WEBVTT - First blush reactions to the first round 0:00:01.040 --> 0:00:04.760 Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of I Heart Radio. 0:00:06.880 --> 0:00:10.240 Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from I Heart Radio, 0:00:10.480 --> 0:00:14.920 your weekly source for the nation's best fantasy football advice, speculation, 0:00:15.040 --> 0:00:17.880 and whatever stupid stuff they decided to drop into the show. 0:00:18.360 --> 0:00:24.320 Now here's your host. It's Fantasy Football Weekly, a draft 0:00:24.800 --> 0:00:28.960 edition of Fantasy Football Weekly. We record every week on 0:00:29.160 --> 0:00:34.560 Friday afternoon, and that means we have a first round 0:00:35.080 --> 0:00:37.479 to recap. And when I say we, I mean myself 0:00:37.560 --> 0:00:41.280 and my usual co host, Brian Johnson. Hello, and welcome back, 0:00:41.400 --> 0:00:43.840 like your charge. Good to be back. Yes, it finally 0:00:43.880 --> 0:00:46.680 happened to The draft started very exciting, I know, right, 0:00:46.800 --> 0:00:49.280 it's it's just it's such a fun time and there's 0:00:49.280 --> 0:00:51.400 so many implications and there's so much to talk about it, 0:00:51.479 --> 0:00:55.840 especially this year, Brian, because this is an offensive heavy 0:00:55.880 --> 0:01:00.680 first round and there's so many players that have fantasy 0:01:00.800 --> 0:01:04.200 relevancy to them, and so really, what I want to 0:01:04.240 --> 0:01:06.520 do for today, there's so many players I want to 0:01:06.600 --> 0:01:09.560 zip through the first round. We're gonna skip the defensive 0:01:09.560 --> 0:01:12.840 players altogether. We don't I don't think we have time 0:01:12.880 --> 0:01:18.120 to do offensive lineman here. Let's concentrate on our position players. Quarterbacks, 0:01:18.360 --> 0:01:21.640 running backs, wide receivers, and one tight end. The main 0:01:21.680 --> 0:01:25.920 takeaway from an offensive lineman perspective is Austin stock on 0:01:25.959 --> 0:01:29.240 the rise. Let's put it that way. You know what, 0:01:29.319 --> 0:01:31.600 as I was so high in Austin Ekeler last year, 0:01:31.600 --> 0:01:34.240 obviously a last season. Uh most of it was a 0:01:34.319 --> 0:01:37.080 last season, I'm gonna be right back at the debt, 0:01:37.200 --> 0:01:39.160 right back again, trying to do you know, trying to 0:01:39.160 --> 0:01:42.560 find ways to get Austin Neckler again. Okay, let's go 0:01:42.640 --> 0:01:44.240 to Let's just start at the top of the draft. 0:01:44.280 --> 0:01:47.400 We'll go pick by pick. Trevor Lawrence goes to Jacksonville, 0:01:47.440 --> 0:01:50.320 as expected. Your thoughts on Lawrence here, both from a 0:01:50.400 --> 0:01:54.720 dynasty and redraft standpoint, No surprises and no surprises. Jacksonville 0:01:54.720 --> 0:01:57.120 took him first overall, goes into a pretty good spot. 0:01:57.480 --> 0:02:00.560 Great weapons and d J Shark, Marvin Jones, Lavish, a Channault, 0:02:00.720 --> 0:02:03.560 James Robinson, and a brand new toy who will we'll 0:02:03.560 --> 0:02:05.240 talk about in a minute. But I don't know. I 0:02:05.280 --> 0:02:07.880 surprising move if that really is gonna bode well for 0:02:08.080 --> 0:02:11.760 Lawrence over a stud offensive lineman, which is very much 0:02:11.760 --> 0:02:14.880 needed in Jacksonville. But uh yeah, Trevor Lawrence. We we 0:02:14.880 --> 0:02:16.760 talked about him when we broke down quarterbacks a few 0:02:16.800 --> 0:02:20.120 weeks ago. Uh, pretty much a should be viewed as 0:02:20.160 --> 0:02:22.920 a backup in Redraft one quarterback leagues. As of right now, 0:02:22.960 --> 0:02:25.960 he's going off the board in best ball leagues. And 0:02:26.080 --> 0:02:28.880 I went from like April one to now so more 0:02:28.919 --> 0:02:32.799 recent drafts. Uh, QB fifteen right after Joe Burrow. He's 0:02:32.800 --> 0:02:35.880 going before Matt Ryan, who will we'll discuss him and 0:02:35.960 --> 0:02:38.959 his his new toy that he's got uh in his arsenal, 0:02:39.040 --> 0:02:41.920 but uh, he's right and that fringe QB one level 0:02:42.000 --> 0:02:44.720 going before guys like I said, Matt Ryan, Kirk Cousins, 0:02:44.720 --> 0:02:48.239 Baker Mayfield, right after Joe Burrow. Deshaun Watson is a 0:02:48.320 --> 0:02:52.200 QB thirteen right now. So well for understandable reasons. But 0:02:52.240 --> 0:02:55.520 that's a whole that's a whole other conversation. Um that 0:02:55.560 --> 0:03:00.840 seems appropriate in in dynasty you're in a new rookie 0:03:00.919 --> 0:03:04.320 draft for a dynasty or an Empire League. Trevor Lawrence 0:03:04.400 --> 0:03:07.560 for me, is not the first quarterback I would take 0:03:08.280 --> 0:03:12.040 in super flex to let's let's focus on super flex. 0:03:12.120 --> 0:03:15.120 But I'm just timeing a quarterback quarterbacks. It's not the 0:03:15.160 --> 0:03:18.840 first quarterback I would take, I think the first one. 0:03:18.880 --> 0:03:21.639 In a minute, you will see Trevor Lawrence as the 0:03:21.639 --> 0:03:24.480 first quarterback taken in most drafts. But I won't argue 0:03:24.639 --> 0:03:29.200 if you take Trey Lance. That's coming up into two picks. 0:03:29.240 --> 0:03:31.920 So let's go to Zach Wilson from B y u uh. 0:03:31.960 --> 0:03:34.760 These two picks were pretty well known and I think, 0:03:34.920 --> 0:03:39.520 to the surprise of nobody, um, Zach Wilson has a 0:03:39.600 --> 0:03:44.040 special NFL caliber arm and he has just from an 0:03:44.160 --> 0:03:47.480 arm upside, the ability to be a top five passer 0:03:47.640 --> 0:03:50.080 in the NFL. Now, whether the Jets will get that 0:03:50.160 --> 0:03:53.200 out of him organizationally, who knows. And I would love 0:03:53.240 --> 0:03:55.560 it if Zach Wilson and somehow have gone one step, 0:03:55.880 --> 0:03:59.320 one one spot farther and it ended up on the 0:04:00.000 --> 0:04:03.000 person have all the advantages that come with Kyle Shanahan 0:04:03.040 --> 0:04:04.840 and the rest of that organization. But what do you 0:04:04.840 --> 0:04:07.080 think is Zack Wilson is a Jet? Well, I was 0:04:07.280 --> 0:04:09.320 obviously way too excited to talk about Trey Lance. I 0:04:09.320 --> 0:04:15.360 wanted to gloss right over. You know, he's getting dragged 0:04:15.480 --> 0:04:18.719 on social media just for his appearance. Basically, he does 0:04:18.760 --> 0:04:22.240 not look like a pro cornerback. He looks like a 0:04:22.240 --> 0:04:25.120 a pro prom king basically what he wins prom king 0:04:25.120 --> 0:04:29.160 for a living. But they're they're building something in New 0:04:29.240 --> 0:04:31.440 York put it that way. In New Jersey he's got 0:04:31.480 --> 0:04:35.239 some enticing receivers and Denzel Man's up and coming. Jameson 0:04:35.279 --> 0:04:38.000 Crowder is still there. But when it comes when it 0:04:38.040 --> 0:04:41.559 comes to redraft, uh, not draftable really at this point. 0:04:41.640 --> 0:04:44.880 He'll certainly go in the top five quarterbacks in Dynasty, 0:04:44.960 --> 0:04:52.680 but very much await and see for me with Wilson. Um, Yeah, 0:04:52.720 --> 0:04:54.400 I don't have much more to say about. Okay, let's go. 0:04:54.520 --> 0:04:56.960 I'm very worried about. I'm worried for the Jets fans. 0:04:57.040 --> 0:04:59.120 It's just gonna be. It feels like another bust in 0:04:59.160 --> 0:05:00.640 the making. I don't know. I don't I don't want 0:05:00.640 --> 0:05:03.040 to stop my dormald. I think, well that you can 0:05:03.080 --> 0:05:05.600 make that you can absolutely make that case or both, right, 0:05:05.760 --> 0:05:08.200 have Wilson and Donald and just let the best man win. 0:05:08.240 --> 0:05:10.480 But nobody ever does that. But the offensive line that 0:05:10.520 --> 0:05:13.120 Wilson is going to get is ten times better than 0:05:13.160 --> 0:05:15.200 what Donald is dealt with. They're building a very nice 0:05:15.279 --> 0:05:16.960 offensive line in front of the Wilson, so that should 0:05:16.960 --> 0:05:19.560 help him out. That should that should help out um At. 0:05:19.560 --> 0:05:22.360 The Jets ended up taking at pick fourteen, Elijah Vera 0:05:22.400 --> 0:05:25.400 Tucker so guards So that will that will give Zach 0:05:25.440 --> 0:05:28.960 Wilson some advantages and in some ways better receivers than 0:05:29.040 --> 0:05:32.120 Sam Donald had as well. Trey Lance goes third, and 0:05:32.279 --> 0:05:34.400 I'm fascinated by this pick. I don't know that Tray 0:05:34.480 --> 0:05:37.320 Lance will take a even one snap under center this year. 0:05:37.360 --> 0:05:39.360 I think you will. But there are many people who 0:05:39.360 --> 0:05:41.080 think that he shouldn't, that Trey Lance should sit for 0:05:41.120 --> 0:05:48.039 a year. But in his fantasy upside is bonkers. If 0:05:48.160 --> 0:05:52.320 if Trey Lance fulfills everything he can become, he will 0:05:52.360 --> 0:05:58.000 be the highest scoring quarterback in fantasy football some years, 0:05:58.040 --> 0:06:01.039 because of the rushing, because of the passing, because of 0:06:01.040 --> 0:06:04.840 the weapons he's got in Kittle and Ayuk and Deebo Samuel, 0:06:05.279 --> 0:06:08.679 and because of Kyle Shanahan. You put all that together 0:06:08.800 --> 0:06:11.240 and it's a perfect storm for Tray Lance to be 0:06:11.720 --> 0:06:16.000 a jaw dropping fantasy player. And if in my opinion, 0:06:16.640 --> 0:06:20.599 in redraft, in in dynasty leagues, in rookie dynasty drafts, 0:06:21.080 --> 0:06:23.040 I think Trey Lance is in play for the first 0:06:23.040 --> 0:06:26.120 pick overall, and particular, you're super flex done deal. Yeah, 0:06:26.240 --> 0:06:28.479 I couldn't argue that too much. His upside if he 0:06:28.560 --> 0:06:30.920 hits the ceiling, it'll be higher than Trevor Lawrence is ceiling. 0:06:31.000 --> 0:06:33.839 Lawrence is going to produce right out of the gates 0:06:34.480 --> 0:06:37.800 like Trey Lance. So I you know, if you're a 0:06:37.839 --> 0:06:40.760 super flex dynasty league and you're sort of competing in 0:06:40.880 --> 0:06:43.720 quarterback needy, Trevor Lawrence might be your pick. But if 0:06:43.720 --> 0:06:46.560 you're in full on rebuild mode, yeah, I think I 0:06:46.600 --> 0:06:48.600 shoot for the tray Lands upside and just just just 0:06:48.600 --> 0:06:50.800 sit on that and wait for the breakout. Could be 0:06:50.880 --> 0:06:53.440 later this season, but likely could be. It could be 0:06:53.520 --> 0:06:57.120 Trey Lance is going to be fantastic um and just 0:06:57.200 --> 0:06:59.240 think the landing spot was great for him. And I'm 0:06:59.279 --> 0:07:01.960 so happy that forty nine went Trey Lance and didn't 0:07:01.960 --> 0:07:04.480 go Mac Jones. It was something I've been lobbying for 0:07:04.480 --> 0:07:08.480 for a long time because Trey Lance has so much 0:07:08.560 --> 0:07:10.800 upside that I don't think Mac Jones has, and the 0:07:10.800 --> 0:07:13.720 fact that Jones slid to fifteen is evidence that other 0:07:13.720 --> 0:07:16.920 people felt the same way. So four straight picks, as 0:07:16.920 --> 0:07:19.000 it turned out, actually six straight picks for offense in 0:07:19.040 --> 0:07:21.560 this draft to open the draft, Kyle Pitts ends up 0:07:21.560 --> 0:07:24.080 going number four. This was a landing spot that was 0:07:24.200 --> 0:07:27.160 largely expected. Nobody thought he'd get past five. It was 0:07:27.160 --> 0:07:29.600 either gonna be picked four or pick five. For Kyle Pitts, 0:07:29.920 --> 0:07:34.360 Hall of fame level, upside at tight end and ready 0:07:34.400 --> 0:07:37.600 to produce immediately something No tight ends never do this, 0:07:38.200 --> 0:07:41.760 but finds himself in a in a spot where with 0:07:41.760 --> 0:07:45.920 with defenses having to account for Julio Jones and Calvin Ridley, 0:07:46.160 --> 0:07:49.480 Kyle Pitts uh could find himself being an impact tight 0:07:49.600 --> 0:07:52.400 end even as a rookie. Yeah, I was a little 0:07:52.440 --> 0:07:54.960 worried about the landing spot just in terms of target 0:07:54.960 --> 0:07:57.320 share with Julio Jones and Calvin Ridley there there's not 0:07:57.360 --> 0:07:59.240 a ton to go around. Like you said, defenses need 0:07:59.320 --> 0:08:01.680 to focus on those receivers. They gotta focus on pits too, 0:08:01.680 --> 0:08:03.440 but they're not gonna be able to solely focus on 0:08:03.560 --> 0:08:05.720 just one of these guys at this point. So this 0:08:05.720 --> 0:08:08.840 this bode's well for both best for Matt Ryan even 0:08:08.880 --> 0:08:13.560 though he looks pretty cooked. But yeah, Kyle Pitts in redraft, 0:08:13.600 --> 0:08:16.800 he's going as tight ends like four right now after 0:08:16.880 --> 0:08:20.040 the Big Threeeez, don't I don't know if I would, 0:08:20.080 --> 0:08:22.760 I wouldn't do that in redraft. To me, that's that's aggressive. 0:08:22.800 --> 0:08:24.800 And keep in mind Hayden Hurst is still there, and 0:08:24.880 --> 0:08:27.880 Hayden Hurst is a pretty good tight end who they're 0:08:27.880 --> 0:08:30.040 paying like, you know, he's sitting on like a thirty 0:08:30.120 --> 0:08:34.839 million dollar contract. Yeah, he'll probably kick Hurst at the 0:08:34.880 --> 0:08:39.320 curb sooner. I wonder if they don't trade him. But um, 0:08:39.320 --> 0:08:43.120 and in in dynasty, if you're not taking a quarterback, 0:08:43.240 --> 0:08:46.120 you can easily argue as Pits being taken before any 0:08:46.120 --> 0:08:48.319 of the wide receivers are running backs. He seems like 0:08:48.360 --> 0:08:50.160 a guy you just locked into your tight end spot 0:08:50.200 --> 0:08:53.400 for the next ten plus years. That's the beauty of it, right, um. 0:08:53.440 --> 0:08:56.360 If you're if you're in a tight end mandatory dynasty league, 0:08:56.920 --> 0:09:00.359 your draft Kyle Pits forget about that spot for a decade. 0:09:00.480 --> 0:09:02.440 That's how that is. As much he's as much of 0:09:02.480 --> 0:09:06.400 a sure thing as um as anybody. There hasn't been 0:09:06.400 --> 0:09:11.240 a tight end taken this high since nineteen sixty. In 0:09:11.280 --> 0:09:15.880 the NFL Draft nineteen sixty, that's when they were phoning 0:09:15.960 --> 0:09:20.760 in their their picks on pay phones. Pick five was 0:09:21.000 --> 0:09:24.800 Jamaar Chase going to the Cincinnati Bengals. This was also 0:09:24.880 --> 0:09:29.240 an anticipated move as Chase gets reunited with Joe Burrow. 0:09:29.760 --> 0:09:32.320 This is a this is a fascinating move they get 0:09:32.559 --> 0:09:37.040 They now are three deep at wide receiver and Joe 0:09:37.120 --> 0:09:40.560 Burrow Stock to me, just went up a full echelon, 0:09:40.600 --> 0:09:43.560 a full tier, just went up. And I love the 0:09:43.600 --> 0:09:47.240 fact that Joe Burrow is going to have Chase to 0:09:47.480 --> 0:09:50.600 go into the arsenal and that's going to make it's 0:09:50.600 --> 0:09:53.280 going to make him fascinating. Now, the downside is for 0:09:53.360 --> 0:09:56.880 Chase is he's got to share targets with Tee Higgins 0:09:56.880 --> 0:09:59.040 and Tyler Boyd and that part makes it a little 0:09:59.080 --> 0:10:02.160 bit trickier at least early on. Yeah, like you said, 0:10:02.360 --> 0:10:05.199 reunited with Joe Burrow, who uh in his sophomore year 0:10:05.200 --> 0:10:09.280 in twenty nineteen, Jamar Chase opted out of COVID concerns 0:10:09.360 --> 0:10:13.560 um he set the SEC record for yardage and touchdowns Burrow, 0:10:13.640 --> 0:10:17.080 they are reuniting. This is the first of three reunions 0:10:17.120 --> 0:10:20.240 between SEC receivers and their quarterbacks on Day one of 0:10:20.280 --> 0:10:22.760 the draft. We'll talk about the other two guys later, 0:10:22.880 --> 0:10:25.640 but one of them coming up right now. But overall, 0:10:25.800 --> 0:10:28.640 Chase had a great career outside of opting out last 0:10:28.920 --> 0:10:32.840 year over almost fifty of his career catches at LC 0:10:32.960 --> 0:10:34.800 went for fifteen plus yrds. Like you said, he goes 0:10:34.840 --> 0:10:38.280 into a very crowded receiver room. Uh, Joe burrow Stock 0:10:38.440 --> 0:10:40.680 certainly on the rise. He still needs some people to 0:10:40.720 --> 0:10:43.800 protect him. We don't want his legs bending uh further 0:10:43.960 --> 0:10:46.400 any further backwards like they did last year. And h 0:10:46.480 --> 0:10:49.439 But right now Jamar Chase in best ball going uh 0:10:49.559 --> 0:10:52.440 wide receiver thirty four or was going. We'll see how 0:10:52.480 --> 0:10:55.080 that that this landing spot changes. He's going right after 0:10:55.120 --> 0:10:58.240 Odell Beckham, right in the Courtland Sutton Brandon Cook's range. 0:10:58.240 --> 0:11:00.880 So he's right in that wide receiver to range. I 0:11:00.880 --> 0:11:02.800 don't know if I'd be taking him over guys like 0:11:02.840 --> 0:11:07.520 Odell Beckham, even Brandon Redraft not in Redraft not, I don't. 0:11:07.559 --> 0:11:09.480 I don't think. So there's like you said, Tee Higgins, 0:11:09.559 --> 0:11:13.559 Tyler Boyd there so but in uh in dynasty easy 0:11:13.640 --> 0:11:17.560 easily dynasty first wide receiver off the board with a bullet. 0:11:18.040 --> 0:11:22.040 Next we move to another reunion of a college quarterback 0:11:22.120 --> 0:11:26.640 and a receiver to a tongue. Baaloa and Jalen Waddle 0:11:27.360 --> 0:11:31.720 end up together. Now in Miami. They can. They combined 0:11:31.840 --> 0:11:35.720 for eight hundred yards at Alabama, so obviously some familiarity there, 0:11:35.760 --> 0:11:38.160 and I think that helps Waddle hit the ground running. 0:11:38.200 --> 0:11:41.560 Now They've already got Will Fuller, They've got Davante Parker. 0:11:41.640 --> 0:11:44.439 But Waddles really best used as a slot receiver, and 0:11:44.600 --> 0:11:46.520 that's where he's going to be on the field a 0:11:46.600 --> 0:11:50.480 lot in this offense. UM, and obviously as a punt returner. 0:11:50.559 --> 0:11:58.199 Incredibly lethal there as well. Um. Amazing lateral agility, amazing elusiveness, 0:11:58.600 --> 0:12:02.880 and so strong for a kid that's only five two pounds. 0:12:03.080 --> 0:12:05.720 One of the most explosive athletes in the entire draft 0:12:05.800 --> 0:12:10.600 at any position. Insane levels of acceleration and burst, both 0:12:10.640 --> 0:12:12.760 at the line of scrimmage and mid route. But where 0:12:13.240 --> 0:12:16.400 Jalen Waddle kills you when he gets behind the coverage 0:12:16.720 --> 0:12:19.800 over it's you're just dead. You will never catch him. 0:12:19.840 --> 0:12:24.640 He's incredibly fast and um he averaged ten yards after 0:12:24.840 --> 0:12:28.439 the catch after for a first down after the catch, 0:12:29.120 --> 0:12:31.599 so um. Maybe not as polished to some of the 0:12:31.640 --> 0:12:35.280 other receivers here, only played snaps in college, but Waddle 0:12:35.400 --> 0:12:37.760 ends up in a in a position where he can 0:12:37.800 --> 0:12:41.440 make a fairly fast impact. Although again three good receivers 0:12:41.440 --> 0:12:45.720 for Miami and Uh he's getting drafted UH as a 0:12:45.800 --> 0:12:48.880 borderline starter as a wide receiver. Three's wide receiver fifty 0:12:48.920 --> 0:12:53.680 currently right in the Mike Williams, Corey Davis, Marvin Jones range. 0:12:53.800 --> 0:12:58.000 So a lot of expectations for Jalen Waddle and a 0:12:58.000 --> 0:13:00.760 lot of Philly receivers have not. Oh no, I'm sorry, 0:13:00.760 --> 0:13:04.800 he's not on Filly. I just jump to our next guy. 0:13:05.280 --> 0:13:07.400 That's okay, we don't mind a bit. And speaking of that, 0:13:07.600 --> 0:13:09.520 let's take this opportunity to take a break. The first 0:13:09.559 --> 0:13:12.720 six picks were all offense. Then there was a gap 0:13:13.000 --> 0:13:16.600 of several players before we get to our next fantasy 0:13:16.640 --> 0:13:19.880 relevant player, and that is a player for the Eagles 0:13:19.880 --> 0:13:23.319 and another Alabama receiver. We'll talk about DeVonta Smith in moments. 0:13:24.920 --> 0:13:27.760 Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly, Paul Charchi and Brian Johnson 0:13:27.800 --> 0:13:31.320 with you. NFL Draft was yesterday if you're listening to 0:13:31.360 --> 0:13:33.760 this end of the weekend. We re re record every 0:13:33.840 --> 0:13:37.480 Fantasy Football Weekly Friday afternoons, so we're reacting to at 0:13:37.559 --> 0:13:40.520 least first plush look at the landing spots in the 0:13:40.559 --> 0:13:44.079 first round for the fantasy relevant players and we're up 0:13:44.080 --> 0:13:49.040 to the tenth pick of the draft. DeVonta Smith from Alabama. 0:13:49.440 --> 0:13:52.320 Tell listeners a little bit about Smith. The Eagles needed 0:13:52.360 --> 0:13:54.040 to make this move even though they took a wide 0:13:54.040 --> 0:13:56.080 receiver in the first round last year. Jalen Reagor looks 0:13:56.080 --> 0:13:58.560 like he might be a bust and Smith brings some 0:13:58.720 --> 0:14:02.080 really special and very different things to the table. DeVonta 0:14:02.120 --> 0:14:04.960 Smith reunited with Jalen Hurts. Even though Hurts played at 0:14:04.960 --> 0:14:07.160 Oklahoma his senior year, he played the first three years 0:14:07.160 --> 0:14:10.720 at Alabama. So these two history together. And uh earlier 0:14:10.800 --> 0:14:13.240 mentioned how Jamar Chase set the i SEC record for 0:14:13.320 --> 0:14:18.120 yards and touchdowns in Davonte Smith shattered that record last 0:14:18.200 --> 0:14:22.080 year and uh he just he won the Heisman Trophy. 0:14:22.080 --> 0:14:24.520 As a wide receiver, he was arguably the most electric 0:14:24.840 --> 0:14:27.000 player in college football. The rub on him is the 0:14:27.080 --> 0:14:30.920 size hundred sixty six pounds is that's pretty small? Yeah, 0:14:30.960 --> 0:14:34.920 and uh so, and there is cause for concern there, 0:14:34.960 --> 0:14:37.640 but you know, football players as small have survived in 0:14:37.640 --> 0:14:41.000 the NFL before, so I'm gonna give him the benefit 0:14:41.040 --> 0:14:45.000 of the doubt there. But uh, Davonte Smith arguably the 0:14:45.000 --> 0:14:50.280 wide receiver one in Philly now unless unless raker turns 0:14:50.280 --> 0:14:52.440 out to be materially different than the guy we saw 0:14:52.520 --> 0:14:55.920 last year, and um, I'm pulling up his ADP real 0:14:56.000 --> 0:14:58.240 quick and redraft. Excuse me. There are a lot of 0:14:58.320 --> 0:15:02.120 Smith's in the NFL. Are Smith he's going wide receiver 0:15:02.200 --> 0:15:05.800 forty four, so earlier than Jalen Waddle. He's going his 0:15:05.840 --> 0:15:08.840 wide receiver two among the rookies right in the Michael Pittman, 0:15:08.920 --> 0:15:12.480 Jarvis Landry, Michael Gallop, the Vaunta Parker range. That's you know, 0:15:12.560 --> 0:15:17.160 that's borderline wide receiver two. People are banking on uh 0:15:17.240 --> 0:15:19.280 Davante Smith. And this was before a landing spot. And 0:15:19.320 --> 0:15:21.920 I don't know if this is the ideal landing spot 0:15:21.960 --> 0:15:25.320 from a redraft perspective. It's it's enticing from a dinost perspective, 0:15:25.360 --> 0:15:27.640 but uh, I think he'll struggle to put up wide 0:15:27.640 --> 0:15:30.400 receiver to wide receiver three numbers in his rookie year. 0:15:30.440 --> 0:15:33.920 What I like about Smith is he's the best receiver 0:15:33.960 --> 0:15:35.800 wide receiver on the team. He's the go to guy. 0:15:35.880 --> 0:15:37.680 And you know, the other receivers that have already gone 0:15:38.160 --> 0:15:42.960 are walking into situations, are already established successful veterans. Smith 0:15:43.000 --> 0:15:46.480 doesn't have that. Other than Zach Ertz. We don't have 0:15:46.520 --> 0:15:48.800 a lot of UH. There are a lot, not necessarily 0:15:48.800 --> 0:15:50.920 a lot of Eagles that you that you feel great 0:15:50.960 --> 0:15:54.200 catching a pass, and h Smith has the opportunity to 0:15:54.240 --> 0:15:58.200 become the go to wide out for Jalen Hurts. I'm 0:15:58.200 --> 0:16:00.360 also worried that wide receiver room and feel Lee is 0:16:00.400 --> 0:16:05.400 just cursed too upon the Eagles as wide receiver, You're doomed. 0:16:05.600 --> 0:16:08.480 They got new coaches now, so maybe the curse followed 0:16:08.480 --> 0:16:11.040 their old coaching staff out the door. Let's go to 0:16:11.160 --> 0:16:14.560 pick number eleven, Justin Fields goes to Chicago. They make 0:16:14.600 --> 0:16:19.080 a big move to trade up, and Fields now presumably 0:16:19.280 --> 0:16:21.160 could be the starter as early as week one over 0:16:21.200 --> 0:16:25.240 Andy Dalton. Yeah, great acquisition by the Bears. Fields like 0:16:25.320 --> 0:16:28.840 Trey Lance UH dual threat quarterback. He ran the fastest 0:16:29.280 --> 0:16:32.320 UH forty time by a quarterback on his pro day 0:16:32.480 --> 0:16:35.560 UH in in history, faster than Russell Wilson, Cam Newton, 0:16:35.560 --> 0:16:38.920 and uh the aforementioned Jalen Hurts. And he also proved 0:16:38.920 --> 0:16:42.640 he was a very able thrower. Only eight point five 0:16:42.680 --> 0:16:46.240 percent of his passing yards came on run pass option plays. 0:16:46.720 --> 0:16:49.000 And to put that into perspective, Mac Jones twenty two 0:16:49.040 --> 0:16:51.240 and a half percent of his yards r p O 0:16:51.320 --> 0:16:54.480 s Zack Wilson twelve and a half percent, so Justin 0:16:54.600 --> 0:16:57.800 and Trevor Lawrence percent of his yards on r p O. 0:16:57.960 --> 0:17:00.200 So Justin Fields did most of it throw on the 0:17:00.200 --> 0:17:03.720 ball downfield. And like you said, the Bears are saying 0:17:03.800 --> 0:17:05.919 Dalton is the starter, but I think that might just 0:17:05.960 --> 0:17:10.720 be until they the locker. I don't know. Well, you know, 0:17:10.760 --> 0:17:13.080 I don't know either, because I really think that Fields 0:17:13.080 --> 0:17:17.320 would be better suited to UM. It would would be 0:17:17.320 --> 0:17:19.600 better suited learning for a while on the bench. But 0:17:19.680 --> 0:17:21.840 you know, the NFL doesn't usually work that way, and 0:17:21.960 --> 0:17:23.800 more often than not they just throw kids out to 0:17:23.840 --> 0:17:26.400 the wolves, but not always. Look at Patrick Mahomes who 0:17:26.480 --> 0:17:28.520 spent a year on the bench and obviously was great. 0:17:28.720 --> 0:17:30.879 Aaron Rodgers spent time on the bench and then he 0:17:30.920 --> 0:17:32.800 was great. I just you know, it's it's a luxury 0:17:32.880 --> 0:17:34.199 to be able to do that, and the Bears may 0:17:34.240 --> 0:17:36.960 end up taking their time, uh and let Andy Dalton 0:17:36.960 --> 0:17:39.200 be the starter. It's gonna throw a wrench in best 0:17:39.200 --> 0:17:41.119 ball strategies because you don't want to have to draft 0:17:41.280 --> 0:17:45.080 two Bears quarterbacks and you're not really sure which one 0:17:45.119 --> 0:17:46.880 to go with at this point in terms of who's 0:17:46.920 --> 0:17:49.320 gonna get the most playing, you know, it's fields because 0:17:49.320 --> 0:17:51.240 of the running right and you know, I think my 0:17:51.320 --> 0:17:54.240 temptation would be to just take fields and and wait 0:17:54.320 --> 0:17:57.240 it out. Yeah, I'm not. I'm not targeting too heavily 0:17:57.359 --> 0:17:59.960 in redraft this year though, but very very excited for Field. 0:18:00.000 --> 0:18:02.560 I would say he's wide receiver three off the board, 0:18:02.840 --> 0:18:06.879 quarterback three off the board when it comes to dynasty 0:18:06.240 --> 0:18:09.600 after I completely I completely agree with that. Uh. Then 0:18:09.640 --> 0:18:12.320 Mac Jones slides all the way to fifteen and Bill Belichick, 0:18:12.400 --> 0:18:14.400 this couldn't have worked out better And what a great 0:18:14.480 --> 0:18:18.680 person to have this happened to. Belichick deserves great things 0:18:18.680 --> 0:18:22.280 to happen to him. And um, they've got Cam Newton there, 0:18:22.320 --> 0:18:24.119 of course, and they resigned him in the off season 0:18:24.160 --> 0:18:26.879 despite the fact that he was benched three or four 0:18:26.920 --> 0:18:31.600 times in season. Um, this feels like a very good 0:18:31.760 --> 0:18:37.440 offensive schematic fit for what Josh McDaniels wants to do. Yeah, 0:18:37.600 --> 0:18:40.520 Mac Jones didn't really get to play much at Alabama 0:18:40.600 --> 0:18:43.960 until his senior season, but he looks fantastic and Alabama 0:18:44.480 --> 0:18:46.640 they pretty much have a system in place there too, 0:18:47.760 --> 0:18:50.960 just like New England. So um, probably the best landing 0:18:51.000 --> 0:18:55.159 spot for mac Jones, who, among all the draft eligible quarterbacks, 0:18:55.160 --> 0:18:57.960 had the highest passing grade against the Blitz last year 0:18:58.560 --> 0:19:01.440 I'm sorry, career grade and the highest career grade versus 0:19:01.480 --> 0:19:05.840 Power Five teams among all draft eligible quarterbacks. So it's 0:19:05.880 --> 0:19:07.720 not a ton of tape on mac Jones. But last 0:19:07.800 --> 0:19:10.600 year he looked really good and uh, probably in the 0:19:10.640 --> 0:19:13.760 best position for him to succeed. Yeah, Now, they still 0:19:13.760 --> 0:19:15.080 need to have a lot of weapons. And the reason 0:19:15.119 --> 0:19:17.399 I think people at at this moment on you know, 0:19:17.440 --> 0:19:23.680 on Friday, that um, yeah, they would have been set 0:19:23.720 --> 0:19:26.400 with just John U John. That would have been enough. Uh, 0:19:26.520 --> 0:19:28.760 And we'll see what other weapons they end up adding 0:19:28.760 --> 0:19:31.520 around Matt Jones. I believe this is a team that's 0:19:31.520 --> 0:19:32.920 going to come out of the draft with a couple 0:19:32.960 --> 0:19:35.520 new wide receivers as well, and that would that would 0:19:35.560 --> 0:19:39.959 certainly help Mac Jones is cause. But right now, of 0:19:39.960 --> 0:19:44.600 of the five quarterbacks, I think he's of the five 0:19:44.680 --> 0:19:48.080 quarterbacks taken in the first round, he's my least favorite. 0:19:48.359 --> 0:19:51.439 With you from a fantasy standpoint, All right, let's go 0:19:51.520 --> 0:19:55.320 to um, let's go to the next player, fantasy relevant 0:19:55.320 --> 0:19:59.879 player that was taken and in a fairly big surprise, 0:20:00.520 --> 0:20:04.840 the Giants had picked twenty when Cadarius Tony. Uh. Most 0:20:04.840 --> 0:20:09.120 people had a great of Cadarius Tony at the very 0:20:09.200 --> 0:20:11.560 end of the first round or into the second round, 0:20:12.240 --> 0:20:14.280 in part because of the style of play that he has, 0:20:14.320 --> 0:20:16.560 and also just because there's a lot of really good 0:20:16.960 --> 0:20:19.919 established receivers now for people that aren't maybe it's familiar 0:20:19.920 --> 0:20:23.280 with Cardarius Tony. He is thin, just a hundred seventy 0:20:23.320 --> 0:20:26.880 seven pounds on a six foot frame. Um, but he's 0:20:26.960 --> 0:20:28.960 great in traffic and they love to throw to him 0:20:29.000 --> 0:20:32.000 near the line of scrimmage. He made a ton of 0:20:32.040 --> 0:20:35.800 big plays, great after the catch and sometimes after the handoff. 0:20:35.800 --> 0:20:39.679 They do the jet sweep with Cadarius Tony a lot, 0:20:40.000 --> 0:20:42.560 super explosive. He breaks far more tackles than than a 0:20:42.600 --> 0:20:44.879 kid is a hundred seventy seven pounds should. And he 0:20:44.960 --> 0:20:47.240 reminds me a lot of Curtis Samuel, and I think 0:20:47.240 --> 0:20:50.040 they're gonna use him in a similar way that Curtis 0:20:50.040 --> 0:20:52.919 Samuel got used for the Giants. What I don't love 0:20:52.960 --> 0:20:57.879 about Tony is it's it's a crowded offense with three 0:20:57.960 --> 0:21:01.359 other starters you know that are that are at wide 0:21:01.359 --> 0:21:04.639 receiver that he'll have to try to find find playing 0:21:04.680 --> 0:21:06.880 time against. And I don't know how quickly that's going 0:21:06.920 --> 0:21:10.000 to happen. In New York. Yeah, he'll be safe in 0:21:10.040 --> 0:21:12.080 the slot though. I think Tony will now own the slot. 0:21:12.080 --> 0:21:14.760 I think the Giants are essentially given up on Darius 0:21:14.800 --> 0:21:19.399 Slayton at this point and they'd then on the boundaries. 0:21:19.440 --> 0:21:24.360 But yeah, it is a very crowded receiver room. And uh, 0:21:24.480 --> 0:21:26.480 Tony not a guy will be targeting in redraft this 0:21:26.560 --> 0:21:28.359 year at all, not in redraft. And I think you 0:21:28.440 --> 0:21:30.400 may have to you may have to wait a little 0:21:30.400 --> 0:21:32.760 bit to get the big payoff on on Tony, even 0:21:32.800 --> 0:21:35.560 in in Dynasty and Empire leagues. And we can't even 0:21:35.560 --> 0:21:37.320