WEBVTT - BFFs 7/24 Hour 2: James Conner, Big Ben, NBA News, MLB Betting 0:00:01.560 --> 0:00:05.920 Fantasy Sports Radio Network news update. In Major League Baseball, 0:00:06.040 --> 0:00:08.760 Gary Sanchez could be headed to the injured list. He's 0:00:08.760 --> 0:00:11.120 gonna get an m r R on an injured groin 0:00:11.560 --> 0:00:14.600 Let's groin injury. On Tuesday night, John Paul Morossi of 0:00:14.680 --> 0:00:17.360 MLB Network is reporting that the Phillies and Indians have 0:00:17.440 --> 0:00:20.440 discussed the possible Trevor Barrow trade. We don't yet know 0:00:20.560 --> 0:00:23.960 how far down the road those negotiations are, but Bauer 0:00:24.079 --> 0:00:26.560 could be moved before the trade deadline. Another name on 0:00:26.640 --> 0:00:29.320 the block could be Yes. The Wee Cameras in Fall 0:00:29.360 --> 0:00:32.480 of the Athletic reports that we quote appears a particularly 0:00:32.479 --> 0:00:35.720 strong candidate to be moved in a trade. 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Frank standfall, 0:01:50.120 --> 0:01:57.640 ladies and tell me your ps and we thought we 0:01:57.760 --> 0:02:01.840 woke you inside to your overs. Do the the FFS 0:02:02.040 --> 0:02:06.520 action our live here on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network 0:02:06.560 --> 0:02:08.519 and of course brought to you by Sports Grid. He 0:02:08.600 --> 0:02:11.239 is Frank Staff, I'm Greg Excelsman. Eric Young is here 0:02:11.280 --> 0:02:14.000 as well as we continue our Pittsburgh Steelers discussion bleeding 0:02:14.080 --> 0:02:16.040 right in to our Action hour. If you missed it, 0:02:16.080 --> 0:02:18.440 to check out the Fantasy Hour for more of our 0:02:18.440 --> 0:02:22.680 Steelers coverage. But gentlemen, we left off at the big 0:02:22.840 --> 0:02:26.040 juna in my mind, and that's our guy, James Conner. 0:02:26.160 --> 0:02:28.640 And people are all over the map when it comes 0:02:28.639 --> 0:02:30.720 to Connor. You either love this guy or you you 0:02:30.760 --> 0:02:32.360 want nothing to do with him, because you're either buying 0:02:32.400 --> 0:02:35.640 these reports or you're reading between the lines. And reports 0:02:35.639 --> 0:02:38.120 have stated that Pittsburgh Steelers are going to be careful, 0:02:38.120 --> 0:02:39.560 They're not going to have a bell cow, They're gonna 0:02:39.600 --> 0:02:41.760 use Jalen Samuels, They're gonna use all the pieces and 0:02:41.880 --> 0:02:44.280 James Conner will get the ball. When he gets the ball, 0:02:44.440 --> 0:02:47.160 use the hot hand of it. People believe as I 0:02:47.240 --> 0:02:49.720 do that. Throughout his career as the head coach of 0:02:49.760 --> 0:02:52.880 the Pittsburgh Steelers, Mike Tomas used one guy. When lady 0:02:52.919 --> 0:02:56.359 On Bell was out, it was D'Angelo uh, Dangitel Williams, 0:02:56.680 --> 0:02:59.359 it was James Conner. When James Connor was out, it 0:02:59.400 --> 0:03:03.079 was Jalen Mills. That was it. There was no mixing 0:03:03.080 --> 0:03:07.680 and matching. There was one guy. To me, there's no 0:03:07.760 --> 0:03:11.640 reason to feel any bit differently this year that there's 0:03:11.639 --> 0:03:13.919 gonna be more than one guy. This is now James 0:03:13.919 --> 0:03:16.399 Connor's backfield, and I believe he should be drafted as such, 0:03:16.600 --> 0:03:19.120 drafted as a first round pick, and I expect a 0:03:19.160 --> 0:03:21.960 huge year out of Connor. Frank, Yeah, and you've kind 0:03:22.000 --> 0:03:24.120 of talked me into this as well. You mentioned the 0:03:24.160 --> 0:03:26.320 reports they've been going back and forth. The most recent 0:03:26.320 --> 0:03:28.840 one that we've heard from James Connor himself said, I 0:03:28.880 --> 0:03:32.320 expect to be used in a similar role as last year. Well, 0:03:32.440 --> 0:03:35.840 last year he was their workhorse running back, played seventy 0:03:35.920 --> 0:03:39.040 eight percent of the Steelers snaps. That was sixth highest 0:03:39.040 --> 0:03:42.240 among running backs. Last season, he was tied with who 0:03:42.320 --> 0:03:45.880 Ezekiel Elliott as the RB seven overall in fantasy points 0:03:45.880 --> 0:03:49.400 per game. Last season, he averaged just over twenty touches 0:03:49.440 --> 0:03:52.000 per game. I would label that as a workhorse running 0:03:52.000 --> 0:03:55.080 back he had only he had thirteen total touchdowns and 0:03:55.120 --> 0:03:59.000 only thirteen games played. Speaking of only thirteen games played, 0:03:59.320 --> 0:04:03.600 he had fifteen carries inside the five yard line last year. 0:04:04.360 --> 0:04:07.360 That was third in the NFL. Again, he missed three 0:04:07.480 --> 0:04:11.320 games and still ranked in the top five in running 0:04:11.440 --> 0:04:14.839 in running back carries inside of the five yard lines, 0:04:14.880 --> 0:04:17.120 So you know that the touchdowns are going to be there. 0:04:17.279 --> 0:04:20.279 He is a bigger, a strong back, you know, someone 0:04:20.320 --> 0:04:23.360 that obviously can finish off his runs and score touchdowns 0:04:23.400 --> 0:04:25.479 and finish off these drives. And he proved that he 0:04:25.480 --> 0:04:27.880 can catch the ball last year as well. Let's not 0:04:28.000 --> 0:04:31.520 forget we were talking about him being better than Levian 0:04:31.640 --> 0:04:34.680 Bell last season, which just seems ludicrous now to remind 0:04:34.680 --> 0:04:37.560 ourselves of that. But on a per touch basis, he 0:04:37.600 --> 0:04:41.480 average more fantasy points per per touch then in Levian 0:04:41.560 --> 0:04:45.040 Bell's career with the Pittsburgh Steelers. So you know, I've 0:04:45.080 --> 0:04:47.039 listened to what you've had to say, Greg, I've read 0:04:47.040 --> 0:04:49.880 all the reports. I've looked over the data, and I 0:04:49.920 --> 0:04:53.400 find myself settling in on Yeah, I'm in on James Conner. 0:04:53.480 --> 0:04:55.760 I'm okay with him as a late first round pick. Yeah. 0:04:55.839 --> 0:04:57.880 We've discussed this at length, and I thought you could 0:04:57.880 --> 0:04:59.320 actually make the case and he should go above some 0:04:59.320 --> 0:05:01.600 of the guys you like Melvin Gordon, Lady on Bell 0:05:01.720 --> 0:05:04.840 the Off for mentioned David Johnson even potentially too. How 0:05:04.880 --> 0:05:08.440 high are you on James Conner? Eric All right now? 0:05:10.720 --> 0:05:14.600 I have him on eleven two overall. I don't imagine 0:05:14.600 --> 0:05:16.480 you'll move the guys in front of him. I just 0:05:16.560 --> 0:05:20.240 I can't move him above those guys. Um, that's just 0:05:20.480 --> 0:05:22.480 in my opinion right now. But I mean, like you said, 0:05:22.520 --> 0:05:24.440 like things can change when we here start hearing the 0:05:24.480 --> 0:05:27.320 rumblings coming out of camp. They're saying that they're going 0:05:27.400 --> 0:05:30.480 to spread the ball around and have the other running 0:05:30.480 --> 0:05:33.159 backs more part of the game plan. I'll believe that 0:05:33.200 --> 0:05:35.040 when I see it. Like you said, Tomlin has been 0:05:35.080 --> 0:05:36.760 a guy that has used his running back as a 0:05:36.800 --> 0:05:39.680 workhorse back, and I don't see him changing his velocity. 0:05:39.680 --> 0:05:43.000 The Pittsburgh Steelers is a winning franchise with Mike Tomlin 0:05:43.080 --> 0:05:46.000 at the head coaching position. They've they've won way more 0:05:46.040 --> 0:05:48.599 games than they've lost. And that's leading on one guy 0:05:48.680 --> 0:05:50.839 that can do both things, and that's what James Conner is. 0:05:51.200 --> 0:05:52.720 I agree, And that's why I'm surprised you have him 0:05:52.720 --> 0:05:54.600 all the way down it's twenty two overall because he 0:05:54.640 --> 0:05:58.400 could do so much. Yeah, like I said, that's it's early. 0:05:58.560 --> 0:06:00.640 I mean and and and for me, like they're you know, 0:06:00.800 --> 0:06:03.200 good guys that are ahead of him, Dalvin Cook. I 0:06:03.200 --> 0:06:05.640 could slide him down because of the injury risk, but 0:06:05.680 --> 0:06:08.799 I just believe that he is a better, a better 0:06:08.839 --> 0:06:13.240 athlete than James Conner. Uh, Damian Williams, Joe Mix and 0:06:13.279 --> 0:06:16.120 Aaron Jones, Nick Job. Those guys are all better athletes 0:06:16.160 --> 0:06:18.240 than than him. And he's a great athlete, is a 0:06:18.240 --> 0:06:20.440 great running back. But I believe that those guys have 0:06:20.520 --> 0:06:23.560 a more more of an upside than than Connor does. Yeah, 0:06:23.640 --> 0:06:25.680 I think that James Connor is the best all around 0:06:25.680 --> 0:06:27.520 back that they have on the roster. You look at 0:06:27.600 --> 0:06:31.480 Jaylen Samuel's he is a converted tight end in college 0:06:31.600 --> 0:06:34.040 into a running back, and last year he was fine 0:06:34.080 --> 0:06:36.279 when he filled in for James Conner. But you know 0:06:36.440 --> 0:06:39.080 he's more so looked at as a as a pass 0:06:39.160 --> 0:06:42.400 catching running back out of the backfield, and I think, 0:06:42.440 --> 0:06:44.080 you know, if anything were to happen to Connor, it's 0:06:44.080 --> 0:06:46.240 probably Jalen Samuels is the next man up. But they 0:06:46.279 --> 0:06:49.520 also use a draft pick on you. No, you know 0:06:49.520 --> 0:06:52.000 what I wrote in here, Greg Right, I wrote Blake SNeW. 0:06:52.880 --> 0:06:55.960 My mind's still on baseball. I wrote, Blake Snell. It's 0:06:56.000 --> 0:07:00.760 Benny Snell who they try bad for, you gosh, and 0:07:00.800 --> 0:07:03.080 I'm just still I get too much going on between 0:07:03.080 --> 0:07:05.240 baseball and football, trying to keep up with both. But 0:07:05.320 --> 0:07:08.240 it's Benny Snell who they drafted out of college and 0:07:08.320 --> 0:07:11.200 not Blake Snell. And this guy is a bowling ball. 0:07:11.280 --> 0:07:17.239 He is a pure early down runner. Pounds almost thirty 0:07:17.880 --> 0:07:21.800 rushing yards at Kentucky forty eight rushing touchdowns. He is 0:07:21.840 --> 0:07:24.200 an early down grinder, someone that can be used on 0:07:24.240 --> 0:07:26.360 the goal line. So I think they were just trying 0:07:26.400 --> 0:07:29.000 to cover themselves, Like if anything were to happen to 0:07:29.040 --> 0:07:32.360 Connor again, you know, he wasn't the most durable last season, 0:07:33.080 --> 0:07:35.200 then they can kind of mix and match with Benny 0:07:35.240 --> 0:07:37.720 Snell and Jalen Samuel's. But overall, I think as long 0:07:37.720 --> 0:07:39.960 as Connor is healthy, he is going to have a 0:07:39.960 --> 0:07:42.880 similar role to last year, which included right around twenty 0:07:42.920 --> 0:07:45.720 touches per game, which is very, very valuable. Of course, 0:07:45.960 --> 0:07:48.600 in a league where we were looking for the man 0:07:48.760 --> 0:07:51.280 at running back, we're looking for somebody that will not 0:07:51.360 --> 0:07:53.440 share carries. So how high would you put him, Greg, 0:07:53.440 --> 0:07:55.320 you're the guy, You're the James Hunter guy. Would you 0:07:55.360 --> 0:08:00.440 take him ahead of David Johnson. It's gotta put you 0:08:00.480 --> 0:08:02.120 on the spot. No, I know, I know you do. 0:08:02.560 --> 0:08:05.680 I'll say this, I'll take him ahead of Lady on Bell. 0:08:06.320 --> 0:08:08.200 I'll take him ahead of Melvin Gordon at this point 0:08:08.200 --> 0:08:10.040 certainly with the holdup, yeah, I mean I've lowered Melvin 0:08:10.040 --> 0:08:11.200 Gordon as well. I have them all the way down 0:08:11.240 --> 0:08:12.840 to like RB twelve right now and take me. That's 0:08:12.880 --> 0:08:15.600 if I'm drafting right now today. The David Johnson one 0:08:15.760 --> 0:08:18.280 is the toughest one for me because I also know 0:08:18.360 --> 0:08:20.320 that he's the guy and there's nobody else there, and 0:08:20.360 --> 0:08:22.560 if everything about that offense is what you think like, 0:08:22.640 --> 0:08:25.720 it should be a magical love for Chase Edmonds. No, 0:08:25.720 --> 0:08:27.560 no love for James Damins. Right, it was pretty good 0:08:27.600 --> 0:08:30.160 last year, he was it was fine last year. But 0:08:31.080 --> 0:08:32.839 that's the one of them. Closes with James Connor and 0:08:32.880 --> 0:08:34.559 David Johnson. I am taking Hi ahead of Lady on 0:08:34.600 --> 0:08:36.959 Bell with the jet stuff, So you would you take 0:08:37.000 --> 0:08:39.640 him six overall? Or is that too high? If no, 0:08:39.840 --> 0:08:41.839 I'm not not five picks are running. No, you're probably 0:08:41.840 --> 0:08:43.840 taking wide receiver, right. I told you I'm taking DeAndre 0:08:43.880 --> 0:08:46.040 Hopkins Devanti Adams before the crew running best, so I'm 0:08:46.120 --> 0:08:48.280 very clear. So pick eight, you're taking James Connor. I 0:08:48.280 --> 0:08:50.800 would do that. Yeah, all right, we're gonna come back. 0:08:50.880 --> 0:08:52.800 We'll wrap things up with e Y, we'll talk about 0:08:52.800 --> 0:09:00.920 Big Ben, and we'll wrap all fantasy conversations come next. 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We talk a lot about their wide receivers, 0:09:39.480 --> 0:09:41.640 and they're tight aim and they're running backs, but it 0:09:41.760 --> 0:09:44.719 all revolves around one guy, and that is Big Ben 0:09:44.800 --> 0:09:48.560 Roethlisberger and Frank. The narrative almost Ben's entire career in 0:09:48.600 --> 0:09:51.960 fantasy football was that he was a different player at 0:09:52.000 --> 0:09:54.760 hines Field than he was on the road. Does that 0:09:54.880 --> 0:10:00.520 narrative still hold true? Um, let's look it up, Greg, 0:10:01.280 --> 0:10:06.040 because I didn't have Ben Roethlisberger splits available. That's perfectly fine, great, 0:10:06.120 --> 0:10:09.960 but um, overall, I look at the you look at 0:10:09.960 --> 0:10:11.640 the end of season numbers that he puts up every 0:10:11.679 --> 0:10:14.200 single year, and yeah, there might be some inconsistency week 0:10:14.200 --> 0:10:15.840 to week, But the same thing could be said for 0:10:15.920 --> 0:10:17.760 Drew Brees, right. I mean, he's always been much better 0:10:17.800 --> 0:10:19.840 at home, and he was still always drafted as a 0:10:20.160 --> 0:10:23.400 top five quarterback for most of his career, not as 0:10:23.440 --> 0:10:26.400 early this season as in years passed. But uh, last 0:10:26.480 --> 0:10:29.400 year when it came to Ben Roethlisberger home versus road, 0:10:29.960 --> 0:10:34.439 at home, nineteen touchdowns, seven interceptions, a ninety eight point 0:10:34.520 --> 0:10:38.240 seven passer rating. On the road fifteen touchdowns, nine interceptions 0:10:38.240 --> 0:10:41.320 at point four passer ratings. So I don't think we 0:10:41.360 --> 0:10:44.319 really have that many concerns over Ben Roethlisberger between the 0:10:44.720 --> 0:10:47.960 home and road splits anymore. Uh, And I'm actually pretty 0:10:47.960 --> 0:10:49.560 excited about him. I think you're getting him at a 0:10:49.559 --> 0:10:52.200 discount right now. I mentioned earlier that if you played 0:10:52.200 --> 0:10:55.000 in the Super Flex League, if you can pair Lamar 0:10:55.080 --> 0:10:57.880 Jackson and Ben Roethlisberger together, you know, that's something I 0:10:57.880 --> 0:10:59.760 would look into doing, even if you play in a 0:10:59.800 --> 0:11:02.120 one quarterback league. This is something I did last year 0:11:02.120 --> 0:11:04.080 in the Flex league that we played in together. That 0:11:04.200 --> 0:11:07.439 this was an experts league where e Y was in 0:11:07.520 --> 0:11:11.720 it as well, and I took Ben Roethlisberger and Patrick Mahomes. 0:11:11.720 --> 0:11:14.280 Is my two quarterbacks in a one quarterback league. That's 0:11:14.320 --> 0:11:16.400 what I like to do. I like take one upside quarterback. 0:11:16.520 --> 0:11:18.280 If you don't get one of the elite quarterbacks, I'll 0:11:18.280 --> 0:11:21.040 take one upside guy. I'll take one quarterback that I 0:11:21.080 --> 0:11:24.160 consider safe. Ben Roethlisberger was the one I considered safe. 0:11:24.200 --> 0:11:27.440 Patrick Mahomes was the upside play. Obviously that worked out 0:11:27.559 --> 0:11:29.840 very well, so I don't mind doing something like that 0:11:30.200 --> 0:11:33.200 again this season. But been big Ben in the past 0:11:33.200 --> 0:11:35.160 three years in terms of Fantasy points per game, He's 0:11:35.160 --> 0:11:37.880 been QB three last year He was QB eight the 0:11:37.960 --> 0:11:41.480 year four. He was QB eight in sixteen as well, 0:11:41.559 --> 0:11:44.960 so that was that's basically been his floor. I understand 0:11:44.960 --> 0:11:48.520 there's no Antonio Brown anymore at this point in big 0:11:48.559 --> 0:11:51.480 Ben's career. I think that we I think he's a 0:11:51.520 --> 0:11:54.520 quarterback that that can also transcend the players that are 0:11:54.559 --> 0:11:56.800 around him. It's not like he's completely alone. He still 0:11:56.800 --> 0:11:59.280 has Juju, he still has Vance McDonald, he has James 0:11:59.320 --> 0:12:01.920 Conner to throw the ball too. We expect James Washington 0:12:02.000 --> 0:12:05.040 to take another step. They signed Dante Moncrief for a reason. 0:12:05.080 --> 0:12:07.760 They must like him. So in terms of being without 0:12:07.800 --> 0:12:10.160 Antonio Brown, I think that Big Ben will still be 0:12:10.440 --> 0:12:13.320 pretty damn good. He's throwing twenty eight plus touchdowns in 0:12:13.480 --> 0:12:17.560 five of his last six seasons. It's just I feel 0:12:17.559 --> 0:12:19.720 like there's there's some disrespect here when it comes to 0:12:19.880 --> 0:12:22.079 Ben Roethlisberger. They look at him and you're like, Oh, 0:12:22.080 --> 0:12:25.280 he's one year older. Does he really have that much upside? Well? Yeah, 0:12:25.280 --> 0:12:28.040 he's being drafted outside the top twelve quarterbacks and every 0:12:28.120 --> 0:12:30.679 year he finishes inside the top eight. I would consider 0:12:30.760 --> 0:12:33.840 that to be upside. Greg Eric, are you comfortable drafting 0:12:33.960 --> 0:12:39.080 Ben Roethlisberger as your starting quarterback. One quarterback leaks well, Um, 0:12:39.280 --> 0:12:41.920 how I haven't ranked no. Um, So I haven't at 0:12:42.000 --> 0:12:44.319 number thirteen. I have Kyler Murray just in front of 0:12:44.360 --> 0:12:46.920 him because of what I think that offense is going 0:12:46.960 --> 0:12:51.040 to be. But I mean, like I was saying, I mean, 0:12:51.040 --> 0:12:53.920 just finishes at seven or eight. Every year he's drafted 0:12:53.920 --> 0:12:56.600 outside of that and finishes better. And how we've been 0:12:56.640 --> 0:12:59.560 talking today, we believe Juju Smith Shooter is going to 0:12:59.559 --> 0:13:01.800 be one of the best receivers in the league. We 0:13:01.840 --> 0:13:04.480 believe Connor is going to be a very good, perhaps 0:13:04.559 --> 0:13:06.719 even a bell cow running back. And we think that 0:13:06.760 --> 0:13:08.400 the other two receivers are going to do well. And 0:13:08.480 --> 0:13:11.280 vas McDonald is going to be a top ten tight end. 0:13:11.600 --> 0:13:14.240 So I mean, if if you believe even half of 0:13:14.280 --> 0:13:16.880 that stuff that we've said, you've got to have Roethlisberger 0:13:17.000 --> 0:13:19.640 high because he's the quarterback. He's the starting quarterback. That 0:13:19.760 --> 0:13:23.640 is undoubtable for me. It's his health and his age. 0:13:23.720 --> 0:13:25.599 You know, those are things that that that worried me. 0:13:26.000 --> 0:13:29.439 He's a guy that holds the ball, he's beat up. Um. 0:13:29.480 --> 0:13:32.600 You know, he's never been a guy that fitness looked 0:13:32.640 --> 0:13:35.760 like a real priority for him, and uh, he's a 0:13:35.800 --> 0:13:37.600 big dude. But I mean when you get smashed on 0:13:37.679 --> 0:13:40.160 like that for for eight or ten years, it catches 0:13:40.240 --> 0:13:43.160 up with you. So right now I have them just 0:13:43.320 --> 0:13:46.920 outside of my my top twelve, but he could move 0:13:47.000 --> 0:13:49.080 up depending on what we hear coming out of training camp, 0:13:49.120 --> 0:13:51.360 how they're going, what's going on with Connor, if all 0:13:51.360 --> 0:13:54.360 the wide receivers stay healthy. You know, it's really far 0:13:54.400 --> 0:13:57.480 out to set your rankings in stone. But Roethlisberger is 0:13:57.480 --> 0:13:59.120 a guy that that I like, And I mean if 0:13:59.160 --> 0:14:00.800 I got him at twelve of I mean, I would 0:14:00.840 --> 0:14:02.920 probably be pretty happy with that. Yeah, it's interesting because 0:14:02.920 --> 0:14:05.800 this goes back to how people make rankings, right, Like 0:14:05.840 --> 0:14:08.680 you can make rankings of how how you rank them 0:14:08.840 --> 0:14:11.240 and how you think it should go. Because even though 0:14:11.320 --> 0:14:13.719 you has a bunch of quarterbacks listen ahead of Ben, 0:14:13.800 --> 0:14:16.439 he's not inside his top twelve at the moment. From 0:14:16.440 --> 0:14:18.440 the sounds of it's like, all right, if you wind 0:14:18.440 --> 0:14:22.640 it with manage your quarterback fine like that that that's okay, 0:14:22.800 --> 0:14:25.360 And I almost believe like that's how I'm going to 0:14:25.360 --> 0:14:27.680 have it. Also, like Ben's probably not going to get 0:14:27.680 --> 0:14:29.600 into my top twelve. Just look at some of the 0:14:29.640 --> 0:14:31.640 other names ahead of them, but all these guys go. 0:14:32.320 --> 0:14:34.240 I don't have any issue having been as my quarterback 0:14:34.280 --> 0:14:36.120 having a backup because he does tend to get injured 0:14:36.160 --> 0:14:40.960 a lot um. I'm okay with that. And Big Ben 0:14:41.400 --> 0:14:44.320 hasn't shown the signs that like Eli Manning has shown 0:14:44.360 --> 0:14:46.920 of wearing down, like he's the same guy. And I 0:14:46.960 --> 0:14:48.600 love James Connor, which I do. And if I love 0:14:48.720 --> 0:14:51.320 Jude Jujuice mimth Schuster, which I do, you have to 0:14:51.320 --> 0:14:53.920 like better Office Breaker, you have to exactly. Everyone's talking 0:14:53.920 --> 0:14:56.480 about how much they like Juju, and they like Vans 0:14:56.520 --> 0:14:59.120 McDonald and they want to take shots on Dante Moncrief 0:14:59.120 --> 0:15:03.040 and James Washington. You know, this is an old adage 0:15:03.040 --> 0:15:05.440 in fantasy football. If you like all the weapons on 0:15:05.480 --> 0:15:08.160 the team, you gotta like the person who's throwing those 0:15:08.200 --> 0:15:10.480 weapons the ball. I mean, that's partially the reason why 0:15:10.480 --> 0:15:13.000 we all like Jamis Winston so much this year as well. Right, 0:15:13.160 --> 0:15:15.040 we all like Mike Evans, we all like Chris Godwin, 0:15:15.080 --> 0:15:17.040 we all like O. J. Howard. That means we have 0:15:17.080 --> 0:15:20.160 to like the person who's throwing him the throwing the ball, right, 0:15:20.520 --> 0:15:22.160 that would be Jameis Winston. So I think the same 0:15:22.160 --> 0:15:25.880 thing holds true for Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Greggy, 0:15:25.920 --> 0:15:28.480 I'm gonna put you on the spot. Are you ready? 0:15:30.320 --> 0:15:33.480 What is a fair projection for Baker Mayfield this year? 0:15:34.240 --> 0:15:38.640 No rushing, Let's just say passing yards, touchdowns, interceptions, most 0:15:38.680 --> 0:15:42.440 people's consensus. Let's say top five, tops seven quarterback this year. 0:15:43.920 --> 0:15:47.640 I think it's realistic to say that may Feel have 0:15:48.640 --> 0:15:53.720 thirty five touchdowns? Is that realistic? He's realistic, right? Four 0:15:53.760 --> 0:15:59.960 thousand passing yards, I think that's realistic. Interceptions, I mean, 0:16:00.000 --> 0:16:02.600 exception you can He'll thrive you through fourteen last year, Yeah, 0:16:02.680 --> 0:16:04.680 I would say, let's just say around fifteen. That was 0:16:04.800 --> 0:16:06.760 the number of my head. Yeah, maybe a little more. 0:16:07.800 --> 0:16:11.200 Why can't big Ben put up those same numbers? Yeah? Exactly, sure, 0:16:11.320 --> 0:16:13.480 Like that's that's my point. And I said that yesterday. 0:16:13.640 --> 0:16:16.680 Baker's being drafted as like the QB five and you know, 0:16:16.720 --> 0:16:19.800 around pick eighty or whatever, and Big Ben's going forty 0:16:19.840 --> 0:16:22.960 picks later, and he's the QB fourteen and a DP 0:16:23.200 --> 0:16:25.680 right now, And I don't really see a big difference 0:16:25.720 --> 0:16:28.320 between those guys. Baker is not gonna run all that much. 0:16:28.360 --> 0:16:30.640 I mean, maybe he'll run a little bit here there, 0:16:30.680 --> 0:16:33.800 but mostly the damage he's gonna do for fantasy is 0:16:33.840 --> 0:16:36.960 what he does with his arm. And you know forty 0:16:37.400 --> 0:16:41.040 you know, four thousand yards to yards, thirty two thirty 0:16:41.080 --> 0:16:43.560 three touchdowns, Like I think those are similar numbers to 0:16:43.680 --> 0:16:46.480 something that Big Ben could put up. And you're getting him, 0:16:46.480 --> 0:16:49.040 you know, three rounds later than where you're getting Baker 0:16:52.040 --> 0:16:56.440 close to close. What's gucci. So I think the big 0:16:56.440 --> 0:17:01.720 difference is uh consistency with Ben on the road not 0:17:01.800 --> 0:17:04.560 as good. We we just we just that and it's 0:17:04.560 --> 0:17:07.520 not true. So in the past it's been true. What 0:17:07.560 --> 0:17:11.160 about maybe not last year particularly, but in the past 0:17:11.200 --> 0:17:13.040 it's been true. And the other thing is the upside. 0:17:13.320 --> 0:17:16.840 The Baker Mayfield upside is obviously, you know higher at 0:17:16.840 --> 0:17:19.040 this point, the ceiling is higher. But Ben finishes the 0:17:19.119 --> 0:17:22.800 QB three last year. I mean that there's not much. 0:17:23.160 --> 0:17:26.719 It's not much more upside than that. I agree, But 0:17:26.800 --> 0:17:29.719 I mean, I don't that's not happening again. Chances are 0:17:29.800 --> 0:17:33.920 that's not happening again. He just lets we love the 0:17:34.000 --> 0:17:37.080 juju we're in on James Washington or Donte moncre. Everyone's 0:17:37.119 --> 0:17:39.560 just like falling for this Baker Mayfield hype right now. 0:17:39.720 --> 0:17:41.719 I look, I get it. He's got good weapons, he's 0:17:41.760 --> 0:17:45.000 got Odell Beckham, he's got Jervis Landry. That's fine. He's 0:17:45.000 --> 0:17:48.240 still a second year quarterback. He doesn't have nearly as 0:17:48.240 --> 0:17:50.199 good as an offensive line as Big Ben and the 0:17:50.240 --> 0:17:52.320 Steelers do as well. I mean, that's something else that 0:17:52.359 --> 0:17:54.359 we can factor into this. I just think, you know, 0:17:54.520 --> 0:17:56.680 Big Ben led the league in passing yards last year 0:17:56.680 --> 0:17:59.879 here for fifty yards. Even if that comes down by 0:18:00.119 --> 0:18:03.760 seven hundred, he still might have more yards in Baker Mayfield. 0:18:03.760 --> 0:18:06.760 He's probably gonna throw for mid four thousands, maybe upper 0:18:06.920 --> 0:18:10.400 four thousands in yards this year. And I would say 0:18:10.640 --> 0:18:13.000 thirty right around thirty touchdowns, maybe a little bit more 0:18:13.040 --> 0:18:16.440 than thirty touchdowns. I just think that I think we're 0:18:16.440 --> 0:18:18.040 falling a little bit too much in love with the 0:18:18.040 --> 0:18:21.280 Baker Mayfield because it's second year quarterback. It's you know, 0:18:21.320 --> 0:18:24.359 it's it's the new, fresh, shiny toy that everyone always 0:18:24.359 --> 0:18:26.400 wants Greg for fantasy. And I think it's a little 0:18:26.400 --> 0:18:28.880 bit of a trap this season when when comparing those 0:18:28.880 --> 0:18:31.560 two quarterbacks. I am totally with you, man, absolutely with you. 0:18:31.720 --> 0:18:34.080 E y Final Final thoughts here on the Pittsburgh Steelers. 0:18:35.560 --> 0:18:37.400 I feel like you want to have as many pieces 0:18:37.760 --> 0:18:41.919 um of this offense as possible, and judging by our conversation, 0:18:41.920 --> 0:18:45.840 I'm gonna probably have to move Ben Roethlisberger up from 0:18:45.840 --> 0:18:48.800 where I have them. I I like all the guys 0:18:48.800 --> 0:18:50.320 that I have in front of him, but I really 0:18:50.320 --> 0:18:52.240 have to just stift through it. I mean, that's why 0:18:52.240 --> 0:18:54.359 you have these conversations. That's why you watch the show, 0:18:54.480 --> 0:18:56.720 That's why you you listen to podcast. You do these 0:18:56.760 --> 0:18:59.080 things because you can hear something that could change your 0:18:59.119 --> 0:19:01.400 mind and that this is where the most important work 0:19:01.440 --> 0:19:05.400 of the season is done right now. It's where Steelers 0:19:05.640 --> 0:19:07.000 any pretty good? This? Yes, why are you like going 0:19:07.000 --> 0:19:09.199 to win the division? Friend? That it's correct. I think 0:19:09.200 --> 0:19:12.480 you're getting good value right now. Are an underdog in 0:19:12.520 --> 0:19:15.280 the a f C North. 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