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Speaker 1: Wow, everybody, It's Thursday, February twenty ninth, twenty twenty four.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to the NFL Fantasy Football Podcast, where we're not

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Speaker 1: planning to throw either. It's me and your man, MG

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Speaker 1: Marcus Great, joined by Michael F. Floyo and Laqwan Jones.

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Speaker 1: Happy leap Day, fellas. Do you guys have any plans

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Speaker 1: you get one extra twenty four hour period this year?

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Speaker 1: Do you have anything special you plan to do with it? Nope,

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Speaker 1: that sounds like a no at all. I forgot it happened. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I you know, I was just like I I didn't

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Speaker 1: It's when I went to go drop my kid off

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Speaker 1: at school. When I'm driving home and I'm like listening

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Speaker 1: to the radio and like they're talking about like, oh yeah,

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Speaker 1: a lot of people are getting married today, Like the

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Speaker 1: county courthouse is going to be fool people getting married

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Speaker 1: because it's funny get married. I was like, one, I

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Speaker 1: never really thought about that, but also like people actually

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Speaker 1: plan something for today, Like I was just like, it's

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Speaker 1: just Thursday. In my wow, I was ready to.

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Speaker 2: Like pay the bills, you know, first of the month, right,

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Speaker 2: we get a day off of that.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Rinz do, that's pretty much. You know, it's got

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Speaker 1: it like I'm gonna do this show and then I

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Speaker 1: don't know, maybe maybe work out. Like I have no

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Speaker 1: idea what I'm gonna do, No I do anyway, we're

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Speaker 1: any talking obviously the Combine is going on now in Indianapolis,

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Speaker 1: and yeah, you know, I'm sitting here and we were

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Speaker 1: talking before the show, and our own Daniel Jeremiah moved

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Speaker 1: the sticks on Twitter. Is he's out tweeting measurements. I

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Speaker 1: mean it was as I was saying, it's the super

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Speaker 1: Bowl for hand size Twitter. Everybody's getting fired up about

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Speaker 1: hand measurements and that sort of thing. And we're gonna

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Speaker 1: have large men running forty yards in spandex very soon.

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Speaker 1: So that's the thing that we'll be paying attention to

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Speaker 1: over the weekend. But we will talk about the Combine.

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Speaker 1: We'll do some hype trainer, smoke screen, a little bit

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Speaker 1: of what we know. It's kind of things we are

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Speaker 1: looking for at the Combine. I think once this is

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Speaker 1: all done, we can sort of dive into some guys individually.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna reach out to our pow Bucky Brooks and

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Speaker 1: see if he wants to come on and kind of

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Speaker 1: give us a rundown of what he saw, who he likes,

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Speaker 1: who he thinks maybe we should avoid a little bit, though.

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Speaker 1: We'll try to get him on in the coming weeks

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Speaker 1: after that. But let's get start with a little bit

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Speaker 1: of news, A couple of headlines of notes since we

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Speaker 1: last spoke to you. The Cincinnati Bengals plan to use

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Speaker 1: the franchise tag on T. Higgins. I don't know that

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Speaker 1: it's a major surprise. I mean, I thought we were

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Speaker 1: maybe hoping he would get to test the waters and

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Speaker 1: see if he could find a new spot, But it

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Speaker 1: appears that his new spot will be his old spot

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Speaker 1: back in Cincinnati. I went over to Underdog and looked

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Speaker 1: at his ADP. It is currently wide receiver twenty eight.

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Speaker 1: He has sandwiched between Cooper Cup and Amari Cooper Florio.

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Speaker 1: Are you cool with that right now? I'm cool with

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Speaker 1: T Higgins going there. I'm not cool with those other

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Speaker 1: names though, like me either.

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Speaker 2: What does a Marii Cooper have to do? Man Last year,

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Speaker 2: in a season where his starting quarterback played six games

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Speaker 2: and then he had three other quarterbacks throwing him the ball,

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Speaker 2: he averaged more points per game than like Chris Olave,

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Speaker 2: DeVonta Smith, Calvin Ridley, who I'm sure are all going

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Speaker 2: ahead of him in these drafts. So as Cooper Cup, like,

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Speaker 2: I understand last year was kind of a down year,

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Speaker 2: but he could still finish as a top five fantasy

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Speaker 2: wide receiver I think. And if you want to say, well,

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Speaker 2: he has Phoka Nakua now to deal with, Higgins has

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Speaker 2: Jamar Chase.

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Speaker 1: To deal with. Who is going to be a target vacuum?

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Speaker 2: So I'm okay with I feel like any of these

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Speaker 2: three names actually could go a few spots higher and

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Speaker 2: I'd have no issue with it at all. But yeah,

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Speaker 2: to me, the bigger takeaway was like why, especially Amari

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Speaker 2: Cooper man, Like, what does he have to do to

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Speaker 2: get some respect?

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Speaker 1: I am, yeah, I'm kind of with you, Like disrespect

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Speaker 1: it is, and I'm looking so I'm looking at it

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Speaker 1: right now. Right So, Mariy Cooper's wide receiver twenty nine.

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Speaker 1: Zay Flowers is right behind him at thirty, Jayden Reid's

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Speaker 1: at thirty one, Drake London is at twenty six, Keenan

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Speaker 1: Allen at twenty five. I mean that's a lot to

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Speaker 1: take in right there. What is going on. I'm I

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Speaker 1: didn't mean for this to become a wide receiver ADP discussion,

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Speaker 1: but now that I'm here, I'm scrolling through some of these.

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Speaker 1: I mean, Marvin Harrison Junior is at eleven. Nico Collins

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Speaker 1: is wide receiver nine right now, which I tie. I've

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Speaker 1: seen a lot of buzz for Nico Collins, a lot

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Speaker 1: of people excited about him. You know, our friend and

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Speaker 1: wide receiver whisper Matt Harmon is out saying that he

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Speaker 1: thinks Nico Collins has wide receiver one potential and maybe

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Speaker 1: wide receiver nine feels like a reach for him right

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Speaker 1: now because he's great.

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Speaker 3: I think a lot of people are living off the

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Speaker 3: hype of him finally breaking out because I'm one of

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Speaker 3: those people. But I'm even saying wide receiver nine is

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Speaker 3: tab bit right now. It might get humbled tunes when

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Speaker 3: we get closer.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I don't know. I know Tank Dell

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Speaker 1: got hurt sort of later in the year, but he

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Speaker 1: still exists. Malik Neighbors is wide receiver twenty three. Some

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Speaker 1: weak Neighbors right now going five spots ahead oft Te Higgins,

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Speaker 1: six spots ahead of Amari Cooper. Wow. I hear silence.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's a lot though, Like I feel like, you know,

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Speaker 3: oh man, we're getting really excited about these rookies, and

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Speaker 3: I feel like, you know, Mike had already on the

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Speaker 3: disrespect for Marik Cooper and for Cooper Cup. But T Higgins, Man,

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Speaker 3: it looks like it's a spot right now where it

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Speaker 3: looks safe because it's still the unknown. So I like

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Speaker 3: a lot of the names that we're naming that I

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Speaker 3: lot still needs to happen.

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Speaker 1: Still a little bit early. Yeah, I mean I think

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Speaker 1: I'm with you, though, Floria that I think I think

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Speaker 1: T Higgins at Wide Receiver twenty eight feels okay. Cooper

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Speaker 1: and Cooper and Cup, Cooper Cup, I feel a little bit.

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Speaker 1: I feel a little bit. I'd like to tell you

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Speaker 1: I was planned, but it wasn't. But those guys feel

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Speaker 1: a little bit low where they are right now. I mean, look,

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Speaker 1: Drake London at twenty six. You guys know I love

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Speaker 1: Drake London, right but you can have a quarterback right now.

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Speaker 1: And you know, I saw a lot of buzz about

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Speaker 1: maybe Justin Fields is going to get traded to Atlanta,

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Speaker 1: but as of this moment, his quarterback is still Desmond Ritter.

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Speaker 1: Yeah that right there, So you know, I don't know

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Speaker 1: that I take him ahead of cup or Cooper at

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Speaker 1: this point. And yeah, I think a lot of it is.

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Speaker 2: We're we're so early in the process that people want

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Speaker 2: could pull up eighty my drafts from February when I

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Speaker 1: Everyone wants to be first on a guy.

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Speaker 2: But like even like DK Metcalf going where he's going, Like,

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Speaker 2: no disrespect to him, But in a game less Amari

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Speaker 2: Cooper scored more Fantasy points, He's picked up more yards,

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Speaker 2: he averaged over a point more per game, so like.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he's a clear one too. Yeah. Yeah, I think

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Speaker 1: some of it is muscle memory.

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Speaker 2: I know that's something you talk a lot about, Marcus,

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Speaker 2: like we're just so accustomed to pulling this guy up

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Speaker 1: But yeah, I think the other part.

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Speaker 2: Is everyone just kind of wants to be first. That's

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Speaker 2: why ADP now is fun. But until after the draft.

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Speaker 2: I think a lot of it, especially free agency, a

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Speaker 2: lot of it is guessing.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think we always get there are a couple

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Speaker 1: of course correction times. I think for ADP, I think

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Speaker 1: draft is another one. And I think the biggest course

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Speaker 1: correction we get is honestly, like, yeah, mid July early August,

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Speaker 1: when you get a lot more casual players jumping in

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Speaker 1: people who aren't who aren't sickos like us who are

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Speaker 1: up to their neck in this all year long, right,

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Speaker 1: who look, maybe those maybe some of those folks have

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Speaker 1: kind of heard the name Malik Neighbors, maybe they've sort

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Speaker 1: of heard the name Rome Odoonz, but they don't know

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Speaker 1: them where. It's like, I know Amari Cooper, I've had

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Speaker 1: Amari Cooper on my fantasy team before. I'm drafting Amari

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Speaker 1: Cooper over this kid from the University of Washington that

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Speaker 1: I don't really know anything about. Like, I feel like

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Speaker 1: that is the other big course correction where some of

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Speaker 1: these names that maybe US nerds are really really high

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Speaker 1: on in February sort of get pulled down an ADP

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Speaker 1: because a lot more casual people just aren't willing to

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Speaker 1: take that shot on them early, Like, could we put

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Speaker 1: a Mari Cooper in that tier? Now?

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Speaker 3: The Mike Evans and Keen Allen's where their ADP is

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Speaker 3: like disrespectfully low, and they show up in the season

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Speaker 3: in the top twelve, Top fifteen conversation.

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Speaker 1: I am making a note to myself right now as

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Speaker 1: we talk about this, to write something about just a

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Speaker 1: list of wide receivers that I think we take for granted,

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Speaker 1: right And I think Amari Cooper's one. Mike Evans is one.

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Speaker 1: Mike Evans is one, Keenan Allen is one. He's a dog.

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Speaker 1: You know, for years, I thought Tyler Lockett was one.

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Speaker 1: Lockett was last year, but before that, Tyler Lockett, Tyler

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Speaker 1: Lockett was on that list of guys. It was just like,

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Speaker 1: I'm not drafted Tyler Lockett, and then he gives you, like,

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Speaker 1: you know, ninety catches and eleven hundred yards and like

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Speaker 1: six or eight touchdowns. Yeah, him and Robert Woods were

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Speaker 1: in that pocket. Bobby Trees. Bobby Trees was there for

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Speaker 1: a while for sure, for sure. But there are guys

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Speaker 1: that are just like I think we take them for granted,

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Speaker 1: and I think Amari Cooper is definitely falling into that

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Speaker 2: I also feel like there's a lot of wide receivers

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Speaker 2: that we not us three in particular, but as a

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Speaker 2: fantasy community over hype, like because the two like chrysal

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Speaker 2: Lave comes to mind, Like we know that he on

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Speaker 2: a different team could be amazing, But he's a wide

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Speaker 2: receiver too, as long as Derek Cars his quarterback. London

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Speaker 2: is another one, and these rookies, everyone wants to be like, well,

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Speaker 2: if things break right for this guy, he could be

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Speaker 2: a wide receiver one.

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Speaker 1: But things are not going to break right for all

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Speaker 1: of them, all right, So let's let's let's just play

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Speaker 1: hypotheticals here, right, Let's say the Saints to you know what,

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Speaker 1: we've seen enough of Derek Carr, let's go with Jamis.

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Speaker 1: Let's go where we go? Where are we going to

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Speaker 1: Chris o'lave. Then if it's Jamis and I'm not saying

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Speaker 1: this is gonna you know, this is not gonna put

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Speaker 1: the Saints into the playoffs, Like they're not gonna become

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Speaker 1: some kind of contender with Jamis at quarterback. But for

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Speaker 1: our own selfish, greedy fantasy purposes, what does this do

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Speaker 1: to Chris o'lave for you? Top ten? Top ten Locke?

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Speaker 3: I mean, honestly, he's gonna get a chunk of his

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Speaker 3: fantasy points on the long ball because we know Whinsington

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Speaker 3: still air it out. And after having a conversation with

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Speaker 3: straight to his face, I was like, one thing I

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Speaker 3: do know about you still got that long ball.

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Speaker 1: His face lit up.

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Speaker 3: He was like, oh, yeah, you know, I still got that.

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Speaker 1: I feel like you and Jamis would have been BFFs.

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Speaker 1: I don't know what they're gonna do, how they're gonna

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Speaker 2: I agree, but I think that long the Giants. Look,

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Speaker 1: Uh yeah, I mean I saw I know, Davis Richard

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Speaker 3: Like I've seen so many like pieces that I didn't

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Speaker 1: Did you think it was dark? It was dark? I

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Speaker 1: am not going tonight actually because I'm not enough light

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Speaker 1: down that road to go there. So I'm good. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that was that. I will always never I think of

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Speaker 1: New Orleans now, I think of Steve Smith Senior, uh

434
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Speaker 1: and him telling me that is dark. That's it. Other

435
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Speaker 1: than that, I enjoyed. I love this here, real Nors.

436
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Speaker 1: I love your city. I have no complaints with your city.

437
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Speaker 1: I've been there many times. I have had a good time.

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Speaker 1: I love New Orleans. Take it up with Steve Smith Senior.

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Speaker 1: That's all I'm saying. All Right, we're gona take a

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Speaker 1: quick break, come back. We're gonna start talking about the

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Speaker 1: combine little high trainer smoke screen based on some coaches

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Speaker 1: quotes from the past few days. That's coming up next

443
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Speaker 1: on the NFL Fantasy Football podcast. So yes, everybody talks

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Speaker 1: about the combine in terms of it being the you know,

445
00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:58,800
Speaker 1: the pejorative term, the underwear Olympics skies and spandex, running, jumping, lifting,

446
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Speaker 1: all that sort of thing. But the other part of

447
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Speaker 1: the combine, which maybe is even more enlightening, are the interviews,

448
00:22:06,119 --> 00:22:09,399
Speaker 1: the press conferences that the coaches and players have. The

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Speaker 1: week started with the coaches of the thirty two teams,

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Speaker 1: or at least the ones who were there standing in

451
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Speaker 1: front of microphones, doing some interviews, getting quotes, and so

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Speaker 1: I pulled some of these because I mean, look, this

453
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Speaker 1: is prime time for coach speak, right, this is when

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Speaker 1: everybody has high hopes. Everybody's excited about the year to come.

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Speaker 1: We got big plans for all the things we're gonna

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Speaker 1: do on the field. So I decided we should play

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Speaker 1: a little hype trainer smoke screen on some of these.

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Speaker 1: So I pulled four quotes that I saw come across

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Speaker 1: my Twitter feed, and I'll get you guys' thoughts on

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Speaker 1: how much you are buying into them. So Floya'll start

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Speaker 1: with you on this one. Dan Campbell says Jamison Williams quote,

462
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Speaker 1: gonna push to be a full time starter. I know

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Speaker 1: that you are. I won't say you're a Jamison Williams stand,

464
00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:55,840
Speaker 1: but you believe in him and you think there's still

465
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Speaker 1: an opportunity for him to come out and be a playmaker.

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Speaker 1: So when you hear that from Dan Amble, hype train

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00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:04,639
Speaker 1: or smoke screen, hype train all the way. Baby.

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Speaker 2: I tweeted this out when I saw Campbell say this, like,

469
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Speaker 2: I will never quit Jamison. As long as Jamison Williams

470
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Speaker 2: has that Jamison Williams speed, it is going to be

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Speaker 2: hard for me to quit him, especially like I loved

472
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Speaker 2: him when he was coming out of college through and

473
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Speaker 2: he had a weird draft process because he had the

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Speaker 2: twenty ACL and then like, it's been a really weird

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Speaker 2: two years for Jamison Williams if you look at it,

476
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Speaker 2: because the first year the ACL injury in college, when

477
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Speaker 2: he comes back in the NFL, they barely let him play.

478
00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:38,959
Speaker 2: At the end of that year, he was just kind

479
00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:42,080
Speaker 2: of running streaks down the field. Then coming into year two,

480
00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:46,040
Speaker 2: we're all excited about him. The gambling suspension and he hurts,

481
00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:49,359
Speaker 2: I believe his hamstring in the preseason, not able to

482
00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:52,679
Speaker 2: practice or rehab with the team. Comes back and he

483
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Speaker 2: was kind of used in a similar way where they

484
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Speaker 2: were just like there was packages for Jamison Williams and

485
00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:00,119
Speaker 2: they were trying to get him the ball either forty

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Speaker 2: yards downfield or behind the line. But in the playoffs

487
00:24:05,359 --> 00:24:08,640
Speaker 2: and late in the year, I do believe we started

488
00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:11,919
Speaker 2: to see that change. They had him running like actual routes.

489
00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:14,240
Speaker 2: He was running and comeback routes and stuff like that,

490
00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:16,879
Speaker 2: and he was able. We know he's a weapon with

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00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:20,639
Speaker 2: the ball in his hands. He's a weapon downfield. So

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Speaker 2: the fact that Dan Campbell, who I do believe is

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Speaker 2: the most trustworthy coach in the NFL when he speaks,

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Speaker 2: I think we could listen to a pretty high degree.

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Speaker 1: Paired with the fact that Josh.

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Speaker 2: Reynolds is a free agent now and we could see

497
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Speaker 2: Jamison Williams playing more two wide receiver sets. I'm never

498
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Speaker 2: gonna quit him. That being said, it's a very much

499
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Speaker 2: for fantasy. It depends on what the price is like.

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Speaker 2: If he's still going as like a fifth sixth round

501
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Speaker 2: pick next year, I'll probably be out, but I don't

502
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Speaker 2: anticipate that. I think we're gonna get a bigger discount

503
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Speaker 2: than we've ever gotten on Jamison Williams and in.

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Speaker 1: What could be his first normal NFL offseason and season.

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Speaker 1: For the record, he is currently wide receiver forty seven,

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Speaker 1: just after Jacoby Myers, just ahead of Josh Downs. Oh,

507
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Speaker 1: all day, all right, yeah, that's free. Well, as I

508
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Speaker 1: am buying that he's going to push to be a

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Speaker 1: full time starter, I believe that he's going to try

510
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Speaker 1: really hard to be a full time starter. I do think,

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Speaker 1: as you mentioned Josh Reynolds, potentially not being there helps

512
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Speaker 1: things a lot. I just worry are there going to

513
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Speaker 1: be enough targets When you know a'man Ross Saint Brown

514
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Speaker 1: is going to occupy a lot of them. Sam Laporta

515
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Speaker 1: is going to get a lot of them. You still

516
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Speaker 1: have to somehow get the ball to Jamior Gibbs. You know,

517
00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:37,800
Speaker 1: you have to get it to David Montgomery. I just

518
00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:41,480
Speaker 1: wonder will he be anything more than a downfield threat

519
00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:43,399
Speaker 1: or behind the line of scrimmage threat. But I do

520
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Speaker 1: think in terms of like him pushing to be a

521
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Speaker 1: full time starter, absolutely hype train production. Yeah, but at

522
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Speaker 1: you know, but at wide receiver forty seven. I'll take

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Speaker 1: the shot. Yeah, take the shot, especially in best ball,

524
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Speaker 1: especially in best ball. Oh absolutely, in best ball twenty percent?

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Speaker 1: All right, look on, uh, John Harbaugh says, quote the

526
00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:06,359
Speaker 1: ball is going to get to Rashod Bateman, a lot

527
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Speaker 1: more next year. This sort of dovetails to me in

528
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Speaker 1: terms of the Ravens every single year telling us they

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Speaker 1: want to throw the football more. M hmmm, high trader

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Speaker 1: smokes Hi, I feel like I know where you're going

531
00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:22,600
Speaker 1: with this high Trader smoke screen. This is a smoke screen.

532
00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:24,639
Speaker 1: A Batman's right in your face.

533
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Speaker 3: Man, There's no way you're gonna full me again, because

534
00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:30,240
Speaker 3: obviously the target shares are already low to begin with. When

535
00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:33,320
Speaker 3: you have Mark Andrews, who have eight flowers I mean Bateman,

536
00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:35,920
Speaker 3: he can be dust on somebody else's bench, not mine.

537
00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:38,600
Speaker 3: I just feel like I'm kind of over the Wow

538
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Speaker 3: or Shot Bateman project.

539
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Speaker 1: But let me look at their wide receivers, right, I mean,

540
00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:46,600
Speaker 1: it's like it's for Shot Bateman. I mean, look O'Dell

541
00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:50,160
Speaker 1: Beckham Junior. Is you're talking about dust? I mean obj

542
00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:52,879
Speaker 1: was was on the side of a milk carton in

543
00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:56,520
Speaker 1: the postseason, Yeah he was. I don't know, I mean,

544
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Speaker 1: who else healthy Mark Andrews, sure is want to get

545
00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:03,320
Speaker 1: the ball? Who else do they throw the football to

546
00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:07,040
Speaker 1: on a consistent basis? You do not say, Papa, I

547
00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:11,679
Speaker 1: don't know, sure Flowers. I mean, but like there's not

548
00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:14,600
Speaker 1: a lot of places to go with the ball right now.

549
00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:18,000
Speaker 3: There's so many question marks on this Ravens offense, Like

550
00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:19,879
Speaker 3: more than that I actually anticipate.

551
00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:20,560
Speaker 1: I mean JK.

552
00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:23,520
Speaker 3: Dobbins and Gus Oder, which are both free agents, and

553
00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:24,720
Speaker 3: Jk's probably.

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Speaker 1: Sadly, yeah, sadly, I think it may be into the

555
00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:28,480
Speaker 1: road for JK. Dobbins.

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Speaker 3: You have not seen this breakout that we've been waiting for.

557
00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:35,200
Speaker 3: I just can't just hold on anymore. I literally cannot,

558
00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:37,200
Speaker 3: like my stomach cannot take it right now.

559
00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:41,240
Speaker 2: Wow, the thing is like all of this stuff that

560
00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:43,720
Speaker 2: we said we could have said this past, Like their

561
00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:47,480
Speaker 2: number one target was a rookie wide receiver, Mark Andrews

562
00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:51,040
Speaker 2: got hurt and missed a bunch of time. Uh Odell

563
00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:53,840
Speaker 2: kind of was dust for a lot of this year,

564
00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:56,800
Speaker 2: and yet Rashad Bateman still had fewer yards than Nelson

565
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Speaker 2: Aguilar and Isaiah Likely.

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Speaker 1: Oh my god, nasty work. Wow.

567
00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:05,760
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm gonna let everyone else who's a believer in

568
00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:07,479
Speaker 2: him take him. I have no interest.

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Speaker 1: Good riddance, all right, all right, so we want to

570
00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:13,960
Speaker 1: smoke screen. I want to believe I'm I'm I'm I'm

571
00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:16,720
Speaker 1: getting my fox molder on man. I want to believe

572
00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:23,400
Speaker 1: has to be like wide receiver sixty something. He got

573
00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:25,920
Speaker 1: to be in the sixties. Let's see where we can

574
00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:33,280
Speaker 1: find ourselves. Scrolling, scrolling, scrolling scrolls Now I feel like

575
00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:35,159
Speaker 1: I feel like I scrolled. Oh no, there he is.

576
00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:40,560
Speaker 1: Rashad Bateman is wide receiver eighty six. Wow, just after

577
00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:45,320
Speaker 1: just after Jonathan Mingo Anti at that point. If you

578
00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:49,800
Speaker 1: want to believe in him, sure, all right. I mean

579
00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:51,479
Speaker 1: I saw a lot of people getting excited about it.

580
00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:53,360
Speaker 1: I don't know if thatddy. I want to check back

581
00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:54,480
Speaker 1: in like a week or two and see if that

582
00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:55,560
Speaker 1: ADP has come up out of.

583
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Speaker 3: Fuel the machine, just to see the machine explode, because

584
00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:00,800
Speaker 3: that's what's going.

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00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:05,720
Speaker 1: That's literally what it is. Apparently we are the Rashad

586
00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:09,960
Speaker 1: Bateman hater show of record. That's all I can tell. Uh.

587
00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:12,480
Speaker 1: All right, I set this one up specifically for you.

588
00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:17,080
Speaker 1: Floria Falcons offensive coordinator Zach Robinson said Kyle Pitts will

589
00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:20,920
Speaker 1: be a key part of Atlanta's passing attack. I want

590
00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:22,440
Speaker 1: to throw this sounds because it's like I know that

591
00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:24,840
Speaker 1: you guys both follow the opposite end of the Kyle

592
00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:29,560
Speaker 1: Pitts spectrum here, right, like I know that that Florio

593
00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:32,480
Speaker 1: has great love for him. I know that you know

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00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:35,560
Speaker 1: that Lakwana rather stick himself in the ear with a

595
00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:39,400
Speaker 1: sharp pencil before drafting Kyle Pitts again, dump this out

596
00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:42,320
Speaker 1: of here first to you, Floria. Uh, Zach Robinson say

597
00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:43,920
Speaker 1: he's gonna be a key part of the passing attack.

598
00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:45,920
Speaker 1: I've seen a lot of people saying that he's fully healthy,

599
00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:47,960
Speaker 1: that maybe we didn't know the extent of his knee

600
00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:50,920
Speaker 1: injury from a couple of years ago. Uh is it

601
00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:54,000
Speaker 1: full speed ahead? Are you? And you're gonna get a discount?

602
00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:56,240
Speaker 1: I because people are tired of it. Like, are you

603
00:29:56,360 --> 00:30:00,360
Speaker 1: full speed ahead? Still on Kyle Pitts. Yes, in our

604
00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:03,280
Speaker 1: mock draft, I got him in like the eighth round

605
00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:06,280
Speaker 1: or something. Believe our researcher made fun of you for that.

606
00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:08,360
Speaker 1: I think she mocked you for that. Oh did she?

607
00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:10,400
Speaker 1: I think I think that I think she took a

608
00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:13,680
Speaker 1: shot at you for doing that. Yes, if I recall correctly. Oh, well,

609
00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:15,560
Speaker 1: because Kyle p is gonna be awesome.

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Speaker 2: Like like we know Kyle Pitts could play like his

611
00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:22,000
Speaker 2: rookie year. I think proved everything that we wanted to see.

612
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Speaker 2: It's one of the before Sam Laporter. It was the

613
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Speaker 2: best rookie recent rookie tight end season in record UH

614
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Speaker 2: and it was still top five all time in Fantasy

615
00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:35,640
Speaker 2: points scored by a rookie. Then the weirdness happened in

616
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Speaker 2: his sophomore year with Arthur Smith UH and last year

617
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Speaker 2: with John new Smith. But I believe it's a little

618
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Speaker 2: bit of all of it, I think, And look, I

619
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Speaker 2: know this is a second straight offseason. I'm saying it.

620
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Speaker 2: The quarterback play cannot get any worse, right, Like Marcus

621
00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:53,800
Speaker 2: Manrijoda was the worst quarterback this past year. The Falcons

622
00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:56,920
Speaker 2: quarterbacks this two years ago. This past season, they were awful.

623
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Speaker 2: John new Smith is officially gone. We have an offensive

624
00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:04,240
Speaker 2: coordinator that I think we could trust in Zach Robinson,

625
00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:07,160
Speaker 2: because there's a history of success with coordinators who have

626
00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:11,920
Speaker 2: worked under Sean McVay. And then I believe that Kyle

627
00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:14,640
Speaker 2: Pitts was more injured than we were let on to believe.

628
00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:18,440
Speaker 2: I remember back to August in training camp when he

629
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Speaker 2: had a big kneeberry Son and was kind of limping,

630
00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:23,040
Speaker 2: and people reports came out that he might not be.

631
00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:25,520
Speaker 1: Healthy for the first few weeks of the season, and.

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Speaker 2: We all kind of were like, no, he's gonna be

633
00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:31,120
Speaker 2: out there, but he'd never and they were using him

634
00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:33,800
Speaker 2: a little bit downfield less. Just to me, it felt

635
00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:36,560
Speaker 2: like the last two years. And I know people are

636
00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:39,520
Speaker 2: probably sick of me saying this, like it worst case

637
00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:42,360
Speaker 2: scenario for Kyle Pitts. So you I need to see

638
00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:45,360
Speaker 2: a quarterback upgrade, and it depends like it's gonna be

639
00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:47,880
Speaker 2: a big difference if justin fields as the quarterback first,

640
00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:52,440
Speaker 2: say like JJ McCarthy or something like that. But I'm

641
00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:55,080
Speaker 2: still a believer in Kyle Pitts. And like you said, Marcus,

642
00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:58,320
Speaker 2: it's going to be the cheapest probably he's ever been

643
00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:01,000
Speaker 2: because even as a rookie people were hyping him up

644
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Speaker 2: as a top five tight end.

645
00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:06,240
Speaker 1: He is tightened ten right now between between David Joku

646
00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:07,880
Speaker 1: and Jake Ferguson.

647
00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:13,280
Speaker 3: All right, so Lakwan counterpoint. Listen, is it too late

648
00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:16,040
Speaker 3: to buy a ticket because I'm hyping. I'm hype training

649
00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:16,440
Speaker 3: this up.

650
00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:16,720
Speaker 1: Man.

651
00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:21,080
Speaker 3: I am on the Kyle Pitts hype train. Just based

652
00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:23,240
Speaker 3: on some of the points that Florio was hitting on.

653
00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:25,920
Speaker 3: Got Zach Robinson coming from the Rams. I called him

654
00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:28,120
Speaker 3: in Atlanta Rams by the way, because we got all

655
00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:31,160
Speaker 3: the RAMS personnel over there, but Zach Robinson, he wasn't

656
00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:32,920
Speaker 3: calling the plays over there. But it was his job

657
00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:36,120
Speaker 3: to instill the offense and make sure people understood what

658
00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:38,080
Speaker 3: was going on and that it was just going to

659
00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:41,280
Speaker 3: be something you know that Sean McVay just didn't have

660
00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:43,920
Speaker 3: to monitor too much. Like Zach Robinson was the perfect

661
00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:46,400
Speaker 3: guy for this offense last season. Now he's going to

662
00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:48,600
Speaker 3: Atlanta to where he gets to put his little spin

663
00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:50,920
Speaker 3: on the offense. They need to find a quarterback. That's

664
00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:53,920
Speaker 3: my only hesitation. But this morning, this very morning, on

665
00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:56,320
Speaker 3: the underdog Draft, I got Kyle Pitts in the eighth round.

666
00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:59,200
Speaker 3: That is a perfect place to get him right now

667
00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:01,840
Speaker 3: because of people like me last season that was hating

668
00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:02,200
Speaker 3: on him.

669
00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:03,520
Speaker 1: Let's keep the hate going.

670
00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:05,000
Speaker 3: Man, Let's get him in the tenth round, and then

671
00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:08,120
Speaker 3: you just wreak all the benefits because they mean business.

672
00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:08,320
Speaker 1: Man.

673
00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:11,040
Speaker 3: I believe everything that they're saying, because the first order

674
00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:13,960
Speaker 3: of business was get the distraction out of the building, and.

675
00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:14,840
Speaker 1: That was John new Smith.

676
00:33:14,840 --> 00:33:14,959
Speaker 2: Man.

677
00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:17,440
Speaker 3: John Smith is a great tight end. He's a good

678
00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:19,360
Speaker 3: tight end. That wasn't the guy to bring in to

679
00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:21,800
Speaker 3: try to compete with or put the fire under Kyle

680
00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:25,440
Speaker 3: Pitts's but because John Smith can actually play, so it

681
00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:27,840
Speaker 3: was just like the indication them getting him out of there.

682
00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:30,160
Speaker 3: The first order of business before they even get a quarterback,

683
00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:31,760
Speaker 3: was they get this guy out of here. We need

684
00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:33,640
Speaker 3: him out of here. We need Kyle Pitts to beat

685
00:33:33,640 --> 00:33:35,760
Speaker 3: a focal point in this offense. I am on the

686
00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:37,959
Speaker 3: hype train officially for Kyle Pitts.

687
00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:41,840
Speaker 1: Wow. Now I'm gonna imagine that Lakwan's gonna spend there.

688
00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:44,680
Speaker 1: He's gonna been the off season just like trashing him,

689
00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:47,920
Speaker 1: just to like bring the adp. You can try to

690
00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:52,800
Speaker 1: catch the timeline here though. Man listen, I'm on it, man,

691
00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:55,800
Speaker 1: I'm all here for it, Man Florid this year tag

692
00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:58,920
Speaker 1: team in it up. Look, I believe right like I

693
00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:02,240
Speaker 1: still believe. I'd never fully believe. I got frustrated. I'm

694
00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:04,000
Speaker 1: not gonna lie to you. I got really frustrated and

695
00:34:04,040 --> 00:34:06,200
Speaker 1: I stopped trying to like hype him midway through the year.

696
00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:08,560
Speaker 1: But I still believe in the talent. I still hopefully,

697
00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:11,320
Speaker 1: I'm believing that the situation is going to be better.

698
00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:13,759
Speaker 1: I will also say that I don't think I'm going

699
00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:17,040
Speaker 1: to have a lot of him, probably because I may

700
00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:19,440
Speaker 1: have drafted a tight end by Ben, I still have

701
00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:21,560
Speaker 1: sort of leaned into the I want to get a

702
00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:25,040
Speaker 1: guy on the earlier side because I just don't want

703
00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:27,000
Speaker 1: that happen. But I'm looking. I'm sitting here looking at

704
00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:27,440
Speaker 1: the tight ends.

705
00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:27,560
Speaker 2: Right.

706
00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:30,120
Speaker 1: Laport is gonna go early. He's number one, Kelsey's at

707
00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:33,840
Speaker 1: two right now, Trey McBride is at three, Andrew's at four.

708
00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:36,600
Speaker 1: So it may be a year that I wait a

709
00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:39,000
Speaker 1: little bit longer. So maybe I'll end up waiting on

710
00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:41,640
Speaker 1: the tight end. Cool. I'm talking. I'm thinking through this

711
00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:43,279
Speaker 1: out loud here, So maybe I'll end up having more

712
00:34:43,320 --> 00:34:46,040
Speaker 1: Kyle Pitts than maybe I anticipated at this point. You

713
00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:47,279
Speaker 1: could do like I did in the mock.

714
00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:50,000
Speaker 2: Compare him with Dalton Kinkaid in the eighth and ninth round,

715
00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:51,800
Speaker 2: and then you get two upside shots.

716
00:34:52,200 --> 00:34:56,520
Speaker 1: Interesting. I like Bessy. That's spicy. I'm always a double

717
00:34:56,560 --> 00:34:59,759
Speaker 1: tap tight end kind of guy. I like that, all right. Last,

718
00:35:00,520 --> 00:35:03,879
Speaker 1: the last one here, this one from Sean Payton. I'll

719
00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:07,960
Speaker 1: send this to Lakwan first. The only thing that slowed

720
00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:12,760
Speaker 1: down Marvin Mims Junior was quote us, which again feels

721
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:16,319
Speaker 1: like everything that every fantasy analyst said all the year

722
00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:18,319
Speaker 1: last year, like why don't you put this guy on

723
00:35:18,360 --> 00:35:20,920
Speaker 1: the field more? And night Sean McVay or Sean Payton

724
00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:22,719
Speaker 1: basically was like, Hey, maybe we should have put this

725
00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:26,760
Speaker 1: guy on the field more. Are you buying it, high traders,

726
00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:29,319
Speaker 1: smoke screen? Are you buying into this smoke screen? Man?

727
00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:32,520
Speaker 3: Unfortunately, because I just don't see it happening immediately. I

728
00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:35,200
Speaker 3: think we're slowly gradually throughout the year going to see

729
00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:37,719
Speaker 3: Marvin Mins get more developed. But right now there's still

730
00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:40,279
Speaker 3: a question at the quarterback position for him as well.

731
00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:42,319
Speaker 3: So it's like the dude runs a four to three.

732
00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:44,640
Speaker 3: He is a deep thread. We saw him have flashes

733
00:35:44,680 --> 00:35:46,240
Speaker 3: and you could put him on special teams.

734
00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:48,480
Speaker 1: He can make plays there. Whatever. Just get this dude

735
00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:50,000
Speaker 1: on the field because he can make the plays.

736
00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:53,000
Speaker 3: Man, Like, I honestly don't understand what was holding him

737
00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:55,960
Speaker 3: back from just sprinkling him in in a couple of plays,

738
00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:58,680
Speaker 3: like just have him there just to be a decoy

739
00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:01,400
Speaker 3: or something. But it just wasn't happening. So it's a

740
00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:03,399
Speaker 3: smoke screen. I need to see it to believe it.

741
00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:05,880
Speaker 1: I'm buying it. I don't know about you. Florida. I'm

742
00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:10,120
Speaker 1: buying it because I don't know that Courtland Sutton's coming back.

743
00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:14,120
Speaker 1: I think they would like to move on from Jerry Judy.

744
00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:16,120
Speaker 1: I don't know that it's going to be possible, but

745
00:36:16,239 --> 00:36:18,480
Speaker 1: I don't know that they're in love with Jerry Judy.

746
00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:22,920
Speaker 1: Maybe they draft somebody, maybe they try to add somebody

747
00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:25,400
Speaker 1: in free agency. But I think there's gonna be a

748
00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:30,080
Speaker 1: large opening for Marvin Mims to get on the field

749
00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:34,319
Speaker 1: next year and make some plays. I think that's the

750
00:36:34,360 --> 00:36:36,799
Speaker 1: reason I'm buying into it, Mike, not not only because

751
00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:39,799
Speaker 1: I believe Sean Payton. I think he's a master at ubfuscation,

752
00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:44,120
Speaker 1: but I think just I think the roster situation will

753
00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:46,839
Speaker 1: allow itself for Marvin Mims to get on the field

754
00:36:46,920 --> 00:36:50,800
Speaker 1: next year. Yeah, I think so as well.

755
00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:53,919
Speaker 2: And I think back to like Week four, Week five,

756
00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:56,960
Speaker 2: when on Fantasy Live, I was like calling out Sean Payton,

757
00:36:57,040 --> 00:36:59,400
Speaker 2: like you talk about bad coaching jobs, the guy leading

758
00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:01,560
Speaker 2: the league and yards per route, ran can't see the

759
00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:05,240
Speaker 2: field on your team that is searching for wide receiver help.

760
00:37:05,840 --> 00:37:09,200
Speaker 2: But I have questions about Marvin Mims game, like can

761
00:37:09,239 --> 00:37:12,960
Speaker 2: he can he be more than just a downfield threat?

762
00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:16,200
Speaker 2: Can can he run a full route tree stuff like that,

763
00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:20,680
Speaker 2: But I it might not matter, like if he's able

764
00:37:20,719 --> 00:37:23,440
Speaker 2: to see the fields as much as we're anticipating, at

765
00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:26,120
Speaker 2: least me and you Marcus, Like one big play a

766
00:37:26,120 --> 00:37:28,960
Speaker 2: week is all he kind of needs. And the thing

767
00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:33,120
Speaker 2: I'm thinking is, like, even if he can't be that

768
00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:35,960
Speaker 2: that true wide receiver one for you use him how

769
00:37:36,080 --> 00:37:39,239
Speaker 2: the Chiefs use mvs right like like Lukwama is saying,

770
00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:39,680
Speaker 2: as a.

771
00:37:39,640 --> 00:37:44,880
Speaker 1: Decoy, you use the MVS.

772
00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:48,200
Speaker 2: Like he's out there so much just because he opens

773
00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:50,959
Speaker 2: stuff up short term because you have to worry about

774
00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:54,399
Speaker 2: him burning your secondary. So Mims could at least play

775
00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:56,319
Speaker 2: that role. And if you throw a couple of long

776
00:37:56,360 --> 00:37:58,880
Speaker 2: balls again to him, like, I don't see why he

777
00:37:58,920 --> 00:38:01,319
Speaker 2: can't be productive. But I think for him to be

778
00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:06,520
Speaker 2: like a weekly every you start a weekly in fantasy option,

779
00:38:06,640 --> 00:38:08,360
Speaker 2: he probably needs to become a little bit of a

780
00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:09,120
Speaker 2: better route runner.

781
00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:13,160
Speaker 1: I think that's fair. They also have a similar situation

782
00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:16,760
Speaker 1: where they've got to figure out their quarterback scenario too.

783
00:38:17,719 --> 00:38:21,200
Speaker 1: You know, they they obviously don't want Russ, but they

784
00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:23,280
Speaker 1: also can't figure out how to move on from Russ

785
00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:26,880
Speaker 1: just yet. That's a nasty situation. That's going to be

786
00:38:26,920 --> 00:38:29,759
Speaker 1: an ugly, ugly separation. I don't know how that's going

787
00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:31,879
Speaker 1: to go down, but it's it's apparent that the two

788
00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:36,440
Speaker 1: sides are trying to set up a conscious uncoupling but

789
00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:38,720
Speaker 1: don't really know how to do it. So we'll see.

790
00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:42,080
Speaker 1: But I just think that circumstances are going to force

791
00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:43,960
Speaker 1: Marvin Mems to be on the field a lot more

792
00:38:44,040 --> 00:38:46,880
Speaker 1: next year. I hope what he does with that, you know, we.

793
00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:51,120
Speaker 3: Can, we can doesn't pull what he did last year

794
00:38:51,160 --> 00:38:52,480
Speaker 3: and bringing a bunch of Saints players.

795
00:38:52,520 --> 00:38:55,120
Speaker 1: I mean, who knows, I mean something. It was going

796
00:38:55,160 --> 00:38:58,000
Speaker 1: to be a free agent, so you know, you go there,

797
00:38:58,040 --> 00:39:01,320
Speaker 1: you go. You run all those same shenanigans in Denver

798
00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:02,239
Speaker 1: with Taysom Hill.

799
00:39:02,719 --> 00:39:05,760
Speaker 3: Wouldn't be He's gonna go over there be a quarterback

800
00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:08,080
Speaker 3: to wide receiver to tight end the running back.

801
00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:10,600
Speaker 1: You know, first place bugs, bunny, left field bugs, Bunny

802
00:39:10,600 --> 00:39:12,040
Speaker 1: shorts up bucks, Bunny. It's gonna be like that with

803
00:39:12,160 --> 00:39:15,279
Speaker 1: Taysom Hill. Anyway, We'll take one more break come back.

804
00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:19,160
Speaker 1: We're gonna dive into the combine on the field. Some

805
00:39:19,200 --> 00:39:20,960
Speaker 1: of the things that maybe we are looking out for

806
00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:23,879
Speaker 1: and what we expect from this weekend in Indianapolis. That's

807
00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:32,680
Speaker 1: next on the NFL Fantasy Football Podcast. So they are

808
00:39:32,719 --> 00:39:36,200
Speaker 1: all hanging out at Lucas Oil Stadium there in Indianapolis,

809
00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:38,080
Speaker 1: and there are guys that are lifting weights and they

810
00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:40,120
Speaker 1: are running and jumping and doing all sorts of things.

811
00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:44,000
Speaker 1: And what is basically a job interview for the upcoming

812
00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:47,400
Speaker 1: NFL Draft. So I kind of dive into some of

813
00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:50,319
Speaker 1: the things we're expecting or looking out for coming up

814
00:39:50,320 --> 00:39:52,080
Speaker 1: this weekend. Here are a couple of things that we

815
00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:56,120
Speaker 1: do know early on. Two of the top quarterback prospects,

816
00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:59,360
Speaker 1: and Caleb Williams and Jaden Daniels aren't going to throw

817
00:39:59,520 --> 00:40:02,480
Speaker 1: at the combine. That really is surprise. That has kind

818
00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:04,359
Speaker 1: of been the way of things with the high level

819
00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:07,200
Speaker 1: quarterbacks lately. They are waiting for their pro day to

820
00:40:07,239 --> 00:40:10,440
Speaker 1: do some things. For a couple of the top wide

821
00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:14,680
Speaker 1: receiver prospects, Marvin Harrison Junior and Malik Neighbors, they are

822
00:40:14,680 --> 00:40:16,680
Speaker 1: not expected to work out. They are going to be

823
00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:18,640
Speaker 1: in Indianapolis. I believe they're going to go through the

824
00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:22,000
Speaker 1: interview process and all those other things, but not going

825
00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:23,600
Speaker 1: to work out. I mean, I think if you are

826
00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:27,080
Speaker 1: one or both of those guys, you were pretty much

827
00:40:27,120 --> 00:40:31,279
Speaker 1: locked into being a top ten pick. There's probably more

828
00:40:31,320 --> 00:40:34,319
Speaker 1: risk than reward to working out at the combine, so

829
00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:37,880
Speaker 1: those guys are not going to do that. So so

830
00:40:37,960 --> 00:40:39,600
Speaker 1: some have a question. I mean, Floria, what sorts of

831
00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:43,719
Speaker 1: things do you look for from players at the combine?

832
00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:47,800
Speaker 2: I think the combine is and I know people listening

833
00:40:47,840 --> 00:40:50,160
Speaker 2: to this probably like I think it's a little overrated.

834
00:40:51,920 --> 00:40:53,920
Speaker 2: I think it's cool to see them out there and

835
00:40:54,320 --> 00:40:58,640
Speaker 2: running and stuff like that, but at the same point

836
00:40:58,640 --> 00:41:00,520
Speaker 2: in time, like to me, I think so much of

837
00:41:00,520 --> 00:41:03,319
Speaker 2: what makes the combine special is what happens that we

838
00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:06,959
Speaker 2: don't see on TV, like like talking to the teams.

839
00:41:06,600 --> 00:41:08,520
Speaker 1: And the interview process and all of that.

840
00:41:08,560 --> 00:41:10,680
Speaker 2: It kind of is like the Winter the Football's version

841
00:41:10,680 --> 00:41:13,359
Speaker 2: of the Winter Meetings, where like everyone is in one

842
00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:16,120
Speaker 2: place and so a lot happens because you're talking and

843
00:41:16,120 --> 00:41:19,640
Speaker 2: stuff like that. But I mean, I'm not the kind

844
00:41:19,680 --> 00:41:21,480
Speaker 2: of person that's gonna be sitting there like he ran

845
00:41:21,840 --> 00:41:24,680
Speaker 2: a four or five one and out a four four nine.

846
00:41:24,680 --> 00:41:27,280
Speaker 2: I'm not like no, Like to me that I understand

847
00:41:27,280 --> 00:41:29,360
Speaker 2: if you have models and stuff like that, that works

848
00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:31,680
Speaker 2: and the nextion status uses all of it. To make

849
00:41:31,760 --> 00:41:34,160
Speaker 2: like one big grade. I love that tool, so I

850
00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:37,160
Speaker 2: get excited when that happens with the combine. But the

851
00:41:37,200 --> 00:41:41,480
Speaker 2: only thing I think that happens largely is players can

852
00:41:41,560 --> 00:41:42,040
Speaker 2: hurt their.

853
00:41:41,960 --> 00:41:42,920
Speaker 1: Value more than anything.

854
00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:46,160
Speaker 2: Like I think back to Elijah Holyfield all the time

855
00:41:46,200 --> 00:41:48,840
Speaker 2: that he was like a running back that was pretty

856
00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:50,880
Speaker 2: highly viewed and then he ran a four to seven

857
00:41:50,920 --> 00:41:54,840
Speaker 2: and he never sniffed the NFL. But for the most part,

858
00:41:54,840 --> 00:41:58,320
Speaker 2: like I understand why Caleb and Daniels and Marvin Harrison

859
00:41:58,360 --> 00:42:01,080
Speaker 2: aren't working out because what what do these guys.

860
00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:03,400
Speaker 1: Have to gain right now? Like their tape speaks for itself.

861
00:42:04,120 --> 00:42:07,080
Speaker 1: I mean, to that point, Lakwan and Floya touched on

862
00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:08,879
Speaker 1: something that I've been kind of feeling the last couple

863
00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:12,279
Speaker 1: of days. I'm not gonna say that the combine is

864
00:42:12,680 --> 00:42:15,279
Speaker 1: it's not irrelevant, right because there are definitely guys from

865
00:42:15,320 --> 00:42:17,560
Speaker 1: smaller schools that maybe don't get as much of attention,

866
00:42:17,760 --> 00:42:20,440
Speaker 1: or guys that are kind of, you know, fringe draft

867
00:42:20,440 --> 00:42:22,520
Speaker 1: guys who can maybe move up around or two. So

868
00:42:22,560 --> 00:42:25,399
Speaker 1: there's still some value for a lot of players here.

869
00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:30,560
Speaker 1: But in an age now where I mean one, it

870
00:42:30,600 --> 00:42:33,400
Speaker 1: seems like nearly every college football game is on television.

871
00:42:34,239 --> 00:42:36,960
Speaker 1: With social media and all these different platforms, you can

872
00:42:37,080 --> 00:42:40,760
Speaker 1: watch a guy's tape. You can scout pretty much anybody. Look,

873
00:42:41,280 --> 00:42:42,880
Speaker 1: we can see out, I mean, the Threeas can scout

874
00:42:42,920 --> 00:42:45,919
Speaker 1: anybody pretty much from our homes at this point, right right.

875
00:42:46,440 --> 00:42:48,520
Speaker 1: I'm not saying that, you know, my tape watching skills

876
00:42:48,520 --> 00:42:51,000
Speaker 1: are on the level of you know, Daniel Jeremiah or

877
00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:52,680
Speaker 1: a high level scout or anybody like that, but we

878
00:42:52,719 --> 00:42:55,759
Speaker 1: can watch all these guys. We got to a point

879
00:42:55,760 --> 00:42:59,480
Speaker 1: where the Combine generally has lost a lot of its luster,

880
00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:03,000
Speaker 1: at least it comes to the on field drills. Yeah,

881
00:43:03,120 --> 00:43:04,000
Speaker 1: I mean, I agree.

882
00:43:04,040 --> 00:43:06,560
Speaker 3: I mean I kind of watch it just to see

883
00:43:06,560 --> 00:43:10,240
Speaker 3: the guys that I go into combine like really excited about.

884
00:43:10,680 --> 00:43:12,399
Speaker 3: Just to see where they weigh in, if they gain

885
00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:14,839
Speaker 3: some weight, especially for a running back, or if there's

886
00:43:14,880 --> 00:43:16,799
Speaker 3: a wide receiver that runs like a four to three

887
00:43:16,880 --> 00:43:18,719
Speaker 3: or four to four, whatever the case may be, Like,

888
00:43:18,719 --> 00:43:21,400
Speaker 3: oh this guy's quick. You know some of the like

889
00:43:21,520 --> 00:43:24,080
Speaker 3: lower level guys that aren't getting talked up enough, Like

890
00:43:24,360 --> 00:43:26,560
Speaker 3: I really don't watch the Combine for guys that are

891
00:43:26,600 --> 00:43:28,840
Speaker 3: just already you know, top ten picks or like the

892
00:43:28,920 --> 00:43:31,640
Speaker 3: solid guys it's the guys that you know, fall under

893
00:43:31,640 --> 00:43:33,560
Speaker 3: the radar, Like, for example, Cooper cup I was just

894
00:43:33,640 --> 00:43:37,200
Speaker 3: watching his combine drills, like nobody was really like excited

895
00:43:37,200 --> 00:43:39,480
Speaker 3: about him, and then he's making history, you know, a

896
00:43:39,480 --> 00:43:41,840
Speaker 3: couple of seasons later. Like those are the guys that,

897
00:43:41,880 --> 00:43:43,880
Speaker 3: you know, I really look for the guys that aren't

898
00:43:43,880 --> 00:43:46,640
Speaker 3: really being talked about enough, and you know, they kind

899
00:43:46,640 --> 00:43:48,480
Speaker 3: of show up and show out and then kind of

900
00:43:48,520 --> 00:43:50,879
Speaker 3: rises their fantasy stock and kind of rises their draft

901
00:43:50,880 --> 00:43:51,480
Speaker 3: stock as well.

902
00:43:51,680 --> 00:43:53,719
Speaker 1: Well, I think it's for me. The thing at the

903
00:43:53,719 --> 00:43:56,520
Speaker 1: Combine is i'd send to sort of wait till after

904
00:43:56,560 --> 00:43:58,480
Speaker 1: the fact and see the guys who maybe had a

905
00:43:58,520 --> 00:44:01,440
Speaker 1: good workout that may I didn't watch or didn't know

906
00:44:01,520 --> 00:44:04,320
Speaker 1: so much about before. And then it's like, look, I

907
00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:07,200
Speaker 1: watched the Combine the same way I watched the Oscars,

908
00:44:07,280 --> 00:44:08,839
Speaker 1: right like, it tells me what I need to go

909
00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:12,040
Speaker 1: back and watch that maybe I missed earlier right here,

910
00:44:12,160 --> 00:44:14,279
Speaker 1: never heard of it. Yeah, it was like, hey man,

911
00:44:14,480 --> 00:44:15,879
Speaker 1: this movie one a whole lot of Wars. I didn't

912
00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:18,000
Speaker 1: see it. Maybe I'll you know, you know, pay the

913
00:44:18,120 --> 00:44:19,920
Speaker 1: four bucks or whatever to stream it or something like that.

914
00:44:20,040 --> 00:44:21,920
Speaker 1: You know, like that's sort of how I look at

915
00:44:21,920 --> 00:44:23,759
Speaker 1: the combine. It's like the guys who have a big

916
00:44:23,800 --> 00:44:26,760
Speaker 1: weekend that maybe I didn't pay a lot of attention

917
00:44:26,840 --> 00:44:28,920
Speaker 1: to or hadn't really heard much about. Those are the

918
00:44:28,920 --> 00:44:33,200
Speaker 1: guys I go back and watch. But beyond that, I think,

919
00:44:33,320 --> 00:44:35,200
Speaker 1: you know, and we talked about this a lot, Mike,

920
00:44:35,280 --> 00:44:39,200
Speaker 1: that so much has to do with landing spots for

921
00:44:39,280 --> 00:44:42,279
Speaker 1: these guys. That the athleticism. The athleticism is one thing,

922
00:44:42,360 --> 00:44:44,919
Speaker 1: and it's it's great when a dude has a great

923
00:44:45,040 --> 00:44:48,840
Speaker 1: forty time. Look, I remember, I remember when DK Metcalf

924
00:44:48,840 --> 00:44:50,640
Speaker 1: had a bad shuttle run and people were like, oh

925
00:44:50,640 --> 00:44:52,400
Speaker 1: my god, what's this guy gonna do in the NFL,

926
00:44:52,560 --> 00:44:54,520
Speaker 1: Like he needs to go take some yoga classes because

927
00:44:54,520 --> 00:44:58,160
Speaker 1: he's got tight hips or whatever. DK Metcalf has been

928
00:44:58,239 --> 00:45:02,000
Speaker 1: just fine. He's been just fine.

929
00:45:02,920 --> 00:45:06,080
Speaker 2: So yeah, I use it like you do, Marcus. But

930
00:45:06,520 --> 00:45:08,319
Speaker 2: I also think he could be a trap in some

931
00:45:08,480 --> 00:45:11,359
Speaker 2: senses because after Marvin Mims last year ran a four

932
00:45:11,400 --> 00:45:14,200
Speaker 2: to three, he's now on everyone's radar and he's getting

933
00:45:14,239 --> 00:45:17,640
Speaker 2: pulled up the board and that didn't work out at

934
00:45:17,640 --> 00:45:21,600
Speaker 2: all for fantasy purposes. So I'm with like, I think

935
00:45:21,600 --> 00:45:24,640
Speaker 2: I agree with both of you like it. I use it.

936
00:45:24,640 --> 00:45:26,800
Speaker 2: It's a tool to use and to see who stands

937
00:45:26,800 --> 00:45:28,560
Speaker 2: out and more so to be like, oh maybe I

938
00:45:28,600 --> 00:45:31,040
Speaker 2: overlooked this person and like a couple of years ago,

939
00:45:31,080 --> 00:45:33,359
Speaker 2: that's that's how I was. Like, I was pretty high

940
00:45:33,360 --> 00:45:36,080
Speaker 2: on like Khalil Shakir coming out his year or Calvin

941
00:45:36,120 --> 00:45:38,520
Speaker 2: Austin that one didn't work out, but like those are

942
00:45:38,520 --> 00:45:40,359
Speaker 2: players that I was like, Okay, I didn't know these

943
00:45:40,360 --> 00:45:41,520
Speaker 2: guys before the combine.

944
00:45:41,600 --> 00:45:43,360
Speaker 1: Now I'm watching them. I like them.

945
00:45:43,680 --> 00:45:46,880
Speaker 2: But more than that is exactly what you say, like

946
00:45:46,960 --> 00:45:50,400
Speaker 2: landing spot, opportunity, all of that greatly matters way more.

947
00:45:50,360 --> 00:45:57,800
Speaker 1: Two words, Andy Isabella. Yep, Andy Isabella, that's a dig.

948
00:45:58,120 --> 00:46:00,840
Speaker 1: That's it, all right. So I mean, look, all that

949
00:46:00,920 --> 00:46:03,239
Speaker 1: being said, we know that a lot of people still

950
00:46:03,239 --> 00:46:05,160
Speaker 1: get hyped on the combine. A lot of people, as

951
00:46:05,200 --> 00:46:08,040
Speaker 1: you mentioned Florio, have their models. They can plug in

952
00:46:08,040 --> 00:46:10,880
Speaker 1: the numbers and they can sort of make evaluations. And

953
00:46:11,080 --> 00:46:13,440
Speaker 1: there are a lot of us sikos who are doing drafts,

954
00:46:13,520 --> 00:46:16,600
Speaker 1: doing mox, doing real drafts. A lot of the Dynasty

955
00:46:16,640 --> 00:46:19,320
Speaker 1: folks have already tapped I mean they tapped in pretty

956
00:46:19,400 --> 00:46:23,400
Speaker 1: much once the regular season ended. Yeah, I mean Lakwan,

957
00:46:23,520 --> 00:46:26,800
Speaker 1: how much do you expect anybody to move in Dynasty

958
00:46:26,920 --> 00:46:29,239
Speaker 1: ranks post combine? Do you think we're gonna see a

959
00:46:29,239 --> 00:46:30,000
Speaker 1: lot of movement there?

960
00:46:31,160 --> 00:46:35,480
Speaker 3: Probably not see a ton, not a ton of movement

961
00:46:35,520 --> 00:46:38,120
Speaker 3: from guys that you know that we already know about.

962
00:46:38,160 --> 00:46:41,239
Speaker 3: But more or less, it's gonna be what it is.

963
00:46:41,280 --> 00:46:43,960
Speaker 3: Like there might be some movement for some guys in Dynasty,

964
00:46:44,040 --> 00:46:45,840
Speaker 3: like some of the guys that had question marks, but

965
00:46:46,360 --> 00:46:48,400
Speaker 3: more or less, we're gonna get what we got and

966
00:46:48,440 --> 00:46:51,920
Speaker 3: then until Draft Day and April, that's when stuff starts

967
00:46:52,000 --> 00:46:53,520
Speaker 3: really getting crazy moved around.

968
00:46:54,040 --> 00:46:59,120
Speaker 1: Yeah. Probably right last thing as both of you guys

969
00:46:59,120 --> 00:47:02,440
Speaker 1: started with you Florio in particular. Yeah, Like I know

970
00:47:02,440 --> 00:47:05,400
Speaker 1: you're not necessarily super dialed in or plugged in. Is

971
00:47:05,400 --> 00:47:07,080
Speaker 1: there anybody that maybe you just gotta kind of keep

972
00:47:07,080 --> 00:47:09,160
Speaker 1: an eye on see what they do at the at

973
00:47:09,160 --> 00:47:10,080
Speaker 1: the combine? This week?

974
00:47:10,719 --> 00:47:13,640
Speaker 2: For me, it's it's the wide receivers after the big three,

975
00:47:13,640 --> 00:47:16,080
Speaker 2: like we we all know, in whichever order you want

976
00:47:16,120 --> 00:47:19,759
Speaker 2: to put him in, like Harrison Neighbors donsay, seem like

977
00:47:19,800 --> 00:47:22,200
Speaker 2: the locked and loaded top three in this class. But

978
00:47:22,239 --> 00:47:24,200
Speaker 2: I do think there's a lot of talent after so

979
00:47:24,360 --> 00:47:29,960
Speaker 2: like Brian Thomas Junior, Troy Franklin, McConkey. There there's Walker,

980
00:47:30,040 --> 00:47:34,000
Speaker 2: There's Coleman, there's Mitchell. There's a like a few slot

981
00:47:34,040 --> 00:47:36,040
Speaker 2: guys that I've been looking into a bit that I like.

982
00:47:36,120 --> 00:47:38,960
Speaker 2: So to me, I want to see what these secondary

983
00:47:39,040 --> 00:47:42,400
Speaker 2: receivers do, because I do think there's gonna be a

984
00:47:42,440 --> 00:47:44,719
Speaker 2: ton of wide receivers in the first two rounds this year,

985
00:47:44,760 --> 00:47:48,160
Speaker 2: and how those guys could separate themselves and stuff. But

986
00:47:48,239 --> 00:47:51,000
Speaker 2: even more than that, like I look forward to hearing

987
00:47:51,760 --> 00:47:54,920
Speaker 2: what we don't see, Like what like Daniel Jeremiah next

988
00:47:54,920 --> 00:47:56,799
Speaker 2: week is gonna come back and be like, Oh, this

989
00:47:56,920 --> 00:48:00,760
Speaker 2: player really impressed teams and this team and other sources

990
00:48:00,800 --> 00:48:02,919
Speaker 2: and stuff like that. So to me, I think that

991
00:48:03,080 --> 00:48:06,600
Speaker 2: information that comes out of the combine is almost just

992
00:48:06,640 --> 00:48:10,760
Speaker 2: as useful as what these guys are measuring on the field.

993
00:48:11,160 --> 00:48:13,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, anybody you're looking out for LQ.

994
00:48:13,840 --> 00:48:15,560
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I was gonna hit on the wide

995
00:48:15,560 --> 00:48:18,319
Speaker 3: receivers too. I mean jayvon Baker from UCF, I mean

996
00:48:18,640 --> 00:48:21,080
Speaker 3: mal Klye Corley. I mean these are guys that I

997
00:48:21,239 --> 00:48:23,760
Speaker 3: hope test well and kind of raises their draft stock

998
00:48:23,960 --> 00:48:25,680
Speaker 3: so they can get in a position because I think

999
00:48:25,719 --> 00:48:28,279
Speaker 3: these guys could be difference makers on day one if

1000
00:48:28,320 --> 00:48:31,480
Speaker 3: they get in a team camp then needs a secondary

1001
00:48:31,480 --> 00:48:34,239
Speaker 3: wide receiver. And I really feel like there's a ton

1002
00:48:34,280 --> 00:48:36,399
Speaker 3: of teams out there that needs a wide receiver too,

1003
00:48:36,440 --> 00:48:39,120
Speaker 3: that can just produce. I mean, like Malachi, this guy's

1004
00:48:39,160 --> 00:48:41,239
Speaker 3: a yakyard. I mean he's a slot wide receiver, a

1005
00:48:41,320 --> 00:48:44,279
Speaker 3: reliable target, and he makes some really difficult catches. What

1006
00:48:44,440 --> 00:48:46,560
Speaker 3: team is not going to be looking for a guy

1007
00:48:46,600 --> 00:48:48,760
Speaker 3: like that that can produce on day one? And he's

1008
00:48:48,920 --> 00:48:51,239
Speaker 3: like lower in the list of all the big you know,

1009
00:48:51,320 --> 00:48:54,520
Speaker 3: top ten, top seven, you know wide receiver prospects everyone

1010
00:48:54,520 --> 00:48:58,040
Speaker 3: talked about. So the underdogs like Javon Baker or even

1011
00:48:58,200 --> 00:49:00,680
Speaker 3: Xavier Worthy, he's up there somewhat in the top ten

1012
00:49:00,760 --> 00:49:03,160
Speaker 3: of guys getting talked about. He's a speeds there. So

1013
00:49:03,320 --> 00:49:05,560
Speaker 3: there's a ton of ton of guys that are outside

1014
00:49:05,600 --> 00:49:08,040
Speaker 3: the big the big names. I mean, running back wise,

1015
00:49:08,080 --> 00:49:09,920
Speaker 3: I'm looking at Bucky Irvin. I mean, he's going to

1016
00:49:10,000 --> 00:49:12,239
Speaker 3: be like a PPR guy. I just need him to

1017
00:49:12,239 --> 00:49:14,040
Speaker 3: put it on a little bit more weight and hopefully

1018
00:49:14,040 --> 00:49:16,319
Speaker 3: in the combine he shows up at two hundred two

1019
00:49:16,360 --> 00:49:18,560
Speaker 3: of five or whatever. So just he's a guy that

1020
00:49:18,600 --> 00:49:20,960
Speaker 3: can really really help out a passing game if they're

1021
00:49:21,000 --> 00:49:23,000
Speaker 3: looking for running back that can keep his head on

1022
00:49:23,080 --> 00:49:25,719
Speaker 3: the swobwl, getting open space and be explosive.

1023
00:49:26,120 --> 00:49:27,759
Speaker 1: Yeah, there are a couple of names that I have

1024
00:49:28,880 --> 00:49:31,640
Speaker 1: in mind. Why is JJ McCarthy just because he's become

1025
00:49:32,000 --> 00:49:34,200
Speaker 1: kind of an interesting talking point I think at the

1026
00:49:34,280 --> 00:49:37,040
Speaker 1: last week, so he really has been. You know, the

1027
00:49:37,320 --> 00:49:40,279
Speaker 1: buzz early on was that NFL teams liked him a

1028
00:49:40,320 --> 00:49:43,560
Speaker 1: lot more than you know, fans and scouts seem to.

1029
00:49:44,640 --> 00:49:45,920
Speaker 1: So like, this is a chance to go out and

1030
00:49:46,160 --> 00:49:49,080
Speaker 1: sort of perform a little bit. Now. Granted, look, I

1031
00:49:49,080 --> 00:49:51,200
Speaker 1: think in the end it pays to go back to

1032
00:49:51,239 --> 00:49:54,080
Speaker 1: the tape to watch what he did at Michigan, But

1033
00:49:54,160 --> 00:49:57,160
Speaker 1: you know that the charge level against him has been

1034
00:49:57,160 --> 00:49:59,640
Speaker 1: that he didn't necessarily have to do a ton because

1035
00:49:59,640 --> 00:50:03,080
Speaker 1: he had so much talent around him on that Michigan team.

1036
00:50:03,120 --> 00:50:04,480
Speaker 1: So this is a chance to kind of show out

1037
00:50:04,480 --> 00:50:05,719
Speaker 1: a little bit to see what he can do. I

1038
00:50:05,719 --> 00:50:08,360
Speaker 1: think same sort of from Michael Pinnox of a Pinnix

1039
00:50:08,880 --> 00:50:11,400
Speaker 1: sort of has the you know, he's got the age

1040
00:50:11,440 --> 00:50:13,680
Speaker 1: issue working against him, the fact that he spent so

1041
00:50:13,719 --> 00:50:16,959
Speaker 1: many years in college he had a number of injury issues.

1042
00:50:17,160 --> 00:50:20,840
Speaker 1: He can't, unfortunately turn back the clock on some of

1043
00:50:20,880 --> 00:50:22,840
Speaker 1: those things, but I do want to see him perform.

1044
00:50:23,320 --> 00:50:24,880
Speaker 1: I've been part of me being a little bit of

1045
00:50:24,920 --> 00:50:27,680
Speaker 1: a homer here. I want to see Marshawn Lloyd, who

1046
00:50:27,920 --> 00:50:30,480
Speaker 1: was a guy that I mean, obviously I watched a

1047
00:50:30,520 --> 00:50:32,239
Speaker 1: lot of USC football, but he was a guy that

1048
00:50:32,280 --> 00:50:36,400
Speaker 1: I loved that I felt like sometimes they went away

1049
00:50:36,440 --> 00:50:38,719
Speaker 1: from him when they probably should have given him the

1050
00:50:38,760 --> 00:50:41,240
Speaker 1: ball more like it felt there were times that Lincoln

1051
00:50:41,320 --> 00:50:45,560
Speaker 1: Riley really was out to try and win Caleb Williams

1052
00:50:45,560 --> 00:50:48,520
Speaker 1: another heisman, or sometimes just put too much on Caleb's

1053
00:50:48,560 --> 00:50:50,879
Speaker 1: plate when maybe they should have gone with Marshaw Lloyd

1054
00:50:50,920 --> 00:50:53,160
Speaker 1: a little bit. I think he's a talented back who

1055
00:50:53,160 --> 00:50:55,480
Speaker 1: maybe didn't get as many opportunities as he probably should

1056
00:50:55,480 --> 00:50:57,719
Speaker 1: have in the course of that offense. So I just

1057
00:50:57,719 --> 00:50:59,120
Speaker 1: want to see what he tests like. I just want

1058
00:50:59,120 --> 00:51:01,359
Speaker 1: to see how athletic he is. I've seen him, I

1059
00:51:01,440 --> 00:51:03,040
Speaker 1: like him. I just want to see what he does,

1060
00:51:03,480 --> 00:51:05,960
Speaker 1: uh sort of on this stage, because again I think

1061
00:51:05,960 --> 00:51:08,280
Speaker 1: he's talented, but also fight on because I'm a homer,

1062
00:51:09,320 --> 00:51:11,520
Speaker 1: so I think bo Nicks is an interesting one. He's

1063
00:51:11,560 --> 00:51:14,440
Speaker 1: another one too. Yeah, he wasn't.

1064
00:51:14,280 --> 00:51:16,160
Speaker 2: Asked to do a whole bunch in college, but he

1065
00:51:16,280 --> 00:51:18,120
Speaker 2: has the physical tools.

1066
00:51:18,840 --> 00:51:23,200
Speaker 1: Which is funny. I sort of heard people talk that

1067
00:51:23,440 --> 00:51:28,239
Speaker 1: maybe the Rams go out and draft bow Knicks, but

1068
00:51:28,320 --> 00:51:32,120
Speaker 1: I laugh because the Rams already drafted Stetson Bennett, and

1069
00:51:32,200 --> 00:51:35,080
Speaker 1: bo Nix is sort of Stetson Bennett two point zero,

1070
00:51:35,120 --> 00:51:39,320
Speaker 1: another guy who's like already old and was in college

1071
00:51:39,400 --> 00:51:42,800
Speaker 1: for like eleventy years, So why would and like the

1072
00:51:42,880 --> 00:51:45,800
Speaker 1: Rams like, is stetson' Bennet ever gonna He's never gonna play?

1073
00:51:46,960 --> 00:51:49,080
Speaker 1: Probably not. I mean there's been no update.

1074
00:51:49,120 --> 00:51:51,480
Speaker 3: That's the quote from Sean McVay, as like last week,

1075
00:51:51,520 --> 00:51:53,200
Speaker 3: there's no update, and then it needs to.

1076
00:51:53,200 --> 00:51:56,800
Speaker 1: Be enough ta He's just often the void somewhere right.

1077
00:51:59,120 --> 00:52:01,120
Speaker 2: Bo Knicks makes so much sense because I don't know

1078
00:52:01,120 --> 00:52:03,799
Speaker 2: if you guys remember last August when Matthew Stafford was like,

1079
00:52:03,840 --> 00:52:09,160
Speaker 2: this team is too young. I'm having trouble connecting.

1080
00:52:12,560 --> 00:52:17,319
Speaker 1: Man, I'm not of that. But all jokes aside, I

1081
00:52:17,360 --> 00:52:21,279
Speaker 1: am curious to see to see bow Nicks perform. He's

1082
00:52:21,719 --> 00:52:24,080
Speaker 1: twenty four years old, he just turned He just turned

1083
00:52:24,080 --> 00:52:28,040
Speaker 1: twenty four a couple of days ago. So yeah, take

1084
00:52:28,080 --> 00:52:30,200
Speaker 1: the contract till he's thirty. The clock is ticking.

1085
00:52:30,960 --> 00:52:33,920
Speaker 3: Young man still under his mom's insurance, probably.

1086
00:52:34,040 --> 00:52:36,640
Speaker 1: At least for another year. He is another year, so

1087
00:52:36,840 --> 00:52:39,759
Speaker 1: he is absolutely So all right, there you go. That's

1088
00:52:39,760 --> 00:52:41,719
Speaker 1: a sort of our take on the combine. Next week

1089
00:52:41,760 --> 00:52:43,840
Speaker 1: we'll come back and we will sort of try to

1090
00:52:43,880 --> 00:52:46,239
Speaker 1: break down what we saw, what we learned, all that

1091
00:52:46,239 --> 00:52:48,040
Speaker 1: sort of stuff, and then one of the fun, good

1092
00:52:48,120 --> 00:52:52,040
Speaker 1: things we can laugh and poke about next week after

1093
00:52:52,280 --> 00:52:54,480
Speaker 1: the combine is over. So that'll do it for this

1094
00:52:54,600 --> 00:52:57,399
Speaker 1: edition of the NFL Fantasy Football Podcast, The Happy, Safe,

1095
00:52:57,400 --> 00:52:59,920
Speaker 1: and Healthy, Do good, and live well. Enjoy your extra day.

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00:53:00,040 --> 00:53:02,239
Speaker 1: You're in twenty twenty four, everybody, and we will talk

1097
00:53:02,280 --> 00:53:04,800
Speaker 1: to you next week.