Raiders. And
Speaker 1: usually when you're when you turn over the offensive line
Speaker 1: to that degree, it takes half a season before they
Speaker 1: start to gell for the Packers. Often fantasy analysts will
Speaker 1: talk about vacated targets, and it's almost always within the
Speaker 1: purview of wide receivers and tight ends. But I want
Speaker 1: to talk about Jamal Williams, who leaves behind forty targets
Speaker 1: thirty receptions in two forty receiving yards last year, and
Speaker 1: now with Jamal Williams gone from Green Bay, where those
Speaker 1: targets going well, A J. Dillon does and catch have
Speaker 1: three targets all of last year. Almost all of that
Speaker 1: work probably goes to Aaron Jones, who could vault his
Speaker 1: receiving numbers from the forty receptions into like the sixties
Speaker 1: or seventies receptions, at which point he turns into Christian McCaffrey.
Speaker 1: Let's go to the Washington football team. He just easily
Speaker 1: turns into McCaffrey. I'm Christian McCaffrey. Supposedly, Ryan Fitzpatrick and
Speaker 1: Taylor Heineker are in a true battle for that starter job.
Speaker 1: They did pay fits a ton of money, so I
Speaker 1: think he'll start out, but Fits he's he's gonna have
Speaker 1: someone possibly coming in form later, sooner than later. One
Speaker 1: the frequent frustrations with Fits is that he's not a
Speaker 1: great practice quarterback. He's a game day quarterback. The other
Speaker 1: thing is when he's given the reins, that's when he falters.
Speaker 1: It's when he comes in. Is when you're right, Buffalo Bills,
Speaker 1: what's the one thing people need to know about the
Speaker 1: team's offseason? People are overlooking Zack Moss and he's ready
Speaker 1: to be the bell cow there and only eight fully
Speaker 1: healthy games last year where he wasn't on the injury report.
Speaker 1: Four point six yards per touch and five touchdowns uh
Speaker 1: and he was tied with Josh Allen in rushing attempts
Speaker 1: from the infrared zone inside the ten with fifteen. He
Speaker 1: was also Pro Football Focus his highest graded pass blocker
Speaker 1: amongst running backs last year, with an Elite eighty nine
Speaker 1: point nine grade compared to Devin Singletary at forty five.
Speaker 1: Moss has a chance to be a three down back
Speaker 1: this year. I love it. And he's going so late.
Speaker 1: Next to Houston Texans. With the loss of Will Fuller
Speaker 1: and Randall Cobb, the Texans have one three vacated targets
Speaker 1: to account for. Brandon Cooks got a hundred nineteen targets
Speaker 1: last year, so you can maybe get a few more,
Speaker 1: but not a lot. I think it's really worth watching
Speaker 1: the other position battles at wide receiver rookie Nico Collins,
Speaker 1: as as is being described as having one of the
Speaker 1: best camps of any rookie. He's going off the board
Speaker 1: as wide receiver one hundred sixty eight Nico Collins. He
Speaker 1: might be a week one starter for a team that's
Speaker 1: gonna be perpetually behind. He's a week one starter. Kick
Speaker 1: Cute's going off the board at wide receiver two D two.
Speaker 1: I don't even know there's no league that drafts two
Speaker 1: wide receivers. So those are guys that you could watch
Speaker 1: get late and we'll have the advantage of picking up
Speaker 1: some of those vacated targets. Let's go to the Tampa
Speaker 1: Bay Buccaneers. Yeah, so, I think the big one here
Speaker 1: is not only was Joe Bernard recruited by Tom Brady,
Speaker 1: but apparently he's getting up to speed in camp and
Speaker 1: they really like what they're seeing. Making an even bigger
Speaker 1: mess out of that running back situation. And possibly one
Speaker 1: to avoid or grab the cheapest. I'm a Ronald Jones guy.
Speaker 1: Let's go to the Cleveland Browns. Matt Cleveland's tight ends
Speaker 1: were targeted on thirty percent of Baker Mayfield's throws last season,
Speaker 1: which was good for third highest share in the league.
Speaker 1: And Austin Hooper is currently going off the board is
Speaker 1: tight end twenty three, which is the last round in
Speaker 1: your draft. He was also targeted forty times in the
Speaker 1: Brown's final five games with the two playoff games included,
Speaker 1: and had three touchdown catches in the span. Also, the
Speaker 1: Browns have Pro Football focus, is highest rated old line,
Speaker 1: so Hooper is not expected to stay in and block
Speaker 1: as much. I kind of like Hooper is a deep
Speaker 1: sleeper this year. All right, we'll go to the Indianapolis Colts.
Speaker 1: You guys already know the big story. Carson Wentz and
Speaker 1: Quentin Nelson are both have had foot surgery. Expected to
Speaker 1: miss a fair amount of time. Quentin Nelson, I think
Speaker 1: it's September. Carson Wentz probably October, just based on the mobility.
Speaker 1: They need to play their positions. Jacob Eson is the
Speaker 1: expected starter. Let's go to the Detroit Lions. So Hockinson
Speaker 1: has been the best playing camp. I don't know if
Speaker 1: a lot of people have been hearing that, but the
Speaker 1: big news, the big news has been Campbell and Lynn
Speaker 1: have consistently commented multiple times this offseason and during cramp
Speaker 1: camp that Swift and Williams will be a one two
Speaker 1: punch and share and they've even made the dreaded hot hand.
Speaker 1: So be aware of that. That is something to be
Speaker 1: aware of. Let's go to the New York Jets, completely
Speaker 1: new offense, new offensive coordinator, Mike Lafleur, Matt's brother, Zack Wilson,
Speaker 1: Michael Carter, Elijah More, Corey Davis, Elijah vera Tucker at guard.
Speaker 1: But I wanted to mention Elijah Moore for a minute.
Speaker 1: He was the thirty fourth overall pick. Jets beat writers
Speaker 1: are going bonkers over him. The athletics Connor Hughes says
Speaker 1: he's the jets best player, not wide receiver player. On
Speaker 1: one targets at Old Miss last year, he was charged
Speaker 1: with only two drops and he has a list on
Speaker 1: his bathroom mirror of all the wide receivers drafted ahead
Speaker 1: of him and he looks at it every day. I
Speaker 1: kind of like that Old Marie Jones jew thing right,
Speaker 1: he did that too, something similar maybe I know, you
Speaker 1: know Randy Moss, you know, like remembered every team that
Speaker 1: passed on him in the draft. I remember that in
Speaker 1: Kansas City. Last time we saw the Chiefs, Patrick Mahomes
Speaker 1: is getting bulldozed in the Super Bowl. So wisely they
Speaker 1: overhauled their offensive line. They released long time tackles Eric
Speaker 1: Fisher and Mitchell Schwartz. The Chiefs traded for Ravens starting
Speaker 1: tackle Orlando Brown, and Brown has gotten better every year.
Speaker 1: He's a very good pass blocker in particular. The other
Speaker 1: big move was signing left guard Joe Thuney and free agency.
Speaker 1: He's developed into one of the NFL's best guards. And
Speaker 1: then the right guard. They actually have a battle there
Speaker 1: between doctor Laurent duvern A tard If, the guy who
Speaker 1: opted out to work is a frontline healthcare worker last year,
Speaker 1: and the unretired Kyle Long. So you know that's real
Speaker 1: significant improvement. Yeah, you know, it's it's it's it was
Speaker 1: a brilliant offseason. And I think, by the way, they
Speaker 1: also changed the upgrade of their centered Austin Blight from
Speaker 1: the Ramps. So Chiefs are in a great spot this year.
Speaker 1: Let's go to the Seattle Seahawks. Yeah, I'm gonna go
Speaker 1: a little deeper here, something that's not talked about as much,
Speaker 1: but the Seahawks want to run a whole lot more
Speaker 1: they want this year for some reason. And d J.
Speaker 1: Dallas has been getting all the third down passing role
Speaker 1: work and they talked about him as being the change
Speaker 1: of base, come in on third ground, third down for
Speaker 1: Carson guy. If that's true late in drafts, he might
Speaker 1: be a value for those guys people if you miss on,
Speaker 1: you know, starting running backs. All right, let's go to
Speaker 1: the Denver Broncos. The one thing people need to know
Speaker 1: from the off season. We'll talk about the quarterback controversy later,
Speaker 1: but George Payton is building the Broncos in a Mike
Speaker 1: Zimmer fashion, beefing up the secondary and also drafting the
Speaker 1: air apparent in the second round at running back in
Speaker 1: Javonte Williams. With Drew Lock ranking first in NFL interceptions
Speaker 1: and thirty fet and catchable pass rates, and Teddy Bridgewater
Speaker 1: not seen as a downfield threat, this team sets up
Speaker 1: to run at a top five clip with Williams and
Speaker 1: Melvin Gordon. I've got the rams. You know the story
Speaker 1: on cam Akers already out for the year. Let's talk
Speaker 1: about Darryl Henderson, the third round pick from who lost
Speaker 1: his job to Acres last year. Head coach Sean McVeigh
Speaker 1: says that Henderson's in every down back, but also notes
Speaker 1: that durability is a concern. Last year, in his nine
Speaker 1: games with at least twenty five snaps, Henderson averaged fifty
Speaker 1: four rushing yards fourteen receiving yards in four and half
Speaker 1: yards per carry, which is kind of like right in
Speaker 1: the right in the middle. Worrisome to me, though, Henderson
Speaker 1: was notably worse than lee average and positive run rate,
Speaker 1: worse in yards after contact, worse in catch rate. He's
Speaker 1: now going roughly the fourth round for Darryl Henderson. There's
Speaker 1: if he's he needs to be a materially better back
Speaker 1: than the guy that we saw last year. Let's go
Speaker 1: to the Philadelphia Eagles. Scott Yes, So Philadelphia Eagles. Jalen
Speaker 1: Reagors just getting healthiest. Devanta Smith injures his m c
Speaker 1: L and will miss a few weeks, but he should
Speaker 1: be ready for this season. But I think the bigger
Speaker 1: news is the offense. They're They're catering the offense to
Speaker 1: Earth's that's the plan. That's what they're installing. An offense
Speaker 1: that with Kata cat to hurts skills. Um, so I'm
Speaker 1: starting to like him a lot more if they're not
Speaker 1: gonna try to shoehorn and an old offense in there.
Speaker 1: Let's go to the Miami Dolphins. What's the one thing
Speaker 1: people need to know from their off season? The Miami Dolphins.
Speaker 1: Chan Gailey is gone and co offensive coordinators Eric Stoodsville
Speaker 1: and George Godzi spent the entire off season developing an
Speaker 1: offense around Tua and at Bama, Ta had the top
Speaker 1: pass rating in the country in nineteen on throws between
Speaker 1: one and nineteen yards, relying heavily on yak that's yards
Speaker 1: after catch. They brought in Will Fuller and his five
Speaker 1: point five YAK and drafted noted yakker Jalen Waddle leads
Speaker 1: me to believe it's going to be a short, pass
Speaker 1: heavy offense for the Dolphins this year. In Minnesota, they
Speaker 1: spent first and third round picks on their offensive line
Speaker 1: in an effort to improve one of the league's worst lines.
Speaker 1: But Christian Derris Saw and why Davis Bose both missed
Speaker 1: the entire off season program, and they've been in and
Speaker 1: out of the lineups in training camp as well. Fantasy
Speaker 1: owners need to be prepared for the prospect of a
Speaker 1: Vikings offensive line that could even be worse than last year's,
Speaker 1: particularly early on in the season. Let's go to the
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys. What's the one thing Scott that people need
Speaker 1: to know? So, uh, we've all seen to the wide
Speaker 1: receivers are doing a ton in practice. That's that's great now,
Speaker 1: but the plan is to be more conservative with Dac.
Speaker 1: Apparently he's he's got a slight injury right now, possibly
Speaker 1: running less, so maybe those six touchdowns rushing are are
Speaker 1: going to be gone this season. And they've they're also
Speaker 1: talking about lightning Zeke's roll throughout the season with the
Speaker 1: playoffs in mind, and I think that's a very important
Speaker 1: thing to know. Let's go to the New England Patriots, Matt.
Speaker 1: They're the most run heavy team in the league last
Speaker 1: nger Cam Newton and Bill Belichick does not want you
Speaker 1: to believe that was going to happen again this year.
Speaker 1: They added John U, JOHNU Hunter, Henry Nelson Aglar, and
Speaker 1: Kendrick Born in free agency and did You know that
Speaker 1: Kendrick Borne, as the nondescript fourth wide receiver in San Francisco,
Speaker 1: would have tied for the team lead in red zone
Speaker 1: targets with ten, and John Wu had seventeen and Hunter
Speaker 1: Henry had fourteen and Cam only through thirty six passes
Speaker 1: inside the twenty last year. They're going to throw more
Speaker 1: inside the red zone. Whether or not it's Cam is
Speaker 1: yet to be seen. Though. I'm warming up to John
Speaker 1: U Johnu again, and you guys are gonna get sick
Speaker 1: of about me here hearing about me talk about him
Speaker 1: this preseason as well. There's very long track history of
Speaker 1: you know, top five tight ends being the number one
Speaker 1: or number two options on their team. John is almost
Speaker 1: guaranteed to be that on his team. I think he
Speaker 1: I think he is. Let's go to the Saints there
Speaker 1: in the middle of a quarterback battle between Taysom Hill
Speaker 1: and Jamis Winston. Sean Payton had previously said that both
Speaker 1: quarterbacks will get time with the first team. Um, and
Speaker 1: they are doing that, but there's no early indication who's
Speaker 1: gonna win this job. But fantasy owners should be rooting
Speaker 1: for Jameis Winston here. He's had keep in mind we
Speaker 1: are one year removed from him being QB one in
Speaker 1: many scoring systems, when in his mythical thirty thirty year,
Speaker 1: when if you really get out some track for interceptions,
Speaker 1: Jameis Winston was probably the top scoring quarterback in twenty nineteen.
Speaker 1: Where we're less than a year removed from taste Hill
Speaker 1: having a bunch of QB one games in relief last
Speaker 1: its true look's the one thing people need to know
Speaker 1: from the Giants. So I'm most people I'm sure know
Speaker 1: about Si Kwon Barkley. They're taking it easy. There's been
Speaker 1: reports that he might not they might ease him back
Speaker 1: so slow we might not see him till we three.
Speaker 1: That's not what I want to mention here. What I
Speaker 1: want to mention here, Okay, let's see how I go
Speaker 1: to It's like the eight plus is Sterling Shepherd has
Speaker 1: been the stand up at camp and a lot of
Speaker 1: people wonder who's that receiver that you should have after Golliday,
Speaker 1: it seems like it's it's Shepherd. It's not. It's not
Speaker 1: any of the other options. I don't have his a
Speaker 1: DP in front of me, but man, it's he's going
Speaker 1: like round Sterling Shepherd. You'll be able to get him
Speaker 1: very late and Kenny Golladay may not even start the season.
Speaker 1: What's the one thing people need to know from the Texans? Titans? Titans?
Speaker 1: Thank you? There we go. According to Warren Sharp, the
Speaker 1: Titans ran the ball only four percent of the time
Speaker 1: last year when trailing, four percent compared to the average
Speaker 1: of thirty five. Okay. And their defense is bad and
Speaker 1: it's still bad ranking and defensive efficiency by Pro Football
Speaker 1: Focus and expected points allowed per play. And they cut
Speaker 1: both starting corners, but dupri was their big ad in
Speaker 1: free agency. This tells me this defense is going to
Speaker 1: be bad, and this offense is going to throw all
Speaker 1: year to Julio and a j. Brown. That could end
Speaker 1: up happening every A lot of people really like Tannehill
Speaker 1: this year in Pittsburgh. The offensive line is ranked twenty
Speaker 1: nine by Pro Football Focus and the team barely addressed
Speaker 1: it in the off season. It's got four new starters
Speaker 1: and one returning starter who's playing out a position. Last year,
Speaker 1: Ben Roethlisberger had the shortest time to throw of all
Speaker 1: quarterbacks in the league, two point three seconds. That's it.
Speaker 1: And I don't know how your te how your offense
Speaker 1: can get that much better when your lines this bad.
Speaker 1: A lot of concern over the offensive line that did
Speaker 1: not get addressed adequately by the Steelers in the off season.
Speaker 1: Let's go to the Atlanta Falcon Scott. Yeah, so I'm
Speaker 1: gonna go to the running back position here where Mike
Speaker 1: Davis is the starter. But do we know that he
Speaker 1: can be the full role? So who's who's the second back? There?
Speaker 1: They have court Darryl Patterson listed as running back and
Speaker 1: he's getting the reps in front of Quadria Allison whose
Speaker 1: career longest run is six yards, and a very small
Speaker 1: rookie and Javian Hawkins. We might see a world where
Speaker 1: Cordarrell Patterson is it running back in fantasy this year?
Speaker 1: I can fall forward for six yards? Well yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean two of you could. Let's go to the Cincinnati Bengals.
Speaker 1: What's the one thing people need to know? Red alert
Speaker 1: the athletics since Beat writers Jay Morrison and Paul Dana
Speaker 1: reported earlier this week that the offense is an absolute disaster.
Speaker 1: The pass rush continue to break through the offensive line.
Speaker 1: Nearly every pass that wasn't wildly off the mark was
Speaker 1: heavily contested, broken up, or intercepted. Multiple turnovers are happening
Speaker 1: during every practice. Tyler Boyd and Tee Higgins are losing
Speaker 1: battles with Eli Apple, Jamaar Chase is dropping wide open passes,
Speaker 1: and the Bengals have a bad defense. So this isn't
Speaker 1: like a great defense they're going against. It's bad. And
Speaker 1: since right now, let's hope it changes because Burrow is
Speaker 1: going to be running if that offensive line can't protect him.
Speaker 1: So all the Jamar Chase one handed highlights, they're they're
Speaker 1: they're glossy over the bad stuff that's going on in
Speaker 1: San Francisco. I'm tempted to talk about the quarterback situation,
Speaker 1: but everybody's tracking it really closely, and I think you
Speaker 1: know that and we might talk about it. Next segment
Speaker 1: was drafted right. You know it's gonna come up again soon,
Speaker 1: but let me mention it's The Niners offensive line got
Speaker 1: two key boosts in the off season. They re signed
Speaker 1: left tackle Trent Williams and then they acquired veterans center
Speaker 1: Alex Mack. Trent Williams was the number one ranked tackle
Speaker 1: last year. Alex mac is a steady veteran line gets
Speaker 1: even better in the off season. Scott, what's the one
Speaker 1: thing people need to know about the Cardinals. A j
Speaker 1: Green has been lights out in camp, leading many to
Speaker 1: speculate the last year's issues were lack of effort and
Speaker 1: not wanting to be there anymore rather than being washed.
Speaker 1: Uh insert Kaiser so say straightening his leg out me
Speaker 1: as he walks to Arizona. Uh, let's go to Jacksonville, Matt.
Speaker 1: The Jags ranked thirty second in the league and rushing
Speaker 1: attempts last year. And you insert Urban Meyer and Darryl
Speaker 1: Bevil and Travis En. That's how he pronounced it. Okay, alright,
Speaker 1: yeah he would know. Yeah. According to Pro Football Focus
Speaker 1: in and twenty while with the Lions, Bevel ranked eleventh
Speaker 1: in the NFL among offensive coordinators in neutral game script
Speaker 1: run play rate. The Lions also ran the ball at
Speaker 1: the eleventh highest clip from inside the five, and Urban
Speaker 1: Meyers a long track record of using quarterbacks to run
Speaker 1: the ball from inside the five yard line. In Baltimore,
Speaker 1: there's a lot of flux at the wide receiver position.
Speaker 1: The team drafted Rishadde Bateman, who has looked very good
Speaker 1: so our in training camp. Baltimore brought in Sammy Watkins,
Speaker 1: a perpetual career long underperformer, Watkins and Bateman likely battle
Speaker 1: for a starting spot. Marcus Brown has got a significant
Speaker 1: hamstring injury. You need to watch. He may not be
Speaker 1: available for the start of the season and or and
Speaker 1: or may miss a bunch of time. And Miles Boykin
Speaker 1: might be cut allgether, which is a bumber. He was
Speaker 1: one of my one of my deep sleepers at this
Speaker 1: time last year. Hoops, all right, two teams, What is
Speaker 1: the one thing people need to know about the Chicago Bears.
Speaker 1: Damian Williams is impressing as a rece ever, while tree
Speaker 1: Cone is still out, He's got that number two running
Speaker 1: back role between the tackles locked up. Now it looks
Speaker 1: like he might get some passing work. I just drafted
Speaker 1: him in mattch Empire League. And finally the Chargers, Oh,
Speaker 1: it's passing time because new offensive coordinator Joel Lombardi loves
Speaker 1: the pass. The Chargers already led the NFL in plays
Speaker 1: per game last season, and in Lombardi's short tenure as
Speaker 1: the Lions o C, he had them passed the ball
Speaker 1: in sixty percent of plays. At that clip. Justin air,
Speaker 1: Bear would be throwing forty six passes per game and
Speaker 1: would be on pace for five thousand, seven twenty yards
Speaker 1: and forty one touchdowns in a seventeen game year. It's
Speaker 1: air Bear time, Bear time. You can you can draft
Speaker 1: him in a Guillotine League if you like. Learn more
Speaker 1: about the new freshest format in fantasy sports, the Guillotine
Speaker 1: League at Guillotine leagues dot com. When we come back,
Speaker 1: the training camp battles will be watching throughout the month
Speaker 1: of aug When we returned to Fantasy Football Weekly, Welcome
Speaker 1: back Fantasy Football Weekly on Paul Giarchi and Guillotine leagues
Speaker 1: dot com. Like co hosts are Matt Harrison and Scott fish,
Speaker 1: I have challenged both of you to come up with
Speaker 1: the training camp battles that we need to follow. Let's
Speaker 1: begin with you, Scott, what's the first one? Let me
Speaker 1: turn on my mic here. Uh. Gabriel Davis a sleeper
Speaker 1: that we were a guy we liked last year, a
Speaker 1: guy we liked coming into this year. But unfortunately he's
Speaker 1: battling with Manny Sanders, who they picked up the Buffalo
Speaker 1: Bills picked up this offseason, and it seems like Manuel
Speaker 1: Sanders has beaten him out for the job almost already.
Speaker 1: They're still battling it out, but he's above him on
Speaker 1: the depth chart and getting more with looks with the ones.
Speaker 1: We'll see how that plays out, but it's not the
Speaker 1: outcome most of us. Well, you know we're going for game.
Speaker 1: We are for sure, Matt. What is the training camp
Speaker 1: battle you're following next? Uh? Andy Dalton versus Justin Fields
Speaker 1: versus Nick FLEs Um. It's worth noting that Andy Dalton
Speaker 1: is sporting a sweet new red mustache and an Oakley
Speaker 1: style orange reflective visor and the number nine and the Bears,
Speaker 1: so he kind of looks like mustache. Jim McMahon, that's
Speaker 1: pretty awesome. Uh. Speaking of Fields, everything out of camp
Speaker 1: is that the Bears don't want to be forced into
Speaker 1: playing him right away, and Dalton has looked steady, while
Speaker 1: Fields has impressed with his athleticism and velocity on his ball,
Speaker 1: but he hasn't overtly taken the job from Dalton as
Speaker 1: of yet. My guess is Dalton probably starts September and
Speaker 1: Fields is coming later in the fall. I was recently
Speaker 1: in Chicago on the score six seventy my friends there
Speaker 1: and they I asked the two co hosts I was with,
Speaker 1: when what's the weak number in which the transfer happens
Speaker 1: from Dalton to Field and one hole Stanford third week
Speaker 1: and one answered the fifth week. I was going week
Speaker 1: four when they play the Lions. That's easy enough, soft matchup.
Speaker 1: I like bringing in bringing in the rookie at that time. Alright,
Speaker 1: let's go to our next training camp battle. Scott, Jacob
Speaker 1: Eason and Sam Ellinger for the Colts. The it's Easton's
Speaker 1: job right now, that is what Frank Craig says. But
Speaker 1: they're gonna fall. They're they're gonna battle it out. But
Speaker 1: this first preseason game, Easton's gonna get the first half,
Speaker 1: Ellener is gonna get the second half. Easton's the big
Speaker 1: arm guy, but Sam is the dual threat guy, and
Speaker 1: there's something there that he might he they might want
Speaker 1: to go to him because he's looked good in camp
Speaker 1: and Easton hasn't. By the way, no relation to Tony Easton.
Speaker 1: I looked it up because I thought there might be.
Speaker 1: They're not. There's no connection. Everybody was thinking about, well, yeah,
Speaker 1: who doesn't want to tap into the Tony Easton pedigree line?
Speaker 1: Everybody does. Matt, what's the next training camp battle? We're
Speaker 1: following you touched on a little bit chart and it's
Speaker 1: Jamis Winston versus Taysom Hill, and everything that I've read
Speaker 1: on this one is it's a dead heat and possibly
Speaker 1: that both play in Week one, but the camp notes
Speaker 1: kind of talk about both being unimpressive and mostly working
Speaker 1: as run game coordinators. If that's the case, the Saints
Speaker 1: look like a run heavy team as they were last year.
Speaker 1: They ran the fifth most in the NFL last year.
Speaker 1: So if that's the case, I'd put my money on
Speaker 1: Hill as the starter right now. However, Hill's just not
Speaker 1: the passer Winston is. Making him the full time starter
Speaker 1: would also take away his ability to be weapon ax
Speaker 1: out there. But right now, the tea leaves trend towards Hill.
Speaker 1: I'd put it as a fifty three forty seven kind
Speaker 1: of lead right now. I'm rooting for Winston because I
Speaker 1: don't think he'll can pass. I'm rooting for Hill because
Speaker 1: I have on a lot of teams all right, and
Speaker 1: you need him to start or you can never start him.
Speaker 1: If Taston Hillton start a game, you can never put
Speaker 1: I think you're gonna be comfortable starting either of the
Speaker 1: Saints quarterbacks this year. Yeah, like if, if, if Winston's
Speaker 1: the starter. You know, Hill's coming into the game to
Speaker 1: steal some stuff and whether it's red zone or it's
Speaker 1: the middle of the field. Yeah, but I don't think
Speaker 1: he will impact just passing that much. And that's all
Speaker 1: I want Winston for anyway. I think Winston can be
Speaker 1: startable if if he's if he's getting almost all the work.
Speaker 1: To me, I think if Hill wins the job, I
Speaker 1: think that we have a clear cut path of who's
Speaker 1: the starter and who's gonna play the most snaps, Scott,
Speaker 1: what's the next training camp battle we're following? Uh, Drew
Speaker 1: Lock and Teddy Bridgewater over there in Denver. Right now,
Speaker 1: it sounds like the slight edges to Lock. But Teddy
Speaker 1: has been unleashing some fifteen plus yard downfield and making
Speaker 1: them look good. Drew Lock, after a bad first day,
Speaker 1: went four or five straight days without an interception against
Speaker 1: that very decent defense. So that's one to watch. But
Speaker 1: right now it sounds like Lock might just say the
Speaker 1: slight edge all right? Rooting for Drew Lock. Yeah, better
Speaker 1: for fantasy. It's better for fantasy. It's this is a
Speaker 1: fantasy show. That's why we care about that. Matt, What's
Speaker 1: the next training Campattle, we're following forty quarterbacks Jimmy Gee
Speaker 1: versus Tray Lance, and everyone in forty Niners camp is
Speaker 1: fawning over Tray Lance. His athleticism and running ability have
Speaker 1: all the Niners beat writers drooling. They've said they've unleashed
Speaker 1: him as a runner and scrimmages and while the crowd's there,
Speaker 1: and it's kind of like when the Beatles came to
Speaker 1: America for the first Very similar, very similar. However, Kyle
Speaker 1: Shanahan has been quoted multiple times that it's Jimmy G's
Speaker 1: team and would be extremely hard for Lance to beat
Speaker 1: out Garoppolo for the job by week one. Shanahan has
Speaker 1: also said that Jimmy G has been really good in practice,
Speaker 1: although his mobility is just not what it used to
Speaker 1: be after ankle injuries plagued season and an a c L.
Speaker 1: It's only a matter of time and it's coming. It
Speaker 1: seems like it's coming sooner than later. For Trey Lance,
Speaker 1: I'm fully on board. The most interesting fact about the
Speaker 1: Fourners is they've installed spit tunes along the sidelines for
Speaker 1: the beat reporters. For they are they drool tunes all right?
Speaker 1: Scott what's an next training camp battle? Let's stay in
Speaker 1: Denver with Javonte Williams and Melvin Gordon. Beat reporters and
Speaker 1: UH people close to the team have consistently said it's
Speaker 1: Melvin's job, even though a lot of fantasy people think
Speaker 1: Javant is going to take it over, and he might
Speaker 1: at some point. They've said, Javonte looks great, he looks
Speaker 1: great with hel pads, he looks great with pads. But
Speaker 1: at this point, it's Melvin's job. But there there's a battle.
Speaker 1: I mean, we don't want to hear that. No, we
Speaker 1: always want the new guy. We always want the fresh blood.
Speaker 1: But I think if it's like most situations, the veterans
Speaker 1: starts the season get most of the work. You know,
Speaker 1: That's how it goes. All right, Matt, what's the next
Speaker 1: training camp battle we're following? I got the Arizona Cardinals
Speaker 1: were running back competition. That's Chase Edmonds versus James Conner.
Speaker 1: Edmonds had at snap rate last year. Kenyan Drake had
Speaker 1: about that seems like a split backfield to me, and Edmonds,
Speaker 1: when asked about being an RB one this year, said
Speaker 1: and I quote, we're both going to play a lot
Speaker 1: this year, we're both going to make plays. So RB
Speaker 1: one really don't mean much. Means a lot to be ah, yeah,
Speaker 1: it means a lot to fancy player. What's interesting is
Speaker 1: Edmonds has a bit more versatility. They lined him up
Speaker 1: in the slot exactly nine nine times. There we go.
Speaker 1: That's something that James Conner really doesn't do at the
Speaker 1: very best. You're looking at a sixty forty split for
Speaker 1: one of these backs due to injury concerns for Connor,
Speaker 1: that favors Edmonds. But even in games where Kenyan Drake
Speaker 1: was absent last year, Edmonds did very little with the
Speaker 1: op It was very disappointing. All right, let's get to
Speaker 1: our next training camp battle Scott. Okay, So the last
Speaker 1: one or the next one I have is the Chargers
Speaker 1: receivers with Josh Palmer, Tyrand Johnson, and Jalen Guyton. Right now,
Speaker 1: this depth chart might surprise you. The order listed now
Speaker 1: from coming out of the camp, Josh Palmer ahead of
Speaker 1: Ron Johnson and Jalen Guyton, all three of made great
Speaker 1: plays in camp. Williams is also, they say, is connection
Speaker 1: is amazing with her about this camp. But right now
Speaker 1: it sounds like Palmer's running slightly a head of them,
Speaker 1: despite they're all making great plays, all right, that offense
Speaker 1: might go crazy, all right. When we come back, we
Speaker 1: will work through a Dynasty or Empire rookie draft by
Speaker 1: a DP. Here's who you all America are taking first, second, third, fourth,
Speaker 1: all the way through the first round, and we'll tell
Speaker 1: you if you're getting it right or wrong, who's going
Speaker 1: in the right place, who's not. Who should you be
Speaker 1: reaching for in your Dynasty or Empire rookie draft. When
Speaker 1: we return to Fantasy Football Weekly, Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly.
Speaker 1: I'm pulled charching. My co hosts are Matt Harrison and
Speaker 1: Scott Fish getting you ready for draft season. I'm already
Speaker 1: drafting in a bunch of leagues. I know you guys
Speaker 1: are too, and but for most people, they're just they
Speaker 1: know they're starting to warm up to it now start
Speaker 1: to think about their draft. It's gonna happen like two weeks,
Speaker 1: three weeks that charts. We had a rookie draft going on.
Speaker 1: This week we did It's it gets real thin this year,
Speaker 1: real thin, really fast. You're gonna hear about how thin
Speaker 1: it gets really next segment. The next two segments this
Speaker 1: segment is gonna be filled with guys who were really interested.
Speaker 1: In the next two segments, we're gonna go through the
Speaker 1: rookie drafts by average draft position for those in dynasty leagues,
Speaker 1: Keeper leagues, Empire leagues, and we'll identify who's going in
Speaker 1: what position, and then whether or not that player is
Speaker 1: going too high, too low, or about right. We'll do
Speaker 1: the first round of this segment, we'll do the second
Speaker 1: round next segment, and man, it just falls off a
Speaker 1: cliff at one point in round two, and we'll talk
Speaker 1: about that when we get there. So first let me
Speaker 1: mention this. This is we are doing a one quarterback league,
Speaker 1: so we are not doing super flax or not doing
Speaker 1: two quarterback because in those leagues it's moves the quarterbacks
Speaker 1: just right to the top. And here this we're assuming
Speaker 1: you're an one quarterback league, which is still the way
Speaker 1: most people play. We like super flex, but play the
Speaker 1: way you want to play, right, We don't leave the
Speaker 1: average draft position at number one is Naji Harris, Pittsburgh
Speaker 1: running back Naji Harris. Is that too high, too low,
Speaker 1: or about right? That's where I got him on my
Speaker 1: dynasty ranks at shock Fantasy. So you know, Promo Code
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Speaker 1: But Naji Harris is exactly where I got him. I'm
Speaker 1: not concerned about the poor offensive line. Good running backs
Speaker 1: have overcome poor offensive lines in the past and been
Speaker 1: good fantasy producers. So Dalvin Cook's done it many years
Speaker 1: in a row. Just fine with Naji right there? Okay, Uh,
Speaker 1: offensive line worries me a little bit as well. I
Speaker 1: think there are others you can make a case for
Speaker 1: in this spot. But do you have a problem with
Speaker 1: it here nor? I don't. He wouldn't be my first
Speaker 1: because generally in a league where you're picking one overall,
Speaker 1: unless you're traded for it, you're the worst team. And
Speaker 1: I'd rather go after running backs when I'm starting to contend,
Speaker 1: then that's good point and grabbing a running back over
Speaker 1: one overall. So he's not my one. But um so,
Speaker 1: I guess you can guess to high. I guess he's
Speaker 1: going to high. It's still fair, but he's just at
Speaker 1: least a couple of spots too high for me. Alright.
Speaker 1: Average draft position the second rookie off the board. This
Speaker 1: is America's average draft position. Cincinnati wide receiver Jamar Chase
Speaker 1: he was the first wide receiver taken in the draft. Scott,
Speaker 1: is this too low? Too higher? About right? Well, based
Speaker 1: on what I just said, obviously my number one is
Speaker 1: probably Chase or the guy will talk about next. I'm
Speaker 1: completely fine with him at two if you want to
Speaker 1: take the guy we're gonna talk about next at one.
Speaker 1: But it's it's fair, it's fine, you know, it's it's
Speaker 1: right on the spot. I'd probably take him one. I've
Speaker 1: got Chase at my number four rookie off the board,
Speaker 1: so this is too high for me. There's two guys
Speaker 1: that I would like a lot more than Mr Chase,
Speaker 1: and there's a lot of mouse defeat in that Cincinnati offense.
Speaker 1: You know. Running back lover, I'm kind of with you
Speaker 1: as well. I think it is a little bit too high.
Speaker 1: And they're only in this particular year, there's only four
Speaker 1: running backs even want to draft, and so I you know,
Speaker 1: I think I would want to have gotten a running
Speaker 1: back by here. But then there's the next guy, well,
Speaker 1: I think might also be a better a better player
Speaker 1: for this particular spot. The number three average draft position
Speaker 1: player is Kyle Pitts, going off the board in redraft
Speaker 1: leagues at at tight end four. What do you think
Speaker 1: about Kyle Pitts going off the board at position number three, Well,
Speaker 1: it's ridiculous for re draft leagues, number four tight end overall,
Speaker 1: but this guy is a generational talent from all all
Speaker 1: uh all accounts. I think that you can make the
Speaker 1: case for him at number one, and he's definitely one
Speaker 1: of my number He's probably been number two guy right now,
Speaker 1: so I think he is a little bit too low
Speaker 1: on this list. I'd I'd take Pitts either number one
Speaker 1: or number two. Counterpoint on Pits last year wrestler Gauge
Speaker 1: in the in the Atlanta Falcons offense, his stout line
Speaker 1: would have been tight end three overall, there we go.
Speaker 1: Do you think Kyle Pitts is their third option in
Speaker 1: the receiving game or second? It's it's probably second at
Speaker 1: this point, So I feel like I feel like that.
Speaker 1: I think I think he can. I'm not I'm not
Speaker 1: saying he will, but it would take a historic year,
Speaker 1: but I think he can end up in that spot.
Speaker 1: So I'm saying with it, um, Kyle Pitts is who
Speaker 1: I would have taken it one. Once again, I think
Speaker 1: if you're picking one on one legitimately taking a difference
Speaker 1: changer at a position like that that could be on
Speaker 1: your team six seven years and not have to worry
Speaker 1: about the tight end position for years. Um, that's probably
Speaker 1: where I would have leaned. So I'm gonna go with
Speaker 1: too low on him. I would I I went too
Speaker 1: low on Kyle Pitts for all the reasons that you
Speaker 1: guys have mentioned as well. I would have taken him first. Overall.
Speaker 1: Let's go to the fourth average draft position, and that's
Speaker 1: Jacksonville running back Travis the running back formerly known as E.
Speaker 1: T N. But now we find out it's Jacksonville running
Speaker 1: back Travis an Both. So uh Scott with the at
Speaker 1: number four? Is this too low, too high? Or about right?
Speaker 1: This is actually where I have him? So I feel
Speaker 1: it's just right. In fact, Um, the the amount of
Speaker 1: top twelve fantasy running backs, like running backs that fish
Speaker 1: in the top twelve that have like fifty plus UH
Speaker 1: carries and fifty plus receptions, which I think uh Atchin
Speaker 1: or E. T N is going to do many times
Speaker 1: in the next few years. Is it's astronomical, Like that
Speaker 1: combination vaults. It's like a rushing quarterback, that combination of
Speaker 1: catches and carries vaults you into top twelve conversations. I
Speaker 1: think that's him. He just needs to get James Robinson
Speaker 1: out of the way a little bit. Matt, you feel
Speaker 1: any differently about Travis E. T N. Well, if Scott's
Speaker 1: saying that he's got like all this potential, I don't
Speaker 1: know why you wouldn't pick him higher. I pick him
Speaker 1: higher than Jamar Chase, So I think he's a little
Speaker 1: bit too low. I think he's the top three running
Speaker 1: or top three rookie for me, I feel this is
Speaker 1: a spot too high, one at least one spot too
Speaker 1: high for Travish the running back formula Travis E. N.
Speaker 1: And I like the guy who's at a DP five five,
Speaker 1: and that is Denver running back Javonte Williams. Matt It
Speaker 1: at position number five for Dynasty and Empire leagues. Is
Speaker 1: Javonte Williams going too high? Too lower? About right? I
Speaker 1: think that that this is a just right position for
Speaker 1: him personally. I think a lot of people are going
Speaker 1: to be scared off that Melvin Gordon is there, and uh,
Speaker 1: the production might suffer a little bit in the first year,
Speaker 1: but he's definitely a guy who can take over that role.
Speaker 1: And and really be a bell cow, and I think
Speaker 1: that's what George Peyton wants in his new look Broncos. Scott,
Speaker 1: do you feel differently? So? I feel like you guys
Speaker 1: very much love the running back position a lot more
Speaker 1: than I do. In Dynasty, I generally build around younger
Speaker 1: wide receivers and players like that, and then I go
Speaker 1: after and get the running backs when I know him
Speaker 1: about to make a run. That's because you're really smart.
Speaker 1: That's that's how I played Dynasty. So I actually have
Speaker 1: Javonte Williams one spot lower than this, so I will
Speaker 1: I will go. He's one spot too high. I think
Speaker 1: this is a spot too low, but he'll make my case.
Speaker 1: I think Williams could go. I think you can make
Speaker 1: a case. If you're running back needing and you are
Speaker 1: making run, you can make a case for to me,
Speaker 1: Javonte Williams as high as pick two or three at
Speaker 1: potential to be a very special back, which only a
Speaker 1: couple of runners do have in this In this draft,
Speaker 1: I believe big, fast, elusive gets goal line looks. But
Speaker 1: I'm really doing it for next year. Melvin Gordon, I
Speaker 1: don't think he's gonna be on Denver next year. And
Speaker 1: that is why I think Javonta Williams becomes the bell
Speaker 1: Cow by two and I want him on my roster now.
Speaker 1: So I'm ready for next season at average draft position
Speaker 1: number six in Dynasty and Empire rookie drafts. Philadelphia wide
Speaker 1: receiver DeVonta Smith Scott. Is this too high, too low?
Speaker 1: Or just right? This is the flip with Javonte Williams.
Speaker 1: For me, this is would what Davonta Smith did in college.
Speaker 1: I I love to see it come to Philadelphia. I
Speaker 1: think I know he's hurt right now, he's got the
Speaker 1: m CL, but I think eventually he's gonna be that
Speaker 1: guy uh for the Eagles there. Um, I would have
Speaker 1: him a spot higher, Okay, Matt, Yeah, I think he's
Speaker 1: the clear number one wide receiver in Philly, So I
Speaker 1: think he's just I think it's about right to now.
Speaker 1: Just his small build to me as a worry, but
Speaker 1: he can be an electric game blake breaker. My worry
Speaker 1: is he's got Tavon Austin downside to him, but he's
Speaker 1: got Tyreek Hill upside to his game. It was an
Speaker 1: undersized group of wide receivers this year, big time too,
Speaker 1: you know, We've talked about this a little bit in
Speaker 1: in previous year's shows and Fantasy Football Weekly. The guys
Speaker 1: that have sustained greatness more often than not, like multi
Speaker 1: year are bigger bodied receiver Various Thomas's, the Treille Owens,
Speaker 1: the Andre Johnson yeah right, yeah. DeAndre Hopkins is the
Speaker 1: reason they called prototypical, right yep. And you know the
Speaker 1: the smaller guys, it tends to be much more erratic,
Speaker 1: and I think the clus strates higher. That's some of
Speaker 1: my worries for DeVonta Smith at average draft position number
Speaker 1: seven is the first one that I really really don't like.
Speaker 1: San Francisco running back Trey Sermon Matt too high, too low,
Speaker 1: or just right. You didn't even have to influenced me
Speaker 1: on this one. I'm right there with you. I think
Speaker 1: that this is way too high. They drafted to running
Speaker 1: backs in San Francisco, and Kyle Shanahan is from the
Speaker 1: family tree of Shannahanigans. There's running back shannahanigans going on
Speaker 1: all over the place there, and you're never going to
Speaker 1: feel quite confident that one running back has taken over
Speaker 1: that job. So he's way too high for me. I know,
Speaker 1: you feel differently Scott, No, I I like him more
Speaker 1: than you, but like he's the guy I took in
Speaker 1: a rookie draft in the mid second, right before the
Speaker 1: cliff goes off, and I felt good about that. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I don't feel good about him in the mid first.
Speaker 1: That's crazy talk to me. There At least I think
Speaker 1: I'm counting three or four wide receivers I take above Sermons,
Speaker 1: so like, I'm this is way. We all agreed that
Speaker 1: pick seven is too high for trade sermon. I don't
Speaker 1: think he's a special talent. He was taken in the
Speaker 1: third round, but many draft services graded him into the fifth, six,
Speaker 1: and seventh round, and so I think it was a
Speaker 1: reach pick in as you mentioned, Kyle Shanahan simply isn't
Speaker 1: a work horse coach with his runners. I've got a
Speaker 1: couple of quarterbacks are running back and a few wide
Speaker 1: receivers above. The perfect time to bring up pick number eight,
Speaker 1: Jacksonville quarterback Trevor Lawrence ad pick eight. Is this too high?
Speaker 1: Too low? Or just right? Scott? I think quarterbacks have
Speaker 1: gotten too deep lately. We're in a one quarterback league.
Speaker 1: I still have a couple of players I like above.
Speaker 1: Taking the quarterback this high and the first if I'm
Speaker 1: at the end of the first maybe because you're probably
Speaker 1: a champion or close and it might be a luxury
Speaker 1: pick for you. But here I'm going with a guy
Speaker 1: that's like three spots below. You know, when they talk
Speaker 1: about guys coming out in the draft being like the
Speaker 1: can't miss quarterback, there's only a few that come to mind.
Speaker 1: And you know, one was Andrew Luck and he was
Speaker 1: great for a number of fantasy years. And the one
Speaker 1: since then was Trevor Lawrence. Even Patrick Mahomes didn't really
Speaker 1: get that billing when he came through the draft. It
Speaker 1: was a fourth quarterback, third quarterback taken. Yeah, it was um. So,
Speaker 1: I think that Lawrence is just about right here because
Speaker 1: if if you truly believe that he is one of
Speaker 1: those generational talents at the position, you can take him
Speaker 1: here and then you can feel like you have a
Speaker 1: good quarterback for a really long time. Yeah, I think
Speaker 1: this is about right. He's the most pro ready quarterback
Speaker 1: since the Luck, as you mentioned, and I think people
Speaker 1: forget about his running aptitude. You know, he can be
Speaker 1: four or five rushing touchdowns a year, and you know
Speaker 1: he has the upside be like thirty five passing touchdowns,
Speaker 1: and then he gets into really special fantasy production territory
Speaker 1: for Trevor Lawrence pick number nine by your average draft positions,
Speaker 1: Miami wide receiver Jalen Waddle, tell me if you think
Speaker 1: this is too high, too low, or about right? Scott,
Speaker 1: all right, I think we're on Matt, We're on time. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think that's a little too high for me. There's
Speaker 1: a couple of wide receivers that I like above Wattle here,
Speaker 1: and there's one running back that I like above him
Speaker 1: as well, So Wattle I would move down to about twelve, thirteen, fourteen,
Speaker 1: fifteen somewhere in there. Yeah, it's it's only one spot
Speaker 1: too high for me, because there is you know, one
Speaker 1: one spot too low or so he's about right about
Speaker 1: he's he's about right. There's one wide receiver coming up
Speaker 1: that's actually my wide receiver too, and so I guess
Speaker 1: I was wrong on Davonta Smith earlier. I have another
Speaker 1: guy coming up as my wide receiver too, but he's
Speaker 1: about right because I have Trevor Lawrence below both of them.
Speaker 1: I have Jalen Waddle about right here at pick number nine.
Speaker 1: I worry that he's gonna get lost in the shuffle
Speaker 1: between Will Fuller, DeVante Parker and two. It didn't impress
Speaker 1: me last year, but in time I think he will
Speaker 1: become better. Ship Fuller and DeVante Parker at least has
Speaker 1: the upside to be at pick number ten. New York
Speaker 1: Jets running back Michael Carter. Is this too high or
Speaker 1: too low? Scott? I mean again, we're in a We're
Speaker 1: in a spot where I like wide receivers more than
Speaker 1: running backs. I think he's in a really good spot.
Speaker 1: I think that you know, he could be there. He's
Speaker 1: probably going to be their lead back. Um, I'm probably
Speaker 1: taking at the end of the second because there are
Speaker 1: one or two guys I probably end of the second,
Speaker 1: end of the first. Excuse me, but it's it's not
Speaker 1: a terrible spot in that ten eleven twelve range. Alright,
Speaker 1: Michael Carter, pick ten? You cool with that. I'd probably
Speaker 1: have eleven twelve probably close to that. I'd move him up.
Speaker 1: I think that he's the only rookie running back in
Speaker 1: this class that has the distinct possibility besides Nagi of course, yes,
Speaker 1: of being a bell cow in his offense. And that's
Speaker 1: why I like Michael Carter close to like five or
Speaker 1: six in draft. You took all my talking points except one.
Speaker 1: The Jets offensive lines got two first round picks from
Speaker 1: the last two years, and it's it's better than people think.
Speaker 1: All right, Pick number eleven, Baltimore wide receiver Rashad Bateman.
Speaker 1: Is this too high, too low or about right? Matt Um?
Speaker 1: I think it's about right. I got one guy ahead
Speaker 1: of him on the wide receiver chart, but Bateman looks
Speaker 1: like he is wide receiver one already in Baltimore. Scott same.
Speaker 1: He's my wide receiver to overall behind Chase, so I
Speaker 1: would have put him closer to the mid first round. Okay.
Speaker 1: And the last a DP rookie is New York Jets
Speaker 1: wide receiver Elijah Moore having a fantastic camp. Too high,
Speaker 1: too low, or about right? Perfect spot for him, perfect
Speaker 1: spot right about here. I talked a little bit about
Speaker 1: him before, and I'd move them up a spot or two.
Speaker 1: Actually I would too, because I would have in Buff
Speaker 1: Carter and sermon. But that's about right. You know, you
Speaker 1: know we are picked, that's about right. When we come back,
Speaker 1: our number two Fantasy Football Weekly will get into round
Speaker 1: two where things really hit a cliff here and you've
Speaker 1: got a weird hard to find some value at that
Speaker 1: stage of your dynasty or empire draft. Stay tuned. Fantasy
Speaker 1: Football Weekly continues in moments our number two Fantasy Football
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Speaker 1: of our Dynasty Empire Rookie Draft by your adp the
Speaker 1: national average. This is where you're taking everybody, but we're
Speaker 1: establishing whether or not you guys are getting it wrong
Speaker 1: or right with each of your selections. The first round
Speaker 1: went Najie Harris, Jamaches cal Pits, Travis the running Back
Speaker 1: formerly known as Travis E. T n The Ancient One,
Speaker 1: Javante Williams, DeVante Smith, Tray Sermon who we really didn't
Speaker 1: like this spot, Trevor Lawrence at pick number eight, Jalen Waddle,
Speaker 1: Michael Carter, Rashad Bateman, and in the twelfth spot, Elijah Moore.
Speaker 1: Now it's round number two and the highest ADP player
Speaker 1: left here is San Francisco quarterback Trey Lance. Too high,
Speaker 1: too low, or just right, Scott, I think it's just
Speaker 1: about uh in this list, I probably would have had
Speaker 1: him like twelve or so, so like I I would
Speaker 1: I would almost rather have a quarterback like Trey Lance
Speaker 1: in a league like the in a in a dynasty league,
Speaker 1: just because I think his rushing upside is so huge. Um,
Speaker 1: you can you can play around with starters other starters
Speaker 1: until you hit one on one of these big guys
Speaker 1: that becomes a Josh Allen or Patrick Mahomes or a
Speaker 1: you know, um Kyler Murray or something. And I think
Speaker 1: Trey Lance has that potential. So um, I probably have
Speaker 1: been spot or too higher just because I have I
Speaker 1: have Lawrence a little lower, and I have Sermon a
Speaker 1: little lower. Stuff like that, Matt. I think Scott stole
Speaker 1: most of the thunder there. If you think Trey Lance
Speaker 1: can be Josh Allen in two years or Lamar Jackson
Speaker 1: in two years, gosh, that's a pretty good pick right here,
Speaker 1: and it's first pick in the second round. I take him.
Speaker 1: I think he might be a little too low. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I got way too low. I think you should go
Speaker 1: in the middle of the first round. I think by
Speaker 1: half a round in that's I'm ready. First quarterback off
Speaker 1: the board. I'm fine because of the upside. I think
Speaker 1: that's kind of where we both landed. All right, I'm
Speaker 1: learning what your next draft strategy and it's about to
Speaker 1: be right. Uh, let's go to pick number two of
Speaker 1: the second round, Caroline wide receiver receiver Terrorists Marshall, Matt
Speaker 1: Is this too high, too low? Or about right? You know?
Speaker 1: Scott was speaking glowingly about terrorist Marshall and and I've
Speaker 1: heard nothing but the same. It's it's been all good
Speaker 1: on a terrorist Marshall in camp, and I have him
Speaker 1: a little bit higher on my list of wide receivers.
Speaker 1: So this is way too low for me. I love
Speaker 1: Terris Marshall. Right after the draft happened. I was doing drafts,
Speaker 1: you know, right after the draft, I was consistently taking
Speaker 1: him at two a one, and so it's already too low.
Speaker 1: It's only too too yeah, so it's about right. But
Speaker 1: now he's just glowing in camp. He's going to take
Speaker 1: over like he played slot in college. He's taking over
Speaker 1: that Curtis Samuel Role, he's reunited with Joe Brady there. Um.
Speaker 1: I love everything about the six ft four, big slot guy,
Speaker 1: Arris Marshall. I would take him in the first round.
Speaker 1: Do you have Terris Marshall above Jalen Waddle? I do? Yeah, Yeah,
Speaker 1: so yep, I have I have him yeah, way up there. Yeah,
Speaker 1: unique downfield skill set that makes him a nice match
Speaker 1: for Sam Donald's arm. You never get a six foot
Speaker 1: four slot receiver and he can play outside. Yeah and yeah,
Speaker 1: and I'm sure he could, but I don't know that
Speaker 1: he will. Yeah, he doesn't need to with Robby Anderson
Speaker 1: on one more year. Yeah, that's probably true. Uh. The
Speaker 1: third pick in the second round in Dynasty Empire Drafts,
Speaker 1: by your average draft position is Justin Fields. Is this
Speaker 1: too high, too low? Or just right? Scott? It's it's
Speaker 1: pretty much what we said with Lance. It's just about
Speaker 1: right because the guy's going below him. I have a
Speaker 1: lot less confidence in as as players at their positions
Speaker 1: when Fields is a guy that could be a franchise
Speaker 1: quarterback for ten years and you know, have a decent
Speaker 1: rushing upside. Matt, you like justin Fields here? Yeah, we're
Speaker 1: teetering very very close to the the cliff. We're not
Speaker 1: at the cliff yet. I can see it, though I can.
Speaker 1: I can kick a rock and it's about to go
Speaker 1: to are my Thelma and Louise? Somebody are driving fast?
Speaker 1: Why at the edge of the are we all holding hands?
Speaker 1: I'm the Brad Pitt in this example, by the way,
Speaker 1: just to be clear, okay, yes, uh, Justin Fields to me,
Speaker 1: this is about right. Maybe a little too low. I
Speaker 1: prefer lance, but I love the fields can give you
Speaker 1: the passing and the rushing in the athleticism and the
Speaker 1: deep balls, and those are special quarterbacks that can go
Speaker 1: win leaks. So I would not mind. I wouldn't have
Speaker 1: a problem with somebody took Justin Fields a little higher
Speaker 1: than the third pick of the second round. Now, Church,
Speaker 1: is this the end of a tier? Because I'm looking
Speaker 1: at the rest of the rookies and this is kind
Speaker 1: of the edge of a tier for me. If we're
Speaker 1: at the end of the tier, I'm gonna ask you
Speaker 1: a question. Would you take trade sermon at this end
Speaker 1: of this tier? This is the right spot right here.
Speaker 1: I'll flot in trade sermon right here. The fourth pick
Speaker 1: in the second round by your national average for average
Speaker 1: traft position among rookies Arizona wide receiver Ron del More
Speaker 1: or Matt Is this too high, too low? Or about
Speaker 1: right now? Talking about the Tears, I think there's two
Speaker 1: players in the next tier, and it's the next two
Speaker 1: players on this board, and then after that it gets nasty.
Speaker 1: So I think, uh, I think Ron Dale Moore is
Speaker 1: in a good spot right here. A little nervous that
Speaker 1: there might not be enough balls to go around in Arizona,
Speaker 1: but I think that he's in a good spot here. Yeah,
Speaker 1: as we mentioned on the show, when we we did
Speaker 1: this team preview, Rondel Moore, I I likened him to
Speaker 1: a squirrel in the road, like he changes directions so ridiculous.
Speaker 1: And there's been so many camp videos of him breaking ankles.
Speaker 1: I still have him above sermons, So we're not all right,
Speaker 1: we're not even. So it's road kill more in a
Speaker 1: different way because he's breaking other people's ankles. Correct, Yes,
Speaker 1: but he's only five ft seven, So he's going to
Speaker 1: be the road kill sooner or later in Rondelmore. And
Speaker 1: that's the worried for me. It's like amped running over
Speaker 1: a squirrel. You know he's gonna run from the slot.
Speaker 1: You know, Larry Fitzgield's gone, so that frees up all
Speaker 1: those slot targets and you get the quick twitch athleticism,
Speaker 1: incredibly fast, the four of the four three speed for
Speaker 1: Ron del Moore, and he's gonna get He's gonna get
Speaker 1: the bubble screens, the gadget plays, the periodic runs. We
Speaker 1: just need to stay healthy. At five ft seven, just word,
Speaker 1: he's gonna get mauled over the middle, and that you know,
Speaker 1: any like any catch could be the last Ron Delmore.
Speaker 1: Let's go to pick number five. Average draft positions, rookie
Speaker 1: drafts and Dynasty and Empire leagues. Zach Wilson, New York
Speaker 1: Jets quarterback. Is this too high, too low? Or about right?
Speaker 1: And we're on it's Scots first, Alright, let's do it.
Speaker 1: It's fine. It's it's fine. Where it's at in a
Speaker 1: one in a in a one quarterback league. I think
Speaker 1: I think we're at that cliff where I'd be like,
Speaker 1: do I want Wilson? Do I want sermon? I mean
Speaker 1: it's a one quarterback league. Maybe I do take sermon um.
Speaker 1: So I think it's it's fair, it's right where worship
Speaker 1: where we should be He's definitely got that quarterback upside
Speaker 1: that we've been talking about. Not as shiny as the
Speaker 1: other three quarterbacks we talked about. Zack Wilson doesn't have
Speaker 1: the rushing upside. No he doesn't. So he's he can
Speaker 1: really good at times. Yeah, he can raw talent for sure.
Speaker 1: So I think this is the end of the tier
Speaker 1: and we are now at the cliff, and here we
Speaker 1: go over the edge the edges. Here's for sure. Pick
Speaker 1: number six and by your average draft position in the
Speaker 1: second round is New York Giants wide receiver Kadarius Tony.
Speaker 1: And man, is this wrong? Matt, go ahead and elucidate
Speaker 1: the many reasons. Um, they got like fifteen wide receivers,
Speaker 1: they're including Kenny Golladay, they got the worst offensive line
Speaker 1: in the league, and Daniel Jones isn't inspiring a lot
Speaker 1: of confidence. Plus when se Kwan is healthy, he's probably
Speaker 1: their leading target getter. So I don't think Cadarius Tony
Speaker 1: might see more than two passes a game throwing his way. Scott.
Speaker 1: Yeah this this, by the way, Daniel Jones threw eleven
Speaker 1: touchdown passes last year. That's so hard to do. But
Speaker 1: that's a starting quarterback but you can still point and
Speaker 1: laugh at Cam Newton. Very true, Very true. Cam Newton's
Speaker 1: pointing and laughing at that run though this Daniel Jones, Yeah,
Speaker 1: this is this is too want to retripped himself. Yes,
Speaker 1: this is too high. If I'm going to say something
Speaker 1: positive though, just you don't have to know. I mean
Speaker 1: Kadarius Tony, I mean he's a subscriber to the podcast,
Speaker 1: the show and everything, but you know, it doesn't mean
Speaker 1: we have to play Kate. Kadarius tone End was a
Speaker 1: member of Tony Tony Tony. They did invest a first
Speaker 1: rounder on him, and they did and three different teams
Speaker 1: were trying to trade up into the first to get him.
Speaker 1: So there's there's got to be something there. There's not
Speaker 1: a lot of you know, he didn't have a lot
Speaker 1: of stats in college, but he's such a good gadget
Speaker 1: guy that if they can find like Leiviska Chanlt, if
Speaker 1: they can find ways to get the ball in his hands,
Speaker 1: you know they need things to improve there. So down
Speaker 1: the line maybe, but it's still too high for me.
Speaker 1: How many of those gadget guys ever work out and
Speaker 1: they all they're all trade Tavon Austin that's the thing
Speaker 1: they rarely work out, and it was the high end
Speaker 1: of that. But yeah, and he he wasn't even as
Speaker 1: fantasy viable as some of these other names that we've mentioned. No,
Speaker 1: it's true. I mean he had some good years, but
Speaker 1: he was not always fantasy viable either. Kadarius Tony. A
Speaker 1: lot of people don't know. It's just a little piece
Speaker 1: of trivia. He is reprising the role of Tony Soprano
Speaker 1: in the prequel that HBO is developing. Yeah, uh, pick
Speaker 1: number seven in the second round of a Dynasty Empire
Speaker 1: League by your ADP. His Detroit wide receiver am On
Speaker 1: raw St Brown Scott. I know you like him. I
Speaker 1: do like him. I really to hide too low or
Speaker 1: about right's been talking to boys forever. Yeah, he's he's
Speaker 1: too low for me. I would have him a spot
Speaker 1: or two above this. Uh, he's just in a position
Speaker 1: where he could be he could be the leading target
Speaker 1: get around that team, Like he's gonna get a decent
Speaker 1: amount of targets. He's gonna get. He's got the starting
Speaker 1: I can't imagine a situation he's not the starting slot
Speaker 1: receiver there. So right, Yeah, I have a couple of
Speaker 1: high Detroit's gonna pass often there. As a rebuilding team,
Speaker 1: they're incentivized to give their young players a lot of
Speaker 1: playing time. He's staying after practice, just one handed on
Speaker 1: the jug machine for like, yeah, he's first in last
Speaker 1: kind of guy. You're Jared Goff, who's, by the way,
Speaker 1: I mean, obviously used to throw into a slot receiver. Um,
Speaker 1: and you you drop back to pass? Do I throw
Speaker 1: to Tyrolle Williams? Ever? Why what's the point? You know?
Speaker 1: I'd rather getman Detroit wide receiver. I'm on ros st Brown.
Speaker 1: We all think that this is we all think this
Speaker 1: is too low, right, Okay, even though we're off the cliff,
Speaker 1: it's still we're falling. We are falling, and we're not
Speaker 1: going to get up the eighth pick of the second
Speaker 1: round by your average draft position in dynasty drafts. Philadelphia
Speaker 1: running back Kenneth Gainwell, Matt, what do you think too high?
Speaker 1: Too lower? About right now? It's about right. I mean
Speaker 1: it's a guy that could take over in a pinch
Speaker 1: if Miles Sanders is dinged up again like he was
Speaker 1: a little bit last year. So, but they do have
Speaker 1: Boston Scott there, and I think they have oh gosh,
Speaker 1: who's the old Detroit running back that they signed. Well,
Speaker 1: carry on Johnson, he's over there too, so uh, lots
Speaker 1: lots of depth chart issues there, but you know he's
Speaker 1: got a chance. Right now, Miles Sanders and Boston Scott
Speaker 1: are basically splitting carries in camp and they are working
Speaker 1: a roll in for Gainewell. They've talked about that. Um,
Speaker 1: I it's gonna take something for that. He Actually the
Speaker 1: next several people were going to talk about I have
Speaker 1: too high because I have guys in the third I
Speaker 1: like better. Alright, Philadelphia running back Kenneth Gainewell too high
Speaker 1: for me at this stage, eighth pick of the second round.
Speaker 1: He's a poor man's Boston Scott, and inconveniently for him,
Speaker 1: Boston Scott is already on this team. Yes, uh, pick
Speaker 1: number nine my average draft position on rookie drafts in
Speaker 1: the second round, Pittsburgh tight end Pat Friar Muth Scott
Speaker 1: too high, too low? Or about right? Yeah, it's it's
Speaker 1: still too high for me, just because there's other guys
Speaker 1: I I like coming up, guy that we're not even
Speaker 1: going to talk about, maybe like in the second round,
Speaker 1: like Nico Collins, who might get a ton of targets
Speaker 1: for Houston here in the show. I love Nico Collins,
Speaker 1: just a big guy that's gonna get a lot of work.
Speaker 1: And Dammy Brown for Washington. I like it. I like
Speaker 1: these guys better than guys like fire Muth. And what
Speaker 1: do we know what that's for? Offense is gonna be
Speaker 1: next year with Ben gone and those receivers still like
Speaker 1: I I don't love it. Yeah, I'm with Scott on
Speaker 1: the on the fact that I don't love him in
Speaker 1: this position either, mostly because tight end rookies are just
Speaker 1: bad and if you're taking one this late, it's just
Speaker 1: cramming up a roster spot on my roster. I'll wait
Speaker 1: till somebody drops him, and somebody will somebody draft him
Speaker 1: and drop him this year. I'll pick him up in
Speaker 1: December and just throw him on my roster and feel
Speaker 1: good about it. Then Eric he runs in the last
Speaker 1: year of his deal. Pat Friar Muth is going to
Speaker 1: be the starter for the Steelers next year. And you know,
Speaker 1: if you're in a deep enough dynasty or empire league, okay,
Speaker 1: I can see you pick him here and stash him
Speaker 1: and you've got Pittsburgh starter. I don't to your point.
Speaker 1: I don't know who's gonna throw them the ball though.
Speaker 1: That's a that's a big question mark right now. At
Speaker 1: pick number ten in Dynasty Empire rookie drafts in the
Speaker 1: second round, Carolina running back Cuba Hubbard, Matt you like
Speaker 1: him here? Too high? Too low or about right? He's
Speaker 1: just buried behind Christian mccalfe. Free. Uh, it's too high
Speaker 1: for me. I don't want to put a guy on
Speaker 1: my roster that's just hidden behind the best running back
Speaker 1: in football. It's it's a little high just because the
Speaker 1: receivers I mentioned that I like better. I even like
Speaker 1: Scridge in the next round better. I like the guy
Speaker 1: we're going to talk about next a little better. So
Speaker 1: he's a little high. Um on the prep. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: go back front for a second. I'd rather take Jacob
Speaker 1: Harris for in the like the third or fourth round.
Speaker 1: Then I would waste a second round or on firemoth
Speaker 1: it with the eleventh pick in the second round. By
Speaker 1: average draft position, Dynasty League players are taking rookie Green
Speaker 1: Bay rookie wide receiver a Maori Rogers. Is this too high,
Speaker 1: too low or about right? Scott? It's I mean, it's
Speaker 1: too low because the three above that I don't don't
Speaker 1: want as high as they're going. I have Amari Rodgers
Speaker 1: just below Nico Collins. So you know, if you put that,
Speaker 1: I guess he's a spot too low. Maybe then I guess, okay,
Speaker 1: I think he's a little too My voice just trying
Speaker 1: to convince yourself. The higher your voice goes, is this
Speaker 1: your lie? Tell? Is this like when you're not sure
Speaker 1: and you're like maybe even lying? It's hard to draft
Speaker 1: board when I got three guys that I've pulled and
Speaker 1: put in the third round. Um, the reason I think
Speaker 1: it's a little low for Marie Rogers, it's just Al
Speaker 1: Lazard and Marc Hazvelda Scanley have steadfastly refused to take
Speaker 1: a meaningful role in this offense and get every opportunity.
Speaker 1: So those guys to me are basically dead to me,
Speaker 1: and Amari Rodgers has got the opportunity. Let me tell you,
Speaker 1: Marie Rogers would have moved up a half around with
Speaker 1: friend Cobb had not gone there. Yeah, would have moved
Speaker 1: way up, all right, the final pick of the second round,
Speaker 1: in the last player we're going to talk about our
Speaker 1: Dynasty draft. This is your adp America is New England
Speaker 1: quarterback Mac Jones. Scott, go ahead, if you're gonna push
Speaker 1: on him, explain why, Yeah, it's okay. Why don't you
Speaker 1: just tell us the guys you want and said it's
Speaker 1: a one U league. McCorkle is, he's fine, and he's
Speaker 1: very pro ready, and honestly, if you're looking for a
Speaker 1: safe floor quarterback, that you know that he's probably got
Speaker 1: a decently okay safe floor because he's he's pretty pro ready.
Speaker 1: So once he gets the job, but he doesn't have
Speaker 1: a lot of good weapons except for john who I
Speaker 1: know you love Johnny. But there there's at least five
Speaker 1: guys in the next round. I want more than Mac
Speaker 1: Jones in a one QB league. Yeah, that's I think
Speaker 1: that's gonna be a a situation where Cam's gonna play
Speaker 1: himself out of that job for very long. Mac Jones
Speaker 1: will be the starter and or they will do a
Speaker 1: risky surgery putting Cam's legs on mccork kid I like it,
Speaker 1: or poking with a needle tyrod style just to get
Speaker 1: mac Jones in. Don't do that, Kirk Cousins. No need,
Speaker 1: no needle poke in there. Nope, No, When we come back.
Speaker 1: Three tough questions? Is that gonna be one of them?
Speaker 1: Can't you poke? Kirk Cousins find out when we come
Speaker 1: back to Fantasy Football Weekly his wife, I might have
Speaker 1: something to say. Fantasy Football Weekly continues fault charging from
Speaker 1: Guillotine Leagues dot Com, Scott Fish and Matt Harrison Shock
Speaker 1: Fantasy dot Com. This is a game we call three
Speaker 1: tough questions. I will pepper my co host, with three
Speaker 1: tough questions. Three questions Pepper with three like three specks
Speaker 1: of pepper. No, it's uh, it's more I think if
Speaker 1: it's more like shotgun shot, you know. I think it's
Speaker 1: more of that kind of peppering in my mind anyway,
Speaker 1: maybe because I want to shoot you. That'll be up.
Speaker 1: It'll be for you guys to do rather than eat
Speaker 1: you with pepper. So you know there's that not a
Speaker 1: cannibal over here. Tough question number one, Well, Michael Thomas
Speaker 1: ever return to be a consistent number one wide receiver.
Speaker 1: And by number one, I only number one overall. I
Speaker 1: mean wide receiver one on your team, so roughly one
Speaker 1: of the twelve ish best wide receivers in the league.
Speaker 1: Will Michael Thomas Ever returned to be a consistent wide
Speaker 1: receiver number one. Matt I covered that, Uh, the Saints
Speaker 1: were one of the most run heavy teams in football
Speaker 1: last season exactly fifth Actually, um was that because Michael
Speaker 1: Thomas was injured most of the year. Was that Drew
Speaker 1: Brees being old? Was that Taysom Hill can't really throw?
Speaker 1: Was that Jamis Winston is not really that accurate. But
Speaker 1: here's the issue. Thomas waited to have that surgery until
Speaker 1: late Why did he do that, we don't really know.
Speaker 1: But that's not necessarily the mark of a player who's
Speaker 1: happy with his current team. And he's only twenty seven.
Speaker 1: He's got a few years of solid play left, and
Speaker 1: he's got a potential out on his contract after this season,
Speaker 1: and the Saints have been traditionally one of the teams
Speaker 1: that have been very cash strapped as well. So I'd
Speaker 1: say he will return to wide receiver one status. It'll
Speaker 1: be next year, and it won't be for New Orleans. Okay,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna I'm gonna add a year to that because
Speaker 1: he's actually twenty eight. Um, next he's gonna miss half
Speaker 1: the season, So I don't think it's gonna be this year.
Speaker 1: You know, come back from the injury we saw last year. Um,
Speaker 1: so next year we're talking about twenty nine. If it's
Speaker 1: on a new team, there's not a very good history
Speaker 1: outside of like Stefon Diggs or Randy Moss point from,
Speaker 1: there's not a good history of a team a star
Speaker 1: player changing teams and then wide receivers particularly well, we'll
Speaker 1: see Julio especially late career, not not a good stretch
Speaker 1: for him. So I'm gonna go no on that, just
Speaker 1: because the age, if he's in New Orleans, it's gonna
Speaker 1: be interesting with the QP situation if he if he
Speaker 1: does move on, that's a bad track records. I'm going no.
Speaker 1: I'll add another reason why the correct answer is no.
Speaker 1: Soft tissue injuries. Many they when they start, it feels
Speaker 1: like they start piling up and they become easier and
Speaker 1: easier and easier to get and you know much it
Speaker 1: sounds ridiculous. I'd run of the A C. L injury
Speaker 1: to come back from right. That is a one time deal.
Speaker 1: The soft tissue stuff mounts and mounts. And Michael Thomas
Speaker 1: has made his name in fantasy through volume and reputation
Speaker 1: and catching balls and getting tackled. Um, I don't see
Speaker 1: how he avoids the soft tissue injuries continuing going forward.
Speaker 1: The correct answer is no. Tough question number two, considering
Speaker 1: the injuries to Colts guard Quentin Nelson and quarterback Carson Wentz,
Speaker 1: what is your level of concern for Jonathan Taylor none? Some,
Speaker 1: or a bowl loosening level of existential dread? We begin
Speaker 1: with Scott Fish. So I'm gonna I think it was
Speaker 1: the first time I've ever went this route on this
Speaker 1: show because I'm usually very optimistic on things. Yes, I'm
Speaker 1: going to go with the balls one. This time, you're
Speaker 1: taking the bowels. I'm gonna take the balls one. Welcome
Speaker 1: to the dark size. He's still gonna get a decent
Speaker 1: amount of work, and his a DP has dropped a
Speaker 1: good full round now because because of these issues. But
Speaker 1: last year when running to the opposite side of Nelson,
Speaker 1: he barely averaged over two yards per carry and over
Speaker 1: four yards like four and a half yards per carry
Speaker 1: to Nelson Quent Nelson's side, So he's not gonna have
Speaker 1: that for a bit to start the season. Uh, he
Speaker 1: may be one of those late season comes out just
Speaker 1: like he did last year. But I'm really worried about
Speaker 1: him early on to start the season. Okay, Matt, is
Speaker 1: the appropriate level of concern for Jonathan Taylor none some
Speaker 1: or a bowel loosening level of existential dread. When you ever,
Speaker 1: whenever you bring up the bowel loosening level oftential existential dread,
Speaker 1: that always causes a big problem in my brain. It
Speaker 1: damages my cerebrum, which does enables my speech, judgment and
Speaker 1: thinking reasoning. So I'm gonna go exact opposite of Scott
Speaker 1: and say there's none because I guess you can't reason,
Speaker 1: because I can't reason anymore. Taylor finished as RB six
Speaker 1: last year, really did that in the second half of the
Speaker 1: the years. The Colts coaching staff had him splitting carries
Speaker 1: with nine hines. Notable players that finished around him in
Speaker 1: PPR leagues David Montgomery finished fourth, James Robinson finished seventh,
Speaker 1: Mike Davis finished twelve. What do all those runners have
Speaker 1: in common? Bad offensive lines and poor quarterback play last year?
Speaker 1: And yeah, Quentin Nelson is a big loss, but he
Speaker 1: could only be gone for maybe a month. He might
Speaker 1: be back by the end of September. The Colts were
Speaker 1: still ranked as Pro Football Focuses number two offensive line
Speaker 1: coming into camp. There's there's not really any concern for me.
Speaker 1: I'm fine drafting him in the first round. Still, well,
Speaker 1: so you guys stick the two extremes and the correct
Speaker 1: answer is right between there. Honestly, that is what it
Speaker 1: should be. I just felt like going with the bas
Speaker 1: like that working and I have no reasoning never did
Speaker 1: working against Jonathan Taylor. If Wentz doesn't come back until October,
Speaker 1: you can't roll into any Sunday and feel good about
Speaker 1: what he might do. You can't your your level of
Speaker 1: confidence in any game is going to be low. Every
Speaker 1: defense will play to stop Jonathan Taylor and make Jacob
Speaker 1: Eason not related Tony beat them, and that's probably not
Speaker 1: gonna happen very often. Then, yet in the unknown status
Speaker 1: to his best offensive lineman, and you need You also
Speaker 1: have to buy into this notion that frank Reich is
Speaker 1: suddenly not a running back by committee coach. We have
Speaker 1: a career with Frank Reich that tells us he is
Speaker 1: a running back by committee coach. And yes, at the
Speaker 1: end of the year, he powered Jonathan Taylor at the
Speaker 1: end of the year when they needed every win to
Speaker 1: get into the playoffs. At that point, he felt like,
Speaker 1: why not grind up. Jonathan Taylor, you have nothing to lose.
Speaker 1: And mind you, he didn't have hidn't have Mac, didn't
Speaker 1: have Mac. Now he does. Marlon Mack is back. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, there is some good things for Taylor and
Speaker 1: this is why it's the answer is some He is good.
Speaker 1: The offensive line is still pretty good even without Quentin Nelson,
Speaker 1: and maybe maybe Carson Wentz only misses a handful of games.
Speaker 1: But even so this is a tough spot. At least
Speaker 1: Wentz and Nelson Taylor have the same injury and they
Speaker 1: can rehab together. Isn't that sweet, isn't it? Yeah? You
Speaker 1: know what they know what they should do? Three legged race.
Speaker 1: They would be perfect in the three legged race. They
Speaker 1: could put their injured feet in the sack. That's what
Speaker 1: they should do. Tough question number three, Which tight end
Speaker 1: should go first? Darren Waller or George Kittle? And I'll
Speaker 1: know two listeners. They are currently separated by four picks
Speaker 1: an average draft position, so it's very tight white right here,
Speaker 1: which should go first? We begin with Matt I wavered
Speaker 1: back and forth on this one a little bit, and
Speaker 1: I've I've actually drafted Waller a few times above Kittle
Speaker 1: in in some of my best ball draft so far
Speaker 1: this year. But I'm gonna go Kittle. And here's why.
Speaker 1: The Raiders have one of the worst offensive lines in
Speaker 1: the NFL and was actually significantly better last year. And
Speaker 1: the Niners have one of the best offensive lines in
Speaker 1: the league and it improved with the addition of Alex
Speaker 1: mac Plus the forty Niners have a better quarterback situation,
Speaker 1: a better off punts of coach, seemingly better weapons surrounding
Speaker 1: their tight ends. And what's good for the offense is
Speaker 1: good for the offense. And now Waller is gonna go
Speaker 1: first in drafts. Everyone will replay last year and how
Speaker 1: awesome he was down the stretch while Kittle spent a
Speaker 1: ton of time injured. I'll spend a few fewer bucks
Speaker 1: in my auction and get Kittle and uh gets similar,
Speaker 1: if not better results than Waller. Okay, Scott, who shop?
Speaker 1: And I know I know how you feel about you
Speaker 1: look both of these players. This question is really It's
Speaker 1: called three tough questions for a reason. I'm gonna I'm
Speaker 1: going right at your heart on this. Which tight end
Speaker 1: should go first? Waller or Kittle? Yeah? This, this this
Speaker 1: sucks because I was I was early on the Kiddle
Speaker 1: love kt um past tense. I noticed I still I
Speaker 1: still absolutely love George Kittle, But if I just have
Speaker 1: to take one or the other, I'm taking Darren Waller.
Speaker 1: He's going to be the number one or number two
Speaker 1: target getter. I I have a hard time believing he'll
Speaker 1: even be number two. He'll be the number one target
Speaker 1: getter for car He's gonna be cars security blanket. Um.
Speaker 1: When you're the number one receiving option on your team,
Speaker 1: you're just you're just gonna get a whole lot more
Speaker 1: options for the forty Niners. They love to run. They
Speaker 1: might have a quarterback change. Kitto keeps getting injured each year,
Speaker 1: which it sucks, but it is what it is. Uh.
Speaker 1: They have some up and coming, really good other receiving
Speaker 1: options on that team. I just I just think Waller
Speaker 1: is in a much better position to shine, much safer position.
Speaker 1: Darren Waller led the NFL in targets among tight ends
Speaker 1: last year, and it was near the top even if
Speaker 1: when you include wide receivers and the forty Niners do
Speaker 1: is much better, which you know they might not need
Speaker 1: to pass as much. Well. When Kyle, when Kyle Chanhan,
Speaker 1: what can run when he's got a healthy, effective runner.
Speaker 1: He does. Yeah, and the Super Bowl year, great defense
Speaker 1: did not pass as much. You saw the playoffs didn't.
Speaker 1: It was as a Viking fan I did see that
Speaker 1: out that playoff us the Titan, that Hill should go first.
Speaker 1: Although I'll be honest, Matt swayed me more than I
Speaker 1: thought I would be, So look at that as The
Speaker 1: correct answer is Darren Waller. For the reasons you've already mentioned, Uh,
Speaker 1: Kittle less compete for passes with other excellent receivers, and
Speaker 1: Kittle does have the history of injury. But you know
Speaker 1: convenient that he has to compete for passes when he's
Speaker 1: got a good offense. But some other times it's like, oh,
Speaker 1: he's got good wide receivers around him. The correct answer
Speaker 1: is Darren Waller. Now what you didn't know was coming.
Speaker 1: Tough question, A bonus tough question. Drafters who take all
Speaker 1: of their allotted time in a slow draft. They play
Speaker 1: out like every minute of it in a slow draft
Speaker 1: online slow draft, just in case something might happen, like
Speaker 1: maybe I'll get a trade offer, or maybe they'll be
Speaker 1: like some injury thing that I could capitalize on. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna play milk it all out every last minute. Are
Speaker 1: they a ass hats, b ultra ass hats or see
Speaker 1: the quintessential ass hat in the history of assets. Man Scott,
Speaker 1: I think I'm gonna just go with the first one. Um,
Speaker 1: but I can see all the arguments. It's good strategy,
Speaker 1: but it's also really really hard on a league. Players.
Speaker 1: You do that hurts the league is not good. Um,
Speaker 1: technically that's the rule. They have their time, they can
Speaker 1: do at that time whatever they want, but it's it's
Speaker 1: just not not very nice. I'm just gonna I'm just
Speaker 1: gonna go with the first one. But I can understand
Speaker 1: any of these. It's annoying. But if it's really bugging you,
Speaker 1: why are you in a league that has a slow
Speaker 1: draft element to it, then why don't we speed up
Speaker 1: the element of your league? If it's if it's ruining
Speaker 1: your league, who you're going to take? Yeah, take your guy. Okay,
Speaker 1: that's not hard. You got you gotta loven other teammates
Speaker 1: that are waiting for you to make your damn pick.
Speaker 1: Go make your pickle get let's keep this draft moving.
Speaker 1: I think that you just wanted to say ass hat
Speaker 1: several times. Answer was a B and c all of
Speaker 1: the above. I worked very hard not to um. I
Speaker 1: thought about a making it a series of more vulgar words.
Speaker 1: We'll just stick with ass hat, because that's what you
Speaker 1: are when you take every minute of your allotted time
Speaker 1: in a slow draft. When we come back, what to
Speaker 1: do with that new extra week on your schedule, and
Speaker 1: we release our first three sleepers of the preseason Final
Speaker 1: se Um, Fantasy Football Weekly Final se and Fantasy Football
Speaker 1: we Leads your number twenty seven. Thank you for joining us.
Speaker 1: Hi am Paul Charchi and giotin Leagues dot com. My
Speaker 1: co hosts are Matt Harrison you can find his work
Speaker 1: at Shock Fantasy dot com, and Scott Fish, longtime contributor
Speaker 1: to this show. In our final segment, we always give
Speaker 1: out our three sleepers of the week. We'll do that
Speaker 1: in just a moment. But first, Commissioners have got this
Speaker 1: new extra week in the schedule. And while you could
Speaker 1: just have another week scheduled, teams whatever, I like having
Speaker 1: some fun with this new extra week, and so I've
Speaker 1: got some ideas I know you guys have to about
Speaker 1: what to do with this new extra week that we've
Speaker 1: we've all got. Now, I think we all agree that
Speaker 1: we're not playing week because you shouldn't be playing deciding
Speaker 1: your fantasy championship in a week in which the best
Speaker 1: players aren't playing. And we're just backing up our three
Speaker 1: weeks of playoffs, and so you know, we're not really
Speaker 1: changing the playoff format, just the weeks they come in
Speaker 1: and you've got this extra week and it might be
Speaker 1: now like Week fourteen, which used to be the start
Speaker 1: of the playoffs, so now it's this new week fourteen.
Speaker 1: What are some fun things that people can do in
Speaker 1: week fourteen with this new extra week. You know, the
Speaker 1: options where there are so many more options. Before the
Speaker 1: NFL said hey we're gonna throw by weeks in the
Speaker 1: week thirteen and week fourteen, that that really limited what
Speaker 1: you can do with the playoffs. Uh, I think most
Speaker 1: people are just gonna go to the fourteen game season
Speaker 1: with playoffs in weeks fifteen and seventeen. There's a few
Speaker 1: other things you could do. I guess, um, if you're
Speaker 1: a twelve team league, you could play in eleven game season.
Speaker 1: It's a shorter season, but you play every team exactly
Speaker 1: once and then go with doubleheaders for each of your
Speaker 1: playoff weeks. Do a doubleheader in a playoff week. Well
Speaker 1: there there there are sites that allow you to set
Speaker 1: it up that way, like ESPN does that NFL does,
Speaker 1: But like basically, weeks twelve and thirteen is week one
Speaker 1: of the playoffs for you. Week fourteen and fifteen is
Speaker 1: a week two, and Week sixteen and seventeen is the
Speaker 1: championship game. That combines score so that eliminates some of
Speaker 1: the luck from a one week matchup, and you can
Speaker 1: you know, have trash talk in between the two weeks,
Speaker 1: which is fun. I like the luck because you know,
Speaker 1: it's just it's just part of what you know, if
Speaker 1: you if if chalk always wins, why watch sports? Right,
Speaker 1: if the better team always wins, we wouldn't watch. Part
Speaker 1: of what makes sports compelling is underdogs, overachieving and watching
Speaker 1: great teams lose. That's what makes sports captivating, and fantasy
Speaker 1: football is no different. Okay, uh yeah, I know you
Speaker 1: like that. We've talked about that before. Just just some
Speaker 1: people like to remove as much luck as possible and
Speaker 1: have a skilled teams wins. Yeah. Well I have a
Speaker 1: playoff system. Don't even have a playoff system, just use
Speaker 1: points scored for sec. You know, to me, that's not fun.
Speaker 1: I like, I'll give you another I'll give you my idea,
Speaker 1: and then you can poop the rivalry reek Rivalry Week.
Speaker 1: Why were we weak? Uh? In rivalry Week, you find
Speaker 1: in your league, for whatever reason, players that have a
Speaker 1: built in rivalry with each other. Could be um brothers
Speaker 1: in the league, right, so we're gonna put them against
Speaker 1: each other. Bernie and Dave Calture, you're gonna play against
Speaker 1: each other. Or it could be the guy who knocked
Speaker 1: you out last year, right, and you know that was
Speaker 1: the guy who knocked you out of the playoffs. We're
Speaker 1: gonna put those back together. I think in most leagues,
Speaker 1: established leagues, you can find a reason to find rivals
Speaker 1: in most of your league and set those guys up
Speaker 1: to play in rivalry Week. So I love rivalries. I've
Speaker 1: done him almost my entire fantasy career. Really, my home league,
Speaker 1: we have five it's a ten team. We we have
Speaker 1: five rivalry trophies, and at the draft, we also draft
Speaker 1: our rival for the season. What do you mean explain this?
Speaker 1: You draft a rival, like, so I draft you? Yeah? Okay,
Speaker 1: yeah you can draft so wait do I still get
Speaker 1: my draft pick? Oh? Yeah, yeah, No, this is a
Speaker 1: second draft, okay, second draft of rivals. You draft drivals,
Speaker 1: like if you draft me, Let's see, the people who
Speaker 1: won the rive re game last year are the ones
Speaker 1: game drafted the losers from the previous year do the drafting.
Speaker 1: So you lost last year, of course, checking me and
Speaker 1: I'm holding. And our trophies are like the Scotch Trophy,
Speaker 1: the duct Tape Trophy, the die Hard Trophy. So we
Speaker 1: have trophies for those rivalry games. And in a season
Speaker 1: like this, you can keep your thirteen game season that
Speaker 1: you had last year with the three weeks of playoffs
Speaker 1: and do week one or two or three or four
Speaker 1: one of the ones or five one one of the
Speaker 1: one of the ones with no boys. But Week one
Speaker 1: is a cool way to do it. Um, and you
Speaker 1: can have that rival we were there and keep your
Speaker 1: regular season the way it was. But um yeah, that's
Speaker 1: We draft drivals every year. When I thought I had
Speaker 1: heard of like every drafting variation, I've never heard of
Speaker 1: drafting your rival. Oh yeah, my pigs leagues draft rivals
Speaker 1: every year. We have rivalry trophies and you actually have
Speaker 1: to send the loser has to send the winner ten
Speaker 1: bucks if you lose the rivalry. Okay, Um, how about
Speaker 1: this play in week just before the playoffs? So those
Speaker 1: the excellent alright, So the teams that are jostling for
Speaker 1: playoffs spots face each other as you effectively have a
Speaker 1: play in week, and some of the teams are going
Speaker 1: to be out of it and they can just play
Speaker 1: each other whatever, it doesn't matter. But you want to
Speaker 1: find these teams that are playing to get into the
Speaker 1: playoffs and set them up so you you know, you
Speaker 1: won't have a set schedule. You're not gonna know until
Speaker 1: you till we week thirteen is over, and then use
Speaker 1: fourteen as your playing week. Okay, So this is similar
Speaker 1: to that, and I think this actually came from one
Speaker 1: of our listeners of my My Commission Impossible podcast when
Speaker 1: we went over this. But having that last week before
Speaker 1: the playoffs be an all play and so you can
Speaker 1: rack up x amount of wins in that week. So
Speaker 1: that way, even if you have you can rack you
Speaker 1: could Yeah, you you have a bad in twelve team,
Speaker 1: I could get eleven wins that week. You're you're You're
Speaker 1: not You're not taking because and and I believe I
Speaker 1: believe the league he set up was double headers throughout
Speaker 1: so like that mitigated a little bit. Yeah, but but
Speaker 1: you could you could make a rule where you get
Speaker 1: a half a win for each you know, for each
Speaker 1: team you better beat or whatever. But that allows it
Speaker 1: for the teams that are at the bottom to be like, oh,
Speaker 1: maybe I have a shot to make a comeback, you know,
Speaker 1: here strong in the second half of the season. So
Speaker 1: having that play and we'd be an all play where
Speaker 1: you can rack up some extra wins and maybe affect
Speaker 1: the seeding, it's better for the teams that are coming
Speaker 1: on strong at the end of the year. I've got
Speaker 1: one more idea for what to do with that new
Speaker 1: extra week in your fantasy schedule. Play for steaks and
Speaker 1: here's actual steak many stakes ship home now play for steaks.
Speaker 1: The winners get to rename the loser's team and it's
Speaker 1: changed their logo for that week. So I'm playing Scott.
Speaker 1: I beat Scott, I get to rename his team, change
Speaker 1: his logo. Now, your league, depending on you know, depending
Speaker 1: on how your league feels about things, you that could
Speaker 1: go a lot of ways. You got it, you know,
Speaker 1: you may have to be you know, you've been able
Speaker 1: thoughtful about how you're going to use that but I
Speaker 1: think that to me, that is a potentially a ton
Speaker 1: of fun. Uh. The one thing we do have to
Speaker 1: keep in mind is Week fourteen does have buy, so you,
Speaker 1: I mean a lot of leagues might want to do
Speaker 1: one of these fun weeks in like say week five,
Speaker 1: essentially one weeks one through five you can play for
Speaker 1: stakes when everything because there's really nothing you know, in
Speaker 1: this case changing logo and team name, we're just having
Speaker 1: fund at somebody else's expense. I think one of the
Speaker 1: important things that we should mention that leagues should start
Speaker 1: their playoffs in week fifteen this year, not Week fourteen
Speaker 1: where the Eagles, called Dolphins, and Patriots are on buy.
Speaker 1: So you should definitely plan fifteen, sixteen, seventeen as your
Speaker 1: playoff weeks this next year if those buys aren't in
Speaker 1: Week four teen, Just to throw it out there, you
Speaker 1: can play your your thirteen game schedule in your thirteen
Speaker 1: week season and take out the luck of the championship
Speaker 1: game and have it be two weeks. I'm just kidding,
Speaker 1: all right, Let's go to our three sleepers. Um. These
Speaker 1: are players that are going in roughly double digit rounds
Speaker 1: of a DP average raft positions in tenth round or lower,
Speaker 1: but should be able to significantly outproduce that spot. Matt,
Speaker 1: I will begin with you. Yeah, my guy's going in
Speaker 1: the twelfth round in most drafts right now. And it's
Speaker 1: a guy that you may know and may have drafted
Speaker 1: one one overall at one point in your fantasy career,
Speaker 1: and that's David Johnson. Uh. He averaged fifteen touches per
Speaker 1: game last season. Yeah, he was dinged up again last year,
Speaker 1: missed four games due to injury, but still finished as
Speaker 1: running back twenty one in PPR leagues, which is shocking
Speaker 1: in retrospect. Yeah, it's kind of it's he He's an
Speaker 1: RB two on most rosters, and you can get him
Speaker 1: as the in the twelfth round of your of your
Speaker 1: drafts right now. Positive run rate of eighty five point
Speaker 1: seven percent, a robust a dot of three point one
Speaker 1: yards in the for a running back. At least um
Speaker 1: of Houston's red zone touches went to David Johnson last
Speaker 1: year inside the five. He converted six of his fifteen
Speaker 1: touches for touchdowns. That's not great, I'll be honest, but
Speaker 1: the fact that he got fifteen touches is pretty good. Yeah. Well,
Speaker 1: it's the team's overall fifteen touches per game over a
Speaker 1: seven team game schedule is two hundred fifty five touches.
Speaker 1: In the two seasons where David Johnson has had just
Speaker 1: two hundred touches, he's finished as RB one and RB nine.
Speaker 1: That ain't happening this year. He can get two. You
Speaker 1: can get to two under touches, and that means that
Speaker 1: he's going to be a viable fantasy starter or at
Speaker 1: least a flex play for you in any given week.
Speaker 1: We have a new coaching staff. We don't know for
Speaker 1: sure how that Houston running back committee is going to
Speaker 1: end up working out mark Ingraham, Philip Lindsay, David Johnson.
Speaker 1: Presumption is that that Johnson will get most of the work. Well,
Speaker 1: Johnson is going to get all the pass catching work
Speaker 1: because Philip Lindsay had seven catches last year, mark Ingram
Speaker 1: had six catches last year. David Johnson's the past catching
Speaker 1: running back on that roster and probably RB one. Yeah,
Speaker 1: on on on PPR alone, David Johnson should go before
Speaker 1: round twelve. Yeah, I like it. Scott. Who is your
Speaker 1: sleeper this week? So I I'm going with guy that's
Speaker 1: being drafted in the mid thirteenth and I feel like
Speaker 1: it's it's weird were running these fantasy circles. So he
Speaker 1: doesn't feel like a super sleeper, but to a lot
Speaker 1: of people, he's still a sleeper. And it's Adam Troutman
Speaker 1: tight end New Orleans Saints Jamis Winston. If he becomes
Speaker 1: the quarterback, he like something like a quarter or a
Speaker 1: third of his career touchdown passes there to tight ends. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and and uh New Orleans over the last couple of
Speaker 1: years have thrown over twenty touchdown passes to tight ends
Speaker 1: at Pete Prisco of CBS mentioned to Jamie Eisenberg the
Speaker 1: other day that all the passes in camp right now
Speaker 1: are going to Kamara and Troutman. It's those two guys
Speaker 1: just tons and tons of targets. With Michael Thomas out
Speaker 1: for maybe a big portion of the season, Trautman could
Speaker 1: be a target hog down there. And he's a tight
Speaker 1: end you might get in the thirteenth round. So if
Speaker 1: you don't get that top six, you can wait and
Speaker 1: grab guys like him and a few others. Yeah, I like,
Speaker 1: I like Troutman is my second tight end. You know.
Speaker 1: If I slew Yeah, and I go, I go like
Speaker 1: tight end eight or ninth round, and then I get Troutman.
Speaker 1: They have too much of a hit street of the
Speaker 1: Josh Hills and the cleaners, and they can't count on
Speaker 1: there's too much of a history of that to be like, yes,
Speaker 1: but he is in my He is in my top twelve,
Speaker 1: and Troutman's ADP is moving up. Yeah, so that big time.
Speaker 1: Right now, he's already und in underdoglass Troutman going upstream
Speaker 1: with his ADP. I see what you did see, That's
Speaker 1: why I picked him. Because of my last name. I
Speaker 1: dropped him going to pick fish related sleepers for the preseason.
Speaker 1: Fellow fishman. That's that's what it is for me. Not Frishman. No, No,
Speaker 1: what was fred? No? What was his first name? Man?
Speaker 1: Oh well, I don't remember. I don't either. My sleeper
Speaker 1: is going off the board in the tenth round. Now,
Speaker 1: listen to this guy. I'm gonna give you some stats
Speaker 1: on this guy without revealing his name. Listen to listen
Speaker 1: to this and put it against his tenth ROWND ADP.
Speaker 1: He was ranked fifth among all running backs by Pro
Speaker 1: Football Focus, fifth in what category is their overall rankings?
Speaker 1: Overall running rankings, he was fifth Okay, keep going. I
Speaker 1: have a counterpoint twenty seven spots ahead of the team's
Speaker 1: number one runner by Pro Football Focus ranking. This mystery
Speaker 1: running back I'm describing in the tenth round. In his
Speaker 1: three seasons, he's never averaged less than five yards per
Speaker 1: carry in any of his three seasons. His team just
Speaker 1: resigned him to a multi year extension and released his
Speaker 1: main competition for carries. Now I know who it is.
Speaker 1: He got double digit carries from inside the five yard
Speaker 1: line last year. His team runs the ball constantly, with
Speaker 1: rushing play percentage ranks of number one, number one, and
Speaker 1: number three. Of the last three years. His team has
Speaker 1: run the ball two hundred times more than any other
Speaker 1: team over the last three years. Last year, this mystery
Speaker 1: player finished his running back twenty seven and he's currently
Speaker 1: going off the board this year at running back forty
Speaker 1: three for no reason whatsoever. And he drives a bus,
Speaker 1: and he drives a bus, and his name is Gus
Speaker 1: Gus Edwards, our final sleeper of this show, gentlemen, great job,
Speaker 1: Thank you very much. Thank you to all of our listeners.
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