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Speaker 1: at least make eye contact in their glass cases of emotion,
Speaker 1: which helps that would be that would certainly be the
Speaker 1: case for most of those guys. Um it's it's it's
Speaker 1: a different world, man. But you know what doesn't change
Speaker 1: NFL free agency. And for the people who were banging
Speaker 1: the drum mat for for the NFL to delay free agency,
Speaker 1: I think the NFL did the right thing. So I
Speaker 1: haven't seen anybody it's like, oh, I'm so deeply offended
Speaker 1: that Darius Slay got a new contract. Can you imagine?
Speaker 1: I mean, we we don't have sports right now, We
Speaker 1: just don't. I mean, I think there's the Turkish Soccer
Speaker 1: League still going a little bit out there, but we
Speaker 1: don't have sports. And this has been like the little
Speaker 1: reprieve in our news cycle. And and given like everybody
Speaker 1: who's sitting at home looking at Twitter, the ability to
Speaker 1: just go, hey, I get excited about something for a minute,
Speaker 1: you know, and it's it's it's it's actually been a
Speaker 1: fun little free agency. We've had some trades, it's been
Speaker 1: it's been great so far. The goal of this particular
Speaker 1: podcast is a breakdown all of the quarterback news from
Speaker 1: a fantasy standpoint, the guys who changed teams, the guys
Speaker 1: who stayed at teams, the guys still looking for work,
Speaker 1: with a fantasy orientation to all of it. Um, and
Speaker 1: there's just so much quarterbacks. That's all We're doing. This
Speaker 1: week's quarterbacks, and I think it'll be running backs next week,
Speaker 1: maybe wide receivers, and we'll just we'll break it down
Speaker 1: position by position. Let's start with the biggest story of
Speaker 1: the off season so far, Tom Brady going to Tampa
Speaker 1: Bay or or Tampa Brey Brey. Interesting, kind of like that.
Speaker 1: I had heard that. That's interesting. Uh, he was quarterback
Speaker 1: twenty two in points per game last year for fantasy owners.
Speaker 1: What do you think now, given the new receiving options,
Speaker 1: the offensive orientation of Bruce arians, what do you think
Speaker 1: about this this move for Tom Brady? Does he bring
Speaker 1: more or about the same or less of value to
Speaker 1: fantasy owners this year? Well, it's funny that you said
Speaker 1: he was quarterback twenty two and points per game. In
Speaker 1: total points for quarterbacks, he was quarterback fourteen, So that
Speaker 1: makes it kind of interesting. So I started by looking
Speaker 1: at what what happens in the New England side. I
Speaker 1: think it's a downgrade for everybody just because simply we
Speaker 1: don't know who's there. And we were going to talk
Speaker 1: about a couple of guys later who are still free agents.
Speaker 1: I think that's where New England has to go this year.
Speaker 1: But Julian Edelman basically everybody just they're all down. If
Speaker 1: you're drafting right now, I don't know why you'd be
Speaker 1: drafting right now. Best ball, yeah that's about it. But yeah,
Speaker 1: everybody's down in the New England side. On the Tampa side,
Speaker 1: I think it's an upgrade for O. J. Howard and
Speaker 1: Cameron Bread because Brady has known how to utilize tight
Speaker 1: ends throughout his career, even though Bruce arians hasn't. For
Speaker 1: the most part, hasn't. But maybe that's a product of
Speaker 1: Jamis Winston too. Um. Mike Evans and Chris Godwin stay
Speaker 1: about the same. For me. May be a slight downgrade
Speaker 1: because Brady could throw it less. Um are we sure
Speaker 1: a forty two year old could chuck it as deep
Speaker 1: as Jamis Winston could. Winston was like the yolo quarterback
Speaker 1: of our generation last year. Um, So Brady moves up
Speaker 1: in my rankings a little bit due to more talented weapons.
Speaker 1: In Dynasty, I have him at about quarterback twenty. He's
Speaker 1: in the range of Breeze Stafford and Sam Donald in Dynasty.
Speaker 1: In Redraft, I have him right around quarterback fifteen or sixteen,
Speaker 1: near like Philip Rivers and Jared Goff. That sounds about right.
Speaker 1: I I think he does. I think he hurts Evans
Speaker 1: and Godwin a little bit more than you do, because
Speaker 1: I just you know, all that Winston could do he
Speaker 1: was it was chucked. Was just chucked the ball downfield.
Speaker 1: He was gonna have all these interceptions. I think Bruce
Speaker 1: arians just said, Okay, he's gonna have all these interceptions,
Speaker 1: and we're gonna have interceptions. Let's make him thirty yards
Speaker 1: down field or forty yards down they're kind of like puns. Yeah,
Speaker 1: they're basically punts. Then if he's gonna he's Winston is
Speaker 1: capable of having interceptions at every level of the defense,
Speaker 1: So why not have him just chuck it downfield and
Speaker 1: have those interceptions be punts and um And you know,
Speaker 1: Brady is just not built for that at not, not
Speaker 1: at this age. And I think that's going to take
Speaker 1: a fair amount away from Evans and Godwin, I think
Speaker 1: a little more than you do. But it's still Tom
Speaker 1: Brady's gonna throw an eminently catchable pass and it's gonna
Speaker 1: be accurate. It's gonna be accurate, and Evans and Godwin
Speaker 1: can can be good at every level of the defense,
Speaker 1: not just bombs. So they'll be okay, but I don't
Speaker 1: I think ultimately they're not going to be quite as good.
Speaker 1: And you're right there right now with Jared Stidham as
Speaker 1: the quarterback for the Patriots. Oh, how do you draft
Speaker 1: Mohamed Sanu or you know, or Nikil Harry or even
Speaker 1: Julian Edelman as good as he is? Uh as it
Speaker 1: stands right now, they're just it's a it's a disaster scenario.
Speaker 1: And I don't think they're I don't think the if
Speaker 1: you believe the media reports, Bucks aren't making any moves
Speaker 1: at quarterback right now. No, well, well the Patriots are
Speaker 1: sorry Patriots? Yes, okay, Um, do you think Chris Godwin
Speaker 1: gives up his number twelve? Tom Brady shows up? You
Speaker 1: give up the number now? You can charge him whatever
Speaker 1: you want because Brady's got plenty of money and uh
Speaker 1: so you know there's that. But yes, I don't think
Speaker 1: Godwin's gonna be word number twelve. Uh. TV twelve will
Speaker 1: still be alive and well in Tampa Bay, all right?
Speaker 1: Anything else on anything else on on the Tampa on
Speaker 1: the Tom Brady Tampa situation. No, let's we could talk
Speaker 1: about another TV quarterback at a bridge walk. There we go. Yeah,
Speaker 1: let's do it. Three years, sixty million dollars from the Patriots.
Speaker 1: Great guy, I'm happy for I'm happy for him and
Speaker 1: his bank account. Man, I don't like this move for
Speaker 1: fantasy owners. What do you what do you see? Um? Well,
Speaker 1: so I obviously started with the New Orleans side again.
Speaker 1: It does really nothing, but it guess it clears the
Speaker 1: path for Taysom Hill is the full time backup in
Speaker 1: case Breeze gets hurt, So it might give Taysom Hill
Speaker 1: a little bit more of fantasy relevance. He'll get in
Speaker 1: for his plays anyway. On the Carolina side, Teddy is
Speaker 1: not a downfield thrower. His average intended air yards was
Speaker 1: the lowest in the league at six point to Praier
Speaker 1: yards per attempt. That's not lowest among qualified quarterbacks. His
Speaker 1: average air yards on completed passes was third lowest in
Speaker 1: the league at four point six average completed air yards
Speaker 1: four point six yards down the field that's behind only
Speaker 1: Are you ready for this chart? You get a button? Ready,
Speaker 1: Mason Rudolph and Duck Hodges, Yes, we got we got
Speaker 1: a duck in yes, I haven't been able to do
Speaker 1: the duck in months. That feels good. Well, we use
Speaker 1: it for the revenge duck as well, so it is
Speaker 1: the revenge that's that's UM. Teddy's the ultimate game manager.
Speaker 1: So this has to absolutely to rpedo the value of
Speaker 1: Curtis Samuel, whose average depth of target was fourteen point
Speaker 1: five yards downfield. She's um, it's probably a slight downgrade
Speaker 1: for d J. Moore to, who is a darling on
Speaker 1: draft boards everywhere right now. His average depth of target
Speaker 1: was eleven point one. So he's gonna end up with
Speaker 1: less yardage just because that's the way that Teddy plays.
Speaker 1: He could end up with a handful more receptions as
Speaker 1: Bridgewater really targeted Michael Thomas as his main guy when
Speaker 1: when he was throwing in New Orleans for those four
Speaker 1: or five games last year. Um. But the guy who
Speaker 1: benefits most, the guy who's going to catch the ball
Speaker 1: at the shortest distance downfield, that's Christian McCaffrey. Probably high
Speaker 1: completion percentage guy in Bridgewater, low depth of target. That's
Speaker 1: money for the best pass catching back in the league.
Speaker 1: If McCaffrey stays healthy, it seems like almost a lock
Speaker 1: in PPR leagues that McCaffrey is the number one running back.
Speaker 1: I don't know a scenario where this doesn't work. No,
Speaker 1: I think overuse would be my my my biggest worry
Speaker 1: christis McCaffrey, and I'll take my chances on that. So
Speaker 1: dynasty value, I have Bridgewater at quarterback twenty seven right now. Um,
Speaker 1: that's right about where Ben Roethlisberger and Gardner Minshew are.
Speaker 1: I'd have been a lot higher, but that's dynasty. Ben's old,
Speaker 1: he's a year from retirement. Probably in redraft leagues. Uh,
Speaker 1: he's probably just a depth or backup piece even in
Speaker 1: a two quarterback league. He's undrafted in one quarterback leagues,
Speaker 1: so I I mean he's like quarterback twenty five to
Speaker 1: thirty somewhere in there, depending on preference. Sounds right. Let's
Speaker 1: move on to Philip Rivers, who's the new starting quarterback
Speaker 1: for the Colts, if only for one year, million dollar deal.
Speaker 1: The Colts really by themselves a year to figure out
Speaker 1: what they're gonna do a quarterback here. He was quarterback
Speaker 1: fifteen in points per game last year. Uh, sorry, nineteen
Speaker 1: quarterback nineteen. I have I had him at quarterback thirteen
Speaker 1: in overall points, and he's been thirteen or above for
Speaker 1: like a decade straight. And that's right been his. That's
Speaker 1: like his that's like his spot right there right. Um. Now,
Speaker 1: if you want to start with what he leaves behind,
Speaker 1: you could certainly do that with San Diego and Tyrod Taylor.
Speaker 1: San Tyrod Taylor as the as the Okay, we're gonna
Speaker 1: call the Raiders Oakland. Like most of the UM, it
Speaker 1: affects the Chargers. Well it we've known this is happening
Speaker 1: for a long time. Rivers. Rivers basically folded the hand
Speaker 1: and left Los Angeles, so we've known for a few
Speaker 1: months that this was going to affect the Chargers. UM
Speaker 1: slightly downgraded Keenan Allen and Hunter Henry for now as
Speaker 1: Tyrod Taylor seems to be the only quarterback they have
Speaker 1: right now, and they say that's they're they're they're not
Speaker 1: planning to make a movie either. Yeah. They also pick
Speaker 1: six in the draft, so either tah or Herbert could
Speaker 1: land there very easily. Um, so neither. There's a lot
Speaker 1: of scenarios where neither is available to them at six,
Speaker 1: and now they's that's possible. I I think ink that
Speaker 1: the Chargers need a guy like to Ah, like a
Speaker 1: like a a a name for them to kind of
Speaker 1: roll with in l A to try to get there.
Speaker 1: And she's going I think I think too as the guy,
Speaker 1: and I think they probably trade up to get him. Um.
Speaker 1: On the Colt side, I think it's an upgrade over
Speaker 1: Jacoby bursett Um for just about everyone's slide up tick
Speaker 1: for t Y Hilton and Marlon Mack. But I think
Speaker 1: it's a substantial upgrade for Jack Doyle as Rivers really
Speaker 1: like the tight end for years and years and years
Speaker 1: in San Diego, and l A. Reich really targeted the
Speaker 1: tight end in Philly when he was the offensive coordinator there.
Speaker 1: Derick Ebron is gone, So I think Jack Doyle suddenly
Speaker 1: creeping into like the top ten tight ends and and
Speaker 1: I think he's kind of a sneaky guy you can
Speaker 1: grab right now. Um Dynasty. He's around uh same same
Speaker 1: as Bridgewater, Big Ben. He's old Um and Redraft, middle
Speaker 1: of the pack quarterback to like eighteen to twenty somewhere
Speaker 1: in there. The the fascinating part for Rivers is after
Speaker 1: languishing behind horrible offensive lines for really his whole career, Yeah,
Speaker 1: he's got the best he's ever had. He's got the
Speaker 1: he's got arguably the best past pocketing line in the NFL.
Speaker 1: And so with the zero mobility that he's he's got, um,
Speaker 1: he won't need it here and so I think this
Speaker 1: sets him up to be a to be better than
Speaker 1: he has been for a while. Don't love the targets.
Speaker 1: Let's just hope t Y Hilton is fully healthy, Paris
Speaker 1: Campbell comes back from the hand injury that cost him
Speaker 1: a good chunk that here, that he gets better you
Speaker 1: know there. But I think there's a little bit of
Speaker 1: sneaky upside to Philip Rivers because I think he's going
Speaker 1: to enjoy a clean pocket for the first time in years.
Speaker 1: I think you're right, he'll be a sneaky late round
Speaker 1: quarterback that you can pick up probably is your second
Speaker 1: quarterback and redraft leagues, and he might be very fruitful
Speaker 1: on your returns. Let's go to Nick Foles traded to
Speaker 1: Chicago for a fourth round pick. You're you're the Bears,
Speaker 1: and you know you've got a problem with the Bears
Speaker 1: party of our listeners. It's an affront to our listeners. Now,
Speaker 1: t s um the the Bears have to make a
Speaker 1: change of quarterback. So, out of all the myriad possibilities
Speaker 1: in the best free agency class we've ever seen in
Speaker 1: our lifetime at quarterback, they decide to give up much
Speaker 1: needed draft capital to go get a horrible contract for
Speaker 1: a quarterback who outside of the Eagles, has been straight
Speaker 1: up bad, unbelievable decision for them, And I'm just baffled
Speaker 1: by this. Well, it is only a fourth round pick,
Speaker 1: but you're the Bears. You don't have picks they have
Speaker 1: they have well, they got their team, they don't need
Speaker 1: anything else. They don't have a first. They don't have
Speaker 1: a third this year. They don't have a fourth now either.
Speaker 1: The fourth they have a compensat. They gave up the
Speaker 1: compensatory fourth for this one they had they keep their
Speaker 1: original fourth. This they've got. If I've got this straight
Speaker 1: two picks in the first one hundred sixty three selections
Speaker 1: of the draft, you gotta think that this is Pace
Speaker 1: and Naggie's last chance at keeping their job. Right here,
Speaker 1: they're they're not going to make it through another off
Speaker 1: season with with that job if it's not a success
Speaker 1: this year. So you kind of have to plug holes
Speaker 1: on a sinking ship while it's going down, And I
Speaker 1: mean Nick Foles is a Super Bowl winning quarterback for
Speaker 1: better for worse. Um, I guess we can start in
Speaker 1: Jacksonville where it doesn't really change anything. Gardner Minshew is
Speaker 1: probably going to be the starter if they don't upgrade
Speaker 1: from Minshew to some somebody else, which, by the way,
Speaker 1: they should. They should be addressing that in the draft.
Speaker 1: To Chicago. It's an upgrade from too brisky Um, Sad
Speaker 1: Trombone Ski, the saddest of sad troum bone skis right now.
Speaker 1: Oh nope, sadder, let's go. This is as sad as
Speaker 1: we can get. Sad trombone. It's the worst trombone solo ever. God,
Speaker 1: I love it. We haven't been able to talk Sad
Speaker 1: Trombone Ski this whole off season. We have we have.
Speaker 1: We have eight buttons on our button bar, and two
Speaker 1: of them are related. And it's an upgrade for Allen
Speaker 1: Robinson Um Anthony Miller may now get drafted in some leagues.
Speaker 1: This is still going Uh, David Montgomery should see an
Speaker 1: uptick with a capable quarterback behind center. So it's an
Speaker 1: upgrade for all of those guys, even though I don't
Speaker 1: think falls is much more than a placeholder for now
Speaker 1: and a career backup quarterback. Um, so in Dynasty, I
Speaker 1: have Fulls as quarterback thirty three and yeah he's a starter,
Speaker 1: but he's thirty three on my list right, Um there,
Speaker 1: backup there? Who's the backup? There's there's there's. I mean,
Speaker 1: I'd rather have Gardner Minshew right now. And they will
Speaker 1: probably draft a quarterback and there's probably a couple of
Speaker 1: rookie quarterbacks have above falls in redraft. He's not draftable,
Speaker 1: He's not draftable. No, no, um, I I don't think
Speaker 1: he even helps Allen Robinson. Anthony Miller, Jimmy Graham. He
Speaker 1: helps Allen Robinson from a standpoint that true Bisky couldn't
Speaker 1: even throw to the left side of the field. So
Speaker 1: now at least Allen Robinson can run on two sides
Speaker 1: of the field. And maybe I don't know, he's gotta
Speaker 1: it's gotta be an upgrade, right, I'm not sure he is.
Speaker 1: I don't know that Nick Foles is. Here's what I
Speaker 1: keep thinking about Nick foles super Bowl run aside, which
Speaker 1: is amazing. Um, two straight teams in consecutive years, teams
Speaker 1: that know him intimately, that have worked with him for
Speaker 1: long periods of time have let him go, you know,
Speaker 1: Eagles said Sionara, and then the Jaguars let him go
Speaker 1: as well. And these teams know everything there is to
Speaker 1: know about Nick Foles and they don't want well, I
Speaker 1: think from the Eagle situation after the Super Bowl, they
Speaker 1: just couldn't pay him and pay Carson Wentz. So that
Speaker 1: makes sense from that standpoint. You can't pay a guy
Speaker 1: fifty million dollars to sit on the bench. So he
Speaker 1: had to go out and and and find some money.
Speaker 1: Found some money in Jacksonville, and they found the Mississippi mustache.
Speaker 1: And who's I think he's still traveling the country in
Speaker 1: a motor home right now. He could be. That's that's like,
Speaker 1: not that's serious. That's what he does. What he was
Speaker 1: doing in the off season was traveling the country. He
Speaker 1: put something on Twitter that said, Hey, anybody you know
Speaker 1: any cool spots they want me to come swing by?
Speaker 1: Let me know, Like what a guy, that's what I want?
Speaker 1: Gardner Minshew here, he seems like fun. Last guy that
Speaker 1: that I want to talk about. Last quarterback that's with
Speaker 1: a new team. Marcus Mariota will probably maybe have a
Speaker 1: chance to compete for the starting job behind their Car.
Speaker 1: They said that Car is still the quarterback, but they're
Speaker 1: also kind of actively shopping Car in the trade market
Speaker 1: right now, so you gotta say, oh, yeah, this is
Speaker 1: our quarterback one while we're trying to trade him and
Speaker 1: get some value for Um. No effect on the Titans, Uh,
Speaker 1: not much of an effect on the Raiders unless Car
Speaker 1: is gone. Um. I mean he is on the block
Speaker 1: and the Raiders could be in line for a quarterback
Speaker 1: in this draft to they have picks twelve and nineteen
Speaker 1: which they could package to move up. Maybe maybe they
Speaker 1: want to get in on the two oh race or
Speaker 1: Justin Herbert and have a new quarterback for their new
Speaker 1: stadium in their new town. Um. Neither should be on
Speaker 1: redraft rosters, rosters and single quarterback leagues. Both will probably
Speaker 1: get starts for Vegas next year if they are both there. Um,
Speaker 1: but both Mariota and car Um really kind of undraftable
Speaker 1: and dynasty to quarterback thirty four, they're about tied for
Speaker 1: it right now. Yeah, it's it's come to this for
Speaker 1: those two. Unfortunately, you know, Cars had moments of looking promising.
Speaker 1: The sad part from a fantasy standpoint with Ariota, he's
Speaker 1: really fleet of foot, he's fast, he can run. They
Speaker 1: never ran him, and you know, hardly ever had they had.
Speaker 1: They feels like they misused him in Tennessee his entire career.
Speaker 1: It feels that way. He doesn't it now. That said,
Speaker 1: he started quietly six games last year and he was bad,
Speaker 1: and you know, and clearly they know how to use
Speaker 1: a quarterback because Ryan Tanne locked In was really good.
Speaker 1: So I can't say that, you know, I can't see
Speaker 1: he has no culpability here because because clearly he has some.
Speaker 1: It seems like he would have been in a better
Speaker 1: spot to go into a system that already has a
Speaker 1: running quarterback, similar to how r G three is backing
Speaker 1: up Lamar Jackson, or if like if he would have
Speaker 1: ended up in Arizona behind Kyler Murray, that would be
Speaker 1: a great spot because if something goes wrong with Kyler,
Speaker 1: don't have to change the offense. We'll take a quick
Speaker 1: break when we come back. Quarterbacks who are going to
Speaker 1: stay with their current team, does their value remain the
Speaker 1: same just because there with the same team. We'll tell
Speaker 1: you when we come back. And Fantasy Football Weekly, Welcome
Speaker 1: back to the show. Paul Charge and Matt Harrison with you.
Speaker 1: Matt is at explosive output on Twitter. I sure am
Speaker 1: I am at Paul Charge on Twitter. Your name is
Speaker 1: easier to spell than mind. Surprisingly, that almost never happens.
Speaker 1: Almost never, UM quarterbacks will stay with their current team.
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins gets resigned for two more years, but he'll
Speaker 1: do it without Stefon Diggs. He's got Adam feeling. And
Speaker 1: then after that, Kyle Rudolph is the next best receiver,
Speaker 1: and after that Smith. I think Smith market almost be
Speaker 1: a slot receiver for this team. I think he jumps.
Speaker 1: I think if Smith's the guy who jumps up in
Speaker 1: in the absence of Digs. But they're they're obviously going
Speaker 1: to draft somebody. Uh this year. It's one of the
Speaker 1: deepest wide receiver drafts in years. It would not surprise
Speaker 1: me if they take two wide receivers in this draft. No,
Speaker 1: I wouldn't either. I think they'll take one in the
Speaker 1: first two rounds of the draft with three picks in
Speaker 1: the first two rounds. For sure. The loss of Diggs
Speaker 1: hurts Cousins, but I imagine they will address that position
Speaker 1: a little bit. I have Cousins at quarterback sixteen, just
Speaker 1: above Ryan Tannehill, Jared Goff, and Daniel Jones in Dynasty leagues,
Speaker 1: it sounds about right. Um. In redraft, he finished nineteenth
Speaker 1: last year among quarterbacks with digs without feeling for most
Speaker 1: of the year. It will be a similar run offense
Speaker 1: under Kubiak. So for redraft purposes, I think I'm having
Speaker 1: him in about in redraft sixteenth in Dynasty because he's
Speaker 1: locked into that job for three more years and we
Speaker 1: know what he's got and we know it's a good offense. Um,
Speaker 1: I I think it's bankable, but yeah, safe, it's relatively
Speaker 1: it's very safe. I'll just go to Drew Brees, who
Speaker 1: resigns for two years. He got a lot more money
Speaker 1: than I thought he was going to get. Uh, No
Speaker 1: hometown discount really paid here quarterbacks seven in points per
Speaker 1: game last year for Drew Brees. For a guy that
Speaker 1: we've been drafting for so long, fantasyers are just bored
Speaker 1: of him, and just you know, he there's a guy
Speaker 1: who's always he gets goes off the board at like
Speaker 1: quarterback eighteen every year and all he does is be
Speaker 1: a top ten quarterback. The only thing that I'm a
Speaker 1: little nervous about on Drew Brees is Taysom Hill really
Speaker 1: flashed in that playoff game they did, and it would
Speaker 1: not surprise me if they go to more of a
Speaker 1: seventy thirty split at quarterback or maybe trending towards keep
Speaker 1: the hits off the aging Breeze. UM, use him for
Speaker 1: his downfield presence and his ability to throw accurately, and
Speaker 1: use Taysom Hill as the guy who's the playmaker, the
Speaker 1: show boater um. So that's that's my drawback of Drew Brees.
Speaker 1: If you're going team quarterback in your league, nobody does.
Speaker 1: Anybody does, God, but those days are over if you were.
Speaker 1: I think New Orleans is probably near the top of
Speaker 1: the charts with when getting both Hill and Breeze. But
Speaker 1: uh yeah, so I don't think it really affects anybody.
Speaker 1: I think Michael tom is still the top wide receiver.
Speaker 1: I think Alvin Kamara is still a top five six
Speaker 1: running back. So I think we're all good there. And
Speaker 1: having Drew Brees back, uh gives a little sense of
Speaker 1: familiarity in the league. With Tom Brady leaving, the Patriots
Speaker 1: another team that needs to draft a wide receiver. They've
Speaker 1: not been able to develop any threat other than Michael
Speaker 1: Thomas and Trey Kwan Smith and Austin Carr and it's guys,
Speaker 1: just nobody's nobody's really stepped up. Just think of this
Speaker 1: NFC South quarterback carousel. Now we have Tom Brady, we
Speaker 1: have Drew Brees, we have Teddy Bridgewater and Matt Ryan.
Speaker 1: That's a that's a fun group of quarterbacks right there.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a fun division to watch this year.
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott gets the franchise tag. Presumably he'll be staying
Speaker 1: in Dallas, unless you know, something goes wrong here. AMRII
Speaker 1: Cooper resigned to his deal five years, a hundred million dollars,
Speaker 1: and he's still got Michael Gallup and and and what
Speaker 1: should be an emerging Blake Jarwin, one of one of
Speaker 1: our favorite sleeper tight ends around here. Your thoughts on
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott, I have him. His quarterback four and points
Speaker 1: per game last year helped us a lot of different ways.
Speaker 1: Michael Gallup's emergence was big. Um still a bit of
Speaker 1: a running threat as well. Overall, he finished quarterback three
Speaker 1: in total points last year. Um he has. He's been
Speaker 1: in the league for four years and he's finished top
Speaker 1: twelve in four straight years. Last year he was drafted.
Speaker 1: Why yeah, I don't. I don't understand it. I'd like
Speaker 1: to go back to my rankings before I get before
Speaker 1: I cock off about how you know I I definitely
Speaker 1: have Dak hired and that I know I had Dac higher.
Speaker 1: I swear I did, but I don't remember what my
Speaker 1: preseason so cheat sheet looked like. I'm a little bit
Speaker 1: higher on deck than most. I have Dak at quarterback
Speaker 1: four in both Redraft and Dynasty. Well, he gets Amari
Speaker 1: Cooper for Dynasty. I don't think McCarthy is a downgrade
Speaker 1: from Jason Garrett. No, probably not. Um So, it's it's
Speaker 1: either a lateral move where maybe then a slight step up.
Speaker 1: Uh So, I like Dak in in this area. I
Speaker 1: only have him behind Mahomes, Lamar Jackson, and Russell Wilson
Speaker 1: on my list of top quarterbacks right now for Dynasty
Speaker 1: Andre draft, I think I think both of those three
Speaker 1: are above him. But that's it. I think you can
Speaker 1: you can. I think that's a that's a makable case, right.
Speaker 1: I know people are really high on Kyler Murray right
Speaker 1: now with the addition of DeAndre Hopkins, but he's not
Speaker 1: going to get up to this level yet maybe they
Speaker 1: everybody's looking at somebody to be the next Lamar Jackson,
Speaker 1: the quarterback in his second year who just makes this
Speaker 1: giant step. I think Kyler is going to be close
Speaker 1: to that, but not quite top five level yet. All right,
Speaker 1: now let's shift gears to quarterbacks still looking for work.
Speaker 1: I want to touch briefly on three guys. Cam Newton
Speaker 1: gone from Carolina. They bid him, They bid him ado
Speaker 1: with their their official yeah, their official Twitter account. It's like,
Speaker 1: scam Newton, thanks for the memories. Do you just call
Speaker 1: him gam Newton? Kind of like whoever pays him? Next?
Speaker 1: There's um, there's the pot. The landing spot he keeps
Speaker 1: getting connected to, of course, is the Redskins, that, in
Speaker 1: my opinion, are still quarterback needy. Of course there's a
Speaker 1: connection with Ron rivera yea. Um. The question is is
Speaker 1: so Cam still is not a free agent yet the
Speaker 1: Panthers have allowed him to search for your own trade. Um,
Speaker 1: and everybody's gonna be like, now, we'll just wait till
Speaker 1: you're a free agent. We're not. And if people are
Speaker 1: listening to this, he's a free agent. Yeah, absolutely, Um.
Speaker 1: So I wonder if if Ron Rivera doesn't sign him.
Speaker 1: In Washington, the guy who was with him all year
Speaker 1: last year, in the previous couple of years, went to
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl with him. He knows that there's some
Speaker 1: sort of underlying physical issues with Cam that might not
Speaker 1: make him the quarterback he used to be. So if
Speaker 1: if Ron Rivera doesn't sign him, I'm hands off on
Speaker 1: Cam Newton completely from a fantasy standpoint. There's also this um.
Speaker 1: You know, they put a first round pick into the
Speaker 1: quarterback position last year, GWayne Haskins. I thought he looked
Speaker 1: bad for most of the year. He had a cup,
Speaker 1: He had glimmers of hope at the very end of
Speaker 1: the season. And he's not Rivera's guy either. He's Rivera's guy.
Speaker 1: I think they're with pick two, They're gonna take two.
Speaker 1: And if that's the plan, that then you can't sign
Speaker 1: Cam Newton because I know you got two first round
Speaker 1: picks in Cam Newton. So that's the that's the scenario
Speaker 1: where they don't take they don't sign Cam Newton, but
Speaker 1: it's not because of underlying health or whatever. If they
Speaker 1: know they're going to well, if they know they're going
Speaker 1: to make a trade, that's when you take Cam Newton. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you're right, so, um they might and and yeah, I
Speaker 1: think that that number two spot is definitely up for
Speaker 1: grabs in the draft. Is you go to Jamis Winston
Speaker 1: still unsigned? He was in points per game Fantasy Football's
Speaker 1: second highest scored quarters. Yeah, I think he was QB
Speaker 1: five in total points. Unreal. He's he's a national champion
Speaker 1: in college, He's a Heisman winner. He through for like
Speaker 1: five thousand yards it last year. I mean, you're gonna
Speaker 1: get the picks along with it. Um, but he's just
Speaker 1: gonna go unsigned for a while. Is that the deal?
Speaker 1: I think? You know, I think for Winston, now, it
Speaker 1: might be you wait until somebody has a catastrophic injury
Speaker 1: a quarterback and you walk in as their starter, and
Speaker 1: that might be. You know, usually most years, some team
Speaker 1: has that Teddy Bridgewater moment like the Vikings did in August,
Speaker 1: and suddenly you need a veteran quarterback to come in
Speaker 1: and start well. And this could be a very strange
Speaker 1: year too, depending on how long quarantine lasts, if if
Speaker 1: players aren't working out properly, Um, we could see players
Speaker 1: get to the field like our training whose off season
Speaker 1: training program involves in r V Yeah, I mean he's
Speaker 1: throwing football's over the mountain. I'm pretty sure Uncle Rico style. Uh.
Speaker 1: But yeah, Winston. I mean, let's mention the teams that
Speaker 1: need a quarterback right now, and maybe maybe you can
Speaker 1: find a fit here. Charge Uh Cincinnati, but Joe Burrows
Speaker 1: going number one, Jacksonville. Um, maybe maybe Challenger to Gardner Minshew.
Speaker 1: Uh the Chargers, Tyrod is the only name on the roster.
Speaker 1: They've already said that. They're media reports say they're not
Speaker 1: going to make a move from that. But maybe Uh
Speaker 1: Stu Beard in Miami. But they also have the number
Speaker 1: five pick. Stu Beards better than Jameis Winston. He proved
Speaker 1: it in Tampa two seasons ago. Uh, they could be reunited.
Speaker 1: It would be so funny, would be funny New England.
Speaker 1: No chance. Thirty thirty interceptions in Bill Belichick. That's a
Speaker 1: bad combo right there. This is the guy where if
Speaker 1: you fumble once as a running back, you're dead for
Speaker 1: a month. So Bill Belichick, you know the genius. He
Speaker 1: can take any any player and make him into something.
Speaker 1: I mean, if you want to cement your legacy as
Speaker 1: the greatest coach of all time, you won six with
Speaker 1: Brady win one with Winston. If you can do that,
Speaker 1: I don't think so. And then how about Washington who
Speaker 1: already met and someone to push Haskins or take over
Speaker 1: if they're not, if they've decided they're not going to
Speaker 1: go to it with pick two. But I think they're
Speaker 1: gonna go to with pick two. Yeah. So the last
Speaker 1: quarterback who's on the market, Andy Dalton, who's a favorite
Speaker 1: of yours I would call a favorite. But I think
Speaker 1: you know what I I lobbied for the Bears making
Speaker 1: that move at the trade deadline last year, Um, to
Speaker 1: move on from thank you for the shorting shortened version. Yes,
Speaker 1: that's that's right, and go to Dalton then, Um, obviously
Speaker 1: they didn't do that, and I would, frankly it still
Speaker 1: would have preferred Andy Dalton in Chicago. What about Andy
Speaker 1: Dalton in New England? Possible? That seems like the most
Speaker 1: probable of these three guys. I agree, I agree. I
Speaker 1: think this is I think Belichick would rather work with
Speaker 1: a veteran who's you know, been around the block a
Speaker 1: few times. Um, although, oh here we go, I'm I'm
Speaker 1: gonna we're gonna make some trades here. Ryan Fitzpatrick, Stu
Speaker 1: Beard in New England, Miami trade Zim and then Miami
Speaker 1: can pick up Belichick heads one of these Gravy trained
Speaker 1: the Dolphins for good players for a while long time,
Speaker 1: so you know, maybe there's something there, But they also
Speaker 1: think I also think he's too undisciplined. Stu Beard a
Speaker 1: little bit like Jamis Winson is just sort of chucking
Speaker 1: up and see what happens. Guy, and I just I
Speaker 1: don't know that that's gonna be. Beard would really fit
Speaker 1: in in Boston though it is. It's a Boston Beard.
Speaker 1: Julian Edelman and him, Robin Beard's just just chins together. Yeah,
Speaker 1: esk him O kissing. Uh, it just got weird. That's probably.
Speaker 1: I'm glad we're six ft apart. That's right. Uh, it's
Speaker 1: probably for the best that we end this thing now.
Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, everybody. Next week will break down other positions,
Speaker 1: probably I think probably running backs from a fantasy standpoint,
Speaker 1: receiver seems more juicy right now. It is, and there's
Speaker 1: sort of the tie in with this conversation. But yeah,
Speaker 1: we'll see how that running back or wide receivers next week.
Speaker 1: And that's right, Maybe we gotta work tight ends into
Speaker 1: I gotta put tight ends into there one of these
Speaker 1: as well. We're not doing kickers. Thanks, thanks, thanks for listening.
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