WEBVTT - Fantasy Division Previews: AFC South 0:00:10.840 --> 0:00:14.280 Hey everybody, It's Monday, August fifth, twenty twenty four. Welcome 0:00:14.360 --> 0:00:17.040 to the NFL Fantasy Football Podcast, where we're trying to figure. 0:00:16.800 --> 0:00:17.920 Out how the news Kakoffs were. 0:00:18.040 --> 0:00:19.720 It's me and your man MG Marcus Brand joined by 0:00:19.760 --> 0:00:22.400 Michael f. Florio and Lakwan Jones. You find gentlemen are 0:00:22.480 --> 0:00:25.239 in studio today. I'm the slacker who's sitting in my 0:00:25.320 --> 0:00:26.599 garage right yeah, just. 0:00:28.160 --> 0:00:32.440 Wearing sweats and no shoes. Pull away chair we could 0:00:32.479 --> 0:00:35.639 bring right here. I'm sure, I'm sure. I'm sure it's 0:00:35.680 --> 0:00:36.239 lovely there. 0:00:36.280 --> 0:00:39.360 All you guys are saying here, it's a sweat box 0:00:39.400 --> 0:00:41.200 there in the Fantasy Lounge. 0:00:41.640 --> 0:00:42.200 Good times. 0:00:43.800 --> 0:00:45.960 We gotta lot to talk about. We're gonna do our 0:00:45.960 --> 0:00:49.040 division previews. We're doing the AFC South today. But first 0:00:49.080 --> 0:00:52.159 I gotta ask Lakwan because you now that you have 0:00:52.200 --> 0:00:54.440 a week of Good Morning Football under your belt, like 0:00:54.480 --> 0:00:57.800 you're a bona fide NFL Network star, Now, like, uh, 0:00:57.880 --> 0:00:59.639 what's that first week of GMFB been? 0:00:59.760 --> 0:01:02.400 Like, Man, it's been good, man, I've been I've been 0:01:02.440 --> 0:01:04.960 handling the sleep kind of like a pro. I want 0:01:04.959 --> 0:01:06.920 to say, I've been pretty proud of myself for the 0:01:06.959 --> 0:01:07.479 most part. 0:01:07.560 --> 0:01:09.640 But time have you settled on being your bedtime? 0:01:09.760 --> 0:01:11.520 My bedtime is like seven thirty five. 0:01:12.640 --> 0:01:14.479 I like that you push that extra five minutes. 0:01:14.560 --> 0:01:17.240 Yeah, the extra five minutes is like the brushing of teeth, 0:01:17.520 --> 0:01:21.160 you know, finishing up dinner. But I'm definitely in bed 0:01:21.200 --> 0:01:24.039 before eight, Like I have to like let the body settle. 0:01:24.120 --> 0:01:25.240 What time do you eat dinner? 0:01:25.760 --> 0:01:29.000 Oh god man, We've been eating earlier and early every 0:01:29.040 --> 0:01:30.640 day this week, honestly, Like I have the. 0:01:30.600 --> 0:01:32.119 Senior Citizen early bird special. 0:01:32.400 --> 0:01:35.600 Yeah, four thirty five o'clock, you know, dinner is done 0:01:35.640 --> 0:01:38.040 and we're eating. Is like, this is so weird, Like 0:01:38.160 --> 0:01:39.039 I can't do. 0:01:39.000 --> 0:01:40.880 It because I was wondering if you did normal dinner 0:01:40.880 --> 0:01:42.559 time and then just cool immediately to bed. 0:01:42.760 --> 0:01:44.880 No, No, that would not be good for the body. 0:01:46.240 --> 0:01:47.240 It needs to digest. 0:01:47.280 --> 0:01:49.640 I need to lay down good. And you know, the 0:01:49.640 --> 0:01:51.360 whole Verteine's been it's been working. 0:01:51.400 --> 0:01:53.760 I've been crushing it though. Yeah. Yeah, man, it's it's 0:01:53.800 --> 0:01:54.400 been good to see. 0:01:54.440 --> 0:01:56.480 It's cool to see the you know, your social post 0:01:56.520 --> 0:01:59.640 about it, and yeah, man, I'm I'm I'm excited for 0:01:59.640 --> 0:02:02.760 you for the opportunity and hopefully you get the sleep thing. 0:02:02.840 --> 0:02:02.960 All. 0:02:03.760 --> 0:02:11.160 Yeah, let's get going first with some news and rumors, 0:02:11.200 --> 0:02:13.200 and this one just sort of changed. 0:02:13.200 --> 0:02:14.960 I full disclosure. 0:02:14.960 --> 0:02:18.560 I started putting this thing together like on Saturday, and 0:02:18.600 --> 0:02:22.040 then now things have changed. I so originally Gino Smith 0:02:22.560 --> 0:02:24.480 missed a couple of practices. 0:02:24.240 --> 0:02:25.960 Had what looked like a knee injury. 0:02:26.000 --> 0:02:28.720 But the upside is that he is back at practice 0:02:29.200 --> 0:02:31.840 today for the Seattle Seahawks. So I was gonna ask 0:02:31.840 --> 0:02:33.320 if there's any concern at this point, but I feel 0:02:33.360 --> 0:02:33.960 like the answer to. 0:02:33.960 --> 0:02:34.600 That is no. 0:02:35.760 --> 0:02:37.799 So I will ask, though, Florioe, because we haven't talked 0:02:37.800 --> 0:02:39.160 about Geno Smith a whole lot. 0:02:39.680 --> 0:02:41.800 Two years ago he had that phenomenal season. Last year 0:02:41.919 --> 0:02:42.600 was just kind. 0:02:42.400 --> 0:02:45.680 Of meh, Which Gino do you think we see? Do 0:02:45.760 --> 0:02:47.680 we see like super Geno or do you just see 0:02:47.720 --> 0:02:51.280 like regular average. I haven't had a superstar yet, Gino. 0:02:52.480 --> 0:02:54.240 I think we're gonna see a little bit of both. 0:02:54.400 --> 0:02:57.520 I think there will be some weeks where the Seahawks 0:02:57.560 --> 0:02:59.919 need to throw the ball and he'll air it out 0:03:00.040 --> 0:03:02.040 down field. Like Lawan has done a really good job 0:03:02.040 --> 0:03:06.360 of pointing out about how aggressive Roan grub and the 0:03:06.400 --> 0:03:08.680 new OC there is at throwing downfield. 0:03:09.320 --> 0:03:11.880 I still, though, do think there will be some. 0:03:11.919 --> 0:03:15.640 Games where Seattle will have a lead and they won't 0:03:15.639 --> 0:03:19.480 ask Gino to throw a ton. How they get that 0:03:19.560 --> 0:03:22.519 lead could be him throwing. But I don't suddenly expect 0:03:22.560 --> 0:03:25.400 the Seahawks to become one of the past happiest offenses. 0:03:25.600 --> 0:03:28.240 I think he could be more efficient and everything. He 0:03:28.520 --> 0:03:30.880 is one of those I know he goes as like 0:03:30.880 --> 0:03:33.119 a low end QB two and I feel like that's 0:03:33.160 --> 0:03:37.680 the appropriate price. But if like there's him, there's Daniel Jones, 0:03:37.720 --> 0:03:40.600 there's Baker Mayfield. We both we all love Will Levis. 0:03:40.640 --> 0:03:42.720 Here like there's a big group of QB twos that 0:03:42.760 --> 0:03:45.280 could finish like top fifteen, and Gino Smith is in 0:03:45.360 --> 0:03:45.720 that group. 0:03:45.760 --> 0:03:47.960 For me, yeah, I mean that's sort of I think you, 0:03:48.000 --> 0:03:50.680 I don't know, you have a stronger take on him 0:03:51.040 --> 0:03:51.840 than either of us do. 0:03:52.160 --> 0:03:53.480 And yeah, I'm gonna get the grain. 0:03:53.560 --> 0:03:53.720 Man. 0:03:54.080 --> 0:03:56.760 I mean I have some concern because with a hip 0:03:56.880 --> 0:04:00.000 and knee injury, I feel like, man, are we seeing 0:04:00.080 --> 0:04:02.480 in the back end of Gino Smith? Now it's getting 0:04:02.560 --> 0:04:05.040 up there in the age. I honestly wouldn't be surprised 0:04:05.080 --> 0:04:08.200 at some point we actually saw Sam Howe at some point, 0:04:08.360 --> 0:04:10.880 and I feel like, you know, Sam Howe didn't really 0:04:10.880 --> 0:04:13.040 get a fair shake in Washington if we really look 0:04:13.080 --> 0:04:16.919 at it. I mean, led the NFL in interceptions, but 0:04:17.320 --> 0:04:20.000 seventeen of them were under pressure, which he also led 0:04:20.000 --> 0:04:21.920 the NFL in. So it's like that old line did 0:04:21.960 --> 0:04:24.720 not protect them at all. And his first full season 0:04:24.800 --> 0:04:26.599 he got in as a starter, they kind of shipped 0:04:26.600 --> 0:04:29.960 them away when everything was in shambles. So I'm honestly 0:04:30.080 --> 0:04:34.359 stashing Sam Howe in super flex leagues just in case 0:04:34.400 --> 0:04:37.000 if Gino's gonna have these injury concerns. 0:04:37.200 --> 0:04:39.799 I think that would be bad for DK Metcalf. 0:04:40.120 --> 0:04:43.640 It would be but in a selfish in a selfish 0:04:43.680 --> 0:04:47.920 world where the quarterback runs, So I get him stashing 0:04:47.960 --> 0:04:48.480 Sam Howe. 0:04:48.520 --> 0:04:50.960 I just I'm like, oh for Seattle, I don't know, 0:04:51.880 --> 0:04:53.440 it's curtains. 0:04:53.760 --> 0:04:56.479 Well, Sam Howe was never going to be long for 0:04:56.520 --> 0:05:00.839 that job once they once they got Jayden Daniels in Washington, 0:05:00.880 --> 0:05:01.800 like that was gonna be a rap. 0:05:01.839 --> 0:05:03.680 So best case scenario, he stays there and he's on 0:05:03.720 --> 0:05:04.080 the bench. 0:05:04.120 --> 0:05:05.960 At least in Seattle, he does have I think a 0:05:06.000 --> 0:05:09.560 more legitimate opportunity to battle to get on the field 0:05:09.600 --> 0:05:13.520 a little bit. Flora you mentioned will Levis he's gonna 0:05:13.520 --> 0:05:14.880 be missing one of his targets at least for the 0:05:14.920 --> 0:05:17.960 next month or so. DeAndre Hopkins has a knee issue. 0:05:18.080 --> 0:05:20.200 Expected to miss four to six weeks. 0:05:20.240 --> 0:05:20.360 Now. 0:05:20.360 --> 0:05:22.800 The upside is they don't expect that he will need 0:05:22.880 --> 0:05:26.440 knee surgery, so hopefully that sort of helps his recovery 0:05:26.480 --> 0:05:29.799 time a little bit. But lakwan, I mean, look, Nuke's 0:05:29.839 --> 0:05:32.400 been great for a long time, but it does seem 0:05:32.440 --> 0:05:35.120 like the decline is starting to happen. Are you still 0:05:35.120 --> 0:05:37.200 willing to take a shot at him? Or is this 0:05:37.279 --> 0:05:38.520 kind of an avoid situation? 0:05:38.680 --> 0:05:38.880 Now? 0:05:39.320 --> 0:05:41.400 Yeah, this is one of those situations where it's a 0:05:41.400 --> 0:05:44.000 clear fade for me with this injury because I've already 0:05:44.080 --> 0:05:47.159 had concerns coming into the season, and then when you 0:05:47.160 --> 0:05:49.360 see the injury pop up, Man, it's like, all right, 0:05:49.520 --> 0:05:51.479 what kind of de Hopper we're gonna get when the 0:05:51.480 --> 0:05:54.200 season starts. I mean, the target separation rate was a 0:05:54.200 --> 0:05:56.960 concern for me last season with two point three, which 0:05:57.000 --> 0:05:59.839 was bottom the table among wide receivers with the hundred 0:05:59.839 --> 0:06:02.080 tard so it's not like we're getting the d hop 0:06:02.120 --> 0:06:04.480 that we know and love. So he now maybe a 0:06:04.480 --> 0:06:07.039 little sluggish to start the season, and you know, I 0:06:07.080 --> 0:06:10.120 don't know if I have in me the patience to 0:06:10.200 --> 0:06:12.239 hang on the d hop, you know, for those first 0:06:12.240 --> 0:06:14.920 couple of weeks, being that this injury is kind of 0:06:14.920 --> 0:06:17.719 close to starting the kickoff to where like I don't 0:06:17.760 --> 0:06:20.120 know if I want to wait until week four or 0:06:20.200 --> 0:06:22.360 five they get some real production out of d hops. 0:06:22.440 --> 0:06:24.719 So he's kind of one of those guys, like know what, 0:06:25.120 --> 0:06:26.080 I'm good off of him. 0:06:26.640 --> 0:06:29.760 He was already a fade for me because everything you said, 0:06:29.800 --> 0:06:32.520 like he had declined in metrics, he was creating less separation. 0:06:32.680 --> 0:06:35.720 And I think what saved him last year was first 0:06:35.760 --> 0:06:38.960 Will Levis was, look, he's fun for fantasy. He was 0:06:39.040 --> 0:06:41.840 not playing good quarterback out there. He was locking in 0:06:41.880 --> 0:06:45.080 on DeAndre Hopkins and just heaving the ball downfield. I've 0:06:45.120 --> 0:06:46.640 already been on the mindset. I think a lot of 0:06:46.880 --> 0:06:49.240 that volume is gonna go to Calvin Ridley. Now you 0:06:49.360 --> 0:06:51.640 adding this knee issue. He's not there for the first 0:06:51.680 --> 0:06:54.120 training camp with a new head coach. There's this, and 0:06:54.320 --> 0:06:57.520 he's thirty two. A wide receiver thirty two or older 0:06:57.560 --> 0:07:00.760 has not averaged fifteen Fantasy points per games since twenty twenty, 0:07:01.200 --> 0:07:04.080 like seems recently that's almost five years ago. Now at 0:07:04.120 --> 0:07:06.479 this point, like history is just working against the. 0:07:06.560 --> 0:07:09.520 Hop So then are either of you in on Calvin Ridley. 0:07:10.080 --> 0:07:11.400 He is one of my most drafted. 0:07:11.520 --> 0:07:14.120 I'm he's one of my best values, one of my 0:07:14.120 --> 0:07:17.240 most drafted. I love stacking him in Levis in drafts. 0:07:17.400 --> 0:07:19.280 I feel like now I have to now Like I 0:07:19.560 --> 0:07:22.920 wasn't really as readily trained, but now I feel like 0:07:23.200 --> 0:07:25.760 I have to pivot to somebody to stack with my guy, 0:07:25.800 --> 0:07:28.640 Will Levis. And I really feel as though Will Levis 0:07:28.680 --> 0:07:31.440 can get a good connection downfield, to stretch the field 0:07:31.480 --> 0:07:33.840 with Calvin Ridley's speed, and like, I think that's where 0:07:34.040 --> 0:07:36.360 Willis would get. Will Levis would get most of his 0:07:36.440 --> 0:07:39.280 fantasy points from Is on these deep shots in big plays. 0:07:39.800 --> 0:07:42.960 I keep saying, I think he's upside a similar to 0:07:43.040 --> 0:07:45.240 last year. But now you get a six round discount 0:07:45.240 --> 0:07:45.520 on him. 0:07:45.600 --> 0:07:47.600 Yeah, that's amazing. 0:07:47.440 --> 0:07:49.120 That's probably fair. I think there's gonna be a lot 0:07:49.120 --> 0:07:51.080 of volatility with Levis. I think there will be some 0:07:51.120 --> 0:07:53.680 weeks where things work really well. In some weeks up 0:07:53.720 --> 0:07:56.320 and down they cannot connect. So I mean, I think 0:07:56.360 --> 0:07:59.160 I think the ADP sort of reflects that too, with 0:07:59.200 --> 0:08:00.000 the Andandre Hopkins. 0:08:00.320 --> 0:08:02.920 It's when you have him as your wide receiver. One, yeah, 0:08:02.960 --> 0:08:05.600 don't do that. You can live with that, don't yeh, 0:08:05.640 --> 0:08:07.120 don't do that. Don't do that. 0:08:07.680 --> 0:08:10.560 I'm closer to where we are in Los Angeles. Justin 0:08:10.640 --> 0:08:13.600 Herbert right now diagnosed with plants or fascia in his 0:08:13.800 --> 0:08:15.760 right foot. He's gonna be in a walking boot for 0:08:15.800 --> 0:08:18.800 a couple of weeks. I mean, Floyda, This is the 0:08:18.880 --> 0:08:21.120 kind of thing that just tends to linger. And I 0:08:21.160 --> 0:08:23.760 know that, you know Herbert's not necessarily a running quarterback, 0:08:23.760 --> 0:08:25.560 but you still need your feet to plant and throw 0:08:25.600 --> 0:08:31.280 the football. There was already concern about Herbert with the 0:08:31.320 --> 0:08:34.120 coaching staff and this desire to run the football. Is 0:08:34.160 --> 0:08:37.319 this a buy the dip situation or is this a 0:08:37.360 --> 0:08:38.480 stay away situation? 0:08:39.200 --> 0:08:41.480 This is becoming a stay away situation for me. 0:08:41.600 --> 0:08:44.600 Like I was firmly on the I'm fading justin Herbert 0:08:44.640 --> 0:08:47.920 train when they hired this coaching tandem, and then he 0:08:48.000 --> 0:08:50.880 started going as like the QB seventeen eighteen in drafts, 0:08:50.880 --> 0:08:53.120 and I was like, at that price, I. 0:08:53.040 --> 0:08:55.120 Can get in because we're paying for the floor. 0:08:55.480 --> 0:08:57.560 And one thing I keep saying is like I don't 0:08:57.600 --> 0:09:00.800 expect him to suddenly become like Josh Allen, but I 0:09:01.040 --> 0:09:03.240 was hoping that he would set career highs in rushing 0:09:03.280 --> 0:09:06.560 numbers like this Greg Rohman and Jim Harborough, they have 0:09:06.760 --> 0:09:10.200 a lot of uh success with a quarterback that can 0:09:10.240 --> 0:09:12.120 run the ball. And again, I don't think Herbert is 0:09:12.160 --> 0:09:14.320 gonna suddenly become Anthony Richardson. 0:09:14.400 --> 0:09:17.319 But he is a good athlete who has shown us that. 0:09:17.280 --> 0:09:19.800 He can be mobile. So I was hoping that maybe 0:09:20.120 --> 0:09:22.160 the passing numbers decrease a little bit, but he makes 0:09:22.240 --> 0:09:24.040 up for it with more rushing. Now with this a 0:09:24.040 --> 0:09:27.679 foot issue, and look, I know it's different. This is 0:09:27.720 --> 0:09:29.240 an injury that we see a lot of the times 0:09:29.240 --> 0:09:32.440 in baseball and like, hey, look it ruined Albert Pooholz 0:09:32.440 --> 0:09:35.240 for years. This is an injury that that he's, like 0:09:35.280 --> 0:09:37.840 you said, lingers and lingers, and if he's not throwing 0:09:38.000 --> 0:09:40.319 as much into move we're already having some injury concerns. 0:09:40.320 --> 0:09:43.760 Now with Lad mcconkee, it's becoming a situation again where 0:09:43.800 --> 0:09:47.040 like maybe if he slides further enough and I could 0:09:47.040 --> 0:09:49.199 get him as like my low and QB two. 0:09:49.280 --> 0:09:52.680 I'm cool with it, but names around him like Jared Goff. 0:09:52.720 --> 0:09:55.679 I'd rather have, Yes, there it is. That's exactly where 0:09:55.679 --> 0:09:57.800 I was going with the next if I could just translation. 0:09:57.440 --> 0:09:59.079 Wait, go ahead. Yeah. I didn't want to hear you. 0:09:59.120 --> 0:10:00.320 I want to hear you make a case for Jared 0:10:00.360 --> 0:10:01.920 Goff because you like dumping on him. 0:10:01.920 --> 0:10:04.480 So I used to call him Jared Goof. But we're 0:10:04.480 --> 0:10:04.760 all good. 0:10:04.800 --> 0:10:08.040 There, we're good. I've never heard that before. 0:10:08.559 --> 0:10:10.600 We're good now he's no longer a ram. I don't 0:10:10.640 --> 0:10:12.880 have to scream at the TV no more, but Jared Goff. 0:10:12.920 --> 0:10:15.160 We're in good hands. But I feel like Jared Golf 0:10:15.240 --> 0:10:17.280 in that range where he's going in drafts, I much 0:10:17.400 --> 0:10:20.720 rather have now with this injury with Justin Herbert, because, 0:10:20.760 --> 0:10:23.559 like Florio said, this is assumed to be a run 0:10:23.600 --> 0:10:26.600 heavy offense, and he's already gonna take a hit on 0:10:26.640 --> 0:10:29.320 the passing by him week to week, so therefore he 0:10:29.360 --> 0:10:32.080 may not be asked to do much once he gets back, 0:10:32.320 --> 0:10:34.200 you know, for week one, week two, or whatever the 0:10:34.200 --> 0:10:36.800 case may be. They do much in that offense just 0:10:36.840 --> 0:10:39.040 so they could stretch out the longevity of the health 0:10:39.080 --> 0:10:41.760 of him. And I'm already looking at him like I 0:10:41.760 --> 0:10:43.520 don't know if I really want to take that chance 0:10:43.559 --> 0:10:45.360 on him. Like if I, like Florio said, I can 0:10:45.360 --> 0:10:48.120 get him as my low QB two, maybe, But in 0:10:48.160 --> 0:10:51.280 a lot of situations early in drafts, I was already 0:10:51.360 --> 0:10:53.520 waiting into the deep depths of the rounds to get 0:10:53.559 --> 0:10:56.440 him as my QB one with some type of upsiding, 0:10:56.480 --> 0:10:59.320 you know, making sure that other positions that I was at, 0:10:59.559 --> 0:11:02.199 tight end, wide receiver, running back, we're all solid and 0:11:02.280 --> 0:11:05.199 stacked at depth. Now I can't do that with Justin 0:11:05.240 --> 0:11:07.200 Herbert just gonna pivot the jerk off. 0:11:07.200 --> 0:11:09.040 Now, yeah, I was. 0:11:09.200 --> 0:11:12.080 I was in before this news about the foot injury 0:11:12.120 --> 0:11:13.960 came out because I felt like we had sort of 0:11:14.040 --> 0:11:16.960 gone way too overboard with this. You know, the Chargers 0:11:16.960 --> 0:11:18.520 are gonna run the football. I'm like, they're still gonna 0:11:18.520 --> 0:11:20.120 throw the ball a little bit. I mean they you know, 0:11:20.120 --> 0:11:23.960 they have a guy who is a borderline franchise quarterback. 0:11:24.280 --> 0:11:26.719 You know, like it's enough to have confidence in him. 0:11:26.760 --> 0:11:30.080 But now with this, who knows how long this thing lingers. 0:11:30.120 --> 0:11:32.080 I think I'm gonna kind of stay away from him. 0:11:32.600 --> 0:11:36.000 I just saw this come across h lakwan. I'm gonna 0:11:36.320 --> 0:11:36.960 direct this at you. 0:11:38.160 --> 0:11:39.439 Knee injury practice. 0:11:40.679 --> 0:11:43.080 The latest report is that he is weak to week 0:11:43.840 --> 0:11:44.960 with a knee injury. 0:11:46.000 --> 0:11:48.040 Your immediate thoughts on this. 0:11:48.520 --> 0:11:52.200 I was having a good Sunday, man, I really I 0:11:52.280 --> 0:11:54.040 was having a good son. I put it off because 0:11:54.080 --> 0:11:56.200 I saw the news that got heard in practice. I 0:11:56.280 --> 0:11:58.440 put it off, and then of course I'm getting tagged 0:11:58.440 --> 0:12:01.480 on Twitter that he week to week and I don't 0:12:01.520 --> 0:12:04.920 like this at all. Man, this this hurts because it's like, Pookah, 0:12:05.280 --> 0:12:08.040 we need you healthy, Cooper Cup, we need you healthy. 0:12:08.520 --> 0:12:11.559 Stafford would need you healthy. When the Avengers all assembled 0:12:11.640 --> 0:12:14.640 in week twelve, when we were all good, the team 0:12:14.760 --> 0:12:18.120 looked like it was unstoppable. Now with this injury, it's like, man, 0:12:18.240 --> 0:12:20.520 we need to do something about the practice field, Like 0:12:20.559 --> 0:12:22.280 we need to do something because guys are getting hurt 0:12:22.360 --> 0:12:24.600 left and right, like our old line three guys. Like 0:12:25.320 --> 0:12:27.719 this is not looking good and you know, usually we're 0:12:27.760 --> 0:12:30.560 the healthy team. But you know, sad, sad day for 0:12:30.600 --> 0:12:31.880 all the Pooka Nakua fans. 0:12:32.840 --> 0:12:35.080 I mean, yeah, look, it's week to week, right, So 0:12:35.200 --> 0:12:38.600 right now, I don't know that I'm really worried about it, 0:12:38.679 --> 0:12:40.680 but you know, if this thing starts to linger and 0:12:40.679 --> 0:12:43.319 we get closer to week one and it's still that situation, 0:12:43.520 --> 0:12:45.959 then I may have concerns. 0:12:46.200 --> 0:12:48.600 We can no longer say it's early because we're like 0:12:48.720 --> 0:12:51.120 four weeks out of the week one. True, you know, 0:12:51.280 --> 0:12:55.319 like this is very concerning to me, Like this reminds. 0:12:55.000 --> 0:12:57.800 Me a lot of what happened to Cooper Cup last year, 0:12:58.240 --> 0:13:02.240 where it happened about time and we were like, at 0:13:02.320 --> 0:13:04.520 least I won't speak for anyone by myself, I was like, 0:13:04.520 --> 0:13:05.400 this isn't a big deal. 0:13:05.520 --> 0:13:06.640 He could be back for Week. 0:13:06.480 --> 0:13:09.880 One, no problem, and then he reinjured it at the 0:13:10.000 --> 0:13:12.800 end of August and it just derailed his whole season. 0:13:12.840 --> 0:13:15.360 And I was already of the mindset that like Cooper Cup, 0:13:15.559 --> 0:13:18.280 I love Pooka Nakua, but Cooper Cup to me is 0:13:18.320 --> 0:13:20.920 the Rams receiver that I think is the best value 0:13:21.000 --> 0:13:23.760 right now and that I still believe could be potentially 0:13:23.800 --> 0:13:26.760 a league winner if things break right for him this year. 0:13:26.840 --> 0:13:29.960 But now at Pooka being hurt, it's like, is this look, 0:13:30.000 --> 0:13:32.320 he's younger, He's got less wear and tear and all 0:13:32.360 --> 0:13:34.280 of that, so he could bounce back quicker. Maybe this 0:13:34.320 --> 0:13:36.680 is nothing like last year, But the pessimist in me 0:13:36.800 --> 0:13:38.880 is just like Cooper Cup hurt a lot of my 0:13:38.920 --> 0:13:41.040 teams last year because I was still drafting him after 0:13:41.080 --> 0:13:41.600 he got hurt. 0:13:41.920 --> 0:13:43.920 Yeah, I mean we saw this last year, right, so 0:13:44.000 --> 0:13:46.400 but hopefully this is not the same. Hopefully this is 0:13:46.440 --> 0:13:50.160 not that, but definitely worth monitoring over the next couple 0:13:50.160 --> 0:13:53.080 of days or so, I knocked on wood. We have 0:13:53.080 --> 0:13:54.480 to spend a long time. But there was the Hall 0:13:54.480 --> 0:13:58.520 of Fame game over the weekend last Thursday. Bears get 0:13:58.559 --> 0:14:01.000 the win. They were lead when the game was called 0:14:01.040 --> 0:14:03.720 because of inclement. Whether it's twenty one seventeen is how 0:14:04.000 --> 0:14:08.240 it ended. What if anything, did we learn right now? 0:14:08.320 --> 0:14:10.480 And really the starters on either side played. We didn't 0:14:10.480 --> 0:14:13.240 see CJ. Stroud, We didn't see Caleb Williams. Nobody I 0:14:13.240 --> 0:14:18.000 think was surprised by that. But any takeaways, I mean, Florida, 0:14:18.080 --> 0:14:20.600 were you are you? Are you back in on cam Akers? 0:14:20.640 --> 0:14:21.840 I guess this is what I'm trying to get to 0:14:22.520 --> 0:14:23.360 sweet about it. 0:14:24.040 --> 0:14:26.840 I've been firmly out on cam Makers. The thing I'm 0:14:26.880 --> 0:14:29.400 hoping is that I'm hoping the Texans are like, hey, 0:14:29.480 --> 0:14:31.560 cam Akers is such a good backup that we could 0:14:31.560 --> 0:14:33.600 trade Damian Pierce. There you go and trade him to 0:14:33.680 --> 0:14:36.120 a team, because I just think he's a bad scheme 0:14:36.160 --> 0:14:38.640 fit here, Like, I don't believe you go from looking 0:14:38.680 --> 0:14:40.760 like Damian Pierce did as a rookie to what he 0:14:40.800 --> 0:14:44.520 did last year just by like losing all physical capabilities. 0:14:44.520 --> 0:14:47.400 I just think he's a bad fit for this scheme 0:14:47.440 --> 0:14:49.280 that they have right now. And if you trade him 0:14:49.280 --> 0:14:51.880 to a more power scheme like the Cowboys or the Chargers, 0:14:51.920 --> 0:14:52.640 I think. 0:14:52.560 --> 0:14:54.440 He can really elevate and be what he was a 0:14:54.440 --> 0:14:55.120 couple of years ago. 0:14:55.200 --> 0:14:57.400 And yeah, maybe I'm taking a bunch of him as 0:14:57.440 --> 0:14:58.600 my last round picks right. 0:14:58.480 --> 0:15:00.000 Now because I'm like, he's so cheap. 0:15:00.440 --> 0:15:03.400 The biggest thing I learned, though, is we all say 0:15:03.480 --> 0:15:06.760 the Hall of Fame game doesn't matter, and that's largely 0:15:06.840 --> 0:15:09.600 true until it doesn't finish. And then there's a lot 0:15:09.640 --> 0:15:12.400 of people out there who are very upset. 0:15:13.000 --> 0:15:14.920 They might have had stuff on the line or something, 0:15:15.280 --> 0:15:17.480 they might have had some other interests in that game 0:15:17.600 --> 0:15:19.160 and they don't get to finish that out. 0:15:20.320 --> 0:15:23.480 Yeah, sorry about your luck on that one. I'll remember. 0:15:23.520 --> 0:15:24.320 We're old enough to remember. 0:15:24.360 --> 0:15:26.200 Remember was it a couple of years ago when Josh 0:15:26.280 --> 0:15:28.200 Jacobs played like all of the. 0:15:28.160 --> 0:15:29.000 Hall of Fame game? 0:15:29.040 --> 0:15:31.240 We were like, oh no, like he's gonna get traded. 0:15:31.320 --> 0:15:33.240 This is a bad sign. And then he had the 0:15:33.280 --> 0:15:34.920 best rushing season of his Yeah. 0:15:34.800 --> 0:15:36.160 Shot Penny last year too. 0:15:36.280 --> 0:15:40.240 Right, there's always one veteran that they still make play 0:15:40.240 --> 0:15:41.320 in this game, right. 0:15:41.320 --> 0:15:44.480 Yeah, that's pretty crazy. Yeah, I mean we learned Colin Johnson. 0:15:44.560 --> 0:15:46.240 You know, he was a breakout star in the Hall 0:15:46.280 --> 0:15:49.080 of Fame game. He was the tallest wide receiver last season, 0:15:49.200 --> 0:15:52.280 probably still the tallest, but six to six. You know, 0:15:52.320 --> 0:15:54.640 shout out acbar He's a six to six guy. 0:15:54.880 --> 0:15:57.400 I never understood why a team doesn't sign like a 0:15:57.440 --> 0:15:59.400 seven footer and just make him a red zone like 0:15:59.400 --> 0:16:00.840 a goal one. Specially, that's what we. 0:16:00.760 --> 0:16:06.160 Were saying about Bar our friend. There you go, There 0:16:06.200 --> 0:16:06.400 you go. 0:16:06.480 --> 0:16:06.920 He could have been. 0:16:07.040 --> 0:16:08.400 He could have been like a tight end or something. 0:16:08.640 --> 0:16:11.440 So waiting for the day somebody tries to sign Victor wimb. 0:16:12.800 --> 0:16:14.840 No one, if you put him on the one, no 0:16:14.880 --> 0:16:20.080 one is stopping him. Six one corners is gonna be 0:16:20.120 --> 0:16:21.280 like keeps playing on a nerve hoop. 0:16:21.640 --> 0:16:24.280 I feel but I feel like, you know, getting a 0:16:24.360 --> 0:16:27.560 release off the line, like he's a thin fellow, Like 0:16:27.600 --> 0:16:30.160 he's not particularly I don't know how muscular he is. 0:16:30.280 --> 0:16:31.800 We need like Joel embiide out there. 0:16:31.960 --> 0:16:33.400 So yeah, we need somebody who can, like, you know, 0:16:33.840 --> 0:16:37.280 maybe deal with some press coverage at the line anyone. Uh. Anyway, 0:16:37.320 --> 0:16:39.400 I gonna take a break, come back and dive into 0:16:39.520 --> 0:16:42.160 the a f C South. We talked about the Tennessee Titans. 0:16:42.160 --> 0:16:43.560 We'll talk about them a little bit later on the 0:16:43.560 --> 0:16:45.760 show as well. That's coming up next to her on 0:16:45.760 --> 0:16:53.960 the NFL Fantasy Football Podcast. So the a f C 0:16:54.200 --> 0:16:57.680 South on the docket today. As always, teams are listed 0:16:57.680 --> 0:16:59.880 in alphabetical order, so that starts us off with the 0:17:00.080 --> 0:17:04.560 Houston Texans, a big surprise team from last season. I 0:17:04.560 --> 0:17:07.400 think everybody was thinking there was a chance for them 0:17:07.440 --> 0:17:10.119 to elevate, but maybe not as quickly as they did. 0:17:10.720 --> 0:17:13.840