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Speaker 1: Wow, what is up? Welcome to another edition of the

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Speaker 1: NFL Fantasy Football Show. It's me your man, MG, Marcus Grant,

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Speaker 1: fully vaccinated, dodging variance, Neo matrix, uh, you know, the

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Speaker 1: whole spield. We are officially into Week one as always,

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Speaker 1: joined by producer Justin and Michael F. Florio. And Happy

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Speaker 1: Labor Day. First of all to all of you out

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Speaker 1: there a Floria. How has your your Labor Day weekend been?

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Speaker 1: My Labor Day, well, happy Labor Day to you, Marcus. Um,

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Speaker 1: the weekend was good. Um. I actually had some family

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Speaker 1: in town just for the weekend, so got to you know,

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Speaker 1: hit up some food spots and the beach with them.

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Speaker 1: That was cool. And now now we're like Bill Belichick, Marcus,

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Speaker 1: we're onto week one. We're on too, week one. Uh yeah,

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Speaker 1: and it's you know, it's doing that thing in l A.

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Speaker 1: It seems to do every year where like somehow, like

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Speaker 1: mid August, late August, it cools down and then the

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Speaker 1: heat come back on Labor Day weekend like with a vengeance. Um.

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Speaker 1: You know, I was down in Long Beach. I took

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Speaker 1: the kid to the Aquarium of the Pacific, which I'm

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Speaker 1: a nerd for those kinds of things. Um, but it

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Speaker 1: was bloody hot. I think after a while he was

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Speaker 1: kind of like, yeah, let's tap out and go home.

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Speaker 1: But it's been good and uh so now we are

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Speaker 1: here laboring on Labor Day for you, because as Florio mentioned,

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Speaker 1: it is week one. We are just a handful of

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Speaker 1: days away from the one season kicking off. I have

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Speaker 1: heard tales that it is the largest season ever, but

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Speaker 1: maybe that's just me. Um, all right, so let's start

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Speaker 1: with a little bit of news. There hasn't been quite

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Speaker 1: as much because we did have that dead period last week.

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Speaker 1: But maybe the bigger story that we've got going on

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Speaker 1: this week is se Kwan Barkley, who has not yet

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Speaker 1: been fully cleared for Week one. They do expect he

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Speaker 1: should be ready for Sunday, but there's also talk that

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Speaker 1: he might not have a full workload as he continues

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Speaker 1: to work his way back from last season's injury. Um, Florio,

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Speaker 1: I feel like he's been one of the guys who

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Speaker 1: has been most picked apart among all the first round

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Speaker 1: potential draft picks there, and it's making me wonder with

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Speaker 1: all this news, is a first round a DP a

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Speaker 1: little bit too high for the people who maybe still

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Speaker 1: be doing drafts up until Thursday. I think that for

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Speaker 1: some people, they're they're coming around that the first round

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Speaker 1: is too early for sake Kwon Barkley, um, But for me,

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Speaker 1: I don't think it is because the way I'm looking

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Speaker 1: at it, Marcus is maybe week one, Week two, week three,

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Speaker 1: he's not fully Sae Kwon Barkley, like maybe he's on

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Speaker 1: a touch count maybe, but even so, what is a

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Speaker 1: touch acount for sake Kwon Barkley, Because if it's around

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Speaker 1: fifteen touches, Sa Kwon Barkley can still be an RB one.

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Speaker 1: He is that explosive. We know that. But the way

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Speaker 1: I'm looking at this Marcus is even let's say you

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Speaker 1: gotta take him with the back end of the first

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Speaker 1: overall in the first round, like ten, eleven, twelve or

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Speaker 1: something like that. Maybe he doesn't live up to that

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Speaker 1: value the first month of the season, but from October

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Speaker 1: on you're getting the Sake Kuan of old type production. Well,

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Speaker 1: then you're getting a top two, top three player in fantasy.

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Speaker 1: So I will take the lesser value the opening month.

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Speaker 1: If come down the stretch, especially in the fantasy playoffs

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Speaker 1: when titles are one, if I have sa Kwan of

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Speaker 1: Old on my roster. That is such an advantage and

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Speaker 1: I get him at a discount, So for me, a

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Speaker 1: first round ADP is not too high. For sake Kwon Barkley,

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Speaker 1: I haven't. I haven't been able to let him get

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Speaker 1: for instance, UM, I am okay with taking him for

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Speaker 1: just the reasons you said. Even if it's a slow

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Speaker 1: start to the year. They still want him to be

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Speaker 1: don't have a dominant guy to throw the ball to.

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Speaker 1: when when Kwan is right, they want to give him

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Speaker 1: the ball a ton UM. I did see this conversation

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Speaker 1: And and he said he does not have sake one

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Speaker 1: hard to believe because in my opinion, if Sae Kwon

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Speaker 1: I don't see a way that he is not in

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Speaker 1: if he stays healthy all year, I would be shocked

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Speaker 1: we sort of know what their backfield is going to

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Speaker 1: to get nihem Hindes more touches this year, and we

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Speaker 1: is it puts like Aaron Jones firmly ahead of Jonathan

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Speaker 1: and get Jonathan Taylor in the second, which I feel

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Speaker 1: the industry of figuring out two headed running back situations, right,

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Speaker 1: Like a week out from the start of the season,

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Speaker 1: UM over to Washington where they quote very confident that

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Speaker 1: Curtis Samuel is going to play in week one. He's

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Speaker 1: He's back with a coach who knows him and Ron Rivera,

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Speaker 1: but we haven't seen him. So I mean, as you

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Speaker 1: who is the biggest late riser? I mean, like, you know,

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Speaker 1: person from the start of draft season to now that

429
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Speaker 1: you know that in the last maybe a few weeks

430
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Speaker 1: has done the most movement for you. I think that

431
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Speaker 1: I'm I'm definitely guilty in this player's ADP potentially rising. Um,

432
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Speaker 1: But it's Jerry Judy for me. Like just two months ago,

433
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Speaker 1: Courtland Sutton was going ahead of Jerry Judy and lot

434
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Speaker 1: of drafts and we were kind of viewing Judy as

435
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Speaker 1: the second option there. And now like Jerry Judy is

436
00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:10,119
Speaker 1: not only going ahead of Courtland Sutton, he's going round

437
00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:13,159
Speaker 1: ahead of Courtland Sutton. And again I'm guilty of doing it,

438
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Speaker 1: like I've taken Jerry Judy in the fourth round, fifth

439
00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:18,040
Speaker 1: round of some of my drafts because I have him

440
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Speaker 1: ranked as a wide receiver too. I think that he's

441
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Speaker 1: going to have a breakout season. I keep talking him

442
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Speaker 1: up on anywhere that will let me talk him about Marcus.

443
00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:30,480
Speaker 1: But I definitely have seen as a whole to like

444
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Speaker 1: the fantasy community really warming up to Jerry Judy I think.

445
00:20:33,760 --> 00:20:36,159
Speaker 1: And then once Teddy Bridgewater was named the starter, there

446
00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:38,320
Speaker 1: was no going back, and his a DP just keeps

447
00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:41,280
Speaker 1: going up. Yeah, He's He's definitely been a very popular

448
00:20:41,359 --> 00:20:43,159
Speaker 1: name the last few weeks, just seeing and hearing a

449
00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:47,600
Speaker 1: whole lot more about him, as though we didn't before. Anyway, Um,

450
00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:50,479
Speaker 1: for me, it's gonna be your your guy. Austin Ekeler, um.

451
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Speaker 1: Just because maybe it's because of the people I draft with, right,

452
00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:55,600
Speaker 1: because I draft with you, and I draft with Rank,

453
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Speaker 1: and I draft with a lot of really sharp, smart people.

454
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Speaker 1: And I mean, at the was a guy that I

455
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Speaker 1: think at the start of draft season, we were talking

456
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Speaker 1: about him as a second round pick, you know, early

457
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Speaker 1: to mid second round, UM. And then I think what

458
00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:10,119
Speaker 1: in our our Fantasy Live league rank took him at

459
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Speaker 1: number four overall, UM. And I've seen that a couple

460
00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:16,879
Speaker 1: of places where he's going four or five because people

461
00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:19,760
Speaker 1: are really excited about the potential. I mean when you

462
00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:23,800
Speaker 1: start saying things like he could be Alvin Kamara in

463
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Speaker 1: this charger offense. Not that he was far off to

464
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Speaker 1: begin with. I mean, let's let's be honest, like he

465
00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:32,840
Speaker 1: wasn't too far behind Eckler and or a Camarra in

466
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Speaker 1: terms of what he was doing before. But now they've

467
00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:38,240
Speaker 1: got Joe Lombardi, they're calling the plays, and you think

468
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Speaker 1: that that maybe there's something big coming. So I've seen

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Speaker 1: him just jump up to that that middle almost high

470
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Speaker 1: part of the first round, UM, which has been hard.

471
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Speaker 1: It's been hard because I want us to Eckler two.

472
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Speaker 1: It was once a hot take to say he could

473
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Speaker 1: be a top five running back in PPR. Now it's

474
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Speaker 1: almost the price you have to pay to get him

475
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Speaker 1: on your oster. Yeah, I mean it feels just like

476
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Speaker 1: it that that's kind of what what it has to

477
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Speaker 1: be at this point. Um, all right, so that's the

478
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Speaker 1: biggest late rising. Who's the biggest late faller that you've seen?

479
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Speaker 1: Jamar Chase. I mean, this guy, he went from being

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Speaker 1: the top Bengals wide receiver off the board to now

481
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Speaker 1: being I often see him go last of the three,

482
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Speaker 1: and I'm not sure there's been a good word spoken

483
00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:20,520
Speaker 1: or written about him. We're at a camper hearing that

484
00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:23,000
Speaker 1: he's got the drops the little bit that we've seen

485
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Speaker 1: him he has struggled at time for hearing that he's

486
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Speaker 1: struggling to make create separation. And I will say early

487
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Speaker 1: in draft season, when Jamar Chase was going as a

488
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Speaker 1: top twenty, sometimes top twenty four, but usually not later

489
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Speaker 1: than that wide receiver off the board, I was like,

490
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Speaker 1: I want no part of it, because you're either paying

491
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Speaker 1: for history or you're paying for his ceiling. Like there's

492
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Speaker 1: no other way this could go. But now that he's

493
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Speaker 1: been falling the last couple of weeks, I'm seeing him

494
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Speaker 1: go like eight ninth round. Now I'm willing to to

495
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Speaker 1: jump in on him because it's a it's a three

496
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Speaker 1: or four round discount from just a month ago, and

497
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Speaker 1: the guy hasn't played a single actual game or anything

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Speaker 1: to change it. We just, uh, I think it's what

499
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Speaker 1: we talked about a lot, Marcus. We just hear this

500
00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:06,159
Speaker 1: news and and we need something to react to. So

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Speaker 1: Jamar Chase has been a victim of a lot of

502
00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:11,359
Speaker 1: poor headlines from the training camp. Yeah. There, there hasn't

503
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Speaker 1: really been anything exciting coming out of Bengals training camp

504
00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:16,920
Speaker 1: news wise. I mean, you know, Jamar Chase is dealing

505
00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:20,280
Speaker 1: with drops apparently, Joe Burrow looks like he's not completely

506
00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:24,200
Speaker 1: confident uh in his knee being fully healthy right now.

507
00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:26,920
Speaker 1: Just the offensive line has looked to be a complete mess.

508
00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:29,639
Speaker 1: It's just it just has not been a great start.

509
00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:31,800
Speaker 1: Although it's weird too because I feel like there's been

510
00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:35,800
Speaker 1: almost a carousel in terms of who is the Bengals

511
00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:37,880
Speaker 1: receiver that we like them. I shouldn't say that because

512
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Speaker 1: Tyler Boyd's still I think has been third all time.

513
00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:42,760
Speaker 1: So I guess it's just been a two man race

514
00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:45,240
Speaker 1: between Jamar Chase and Tie Higgens, And now it seems

515
00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:47,880
Speaker 1: like Higgens has sort of taken the lead on being

516
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Speaker 1: the first Bengals wide receiver drafted. Um. Yeah, I think

517
00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:54,399
Speaker 1: Chase is gonna be fine. You know, it's obviously not

518
00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:56,359
Speaker 1: a great start, but I think he's gonna be okay.

519
00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:58,320
Speaker 1: And you're right to get him in the eighth round

520
00:23:58,359 --> 00:24:01,560
Speaker 1: as opposed to the you know, fourth round. Um, I'll

521
00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:06,320
Speaker 1: do that all day. Um My guy is where he mostred. Uh.

522
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Speaker 1: And that's another guy that I don't think we've spent

523
00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:10,880
Speaker 1: a lot of time talking about this offseason. I mean,

524
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Speaker 1: when we talk about the forty niners. Uh, the conversation

525
00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:17,320
Speaker 1: has been in no particular order, you know, Trey Lance,

526
00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:20,920
Speaker 1: Brandon Ayouk, Trey Sermon. You know, obviously we'll talk to

527
00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:24,000
Speaker 1: George Kiddles and Deebo Samuel. We haven't really mentioned Wheem

528
00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:27,320
Speaker 1: most And let's not forget he is still there RB

529
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Speaker 1: one and he's just slowly sliding. I mean, you know

530
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Speaker 1: it's from fourth round of fifth rounds. I think he's

531
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Speaker 1: he's nearing the sixth round at this point. He's still

532
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Speaker 1: the running back one on a team that's gonna run

533
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Speaker 1: a lot, and it's going to run effectively. And I

534
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Speaker 1: know we like Tray Sermon. I like Tray Sermon too,

535
00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:48,200
Speaker 1: but the gap has closed between the two of them

536
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Speaker 1: in a d p Uh most of the guy that

537
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Speaker 1: when he's healthy and he's right, I mean, he's averaged

538
00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:55,840
Speaker 1: around five yards per carry, which is an insane number.

539
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Speaker 1: And even if it's just a two headed attack back there,

540
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Speaker 1: which you know, I don't know how much we're gonna see,

541
00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:04,320
Speaker 1: you know, the Jeff Wilson's or the Jamichael Hasties. I mean,

542
00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:07,440
Speaker 1: Wayne Gallman is not there anymore. Um, you know, I

543
00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:10,120
Speaker 1: don't think there's gonna be another back in there very

544
00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:12,600
Speaker 1: often for them, So I think, you know, I just

545
00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:15,280
Speaker 1: I'm surprised that that we just have overlooked rahee most.

546
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Speaker 1: I think maybe it's just because we we talked so

547
00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:19,800
Speaker 1: much about Trey Sermon that by default, uh, most of

548
00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:22,840
Speaker 1: has sort of been knocked down. But um, the last

549
00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:24,760
Speaker 1: couple of weeks, I've been drafting him and I feel

550
00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:27,040
Speaker 1: okay about it, just because he's still hanging around there

551
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Speaker 1: in the middle rounds and nobody seems to to want

552
00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:31,480
Speaker 1: a piece of him. I don't know, maybe I'm weird. No,

553
00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:34,680
Speaker 1: I just like you were saying earlier, you went full

554
00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:36,760
Speaker 1: circle with someone. For me, that's kind of been this

555
00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:39,760
Speaker 1: forty Niners backfield. Like I remember jumping in a couple

556
00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:42,760
Speaker 1: of drafts right after the NFL Draft and Sermon was

557
00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:45,360
Speaker 1: going ahead of most there, and I was like, this

558
00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:48,840
Speaker 1: feels like a backfield that most is the screaming value.

559
00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:51,359
Speaker 1: Everyone wants the new shiny toy, but most of it

560
00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:53,320
Speaker 1: will be the starter and probably get some more work,

561
00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:56,760
Speaker 1: and then most are kind of overtook Sermon again in

562
00:25:56,800 --> 00:25:58,560
Speaker 1: a DP and I was like, all right, I'm cool

563
00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:00,960
Speaker 1: getting Sermon then out a little bit of a discount,

564
00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:02,960
Speaker 1: and then now we're kind of back to where like

565
00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:06,679
Speaker 1: the rookie at times goes ahead of him. And I

566
00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:09,280
Speaker 1: could see this being a situation Marcus, where it's like,

567
00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:11,760
Speaker 1: part of this season is is most the one you

568
00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:14,280
Speaker 1: want to start? And then he has struggles to stay healthy.

569
00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:17,080
Speaker 1: But I think early on, especially if he is healthy,

570
00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:19,480
Speaker 1: he is going to be the forty nine are back.

571
00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:21,280
Speaker 1: I think that you want to start more often, at

572
00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:23,560
Speaker 1: least early on. Yeah, I think especially early on, I

573
00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:25,480
Speaker 1: think you're gonna see a lot of Rockey Mostard and

574
00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:28,520
Speaker 1: then you know it's going to be an interesting backfield.

575
00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:31,400
Speaker 1: But I think what we have seen from Kyle Shanahan

576
00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:33,359
Speaker 1: is that you know, we can have two backs and

577
00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:36,399
Speaker 1: they can be pretty successful back there. So, um, you know,

578
00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:37,959
Speaker 1: maybe it ends up working out there. Both of them

579
00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:39,679
Speaker 1: are fine. I just think it's funny that people have

580
00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:44,120
Speaker 1: sort of, you know, glossed over Rahey Mostard uh this offseason. Um,

581
00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:46,760
Speaker 1: who's the one player you have avoided at all costs

582
00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:50,040
Speaker 1: the strap season. It's someone that I was really high

583
00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:53,600
Speaker 1: on last year. It's it's Adam Feeling. And the reason

584
00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:56,320
Speaker 1: for that is last year he's still going in like

585
00:26:56,359 --> 00:26:58,720
Speaker 1: the fourth round right now, and and last year we

586
00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:02,000
Speaker 1: saw his catches and his yards really dip, Like he

587
00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,480
Speaker 1: didn't even have a thousand yards last year, but he

588
00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:08,159
Speaker 1: had the fourteen touchdowns and that equated to thirty of

589
00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:11,320
Speaker 1: his fantasy points, which was the most any receiver scored

590
00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:14,679
Speaker 1: from touchdowns. And Marcus, I'm gonna take a line from you.

591
00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:19,439
Speaker 1: Touchdowns are fickle beast, right like Adam If Adam DeLand

592
00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:21,600
Speaker 1: he goes from a career high four team back to

593
00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:24,399
Speaker 1: his normal range of eight nine touchdowns, that's a huge

594
00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:27,080
Speaker 1: drop off there, and if he can't get the yardage

595
00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:29,439
Speaker 1: backup because he is at a little bit of an

596
00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:31,840
Speaker 1: elevated age at thirty one years old. We have seen

597
00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:34,320
Speaker 1: him deal with injuries in the past, and we know

598
00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:36,160
Speaker 1: on a team that is going to run a lot.

599
00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:39,760
Speaker 1: They passed the six fewest last season. Justin Jefferson is

600
00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:42,400
Speaker 1: the number one, and last year the gap and targets

601
00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:45,520
Speaker 1: just kept getting wider and wider and wider. Like early

602
00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:48,160
Speaker 1: in the year, Theland was leading the league and target share,

603
00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:50,520
Speaker 1: and as the year went on, not only did Justin

604
00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:52,879
Speaker 1: Jefferson pass him, it wasn't even that close at the

605
00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:55,560
Speaker 1: end of the year. So I think Justin Jefferson is

606
00:27:55,560 --> 00:27:57,960
Speaker 1: going to get a lot of volume and Marcus. In

607
00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:01,000
Speaker 1: my home league yesterday, it's a keeper league, Adam Feeling

608
00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:03,680
Speaker 1: was there on the and the fifth and sixth round

609
00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:05,960
Speaker 1: for me, but with it being a keeper league, I

610
00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,920
Speaker 1: decided to go for younger, higher upside players like Tee

611
00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:12,000
Speaker 1: Higgins and Chase Claypool. And in the Fantasy Live draft

612
00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:14,280
Speaker 1: last week, Dealing was sitting there in the fifth round

613
00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:17,520
Speaker 1: and I took Kyle Pitts over him. So I just

614
00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:21,600
Speaker 1: can't find myself drafting Adam DeLand this year. Yeah, you know,

615
00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:25,280
Speaker 1: I haven't actively avoided him, but I also haven't drafted

616
00:28:25,359 --> 00:28:27,600
Speaker 1: him just because you know where I where he usually is.

617
00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:30,800
Speaker 1: There are other other players that I think are more interesting. UM.

618
00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:32,760
Speaker 1: I would say the one thing going for him is that,

619
00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:34,280
Speaker 1: you know, as long as Kirk Cousins is there, we

620
00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:36,399
Speaker 1: know that passing game is pretty much gonna be Feeling

621
00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:39,480
Speaker 1: and Jefferson. But you're right, at some point that touchdown

622
00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:42,960
Speaker 1: number is probably gonna come down. UM, and if it does,

623
00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:46,760
Speaker 1: that's really gonna truly impact what is overall production is.

624
00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:49,560
Speaker 1: So I sort of get that. UM. I have been

625
00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:53,880
Speaker 1: out on DeAndre Swift pretty much from the jump. UM.

626
00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:55,880
Speaker 1: That's why when we did our my draft last week

627
00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:58,360
Speaker 1: and and Matt Okata took him, I really wanted to do.

628
00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:01,120
Speaker 1: Like I think Okada is a smart he studies the stuff,

629
00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:02,840
Speaker 1: he knows this stuff. I really wanted to get his

630
00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:06,720
Speaker 1: thoughts on why, uh he drafted Swift where he did.

631
00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:09,600
Speaker 1: He doesn't have any fear of Jamal Williams. I do,

632
00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:12,240
Speaker 1: and that's sort of why I've been drafting Williams much

633
00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:14,240
Speaker 1: much later, because I think he's still going to have

634
00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:17,080
Speaker 1: a pretty significant role. I mean look, Jamal Williams was

635
00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:20,200
Speaker 1: the reason anybody who drafted Aaron Jones all those years

636
00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:22,520
Speaker 1: in Green Bay felt frustrated because Williams would come in

637
00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:25,520
Speaker 1: and take those opportunities and generally do well with them.

638
00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:27,560
Speaker 1: I think that's gonna happen in Detroit. He might even

639
00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:30,760
Speaker 1: get more opportunity than he did in Green Bay. And

640
00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:33,960
Speaker 1: especially week one, with the Lions not being certain about

641
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:37,600
Speaker 1: swift status, I think that means, especially earlier in the season,

642
00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:39,640
Speaker 1: we can see a lot of Jamal Williams, but it's

643
00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:43,040
Speaker 1: a bad offense. Um. You know, there's another running back

644
00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:45,520
Speaker 1: there to take his touches, and just where the asking

645
00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:48,480
Speaker 1: price was, I wasn't willing to do it. That's not

646
00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:50,440
Speaker 1: to say that I'm not drafting Lions because I said

647
00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:53,320
Speaker 1: I draft Jamal Williams. I have been pounding the table

648
00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:55,719
Speaker 1: for Aman Ross st Brown in the late rounds. So

649
00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:58,080
Speaker 1: it's not that I'm just all out on that offense.

650
00:29:58,360 --> 00:30:00,880
Speaker 1: I'm just out on DeAndre Swift at where you have

651
00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:02,640
Speaker 1: to get him. I just I couldn't do it. I

652
00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:05,440
Speaker 1: didn't any parts of it. Floria. Yeah, I was super

653
00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:08,640
Speaker 1: excited for Swift at the end of last season, thinking

654
00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:11,920
Speaker 1: that this year he could explode. But everything has gone

655
00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:15,280
Speaker 1: wrong for him, Like not only is the last year,

656
00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:18,120
Speaker 1: like remember Marcus he had that bad concussion, where like

657
00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:20,840
Speaker 1: a P said, Swift hasn't even been himself, so that

658
00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:23,200
Speaker 1: was one thing we already had to worry about injury wise.

659
00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:27,360
Speaker 1: Then he's been banged up all training camp and preseason.

660
00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:29,400
Speaker 1: We haven't seen him at all. Where Jamal Williams is

661
00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:31,800
Speaker 1: getting all the work with the ones they brought in

662
00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:34,440
Speaker 1: Jamal Williams, they didn't really bring in any pieces in

663
00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:37,320
Speaker 1: the passing game. That makes me think that like I

664
00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:40,400
Speaker 1: like Ahman Ross st Brown, but defenses aren't gonna focus

665
00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:42,840
Speaker 1: on him and not DeAndre Swift. So I think the

666
00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:45,200
Speaker 1: game plan one facing the lines is gonna be take

667
00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:48,640
Speaker 1: Swift out of out of the equation and see it

668
00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:51,280
Speaker 1: makes them beat us with their other pieces. So I've

669
00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:53,840
Speaker 1: gone from someone that I was excited for Swift you

670
00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:56,680
Speaker 1: know back when last season ended, to being with you

671
00:30:56,760 --> 00:30:59,680
Speaker 1: and really not targeting him in any of my drafts.

672
00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:03,400
Speaker 1: I just I can't do it. Um. You know, if

673
00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:05,360
Speaker 1: you were a couple rounds later, maybe I think about it,

674
00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:07,120
Speaker 1: but I think I've seen third round and I just

675
00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:08,920
Speaker 1: I can't I can't pull the trigger on at that point.

676
00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:11,040
Speaker 1: I could have kept him as a sixth rounder in

677
00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:13,440
Speaker 1: my keeper league that I drafted over the weekend, and

678
00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:15,600
Speaker 1: instead I threw him back and kept Josh Allen for

679
00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:19,120
Speaker 1: a fourth So Shullen was my backup plan, and I

680
00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:21,000
Speaker 1: just got to the point where I was like, it's

681
00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:23,560
Speaker 1: so much safer than keeping Swift. Yeah, especially in the

682
00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:25,560
Speaker 1: fourth round. I think that's that's not a bad move

683
00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:28,800
Speaker 1: at all. So, as we mentioned, I know there are

684
00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:30,959
Speaker 1: folks that are still doing drafts. I'm sure there are

685
00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:34,840
Speaker 1: gonna be drafts up to Thursday, maybe even beyond Thursday.

686
00:31:35,080 --> 00:31:38,440
Speaker 1: UM So for people who are just jumping in or

687
00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:41,040
Speaker 1: about to do their drafts, do you have one big

688
00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:44,600
Speaker 1: piece of advice that they should remember. Yeah, I'm gonna

689
00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:47,240
Speaker 1: sound like a broken record by the time draft prep

690
00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:49,440
Speaker 1: season is over, which we're coming to the end. But

691
00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:53,600
Speaker 1: running back drives up super super fast. Get your running

692
00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:56,320
Speaker 1: backs early. I like to take a running back in

693
00:31:56,360 --> 00:31:59,240
Speaker 1: the first round and then if one of like these

694
00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:03,480
Speaker 1: running backs Jonathan Taylor, se Kwon Barkley, Najy Harris, Nick Chubb,

695
00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:06,160
Speaker 1: Joe Mixon, Gibson or c h are still there in

696
00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:08,160
Speaker 1: the second round. That is the cut off from me.

697
00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:11,120
Speaker 1: I will still double down and take a second running back.

698
00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:13,200
Speaker 1: But if those guys are all gone, you're in the

699
00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:15,760
Speaker 1: middle of the second or late second round, that's when

700
00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:17,840
Speaker 1: I will pivot to one of the top five receivers

701
00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:21,280
Speaker 1: or Darren Waller um. But if these running backs are there,

702
00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:23,800
Speaker 1: I'm starting off R B RB almost every draft that

703
00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:26,080
Speaker 1: I'm in. Yeah, I'm I've been very I've been you know,

704
00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:28,480
Speaker 1: tight in R B or r B R b uh

705
00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:30,560
Speaker 1: and a lot of my drafts this year because you're right,

706
00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:33,400
Speaker 1: I mean, there's such a big drop off after you

707
00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:36,720
Speaker 1: get you know, maybe into twelve or so running backs.

708
00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:39,960
Speaker 1: I don't feel great about having one of those guys

709
00:32:40,040 --> 00:32:41,920
Speaker 1: is like my first running back going into the year.

710
00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:45,600
Speaker 1: For me, it's basically like just remember like building your

711
00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:48,120
Speaker 1: your fantasy roster is sort of like building a house, right,

712
00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:50,520
Speaker 1: Like you want your early picks to be the foundation.

713
00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:52,960
Speaker 1: You want a safe floor, which is why you know,

714
00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:56,080
Speaker 1: I saw somebody wondering what if Derrick Henry was being overdrafted,

715
00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:57,760
Speaker 1: and like he's got about a safe floor as you

716
00:32:57,760 --> 00:33:00,400
Speaker 1: could imagine. It's why Christian McCaffrey's going number want It's

717
00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:03,200
Speaker 1: why we still talk about se Quon in the first round.

718
00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:05,479
Speaker 1: You want those guys that are gonna give you a

719
00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:08,680
Speaker 1: safe floor as your first round pick. As you build,

720
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:12,000
Speaker 1: you're working more and more toward a player's ceiling. Right

721
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:14,160
Speaker 1: as you start to get to the middle rounds, right

722
00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:16,400
Speaker 1: you you know you're gonna have that foundation, you're gonna

723
00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:18,400
Speaker 1: have a fairly safe floor, but you can start taking

724
00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:20,600
Speaker 1: shots at guys that you feel like have upside, and

725
00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:22,280
Speaker 1: then especially by the time you get to the end,

726
00:33:22,320 --> 00:33:25,520
Speaker 1: you are all upside. I know it's sometimes easy and

727
00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:28,440
Speaker 1: comforting to take a familiar name. You might be hanging

728
00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:30,600
Speaker 1: around in those late rounds and you see Carlos Hide

729
00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:32,719
Speaker 1: and you're like, hey, I remember that guy. I know

730
00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:35,440
Speaker 1: that guy. Let's draft that guy. Maybe not, Maybe you

731
00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:38,560
Speaker 1: want to take a younger guy or a rookie that

732
00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:41,000
Speaker 1: has a path towards being productive. You want to swing

733
00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:43,840
Speaker 1: more for the fences, um because you know, if you're

734
00:33:43,840 --> 00:33:46,400
Speaker 1: taking a safe floor guy in the late rounds, that's

735
00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:48,960
Speaker 1: safe floor might be like, you know, five or six

736
00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:50,920
Speaker 1: points a week, and that's not going to help you.

737
00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:52,880
Speaker 1: You want the guy that can have the occasional breakout

738
00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:55,360
Speaker 1: and get you a double digit week every so often

739
00:33:55,880 --> 00:33:57,760
Speaker 1: have that guy coming off your bench, playing in your

740
00:33:57,760 --> 00:33:59,400
Speaker 1: flex spot, and that's going to make you feel a

741
00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:02,920
Speaker 1: lot better. So early rounds, you're drafting for the floor.

742
00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:05,680
Speaker 1: Late rounds, you're drafting for the ceiling. Um. Yeah, think

743
00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:07,600
Speaker 1: of it like a house. I know Cynthia does her

744
00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:09,319
Speaker 1: take it to the house thing on our show on

745
00:34:09,360 --> 00:34:12,080
Speaker 1: Fantasy Live. Uh, think about it like that so you

746
00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:14,280
Speaker 1: can do you know, it's like d I y for

747
00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:19,040
Speaker 1: for home improvement, for for Fantasy roster improvement. Um. Why

748
00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:21,799
Speaker 1: will end up the show with some predictions for the year.

749
00:34:21,880 --> 00:34:24,000
Speaker 1: I feel like that's only fitting. So let's start with

750
00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:26,880
Speaker 1: who do you think will be the fantasy m v P.

751
00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:30,640
Speaker 1: I really struggled on this one because I don't like

752
00:34:30,719 --> 00:34:34,680
Speaker 1: to pick someone who goes in the early rounds, like uh,

753
00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:37,320
Speaker 1: like in the first round, like I went naturally to,

754
00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:39,160
Speaker 1: Like I think Austin Neckler could win a lot of

755
00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:42,560
Speaker 1: people leagues this year, but he's going in the first round,

756
00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:44,560
Speaker 1: so I mean he would kind of be doing what

757
00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:47,160
Speaker 1: he is doing someone that I think could be a

758
00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:49,600
Speaker 1: potential league winner. So I'm gonna pick this guy. It's

759
00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:52,000
Speaker 1: a little bit deeper, but still in early round pick.

760
00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:54,799
Speaker 1: I think Terry McLaurin could really win a lot of

761
00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:58,600
Speaker 1: people leagues this year. He is super explosive. We know

762
00:34:58,719 --> 00:35:02,240
Speaker 1: his downfield capability, and now he's got the best quarterback

763
00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:04,640
Speaker 1: that he's played with and the best fit for his

764
00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:07,720
Speaker 1: skill set. Like last year, it all kind of crumbled

765
00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:11,160
Speaker 1: when Alex Smith started for Washington because Alex Smith was

766
00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:13,280
Speaker 1: dumping it off to j D. Mckissic and not looking

767
00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:16,399
Speaker 1: down field to Terry mclauren. Ryan Fitzpatrick is not only

768
00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:18,799
Speaker 1: gonna throw it down field to Terry mclauren, He's gonna

769
00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:21,120
Speaker 1: lock in Marcus and he's gonna force it at times

770
00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:23,920
Speaker 1: when other quarterbacks and goes somewhere else. So I think

771
00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:27,879
Speaker 1: because of the fact that Fitzpatrick peppers his number one

772
00:35:28,120 --> 00:35:31,280
Speaker 1: historically at least locks in on his number one target,

773
00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:33,200
Speaker 1: I think you could count potentially on like a hundred

774
00:35:33,239 --> 00:35:36,240
Speaker 1: and forty two hundred and fifty targets out of Terry mclauren,

775
00:35:36,320 --> 00:35:38,799
Speaker 1: and if he approaches that number with what he could

776
00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:41,600
Speaker 1: do downfield, I think that he could be a really

777
00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:43,600
Speaker 1: big league winner and someone that you get in like

778
00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:46,440
Speaker 1: the third or fourth round of drafts. So I like

779
00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:50,840
Speaker 1: that I'm gonna actually take his teammate, Antonio Gibson. Um. Yeah,

780
00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:52,479
Speaker 1: I mean I think I think with what we saw

781
00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:55,560
Speaker 1: last year, obviously he blew us away in terms of

782
00:35:55,560 --> 00:35:57,439
Speaker 1: what he could be as a running back. And now

783
00:35:57,760 --> 00:35:59,840
Speaker 1: the talk of him getting more targets this year, and

784
00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:02,720
Speaker 1: last year he had forty four targets. Look, I wouldn't

785
00:36:02,719 --> 00:36:04,560
Speaker 1: be surprised if you see that number bump up closer

786
00:36:04,600 --> 00:36:06,560
Speaker 1: to seventy or eighty this year. And I think that

787
00:36:06,560 --> 00:36:09,680
Speaker 1: that's gonna play a huge difference in what happens with

788
00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:11,680
Speaker 1: him and the fact that he is a second round pick.

789
00:36:11,719 --> 00:36:14,200
Speaker 1: I think in terms of the production you can get. Look,

790
00:36:14,239 --> 00:36:17,040
Speaker 1: I think his his his ceiling potentially is certainly top

791
00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:19,920
Speaker 1: eight um. And now you get him in the second round,

792
00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:22,799
Speaker 1: I think that that's gonna be pretty good value. So

793
00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:25,160
Speaker 1: I'm gonna put him in there. Uh So, Justin has

794
00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:27,840
Speaker 1: a question, if you could get Gibson second round, McLaurin

795
00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:30,320
Speaker 1: third round, do you do it or do you avoid

796
00:36:30,440 --> 00:36:33,799
Speaker 1: one if you have the other. I would do it. Yeah,

797
00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:37,000
Speaker 1: I would do it too. I'm not afraid to have teammates,

798
00:36:37,040 --> 00:36:39,799
Speaker 1: Marcus if I think both of those teammates are good, right, like,

799
00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:42,960
Speaker 1: I wouldn't want to have teammates going lower down where

800
00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:46,320
Speaker 1: like one week it could be one, but how often

801
00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:48,759
Speaker 1: are either one of those two guys gonna have a

802
00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:51,400
Speaker 1: bad game, Like even if mclauren is seeing eight to

803
00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:54,160
Speaker 1: ten targets, there's still plenty of work for Antonio Gibson.

804
00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:56,160
Speaker 1: I would not shy away from pairing these two up

805
00:36:56,160 --> 00:36:58,880
Speaker 1: at all. Yeah, I'm with you on that because especially

806
00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:02,200
Speaker 1: because they are they do different things. Essentially, there's there's

807
00:37:02,239 --> 00:37:03,960
Speaker 1: ways for both of them to be successful. I know

808
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:06,840
Speaker 1: Adam Rinks said he won't he won't do the Austin

809
00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:10,520
Speaker 1: Eckler Keenan Allen daily double, um, but I don't. I

810
00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:14,759
Speaker 1: don't really have an issue with it. So I don't

811
00:37:14,760 --> 00:37:17,680
Speaker 1: like it if we start getting down to like Josh

812
00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:20,839
Speaker 1: Jacobs or and like Darren Walt maybe something like that,

813
00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:23,840
Speaker 1: Like the lower you get, but the high end guys

814
00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:26,040
Speaker 1: that were taking them this early for a reason because

815
00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:29,720
Speaker 1: they're good almost every week. Just just just draft good players.

816
00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:34,440
Speaker 1: That's my philosophy. I think Keenan and El get Justin

817
00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:36,719
Speaker 1: Herbert and just go with the whole stace. Just ride

818
00:37:36,760 --> 00:37:40,600
Speaker 1: it out, man, ride the whole thing out. Um. All right,

819
00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:42,799
Speaker 1: So the top scores of his position. Who is your

820
00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:45,360
Speaker 1: top scoring quarterback this year? I think it's gonna be

821
00:37:45,440 --> 00:37:48,759
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray. I think Mary was on pace last year

822
00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:51,320
Speaker 1: to be the QB one and to be the best

823
00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:55,200
Speaker 1: quarterback in Fantasy history until he suffered that shoulder injury

824
00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:57,600
Speaker 1: and started running less. But he is the goal line

825
00:37:57,640 --> 00:38:00,400
Speaker 1: runner as we saw last year. I think his rushing

826
00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:03,200
Speaker 1: yardage is safer than what you'll get out of like

827
00:38:03,239 --> 00:38:05,120
Speaker 1: Alan or Mahomes. That's why I give him just a

828
00:38:05,160 --> 00:38:08,120
Speaker 1: slight little edge over allan um. And I think with

829
00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:10,640
Speaker 1: the increased passing weapons there too, we could get a

830
00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:13,160
Speaker 1: career high and passing numbers out of Kyler as well.

831
00:38:13,719 --> 00:38:15,840
Speaker 1: I'm gonna double down on that and agree because I

832
00:38:15,840 --> 00:38:19,000
Speaker 1: think you know you're talking about a guy who rushing wise,

833
00:38:19,719 --> 00:38:21,799
Speaker 1: really ranks right up there. I mean, he's he's maybe

834
00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:24,080
Speaker 1: second only to Lamar Jackson in terms of what his

835
00:38:24,160 --> 00:38:26,640
Speaker 1: rushing upside can be. In passing wise, I mean last

836
00:38:26,719 --> 00:38:30,359
Speaker 1: year his his passing numbers were on par with Matthew Stafford. So, uh,

837
00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:33,040
Speaker 1: that's a pretty good combination to put together. And as

838
00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:34,960
Speaker 1: you mentioned, they are hoping I think to be a

839
00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:37,759
Speaker 1: little more effective throwing the football this year. I think

840
00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:39,600
Speaker 1: Kyler is still going to run the ball quite a

841
00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:41,759
Speaker 1: bit this year. Maybe maybe he doesn't hit a thousand yards.

842
00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:44,560
Speaker 1: Maybe he's you know, still hanging around eight hundred. I'm

843
00:38:44,560 --> 00:38:46,960
Speaker 1: fine with that. So um, I've had him as my

844
00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:49,080
Speaker 1: third quarterback off the board just because I feel like

845
00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:52,240
Speaker 1: rankings wise, I feel more comfortable taking Josh Allen second.

846
00:38:52,320 --> 00:38:55,080
Speaker 1: But I do think I would not be surprised if

847
00:38:55,160 --> 00:38:58,319
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray ends up as the QB one when it's

848
00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:01,560
Speaker 1: all said and done, Um, all your RB one this year.

849
00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:05,360
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be boring here, Marcus. I'm gonna go with

850
00:39:05,440 --> 00:39:08,960
Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey. Uh. I wanted to make a joke like

851
00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:11,560
Speaker 1: this is gonna be like his season coming back like

852
00:39:11,640 --> 00:39:14,839
Speaker 1: Jordan with with THET five. But the thing is, no

853
00:39:14,880 --> 00:39:18,120
Speaker 1: one is at all like like he. Everyone has Christian

854
00:39:18,160 --> 00:39:20,399
Speaker 1: McCaffrey as their number one running back, and if there's

855
00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:23,839
Speaker 1: anyone out there who doesn't, he's probably number two. I mean,

856
00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:26,680
Speaker 1: what this guy did two years ago was have the

857
00:39:26,760 --> 00:39:29,640
Speaker 1: second best season in Fantasy history, behind only two thousand

858
00:39:29,719 --> 00:39:33,880
Speaker 1: six Ladany and Thomlinson. And then last year he was injured.

859
00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,320
Speaker 1: But the games he played, he still averaged thirty Fantasy

860
00:39:36,360 --> 00:39:39,120
Speaker 1: points per game. I I don't expect anything to change

861
00:39:39,160 --> 00:39:41,920
Speaker 1: in this offense. I think that he's gonna be a

862
00:39:41,920 --> 00:39:44,640
Speaker 1: safe bet for close to a thousand. A thousand. Uh,

863
00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:47,360
Speaker 1: he'll have, you know, over a hundred catches. Again, he's

864
00:39:47,440 --> 00:39:49,000
Speaker 1: just a cheat code with what he can do and

865
00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:51,319
Speaker 1: on both the ground and in the passing games. So

866
00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:54,560
Speaker 1: I will pick CMC, But I just gotta say my

867
00:39:54,640 --> 00:39:56,759
Speaker 1: dark horse continues to be all sin Nekeler. And I

868
00:39:56,840 --> 00:40:00,439
Speaker 1: think if anyone could put up CMC type numbers gets Austin.

869
00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:02,680
Speaker 1: So that's where I'm gonna go. Actually it's Austin Neckler.

870
00:40:02,760 --> 00:40:05,759
Speaker 1: I just yeah, right, just because you know, I want

871
00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:09,120
Speaker 1: to be somewhat exciting. Um, and I think the opportunity

872
00:40:09,239 --> 00:40:13,720
Speaker 1: is there. I I like the Charger's offense this year. Um,

873
00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:16,600
Speaker 1: you know, pretty much everybody that that is Fantasy relevant

874
00:40:16,600 --> 00:40:18,880
Speaker 1: I think is going to be successful, from Eckler to

875
00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:21,839
Speaker 1: Alan to Herbert to Mike Williams, who I've I've been

876
00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:24,160
Speaker 1: a fan of drafting sort of in the later rounds there.

877
00:40:24,200 --> 00:40:26,959
Speaker 1: But um, you know, I think for Eckler, the only

878
00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:29,640
Speaker 1: real issue is just staying on the field. And staying healthy.

879
00:40:29,680 --> 00:40:32,279
Speaker 1: If he's able to do that, the rushing volume is

880
00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:34,160
Speaker 1: going to be there. We know the passing volume is

881
00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:36,440
Speaker 1: going to be there, and I would like to see

882
00:40:37,080 --> 00:40:39,640
Speaker 1: the Chargers use him more down near the goal line.

883
00:40:39,680 --> 00:40:41,959
Speaker 1: I know there's been talking maybe then bringing in another back,

884
00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:44,600
Speaker 1: Maybe we see Josh Kelly, maybe it's Larry Rountree or

885
00:40:44,640 --> 00:40:46,440
Speaker 1: somebody like that down near the gold line. But I

886
00:40:46,520 --> 00:40:50,160
Speaker 1: hope that Eckler gets those opportunities because then at that point, uh,

887
00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:51,799
Speaker 1: it really is to the moon with him. So I'm

888
00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:53,400
Speaker 1: gonna I'm gonna go out there on the limb and

889
00:40:53,400 --> 00:40:55,640
Speaker 1: say that Austin Exler is gonna be the running back

890
00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:59,400
Speaker 1: one this year. Al Right, wide receiver, Who's who's your

891
00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:02,239
Speaker 1: top receiver this year? So, like my top ranked wide

892
00:41:02,239 --> 00:41:05,160
Speaker 1: receiver is Vante Adams, and I think he's the favorite

893
00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:07,520
Speaker 1: to be the number one scoring wide receiver. But I

894
00:41:07,520 --> 00:41:10,520
Speaker 1: didn't want to go boring again, so I don't think

895
00:41:10,719 --> 00:41:12,799
Speaker 1: for me at least, I would be surprised if it's

896
00:41:12,800 --> 00:41:15,359
Speaker 1: not any of the top five guys. But I think

897
00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:18,520
Speaker 1: the one where potentially the highest ceiling is Calvin Ridley.

898
00:41:18,560 --> 00:41:21,200
Speaker 1: Like Calvin Ridley is now in this Falcon's offense that

899
00:41:21,239 --> 00:41:22,759
Speaker 1: we know it's gonna have to throw a bunch. They

900
00:41:22,760 --> 00:41:25,040
Speaker 1: didn't add a whole lot to their defense. They're gonna

901
00:41:25,040 --> 00:41:27,479
Speaker 1: be trailing a lot and he is going to get

902
00:41:27,880 --> 00:41:30,200
Speaker 1: more air yards. I think than anyone that that's who

903
00:41:30,239 --> 00:41:33,440
Speaker 1: he has been for this offense. Plus, he was even

904
00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:36,480
Speaker 1: better without Julio Jones, So people who are worried about

905
00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:39,720
Speaker 1: no Julio there, I wouldn't be. He was so elite

906
00:41:39,719 --> 00:41:43,120
Speaker 1: without with and without Julio. I think the target share

907
00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:45,759
Speaker 1: goes up, and I think that he has someone in

908
00:41:45,880 --> 00:41:49,239
Speaker 1: Kyle Pitts now to still take defensive attention off of

909
00:41:49,280 --> 00:41:52,160
Speaker 1: just Calvin Ridley. We know he could score touchdowns. I

910
00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:55,640
Speaker 1: think his ceiling is having like a historic type of

911
00:41:55,680 --> 00:41:59,520
Speaker 1: season this year. Yeah, I know everybody loves Calvin Ridley,

912
00:41:59,520 --> 00:42:01,560
Speaker 1: and I'm I wouldn't be surprised if he was number one.

913
00:42:01,840 --> 00:42:04,359
Speaker 1: I'm gonna stay in that top five and I'm gonna

914
00:42:04,360 --> 00:42:07,919
Speaker 1: go Stefon Diggs um just because what he did last

915
00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:12,160
Speaker 1: year was I think we always knew he had that potential,

916
00:42:12,239 --> 00:42:15,840
Speaker 1: it just never really completely came together in Minnesota. He

917
00:42:15,880 --> 00:42:18,319
Speaker 1: goes to Buffalo, he becomes their wide receiver. One. He

918
00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:21,720
Speaker 1: and Josh Allen make beautiful music together in their first season.

919
00:42:21,760 --> 00:42:24,920
Speaker 1: And I think the only the only threshold left for

920
00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:27,560
Speaker 1: Stefon Diggs is to hit double digit touchdowns and I

921
00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:28,960
Speaker 1: think this is the year he can do that. He

922
00:42:28,960 --> 00:42:31,799
Speaker 1: can get ten or more touchdowns in this offense this year.

923
00:42:31,800 --> 00:42:33,799
Speaker 1: I think the target share stays the same. You're talking

924
00:42:33,800 --> 00:42:36,640
Speaker 1: about a hundred and sixty maybe hundred seventy even targets

925
00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:39,960
Speaker 1: for him, you know, over a hundred and twenty catches. Uh,

926
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:41,759
Speaker 1: you know he gets back to I mean there's there's

927
00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:43,960
Speaker 1: eighteen gay or seventeen games rather, so I think he

928
00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:46,560
Speaker 1: can certainly get back to fifteen hundred yards maybe even

929
00:42:46,560 --> 00:42:48,920
Speaker 1: more this year. And so now with that extra game,

930
00:42:48,960 --> 00:42:51,319
Speaker 1: I think he finally gets to double digit touchdowns. And

931
00:42:51,560 --> 00:42:52,959
Speaker 1: I think this is the year that we talked about

932
00:42:52,960 --> 00:42:56,799
Speaker 1: Stefan Diggs as the wide receiver won. After sort of

933
00:42:56,840 --> 00:43:00,200
Speaker 1: being on the on the doorstep for a while, UM,

934
00:43:00,239 --> 00:43:02,279
Speaker 1: I feel like tightened one. There's really only one real

935
00:43:02,360 --> 00:43:04,400
Speaker 1: answer that maybe he'll surprise me, but I feel like

936
00:43:04,480 --> 00:43:07,080
Speaker 1: it's it's a pretty simple answer for this one. I'm

937
00:43:07,080 --> 00:43:09,799
Speaker 1: gonna try to surprise you, Marcus. I actually put Darren

938
00:43:09,800 --> 00:43:13,560
Speaker 1: Waller cool. I I think it is a almost a

939
00:43:13,600 --> 00:43:16,560
Speaker 1: lock that it's Travis Kelsey, and if it is not Kelsey,

940
00:43:16,719 --> 00:43:19,600
Speaker 1: I really think it's only Waller that could surpass him.

941
00:43:19,680 --> 00:43:23,839
Speaker 1: Like Waller because Kittle has the talent, and I think

942
00:43:23,920 --> 00:43:27,480
Speaker 1: Kittle might be overall the most talented tight end in football,

943
00:43:27,840 --> 00:43:29,640
Speaker 1: but I don't know if he has the volume. Like

944
00:43:30,040 --> 00:43:32,560
Speaker 1: the Chiefs are just naturally going to pass way more

945
00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:37,080
Speaker 1: than the Niners, and Kittle has competition there whereas Waller

946
00:43:37,160 --> 00:43:39,720
Speaker 1: was averaging over nine targets of game last year. Because

947
00:43:40,480 --> 00:43:42,920
Speaker 1: all it's all gonna run through him, it's gonna be

948
00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:45,920
Speaker 1: so funnel through him. So well, Kelsey I think is

949
00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:48,480
Speaker 1: the front runner in the obvious lock. He's done it

950
00:43:48,560 --> 00:43:51,839
Speaker 1: five years in a row, which is absurd. But I

951
00:43:51,840 --> 00:43:54,399
Speaker 1: think if he isn't the tight end one this year,

952
00:43:54,400 --> 00:43:57,360
Speaker 1: it'll be Darren Waller because the volume he He's basically

953
00:43:57,400 --> 00:44:01,080
Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey light. So I think that it would be him,

954
00:44:01,160 --> 00:44:03,160
Speaker 1: and I would be surprised really if it was anyone

955
00:44:03,239 --> 00:44:05,479
Speaker 1: besides these two. Yeah, I mean I'm gonna I'm gonna

956
00:44:05,480 --> 00:44:07,520
Speaker 1: take Kelsey for all the reasons you stated. I mean,

957
00:44:07,520 --> 00:44:09,720
Speaker 1: he's been on top for so long. And and nothing

958
00:44:09,719 --> 00:44:11,879
Speaker 1: seems to have changed in Kansas City. He is still

959
00:44:12,160 --> 00:44:14,520
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes favorite target. I mean, it's it's him and

960
00:44:14,560 --> 00:44:17,000
Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill and that's that's mostly it there. And what

961
00:44:17,160 --> 00:44:19,680
Speaker 1: is you know, maybe the most exciting passing game in

962
00:44:19,719 --> 00:44:22,160
Speaker 1: the league. So I'm gonna take him, but I will

963
00:44:22,200 --> 00:44:24,520
Speaker 1: agree with you that if it's not Travis Kelsey, I

964
00:44:24,520 --> 00:44:27,279
Speaker 1: feel like Darren Waller is the only real candidate. I

965
00:44:27,280 --> 00:44:29,640
Speaker 1: mean I've had him ahead of Kittle for all those

966
00:44:29,680 --> 00:44:31,520
Speaker 1: reasons you mentioned, Like, you know, the Niners are gonna

967
00:44:31,520 --> 00:44:33,759
Speaker 1: spread the ball around. It's not the Kible is bad

968
00:44:33,800 --> 00:44:36,000
Speaker 1: or he's gotten worse. There's just more places to go

969
00:44:36,080 --> 00:44:38,520
Speaker 1: with the football for the forty Niners than there are

970
00:44:38,560 --> 00:44:41,799
Speaker 1: for the Raiders. Um, you know, maybe Brian Edwards steps up,

971
00:44:41,800 --> 00:44:43,759
Speaker 1: maybe Henry Ruggs steps up, but I don't think it's

972
00:44:43,800 --> 00:44:47,600
Speaker 1: going to be enough to significantly eat into Darren Waller's

973
00:44:47,680 --> 00:44:49,760
Speaker 1: target share. And I still think when things break down,

974
00:44:50,080 --> 00:44:51,760
Speaker 1: that's where Derek Carr is gonna go with the football

975
00:44:51,800 --> 00:44:55,080
Speaker 1: when he's in trouble and needs some help. So, um, yeah,

976
00:44:55,080 --> 00:44:57,919
Speaker 1: it's it's two memories besides those two, And I guess

977
00:44:57,960 --> 00:45:00,560
Speaker 1: for George there's a non zero chance that could be Kiddle, Like,

978
00:45:00,600 --> 00:45:02,279
Speaker 1: do you think there's a chance that it could be

979
00:45:02,320 --> 00:45:05,279
Speaker 1: in any other tight end besides those three? If it

980
00:45:05,400 --> 00:45:07,359
Speaker 1: was anybody outside of those three, that would be a

981
00:45:07,400 --> 00:45:11,279
Speaker 1: major upset. I mean, I think the other one that

982
00:45:11,480 --> 00:45:14,040
Speaker 1: has non zero chance. But even if it's Pits, I mean,

983
00:45:14,080 --> 00:45:17,800
Speaker 1: that would still be a huge I mean, obviously it

984
00:45:17,800 --> 00:45:21,480
Speaker 1: would be the greatest tight end rookie season ever ever, right,

985
00:45:21,560 --> 00:45:25,080
Speaker 1: like absolutely ever? So um yeah, I mean I guess

986
00:45:25,160 --> 00:45:26,840
Speaker 1: it could happen. I don't think it will happen. I

987
00:45:26,840 --> 00:45:30,160
Speaker 1: think it's pretty much it's pretty much Kelsey and Waller

988
00:45:30,280 --> 00:45:35,480
Speaker 1: and everybody else's playing for third at this point. Um,

989
00:45:35,520 --> 00:45:39,600
Speaker 1: all right, last thing, your biggest season long hot take

990
00:45:39,719 --> 00:45:43,680
Speaker 1: for one. I know people are going to come in

991
00:45:43,719 --> 00:45:46,160
Speaker 1: my mentions for this one, Marcus, but I think the

992
00:45:46,280 --> 00:45:49,400
Speaker 1: Bucks offense is going to be more frustrating for fantasy

993
00:45:49,440 --> 00:45:51,960
Speaker 1: than a lot of people want to admit. And I

994
00:45:52,000 --> 00:45:54,240
Speaker 1: think part of it is because one it is tied

995
00:45:54,280 --> 00:45:56,839
Speaker 1: to a forty four year old quarterback. Look, I know

996
00:45:57,120 --> 00:45:59,080
Speaker 1: that that. I think it was you the other day

997
00:45:59,120 --> 00:46:02,040
Speaker 1: that said people have gone broke against Tom Brady, and

998
00:46:02,080 --> 00:46:05,200
Speaker 1: I know how how silly. He could make me look

999
00:46:05,520 --> 00:46:08,520
Speaker 1: but at fourty four, I have to have concerns, especially

1000
00:46:08,520 --> 00:46:10,879
Speaker 1: coming off of knee surgery. They could try to spend

1001
00:46:10,920 --> 00:46:14,359
Speaker 1: that as a positive anyway, they want forty four knee surgery.

1002
00:46:14,400 --> 00:46:16,680
Speaker 1: To me, that has me worried. But then the other

1003
00:46:16,719 --> 00:46:21,280
Speaker 1: thing is that there's just so many options like Evans, Godwin,

1004
00:46:21,400 --> 00:46:24,839
Speaker 1: A B. Gronk, and the running backs are all going

1005
00:46:24,880 --> 00:46:27,120
Speaker 1: to be involved in the passing game. And like last year,

1006
00:46:27,160 --> 00:46:30,359
Speaker 1: Mike Evans was good for fantasy, but he didn't with

1007
00:46:30,480 --> 00:46:33,239
Speaker 1: career lows across the board in a career high touchdown rate,

1008
00:46:33,360 --> 00:46:36,200
Speaker 1: So like, if that touchdown rate comes back down, Evans

1009
00:46:36,239 --> 00:46:38,719
Speaker 1: could be disappointing. I think god went like week to week.

1010
00:46:39,000 --> 00:46:41,200
Speaker 1: I think this is just going to be more frustrating

1011
00:46:41,239 --> 00:46:44,279
Speaker 1: than than people want to to believe. I could be

1012
00:46:44,320 --> 00:46:46,279
Speaker 1: dead wrong on this one. It's a hot take for

1013
00:46:46,320 --> 00:46:48,759
Speaker 1: a reason. But I don't have a whole lot of

1014
00:46:48,800 --> 00:46:51,239
Speaker 1: exposure to the Buck's offense because I think it's gonna

1015
00:46:51,280 --> 00:46:54,080
Speaker 1: just be frustrating. I'm with you. I was drafting Chris

1016
00:46:54,120 --> 00:46:56,560
Speaker 1: Godwin sort of early on in in the spring and

1017
00:46:56,600 --> 00:46:59,959
Speaker 1: summer um, and then the more the Antonio Brown drum

1018
00:47:00,040 --> 00:47:01,440
Speaker 1: be it's got louder than more. I just sort of

1019
00:47:01,440 --> 00:47:04,280
Speaker 1: backed away from this offense altogether because I like Godwin.

1020
00:47:04,360 --> 00:47:06,480
Speaker 1: But you're right, Brown's gonna get his. Evans is still

1021
00:47:06,480 --> 00:47:08,960
Speaker 1: gonna get his. Uh, you know, there is still Gronk

1022
00:47:09,040 --> 00:47:11,680
Speaker 1: in there. I I really avoided drafting the running backs,

1023
00:47:11,680 --> 00:47:13,400
Speaker 1: even though I want a draft ro Joe like. I

1024
00:47:13,440 --> 00:47:15,200
Speaker 1: like him, I want him, I want him on my team.

1025
00:47:15,239 --> 00:47:18,640
Speaker 1: But with four net and Geoe Bernard hanging around there there,

1026
00:47:18,640 --> 00:47:20,359
Speaker 1: I think you're absolutely right. I think I think it's

1027
00:47:20,360 --> 00:47:23,000
Speaker 1: gonna be frustrating week to week. These guys will spike.

1028
00:47:23,040 --> 00:47:25,520
Speaker 1: It's just gonna be hard to figure out when and

1029
00:47:25,560 --> 00:47:27,560
Speaker 1: who it's going to be. So I've sort of stayed

1030
00:47:27,560 --> 00:47:31,160
Speaker 1: away from that one. Um M might be hot take

1031
00:47:31,239 --> 00:47:33,320
Speaker 1: for the year, is that to a tongue of Viola

1032
00:47:33,320 --> 00:47:35,799
Speaker 1: is gonna end up as a QB one. Um, maybe

1033
00:47:35,840 --> 00:47:38,120
Speaker 1: a little m QB one, but a QB one. Nonetheless,

1034
00:47:38,160 --> 00:47:40,000
Speaker 1: I mean they have gone out and they have supplied

1035
00:47:40,080 --> 00:47:44,680
Speaker 1: him with weapons and where the Jamaar Chase news has

1036
00:47:44,680 --> 00:47:47,319
Speaker 1: not been very exciting coming out of Cincinnati. I feel

1037
00:47:47,360 --> 00:47:49,680
Speaker 1: like there's a little bit more excitement about Jalen Waddle

1038
00:47:50,200 --> 00:47:53,040
Speaker 1: down there. In Miami. They've got Will Fuller, who what

1039
00:47:53,120 --> 00:47:55,200
Speaker 1: he misses. I think the first game as he finishes

1040
00:47:55,239 --> 00:47:57,960
Speaker 1: out his suspension, UM, and then he's gonna be back

1041
00:47:58,000 --> 00:48:00,319
Speaker 1: on the field. I mean, this is after what we've

1042
00:48:00,320 --> 00:48:02,640
Speaker 1: seen DeVante Parker sort of break out the last couple

1043
00:48:02,640 --> 00:48:07,120
Speaker 1: of years. Mike Sicki is a serviceable tight end, UM,

1044
00:48:07,280 --> 00:48:09,360
Speaker 1: Miles Gaskin is as a good running back. But on

1045
00:48:09,400 --> 00:48:12,520
Speaker 1: top of it, it's just about Ta being healthy and

1046
00:48:12,600 --> 00:48:14,960
Speaker 1: having a year under his belt. You know, all the

1047
00:48:14,960 --> 00:48:17,719
Speaker 1: people who were down on him last year, and and

1048
00:48:17,760 --> 00:48:20,120
Speaker 1: all the talks saying that maybe the Dolphins should have

1049
00:48:20,160 --> 00:48:22,640
Speaker 1: gone out and gotten justin Herbert, Like, let's remember this

1050
00:48:22,640 --> 00:48:25,840
Speaker 1: student was coming off a major hip injury, UM and

1051
00:48:25,880 --> 00:48:28,200
Speaker 1: sort of getting himself comfortable in the NFL. So I

1052
00:48:28,200 --> 00:48:29,880
Speaker 1: think he's gonna be better. I think there's gonna be

1053
00:48:29,920 --> 00:48:32,399
Speaker 1: some big plays in that offense. And that's my hot

1054
00:48:32,440 --> 00:48:34,520
Speaker 1: take is that you know, Will in the year and

1055
00:48:34,680 --> 00:48:37,879
Speaker 1: and two might be hanging around ten eleven twelve somewhere, uh,

1056
00:48:37,920 --> 00:48:40,200
Speaker 1: and all the people who doubted and faded will be uh,

1057
00:48:40,280 --> 00:48:44,240
Speaker 1: you know, they'll have the Twitter apologies for whatever they're worth.

1058
00:48:44,719 --> 00:48:47,680
Speaker 1: I love this call, Marcus. I had so much of

1059
00:48:47,719 --> 00:48:50,440
Speaker 1: Ta as my second quarterback in leagues, just because I

1060
00:48:50,480 --> 00:48:53,080
Speaker 1: love the upside, not only like like you said, the

1061
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Speaker 1: hip injury, Waddle and Fuller with Parker and Gasecki already,

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Speaker 1: I think last year was just the worst scenario that

1063
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Speaker 1: too could have been thrown into and it is so

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Speaker 1: much better this year. And Marcus I learned over the weekend.

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Speaker 1: In a couple of years, we're gonna get another uh tongue. Yeah. Yeah,

1066
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Speaker 1: he's got a brother out there that's playing, so there's

1067
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Speaker 1: there will be one more in the league that'd be great.

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Speaker 1: Very similar name as well. Yeah, I don't remember what

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Speaker 1: it is, but I know it's very similar to Ah,

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Speaker 1: it's kind of like Calvin and Calvin Ridley, right, which

1071
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Speaker 1: that was weird, Taliaa. I think I'm saying it right, Um,

1072
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Speaker 1: but yeah, they're spelled very similarly. Yeah, And so why

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Speaker 1: I learned that via Patrick clay Bond that Calvin Ridley's

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Speaker 1: brother Riley Riley's first name is actually Kevin. It's that's

1075
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Speaker 1: like it's like Calvin without the L, which seems which

1076
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Speaker 1: is probably why he goes by Riley because it seems

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Speaker 1: really confusing. Um. Yeah, I did not know that until

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Speaker 1: last week, so that was a new thing to me.

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Speaker 1: It's also like a rugnedto door and his younger brother,

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00:49:52,800 --> 00:49:58,000
Speaker 1: Rugneto door. Yes, exactly. That's Uh that's another one that

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Speaker 1: that really really confused me, Like wait, how do you

1082
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Speaker 1: I mean, look, I mean, you know, George Foreman named

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Speaker 1: all his kids some form of George, So uh, I

1084
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Speaker 1: guess you could figure all that out. How many forms

1085
00:50:08,160 --> 00:50:10,399
Speaker 1: that George are there? I don't know, but I think

1086
00:50:10,400 --> 00:50:12,440
Speaker 1: there's like, you know, there's a whole bunch of the

1087
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Speaker 1: named George and then his daughter. I think it's like

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Speaker 1: Georgina or Georgette or something like that. Like yeah, I mean,

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Speaker 1: I guess that makes it easy when you're upset and

1090
00:50:19,560 --> 00:50:21,640
Speaker 1: you just want to yell at your kids, you just

1091
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Speaker 1: have one name to remember. You figure it out from there. Um,

1092
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Speaker 1: all right, so this is it, like we got we

1093
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Speaker 1: are back. In case you haven't noticed, it is Monday,

1094
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Speaker 1: so we're Mondays and Wednesdays now we are into our

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Speaker 1: regular season schedule. Uh, so we're back with you on

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Speaker 1: Wednesday as we get ready for week one. It's time, Florio,

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Speaker 1: like we we I'm I'm out of takes. I gave

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00:50:43,960 --> 00:50:46,120
Speaker 1: you my hot take. I'm pretty much done. I'm ready

1099
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Speaker 1: for this thing to start. Yeah, I said it to

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Speaker 1: start the show like Bill Belichick. Man, Onto. I woke

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00:50:51,400 --> 00:50:54,000
Speaker 1: up today and I was like, I don't want to

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Speaker 1: talk about drafts, you know, like like I'm having me

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Speaker 1: one podcast and then everything is kind of on too

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Speaker 1: week one because I'm like you, I'm I'm all drafted

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Speaker 1: out and I'm ready for this thing to get started. Yeah, man,

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Speaker 1: let's get this done. So and in the meantime for us,

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Speaker 1: that is it. We are done. We appreciate you hanging

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Speaker 1: out with the NFL Fantasy Football Show. You know the drill,

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Speaker 1: Tell to friends, to tell to friends, rate review, and remember,

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Speaker 1: if you think nothing is impossible, try slamming a revolving door.

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Speaker 1: Be safe, take care of yourselves, get vaccinated, and we'll

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Speaker 1: see you on Wednesday. Wann't. I don't