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You know that I'm 0:00:44.880 --> 0:00:52.599 one of the best, yet Martinez, do you know what 0:00:52.640 --> 0:00:54.800 it is? It should point Dane Martinez a k A. 0:00:54.880 --> 0:00:58.440 Speed t k to Spitting Statistician a k a. The Stable, 0:00:58.600 --> 0:01:02.400 Genius and vocal my minority, and welcome to another edition 0:01:02.400 --> 0:01:06.520 of Fantasy Freestyle right here on the award winning Fantasy 0:01:06.640 --> 0:01:11.000 Sports Network. I am your host, Dane Martinez. You already 0:01:11.080 --> 0:01:13.600 know we got a big show for you as we 0:01:13.760 --> 0:01:16.960 turn the calendar to August. Okay, so we got a 0:01:17.000 --> 0:01:20.000 lot of people starting to really get ready for fantasy 0:01:20.040 --> 0:01:23.360 football drafts, and I am here to get you ready. 0:01:23.360 --> 0:01:25.600 We got a big show. Okay. For the last few shows, 0:01:25.760 --> 0:01:28.839 I've been going division by division, giving you under overseason 0:01:28.880 --> 0:01:31.640 win totals, a little bit of diamonds and fool gazes 0:01:31.680 --> 0:01:33.880 for each team. We're gonna flip it a little bit, 0:01:33.920 --> 0:01:36.920 okay now and for the next four episodes, but we're 0:01:36.959 --> 0:01:39.320 gonna do here on fantasy freestyles, We're gonna go position 0:01:39.400 --> 0:01:42.600 by position. Okay. I'm gonna organize, for example today the 0:01:42.680 --> 0:01:45.800 quarterbacks by tears right, and we'll talk within tier one, 0:01:45.840 --> 0:01:49.040 Tier two, Tier three. Who are the diamonds, Who are 0:01:49.080 --> 0:01:51.160 the guy's speeds likes? Who are the fool gazzes the 0:01:51.160 --> 0:01:53.800 guys I'm telling us that's over beat. Cipher to forget 0:01:53.800 --> 0:01:56.680 about it. And to that point, we gotta pull question 0:01:56.840 --> 0:01:59.120 up on Twitter where you could always follow me at 0:01:59.160 --> 0:02:03.040 spitting speeds. Question for y'all is what is your approach 0:02:03.440 --> 0:02:06.559 to drafting quarterback this year? Is it different than any 0:02:06.600 --> 0:02:08.720 other year? I gotta tell you I think quarterback is very, 0:02:08.840 --> 0:02:11.760 very deep. We will illustrate that why a little bit 0:02:11.840 --> 0:02:14.440 later on. Are you spending for an elite quarterback? Do 0:02:14.480 --> 0:02:18.320 you want Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, Russell Wilson on your squad. 0:02:18.520 --> 0:02:21.560 Are you waiting until the kind of eight to thirteen 0:02:21.760 --> 0:02:24.280 kind of range and letting it come to you. Are 0:02:24.280 --> 0:02:28.720 you prioritizing, let's say, a running quarterback, especially depending on 0:02:28.800 --> 0:02:32.280 your scoring settings in fantasy or something else. Let me know. 0:02:32.360 --> 0:02:34.799 We'll check in on those polls a little bit later 0:02:34.880 --> 0:02:37.520 on in the show, after we go into my diamonds 0:02:37.520 --> 0:02:40.359 and fool gazes at the quarterback position. I gotta tell 0:02:40.400 --> 0:02:43.080 you about a story that I think is going to 0:02:43.200 --> 0:02:46.760 be a big picture headline for this NFL season. If 0:02:46.760 --> 0:02:49.160 you haven't heard about some of these rule changes and 0:02:49.200 --> 0:02:51.760 how it might be tough for the NFL to adjudicate 0:02:51.800 --> 0:02:55.000 some of these keep it locked. We're gonna get into 0:02:55.080 --> 0:02:57.239 that a little bit later on in the show. And then, 0:02:57.320 --> 0:03:01.040 as you know, we put the fun and functional sports content, 0:03:01.240 --> 0:03:03.320 we're gonna chop it up with my man Danny Otto, 0:03:03.360 --> 0:03:05.920 with my man JP, the Night Owl and the crew 0:03:06.040 --> 0:03:09.280 down there on the fourth floor on the fantasy Pit 0:03:09.360 --> 0:03:12.600 of misery. Dilly Dilly to everybody. I got something that 0:03:12.639 --> 0:03:14.959 happened this weekend with me in the Unicorn that I 0:03:15.000 --> 0:03:17.280 gotta get into, and I gotta get everybody's take on it. 0:03:17.320 --> 0:03:19.720 So we're gonna do all of that, but let's start 0:03:19.720 --> 0:03:21.960 it off as we always do, with the news and notes, 0:03:22.000 --> 0:03:24.519 the thing that I believe move the needle for you 0:03:24.639 --> 0:03:28.519 in gambling and fantasy since we last spoke here on 0:03:28.560 --> 0:03:30.240 the Fantasy Freestyle, And I gotta tell you the truth. 0:03:30.360 --> 0:03:32.280 It's tough for me because you can catch me now 0:03:32.480 --> 0:03:35.960 Monday through Friday seven am to nine am on the 0:03:36.040 --> 0:03:38.000 Roado Experts in the morning. So I'm talking about all 0:03:38.040 --> 0:03:41.040 these headlines right like every day almost you know. So 0:03:41.080 --> 0:03:43.200 I gotta remember what are the priorities for y'all? The 0:03:43.240 --> 0:03:46.240 stats over beat cipher here on Fantasy Freestyle, and listen, 0:03:46.320 --> 0:03:49.600 we were talking about Julio holding out. Julio got his deal, Okay, 0:03:49.600 --> 0:03:52.320 it was never uh up in the air, would he 0:03:52.400 --> 0:03:54.600 be there or not. He moved some money around, okay, 0:03:54.720 --> 0:03:58.080 actually took a lower base salary, got himself assigning bonus. 0:03:58.160 --> 0:04:01.320 He's gonna wind up netting ohma, three million dollars more. 0:04:01.360 --> 0:04:03.480 So this way Julio is in camp. He can say he, 0:04:03.560 --> 0:04:06.840 you know, stared down the law and one, but eventually 0:04:06.920 --> 0:04:10.200 it ain't gonna matter. Okay, the contract for Julio is fine. 0:04:10.720 --> 0:04:13.280 He didn't get an extension. Okay, there's not more years 0:04:13.320 --> 0:04:16.120 on it. And remember the Atlanta Falcons went aheading drafted 0:04:16.160 --> 0:04:19.680 Calvin Ridley out of Alabama this year. I don't think 0:04:19.800 --> 0:04:22.080 you know Julio wants to retire there and all, he's 0:04:22.120 --> 0:04:24.680 not gonna wind up getting paid big time if he 0:04:24.680 --> 0:04:27.200 has to sack up for that next contract, because remember 0:04:27.320 --> 0:04:29.520 he is already entering I believe it's something like his 0:04:29.600 --> 0:04:31.720 eighth year in the league. Okay, So I don't know 0:04:31.760 --> 0:04:34.120 that they're gonna sack up them being the Falcons, for that, 0:04:34.160 --> 0:04:36.039 but he will be in camp, he will be ready 0:04:36.080 --> 0:04:38.640 to go. He will be a wide receiver one for 0:04:38.839 --> 0:04:42.200 fantasy owners this season. Also, listen, Julie is not the 0:04:42.240 --> 0:04:45.640 only guy that got paid. Offensive lineman got paid at 0:04:45.640 --> 0:04:48.320 the end of last week. Let me give you two examples. One, 0:04:48.480 --> 0:04:52.320 also in Atlanta, Jake Matthews gets extended for five years 0:04:52.800 --> 0:04:58.320 seventy five million dollars. We're talking fifteen million a year 0:04:58.360 --> 0:05:01.880 to protect matt Ryan's bo mind side, Jake Matthews signed 0:05:01.880 --> 0:05:04.599 on the dotted line. You gotta like that. But then 0:05:04.880 --> 0:05:07.920 not to be outdone in Tennessee, where they're moving away 0:05:07.920 --> 0:05:11.960 from exotic smash mouth in order to protect Marcus Mariota, Taylor, 0:05:12.040 --> 0:05:16.760 Lawan gets extended five years eighty million dollars. We're talking 0:05:16.839 --> 0:05:20.720 sixteen million per average annual value. That is the richest 0:05:20.760 --> 0:05:25.119 contract in NFL history for the offensive line. I tipped 0:05:25.160 --> 0:05:29.279 my cap to both of these guys, however, and I 0:05:29.279 --> 0:05:30.960 said this on Roato Experts in the morning. I've said 0:05:30.960 --> 0:05:32.640 it before here. I don't know if that's a smart 0:05:32.680 --> 0:05:34.960 use of money, Okay, because now it used to be 0:05:35.000 --> 0:05:37.640 about protecting that blind side. But the blind side is 0:05:37.720 --> 0:05:40.600 something of a miss normal now, especially with sixty six 0:05:41.640 --> 0:05:44.800 of plays being run out of the shotgun in today's NFL. 0:05:44.880 --> 0:05:47.800 You see all these veteran quarterbacks reading the mail, you know, 0:05:47.960 --> 0:05:51.000 being like, oh Maha, kill kill kill. Okay, they are 0:05:51.040 --> 0:05:53.920 seeing if that pressure is coming. It's not blind anymore. 0:05:54.160 --> 0:05:55.920 And the other thing is, you gotta look at these 0:05:55.920 --> 0:05:59.080 defenses these days. They're sending exotic blitzes left and right, 0:05:59.160 --> 0:06:02.160 double a gap schemes. They're gonna attack whatever your weakest 0:06:02.160 --> 0:06:04.920 link is on the offensive line. So why do you 0:06:05.000 --> 0:06:07.440 tie up all your money on just the left tackle. 0:06:07.640 --> 0:06:10.039 If I'm playing against Atlanta, fine, I'm sending them blitz 0:06:10.120 --> 0:06:12.120 is not on the left edge, not worrying about the 0:06:12.120 --> 0:06:14.360 speed rusher. I'm attacking the other side. I'm blitzing over 0:06:14.400 --> 0:06:16.680 the right guard, you know what I mean. And so 0:06:16.920 --> 0:06:20.080 I wonder if that, if more of an even distribution 0:06:20.160 --> 0:06:22.360 of funds on the offensive line, is a better way 0:06:22.400 --> 0:06:24.640 to go at it, But I can't. Hey, Jake Matthews 0:06:24.640 --> 0:06:28.520 and Taylor Lawan got paid. On the downside, though, On 0:06:28.560 --> 0:06:31.360 the first day of camp, the Los Angeles Chargers had 0:06:31.400 --> 0:06:35.800 a big time blow. Jason Varette, their cornerback, uh goes 0:06:35.839 --> 0:06:39.440 down Torvis Achilles during a conditioning drill and it looks 0:06:39.440 --> 0:06:41.359 like he's done for the year. Jason Varette had a 0:06:41.360 --> 0:06:43.760 great two thousand fifteen. Couldn't get on the field in 0:06:43.800 --> 0:06:45.760 two thousand and sixteen, couldn't get on the field in 0:06:45.760 --> 0:06:48.919 two thousand seventeen. You know you've got Casey Hayward on 0:06:48.920 --> 0:06:51.520 the other side. They got guys like Desmond King and 0:06:51.600 --> 0:06:54.400 others that are playing well. Remember, I expect big things 0:06:54.520 --> 0:06:57.520 out of this Chargers defense. They drafted Derwin James out 0:06:57.520 --> 0:07:00.320 of Florida State with the seventeenth overall pick. I believe 0:07:00.360 --> 0:07:02.760 he's a great Swiss Army knife and as long as 0:07:02.760 --> 0:07:05.200 they could cover on the back end with Boza and 0:07:05.360 --> 0:07:09.039 Ingram bringing pressure. I still believe, even without Vrette, that 0:07:09.080 --> 0:07:12.080 these Los Angeles Chargers can be a top ten, maybe 0:07:12.080 --> 0:07:15.000 even a top five defense and definitely someone to target 0:07:15.280 --> 0:07:18.520 in fantasy football draft later on. Here's the other big 0:07:18.560 --> 0:07:21.040 story for me. Okay, we were talking about what's going 0:07:21.080 --> 0:07:23.840 on with Josh Gordon. He failed to report he needs 0:07:23.840 --> 0:07:26.200 a brief respite. Well, listen, I think the Browns are 0:07:26.200 --> 0:07:28.920 now taking it maybe a step further because they were 0:07:28.960 --> 0:07:32.160 inquiring about Dez Bryant. There reports that Dez Bryant will 0:07:32.200 --> 0:07:35.840 work out for Cleveland early this week. All right, So 0:07:35.880 --> 0:07:38.040 if you're looking to potentially replace him on the roster 0:07:38.120 --> 0:07:40.600 and refill that wide receiver room, then this issue with 0:07:40.680 --> 0:07:42.800 Josh Gordon and something that they are worried about it, 0:07:42.800 --> 0:07:45.440 and if I'm a fantasy owner, I'm worried about it too. 0:07:45.480 --> 0:07:47.960 Here's the thing. Maybe I'm not saying there's anything wrong. 0:07:48.280 --> 0:07:50.360 I'm not saying he's failing to test. I'm not saying 0:07:50.360 --> 0:07:55.680 he's doing anything shady, no pun intended, But um, what 0:07:55.800 --> 0:07:59.120 happens if all of a sudden, come mid November, come 0:07:59.200 --> 0:08:02.560 come week nine, he needs another brief respite. Okay, we're 0:08:02.600 --> 0:08:04.360 here in the GM and coach and they don't know 0:08:04.400 --> 0:08:06.000 if it's gonna be three days or three weeks. What 0:08:06.040 --> 0:08:08.520 happens if you're going into your fantasy playoffs and we 0:08:08.560 --> 0:08:10.120 don't know if he's gonna be available for the next 0:08:10.160 --> 0:08:11.960 three days or three weeks. I think this is a 0:08:11.960 --> 0:08:14.280 red flag for me, the fact that they are looking 0:08:14.280 --> 0:08:16.920 potentially for Dez. I think this could be an interesting 0:08:17.000 --> 0:08:19.840 landing spot for Dez. Okay, he's a different kind of 0:08:19.840 --> 0:08:22.760 wide receiver than say Jarvis Landry, who would be there 0:08:22.760 --> 0:08:25.200 if Josh Gordon is not. This is a team that 0:08:25.240 --> 0:08:27.720 has some options. Remember, I am higher than most on 0:08:27.760 --> 0:08:29.640 the Cleveland Browns that they think of finish in second 0:08:29.680 --> 0:08:32.880 place in that division. So keep an eye out on this. 0:08:33.000 --> 0:08:37.120 Dez Bryant maybe going to Cleveland and we wouldn't have 0:08:37.120 --> 0:08:39.360 thought that months ago, and he was talking about he 0:08:39.400 --> 0:08:42.960 wants a contender. Right. Also, listen, as camps open, you 0:08:43.000 --> 0:08:44.760 gotta keep an eye on some of these running back 0:08:44.840 --> 0:08:48.920 situations with rookies in there. Right. So in Seattle, there's 0:08:48.920 --> 0:08:50.880 a lot of reports that Chris Carson is running with 0:08:50.880 --> 0:08:53.160 the ones and looking good. Maybe that's a cause for 0:08:53.240 --> 0:08:55.960 pause for Rashad Penny. We'll keep an eye out on that. 0:08:56.320 --> 0:08:59.320 In Denver, they're saying that that job is wide open. 0:08:59.360 --> 0:09:01.320 Will it be free Amon, Will it be Booker? I 0:09:01.360 --> 0:09:03.760 think the further and the further along we go, I 0:09:03.800 --> 0:09:05.360 think the talent is gonna win out there, and that's 0:09:05.360 --> 0:09:07.600 gonna be Royce Freeman. You heard it from your boy Speeds, 0:09:07.600 --> 0:09:12.120 the spitting statistician. And then also there's another one um 0:09:12.640 --> 0:09:16.040 down there in in Cleveland. We don't know if it's 0:09:16.040 --> 0:09:18.640 gonna be Chub, is gonna be hide, you know, things 0:09:18.679 --> 0:09:20.400 like that. So we gotta keep an eye on all 0:09:20.400 --> 0:09:23.920 these rookie situations. I believe that the talent will win 0:09:23.960 --> 0:09:26.079 out over time. And so if you believe you're a 0:09:26.120 --> 0:09:28.000 big time team gonna be in the Fantasy playoffs, take 0:09:28.000 --> 0:09:30.120 the young guy, because by the time the Fantasy playoffs 0:09:30.120 --> 0:09:32.520 are there, I believe it will be that guy leading 0:09:32.800 --> 0:09:36.160 the backfield if it's a time share or committee. Also, 0:09:36.559 --> 0:09:40.480 you know, there are only two rookies left unsigned before 0:09:40.520 --> 0:09:42.240 we hit training camp there with a number three pick 0:09:42.280 --> 0:09:44.520 Sam Donald who then got his deal done for the 0:09:44.520 --> 0:09:47.040 New York Jets, and then number ten pick ro Kwan 0:09:47.200 --> 0:09:50.439 Smith who's in Chicago. We're gonna circle back to ro 0:09:50.600 --> 0:09:53.440 Kuan Smith a little bit later on. Is some interesting 0:09:53.520 --> 0:09:56.080 language in his contract that him and his agents are fighting. 0:09:56.280 --> 0:09:58.840 We'll get into what that is and why I think 0:09:58.880 --> 0:10:01.920 that's important a little bit later on in the show. 0:10:02.000 --> 0:10:03.920 All right, as we keep it moving here though, on 0:10:03.960 --> 0:10:06.720 the Fantasy Freestyle on the Fantasy Sports Network, which boy 0:10:07.080 --> 0:10:11.160 Dane Martinez peas and spitting statistician, let's talk quarterbacks. Okay, 0:10:11.320 --> 0:10:14.000 let's talk quarterbacks. I'm gonna tell you right now, overall, 0:10:14.440 --> 0:10:18.720 I am with the seventy one percent of people that 0:10:18.760 --> 0:10:22.200 are pretty much waiting until quarterback. Let's put it this way. 0:10:22.559 --> 0:10:25.480 If you're in a twelve team league and you literally 0:10:25.520 --> 0:10:29.559 wait to be last, let's pick your quarterback when there 0:10:29.559 --> 0:10:34.080 are eleven quarterbacks already off the board. You may have 0:10:34.160 --> 0:10:39.520 your pick of you know, Matthew Stafford, Philip Rivers, Andrew 0:10:39.600 --> 0:10:44.439 Luck or Patty Mahomes. And I'll take that. I'll take that, 0:10:44.520 --> 0:10:47.360 and I'll spend my third round pick on, you know, 0:10:47.640 --> 0:10:50.760 on a running back out there. You know who is 0:10:50.920 --> 0:10:53.240 gonna be able to help my team. Give me in 0:10:53.280 --> 0:10:56.000 the third round, you know, Joe Mixon instead, and then 0:10:56.040 --> 0:10:58.120 I'll make it up later on and my guy will 0:10:58.160 --> 0:11:01.679 be just fine. It's about the the prehensive delta, right 0:11:02.080 --> 0:11:04.600 of the change of who you can get there verse 0:11:04.960 --> 0:11:06.640 who you would get later on. And I believe that 0:11:06.840 --> 0:11:09.040 if you do that later on at the quarterback position, 0:11:09.360 --> 0:11:11.720 you will be just fine. So let's dive on into it. 0:11:11.760 --> 0:11:15.199 But generally I am with the now sevent of people 0:11:15.360 --> 0:11:18.680 who are generally waiting on their quarterback. But let's look 0:11:18.720 --> 0:11:21.800 at the top tier. Okay, I'm not invested in these guys. 0:11:22.280 --> 0:11:24.920 You could. I'm not spending the draft pick for Aaron Rodgers. 0:11:24.960 --> 0:11:27.360 I'm not spending the draft pick for Tom Brady. I'm 0:11:27.400 --> 0:11:33.320 not spending these draft picks. If, however, you are in 0:11:33.360 --> 0:11:37.599 this top tier, the way I look at it is, uh, 0:11:37.679 --> 0:11:40.160 give me the running quarterbacks. Give me the quarterbacks who 0:11:40.160 --> 0:11:42.520 have rushing potential as well, because that helps you with 0:11:42.600 --> 0:11:45.840 your safe floor. Right. So the Russell Wilson's, the Deshaun Watson's, 0:11:45.840 --> 0:11:48.720 the Cam Newton's of the world. Give me those guys 0:11:48.760 --> 0:11:51.839 at this tier over the Aaron Rodgers, over the oh, 0:11:51.920 --> 0:11:53.680 I don't know who you have, their Kirk cousins, the 0:11:53.679 --> 0:11:56.880 Carson Wentz, the Tom Brady's, whoever, it is give me 0:11:56.920 --> 0:11:59.199 a dual threat quarterback up top. Okay, so I could 0:11:59.200 --> 0:12:01.640 also get the Cam new rushing touchdowns. So I can 0:12:01.760 --> 0:12:05.400 also get the dynamic potential of Deshaun Watson. I'm not 0:12:05.440 --> 0:12:08.720 spending up for them, but if you are willing to 0:12:08.760 --> 0:12:10.960 spend a fourth or fifth round pick, whatever it is 0:12:11.000 --> 0:12:13.360 that's gonna get him in your league, at least go 0:12:13.480 --> 0:12:15.800 for the guys who are also going to run. Russell Wilson, 0:12:15.880 --> 0:12:18.760 Deshaun Watson, Cam Newton. All right, that's the way you 0:12:18.800 --> 0:12:21.360 need to do it. If you are going to spend 0:12:21.840 --> 0:12:25.960 unlike Speeds, if you are going to spend on quarterback. Okay, 0:12:26.120 --> 0:12:28.520 this next level down though, I think this is a 0:12:28.679 --> 0:12:32.559 very interesting tier. I'm talking generally about the Cousins, the 0:12:32.679 --> 0:12:35.960 Jimmy Garoppolos of the world. It depends on who you 0:12:36.040 --> 0:12:39.800 have there, right, But I mentioned Cousins, and I mentioned 0:12:39.800 --> 0:12:45.400 Garoppolo specifically because I'm fading them too. Don't get me wrong. 0:12:45.640 --> 0:12:48.480 These are guys who are probably able to return big 0:12:48.520 --> 0:12:52.160 time value for you. I understand it, I accept it, 0:12:52.440 --> 0:12:55.840 I agree with you. But among these guys, give me 0:12:55.960 --> 0:12:59.920 guys who are not changing teams, who are not changed 0:13:00.080 --> 0:13:03.599 in schemes who do not have to build chemistry with 0:13:03.640 --> 0:13:06.079 a whole new set of wide receivers. We talked about 0:13:06.080 --> 0:13:09.040 this all the time. For example, Aaron Rodgers and Jordy Nelson, 0:13:09.080 --> 0:13:11.760 we talked about this, right. We talked about their chemistry. 0:13:11.960 --> 0:13:14.560 We talk about the back shoulder throws. Right, We talked 0:13:14.559 --> 0:13:16.760 about them understanding how to read each other at the 0:13:16.800 --> 0:13:22.360 line of scrimmage. Kirk Cousins might be great and Adam 0:13:22.640 --> 0:13:26.439 I got a feeling and Stefan can you digs it 0:13:26.840 --> 0:13:30.360 are also great, but they don't know nothing about Kirk Cousins. 0:13:30.559 --> 0:13:34.200 That's gonna take some time to build those understandings, build 0:13:34.200 --> 0:13:36.680 the kind of chemistry, Like I said, back shoulder throws, 0:13:36.880 --> 0:13:40.520 understand the exact break and angle they come out of cuts. 0:13:40.559 --> 0:13:44.720 That takes time. Cousins knows that with Jamison Crowder already. 0:13:44.960 --> 0:13:48.160 He knows that with you know, Vernon Davis already. He 0:13:48.240 --> 0:13:50.800 does not know that with Kyle Rudolph. So that is 0:13:50.800 --> 0:13:53.319 what gives me cause for pause if anything else. Same 0:13:53.360 --> 0:13:56.920 with Jimmy Garoppolo. Yeah, Jimmy g was there, but uh, 0:13:57.040 --> 0:14:01.160 Pierre Garson was out when that was going on. Right. Uh, 0:14:01.200 --> 0:14:03.800 their new running back, Jerick McKinnon, who was expected to 0:14:03.840 --> 0:14:06.240 be a weapon out of the backfield, was out. So 0:14:06.400 --> 0:14:09.360 I believe that it does take some time. There's that 0:14:09.440 --> 0:14:12.360 adjustment period, and what I'm doing, to be quite honest, 0:14:12.559 --> 0:14:16.559 I'm looking for reasons to wait. I'm looking for reasons 0:14:16.559 --> 0:14:19.800 to bypass this guy. Let someone else in my league 0:14:19.920 --> 0:14:23.160 take Jimmy Garoppolo so I can go ahead and take 0:14:23.200 --> 0:14:26.560 these guys beneath him. All right, those are the guys 0:14:26.600 --> 0:14:30.320 I'm waiting on. But listen, I'm gonna give you Aaron Rodgers, 0:14:30.720 --> 0:14:34.920 Tom Brady. Right, I'll give you Russell Wilson, DeShawn Watson, 0:14:35.240 --> 0:14:40.880 Cam Newton, Kirk Cousins, Carson Wentz, even Jimmy Garoppolo, I'll 0:14:40.920 --> 0:14:44.320 give you right, like Drew Brees. I'll give you. That's 0:14:44.560 --> 0:14:49.560 nine quarterbacks already that can be off the board. That 0:14:49.960 --> 0:14:53.160 fine with me, y'all take them, because then at that 0:14:53.240 --> 0:14:56.000 point in the draft, I am one of only three 0:14:56.080 --> 0:14:59.480 teams left that need their QB one, and I can 0:14:59.600 --> 0:15:02.600 name at this point still five maybe six guys that 0:15:02.640 --> 0:15:06.720 I'm completely comfortable with on a week to week basis. Okay, 0:15:06.960 --> 0:15:08.680 the one name that I also mentioned here that I 0:15:08.680 --> 0:15:10.480 want to dive into just for a hot second, is 0:15:10.520 --> 0:15:14.120 Drew Brees. Okay, because listen, and if you're a fan 0:15:14.240 --> 0:15:16.480 of Fantasy Freestyle, you've been listening. You're part of the 0:15:16.520 --> 0:15:18.880 status over beat cipher and more and more people are 0:15:18.920 --> 0:15:20.760 because I see you out there. I see you on Twitter, 0:15:20.800 --> 0:15:23.440 I see you on Patreon, supporting and subscribe to your 0:15:23.440 --> 0:15:26.240 boy speeds, which I appreciate. Okay, but if you were 0:15:26.240 --> 0:15:29.720 listening to Fantasy Freestyle last year, you knew that I 0:15:29.760 --> 0:15:32.080 was ahead of the game, that the Saints were evolving. 0:15:32.440 --> 0:15:34.840 This is no longer the in the dome Drew Brees 0:15:34.880 --> 0:15:38.800 throwing for five thousand yards. You remember Alvin Kamara and 0:15:38.880 --> 0:15:43.040 mark Ingram. They relied a lot more on the running game. Okay. 0:15:43.160 --> 0:15:45.960 I when I gave you my NFC South preview, I 0:15:46.000 --> 0:15:49.000 even said a decent wager over on my bookie dot 0:15:49.040 --> 0:15:50.960 a G and to the promo code f n T 0:15:51.240 --> 0:15:57.240 S wife deposit discount or rollover a bonus. I said 0:15:57.280 --> 0:16:00.760 this that and under a prop bet. Maybe very intriguing 0:16:01.160 --> 0:16:02.880 for Drew Brees because a lot of people see the 0:16:02.960 --> 0:16:05.000 name and they're like, oh, Drew Brees throws it in 0:16:05.040 --> 0:16:07.880 the dome three fift yards four ere yards. That ain't 0:16:07.920 --> 0:16:10.560 the case anymore with Drew Brees. They're trying to run 0:16:10.600 --> 0:16:13.200 the ball, They're trying to improve their time of possession, 0:16:13.480 --> 0:16:16.600 They're trying to get their defense with a better field position. Okay. 0:16:16.640 --> 0:16:19.280 That's the evolution of the Saints. That's the way they 0:16:19.280 --> 0:16:22.280 are now trying to win games. Okay. So that's part 0:16:22.320 --> 0:16:24.840 of the reason Drew Brees can fall down. He might 0:16:24.880 --> 0:16:27.480 be QB seven on some lists, Okay. As a matter 0:16:27.480 --> 0:16:30.600 of fact, right now, in consensus on a DP, Drew 0:16:30.640 --> 0:16:35.560 Brees is quarterback seven. I just named nine quarterbacks that 0:16:35.640 --> 0:16:38.240 everyone in my league can go ahead and take and 0:16:38.280 --> 0:16:41.520 ain't gonna bother me at all. When we come back, 0:16:41.560 --> 0:16:45.760 we'll talk about the five quarterbacks that I like, where 0:16:45.760 --> 0:16:47.960 I am letting the draft come to me, the guys 0:16:48.000 --> 0:16:50.320 that I will wait for, and then we'll talk about 0:16:50.400 --> 0:16:54.160 QB two's super flex leagues, a little bit of rookie 0:16:54.160 --> 0:16:57.880 talk as well as I break down my quarterback diamonds 0:16:57.880 --> 0:17:00.960 on fool Gazes right here on the Fantasy Freestyle with 0:17:01.000 --> 0:17:04.359 the stats over Beat Cipher, my boys, Danny Otto and 0:17:04.480 --> 0:17:08.280 JP the night out downstairs, Dilly dilly to them and 0:17:08.320 --> 0:17:11.920 everybody who's joining on so many formats. Come on back 0:17:11.960 --> 0:17:14.359 after the break. 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I'm trying to help y'all out. 0:18:39.200 --> 0:18:40.960 I'm trying to let y'all know what you need to 0:18:41.000 --> 0:18:43.600 do in order to win your leagues and win that cash. 0:18:43.600 --> 0:18:46.120 And the first thing is really to wait on quarterback. 0:18:46.880 --> 0:18:50.439 Of y'all agree, seventy percent say weight on quarterback, seven 0:18:50.480 --> 0:18:53.960 percent say spend for an elite quarterback. I'm sorry, I 0:18:54.000 --> 0:18:57.240 ain't with you. I hope you're listening and change behavior, 0:18:57.359 --> 0:18:59.280 or I hope you're in leagues that I'm playing in 0:18:59.320 --> 0:19:02.680 so I could win cash. Of you say prioritize a 0:19:02.760 --> 0:19:05.959 running quarterback, I'm cool with that, but don't get a twisted. 0:19:06.119 --> 0:19:08.840 Some running quarterbacks a little bit lower that I can 0:19:08.920 --> 0:19:11.320 take as well. I want to give a big shout 0:19:11.359 --> 0:19:15.359 out right now to Mendel Bruce out there on Twitter, 0:19:15.400 --> 0:19:17.080 who hits me up. He says he answers the mid 0:19:17.080 --> 0:19:19.760 to late rounds and is wondering about the running quarterback 0:19:19.800 --> 0:19:22.919 and wonders about different scoring settings. Okay, he's asking me 0:19:22.920 --> 0:19:25.320 about what if it's more points for the touchdown or 0:19:25.320 --> 0:19:27.960 for the interception something like that, And my responses. That 0:19:28.000 --> 0:19:30.680 makes me think about these running quarterbacks even more. That 0:19:30.800 --> 0:19:34.800 floor that they get listen, uh not even these top guys. 0:19:34.960 --> 0:19:39.200 Andrew Luck scrambles for twenty seven yards, that's two point 0:19:39.280 --> 0:19:43.600 seven points in most formats, that's another sixty sixty five 0:19:43.680 --> 0:19:48.679 yards throwing. Okay, so you gotta think about it that way. 0:19:48.840 --> 0:19:50.399 And I'm telling you, I told you some of the 0:19:50.760 --> 0:19:53.080 big shout out as always, the Mendel Bruce, there was 0:19:53.119 --> 0:19:56.119 other Some people are hitting me up on Twitter asking 0:19:56.119 --> 0:19:58.480 me about this. Remember at spitting speeds is the way 0:19:58.480 --> 0:20:02.399 to go. Hit me up. Um. So yeah, of that 0:20:02.480 --> 0:20:05.600 middle tier, I ain't trusting cousins. The hype has gone 0:20:05.640 --> 0:20:08.760 way too far on Jimmy g Spot because like he's 0:20:08.800 --> 0:20:11.600 got an adjustment period. Also, okay, he didn't have his 0:20:11.680 --> 0:20:13.720 number one wide out there in Garcelona, he didn't have 0:20:13.760 --> 0:20:16.520 his running back there. He played five games. Okay, he 0:20:16.560 --> 0:20:19.040 needs time to build that chemistry as well. I told 0:20:19.040 --> 0:20:20.800 you here are the guys I love. I named you 0:20:20.920 --> 0:20:26.760 nine quarterbacks. Okay, here are the next guys. Matthew Stafford check. 0:20:27.200 --> 0:20:29.600 I'll take him in his four thousand yards in the 0:20:29.680 --> 0:20:35.800 Jim Bob Cooder offense all day Philip Rivers. Check, I'll 0:20:35.840 --> 0:20:38.800 take him and then throwing the ball around the lot. 0:20:38.920 --> 0:20:41.760 Philip Rivers has finished as a top ten quarterback the 0:20:41.840 --> 0:20:44.760 last like eight years in a row, and it's never respected, 0:20:45.200 --> 0:20:49.359 never drafted that high. Okay, Philip Rivers will throw the ball. 0:20:49.600 --> 0:20:53.200 I'll tell you right now. I will guarrant damn t that. 0:20:53.280 --> 0:20:57.920 If he's healthy, Philip Rivers throws yards again this year. Okay, 0:20:58.119 --> 0:21:00.520 forget that. We didn't even talk about Andrew. Look, the 0:21:00.640 --> 0:21:03.280