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Speaker 2: That is the ultimate kabash and we are underway. Hello everyone,

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Speaker 2: Welcome back to another episode of the Action Network NFL podcast.

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Speaker 2: I am Matthew Friedman, the editor in chief of Fantasy Labs,

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Speaker 2: and with me is Ian Harditz, the director of the

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Speaker 2: Fantasy Labs NFL platform, and an Action Network analyst. You

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Speaker 2: can follow him in the Action Network app at Iheartits In.

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Speaker 2: We are officially one week removed from the first day

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Speaker 2: of the NFL Draft. I'm still in something of a

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Speaker 4: I'm doing great, man. I was waiting for all these

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Speaker 3: Really I'm not as into, I guess, scouting the prospects

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Speaker 3: it was almost like Christmas Day for me was the draft.

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Speaker 2: for this episode, we're going to talk about all the

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Speaker 2: about a piece in that you wrote on rookie year

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Speaker 2: to look at my Dynasty rookie rankings which are available

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Speaker 2: let's jump into it. Ian. What did you find in

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so I went ahead and I pulled every person

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Speaker 3: a rookie doesn't mean that you can't be a six

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Speaker 4: That you drafted high because it doesn't really look good

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Speaker 3: If you're bringing it undrafted running back that's all of

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Speaker 4: Now, there only have been.

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Speaker 4: Number one obviously Josh Jacobs, the only first round running back.

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Speaker 3: Back all right, and third running back from the first

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Speaker 3: Some people thought they're gonna take Josh Jacobs when they

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Speaker 4: The big question with Sanders.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's looking like real good things for them.

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Speaker 4: So they are not throwing the ball in Baltimore.

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Speaker 3: Now, I mean, is it unreasonable to expect kind of

439
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Speaker 3: like wide receiver two production from Harry as a rookie.

440
00:19:47,640 --> 00:19:52,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, No, I mean I think it's I'm not going

441
00:19:52,320 --> 00:19:55,400
Speaker 2: to be drafting him as if he will definitely give

442
00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:58,200
Speaker 2: wide receiver to production because that is a really high

443
00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:01,800
Speaker 2: threshold for any rookie wide. But I think he's going to.

444
00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:04,280
Speaker 2: I think he's going to be on the field, you know,

445
00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:06,639
Speaker 2: Like I think he's going to be out there learning

446
00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:10,040
Speaker 2: the system. Like it's hard for rookie wide receivers in general.

447
00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:12,440
Speaker 2: And then the Patriots have I'm not going to hold

448
00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:16,560
Speaker 2: against them their previous inability to draft wide receivers who

449
00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:20,000
Speaker 2: turn out, but like they do have a complicated offensive system,

450
00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:22,720
Speaker 2: and I think like that will take him some time.

451
00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:25,520
Speaker 2: So even if he's out there, you know, even if

452
00:20:25,560 --> 00:20:27,880
Speaker 2: they are depending on him as someone who is core

453
00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:30,159
Speaker 2: to their offense, that doesn't mean that they're going to

454
00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:33,160
Speaker 2: funnel a lot of targets his way. But I think

455
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Speaker 2: I don't know, like I think you could. I don't

456
00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:37,159
Speaker 2: want to say even like one hundred targets, But like

457
00:20:37,240 --> 00:20:40,000
Speaker 2: I think he will be used, and I'm I'm high

458
00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:43,080
Speaker 2: on him long term, but I will probably be staying

459
00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:44,639
Speaker 2: away from him in the short term.

460
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Speaker 3: That's fair enough, and yeah, I'm with you with it.

461
00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:50,240
Speaker 3: It does take them a while to incorporate guys into

462
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Speaker 3: the offense. But we did see last year Josh Gordon.

463
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Speaker 3: I mean he pretty much got taken off the you know,

464
00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:57,720
Speaker 3: off the streets down from Cleveland. He was averaging about

465
00:20:57,720 --> 00:21:00,440
Speaker 3: seven targets per game before he went down. So if

466
00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:03,800
Speaker 3: they can't, I don't know. We'll see, because you know,

467
00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:05,920
Speaker 3: there's always a risk. I joined Edelman and James White

468
00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:07,520
Speaker 3: just combined for twenty targets, and.

469
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Speaker 4: Again, we'll think about it.

470
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Speaker 2: So like, I think seven targets per game going to

471
00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:14,760
Speaker 2: Josh Gordon is different than seven targets per game going

472
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Speaker 2: to Harry because Gordon is just he's a different type

473
00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:20,400
Speaker 2: of receiver. I think he's more explosive. I think Harry's

474
00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:23,439
Speaker 2: targets will come closer to the line of scrimmage. So

475
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Speaker 2: I just kind of don't even I don't see the

476
00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:26,640
Speaker 2: same production for him.

477
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Speaker 4: That's a good point, all right.

478
00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:33,880
Speaker 3: Next wide receiver in San Francisco, Deebo Samuel. Interesting situation

479
00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:35,960
Speaker 3: here because it's one of very few teams where the

480
00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:38,119
Speaker 3: wide receiver one is still going to be the number

481
00:21:38,119 --> 00:21:41,640
Speaker 3: two pass game target. Obviously, George Kittle is ingrained there,

482
00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:45,040
Speaker 3: and this whole situation is just so crowded at this point.

483
00:21:45,359 --> 00:21:46,359
Speaker 4: I counted up their roster.

484
00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:47,960
Speaker 3: I'm sure some of these guys, maybe, like you know,

485
00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:50,479
Speaker 3: Kendrick Bourne Trent Taylor, will get cut before the season,

486
00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:53,600
Speaker 3: But as it stands, they have eleven players on offense,

487
00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:56,200
Speaker 3: a running back, wide receiver, tight end that have caught

488
00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:59,119
Speaker 3: at least twenty passes in the season before, and they

489
00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:01,520
Speaker 3: just added DeVos Samuel and Jalen Hurds, so who are

490
00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:04,200
Speaker 3: both very confident pass catches in their own right. Matt,

491
00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:07,000
Speaker 3: do you see anyone jumping out on this offense, I

492
00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:10,080
Speaker 3: mean behind George Kettle or is there gonna be enough targets?

493
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Speaker 2: It's it's really hard to know what to do because

494
00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:17,920
Speaker 2: there are so many receivers there. Dante Pettis is interesting,

495
00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:20,840
Speaker 2: and I mean conceivably he's right now the number one

496
00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:23,879
Speaker 2: receiver on that offense, but I think he can be

497
00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:28,639
Speaker 2: overtaken by Debo, who has a similar skill set but

498
00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:31,720
Speaker 2: is more of a legit wide receiver like Pettis in

499
00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:34,840
Speaker 2: college was more of a like a punt returner, kick

500
00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:38,719
Speaker 2: returner who I wouldn't say moonlighted as a receiver, but

501
00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:43,120
Speaker 2: like that wasn't his strength. Samuel is an actual receiver

502
00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:46,399
Speaker 2: who has ability as a return man and as a rusher.

503
00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:49,719
Speaker 2: And I think he has probably better like all around

504
00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:53,240
Speaker 2: athleticism just in terms of like his size, speed combination,

505
00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:56,400
Speaker 2: because Pettis is a smaller guy. You know. The one

506
00:22:56,520 --> 00:22:58,919
Speaker 2: question with I guess there are probably a couple questions

507
00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:01,680
Speaker 2: with Samuel would be just like how how soon can

508
00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:03,840
Speaker 2: he get acclimated to the NFL. But then a bigger

509
00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:07,240
Speaker 2: question would also be like his injury passed. He's a

510
00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:11,280
Speaker 2: guy who has never finished in five years of college,

511
00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:15,560
Speaker 2: never finished a season playing every game in that season,

512
00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:19,280
Speaker 2: So there are some questions about his ability to stand

513
00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:21,680
Speaker 2: up to the NFL grind. So I think that will

514
00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:24,639
Speaker 2: be something we just we have to see for a season,

515
00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:27,640
Speaker 2: like can he do that? But I don't know because

516
00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:31,800
Speaker 2: the offense will be so funneled through Kittle. And then

517
00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:34,200
Speaker 2: also I think like they have some good running backs,

518
00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:35,919
Speaker 2: Like I expect them to use their running back to

519
00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:37,760
Speaker 2: decent amount. I don't know if I'm going to be

520
00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:39,600
Speaker 2: investing in any of the wide receivers.

521
00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:43,280
Speaker 3: Yeah, one thing that doesn't have me wonder about. I mean,

522
00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:45,080
Speaker 3: I was looking at on the show. We got a

523
00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:47,360
Speaker 3: running back slash wide receiver slash tight end.

524
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Speaker 4: I think it's realistic.

525
00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:51,240
Speaker 3: Jalen Hurd could be the first Fantasy football player ever

526
00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:53,640
Speaker 3: to get the triple designation because he played running back

527
00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:55,680
Speaker 3: in college. He played wide receiver in college, and now

528
00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:58,560
Speaker 3: Shanahan's talking about lining up with tight end. So yeah,

529
00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:00,400
Speaker 3: even if that happens, I don't know if I'll see

530
00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:02,200
Speaker 3: more than five touches of the game, but something to

531
00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:03,160
Speaker 3: keep an eye on for sure.

532
00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:05,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, that would that would be kind of cool.

533
00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:09,240
Speaker 3: Okay, next receiver that we'll see. We have some new

534
00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:12,560
Speaker 3: stuff come out today in the Tyreek kill case. But

535
00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:16,560
Speaker 3: Nicole Hartman is looking like a potential Week one starter

536
00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:20,400
Speaker 3: now for Kansas City, drafted as the heir apparent to Tyreek,

537
00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:23,920
Speaker 3: assuming he could be cut before Week one. A big

538
00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,280
Speaker 3: question here that I've been really trying to figure out

539
00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:29,160
Speaker 3: for this last week or so. We got the Marcus

540
00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:33,160
Speaker 3: Robinson seemingly as a wide receiver. Three, Travis Kelcey should

541
00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:36,040
Speaker 3: be the favorite to lead the chiefs and targets. I mean,

542
00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:38,959
Speaker 3: is me cool Harman gonna walk into a wide receiver

543
00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:41,120
Speaker 3: one role? Because I think it's Sammy Watkins.

544
00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:44,080
Speaker 2: But what do you think you're, Matt, Yeah, I think

545
00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:49,360
Speaker 2: Sammy Watkins would have more targets than Hardman. It's Hardman

546
00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:52,080
Speaker 2: is a He's a really interesting guy. So on the

547
00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:55,000
Speaker 2: one hand, I think I'm seeing more of the positive

548
00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:58,600
Speaker 2: reasons for why people should be bullish on him relative

549
00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:00,760
Speaker 2: to a lot of the other people who are talking

550
00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:02,480
Speaker 2: about him. But at the same time, like I feel

551
00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:04,359
Speaker 2: like I'm also seeing a lot of the negative things

552
00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:07,280
Speaker 2: that other people aren't talking about. Like people are basically

553
00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:10,399
Speaker 2: just focusing on the number of targets available and the

554
00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:13,400
Speaker 2: fact that he has a skill set that is similar

555
00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:16,239
Speaker 2: to Tyreek Hills, and then the fact that it's a

556
00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:20,080
Speaker 2: great offense. All that is obvious. The thing that isn't

557
00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:22,400
Speaker 2: so obvious is that, like he's twenty one years old,

558
00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:25,960
Speaker 2: which is amazing, Like, that's fantastic for a receiver to

559
00:25:26,119 --> 00:25:29,720
Speaker 2: be that young that historically has voted very well for

560
00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:32,679
Speaker 2: a guy long term. And also he's played wide receiver

561
00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:35,560
Speaker 2: for only two years, so even though he wasn't all

562
00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:39,960
Speaker 2: that productive. He has been reasonably productive for a guy

563
00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:43,240
Speaker 2: who's played that position for just two years. And he

564
00:25:43,359 --> 00:25:47,359
Speaker 2: actually entered college as the number two overall athlete just

565
00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:49,199
Speaker 2: in terms of like the way that he was ranked.

566
00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:52,680
Speaker 2: So there are like legitimate reasons to be very excited

567
00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:55,400
Speaker 2: about him. At the same time, he wasn't that productive

568
00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:57,960
Speaker 2: in college, you know, and he's still learning the wide

569
00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:02,480
Speaker 2: receiver position. Like Tyreek Hill. Even though he transitioned from

570
00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:05,560
Speaker 2: running back to wide receiver, he was still one of

571
00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:08,720
Speaker 2: the best pass catching running backs of like all time

572
00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:12,199
Speaker 2: in college, so like it wasn't as much of a

573
00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:16,600
Speaker 2: projection to see him going to wide receiver. So I

574
00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:19,000
Speaker 2: don't know, I like, I don't want to if there's

575
00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:21,359
Speaker 2: let me put it this way, if there's one coach

576
00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:25,320
Speaker 2: I would trust to turn a project into a producer,

577
00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:29,600
Speaker 2: it would be Andy Reid, especially with Patrick Mahomes. But

578
00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:32,399
Speaker 2: we are talking about a guy who's played wide receiver

579
00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:36,560
Speaker 2: for only two years and before that was a defensive

580
00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:40,280
Speaker 2: back and a running quarterback. Like it's just it's hard

581
00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:44,280
Speaker 2: to assume that that guy is going to be Tyreek

582
00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:48,840
Speaker 2: Hill right away. So I will bet against him for

583
00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:50,560
Speaker 2: year one.

584
00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:52,840
Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm with you I'm betting against from year to one.

585
00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:55,359
Speaker 3: But if there was a situation that could let him

586
00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:57,760
Speaker 3: do it, it would be with Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes

587
00:26:58,040 --> 00:26:58,920
Speaker 3: in Kansas City.

588
00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:02,320
Speaker 2: So I'm just just assuming there's always going to be

589
00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:06,080
Speaker 2: someone who is much more optimistic on him than I

590
00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:08,880
Speaker 2: am in any given league I'm in, So he probably

591
00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:10,600
Speaker 2: won't end up on many of my teams.

592
00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:11,720
Speaker 4: That makes sense.

593
00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:14,240
Speaker 3: I was gonna say, another wide receiver that's in an

594
00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:16,960
Speaker 3: ideal situation I think, at least in terms of his

595
00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:20,160
Speaker 3: skill set is DK Metcalf. Now it's hard to say

596
00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:22,840
Speaker 3: any wide receiver is in an ideal situation. The league's

597
00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:26,200
Speaker 3: most run heavy offense, so I get that, but I mean, Metcalf,

598
00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:28,840
Speaker 3: all the concerns coming out were the guy can't move

599
00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:32,400
Speaker 3: well horizontally laterally, and now he's in an offense that's

600
00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:35,119
Speaker 3: probably just gonna ask and run vertically almost every single route.

601
00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:37,679
Speaker 3: I mean, we've never seen a quarterback like Russell Wilson

602
00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:39,919
Speaker 3: just continuously move around and be willing to chuck that

603
00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:42,639
Speaker 3: ball deep. I've been doing it since his days. I wisconstant,

604
00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:45,840
Speaker 3: even just getting bailed up by receivers one after another.

605
00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:48,720
Speaker 3: But Russ loves to do it.

606
00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:50,320
Speaker 4: I mean, come on, dude, some of those Big Ten

607
00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:51,280
Speaker 4: Championship throws.

608
00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:54,879
Speaker 3: But anyway, now, DK Metcalf's only competition for reps on

609
00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:59,040
Speaker 3: the outside is David Moore and Gary Jennings because reportedly

610
00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:02,040
Speaker 3: Doug ball When is on his way towards retirement. So

611
00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:05,240
Speaker 3: if we're working on the assumption that Baldwin's going to retire,

612
00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:08,280
Speaker 3: you think Tyler Lockett, who already played about fifty or

613
00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:11,240
Speaker 3: sixty percent of his snaps in the slot last season,

614
00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:13,639
Speaker 3: you assume he'll stick the slot, and then all we

615
00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:15,640
Speaker 3: have is David Moore, who was a very low round

616
00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:18,360
Speaker 3: draft pick last year. Gary Jennings was a low round

617
00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:21,320
Speaker 3: draft pick this year. I think DK probably opens up

618
00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:24,240
Speaker 3: the year on starting in two wide receiver sets, but

619
00:28:24,359 --> 00:28:25,520
Speaker 3: I don't know if it's going to be more of

620
00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:28,200
Speaker 3: a fifty percent snap split or an eighty percent snap split.

621
00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:29,959
Speaker 3: Either way, I don't know if it's gonna be more

622
00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:32,440
Speaker 3: than four to five targets per game. But I do

623
00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:35,000
Speaker 3: like DK Metcal's boom or bust appeal more than someone

624
00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:36,119
Speaker 3: like Hollywood Brown.

625
00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:39,720
Speaker 2: Where yeah, yeah, Metcalf, I think for best ball leagues

626
00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:42,880
Speaker 2: is definitely an option because I think you're right, he's

627
00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:45,000
Speaker 2: going to be the vertical threats. I don't want to

628
00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:46,800
Speaker 2: say that's the only way that they're going to use him,

629
00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:49,360
Speaker 2: but like they are going to play to his strengths,

630
00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:52,560
Speaker 2: and Wilson is a good deep ball passer, like I

631
00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:55,040
Speaker 2: think that connection could be good, but as you mentioned,

632
00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:57,200
Speaker 2: I don't think they're going to throw to him all

633
00:28:57,200 --> 00:28:59,640
Speaker 2: that often. The one thing I would push back on

634
00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:01,800
Speaker 2: a little bit with Metcalf is that even if he

635
00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:04,400
Speaker 2: starts the season in two wide sets, and I think

636
00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:07,360
Speaker 2: that is probable, I don't know if we're going to

637
00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:10,280
Speaker 2: see Lockett play as much in the slot as we

638
00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:13,440
Speaker 2: might anticipate. And Lockett, like on his own, is a

639
00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:16,320
Speaker 2: good deep ball receiver like he was. He was the

640
00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:20,760
Speaker 2: most efficient receiver on a per target basis this last year,

641
00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:24,440
Speaker 2: like Gary Jennings, is a slot only receiver like he played,

642
00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:27,560
Speaker 2: Like I think upwards of eighty percent maybe even like

643
00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:30,680
Speaker 2: eighty five percent of his snaps in the slot, like

644
00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:34,000
Speaker 2: that is where he functions, and the Seahawks have to

645
00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:37,320
Speaker 2: know that, like you know, like I think he actually

646
00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:40,400
Speaker 2: is the replacement to Doug Baldwin in the slot instead

647
00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:43,400
Speaker 2: of Tyler Lockett. Not to say Lockett won't see some

648
00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:45,760
Speaker 2: snaps in the slot, but I think Jennings is much

649
00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:47,720
Speaker 2: more of the slot guy. So if we're thinking of

650
00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:50,760
Speaker 2: Tyler Lockett now as someone who can play on the

651
00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:54,440
Speaker 2: outside like deep shots, might go to him instead of

652
00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:59,440
Speaker 2: instead of DK Metcalf. But I guess transitioning and talking

653
00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:02,320
Speaker 2: a little bit more about some of these rookies who

654
00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:05,840
Speaker 2: are in new places and about to have some new experiences,

655
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Speaker 2: there is to do or where.

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Speaker 4: I should do it.

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Speaker 2: Like, for instance, I don't know where I should go hiking.

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Speaker 2: So just earlier today I went to Airbnb Experiences. I

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Speaker 2: wildlife biology. So it's going to be legit and something

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Speaker 2: created for the curious. Okay Ian, let's talk about some

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Speaker 2: of these rookies who are in new places and are

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Speaker 2: going to have new experiences. I did my rankings for

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Speaker 2: the rookies top fifty on the site, have analysis for

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Speaker 2: all of the guys, and then also touched on ten

693
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Speaker 2: undrafted rookies who are in some interesting landing places, guys

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Speaker 2: who might have some upside, and then five late round

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Speaker 2: quarterbacks to monitor in When you looked at the rankings,

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Speaker 2: who were the guys who kind of stood out that

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Speaker 2: you thought I just had horrible rankings on or you know,

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Speaker 2: guys you just want to talk about.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, well, to make sure you check out Matt's guy

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Speaker 3: to his top fifty because he did pour his heart

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Speaker 3: and soul into and even if I do venomously disagree

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Speaker 3: with a couple of these.

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Speaker 4: I do respect his work on it. She said.

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Speaker 2: She said, I think it's good to have the conversations though,

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Speaker 2: because I mean, if anything, it will make me maybe

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Speaker 2: reevaluate I can make some updates.

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Speaker 4: You know.

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Speaker 2: I think it's good to have the conversations about the

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Speaker 2: rankings because it does help you think through things.

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Speaker 4: Absolutely, just like anything.

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Speaker 3: So what that said, how the heck is aj Brown

712
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Speaker 3: pick number six? We're talking about Titans off I was

713
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Speaker 3: thirty first in past attempts.

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Speaker 4: Last year. I mean, I just jumped off to Corey Davis.

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Speaker 3: Truther train as fast as possible, pretty much in the

716
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Speaker 3: last couple of weeks because last season and the best

717
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Speaker 3: possible scenario for Corey Davis, Delanney Walker goes down like

718
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Speaker 3: week one or two plays sixteen games, Corey Davis finished

719
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Speaker 3: with one hundred and twelve targets.

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Speaker 4: Now we're adding a backwalker. We drafted AJ Brown.

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, and we paid slot receiver phenom Adam Humphreys

722
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Speaker 3: about thirty six million to come just take all of

723
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Speaker 3: Mariota's a little dink and dunk targets.

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Speaker 4: So it's a low volume situation.

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Speaker 3: I understand you might love AJ Brown, but in what

726
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Speaker 3: world are we even approaching like fantasy relevance here in

727
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Speaker 3: the next two or three years, Because I don't see it.

728
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I have a long term perspective when it comes

729
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Speaker 2: to Dynasty, and so I try to look less at

730
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Speaker 2: the situation because I think people really overvalue a lot

731
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Speaker 2: of the situation, and situation can change so quickly. Mariota

732
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Speaker 2: might not even be the quarterback in twenty twenty of

733
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Speaker 2: that team. There could be a new offensive coordinator, Like

734
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Speaker 2: there's lots that could change Corey Davis, you know, like

735
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Speaker 2: might not. I don't want to say he even might

736
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Speaker 2: not be on the team in a couple of years,

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Speaker 2: but you know, like there are opportunities that aj Brown

738
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Speaker 2: could have that people aren't necessarily taking into account, Like

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Speaker 2: things can change in that situation. But looking at this

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Speaker 2: from a team agnostic perspective, which I think is really

741
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Speaker 2: one of the best ways to try to look at

742
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Speaker 2: dynasty players. He was the number four wide receiver drafted.

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Speaker 2: I tend to value wide receivers above some of the

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Speaker 2: other positions because I think their career arc is more

745
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Speaker 2: projectable and they have longer lasting careers relative to running

746
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Speaker 2: backs and tight ends. So I think it's it's a

747
00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:49,399
Speaker 2: position in general where you want to invest. And then

748
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Speaker 2: on his own Brown has a good size, speed profile,

749
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Speaker 2: and he was super productive in college at the SEC level,

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Speaker 2: Like that is the type of guy that I'm going

751
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Speaker 2: to want to be invested in long term. And if

752
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Speaker 2: people are I think devaluing him because of his situation,

753
00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:09,200
Speaker 2: like that's that's all the better for me because that

754
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Speaker 2: means I can get a guy that I really want

755
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Speaker 2: much cheaper than the market price. So I'm still optimistic,

756
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Speaker 2: maybe even if not realistic, optimistic about what he can

757
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Speaker 2: do in the NFL. But I think his situation, even

758
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Speaker 2: if it's not good, and I would say it's below average,

759
00:35:25,719 --> 00:35:29,480
Speaker 2: it's clearly below average, it could improve. And we have

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Speaker 2: seen guys even in subpar situations still have pretty good production.

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Speaker 2: So I'm still on aj Brown.

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Speaker 3: Let me ask you this, was there any prospect that

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Speaker 3: you thought their landing spot was a worse negative than

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Speaker 3: what Brown got?

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Speaker 2: Marque's Brown? Yeah, clearly, clearly, Mark he's Brown because I

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Speaker 2: mean he's the number one wide receiver drafted a first rounder.

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Speaker 2: By a lot of the logic that I use, he

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Speaker 2: should be one of the guys to be drafted in

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Speaker 2: the first five and he's not.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, If you're looking longer than next three or four years,

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Speaker 3: which you know you have to, so that's fair, then

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Speaker 3: I do see how Brown could be ranked higher.

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Speaker 2: So I mean, here's here's a question. Do you think

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Speaker 2: he will have more production than Corey Davis over the

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Speaker 2: next three years?

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Speaker 4: He might?

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Speaker 3: Honestly, I think the best thing for both of them

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Speaker 3: would be changing the situation under center, which you know

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Speaker 3: when you were talking about the potential for Corey Davis

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Speaker 3: to be gone next couple of years that that would help.

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Speaker 3: But I think the thing that would help both of

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Speaker 3: them the most would be getting a change under center,

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Speaker 3: which is a possibility under the next few years. So

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Speaker 3: it's not out of the realm of possibility. In the

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Speaker 3: next two or three years. I think Brown could outproduce Davis.

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Speaker 3: The problem is, though, and I won't pretend to be

788
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Speaker 3: I haven't had aj Brown super scouted, But wasn't he

789
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Speaker 3: better off than the slot will miss?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, so that's that's I think. I wouldn't

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Speaker 2: say that's a common misconception, but like he he played

792
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Speaker 2: in the slot, but remember DK Metcalf was out for

793
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Speaker 2: a chunk of the last three years. Brown wasn't just

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Speaker 2: a slot guy. That might be the place where he

795
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Speaker 2: could be most successful in the NFL. But he played

796
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Speaker 2: outside too, and he had success there. So I think

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Speaker 2: he can. I think he can do it all. Like

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Speaker 2: I think he can play inside or outside. I think

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Speaker 2: he can run a variety of routes. He's big, and

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Speaker 2: he's fast for his size, like under four point five

801
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Speaker 2: you know seconds for the forty times, so like pretty

802
00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:23,360
Speaker 2: impressive all around, even if like I'm saying that, I

803
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Speaker 2: think in the long term you have to have that perspective.

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Speaker 2: I think he could even be more productive in the

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Speaker 2: short term than people anticipate. Like remember, like DeAndre Hopkins

806
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Speaker 2: had just a totally horrible situation for years with the

807
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Speaker 2: Texans and was still productive.

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Speaker 4: You know.

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Speaker 2: I think like the cream tends to rise and aj

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Speaker 2: Brown is I think like the top of this class.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and we should also kind of prepare ourselves for

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Speaker 3: a better version.

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Speaker 4: Of the Titans offense. I think this year Mariota has.

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Speaker 3: Never had a group of weapons as good, and their

815
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Speaker 3: offensive line kind of took a step back lashing and

816
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Speaker 3: I think what people were expecting so could.

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Speaker 4: Be a sneaky situation monster there a little bit.

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Speaker 3: But all right, stick on the wide receivers here you have,

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Speaker 3: We'll talk about these four guys. You have Paris Campbell

820
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Speaker 3: as your ninth pick, Deebo Samuel at thirteenth, JJ Arciga

821
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Speaker 3: Whiteside at fourteenth, and mi Cole Hartman at fifteenth.

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Speaker 4: Personally, I don't see.

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Speaker 3: How a guy that looks like he's being set up

824
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Speaker 3: to be one of Patrick Mahomes's top two receivers for

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Speaker 3: the next half decade or so is behind these guys.

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Speaker 3: But I wouldn't call mi Cole Harbon necessarily a better

827
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Speaker 3: receiver prospect than of those guys. So I know this

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Speaker 3: again kind of goes in the landing spot, But I

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Speaker 3: think this is a little bit unique because we're looking

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Speaker 3: at guys with Mahomes, Wentz, Garoppolo. We can kind of

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Speaker 3: safely assume these guys are gonna be catching balls from

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Speaker 3: the same quarterback for next five to ten years.

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Speaker 4: What are your thoughts going on in these rankings?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so I will admit that I am probably lower

835
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Speaker 2: on Hardman than a lot of the people in the industry,

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Speaker 2: and that's fine. Like, if people want to take him

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Speaker 2: in round one, well I'll let that happen. I mean,

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Speaker 2: we are talking about a guy who has a great

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Speaker 2: situation and has a lot of other factors that go

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Speaker 2: into it. Again, the second round draft price, twenty one

841
00:39:11,960 --> 00:39:16,160
Speaker 2: years old, those two things combined are pretty impressive. I

842
00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:19,560
Speaker 2: could be very wrong about this, but ar Sega Whiteside

843
00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:21,880
Speaker 2: has a good athletic profile. I think he's in a

844
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Speaker 2: good situation, and he was productive for three straight years

845
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Speaker 2: at Stanford. He was the number one receiver there for

846
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Speaker 2: three straight years. Deebo Samuel was the top receiver on

847
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Speaker 2: his team for multiple years, has multiple ways of producing.

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Speaker 2: Harris Campbell, he didn't produce right away. He didn't produce

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Speaker 2: until his final year at Ohio State. But he has

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Speaker 2: a fantastic elite like uber elite physical profile in terms

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Speaker 2: of his size and his speed and his explosiveness. He

852
00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:55,120
Speaker 2: was a top twenty five recruit when he entered Ohio State,

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Speaker 2: and he was very productive this past year. And he

854
00:39:58,719 --> 00:40:01,279
Speaker 2: can get his production and variety of ways. So I'm

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Speaker 2: looking at three guys, and I think, like all three

856
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Speaker 2: of them, they have good quarterbacks, you know, like once

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Speaker 2: A Garoppolo Andrew Luck. They have good quarterbacks. All of

858
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Speaker 2: them are capable, all of them have good physical profiles.

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Speaker 2: All of them were productive in college, much more productive

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Speaker 2: than Micole Hartman was. Like, I would basically have to

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Speaker 2: be prioritizing above those guys the potential and the landing

862
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Speaker 2: spot that Hardman has over what those guys have already

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Speaker 2: shown that they can do. And I just I haven't

864
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Speaker 2: found success in doing that in my own dynasty endeavors

865
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Speaker 2: in the past, So I just I can't put him

866
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Speaker 2: above guys who have actually done it already.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm probably weighing the year one impact a little

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Speaker 3: bit heavier than you as well. The Paris Campbell's situation

869
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Speaker 3: is real interesting. So I think on the surface, you know,

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Speaker 3: he's probably not going to crack the two wide receiver

871
00:40:55,760 --> 00:40:58,120
Speaker 3: sets to start with a TI there, and they're paying

872
00:40:58,480 --> 00:41:02,160
Speaker 3: Devin Funches thirteen million for this first year. But looking

873
00:41:02,200 --> 00:41:04,480
Speaker 3: at the next year and beyond, I mean, Paris Campbell,

874
00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:07,040
Speaker 3: really the sky's the limit. I mean, there was some

875
00:41:07,320 --> 00:41:10,000
Speaker 3: audio that came out today from the Colts organization just

876
00:41:10,719 --> 00:41:13,400
Speaker 3: kind of the scouts and head coach and everything, just

877
00:41:13,440 --> 00:41:16,439
Speaker 3: everyone talking about how they do believe Campbell can add

878
00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:19,200
Speaker 3: that downfield threat to his game, because that's kind of

879
00:41:19,239 --> 00:41:21,399
Speaker 3: thing with some of these Ohio State receivers. I mean,

880
00:41:21,640 --> 00:41:25,840
Speaker 3: Paris Campbell played that same Percy Harvin Curtis Samuel h

881
00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:28,320
Speaker 3: back role where most of the time they're getting screens

882
00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:31,160
Speaker 3: and crossers. Doesn't necessarily mean they can't go downfield, just

883
00:41:31,160 --> 00:41:33,520
Speaker 3: that they weren't asked to. So I am with you

884
00:41:33,840 --> 00:41:36,640
Speaker 3: Paris being in the top ten, But I don't know

885
00:41:36,680 --> 00:41:40,600
Speaker 3: because I see our Sega, Whiteside and the Eagles, they

886
00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:42,960
Speaker 3: just seem already set at receiver with au Sean, with

887
00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:46,320
Speaker 3: d jack you know, zach ERTs could be plenty involved.

888
00:41:46,360 --> 00:41:48,960
Speaker 3: So it seems like almost an embarrassment of riches for

889
00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:50,319
Speaker 3: them a wide receiver at this point.

890
00:41:50,360 --> 00:41:51,920
Speaker 4: But I don't know if the volume will be there.

891
00:41:53,040 --> 00:41:55,520
Speaker 2: It's not so much of a year one thing with

892
00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:58,840
Speaker 2: our Saga Whiteside or jaws is. I'm just going to

893
00:41:58,840 --> 00:42:02,520
Speaker 2: call him. It's it's a situation where and I should say,

894
00:42:02,560 --> 00:42:03,880
Speaker 2: I'm not the one who's like come up with that

895
00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:07,880
Speaker 2: nickname for him, but it's a situation where, I mean,

896
00:42:07,960 --> 00:42:10,239
Speaker 2: the guys ahead of him are old, you know, like

897
00:42:10,320 --> 00:42:15,000
Speaker 2: Alshon Jefferies, he's aging, he's breaking down. Deshaun Jackson turns

898
00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:18,480
Speaker 2: thirty three. Nelson Aguilare is probably going to be traded,

899
00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:21,640
Speaker 2: like I think in year two he's he's the guy,

900
00:42:21,800 --> 00:42:23,719
Speaker 2: and like, I'm not going to focus so much on

901
00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:24,200
Speaker 2: year one.

902
00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:27,640
Speaker 3: Okay, yeah, I think gear two is definitely a better

903
00:42:28,040 --> 00:42:31,799
Speaker 3: indicator for him. All right, another running back who I

904
00:42:31,800 --> 00:42:34,359
Speaker 3: don't really disagree with their ranking here, let me see

905
00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:38,120
Speaker 3: exactly where you had him, just as Hill you have

906
00:42:38,200 --> 00:42:39,520
Speaker 3: his pick number twenty one.

907
00:42:39,600 --> 00:42:42,080
Speaker 4: He's now on the Ravens but I just want to talk.

908
00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:44,839
Speaker 3: About this Ravens backfield because we mentioned before how run

909
00:42:44,880 --> 00:42:46,160
Speaker 3: heavy this offense became.

910
00:42:46,560 --> 00:42:48,120
Speaker 4: With Lamar Jackson under center.

911
00:42:48,360 --> 00:42:50,759
Speaker 3: They signed mark Ingram to a pretty nice three year

912
00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:53,320
Speaker 3: deal that I mean to me, it was one of

913
00:42:53,320 --> 00:42:55,799
Speaker 3: the best landing spots possible. I mean they they were

914
00:42:55,800 --> 00:42:58,520
Speaker 3: given Gus Edwards fifteen to twenty carries per game, and

915
00:42:58,800 --> 00:43:00,879
Speaker 3: I mean Gus Edwards is pretty much a homeless man's

916
00:43:00,920 --> 00:43:03,279
Speaker 3: version of mark Ingram in terms of having a real

917
00:43:03,360 --> 00:43:05,640
Speaker 3: high success rate. Mark Ingram gives you that, but he

918
00:43:05,680 --> 00:43:08,200
Speaker 3: also gives you pass catching ability and it can bust

919
00:43:08,200 --> 00:43:11,399
Speaker 3: the occasional big play. And looking at the backfield, before

920
00:43:11,440 --> 00:43:14,200
Speaker 3: they drafted Justice Hill, it seemed like Ingram was their

921
00:43:14,239 --> 00:43:16,760
Speaker 3: best receiver of the group. I mean, kind of Dixon

922
00:43:16,760 --> 00:43:18,960
Speaker 3: can do a little bit, but I was pretty confident

923
00:43:19,080 --> 00:43:20,520
Speaker 3: Ingram could get that three down role.

924
00:43:20,960 --> 00:43:21,759
Speaker 4: Now I don't know.

925
00:43:21,920 --> 00:43:24,320
Speaker 3: I mean, Justice Hilly is a fourth round pick, so

926
00:43:24,360 --> 00:43:26,000
Speaker 3: I didn't look at him as close as some of

927
00:43:26,040 --> 00:43:28,200
Speaker 3: the top three down guys. But he adds a lot

928
00:43:28,239 --> 00:43:30,560
Speaker 3: of juice and I think he's got some. He might

929
00:43:30,600 --> 00:43:33,239
Speaker 3: now be the most dynamic receiver in that backfield. How

930
00:43:33,239 --> 00:43:34,440
Speaker 3: are you sorting through this situation.

931
00:43:35,120 --> 00:43:38,880
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I like him. I think he definitely will.

932
00:43:39,360 --> 00:43:42,160
Speaker 2: I think he's the number two guy, which in an

933
00:43:42,239 --> 00:43:45,120
Speaker 2: offense that is that run heavy has a lot of value,

934
00:43:45,800 --> 00:43:47,719
Speaker 2: so I think he is actually going to get a

935
00:43:47,760 --> 00:43:50,319
Speaker 2: lot of run I could see him eventually becoming the

936
00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:52,480
Speaker 2: number one guy there, because I don't think Ingram is

937
00:43:52,520 --> 00:43:54,760
Speaker 2: more than like a one or a two year guy there.

938
00:43:55,120 --> 00:43:58,480
Speaker 2: And I'm pretty impressed with Hill because of his athletic profile,

939
00:43:58,520 --> 00:44:00,520
Speaker 2: but then also just how productive he was in college,

940
00:44:00,520 --> 00:44:03,520
Speaker 2: Like he was the guy at Oklahoma State right away

941
00:44:03,920 --> 00:44:08,040
Speaker 2: basically stole Chris Carson's job from him as a rookie, which,

942
00:44:08,360 --> 00:44:10,960
Speaker 2: considering that Chris Carson is now an NFL starter, like

943
00:44:11,040 --> 00:44:14,120
Speaker 2: that speaks to the potential that Justice Hill has. But

944
00:44:14,360 --> 00:44:17,920
Speaker 2: it is a backfield where they have just historically rolled

945
00:44:17,920 --> 00:44:20,839
Speaker 2: over at the position. I don't think any one guy

946
00:44:21,000 --> 00:44:23,920
Speaker 2: is going to be the guy there. They will always

947
00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:27,560
Speaker 2: be using a committee. So although I am I'm very

948
00:44:27,600 --> 00:44:30,279
Speaker 2: interested in Hill and impressed by him, I'm just going

949
00:44:30,320 --> 00:44:33,719
Speaker 2: to be a little bit tempered in my expectations, especially

950
00:44:33,760 --> 00:44:34,480
Speaker 2: in the first year.

951
00:44:35,080 --> 00:44:35,920
Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm with you there.

952
00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:38,120
Speaker 3: Probably it does have the looks of a committee moving

953
00:44:38,160 --> 00:44:41,040
Speaker 3: forward unfortunately. So yeah, I'm going to be getting off

954
00:44:41,040 --> 00:44:42,799
Speaker 3: my marketingram stance, I think a little bit more as

955
00:44:42,840 --> 00:44:43,720
Speaker 3: the season gets closer.

956
00:44:44,040 --> 00:44:47,320
Speaker 2: Yeah, well, let's talk about a few veterans, some guys

957
00:44:47,320 --> 00:44:50,560
Speaker 2: who were winners and some guys who were losers based

958
00:44:50,600 --> 00:44:53,440
Speaker 2: on what their teams did in the draft. Who are

959
00:44:53,480 --> 00:44:55,440
Speaker 2: you looking at as potential winners?

960
00:44:56,000 --> 00:44:58,360
Speaker 3: Yeah, so some teams that did not draft a running

961
00:44:58,360 --> 00:45:01,439
Speaker 3: back earlier or at all. Lamar Miller is once again

962
00:45:01,600 --> 00:45:04,439
Speaker 3: entering the season looking like a locked in featured running back.

963
00:45:05,080 --> 00:45:08,279
Speaker 3: He's pretty much finishing all these seasons as like a

964
00:45:08,320 --> 00:45:12,880
Speaker 3: lower run mid twenties or lower twenties PPR back. But

965
00:45:13,400 --> 00:45:15,560
Speaker 3: once again, I mean his current ADP is sitting in

966
00:45:15,560 --> 00:45:18,360
Speaker 3: the early thirties. So he's looking like another value I'm our.

967
00:45:18,480 --> 00:45:21,520
Speaker 3: Last season, I wrote an article calling him fantasy's cheapest

968
00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:25,680
Speaker 3: feature back. It's looking like that way again. Deonta Foreman

969
00:45:26,200 --> 00:45:28,239
Speaker 3: is returning. It looks like he's set up to be

970
00:45:28,280 --> 00:45:30,680
Speaker 3: the RB two. But if you're betting on Foreman, you're

971
00:45:30,680 --> 00:45:32,600
Speaker 3: pretty much betting on him to become the first running

972
00:45:32,600 --> 00:45:36,840
Speaker 3: back to really successfully overcome torn achilles. Matt penciling in

973
00:45:36,920 --> 00:45:38,839
Speaker 3: Lamar again for another just kind of middling year.

974
00:45:39,200 --> 00:45:42,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean he is, I think non Hall of Fame.

975
00:45:42,239 --> 00:45:44,920
Speaker 2: Frank Gore. I think that's like basically going to be

976
00:45:44,920 --> 00:45:47,759
Speaker 2: the thing where he just like keeps on extending his

977
00:45:47,800 --> 00:45:50,319
Speaker 2: career much longer than anyone think he can year after

978
00:45:50,440 --> 00:45:54,000
Speaker 2: year and having these middlewing seasons and somehow a coaching

979
00:45:54,040 --> 00:45:57,560
Speaker 2: staff thinking like, yeah, we are totally acceptable and having

980
00:45:57,600 --> 00:46:00,920
Speaker 2: that as our running back one. So yeah, I'm I

981
00:46:00,920 --> 00:46:03,759
Speaker 2: think that he's going to return again and he's going

982
00:46:03,840 --> 00:46:05,880
Speaker 2: to be like the Yeah, I think you have it

983
00:46:05,920 --> 00:46:09,600
Speaker 2: sort of like a low end running back that who's

984
00:46:09,600 --> 00:46:13,120
Speaker 2: starting getting regular touches and because of the offense he's in,

985
00:46:13,760 --> 00:46:18,000
Speaker 2: he will have more touchdown opportunities than most running backs,

986
00:46:18,680 --> 00:46:21,279
Speaker 2: so that will kind of give him a higher floor. Yeah,

987
00:46:21,280 --> 00:46:25,399
Speaker 2: I think you're right. He's a winner. I mean, relatively.

988
00:46:26,400 --> 00:46:28,920
Speaker 4: Is a value for sure. Non Hall of Fame. Francore.

989
00:46:29,040 --> 00:46:29,759
Speaker 4: I like that a lot.

990
00:46:29,920 --> 00:46:32,840
Speaker 3: Okay, next guy, Damian Williams. We've talked about him here before.

991
00:46:32,960 --> 00:46:35,200
Speaker 3: I just want to make sure we're still kind of

992
00:46:35,239 --> 00:46:38,520
Speaker 3: on the same page. So Chiefs signed Carlos Hyde. Carlos

993
00:46:38,560 --> 00:46:41,920
Speaker 3: Hyde is on his fourteen since twenty seventeen. Carlos Hyde

994
00:46:41,960 --> 00:46:45,080
Speaker 3: is not a factor for this RB one job. Chiefs

995
00:46:45,120 --> 00:46:48,640
Speaker 3: stated just by the way general manager Brettviach in late

996
00:46:48,680 --> 00:46:51,240
Speaker 3: February at the starting running back job is Damian Williams

997
00:46:51,239 --> 00:46:54,759
Speaker 3: to lose. Since then, they did draft Darwin Thompson in

998
00:46:54,800 --> 00:46:57,920
Speaker 3: the sixth round. I understand some people were pretty high

999
00:46:57,960 --> 00:47:01,080
Speaker 3: on Thompson going into the draft, but this is six

1000
00:47:01,200 --> 00:47:05,240
Speaker 3: round running back. Most indications are still pointing towards Damian Williams.

1001
00:47:05,239 --> 00:47:05,520
Speaker 4: Again.

1002
00:47:05,640 --> 00:47:08,880
Speaker 3: He was a PPR RB five in weeks thirteen through seventeen,

1003
00:47:08,920 --> 00:47:12,400
Speaker 3: after Kareem Hunt was kicked off, the team scored four touchdowns.

1004
00:47:12,440 --> 00:47:14,600
Speaker 3: I believe in the two playoff games completely balled out.

1005
00:47:14,719 --> 00:47:17,000
Speaker 3: Still Pensiley and Damon Williams as a sure thing three

1006
00:47:17,000 --> 00:47:17,920
Speaker 3: down back in casey.

1007
00:47:18,960 --> 00:47:20,440
Speaker 2: I mean, I don't want to say a sure thing,

1008
00:47:20,480 --> 00:47:22,880
Speaker 2: but I think he's still I mean, he's a winner

1009
00:47:22,920 --> 00:47:25,040
Speaker 2: in that they didn't draft a guy in the top

1010
00:47:25,080 --> 00:47:27,200
Speaker 2: three rounds or the top four rounds, you know, so

1011
00:47:27,680 --> 00:47:30,719
Speaker 2: clearly going to be the lead back. I would be

1012
00:47:30,800 --> 00:47:34,480
Speaker 2: a little bit cautious and that Darwin Thompson was impressive

1013
00:47:34,520 --> 00:47:37,120
Speaker 2: in college even though he didn't play at a high level,

1014
00:47:37,600 --> 00:47:40,279
Speaker 2: he was impressive and then they also added as an

1015
00:47:40,360 --> 00:47:44,000
Speaker 2: undrafted free agent James Williams out of Washington State, who

1016
00:47:44,120 --> 00:47:47,160
Speaker 2: like literally was the best receiving back in college football

1017
00:47:47,200 --> 00:47:49,960
Speaker 2: over the past two years, and that is something that

1018
00:47:49,960 --> 00:47:52,759
Speaker 2: they value. They value a guy who can't catch the ball.

1019
00:47:52,800 --> 00:47:57,080
Speaker 2: And so even if Williams has no impact whatsoever on

1020
00:47:57,120 --> 00:47:59,680
Speaker 2: the running game, I could see him being someone who

1021
00:47:59,680 --> 00:48:03,799
Speaker 2: actually starts to siphon away some targets that otherwise would

1022
00:48:03,800 --> 00:48:06,960
Speaker 2: have gone to Damian Williams. And like I just to say,

1023
00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:09,920
Speaker 2: like James Williams, like he's now like the third Williams

1024
00:48:09,920 --> 00:48:13,799
Speaker 2: in that backfield, after Damien Williams and Darryl Williams. So

1025
00:48:14,520 --> 00:48:16,480
Speaker 2: it will get confusing rather quickly.

1026
00:48:17,160 --> 00:48:18,040
Speaker 4: All the Williams.

1027
00:48:18,400 --> 00:48:21,000
Speaker 3: All right, another running back that I think is similar

1028
00:48:21,040 --> 00:48:24,600
Speaker 3: to Damian Williams, and that this guy will almost assuredly

1029
00:48:24,680 --> 00:48:27,160
Speaker 3: be the lead back for most of the season, but

1030
00:48:27,800 --> 00:48:30,200
Speaker 3: could maybe be a little bit more game flow dependent

1031
00:48:30,239 --> 00:48:33,279
Speaker 3: than people think. Marlon Mack in Indianapolis, I did not

1032
00:48:33,360 --> 00:48:36,239
Speaker 3: draft the running back last year. They drafted two nim

1033
00:48:36,320 --> 00:48:39,240
Speaker 3: Hines who we saw really emerged as a productive scat

1034
00:48:39,280 --> 00:48:42,480
Speaker 3: back at times than Jordan Wilkins, who in a limited

1035
00:48:42,560 --> 00:48:45,040
Speaker 3: number of carries, was actually the league's leader in nerds

1036
00:48:45,040 --> 00:48:46,719
Speaker 3: for rush, so he flashed a little bit of a

1037
00:48:46,719 --> 00:48:50,440
Speaker 3: big play ability With that said, Marlon Mack really has

1038
00:48:50,520 --> 00:48:52,360
Speaker 3: been the guy there whenever he's been healthy enough to

1039
00:48:52,360 --> 00:48:55,680
Speaker 3: suit up, but hasn't been super healthy over his last

1040
00:48:55,680 --> 00:48:58,280
Speaker 3: two years, and Frank Reich has never given a running

1041
00:48:58,280 --> 00:49:01,400
Speaker 3: back over two hundred carries five years as an offensive

1042
00:49:01,400 --> 00:49:04,680
Speaker 3: coordinator or head coach. Matt do you think that streak

1043
00:49:04,719 --> 00:49:06,960
Speaker 3: gets broken or do you think we see Max still

1044
00:49:07,000 --> 00:49:08,680
Speaker 3: kind of be sneaky game flow dependent.

1045
00:49:09,360 --> 00:49:11,560
Speaker 2: I still like Mac a lot, and I think you're

1046
00:49:11,600 --> 00:49:14,000
Speaker 2: right he's a winner in that they didn't draft someone.

1047
00:49:14,200 --> 00:49:18,040
Speaker 2: They did sign after the draft. Spencer Ware added him

1048
00:49:18,080 --> 00:49:20,560
Speaker 2: to the backfield, but I mean, I don't know. I

1049
00:49:20,560 --> 00:49:22,920
Speaker 2: don't see him being someone who's really going to steal

1050
00:49:23,120 --> 00:49:26,160
Speaker 2: much from Marlon Mack. So yeah, I think it will

1051
00:49:26,160 --> 00:49:29,239
Speaker 2: be a backfield committee, but I think Mac will lead

1052
00:49:29,280 --> 00:49:29,880
Speaker 2: the committee.

1053
00:49:30,360 --> 00:49:32,160
Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm with you there, all right.

1054
00:49:32,239 --> 00:49:36,160
Speaker 3: Last running back situation, Oh, this one is ugly. Tampa

1055
00:49:36,200 --> 00:49:40,799
Speaker 3: Bay Buccaneers are they're forced to start a running back.

1056
00:49:40,840 --> 00:49:42,640
Speaker 3: We're trying to figure out who that running back is

1057
00:49:42,680 --> 00:49:45,280
Speaker 3: going to be. We saw Peyton Barber kind of slug

1058
00:49:45,360 --> 00:49:48,759
Speaker 3: his way through sixteen games last year without much success.

1059
00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:51,440
Speaker 3: Ronald Jones at this moment is shaping up to be

1060
00:49:51,440 --> 00:49:54,239
Speaker 3: pretty much the most disappointing running back picked in the

1061
00:49:54,280 --> 00:49:58,320
Speaker 3: top fifty NFL history, and Bruce Arian says even brought

1062
00:49:58,360 --> 00:50:02,080
Speaker 3: back blast from the past on Ellington to join the

1063
00:50:02,120 --> 00:50:04,000
Speaker 3: potential circus in that backfield.

1064
00:50:04,120 --> 00:50:06,080
Speaker 4: So not drafted running back.

1065
00:50:06,360 --> 00:50:08,759
Speaker 3: I've heard Evan Sova make a really good point that

1066
00:50:08,880 --> 00:50:11,040
Speaker 3: let's get Matt Brada to Tampa Bay, which I think

1067
00:50:11,040 --> 00:50:14,560
Speaker 3: everyone would appreciate in the fantasy community. But I mean,

1068
00:50:14,640 --> 00:50:16,920
Speaker 3: are we giving Ronald Jones a chance here or are

1069
00:50:16,960 --> 00:50:18,360
Speaker 3: you just kind of one to stay away from this

1070
00:50:18,440 --> 00:50:19,239
Speaker 3: backfield for now?

1071
00:50:20,200 --> 00:50:23,759
Speaker 2: I think this backfield was so radioactive last year that

1072
00:50:23,800 --> 00:50:28,319
Speaker 2: there will be a fantasy value here because someone is

1073
00:50:28,360 --> 00:50:31,880
Speaker 2: going to end up leading the backfield, It's hard to know. Actually,

1074
00:50:31,960 --> 00:50:34,080
Speaker 2: let me rephrase that. I don't think it's going to

1075
00:50:34,120 --> 00:50:36,919
Speaker 2: be Barber, like I don't. I don't think Barber, even

1076
00:50:36,960 --> 00:50:38,560
Speaker 2: if he ends up being the leader, I don't think

1077
00:50:38,560 --> 00:50:41,279
Speaker 2: he's going to have a huge campaign. I think if

1078
00:50:41,360 --> 00:50:45,439
Speaker 2: Ronald Jones ends up becoming the backfield leader, he could

1079
00:50:45,520 --> 00:50:48,040
Speaker 2: have a pretty decent season. Actually, like it's within the

1080
00:50:48,160 --> 00:50:52,080
Speaker 2: range of outcomes where if he gets serious and you know,

1081
00:50:52,320 --> 00:50:56,000
Speaker 2: learns how to be a professional. He was still impressive

1082
00:50:56,080 --> 00:50:58,440
Speaker 2: in college. He didn't catch a lot of passes, but

1083
00:50:58,520 --> 00:51:00,480
Speaker 2: I think that's something he could add to his skill

1084
00:51:00,520 --> 00:51:04,000
Speaker 2: set just based onhow explosive he was in college and

1085
00:51:04,120 --> 00:51:06,200
Speaker 2: he was, you know, twenty one years old as a rookie.

1086
00:51:06,840 --> 00:51:09,520
Speaker 2: There's still a lot of potential opportunity with him. So

1087
00:51:09,880 --> 00:51:12,799
Speaker 2: if I had to go with one player, I think

1088
00:51:12,840 --> 00:51:15,719
Speaker 2: I would go with Jones for upside, but I might

1089
00:51:15,840 --> 00:51:18,319
Speaker 2: just draft both guys because I think both of them

1090
00:51:18,360 --> 00:51:19,239
Speaker 2: are undervalued.

1091
00:51:19,800 --> 00:51:21,360
Speaker 3: Yeah, that would definitely be one of the top of

1092
00:51:21,440 --> 00:51:24,440
Speaker 3: preseason situations to monitor. All right now, some of the

1093
00:51:24,520 --> 00:51:29,080
Speaker 3: losers can't do any loser segment without talking about Todd Gurley,

1094
00:51:29,080 --> 00:51:31,040
Speaker 3: and that's only been the case for the last six months.

1095
00:51:31,120 --> 00:51:34,440
Speaker 3: I mean, yeah, just looking at his timeline C J. Anderson,

1096
00:51:34,840 --> 00:51:37,360
Speaker 3: I mean, he took Gurley's job, That's what happened. We

1097
00:51:37,480 --> 00:51:40,359
Speaker 3: kept expecting kind of this big injury to come out

1098
00:51:40,360 --> 00:51:43,239
Speaker 3: for Giry, and there wasn't a big one. But we

1099
00:51:43,320 --> 00:51:45,480
Speaker 3: do hear in the off season that Okay, Gurley is

1100
00:51:45,520 --> 00:51:48,719
Speaker 3: dealing with arthritis and his knee. Now you know, this

1101
00:51:48,880 --> 00:51:50,960
Speaker 3: is a common thing. I guess people after they have

1102
00:51:51,000 --> 00:51:53,200
Speaker 3: an ACL tear. Everyone's kind of dealing with that, but

1103
00:51:53,920 --> 00:51:57,440
Speaker 3: apparently serious enough that Girley was investigating, you know, potential

1104
00:51:57,520 --> 00:52:00,239
Speaker 3: stem cell treatment like that. There's an issue there. We're

1105
00:52:00,280 --> 00:52:01,960
Speaker 3: not sure if it's going to be as big of

1106
00:52:01,960 --> 00:52:04,400
Speaker 3: an issue as it was during the playoffs moving forward,

1107
00:52:04,719 --> 00:52:08,080
Speaker 3: but obviously an issue there, and the Rams pretty much

1108
00:52:08,120 --> 00:52:10,200
Speaker 3: told everyone that yes, there is an issue there by

1109
00:52:10,600 --> 00:52:13,400
Speaker 3: not only drafting Darryl Henderson in the third round but

1110
00:52:13,560 --> 00:52:16,640
Speaker 3: also matching Malcolm Brown's offer sheet. Who if he didn't

1111
00:52:16,680 --> 00:52:19,440
Speaker 3: know Malcolm was supposed to be Gurley's handcuff last year

1112
00:52:19,440 --> 00:52:22,560
Speaker 3: before he broke his clappical. So, I mean, Sean McVay

1113
00:52:22,560 --> 00:52:24,000
Speaker 3: has come out and told the media for what it's

1114
00:52:24,040 --> 00:52:26,440
Speaker 3: worth that Girley is still the focal point of their offense.

1115
00:52:26,520 --> 00:52:29,600
Speaker 3: But at the very least, I don't know how we

1116
00:52:29,840 --> 00:52:31,799
Speaker 3: can't assume that the focal point of the offense is

1117
00:52:31,800 --> 00:52:33,560
Speaker 3: going to be closer to two hundred and fifty touches

1118
00:52:33,600 --> 00:52:36,000
Speaker 3: than this three to four hundred touch workload that we've

1119
00:52:36,040 --> 00:52:37,080
Speaker 3: kind of grown accustomed.

1120
00:52:37,520 --> 00:52:39,080
Speaker 4: What are your thoughts on Gurley this year.

1121
00:52:39,280 --> 00:52:42,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, I totally agree. One of the things with the

1122
00:52:42,719 --> 00:52:46,120
Speaker 2: decision to draft Darryl Henderson out of Memphis, I think

1123
00:52:46,160 --> 00:52:48,160
Speaker 2: what they've said is that he was the top player

1124
00:52:48,160 --> 00:52:50,960
Speaker 2: on their board and that's why they drafted him, and

1125
00:52:51,000 --> 00:52:53,000
Speaker 2: it doesn't have anything to do with Gurley, and it's

1126
00:52:53,040 --> 00:52:55,120
Speaker 2: fine for them to say that, but that might not

1127
00:52:55,200 --> 00:52:57,160
Speaker 2: be the case. And now that he's in the building,

1128
00:52:57,520 --> 00:53:00,600
Speaker 2: like they're going to look at him and if he's impressive,

1129
00:53:01,160 --> 00:53:04,520
Speaker 2: he will probably take some touches away from Gurley, if

1130
00:53:04,520 --> 00:53:06,200
Speaker 2: for no other reason than the fact that, like he

1131
00:53:06,280 --> 00:53:09,160
Speaker 2: deserves it and they probably want to try to keep

1132
00:53:09,200 --> 00:53:13,319
Speaker 2: Gurly fresh. And Henderson was the most explosive running back

1133
00:53:13,360 --> 00:53:16,000
Speaker 2: in college football last year. He was first with eight

1134
00:53:16,000 --> 00:53:19,120
Speaker 2: point nine yards per carry, first with six point zero

1135
00:53:19,200 --> 00:53:23,279
Speaker 2: yards after contact per attempt, first with two point eight

1136
00:53:23,360 --> 00:53:26,560
Speaker 2: yards per rout, and first with a seventy point eight

1137
00:53:26,719 --> 00:53:30,400
Speaker 2: breakaway rate. So, like, this guy was very explosive, and granted,

1138
00:53:30,400 --> 00:53:32,799
Speaker 2: you can say he was doing it against lesser competition,

1139
00:53:33,280 --> 00:53:35,200
Speaker 2: but it's not like he had a great offensive line

1140
00:53:35,239 --> 00:53:39,320
Speaker 2: blocking for him either. Like this guy is he's impressive,

1141
00:53:39,680 --> 00:53:44,399
Speaker 2: so I can see him potentially taking touches away from

1142
00:53:44,440 --> 00:53:47,160
Speaker 2: Todd Gurley, So yeah, I think Gurley is a loser.

1143
00:53:47,760 --> 00:53:51,200
Speaker 3: Yeah, And I mean I'm sure any this has been proven, actually,

1144
00:53:51,239 --> 00:53:53,880
Speaker 3: any running back in a Sean McVay offense, you can

1145
00:53:53,880 --> 00:53:54,680
Speaker 3: call it a good fit.

1146
00:53:54,800 --> 00:53:56,360
Speaker 4: But I did see the Ringers.

1147
00:53:56,440 --> 00:53:58,840
Speaker 3: Danny Kelly made a really good point that this outside

1148
00:53:58,920 --> 00:54:00,920
Speaker 3: zone scheme for Daryl had like could not.

1149
00:54:01,000 --> 00:54:03,360
Speaker 4: Be a better fit as well. So if he's.

1150
00:54:03,200 --> 00:54:06,600
Speaker 3: Really gonna like thrive somewhere, it might be la So

1151
00:54:07,000 --> 00:54:09,840
Speaker 3: we'll keep an eye on that, all right. We already

1152
00:54:09,880 --> 00:54:12,120
Speaker 3: kind of talked about some of these losing wide receivers

1153
00:54:12,160 --> 00:54:14,880
Speaker 3: from the draft, Dante Pettis, Corey Davis, guys that just

1154
00:54:14,960 --> 00:54:18,279
Speaker 3: got much more crowded depth charts, and their offense isn't

1155
00:54:18,280 --> 00:54:21,279
Speaker 3: looking all that different now. A real interesting guy is

1156
00:54:21,360 --> 00:54:24,480
Speaker 3: Christian Kirk because going into the draft I was really

1157
00:54:24,560 --> 00:54:27,200
Speaker 3: high on Kirk because the big problem with him coming

1158
00:54:27,239 --> 00:54:29,480
Speaker 3: out of college was people that know if he could

1159
00:54:29,520 --> 00:54:31,719
Speaker 3: be more than just a slot receiver already had Larry

1160
00:54:31,719 --> 00:54:32,720
Speaker 3: Fitzgerald in the slot.

1161
00:54:33,080 --> 00:54:34,080
Speaker 4: Kirk proved he could be.

1162
00:54:34,200 --> 00:54:36,360
Speaker 3: He played a bunch on the outside, and by the

1163
00:54:36,440 --> 00:54:38,200
Speaker 3: end of the year he was lining up in two

1164
00:54:38,239 --> 00:54:41,160
Speaker 3: wide receiver sets, you know, fully starting getting plenty of

1165
00:54:41,239 --> 00:54:44,880
Speaker 3: targets and bawling out honestly. Now, we added Andy Isabella

1166
00:54:44,960 --> 00:54:48,719
Speaker 3: and a Keem Butler, but we also added Cliff Kingsbury

1167
00:54:48,800 --> 00:54:50,839
Speaker 3: in an offense that could end up ranking the top

1168
00:54:50,840 --> 00:54:53,360
Speaker 3: of the league in past attempts to potentially tempo. It

1169
00:54:53,400 --> 00:54:56,960
Speaker 3: seems like it's a situation that can have multiple Fantasy

1170
00:54:57,000 --> 00:55:00,520
Speaker 3: relevant receivers. But I'm not quite sure those guys are

1171
00:55:00,560 --> 00:55:02,160
Speaker 3: going to be yet. What do you make this Arizona

1172
00:55:02,200 --> 00:55:02,920
Speaker 3: offense right now?

1173
00:55:03,640 --> 00:55:06,879
Speaker 2: Yeah, so I think Kirk is a loser in that

1174
00:55:06,920 --> 00:55:09,960
Speaker 2: they added other guys who are clearly going to get targets.

1175
00:55:10,360 --> 00:55:13,840
Speaker 2: I'm very bullish on this offense, so I am expecting

1176
00:55:13,960 --> 00:55:17,680
Speaker 2: them to use four wide receiver sets more than most teams,

1177
00:55:18,040 --> 00:55:20,560
Speaker 2: so they're you know, is still opportunity for Kirk and

1178
00:55:20,640 --> 00:55:23,000
Speaker 2: these other guys to be out there all together. And

1179
00:55:23,080 --> 00:55:25,520
Speaker 2: I do think they're going to throw a lot, which

1180
00:55:25,600 --> 00:55:29,120
Speaker 2: obviously is good for all the receiving options. But I

1181
00:55:29,200 --> 00:55:33,080
Speaker 2: expect Isabella to be a guy who really stands out

1182
00:55:33,120 --> 00:55:36,120
Speaker 2: like I think he will be. I don't know, like

1183
00:55:36,320 --> 00:55:39,360
Speaker 2: I think they're going to spread that the targets around,

1184
00:55:39,680 --> 00:55:41,279
Speaker 2: so I don't think it's fair to say that, like

1185
00:55:41,400 --> 00:55:44,080
Speaker 2: Isabella is clearly going to be the guy who dominates

1186
00:55:44,520 --> 00:55:48,440
Speaker 2: over any of the other pass catching options. But I

1187
00:55:48,480 --> 00:55:50,560
Speaker 2: think a lot of the things we would have wanted

1188
00:55:50,600 --> 00:55:52,600
Speaker 2: to see out of Kirk we are going to see

1189
00:55:52,640 --> 00:55:55,000
Speaker 2: out of Isabella instead because he just I think he

1190
00:55:55,040 --> 00:55:58,560
Speaker 2: has a more all around skill set. He's faster, He's

1191
00:55:58,600 --> 00:56:00,200
Speaker 2: not as big as Kirk, but I don't think that

1192
00:56:00,320 --> 00:56:04,440
Speaker 2: really matters. I mean, he was drafted in the second round,

1193
00:56:04,560 --> 00:56:07,200
Speaker 2: you know, not quite as high as Kirk was drafted

1194
00:56:07,719 --> 00:56:10,080
Speaker 2: in the second round, but like pretty close to it.

1195
00:56:10,480 --> 00:56:13,880
Speaker 2: So I'm I'm on board with Isabella. And then I

1196
00:56:13,880 --> 00:56:16,200
Speaker 2: think there will be enough targets that go to Hakeem

1197
00:56:16,280 --> 00:56:19,160
Speaker 2: Butler and then also maybe even a guy drafted in

1198
00:56:19,200 --> 00:56:22,879
Speaker 2: the sixth round, Keshawn Johnson, enough targets going to those

1199
00:56:22,880 --> 00:56:26,440
Speaker 2: guys to where Kirk won't be the target dominator that

1200
00:56:26,520 --> 00:56:28,319
Speaker 2: we otherwise would have hoped he would be.

1201
00:56:28,960 --> 00:56:30,839
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'll be interesting to see how these target shows

1202
00:56:30,880 --> 00:56:34,520
Speaker 3: shake out. Cliff Kingsbury did feed his running backs at

1203
00:56:34,560 --> 00:56:36,520
Speaker 3: Texas Tech at a top ten rate as well, so

1204
00:56:37,280 --> 00:56:39,720
Speaker 3: please please just get David Johnson.

1205
00:56:39,960 --> 00:56:43,600
Speaker 2: David Johnson, So yeah, he's going to he's going to

1206
00:56:43,600 --> 00:56:46,120
Speaker 2: get his targets. All right, Let's let's close out quickly

1207
00:56:46,239 --> 00:56:50,520
Speaker 2: with just an overview of the Dynasty rankings. Overall Dynasty

1208
00:56:50,600 --> 00:56:54,799
Speaker 2: rankings top two hundred veterans and rookies integrated into it,

1209
00:56:55,160 --> 00:56:59,080
Speaker 2: and I think I'll touch on just a few players

1210
00:56:59,239 --> 00:57:03,600
Speaker 2: that I probably a higher on or lower on relative

1211
00:57:03,680 --> 00:57:06,320
Speaker 2: to other people in the industry. And I'll start with

1212
00:57:06,400 --> 00:57:10,000
Speaker 2: Kyler Murray. I have been aggressive in ranking, you know,

1213
00:57:10,120 --> 00:57:12,640
Speaker 2: ranking him. I'm going to be aggressive in drafting him

1214
00:57:12,880 --> 00:57:15,160
Speaker 2: because I think he has league winning talent and I

1215
00:57:15,160 --> 00:57:20,640
Speaker 2: think it's it's it's popular, and it's easy to to

1216
00:57:20,760 --> 00:57:23,280
Speaker 2: devalue the guys who play at quarterback because there are

1217
00:57:23,320 --> 00:57:26,400
Speaker 2: so many quarterbacking options in the league. But I think

1218
00:57:26,480 --> 00:57:29,360
Speaker 2: when there are guys who have true league winning ability,

1219
00:57:29,720 --> 00:57:34,040
Speaker 2: you probably want to prioritize them because at quarterback, you know,

1220
00:57:34,120 --> 00:57:37,160
Speaker 2: like last year, if you had Patrick Mahomes, it was

1221
00:57:37,200 --> 00:57:39,680
Speaker 2: hard not to win your league, you know what I mean.

1222
00:57:40,040 --> 00:57:42,800
Speaker 2: And I think Kyler Murray is a guy like that

1223
00:57:43,280 --> 00:57:45,640
Speaker 2: because he has the rushing ability and I think he

1224
00:57:45,720 --> 00:57:49,520
Speaker 2: has significant passing ability as well. I think he's basically

1225
00:57:49,560 --> 00:57:51,960
Speaker 2: like Michael Vick with a better arm, and I think

1226
00:57:51,960 --> 00:57:53,800
Speaker 2: if you have the chance to get a guy like that,

1227
00:57:54,280 --> 00:57:57,480
Speaker 2: you do it. So I'm I'm being aggressive in ranking him,

1228
00:57:57,880 --> 00:58:00,680
Speaker 2: so that will be someone to to keep an eye on.

1229
00:58:00,720 --> 00:58:03,480
Speaker 2: And then Josh Jacobs, I don't again I mentioned him.

1230
00:58:03,800 --> 00:58:07,200
Speaker 2: I'm really unsure about his overall talent, but based on

1231
00:58:07,240 --> 00:58:10,960
Speaker 2: his draft position, his age, his physical profile, and how

1232
00:58:10,960 --> 00:58:13,280
Speaker 2: I think he's going to be used, I think he's

1233
00:58:13,360 --> 00:58:17,400
Speaker 2: already a top ten back in dynasty, which might feel aggressive,

1234
00:58:17,600 --> 00:58:20,480
Speaker 2: but I don't know. I think that's just where I am.

1235
00:58:20,520 --> 00:58:23,040
Speaker 2: And if you look at the options that are out

1236
00:58:23,080 --> 00:58:25,560
Speaker 2: there in the running back market, like it gets thinned

1237
00:58:25,560 --> 00:58:27,720
Speaker 2: pretty quickly. So like, I don't think it's all that

1238
00:58:27,880 --> 00:58:31,040
Speaker 2: much of a push to say that Josh Jacobs deserves

1239
00:58:31,080 --> 00:58:33,480
Speaker 2: to be ranked in the top ten, even if it's

1240
00:58:33,600 --> 00:58:37,200
Speaker 2: just number ten. A player that I am down on,

1241
00:58:37,480 --> 00:58:40,680
Speaker 2: and this probably shouldn't be a surprise to anyone, is

1242
00:58:40,720 --> 00:58:45,000
Speaker 2: Antonio Brown. But you know a part of it is

1243
00:58:45,040 --> 00:58:47,640
Speaker 2: because I do think that they are going to focus

1244
00:58:47,720 --> 00:58:50,800
Speaker 2: on getting Josh Jacobs the ball. I'm not sure how

1245
00:58:50,920 --> 00:58:54,080
Speaker 2: good they are going to be passing in general, and

1246
00:58:54,120 --> 00:58:56,480
Speaker 2: Antonio Brown is old, so you know, I don't think

1247
00:58:56,520 --> 00:59:00,720
Speaker 2: it's all that hard to rank him to be pretty

1248
00:59:00,760 --> 00:59:03,000
Speaker 2: low on him, but I think I will probably be

1249
00:59:03,080 --> 00:59:05,440
Speaker 2: lower than a lot of other people in the industry,

1250
00:59:05,480 --> 00:59:07,640
Speaker 2: but that's just kind of how it is. And then

1251
00:59:08,120 --> 00:59:11,440
Speaker 2: another guy I am lower on relative to other people,

1252
00:59:11,480 --> 00:59:14,520
Speaker 2: but I still wouldn't think I'm low on him is

1253
00:59:14,560 --> 00:59:17,720
Speaker 2: Travis Kelcey. We talked about George Kittle earlier. I think

1254
00:59:17,800 --> 00:59:20,800
Speaker 2: Kittle is already the number one tight end in Dynasty,

1255
00:59:21,120 --> 00:59:23,960
Speaker 2: and there are still people who have Kelsey ranked number one,

1256
00:59:24,080 --> 00:59:25,880
Speaker 2: and I get it, and I still have him as

1257
00:59:25,920 --> 00:59:29,040
Speaker 2: a top twenty five overall player. But he turns thirty

1258
00:59:29,200 --> 00:59:32,800
Speaker 2: this year. He plays a physically demanding position. I think

1259
00:59:32,800 --> 00:59:37,600
Speaker 2: he has more production in him this year than Kittle does.

1260
00:59:37,680 --> 00:59:41,000
Speaker 2: But I think long term, Kittle is clearly the preferable

1261
00:59:41,040 --> 00:59:43,840
Speaker 2: player at this point. And for me, like, if you

1262
00:59:43,920 --> 00:59:47,320
Speaker 2: can already anticipate that long term Kittle is the guy,

1263
00:59:47,560 --> 00:59:51,240
Speaker 2: you might as well put him there already, because he

1264
00:59:51,320 --> 00:59:55,040
Speaker 2: obviously did more than enough last year to indicate that

1265
00:59:55,160 --> 00:59:58,640
Speaker 2: he does have a bright future. So those are some

1266
00:59:58,680 --> 01:00:01,200
Speaker 2: of the players that I am high on and low on,

1267
01:00:01,640 --> 01:00:03,960
Speaker 2: And uh Ian, do you have any thoughts on any

1268
01:00:04,000 --> 01:00:04,920
Speaker 2: of those guys?

1269
01:00:05,800 --> 01:00:08,120
Speaker 3: No, I think it's a good point with Kelsey and

1270
01:00:08,200 --> 01:00:10,600
Speaker 3: just these kind of aging veterans in general. You want

1271
01:00:10,600 --> 01:00:13,280
Speaker 3: to I mean, especially in a dynasty format, you want

1272
01:00:13,320 --> 01:00:15,240
Speaker 3: to be probably a year earlier than a year or

1273
01:00:15,240 --> 01:00:17,320
Speaker 3: two late, especially if you're trying to get value for him.

1274
01:00:17,360 --> 01:00:19,200
Speaker 3: One guy I would add that's starting to get up

1275
01:00:19,240 --> 01:00:22,000
Speaker 3: there in age too, is a J Green. I don't

1276
01:00:22,120 --> 01:00:23,640
Speaker 3: I don't expect him to you know, fall off a

1277
01:00:23,640 --> 01:00:26,760
Speaker 3: cliff this year or anything, but he has now had

1278
01:00:26,800 --> 01:00:28,000
Speaker 3: two back.

1279
01:00:27,840 --> 01:00:31,160
Speaker 4: To back injuries short years. And I mean it comes.

1280
01:00:30,920 --> 01:00:33,480
Speaker 3: Fast with some of these bigger wide receivers and bigger

1281
01:00:33,520 --> 01:00:37,480
Speaker 3: guys that haven't necessarily you know, made a complete career

1282
01:00:37,480 --> 01:00:39,440
Speaker 3: out of a separatement route running and stuff.

1283
01:00:39,440 --> 01:00:40,600
Speaker 4: I mean, yeah, I.

1284
01:00:40,600 --> 01:00:42,800
Speaker 3: Think aj is like on a different level, I think

1285
01:00:42,880 --> 01:00:45,280
Speaker 3: as a route runner stuff than someone like Dez Bryant.

1286
01:00:45,360 --> 01:00:47,400
Speaker 3: But it comes fast, and you know, you want you

1287
01:00:47,400 --> 01:00:48,920
Speaker 3: want to be on the right side of that. So

1288
01:00:49,000 --> 01:00:50,600
Speaker 3: if you know, if Agent Grahana is a good year

1289
01:00:50,640 --> 01:00:52,040
Speaker 3: this year, I consider selling it before.

1290
01:00:52,280 --> 01:00:54,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, And and to your point on that, and this

1291
01:00:54,720 --> 01:00:57,240
Speaker 2: kind of will will put all this in context. I

1292
01:00:57,320 --> 01:01:01,200
Speaker 2: have right below, literally right below in my rankings, Antonio

1293
01:01:01,240 --> 01:01:05,440
Speaker 2: Brown I have aj Green and right above Antonio Brown,

1294
01:01:05,520 --> 01:01:08,400
Speaker 2: I have in kill Harry, who is my number one

1295
01:01:08,920 --> 01:01:13,360
Speaker 2: wide receiver in this class. So that kind of gives

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Speaker 2: you a sense of how I'm viewing these guys. And

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Speaker 2: to talk just a little bit about the methodology, like

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Speaker 2: I tend to value age. I tend to like prioritize

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Speaker 2: guys who are young, not only because they have a

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Speaker 2: longer shelf life, but they tend to have more upside.

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Speaker 2: I tend to devalue positions that have a lot of depth,

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Speaker 2: So quarterbacks are usually low in my rankings except for

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Speaker 2: the guys that I think have true like difference making upside.

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Speaker 2: I tend to value the positions that have longevity, So

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Speaker 2: wide receivers, for instance, I tend to rank ahead of

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Speaker 2: running backs and tight ends like all things being equal,

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Speaker 2: just because wide receivers last longer. So those are, you know,

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Speaker 2: some of the big factors that kind of go in into

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Speaker 2: my positional rankings within dynasty Ian any thoughts on.

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Speaker 4: That, Yeah, I agree with you with the quarterbacks.

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Speaker 3: I mean, they got to be a difference maker, and

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Speaker 3: I think the big trend we're seeing now in recent

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Speaker 3: years is the difference making quarterbacks all those are those

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Speaker 3: players that are getting a bunch of rush attempts. I

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Speaker 3: mean I was looking at some rushing stats and there's

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Speaker 3: been twenty quarterbacks since two thousand that have had at

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Speaker 3: least one hundred rush attempts in a season. Thirteen of

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Speaker 3: those twenty quarterbacks end up being at least a top

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Speaker 3: six Fantasy performer. So a lot of that's just you know,

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Speaker 3: Cam Newton, Mike Vick and the same old guys kind

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Speaker 3: of get into numbers. But look, Kyler Murray, I mean,

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Speaker 3: we know he can run the ball, and we know

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Speaker 3: he can throw the ball. It's not like he has

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Speaker 3: the rushing ability or at least pretty close to what

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Speaker 3: Lamar Jackson had, and just a million times more I

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Speaker 3: think better through the air at this point. So it's

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Speaker 3: and we saw Lamar Jackson work as the QB eight

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Speaker 3: as soon as he got the starting job last year.

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Speaker 3: So if you can just have that rushing floor and

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Speaker 3: even a little bit of passing up, which I think

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Speaker 3: Murray clearly has both, I mean, yeah, that's a game changer.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, Ian, what are the pieces that you have

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Speaker 2: planned for the future.

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Speaker 3: We're getting right into the NFL preview mode now, I'm

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Speaker 3: coming out with a bunch of profiles for each different team.

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Speaker 3: I have articles on David Johnson, Lamar Jackson, Julio Jones,

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Speaker 3: and many many more on the way, so keep an

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Speaker 3: eye out for those.

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Speaker 2: All right. And then also Sean Corner, Chris Raybond, and

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Speaker 2: I will be updating our seasonal fantasy rankings this weekend

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Speaker 2: and then posting them early next week, so be sure

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Speaker 2: to check those out. And then we will also have

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Speaker 2: I believe Corner and Raybond on the podcast next week

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Speaker 2: to break down the rankings. Till then, that is going

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Speaker 2: to do it. For this episode of the Action Network

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Speaker 2: NFL podcast, Please rate and review the show in iTunes.

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Speaker 2: For Ian, I am Matthew Freeman Matteth the Oracle see Again.

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Speaker 2: Next episode

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Speaker 3: Was Welcome Him