Speaker 1: I tell you about fantasy fool gazes at the quarterback position,
Speaker 1: guys you need to forget about. First up, though, I
Speaker 1: want to once again give you my overall philosophy on quarterbacks.
Speaker 1: You need to wait on quarterbacks. Do not invest your second, third,
Speaker 1: fourth round draft pick on Drew Brees, on Aaron Rodgers,
Speaker 1: on Tom Brady, on Russell Wilson, on any of these
Speaker 1: top five guys, because the difference from that tier to
Speaker 1: the tier that you can get. Literally, if you wait
Speaker 1: and are the last person in your league to draft
Speaker 1: your fantasy quarterback, the difference is not that much early
Speaker 1: on in your drafts, Go running back, go wide receiver.
Speaker 1: You can wait on quarterback. You heard, all right? That
Speaker 1: being said, I think that there are some quarterbacks. Remember
Speaker 1: I gave you Ben, I gave you Stafford yesterday. These
Speaker 1: are guys who I would even pick. I had some
Speaker 1: of these fantasy fool gazes for two thousand seventeen at
Speaker 1: the quarterback position. The first guy I want to talk
Speaker 1: about is the quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys, Dak Prescott.
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott right now is the consensus QB twelve. He
Speaker 1: is going ninety three overall. There is no reason to
Speaker 1: invest in Dak Prescott. I'm sorry to my man, Corey Parson,
Speaker 1: the fantasy executive who you will hear with me on
Speaker 1: Sundays on the On the Lineup Block show. He's a
Speaker 1: big Cowboys guy. He's a big Dak guy. I'm telling
Speaker 1: you you need to fade Dak Prescott. Let the Corey
Speaker 1: Parsons and people like them draft him. Here's why. Last year,
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott had four interceptions all season long. The NFL
Speaker 1: m v P was Matt Ryan he had seven. Aaron Rodgers,
Speaker 1: known around the world, is probably one of the best
Speaker 1: quarterbacks in the league, had seven. This was such an
Speaker 1: outlier for Dak Prescott. There is no way he does
Speaker 1: not have some regression and turn the ball over more.
Speaker 1: He can literally throw twice as many, three times as
Speaker 1: many picks this year and still be kind of in
Speaker 1: the middle of the league. That is regression that is
Speaker 1: going to happen. Here's the other thing we all know
Speaker 1: about the Zeke Elliott suspension. He might miss six games,
Speaker 1: he might get it down to four, down to two.
Speaker 1: He may go to court and miss no games. I
Speaker 1: don't know. But if Zeke is missing any time, if
Speaker 1: you were a defense. Playing the Dallas Cowboys, you're going
Speaker 1: to focus more on the passing game, on the returning
Speaker 1: Dead's Bryant, and on Dak Prescott and his ability to
Speaker 1: beat you. I think that there is no way that
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott replicates the protection of the ball and the
Speaker 1: output that he had last year. Also, a little known secret,
Speaker 1: everyone talks about how amazing this offensive line is. I
Speaker 1: expect slight regression from their offensive line as well, with
Speaker 1: guys like Jonathan Cooper at guard instead of what they
Speaker 1: used to have Doug Free. Okay, I think all of
Speaker 1: these combine to the fact that there is no reason
Speaker 1: you need to spend for Dak Prescott. Like I said,
Speaker 1: I'd rather Matthew Stafford. I'd rather Ben Roethlisberger in this spot.
Speaker 1: I think the Cowboys are going to try to be
Speaker 1: a ball control offense that are running the ball, whether
Speaker 1: it's with Zeke, whether it's with McFadden, whether it's with
Speaker 1: Alfred Morris. All of these are reasons that you should
Speaker 1: not be evaluating Dak Prescott as QB twelve in your draft.
Speaker 1: I say, fade Dak Prescott. He's a fuazy forgot about him.
Speaker 1: Keeping moving The next quarterback I'm gonna mention is all
Speaker 1: the way up right now at QB four. Okay, the
Speaker 1: fourth highest ranked quarterback right now is the NFC champion
Speaker 1: Atlanta Falcons and two thousands set sixteen m VP Mattie Ice.
Speaker 1: Matt Ryan. He's going number forty overall, which is basically
Speaker 1: in the fourth round of drafts. I'm telling you right now,
Speaker 1: there is no way that he replicates his MVP season
Speaker 1: of last year. Here's why offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan is
Speaker 1: now coaching the San Francisco forty Niners. Okay. In years past,
Speaker 1: Matt Ryan was a guy who would start fast like
Speaker 1: the Atlanta Falcons, and then he would nose dive at
Speaker 1: the middle towards the end of the season. What was
Speaker 1: different last year was that Kyle Shannon he created mismatches
Speaker 1: usually through scheme. Okay, they had a lot of motion plays.
Speaker 1: They had a lot of complicated schemes. If you remember
Speaker 1: their game against the Seattle Seahawks last year up in Seattle,
Speaker 1: they had a couple of busted coverages from the Legion
Speaker 1: of Boom that liked to play straight up play that
Speaker 1: cover three. They were scheming things differently, okay, and that
Speaker 1: is not there with Kyle Shanahan. I think now with
Speaker 1: Sarkesian as the offensive coordinator, I could see regression from
Speaker 1: that entire offense. Here's the other things to consider. After
Speaker 1: Julio Jones, who is really catching passes for the Atlanta Falcons.
Speaker 1: Is it Austin Hooper who's expected to break out a
Speaker 1: little bit at tight end in the second season. Are
Speaker 1: you really trusting Mohammed Sanu? Are you really trusting Taylor Gabriel?
Speaker 1: And here's the thing. As you know, Julio Jones is
Speaker 1: an injury risk. He's now another year removed from that
Speaker 1: foot stuff. But what happens if you invested and matt
Speaker 1: Ryan as your QB one, and you paid a fourth
Speaker 1: or fifth round draft pick for him, and then Julio
Speaker 1: Jones goes down. I think this offense will still be prolific.
Speaker 1: But like I said, I'm not paying for any quarterback,
Speaker 1: especially one I expect to regress. And that's Mattie Ice.
Speaker 1: He's going at QB four. There's no reason you need
Speaker 1: to pay for him. The other guy I want to
Speaker 1: give you is uh Eli Manning. Okay, Eli Manning. Granted,
Speaker 1: I know he's going as quarterback sixteen, but he's got
Speaker 1: named value. Okay, and a lot of people think, oh
Speaker 1: the Ben McAdoo offense, Oh Eli Manning, volume thrower. While
Speaker 1: those things are true, I'm here in New York. I
Speaker 1: can tell you he looked ugly at times last year. Okay,
Speaker 1: Eli Manning had sixteen picks last year. You know who
Speaker 1: else had sixteen picks, Blake Bortles. You know who else
Speaker 1: had sixteen picks, brock Off Swidler and saw of those
Speaker 1: interceptions were absolutely ugly. Look like he didn't know what
Speaker 1: was going on. Yes, they got Eli Manning, new toys
Speaker 1: on the outside, guys like Brandon Marshall, guys like the
Speaker 1: first round draft pick Evan Ingram. But here's what I'm
Speaker 1: here to tell you. Look at that offensive line. It
Speaker 1: is still one of the bottom ten in the National
Speaker 1: Football League. They still have Eric Flowers protecting his blindside
Speaker 1: at left tackle. That is a problem. I would have
Speaker 1: liked to see them invest instead of on guys like
Speaker 1: Brandon Marshall, instead of on guys like Evan Ingram. I
Speaker 1: would have liked to see them bolster the support for
Speaker 1: Eli Manning at the offensive line. You have Shephard, you
Speaker 1: have Odell Beckham, that's okay for the weapons outside. And
Speaker 1: here's the other thing. Eli is going into his age
Speaker 1: thirty six season. That's about when quarterbacks fall off the cliff.
Speaker 1: We're talking about the fears around Carson Palmer. Look what
Speaker 1: happened to Eli's brother At this age, we're hearing retirement
Speaker 1: talk from Ben Roethlisberger. We're here in you know, does
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers have time? Yes? Eli is in that group.
Speaker 1: There's no reason to think that all of a sudden
Speaker 1: he turns it around and gets better at this point
Speaker 1: in time, at his age thirty six season. I want
Speaker 1: to give you a bonus guy that I want to
Speaker 1: throw out there, and this is the guy that's a
Speaker 1: little bit further down in rankings right now. Q at
Speaker 1: QB nineteen, I'm talking about Andy Dalton. Don't get it twisted.
Speaker 1: When it comes to Andy Dalton, I bring him up
Speaker 1: because this is another situation where they got the quarterback.
Speaker 1: Nice little toys, right, They got the speedster John Ross
Speaker 1: on the outside. They drafted Joe Mixon as well. Here's
Speaker 1: the thing. They let Whitworth go, they let Zeigler go.
Speaker 1: Those were two all Pro caliber offensive lineman. Yeah, it's
Speaker 1: nice that you got John Ross to blow the top
Speaker 1: off the defense. But you know what you need in
Speaker 1: order to get the ball to John Ross down the field.
Speaker 1: You need time in the pockets. And that is not
Speaker 1: what Andy Dalton is going to have this year. And
Speaker 1: if you go back and look historically at Andy Dalton
Speaker 1: when he has pressure in his face, it is not pretty.
Speaker 1: So I'm fading Eli Manning, I'm fading Andy Dalton, I'm
Speaker 1: fading Matt Ryan, and I'm fading Dak Prescott. I'm of
Speaker 1: course also fading Andrew Luck. The news seems to get
Speaker 1: worse and worse as we go about when or if
Speaker 1: he will be under center for the Indianapolis Colts. But
Speaker 1: we have a pole question up right now. I threw
Speaker 1: out these options, who do you think is going to
Speaker 1: be the kind of worse by relative to their ADP
Speaker 1: and their value? And right now forty three of you
Speaker 1: agree that Matt Ryan will not replicate his m v
Speaker 1: P season. Whether it's the loss of Shanahan, whether it's
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl hangover, or whether it's the injury risk
Speaker 1: associated with his primary target Julio Jones, or whether it's
Speaker 1: that you follow my philosophy and are not paying up
Speaker 1: for quarterback at all. That is fine, but these guys
Speaker 1: for me on the fantasy freestyle there, my quarterback fantasy
Speaker 1: fo gazes, forget about him. On what what isghaz? Forghasy
Speaker 1: means a phony