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Speaker 1: Hey everybody, it is Wednesday, August two. Welcome to the

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Speaker 1: NFL Fantasy Football Podcast. But we're always happy to have

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Speaker 1: you on the roster. It's Mill your Man, nam G

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Speaker 1: Marcus Grand joined by Michael F. Florio. We have the

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Speaker 1: specialists back there, a cast of dozens to help us

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Speaker 1: We're gonna finish our division previews with the NFC West. Uh,

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Speaker 1: We're gonna talk about some player rankings. Florio's got his

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Speaker 1: wide receiver rankings and his tight end rankings. P let's

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Speaker 1: get a little bit of strategy talk at the end

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Speaker 1: of the show with Florio. Uh, this is it. This

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Speaker 1: is our last week. I think I think this Sunday

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Speaker 1: it's it's here. It's exciting. Next, I mean one week

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Speaker 1: from tomorrow we it all begins and it begins into

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Speaker 1: grand fashion. Excited. It's gonna be Bills Rams right next

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Speaker 1: but I will. I will be there. If anybody wants

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Speaker 1: by the bay should remind you that we are still

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Speaker 1: in the midst of Fantasy Week here at NFL Media.

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Speaker 1: We got plenty of content on all our platforms to

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Speaker 1: help you get ready to take down your league competition. Also,

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Speaker 1: definitely not too late to sign up for NFL Fantasy.

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Speaker 1: It's free, it's easy. You can download the NFL Fantasy

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Speaker 1: are closing out our previews with the NFC West. Of course,

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Speaker 1: we'll go by order of last year's finish, which means

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Speaker 1: we will start with the Super Bowl champion Los Angeles

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Speaker 1: Rams twelve and five. Last season, their passing leader Matthew

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Speaker 1: Stafford undred eighty six yards, forty one touchdowns, seventeen interceptions,

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Speaker 1: the QB five Sony Michelle, You're rushing leader eight hundred

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Speaker 1: he is looking for a job. I think he is

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Speaker 1: the unemployees trying to apparently today is working out with

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Speaker 1: the Chargers. He's just trying to stay in, trying to

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Speaker 1: get back to that light. Look, I'm not mad at it.

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Speaker 1: I'm not mad at all. Cooper Cup, You're receiving leader,

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Speaker 1: No shock, A hundred and forty five catches, one thousand,

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Speaker 1: nine hundred forty seven yards and sixteen touchdowns. He was

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Speaker 1: your wide receiver one by a wide margin, about ninety

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Speaker 1: five points better than Davante Adams. So let's let's start there.

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Speaker 1: Because the Cup is either wide receiver one or wide

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Speaker 1: receiver two off the board, depending on on how people

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Speaker 1: us to think he's gonna get nineteen hundred yards and

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Speaker 1: sixteen touchdowns. Again, that was an amazing, phenomenal season, But realistically,

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Speaker 1: I mean, what sort of numbers can we expect out

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Speaker 1: five catches. His previous high was ninety four. He had

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Speaker 1: His previous high was seventy three. So like he just

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Speaker 1: at Marcus, I think it's fair to project him for

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Speaker 1: like a hundred catches fifteen and sixteen hundred yards. Touchdowns

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Speaker 1: digit touchdowns for Cooper Cup is easily attainable. So basically

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Speaker 1: you're you're projecting him for kind of what Davante Adams

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Speaker 1: So I think that's fair, right, I think you're talking

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Speaker 1: it depends on the guys around him. I think last

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Speaker 1: if you're drafting him as your number one wide receiver

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Speaker 1: what's wrong with Cooper Cup? Yeah? To me, he is

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Speaker 1: are you comfortable rafting Cam Akers this year? Nowhere near

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Speaker 1: achilles because outside of like Kevin Durant, there's not a

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Speaker 1: I haven't drafted Cam Akers anywhere. I don't really plan

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Speaker 1: I haven't drafted cam Akers. I just haven't. Haven't loved

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Speaker 1: hard to find. But Marcus, I'm gonna just go with

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Speaker 1: passing leader thirty seven dred and eighty seven yards, twenty

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Speaker 1: receiving leader. Christian Kirk seventy seven catches, nine two yards,

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Speaker 1: five receiving touchdowns, Wide receiver twenty six. Now he's plying

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Speaker 1: his trade in Jacksonville. It's time for Who's Gonna Eat?

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Speaker 1: He finished as the RB five last season, but a

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Speaker 1: don't think he's gonna get eighteen touchdowns again, but double

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Speaker 1: like Matt Ryan and him to Julio Jones. I think

428
00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:04,600
Speaker 1: at points this year he's not Julio, but he's gonna

429
00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:07,040
Speaker 1: be like like, we're gonna be making those comparisons, which

430
00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:08,639
Speaker 1: is kind of funny. He gets to throw to a

431
00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:11,159
Speaker 1: primary wide receiver and with number eleven again just like

432
00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:12,679
Speaker 1: he did in Atlanta. For that, I just hope he

433
00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:14,280
Speaker 1: throws him in the red zone because that was the

434
00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:16,280
Speaker 1: one thing he didn't do it Julio. It was always

435
00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:18,360
Speaker 1: the thing of Julio. He just wasn't scoring enough touchdowns

436
00:20:18,359 --> 00:20:21,399
Speaker 1: to make everybody happy. Uh, give me a sleeper wide receiver.

437
00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:23,080
Speaker 1: I see the name on the list, and it really

438
00:20:23,119 --> 00:20:26,200
Speaker 1: is on brand for you this off season. Darius Tony.

439
00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:28,960
Speaker 1: He's been my guy this year. I'm on record is

440
00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:31,200
Speaker 1: saying like the only thing I think that will derail

441
00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:34,000
Speaker 1: the breakout is injuries, because I will admit that is

442
00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:36,800
Speaker 1: a concern with him. But watching him last year, I

443
00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:38,800
Speaker 1: was like, this guy reminds me of Tyreek Hill. And

444
00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:41,959
Speaker 1: then I dove into the numbers and he what he

445
00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:44,320
Speaker 1: was doing on a per route basis is up there

446
00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:47,040
Speaker 1: with the elite of the elite receivers. And then I

447
00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:49,439
Speaker 1: mean he dropped a hundred and eighty yards on the

448
00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:51,439
Speaker 1: best defense in football last year in a game that

449
00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:53,760
Speaker 1: he got ejected early for throwing the punch, like he

450
00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:55,960
Speaker 1: could have easily put up to fifty if he kept playing.

451
00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:58,359
Speaker 1: Uh yeah, I mean I think the concern is just

452
00:20:58,440 --> 00:21:01,120
Speaker 1: it is the quarterback situation, UM, and it's kind of

453
00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:02,640
Speaker 1: you know, can he get out of his own way?

454
00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:04,320
Speaker 1: More than anything else, I think those are the only

455
00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:09,480
Speaker 1: things potentially stopping Kadarius Tony wide receiver to avoid UM.

456
00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:11,000
Speaker 1: This is hard because it's a name that we have

457
00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:14,119
Speaker 1: really banked on the last few years. Yeah, it's Uh,

458
00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:17,720
Speaker 1: it's DK Metcalf who last year saw his yards per

459
00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:20,320
Speaker 1: game go to a career blow, but he was able

460
00:21:20,359 --> 00:21:22,160
Speaker 1: to make up for it with a bunch of touchdowns.

461
00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:24,320
Speaker 1: I don't know if he's gonna be able to do

462
00:21:24,359 --> 00:21:26,919
Speaker 1: that again with Geno Smith or Drew Lock. Plus, the

463
00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:28,920
Speaker 1: thing about Seattle Marcus was always like we were like,

464
00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:31,480
Speaker 1: throw more. You have Russell Wilson and these great receivers.

465
00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:34,280
Speaker 1: How much are they gonna throw now? With without Russell

466
00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:37,320
Speaker 1: Wilson there? And on those little bit that they do throw.

467
00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:39,520
Speaker 1: It's not like they're gonna have a quarterback like Russ

468
00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:41,359
Speaker 1: who could play hero ball and make up for it

469
00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:43,199
Speaker 1: on a couple of throws. Yeah, I mean, I just

470
00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:47,680
Speaker 1: don't worry. Of the two Seahawks receivers and it's Dka

471
00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:50,879
Speaker 1: versus versus Lockett, who would you rather have? I have

472
00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:53,920
Speaker 1: d K ranked a lot higher. I just think he

473
00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:58,320
Speaker 1: he's younger, he's a physical specimen. But the differences lock

474
00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:00,480
Speaker 1: It is almost like an afterthought in drafts, Like he

475
00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:03,400
Speaker 1: goes outside the top forty receivers. D K is still

476
00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:07,000
Speaker 1: going in the top twenties, so you're paying a premium

477
00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:08,560
Speaker 1: price still to get him. It was funny because I

478
00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:11,040
Speaker 1: think I've drafted lock It more than than Metcalf for

479
00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:13,320
Speaker 1: that very reason that he just seems to be hanging

480
00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:15,159
Speaker 1: around on draft boards and it's like he's still a

481
00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:17,560
Speaker 1: good player. Man, Like I'm gonna only draft I have

482
00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:20,119
Speaker 1: DK in is one with like other people who do

483
00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:22,320
Speaker 1: this like for a living. And I only took him

484
00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:24,440
Speaker 1: because he felt to like the seventh round something like that.

485
00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:27,320
Speaker 1: I was like, all right, that's sort of hard to

486
00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:30,400
Speaker 1: pass up at that. We are not done. We still

487
00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:32,480
Speaker 1: got a couple more teams in the NFC West. Plus,

488
00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:34,760
Speaker 1: we got some more player rankings to go through it.

489
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Speaker 1: We'll take a quick break, we'll come back with the

490
00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:40,480
Speaker 1: rest of it on the NFL Fantasy Football Show. Hey,

491
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497
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Speaker 1: NFC West preview. We go to San Francisco Forts ten

498
00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:08,520
Speaker 1: and seven in one. Now they got to the NFC

499
00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:11,840
Speaker 1: Championship game, lost to the Rams. There, Jimmy Garoppolo led

500
00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:14,439
Speaker 1: the team in passing three thousand, eight hundred ten yards,

501
00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:18,320
Speaker 1: twenty touchdowns twelve I n T s QB seventeen. Now

502
00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:21,440
Speaker 1: he's the highest paid backup in the NFL. Alija Mitchell

503
00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:24,600
Speaker 1: your rushing leader nine hundred sixty three yards, five rushing touchdowns,

504
00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:29,280
Speaker 1: the RB twenty six Deebo Samuel seventy seven catches one thousand,

505
00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:32,840
Speaker 1: four hundred five yards, six rushing touchdowns. Wide receiver three

506
00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:34,840
Speaker 1: In part because he was also the niners second leading

507
00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:38,320
Speaker 1: rusher last year. But let's go back to Jimmy Garoppolo

508
00:23:38,359 --> 00:23:41,119
Speaker 1: because we were on set for Fantasy Live about to

509
00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:42,919
Speaker 1: start the show when the news came down that he

510
00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:45,400
Speaker 1: had signed a new contract with the team, which shocked

511
00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:49,720
Speaker 1: literally everybody. Um does this new contract change how you

512
00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:52,880
Speaker 1: feel about Trey Lance? For me, personally, no, I think

513
00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:55,439
Speaker 1: like this is more a hey, we couldn't get anything

514
00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:58,640
Speaker 1: for Jimmy g It made sense. He didn't like there

515
00:23:58,680 --> 00:24:00,280
Speaker 1: was nowhere for him to go, So let's just haven't

516
00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:02,360
Speaker 1: be a backup this year, just in case we need him.

517
00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:05,280
Speaker 1: But I still expect this to fully be Trey Lances team,

518
00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:08,120
Speaker 1: and I still think his upside is, well, we're taking

519
00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:10,440
Speaker 1: the show. I I still like Trey Lance, still drafting

520
00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:11,959
Speaker 1: him where I can. And I think you look at

521
00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:14,560
Speaker 1: it is if he plays well, obviously he keeps the

522
00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:17,320
Speaker 1: job and he helps your fantasy team. If he doesn't

523
00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:19,720
Speaker 1: play well within your fantasy probably in a heap of

524
00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:23,280
Speaker 1: trouble anyway. Uh. And then obviously that that certainly opens

525
00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:25,680
Speaker 1: the door for Garoppolo to come in and and and

526
00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:28,560
Speaker 1: take over. They like Tree Lance, they want to give

527
00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:30,960
Speaker 1: him the opportunity. This is still very much his team,

528
00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:34,840
Speaker 1: but obviously the conversation all year long, anytime he struggles

529
00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:36,639
Speaker 1: a little bit is going to be the whispers. I

530
00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:38,800
Speaker 1: feel like that's a fan thing though, Like they have

531
00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:42,280
Speaker 1: so much invested into Trey Lance. I think like, are

532
00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:44,080
Speaker 1: you going to really bench him if if he has

533
00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:46,440
Speaker 1: a bad game? I would be I think it would

534
00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:49,359
Speaker 1: take an extended period of struggling for and at that

535
00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:52,040
Speaker 1: point you're out of it. Play the kids want to

536
00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:54,560
Speaker 1: play anyway, figure it out, figured it out on the field.

537
00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:57,720
Speaker 1: Elijah Mitchell has been a lot of people's favorite running

538
00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:00,639
Speaker 1: back to draft so far this season. Mentioned he was

539
00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:03,480
Speaker 1: the RB twenty six. I think right now he's being

540
00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:06,240
Speaker 1: drafted is like the RB twenty four something like that.

541
00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:10,080
Speaker 1: UM has he is he close to his ceiling? Do

542
00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:12,359
Speaker 1: you think he's hit his ceiling? And do you feel

543
00:25:12,359 --> 00:25:15,080
Speaker 1: like we're drafting him right at that ceiling right now?

544
00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:17,320
Speaker 1: I don't. I think in fact, I can make the

545
00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:20,680
Speaker 1: argument that we're closer to his floor because last year

546
00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:23,240
Speaker 1: on a per game basis, he was an RB one.

547
00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:25,600
Speaker 1: Like he just missed a lot of there's a lot

548
00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:27,960
Speaker 1: of concerns with him, don't get me wrong injury, Trey

549
00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:31,080
Speaker 1: Lance stealing work, especially near the goal line. But I

550
00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:33,680
Speaker 1: still think he's a really good running back in the

551
00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:36,480
Speaker 1: best system for running back to be in. I think

552
00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:38,359
Speaker 1: that's the key, right, It's it's at one. He's in

553
00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:41,200
Speaker 1: a great system for running backs. And still you're drafting him.

554
00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:44,680
Speaker 1: You're drafting him as an RB two. So, um, if

555
00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:46,560
Speaker 1: he gives you r B two numbers, then you're fine.

556
00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:48,879
Speaker 1: And if, as you mentioned, he can put it together

557
00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:50,840
Speaker 1: for a full season and give you RB one numbers,

558
00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:53,159
Speaker 1: then I think you gotta feel pretty great about that.

559
00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:56,879
Speaker 1: All right, So first Niner drafted a Niner sleeper and

560
00:25:57,000 --> 00:26:00,040
Speaker 1: a nine or two avoid First Niner drafted at and

561
00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:03,680
Speaker 1: should Deebill Samuel in the in the second round? Um,

562
00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:06,760
Speaker 1: a sleeper there. It's hard to find a sleeper here,

563
00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:09,760
Speaker 1: but I'll go with uh. You could go Jeff Wilson Jr. R.

564
00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:13,359
Speaker 1: And Davis Price. Just in case something happens to Elijah Mitchell.

565
00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:15,800
Speaker 1: You're going to want the next man up in this system.

566
00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:18,480
Speaker 1: We've seen that for years now. Whoever it is the

567
00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:21,600
Speaker 1: forty nine is running back, they're gonna be Fantasy relevant player.

568
00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:24,600
Speaker 1: To avoid. Man, this this might be a little spicy,

569
00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:27,920
Speaker 1: but I have been avoiding George Kittle. Uh. He is amazing.

570
00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:30,440
Speaker 1: The only downfall is he's just as good as a

571
00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:32,439
Speaker 1: blocker as he is as a receiver, so they use

572
00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:35,800
Speaker 1: him far too much blocking, and then I'm worried about

573
00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:39,480
Speaker 1: how much they're gonna actually throw to him, because they're

574
00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:41,800
Speaker 1: gonna probably run the ball more. I think. Plus, then

575
00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:43,760
Speaker 1: you already have you have Deebo, you have Ayuke, so

576
00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:47,040
Speaker 1: I understand tight end is kind of thin, but I

577
00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:49,439
Speaker 1: have not drafted George Kittle, So I'm with you on

578
00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:51,639
Speaker 1: Deebo Samuel being the first guy off the board, I

579
00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:54,080
Speaker 1: think that's that's kind of a no brainer. My sleeper

580
00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:56,840
Speaker 1: you mentioned him, it's Brandon Aiyuk. And I know, I

581
00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:59,439
Speaker 1: know everybody got their heartbroken last year, right like I

582
00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:01,280
Speaker 1: was one of a believe me, I was. I was

583
00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:03,840
Speaker 1: waving the flag for you. But all the reports out

584
00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:06,720
Speaker 1: of camp have been great about him. Uh. John Lynch,

585
00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:08,760
Speaker 1: the general manager, was going on about how much he's

586
00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:10,359
Speaker 1: put in the work and he's ready to go, and

587
00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:12,600
Speaker 1: they're really excited about him. Plus I went back and

588
00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:16,560
Speaker 1: looked and it was a smallish sample size, but trade

589
00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:18,240
Speaker 1: Lance when he was on the field. The two guys

590
00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:21,520
Speaker 1: he targeted the most were Deebo Samuel No surprise, and

591
00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:25,440
Speaker 1: Brandon Ayouuk. So if that, if that sort of continues,

592
00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:27,600
Speaker 1: and I think there's a real opportunity for him to

593
00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:29,919
Speaker 1: to be the guy this year that we thought he

594
00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:32,879
Speaker 1: was going to be last year, my player to avoid.

595
00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:36,040
Speaker 1: I'm with you on George Kittle. I've drafted him a

596
00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:38,280
Speaker 1: couple of times and I haven't felt great about it.

597
00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:41,040
Speaker 1: Um because of what you mentioned that he is kind

598
00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:43,639
Speaker 1: of a the facto sixth offensive lineman there for the

599
00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:46,960
Speaker 1: forty Niners, and because when you talk about the guy's

600
00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:50,080
Speaker 1: trade Lance targeted, Kittle was down the list. And so

601
00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:52,040
Speaker 1: maybe some of that has to do with, you know,

602
00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:54,000
Speaker 1: them trying to keep him in, to protect Lance a

603
00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:55,880
Speaker 1: little bit, trying to run the football a little bit more.

604
00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:57,520
Speaker 1: Maybe that has something to do with it, and maybe

605
00:27:57,560 --> 00:27:59,840
Speaker 1: this year they'll work out a little bit better. But

606
00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:02,960
Speaker 1: I have worries. I still think he's you know, he's

607
00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:05,359
Speaker 1: still a tight end one without a doubt, but but

608
00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:07,520
Speaker 1: where you're drafting him, I I worry if he's going

609
00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:10,639
Speaker 1: to return that kind of value this year. Alright, So

610
00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:13,680
Speaker 1: we finish up our NFC West preview with the Seattle

611
00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:18,000
Speaker 1: Seahawks seven and ten. Last year, Russell Wilson the passing

612
00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:20,320
Speaker 1: the leader three thousand, one hundred and thirteen yards. If

613
00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:22,200
Speaker 1: that sounds low, it's because while he missed some time

614
00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:27,080
Speaker 1: with a broken thumb, touchdown, six interceptions QB sixteen. Now

615
00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:31,960
Speaker 1: he's saying, let's ride in Denver, Shot Penny, You're rushing

616
00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:35,800
Speaker 1: leader seven hundred forty nine yards, six rushing touchdowns, the

617
00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:38,800
Speaker 1: RB forty two. Much of that production coming in like

618
00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:42,080
Speaker 1: the last month of the season. Basically, you're receiving leader

619
00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:45,720
Speaker 1: Tyler Lockett seventy three catches eleven hundred seventy five yards

620
00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:48,760
Speaker 1: and eight receiving touchdowns. That made him the wide receiver sixteen.

621
00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:52,360
Speaker 1: DK Metcalf actually led the team in catches seventy five catches,

622
00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:55,680
Speaker 1: nine hundred sixty seven yards, twelve touchdowns. He was the

623
00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:58,320
Speaker 1: wide receiver four team. So they were pretty much neck

624
00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:01,440
Speaker 1: and neck all season long. Uh. We talked a little

625
00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:04,440
Speaker 1: bit about Metcalf and lock It uh and and where

626
00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:08,840
Speaker 1: you're drafting them. I know nobody's excited about them. I'll

627
00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:10,720
Speaker 1: say this, I don't think anybody believes that either is

628
00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:13,400
Speaker 1: a wide receiver. One do you feel confident that one

629
00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:15,920
Speaker 1: or either or both of them could be wide receiver

630
00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:18,720
Speaker 1: two's this year, I could see like one of them

631
00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:20,640
Speaker 1: being like DK Metcalf would be the one that I

632
00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:23,200
Speaker 1: project being a wide receiver too. But I think it's

633
00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:25,640
Speaker 1: gonna be one of those things where like it's like,

634
00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:27,840
Speaker 1: at the end of the year, he's a wade receiver too,

635
00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:30,160
Speaker 1: But getting there is just gonna be an absolute roller

636
00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:33,240
Speaker 1: coaster because hell cat, some weeks I catch like a

637
00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:35,160
Speaker 1: long touchdown, and then there'll be other weeks where he's

638
00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:37,640
Speaker 1: got like five catches for like forty something yards and

639
00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:39,440
Speaker 1: you're like, what are we doing? Yeah, I think I

640
00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:41,360
Speaker 1: think that's probably fair. And as much as I like

641
00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:44,480
Speaker 1: Tyler Lockett, I think I'm only comfortable with him at

642
00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:46,920
Speaker 1: best as a wide receiver three. So I think that's

643
00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:49,040
Speaker 1: sort of his ceiling. If if anybody gets there, it

644
00:29:49,160 --> 00:29:53,000
Speaker 1: is Metcalf, Rashad Penny. We all love what he did

645
00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:54,720
Speaker 1: at the end of the season. The hype train has

646
00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:58,760
Speaker 1: been rolling. He's being drafted right around RBY eight, too high,

647
00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:02,000
Speaker 1: too low, just for I think it's just right. I

648
00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:04,400
Speaker 1: have him ranked as my RBY seven. But with that

649
00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:07,280
Speaker 1: being said, he is my most drafted running back distress

650
00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:11,520
Speaker 1: season because my strategy. He fits my approach at addressing

651
00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:13,560
Speaker 1: the position, which is like he really get one early

652
00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:15,920
Speaker 1: and then wait. But I love taking him in like

653
00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:18,960
Speaker 1: the seventh eighth rounds something like that, because I think

654
00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:21,360
Speaker 1: he has RB one upside if he stays healthy. We

655
00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:23,520
Speaker 1: know Pete Carroll wants to run the ball. He did

656
00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:25,840
Speaker 1: it with Russell Wilson. He's gonna do it with Geno Smith,

657
00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:28,440
Speaker 1: rashand Penny down the stretch last year was the best

658
00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:31,240
Speaker 1: running back in football, and not only just on raw numbers,

659
00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:34,000
Speaker 1: like the metrics all back that up as well. So

660
00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:37,320
Speaker 1: I think injuries are the one concerned with him, But

661
00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:40,040
Speaker 1: you get that discount already baked into his adp because

662
00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:42,720
Speaker 1: I think while he's healthy, he's guaranteed to be better

663
00:30:42,720 --> 00:30:45,040
Speaker 1: than the RB twenty eight. And the thing about injuries

664
00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:48,640
Speaker 1: for me, then I have trapped it Penny on teams

665
00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:50,600
Speaker 1: where I've gone a little bit more running back heavy,

666
00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:53,160
Speaker 1: just so I know I've got that insurance in the

667
00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:55,000
Speaker 1: event that you know, you don't wish for it, but

668
00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:57,560
Speaker 1: in the event that injuries pop up again, you're not

669
00:30:57,960 --> 00:30:59,840
Speaker 1: sort of stuck and you're trying to scramble on the

670
00:30:59,840 --> 00:31:01,480
Speaker 1: way of rewire ifire helps. So if I'm gonna go

671
00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:03,600
Speaker 1: a little more running back heavy, I will definitely take

672
00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:06,480
Speaker 1: Rashad Penny. It probably you know, around that RB twenty

673
00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:08,520
Speaker 1: eight spots. I feel like that's that's a pretty good

674
00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:11,760
Speaker 1: price for him. Ah this one may be tough. First

675
00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:16,040
Speaker 1: Seahawk drafted a sleeper and a player to avoid um

676
00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:18,480
Speaker 1: So my first Seahawks drafted and my player to avoid

677
00:31:18,520 --> 00:31:21,160
Speaker 1: her built d came Metcalf. I think he should be

678
00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:23,680
Speaker 1: the first Seahoull drafted because he's the most talented player

679
00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:26,000
Speaker 1: on that team, But I don't think you get a

680
00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:28,720
Speaker 1: big enough discount for for the risk of him losing

681
00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:30,880
Speaker 1: Russ and and now having to play with Geno Smith

682
00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:34,880
Speaker 1: my sleeper. As much as I love Rashad Penny, I

683
00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:38,080
Speaker 1: think Kenneth Walker could be uh is a sleeper because

684
00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:39,800
Speaker 1: I know he's banged up in dealing with his own

685
00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:42,880
Speaker 1: stuff right now, but you know, earlier in the year,

686
00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:44,960
Speaker 1: Shot Penny is healthy. If for Shot Penny missed his

687
00:31:45,040 --> 00:31:47,760
Speaker 1: time down the stretch or anything like that, Kenneth Walker

688
00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:49,520
Speaker 1: is going to get a huge workload. And I think

689
00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:52,600
Speaker 1: being RB two maybe even better than that, So I

690
00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:54,960
Speaker 1: do think, you know, I think you're right, Dk Metcalf's

691
00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:57,240
Speaker 1: first player off the board. Um, but even then you're

692
00:31:57,240 --> 00:32:00,280
Speaker 1: still waiting several rounds for that to happen. Just to

693
00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:02,680
Speaker 1: be sort of different, I'll make Tyler Lockett maybe the

694
00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:05,880
Speaker 1: player to avoid, just for reasons that we've discussed. I

695
00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:07,920
Speaker 1: know the ADP is usually pretty good, so it's not

696
00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:10,040
Speaker 1: really a big risk. But I think it's just gonna

697
00:32:10,040 --> 00:32:13,320
Speaker 1: be a frustrating year dealing with any Seahawks wide receivers

698
00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:16,240
Speaker 1: and and the Sleepers probably Kenneth Walker. There's just not

699
00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:20,720
Speaker 1: a lot offensively on this team that we're interested in

700
00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:22,920
Speaker 1: this year. I mean, it really is the wide receivers.

701
00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:26,240
Speaker 1: It's for Shot Penny, and it's Ken Walker, and that's

702
00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:29,440
Speaker 1: kind of it. Um. You know, no Noah fanse nobody

703
00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:33,560
Speaker 1: like that. Even in a super Flex. Their quarterbacks are

704
00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:36,240
Speaker 1: nothing more than just a peer backup. Yeah. Yeah, I mean,

705
00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:38,280
Speaker 1: it's just it's it's hard to count on anybody on

706
00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:41,280
Speaker 1: that team offensively. You know. It wasn't that long ago though,

707
00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:43,720
Speaker 1: we were like we were hammering the Seahawks in fantasy,

708
00:32:43,760 --> 00:32:47,560
Speaker 1: but but not anymore. Uh. I mentioned Noah Fan. That

709
00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:49,520
Speaker 1: gets us to tight end. I'm gonna go out on

710
00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:51,120
Speaker 1: the limits that he's not gonna be in your top

711
00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:54,280
Speaker 1: ten tight end rankings. But but you can let me

712
00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:56,960
Speaker 1: know who is in your top ten. Number one, Noah

713
00:32:56,960 --> 00:33:01,800
Speaker 1: fan Oh, No, Number one is Travis Kelsey. I go

714
00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:04,200
Speaker 1: back and forth between him and Mark Andrews, but I

715
00:33:04,240 --> 00:33:06,960
Speaker 1: just think that Kelsey is a little bit safer. Uh. There,

716
00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:09,400
Speaker 1: so I have him one. I have Mark Andrews too,

717
00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:13,400
Speaker 1: my man Kyle Pitts. Number three, Uh, then Darren Waller

718
00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:17,920
Speaker 1: for Kyle, George Kiddle five uh, Dalton Schultz at number six,

719
00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:19,360
Speaker 1: who I was saying earlier, I think a lot of

720
00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:21,400
Speaker 1: volume for Ceedee Lamb. I think Schultz could get a

721
00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:23,400
Speaker 1: lot of volume there as the number two target in

722
00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:26,240
Speaker 1: that offense. Number seven zach Ertz, who I know you

723
00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:29,440
Speaker 1: like as well. Number eight Dallas Goddard. I think his

724
00:33:29,560 --> 00:33:32,400
Speaker 1: upside is higher, but I do have volume concerns for him.

725
00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:35,320
Speaker 1: Number nine a guy that I'm pretty bullish on this year,

726
00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:37,640
Speaker 1: Cole Commet. I think he will be a top ten

727
00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:40,560
Speaker 1: tight end with even higher upside than that. And then

728
00:33:40,560 --> 00:33:42,600
Speaker 1: at number ten, a player that I've kind of been

729
00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:45,800
Speaker 1: fading at costs is t J. Hockenson. I think volume

730
00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:48,640
Speaker 1: was what we liked about Hackinson in years past, and

731
00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:50,600
Speaker 1: I think that becomes a lot more murky this year.

732
00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:52,840
Speaker 1: As you mentioned Mark Andrews there and last year a

733
00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:56,600
Speaker 1: hundred and fifty three targets. That's a big, big number. Um,

734
00:33:56,640 --> 00:33:58,600
Speaker 1: you know, I know the Ravens don't throw the ball

735
00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:02,480
Speaker 1: a ton. Is it possible he keeps that same target

736
00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:06,560
Speaker 1: volume this year? It is possible. But I will say

737
00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:09,360
Speaker 1: he was better with with Huntley last year than he

738
00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:12,000
Speaker 1: was with Lamar on a per game basis, and part

739
00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:14,000
Speaker 1: of that was because with Huntley they were trailing and

740
00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:17,200
Speaker 1: having to throw so much with the better defense, Maybe

741
00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:19,680
Speaker 1: that that keeps his targets in check. Foot I still

742
00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:21,560
Speaker 1: think Mark Andrews, you're gonna draft him in like the

743
00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:23,399
Speaker 1: third round or something like that, and you're gonna feel

744
00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:25,520
Speaker 1: great about it. At I've drafted him quite a few spots.

745
00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:27,160
Speaker 1: I mean, I've got him with my number one tight end.

746
00:34:27,160 --> 00:34:29,880
Speaker 1: I just think that, you know, we know the target

747
00:34:30,239 --> 00:34:32,120
Speaker 1: share is going to there. Even if it's not a

748
00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:34,040
Speaker 1: hundred and fifty, he's gonna get the ball a lot

749
00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:35,759
Speaker 1: this year. I don't think there's a wrong answer at

750
00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:38,000
Speaker 1: number one between Kelsey and A No, I don't think

751
00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:40,040
Speaker 1: so either. I think you can. You're gonna be okay

752
00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:44,000
Speaker 1: either way. You got Dallas Goddard at number eight. I

753
00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:46,320
Speaker 1: haven't drafted him a whole lot just because I worry

754
00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:48,400
Speaker 1: about whether or not there's enough targets to go around

755
00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:50,840
Speaker 1: after a J. Brown. But obviously you feel, you always

756
00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:53,320
Speaker 1: feel some level of confidence that he's gonna be productive

757
00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:56,000
Speaker 1: this year. I think on a like a per target basis,

758
00:34:56,080 --> 00:34:57,759
Speaker 1: he's a really like he's one of the better tight

759
00:34:57,840 --> 00:35:00,239
Speaker 1: ends in football. The reason I don't have him fire

760
00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:03,200
Speaker 1: is because everything you said the volume concerns. But I

761
00:35:03,239 --> 00:35:05,880
Speaker 1: do think if if anything was to happen to a J.

762
00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:08,680
Speaker 1: Brown or DEVONSA Smith, then this guy could be potentially

763
00:35:08,719 --> 00:35:10,919
Speaker 1: become a top five tight end. That's why I kept

764
00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:13,239
Speaker 1: him at eight. But I'm with you, the concerns for

765
00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:16,200
Speaker 1: volume are very real. Trading zach Ertz, it was a

766
00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:17,920
Speaker 1: thing that worked. It worked out for both guys. I

767
00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:19,560
Speaker 1: mean it got it got got heart in Earth's away

768
00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:21,800
Speaker 1: from each other. They were both able to thrive in

769
00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:24,040
Speaker 1: their respect of situations, so that that actually was a

770
00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:27,359
Speaker 1: really good thing that that happened last year. Sleeper tight

771
00:35:27,520 --> 00:35:29,360
Speaker 1: end Um, this is the name that we've heard a

772
00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:31,600
Speaker 1: lot in the off season, so not not a surprise,

773
00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:33,359
Speaker 1: but I still I still like it here. Yeah, let

774
00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:36,720
Speaker 1: Irv swork. We're coined that and other like fantasy Twitter

775
00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:38,520
Speaker 1: just runs with it and every time I see it him, like,

776
00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:42,200
Speaker 1: gotta give this man credit. But IRV Smith Jr. In

777
00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:45,520
Speaker 1: twenty with no Kyle Rudolph was putting up numbers that

778
00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:47,319
Speaker 1: would have made him of top five tight end. Last

779
00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:50,000
Speaker 1: year it was just volume was his big concern then,

780
00:35:50,239 --> 00:35:52,560
Speaker 1: but then they got rid of Rudolph and last year

781
00:35:52,640 --> 00:35:54,560
Speaker 1: he got hurt in preseason that that was a role.

782
00:35:54,640 --> 00:35:56,719
Speaker 1: I think that was built for him. Tyler Conklin's on

783
00:35:56,760 --> 00:35:59,040
Speaker 1: nearly ninety targets, so now in an offense that's gonna

784
00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:02,320
Speaker 1: throw even more with the declining wide receiver too, I

785
00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:04,320
Speaker 1: think there's a lot of upside there for IRV Smith.

786
00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:06,680
Speaker 1: And you mentioned you're sort of fading t J. Hawkinson,

787
00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:09,680
Speaker 1: he's your guy to avoid. I feel like his situation

788
00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:11,879
Speaker 1: is a lot like Dallas Goddard, where there just may

789
00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:14,040
Speaker 1: not be enough targets to go around for everybody into

790
00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:17,200
Speaker 1: and that was what propped Hockinson up. I feel like

791
00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:19,160
Speaker 1: because he was the top five tight end in drafts

792
00:36:19,239 --> 00:36:22,400
Speaker 1: last year. We overvalued him. It was purely volume based.

793
00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:24,000
Speaker 1: It wasn't like we were like, this guy's a great

794
00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:25,719
Speaker 1: tight end. It was like, who else are they going

795
00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:29,839
Speaker 1: to throw balls? Right? Uh? So we are not gonna

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00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:31,680
Speaker 1: be doing a show on Monday. It's Labor Day. Enjoy

797
00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:34,200
Speaker 1: your holiday, everybody out there. So we're not gonna be

798
00:36:34,239 --> 00:36:36,560
Speaker 1: doing a show, but we want to kind of give

799
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Speaker 1: you our thoughts for how to approach that last round

800
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Speaker 1: of the draft, right. You know, I know it's easy.

801
00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:45,279
Speaker 1: Sometimes you just click out, let auto pick through the thing.

802
00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:49,040
Speaker 1: But you know, sometimes there are strategies to be had.

803
00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:51,279
Speaker 1: So for you, if you get to that last round

804
00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:53,799
Speaker 1: of the draft, what what sort of ideas are you

805
00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:57,040
Speaker 1: working with? Upside? That's all I want. I want to

806
00:36:57,120 --> 00:36:59,360
Speaker 1: take it like if there's somewhere like a team that

807
00:36:59,400 --> 00:37:01,200
Speaker 1: maybe they were weavers, are banged up, or you don't

808
00:37:01,239 --> 00:37:03,640
Speaker 1: feel great about their starting running back, get the backup

809
00:37:03,719 --> 00:37:06,400
Speaker 1: something like that, because that's likely going to be the

810
00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:09,160
Speaker 1: first player you drop when waivers run anyway, So why

811
00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:11,319
Speaker 1: not take like a deep dart throw and see if

812
00:37:11,320 --> 00:37:14,680
Speaker 1: something hits Week one with you a hundred percent on

813
00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:16,880
Speaker 1: that I think you're looking kind of sometimes for younger players,

814
00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:19,239
Speaker 1: but at least for guys where you know there's a

815
00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:22,080
Speaker 1: path to a big workload if something happens, whether it's

816
00:37:22,080 --> 00:37:23,719
Speaker 1: an injury, whether it's the guy ahead of them not

817
00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:26,400
Speaker 1: playing well, and they get that opportunity. Uh. And I

818
00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:29,200
Speaker 1: would tell you this, sometimes you strike gold. Last year, Uh,

819
00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:32,120
Speaker 1: in one of my drafts, my final pick was Cordarol Patterson.

820
00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:35,600
Speaker 1: So sometimes sometimes it works out. So I know, sometimes

821
00:37:35,640 --> 00:37:38,040
Speaker 1: it's easy just to go and hit auto pick or

822
00:37:38,120 --> 00:37:39,960
Speaker 1: just you know, grab a kicker and be done with it.

823
00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:42,759
Speaker 1: But every now and then you find some gold in

824
00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:44,440
Speaker 1: the last round of your draft. It's just something to

825
00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:46,480
Speaker 1: keep in mind as you head into any draft you

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Speaker 1: may have over the weekend. By the way, one more time,

827
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Speaker 1: you can still sign up for NFL Fantasy. It is free,

828
00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:54,799
Speaker 1: it is fun. Just go download the NFL Fantasy app

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Speaker 1: or go to Fantasy dot nfl dot com. The meantime,

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Speaker 1: that'll do it for this edition of the NFL Fantasy

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Speaker 1: Football Podcast. They're happy, safe and healthy, do good and

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Speaker 1: live well, take care of yourselves and the people around you.

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Speaker 1: Enjoy your final weekend without NFL football and we'll talk

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Speaker 1: to you next week. I don't I don't