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Speaker 1: in South Beach, Miami. Dalvin's coach Brian Flores named Ryan
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Speaker 1: enough to uh put you through a flaming table, it's
Speaker 1: probably e y. If somebody's gonna do it, I would
Speaker 1: want nobody else. So, as I mentioned basically on today's show,
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Speaker 1: I want to start it off real quick. You know,
Speaker 1: we got a couple of minutes before the break, and
Speaker 1: you know, if we don't hit on all of it
Speaker 1: before the break, we'll touch on it afterwards as well.
Speaker 1: But everything that's going on with Ezekiel Elliott, I mean,
Speaker 1: this is real at this point, Matt, and you have
Speaker 1: you have picked nine tonight, so there is a chance
Speaker 1: that Ezekiel Elliott will fall to you at pick nine.
Speaker 1: I have pick five and I said this yesterday with
Speaker 1: Greg Sussman. I said, I will not be drafting Ezekiel Elliott.
Speaker 1: And look, I understand the upside that Ezekiel Elliott has.
Speaker 1: Two out of the three years that he's played a
Speaker 1: full season, he has led the NFL in rushing. The
Speaker 1: one year that he didn't play sixteen games he was suspended,
Speaker 1: he led the NFL in rushing yards per game. I
Speaker 1: understand how good Ezekiel Elliott is. Well, what everything that's
Speaker 1: coming out about. They could wait at least six weeks
Speaker 1: before he plays. They have a really easy schedule their
Speaker 1: first three games of the season as well. That where
Speaker 1: there's smoke, there's fire. And over the past couple of days,
Speaker 1: his ADP has dropped a little bit. He's down into
Speaker 1: you know that six point one range, So he's going
Speaker 1: pick six, pick seven, whereas for most of the draft
Speaker 1: season he was going as a top four pick. If
Speaker 1: he falls to you at pick nine, will you be
Speaker 1: selecting Ezekiel Elliott. Oh? No, I will not be taking
Speaker 1: him there. The only one. The first consideration I had
Speaker 1: is if I'm at the turn, then maybe, But I
Speaker 1: do think he's gonna sign at some point. It's not
Speaker 1: gonna be six weeks or more. But I'd rather just
Speaker 1: take a James Conner type, who I think with the
Speaker 1: Steeler's offensive line, the Steelers right there really isn't a
Speaker 1: more uh fantasily friendly team. You know the guys, you
Speaker 1: know their role, so I would go that direction, or
Speaker 1: like a DeAndre Hopkins if I'm picking fifth or something,
Speaker 1: I'm praying somebody to Zeke and I can off that way.
Speaker 1: You know I'm gonna throw a similar question your way.
Speaker 1: I know that you have been one of, if not
Speaker 1: the biggest Zeke supporter. I believe you had him as
Speaker 1: your RB one for the for the most part throughout
Speaker 1: draft season. But now we're getting closer. We're almost to
Speaker 1: that point where if he doesn't sign over this weekend,
Speaker 1: he's already gonna be ruled out for Week one. So
Speaker 1: Tony Pollard is shooting up draft boards right now. We'll
Speaker 1: talk about Tony Pollard as well. But e Y, at
Speaker 1: what point in the draft are you pulling the trigger
Speaker 1: on Ezekiel Elliott? Are you not lowering him at all?
Speaker 1: Are you still taking him inside those top four picks,
Speaker 1: or are we at the point now where we have
Speaker 1: to start to devalue Ezekiel Elliott for the season. So
Speaker 1: absolutely true, story. Last night, I did my home league draft,
Speaker 1: my lad draft of the fantasy season, and I picked
Speaker 1: nine in a fourteen team, and I took a Zeki Elliott.
Speaker 1: And uh, there's some questionable players in this league for sure.
Speaker 1: It's it's been going for fourteen years. Some guys that
Speaker 1: just I mean literally, they don't have any idea what
Speaker 1: they're doing. I said yesterday, I call these guys donators.
Speaker 1: Um uh, and they just have no clue, Like they
Speaker 1: don't know who's playing. You know, one guy tried to
Speaker 1: draft Bo Jackson. It's it's crazy, but I took Zeke
Speaker 1: at nine. If you honestly believe that Jerry Jones I
Speaker 1: want Tony Pollard starting and not in Zeke Elliott, you're insane.
Speaker 1: What he's saying, he's he's a smart businessman. What he's
Speaker 1: saying is he's fully prepared to have Zeke not play.
Speaker 1: He wants Zeke to believe that. He wants their agents
Speaker 1: to believe it. They don't believe that, and that's why
Speaker 1: this kind of situation is going on. I still believe
Speaker 1: in my heart that Zeke will be there Week one
Speaker 1: and play, and I showed it last night, taking him
Speaker 1: ninth overall, and I was happy to do it. How
Speaker 1: early are you willing to select Ezekiel Elliot? Why because
Speaker 1: you just mentioned that you think he's gonna be there
Speaker 1: week one, does that mean you're not devaluing devaluing him
Speaker 1: at all? You're taking him as a you know, a
Speaker 1: top two, top four pick. How early do you take
Speaker 1: Ezekiel Elliott right now? I get it. Everyone Psyche has
Speaker 1: scrambled from the Levi on Bell situation last year. Everyone said, no,
Speaker 1: for sure, for sure, he's gonna play, He's gonna play.
Speaker 1: This is a guy that had been franchise tag twice.
Speaker 1: He one percent believed he was he should be the
Speaker 1: highest paid player in the league. He was in a
Speaker 1: completely different contract situation than Ezeki Elliott and Melvin Gordon.
Speaker 1: If Ezekiel Elliott wants to make it the free agency,
Speaker 1: and trust me, he does, he needs to play more games.
Speaker 1: He needs to play games this year. He's going to
Speaker 1: play games this year. Jerry Jones knows that he has
Speaker 1: to pay this man. The window for them to win
Speaker 1: and win big is shrinking. Jerry Jones wants to win.
Speaker 1: Ezekiel Elliott will play Week one. I'm guaranteeing it. We'll
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Speaker 1: I can't sing the entire time without Greg Susan. I
Speaker 1: know Matt Modique is not gonna sing with me. I
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Speaker 1: So we'll save the singing for when Greg Sussman is back,
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Speaker 1: the Fantasy Best Friends Forever. I am Frank Standfeld, joined
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Speaker 1: at CTM Baseball Matt Modica of the Athletic. Matt, let
Speaker 1: us know real quick what you have going on at
Speaker 1: the Athletic for both fantasy football and fantasy baseball. If
Speaker 1: you're still doing baseball, Yeah, no, I'm doing baseball. We're
Speaker 1: gonna close it out going through the end of the year.
Speaker 1: I put the two starts every week on Sunday to
Speaker 1: the podcast as well, without Malki or just you know,
Speaker 1: setting you up for the week. And for football, I dropped,
Speaker 1: you know, the recent a DP report. I gave you
Speaker 1: a walk through of the of the first ten rounds.
Speaker 1: Who I like, what I see, what's interesting, what's interesting there?
Speaker 1: You know obviously Mac and Hilton you know, dropping my
Speaker 1: thoughts on that as well. So yeah, make sure you
Speaker 1: take that out Over at the Athletic Matt Modiica here
Speaker 1: live in studio. We have Eric Young over on Skype
Speaker 1: and we were talking about Ezekiel Elliott just before we
Speaker 1: hit the break. I'm gonna ask you guys, just like
Speaker 1: a piggyback question off Ezekiel Elliott that if you do
Speaker 1: end up with a share of Ezekiel Elliott at the
Speaker 1: back end of the first round. How early is too
Speaker 1: early when it comes to drafting Tony Pollard because we've
Speaker 1: heard the reports about all right, it could be six weeks.
Speaker 1: You know. You were just telling me during the break
Speaker 1: that Ezekiel Elliott only needs like three games of service
Speaker 1: time for this account as an accrude season. So there's
Speaker 1: a chance there's still a chance that Ezekiel Elliott misses
Speaker 1: a large portion. How early is too early to take
Speaker 1: Tony Pollard if you have Ezekiel Elliott as well? Well,
Speaker 1: I mean yeah, I mean, if you take Zeke, you
Speaker 1: have to hone in on Tony Pollard. Uh say he
Speaker 1: was going in the ninth round. I have to be
Speaker 1: interested in him in in the seventh round. And you know,
Speaker 1: depending upon who's there, how I set my team up,
Speaker 1: what are the running backs I have is going to
Speaker 1: be critical in that aspect as well. I mean, I'm
Speaker 1: kind of the same way with like Damian Williams. I
Speaker 1: like Damian Williams at all, But if I draft Damian Williams,
Speaker 1: I am making it a prerogative to have Darwin Thompson.
Speaker 1: Even if I don't have Damian Williams, I'm still making
Speaker 1: it a prerogative to have Darwyn Thompson. I'm just gonna
Speaker 1: be even that more aggressive. So Tony Pollard over the
Speaker 1: past two days of NFFC drafts going off the board
Speaker 1: at nine point three, that's a DP. So that's in
Speaker 1: the eighth round. E y, do you feel the need
Speaker 1: to have to get Tony Pollard if you also draft
Speaker 1: Ezekiel Elliott? You know, if he's going in the eighth
Speaker 1: round of some of these high stakes drafts, you might
Speaker 1: have to pull him up around earlier just to make
Speaker 1: sure that you get him. So are you willing to
Speaker 1: invest your first and seventh or first and eighth round
Speaker 1: picks in Ezekiel Elliott and Tony Pollard? Or is that
Speaker 1: just too much? Yeah? I feel like this year, more
Speaker 1: so than probably in the last four or five, I'm
Speaker 1: finding myself handcuffing guys, especially uh, you know, places where
Speaker 1: it's a good situation. Do I think Tony Pollard could be,
Speaker 1: you know, like like a decent running back in that
Speaker 1: in the Cowboys system? Yes, yes I do. He's not
Speaker 1: going to be a Zeke Elliott in my opinion, is
Speaker 1: Zike Elliott is the best or the one b uh
Speaker 1: running back? In the NFL and not just fantasy, Like
Speaker 1: this guy can literally do everything. He never has to
Speaker 1: come off the field. Um. And Tony Pollard, I mean
Speaker 1: he's just not He's not Ezekiel Elliott. He's not built
Speaker 1: like Ezekiel Elliott. He's not gonna be able to run
Speaker 1: in between the tackles. Uh. You know, he's more of
Speaker 1: a slot receiver kind of kind of build. So um,
Speaker 1: but I believe you should go after him. I like Matt,
Speaker 1: I was targeting him in the seventh round and a
Speaker 1: guy took him in the seventh round before me. And
Speaker 1: I mean, this is the craziest league I play in.
Speaker 1: You just never know what's going to happen. He is
Speaker 1: a guy that knows his stuff. He's a co commissioner
Speaker 1: with me, and he took his He took Pollard, and man,
Speaker 1: I was I was so mad. So I actually took
Speaker 1: Tony Pollard last night in the Draft Best Ball Championship.
Speaker 1: I took him in the eighth round and I didn't
Speaker 1: have Ezekiel Elliott. So the guy who drafted Ezekie Elliott
Speaker 1: was probably cursing me out, but I I looked at
Speaker 1: the upside there, and you know when you're playing a
Speaker 1: best ball, especially for an overall prize in a in
Speaker 1: a best Ball championship like that, I mean you're shooting
Speaker 1: for upside. So I figured, you know, what the hell
Speaker 1: in the eighth round Tony Pollard, if he ends up
Speaker 1: getting uh, you know, fifteen touches a game with Ezekiel
Speaker 1: Elliott out behind one of the best offensive lines in football,
Speaker 1: there is massive upside there. I just want to add
Speaker 1: to you know what e Y was saying about Tony Pollard,
Speaker 1: you know, really being more of a receiving back, uh
Speaker 1: than you know, your typical running back. He has six
Speaker 1: ft two pounds. He had a three year career at Memphis.
Speaker 1: He actually played with Darryl Henderson in college. Tony Pollard
Speaker 1: did not handle more than seventy eight carries in any
Speaker 1: collegiate season while he was at Memphis. He did have
Speaker 1: a hundred and four receptions total in his three year career.
Speaker 1: More so regarded as a pass catching running back. But
Speaker 1: I think there is something too. As explosive as he's been,
Speaker 1: as good as he's looked in the preseason, he's not
Speaker 1: going to be able to handle the same kind of
Speaker 1: workload that in Ezekiel Elliott would He never had more
Speaker 1: than seventy eight carries in any season in college. So
Speaker 1: just keep that in mind when handcuffing Tony Pollard with
Speaker 1: Ezekiel Elliott. It doesn't mean don't take him, but just
Speaker 1: you know, don't bring him up intil like the sixth
Speaker 1: round or anything too crazy like that. So you know,
Speaker 1: I want to ask you guys another question regarding Tony Pollard.
Speaker 1: And I was gonna save this for later on, but
Speaker 1: it makes sense now to kind of transition it in.
Speaker 1: Would you rather have Tony Pollard or Darwin Thompson just
Speaker 1: in a vacuum modica, not if you're a Damian Williams owner,
Speaker 1: not if you're a Stane owner. If you just want
Speaker 1: upside at the running back position, would you rather have
Speaker 1: Darwin Thompson or Pollard? Because they're now going within ten
Speaker 1: spots of each other in NFC drafts, Darwin Thompson is
Speaker 1: gonna be my preference here. I you know, as much
Speaker 1: as I do like Tony Pollard, even if Zeke comes back,
Speaker 1: I think you'll carve out a role, But I think
Speaker 1: Darwin Thompson is going to have a part of this
Speaker 1: offense without a doubt Look, even if Williams has seventy
Speaker 1: percent or seventy five of the offensive share twenty of
Speaker 1: the Kansas City Chiefs offense, here's a damn good thing
Speaker 1: to be involved with. I want to invest in chiefs,
Speaker 1: So I would go Darwyn Thompson over Pollard. Darwin Thompson's
Speaker 1: a d P is up to eighties six right now
Speaker 1: in NFFC drafts. As I mentioned Tony Pollard's ADP was,
Speaker 1: so they're going within nine ten spots of each other.
Speaker 1: Same question your way, e Y Darwin Thompson or Tony Pollard,
Speaker 1: just in a vacuum if you want an upside running
Speaker 1: back in that you know, eighth ninth round range. I
Speaker 1: think if I have Zeke, and I do have him
Speaker 1: in a lot of places, uh, then I would want
Speaker 1: Paul Pollard because I do feel they're similar type players.
Speaker 1: But like what Matt said is Kansas City, Kansas City
Speaker 1: Chiefs offense, I want as many pieces of that as possible. Um.
Speaker 1: And the truth is is, like everyone said, you know, statistically,
Speaker 1: I know Pat Mahomes is supposed to regress and and
Speaker 1: he's supposed to not throw fifty touchdowns, But I mean,
Speaker 1: I believe that This is a generational player. In twenty years,
Speaker 1: people will be talking about Patrick Mahomes, how he reinvented
Speaker 1: the quarterback position, how he came into the league and
Speaker 1: and just took up by storm and broke a bunch
Speaker 1: of records. I believe. I mean, if there's anybody in
Speaker 1: the game right now that could throw another fifty touchdowns,
Speaker 1: it's him. Uh in any reed system with that that
Speaker 1: that many skill positions players around him, and Darwin Thompson
Speaker 1: has really shown well I know what the preseason is,
Speaker 1: the preseason, but but every time the guys touched the ball,
Speaker 1: he's looked awesome. So yeah, I definitely want Thompson if
Speaker 1: I can get him. Yeah, and real quick to piggyback
Speaker 1: up for y point. We hear the word regression Fantasy baseball.
Speaker 1: We heard the word regression for Christian Yellick, and he's
Speaker 1: been even better. Tell us about that most How's how's
Speaker 1: that regression going? I don't see him not throwing at
Speaker 1: least touchdown? Piss. I agree with you, and I think
Speaker 1: he's over under right now is like thirty six and
Speaker 1: a half. I would be slamming that over based on
Speaker 1: the weapons that he has. It's Tyreek Hill. I mean
Speaker 1: nothing has changed. He has Tyreek Killy has Sammy Watkins.
Speaker 1: They've added me Cole Hardman, who was like a lesser
Speaker 1: version of Tyreek Hill on the field. With Tyreek Hill.
Speaker 1: They still have Travis Kelsey. They still have Damian Williams,
Speaker 1: who scored a bunch of receiving touchdowns down the stretch
Speaker 1: and in the playoffs as well. So when I saw
Speaker 1: that prop thirty six and a half passing touchdowns for
Speaker 1: Pat Mahomes this year, that is something where I am
Speaker 1: slamming the over. I don't see how he doesn't at
Speaker 1: least throw thirty thirty nine, you know, forty plus touchdowns
Speaker 1: this season. Real quick, We're coming up on a break
Speaker 1: and I'll introduce this. If we need more time, we'll
Speaker 1: talk about it when we get back. I have the
Speaker 1: fifth pick in the NFFC Prime Time today. Now I
Speaker 1: have a few running backs in mind that are in consideration,
Speaker 1: obviously wide receivers. This is full PPR. Matt David Johnson's
Speaker 1: ADP over the past week has slipped to eight point five.
Speaker 1: This is someone that was the consensus fifth overall pick
Speaker 1: while we assumed Ezekiel Elliott was going to play now,
Speaker 1: even with Zeke, you know, slipping a little bit. I've
Speaker 1: seen David Johnson still going in that four or five range,
Speaker 1: but in some of these high stakes stress he's actually slipping.
Speaker 1: I understand. The offensive line for the Cardinals has not
Speaker 1: looked good in the preseason. David Johnson had fifteen carries
Speaker 1: for forty four yards in the preseason. That's two point
Speaker 1: nine yards per carry. He hasn't looked great, but something
Speaker 1: is telling me that Cliff Kingsbury has kind of kept
Speaker 1: a lot of this offense under wraps throughout the preseason.
Speaker 1: I'm not really that worried, are you, because it seems
Speaker 1: like the rest of the high stakes industry is worried
Speaker 1: about David Johnson. Right, No, No No, I'm not really that worried.
Speaker 1: I'd probably maybe go Hopkins here at five if he's available.
Speaker 1: But for me, it's between David Johnson or James Conner.
Speaker 1: I explained, I explained my James kind of love earle
Speaker 1: on between those two David Johnson. First it's been David Johnson,
Speaker 1: but now it's really like a coin to us because
Speaker 1: I just think the Steelers, I know what I'm getting.
Speaker 1: It's a much better line it's been Exton Stone through
Speaker 1: the years. We saw with kind of do lationship before
Speaker 1: getting hurt. But David Johnson, it's terrible those things were
Speaker 1: last year was RB ten. This is going to be
Speaker 1: a better offense. It's the preseason. Don't really pay it
Speaker 1: no mind. They're not gonna show anything in my opinion,
Speaker 1: and that previo season. Yeah, I tend to agree with you.
Speaker 1: We'll get e y s thoughts we come back for
Speaker 1: guarding David Johnson. Is this slipping his a DP necessary?
Speaker 1: Doesn't make sense. Also, David Johnson versus James Connor will
Speaker 1: get those thoughts from e Y when we come back.
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Speaker 1: Deca live in studio. We have the psycho Eric Young
Speaker 1: on Skype as well. I mentioned before the break we
Speaker 1: were talking about David Johnson. U. I want to get
Speaker 1: your thoughts now. This a DP slip down to eight
Speaker 1: point five over the past couple of days in the NFC.
Speaker 1: Is this warranted? And would you rather have David Johnson?
Speaker 1: Or I know you, I think you're a little bit
Speaker 1: more down on James Conner. Would you rather have another
Speaker 1: running back over David Johnson that we haven't mentioned yet? Um,
Speaker 1: Nick Chobb is the only one that I would take
Speaker 1: over him. He's he's still there, But um yeah, I
Speaker 1: still like David Johnson. And then you know, like what
Speaker 1: Matt was saying with look at like this is a
Speaker 1: new offense and they don't want to play their hand.
Speaker 1: They don't want to show anyone what it's really going
Speaker 1: to be. Even with the terrible offensive line and the
Speaker 1: offensive line hasn't been improved. I mean, personnel wise, we
Speaker 1: don't know in this system what it's gonna look like
Speaker 1: because they're they're running a completely different offense. Having a
Speaker 1: quarterback that can run like that will improve the offensive line.
Speaker 1: There's not a single doubt in my mind that the
Speaker 1: offensive line will be improved, just because you have to
Speaker 1: respect the fact that Murray can run like the wind.
Speaker 1: David Johnson in the historically one of the worst offenses
Speaker 1: ever was still running back ten last year. This is
Speaker 1: a guy that is is I mean he's not maybe
Speaker 1: in his prime age, but he is still a young
Speaker 1: running back. Uh. He's a big body, can catch and run. Uh.
Speaker 1: There's been arguments to say that he's the best route
Speaker 1: router route runner as running back in the NFL. And
Speaker 1: he can still run between the tackles. He can do everything.
Speaker 1: And I still believe in this offense. I think it's
Speaker 1: going to be very interesting. I think they're going to
Speaker 1: throw the ball. Their defense is not good, They're going
Speaker 1: to have to score, and David Johnson is going to
Speaker 1: be the centerpiece. And I was actually talking about this
Speaker 1: with Greg the other day when we did our offensive
Speaker 1: line show. You know, talking about really good offensive lines
Speaker 1: and really bad offensive lines, and he asked me about
Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals and met. The way that I said
Speaker 1: that it kind of cancels out is by the volume
Speaker 1: that they're going to run. Right, So you know, even
Speaker 1: if we don't have as much efficiency that we hope for,
Speaker 1: when it comes to David Johnson, he can you know,
Speaker 1: he can have a low yards per carry and still
Speaker 1: be really good for fantasy. We saw that for Levian
Speaker 1: Bell his final season in Pittsburgh. He averaged four point
Speaker 1: zero yards per carry. Why was he so good because
Speaker 1: of the volume, how many carries he had, so how
Speaker 1: many receptions he had. So I said, with David Johnson,
Speaker 1: even if the efficiency is bad, that can be canceled
Speaker 1: out by the fact that they're running as many plays
Speaker 1: as they are and he's getting as many receptions as
Speaker 1: we hope he gets. Yeah, if you've seen the air
Speaker 1: raid offense. Look, if if I have David Johnson, I
Speaker 1: want him catching as many passes as possible, especially in
Speaker 1: the slot. He's just a nightmare matchup for anybody if
Speaker 1: that they could put on him. You show what he
Speaker 1: did the last time, you know, before he got injured.
Speaker 1: In seen. So I still have to believe that this
Speaker 1: is a guy it's gonna be tough to pass on.
Speaker 1: I I personally my motto is by the slide, by
Speaker 1: the slug, slide the slide, by the slide. Said by
Speaker 1: the slug. That sounds like, what do you mean by
Speaker 1: by the slug? By the slide? Here? By the slide,
Speaker 1: by the slide. When it comes to David Johnson, guys
Speaker 1: want to ask you about another running back who's been
Speaker 1: slipping down draft boards a little bit here, and it's
Speaker 1: Levi on Bell just mentioned him with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Speaker 1: We all know he's not with the Steelers anymore. He's
Speaker 1: with crazy eyes. Adam Gates in the New York Jets
Speaker 1: is a DP over the past week, Matt slipping down
Speaker 1: to eleven point nine. So this is someone that earlier
Speaker 1: on in draft season he was going in that mid
Speaker 1: first round range, right after David Johnson, he was going
Speaker 1: anywhere from pick six to eight. Now we see him
Speaker 1: going you know the end of the first round, that
Speaker 1: first round turn. Uh, you know, last night I saw
Speaker 1: him go at I believe it was to three. I've
Speaker 1: seen him go early second round in this best ball
Speaker 1: draft that I was doing. So, you know, any concerns
Speaker 1: about Levian Bell, I have brought this up. They're talking
Speaker 1: about him getting off to a slow start, using Time
Speaker 1: Montgomery to help him a little bit earlier on in
Speaker 1: the season. The Jets have a buy in week four.
Speaker 1: We could potentially not see Levian Bell fully unleashed until
Speaker 1: week five. And it's like, at that point, what is
Speaker 1: your record in fantasy football looking like? So I think
Speaker 1: that there are legitimate concerns. I put out a pole
Speaker 1: the other day. Would you rather have Bell, Chubb or Cook?
Speaker 1: Levian Bell came in last place? Matt? Does that make sense?
Speaker 1: Actually does? And look, he's been away from the league
Speaker 1: for a year. He's no longer on the Pitchburgh Steelers,
Speaker 1: which is you know, that's a big difference. I was.
Speaker 1: I was talking about the Steelers way and everything like that,
Speaker 1: and honestly, I would take Dalvin Cook and Nick Chubb
Speaker 1: ahead of him. I think Dalvin Cook's the guy that
Speaker 1: still isn't getting enough love here. I probably it's really close,
Speaker 1: but I'd go Cook over Chubb. If I had one
Speaker 1: bullet to shoot, I would go in that direction. So
Speaker 1: I get it. Look, Time Montgomery is somebody that Adam
Speaker 1: Gates really seems to like, you look good in the
Speaker 1: preseason and if used correctly, he sets up really good.
Speaker 1: You can really utilize him, uh in in the right
Speaker 1: offensive scheme. That said, look, Levian Bell's a DP and
Speaker 1: four primetime drafts right now is in the second round.
Speaker 1: It's too two, so he's not even a first round
Speaker 1: after four high stake drafts. In full PPR though, Man's
Speaker 1: that's round yeah, like in a full PPR. I mean,
Speaker 1: this is someone that can still you know, let's not
Speaker 1: get it twisted. They're talking about bringing back his touches
Speaker 1: a little bit from where they have been with the Steelers,
Speaker 1: because I mean, let's be honest, the Steelers were running
Speaker 1: the guy into the ground, but he could still give
Speaker 1: you sixty plus receptions this year. Matt, So you same
Speaker 1: question for you. I mean, you know, when it comes
Speaker 1: to Levion Bell, is this a d P slip? Is
Speaker 1: this warranteed? It sounds like obviously you'd rather have Nick Chubb.
Speaker 1: Would you rather have Dalvin Cook over Levian Bell as well? Yeah? Yeah, definitely.
Speaker 1: Um for me, Chobb is is the number one out
Speaker 1: of those three? Then then Cook and he's not too
Speaker 1: far down. What worries me is just he just hasn't
Speaker 1: been able to stay healthy. And I know we're not
Speaker 1: supposed to think about that, but like, he's scary. He's
Speaker 1: just scary. He's never never played, you know, more than
Speaker 1: a handful of games. When he plays, I mean, he's electric.
Speaker 1: You can see it when he touches the ball. This
Speaker 1: guy is an absolute freak running back. But but what
Speaker 1: worries me a little bit about Cook is You've got Madison,
Speaker 1: which they like, and you've got Boone, which uh, I
Speaker 1: mean he's a freak athlete too, so uh, they're gonna
Speaker 1: run the ball there. But with Levan Bell, there's just
Speaker 1: too many unknowns. Do I think Donald will be improved, Yes.
Speaker 1: Do I think their offensive line will be improved. Yes.
Speaker 1: But the big thing is is he's not Ben Roethlisberger
Speaker 1: and they're not the Pittsburgh Steelers, So I mean, he's
Speaker 1: just playing in the lesser of an offense and I
Speaker 1: just don't believe he's going to be as productive. And
Speaker 1: being away from the league for a whole year does
Speaker 1: worry me a little bit. And and he's and he's
Speaker 1: definitely long in the tooth for sure. For a running
Speaker 1: back in the NFL. And I mentioned at the top
Speaker 1: of the show that I will be selfishly asking questions
Speaker 1: throughout the course of the show. So, uh, I just
Speaker 1: gotta ask you. In one of my home leagues, it's
Speaker 1: a keeper league this this weekend, I'm gonna have the
Speaker 1: choice of Levi on Bell, Dalvin Cook, Julio Jones, and
Speaker 1: a half PPR. Which direction would you go in there?
Speaker 1: It's a keeper league. I'm not gonna end up keeping
Speaker 1: any of these guys because you have to give up
Speaker 1: the round value that they go for the next year.
Speaker 1: So I'm not gonna keep any of these guys. It's
Speaker 1: basically just who do you think is gonna score the
Speaker 1: most points? I guess I mean Julio Jones probably the
Speaker 1: safest is probably the Serfest and it's hard not to
Speaker 1: love what Atlantic can do. I'm probably gonna go cook
Speaker 1: you Dalvin Cook. Yeah, you just want that running back, right.
Speaker 1: But it's also the fact that you know they fired
Speaker 1: the police bo like week twelve last year, and then
Speaker 1: they brought in you know, it was Stefanski the final
Speaker 1: three weeks of the season. The past attempt drop for
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins from forty to twenty seven per game, and
Speaker 1: then what's his name got named as assistant head coaching. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Kob getting assistant head coach. That gave him some special
Speaker 1: kind of Basically, he's just helping them run the ball. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and he's gonna ensure his scheme, which I think is
Speaker 1: gonna pay huge dividends for Dalvin Cook. And I do
Speaker 1: think Stefan Giggs is gonna be the wide receiver to
Speaker 1: own over Over Feeling in this new scheme. Good point.
Speaker 1: And I also have Stefon Diggs rank one spot ahead
Speaker 1: of Adam Feeling myself, so we're in lockstep there. Good
Speaker 1: point that e I brought up regarding Dalvin Cook. Look,
Speaker 1: the guys missed fifteen games in his first two seasons.
Speaker 1: He's had his torn a c L, he dealt with
Speaker 1: hamstring issues last year. Earlier in the show, we mentioned
Speaker 1: Tony Pollard and Darwin Thompson as two of the best
Speaker 1: handcuffs in fantasy football right now. Add Alexander Madison to
Speaker 1: that list as well. Add Edo Smith to that list
Speaker 1: as well. You're just looking at running acts. Starting running
Speaker 1: backs on teams that have been injury prone. Dalvin Cook
Speaker 1: Devanta Freeman have been injury prone. So look at Alexander
Speaker 1: Madison and Edo Smith as two of the other top
Speaker 1: handcuffs in fantasy football this season. You know, I want
Speaker 1: to start this one off with you. It's regarding Antonio Brown.
Speaker 1: We just talked about one former Steeler. I want to
Speaker 1: get into the other former Steeler. This offseason, this preseason
Speaker 1: has just been completely bananas when it comes to Antonio Brown.
Speaker 1: You watch hard knocks, you see the video footage of
Speaker 1: his feet. It's disgusting and it's crazy everything that's gone
Speaker 1: on with him, you know, the helmet issues, which he's
Speaker 1: actually you know, worked into an endorsement somehow. So you know,
Speaker 1: maybe that's just the genius of Antonio Brown, Like this
Speaker 1: is just what he was trying to do the entire time.
Speaker 1: That wouldn't surprise me one bit. Is a DP has
Speaker 1: settled in at twenty one point to three right now
Speaker 1: in these high stage drafts. E y, would you be
Speaker 1: alright drafting Antonio Brown in that late second round range,
Speaker 1: that mid to late second round range? Uh? And would
Speaker 1: you rather have you know, let's say I think the
Speaker 1: next wide receiver after him is Keenan Allen. Do you
Speaker 1: like a B S A DP? Where it is right now?
Speaker 1: And would you rather have Antonio Brown or Keenan Allen
Speaker 1: in a full PPR league. I love both of these guys. Uh,
Speaker 1: but I do believe that Antonio Brown is smarter than
Speaker 1: everyone thinks. Like, look the rich kit richer. The guy
Speaker 1: refuses to wear the helmet, and now some you know,
Speaker 1: some helmet company is going to pay him a boatload
Speaker 1: of money which he doesn't need to wear their helmet
Speaker 1: and have a custom helmet made. Um. The truth is
Speaker 1: I back him, Like, if he wants to wear a
Speaker 1: helmet from then he should be able to. It's his head,
Speaker 1: it's his body. He should just sign things saying I
Speaker 1: understand that I'm wearing a helmet. That's And the truth
Speaker 1: is the new helmets aren't going to change anything. You
Speaker 1: can get a concussion by getting punched in the stomach.
Speaker 1: This is a bunch of concussion bull crap. We've gone
Speaker 1: through this on the show before. I'm not going to
Speaker 1: get into it. It's a bunch of mode um mumbo jumbo.
Speaker 1: Nobody knows about concussions. I don't care what anyone tells me.
Speaker 1: No one knows. Every person is completely different. But uh,
Speaker 1: Antonio Brown is maybe the one of the best receivers
Speaker 1: to ever play in the game. Derek Carr counter to
Speaker 1: throw the ball towards him. This guy's gonna catch it.
Speaker 1: I'm not as worried about him as everybody else. Like, Look,
Speaker 1: Derek Carr has not Ben Roethlisberger, but Derek car a
Speaker 1: couple of years ago almost won the league m v
Speaker 1: P on a team with with nobody. So you know,
Speaker 1: I think Derek Carr is better than people are giving
Speaker 1: him credit for. I think they're going to be improved. Uh,
Speaker 1: the run game is going to be improved with Jacobs,
Speaker 1: Jalen Rishard is gonna catch a bunch of balls. Waller
Speaker 1: at the tight end I like as a late sleeper.
Speaker 1: Tyrone Williams has been a good receiver if he's on
Speaker 1: the field. Is going to help Antonio Brown. Antonio Brown
Speaker 1: is a stunt. This is one of the best receivers
Speaker 1: to ever played. Matt Real quick a b or Keenan
Speaker 1: now in full PPR that late second round range. Who
Speaker 1: are you going Keenan Alan for Matt Modica? All right,
Speaker 1: when we get back. I got some questions regarding Joe Mixing,
Speaker 1: Chris Godwin, AMRII Cooper as well. We'll do all that
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Speaker 1: you about Joe Mixon. I saw him go three point
Speaker 1: one last night. That's picked twenty five overall. For the
Speaker 1: math challenged out there, Leonard fo Nett and Davante Freeman
Speaker 1: went ahead of Joe Mixon in this draft. It seems
Speaker 1: like the hate is going a little bit too far, Matt.
Speaker 1: I understand concerns about the offense and the offensive line,
Speaker 1: but we've seen running backs in bad offenses, in bad
Speaker 1: offensive line situations still perform for fantasy. Joe Mixon is
Speaker 1: one of and I believe this one of the ten
Speaker 1: most talented running backs in the NFL, maybe one of
Speaker 1: the five most talented running backs in the NFL. Has
Speaker 1: the hate gone too far when you see this guy
Speaker 1: drop all the way to three point one in drafts? Absolutely,
Speaker 1: As you said, he's one of the most talented running backs.
Speaker 1: If he was on an uber offense, they would be
Speaker 1: a lock first round pick. That's just playing and simple there.
Speaker 1: I understand you know, it's the bungalows and with the
Speaker 1: offensive line injuries, the A. J. Green injuries. But for me,
Speaker 1: when I'm in that second round. If I'm if I'm
Speaker 1: picking in the middle of where Frank will be picking tonight,
Speaker 1: I'm pretty much really hoping that a Mike Evans or
Speaker 1: a Joe Mixon falls to me, and I can, you know,
Speaker 1: start have my second round pick one of those two guys.
Speaker 1: I think that would be fantastic. Well, I'm happy you
Speaker 1: gave me that idea, Matt, because this might be something
Speaker 1: that I'm looking at it tonight in this NFFC prime
Speaker 1: time draft that I'm in. E y, in a full
Speaker 1: PPR draft, you know, this is something that I've actually
Speaker 1: thought about as well. Would you consider Damian Williams over
Speaker 1: Joe Mixing at this point because it is something I'm considering,
Speaker 1: just you know, when you put the offenses side by
Speaker 1: side and the fact that it is a full PPR league.
Speaker 1: You know, they're talking about the angles potentially using Giovanni
Speaker 1: Bernard more this year in the past game, so that's
Speaker 1: gonna take away some of the past work. Obviously, the
Speaker 1: receptions for Joe Mixon this year. In a full PPR,
Speaker 1: I think the argument can actually be made for Damian
Speaker 1: Williams over Joe Mixon. What says you? Yeah? And a
Speaker 1: full PPR for sure. I feel like the argument could
Speaker 1: get it could be made. I mean, for me, I
Speaker 1: don't know if I could do that if they're both there, Um,
Speaker 1: I think I'm gonna probably take mixing. I have him
Speaker 1: ranked two above Damien Williams right now. Um. But yeah,
Speaker 1: and a full PPR, I think it would be a
Speaker 1: really tough decision. And I think Damian Williams probably will
Speaker 1: produce more points in a full PPR. But but I
Speaker 1: don't really play in many full pprs. It's mostly half
Speaker 1: and I just think that mixing is Uh. He's just
Speaker 1: too good of a running back will like all the
Speaker 1: other stuff be damned. Like, Look, they're gonna need him
Speaker 1: to carry the ball and catch the ball if they're
Speaker 1: gonna be competitive, And he's gonna have a ton of volume,
Speaker 1: and we bought all three of us know volume equal
Speaker 1: success in fantasy sports. And here's also I'll say regarding
Speaker 1: Joe Mixon last year, his offensive line was not very
Speaker 1: good either. Matt he finishes the RB nine, so it's
Speaker 1: not like we haven't seen him perform with a bad
Speaker 1: offensive line before. I will say this, like he basically
Speaker 1: took over as the workhorse running back last year. They
Speaker 1: didn't use Giovanni Bernard last year as much as they
Speaker 1: normally do. So if they're gonna start to work Gio
Speaker 1: Bernard back in, it is something that I have some
Speaker 1: concerns about. But if, if, and this is when it
Speaker 1: comes to Zach Taylor coming over from the Los Angeles Rams,
Speaker 1: I'm hoping that he kind of uses Joe mix in
Speaker 1: the same way that Sean McVeigh has used Todd Gurley.
Speaker 1: I think that's gonna be the that that's gonna be
Speaker 1: the recipe, that's gonna be the formula. I'm not buying
Speaker 1: Giovanni Bernard getting in it. If something happened to him
Speaker 1: and you could, you know, you have Giovanni Bernard on
Speaker 1: your roster, Yeah, you can plug him, play him right
Speaker 1: in there. We've seen what he can do. But I
Speaker 1: think this is Mixon's role, you know, And I'm not
Speaker 1: really worried about him catching you know, Bernard coming in
Speaker 1: and catching more passages year, not buying a lot of it.
Speaker 1: It's kind of like in Chicago or they they're gonna
Speaker 1: scale back on Tarik Cohen when games are on the
Speaker 1: line and they gotta win games. Tarik Cohen's a freak
Speaker 1: and can help you win games. He's not gonna be
Speaker 1: up the field, so you know when he gets down
Speaker 1: to the crunch time the money players play. It's absolutely
Speaker 1: right you take Joe Mixon over Damian Williams. Yeah, I'm
Speaker 1: gonna do that. And I really like Damian wins and
Speaker 1: I love the Chiefs. But Joe Mixon, as I stated,
Speaker 1: if he was on a different offense, if he was
Speaker 1: on the Chief's offense, He's probably a top five running back. Yeah, easily. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think we can agree on that. You mentioned Trek
Speaker 1: Cohen actually tweeted out a video of him once again
Speaker 1: doing like that backflip catch that he does every year.
Speaker 1: I mean, the guy, You're right, he's a freak athlete.
Speaker 1: I want to do a little bit of like a
Speaker 1: lightning round here, just because we got about, you know,
Speaker 1: eight ten minutes left in the show, uh, and I
Speaker 1: want to get your thoughts on these. So, just regarding
Speaker 1: the Bears backfield situation, which rookie would you rather have
Speaker 1: for re draft this year? Not Dynasty, Matt Modica, Josh Jacobs,
Speaker 1: or David Montgomery. I'm gonna go with Montgomery for the fact,
Speaker 1: I just like the Bans organization and current situation better
Speaker 1: than Oakland. And Oakland has a really tough sled to
Speaker 1: start the season. It's like five games they can easily
Speaker 1: you know, end up ohing five and let's to get
Speaker 1: some tough defenses. So you know, Jacobs is going to
Speaker 1: be good and stuff. I don't think Jalen was shot
Speaker 1: is disappearing. I think he has that role. So for me,
Speaker 1: I'd go Montgomery here. You know, I'm gonna throw this
Speaker 1: one year way. How scared are we of Amari Cooper's
Speaker 1: foot right now? He's got this plantar fasciitists that they're
Speaker 1: talking about. I've seen Dr David Chow on Twitter say
Speaker 1: that he believes the Marie Cooper can play through this.
Speaker 1: Marie Cooper's ADP has slipped to thirty four point two
Speaker 1: over the past week, whereas earlier on in draft season
Speaker 1: he was like a borderline second third round pick. How
Speaker 1: scared are you of Amari Cooper's foot right now? You are? Yeah?
Speaker 1: I feel it's something you have to concern you're with
Speaker 1: your yourself with But getting Amari Cooper, They're like, look
Speaker 1: like this is a guy that came from another another
Speaker 1: organization onto this team. Learned the offense, you know. I mean,
Speaker 1: he was a very productive player in a system that
Speaker 1: he didn't know. I believe that their their system will change,
Speaker 1: the offense will grow under the coordinator more there this year,
Speaker 1: Um Gallup is going to take a big step forward
Speaker 1: and that's going to help him. Marie Cooper doc is
Speaker 1: you know he's planning for a contract. Uh. I've already
Speaker 1: stated my fact of what I think. Ezekiel Elliott will
Speaker 1: be there week one. I still believe that Um and
Speaker 1: I think Amari Cooper is going to be a big
Speaker 1: time Fantasy contributor in this year. Matt Modica. Duke Johnson's
Speaker 1: a DP is up to fifty seven point eight over
Speaker 1: the past couple of days in NFFC drafts, So that
Speaker 1: puts him at the end of the fifth round. How
Speaker 1: early is too early for Duke Johnson. I think that's
Speaker 1: a you know, a good spot for him. When you
Speaker 1: look at the fifth round, you're looking at these past
Speaker 1: catching backs for the most part, you know, I see
Speaker 1: like a DJ Moore falling into the fifth round. Dj
Speaker 1: d Moore, try man, don't even hesitate you hit select,
Speaker 1: But yeah, I think David David, I think Duke Johnson
Speaker 1: here is uh is a very good pick. I would
Speaker 1: take Miles Sanders over Miles Sanders over Duke Johnson. Howbout
Speaker 1: Duke Johnson versus James White? Who you got there? I'm
Speaker 1: gonna go with Duke Johnson this year and James right
Speaker 1: to be one of my favorite fantasy players of all time,
Speaker 1: but now his price. He was always somebody that was
Speaker 1: there for you later on. Now you're paying for it.
Speaker 1: So I would go with Duke yeah, and plus with
Speaker 1: Josh Gordon there, Julian Edelman, And now to Marrius Thomas.
Speaker 1: The Ghosts of Damarius Thomas is back. I don't know
Speaker 1: if anyone was watching preseason last night. I mean, what
Speaker 1: is going on with modern medicine where we're at the
Speaker 1: point now where you can tear your achilles and you're
Speaker 1: back in eight months like you didn't even miss a beat.
Speaker 1: Emmanuel Sanders someone who's risen up draft boards. To Marius
Speaker 1: Thomas goes seven eighty seven and two last night, seven
Speaker 1: receptions eighty seven yards, two touchdowns in the fourth preseason game.
Speaker 1: So y, I'll throw this one your way. Is the
Speaker 1: Marius Thomas worth a late round flyer right now? You
Speaker 1: know round fifth sixteen of your standard draft. Should you
Speaker 1: take a late round flyer onto Marius Thomas? Yeah? Why not?
Speaker 1: I mean he's playing, uh in a great offense. You
Speaker 1: mean that someone has to be the goal line guy.
Speaker 1: There's you know, Gronkowski is not there anymore. I know
Speaker 1: Edelman gets used that way and scores touchdowns. But I
Speaker 1: mean the reality is is Tom Brady wants a big
Speaker 1: body to like walk into the end zone turned towards
Speaker 1: him and then jump up and box everybody out and
Speaker 1: catch it. That's what Damarius Thomas has done. Uh, That's
Speaker 1: that's what he's very good at. Uh. And in that offense.
Speaker 1: I mean, we don't know what Josh Gordon's gonna be. Uh,
Speaker 1: he's a guy that's going way way in front of him.
Speaker 1: But the reality is is Damarus Thomas could have better
Speaker 1: fantacy value than Josh Gordon this year. Josh Gordon's ADP
Speaker 1: I'm happy you brought him up at e Y over
Speaker 1: the past couple of days is a DPS sixties seven
Speaker 1: point eight. So that puts Josh Gordon smack daddy in
Speaker 1: the middle of the sixth round. Matt Modika, is it
Speaker 1: Josh Gordon time? Because I don't know that. You know,
Speaker 1: Antonio Brown is someone who has a wide range of outcomes,
Speaker 1: and you know there's a very high ceiling. It's a
Speaker 1: very low floor. I think you could say the same
Speaker 1: thing about Josh Gordon. Give us the high stakes mindset
Speaker 1: for drafting someone like Josh Gordon in those middle rounds,
Speaker 1: because I think he still does have the talent obviously
Speaker 1: the situation where he can be someone that helps you
Speaker 1: win leagues. Matt Moodgan, I do agree with that, and
Speaker 1: I think, you know, he's got to be a strong
Speaker 1: consideration there. You look at his numbers from last year,
Speaker 1: especially after those first couple of games. The Patriots kept
Speaker 1: him around. They knew he was gonna you know, they
Speaker 1: kept this investment. They were with him the whole way.
Speaker 1: The league cleared him to play Week one. Uh, and
Speaker 1: you got Edelman has a role, Gordon has a role.
Speaker 1: They're a better team with Josh Gordon on the field.
Speaker 1: Now you have his personal demons that you have to consider,
Speaker 1: which can pop up at any time. So that's the
Speaker 1: hesitation as far as from me with Josh Gordon. Just
Speaker 1: another little fact, Patriots would have had the third most
Speaker 1: rushing attempts in the NFL this year. People don't realize it. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, I think that's kind of a correlation with
Speaker 1: tom Brady getting a little bit older. We saw that
Speaker 1: in the postseason where normally in the postseason that's where
Speaker 1: they lean on tom Brady, that wasn't the case. That's
Speaker 1: where they really leaned on Sony Michelle and Rex burke
Speaker 1: Head and James White and all those guys. And you
Speaker 1: know what's crazy. I was talking about this with someone
Speaker 1: last night. Matt tom Brady went from you know, one
Speaker 1: of these quarterbacks that you're getting super late in drafts,
Speaker 1: still getting him super late, someone that had no weapons,
Speaker 1: to all of a sudden, this guy has Josh Gordon
Speaker 1: to Marius Thomas on the outside and Julian Edelman in
Speaker 1: the slot and James White still catching passes out of
Speaker 1: the backfield and real quick on Julian Edelman. The last
Speaker 1: time he played six games a couple of years ago,
Speaker 1: put up fantastic line. Last year. If you take the
Speaker 1: twelve games he played and the three playoff games, it's
Speaker 1: an incredible season. So he's another guy that you just
Speaker 1: if he's there for you. He's just a solid bit
Speaker 1: and he has such a report with Tom Brady to
Speaker 1: where you know, even if Josh Gordon is playing, even
Speaker 1: if the Marius Thomas is playing, you know that Julian
Speaker 1: Edelman is still the go to guy. He is the
Speaker 1: number one in the pecking order. And if you look
Speaker 1: at his career splits with Gronk on the field versus
Speaker 1: without Gronk on the field, Julian's Edelman's targets, receptions, touchdowns
Speaker 1: per game all go up. And he actually had twenty
Speaker 1: red zone targets last year Matt only playing in those
Speaker 1: twelve games. So I originally I had said, I think
Speaker 1: that Julian Edeman was gonna put up a career year
Speaker 1: in terms of touchdowns this season. But now with Josh
Speaker 1: Gordon coming back and Damarius Thomas, those are some bigger
Speaker 1: bodied wide receivers. I am souring on that a little bit,
Speaker 1: but I still think that Julian Edelman could have especially
Speaker 1: in fill PPR. Look you get him in that mid
Speaker 1: third round range, that late third round. Look. I saved
Speaker 1: the best for last guys. It's Chris Godwin, the best
Speaker 1: wide receiver of all time, Chris Godwin. I took him
Speaker 1: at three oh eight last night in this Best Ball
Speaker 1: draft that I was competing in. Uh, the ADP is
Speaker 1: up to thirty five. E. Why, I'm gonna throw a
Speaker 1: few names your way and you just let me know.
Speaker 1: Chris Godwin or this player Chris Godwin or Marie Cooper?
Speaker 1: Are you for me? It's Marie Cooper. Chris he's a
Speaker 1: number He's a number one. Godwin is the two Evans
Speaker 1: is the guy there? Um? I like Chris Godwin, but
Speaker 1: the reality is is Murray Cooper I think is in
Speaker 1: a better spot that Chris Godwin or the Vikings wide receivers.
Speaker 1: I'm still gonna go with the fucking wide receivers. But Godwin,
Speaker 1: look I get look the opportunity for him there in
Speaker 1: the slot. Look at Bruce arians career with slot receivers.
Speaker 1: It's I know, it's getting crazy. He's a DPS in
Speaker 1: four n f C prime times. Oh my god, that
Speaker 1: early third round range. So I might not even get
Speaker 1: him in the middle of the third round tonight. Uh.
Speaker 1: Someone that I obviously was looking at you will throw
Speaker 1: it back your way. Chris Godwin or the Rams wide
Speaker 1: receivers is Brandon Cooks, Robert Woods and Cooper cup What
Speaker 1: do you got? Do you want? Oh? Jeezus, I think
Speaker 1: I'd probably take all three of those guys above him.
Speaker 1: I have him lifted uh uh Cook's Woods Cup. But
Speaker 1: I'm round my men and with cop on a bunch
Speaker 1: of my team. Um, he's basically the tight end there.
Speaker 1: He's gonna score touchdowns. From all reports as he has
Speaker 1: looked great and just as athletic as ever. So like
Speaker 1: he's a tip of the captor modern medicine and Modiga
Speaker 1: real quick. Chris Godwin or Julian Edelman, I'll go god
Speaker 1: with you, go with Godwin format mood. You want to
Speaker 1: thank you so much for coming in studio, Matt As
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Speaker 1: So what did? What did? Here's what you missed on
Speaker 1: the BFFs. Matt Modika here live in studio. We have
Speaker 1: Eric Young over on Skype and we were talking about
Speaker 1: Ezekiel Elliott just before we hit the break. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: ask you guys, just like a piggyback question off Ezekiel Elliott, Matt,
Speaker 1: if you do end up with a share of Ezekiel
Speaker 1: Elliott at the back end of the first round, how
Speaker 1: early is too early when it comes to drafting Tony
Speaker 1: Pollard Because we've heard the reports about all right, it
Speaker 1: could be six weeks. I know you were just telling
Speaker 1: me during the break that Ezekiel Elliott only needs like
Speaker 1: three games of service time for this account as an
Speaker 1: accrude season. So there's a chance there still a chance
Speaker 1: that Ezekiel Elliott misses a large portion. How early is
Speaker 1: too early to take Tony Pollard if you have Ezekiel
Speaker 1: Elliott as well? I mean yeah, I mean if you
Speaker 1: take Zeke, you have to hone in on Tony Pollard. Uh,
Speaker 1: so he was going in the ninth round. I have
Speaker 1: to be interested in him in in the seventh round.
Speaker 1: And you know, depending upon who's there, how I set
Speaker 1: my team up, what are the running bats I have
Speaker 1: is going to be critical in that aspect as well.
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm kind of the same way with like
Speaker 1: Damian Williams. I like Damian Williams at all, But if
Speaker 1: I draft Damian Williams, I am making it a prerogative
Speaker 1: to have Darwyn Thompson. Even if I don't have Damian Williams,
Speaker 1: I'm still making it a prerogative to have Darwyn Thompson.
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna be even that more aggressive. So Tony
Speaker 1: Pollard over the past two days of NFFC drafts going
Speaker 1: off the board at nine point three. That's his a DP.
Speaker 1: So that's in the eighth round. E y, do you
Speaker 1: feel the need to have to get Tony Pollard if
Speaker 1: you also draft Ezekiel Elliott, You know, if he's going
Speaker 1: in the eighth round of some of these high stakes drafts,
Speaker 1: you might have to pull him up around earlier just
Speaker 1: to make sure that you get him. So are you
Speaker 1: willing to invest your first and seventh or first and
Speaker 1: eighth round picks in Ezekiel Elliott and Tony Pollard Or
Speaker 1: is that just too much? Yeah? I feel like this year,
Speaker 1: more so than probably in the last four or five,
Speaker 1: I'm finding myself handcuffing guys, especially uh, you know, places
Speaker 1: where it's a good situation. Do I think Tony Pollard
Speaker 1: could be you know, like like a decent running back
Speaker 1: in that in the Cowboys system? Yes, yes I do.
Speaker 1: I mean he's not going to be a Zike Elliot.
Speaker 1: I might opinion of Ziki Elliott is the best or
Speaker 1: the one b uh running back in the NFL and
Speaker 1: not just fantasy like this guy can literally do everything.
Speaker 1: He never has to come off the field. Um. And
Speaker 1: Tony Pollard, I mean he's just not He's not Zekil Elliott.
Speaker 1: He's not built like Ezekiel Elliott. He's not gonna be
Speaker 1: able to run in between the tackles. Uh, you know,
Speaker 1: he's more of a slot receiver kind kind of build.
Speaker 1: So Um, but I believe you should go after him.
Speaker 1: I like Matt I was targeting him in the seventh
Speaker 1: round and the guy took him in the seventh round
Speaker 1: before me. And I mean, this is the craziest league
Speaker 1: I play, and you just never know what's going to happen.
Speaker 1: He is a guy that knows his stuff. He's a
Speaker 1: co commissioner with me, and he took his He took Pollard,
Speaker 1: and man I was I was so mad. So I
Speaker 1: actually took Tony Pollard last night in the Draft Best
Speaker 1: Ball Championship. I took him in the eighth round. And
Speaker 1: I didn't have Ezekiel Elliott. So the guy who drafted
Speaker 1: Ezekie Elliott was probably cursing me out