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Speaker 1: Yo is the Fantasy Best Friends Forever. I am Frank
Speaker 1: Snaffle alongside the sweet vocals of Mike blew It Everybody
Speaker 1: Special guest hosts Greg Susman is out today. Filling in
Speaker 1: for him is Mike Blewett. Mike, how's reything going? Then?
Speaker 1: I'm gonna try and do so ably. I'm excited to
Speaker 1: be here. I've never I think I've been on BFFs before,
Speaker 1: and maybe more than a phone call or a minute
Speaker 1: or two. So excited to do it and excited to
Speaker 1: work with Frank. Frank and I have talked for a
Speaker 1: while about maybe doing a show together. So here's our
Speaker 1: inaugural effort, making his debut, not only his BFF debut,
Speaker 1: his his singing debut. Have you ever sang on the
Speaker 1: air before today? No? No, no, no no. I occasionally
Speaker 1: get people saying, hey, you have a voice for radio,
Speaker 1: that kind of stuff, but never has anybody said, you know,
Speaker 1: you should try and bust out your vocal skills via
Speaker 1: a song. So I've never been able to do it before.
Speaker 1: I'm a terrible singer. I'm a verse, I'm a very
Speaker 1: I'm a verse to karaoke, like, I just don't want
Speaker 1: to do it. I feel like it would embarrass myself.
Speaker 1: You know, I understand the point of it is to
Speaker 1: embarrass yourself, but I'm out my voice is that bad.
Speaker 1: Do you have a go to karaoke song if you
Speaker 1: had to do it? Honestly, no, I don't. I can't
Speaker 1: even think of one that I would try to do.
Speaker 1: Maybe the Boston College Fight song. That would probably be
Speaker 1: the only one that I would know the words too
Speaker 1: and be able to pull off. Are you Are you
Speaker 1: a fan of the nineties alternative pop rock scenes semi
Speaker 1: charm kind of life genre? Ish? I can't say I'm
Speaker 1: big on Third Eye Blind, but uh, it's not terrible.
Speaker 1: I mean it's sort of in my wheelhouse. As far
Speaker 1: as music that I listened to, I'm a little older,
Speaker 1: so my sweet spot for college music is grunge and
Speaker 1: alternative music. I was a hip hop fan growing up,
Speaker 1: so I listened to a lot of hip hop and
Speaker 1: all through the eighties and nineties, but it mixed with
Speaker 1: the nineties rock of Pearl Jam and Nirvana and Sound
Speaker 1: Garden and those types of groups. Who Fighters is one
Speaker 1: of my favorite bands of all time. I like that.
Speaker 1: That's a solid call. Um. I'm not going to ask
Speaker 1: you your age or try and expose that by any
Speaker 1: means here, but I've always said that I wish I
Speaker 1: was the age I am now growing up in the
Speaker 1: eighties and nineties, just because I mean, from everything I've heard,
Speaker 1: it was an absolutely wild time. And plus, you know
Speaker 1: a lot of things that I love, Metallica, Michael Jordan's
Speaker 1: I would have been able to see the inception of
Speaker 1: those things. Yea, the ninth like like early nineties in
Speaker 1: particular music and cinema were fantastic. When you look at
Speaker 1: the early the first half of the nineties movies. They're
Speaker 1: pretty incredible, from Usual Suspects to UH seven to pulp
Speaker 1: fiction and Shawshank Redemption and Good Fellas. All that kind
Speaker 1: of stuff came out in that five year spam. So
Speaker 1: there's your topic to your discussion today on film Music Movies. Um,
Speaker 1: Mike Blewett's genre of singing the balls in college fight songs.
Speaker 1: But on today's show, we'll be doing a trade special. Mike,
Speaker 1: I think this is really interesting. It's very early in
Speaker 1: the season still, but teams that get off to slow
Speaker 1: starrs oh and two might be panicking looking to make trades.
Speaker 1: I have people, you know, tweeting me NonStop telling me
Speaker 1: all these trades that they're making, you know, buying low
Speaker 1: on David Johnson will get into him a little bit
Speaker 1: later on. But there's a lot of guys who have
Speaker 1: either underperformed overperformed. So we'll talk a lot about those
Speaker 1: guys UH players who might want to target as a bylow,
Speaker 1: a cell high, or you know, maybe guys that you
Speaker 1: don't really know how to feel about their value right
Speaker 1: now and maybe he's just hold and we need a
Speaker 1: couple more weeks to see what their value really is.
Speaker 1: So We'll get into that a little bit later on
Speaker 1: in the show. I want to start off with some news. Obviously,
Speaker 1: the big news yesterday UM in both the NFL landscape
Speaker 1: and the fantasy landscape, and I'm intrigued to get your
Speaker 1: thoughts on it because you are a Pittsburgh Steelers fan.
Speaker 1: Is this whole situation going on with Antonio Brown? Now
Speaker 1: he's expected to be at the facility today. They've already
Speaker 1: talked about that, so that is a positive. But I
Speaker 1: spoke about Greg with this yesterday, and I was a
Speaker 1: little embarrassed by the way Antonio Brown was acting. And look,
Speaker 1: he's not the first diva wide receiver that's ever been
Speaker 1: around UM. But you know, they say you learned a
Speaker 1: lot about people when they get punched in the mouth.
Speaker 1: You see how they react. Right, And obviously this wasn't
Speaker 1: the start to the season that the Steelers thought they
Speaker 1: would get off to their oh one and one to start.
Speaker 1: UM really a must win game on Monday night against
Speaker 1: the Tampa Bay Bucks on the road, so I thought
Speaker 1: it was. But it was a little sad the way
Speaker 1: that Antonio Brown acted that you know, he's not getting
Speaker 1: the ball. The team got off to a slow start
Speaker 1: um and this is kind of his reaction. How do
Speaker 1: you feel about it overall the Steelers fan and doesn't
Speaker 1: affect fantasy Yeah, so, Dan Martinez and I we host
Speaker 1: Fantasy Sports Today together each and every morning, and you
Speaker 1: get your reruns in the afternoon. But you talked about
Speaker 1: it a little bit too. I am a Steelish fan,
Speaker 1: and I think to Frank's point, you do see a
Speaker 1: little bit of somebody's character, but I think it's a
Speaker 1: little underplayed. How much of diva behavior we've seen from
Speaker 1: Antonio Brown the last couple of years. There's people talking
Speaker 1: about Mike Tomlin losing the locker room. I don't think
Speaker 1: that's the case yet. The letting on belt thing is
Speaker 1: a real distraction. Antonio Brown can't keep doing this, and
Speaker 1: him missing work is extremely unprofessional. Right now, I've gotta
Speaker 1: be on Mike Tomlin's side without hearing any other information,
Speaker 1: because he says he didn't know that Antonio Brown was
Speaker 1: missing work. Drew Rosenhouse says Antonio Brown had a personal
Speaker 1: matter and he was excused. I would think that the
Speaker 1: head coach would not in a press conference say that
Speaker 1: he didn't know about it if he did. Mike Tomlin
Speaker 1: seems to be a stand up guy on that front,
Speaker 1: but we saw him facebook live a private locker room
Speaker 1: conversation after a playoff win. We've seen him throw tantrums
Speaker 1: on the sidelines, through garbage cans, yelling matches with Todd Haley,
Speaker 1: now reeling matches with Randy Fitchner and the wide receiver's
Speaker 1: coaches and name escapes me at the moment, but this
Speaker 1: type of behavior has happened. Ben has taken shots at
Speaker 1: Antonio Brown via the media. He's an extremely high paid
Speaker 1: wide receiver. Can you tell me who the highest targeted
Speaker 1: player in the NFL is so far this year? Antonio
Speaker 1: Brown by three over Michael Thomas. So it isn't a
Speaker 1: workload issue. It isn't a money shoe I can get.
Speaker 1: I can understand and being frustrated because they're oh one
Speaker 1: and one, But let's just not turn the ball over.
Speaker 1: Let's just play better defense and it will take care
Speaker 1: of itself. It's still a really talented team. I don't
Speaker 1: think they're a super Bowl team because of the loss
Speaker 1: of Ryan Shazier. I think that really impacted their defense
Speaker 1: in a way that they can't get it back. But
Speaker 1: they should be in the mix top four to eight
Speaker 1: teams in the league. I think that's where they should be.
Speaker 1: They're just not playing like it right now real quick.
Speaker 1: Does this open up the door for more opportunity for
Speaker 1: one James Washington, who we saw a scory touchdown last week?
Speaker 1: Or do you think it's just clearly Antonio Brown, juju
Speaker 1: Um and James Conner and kind of a little bit
Speaker 1: of sprinkle of James James Washington and the positive for
Speaker 1: James Washington's he played of the snaps his past weekend.
Speaker 1: They had to go to three wide receiver set a lot,
Speaker 1: obviously because they were trailing my homes through six touchdowns.
Speaker 1: But I think you want to be aware that James
Speaker 1: Washington is a guy in deeper leagues that he should
Speaker 1: be on your bench. I drafted him in one league,
Speaker 1: caught him after one week, maybe regretting it now, but
Speaker 1: I cut him for Philip Lindsay, so maybe I'll be
Speaker 1: in better shape. That's keeper league too, So you know,
Speaker 1: James Washington was a consideration long term, but I think
Speaker 1: you'll see a lot of three wide receiver sets out
Speaker 1: of them. But it would be hard for me to
Speaker 1: believe that he could crack the top three in targets
Speaker 1: this year. And plus, I mean Jesse James had a
Speaker 1: good game too, so you still have him hanging out there.
Speaker 1: But James Washington somebody to consider it. I just don't
Speaker 1: want you to think you're gonna get it every week.
Speaker 1: His role may look similar to Calvin Ridley's role looks
Speaker 1: right now in Atlanta. Moving on to the Philadelphia Eagles
Speaker 1: running back situation, we had some clarity come out today, Mike,
Speaker 1: in terms of j Ji and Darren's browles are both
Speaker 1: day to day. Yesterday there was a report that they
Speaker 1: would be surprised if j j I actually played this week.
Speaker 1: We saw last week he left the game. He did
Speaker 1: return and scored a touchdown which ultimately saved his day.
Speaker 1: But if it weren't for that, I mean, he really
Speaker 1: did not look great. Corey Clement actually looked pretty good
Speaker 1: in terms of total yards in that game. And I
Speaker 1: think you know, if j j I didn't go, Darren
Speaker 1: Spearles seems a little bit more doubtful this week in
Speaker 1: Week three against Indianapolis Colts. If j D doesn't go,
Speaker 1: Corey Clement is easily a high end flex maybe low
Speaker 1: end RB two. Even with the fact that Doug Peterson
Speaker 1: likes to, you know, spread the ball around was running next.
Speaker 1: I think, so I have to give Corey Parson credit.
Speaker 1: He like Corey Clement this past weekend guy gets in
Speaker 1: the end zone. So a pretty good call out of
Speaker 1: Corey Parson. I think you're right. I think Clement immediately
Speaker 1: is going to shoot up rankings and he'll be an
Speaker 1: extremely popular DFS play. He just will be. It's the
Speaker 1: way we saw last week when Freeman was declared out,
Speaker 1: Tevin Coleman became a really good DFS option. I think
Speaker 1: you'll see the same for Corey Clement. Who is this
Speaker 1: Corey Parson you talk about? I only know the fancy
Speaker 1: exam is the executive. Sorry. I sometimes I forget to
Speaker 1: use the nicknames that have been given to us or
Speaker 1: have been self proclaimed. I know. I know Craig likes
Speaker 1: to say Scott Angel is self proclaimed, but he's arguing
Speaker 1: that point. I don't. Tony Sankata and I used to
Speaker 1: talk about this a lot, where everybody around us seems
Speaker 1: to be scooping up nicknames, and I was like, all right,
Speaker 1: I was like, I wear a blazer a lot. Should
Speaker 1: I be the fantasy CEO? And he was like, somebody's
Speaker 1: got that. I was like, all right, Fantasy CEO. He's like,
Speaker 1: somebody's got that too. Gory's the Fantasy executive. So I
Speaker 1: just passed. Yeah, I don't really have anything that's stuck
Speaker 1: with me either. I went to Frank, is your handle though?
Speaker 1: That's all right? I had I was the Fantasy Salad.
Speaker 1: Last Twitter handle is literally my name. That's It. Doesn't
Speaker 1: get more straightforward than that. When your last name is Blewett,
Speaker 1: you learn over the years that that is how you're
Speaker 1: going to be identified, whether you like it or not.
Speaker 1: When you come up with some sort of clever nickname
Speaker 1: regarding my red hair or what how I look or whatever,
Speaker 1: your last name is blue Ittt, people just gravitate and
Speaker 1: start calling you blew It in work settings, in friends scenarios.
Speaker 1: That's just how I'm referred. Makes sense. Yeah, Blue is
Speaker 1: what some of my friends call me for short. But
Speaker 1: that's it, alright, alright, So all right, we'll have to
Speaker 1: figure out a nickname for you. I still don't have one.
Speaker 1: I kind of called myself the Fantasy superhero last week.
Speaker 1: Long story. Go back and listen to the tapes. I
Speaker 1: think Boona has a terrible has a promo somewhere if
Speaker 1: you want to play that during the break so people
Speaker 1: know what I'm talking about, Mike. We know football has
Speaker 1: been referred to as the battle of attrition. It's kind
Speaker 1: of cliche, but it seems that the Falcons are currently
Speaker 1: losing that battle. Uh. They've now lost left guard Andy
Speaker 1: leavitri as well to go along with the you know
Speaker 1: the players that they've lost on defense, Dion Jones, Kian O'Neil,
Speaker 1: and now a pretty big part of their offensive line.
Speaker 1: I know that you do a lot um with the
Speaker 1: offensive line rankings for rotal experts before the season, so
Speaker 1: you obviously worked very closely with offensive line um with
Speaker 1: offensive lines overall for fantasy football. How badly does this
Speaker 1: affect them? I think it's a bad one because it
Speaker 1: is just another log on the fire of this Atlanta season.
Speaker 1: I'll be full disclosure. I had Atlanta going to the
Speaker 1: Super Bowl taking out Tennessee. I just like the way
Speaker 1: that they lined up. I thought they'd have a nice
Speaker 1: bounce back season. So far, not so good. I mean,
Speaker 1: they're one on one. It's not the end of the world,
Speaker 1: but they lost their two best defenders Kian O'Neill, and
Speaker 1: Dion Jones, one of their running backs is out, although
Speaker 1: I think Keevin Coleman can sustain them for a long
Speaker 1: period of time time. But now we have an injury
Speaker 1: to Andy Levitra. They still have their tackles there and
Speaker 1: Schrader and Matthews and Alex Mack in the middle and
Speaker 1: Brandon Fusco starting, but now they're gonna be bringing somebody
Speaker 1: off the bench. It remains to be seen here that
Speaker 1: is gonna Ben Garland, Tyson, Brio West, Schweitzer are all
Speaker 1: possible backups there. But Levitra has been rated really well
Speaker 1: by Pro Football Focus and a guy that you know
Speaker 1: knocks on the door of the Pro Bowl. So I
Speaker 1: think it's it's a loss just the same way that
Speaker 1: the Giants lose their starting center. Is a bad loss
Speaker 1: for Atlanta. Yeah, it absolutely is. And we know, you know,
Speaker 1: DeVonta Freeman is also out right now. But Keevin Coleman
Speaker 1: filled in quite admirably last week. And again, if you
Speaker 1: were DeVonta Freeman owner, you probably go out there and
Speaker 1: make sure that you own Edo Smith to just in case,
Speaker 1: because he looked pretty good last week. He kind of
Speaker 1: filled in that Keevin Coleman role. That DeVonta Freeman role
Speaker 1: for the Atlanta Falcons a week ago, So we'll see
Speaker 1: what happens with them. I know we were talking a
Speaker 1: little bit downstairs about you know, what might the Falcons
Speaker 1: do in the off season. They have an opportunity, a
Speaker 1: chance that they maybe they let DeVonta Freeman go and
Speaker 1: choose to sign Tevin Coleman. Now it's a long term deal.
Speaker 1: I think there are ways that they can make that work.
Speaker 1: So that'll be interesting to see. But if you own
Speaker 1: Tevin Coleman in a keeper or dynasty league, I think
Speaker 1: you're pretty excited. There are two guys that I banged
Speaker 1: on the table about during the preseason to make sure
Speaker 1: that people were drafting appropriately in there keeper leagues. One
Speaker 1: was James Conner and the other one was Tevin Coleman.
Speaker 1: At Tevin Coleman's gonna be starting running back in the
Speaker 1: NFL next year. It could be Atlanta based on the
Speaker 1: things that you're talking about, but if not, it will
Speaker 1: be somewhere else, whether it's the Jets or somebody else
Speaker 1: that feels like they just need one more piece. Devin
Speaker 1: Coleman is going to be a guy that can command
Speaker 1: some money in the free agency market, as you aptly compared,
Speaker 1: it will be next year's Derrick McKinnon, although I think
Speaker 1: he's a better player than McKinnon. Yeah, i'd agree with that.
Speaker 1: I thought it made sense in terms of fantasy. He's
Speaker 1: gonna be the guy that either becomes a starter for
Speaker 1: his team with Atlanta due to getting rid of Davanta Freeman,
Speaker 1: or he will leave go somewhere else, become a starter
Speaker 1: and he'll move up into that second round of fantasy purposes.
Speaker 1: But I do agree with you. I think he's better
Speaker 1: all around running back then Jerick McKinnon. I had to
Speaker 1: see the parallels for fantasy football heading into next year,
Speaker 1: but that's a long ways away. We've still got a
Speaker 1: lot going on in Week three and what has just
Speaker 1: happened with the Eaglers. Since this is a trade, this
Speaker 1: trade discussion, I don't want to jump the gun, but
Speaker 1: Tevin Coleman is a guy that maybe you could be
Speaker 1: angling for that has a lot more value beyond this
Speaker 1: next month. While Freeman is out, clearly his value for
Speaker 1: this year has gone up, so it could hurt you,
Speaker 1: But Tevin Coleman is a guy in a keeper league
Speaker 1: that you need to look at. He's a starter in
Speaker 1: the league beyond this year. Yeah. Absolutely. And something I'm
Speaker 1: gonna bring up later on the show. Something we don't
Speaker 1: really hear a lot about when you're discussing trades is
Speaker 1: trying to buy players high, which seems like a weird concept.
Speaker 1: But if you trust that something a player is doing
Speaker 1: right now is going to be sustainable, but the owner
Speaker 1: who has him right now doesn't believe that it's sustainable,
Speaker 1: then maybe you do buy that player high, even if
Speaker 1: they're coming off with a week Like we'll talk about
Speaker 1: Kenny Golladay a little bit later on and how he
Speaker 1: might be a buy high because if his owner doesn't
Speaker 1: trust that, then maybe you could still get him add
Speaker 1: a discount to where he's not being valued correctly now.
Speaker 1: Tevin Coleman. If DeVonta Freeman, I mean he's dealing with
Speaker 1: a knee injury, he can easily come back and reinju
Speaker 1: this and Tevin Coleman is easily a top twenty running
Speaker 1: back for the rest of the season, So it's not
Speaker 1: just for the future, but I think that makes sense
Speaker 1: if you do play in a keeper or dynasty league,
Speaker 1: if you wanted to try and get Tevin Coleman, and
Speaker 1: by high a concept you don't really hear. I think
Speaker 1: that there's a possibility that you can do that, Mike.
Speaker 1: For the Eagles, they've signed Jordan's Matthews will run mainly
Speaker 1: in the slot. Now, I wanted to ask you this
Speaker 1: worries me a little bit, just because Nelson Aghilar we know,
Speaker 1: has typically done a lot of his damage out of
Speaker 1: the slot. Now they've been moving him all over the
Speaker 1: field and they typically do do that in Doug Peterson's offense.
Speaker 1: They can run him inside, they can run him on
Speaker 1: the outside. We've seen that consistently so far this year.
Speaker 1: But he is clearly clearly better as a slot receiver.
Speaker 1: Does this effect Nelson are negatively that Jordan Matthews is
Speaker 1: coming in and Alston Jeffrey is still on his way
Speaker 1: back as well. It's a good question something to consider.
Speaker 1: I just I think Ala is playing so well right now,
Speaker 1: and he's literally the most reliable receiving options not named
Speaker 1: zach Ertz that I think they just have to keep
Speaker 1: doing what they're doing with whether it's Wentz or you
Speaker 1: have to consider is there any potential chemistry change with
Speaker 1: Wins coming in from Folds? But I think Al's worst
Speaker 1: days are behind him. I think he's really developing well
Speaker 1: as a receiver. We saw it last year, and I
Speaker 1: think they're gonna want to continue to use him in
Speaker 1: that role, and I don't think they'll try to mess
Speaker 1: with the mojo that he has going on right now.
Speaker 1: I actually agree with you. He's wide receiver nineteen overall
Speaker 1: right now in Fantasy football, and we saw last year
Speaker 1: regardless of the quarterback, Carson Wentz likes to target Nelson
Speaker 1: a ton as well. They already have good chemistry together
Speaker 1: as well, So I'm not really worried about Jordan Matthews.
Speaker 1: I mean, the guy has had an extensive injury US
Speaker 1: three himself, so who knows how long he even stays healthy.
Speaker 1: The same thing goes for alshon Jeffrey, I'm not really
Speaker 1: worried about Nelson Aglor still a high end wide receiver
Speaker 1: three for me. But Mike, when we come back, we'll
Speaker 1: talk more about trade targets, potential buy lows, cell highs.
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Speaker 1: Do a quick exercise with you. What's Kevin Coleman landing
Speaker 1: spots cap space. We're gonna go from the most camp
Speaker 1: space all the way down. Tell me, stop me, stop me.
Speaker 1: On the teams where you think it's an option for
Speaker 1: them to sign him, Let's give me the exact Jerk
Speaker 1: McKinnon deal. What was like six for forty one millions
Speaker 1: something like that, something like that. I think you might
Speaker 1: get more, but ye know, plts makes sense. They got
Speaker 1: like a poopoo platyer of running backs right now. All
Speaker 1: three guys are drafted in the last twenty months or so.
Speaker 1: I don't know if they want to go out and
Speaker 1: pay somebody and get rid of the three guys that
Speaker 1: they just drafted. I think a lot depends, obviously on
Speaker 1: what happens for the rest of this season. Jordan Wilkins
Speaker 1: looked better than Marlon Mack last week, and that's something
Speaker 1: I expected coming into the year. I don't think Marlon
Speaker 1: Mack is really all that great. I think he's a
Speaker 1: guy who tries to break every run to the house.
Speaker 1: I think he tries to do too much of times.
Speaker 1: Jordan Wilkins more of that north south runner. I think
Speaker 1: he makes sense for them on early downs and then
Speaker 1: Niheem Hinds more of the passing down back as the
Speaker 1: season goes on. If they learned that they can trust
Speaker 1: that tandem. I think Wilkins and Nihim Hinds is kind
Speaker 1: of like that duo of the future. But if they
Speaker 1: don't work out, then Tevin Colin can be an option
Speaker 1: in the off season. Uh your team, The n Y
Speaker 1: J E T S J S S Jets makes a
Speaker 1: lot of sense. Paul Powell an aging pass catching running back.
Speaker 1: They can choose to let him go or you know,
Speaker 1: just bring him down as like a third bring him
Speaker 1: back as a third down guy. Isaiah Crowell. They didn't.
Speaker 1: They don't have a lot of money investing in him,
Speaker 1: So if they just wanted to cut him after the year,
Speaker 1: I think that's something they can look into. They have
Speaker 1: a lot of money. I think the Jets make a
Speaker 1: lot of sense. They could roll with Coleman and crow
Speaker 1: L and Pale. That would be their three. They can
Speaker 1: go with it. If they weren't heavily money committed to
Speaker 1: the other two. Um, the Texans they got offensive line issues.
Speaker 1: The Jets do too, and the Colts do too. So
Speaker 1: the Jets also need a pass rusher, but the money,
Speaker 1: there's not gonna be a guy out there for the
Speaker 1: Jets to buy pass rusher. They can buy it running back. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and you have to imagine they'll have a top ten pixel.
Speaker 1: They likely use that on a pass rusher and then
Speaker 1: maybe they go out and try and sign offensive line
Speaker 1: and maybe some offensive weapons like a Tevin Coleman. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's what I'm saying. Yeah, So you know, it's like
Speaker 1: they did Truemayin Johnson. They took one shot this offseason.
Speaker 1: They took one shot at the guy Texans have offensive
Speaker 1: line issues. They did Miller already. They already did this
Speaker 1: with Lamar Miller. You can think what you want about
Speaker 1: Lamar Miller. It's really not on him completely. This offensive
Speaker 1: line is problematic. It's terrible, It's god awful. And that's
Speaker 1: why I think, you know, that game between the Giants
Speaker 1: and Texans is gonna be an absolute crapshoot this week.
Speaker 1: I think both defenses are in play. Yeah, Bills, why
Speaker 1: would Buffalo McCoy would be out right, don't I wouldn't
Speaker 1: even take the meeting. Uh McCoy. McCoy will be gone
Speaker 1: after this year, so they will have somebody to fill
Speaker 1: any one million dollars cap space. Browns they're good, Cowboys
Speaker 1: are good. Niners. Just did this Raiders. Maybe it could
Speaker 1: make sense. I could see them tires like. The thing is,
Speaker 1: he's not old enough for John Gruden. It's a fair point.
Speaker 1: You gotta be thirty plus a sign with John Gruden,
Speaker 1: and it wouldn't be a good signing for them, which
Speaker 1: means that will probably happen. The Bengals all good with
Speaker 1: Joe Mixon. The Hawks just drafted somebody. The Lions can't run,
Speaker 1: doesn't matter who's there. Plus they have a guy that
Speaker 1: they just drafted, and carry on Johnson Cardinals obviously our
Speaker 1: money committed. Chiefs are good packers. I think they'll probably
Speaker 1: hold with what they have with the two younger guys.
Speaker 1: Titans are good, Rams are good like this is. This
Speaker 1: is like the top fifteen teams that only a couple
Speaker 1: of spots that really even need a running backs, like
Speaker 1: three or four that really set up I'm drawing the
Speaker 1: line to the Jets. It's the one that actually makes
Speaker 1: the most sense. Mike blew it music to my ears, Yeah,
Speaker 1: because it goes Ravens. They got Collins and then the
Speaker 1: Falcons all the way down to them. They're like right
Speaker 1: in the middle of the league. So Jets, it's Jets,
Speaker 1: Colts and Texans and Bills and Browns have a lot
Speaker 1: of money next year at absolutely so again, you know,
Speaker 1: if you're in a Keeper of Dynasty league and no
Speaker 1: one else is really thinking that far ahead right now,
Speaker 1: if you wanted to go out there and try and
Speaker 1: get Sevin Coleman, I think that makes a lot of sense.
Speaker 1: But Mike, we're here today talked about, you know, trades
Speaker 1: for this season, guys that can help you more so
Speaker 1: this season. And you know, I provided a link in
Speaker 1: the rundown which I thought was really interesting. It's Yahoo's
Speaker 1: most Traded list. It's a pretty cool function that they
Speaker 1: have where they you know, you can pull up the
Speaker 1: players who are being traded for most and I'll read
Speaker 1: off some names on this list right now, and then
Speaker 1: we'll kind of go into you know, who we like
Speaker 1: to trade from this list, who's a good bielow, who
Speaker 1: might be a nice candidates target here, Joe Mixon, Levian Bell,
Speaker 1: James Conner, A J. Green, Alex Collins, Lashawn McCoy, Josh Gordon,
Speaker 1: Adrian Peterson, A Marii Cooper, Devonte Freeman. Those are the
Speaker 1: top two, four, six, eight ten players who are being
Speaker 1: most traded right now on Yahoo. Before we get into
Speaker 1: any specific player, how do you feel about trading away
Speaker 1: four injured players? Because a lot of people are coming
Speaker 1: to me with questions about trying to acquire Joe Mixon,
Speaker 1: and really my answer is the same every time. If
Speaker 1: you can afford to wait a couple of weeks on him,
Speaker 1: I think it makes sense to do. But you need
Speaker 1: to be rock solid at RB one and r B two.
Speaker 1: You can't go out there trading your r B two
Speaker 1: or your flex running back and then putting yourself at
Speaker 1: a disadvantage hoping to get Joe Mixon back in three
Speaker 1: weeks where you know he's coming back from a knee injury.
Speaker 1: So that in itself makes the move risky in my opinion, Yeah,
Speaker 1: you don't want to trade out of it pose stion
Speaker 1: of weakness. If you've got a guy that you know,
Speaker 1: it's hurt your depth chart and you're trading away mixing
Speaker 1: to get somebody back, that's different. But if you're if
Speaker 1: you have a solid running back corps and you're bringing
Speaker 1: mixing in and making weakening it, you have to be
Speaker 1: honest with yourself about it. It's like Scott Engel has
Speaker 1: often says, people aren't really honest about the trades. They
Speaker 1: don't look at it from the other guy's perspective. People
Speaker 1: are trying to win the trade. That's not how it works.
Speaker 1: I'd say in general, if your strategy on the whole
Speaker 1: is to fade injured players, you're gonna come out on top.
Speaker 1: Particularly it happened we talked about a lot in baseball,
Speaker 1: the guys like dealing with chronic injuries. If you don't
Speaker 1: roster those guys on the whole, you're gonna win those
Speaker 1: decisions more often than you lose them. So I don't
Speaker 1: consider to be a great strategy. And I had an
Speaker 1: instance last year where I had to really take it
Speaker 1: was a super tight league. It was an industry league,
Speaker 1: like a serious XM invitation or something like that, with
Speaker 1: Evan Silva and Scott Pianowski and some other big names,
Speaker 1: and it was an extremely tight league. Ten eleven teams
Speaker 1: all within a hundred points. Kind of thing, exaggerating stately,
Speaker 1: but it was that close. Nobody was better than eight
Speaker 1: and four or it worse than six, and uh, what
Speaker 1: would be at that? Yeah, six and six, Like it
Speaker 1: was really tight. So I had to take a big
Speaker 1: swing and I traded four Levian Bell and in that swap,
Speaker 1: I got back Pierre Garsan. And it was the day,
Speaker 1: it was the week that he had come out with
Speaker 1: a neck injury, but he had come out and said,
Speaker 1: I'm good to go. It's not gonna be a problem
Speaker 1: at all. Within twenty four hours after we solidified the trade,
Speaker 1: we had both blown up our own teams because the
Speaker 1: guy gave my h Ingram and DeVonta Freeman too or
Speaker 1: something like that. His quarterback to Shaun Watson tours a
Speaker 1: c L and practice, uh, and Pierre Grosan was put
Speaker 1: on injured reserve and it ruined both our teams. So, uh,
Speaker 1: I'm telling you that anecdote because I traded for an
Speaker 1: injured player and went horribly wrong. You don't know the
Speaker 1: medicals on these guys, so you have to be know
Speaker 1: that what you're getting is an extremely high risk. What
Speaker 1: Joe Mixon has is virtually the same injury that sony
Speaker 1: Michelle has had and is suspecting it. It's going to
Speaker 1: be two weeks is not the right call because Michelle
Speaker 1: is dealing with it five weeks after we first heard
Speaker 1: about it. So I would I would imagine you're without
Speaker 1: Joe Mixon for one month. And I really liked the
Speaker 1: way things were looking for the Bengals, for Joe Mixon
Speaker 1: in all of this, so I would like to have
Speaker 1: him for But now there's a huge cloud over it,
Speaker 1: and I think you have to assume a big amount
Speaker 1: of risk when you're getting him back. Yeah. I couldn't
Speaker 1: agree more. And that's why yesterday on the Waiver Wire show,
Speaker 1: I said I'm willing to go as high ast thirty
Speaker 1: percent on Giovanni Bernard And you know, at first glance
Speaker 1: that sounds like a lot, But you're getting a top
Speaker 1: twenty four running back, so the next you know, two
Speaker 1: to four weeks. I mean again, if you know, obviously,
Speaker 1: if you lost show mixing, you're going to want to
Speaker 1: go out and spend that money on it. But even
Speaker 1: if you didn't, if you need help at running back,
Speaker 1: if you start owing too, this is an easy top
Speaker 1: twenty four running back for maybe the next month of
Speaker 1: the season. Yeah, absolutely, could you go up to on
Speaker 1: that you should be able spend of your budget on
Speaker 1: a starting running back for one month, ten percent of
Speaker 1: your budget each week, you would you would do that
Speaker 1: for ten weeks to guarantee an RB two um a
Speaker 1: starting running back. I think you absolutely have to do
Speaker 1: something like that. Yeah. And he played eight seven percent
Speaker 1: of the offensive snaps last year in the two games
Speaker 1: that Joe Mixon missed, and we saw the usage the
Speaker 1: way that Joe Mixon was being used this year as
Speaker 1: the team's workhorse running back. Now they have Mark Walton
Speaker 1: and Trey Carson behind Giovanni Bernard, and it's come out
Speaker 1: today that Tray Carson is likely going to be the
Speaker 1: guy that's backing him up, the guy who's going to
Speaker 1: see a few touches per game here. But it seems
Speaker 1: like Giovanni Bernard is going to be that work horse
Speaker 1: running back. So that's why I was aggressive and bullish
Speaker 1: on picking him up yesterday in our waiver wire piece.
Speaker 1: But a few other names here that very recent news
Speaker 1: just published. Bengals ad Thomas Rawls wave injured Trey Carson,
Speaker 1: So he was waved injured after suffering a hamstring in
Speaker 1: Monday's practice. Yes, he was expected expected to be GIOE.
Speaker 1: Bernard's backup. With Joe Mixon out that to likely now
Speaker 1: be rookie Mark Walton's job while Rawls catches up. So
Speaker 1: that's the depth chart now, Jeo Bernard, Mark Walton, and
Speaker 1: Thomas Rawls. I guess they wanted a veteran player in
Speaker 1: there along with Jio Bernard. I've always been an advocate
Speaker 1: for Jeer Bernard. I think he's a very good football player.
Speaker 1: I think, um he's versatile. He actually I'll produced Joe
Speaker 1: Mixing last year. But um, I think his only negative
Speaker 1: is that he can't really hold up over the course
Speaker 1: of a season. But for one month, I'll take him.
Speaker 1: That is. It must be really recent because, um, Paul
Speaker 1: Denner Jr. Of The Cincinnati Inquired just quote tweeted earlier
Speaker 1: and said that Ray Carson will be the next man up.
Speaker 1: So that's why that was the most recent news that
Speaker 1: I had. But based on what you just said, UM,
Speaker 1: it looks like it is going to be Mark Walton.
Speaker 1: So it was less than an hour ago, so that
Speaker 1: that's more recent than this tweet which he tweeted out
Speaker 1: two hours ago. Um, A few more names here. We
Speaker 1: spoke a lot about the Steelers. I mean, I'm still
Speaker 1: getting a lot of questions on Levian Bell and James Conner?
Speaker 1: Do I trade this guy away to a trade four?
Speaker 1: It's like nothing has changed, And I don't know how
Speaker 1: what information do we have to expect Levian Bell to
Speaker 1: be here before we tend I just I'd say no
Speaker 1: evidence at all anymore. Every move it's extremely risky. It's
Speaker 1: a high risk, high reward move. But I don't see
Speaker 1: how you could give up something of value right now
Speaker 1: to get Levan Bell unless you also own James Conner
Speaker 1: And what kind of return are you gonna get now
Speaker 1: a guy that's managing his career for the next year.
Speaker 1: Which I'm not really that critical of Levian Bell for
Speaker 1: all of this, I do find it somewhat distasteful that
Speaker 1: he's throwing EP parties and on jet skis and that
Speaker 1: kind of stuff. It is a little bit videos on CMC.
Speaker 1: It's a little bit in their face. And also, why
Speaker 1: are you scheduling an EP party during the football season?
Speaker 1: How long was this scheduled in advance? You would have
Speaker 1: never done an EP party if you were in the building, right,
Speaker 1: Like if you're playing a week to week, would you
Speaker 1: do use your off day to go to Miami to
Speaker 1: jet ski and do an EP party? Probably new back
Speaker 1: in whatever August that he was not the Only problem
Speaker 1: I have with Levian Bell and all of this is
Speaker 1: that it seems to me as a complete outsider, and
Speaker 1: I don't know this. So this is speculation that he
Speaker 1: seems to have maybe hinted to teammates that he would
Speaker 1: be there on time, and that is why they got upset.
Speaker 1: But if he did not actually hint that to them,
Speaker 1: then they shouldn't be critical of him trying to protect himself.
Speaker 1: The thing is, why would they make that up though, right,
Speaker 1: because it seems like everything that they've indicated to this
Speaker 1: point and they being the offensive lineman. Those are the
Speaker 1: guys who really reacted strongly to leving On Bell not
Speaker 1: showing up, talking about, oh, he makes seven times what
Speaker 1: I make do his job for him. Why would they
Speaker 1: react that way unless he did tell them that he
Speaker 1: was going to be there or give them some kind
Speaker 1: of indication. So I'm with you that guy I could
Speaker 1: have thrown out. He told me he was going to
Speaker 1: be here. Nobody ever said that specifically from what I read,
Speaker 1: so I don't know he It is a little bit
Speaker 1: of he's being coy and not saying that. I never
Speaker 1: said that I wasn't gonna be there. Well, you said
Speaker 1: he was gonna have the best season yet, and the
Speaker 1: best season yet isn't isn't going out there half ast
Speaker 1: for six games six weeks sample size. The only way
Speaker 1: I could trade for Levyan Bell or James Conner is
Speaker 1: if I own the other one. But with each passing week,
Speaker 1: LEVI on Bell's value does decrease. I guess until we
Speaker 1: get closer to week ten, then it will start to
Speaker 1: increase again, assuming that he's there. But a few other
Speaker 1: names on this list Alex Collins. A. J. Green mentioned
Speaker 1: those guys. I wanted to bring up Alex Collins. It
Speaker 1: seems like I've I don't know, become the truther for
Speaker 1: Alex Collins. I mean, I didn't even mean for this
Speaker 1: to happen, But you and I are on board with
Speaker 1: Alex Collins going into the year. I'm on board with
Speaker 1: you on Alex Collins. Yeah, I have him as a
Speaker 1: bilow right now. I thought the first two games were
Speaker 1: extremely weird, kind of wonky. The first game he scored
Speaker 1: the touchdown, then he fumbled, he got bench for a series,
Speaker 1: and by the time you know, he was able to
Speaker 1: come back into the second half, they were blowing out
Speaker 1: the Bills, so that they didn't really need him to
Speaker 1: do much more in that game. And then last week
Speaker 1: game script showed, you know, they were down early in
Speaker 1: that game times and they're gonna lose every game they
Speaker 1: throw fifty five times just about yeah. And then he
Speaker 1: was actually targeted in that game and he turned three
Speaker 1: receptions into fifty five yards, So he showed, was you
Speaker 1: his explosiveness, what he can do as a receiver. So
Speaker 1: maybe that's something that they start to implement in his
Speaker 1: game more so moving forward. But I looked a little
Speaker 1: bit deeper into the stats. He's seen the second highest
Speaker 1: percentage of eight plus defenders in the box already this year, Mike.
Speaker 1: He also has more carries inside the twenty yard line
Speaker 1: and inside the ten yard line than Buck Allen, So
Speaker 1: it seems like they trust him in the red zone.
Speaker 1: It's just once they get specifically down on the go line,
Speaker 1: that's where they choose to go with Buck Allen. And
Speaker 1: it's probably because John Harbaugh is worried about the fumbling
Speaker 1: issues of Alex Collins um fair concern and according to PFF,
Speaker 1: he has forced ten miss tackles on just twenty touches
Speaker 1: just the eye test. If you watch the guy play,
Speaker 1: I mean Last Thursdays of Young Marshall Lynch, he's the
Speaker 1: hard runner. He's the type of guy that people don't
Speaker 1: want to tackle, so he runs high knees. He's sort
Speaker 1: of a violent runner. So in that respect, I totally understand.
Speaker 1: You know how Levy on Bell is sort of that
Speaker 1: uh stop it go, uh smooth runner. Alex Collins is
Speaker 1: all bull. He's straight ahead, dread's lying and a really
Speaker 1: good player. I'm not saying that he's not agile also
Speaker 1: and quick, but he's a violent runner. He's going to
Speaker 1: run into people with high knees. He reminds me a
Speaker 1: little bit in some ways of guys like Mary and
Speaker 1: Barber Michael Bennett from years past that guys don't really
Speaker 1: want to tackle because they're coming downhill full speed. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Who also has this function where you can look at
Speaker 1: trades that have already been made, so if you want
Speaker 1: to give yourself kind of an idea of what the
Speaker 1: market is for this player, Like I think an interesting
Speaker 1: play which might be a kind of a sell high
Speaker 1: ish type for Alex Collins right now. It's one of
Speaker 1: these trades on Yahoo, trading away Carlos High to get
Speaker 1: Alex Collins back in return. Is that something that you
Speaker 1: would try to do if you were a Carlos side owner,
Speaker 1: I would get I would I would prefer Alex Collins.
Speaker 1: Agree with you? Yeah, Uh? And I actually like both guys.
Speaker 1: I own both guys on various teams. I probably own
Speaker 1: more shares of Hide, but I think Collins is the
Speaker 1: guy I want long term because I have reservations about
Speaker 1: Carlos Hide seeding some or more or more carries to
Speaker 1: Chub over the course of the year. Uh. And that
Speaker 1: worries me because that that offense is broken. It will
Speaker 1: continue to be broken as long as you Jackson is around,
Speaker 1: and they might just try things because this isn't working.
Speaker 1: Let's let's put Mayfield and Chub in and see what
Speaker 1: they can do. Great, we went to and fourteen. None
Speaker 1: of it really worked, But I don't want to be
Speaker 1: subject to that, So I think Collins has actually has
Speaker 1: more solid value, even with you noting the fact that
Speaker 1: he could see some goal line carries. I think it
Speaker 1: was gonna see two fifty touches easy this year. And
Speaker 1: there was an article that actually came out yesterday that
Speaker 1: they realized, they being Baltimore, that they need to get
Speaker 1: the ball more in Alex Collins's hand and use him
Speaker 1: and not have as close to a fifty fifty split
Speaker 1: in terms of touches right now between Buck Allen and
Speaker 1: Alex Collins. So I think more is coming. Thursday Night
Speaker 1: game is the ultimate game script check. You have to
Speaker 1: have watched the game to know what happened. If you're
Speaker 1: down twenty one, thing, you can't just start running the
Speaker 1: ball to try to get back into it. And they
Speaker 1: did get back into it. It ended up being a
Speaker 1: relatively close game. Like a few more players I'm gonna
Speaker 1: talk to you about when we come back, a few
Speaker 1: more bylow options, obviously first round running backs that have
Speaker 1: not performed at a level we expected them to this point.
Speaker 1: That's right, go DJ, that's my DJ, David Johnson. A
Speaker 1: lot of people are worried about him right now. We'll
Speaker 1: find out how you feel about him, whether you're worried
Speaker 1: about him. And then Dalvin Cook, you know a guy
Speaker 1: who hasn't necessarily done it in terms of efficiency on
Speaker 1: the ground this year. Hasn't scored a touchdown yet, but
Speaker 1: he's doing a lot in the receiving game. So we'll
Speaker 1: talk about Dalvin Cook David Johnson when we come back.
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Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook the snaps right now to let's say, of
Speaker 1: the snaps showing off health, ten tackles avoided. Um, the
Speaker 1: team had to scored a rushing touchdown yet, So it's
Speaker 1: not him, It's not what Tavis Murray. It's not like
Speaker 1: with Tervie's Murray is vulturing his goal line carries. They
Speaker 1: haven't had any. Uh. The team actually has two red
Speaker 1: zone two carries inside the ten yard line. Both of
Speaker 1: those have been to Dalvin Cook. On the other side,
Speaker 1: there's David Johnson, who were getting a lot of panic
Speaker 1: about right now, and I understand because the Cardinals offense
Speaker 1: is absolutely brutal. They've scored six points total in two games.
Speaker 1: They're averaging one seventy five total yards of offense per game.
Speaker 1: And David Johnson is not being used in the same
Speaker 1: capacity he was under Bruce Arians in that more vertical
Speaker 1: style passing offense. Now with Mike McCoy. They did come
Speaker 1: out this week and say that they want to be
Speaker 1: more creative with David Johnson. They're gonna start using him
Speaker 1: in the slot. Um, I'm not really all that worried. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm not really all that worried about David Johnson. Like, yeah,
Speaker 1: he's on a bad team, but at some point they're
Speaker 1: gonna go to Josh Rosen and the only way, the
Speaker 1: only places offense could go is up and um. Yeah.
Speaker 1: But to be like a Girly twenty sixteen scenario, the
Speaker 1: same year that David Johnson had his really good year,
Speaker 1: that that is your concern. Curly. Girly wasn't a total
Speaker 1: waste in He was just pulled back because they are
Speaker 1: offensive line issues. There's three. There's a few guys this
Speaker 1: year in fantasy football who I avoided actually due to
Speaker 1: offensive line issues. It was anybody in on the Texans.
Speaker 1: Mill Hopkins is really only guy I was gonna be
Speaker 1: looking at it. I didn't even really want any shares
Speaker 1: of Deshaun Watson because of this. Um, I faded see
Speaker 1: Kwon Barkley. Actually I had opportunities to take him in
Speaker 1: the first round. I did not take advantage of any
Speaker 1: of them, and I went against David Johnson. I took
Speaker 1: there was two scenarios conceivably where I took him at
Speaker 1: full maya culpa. I took Levy on Bell in one
Speaker 1: of those, I had to back him up with James Conner. Uh.
Speaker 1: And the other one was I took Zeke over him.
Speaker 1: I guess in scott Fish Bowl too, I took Alvin
Speaker 1: Kamara over him. So that was the decision. So in
Speaker 1: all three of those I faded David Johnson because I
Speaker 1: was worried about the offensive line. Now, I'm not here
Speaker 1: to tell you that I think it's a waste to
Speaker 1: pick or he's gonna bought them out. I just do
Speaker 1: think it could look a little bit like girls looked. Uh.
Speaker 1: But him moving to this lot will help. He's caught
Speaker 1: eighty passes before. That's gonna be a huge help, and
Speaker 1: which is more than Girly will probably ever catch in
Speaker 1: a season in his career. The reason why I wasn't
Speaker 1: so worried about David Johnson. As bad as the offense
Speaker 1: has been, um, he was still targeted. I believe it
Speaker 1: was nine times in Week one he caught five of
Speaker 1: those four thirty yards, So, yes, one game, he's been good.
Speaker 1: In Week one week he also scored a touchdown. He
Speaker 1: averaged four yards of carry, Like that's fine. He's never
Speaker 1: been a high yard like to carry running back. But
Speaker 1: he was targeted nine times in a Week two I
Speaker 1: mean they lost thirty four zip. Nobody was good for
Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals in that game. Um, so I'm taking
Speaker 1: a little bit more of an optimistic approach. If you
Speaker 1: could get David Johnson four you know, seventy five cents
Speaker 1: on the dollar right now, it's something that I would
Speaker 1: look into. I'm not saying I'm I'm definitely gonna give
Speaker 1: up a you know, top twelve starting running back for him,
Speaker 1: but if you get him at a fair discount, I
Speaker 1: think that's something worth looking into. Twelve and running back
Speaker 1: targets right now. The fact that he only had two
Speaker 1: targets last week is a coaching issue, but you, like
Speaker 1: you said, he had nine in Week one. So I
Speaker 1: would imagine over the course of the year he's gonna
Speaker 1: be right near the top of targets for running backs.
Speaker 1: He won't beat out McCaffrey, and now it looks like
Speaker 1: he won't beat out Barkley. The whether the Giants can't
Speaker 1: play offense, So but I would expect him to finish
Speaker 1: top five in targets for running backs. How do you
Speaker 1: feel about Dalvin Cook because he's being used more in
Speaker 1: the passing game and you know, there are a lot
Speaker 1: of weapons in Minnesota, so there's kind of there's a
Speaker 1: lot of mounts of feed between Stefon Diggs, Adam Feeling,
Speaker 1: even Kylrudolf got involved last week. But given how potent
Speaker 1: this offense is, I think there's going to be opportunities
Speaker 1: for you know, touchdowns eventually. They just haven't necessarily worked out.
Speaker 1: I mean, I think ultimately it's encouraging for Cook because
Speaker 1: that's his skill set. He does have the ability to
Speaker 1: do that. I want them to utilize him like that.
Speaker 1: I don't want it to be carry concentrated. I want
Speaker 1: him to see touches via the passing game as well.
Speaker 1: And if they can get him out in space, I
Speaker 1: think it leaves more opportunity of ease for him to
Speaker 1: break off bigger place. Uh. Not everybody has the offensive
Speaker 1: line issues that the Giants have. Minnesota's offensive line isn't great,
Speaker 1: but obviously they're proving to be It's not even good,
Speaker 1: but they're proving to be capable because they have so
Speaker 1: many weapons to move it around the field. I mean
Speaker 1: they are. You could argue right now that top to
Speaker 1: bottom skill set that the Vikings are are the best
Speaker 1: in the league. You can make that argument right with
Speaker 1: the two wide receivers are really capable, uh tight end
Speaker 1: and two running backs that are capable, one of whom
Speaker 1: could be a fantasy superstar at Cousins. I'll be honest, like,
Speaker 1: I'm not a huge believer, but with this, with this
Speaker 1: set of guys around him, it's looking really good. But ultimately,
Speaker 1: I like Cook because of the touches. I think that's
Speaker 1: a positive that they're getting in the ball more. The
Speaker 1: only other person who might rival the Minnesota Vikings in
Speaker 1: terms of weapons they have Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs
Speaker 1: right like they have Sammy Watkins, Travis Kelsey and Kareem Hunt.
Speaker 1: I know, it's crazy to think about what we're talking
Speaker 1: by low on the other side of that cell high.
Speaker 1: I mean, Patrick Mahomes has ten touchdounds in its first
Speaker 1: you know, two starts of the season this year. We
Speaker 1: don't quote me, but I think if he goes on
Speaker 1: to throw eighty touchdowns, it might be a record that
Speaker 1: is true on pace for eight touchdounds right now. Do
Speaker 1: at least shop him to see what you'd get in return. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'd say so, but I'd be more likely to hang
Speaker 1: onto him because I do have him in one league.
Speaker 1: I actually didn't play him the other day and benched
Speaker 1: him for Garoppolo. It didn't matter, I would have lost anyway,
Speaker 1: but um, I like Garoppolo's spot a little bit better,
Speaker 1: and assuming I mean home my homes on the road,
Speaker 1: I was like Garoppolo's at home, I'll take it, and
Speaker 1: the daily Roado projections were very close. I was down
Speaker 1: to the wire on it. I probably just shoot it
Speaker 1: gone with a higher total there with my homes. So
Speaker 1: that's my bad. But um, yeah, I think you could
Speaker 1: shop it, especially if your week at running back right now,
Speaker 1: maybe you lost DeVante Freeman, or you're entered four net owner,
Speaker 1: or you could have both guys conceivably, um which happened
Speaker 1: in some leagues. But um, I think he's gonna keep
Speaker 1: throwing it. I think they're gonna sling it a lot
Speaker 1: this year. You know what's crazy is I also bench
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes last week, but I benched him for Ben Roethlisberger.
Speaker 1: There in the Flex league, I have Big Ben and
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes, so I'm gonna try to chop one of
Speaker 1: those guys. But I had Roethlisberger in one league that
Speaker 1: went against Mahomes, so it was like canceled out completely.
Speaker 1: I don't remember if I won that number one and
Speaker 1: number two quarterbacks last week. I assume, um, well, you
Speaker 1: know how these expert leagues are. I don't know that
Speaker 1: anyone's gonna want to trade me for a quarterback because
Speaker 1: that's just kind of expert for quarterbacks. I tried it
Speaker 1: last year when I picked up Alex Smith when I
Speaker 1: had Drew Brees, and I tried to shop it for
Speaker 1: like a month and nobody took it. Eight four four
Speaker 1: eight four three six eight seven nine. We'll go to
Speaker 1: the phone lines here to round out the show. Christian
Speaker 1: in Cali, Christian, what's going on? Hey, good morning, guys,
Speaker 1: doing doing well? How are you do? Good? Thanks? Hey,
Speaker 1: guys have two questions. So, uh, in one of my leagues,
Speaker 1: it's a ten team PPR. I have been offered Gronk,
Speaker 1: Robbie Anderson, and Jordan Howard for my James Connor, Trey Burton,
Speaker 1: and Matt Brida, and I wasn't too sure about that trade.
Speaker 1: But I was thinking of countering with just Brita and
Speaker 1: Bertin for Gronk, but I haven't said that yet. Al Right,
Speaker 1: So it's Gronk, Robbie Anderson and Jordan's Howard for his,
Speaker 1: James Connor, Trey Burton and Matt Brita. What do you
Speaker 1: think about this one? Mm hmm. It's actually a fair
Speaker 1: it's a fair trade. You're you're you're giving, You're getting
Speaker 1: rid of Gronk and getting Connor. Is that right? No? No,
Speaker 1: I wouldn't be receiving the Grounk tree uh, Gronk Robbie
Speaker 1: really close. I think I want the two running backs,
Speaker 1: so I'd stick with Connor and Brita. Yeah, I'm with you.
Speaker 1: I mean, as long as love Bell is out, James
Speaker 1: Conner is a top ten, maybe maybe top five running back. Um.
Speaker 1: Trey Burton has been serviceable. He scored a touchdown last week,
Speaker 1: and Matt Brida wouldn't be surprised if he gets more
Speaker 1: touches um this week and moving forward. He just looks
Speaker 1: much more explosive than Alfred Morris. But it is very
Speaker 1: very close. I'm with you that'll take the Connor breed
Speaker 1: of Burton side. But I think that's a fair counter
Speaker 1: Is Burton Breeda for Gronk. I think that's a try
Speaker 1: and sell high on Breeda if you wanted to do that,
Speaker 1: I think, yeah, try and throw it out there, see
Speaker 1: what you can do. Yes, because he has Alfred Morris.
Speaker 1: That's what I was thinking of countering with Matt Brida
Speaker 1: and Burton for Gronk. Did you have another question? Yes?
Speaker 1: The other question is in my twelve team PPR. So
Speaker 1: I have Uh, I was, I'm well, I am a
Speaker 1: Baldwin owner, but I'm just statching him now, of course.
Speaker 1: But my receivers now as they are, is Hogan Holiday.
Speaker 1: I just picked up Callaway, but I also have Josh Gordon.
Speaker 1: But I was thinking I'm not playing Josh Gordon this week.
Speaker 1: But I was thinking of already trying to sell on Hogan.
Speaker 1: We want to know. We spoke about this a little
Speaker 1: bit yesterday, Josh Gordon versus Chris Hogan. Look, it's gonna
Speaker 1: take a few weeks for Josh Gordon to not only
Speaker 1: get healthy, but to get acclimated in this Patriots offense.
Speaker 1: So Chris Hogan for at least the next couple of
Speaker 1: weeks to three weeks, whatever it is, he's still going
Speaker 1: to be the guy, especially until Julian Edelman comes back.
Speaker 1: So I agree with Blewett. I'm not going to go
Speaker 1: out and trade Chris Hogan yet. But against the Detroit
Speaker 1: Lion secondary, he could have a big game, and if
Speaker 1: that happens, then maybe that's where you try and trade him. Um,
Speaker 1: as Corey Parson walks right in front of the camera. Um.
Speaker 1: But but for Chris Hogan, I'm not necessarily trading him yet.
Speaker 1: I think I wait for him to have maybe one
Speaker 1: or two more big games until Josh Gordon is really acclimated,
Speaker 1: and then maybe you try and sellble it in general
Speaker 1: and Josh Gordon thing. I think it's a really unique
Speaker 1: scenario that he gets to play with Tom Brady, but
Speaker 1: the return on wide receivers switching teams even during the
Speaker 1: off season on the whole isn't great in that first year.
Speaker 1: So EXI this guy with his background, he's played eleven
Speaker 1: games since season to come in in the middle of
Speaker 1: the season and acclimate to the Patriots where Edelman, Hogan,
Speaker 1: Gronk are all fully acclimated and they got Rex burke
Speaker 1: Head and James Jimmy White. As Corey likes to call
Speaker 1: him and a rookie and Sony Michelle like, there's a
Speaker 1: lot of mouse. There's a lot of mouse to feed,
Speaker 1: and why would Josh Gordon take control of all of
Speaker 1: that in the wide receiving corps. I think you're gonna
Speaker 1: have a few good games out of Josh Gordon, but
Speaker 1: on the whole, it's gonna be tough to know when
Speaker 1: to start him. Yeah, thanks a lot, Thank you guys.
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Speaker 1: As they set up for the Fantasy Football Frenzy with
Speaker 1: Corey Parson, Fantasy Executive Chris Ventra, and Jim Day. We
Speaker 1: do have another caller, the surprise of Nobody, Bob and Vermont.
Speaker 1: Bob and Vermont dropped the first time ever. I'm Bob
Speaker 1: and Vermont. I was on the Sunday We Do uh
Speaker 1: Fantasy Sports Today in the Morning with Jim Day, Scott England.
Speaker 1: Then I host with Corey Parson and Gave Moran. See
Speaker 1: we do line up block Live and Bob called in
Speaker 1: the other day and um got a little weird. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna lie, he's complimenting my my look my blazer, he said.
Speaker 1: He's like, do you do Are you an announcer? He
Speaker 1: asked me if I was an announcer. I was like, well, Bob,
Speaker 1: what do you think this is? It's like, no, do
Speaker 1: you radio? Not the same thing? Yeah, he's he's asking
Speaker 1: if I called games. I don't do play by play.
Speaker 1: But have you ever you regret? Yeah, I probably missed opportunity.
Speaker 1: I think it's probably in my wheelhouse is something I
Speaker 1: could have done. But it's all right. I like to
Speaker 1: perfectly find a fantasy sports radio makes money. I appreciate
Speaker 1: the appreciate the voted confidence. Yeah this, I had to
Speaker 1: throw that out there. A few of the names that
Speaker 1: we just didn't get to. I'll just ask you quickly
Speaker 1: to round out the show here. Jarvis Landry, I think
Speaker 1: is an interesting by low right now. Um, I had
Speaker 1: the stat of the day. Of course I didn't get
Speaker 1: to it until the final three minutes of the show,
Speaker 1: but he's currently fifth among wide receiver in wide receivers
Speaker 1: in air yards this year, after finishing thirty three at
Speaker 1: the position last year. So he's being used completely different
Speaker 1: in Todd Haley's offense. And he was in Miami. It
Speaker 1: was a lot of you know, short close to the
Speaker 1: line of scrimmage passages, passes in Miami where he would
Speaker 1: make a lot happen after the catch. We know that
Speaker 1: he was you know, top ten in yards after the
Speaker 1: catch last season. Now he's getting used kind of in
Speaker 1: that Antonio Brown mold for Todd Haley in his offense.
Speaker 1: He also has thirty two percent of his team's tarred chair,
Speaker 1: which is sixth among wide receivers. He hasn't scored a
Speaker 1: touchdown yet, he hasn't really had a monster game yet.
Speaker 1: I think that Jarvis Landry has the upside to be
Speaker 1: a high end wide receiver too, and I'm not touch
Speaker 1: that he's being valued like that right now. Unless I'm mistaken.
Speaker 1: He's one of the few. No, I think he's one
Speaker 1: of the few guys that I'm really bombed that in
Speaker 1: and have more shares of Tevin Coleman and Jarvis Landry,
Speaker 1: two guys I really liked this year, and I just
Speaker 1: never got him in drafts. It doesn't say anything about
Speaker 1: how I felt about him, I just the way my
Speaker 1: draft's broke. I didn't. I didn't get him. But in
Speaker 1: Week one I think his average depth of target was
Speaker 1: over thirteen yards from the line of scrimmage, So that's
Speaker 1: a positive. So I think you're moving the ball down
Speaker 1: the field a little bit more with Jarvis Landry. We'll
Speaker 1: see when the touchdowns come. But my approach on a
Speaker 1: hole with wide receivers and PPR leagues draft the guys
Speaker 1: that have the ball in their hands a lot, Adam
Speaker 1: feeling Jarvis Landry obviously the elite wide receivers. Those are
Speaker 1: the types of guys that I target, even in Edelman
Speaker 1: a little bit later in drafts via the suspension. So
Speaker 1: those are the guys I look for. In Jarvis Landry,
Speaker 1: I think is gonna be potentially wide receiver one by
Speaker 1: the end of the year. My Blue, you want to
Speaker 1: try and help me make a trade real quick, Let's
Speaker 1: do it in one of my home leagues to a
Speaker 1: T that needs wide receiver depth. I have a ton
Speaker 1: of wide receiver threes and I can use a wide
Speaker 1: receiver two, and I want to try and acquire Jarvis
Speaker 1: Landry from this person. I have Chris Hogan, Sammy Watkins,
Speaker 1: Kenny Stills, Chris Godwin and Mike Williams and Keelan Cole.
Speaker 1: Would you give up any two of those? Yeah? Like
Speaker 1: about a Hogan and Godwin for Landry? Is that a
Speaker 1: fair trade? Is that something you would throw out there?
Speaker 1: I would probably say no if I'm the Landry owner,
Speaker 1: so I'd have to upgrade. That would probably Hogan and
Speaker 1: have to be Hogan and Watkins to get it him. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I can get it done. I would want Jarvis Landry.
Speaker 1: Yeah right, I'm gonna think about that today. Might send
Speaker 1: it out. You have rather good depth there. That's pretty
Speaker 1: good depth have. The thing is trying to figure out start.
Speaker 1: It's like it's so annoying. Simplify it, Watkins, do it.
Speaker 1: A few players that we didn't get to today might
Speaker 1: be tempting to buy lo one, but don't do it.
Speaker 1: Larry Fitzgerald, Derrick Henry Royce, Freeman, Hi high On, Kenny
Speaker 1: Golladay and Will full are very intrigued by Wilf. There's
Speaker 1: usage in Week one four Special guests Mike blew It myself,
Speaker 1: Frank Stamford, thank you so much for watching and listening
Speaker 1: to the Fantasy best Friends Forever We'll be back tomorrow,
Speaker 1: we hope.