WEBVTT - Aloe Vera Players 0:00:01.160 --> 0:00:07.320 Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of iHeartRadio. Time 0:00:07.360 --> 0:00:11.640 now for Fantasy Football Weekly from iHeartRadio, your weekly source 0:00:11.720 --> 0:00:15.760 for the nation's best fantasy football advice, speculation, and whatever 0:00:15.840 --> 0:00:18.759 stupid stuff they decided to drop into the show. Now, 0:00:18.800 --> 0:00:23.360 here's your host, Paul charge Welcome to another edition of 0:00:23.400 --> 0:00:26.120 Fantasy Football Weekly. I am Paul Chargi and co host, 0:00:26.200 --> 0:00:28.760 as it has been for the better part of a 0:00:28.800 --> 0:00:32.080 month and a half, Brian Johnson. The streak is alive, yes, 0:00:32.720 --> 0:00:34.880 and I have reasonab believe we'll be back next week too. 0:00:35.200 --> 0:00:37.680 I think I will be. I'm already looking forward to that. 0:00:37.880 --> 0:00:40.920 Let's call it a full on guarantee. I like the 0:00:40.920 --> 0:00:43.319 sound of that. Nothing is going to happen between now 0:00:43.320 --> 0:00:45.720 and next week that will stop you from executing next 0:00:45.720 --> 0:00:51.320 week's Fantasy Football Weekly. This week, we're going back to 0:00:51.360 --> 0:00:53.520 a subject we had at this time last year. Are 0:00:53.640 --> 0:00:59.480 aloe vera players? What are alo vera players? Brian, Guys, 0:00:59.520 --> 0:01:03.040 we thought we're going to be a soothing addition to 0:01:03.120 --> 0:01:06.119 our fantasy teams last year, but they burned us. They 0:01:06.160 --> 0:01:08.080 burned us, but but no, but we're gonna go back 0:01:08.080 --> 0:01:10.440 to them now and they're going to soothe our burns, 0:01:10.720 --> 0:01:15.400 that's right, qualities they burned us last year. But we're 0:01:15.400 --> 0:01:17.320 going to go right back to the well and they 0:01:17.319 --> 0:01:20.440 are going to be soothing if this coming season. And 0:01:20.520 --> 0:01:23.600 what's better at least for my guys is they're much cheaper. Yeah, 0:01:23.680 --> 0:01:25.760 they're all cheaper. These are all guys, that's right. These 0:01:25.760 --> 0:01:27.600 are all guys that are gonna cost you less this 0:01:27.680 --> 0:01:32.280 year than than most years. Um, I've got five guys. 0:01:32.319 --> 0:01:34.520 You've got four guys that were going back to the 0:01:34.560 --> 0:01:41.360 well on. These are all underperformers, in some cases dramatic underperformers, um, 0:01:41.400 --> 0:01:44.920 And but guys that were optimistic on and guys that 0:01:44.920 --> 0:01:48.840 were buying on including offseason leagues, including dynasty leagues. Yeah, 0:01:48.880 --> 0:01:51.840 these are these are all guys that I think have 0:01:51.920 --> 0:01:54.720 the chance to make good for the uh, make good 0:01:54.760 --> 0:01:59.720 on on the wrongs of last season. Let's begin with 0:02:01.280 --> 0:02:08.200 Trey Lance. Everybody's totally off of him, and obviously things 0:02:08.240 --> 0:02:10.720 couldn't have gone more wrong for him last year. He 0:02:10.840 --> 0:02:14.960 fractured his fibula and suffered a significant what they called 0:02:15.000 --> 0:02:17.400 ligament disruption to his ankle. But that was back in 0:02:17.440 --> 0:02:20.720 Week two, so we never got to see anything really 0:02:20.720 --> 0:02:22.600 with Trey Lance. He had the one game in a 0:02:22.639 --> 0:02:25.960 monsoon in Chicago, and then that happened. I didn't hear 0:02:26.120 --> 0:02:29.519 the ligament disruption. Yeah doesn't sound good, does it. No, 0:02:29.720 --> 0:02:34.440 it doesn't. But the good news is it repeated reports 0:02:34.480 --> 0:02:37.120 that he's already working out and he's going to be 0:02:37.160 --> 0:02:40.120 one hundred percent for OTAs and he and Sam Darnold 0:02:40.480 --> 0:02:45.400 will be effectively the healthy quarterbacks to start at least 0:02:45.560 --> 0:02:48.880 the off season program for San Francisco. Now, the reason 0:02:48.919 --> 0:02:52.400 I'm remain interested in Trey Lance, Brian the running. The 0:02:52.480 --> 0:02:57.600 running rushing quarterbacks are a fantasy football cheat code. Josh Allen, 0:02:57.840 --> 0:03:01.399 Jalen Hurts, Justin Fields were all top five fantasy producers 0:03:01.400 --> 0:03:04.080 at the quarterback position last year. And we all know 0:03:04.160 --> 0:03:07.600 San Franciscos loaded with weapons. It doesn't take elite quarterbacking 0:03:07.720 --> 0:03:12.720 skills to gravy train off of the abilities of George 0:03:12.800 --> 0:03:16.440 Kittle and Brandon Aouka, Christian McCaffrey and Deebo Samuel and 0:03:16.600 --> 0:03:18.760 for the same reasons that they made Trey Lance the 0:03:18.800 --> 0:03:21.200 second pick of the draft two years ago. You know, 0:03:21.280 --> 0:03:24.520 the crazy athleticism, the arms, strength, and mobility. I mean, 0:03:24.560 --> 0:03:28.400 if it all comes together for Trey Lance, he's got 0:03:29.240 --> 0:03:32.840 if it all comes together, he's got top five fantasy 0:03:32.960 --> 0:03:35.160 upside because of the running he'd bring to the table, 0:03:35.360 --> 0:03:37.800 all about the rushing. Lamar Jackson would have been on 0:03:37.840 --> 0:03:41.320 that list if healthy Daniel Jones was sniffing the top five. Yeah, 0:03:41.480 --> 0:03:44.760 gotta love the running quarterbacks right now. You know, there's 0:03:45.240 --> 0:03:49.960 unfortunately this competition. Right so, Brock Purty looked legitimately qualified 0:03:50.080 --> 0:03:52.960 to be an NFL quarterback in the games he played, 0:03:53.480 --> 0:03:55.640 and you know, who knows even in that, you know, 0:03:56.200 --> 0:03:58.440 the postseason game that he got knocked out of, who 0:03:58.440 --> 0:04:00.040 knows what could have happened in that game had he 0:04:00.040 --> 0:04:03.200 stayed healthy. Sam Darnold they brought in and this is 0:04:03.240 --> 0:04:06.960 my biggest worry on Trey Lance. They knew Trey Lance 0:04:07.040 --> 0:04:09.400 was going to be healthy for the starter of OTA's 0:04:09.440 --> 0:04:12.520 mini camps and certainly into the season, and they still 0:04:12.560 --> 0:04:15.480 brought in Sam Darnold. Yeah, they're kind of they've kind 0:04:15.520 --> 0:04:18.040 of been saying that Purdy should be ready by week one. 0:04:18.040 --> 0:04:21.080 I'm not buying into that whatsoever yet. Tommy John surgery. 0:04:21.120 --> 0:04:25.120 Now it's not a starting pitcher, but still, right, I 0:04:25.160 --> 0:04:27.400 don't know. I think Darnold, I think he'll push Lands 0:04:27.440 --> 0:04:29.640 in camp. But the upside on Lands is so insane 0:04:30.040 --> 0:04:32.480 that uh, yes, I like the pick. I will say 0:04:32.520 --> 0:04:34.560 this though, I did throw a ticket in for Sam 0:04:34.640 --> 0:04:37.920 Darnold come back Player of the Year. It's like, I 0:04:37.920 --> 0:04:40.400 don't blame him, well, you know Smith last year, right, 0:04:40.440 --> 0:04:43.600 and it's a great spot for whoever starts it is 0:04:43.720 --> 0:04:45.440 because again, all you have to do is just get 0:04:45.480 --> 0:04:47.400 the ball into the hands of your playmakers. I just 0:04:47.400 --> 0:04:50.720 don't like that they signed Arnold at all. Yeah, um, 0:04:50.760 --> 0:04:54.920 because if they, if the Niners really believed in Trey Lance, 0:04:55.200 --> 0:04:57.039 I think they would have just rolled in with Trey 0:04:57.120 --> 0:04:59.919 Lance and Brock Purdy. But then again maybe they just 0:05:00.000 --> 0:05:02.239 I feel like you can never have too much quarterback depth. 0:05:02.640 --> 0:05:06.719 Sam Darnold by third string or second string standards is fine, 0:05:06.760 --> 0:05:09.960 pretty good. But right now Trey Lance's value can only 0:05:10.000 --> 0:05:12.480 go up, really can't go down, right. I mean, he's 0:05:12.480 --> 0:05:15.600 like quarterback fifteen sixteen kind in that range, and last 0:05:15.680 --> 0:05:17.560 year he was inside the top ten based on the 0:05:17.640 --> 0:05:20.200 Russian potential of course, So you're buying for pennies on 0:05:20.200 --> 0:05:22.520 the dollar, Brian, And that's you know, that's a lot 0:05:22.560 --> 0:05:25.440 of my interest in Trey Lance. It costs you effectively nothing, 0:05:25.440 --> 0:05:28.080 and he's an alo vera player. I just I liked 0:05:28.160 --> 0:05:29.920 him going into last season. I had him on a 0:05:29.960 --> 0:05:32.279 bunch of teams going to last season. I got burned, 0:05:32.360 --> 0:05:36.039 and I'm hoping I'm ready to get hurt again. Speaking 0:05:36.080 --> 0:05:38.120 of that way, pennies on the dollar. Yes, I have 0:05:38.120 --> 0:05:41.359 a quarterback getting drafted after Trey Lance. Oh boy, a 0:05:41.440 --> 0:05:45.480 former Super Bowl champion MVP. I think you might know 0:05:45.480 --> 0:05:48.800 where I'm going with this, Russell Wilson. Yes, wow, I 0:05:48.839 --> 0:05:52.240 love the contrarian nature of this. Allow me more. Last 0:05:52.320 --> 0:05:55.640 year of drafted as quarterback ten roughly inside the top 0:05:55.720 --> 0:06:00.320 seventy five players overall, expectations were sky high. Yeah, but 0:06:01.080 --> 0:06:03.599 he was a figurative punching bag all season long. We 0:06:03.640 --> 0:06:07.840 had our fun with his touchdowns versus toilets ratio. I 0:06:07.880 --> 0:06:10.320 think he eventually did. I think he eventually topped the toilets. 0:06:10.320 --> 0:06:13.880 It took till mid December. Yeah, he eventually dethroned the thrones, 0:06:14.160 --> 0:06:18.520 but finished as quarterback twenty four in points per game. 0:06:18.560 --> 0:06:21.520 Though He's like two good games came at that one 0:06:21.640 --> 0:06:23.520 very end of the scene. Yes, and one was in 0:06:23.560 --> 0:06:25.360 week sixteen when you were dead in the water. If 0:06:25.360 --> 0:06:27.760 you were relying on Russell Wilson, but right now his 0:06:27.920 --> 0:06:32.520 ADP is one hundred and twenty fifth overall. That's quarterback eighteen. Yeah, 0:06:32.560 --> 0:06:35.359 so it's a fire sale on Wilson and at this price, 0:06:35.360 --> 0:06:38.080 I'll take my chances on a bounce back. Thankfully, it's 0:06:38.120 --> 0:06:40.800 not his second year Nathaniel Hackett system. He was not 0:06:41.480 --> 0:06:44.880 cut out for head coaching duties. Sean Payton a huge 0:06:44.960 --> 0:06:48.400 upgraded head coach, of course, especially especially for an offense 0:06:48.440 --> 0:06:51.960 on the offensive side of the ball. Courtland Sutton seems 0:06:51.960 --> 0:06:54.159 like he's gonna stay in town, as is Jerry Judy. 0:06:54.200 --> 0:06:59.160 That's a couple of nice receivers. Greg Dulcitch showed some flashes. Unfortunately, 0:06:59.480 --> 0:07:03.280 Javonte Williams might not be ready if at all, but 0:07:03.520 --> 0:07:05.800 they'll they'll fill in for him at running back. They 0:07:05.839 --> 0:07:08.880 already have some JP Ryan tim Patrick supposed to come back. 0:07:08.920 --> 0:07:10.600 So it's really just about the price DA right now 0:07:10.640 --> 0:07:13.560 at QB eighteen. If I'm not going after the big 0:07:13.640 --> 0:07:17.000 name guys, the Josh Allen's, the Jalen Hurts of the world, 0:07:17.400 --> 0:07:19.640 and I'm gonna stack like three quarterbacks towards the end 0:07:19.680 --> 0:07:22.200 of the draft. Wilson is one of the guys that 0:07:22.240 --> 0:07:24.080 I'll have him that rotation for. I think you've missed 0:07:24.080 --> 0:07:26.320 on one of the most compelling arguments for Russell Wilson 0:07:26.560 --> 0:07:29.080 and an improved season. He got rid of some toilets, 0:07:31.040 --> 0:07:34.760 take some toilets out. No, not that. What I think 0:07:34.840 --> 0:07:39.200 the most compelling part is offensive line was a disaster 0:07:39.480 --> 0:07:42.680 last year. Injuries everywhere, including Garrett Bulls or left tackle 0:07:42.760 --> 0:07:44.520 him is most of the season, maybe all the season. 0:07:44.800 --> 0:07:47.200 And they brought in Mike mcclinchey. I mean, this is 0:07:47.240 --> 0:07:50.880 going to be a much better offensive line and that 0:07:51.000 --> 0:07:53.680 was such a big part of the problem last year. 0:07:54.200 --> 0:07:57.840 And gotta believe that that's that's gonna make put Russ 0:07:57.840 --> 0:08:00.560 in a much better position to cook. And hopefully he 0:08:00.640 --> 0:08:03.400 just chills on the commercials and all that other off 0:08:03.400 --> 0:08:06.560 the field crap. Just focus on football. Yeah, No, I 0:08:06.600 --> 0:08:10.280 don't come on like a little bit like Baker may Yeah. 0:08:10.360 --> 0:08:14.840 Pretty much. The only Patrick Mahomes is outpacing his commercial. 0:08:14.960 --> 0:08:18.559 Yeah right, you want to say it? The next ela 0:08:18.680 --> 0:08:23.880 vera player for me. JK. Dobbins last year a disappointment, obviously. 0:08:23.880 --> 0:08:27.440 He finished his RB forty eight while hobbling around the field. 0:08:27.480 --> 0:08:30.280 Still messed up from last year's ACL. Unfortunately for Dobbins, 0:08:30.600 --> 0:08:33.400 he appeared in eight games and it was on again, 0:08:33.520 --> 0:08:36.080 off again. Remember, you know, he was very adamant that 0:08:36.080 --> 0:08:38.120 he wanted to start the season, but he was clearly 0:08:38.200 --> 0:08:40.440 wasn't ready and then missed a bunch of games and 0:08:40.440 --> 0:08:43.120 he came back and you know, but a lot of 0:08:43.160 --> 0:08:44.959 what hurt JK Dobbins last year and the reason he 0:08:45.000 --> 0:08:49.000 finished RB forty eight he scored two touchdowns. That's it, 0:08:49.240 --> 0:08:51.600 and you know a lot of a lot of what 0:08:51.640 --> 0:08:53.960 we thought going into the season, why I was optimistic 0:08:54.040 --> 0:08:56.400 on JK Dobbins was that he was going to get 0:08:56.440 --> 0:08:58.080 so much of the goal line work because he had 0:08:58.080 --> 0:09:00.480 always gotten the goal line work and they didn't run 0:09:00.559 --> 0:09:02.960 Lamar Jackson very often at the goal line. So I 0:09:03.040 --> 0:09:05.240 was really optimistic that the touchdowns would be the one 0:09:05.240 --> 0:09:07.439 thing you could really count on from JK Dobbins year 0:09:07.480 --> 0:09:11.240 off the ACL, and that never materialized and didn't even 0:09:11.280 --> 0:09:13.640 have that many chances at it. And here's what I 0:09:13.640 --> 0:09:17.120 found really interesting digging up date on Dobbins' season, Brian, 0:09:18.520 --> 0:09:24.960 he finished at an impressive five point seven yards per carry. 0:09:25.040 --> 0:09:29.840 He finished fifth in yards over expectation last year and JK. 0:09:29.960 --> 0:09:34.760 Dobbins finished seventh and breakaway percentage. He had a better 0:09:34.960 --> 0:09:39.240 year than any of the numbers would suggest in a 0:09:39.440 --> 0:09:44.800 totally broken Ravens offense. And remember they couldn't pass at 0:09:44.840 --> 0:09:48.760 all and defenses would come in stack the box, and 0:09:49.559 --> 0:09:54.360 you know, Baltimore's passing offense just offered no resistance. So 0:09:54.760 --> 0:09:57.560 presumably Ravens offense is more balanced this year. And I'm 0:09:57.600 --> 0:10:01.160 back on JK. Dobbins. I like it. He'll be two 0:10:01.240 --> 0:10:03.600 years removed from the major knee injury he saw that 0:10:03.640 --> 0:10:06.160 was sa kuon Barkley. He struggled his first year back 0:10:07.080 --> 0:10:11.040 and Dobbins wasn't quite the prospect Barkley was, but he 0:10:11.080 --> 0:10:14.480 was pretty cool second round draft equity. Yeah, definitely, Yeah, 0:10:14.840 --> 0:10:18.760 I'm optimistic on JK. Dobbins. Okay, let's go. Let's go 0:10:18.840 --> 0:10:21.680 back to you. Who is your next ala Vera player? 0:10:21.840 --> 0:10:24.000 We talked about him last week, but I gotta mention 0:10:24.080 --> 0:10:27.240 Brandon Cooks again, who has recorded one thousand yard receiving 0:10:27.280 --> 0:10:30.680 seasons with four different teams and six one thousand yard 0:10:30.679 --> 0:10:34.360 receiving seasons since twenty fifteen. That's basically the most among 0:10:34.400 --> 0:10:36.840 any wide receivers during that span. More than Stefan Digs, 0:10:36.840 --> 0:10:40.760 DeAndre Hopkins, Davante Adams, Keenan Allen. Last year he was 0:10:40.840 --> 0:10:44.520 drafted his wide receiver twenty three. That was also roughly 0:10:44.559 --> 0:10:47.640 inside the top seventy five players overall. People were expecting 0:10:47.640 --> 0:10:51.640 that safe, typical wide receiver two production, thousand yards, six 0:10:51.720 --> 0:10:54.200 or seven touchdowns, but we did not get that. It 0:10:54.240 --> 0:10:57.120 was an absolute disaster in twenty twenty two. For Cooks 0:10:57.200 --> 0:10:59.720 only played thirteen games, but when he was on the 0:11:00.040 --> 0:11:02.720 yield and healthy, he was ineffective. He finished as wide 0:11:02.720 --> 0:11:05.560 receiver forty two and points per game. But it wasn't 0:11:05.559 --> 0:11:08.360 all on him. He was on the Texans, Yeah, that 0:11:08.480 --> 0:11:12.080 was It was clearly a struggling offense. And Davis Mills, 0:11:12.080 --> 0:11:14.160 as much as I was optimistic he could be a 0:11:15.120 --> 0:11:16.640 you know, I never thought he'd be a great quarterback, 0:11:16.640 --> 0:11:19.240 but I thought he could be like a serviceable NFL quarterback, 0:11:19.679 --> 0:11:22.240 Davis Mills is really a backup quarterback, as did I. 0:11:22.280 --> 0:11:25.960 I thought Mills might turn out to be something special, 0:11:26.000 --> 0:11:27.680 but it's not looking that way. But he should have 0:11:27.720 --> 0:11:30.400 a new quarterback to start the season. I can think 0:11:30.400 --> 0:11:32.600 we can say he will have a new will. No, 0:11:32.679 --> 0:11:35.480 he's not gonna Texas anymore, he will have a new quarterback, 0:11:35.559 --> 0:11:38.760 Dak Prescott on the Cowboys. Now he gets his fifth chance, 0:11:39.160 --> 0:11:42.120 yes with the Cowboys. And even though since that trade 0:11:42.160 --> 0:11:45.319 his ADP has surged a little bit, he's still currently 0:11:45.320 --> 0:11:48.559 wide receiver forty four and that I think when the 0:11:48.640 --> 0:11:52.920 dust settles, he'll be somewhere in the mid thirties, outside 0:11:52.920 --> 0:11:54.920 the top of thirty, but that'll still be a discount 0:11:54.920 --> 0:11:57.120 to me. I think there is potential for a hit 0:11:57.120 --> 0:11:59.560 for him to have his best season yet. Of course, 0:11:59.559 --> 0:12:02.040 cb AM is the top target that recently draw a 0:12:02.080 --> 0:12:04.560 ton of attention, and I think we will get that 0:12:04.640 --> 0:12:07.520 safe wide receiver two production from Brandon Cooks this year. 0:12:07.600 --> 0:12:11.400 So he is my second Alovia player. I'm going with 0:12:11.840 --> 0:12:15.880 Michael Pittman as my next alo Vera player two years ago. 0:12:15.960 --> 0:12:19.319 So let's back up two seasons. Twenty twenty one. It 0:12:19.360 --> 0:12:22.240 was his second year and it looked like he was 0:12:22.440 --> 0:12:26.320 ready to launch into stardom. All the metrics were heading 0:12:26.360 --> 0:12:29.520 the heading upwards. And really thought that in twenty twenty 0:12:29.520 --> 0:12:32.360 two he was going to take another big step forward 0:12:33.240 --> 0:12:37.680 and instead Michael Pittman size sizeable decrease in yards and 0:12:37.800 --> 0:12:41.200 touchdowns and the numbers just didn't come together. Now A 0:12:41.240 --> 0:12:43.760 lot of it was because he was catching passes from 0:12:43.880 --> 0:12:47.160 Matt Ryan currently out of the league. Sam Ellinger, who 0:12:47.240 --> 0:12:49.240 could be out of the league. He's on roster, but 0:12:49.280 --> 0:12:50.520 he could be out of the league before the thing 0:12:50.559 --> 0:12:52.400 is set and done. And Nick Foles, who's the ultimate 0:12:52.480 --> 0:12:54.640 quarterback journeyman. By the way, you know many teams Nick 0:12:54.679 --> 0:13:00.840 Foles has been at least five eight eight eight. That's 0:13:00.840 --> 0:13:03.800 why I can come the ultimate quarterback journeyman. I woever 0:13:03.880 --> 0:13:05.840 I hear Nick Foles. I don't think of the Super Bowl. 0:13:05.960 --> 0:13:09.240 I remember his seven touchdown game against the Raiders when 0:13:09.280 --> 0:13:10.959 he when he was on the Eagles. That was amazing. 0:13:11.000 --> 0:13:13.079 Whenever that was yep, yep. I don't think it was 0:13:13.120 --> 0:13:15.880 the same year of the supernow, wasn't It was prior 0:13:15.880 --> 0:13:18.360 to that. But anyway, what really killed Michael Pittman was 0:13:18.400 --> 0:13:22.400 the feeble arms of these quarterbacks. His a DOT last 0:13:22.520 --> 0:13:26.640 year plummeted from ten yards per pass two years ago 0:13:26.840 --> 0:13:28.920 all the way down to six and a half yards 0:13:29.000 --> 0:13:32.319 per pass at It's a hits a major difference. When 0:13:32.320 --> 0:13:36.320 you're losing four yards on every catch, that hurts your 0:13:36.360 --> 0:13:39.960 overall fantasy performance. That adds a pretty quick it does. 0:13:40.280 --> 0:13:44.200 He is still Pittman, a big, physical receiver, ideally built 0:13:44.280 --> 0:13:47.360 four goal line box outs. We know he can catch 0:13:47.400 --> 0:13:51.680 down field. And indeed, okay, so Indy's got picked four, 0:13:52.080 --> 0:13:55.720 they're gonna go quarterback here almost certainly at pick four, 0:13:56.960 --> 0:14:00.360 or they get Lamar Jackson there kind of that's all, 0:14:00.600 --> 0:14:03.120 you know. Maybe it'd be great for them if they 0:14:03.120 --> 0:14:05.000 could do it and retain pick four. I don't know 0:14:05.040 --> 0:14:08.400 how that would be possible, but maybe Young and Stroud 0:14:08.440 --> 0:14:12.320 are probably gone, right, so those two quarterbacks are gonna 0:14:12.320 --> 0:14:15.280 be gone. It likely leaves the Colts with a developmental 0:14:15.360 --> 0:14:18.960 quarterback like Anthony Richardson or will love Us. That's not 0:14:19.040 --> 0:14:21.480 great for the short term of for Michael Pittman, but 0:14:21.480 --> 0:14:24.640 that's some speculation on my part. Still think Pittman is 0:14:24.680 --> 0:14:28.600 a very good wide receiver talent, and if the quarterbacking 0:14:28.680 --> 0:14:31.120 is non awful what we talked about him to get 0:14:31.120 --> 0:14:33.320 back and talked about him last week, it's most likely 0:14:33.360 --> 0:14:35.720 regardless of who they end up drafting a quarterback is 0:14:35.960 --> 0:14:38.760 Gardner Minshew, who Yeah, it's a great point. Gardner Minshew's 0:14:38.760 --> 0:14:41.440 your probable, Yeah, probit upgrade over the corpse of Matt 0:14:41.560 --> 0:14:44.080 Ryan and Sam Ellinger for sure. Yeah, I think so too. 0:14:44.360 --> 0:14:47.680 I think so too. Who's your next? And to say 0:14:47.720 --> 0:14:49.600 your final, No, you've still got two left. Who's your next? 0:14:49.600 --> 0:14:52.840 Ela Vera player, One of my all time favorites, Darren 0:14:53.000 --> 0:14:56.560 Waller drafted as tight end five last year, and as 0:14:56.600 --> 0:14:59.720 we all know, he did not meet those expectations, mainly 0:14:59.760 --> 0:15:03.160 do injury. Though played only eight games, he was seventh 0:15:03.200 --> 0:15:05.360 among tight ends and points per game. So if he, 0:15:05.760 --> 0:15:07.720 you know, finished the season nowty, he would have been 0:15:07.760 --> 0:15:11.320 sniffing that tight end five finish. But now, as most know, 0:15:11.480 --> 0:15:13.720 if you don't know, he's been traded to the Giants, 0:15:13.760 --> 0:15:16.320 where if he's healthy, he's the queer cut, the best 0:15:16.360 --> 0:15:19.320 receiver on the team receiving option. Yes he will. He's 0:15:19.360 --> 0:15:21.880 their wide receiver one. And right now, with the price 0:15:21.920 --> 0:15:24.440 tag of tight end eight, I will roll the dice 0:15:24.600 --> 0:15:27.200 one last time on Darren Waller in the tight end 0:15:27.200 --> 0:15:30.560 waste land, short and sweet there. Yeah, I'm buying Waller 0:15:30.920 --> 0:15:33.720 at that price. Yeah, at tight end eight. Yeah, I'm too. 0:15:34.040 --> 0:15:38.239 I like because he gives you tight end three upside. Yeah, 0:15:38.320 --> 0:15:40.480 because he's done it before. We know that Waller can 0:15:40.560 --> 0:15:43.520 be that um and you know he's he's aging, but 0:15:43.560 --> 0:15:46.440 he's he's got some he's aging, but he's he's low 0:15:46.520 --> 0:15:49.560 mileage because he wasn't a major part of that Raiders 0:15:49.640 --> 0:15:53.480 offense or before that, the Ravens offense um until the 0:15:53.560 --> 0:15:56.560 last really three years. So there's a lot of tread 0:15:56.640 --> 0:15:58.680 on that tire for a thirty year old. I think 0:15:58.720 --> 0:16:02.840 he's thirty thirty one, Okay, yeah, right in that range. Well, 0:16:02.840 --> 0:16:04.600 we're just worried about this year and he'll be if 0:16:04.600 --> 0:16:08.000 he's healthy. Love it, love it the potential. When we 0:16:08.040 --> 0:16:10.520 come back, we're going to pivot to another tight end, 0:16:10.600 --> 0:16:14.000 find out who our next alo vera player is. In moments, 0:16:20.280 --> 0:16:23.240 welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly, Paul Charching Brian Johnson with you. 0:16:23.320 --> 0:16:26.440 Thank you for listening. You may have caught that we 0:16:26.480 --> 0:16:30.840 are doing Fantasy Football Weekly micro editions, five to ten 0:16:30.880 --> 0:16:34.840 minute breakdowns of players. We did them last week, We're 0:16:34.920 --> 0:16:36.840 going to do them next week as well, so you 0:16:36.840 --> 0:16:38.520 can look forward to hearing some of those, and your 0:16:38.520 --> 0:16:41.720 feedback is appreciated on those at Paul charchying on Twitter. 0:16:41.800 --> 0:16:43.000 It's the best way to let me know what you 0:16:43.040 --> 0:16:45.680 think is We're it's an experiment. Do you like it. 0:16:45.760 --> 0:16:47.680 Are you listening? Do you enjoy it? What can we 0:16:47.720 --> 0:16:50.160 do better? We're here for you. I plan to listen. 0:16:50.200 --> 0:16:51.960 I haven't listened yet, but I will. I saw that 0:16:52.040 --> 0:16:56.120 Kyle Pitts is the first player. Yes, episode without you? 0:16:56.680 --> 0:17:01.600 I know, without you, Tyler? Uh did Hilo did a 0:17:01.600 --> 0:17:03.680 good job? You'd have been proud, you'd you'd have liked 0:17:03.720 --> 0:17:06.160 what You'd like that? As you can imagine, I took 0:17:06.200 --> 0:17:11.840 the contrarian side of that debate. Oh so right, let's 0:17:11.840 --> 0:17:14.240 not even get like I haven't listening because I don't 0:17:14.280 --> 0:17:17.200 want to get triggered. Yeah, that's probably smart. But there 0:17:17.200 --> 0:17:19.200 were four other ones or three other ones. You can listen. 0:17:19.240 --> 0:17:21.200 I'll listen to them all and everyone else should as well. 0:17:21.720 --> 0:17:25.679 Mark Andrews had a massive drop in productivity from the 0:17:25.760 --> 0:17:30.720 prior year. His stats last year down roughly forty percent 0:17:30.840 --> 0:17:33.600 in yards, touchdowns, and fantasy points. It was a huge 0:17:33.680 --> 0:17:37.120 miss for Mark Andrews, even in the tight end waste Land. 0:17:37.160 --> 0:17:39.280 It turn out he wasn't even an every week starter, 0:17:39.560 --> 0:17:42.800 which at the end of the day was crushing. What 0:17:42.960 --> 0:17:44.919 made it more painful is he got off to a 0:17:44.960 --> 0:17:49.560 great start. He did. Probably his final numbers came first 0:17:49.560 --> 0:17:51.959 month of this team, that would be the first six weeks. 0:17:52.560 --> 0:17:57.639 He topped sixty three yards one time. After week six. 0:17:58.400 --> 0:18:02.240 He did not score after week six, so it all 0:18:02.280 --> 0:18:04.920 came to a crashing halt. And I was trying to 0:18:04.920 --> 0:18:07.479 remember exactly when Lamar Jackson laughed, and I'm like, if 0:18:07.560 --> 0:18:09.080 it must be closer week six, and I thought it 0:18:09.080 --> 0:18:12.200 turned out it wasn't. Mark Jackson played twelve through week twelve, 0:18:12.320 --> 0:18:15.480 so it wasn't all just because Tyler Huntley can't pass, 0:18:15.560 --> 0:18:18.159 although he's not a very good passer. But you know 0:18:18.200 --> 0:18:22.239 what did happen right around week six? Andrews he got 0:18:22.280 --> 0:18:23.800 dinged up a bit and he did miss a couple 0:18:23.800 --> 0:18:27.800 of games in there. But Rashad Bateman's last full game 0:18:28.040 --> 0:18:31.439 was week seven, and when Bateman competent wide receiver, the 0:18:31.520 --> 0:18:34.320 only competent and the only field stretching wide receiver to 0:18:34.359 --> 0:18:37.760 open up the middle of the field for Mark Andrews. 0:18:38.119 --> 0:18:40.760 And without that, they didn't have anybody who could press 0:18:40.840 --> 0:18:43.959 defenses down the field, make safeties play it away from 0:18:43.960 --> 0:18:47.000 the line of scrimmage. Everybody's defenses were able to double 0:18:47.040 --> 0:18:49.760 Mark Andrews and go make Devin DuVernay beat you. They 0:18:49.760 --> 0:18:51.600 would have been better off just signing a couple of 0:18:51.600 --> 0:18:54.280 tracks stars it could at least run fast. Well they 0:18:54.280 --> 0:18:56.800 did that with Shawn Jackson. That's why they brought it 0:18:56.880 --> 0:18:59.000 to Sean Jackson at the end of at the end 0:18:59.000 --> 0:19:02.399 of the season. But he's not it's not at that 0:19:02.440 --> 0:19:06.800 stage of his career. Um, now, let's being Lamar Jackson. 0:19:06.800 --> 0:19:08.320 We don't know who the quarterback is going to be 0:19:08.359 --> 0:19:11.399 for the Ravens, but odds are the way things are 0:19:11.400 --> 0:19:13.840 looking right now. It's give me Lamar Jackson. It's not. 0:19:14.000 --> 0:19:16.399 It doesn't appear to be going anywhere right now. And 0:19:16.440 --> 0:19:20.960 if not pro bowler Tyler Huntley, pro bowler Tyler Huntley, 0:19:21.000 --> 0:19:26.280 that's a possibility now. One big advantage working in the 0:19:26.320 --> 0:19:29.560 favor of Mark Andrews is the change of offensive coordinator. 0:19:29.560 --> 0:19:32.919 They're they're going from the run heavy stylings of Greg 0:19:33.000 --> 0:19:37.200 Roman to Todd Monkin. Now he was George's most recently 0:19:37.200 --> 0:19:40.560 George's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for Stetson Bennett, and 0:19:40.600 --> 0:19:42.639 presumably he's going to bring more balance to the offense. 0:19:42.720 --> 0:19:45.240 But his last time in the NFL's an offensive coordinator. 0:19:45.280 --> 0:19:49.720 He spent two years with the Buccaneers. Jameis Winston and 0:19:50.320 --> 0:19:54.199 might be loved Stu Beard Ryan Fitzpatrick. The Buccaneers in 0:19:54.240 --> 0:19:59.080 those two years ranked fourth and first in passing yards 0:20:00.600 --> 0:20:03.320 Mark Andrews. I mean, a more balanced offense can only 0:20:03.320 --> 0:20:07.280 help Mark Andrews here with more passing, more opportunities, and 0:20:07.440 --> 0:20:10.520 he's my next alo vera player. Let's go to your 0:20:10.880 --> 0:20:15.520 last guy, and that is you're with me, You're not. 0:20:15.720 --> 0:20:18.919 I'm not with you on this. I maybe I can 0:20:18.920 --> 0:20:22.600 convince you. Robinson, who currently is still a member of 0:20:22.600 --> 0:20:25.600 the Los Angeles Ramses, is on the trade block and 0:20:25.680 --> 0:20:28.439 there as they should be offering to take on some 0:20:28.520 --> 0:20:33.800 of his contract to any takers. I think the Viking tires, 0:20:33.840 --> 0:20:36.000 to be honest with you. But anyway, A rob was 0:20:36.080 --> 0:20:39.959 drafted his wide receiver twenty one. Last year, he finished 0:20:39.960 --> 0:20:42.760 as wide receiver. I d I don't even know that 0:20:45.640 --> 0:20:48.720 he but right now he's going as wide receiver ninety one. 0:20:49.280 --> 0:20:54.399 Is really sounds right. That's free and I love I 0:20:54.440 --> 0:20:57.080 love free stuff. I'm not writing him off yet. It 0:20:57.160 --> 0:21:00.480 was he went to the Rams. It was supposed to 0:21:00.480 --> 0:21:02.960 be the best quarterback he's ever played with. Yeah, but 0:21:03.000 --> 0:21:06.520 the Rams were the most hungover Super Bowl defending champions 0:21:06.520 --> 0:21:09.840 in the history of the Super Bowl. Matt Stafford not. 0:21:10.000 --> 0:21:11.760 He didn't even play half the year. When he played, 0:21:11.800 --> 0:21:15.800 he was hurt. Cooper Cup got hurt. Alan Robinson could 0:21:15.800 --> 0:21:20.040 not carry that offensive alone, and he only finished with 0:21:20.080 --> 0:21:22.439 three touchdowns thirty nine yards. But do you remember how 0:21:22.480 --> 0:21:25.680 many games he played? How many games he played most 0:21:25.760 --> 0:21:28.640 of them episode I remember, all right. I was gonna 0:21:28.640 --> 0:21:31.560 guess he was sort of warming up towards the end 0:21:31.560 --> 0:21:34.440 of his season, but he got injured in his tenth game. 0:21:34.480 --> 0:21:36.840 I believe it was in Mega eleven. So you know, 0:21:36.920 --> 0:21:40.240