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Speaker 1: Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of I Heart Radio.

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Speaker 1: Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from my Heart Radio,

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Speaker 1: your weekly source for the nation's best fantasy football advice, speculation,

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Speaker 1: and whatever stupid stuff they decided to drop into the show. Now,

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Speaker 1: here's your host. Welcome to the show. It's Fantasy Football Weekly.

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Speaker 1: We are back for another edition. In this the fourth

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Speaker 1: and final set of division by division tours around the NFL.

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Speaker 1: My co host this week are Brian Johnson and Matt Harrison. Hello, guys, Hello,

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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Wild Wild West. Let's finish this cross

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Speaker 1: country tour, this grueling cross country I think it's spent

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Speaker 1: a month of breaking down offenses. What how these up?

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Speaker 1: Mostly about what these offenses are going to be different

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Speaker 1: this year? Because everybody wants to just replay last year?

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Speaker 1: Why do most of the cheap that you see at

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Speaker 1: this time of year, especially, they're basically just well, what

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Speaker 1: ordered they finish in last year? That'll be my starting point.

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Speaker 1: So unoriginal, But that's not what we do here, do

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Speaker 1: you hear? Do it would be more fun for us

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Speaker 1: to take a cross country road trip as a Fantasy

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Speaker 1: Football Weekly crew or do these divisions over a four

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Speaker 1: week span, which is more fun. I would rather have

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Speaker 1: the cross country road trip and I want to be

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Speaker 1: in Somebody sent me like I started. I did a

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Speaker 1: ving because I was thinking that might be the summer

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Speaker 1: I just like clean the RV one time. You rent it, right,

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Speaker 1: you clean it one time, and you go have fun.

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Speaker 1: Somebody sent me the Mercedes benz Um wind Star something.

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Speaker 1: I've seen a few of those Mercedes RVs around. Oh

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Speaker 1: my god, the things I'm amazing. But it was three

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Speaker 1: hundred thousand dollars and it's leaps too two. Now, what

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Speaker 1: are the advantages of this thing is it's it's just

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Speaker 1: like the size of a large van. So you're not

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Speaker 1: taking this enormous contraption right, But it has all of

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Speaker 1: imagine a Mercedes r V would have, unbelievable granted countertops. Yes, yes,

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Speaker 1: No problem, let's go to the probably rather hang out

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Speaker 1: the bathroom. A f C West and NFC West this week,

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Speaker 1: which if you missed any of the other other divisions,

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Speaker 1: you can go back through our previous podcast. We encourage

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Speaker 1: it to do that. And not only we gonna break

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Speaker 1: down how these offenses work, which is sort of the

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Speaker 1: main focus, just how does this offense feel like it's

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Speaker 1: going to come together fit all? And then we're also

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Speaker 1: identifying the riskiest player to draft compared to ADP for

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Speaker 1: to ADP. So that's the premise. We begin with the

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Speaker 1: a f C West and your reigning champions, the Kansas

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Speaker 1: City Chiefs. Matt, Yeah, you know that Chief's offense. It's

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Speaker 1: pretty good. I'm familiar. Um, it's kind of why they

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Speaker 1: and it's actually eleven if you include uh kicker Harrison

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Speaker 1: he's he's in there too. So let's start with the

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Speaker 1: big arm of Patrick Mahomes. He threw nine touchdowns last season.

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Speaker 1: Nicole Harder one of my favorite sleepers this year. So

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Speaker 1: He only finished as the forty nine wide receiver in fantasy,

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Speaker 1: to the Denver Broncos. Brian, this is a team with

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Speaker 1: out on fire with five touchdown passes across his first

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Speaker 1: Courtland Sutton really quick. Obviously, the wide receiver one on

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Speaker 1: Last year he finished twenty nine. UM. He shows all

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Speaker 1: the trades of an elite wide receiver. The main concern

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Speaker 1: is there's more competition for targets. Now, let's get to

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Speaker 1: that than there was last year, and that starts with

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Speaker 1: Jerry Judy, UH first round pick. UH twenty four touchdowns

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Speaker 1: across his last two seasons in Alabama. He looked amazing

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Speaker 1: in Alabama, spread offense so productive. The concerns are he

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Speaker 1: Ceedee Lamb. I'm never gonna get over that a lot

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Speaker 1: of people would have though you know it's it's not criminal.

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Speaker 1: You and I both think Ceedee Lamb was the right pick.

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Speaker 1: But I'm just stuck on are there any dinosaurs with

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Speaker 1: with long arms? You've got google right, long Armasaurus? Yes,

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Speaker 1: per catch was ten point eight, So let's that's uh,

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00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:06,160
Speaker 1: that's some impressive work after the catch right there. Yeah.

428
00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:08,320
Speaker 1: So the thing that really hurt him was his red

429
00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:10,800
Speaker 1: zone touches. He only had seventeen carries in the twenty

430
00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:13,240
Speaker 1: and only nine inside the five and Ran already talked

431
00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:18,520
Speaker 1: about Melvin Gordon is gone, So does he automatically get those?

432
00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:21,560
Speaker 1: Can he increase the rushing value without Melvin Gordon there?

433
00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:25,199
Speaker 1: I think the answer is yes, Um, Melvin Gordon had

434
00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:27,760
Speaker 1: more rushing attempts in twelve games than Ekeler did in sixteen.

435
00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:32,080
Speaker 1: So if you take half of A Gordon's a hundred

436
00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:34,560
Speaker 1: and sixty two rushing attempts last year, Okay, give him

437
00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:38,280
Speaker 1: to one more, it's another three forty rushing yards and

438
00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:40,720
Speaker 1: at least a handful of touchdowns if they give it

439
00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:43,240
Speaker 1: to him inside the five. And so, by the way,

440
00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:47,200
Speaker 1: I think Ekeler is mistakenly viewed as a scat back

441
00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:50,600
Speaker 1: because he's a past catching back. People think that he's

442
00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:54,000
Speaker 1: that he's a slighter build than he is house. He's

443
00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:56,720
Speaker 1: a muscular dude. He can run inside and he could

444
00:23:56,760 --> 00:23:59,640
Speaker 1: be a goal line back. Uh, well, they let him

445
00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:01,840
Speaker 1: there are there are at least two other running backs

446
00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:04,960
Speaker 1: on roster that could end up being goal line factor. Yeah,

447
00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:08,160
Speaker 1: and that's Joshua Kelly and Justin Jackson. Both are going

448
00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:11,199
Speaker 1: off way late in drafts. And I know that. Uh.

449
00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:13,080
Speaker 1: I know, Brian on the show has been a big

450
00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:16,800
Speaker 1: Justin Jackson fan. But man, I think Austin Ekeler is

451
00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:19,080
Speaker 1: just that good and I think that they're gonna roll

452
00:24:19,119 --> 00:24:24,000
Speaker 1: with him this year. Um. Lastly on Eckler, uh, let

453
00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:25,520
Speaker 1: me see it. I had to move around in my

454
00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:32,359
Speaker 1: little sheet tibboo. Right now I'm scatting um. So basically,

455
00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:34,720
Speaker 1: it's it's Carolina all over again. It's a it's a

456
00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:38,080
Speaker 1: quarterback with mid range average depth of target. He liked

457
00:24:38,119 --> 00:24:40,760
Speaker 1: to feature his multitool running back in the past and

458
00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:43,480
Speaker 1: the third round. Eckler's probably one of the safer picks

459
00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:45,639
Speaker 1: and Fantasy I actually like him a lot. He's my

460
00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:49,520
Speaker 1: safety play. Uh. In Taylor's three years in Buffalo, he

461
00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:53,719
Speaker 1: only had one wide receiver crack the top fifty in

462
00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:57,280
Speaker 1: Fantasy points scored in that position. That was Sammy Watkins.

463
00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:00,320
Speaker 1: He did not have a top fifty recent eve in

464
00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:03,080
Speaker 1: sixteen or seventeen, and he had Robert Woods there for

465
00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:05,200
Speaker 1: the for at least part, if not all, of those years.

466
00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:08,440
Speaker 1: So my riskiest player. You may think it's Keenan Allen.

467
00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:11,480
Speaker 1: I would it's not. He's going out in the fourth

468
00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:14,040
Speaker 1: round and he's getting a new quarterback. You're close. It's

469
00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:18,240
Speaker 1: Mike Williams. Williams is a deep threat and a touchdown

470
00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:21,280
Speaker 1: guy who only scored twice last year. By the way,

471
00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:24,919
Speaker 1: his average depth of target was eighteen point three compared

472
00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:27,800
Speaker 1: to Alan, who runs primarily safe routes from the slot

473
00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:31,919
Speaker 1: at ten point three yards downfield. That's right tyrods range.

474
00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:35,000
Speaker 1: So I I like, I like Allen to continue to

475
00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:38,199
Speaker 1: get the targets and the receptions. I think Williams is

476
00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:40,679
Speaker 1: just a don't touch kind of guy, similar to Curtis

477
00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:44,080
Speaker 1: Samuel and the Panthers. So that that's the guy I'm avoiding.

478
00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:46,960
Speaker 1: What do you think about Hunter Henry because obviously you

479
00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:50,359
Speaker 1: know he's still widely viewed as a top five fantasy yeah,

480
00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:53,640
Speaker 1: and off at tight end number seven right now, seventy

481
00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:57,840
Speaker 1: two overall, so the end of the sixth round. Um,

482
00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:01,040
Speaker 1: the dude is just produced every time time when he's healthy,

483
00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:04,320
Speaker 1: and and he by all accounts he's healthy right now,

484
00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:07,439
Speaker 1: hasn't done anything in a while. So I think I

485
00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:10,639
Speaker 1: think Hunter Henry, who's in that same range down field

486
00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:13,280
Speaker 1: at with the high percentage throws, I think he's in

487
00:26:13,359 --> 00:26:16,560
Speaker 1: for for some fine play as well. So Mike Williams

488
00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:18,920
Speaker 1: is the guy I'm avoiding. By the way, he's going

489
00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:22,639
Speaker 1: off the board at nine seven overall wide receiver forty

490
00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:25,160
Speaker 1: That seems really early for a guy who scored two

491
00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:28,479
Speaker 1: touchdowns last year. All right, let's go to San Francisco. Brian.

492
00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:31,800
Speaker 1: This is obviously a super Bowl caliber team, but we've

493
00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:34,800
Speaker 1: got a number of new faces in this offense and

494
00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:37,600
Speaker 1: changes in the offense with uh the the additions at

495
00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:40,000
Speaker 1: wide receiver, we've got where he most are walking in

496
00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:42,880
Speaker 1: as your probable starter. This is a different offense than

497
00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:45,760
Speaker 1: the one that we the one that we've saw, especially

498
00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:48,440
Speaker 1: at this time last year. Yeah, and for fantasy purposes,

499
00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:51,280
Speaker 1: it wasn't a very exciting offense last year. San fran

500
00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:54,119
Speaker 1: ran Or passed the ball forty eight point six percent

501
00:26:54,119 --> 00:26:56,040
Speaker 1: of the time. That was thirty first. They ran the

502
00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:58,440
Speaker 1: ball fifty one four percent. That was the second most

503
00:26:58,520 --> 00:27:02,160
Speaker 1: rushing plays by percent. Did score three point two offensive

504
00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:04,720
Speaker 1: touchdowns per game, though that was fourth most, one of

505
00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:07,520
Speaker 1: four teams to average more than three touchdowns per game

506
00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:11,359
Speaker 1: offensive touchdowns that is. Joe Staley retired at left tackle.

507
00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:14,000
Speaker 1: It's a big loss, but just bringing Trent Williams all

508
00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:19,280
Speaker 1: world left assuming he's still all world we have, yeah years,

509
00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:22,200
Speaker 1: he's still in his twenties, late twenties, al Right, I

510
00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:24,760
Speaker 1: think he should be just fine. But uh so, Yeah,

511
00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:26,920
Speaker 1: Jimmy G's got a pretty solid line in front of him.

512
00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:29,920
Speaker 1: Not elite, but definitely very solid. Uh, speaking of Jimmy

513
00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:32,880
Speaker 1: g going off the board in the early twelfth right now,

514
00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:36,880
Speaker 1: at quarterback twenty a little high for me. Only four

515
00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:39,760
Speaker 1: top ten finishes at quarterback last year for Jimmy, three

516
00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:42,240
Speaker 1: of them came in the first ten games, and two

517
00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:45,240
Speaker 1: of those three were against the Cardinals. You will face

518
00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:47,040
Speaker 1: the Cardinals twice again this year. Of course, it has

519
00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:49,640
Speaker 1: every year as long as he's a forty niner. But really,

520
00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:51,639
Speaker 1: you know, San Francisco just needs him to be a

521
00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:54,639
Speaker 1: system quarterback. They want a playoff game when he had

522
00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:58,720
Speaker 1: seventy seven passing yards and zero touchdowns. Yeah, so they

523
00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:00,560
Speaker 1: want to play a good defense, They want to run

524
00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:03,919
Speaker 1: the ball for fantasy purposes. I'm not loving Garoppolo a

525
00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:06,399
Speaker 1: whole lot, but I will say this. I will say

526
00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:09,360
Speaker 1: this one stat and it's very interesting from Ian Hartet's

527
00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:13,120
Speaker 1: of Pro Football Focus. The most yards per pass attempt

528
00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:18,080
Speaker 1: in excluding screen passes with a minimum of a hundred attempts,

529
00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:20,159
Speaker 1: so basically a hundred a minimum a hundred attempts that

530
00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:23,800
Speaker 1: weren't screen passes. The average yards per attempt Ryan Tannehill

531
00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:27,360
Speaker 1: nine point seven. And then Jimmy Garoppolo and Patrick Mahomes

532
00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:31,040
Speaker 1: retired at eight point eight. So if San Fran reverts

533
00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:33,400
Speaker 1: back to a couple of years ago when the defense

534
00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:37,680
Speaker 1: was crap, Yeah, well I don't think that's quite gonna happen,

535
00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:40,960
Speaker 1: right Well, probably not, but they were very bad not

536
00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:43,360
Speaker 1: long ago. But yes, there are much better, they're more improved.

537
00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:46,600
Speaker 1: If the team I'm from the defensive side takes one

538
00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:49,480
Speaker 1: per se, there is some hope for Garoppolo. But I

539
00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:51,640
Speaker 1: still think there's more hope than you're giving him because

540
00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:55,760
Speaker 1: of the improvements at the wide receiver position compared especially

541
00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:58,800
Speaker 1: covert to where they were rolling into last season, where

542
00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:01,760
Speaker 1: they were banking on our Key's Goodwin always banged up,

543
00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:04,480
Speaker 1: heard her was heard every you know, all the problems

544
00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:07,080
Speaker 1: they had at receiver last year. They roll into this

545
00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:10,640
Speaker 1: year with a first round pick, a receiver Deebo Samuel

546
00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:12,920
Speaker 1: coming off that great second half and playoff run that

547
00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:15,640
Speaker 1: he had. I just feel like this is a this

548
00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:19,160
Speaker 1: is an opportunity now for Garoppolo to be materially better

549
00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:21,960
Speaker 1: because the receivers are Yeah. Well, let's just let's not

550
00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:24,240
Speaker 1: kiddle out of the way real quick. All I'll say

551
00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:28,560
Speaker 1: about George Kittle final year of rookie deal. Wants money

552
00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:31,880
Speaker 1: motivation is there tight end two right now though, and

553
00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:33,760
Speaker 1: by a DP, you're taking Kiddle or Kelsey if you

554
00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:36,560
Speaker 1: want on a tight end. I'm I'm still taking Kelsey

555
00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:39,440
Speaker 1: fair enough. I'm all part of that Chief's offense. Um.

556
00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:42,680
Speaker 1: So Deebo Samuel, let's talk about the wide receivers. Unfortunately

557
00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:45,800
Speaker 1: suffered this Jones fracture not long ago. Timetable twelve to

558
00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:48,960
Speaker 1: sixteen weeks. He probably not going to be full go

559
00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:52,600
Speaker 1: until second third week of the season if all goes

560
00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:55,400
Speaker 1: well for him. The interesting thing about Deebo is he

561
00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:58,040
Speaker 1: did have a strong second half, but his big games

562
00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:00,360
Speaker 1: where he was like top twelve and in side at

563
00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:03,400
Speaker 1: wide receiver, there's a handful he had a rushing touchdown

564
00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:06,760
Speaker 1: each one of those games that. Seriously, he's an amazing

565
00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:09,960
Speaker 1: real life football player. He really is. He's a great athlete,

566
00:30:10,120 --> 00:30:11,880
Speaker 1: he is. And yeah, he can run the ball catch

567
00:30:11,880 --> 00:30:14,720
Speaker 1: the ball, of course, and it doesn't I know, running

568
00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:18,360
Speaker 1: you can never predict a wide receiver rushing touchdowns, but

569
00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:21,240
Speaker 1: he could. I mean, it's not like a total flute.

570
00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:24,320
Speaker 1: If you're gonna if you're gonna predict the best chance

571
00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:26,640
Speaker 1: for what wide receiver, he's gonna be one of them

572
00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:29,800
Speaker 1: for sure, but I don't. For me, it's been a

573
00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:32,760
Speaker 1: I'm fading the forty Niners past tack and this one.

574
00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:35,520
Speaker 1: The forty Niners wide receivers average nine and a half

575
00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:38,480
Speaker 1: catches per game as a whole last year, and I

576
00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:41,720
Speaker 1: know they're better, and they are better, but I don't

577
00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:44,640
Speaker 1: know you can. Let's get to him right now, sixteenth

578
00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:48,480
Speaker 1: round and redraft wide receiver sixty. Uh probably going to

579
00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:50,600
Speaker 1: be the top wide receiver option going into the season

580
00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:55,520
Speaker 1: with Samuel dinged up. UM, I'm worried about rookie wide

581
00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:58,360
Speaker 1: receivers this year with no no mini camps and uh

582
00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:01,000
Speaker 1: nine point five catches a game game, I'm fading on you.

583
00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:03,000
Speaker 1: I'm still fading Samuel even though he was going off

584
00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:05,200
Speaker 1: the board cheaper. If you're looking for a fill in

585
00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:08,200
Speaker 1: for Samuel, people are going to Jalen Heard right now,

586
00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:11,120
Speaker 1: rookie wide out at a Baylor draft in the third round,

587
00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:14,040
Speaker 1: six thirty. He's a beast, but he's he's raw. But

588
00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:16,680
Speaker 1: I think Kendrick Kendrick Born is the guy I target

589
00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:19,440
Speaker 1: out of any wide receiver for the forty Niners only

590
00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:22,480
Speaker 1: two games with six targets last year, but in both

591
00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:25,520
Speaker 1: those games. He caught uh touchdown and went over forty yards.

592
00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:27,400
Speaker 1: We saw six targets, so I saw they're trying to

593
00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:30,440
Speaker 1: extend him right now the um and I think they will.

594
00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:32,960
Speaker 1: And then um, so I don't know the receiving corps

595
00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:34,959
Speaker 1: of mess. You really need to see what's happen, what's

596
00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:36,959
Speaker 1: up with debot as we need closer to the season.

597
00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:40,240
Speaker 1: But I'm not super optimistic from a fantasy standpoint for

598
00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:41,920
Speaker 1: any of them. Um, we do have to talk to

599
00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:45,520
Speaker 1: running backs to very cool. I'll go as quickly as possible.

600
00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:48,160
Speaker 1: This is a sticky team. Raheem Mostert going off in

601
00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:50,960
Speaker 1: the mid sixth as RB twenty three, what a perfect

602
00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:55,080
Speaker 1: do the opposite running back is perfect for the opposite

603
00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:57,680
Speaker 1: And then there's still Tevin Coleman of course going in

604
00:31:57,720 --> 00:32:00,360
Speaker 1: the mid ninth. Right now, is we just talk about

605
00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:03,960
Speaker 1: Tvin Coleman for a minute. How about he sucks? He's

606
00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:06,280
Speaker 1: just not good. So you know, I just don't think,

607
00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:08,280
Speaker 1: you know, as great as this offense can be, especially

608
00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:10,120
Speaker 1: for any running back, seems to be able to produce

609
00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:13,560
Speaker 1: in it where he most starts better by any criteria,

610
00:32:13,680 --> 00:32:16,200
Speaker 1: I think than Tevin Coleman, just as a running back

611
00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:19,360
Speaker 1: and so I think I think most are gets the

612
00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:22,080
Speaker 1: absolutely gets the first crack at the majority of work.

613
00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:24,480
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, no doubt most are. It's last six games

614
00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:27,280
Speaker 1: last year finished inside the top twenty among running backs,

615
00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:29,640
Speaker 1: and all of them. Four of those six were inside

616
00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:32,400
Speaker 1: the top ten. You're not even talking about the playoffs

617
00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:37,800
Speaker 1: where he regular they did was just run him. Tevin Coleman,

618
00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:40,440
Speaker 1: Mostart each carried the ball a hundred thirty seven times

619
00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:44,040
Speaker 1: last year. Mostart finished with two twenty eight more rushing yards,

620
00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:48,240
Speaker 1: also finished with more receiving yards ont less catches and Coleman.

621
00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:50,480
Speaker 1: So yeah, most are. It's the guy, and he is

622
00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:53,480
Speaker 1: your high upside play. If he can get the bell

623
00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:56,000
Speaker 1: cow usage, you know, the workhorse back all year long

624
00:32:56,000 --> 00:33:01,000
Speaker 1: on this team. UH, top ten RB potential you forget easily.

625
00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:09,640
Speaker 1: This is Mike Shanahan's kid. Shannahannikins Man hated Mike Shanahan.

626
00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:13,560
Speaker 1: We we love him. We love Kyle, though Kyle styles

627
00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:18,600
Speaker 1: us he is as predictable as he's so predictive. I

628
00:33:18,640 --> 00:33:22,200
Speaker 1: love him. I I love his offenses. They've been great.

629
00:33:22,480 --> 00:33:24,200
Speaker 1: All right, let's go to see you're done right. I

630
00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:28,360
Speaker 1: don't talk about Jack McKinnon. No, Okay, well, all right,

631
00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:30,920
Speaker 1: who is so wait? Let me let me class by

632
00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:35,920
Speaker 1: high upside most and really the downside for me, now,

633
00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:39,680
Speaker 1: it's it's gotta be iook because his ADP is gonna climb.

634
00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:42,360
Speaker 1: With Deebo Samuel injured, I think you'll creep into the

635
00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:45,440
Speaker 1: mid thirties, which puts him in starter potential in terms

636
00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:48,760
Speaker 1: of fantasy football. And he's a rookie and there's gonna

637
00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:51,440
Speaker 1: be growing pains and that's gonna be a frustrating process

638
00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:53,360
Speaker 1: to pick which weeks to plug him in. So I'm

639
00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:55,480
Speaker 1: I'm fading all the white outs for San Fran personally.

640
00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:57,200
Speaker 1: Let's go to Seattle, and this one take very long

641
00:33:57,200 --> 00:33:59,520
Speaker 1: because I think this year's version looks just like last year,

642
00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:01,240
Speaker 1: which looked us like the year before it. You know,

643
00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:03,400
Speaker 1: we know what Seattle is all about here, and there's

644
00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:05,520
Speaker 1: not a lot of new parts. They were third in

645
00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:08,640
Speaker 1: rushing attempts last year. They were second in rushing attempts

646
00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:10,640
Speaker 1: the year before that. You know this is gonna be

647
00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:13,360
Speaker 1: a run first offense. Chris Carson returns as the starter.

648
00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:16,840
Speaker 1: There is Carlos Hyde there, but he stinks, and Rashade

649
00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:19,440
Speaker 1: Penny is trying to recover from his second major knee injury,

650
00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:22,280
Speaker 1: so he's not really a factor either. So Chris Carson

651
00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:24,840
Speaker 1: um it should be the focal point of much of

652
00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:28,240
Speaker 1: this offense. Was there some talk about Marshawn Lynch possibly

653
00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:31,760
Speaker 1: rejoining the team again? You know, I thought Lynch looked

654
00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:35,399
Speaker 1: pretty bad, very bad. I just don't think there's anything

655
00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:37,800
Speaker 1: left in the tank. Uh. The offensive line, I'm a

656
00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:39,920
Speaker 1: little bit nervous about. Let's talk about all the changes here.

657
00:34:40,200 --> 00:34:44,240
Speaker 1: It always changes in Seattle's offensive line, always at center.

658
00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:47,360
Speaker 1: B J. Finney was signed from Pittsburgh to compete with

659
00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:50,879
Speaker 1: Joey Hunt. Right guard Damian Lewis was a third round

660
00:34:50,920 --> 00:34:52,719
Speaker 1: pick from l s U. Who's gonna step in for

661
00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:55,200
Speaker 1: d J. Fluker? And then the team signed a new

662
00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:59,320
Speaker 1: right tackle, Brandon Shell from the Jets, to replace Jermaine Effetti.

663
00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:03,160
Speaker 1: I don't know that any of those guys are better

664
00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:06,160
Speaker 1: than the guys they're replacing. And Sella finished with Profo

665
00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:10,040
Speaker 1: ball Focus is ranked pass blocking unit from last year.

666
00:35:10,640 --> 00:35:13,960
Speaker 1: There were sixteen in run blocking. I'm nervous about this

667
00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:16,400
Speaker 1: offensive line, and I think there there's going to be

668
00:35:16,520 --> 00:35:18,320
Speaker 1: some problems with all these changes. And I don't know

669
00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:20,040
Speaker 1: if these players are going to be any better. Who

670
00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:22,400
Speaker 1: needs an offensive line when you have Russell Wilson, Well,

671
00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:24,759
Speaker 1: there's that. Let's and let's first, by the way, let's

672
00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:27,280
Speaker 1: just dispel the notion that Russell Wilson's a rushing quarterback.

673
00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:30,520
Speaker 1: You're living in if you think that's the case. The

674
00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:34,200
Speaker 1: last two years he has averaged he's put together as

675
00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:38,160
Speaker 1: two worst rushing seasons, averaging about three fifty rushing yards

676
00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:40,680
Speaker 1: per year, and he has averaged one and a half

677
00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:43,800
Speaker 1: rushing touchdowns. I wonder how much rushing he's actually just

678
00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:47,279
Speaker 1: doing in the backfield, scrambling around more. If you could

679
00:35:47,320 --> 00:35:53,120
Speaker 1: get points for that Russell Wilson, then I'm in DJ

680
00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:57,440
Speaker 1: sits DJ excuse me. Dk Metcalf stunned almost everybody with

681
00:35:57,480 --> 00:36:02,040
Speaker 1: his productivity last year. One hundred targets, nine yards, seven touchdowns.

682
00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:05,520
Speaker 1: Clearly has the body to be a red zone threat um.

683
00:36:05,760 --> 00:36:08,120
Speaker 1: And maybe if they, you know, in his second year,

684
00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:11,320
Speaker 1: maybe if they you know, maybe those seven touchdowns turns

685
00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:13,719
Speaker 1: in double digit touchdowns. You know, I think there's a

686
00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:17,480
Speaker 1: lot of optimism on dk metcap Tyler Lockett just straight

687
00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:21,399
Speaker 1: solid back to back season's top fifteen Fantasy production. Each

688
00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:22,960
Speaker 1: of the last two years. I think he'll be a

689
00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:25,560
Speaker 1: factor here too. But the bigger story I think is

690
00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:28,440
Speaker 1: his team just doesn't pass enough to elevate any of

691
00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:33,120
Speaker 1: these guys into like top ten level territory. That's just

692
00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:35,719
Speaker 1: not how this offense is built. And we just don't

693
00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:37,560
Speaker 1: have the volume from the passing game. Now. Did you

694
00:36:37,680 --> 00:36:40,399
Speaker 1: see on Twitter? I think it was this just this week,

695
00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:43,759
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson was working out with Antonio Brown. I did

696
00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:47,719
Speaker 1: see that. Yes, Um, a little interesting tidbit there that

697
00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:50,120
Speaker 1: would be interesting. Antonio Brown is getting now, and to

698
00:36:50,239 --> 00:36:52,800
Speaker 1: know Brown's getting drafted everywhere. I mean, you know, he

699
00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:56,160
Speaker 1: doesn't know he's not surviving through drafts undrafted anymore. And

700
00:36:56,239 --> 00:36:59,160
Speaker 1: it seems like that kind of locker room with you know,

701
00:36:59,320 --> 00:37:03,120
Speaker 1: strong head coach Pete Carroll could could probably help keep

702
00:37:03,160 --> 00:37:05,600
Speaker 1: Antonio Brown a little more subdued. This This is like

703
00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:08,239
Speaker 1: a very NBA like off season almost for some of

704
00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:10,560
Speaker 1: these teams, like these super teams like the Bucks are

705
00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:14,520
Speaker 1: countering the Patriots counter with cam. Yeah, there's a little

706
00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:17,239
Speaker 1: something to that, and uh it's you would think you

707
00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:20,560
Speaker 1: need ring cred I think to shut down Antonio Brown,

708
00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:24,960
Speaker 1: and they got it, you know, And so maybe this

709
00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:26,600
Speaker 1: is going to be the right spot. Probably would have

710
00:37:26,640 --> 00:37:28,879
Speaker 1: been a good citizen in New England last year too,

711
00:37:29,160 --> 00:37:31,360
Speaker 1: had that played out, Yeah, probably would have been, but

712
00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:34,600
Speaker 1: that got short circuited, mostly by himself. Greg Olsen is

713
00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:36,680
Speaker 1: the new starting tight end and this offense is tight

714
00:37:36,760 --> 00:37:38,759
Speaker 1: end friendly. Remember last year how people were pivoting to

715
00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:42,600
Speaker 1: Nick Venette and will dis Lee and Jacob Hollister and

716
00:37:43,040 --> 00:37:46,000
Speaker 1: mostly those guys that actually produced was the wild thing. Yes,

717
00:37:46,120 --> 00:37:48,319
Speaker 1: you have to keep because they kept getting hurt. Well,

718
00:37:48,719 --> 00:37:51,160
Speaker 1: mostly all those guys are gone, and for whatever part

719
00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:53,360
Speaker 1: of sixteen games that Olsen gives you, he'll get the

720
00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:56,040
Speaker 1: majority of of what has been a productive tight end offense.

721
00:37:56,480 --> 00:37:58,800
Speaker 1: Um only will diste returns from last year. So the

722
00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:01,040
Speaker 1: riskiest player based on a DP I think his DK

723
00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:04,400
Speaker 1: Metcalf going off the board two picks after Tyler Lockett. Um.

724
00:38:04,520 --> 00:38:06,160
Speaker 1: We assume he's gonna be a lot better in year two,

725
00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:08,319
Speaker 1: and he probably will be, but will be better than

726
00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:11,400
Speaker 1: Tyler Lockett in year two? I don't know. I'm not

727
00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:13,279
Speaker 1: ready to go there yet. And the player with the

728
00:38:13,320 --> 00:38:16,200
Speaker 1: most upside is Greg Olsen going off the board at

729
00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:19,640
Speaker 1: tight end twenty three. So you know, is your second

730
00:38:19,719 --> 00:38:23,160
Speaker 1: tight end he'll probably give you tight end one returns

731
00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:25,680
Speaker 1: while he's healthy, so he fits right in there with

732
00:38:25,840 --> 00:38:31,160
Speaker 1: the Seattle good tight ends who get hurt a lot. Yes, perfect, Yes, he'll, he'll, he'll,

733
00:38:31,239 --> 00:38:33,759
Speaker 1: he'll do his thing and that means getting hurt and

734
00:38:34,120 --> 00:38:36,640
Speaker 1: that will um. You know, at round twenty, if you

735
00:38:36,719 --> 00:38:39,959
Speaker 1: have if you've got Greg Olsen starting it for six weeks,

736
00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:41,960
Speaker 1: fine and you can come to the curve. I think

737
00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:43,799
Speaker 1: we might have some more tight ends to talk about

738
00:38:43,800 --> 00:38:46,239
Speaker 1: in the next segment. I bet we do. As we

739
00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:48,840
Speaker 1: go to the Rams, that is a tight end, a

740
00:38:49,040 --> 00:38:52,200
Speaker 1: friendly offense. Man, there's a lot of people banking on

741
00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:55,480
Speaker 1: one of the two tight ends really emerging. We'll talk

742
00:38:55,520 --> 00:38:58,000
Speaker 1: about the Rams and their tight end situation when we

743
00:38:58,080 --> 00:39:01,960
Speaker 1: come back to Fantasy Football Weekly. Fantasy Football Weekly Paul

744
00:39:02,040 --> 00:39:05,080
Speaker 1: Charchy and Matt Harrison Brian Johnson with you got two

745
00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:07,560
Speaker 1: teams left to break down as we analyze the a

746
00:39:07,719 --> 00:39:11,000
Speaker 1: f C and NFC West. We go to the Rams,

747
00:39:11,239 --> 00:39:15,600
Speaker 1: an offense that obviously underproduced a lot last year, with

748
00:39:15,880 --> 00:39:18,000
Speaker 1: many people including me, are optimistic they're gonna make the

749
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:21,439
Speaker 1: bounce back this year. Returned to a tour to better

750
00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:25,879
Speaker 1: form what a weird offense that was last year, wasn't it. Yeah,

751
00:39:26,200 --> 00:39:29,360
Speaker 1: they passed sixty one two percent at the time, seventh

752
00:39:29,480 --> 00:39:32,480
Speaker 1: highest rate in the league. Uh. They lost Todd Gurley

753
00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:36,040
Speaker 1: and Brandon Cooks in the off season. Uh. Offensive tackle

754
00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:39,680
Speaker 1: Andrew Whitworth did resign for three years. That's good. And

755
00:39:39,719 --> 00:39:42,600
Speaker 1: then they drafted Cam Akers and Van Jefferson as the

756
00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:46,800
Speaker 1: Girley and Cooks replacements. Uh. What kind of offense is

757
00:39:46,880 --> 00:39:49,839
Speaker 1: this one? It's actually a very safe one. They don't

758
00:39:49,960 --> 00:39:52,080
Speaker 1: have a lot of risk to them. Uh. They're tied

759
00:39:52,120 --> 00:39:54,759
Speaker 1: to Jared Goff for the next half decade, and Sean

760
00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:57,400
Speaker 1: McVeigh is trying to scheme away to put Golf in

761
00:39:57,480 --> 00:40:00,120
Speaker 1: the best position because it's very possible that got just

762
00:40:00,280 --> 00:40:03,680
Speaker 1: not a very good quarterback. Um. What that means is

763
00:40:03,880 --> 00:40:05,560
Speaker 1: they're gonna run the ball and it's gonna be a

764
00:40:05,640 --> 00:40:09,359
Speaker 1: short passing game. Goff's average depth target eight yards tied

765
00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:11,719
Speaker 1: for twenty six in the league last year. That was

766
00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:17,000
Speaker 1: lower than Mason Rudolph, Mitch true Bisky. Uh, here it

767
00:40:17,120 --> 00:40:22,480
Speaker 1: is Jacoby Bursette, Kyle Allen, David Bloch, lower than all

768
00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:25,959
Speaker 1: of those guys. Goff was only sacked twenty two times

769
00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:28,359
Speaker 1: in sixteen games, though, which puts him in the top ten.

770
00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:31,200
Speaker 1: Uh as far as least time sacked, that's good for

771
00:40:31,400 --> 00:40:35,560
Speaker 1: that offensive line. He did fumble ten times last season

772
00:40:36,120 --> 00:40:39,839
Speaker 1: and through sixteen picks, So they're gonna try to make

773
00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:42,239
Speaker 1: him safer and safer and get the ball out of

774
00:40:42,280 --> 00:40:45,480
Speaker 1: his hands as quick as possible. So how will the

775
00:40:45,520 --> 00:40:48,560
Speaker 1: short passing offense work? Pretty good for most of the

776
00:40:48,600 --> 00:40:51,600
Speaker 1: guys you're interested in on this offense, Cooper Cup, especially

777
00:40:51,719 --> 00:40:54,840
Speaker 1: Cooper Cups average depth of target seven point to Robert

778
00:40:54,920 --> 00:40:59,319
Speaker 1: Woods eight point four, Tyler Higbee six point five. Guests

779
00:40:59,320 --> 00:41:02,359
Speaker 1: who didn't belong in that offense last year, Brandon, Yeah,

780
00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:07,400
Speaker 1: at fourteen point five. That's gone. So Cup and Woods

781
00:41:07,480 --> 00:41:11,719
Speaker 1: each clocked in at right around the same amount of targets, receptions,

782
00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:13,880
Speaker 1: and yards literally give or take a few digits up

783
00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:18,160
Speaker 1: or down on this but one thirty targets, ninety receptions yards,

784
00:41:18,320 --> 00:41:22,120
Speaker 1: both almost identical. Yeah, the difference was Cup had ten touchdowns,

785
00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:26,239
Speaker 1: Woods had to. Yeah that you figure everybody including me

786
00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:29,720
Speaker 1: thinks that that too number for touchdowns on Robert Woods

787
00:41:30,080 --> 00:41:31,759
Speaker 1: is gonna look, We're gonna look back. Well, that was

788
00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:34,480
Speaker 1: an anomalous Yeah, two is a little bit ridiculous. In

789
00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:36,680
Speaker 1: his other two years at the Rams, he scored five

790
00:41:36,840 --> 00:41:39,239
Speaker 1: and six. He's never been a high touchdown guy. Six

791
00:41:39,400 --> 00:41:42,239
Speaker 1: is his record in a year. But he'll probably get

792
00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:44,560
Speaker 1: closer to five or six than to stay at two. Well,

793
00:41:44,640 --> 00:41:47,240
Speaker 1: but with Brandon Cooks out, I just feel like Woods

794
00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:50,279
Speaker 1: is gonna get you know, add ten percent to to

795
00:41:50,440 --> 00:41:53,320
Speaker 1: his looks and you know, I want to believe that

796
00:41:53,440 --> 00:41:57,239
Speaker 1: he's capable of a nine touchdown season. Yeah. Well, unfortunately

797
00:41:57,600 --> 00:42:01,000
Speaker 1: the early drafters haven't depressed st Robert Woods is a

798
00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:03,759
Speaker 1: DP quite enough for me? Um No, in fact that

799
00:42:03,880 --> 00:42:05,279
Speaker 1: a lot of people, a lot of people see it

800
00:42:05,360 --> 00:42:07,399
Speaker 1: like I do. Robert Woods, a good receiver is gonna

801
00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:08,920
Speaker 1: have a better season. You have to take him at

802
00:42:08,920 --> 00:42:11,680
Speaker 1: the end of the fourth round. That feels about right

803
00:42:11,719 --> 00:42:14,000
Speaker 1: to me. That's not quite low enough for him to

804
00:42:14,120 --> 00:42:17,680
Speaker 1: be my value pick. Um. My value pick is Tyler Higby.

805
00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:20,040
Speaker 1: His his a DP is low enough. He's going off

806
00:42:20,080 --> 00:42:22,520
Speaker 1: the board in the ninth round. Is tight end number

807
00:42:22,560 --> 00:42:25,960
Speaker 1: twelve right now. The Rams finally figured something out at

808
00:42:25,960 --> 00:42:27,640
Speaker 1: the end of the season, with Higby listened to his

809
00:42:27,760 --> 00:42:30,000
Speaker 1: last five games of the year when the Rams were

810
00:42:30,040 --> 00:42:33,360
Speaker 1: still fighting for a wild card spot. Yeah, eight targets,

811
00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:37,000
Speaker 1: seven receptions, one oh seven and a score. Okay, that's

812
00:42:37,040 --> 00:42:40,360
Speaker 1: a very good game. Eleven targets seven for one sixteen,

813
00:42:41,080 --> 00:42:45,600
Speaker 1: fourteen targets, twelve for one, eleven, eleven targets, nine for

814
00:42:45,680 --> 00:42:48,520
Speaker 1: one oh four, twelve targets, eight for eighty four and

815
00:42:48,560 --> 00:42:53,440
Speaker 1: a score. Now let's extrapolate those now you got uh.

816
00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:56,600
Speaker 1: He averaged eight point six catches, a hundred and four

817
00:42:56,680 --> 00:42:58,919
Speaker 1: yards and point four scores in those last five games.

818
00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:01,520
Speaker 1: He was Kindler Kelsey for the last month of the year.

819
00:43:02,120 --> 00:43:04,960
Speaker 1: So I I like him a lot at that level

820
00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:07,319
Speaker 1: because it seems like they figured something out with him

821
00:43:07,360 --> 00:43:09,760
Speaker 1: and how to utilize him properly. He was really splitting

822
00:43:09,800 --> 00:43:12,880
Speaker 1: time with Gerald Everett earlier in the year, whole career,

823
00:43:13,360 --> 00:43:15,680
Speaker 1: and they figured out, oh, this guy is pretty good,

824
00:43:15,800 --> 00:43:18,719
Speaker 1: let's toss him the ball. So uh, higbie is my

825
00:43:19,239 --> 00:43:22,960
Speaker 1: uh my upside play. The riskiest play is anyone in

826
00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:25,560
Speaker 1: the running game, and the highest draft of those as

827
00:43:25,600 --> 00:43:27,520
Speaker 1: cam Akers, who's going off the board in the middle

828
00:43:27,560 --> 00:43:31,000
Speaker 1: of the eighth, So it's not even that risky. Um.

829
00:43:31,640 --> 00:43:35,000
Speaker 1: Darrell Henderson Truthers are all butt hurt because the Rams

830
00:43:35,080 --> 00:43:38,480
Speaker 1: drafted Acres, But don't sleep on Malcolm Brown continuing to

831
00:43:38,520 --> 00:43:43,360
Speaker 1: be part of this offense, probably actually especially near the

832
00:43:43,520 --> 00:43:47,040
Speaker 1: end zone. Girley took fifteen carries from inside the five

833
00:43:47,160 --> 00:43:51,160
Speaker 1: last year and converted eight touchdowns. That was, and those

834
00:43:51,239 --> 00:43:55,080
Speaker 1: numbers are gone. Brown had eight carries from inside to

835
00:43:55,160 --> 00:43:59,800
Speaker 1: five that he took for five touchdowns, so that's very productive.

836
00:44:00,280 --> 00:44:02,960
Speaker 1: Acres could end up being the between the twenties runner.

837
00:44:03,440 --> 00:44:06,359
Speaker 1: Brown could be the goal line guy, Henderson the change

838
00:44:06,400 --> 00:44:09,239
Speaker 1: of pace back. So the sneaky bonus value I think

839
00:44:10,040 --> 00:44:12,560
Speaker 1: is Malcolm Brown here, Who's the guy that you can

840
00:44:12,600 --> 00:44:15,879
Speaker 1: get very last out of all these running back for sure,

841
00:44:16,000 --> 00:44:21,000
Speaker 1: last two twenty three running back sixty five, So that's

842
00:44:21,080 --> 00:44:24,719
Speaker 1: insanely low for a guy who might be sitting on

843
00:44:25,560 --> 00:44:32,600
Speaker 1: between five to nine touchdowns possibly just there just from

844
00:44:32,640 --> 00:44:34,719
Speaker 1: the goal line carries and carries from inside the five.

845
00:44:34,960 --> 00:44:38,480
Speaker 1: Cam Akers isn't ready to take that role. I think

846
00:44:38,680 --> 00:44:40,560
Speaker 1: Makers is built to be a goal line guy though,

847
00:44:40,719 --> 00:44:43,920
Speaker 1: and so it's not clear that Malcolm Brown will get

848
00:44:43,960 --> 00:44:47,359
Speaker 1: those carries. But the fact that he's been successful, yeah,

849
00:44:47,719 --> 00:44:50,200
Speaker 1: with the carries they've given him at the stripe and

850
00:44:50,719 --> 00:44:54,359
Speaker 1: so many carries that are gone, Yes, you might be right.

851
00:44:54,400 --> 00:44:58,520
Speaker 1: About that, because Malcolm Brown is gonna be He's I

852
00:44:58,560 --> 00:45:02,200
Speaker 1: think he's gonna be a havan to ten touch per game. Guy.

853
00:45:02,560 --> 00:45:05,879
Speaker 1: Probably doesn't score, he's gonna kill you, but he's gonna

854
00:45:05,920 --> 00:45:08,319
Speaker 1: have these games or he's gonna get touchdowns maybe two

855
00:45:08,360 --> 00:45:10,719
Speaker 1: in a game. And for best ball, I like Malcolm Brown.

856
00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:14,160
Speaker 1: He's definitely a best ball guy there. Let's go to

857
00:45:14,320 --> 00:45:18,480
Speaker 1: Arizona Kyler Murray. Everybody expecting a big uptick and production

858
00:45:18,560 --> 00:45:21,600
Speaker 1: and Kyler Murray, he's uh said, where's is ADP right now?

859
00:45:21,719 --> 00:45:27,280
Speaker 1: On quarterbacks last night? Yeah, that's that's a massive, massive

860
00:45:27,360 --> 00:45:30,000
Speaker 1: jump from where he was last year. Absolutely, Ah yeah,

861
00:45:30,080 --> 00:45:33,440
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray. Last year most completions of fifty plus yards.

862
00:45:33,880 --> 00:45:37,040
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins had six that led the NFL. Kyler Murray

863
00:45:37,160 --> 00:45:40,160
Speaker 1: was tied with him with six completions of fifty plus yards.

864
00:45:40,239 --> 00:45:42,880
Speaker 1: Here's the list of rookie quarterbacks with a top twelve

865
00:45:42,920 --> 00:45:48,239
Speaker 1: fantasy finish since Kyler Murray, Dak Prescott, Russell Wilson, Andrew Look,

866
00:45:48,440 --> 00:45:50,760
Speaker 1: r G three, Cam Newton, All those guys are pretty

867
00:45:50,760 --> 00:45:53,960
Speaker 1: good from a fantasy perspective. RG three You can give

868
00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:56,840
Speaker 1: your take what you want there, sou Yeah, the sky

869
00:45:57,160 --> 00:46:00,840
Speaker 1: is the limit for Murray in his second season. He

870
00:46:01,040 --> 00:46:03,360
Speaker 1: was third in rushing attempts last year and second in

871
00:46:03,480 --> 00:46:07,000
Speaker 1: yard yards among quarterbacks, averaging five point nine yards per

872
00:46:07,080 --> 00:46:11,120
Speaker 1: catch four touchdowns. So he's a weapon. He's going right

873
00:46:11,160 --> 00:46:13,799
Speaker 1: about in the right spot. He I think that's man.

874
00:46:15,880 --> 00:46:18,520
Speaker 1: It's high, it's a it's a high flying offense. And uh,

875
00:46:18,719 --> 00:46:21,240
Speaker 1: there's gonna be a lot of excitement with Cliff Kingsbury

876
00:46:21,280 --> 00:46:24,000
Speaker 1: and second year. So before I get to Murray's pass catchers,

877
00:46:24,040 --> 00:46:26,960
Speaker 1: I just want to talk about Kenyan Drake. Um probably

878
00:46:28,080 --> 00:46:30,279
Speaker 1: might be the safest running back going in the first

879
00:46:30,320 --> 00:46:33,919
Speaker 1: two rounds, and that includes everyone. Uh. Starting week nine,

880
00:46:34,280 --> 00:46:36,960
Speaker 1: Drake started getting about twenty touches per game with Arizona

881
00:46:37,040 --> 00:46:40,000
Speaker 1: he came over from Miami. Of course, from week nine

882
00:46:40,040 --> 00:46:43,719
Speaker 1: on he only finished behind McCaffrey, Derrick Henry and Zeke

883
00:46:43,800 --> 00:46:47,400
Speaker 1: and PPR formats and and from week nine to seventeen

884
00:46:48,160 --> 00:46:51,479
Speaker 1: he finished Drake. That is seventy percent of his games

885
00:46:51,520 --> 00:46:54,799
Speaker 1: as an RB two and nearly as an RB one.

886
00:46:56,440 --> 00:47:01,000
Speaker 1: That's incredibly say floor with a ridiculous upside for comparison

887
00:47:01,040 --> 00:47:03,560
Speaker 1: to say, you have guys like Alvin Kamara, Aaron Jones,

888
00:47:03,640 --> 00:47:06,840
Speaker 1: Joe Mixon. We're finishing more than twenty their games outside

889
00:47:06,880 --> 00:47:10,120
Speaker 1: the top thirty, and those guys can certainly win you

890
00:47:10,200 --> 00:47:11,839
Speaker 1: be releague, but they can lose it for you if

891
00:47:11,840 --> 00:47:14,319
Speaker 1: you drafted in the first round. So I'm loving Drake

892
00:47:14,400 --> 00:47:17,200
Speaker 1: He's going. It depends on the league. But you can

893
00:47:17,280 --> 00:47:20,279
Speaker 1: say mid second as RB like ten to twelve. But uh,

894
00:47:20,320 --> 00:47:22,959
Speaker 1: I think that might be a little too late for Drake.

895
00:47:23,080 --> 00:47:25,560
Speaker 1: But he's not my upside guy. Get to him in

896
00:47:25,560 --> 00:47:27,320
Speaker 1: a little bit. He's your safe guy. You already you

897
00:47:27,320 --> 00:47:30,520
Speaker 1: already said he's super safe. He's super safe, super safe guy. Uh.

898
00:47:30,800 --> 00:47:33,600
Speaker 1: Now to the the weapons for Kyler Murray in the

899
00:47:33,640 --> 00:47:35,479
Speaker 1: passing game, and of course we'll start with the Andre

900
00:47:35,560 --> 00:47:39,240
Speaker 1: Hopkins coming over from Houston. Um going in the late first,

901
00:47:39,400 --> 00:47:42,839
Speaker 1: right now or early second around wide receiver for you're

902
00:47:42,880 --> 00:47:46,200
Speaker 1: generally seeing Michael Thomas, of course, Davante Adams and Tyree

903
00:47:46,320 --> 00:47:48,520
Speaker 1: Hill going before Hopkins, and you know what, they will

904
00:47:48,560 --> 00:47:51,319
Speaker 1: probably be going before Hopkins if he was in Houston. Still,

905
00:47:51,520 --> 00:47:54,560
Speaker 1: I feel like so the main concern is really see

906
00:47:54,600 --> 00:47:57,480
Speaker 1: the targets he saw in Houston with Arizona. I was

907
00:47:57,520 --> 00:48:00,520
Speaker 1: shocked to see this Arizona's wide receivers told the third

908
00:48:00,600 --> 00:48:04,480
Speaker 1: most catches last year. Two. That's nearly fifteen a game.

909
00:48:04,600 --> 00:48:07,000
Speaker 1: That's a lot. Remember I said forty nine at nine

910
00:48:07,040 --> 00:48:08,880
Speaker 1: and a half, so that that's that's a big difference.

911
00:48:09,040 --> 00:48:12,200
Speaker 1: UM And for reference, the Texans actually finished fourth with two.

912
00:48:13,640 --> 00:48:16,120
Speaker 1: So last year Arizona, it's sounding like they lost any

913
00:48:16,200 --> 00:48:18,719
Speaker 1: key member of their wide receiver corps. It was it

914
00:48:18,840 --> 00:48:21,680
Speaker 1: was Christian Kirk and Larry Fitzgerald and then it was

915
00:48:21,760 --> 00:48:26,800
Speaker 1: like Demere Bird and Andy Isabella. So the volume is

916
00:48:26,800 --> 00:48:31,480
Speaker 1: still there for Hopkins. So despite that though, he's still

917
00:48:31,560 --> 00:48:34,880
Speaker 1: my biggest downside risk based on the ADP just because

918
00:48:35,239 --> 00:48:38,719
Speaker 1: wide receiver is so deep, you could argue taking a

919
00:48:38,800 --> 00:48:41,680
Speaker 1: couple other white outs instead of him where he's at. UM,

920
00:48:42,400 --> 00:48:44,480
Speaker 1: I don't know first round. I think any wide receiver

921
00:48:44,680 --> 00:48:47,040
Speaker 1: is risky in the first round this year. DeShawn Watson

922
00:48:47,480 --> 00:48:50,880
Speaker 1: is awesome. He's a better cort Tayler. Murray wants to

923
00:48:51,040 --> 00:48:53,880
Speaker 1: someday be Deshaun Watson. Awesome, he's not. You know, we

924
00:48:53,960 --> 00:48:56,600
Speaker 1: don't know that he's there yet and we'll ever be there,

925
00:48:57,080 --> 00:49:01,080
Speaker 1: so you know, there there's we're still afting Hopkins as

926
00:49:01,160 --> 00:49:03,960
Speaker 1: though he's got an elite quarterback when we don't know

927
00:49:04,120 --> 00:49:06,040
Speaker 1: that he's got an elite quarterback. And if he just

928
00:49:06,120 --> 00:49:07,759
Speaker 1: had to choose, would you say he's gonna have a

929
00:49:07,840 --> 00:49:10,320
Speaker 1: better year than he's ever had or probably come in

930
00:49:10,360 --> 00:49:12,480
Speaker 1: a little under than his normal numbers. It just feel

931
00:49:12,920 --> 00:49:15,520
Speaker 1: to me, it feels like it's I'm expeking about the same.

932
00:49:16,239 --> 00:49:18,320
Speaker 1: Still too risky for me with this a DV. This

933
00:49:18,400 --> 00:49:20,200
Speaker 1: is a team too. It's tough to find risk on

934
00:49:20,280 --> 00:49:22,440
Speaker 1: this team really outside of Murray. And if you're that

935
00:49:22,480 --> 00:49:25,120
Speaker 1: worried about Murray and Hopkins, Um a couple more wide

936
00:49:25,160 --> 00:49:27,360
Speaker 1: outs to talk about. Christian Kirk right now, going in

937
00:49:27,400 --> 00:49:30,480
Speaker 1: the late eighth round wide receiver thirty seven. Only played

938
00:49:30,560 --> 00:49:34,399
Speaker 1: thirteen games last year, but Um had at least seven

939
00:49:34,480 --> 00:49:40,000
Speaker 1: targets nine times, nine times, double digit targets five times,

940
00:49:40,520 --> 00:49:43,080
Speaker 1: and at least six catches seven times as well. And

941
00:49:43,160 --> 00:49:44,920
Speaker 1: like I said, he missed those three games. If he

942
00:49:44,960 --> 00:49:48,000
Speaker 1: played a full sixteen game season, he's easily inside the

943
00:49:48,040 --> 00:49:51,680
Speaker 1: top twenty four wide receiver. And you think of Kirk,

944
00:49:51,800 --> 00:49:53,520
Speaker 1: and you just think of defense. Is keen in on

945
00:49:53,680 --> 00:49:58,040
Speaker 1: Drake and DeAndre Hopkins and this kid might just go

946
00:49:58,239 --> 00:50:01,560
Speaker 1: crazy running free in single cover. Ridge all season long, so,

947
00:50:02,280 --> 00:50:06,120
Speaker 1: but he is not my highest the Arizona Cardinals. I know,

948
00:50:06,239 --> 00:50:09,080
Speaker 1: I know what's coming. Our listeners don't, but I do.

949
00:50:09,680 --> 00:50:13,840
Speaker 1: Some might. Uh, So I have to talk about Larry Fitzgerald,

950
00:50:14,080 --> 00:50:16,160
Speaker 1: probably the greatest to ever do it. I'm gonna say,

951
00:50:16,160 --> 00:50:20,080
Speaker 1: even better than Jerry Royce considering the awful quarterbacking that

952
00:50:20,200 --> 00:50:22,280
Speaker 1: fits his head in his career, and Rice had Montana

953
00:50:22,360 --> 00:50:26,239
Speaker 1: and Steve Young. But Larry a brutal year last year.

954
00:50:26,280 --> 00:50:28,319
Speaker 1: A great start, top the hundred yards in his first

955
00:50:28,360 --> 00:50:31,600
Speaker 1: two games, his one top twelve finish game in Week one,

956
00:50:31,920 --> 00:50:34,239
Speaker 1: but after a sort of Week three and on, he

957
00:50:34,320 --> 00:50:37,960
Speaker 1: only topped sixty yards twice. And don't forget Keem Butler,

958
00:50:38,480 --> 00:50:40,959
Speaker 1: Andy is Abella and needs some reps, and I feel

959
00:50:41,000 --> 00:50:46,360
Speaker 1: like he's gonna forego some of his snaps for those guys. So, actually,

960
00:50:46,440 --> 00:50:49,160
Speaker 1: Fitzgerald's my downside guy. I'm saying you can't draft Larry

961
00:50:49,200 --> 00:50:51,920
Speaker 1: Fitzgerald in fantasy football. This here, I'm not gonna do it.

962
00:50:52,080 --> 00:50:54,320
Speaker 1: It breaks my heart. I'm pulling for him in reality,

963
00:50:54,400 --> 00:50:56,799
Speaker 1: but people will still draft him. But don't waste your

964
00:50:56,840 --> 00:50:59,759
Speaker 1: draft pick on chasing fits of bold. All right, who's

965
00:50:59,760 --> 00:51:02,600
Speaker 1: your side, guy, let's let's get it all the way. Upside.

966
00:51:02,680 --> 00:51:06,760
Speaker 1: Guy doesn't really have an ADP yet hard I'm trying.

967
00:51:06,840 --> 00:51:17,000
Speaker 1: There's upside and that is Dan Arnold, ard player without

968
00:51:17,040 --> 00:51:20,759
Speaker 1: any not a lot of numbers or tape on Dan

969
00:51:21,560 --> 00:51:24,480
Speaker 1: Now a tight end in the in the on the

970
00:51:24,600 --> 00:51:28,200
Speaker 1: team that featured the fewest tight ends snaps last year.

971
00:51:28,840 --> 00:51:31,080
Speaker 1: Something's got I'm gonna kindly ask you to shut up. Now,

972
00:51:31,680 --> 00:51:33,879
Speaker 1: let's break down what we got for dan Arnold. Look

973
00:51:33,880 --> 00:51:35,400
Speaker 1: at this guy going right to last year. Don't we

974
00:51:35,440 --> 00:51:39,040
Speaker 1: say not to do that. It's our it's our only

975
00:51:39,640 --> 00:51:45,960
Speaker 1: amateur amateurs right here. Anyway. Dan Arnold went undrafted out

976
00:51:46,040 --> 00:51:49,200
Speaker 1: of Wisconsin Platteville in seventeen, but was signed by the

977
00:51:49,280 --> 00:51:59,399
Speaker 1: Saints as a wide receiver converted tight end year later. Yeah,

978
00:51:59,520 --> 00:52:01,520
Speaker 1: played one year with the Saints. Really in one with

979
00:52:01,600 --> 00:52:04,560
Speaker 1: Arizona last year. Only twenty career receptions, not a lot,

980
00:52:05,040 --> 00:52:07,640
Speaker 1: not a lot, But he's averaging fourteen yards to catch.

981
00:52:08,360 --> 00:52:11,440
Speaker 1: Fifteen of those twenty receptions have gone for first downs.

982
00:52:11,840 --> 00:52:15,080
Speaker 1: That's pretty impressive. Okay, did not see real game action

983
00:52:15,200 --> 00:52:18,040
Speaker 1: until the last four games of twenty nineteen with the Cardinals,

984
00:52:18,160 --> 00:52:21,560
Speaker 1: but in those four games saw thirteen targets turned him

985
00:52:21,560 --> 00:52:24,560
Speaker 1: into eight catches, one and twenty seven yards and two

986
00:52:24,640 --> 00:52:29,279
Speaker 1: touchdowns in four games. That's still like averaging five yards

987
00:52:29,320 --> 00:52:33,120
Speaker 1: a game. You guys are more on anyway, he started

988
00:52:33,280 --> 00:52:35,640
Speaker 1: just one of those games. You didn't see full game

989
00:52:35,680 --> 00:52:37,600
Speaker 1: match and think of the thirdteen targets. If he gets

990
00:52:37,680 --> 00:52:39,920
Speaker 1: thirteen targets in the game, well is he? Is he

991
00:52:40,040 --> 00:52:44,160
Speaker 1: the starter? He started week seventeen? Okay, one start? Okay?

992
00:52:44,680 --> 00:52:47,439
Speaker 1: So is he the starter this year? Dan Arnold the starter?

993
00:52:47,520 --> 00:52:49,279
Speaker 1: Cliff Kingsbury wants him to be the starter. In his

994
00:52:49,360 --> 00:52:52,480
Speaker 1: one start last year, six targets, four catches, seventy six

995
00:52:52,560 --> 00:52:55,239
Speaker 1: yards in a touchdown. He's gonna get full run in

996
00:52:55,640 --> 00:53:00,160
Speaker 1: in an offense that plays soft tight end defenses. No,

997
00:53:00,440 --> 00:53:02,360
Speaker 1: put your finger down, put it up your nose. What

998
00:53:02,440 --> 00:53:07,600
Speaker 1: you got? I was gonna say, DeAndre Hopkins hundred and

999
00:53:08,000 --> 00:53:12,200
Speaker 1: two targets, hundred and eleven receptions, yards, eleven touchdowns. Who

1000
00:53:12,239 --> 00:53:16,200
Speaker 1: are his quarterbacks? You ask? Yeah, Brian Hoyer and Ryan Mallett.

1001
00:53:16,880 --> 00:53:20,480
Speaker 1: I think he can produce anybody With Kyler Murray, I

1002
00:53:20,520 --> 00:53:22,920
Speaker 1: think it'll be okay, You'll be fine, all right, Dan

1003
00:53:23,040 --> 00:53:32,360
Speaker 1: Arnold relevance, Damn Dan Arnold a DP is an infinity similar,

1004
00:53:33,280 --> 00:53:39,520
Speaker 1: Dan Arnold would somebody should get that. You should go

1005
00:53:39,560 --> 00:53:41,839
Speaker 1: to the Jets or the Jets. The Jets won't trade

1006
00:53:41,880 --> 00:53:45,120
Speaker 1: for Sam Donald. Imagine that Sam Donald to Dan Arnold connection.

1007
00:53:46,040 --> 00:53:49,440
Speaker 1: You know, they're gonna have these expanded, these expanded rosters

1008
00:53:49,520 --> 00:53:52,160
Speaker 1: due to COVID this year. There they might have a

1009
00:53:52,239 --> 00:53:56,759
Speaker 1: real problem where teams can't have you know, like linebackers

1010
00:53:56,840 --> 00:54:00,560
Speaker 1: have to wear between whatever forty and fifty or something, right,

1011
00:54:00,600 --> 00:54:02,520
Speaker 1: you have to, you know, but if you're if you're

1012
00:54:02,600 --> 00:54:06,080
Speaker 1: the Steelers, you've already retired like four numbers of linebackers

1013
00:54:06,760 --> 00:54:09,799
Speaker 1: and you've also got a bunch of linebackers, they might

1014
00:54:09,880 --> 00:54:12,319
Speaker 1: run out of numbers for some of these guys. They

1015
00:54:12,400 --> 00:54:15,600
Speaker 1: might need the infinity symbol or a half like Hi

1016
00:54:16,000 --> 00:54:21,080
Speaker 1: Hi Hi. Yeah. Maybe, um it's getting nerdy, that's getting nerdy. Uh.

1017
00:54:21,160 --> 00:54:24,879
Speaker 1: Speaking of COVID. Next show, I want to talk about

1018
00:54:24,920 --> 00:54:29,480
Speaker 1: some of the COVID prevention measures your league needs to take. Now,

1019
00:54:29,760 --> 00:54:31,879
Speaker 1: get your you know, get your league squared away. Now

1020
00:54:32,280 --> 00:54:34,280
Speaker 1: for some of the things that might happen COVID related

1021
00:54:34,600 --> 00:54:37,640
Speaker 1: That will come next week as one of several topics.

1022
00:54:37,719 --> 00:54:39,480
Speaker 1: So and and and I can I can bring up

1023
00:54:39,480 --> 00:54:42,439
Speaker 1: an early one where we're in an Empire baseball league,

1024
00:54:42,520 --> 00:54:44,680
Speaker 1: Brian and I and we don't know what to do

1025
00:54:45,280 --> 00:54:47,680
Speaker 1: with our Empire baseball league this year. If they play

1026
00:54:47,719 --> 00:54:50,920
Speaker 1: a sixty game baseball season, do you treat it as

1027
00:54:50,960 --> 00:54:53,400
Speaker 1: a full year? Do you do you just treat it

1028
00:54:53,440 --> 00:54:55,200
Speaker 1: as a one off? Some of things are gonna talk

1029
00:54:55,239 --> 00:54:57,480
Speaker 1: about what happens if what happens if it's a a

1030
00:54:57,760 --> 00:55:00,640
Speaker 1: an abbreviated season. What if it you know a little

1031
00:55:00,640 --> 00:55:03,279
Speaker 1: bit like baseball last year where they just have to

1032
00:55:03,440 --> 00:55:05,880
Speaker 1: not basic like basketball or hockey, or they just basically

1033
00:55:06,520 --> 00:55:09,120
Speaker 1: stop it then what so you know, we're gonna talk

1034
00:55:09,120 --> 00:55:10,920
Speaker 1: about some of those things. Also, we'll talk about Cam

1035
00:55:10,960 --> 00:55:12,759
Speaker 1: Newton going to the Patriots, which we didn't cover in

1036
00:55:12,840 --> 00:55:16,600
Speaker 1: this one. We'll talk about his fantasy value specifically with

1037
00:55:16,719 --> 00:55:19,280
Speaker 1: the Patriots. It's not gonna be anything because Jared Stidham

1038
00:55:19,360 --> 00:55:22,960
Speaker 1: is the starter. Well maybe you know, they don't have

1039
00:55:23,040 --> 00:55:25,759
Speaker 1: a monetary demand to have to pay Cam, make Cam

1040
00:55:25,840 --> 00:55:27,920
Speaker 1: the starters they paid him because they didn't pay him anything.

1041
00:55:28,000 --> 00:55:30,000
Speaker 1: They could cut him. They could cut him out right

1042
00:55:30,320 --> 00:55:32,279
Speaker 1: by the way. As a side note, for those people

1043
00:55:32,320 --> 00:55:34,480
Speaker 1: that have made it to the fifty six minute mark

1044
00:55:34,520 --> 00:55:41,040
Speaker 1: of this podcast. The Jets, the Bills, and the Dolphins,

1045
00:55:41,160 --> 00:55:44,040
Speaker 1: they all could have blocked this move. If you're the Bills,

1046
00:55:44,840 --> 00:55:47,640
Speaker 1: you're the Bill right there, the Bill. Let's take the

1047
00:55:47,680 --> 00:55:49,360
Speaker 1: Dolphins out of it. Who I still think, aren't you

1048
00:55:49,400 --> 00:55:51,960
Speaker 1: know they're not necessarily thinking about winning the division this year?

1049
00:55:52,000 --> 00:55:55,560
Speaker 1: But maybe who knows? The Bills really are for sure,

1050
00:55:55,640 --> 00:55:57,799
Speaker 1: and the Jets might be too. They were sitting at

1051
00:55:57,840 --> 00:56:00,840
Speaker 1: I believe two and twenty five million dollars of cap space,

1052
00:56:01,320 --> 00:56:03,480
Speaker 1: and I know that Cam would have had to come

1053
00:56:03,560 --> 00:56:06,800
Speaker 1: to those teams as the backup behind a young starter

1054
00:56:07,000 --> 00:56:09,240
Speaker 1: that's not going to give up that job. But instead

1055
00:56:09,280 --> 00:56:11,040
Speaker 1: of making one and a half million dollars, they could

1056
00:56:11,080 --> 00:56:14,279
Speaker 1: have gone, here, take ten million dollars. We'll have the

1057
00:56:14,320 --> 00:56:15,960
Speaker 1: best backup in the league, or one of the best

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Speaker 1: backups in the league. And also we play keep away

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Speaker 1: from the Patriots and the Bills and the Jets didn't

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Speaker 1: do it. Maybe Cam wasn't interested in being a backup

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Speaker 1: at all. Have they made public the ten million dollars

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Speaker 1: incentives baked into his contract? You got like that, You

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Speaker 1: like when guys are playing for stats. If he can

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Speaker 1: make up to six or seven million with incentives, but

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Speaker 1: he's not even guaranteed to be the starter right in

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Speaker 1: with although he's the problem, Come on, he'll be the starter.

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Speaker 1: He'll be all right. Thanks for making it to the

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Speaker 1: very end of this podcast. We're grateful for all of

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Speaker 1: you listening. If you missed any of the previous team

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Speaker 1: by team breakdowns, we encourage you to go back through

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Speaker 1: the previous podcast learn all about all the thirty two

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Speaker 1: teams in the NFL fantasy style. We'll give the minute

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Speaker 1: work for Dan Arnold two on the tweet right so

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Speaker 1: people mark for everything you ever want to know about

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