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Speaker 1: Wow, Hey everybody, It's Wednesday, August ninth, twenty twenty three.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to the NFL Fantasy Football Podcast. We're the ones

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Speaker 1: who are calling plays this year. It's been your man, MG,

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Speaker 1: Marcus Grant, joined by Michael F. Floria. We got specialists

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Speaker 1: in the building, Iphim, Josh Susie. Give yourselves a round

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Speaker 1: of a plus. We're back to back days for the

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Speaker 1: first time. That's probably the only time we'll doing back

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Speaker 1: to back days for podcasts. I think this year right

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Speaker 1: twice a week now, but not not necessarily consecutive. Very

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Speaker 1: different from last year, Very different from last year. I

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Speaker 1: sat home yesterday afternoon, like I got a whole nother

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Speaker 1: podcast I gotta to prepare for, like an do some work.

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Speaker 1: We got a busy show for you today. We'll continue

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Speaker 1: our division previews. Yesterday was the AFC East. You can

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Speaker 1: go back and check that out. Today is the NFC East.

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Speaker 1: On top of that, a special guest, Warren Sharp of

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Speaker 1: Sharp Football, a very sharp mind when it comes to football,

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Speaker 1: and come in and talk to us about a number

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Speaker 1: of things, maybe some of the offenses that he thinks

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Speaker 1: could take a step forward this year. Not a lot

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Speaker 1: in the way of news since we spoke to you yesterday.

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Speaker 1: So let's just dive in with the NFC East, And

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Speaker 1: as always, these are alphabetical by city. I am not

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Speaker 1: predicting in order of finish, so we will start with

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Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboys. Last year, your top quarterback scorer from Dallas,

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Speaker 1: no surprise, Dak Prescott two hundred and thirteen points QB eighteen.

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Speaker 1: Tony Pollard was your RB one in fantasy from Dallas,

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Speaker 1: just under two hundred and fifty points, RB eight, CD

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Speaker 1: Lamb just over three hundred points. The wide receiver five,

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Speaker 1: and Dalton Schultz, who was no longer in Dallas, he

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Speaker 1: was your tight end ten. The big losses Ezekiel Elliott,

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Speaker 1: who is still a free agent as we talk to

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Speaker 1: you right now, Noah Brown and Dalton Schultz some of

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Speaker 1: their key additions in free agency. They bring in Ronald

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Speaker 1: Jones and Brandon Cooks. They draft Luke Schuenmaker and Deuce Vaughn,

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Speaker 1: and you're checking eighty's first guy off the board. No surprise,

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Speaker 1: Ceed Lamb ADP of around thirteen overall for CD. So

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Speaker 1: a couple questions when we look at this offense last year,

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Speaker 1: Dak Prescott was the QB eighteen. Every year where he

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Speaker 1: has been healthy and played at least fifteen or sixteen games,

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Speaker 1: he has been a top ten guy. Last year he

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Speaker 1: was hurt, I believe, played twelve games finishes as the

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Speaker 1: QB eighteen. Are we undervaluing Dak Prescott in drafts right now?

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Speaker 2: Maybe a little bit. Dak is one of those players

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Speaker 2: to me that I'm like, I do feel like we're

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Speaker 2: underrating him, And then I look at my own rankings

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Speaker 2: and I'm.

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Speaker 1: Like, well, that's where I have him ranked as.

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Speaker 2: Well, Like he's my QB thirteen, and like I have

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Speaker 2: Deshaun Watson, Anthony Richardson to a tongue of Iloa, and

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Speaker 2: Daniel Jones ahead of him. Him and Daniel Jones I

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Speaker 2: think are in the same group. But the other three

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Speaker 2: the reason I have them ahead of Dak is because

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Speaker 2: I just think the ceiling is higher. Like I think

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Speaker 2: dak ceiling is top ten, whereas I think Watson, Richardson

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Speaker 2: and if things break right for Tua and he stays healthy,

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Speaker 2: I think they could be even better than that because

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Speaker 2: of what they give us with their legs in some instances,

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Speaker 2: or the high powered offense of the Dolphins. But I

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Speaker 2: do think Dak is not getting the same pass that

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Speaker 2: some other quarterbacks are getting, Like, yes, he turned.

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Speaker 1: The ball over a buch.

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Speaker 2: He had the most multi interception games in NFL history

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Speaker 2: by any player who missed five games or more. Wow,

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Speaker 2: his career interception rate, I mean, his interception rate last

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Speaker 2: year was double his career north And I don't see

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Speaker 2: a single person being like, oh, well, he broke his

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Speaker 2: hand and.

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Speaker 1: That probably played a factor.

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Speaker 2: But for Aaron Rodgers, everyone is saying, oh, it's the

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Speaker 2: broken hand and stuff we pick and choose. I think

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Speaker 2: when we put these narratives in place and when we don't.

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Speaker 2: And I think Dak deserves a pass for last year,

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Speaker 2: like it was one bad year where he hurt his hand.

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Speaker 2: That being said, I don't think he has like.

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Speaker 1: Top five upside or anything like that. No, I don't

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Speaker 1: think he does either. Right now. In really redraft ADP,

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Speaker 1: I see him as the QB nine going somewhere in

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Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson, And honestly, I would probably put Watson ahead

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Speaker 1: of Prescott. I think the ceiling maybe is a little

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Speaker 1: bit higher for Deshaun Watson weirdly Tua is at twelve.

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Speaker 1: I think that's an injury concerned thing. But that's that's

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Speaker 1: neither here nor there. I'm with you. I think he

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Speaker 1: does sort of get unfairly maligned for things. I think

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Speaker 1: that is something that comes with being the starting quarterback

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Speaker 1: which also happen to mostly be Cowboys fans, Like I think,

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Speaker 1: like I feel like Cowboys fans, they're Tim Robinson in

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Speaker 1: the hot dog costume, Like we're all trying to find

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Speaker 1: the guy who did this, right, Like Cowboy fans complain

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Speaker 1: about Dak Prescott and then it turns into a national narrative,

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Speaker 1: and then they turn around to complain about the national

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Speaker 1: narrative and well, you set this fire, why are you

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Speaker 1: complaining about it? Sorry, that's my own little rant. But

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Speaker 1: I do think I do think Dak probably deserves a

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Speaker 1: little bit more love. I think right now the QB

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Speaker 1: nine is probably about right, nine to ten. I think

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Speaker 1: he's definitely better than he was last year. I think

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Speaker 1: the interceptions come down this year. I think having Brandon

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Speaker 1: Cooks helped a lot this year in terms of that

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Speaker 1: because now he's got a second wide receiver, you know,

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Speaker 1: and then you got Tony Pollard also there catching the

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Speaker 1: football and that that whole thing. I think that that's

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Speaker 1: gonna help a whole lot. Speaking of which, is Brandon

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Speaker 1: Cooks back to being a thousand yard receiver this year?

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Speaker 2: He has every time he has joined a new team

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Speaker 2: via trade, he has gone for a thousand yards that

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Speaker 2: first season. And I think your point about the receivers

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Speaker 2: is one that gets overlooked with Dallas last year, like, yeah,

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Speaker 2: they had Ceedee Lamb, who is amazing and went for

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Speaker 2: almost fourteen hundred yards. They he did not have another

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Speaker 2: of what Cede Lamb himself put up, no other player

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Speaker 2: was able to do. And then you talk about who

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Speaker 2: their options were. Dalton Schultz is a really reliable tight end,

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Speaker 2: but he's not an explosive downfield weapon like Brandon Cooks.

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Speaker 2: Michael Gallup was working his way back from the injury.

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Speaker 2: Noah Brown is Noah Brown like no offense to him.

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Speaker 2: He's not Brandon Cooks. So you now put the explosive.

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Speaker 2: This is the best top two receivers they've had since

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Speaker 2: they got rid of Amari Cooper. And I think that

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Speaker 2: helps Dak Prescott. I think it helps Ceedee Lamb a

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Speaker 2: bit and take some defensive attention away. But yeah, I

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Speaker 2: think Brandon Cooks, as long as he stays healthy, will

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Speaker 2: have another bounce back year. I mean he's a year

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Speaker 2: removed from being a thousand yard receiver.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he's not really that far off from it. And

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Speaker 1: last year was just an awful year in Houston all around.

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Speaker 1: I gotta ask, are you into Michael Gallup at all?

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Speaker 1: This year?

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Speaker 2: I've taken like a couple of late round dart throws

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Speaker 2: on him. But it's not like I'm going into drafts

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Speaker 2: like are you that's been your guy?

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Speaker 1: That's been my guy? Right? Like I'm mostly asked, I'm

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Speaker 1: amost gonna hidth tham kalone sitting here in the room,

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Speaker 1: and he gives me a hard time about it. I

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Speaker 1: think I don't think I'm bet on Michael Gallup this year,

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Speaker 1: which pretty much guarantees that he's actually going to break

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Speaker 1: through this year because I have finally decided to back

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Speaker 1: off of him. But I think at this point we've

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Speaker 1: sort of seen who he is. We sort of know

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Speaker 1: what the ceiling is, and with Lamb and Cooks there,

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Speaker 1: that doesn't really give him, I think, a whole opportunity.

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Speaker 1: I asked that just for you, Hytham, just so you

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Speaker 1: can hear me. Just forget it. That's right, it's MG's man.

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Speaker 1: We got to stay close. Over to the New York Giants.

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Speaker 1: Last year, their fantasy top scorers Daniel Jones QB nine

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Speaker 1: at two hundred and ninety four Fantasy points. Saquon Barkley

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Speaker 1: leading the way at running back. No shock there, two

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Speaker 1: hundred and eighty four points. He was your RB five.

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Speaker 1: So you want to talk about the power of rushing quarterbacks, right,

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Speaker 1: Daniel Jones was a top ten quarterback. His top fantasy

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Speaker 1: wide receiver was Darius Slayton, who was wide receiver fifty two,

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Speaker 1: and Daniel Bellinger was his top tight end tight end

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Speaker 1: thirty four with seventy five Fantasy points. Daniel Jones as

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Speaker 1: a fantasy quarterback was not really getting it done through

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Speaker 1: the air last year. He was mostly getting it done

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Speaker 1: with his rushing ability. I mean, look, as a fantasy manager,

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Speaker 1: you'll take it pretty much anyway you can get it,

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Speaker 1: but it just kind of goes to show key losses.

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Speaker 1: Key losses in air quotes here Kenny Galladay, who but

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Speaker 1: at some point I literally forgot was on the team,

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Speaker 1: and Richie James. Their key additions and free agency, they

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Speaker 1: go get Cole Beasley, Paris Campbell, Jamison Crowder. The big one,

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Speaker 1: of course is Darren Waller. Then in the draft they

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Speaker 1: Saquon first guy off the board, especially now that he

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Speaker 1: has signed and we know he's going to be there

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Speaker 1: for a year. Around pick eight generally is where he

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Speaker 1: is going. A couple questions one, hype train or smoke screen.

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Speaker 1: Darren Waller has a shot to be the tight end

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Speaker 1: one this year.

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna say hype trained just because I love Darren

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Speaker 2: Waller and he is a top three tight end for

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Speaker 2: me and my most drafted fantasy tight end. But realistically,

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Speaker 2: the percentage odds of any tight end not named Travis

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Speaker 2: Kelce being the tight end one this year are probably

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Speaker 2: in the single digits. Like Darren Waller has like a

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Speaker 2: two percent chance or something like that of being the

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Speaker 2: tight end one. But I do have him ranked as

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Speaker 2: the tight end three, and I might I've been toying

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Speaker 2: with the idea of maybe bumping him up, but I

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Speaker 2: think I'm probably gonna leave him at three. But if

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Speaker 2: you ask me, outside of Travis Kelce, who is, if

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Speaker 2: they all stay healthy, who is going to have the

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Speaker 2: most volume this year? For me, it is a lock

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Speaker 2: that it is Darren Waller, which is why I'm so

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Speaker 2: bullish on him. And I think he also gets to

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Speaker 2: go back to a role that fits his skill set.

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Speaker 2: Last year with DeVante Adams, he was getting fewer targets

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Speaker 2: and they were asking him to be more of a

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Speaker 2: intermediate to downfield threat, whereas with the Giants now they're

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Speaker 2: saying everything is gonna be short to intermediate and no

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Speaker 2: one can cover him on that portion of the field.

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Speaker 2: I just trust Brian Dable to put his big name

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Speaker 2: players in the best chance to succeed, and I think

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Speaker 2: he'll do so with Darren Moore.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. No, I'm hype trained on this and this isn't

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Speaker 1: me saying it's going to for sure happen, but I

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Speaker 1: do think it is within the realm of possibility because

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Speaker 1: he is the one guy in that offense, and I

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Speaker 1: think you can count on to reliably consistently earn targets,

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Speaker 1: and I think even more than that, he is the

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Speaker 1: guy that you can count on to earn targets in

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Speaker 1: the red zone near the goal line. Dwayne McFarlane tweet

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Speaker 1: he had the best tweet about the Giants. He tweeted

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Speaker 1: the picture of Robert Wadlow, who probably knows the world's

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Speaker 1: tallest man throughout history. Get us book a World Records

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Speaker 1: and it's just a picture of Wadlow with people who

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Speaker 1: are probably normal sized humans, but they all look like

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Speaker 3: say that definitely from a coaching perspective, we know that

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Speaker 3: there was a little bit of truth though he said

434
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Speaker 3: it in probably the wrong way and probably inappropriately to

435
00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:55,080
Speaker 3: the fact that this team was very poorly coached last year,

436
00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:58,959
Speaker 3: from just the penalties, to the inefficiency to the uh

437
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Speaker 3: to the way that they getting plays into the way

438
00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:04,280
Speaker 3: that they were operating the offense. A lot of problems

439
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Speaker 3: with Denver last year. One of the first and foremost

440
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Speaker 3: things that I think Sean Payton tried to do is

441
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Speaker 3: come in and get better protection for Russell Wilson, because

442
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Speaker 3: all quarterbacks, doesn't matter who you are. If you know

443
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Speaker 3: that you've got a little bit better protection there, if

444
00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:23,119
Speaker 3: you feel a little bit more confident standing there getting

445
00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:25,520
Speaker 3: ready to snap the football, that's going to go a

446
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Speaker 3: long way in your overall ability to execute whatever play

447
00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:33,360
Speaker 3: is being radioed into you. So I think the protection

448
00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:36,639
Speaker 3: factor is a big thing. I think the way that

449
00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:38,760
Speaker 3: they're going to get their plays in and get to

450
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Speaker 3: the line of scrimmage a little bit quicker in my opinion,

451
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Speaker 3: and have things a little bit better prepared for Russ

452
00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:47,040
Speaker 3: is also going to be a factor in helping him

453
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Speaker 3: feel a little bit more comfortable behind center. Whether or

454
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Speaker 3: not that actually elevates this team enough so that they're

455
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Speaker 3: competitive in the AFC West, that's another story. Entirely year

456
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Speaker 3: they became and he did, and I certainly wasn't expecting

457
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Speaker 3: him to have the year that he did last year,

458
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Speaker 3: but it came sort of a laughing stock of the

459
00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:13,520
Speaker 3: league in terms of how bad things were going. And

460
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Speaker 3: I think one of the ways that we reached a

461
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Speaker 3: crescendo mid season was that Thursday night game against the

462
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Speaker 3: Indianapolis Colts. It was just a disaster to watch unfold

463
00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:24,960
Speaker 3: on live TV in front of the entire nation and world.

464
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Speaker 3: So I think that there's nowhere to go butt up,

465
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Speaker 3: and I do think that we are trending in the

466
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Speaker 3: right direction. And I respect Sean Payton a ton, and

467
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Speaker 3: I think he understands the direction and the focus for

468
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Speaker 3: this team and where they need to go. I do

469
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Speaker 3: find it odd that some people were suggesting that the

470
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Speaker 3: fact that Sean Payton made these statements is kind of

471
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Speaker 3: like already building in an excuse for him in case

472
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Speaker 3: things go poorly, because I actually view it in the

473
00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:56,040
Speaker 3: entire opposite vein, and that is that if he is

474
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Speaker 3: saying that last year it wasn't necessarily the players, it

475
00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:01,719
Speaker 3: was the coaching, then if he doesn't come in and

476
00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:04,280
Speaker 3: do a good job coaching this team. It's going to

477
00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:06,560
Speaker 3: be on him. It's not going to be on the players,

478
00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:08,919
Speaker 3: because the players worked the ones he was blaming for

479
00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:11,840
Speaker 3: the performance last year. He was saying the coaching was

480
00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:15,240
Speaker 3: so miserable, worst he's ever seen. So I think there

481
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Speaker 3: is pressure on Sean Payton to come in and turn

482
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Speaker 3: this thing around.

483
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Speaker 1: Now.

484
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Speaker 3: He obviously has the ability if it doesn't work, to

485
00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:24,720
Speaker 3: say Russell Wilson is completely unfixable and he's totally broken

486
00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:27,120
Speaker 3: and nobody's going to ever get anything more out of him.

487
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Speaker 3: But I really think we're going to get a nice

488
00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:32,800
Speaker 3: season out of like a tight end like Greg Dolcic.

489
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Speaker 3: I think that we're going to see a much better

490
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Speaker 3: Russell Wilson than we did last year. I think the

491
00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:40,399
Speaker 3: offensive line's going to give him better protection. But I

492
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Speaker 3: just think that there are still a lot of question

493
00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:45,199
Speaker 3: marks there that haven't been answered just by bringing in

494
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Speaker 3: Sean Payton and Warren.

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Speaker 2: Who are some rookies that you are expecting to break out?

496
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Speaker 2: We all know Bjeon Robinson, but outside of Bijon, is

497
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Speaker 2: there any other rookies that you think will have a

498
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Speaker 2: really big year?

499
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Speaker 3: Well, no doubt. I think when we're talking about receivers.

500
00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:03,520
Speaker 3: It's easy to name all the names that probably you

501
00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:07,680
Speaker 3: guys have already thought about. I like Dalton Kincaid, who

502
00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:10,040
Speaker 3: usually is not going to get a lot of talk

503
00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:13,720
Speaker 3: as a first round tight end, as a first year

504
00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:16,280
Speaker 3: tight end, because most of those guys take a while

505
00:25:16,359 --> 00:25:21,320
Speaker 3: to really make an impact. But I think that this

506
00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:26,119
Speaker 3: Buffalo Bills team was so miserable down at the goal line.

507
00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:28,440
Speaker 3: I'm actually going to be writing an article about how

508
00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:31,280
Speaker 3: much this team has struggled down at the goal line

509
00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:33,880
Speaker 3: the last two years. It wasn't just after Brian Dable left,

510
00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:37,040
Speaker 3: it was actually the last year of Brian Dable Josh

511
00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:40,880
Speaker 3: Allen's passing at the goal line. Shockingly, I mean, this

512
00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:43,040
Speaker 3: is a top two offense if you look at the

513
00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:46,960
Speaker 3: top two offenses over the last two years on points scored,

514
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Speaker 3: on efficiency. You can look at it on a yardage basis,

515
00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:53,719
Speaker 3: on a points basis, on an efficiency basis, the Chiefs

516
00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:55,800
Speaker 3: and the Bills are the top two offenses in the

517
00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:59,120
Speaker 3: NFL the last two years, but down at the goal line.

518
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Speaker 3: Inside the three year, the Buffalo Bills have been a

519
00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:06,479
Speaker 3: bottom three offense and in some cases, the worst offense

520
00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:09,080
Speaker 3: in the entire NFL. Over the last two years. I'm

521
00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:11,760
Speaker 3: going to talk about this in an article I'm working

522
00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:14,679
Speaker 3: on that I'm going to be publishing next week. But

523
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Speaker 3: I think that you can get some more of these

524
00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:19,080
Speaker 3: two tight end sets and get more tight end targets

525
00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:20,840
Speaker 3: down at the goal line. I don't know that that's

526
00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:22,919
Speaker 3: the only way to fix it, but you do have

527
00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:26,400
Speaker 3: to get Josh Allen to get on schedule and get

528
00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:28,639
Speaker 3: the ball out of his hands quicker down at the

529
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Speaker 3: goal line. This team is sacrificing a lot of touchdowns,

530
00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:35,000
Speaker 3: which obviously is very important in a fantasy football perspective.

531
00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:38,920
Speaker 3: They're sacrificing a lot of touchdowns down there because these

532
00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:41,159
Speaker 3: players are taking too long to develop, and Josh Allen's

533
00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:43,640
Speaker 3: holding onto the ball too much and he's scrambling under

534
00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:46,520
Speaker 3: the pressure. Whereas they need to get some quicker hitting

535
00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:49,200
Speaker 3: passes and I think line up and some more heavier

536
00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:51,960
Speaker 3: groupings but then pass out of it quickly. I think

537
00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,240
Speaker 3: that could be a potential answer and could get Dalton

538
00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:57,920
Speaker 3: Kincaid some more goal line work than we might otherwise

539
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Speaker 3: expect him to get down there. There's a lot of

540
00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:04,560
Speaker 3: other receivers that have made an impact. I think from

541
00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:08,560
Speaker 3: or that might make an impact from a fantasy perspective

542
00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:11,199
Speaker 3: that were drafted highly. So I'm not really going to

543
00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:13,520
Speaker 3: go into detail on them, but I will just add

544
00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:17,000
Speaker 3: you know, there's a lot of quarterbacks that are in

545
00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:20,440
Speaker 3: year two that were in their first year last year

546
00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:23,159
Speaker 3: and didn't play a full season. I think are going

547
00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:25,840
Speaker 3: to have better years this year. So they're not true rookies,

548
00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:29,280
Speaker 3: but a guy like Desmond Ritter, who's on Jon Robinson's team,

549
00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:31,520
Speaker 3: as you alluded to, I mean, I know that there's

550
00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:33,359
Speaker 3: been some things that have come out in camp where

551
00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:35,679
Speaker 3: it looks like he's inaccurate, he's missing this target, that

552
00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:38,639
Speaker 3: target the other. I think this offense is going to

553
00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:40,679
Speaker 3: catch some people off guard this year. I think this

554
00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:43,439
Speaker 3: offense can be a lot more explosive and score a

555
00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:46,359
Speaker 3: lot more points than they scored last season. And I

556
00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:49,240
Speaker 3: say that for two reasons. Number One, down inside the

557
00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:51,320
Speaker 3: red zone, this team was one of the worst in

558
00:27:51,359 --> 00:27:54,680
Speaker 3: the NFL, and that is very a typical from what

559
00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:58,040
Speaker 3: Arthur Smith usually gets down inside of the red zone

560
00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:00,720
Speaker 3: his red zone offenses, whether it's been Tennessee. And yes,

561
00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:03,920
Speaker 3: you have the advantage of having a Derrek Henry or

562
00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:07,040
Speaker 3: in Atlanta's first year, much better than what we saw

563
00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:10,440
Speaker 3: out of this unit last season. Marcus Mariota really struggled

564
00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:12,240
Speaker 3: to throw the football down inside of the resident. I

565
00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:14,239
Speaker 3: think they're going to get into the red zone and

566
00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:17,160
Speaker 3: score more touchdowns than they did last year. I think

567
00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:19,479
Speaker 3: this unit is going to do a better job than

568
00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:22,240
Speaker 3: they did last year in that regard. Secondly, I think

569
00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:25,600
Speaker 3: we're going to see more explosive plays down the field.

570
00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:29,359
Speaker 3: Marcus Mariota was the least accurate thrower of the football

571
00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:32,840
Speaker 3: on passes to over twenty yards last season. I think

572
00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:36,080
Speaker 3: Desmond Ridder therefore can't be any worse. I think there's

573
00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:39,960
Speaker 3: going to be improvement from some of these receivers. I think,

574
00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:42,080
Speaker 3: I mean, anybody who own Kyle Pitts, who is obviously

575
00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:45,560
Speaker 3: a highly drafted tight end last year, understands the pain

576
00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:48,520
Speaker 3: of him being open and the ball being on his

577
00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:52,120
Speaker 3: fingertips are uncatchable on these deep passes, and I think

578
00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:54,720
Speaker 3: that has to go. It has to improve and will

579
00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:57,840
Speaker 3: improve this upcoming season. And thus I think you're going

580
00:28:57,880 --> 00:29:00,520
Speaker 3: to see a lot of like the rising tide lift ships.

581
00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:02,920
Speaker 3: I think a lot of the receivers down in Atlanta.

582
00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:04,840
Speaker 3: It's hard for me to really pinpoint one is that, oh,

583
00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:07,800
Speaker 3: that's the guy this year is really going to break out.

584
00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:11,680
Speaker 3: But the concert of all these offensive players down there

585
00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:14,200
Speaker 3: with a great offensive line, one of the best in

586
00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:17,480
Speaker 3: the NFL, very underrated offensive line, and an improved defense

587
00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:20,080
Speaker 3: that's going to get opponents off the field more. Give

588
00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:23,720
Speaker 3: Atlanta a little bit more opportunities offensively to have more

589
00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:26,560
Speaker 3: plays in a higher play volume. I think will help

590
00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:27,400
Speaker 3: the Falcons too.

591
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Speaker 1: I should mention, by the way you can go in

592
00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:33,840
Speaker 1: the preseason Guy, there a fantasy section written by the

593
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:37,320
Speaker 1: very excellent Rich Riebar, who also does stuff for Sharp

594
00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:40,400
Speaker 1: Football Analysis at the website as well. I got to ask,

595
00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:44,200
Speaker 1: in terms of coaching and teams that make changes, especially

596
00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:47,800
Speaker 1: at offensive coordinator, how much does that impact an offense

597
00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:49,760
Speaker 1: from year to year? And I guess this is sort

598
00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:52,640
Speaker 1: of disguised as an Eric b Enemy question in Washington,

599
00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:55,240
Speaker 1: But how much impact can that have on an offense

600
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Speaker 1: from one year to the next.

601
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Speaker 3: Well, it's massive in my opinion. This is what makes

602
00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:04,000
Speaker 3: football so intriguing and difficult. Like you think about baseball,

603
00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:06,680
Speaker 3: pitcher just goes up to the mound, he's thrown his pitches,

604
00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:08,960
Speaker 3: Like you can really analyze what this pitcher does. It

605
00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:12,479
Speaker 3: doesn't really matter who his coaches, right, It's about this pitcher.

606
00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:16,640
Speaker 3: In football, it's totally different. I think that these guys,

607
00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:21,080
Speaker 3: all these quarterbacks are changed at the hip to their

608
00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:24,920
Speaker 3: offensive coordinator. Like it does not matter what level of

609
00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:29,840
Speaker 3: quarterback you are. If your offensive coordinator is not elevating you,

610
00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:33,080
Speaker 3: then you are not going to reach your full potential.

611
00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:35,960
Speaker 3: And it matters big time what plays are called in there.

612
00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:38,920
Speaker 3: And it matters big time what the quarterback, based on

613
00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:42,840
Speaker 3: his office quarter is allowed to do from a audible standpoint,

614
00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:46,400
Speaker 3: from a flexibility standpoint, from seeing a defense how they're

615
00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:49,040
Speaker 3: lining up, and being able to get into the right

616
00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:52,160
Speaker 3: play call. And that's why you know, Patrick Mahomes is

617
00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:55,040
Speaker 3: so lucky to have Andy Reid. Obviously Mahomes is elite.

618
00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:58,240
Speaker 3: Reid definitely helps raise the game there of even the

619
00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:01,080
Speaker 3: best quarterback in the NFL. So matters who your play

620
00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:03,680
Speaker 3: caller is for a guy like Patrick Mahomes. Think about

621
00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:06,400
Speaker 3: how important that might be for a guy like Sam

622
00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:09,200
Speaker 3: Howe or some of these other quarterbacks that are younger

623
00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:11,920
Speaker 3: and looking to make a name for themselves across the league.

624
00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:17,640
Speaker 3: So I have a higher regard for offensive coordinators in general,

625
00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:20,240
Speaker 3: and the impact and the way that play calling matters.

626
00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:22,720
Speaker 3: That's why I study it to the degree that I do,

627
00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:27,160
Speaker 3: is because I think it's a vital aspect of football analysis.

628
00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:29,760
Speaker 3: It's very difficult to separate the play calls from the player,

629
00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:33,720
Speaker 3: but I think that it is so important. And with

630
00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:38,360
Speaker 3: regard to Washington, I mean, this team was the most

631
00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:41,440
Speaker 3: run heavy team. They had the most time of possession

632
00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:44,240
Speaker 3: of any team in the NFL last season. I'm not

633
00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:46,720
Speaker 3: quite sure if this was a Ron Rivera thing or

634
00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:50,120
Speaker 3: he was trying to enforce this on Scott Turner, who

635
00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:53,480
Speaker 3: ultimately became the scapegoat and was fired. But this team

636
00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:57,000
Speaker 3: was so focused on running the football on first down,

637
00:31:57,080 --> 00:31:59,760
Speaker 3: the highest run rate in the NFL. These runs were

638
00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:04,240
Speaker 3: not successful whatsoever. And then you were leading to this

639
00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:08,040
Speaker 3: desire to just have time of possession. They didn't even

640
00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:11,000
Speaker 3: have a winning record last year, and yet they had

641
00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:13,440
Speaker 3: the most time of possession by far of any team

642
00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:16,160
Speaker 3: in the NFL. That should not be aligning. If you're

643
00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:17,960
Speaker 3: not that good, you need to figure out a way

644
00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:20,480
Speaker 3: to score points and do it a little bit quicker,

645
00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:24,360
Speaker 3: generate some more explosive plays offensively. One of the things

646
00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:27,120
Speaker 3: that we know from Eric b Enemy that he should

647
00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:29,440
Speaker 3: be bringing from Kansas City. Though, I'm really excited to

648
00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:33,560
Speaker 3: see if this is what ultimately happens, because A it's like, okay, well,

649
00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:35,640
Speaker 3: how much of the offense of Kansas City was Eric

650
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Speaker 3: the Enemy A part of We don't know that yet.

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00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:40,160
Speaker 3: We're going to find out soon and be like how

652
00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:44,040
Speaker 3: much does Ron Rivera tried to control what happens there?

653
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Speaker 3: Because I hope it's very little. I want to see

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Speaker 3: Eric the Enemy flourish and do what he wants to do.

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Speaker 3: But they were the highest pass right team in the NFL,

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Speaker 3: So we're going from the most run heavy team in

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Speaker 3: the league last year in Washington. Now they bring an

658
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Speaker 3: offense cordator for the most pass heavy team in the league.

659
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Speaker 3: It's a lot of ease to pass the football. When

660
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Speaker 3: Patrick Mahomes is your quarterback, you have a lot more

661
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Speaker 3: confidence in doing that. But I think one of the

662
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Speaker 3: things that a lot of coaches lose sight of is that,

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Speaker 3: like let's say you're Ron Rivera, you're a defensive mind

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Speaker 3: to head coach. You think one of the most important

665
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Speaker 3: things is time of possession. Don't have turnovers, so you're

666
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Speaker 3: therefore try to run the football a little bit more,

667
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Speaker 3: especially on early downs, and you're trying to protect your

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Speaker 3: quarterback and lower his pass rate a little bit. The

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Speaker 3: problem with that is this, if you have a younger

670
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Speaker 3: and inexperienced quarterback, the best time to throw the ball

671
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Speaker 3: is when the defense is expecting a run to be called.

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Speaker 3: The worst time to throw the ball is in a

673
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Speaker 3: predictable passing situation. And what inevitably happens when you run

674
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Speaker 3: the ball too much on first down or first and

675
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Speaker 3: second down is, especially if you're going into heavier box

676
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Speaker 3: accounts because the defense can't anticipate, is you're going to

677
00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:47,520
Speaker 3: be faced with a lot more third down passing situations

678
00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:49,720
Speaker 3: third and five, third and eight, third and nine, third

679
00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:51,760
Speaker 3: and ten, et cetera that you're going to have to

680
00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:53,920
Speaker 3: pass the football out of the defense can pin their

681
00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:56,840
Speaker 3: ears back and attack you. The other problem that running

682
00:33:56,840 --> 00:33:59,160
Speaker 3: the football a lot does is it does not allow

683
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Speaker 3: you to gain lead. It does not allow you to

684
00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:04,280
Speaker 3: get out in front of opposing teams, and as a result,

685
00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:06,720
Speaker 3: you're always going to be in situations late in the

686
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Speaker 3: game where you're playing from behind, which is another one

687
00:34:09,360 --> 00:34:12,799
Speaker 3: of those predictable passing situations. Whereas if you are able

688
00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:15,520
Speaker 3: to jump out to a lead, the playbook is completely open.

689
00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:17,360
Speaker 3: You could call a pass or run in third or

690
00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:20,239
Speaker 3: fourth quarter. Defense doesn't know what's coming, and now your

691
00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:24,280
Speaker 3: quarterback can thrive a little bit. So play calling is vital.

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Speaker 3: The addition of EB in DC is just a massive

693
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Speaker 3: juxtaposition versus what they were doing last year. I think

694
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Speaker 3: they're going to lean more into the pass. I hope

695
00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:36,520
Speaker 3: Ron Rivera stays out of it more and I'm excited

696
00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:38,960
Speaker 3: to see what this offense can do passing the football

697
00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:41,920
Speaker 3: a little bit more. But I do have my I

698
00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:45,239
Speaker 3: guess hesitations about feeling that the Commanders are going to

699
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Speaker 3: be a good team and have success this year, even

700
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Speaker 3: though they play in the NFC, which is by far

701
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Speaker 3: the weaker conference, because they go up against a more

702
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Speaker 3: difficult schedule, and I think of all the divisions in

703
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Speaker 3: the NFC, THEIRS is the most difficult top to bottom.

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Speaker 3: Of the top three teams, like, I expect the Giants

705
00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:05,520
Speaker 3: to regress significantly this year. I think they're gonna play

706
00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:07,800
Speaker 3: better football. I think they're gonna be a better team.

707
00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:10,880
Speaker 3: They're gonna have a worse record. However, they got lucky

708
00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:13,359
Speaker 3: last season. But that team's gonna be better. You got

709
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Speaker 3: the Eagles and the Cowboys in that same division. I

710
00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:17,960
Speaker 3: just think it's gonna be difficult for Washington and finish

711
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Speaker 3: anywhere but fourth in the NFC East.

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Speaker 1: the NFC East. The Philadelphia Eagles are next up. You're

734
00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:33,440
Speaker 1: defending NFC champions. In last year, all their top fantasy

735
00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:35,840
Speaker 1: scorers were pretty much the guys you would expect. Jalen

736
00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:38,640
Speaker 1: Hurts was the QB three overall three hundred and eighty

737
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Speaker 1: four points, Miles Sanders two hundred and sixteen Fantasy points,

738
00:36:42,520 --> 00:36:46,399
Speaker 1: RB fifteen, AJ Brown wide receiver six just a hair

739
00:36:46,840 --> 00:36:51,400
Speaker 1: under three hundred fantasy points, and Dallas Goddards one point

740
00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:53,920
Speaker 1: two was the tight end twelve. In the offseason, some

741
00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:58,560
Speaker 1: of their notable losses Gardner, Minshew, and Miles Sanders. Meanwhile,

742
00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:02,040
Speaker 1: their additions, they add Mark Mariota and Rashad Penny and

743
00:37:02,080 --> 00:37:06,000
Speaker 1: DeAndre Swift and olamide z A Kias through free agency.

744
00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:10,000
Speaker 1: No offensive skill position players in the draft, so not

745
00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:12,480
Speaker 1: a really surprise. They seem set pretty much at all

746
00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:16,239
Speaker 1: those positions. First off the board, AJ Brown, who has

747
00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:22,160
Speaker 1: an ADP overall of the fourteenth pick. Looking at the backfield, though,

748
00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:25,319
Speaker 1: they bring in DeAndre Swift, who had a very good

749
00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:27,799
Speaker 1: season in Detroit. They bring in Rashad Penny, who was

750
00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:31,279
Speaker 1: playing really well in Seattle before he got hurt. These

751
00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:33,799
Speaker 1: are two guys that we know can be productive, two

752
00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:36,720
Speaker 1: guys that we know have sort of extensive injury history.

753
00:37:36,760 --> 00:37:39,120
Speaker 1: So between the two of them, who you got.

754
00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:43,319
Speaker 2: I'm gonna take Rashad Penny at costs because right now

755
00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:46,680
Speaker 2: DeAndre Swift is RB twenty four in drafts, going at

756
00:37:46,719 --> 00:37:50,600
Speaker 2: pick seventy eight, whereas Rashad Penny RB thirty four going

757
00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:53,360
Speaker 2: at pick one oh two. So you're getting like, what

758
00:37:54,120 --> 00:37:56,560
Speaker 2: three rounds full rounds of a discount on him, something

759
00:37:56,640 --> 00:38:00,520
Speaker 2: like that. And I think that if anyone takes over

760
00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:02,799
Speaker 2: the Miles Sanders role from last year, is just like

761
00:38:02,840 --> 00:38:05,600
Speaker 2: the lead back with Jalen Hurts, I think it's for

762
00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:08,600
Speaker 2: Shad Penny, who is the better runner of the two.

763
00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:12,120
Speaker 2: DeAndre Swift is the I would say, the more all

764
00:38:12,160 --> 00:38:14,399
Speaker 2: around talent. He can be used in the passing game

765
00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:17,560
Speaker 2: and do a whole lot of different things, whereas Penny

766
00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:20,399
Speaker 2: is just a great runner. He is not a pass

767
00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:22,919
Speaker 2: catcher by any stretch. And that's kind of the role

768
00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:25,319
Speaker 2: that Miles Sanders played last year.

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Speaker 1: I thought I was.

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Speaker 2: Going to be more in on Swift until all the

771
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Speaker 2: reports were that, like, Hey, he's playing out of the

772
00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:34,080
Speaker 2: slot and they're using him all over the field, and

773
00:38:34,120 --> 00:38:36,319
Speaker 2: I'm like, that's not good for a running back. Like

774
00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:39,000
Speaker 2: it's good if you get some work like that, but

775
00:38:39,040 --> 00:38:41,759
Speaker 2: when that is your primary job, Like no, So I

776
00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:44,640
Speaker 2: think we're shot Penny, who is one of the best

777
00:38:44,680 --> 00:38:48,040
Speaker 2: runners in football when healthy. That's the only question is

778
00:38:48,080 --> 00:38:51,359
Speaker 2: how long is he going to stay healthy. The real

779
00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:54,640
Speaker 2: answer is probably that Philly is gonna try to piece

780
00:38:54,640 --> 00:38:57,840
Speaker 2: it together because Swift and Penny have struggled to stay healthy.

781
00:38:58,239 --> 00:39:02,279
Speaker 2: But when we're talking about getting a piece of this

782
00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:04,640
Speaker 2: run game outside the top one hundred picks, it's hard

783
00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:05,440
Speaker 2: for me to say.

784
00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:08,359
Speaker 1: No, I think you're right in terms of Philly just

785
00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:10,239
Speaker 1: trying to piece me of this thing together and us

786
00:39:10,239 --> 00:39:12,279
Speaker 1: seeing a lot of both of these running backs. I

787
00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:16,080
Speaker 1: will say even at cost well, I was gonna say

788
00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:18,840
Speaker 1: I I was leaning toward DeAndre Swift and you throwing

789
00:39:18,840 --> 00:39:21,000
Speaker 1: out this thing about him in the slot and everything

790
00:39:21,239 --> 00:39:23,319
Speaker 1: kind of makes me rethink that. But I'm gonna stick

791
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Speaker 1: with it. I'm gonna stay with DeAndre Swift just because

792
00:39:26,200 --> 00:39:28,480
Speaker 1: of the pass catching upside that if the two of

793
00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:31,080
Speaker 1: them end up splitting these opportunities, and who knows if

794
00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:33,120
Speaker 1: it's a fifty to fifty split, who knows what happens

795
00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:36,759
Speaker 1: to a guy like Kenneth Gainwell. I think that pass

796
00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:39,560
Speaker 1: catching upside is going to sort of win the day there.

797
00:39:40,320 --> 00:39:44,040
Speaker 1: The other thing I fear for Penny's sake is the

798
00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:47,680
Speaker 1: Eagles being known for that that sort of QB sneak

799
00:39:47,680 --> 00:39:49,840
Speaker 1: at the goal line and everybody just rushing and pushing

800
00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:52,640
Speaker 1: Jalen hurts In. Does that take away from a lot

801
00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:55,319
Speaker 1: of his touchdown opportunity? That worries me a little bit.

802
00:39:55,360 --> 00:39:58,040
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna go, even having it be three or

803
00:39:58,040 --> 00:40:00,760
Speaker 1: four rounds earlier, I think I'm gonna go Dean Andre Swift.

804
00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:02,480
Speaker 1: But I do think both of these guys are going

805
00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:04,960
Speaker 1: to be really really productive. As long as you're not

806
00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:08,040
Speaker 1: relying on either of them to be your RB one,

807
00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:10,480
Speaker 1: I think you're gonna be happy with him. It's just,

808
00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:13,239
Speaker 1: you know, it may be frustrating in certain weeks when

809
00:40:13,360 --> 00:40:15,719
Speaker 1: you know you're starting Penny and it's Swift getting all

810
00:40:15,719 --> 00:40:18,680
Speaker 1: these touches and vice versa. But I do think both

811
00:40:18,719 --> 00:40:22,880
Speaker 1: of them could be productive. This year, we talk about

812
00:40:22,880 --> 00:40:25,160
Speaker 1: tight ends, we talk about the guys at the top, right,

813
00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:29,239
Speaker 1: we talk Kelsey and Andrews and Pitt's and Waller, and

814
00:40:29,280 --> 00:40:32,239
Speaker 1: then we talk about like the later round guys. Right,

815
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Speaker 1: that's when we talk about the Dalton Kincaid's and the

816
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Speaker 1: Sam Laportas, the Tyler Higbees. We don't really talk a

817
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Speaker 1: lot about the guys in the middle. Dallas Goddard is

818
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Speaker 1: one of those who's just sort of hanging out kind

819
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Speaker 1: of in that nether world, in the middle of the

820
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Speaker 1: tight end. He's the middle class of tight ends, if

821
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Speaker 1: you will. How do you feel about him this year?

822
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Speaker 2: I think Dallas Goddard to me, I don't like him

823
00:40:54,680 --> 00:40:57,360
Speaker 2: as much as like Darren Waller, and they go similar range,

824
00:40:57,400 --> 00:40:59,560
Speaker 2: So I have a lot of Darren Waller and not

825
00:40:59,640 --> 00:41:00,960
Speaker 2: as much Dallas Goddard.

826
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Speaker 1: But I think Dallas.

827
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Speaker 2: Goddard is one of the tight ends that you want

828
00:41:05,280 --> 00:41:07,279
Speaker 2: to target in drafts this year. I keep saying, like,

829
00:41:07,640 --> 00:41:10,959
Speaker 2: after the top seven, I think there's still other good

830
00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:13,440
Speaker 2: players at the position, but I think there's a significant

831
00:41:13,480 --> 00:41:16,439
Speaker 2: falloff in terms of floor and upside that they bring,

832
00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:19,960
Speaker 2: And Dallas Goddard comes with concerns because there's Aj Brown

833
00:41:20,040 --> 00:41:23,000
Speaker 2: and there's DeVonta Smith, and we know Philly's gonna run.

834
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Speaker 1: The ball a whole lot.

835
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Speaker 2: But he's a very good player on a very good

836
00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:30,680
Speaker 2: offense that even if some weeks has volume concerns, he's

837
00:41:30,680 --> 00:41:33,080
Speaker 2: going to get his Last year, he was one of

838
00:41:33,120 --> 00:41:35,359
Speaker 2: four tight ends to average over two yards per route.

839
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Speaker 2: Ran the other three Chicka Konko, Travis Kelsey, Mark Andrews,

840
00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:43,200
Speaker 2: so absolute elite company to be in. Again, I don't

841
00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:46,320
Speaker 2: like him as much as Darren Waller and even Kyle Pitts,

842
00:41:46,320 --> 00:41:48,799
Speaker 2: who go around where he goes. So I don't have

843
00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:51,399
Speaker 2: a whole bunch of him. But if those two were

844
00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:53,680
Speaker 2: gone and he was like the fallback option, I'd be

845
00:41:53,760 --> 00:41:55,520
Speaker 2: perfectly fine clicking draft on him.

846
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Speaker 1: That's the thing, is that I because as you mentioned,

847
00:41:57,680 --> 00:42:00,480
Speaker 1: of where he goes, that's kind of got me out

848
00:42:00,560 --> 00:42:02,720
Speaker 1: on him. And it's not about him as a player

849
00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:05,480
Speaker 1: or even the situation. It's just when I look around

850
00:42:05,600 --> 00:42:08,440
Speaker 1: in drafts, right about the spot he's going, say the

851
00:42:08,480 --> 00:42:12,759
Speaker 1: sixth round or so, there are other guys going in

852
00:42:12,880 --> 00:42:16,160
Speaker 1: that spot, whether it's a wide receiver like a Christian Watson,

853
00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:19,759
Speaker 1: maybe a Marquise Brown. Running backs, you know, I think

854
00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:21,759
Speaker 1: you know I'm waiting for the Alvin Kamara ADP to

855
00:42:21,800 --> 00:42:23,520
Speaker 1: catch up. I think that's gonna change. But right now,

856
00:42:23,520 --> 00:42:28,319
Speaker 1: Alvin Kamara, James Cook, you know, even Antonio Gibson. I

857
00:42:28,320 --> 00:42:30,759
Speaker 1: would rather take shots on those guys. Or if I'm

858
00:42:30,760 --> 00:42:33,480
Speaker 1: gonna go with the quarterback right, Dack's there, Trevor Lawrence

859
00:42:33,560 --> 00:42:36,200
Speaker 1: is there. There are a lot of players I would

860
00:42:36,280 --> 00:42:39,640
Speaker 1: rather have other positions than say a Dallas Goddard. I

861
00:42:39,719 --> 00:42:41,839
Speaker 1: have tended to be of the opinion of I'm either

862
00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:45,200
Speaker 1: gonna go early. I'm gonna take that shot at Kelsey

863
00:42:45,360 --> 00:42:48,120
Speaker 1: or Andrew's early, or I'm gonna wait till late and

864
00:42:48,160 --> 00:42:50,799
Speaker 1: I'm gonna draft a you know, a Dalton Kinkad. I'm

865
00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:53,080
Speaker 1: gonna draft a Tyler Higbee. I just have not really

866
00:42:53,120 --> 00:42:56,279
Speaker 1: been living sort of in this middle area there, and

867
00:42:56,320 --> 00:42:58,680
Speaker 1: so that has kind of gotten me out on Goddard.

868
00:42:59,080 --> 00:43:01,160
Speaker 1: I think overall, his numbers are going to be fine.

869
00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:03,800
Speaker 1: I just think that when you're drafting him in that spot,

870
00:43:04,040 --> 00:43:06,200
Speaker 1: you're missing out on a lot of other players that

871
00:43:06,239 --> 00:43:08,680
Speaker 1: I think can help you in other areas. That for

872
00:43:08,800 --> 00:43:11,279
Speaker 1: me is sort of the reason that I've kind of

873
00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:15,160
Speaker 1: stayed away from from Dallas Goddard this year. Last team

874
00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:20,319
Speaker 1: in the NFC East it is the Washington Commanders. Last year,

875
00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:23,320
Speaker 1: their top scoring quarterback was Taylor Heinike at one hundred

876
00:43:23,320 --> 00:43:26,240
Speaker 1: and twenty two points. He was QB thirty. Carson Wentz

877
00:43:26,560 --> 00:43:30,439
Speaker 1: point two points behind him one hundred and twenty one

878
00:43:30,520 --> 00:43:32,440
Speaker 1: point eight. I had to throw that in there because

879
00:43:32,560 --> 00:43:34,000
Speaker 1: I was looking at that and it just blew my

880
00:43:34,120 --> 00:43:38,400
Speaker 1: mind that Taylor Heinike was point two points better than

881
00:43:38,480 --> 00:43:41,040
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz. By the way, have you seen the photography.

882
00:43:41,040 --> 00:43:45,840
Speaker 1: Are just going to ask you that the piecemeal workout uniform,

883
00:43:46,280 --> 00:43:49,880
Speaker 1: hegel helmet, the commander's jersey, the Colt shorts.

884
00:43:50,560 --> 00:43:53,839
Speaker 2: I was like, listen, you're not on a roster right now.

885
00:43:53,880 --> 00:43:55,839
Speaker 2: Not because you're not one of the best sixty four

886
00:43:56,400 --> 00:43:59,440
Speaker 2: quarterbacks on the planet. There's another reason, and that is

887
00:43:59,480 --> 00:43:59,920
Speaker 2: not helping.

888
00:44:00,040 --> 00:44:02,440
Speaker 1: That's not having your cause at all. That you look

889
00:44:02,520 --> 00:44:06,640
Speaker 1: like a refugee from a memory of Billia Sale. Yeah,

890
00:44:06,680 --> 00:44:09,520
Speaker 1: that was wild. Anyway, he was QB thirty one. Heinike

891
00:44:09,880 --> 00:44:12,799
Speaker 1: was thirty. Antonio Gibson your top scoring running back in

892
00:44:12,960 --> 00:44:16,400
Speaker 1: Washington UH one sixty five, He was RB twenty eight.

893
00:44:16,480 --> 00:44:19,200
Speaker 1: Terry McLaurin, no surprise, your top wide receiver at two

894
00:44:19,280 --> 00:44:23,480
Speaker 1: hundred and twenty nine points, Wide receiver fourteen, Logan Thomas.

895
00:44:23,880 --> 00:44:27,680
Speaker 1: Your top tight end the tight end thirty two at

896
00:44:27,760 --> 00:44:31,799
Speaker 1: seventy seven points. I'm scrolling through. Tight end was kind

897
00:44:31,840 --> 00:44:34,840
Speaker 1: of rough generally in the NFC, I guess, not terrible.

898
00:44:34,840 --> 00:44:38,440
Speaker 1: They had Yeah Gottard and you had Dalton Schultz. I

899
00:44:38,440 --> 00:44:41,400
Speaker 1: guess it wasn't totally terrible in the NFC East a

900
00:44:41,520 --> 00:44:46,640
Speaker 1: tight end uh Key losses Heinike has moved on, Carson Wentz.

901
00:44:46,840 --> 00:44:49,080
Speaker 1: I guess I mean just because you know, they had

902
00:44:49,120 --> 00:44:51,640
Speaker 1: to fill a couple quarterback spots. JD. McKissick is gone,

903
00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:54,960
Speaker 1: Cam Simms is gone. Not much in the way of

904
00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:59,960
Speaker 1: additions there in Washington. Jacoby Brissett comes in as a

905
00:45:00,080 --> 00:45:01,759
Speaker 1: free agent, and then they add Eric the Enemy as

906
00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:05,320
Speaker 1: offensive coordinator. You heard Warren Sharp talking about him a

907
00:45:05,360 --> 00:45:07,560
Speaker 1: little bit and what he could mean for a young

908
00:45:07,640 --> 00:45:11,480
Speaker 1: quarterback like Sam Hollen for this offense. Overall first player

909
00:45:11,520 --> 00:45:15,160
Speaker 1: off the board Terry McLaurin an ADP of about fifty.

910
00:45:16,960 --> 00:45:19,480
Speaker 1: So you heard Warren talking about the fact that he

911
00:45:19,520 --> 00:45:22,520
Speaker 1: does think that having a good offensive coordinator can mean

912
00:45:22,560 --> 00:45:25,680
Speaker 1: a lot of difference, especially for a young, unproven quarterback.

913
00:45:26,280 --> 00:45:28,680
Speaker 1: Does Eric the Enemy and Washington make you any more

914
00:45:28,719 --> 00:45:32,040
Speaker 1: interested in taking pieces of this offense, Yes.

915
00:45:33,160 --> 00:45:36,920
Speaker 2: I'm more interested in certain pieces because of it. Like

916
00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:40,520
Speaker 2: I cannot quit Terry McLaurin, and I wrote about ten

917
00:45:40,600 --> 00:45:43,439
Speaker 2: value to the ten best values of wide receivers. He's

918
00:45:43,640 --> 00:45:44,520
Speaker 2: in that article.

919
00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:48,160
Speaker 1: My thing is you have here.

920
00:45:48,200 --> 00:45:51,719
Speaker 2: He goes off the board at fiftieth overall have I

921
00:45:51,760 --> 00:45:54,200
Speaker 2: am hard pressed to say there's forty nine players better

922
00:45:54,239 --> 00:45:58,279
Speaker 2: than Terry McLaurin, at least offensively. But even that he's

923
00:45:58,320 --> 00:46:00,319
Speaker 2: going right now as like wide receiver twenty five four,

924
00:46:00,520 --> 00:46:03,120
Speaker 2: which is where he finished last year, and then you

925
00:46:03,160 --> 00:46:05,279
Speaker 2: add in Eric b Enemy. I don't see how the

926
00:46:05,320 --> 00:46:08,719
Speaker 2: passing attack gets any worse than what it was. And

927
00:46:08,960 --> 00:46:13,160
Speaker 2: my viewpoint continues to be I think Ron Rivera is

928
00:46:13,200 --> 00:46:15,839
Speaker 2: coming into this year on the hot seat. So while

929
00:46:15,880 --> 00:46:18,759
Speaker 2: I think they want to go with Sam Hal, I

930
00:46:18,840 --> 00:46:21,560
Speaker 2: see this quarterback room playing out in two ways. Either

931
00:46:21,680 --> 00:46:25,000
Speaker 2: Sam Hall will play better than we are anticipating and

932
00:46:25,440 --> 00:46:29,560
Speaker 2: that lifts Terry McLaurin, or he will struggle, he will

933
00:46:29,560 --> 00:46:33,080
Speaker 2: get benched and they'll bring in Jacoby Brissett, who wasn't

934
00:46:33,080 --> 00:46:36,520
Speaker 2: above average quarterback last year and lifted Amari Cooper to

935
00:46:36,560 --> 00:46:39,080
Speaker 2: be a wide receiver one, So I think that Terry

936
00:46:39,120 --> 00:46:41,359
Speaker 2: McLaurin could get a similar boost to that. And let's

937
00:46:41,360 --> 00:46:45,319
Speaker 2: not forget when Taylor Heinike was in the game. You

938
00:46:45,400 --> 00:46:48,040
Speaker 2: wanted to play Terry McLaurin when it was Carson Wentz

939
00:46:48,080 --> 00:46:49,680
Speaker 2: and he was afraid to throw the ball more than

940
00:46:49,680 --> 00:46:51,799
Speaker 2: five yards downfield and he was dumping it off every

941
00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:54,640
Speaker 2: game to Curtis Samuel. Yeah, Terry McLaurin had some down

942
00:46:54,680 --> 00:46:57,640
Speaker 2: weeks there. The differences with Carson Wentz and every other

943
00:46:57,719 --> 00:46:59,920
Speaker 2: quarterback in his career is vast.

944
00:47:00,120 --> 00:47:02,640
Speaker 1: So for me, Tarry McLaurin is the.

945
00:47:02,480 --> 00:47:05,920
Speaker 2: Only player in Washington that I'm like bullishly going into

946
00:47:06,040 --> 00:47:08,279
Speaker 2: drafts hoping to come away with. But I think, like

947
00:47:08,360 --> 00:47:11,040
Speaker 2: Johan Dotson, you can get excited for. I think Sam

948
00:47:11,080 --> 00:47:14,000
Speaker 2: Howe will be better in fantasy for however many games

949
00:47:14,000 --> 00:47:15,719
Speaker 2: than he starts in the draft price you have to

950
00:47:15,719 --> 00:47:18,879
Speaker 2: pay because he's a good rushing quarterback. Besides that, though,

951
00:47:18,920 --> 00:47:20,280
Speaker 2: I don't get excited about.

952
00:47:20,120 --> 00:47:22,839
Speaker 1: A whole lot. I mean, I'm definitely not drafting either

953
00:47:22,880 --> 00:47:25,359
Speaker 1: the quarterbacks Howell or Brissett. Whoever it is that wins

954
00:47:25,440 --> 00:47:29,000
Speaker 1: that job, I'm assuming it's Howl I don't really want

955
00:47:29,000 --> 00:47:31,520
Speaker 1: them McLaurin. I'm fine with John Dottson. I'm fine with

956
00:47:31,600 --> 00:47:34,840
Speaker 1: I've even heard some people make a compelling case for

957
00:47:34,920 --> 00:47:38,319
Speaker 1: Curtis Samuel at Adp, not necessarily overall, but at least

958
00:47:38,360 --> 00:47:42,520
Speaker 1: at Adap. I've heard people make a compelling case. Where

959
00:47:42,600 --> 00:47:46,560
Speaker 1: I have sort of waffled all off season is in

960
00:47:46,640 --> 00:47:49,560
Speaker 1: the backfield, which actually kind of gets you the next question.

961
00:47:50,840 --> 00:47:54,840
Speaker 1: I early on in draft season was sort of alternating

962
00:47:54,840 --> 00:47:59,759
Speaker 1: between Antonio Gibson and Brian Robinson, especially if I was

963
00:47:59,800 --> 00:48:02,640
Speaker 1: going more of a zero RB or a hero RB

964
00:48:02,800 --> 00:48:05,000
Speaker 1: sort of build. I would take one of those two guys,

965
00:48:05,040 --> 00:48:07,440
Speaker 1: and I would you kind of alternate between which one

966
00:48:07,480 --> 00:48:09,719
Speaker 1: I took, understanding that they have different roles and can

967
00:48:09,760 --> 00:48:14,399
Speaker 1: do different things. Lately, I haven't really done quite as

968
00:48:14,440 --> 00:48:17,200
Speaker 1: much of that. I do think the passing game is

969
00:48:17,200 --> 00:48:19,759
Speaker 1: gonna really take a step forward this year, and I

970
00:48:19,800 --> 00:48:22,879
Speaker 1: think that certainly goes against Robinson. For you, how are

971
00:48:22,880 --> 00:48:26,239
Speaker 1: you approaching, if at all, this Washington backfield.

972
00:48:26,960 --> 00:48:30,480
Speaker 2: I don't have many shares of any of either of

973
00:48:30,520 --> 00:48:34,520
Speaker 2: these two, and it's not I think they're both good

974
00:48:34,560 --> 00:48:38,840
Speaker 2: talented running backs. I don't know which one is going

975
00:48:38,920 --> 00:48:41,440
Speaker 2: to it, I truly cannot tell you, like if you

976
00:48:41,480 --> 00:48:43,360
Speaker 2: ask me right now, which I could give you my

977
00:48:43,400 --> 00:48:47,360
Speaker 2: best guess, but with confidence because it's a new oc here.

978
00:48:47,640 --> 00:48:50,600
Speaker 2: Brian Robinson I think got a very poor shake last

979
00:48:50,640 --> 00:48:53,040
Speaker 2: year as a rookie. He legitimately got shot right before

980
00:48:53,040 --> 00:48:57,080
Speaker 2: the season started and that hampered him. But I could

981
00:48:57,080 --> 00:48:59,399
Speaker 2: see him being the short yardage guy, the one getting

982
00:48:59,440 --> 00:49:02,440
Speaker 2: the work near the near the goal line, whereas Antonio

983
00:49:02,480 --> 00:49:04,680
Speaker 2: Gibson is more of the change of paceback in the

984
00:49:04,680 --> 00:49:07,279
Speaker 2: passing game. But how much is like a quarterback like

985
00:49:07,320 --> 00:49:09,680
Speaker 2: Sam how gonna jump it off because I he can run,

986
00:49:09,760 --> 00:49:13,480
Speaker 2: I don't think it'll be much. So they're going around

987
00:49:13,680 --> 00:49:16,080
Speaker 2: the same in the same round range for a reason,

988
00:49:16,160 --> 00:49:18,440
Speaker 2: and just looking at the names who go around them,

989
00:49:19,000 --> 00:49:21,520
Speaker 2: Like you know, I like James Cook and Alvin Kamara

990
00:49:21,560 --> 00:49:23,520
Speaker 2: a whole lot more than them. I'd rather take a

991
00:49:23,520 --> 00:49:25,759
Speaker 2: shot on like Dalvin Cook. I'd rather take the shot

992
00:49:25,800 --> 00:49:29,200
Speaker 2: on Rashad Penny. So there's just Khalil Herbert. There's other

993
00:49:29,280 --> 00:49:31,880
Speaker 2: players that I like more than them in that range.

994
00:49:32,280 --> 00:49:34,880
Speaker 2: So because of that, I don't typically draft.

995
00:49:34,640 --> 00:49:36,440
Speaker 1: Them a whole lot. Yeah, No, I mean I think

996
00:49:36,440 --> 00:49:38,720
Speaker 1: that makes sense and Like I said, as we've gotten

997
00:49:38,840 --> 00:49:43,600
Speaker 1: further into draft season, I have kind of backed away

998
00:49:43,640 --> 00:49:46,120
Speaker 1: a little bit from from drafting those two guys. But

999
00:49:46,160 --> 00:49:48,680
Speaker 1: early on, maybe that was some early season you know,

1000
00:49:49,160 --> 00:49:52,000
Speaker 1: mini camp Ota kind of hype about, you know, what

1001
00:49:52,040 --> 00:49:55,680
Speaker 1: these guys were doing. I can't understand some concern about them.

1002
00:49:56,040 --> 00:49:58,040
Speaker 1: By the way you mentioned Ron Rivera maybe being on

1003
00:49:58,080 --> 00:50:00,400
Speaker 1: the hot seat, I completely agree with that. You've got

1004
00:50:00,400 --> 00:50:03,719
Speaker 1: a new ownership group there looking to sort of turn

1005
00:50:03,760 --> 00:50:08,160
Speaker 1: around the fortunes of this franchise, and the bad news

1006
00:50:08,560 --> 00:50:11,680
Speaker 1: for Washington and Warren Sharp sort of alluded to this.

1007
00:50:12,200 --> 00:50:15,960
Speaker 1: They can be better this year, but they're any division

1008
00:50:16,080 --> 00:50:19,120
Speaker 1: where three teams made the playoffs last season. One of

1009
00:50:19,160 --> 00:50:20,920
Speaker 1: those three teams went all the way to the super

1010
00:50:20,920 --> 00:50:23,120
Speaker 1: Bowl and certainly has the talent to do it again

1011
00:50:23,200 --> 00:50:26,960
Speaker 1: this year. It is an uphill battle for Riverboat Ron

1012
00:50:27,520 --> 00:50:29,399
Speaker 1: there in DC. You see how things turn out.

1013
00:50:29,480 --> 00:50:31,920
Speaker 2: His successor might over Like Eric the Enemy has been

1014
00:50:31,960 --> 00:50:35,640
Speaker 2: a top head coaching candidate for a while, and I

1015
00:50:35,800 --> 00:50:38,319
Speaker 2: just hope that the players saying he's too intense, I

1016
00:50:38,320 --> 00:50:39,480
Speaker 2: hope Terry McLaurin.

1017
00:50:39,200 --> 00:50:42,080
Speaker 1: Is not one of them. I feel like that's you know,

1018
00:50:42,239 --> 00:50:43,600
Speaker 1: I feel like you get that a lot when you

1019
00:50:43,640 --> 00:50:45,960
Speaker 1: have a new coach come in, especially one who is

1020
00:50:46,000 --> 00:50:49,040
Speaker 1: as intense as the enemy, especially when they come to

1021
00:50:49,080 --> 00:50:51,200
Speaker 1: a franchise where things have maybe been a little bit

1022
00:50:51,280 --> 00:50:54,279
Speaker 1: lax for a long time. Now suddenly you know they're

1023
00:50:54,320 --> 00:50:56,839
Speaker 1: being asked to do a little bit extra and there

1024
00:50:56,960 --> 00:50:59,879
Speaker 1: is frustration about it. If they come out and their

1025
00:51:00,000 --> 00:51:02,680
Speaker 1: successful early in the season, a lot of that complaining

1026
00:51:02,719 --> 00:51:05,279
Speaker 1: goes away. Yeah, if they go out and they start

1027
00:51:05,320 --> 00:51:07,720
Speaker 1: winning football games, people are not going to be upset

1028
00:51:08,200 --> 00:51:11,680
Speaker 1: with how hard they got pushed during training camp. All right,

1029
00:51:11,960 --> 00:51:14,680
Speaker 1: that's a good spot to give this one arrest. Again,

1030
00:51:14,719 --> 00:51:17,560
Speaker 1: big thanks to Warren Sharp for coming on the show.

1031
00:51:17,600 --> 00:51:20,640
Speaker 1: You can check out the Sharp Football Analysis twenty twenty

1032
00:51:20,640 --> 00:51:23,840
Speaker 1: three season preview at Sharp dot football and if you

1033
00:51:23,880 --> 00:51:28,319
Speaker 1: don't already, follow Warren at Sharp football on Twitter. Twitter. Right,

1034
00:51:28,640 --> 00:51:30,080
Speaker 1: we're not calling it X. It's Twitter.

1035
00:51:30,239 --> 00:51:32,440
Speaker 2: Someone just tweeted me and I called it Twitter and

1036
00:51:32,480 --> 00:51:34,120
Speaker 2: they called it X and I was like, stop, I

1037
00:51:34,160 --> 00:51:34,920
Speaker 2: sent the gift of this.

1038
00:51:34,960 --> 00:51:37,200
Speaker 1: Stop trying to make the fetch happen. Yeah, don't do that.

1039
00:51:37,239 --> 00:51:40,200
Speaker 1: Don't do that. It's still Twitter. Anyway. We will be

1040
00:51:40,239 --> 00:51:42,880
Speaker 1: back again with you next week. By the way a

1041
00:51:42,880 --> 00:51:46,440
Speaker 1: reminder as well, Fantasy Live is back on your television

1042
00:51:46,440 --> 00:51:49,320
Speaker 1: sets starting on Monday, August fourteenth. We've got a series

1043
00:51:49,360 --> 00:51:52,799
Speaker 1: of preseason shows Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday for the next couple

1044
00:51:52,840 --> 00:51:56,000
Speaker 1: of weeks. We'll be sure to check that out as well.

1045
00:51:56,040 --> 00:51:58,000
Speaker 1: In the meantime, foun I'm doing it for this edition

1046
00:51:58,080 --> 00:52:01,160
Speaker 1: of the NFL Fantasy Football Podcast. They happy, safe and healthy,

1047
00:52:01,280 --> 00:52:04,319
Speaker 1: do good and live well, enjoy preseason football, and if

1048
00:52:04,360 --> 00:52:06,080
Speaker 1: you see me in Canton, don't be afraid to buy

1049
00:52:06,120 --> 00:52:08,080
Speaker 1: me a beer. In the meantime, we'll talk to you

1050
00:52:08,120 --> 00:52:35,120
Speaker 1: next week.