WEBVTT - 30-Year Anniversary Show! 0:00:00.240 --> 0:00:03.920 Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of iHeartRadio. 0:00:06.160 --> 0:00:11.160 Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from iHeartRadio, your weekly 0:00:11.240 --> 0:00:15.880 source for the nation's best fantasy speculation and advice. Now 0:00:16.120 --> 0:00:20.040 along with the guys from Guillotine Leagues dot com. Here's 0:00:20.079 --> 0:00:21.920 your host, Paul jarge Yet. 0:00:23.320 --> 0:00:29.639 Welcome to the thirtieth anversary edition of Fantasy Football Weekly. Yes, 0:00:29.920 --> 0:00:36.320 way back nineteen ninety five, we started doing Fantasy Football Weekly. 0:00:36.800 --> 0:00:38.440 I was fifteen, Yeah you did we. 0:00:42.680 --> 0:00:44.360 That is the voice of Matt Harrison. My other co 0:00:44.440 --> 0:00:46.520 host is Brian Johnson step Charts. 0:00:46.560 --> 0:00:49.760 Congratulations on thirty years, but the show is now losing 0:00:50.120 --> 0:00:55.120 dynasty value very quickly at thirty years old. Justin warn you. 0:00:55.320 --> 0:00:59.480 Yeah, the cliff is here. Everybody's the cliff is coming off, 0:00:59.760 --> 0:01:01.960 don't you know when it's gonna come. But this show's 0:01:01.960 --> 0:01:02.840 gonna fall off soon. 0:01:02.920 --> 0:01:05.720 It's it, and if it does, it'll be entirely my fault. 0:01:06.840 --> 0:01:10.200 Thank you for the congratulations, but really, this the thirty 0:01:10.280 --> 0:01:14.839 year run has been built on the co hosts, because 0:01:14.880 --> 0:01:17.280 lord knows, I'm not keeping this thing going by myself, 0:01:17.360 --> 0:01:19.399 and it's been all the dedication and all the time 0:01:19.440 --> 0:01:23.000 and effort from you guys and all the previous co 0:01:23.080 --> 0:01:25.360 hosts that we've had over the years, many of them 0:01:25.360 --> 0:01:27.520 for many many years, going all the way back to 0:01:27.560 --> 0:01:30.280 the beginning, John the Commissioner, Habermeyer and many others. And 0:01:30.760 --> 0:01:33.160 it's been a it's been really an honor to have 0:01:33.200 --> 0:01:35.039 done this for thirty years and so much fun. And 0:01:35.120 --> 0:01:39.000 you'd never never would I have believed in nineteen ninety 0:01:39.080 --> 0:01:42.039 five if you'd ask me, you know, are you gonna do? 0:01:42.680 --> 0:01:44.399 Are you gonna do every show for thirty years? And 0:01:44.400 --> 0:01:46.000 this thing is still going to be around in twenty 0:01:46.040 --> 0:01:47.640 twenty four, I'm like, no way. 0:01:47.840 --> 0:01:49.800 Twenty twenty four wasn't a real year back there. 0:01:50.000 --> 0:01:51.720 It really wasn't, ye know. It was like that's it. 0:01:51.800 --> 0:01:53.640 I thought we'd be in jet packs. Yeah, we'd be 0:01:53.680 --> 0:01:55.440 doing this thing from a satellite somewhere. 0:01:55.600 --> 0:01:57.760 Brian, you gotta be on like ten years now, right. 0:01:58.120 --> 0:02:00.480 This is my tenth year. You might be the longest 0:02:00.560 --> 0:02:02.640 tenured host of all time. 0:02:02.680 --> 0:02:06.120 I think I am. I'm only a year behind thirteen. Yeh, 0:02:06.480 --> 0:02:09.079 I think you are. We Apparently we need to raise 0:02:09.080 --> 0:02:12.200 the standards. Obviously you haven't kicked me off years. 0:02:12.320 --> 0:02:16.240 Yes, yes, And a special call out to Chad Abbott 0:02:16.280 --> 0:02:19.720 the now program director at in station manager at Cafe 0:02:19.760 --> 0:02:22.520 and here in Minneapolis at our at our main station 0:02:22.680 --> 0:02:24.840 that we broadcast out of we're in the studios now. 0:02:25.400 --> 0:02:30.960 Originally he was our our on site engineer when we're 0:02:31.000 --> 0:02:34.080 doing live shows in nineteen ninety five. Yeah, and he 0:02:34.200 --> 0:02:36.480 has he's you know, he has been promoted so many 0:02:36.480 --> 0:02:38.440 times now that he's been running the station for now, 0:02:38.480 --> 0:02:40.440 I don't know, like fifteen twenty years. 0:02:40.520 --> 0:02:42.959 But so you're saying there's still hope for Robbie. 0:02:43.240 --> 0:02:45.919 They're still up right, Robbie might be the succession plan 0:02:46.440 --> 0:02:49.200 that is, that's absolutely possible. Who knows in charge, You've 0:02:49.200 --> 0:02:50.360 done a fantastic job. 0:02:50.400 --> 0:02:52.280 And just from the bottom of my heart from a listener, 0:02:52.280 --> 0:02:54.639 an actual listener to a producer, I just want to 0:02:54.639 --> 0:02:56.200 say congratulations. 0:02:55.560 --> 0:02:57.560 Thank you very much. I appreciate that so much. Coming 0:02:57.639 --> 0:02:59.480 up over the course of the show, the one thing 0:02:59.639 --> 0:03:02.280 you need to know about each team's offseason. If you've 0:03:02.320 --> 0:03:05.960 been sleeping through the offseason a little bit or otherwise 0:03:05.960 --> 0:03:07.640 having a life, we're gonna get you up to speed 0:03:07.680 --> 0:03:10.080 on the key thing you need to know from each team. 0:03:10.400 --> 0:03:13.839 We're gonna go through our peacock offs something we've done 0:03:14.080 --> 0:03:17.400 every preseason now for many years, where we give bold 0:03:17.520 --> 0:03:22.080 predictions that we hope to peacock with. Later, you're gonna 0:03:22.080 --> 0:03:24.800 get tired of hearing tired of hearing that. Yeah, I 0:03:24.840 --> 0:03:27.720 think over the course of the peacock off, we'll talk 0:03:27.760 --> 0:03:31.360 about some of the players that we love but hate 0:03:31.360 --> 0:03:34.880 the ADP love the player, but don't like the draft position. 0:03:35.080 --> 0:03:38.640 Identify those we've got sleepers, We've got our black list, 0:03:38.760 --> 0:03:41.800 players that we are not drafting. Three tough questions and 0:03:41.920 --> 0:03:45.200 so much more to get to over this are Now 0:03:45.400 --> 0:03:49.160 we're back to our long extended editions of Fantasy Football Weekly. 0:03:49.760 --> 0:03:52.280 All right, let's jump in the one thing you need 0:03:52.320 --> 0:03:54.640 to know about each team's offseason, Matt. We begin with 0:03:54.680 --> 0:03:55.920 the Buffalo Bills. 0:03:56.160 --> 0:03:59.400 Yeah, they have a completely new wide receiver room. Stefan 0:03:59.480 --> 0:04:02.440 Diggs and Abe Davis, they're gone right now. The top 0:04:02.480 --> 0:04:06.440 of their wide receiver depth chart is Khalil Shakir, Rookie 0:04:06.560 --> 0:04:10.680 Keon Coleman, and Curtis Samuel. Then there's also Mac Hollins 0:04:10.720 --> 0:04:15.360 and Marquez Veldez, Scantling and kJ Hamler and Chase Claypool 0:04:15.440 --> 0:04:17.919 and actually a bunch of other dudes. They have twelve 0:04:17.960 --> 0:04:20.679 wide receivers in camp right now, which means the search 0:04:20.760 --> 0:04:23.280 is not over for the right wide receiver in Buffalo. 0:04:23.360 --> 0:04:26.359 No, and a bunch of those all play slot as well, 0:04:26.560 --> 0:04:28.719 and so I think it's going to be tricky to 0:04:28.720 --> 0:04:30.560 find fantasy value there. I know we're going to talk 0:04:30.560 --> 0:04:34.520 about one of those guys in detail later in this show, Brian, 0:04:34.600 --> 0:04:36.320 Let's go to the Miami Dolphins. The one thing we 0:04:36.360 --> 0:04:37.560 need to know about their offseason. 0:04:38.440 --> 0:04:42.560 Will was once the most famous Smith to go to Miami, 0:04:43.200 --> 0:04:45.280 but that is now John U. 0:04:45.480 --> 0:04:47.520 Yeah, baby, John new Smith. 0:04:47.960 --> 0:04:49.880 I had to pick John Smith for the one thing 0:04:49.880 --> 0:04:51.320 to talk about the Dolphins. We don't want to talk 0:04:51.320 --> 0:04:55.960 about Tua and Tyree Hill and Wadley's Johnny John, Yes, 0:04:56.120 --> 0:04:59.120 Johnny John Hu. The Dolphins haven't approved of this. I 0:04:59.200 --> 0:05:02.560 knew you would. Pants are already off. You're dry humping like. 0:05:02.560 --> 0:05:06.240 A okay, let's not let's not go quite that far, 0:05:06.279 --> 0:05:08.440 all right, Well, he scores in week one, you will 0:05:08.480 --> 0:05:11.640 be right then you say it or when when? So 0:05:11.920 --> 0:05:14.599 guarantee when he scores in with week one, I'll remember 0:05:14.600 --> 0:05:15.920 to bet that the pants will be in orbit. 0:05:16.000 --> 0:05:17.760 Bet that any time touchdown, I gotta remember that but 0:05:17.960 --> 0:05:21.240 Dolphins haven't utilized tight ends much in recent years, much 0:05:21.279 --> 0:05:24.760 to the chagrin of my Durham smite sleeper call last year. 0:05:24.800 --> 0:05:26.920 But uh, John, who is a freak in a good 0:05:26.920 --> 0:05:28.800 way and at tight end twenty three? Why not right? 0:05:28.880 --> 0:05:30.840 Charge tight end twenty three? 0:05:31.240 --> 0:05:33.080 Johnny, you know what you're getting in John Nosmith because 0:05:33.080 --> 0:05:36.279 I've talked about him for three years now. Incredible athlete, 0:05:36.839 --> 0:05:40.440 fast is periodically back in this Tennessee days they would 0:05:40.440 --> 0:05:42.960 give him handoffs out of the backfield. I mean, he 0:05:43.279 --> 0:05:46.240 is just, you know, the athleticism off the charts, just 0:05:46.279 --> 0:05:48.039 waiting for some team to put him in a spot 0:05:48.040 --> 0:05:50.160 to utilize him a little better than he's been used 0:05:50.200 --> 0:05:52.799 to this point. Let's go to the New York Jets. 0:05:53.200 --> 0:05:55.279 You know Aaron Rodgers is back, but you may not 0:05:55.400 --> 0:06:01.400 remember that they quietly signed former Charger receiver Williams. And 0:06:01.520 --> 0:06:03.200 you know he's off the radar because he blew out 0:06:03.200 --> 0:06:05.520 his ACL last year and then the team cut him, 0:06:05.680 --> 0:06:09.920 and then he quietly signed with the With with the Jets. 0:06:10.080 --> 0:06:12.440 He's on the pup list right now. He just came 0:06:12.480 --> 0:06:13.760 off the pup list like Yester. 0:06:13.760 --> 0:06:16.159 Okay, they go just off the pup list. Now he 0:06:16.279 --> 0:06:18.920 might be available Week one or the ACL way back 0:06:18.920 --> 0:06:23.880 in September. So wouldn't be surprised if Mike Williams, maybe 0:06:24.160 --> 0:06:26.040 maybe not doing all the reps in Week one, is 0:06:26.080 --> 0:06:28.080 the starting wide receiver for the Jets. But I wouldn't 0:06:28.080 --> 0:06:30.320 be surprised to be the starter for the Jets. And 0:06:30.400 --> 0:06:32.200 somebody are going to be able to get Uber cheap 0:06:32.200 --> 0:06:34.640 if you're so inclined, if you want one of Aaron 0:06:34.720 --> 0:06:39.560 Rodgers off starting wideouts basically for free. Sup All right, 0:06:39.640 --> 0:06:41.200 let's go to the new England Patriots. 0:06:41.279 --> 0:06:45.320 Man Bill Belichick and Mac Jones are gone, Alex van 0:06:45.440 --> 0:06:48.560 Pelt is the new offensive coordinator, and Jacoby Burssett is 0:06:48.600 --> 0:06:51.960 slated to start a quarterback with Drake May waiting his turn. 0:06:52.120 --> 0:06:55.440 But in my mind, outside of Ramandre Stevenson, there probably 0:06:55.480 --> 0:06:58.839 won't be any other Patriots on standard fantasy rosters this 0:06:58.960 --> 0:06:59.560 draft season. 0:07:00.080 --> 0:07:03.640 We'll be talking more about Alex van Pelt later. You 0:07:03.640 --> 0:07:05.560 probably didn't think we were going to deep dive Alex 0:07:05.640 --> 0:07:08.880 van Pelt, but it's coming. Let's go to the Baltimore Ravens. 0:07:08.880 --> 0:07:11.040 Brian, you got to talk about King Henry now when 0:07:11.080 --> 0:07:14.240 we're talking the Ravens still twenty touchdown potential in this 0:07:14.320 --> 0:07:17.240 offense in my mind, even at his age, and maybe 0:07:17.560 --> 0:07:21.520 three down back potential. Here's a quote from Ravens offensive 0:07:21.560 --> 0:07:25.880 coordinator Todd Don't call me Art Monkin when talking about 0:07:25.880 --> 0:07:28.320 Derek Henry. To me, he's a really versatile player, not 0:07:28.320 --> 0:07:30.520 only running the ball, but getting the ball in space 0:07:30.920 --> 0:07:33.160 and throwing him the ball and getting him out on 0:07:33.200 --> 0:07:35.559 the perimeter and see if some of your defensive backs 0:07:35.560 --> 0:07:38.680 can tackle him. So if he deploys Henry in that way, 0:07:39.240 --> 0:07:42.800 that is a first round draft capital. He's going in 0:07:42.800 --> 0:07:45.120 the third right now. So I think in the third 0:07:45.160 --> 0:07:48.080 he's going too late. I think he's a slam dunk 0:07:48.080 --> 0:07:48.840 pick in the second round. 0:07:49.040 --> 0:07:51.160 He's starting to trend into the second round a lot 0:07:51.160 --> 0:07:54.320 of drafts, and we'll be monitoring that closely. And I 0:07:54.360 --> 0:07:55.880 know you're a little later in the show, you're going 0:07:55.960 --> 0:07:58.840 to talk about another Baltimore running a little bit later, 0:07:59.240 --> 0:08:00.960 let's go to the Land. Brown's the one thing you 0:08:01.000 --> 0:08:03.440 need to know about this team's offseason. And obviously we're 0:08:03.440 --> 0:08:06.800 tracking Nick Chubb's rehab process. But you may not remember 0:08:07.600 --> 0:08:11.400 their draft day acquisition of Jerry Judy. I think it 0:08:11.440 --> 0:08:13.840 was draft day. It could be wrong. The Browns acquired 0:08:13.920 --> 0:08:16.680 him for a couple of Day three picks and subsequently 0:08:16.720 --> 0:08:19.360 signed him to a three year extension. So they obviously 0:08:19.440 --> 0:08:23.200 like Jerry Judy and he's probably going to start. This 0:08:23.240 --> 0:08:25.320 is not a team that was deep at the receiver position, 0:08:25.440 --> 0:08:27.480 and based on the contract, it would suggest that he's 0:08:27.480 --> 0:08:29.400 going to be a starter. He found himself in Sean 0:08:29.440 --> 0:08:35.559 Payton's voluminous mansion like doghouse, and Judy couldn't get out 0:08:35.559 --> 0:08:37.760 of that. Now he gets a fresh start and he's 0:08:37.760 --> 0:08:41.400 starting opposite Amari Cooper. Another starter you can get almost 0:08:41.400 --> 0:08:41.720 for free. 0:08:41.760 --> 0:08:44.280 I like the idea of a really big doghouse. That's 0:08:44.280 --> 0:08:45.840 a mansion that's fun to me. 0:08:46.080 --> 0:08:49.600 Yeah, in Denver. In Denver, maybe it's the size of 0:08:49.640 --> 0:08:53.800 Russell Wilson's old house with the fourteen toilets. 0:08:54.800 --> 0:08:58.000 Hey, let's talk about Russell Wilson. Yeah, good call, nice, 0:08:58.960 --> 0:09:02.520 let's do it. He's the starting quarterback in Pittsburgh. Now 0:09:03.640 --> 0:09:06.480 Justin Fields is the backup at this point. They said 0:09:06.520 --> 0:09:09.720 so as much over the weekend where they were talking 0:09:09.760 --> 0:09:12.120 about yeh, Russell's the number one and Fields is the 0:09:12.200 --> 0:09:15.520 number two. They also moved on from Deontay Johnson leaving, 0:09:16.120 --> 0:09:18.959 really just George Pickens as the clear wide receiver one 0:09:19.000 --> 0:09:21.280 in the steel City and then a bunch of other guys. 0:09:24.120 --> 0:09:25.640 This is gonna be a fascinating one to watch. I 0:09:25.679 --> 0:09:29.160 think the Steelers are a sneaky, really good team. They 0:09:29.160 --> 0:09:31.160 already had one of the best defenses in the league. 0:09:31.520 --> 0:09:36.040 They've been way down by awful quarterbacking ever since been retired. 0:09:36.600 --> 0:09:38.720 I just I get the feeling that offense and that 0:09:38.760 --> 0:09:41.400 whole team is just sitting on a much better season. 0:09:41.760 --> 0:09:44.320 They can just get competing quarterback in which for us 0:09:44.320 --> 0:09:44.640 can bring. 0:09:44.720 --> 0:09:47.360 They are picked to finish last in the AFC March, I'm. 0:09:47.280 --> 0:09:49.880 Taking the over. Yeah, Cincinnati Bengals while we're staying in 0:09:49.880 --> 0:09:52.559 the NFC North Bryan. One thing to know about their offseason. 0:09:52.840 --> 0:09:55.160 Joe Burrow will be good to go after rists surgery 0:09:55.200 --> 0:09:58.720 that ended his season prematurely last year. T Higgins's back 0:09:59.200 --> 0:10:00.920 the franchise tag. But I want to know who will 0:10:00.960 --> 0:10:04.000 be the third receiving option for the Bengals. People are 0:10:04.000 --> 0:10:08.719 excited about rookie Jermaine Burton, second year receiver Andre Iosa. 0:10:08.400 --> 0:10:10.720 Bus that's my guy. 0:10:11.240 --> 0:10:13.200 I was about saying, I wish Scott was here. To 0:10:13.200 --> 0:10:13.640 correct me. 0:10:13.679 --> 0:10:15.160 But you guys people call him Yoshi. 0:10:15.200 --> 0:10:17.040 I believe I like that. I'm gonna go with that 0:10:17.080 --> 0:10:17.320 from now. 0:10:17.320 --> 0:10:19.120 We probably need a Yoshi button. Now. 0:10:19.360 --> 0:10:22.760 I know likes Yoshi too. I'm pretty sure that. 0:10:24.240 --> 0:10:27.960 Yeah, I don't remember that robe he lays an egg 0:10:28.720 --> 0:10:31.480 a perfect well, let's hope he doesn't play an egg. 0:10:31.520 --> 0:10:35.520 We don't want Yoshi laying eggs. He spit eggs too, right, Oh, 0:10:35.559 --> 0:10:38.079 he could spit him out. 0:10:38.200 --> 0:10:43.400 Eggs just pouring out of Yoshi some egxcellent performance. 0:10:43.559 --> 0:10:44.480 Yoshi's kind of gross. 0:10:44.559 --> 0:10:46.079 I'm just thinking of that. I think you should leave 0:10:46.120 --> 0:10:48.920 eggs all right. Back to what were we talking about? 0:10:48.960 --> 0:10:49.760 Oh yeah, the Bengals. 0:10:49.800 --> 0:10:51.880 That sales receiver tight end, Mike Kasiki. 0:10:51.920 --> 0:10:54.920 I'm a little intrigued by Mike Siki. Uh In sinci now, 0:10:55.040 --> 0:10:58.160 so I bet turns into a He's more of a 0:10:58.200 --> 0:11:01.120 wide receiver anyway than a tight ends A little bit little. 0:11:01.200 --> 0:11:03.960 I'm intrigued by him. He's he's virtually free as well. 0:11:04.000 --> 0:11:05.760 He's going to be a take a chance on me guy. 0:11:06.040 --> 0:11:08.560 That'll pop up a couple of times this year in 0:11:08.640 --> 0:11:11.240 the in Houston. Everybody knows about Stefan Diggs showing up 0:11:11.280 --> 0:11:14.480 there and complicating that receiver room. But maybe you didn't notice. 0:11:14.559 --> 0:11:17.720 Joe Mixon is now the presumptive starting running back. To 0:11:17.880 --> 0:11:22.800 my eyes, Mixon looked cooked last year. Let me put 0:11:22.840 --> 0:11:25.200 some numbers to that. Oh, do you want to put 0:11:25.320 --> 0:11:27.360 numbers to that? Because we're gonna talk a lot about 0:11:27.440 --> 0:11:30.840 Joe Mixon later. We'll hold on and the cooked portion 0:11:31.960 --> 0:11:35.320 then you can chime in. All right, Well, rest ashured. 0:11:35.360 --> 0:11:37.599 We'll talk more about Joe Mixon in a minute. Yeah, 0:11:38.040 --> 0:11:39.679 Jacksonville Jaguars, Matt. 0:11:40.360 --> 0:11:43.440 Calvin Ridley, he's gone and he's being replaced by Gabe 0:11:43.480 --> 0:11:47.840 Davis and rookie first rounder Brian Thomas Junior. Thomas is 0:11:47.880 --> 0:11:50.080 six four to two oh five and it's pretty good speed. 0:11:50.480 --> 0:11:52.840 He was second on the depth chart at LSU, behind 0:11:52.880 --> 0:11:55.960 Malik Neighbors, but he could be the primary option for 0:11:56.000 --> 0:11:58.640 Trevor Lawrence in short order, and Lawrence had a pretty 0:11:58.640 --> 0:12:02.560 good average depth of target last year. Brian Thomas Junior 0:12:02.600 --> 0:12:04.280 is a pretty interesting rookie player. 0:12:04.400 --> 0:12:08.439 I'm interested. Bigger, bigger body, and a lot of opportunity 0:12:08.480 --> 0:12:11.240 potentially like it. 0:12:10.440 --> 0:12:16.400 I've never done that before. I always Yeah, people are. 0:12:16.280 --> 0:12:17.520 Calling him fish of you right there. 0:12:17.559 --> 0:12:19.720 People are calling him a BTJ now, So I just 0:12:19.760 --> 0:12:21.679 need him to work an X in there and then 0:12:21.679 --> 0:12:23.599 I can sell my Twitter handle to him when he 0:12:23.679 --> 0:12:25.960 signs his second contract. That got it all figured out. 0:12:26.080 --> 0:12:27.280 He plays the X receiver. 0:12:27.520 --> 0:12:32.440 Oh perfect, btx J. You can follow Brian on Twitter 0:12:32.760 --> 0:12:34.240 at BTXJ. 0:12:33.800 --> 0:12:35.199 Well at least for now, and then it'll be a 0:12:35.240 --> 0:12:39.240 Brian Thomas Juniors. He sells it. 0:12:40.880 --> 0:12:43.480 I think next up is the Tennessee Titans. Calvin Ridley 0:12:44.280 --> 0:12:45.600 come back to me real quick on the court. 0:12:45.840 --> 0:12:50.040 Sorry, no worries. Josh Downs Wide receiver Josh Downs recently 0:12:50.040 --> 0:12:51.680 went down with a high ankle spring He's out at 0:12:51.760 --> 0:12:54.320 least six weeks. That's a big bump for a Donnie 0:12:54.320 --> 0:12:57.160 Mitchell and Alec Pierce. People might have forgotten about Alec Pierce, 0:12:57.200 --> 0:13:00.440 who I think ran the most miles on the field 0:13:00.520 --> 0:13:02.560 last year. Yeah remember that it was the most cardio 0:13:02.559 --> 0:13:05.319 of ascular fit player in the NFL. But yeah, Josh 0:13:05.320 --> 0:13:06.800 Downs is going to miss some time and coming back 0:13:06.840 --> 0:13:09.160 from a high ankle that takes some time, and the 0:13:09.200 --> 0:13:10.600 Colts are still going to want to run the ball 0:13:10.640 --> 0:13:12.839 a lot. So I'm kind of just out on Downs 0:13:12.880 --> 0:13:14.920 and even I'm not buying the dip put it that way. 0:13:16.280 --> 0:13:19.680 Now, the Titans, Yeah, afore mentioned Calvin Ridley signed up 0:13:19.679 --> 0:13:23.480 what I considered be a stunning ninety two million dollar deal. 0:13:24.000 --> 0:13:28.520 I agree, I do not that despite the incredibly inconsistent 0:13:28.679 --> 0:13:31.680 season that he had in Jacksonville last year, new head 0:13:31.679 --> 0:13:34.160 coach Brian Callahan says that he'll use Ridley in much 0:13:34.160 --> 0:13:36.520 the same fashion that he used Jamar Chase. So we 0:13:36.679 --> 0:13:39.600 like that because Callahan was the offensive coordinator there. It's 0:13:39.640 --> 0:13:42.360 worth noting that DeAndre Hopkins is going to miss a 0:13:42.440 --> 0:13:45.480 much much of the preseason with injury, and he's also 0:13:45.520 --> 0:13:47.680 thirty two years old, so Ridley could roll into the 0:13:47.720 --> 0:13:52.640 season as the undisputed number one receiver for Tennessee. Let's 0:13:52.640 --> 0:13:54.240 go to the Kansas City Chiefs. So what's the one 0:13:54.240 --> 0:13:54.840 thing we need to know? 0:13:55.320 --> 0:13:57.760 The Super Bowl champs added a few new weapons to 0:13:57.800 --> 0:14:00.640 the offense. Marquise Brown comes over on one year deal 0:14:00.640 --> 0:14:04.160 from the Cardinals, and first round rookie Xavier Worthy, who's 0:14:04.200 --> 0:14:07.120 one of the fastest wide receivers in the league. The 0:14:07.160 --> 0:14:09.920 problem is is he's super small, and I just don't 0:14:09.920 --> 0:14:13.040 foresee Worthy or Marquise Brownie clipsing Rashi Rice is the 0:14:13.080 --> 0:14:16.880 preferred target unless Rice ends up facing suspension or in 0:14:16.960 --> 0:14:19.600 jail for driving cars poorly. 0:14:20.680 --> 0:14:24.520 Rishie Earnhardt Rice as we like to call him, poorly 0:14:24.520 --> 0:14:27.720 and fast. Let's go to the Las Vegas Raiders, Brian. 0:14:28.160 --> 0:14:30.040 I want to know who the quarterback is going to 0:14:30.120 --> 0:14:32.000 be in Vegas? Is this gonna be? Is it gonna 0:14:32.000 --> 0:14:35.320 be Aiden O'Connell or Gardner Minshew because they have weapons 0:14:35.360 --> 0:14:38.240 now in Las Vegas, starting with Devonte Adams. I've always 0:14:38.240 --> 0:14:40.360 liked Jacobe Myers. He is legit, and now they got 0:14:40.400 --> 0:14:43.680 phenom tight end Brock Powers, who's not going to play 0:14:43.720 --> 0:14:45.080 much tight end in my opinion. He's more of a 0:14:45.120 --> 0:14:47.920 wide receiver. So is it gonna be Minshew or Aiden O'Connell. 0:14:47.960 --> 0:14:50.160 This is the one quarterback battle I am truly watching 0:14:50.200 --> 0:14:53.480 because I think there's some serious late round value whoever 0:14:53.520 --> 0:14:54.160 wins this job. 0:14:54.240 --> 0:14:57.440 For the rooting for Minshew from a fantasy standpoint, for sure. 0:14:57.280 --> 0:14:59.800 I'm room for AOC the rookie. I mean, I think 0:14:59.800 --> 0:15:02.080 he's We've seen what minch you can offer. He can 0:15:02.120 --> 0:15:05.360 give you a sweet mullet and jorts, and we've seen 0:15:05.400 --> 0:15:06.280 his ceiling. 0:15:06.040 --> 0:15:09.320 Almost a playoff berth for the cold third game away 0:15:09.400 --> 0:15:12.680 from making the playoffs. Minshu's at least capable, and maybe 0:15:12.680 --> 0:15:15.200 I'm being tainted by eight and O'Connell getting shut out 0:15:15.240 --> 0:15:17.840 by the Vikings, and I just don't see any upside 0:15:17.880 --> 0:15:18.200 with him. 0:15:18.200 --> 0:15:21.720 Antonio Pierce started one quarterback as a coach, that was eight, 0:15:21.720 --> 0:15:24.280 and O'Connell he started all nine of Antonio Pierce's head 0:15:24.320 --> 0:15:26.120 coaching games last year and they went five and four 0:15:26.120 --> 0:15:26.640 in that time. 0:15:26.760 --> 0:15:28.400 So all right, we got two more to get to 0:15:28.480 --> 0:15:32.440 before we take a break. Denver Broncos. After jettisoning Russell Wilson, 0:15:32.440 --> 0:15:35.480 the Broncos starting quarterback situation is unsettled. We've got rookie 0:15:35.480 --> 0:15:39.520 bow Knicks battling journeyman Jared Stidham, and I don't think 0:15:39.600 --> 0:15:41.800 Zach Wilson's really in this battle at all, but I'll 0:15:41.840 --> 0:15:45.280 know he's on roster. Most assumed that bow Nick's draft 0:15:45.400 --> 0:15:48.480 equity alone will make him the starter before long, maybe 0:15:48.560 --> 0:15:50.840 even as early as Week one. We'll watch that as 0:15:50.880 --> 0:15:54.920 it as it goes. Zach Wilson getting third team reps 0:15:55.240 --> 0:15:58.280 and the final AFC team we'll talk about before we 0:15:58.320 --> 0:15:59.880 take a break. The Los Angeles. 0:15:59.560 --> 0:16:04.880 Chargers, everyone but justin Airbear is gone Austin Eckler, Keenan Allen, 0:16:04.960 --> 0:16:08.200 Mike Williams all gone, new coach Jim Harbaugh, new running 0:16:08.240 --> 0:16:11.760 backs Gus Edwards, JK. 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Let's go 0:18:52.640 --> 0:18:54.479 to the Dallas Cowboys. 0:18:54.359 --> 0:18:57.040 All right, Well, Jerry Jones doesn't seem to care that 0:18:57.080 --> 0:19:01.560 Ceede Lamb is holding out, unsigned and angry great GM 0:19:01.880 --> 0:19:03.879 Jerry Jones is, So we'll see what happens there. Hopefully 0:19:03.880 --> 0:19:05.520 they signed him. But I'm really looking at the running 0:19:05.520 --> 0:19:07.760 back room in Little D. I call it Little D 0:19:07.880 --> 0:19:11.120 because the Cowboys are not good. Ezekiel Elliott is back. 0:19:11.560 --> 0:19:15.080 Rico Dowdell is the presumed favorite. Royce Freeman has been 0:19:15.119 --> 0:19:16.359 turning head favorite. 0:19:16.480 --> 0:19:16.800 I don't know. 0:19:16.960 --> 0:19:18.720 I guess he's looked the best in camp, and he 0:19:18.800 --> 0:19:21.159 was there last year. I think people are leaning his 0:19:21.280 --> 0:19:23.280 way as a starter at but it's really going to 0:19:23.320 --> 0:19:26.200 be a split between Zeke and Dowdell most likely maybe 0:19:26.280 --> 0:19:29.400 Royce Freeman mixed in. Long story short, I'm out entirely 0:19:29.440 --> 0:19:32.440 on this backfield all about the passing game. It's CD 0:19:32.560 --> 0:19:32.959 holt up. 0:19:33.160 --> 0:19:35.920 It's go to the Philadelphia Eagles. Their new starting running 0:19:35.920 --> 0:19:39.719 back is Saquad Barkley, who crossed enemy lines for a 0:19:39.760 --> 0:19:43.639 bigger pay day and the opportunity to move up about 0:19:43.640 --> 0:19:48.280 thirty one spots in offensive line quality. Can't blame him 0:19:48.320 --> 0:19:51.199 for that. Barkley should get plenty of use, hopefully as 0:19:51.240 --> 0:19:54.000 a receiver as well, and the Eagles depth chart at 0:19:54.040 --> 0:19:56.440 running back isn't nearly as cluttered as it has been 0:19:56.440 --> 0:19:59.560 in previous years. Right, so there's Kenneth Gain Well, then 0:19:59.600 --> 0:20:02.440 there's the rookie will Shipley, who does not really look 0:20:02.480 --> 0:20:05.520 to be much of a factor here. Barkley could be 0:20:05.640 --> 0:20:09.240 looking at a workhorse season, but you know, inside the 0:20:09.240 --> 0:20:12.160 three four yard line, what's gonna happen? All tush pushes 0:20:12.200 --> 0:20:14.920 baby m That's a limiting factor for his upside. Let's 0:20:14.920 --> 0:20:15.840 go to the Giants, Matt. 0:20:16.560 --> 0:20:18.680 The Giants actually made a lot of offseason move The 0:20:18.680 --> 0:20:21.560 biggest one was getting edge rusher Brian Burns. But let's 0:20:21.560 --> 0:20:25.560 talk about the offense. Saquon out, Devin Singletary in, Drew 0:20:25.600 --> 0:20:28.199 Locke is in as the backup quarterback, and if Daniel 0:20:28.280 --> 0:20:30.960 Jones and all the videos from this preseason or any 0:20:30.960 --> 0:20:35.359 indication Drew Locke might get some play this year. John 0:20:35.440 --> 0:20:38.040 Runyon was brought into bolster the O line, and Malik 0:20:38.119 --> 0:20:40.400 Neighbors is the best wide receiver the Giants have had 0:20:40.400 --> 0:20:41.360 since Odell Beckham. 0:20:41.440 --> 0:20:45.440 Yeah, he looks extremely promising. I've got a fantasy league. 0:20:45.480 --> 0:20:48.600 I'm gonna have to choose between Malik Neighbors and Marvin Harrison, 0:20:48.600 --> 0:20:50.720 and I don't in a dynasty league, and I don't 0:20:50.720 --> 0:20:52.240 know for sure what I'm gonna do yet. 0:20:52.280 --> 0:20:55.360 It's just preseason, but they didn't target Neighbors in the 0:20:55.480 --> 0:20:58.200 Giants for his preseason game. It's like, come on. 0:20:59.280 --> 0:21:02.720 Maybe they're trying to keep him hidden. 0:21:03.240 --> 0:21:04.480 Maybe he hasn't been playing. 0:21:04.800 --> 0:21:05.960 No one's gonna figure it out. 0:21:06.119 --> 0:21:08.399 Let's go to the Washington Commanders Brian all Right. 0:21:08.600 --> 0:21:12.040 Washington took quarterback Jaden Daniels with the second overall pick. 0:21:12.080 --> 0:21:14.520 He is listed as the starter. They're not messing around 0:21:14.560 --> 0:21:18.600 like they are in New England, and I'm buying Daniels 0:21:18.640 --> 0:21:20.760 for Offensive Rookie of the Year at plus five point 0:21:20.720 --> 0:21:25.080 fifty uh failed for former Cardinals head coach Cliff Kingsbury 0:21:25.119 --> 0:21:27.880 is now the OC in Washington. He is very past friendly. 0:21:28.440 --> 0:21:31.400 Daniel Daniels is also very mobile. He has the limit 0:21:31.400 --> 0:21:32.719 the hits he's going to take, though, because he got 0:21:32.800 --> 0:21:34.639 knocked around in college quite a bit and they hit 0:21:34.680 --> 0:21:37.280 a lot harder in the pros. But Daniels currently going 0:21:37.280 --> 0:21:40.159 off the board is QB eleven. That's ahead of rock Perty, 0:21:40.560 --> 0:21:42.920 Caleb Williams, who's the favorite to win Offensive Rookie of 0:21:42.960 --> 0:21:44.480 the Year. Yeah, Trevor Lawrence. 0:21:44.800 --> 0:21:47.000 So we're going to talk more about it, sure, and 0:21:47.080 --> 0:21:49.600 a little later in this show as well. Let's go 0:21:49.640 --> 0:21:52.920 to the Detroit Lions. Almost no changes to the Lions offense, 0:21:52.960 --> 0:21:56.880 aside from letting go a receiver Josh Reynolds. Khaliff Raymond 0:21:57.000 --> 0:21:59.320 is an intriguing deep sleeper. He's been splitting time with 0:21:59.400 --> 0:22:01.720 Reynolds and you won't have to do that anymore. The 0:22:01.800 --> 0:22:04.639 uptick and playing time could mean Khalif Raymond is like 0:22:04.720 --> 0:22:07.920 a spot fantasy starter. I can see scenarios where he's 0:22:07.920 --> 0:22:09.240 going to be to take a chance on me, guy 0:22:09.320 --> 0:22:12.520 Khalif Raymond this year, and if Jamison Williams can't stay healthy, 0:22:12.560 --> 0:22:15.560 which has been a problem, then Raymond to get even 0:22:15.640 --> 0:22:17.399 more of a bigger role and he could be the 0:22:17.440 --> 0:22:20.400 team's kick returner, which could add some fantasy value as well. 0:22:20.480 --> 0:22:25.080 So a little kerlif Raymond deep steam for you. Let's 0:22:25.119 --> 0:22:26.840 go to our next team, Green Bay Packers. One thing 0:22:26.840 --> 0:22:28.320 to know about their offseason. 0:22:27.840 --> 0:22:31.160 Mat biggest change was the Packers sent Aaron Jones packing 0:22:31.359 --> 0:22:33.720 and in a rare move, they signed a free agent 0:22:33.840 --> 0:22:37.040 to a somewhat big money deal at the running back position. 0:22:37.119 --> 0:22:40.680 That would be former Raider Josh Jacobs. I'm not sure 0:22:40.800 --> 0:22:43.080 Jacobs is an improvement though, as all of his metrics 0:22:43.080 --> 0:22:46.760 suffered in twenty twenty three. Bad miss tackle rate, bad 0:22:46.880 --> 0:22:50.199 yards after contact, super high stuff rate. I'm not so 0:22:50.359 --> 0:22:54.399 sure that rookie Marshawn Lloyd won't be stealing touches by 0:22:54.440 --> 0:22:55.080 the end of the year. 0:22:55.119 --> 0:23:01.760 There, and Lloyd is built for fantasy value. You know. 0:23:01.880 --> 0:23:06.280 He is a big, thick, goal line style back and 0:23:06.320 --> 0:23:08.520 he could he could be a workhorse down the road. 0:23:08.680 --> 0:23:11.080 Let's hope he's a little bit better than a big, 0:23:11.400 --> 0:23:12.719 huge aj Dillon. 0:23:12.960 --> 0:23:15.360 Exactly. Yeah, he's I think he's a cut candidate. 0:23:15.400 --> 0:23:15.760 He is. 0:23:16.480 --> 0:23:17.879 Let's go to the Minnesota Vikings. 0:23:17.880 --> 0:23:21.800 Brian, I'm a shocked I'm talking about the Vikings house. Well, 0:23:22.760 --> 0:23:26.080 if I want to talk one thing about the Minnesota Vikings. 0:23:26.200 --> 0:23:29.359 What would that be from off season moves? What was 0:23:29.600 --> 0:23:31.640 what's a notable off season move? Right? 0:23:31.840 --> 0:23:34.960 Your starting quarterback and a lot of you Viking fans 0:23:35.000 --> 0:23:38.240 out there have to deal with it is Sam Donald 0:23:38.760 --> 0:23:41.199 who is going to be a screaming value with the 0:23:41.240 --> 0:23:43.400 last pick in your draft. This is his first real 0:23:43.440 --> 0:23:45.719 football team he gets to play for, and he has 0:23:45.760 --> 0:23:48.160 the best wide receiver in the world. And I am 0:23:48.359 --> 0:23:50.800 full on believing in Sam Donald. And there are so 0:23:50.880 --> 0:23:53.120 many Vikings fans who want him to fail, which makes 0:23:53.119 --> 0:23:55.320 no sense. I'm excited. You want to see Ja McCarthy, 0:23:55.640 --> 0:23:59.120 I am too. Rising tide lifts all boats, right Church, Yeah, 0:23:59.200 --> 0:24:02.280 you want Donald to succeed. I'm buying he's gonna. I 0:24:02.280 --> 0:24:04.480 don't care about the tough schedule. I don't care as 0:24:04.480 --> 0:24:08.320 these ghosts. I love Sam Donald. I hope you hear this. Sam, 0:24:08.960 --> 0:24:10.920 I believe in you, and lots of others do on 0:24:11.080 --> 0:24:11.240 to you. 0:24:11.320 --> 0:24:14.840 Chuch, Sam going off the board as quarterback thirty four? 0:24:15.320 --> 0:24:17.280 Right now? How many NFL teams are there? 0:24:17.840 --> 0:24:18.719 I believe thirty two? 0:24:18.880 --> 0:24:22.000 Thirty two? All right, so there's at least one backup 0:24:22.200 --> 0:24:25.320 being taken before starter Sam Donald. All Right, most people 0:24:25.480 --> 0:24:29.280 nationally do not understand that Sam Donald is going to 0:24:29.280 --> 0:24:32.040 be the starter and has a long runway. They're gonna 0:24:32.040 --> 0:24:34.520 ease in JJ McCarthy as long and take as long 0:24:34.560 --> 0:24:37.520 as they need before they feel comfortable getting JJ out there. 0:24:37.840 --> 0:24:38.240 Love it. 0:24:38.960 --> 0:24:41.600 Let's go to our next team, the Chicago Bears. A 0:24:42.440 --> 0:24:49.120 really just massive upgrades everywhere around this offense for Chicago, really, 0:24:49.600 --> 0:24:51.720 but you know, this whole assignment, this whole this is 0:24:51.800 --> 0:24:53.720 it's all about one move. So I'm just gonna constrain 0:24:53.800 --> 0:24:57.040 on one thing. It's got to be Caleb Williams. No 0:24:57.240 --> 0:25:00.639 rookie in recent memory has been dropped into a better 0:25:01.000 --> 0:25:06.240 spot to succeed than Caleb Williams has. I mean, you 0:25:06.320 --> 0:25:09.040 get DJ Moore, you get a future Hall of Famer 0:25:09.560 --> 0:25:14.760 in Keenan Allen, you get lottery pick Roma Dunza, you bit, 0:25:14.960 --> 0:25:17.280 you get Williams's big arm, you get the all the 0:25:17.400 --> 0:25:19.440 you know, and the mobility. People aren't talking enough about 0:25:19.480 --> 0:25:23.639 Caleb Williams. Of mobility. He's got like five rushing touchdowns 0:25:23.640 --> 0:25:26.240 in him. Maybe this year wouldn't surprise me at all. 0:25:27.280 --> 0:25:29.440 He's he's going to be the first Bear, assuming he 0:25:29.440 --> 0:25:31.000 doesn't get hurt, he'll be the first Bear to throw 0:25:31.040 --> 0:25:34.119 for four thousand years, and he's gonna years yards and 0:25:34.160 --> 0:25:35.160 he's gonna do it. 0:25:35.080 --> 0:25:36.360 In four thousand years. 0:25:36.680 --> 0:25:39.359 Yes, that'd be a bad average. Yeah, I took your 0:25:39.359 --> 0:25:40.159 four thousand years too. 0:25:40.480 --> 0:25:44.000 Could you argue that JJ McCarthy was dropped into as good, 0:25:44.080 --> 0:25:45.640 if not a better spot. 0:25:45.400 --> 0:25:48.400 But not the starter? So yes, but that is when 0:25:48.400 --> 0:25:50.560 he's dropped. It's a it is a pretty good spot 0:25:50.600 --> 0:25:53.119 for JJ as well. Let's go to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. 0:25:53.119 --> 0:25:56.760 Man, they really just re signed everyone on the team, 0:25:56.880 --> 0:26:01.000 Mike Evans, Baker Mayfield, Levante David Tristan Wurf's, Chase McLaughlin, 0:26:01.400 --> 0:26:04.919 Antoine Winfield. They're basically just running it back from last season. 0:26:04.920 --> 0:26:08.320 So maybe the most interesting fantasy nugget, Chris Godwin is 0:26:08.359 --> 0:26:10.480 actually healthy this year and it sounds like they're going 0:26:10.560 --> 0:26:12.280 to send him back to run most of his routes 0:26:12.280 --> 0:26:13.000 from the slots. 0:26:13.040 --> 0:26:14.760 Yes, I'm a big fan of that. 0:26:14.640 --> 0:26:17.560 Where he wasn't running last year, and I think it's 0:26:17.560 --> 0:26:20.240 going to be a pretty big uptick for Chris Godwin. 0:26:20.280 --> 0:26:22.959 This totally agree he's going to be a He's going 0:26:23.000 --> 0:26:26.120 to return to being uber safe catching all those passes, 0:26:26.720 --> 0:26:29.959 intermediate passes over the middle of the field. He's going 0:26:30.000 --> 0:26:32.719 to be a guillotine darling and you're gonna get him. 0:26:32.760 --> 0:26:35.119 He's super boring and you can get him just on 0:26:35.240 --> 0:26:35.600 the cheap. 0:26:36.160 --> 0:26:37.720 Let's go to the New Orleans Saints. 0:26:37.760 --> 0:26:40.720 Brian, this was a tough one to find something to 0:26:40.720 --> 0:26:43.200 talk about with this team, so I went with, well, 0:26:43.240 --> 0:26:45.040 it's more of a question I'm going to post to you, guys. 0:26:45.040 --> 0:26:48.560 Do you remember Jamal Williams the NFL's leading touchdowns. 0:26:48.080 --> 0:26:50.879 Score just too one year removed from being the NFL's 0:26:50.920 --> 0:26:51.840 leading touchdown score. 0:26:51.960 --> 0:26:54.399 Of course, that was with Detroit. So people were expecting 0:26:54.440 --> 0:26:58.000 some success last year for Williams. He saw none. But uh, 0:26:58.040 --> 0:27:01.120 maybe this year will be a rebound here for Williams. 0:27:01.880 --> 0:27:04.080 There's some trouble in the running back room for the Saints. 0:27:04.119 --> 0:27:07.520 Alvin Kamara is clearly on the downcline. Kendre Miller cannot 0:27:07.520 --> 0:27:10.280 stay healthy, he's dealing with a hamstring issue. Coach calling 0:27:10.320 --> 0:27:15.320 him out. So Jamal Williams dart throw? Where's that Darrows 0:27:15.359 --> 0:27:20.200 down there? God, that's a big dart. 0:27:20.280 --> 0:27:24.119 That's a big dart right there. That hurt Falcons. Obviously, 0:27:24.160 --> 0:27:26.680 the one thing to know, Kirk Cousins is your starting quarterback. 0:27:26.760 --> 0:27:29.560 Some people doubted his ability to return from his torn achilles, 0:27:29.600 --> 0:27:32.119 but all the reports from camp indicate you wouldn't know 0:27:32.119 --> 0:27:34.600 if you didn't know. He looks to be planting perfectly 0:27:34.640 --> 0:27:38.480 well on it. His throwing motion seems to be completely unchanged. 0:27:38.680 --> 0:27:41.240 And remember, Cousins was the NFL passing leader when he 0:27:41.280 --> 0:27:43.520 tore his achilles at the halfway point of last season. 0:27:43.720 --> 0:27:47.160 He was on pace for a five thousand yard passing 0:27:47.240 --> 0:27:51.240 season and forty touchdowns. That would have put him as 0:27:51.320 --> 0:27:54.800 the league MVP or certainly in that conversation last year. 0:27:55.080 --> 0:27:58.840 New offensive coordinator is Zach Robinson a wild card here, 0:27:58.880 --> 0:28:03.240 but there's optim that Cousins will unlock the draft equity 0:28:03.280 --> 0:28:05.840 that this team had poured into Drake London and Kyle 0:28:05.880 --> 0:28:09.160 Pitts as lottery picks of their drafts. I think that's 0:28:09.200 --> 0:28:11.920 going to be the case here. Let's go to the 0:28:11.960 --> 0:28:13.200 Caroline Panthers s Matt. 0:28:13.240 --> 0:28:16.879 Dave Kanalis is the new coach. He's credited as reviving 0:28:17.000 --> 0:28:20.439 the Bucks offense last season, and he's really trying to 0:28:20.440 --> 0:28:23.000 put weapons around Bryce Young. They're trying to see if 0:28:23.000 --> 0:28:25.920 they have something here with Bryce Young. They got Deontay 0:28:26.040 --> 0:28:29.159 Johnson as the top wide receiver. They drafted wide receiver 0:28:29.320 --> 0:28:31.960 Xavier or Lagette with the last pick of the first round, 0:28:32.280 --> 0:28:34.919 and running back Jonathan Brooks in the mid second. So 0:28:35.280 --> 0:28:37.760 they're really trying to put some weapons around Bryce Young 0:28:37.800 --> 0:28:38.440 to see what they have. 0:28:38.800 --> 0:28:41.000 There's some signs that Brooks may come back sooner than 0:28:41.000 --> 0:28:44.640 we thought. You know, he had the November ACL so 0:28:44.720 --> 0:28:47.240 I was like, yeah, man, I don't it might not 0:28:47.320 --> 0:28:50.600 be till Halloween or something. But there's talk that we 0:28:50.680 --> 0:28:52.480 might see him on the field sooner than later, and 0:28:52.560 --> 0:28:55.320 that would be that'd be great for Jonathan Brooks. Let's 0:28:55.320 --> 0:28:58.280 go to the San Francisco forty nine ers, Brian and 0:28:58.560 --> 0:28:59.400 to watch. 0:28:59.360 --> 0:29:04.200 Ooh, well, I mean Brandon, Watch well, Brandon Ayuk get traded. 0:29:04.320 --> 0:29:06.720 That's what we're watching in San fran right now or 0:29:06.800 --> 0:29:09.840 San Jose, wherever they play. If Ayuk does get moved, 0:29:10.560 --> 0:29:13.200 that improves the stock of Ricky Parsol, who is a rookie. 0:29:13.400 --> 0:29:15.520 But I'm more excited about Juwan Jennings, who is always 0:29:15.560 --> 0:29:17.320 on the field. He's a great blocker and he actually 0:29:17.400 --> 0:29:19.760 is a pretty good wide receiver. As well. So we'll 0:29:19.760 --> 0:29:21.840 see what happens with Ayuk. But if he moves, that's 0:29:21.840 --> 0:29:26.000 gonna there's gonna be some butterfly effects across the league. Well, 0:29:26.200 --> 0:29:27.240 guess across two teams. 0:29:27.760 --> 0:29:30.520 My worry is any team that can afford to sign 0:29:30.640 --> 0:29:33.280 Brandon Ayuk at this stage of the season is a 0:29:33.320 --> 0:29:36.480 bad team, and they because they have the cap, They've 0:29:36.480 --> 0:29:38.920 got caproom. Bad teams have caprooms and good players every 0:29:38.920 --> 0:29:39.520 big contracts. 0:29:39.520 --> 0:29:40.920 Do you want to know who has the most cap 0:29:40.960 --> 0:29:42.160 room in the NFL. 0:29:43.080 --> 0:29:44.680 This year, it's it's the forty nine ers. 0:29:44.680 --> 0:29:45.960 It's San Francisco forty. 0:29:46.560 --> 0:29:48.400 Yes, I think it is the forty nine ers, but 0:29:48.440 --> 0:29:50.719 I think they're also stash and cash for brock perties 0:29:50.760 --> 0:29:52.360 eventual resigning. We'll see. 0:29:52.440 --> 0:29:55.720 You know who else has a lot of cap room? 0:29:55.920 --> 0:29:56.640 Peyton Manning. 0:29:56.880 --> 0:29:58.280 Oh, Hayton man. 0:30:00.640 --> 0:30:04.000 He's head, got you sorry. 0:30:04.600 --> 0:30:07.920 The Rams muddied up the fantasy prospects of Kyrone Williams 0:30:07.960 --> 0:30:11.640 by drafting Michigan runner Blake Koram in the third round. 0:30:12.000 --> 0:30:15.520 Korm is a do everything, jack of all trades back 0:30:15.920 --> 0:30:18.320 who could really eat into williams playing time much more 0:30:18.360 --> 0:30:20.880 significantly than last year's guys. Is like Royce Freeman and 0:30:20.960 --> 0:30:24.479 Zach Evans, who are just total non factors. Korm has 0:30:24.480 --> 0:30:27.400 earned strong praise in the preseason from Sean McVay, and 0:30:27.520 --> 0:30:30.920 his past catching and past blocking abilities have been on 0:30:31.000 --> 0:30:34.320 display in training camp. So what's going to be fascinating 0:30:34.320 --> 0:30:38.000 here is, you know, Williams got so much work last 0:30:38.080 --> 0:30:42.040 year because nobody was any good to give the ball to. Blake. 0:30:42.080 --> 0:30:45.880 Korm looks like a massive upgrade. So the question is, 0:30:45.880 --> 0:30:49.680 is Kyron Williams gonna still get the big workload that 0:30:49.800 --> 0:30:52.960 helped him be one of the big fantasy success stories 0:30:53.000 --> 0:30:53.680 of last year. 0:30:54.120 --> 0:30:55.680 Would you like to hear my take on this. 0:30:57.800 --> 0:31:01.040 Is it's gonna be a little jaded. 0:31:01.120 --> 0:31:03.120 I think I'm no longer cold at least tho it's 0:31:03.320 --> 0:31:04.960 been freezing up here in Minnesota. 0:31:05.080 --> 0:31:10.000 But oh yeah, Seattle Seahawks matt lots of the same players, 0:31:10.120 --> 0:31:13.840 but a completely new coaching staff. New head coach Mike 0:31:13.960 --> 0:31:18.040 McDonald brings his funky yamob their style to the defensive 0:31:18.080 --> 0:31:21.239 side of the ball, while Ryan Grubb moves from the 0:31:21.240 --> 0:31:24.400 OC at the University of Washington down the road to 0:31:24.480 --> 0:31:26.480 the pros to take the same position with the Seahawks. 0:31:26.840 --> 0:31:30.360 Grubs offense led Division one last year with three hundred 0:31:30.360 --> 0:31:33.480 and sixty nine passing yards per game and. 0:31:35.000 --> 0:31:37.120 Six hundred and thirty nine. 0:31:37.040 --> 0:31:38.640 No, three hundred and sixty nine. 0:31:38.840 --> 0:31:40.440 Okay, thank your. 0:31:40.160 --> 0:31:42.880 Number dyslexic over there, maybe I guess I am, yes, 0:31:42.960 --> 0:31:48.400 all right. And they also featured one belcow running back 0:31:48.600 --> 0:31:51.880 in Washington who had two hundred more rushing attempts than 0:31:51.920 --> 0:31:54.160 the next guy. So I think that bodes well for 0:31:54.280 --> 0:31:57.160 everybody in the Seahawks offense except Zach Sharboney. 0:31:58.640 --> 0:32:00.880 I can't. I'm with you on that. Yeah, although sharbon Ey, 0:32:00.960 --> 0:32:02.880 you know in your two has the right to get better, 0:32:04.120 --> 0:32:06.760 but I still can't muster a lot of enthusiasm. Yeah, 0:32:06.840 --> 0:32:09.560 all right. By the way, what is why mobiya? 0:32:09.920 --> 0:32:10.400 Where was that? 0:32:11.200 --> 0:32:11.440 Oh? 0:32:11.560 --> 0:32:15.880 It's a it was a Michael McDonald, oldest singer of. 0:32:18.200 --> 0:32:19.880 I Got You, Thank thank you? 0:32:19.920 --> 0:32:20.200 All right. 0:32:20.280 --> 0:32:22.880 Last team Arizona Cardinals. 0:32:23.800 --> 0:32:27.400 Well, this time last year we were virtually drafting no 0:32:27.560 --> 0:32:31.680 Cardinals in fantasy. Kyler Murray was hurt, but now we're 0:32:31.680 --> 0:32:34.960 looking at Marvin Harrison junior wide receiver nine going late 0:32:35.000 --> 0:32:38.880 first early second round, Trey McBride tight end three, Kyler 0:32:38.960 --> 0:32:43.240 Murray quarterback seven, high expectations for this Cardinals offense. I'm 0:32:43.280 --> 0:32:44.200 just excited to watch it. 0:32:44.280 --> 0:32:46.040 And a reminder is we brought up a lot of 0:32:46.040 --> 0:32:49.480 times in the offseason podcast. In December of last year 0:32:49.720 --> 0:32:53.320 Cardinals were averaging twenty five points per game on offense. 0:32:53.560 --> 0:32:56.440 Massive uptick that you know, you know, across the full 0:32:56.480 --> 0:32:58.040 season that would have ranked them like, I don't know, 0:32:58.240 --> 0:33:01.800 team six or something. We saw real improvement at the 0:33:01.880 --> 0:33:03.600 end of last season for the Cardinals. And now you 0:33:03.640 --> 0:33:06.960 get the talent influx of a guy like Marvin Harrison 0:33:07.040 --> 0:33:09.120 Junior and maybe down the road Trey Benson, and that's 0:33:09.160 --> 0:33:13.800 it becomes an exciting offense in Arizzona. When we come back, 0:33:14.800 --> 0:33:18.240 get ready for a lot of this. Yes, the peak 0:33:18.320 --> 0:33:22.880 cock Off. Yeah, we're gonna give you six bold predictions. 0:33:23.200 --> 0:33:25.320 See if you can follow along with these and if 0:33:25.320 --> 0:33:28.560 you agree, you're gonna find some great values here. When 0:33:28.560 --> 0:33:50.480 we return to Fantasy Football League, it is time for 0:33:50.560 --> 0:33:57.280 the peacock off. We're gonna give you two, four, six, six, Yes, 0:33:57.520 --> 0:34:00.880 six different bold predictions that hope at this time next 0:34:00.960 --> 0:34:05.680 year we will look back and peacock off about our 0:34:05.720 --> 0:34:08.560 great predictions. Now, we went back over the break and 0:34:08.600 --> 0:34:11.560 we looked up our predictions in this segment. Last year, 0:34:13.080 --> 0:34:15.839 let's just say we could they could do a little better. 0:34:15.880 --> 0:34:18.000 We have room, we have room to improve. 0:34:18.239 --> 0:34:23.120 We went six or we went five and one. 0:34:23.320 --> 0:34:26.000 I didn't technically, I did not hit with Sam Howell 0:34:26.040 --> 0:34:29.480 finished as a top ten fantasy quarterback. Yeah, I love 0:34:29.520 --> 0:34:30.520 the Sam howelake. 0:34:30.560 --> 0:34:31.560 Matt said, that's a draw. 0:34:31.680 --> 0:34:35.320 That's enough if it depends a lot on whether or 0:34:35.320 --> 0:34:40.919 not your league subtracts points for sacks absorbed and interceptions thrown, 0:34:40.920 --> 0:34:43.319 in which case Sam Howell is a disaster. But just 0:34:43.400 --> 0:34:45.840 on sheer yardage. 0:34:45.800 --> 0:34:47.759 I think he led the league in hospital balls too. 0:34:48.320 --> 0:34:51.359 I think you might have. You might have man Eric 0:34:51.360 --> 0:34:53.839 the Enemy put him in a bad spot. Eric Enemy 0:34:53.880 --> 0:34:57.000 is not even in the league. All right, let's move on, Matt. 0:34:57.040 --> 0:34:59.239 You want to start, give us your first of two 0:34:59.320 --> 0:34:59.960 peacock off. 0:35:00.200 --> 0:35:03.840 Well, last year my peacock off was Garrett Wilson was 0:35:03.840 --> 0:35:05.880 going to finish the year as the top wide receiver 0:35:05.960 --> 0:35:08.160 in the league, and then Aaron Rodgers tour his achilles 0:35:08.200 --> 0:35:10.360 four snaps into the season. You can put an asterisk 0:35:10.480 --> 0:35:15.600 on that, So I'm recycling that take without Rogers. Last year, 0:35:16.040 --> 0:35:19.279 Wilson was fourth in the league in targets, but his 0:35:19.360 --> 0:35:23.239 targets were so putrid from Zach Wilson, Tim Boyle, and 0:35:23.280 --> 0:35:26.480 Trevor Simeon that he could only manage ninety five catches, 0:35:26.600 --> 0:35:29.960 just over one thousand yards and only three scores. So 0:35:30.000 --> 0:35:31.880 you'd think that his targets remain the same and the 0:35:31.960 --> 0:35:34.120 quality of those passes are going to be better. I 0:35:34.160 --> 0:35:36.000 think he'll be in a good spot. The average wide 0:35:36.040 --> 0:35:39.160 receiver who's had at least one hundred and fifty targets 0:35:39.160 --> 0:35:42.239 over the last two years, Hennis has finished with one 0:35:42.320 --> 0:35:46.480 hundred and twelve receptions, almost fifteen hundred yards and scored 0:35:46.600 --> 0:35:47.480 nine times. 0:35:47.960 --> 0:35:50.480 You don't say nine times times. 0:35:51.120 --> 0:35:53.319 If you make it one hundred and sixty targets, it's 0:35:53.360 --> 0:35:56.560 close to sixteen hundred yards and almost ten scores. Rogers 0:35:56.640 --> 0:36:00.560 top wide receivers have had great touchdown totals. In twenty 0:36:00.600 --> 0:36:04.040 twenty two, Christian Watson had seven receiving scores, all came 0:36:04.080 --> 0:36:06.920 week ten or later. DeVante Adams had five years of 0:36:06.920 --> 0:36:09.719 double digit touchdowns in six years of being a full 0:36:09.719 --> 0:36:12.800 starter in Green Bay. So sixteen hundred yards and double 0:36:12.800 --> 0:36:15.680 digit touchdowns are almost a lock for Garrett Wilson and 0:36:15.719 --> 0:36:18.080 He's going off at wide receiver seven right now. He's 0:36:18.080 --> 0:36:20.480 such a good receiver, He's such a good receiver good 0:36:21.080 --> 0:36:22.879 He's got as good of a chance to be wide 0:36:22.880 --> 0:36:24.040 receiver one as anybody else. 0:36:24.239 --> 0:36:27.880 I wouldn't say as anybody else, but I would by talent, 0:36:28.160 --> 0:36:31.440 he could absolutely be wide receiver one. Let's go to Brian, 0:36:31.640 --> 0:36:33.640 your first of two peacock offs. 0:36:34.200 --> 0:36:36.920 Speaking of really good wide receivers who have been dealing 0:36:36.920 --> 0:36:39.520 with putrid targets, I don't think anyone can top what 0:36:39.680 --> 0:36:43.759 Terry McLaurin has dealt with. Terry, poor Terry McLaurin, but 0:36:43.800 --> 0:36:46.000 I got him finishing as a top ten wide receiver 0:36:46.160 --> 0:36:49.520 this year. Currently going off the board is wide receiver 0:36:49.640 --> 0:36:50.239 thirty one. 0:36:50.560 --> 0:36:50.759 Yeah. 0:36:51.000 --> 0:36:53.640 Over the last four seasons, McLaurin is one of only 0:36:53.680 --> 0:36:56.520 six wide receivers to top one thousand yards in each 0:36:56.560 --> 0:37:00.719 of those seasons, and also in each of those Terry 0:37:00.840 --> 0:37:04.440 was in the bottom third of catchable target rate. Now 0:37:04.440 --> 0:37:06.880 that will change this year with Jaden Daniels and hopefully 0:37:06.880 --> 0:37:10.960 past friendly offensive coordinator Cliff Kingsbury who I brought up earlier. 0:37:11.360 --> 0:37:14.319 Daniels was the only FBS quarterback last year with ten 0:37:14.360 --> 0:37:17.400 plus air yards per attempt and a catchable throw rate 0:37:17.480 --> 0:37:20.880 of at least eighty percent. In Kingsbury's offense ranked first 0:37:20.880 --> 0:37:23.359 the neutral pace and no huddle rate over his four 0:37:23.440 --> 0:37:26.240 years in Arizona as head coach. So I'm very excited 0:37:26.239 --> 0:37:29.399 about this offense and Terry McLaurin is clearly the top 0:37:29.440 --> 0:37:32.120 receiver top ten season in coming. 0:37:32.760 --> 0:37:36.440 My first of two Peacock offs. Ramandre Stevenson, Guys, you know, 0:37:36.440 --> 0:37:38.040 if you've listened to the show for three years, you 0:37:38.080 --> 0:37:39.680 know how I feel about him. I love him. He's 0:37:39.680 --> 0:37:42.520 going to finish as a top ten fantasy runner currently 0:37:42.560 --> 0:37:44.880 going off the board at RB twenty, so I think 0:37:44.920 --> 0:37:48.480 he's going to effectively double his ADP. His new offensive 0:37:48.480 --> 0:37:51.280 coordinator is Alex van Pelt. Matt alluded to this earlier. 0:37:51.719 --> 0:37:54.600 Here's what we know about his about Van Pelt from 0:37:54.640 --> 0:37:58.120 his time in Cleveland. Now, granted, Stefanski's got his fingerprints 0:37:58.120 --> 0:38:01.560 all over the Cleveland offense, but Vampell it's been side 0:38:01.560 --> 0:38:04.400 by side with him, so we can draw some comparisons. Hopefully. 0:38:04.840 --> 0:38:08.759 The Browns have ranked in run play percentage in the 0:38:09.160 --> 0:38:13.680 four years with Alex van Pelt there, fourth, sixth, and 0:38:13.920 --> 0:38:16.239 eighth in run play percentage, and then last year Nick 0:38:16.280 --> 0:38:19.240 Chubb got hurt and they dropped to seventeenth. Zeke's gone. 0:38:19.440 --> 0:38:22.479 He gets replaced by Antonio Gibson, who brings basically nothing 0:38:22.520 --> 0:38:26.399 to the table except pass catching. And while Stevenson did 0:38:26.520 --> 0:38:28.960 fall off last year in productivity and a lot of 0:38:28.960 --> 0:38:31.799 other things, look at the passing offense that they had 0:38:31.800 --> 0:38:34.840 in New England. Defenses didn't have to play to stop Bailey, 0:38:34.960 --> 0:38:37.680 Zappi and Mac Jones. They played just a bottle Uppermandree 0:38:37.680 --> 0:38:41.000 Stevenson and go win your game and go home. Plus 0:38:41.040 --> 0:38:44.759 they were falling behind by these big deficits. Presumably now 0:38:45.000 --> 0:38:49.320 with competent quarterbacking Jacoby Brissett to start the season, maybe 0:38:49.320 --> 0:38:52.440 into Drake may later, the offense will be better, Stevenson 0:38:52.480 --> 0:38:57.279 will get better, and no Ezekiel Elliott to take touchdown 0:38:57.400 --> 0:39:00.920 runs away from Stevenson. I believe he is sitting on 0:39:00.960 --> 0:39:04.680 a top ten fantasy season. All right, Matt, let's go 0:39:04.680 --> 0:39:06.640 to your second of two peacock off charge. 0:39:06.640 --> 0:39:09.320 I tried to acquire Zamir White from you this week 0:39:09.520 --> 0:39:13.920 before I did the peacock off. It didn't work. In 0:39:13.960 --> 0:39:16.799 the four games after Josh Jacobs got hurt last year, 0:39:17.040 --> 0:39:20.120 and Zamir White started, he averaged twenty one rushing attempts 0:39:20.120 --> 0:39:22.719 per game. By the way, in the five games where 0:39:22.800 --> 0:39:25.640 Josh Jacobs started with Antonio Pierce as the head coach, 0:39:25.880 --> 0:39:27.960 he averaged twenty rushing attempts per game. 0:39:28.080 --> 0:39:29.879 Yep, we love volume matt Well. 0:39:30.120 --> 0:39:33.040 So my peacock off is Zamir White finishes with the 0:39:33.080 --> 0:39:36.200 most rushing attempts and rushing yards in the league this year. 0:39:36.239 --> 0:39:37.200 That's bold. I like it. 0:39:37.239 --> 0:39:40.319 Twenty rushing attempts per game. Seems in play that would 0:39:40.360 --> 0:39:43.080 be three hundred and forty rushing attempts. But let's be 0:39:43.160 --> 0:39:46.240 reasonable and says he only gets three hundred carries. Okay. 0:39:46.360 --> 0:39:48.839 Since twenty twenty, there have been seven players with three 0:39:48.920 --> 0:39:52.080 hundred plus carries. All but one of them have had 0:39:52.120 --> 0:39:55.040 more than fifteen hundred rushing yards. The player who had 0:39:55.040 --> 0:39:57.560 the most rushing attempts in the league last year, that 0:39:57.719 --> 0:40:00.520 was Derrick Henry, and he only had two eighty or 0:40:00.600 --> 0:40:03.319 about sixteen per game. The player who had the most 0:40:03.400 --> 0:40:06.839 rushing yards last year was Christian McCaffrey at fourteen fifty nine, 0:40:07.239 --> 0:40:09.840 and he's already gonna miss like half the preseason with 0:40:09.880 --> 0:40:12.439 a calf injury. There's one player who has a shot 0:40:12.480 --> 0:40:14.480 to have three hundred carries this year, and I think 0:40:14.520 --> 0:40:15.360 it's a mere White. 0:40:16.400 --> 0:40:18.520 You know how I feel about do the opposite, right, 0:40:18.600 --> 0:40:22.080 So I'm taking non running backs for several rounds if 0:40:22.120 --> 0:40:25.240 I could, just if I can pick my perfect draft, 0:40:26.080 --> 0:40:28.600 it's round five, Romandre Stevenson, who I just talked about, 0:40:28.760 --> 0:40:32.560 Round six, Zamir White. That's to me, they are I 0:40:32.760 --> 0:40:34.720 love these bell cow backs. 0:40:34.840 --> 0:40:36.759 So it's not gonna happen at all for you this year. 0:40:37.520 --> 0:40:38.319 Because you said it on that. 0:40:38.400 --> 0:40:40.319 I've said it on the air, so it probably won't 0:40:40.320 --> 0:40:42.800 go that way. Brian, you're second of two peacock COFs. 0:40:43.040 --> 0:40:46.440 This peacock off is probably the cousin of your pea 0:40:46.480 --> 0:40:49.480 cock peacock off from last year. I got Will Levis 0:40:49.560 --> 0:40:52.399 finishing as a top ten quarterback with the Titans, who 0:40:52.480 --> 0:40:55.640 hired Brian Callahan as head coach. Callahan was the Bengals 0:40:55.640 --> 0:40:58.880 offensive coordinator over the last five years, where the Bengals 0:40:58.960 --> 0:41:02.200 ranked top five and pass rate during his tenure. The 0:41:02.239 --> 0:41:04.880 Titans also brought in Calvin Ridley, who you talked about earlier. 0:41:05.000 --> 0:41:05.160 Church. 0:41:05.239 --> 0:41:08.000 They also brought in Tyler Boyd. They have DeAndre Hopkins, 0:41:08.040 --> 0:41:10.400 who is hurt and a little old, but he's not 0:41:10.440 --> 0:41:13.040 a dead cat yet in my opinion. And Levis is 0:41:13.080 --> 0:41:16.560 a freak athlete, got a cannon arm, very mobile dealing. 0:41:16.640 --> 0:41:18.880 Dealt with a toe injury last year that's fully healed. 0:41:19.160 --> 0:41:22.040 I'm essentially all in on Will Levis as QB twenty 0:41:22.040 --> 0:41:24.839 four in drafts right now. I'm buying in. 0:41:24.840 --> 0:41:28.759 My final peacock off Austin Eckler bounce back coming to 0:41:29.040 --> 0:41:33.640 RB one form in PPR League, specifically currently going off 0:41:33.680 --> 0:41:35.879 the board at RB thirty two. Had the high ankle 0:41:35.920 --> 0:41:38.480 spring last year. He was never right. Now he goes 0:41:38.520 --> 0:41:40.920 to Washington, doesn't have to be a workhorse, but he 0:41:41.000 --> 0:41:44.600 is going to catch a ton, catch a ton of passes, 0:41:44.920 --> 0:41:46.680 you know, the dump off stuff from the rookie he 0:41:46.719 --> 0:41:49.800 was looking for the safety valve elite receiver, one of 0:41:49.840 --> 0:41:52.759 the best receiving backs of the last decade. And Brian 0:41:52.880 --> 0:41:56.680 Robinson's zero threat to catch any passes there. And Cliff 0:41:56.760 --> 0:41:59.560 Kingsbury loves to throw to runners. He didn't have any 0:41:59.640 --> 0:42:02.480 runners two throw two in Arizona, and he did it anyway, 0:42:02.760 --> 0:42:07.200 averaging right around one hundred running back targets per year. 0:42:07.680 --> 0:42:11.520 Now he's got Austin Eckler. Big PPR season coming for 0:42:11.640 --> 0:42:15.640 Austin Eckler this season when we come back, our number 0:42:15.640 --> 0:42:37.640 two of Fantasy Football Weekly in its thirtieth anniversary episode, 0:42:39.880 --> 0:42:43.600 it is our number two Fantasy Football Weekly, the thirtieth 0:42:43.760 --> 0:42:48.920 anniversary episode thirty years going only back to nineteen ninety five, 0:42:49.360 --> 0:42:54.600 been a podcast for decade. No, no, I think more 0:42:54.640 --> 0:42:56.399 than probably more something like that. 0:42:56.480 --> 0:42:59.120 That was the first year I played fantasy football. Nineteen 0:42:59.160 --> 0:43:03.680 ninety five. Eighth missus O'Hearn, social studies teacher. 0:43:03.840 --> 0:43:07.040 She she had you playing fantasy fit whoever wanted to play, 0:43:07.560 --> 0:43:11.240 and she was, you know, she was good looking. 0:43:13.360 --> 0:43:17.160 We were shout out to missus O'Har, miss hearn here 0:43:17.200 --> 0:43:19.680 out there. She had different colored eyes. My wife is 0:43:19.680 --> 0:43:20.480 not gonna like hearing it. 0:43:20.600 --> 0:43:21.720 But I was in eighth grade. 0:43:21.760 --> 0:43:24.799 Like Max Schuser, your wife is a thousand miles away from. 0:43:24.719 --> 0:43:27.080 You right now and she doesn't listen to the show. 0:43:27.120 --> 0:43:29.560 But anyway, Miss so Hearn, Yeah, years like the green 0:43:29.600 --> 0:43:30.440 eye and the blue eyes. 0:43:30.440 --> 0:43:31.359 Green eye and the blue eye. 0:43:31.400 --> 0:43:32.640 Oh oh boy. 0:43:32.840 --> 0:43:33.400 That way. 0:43:33.400 --> 0:43:36.439 We all got bad grades, I bet, but we wanted 0:43:36.440 --> 0:43:38.840 how to play fantasy football. Look at me now, missus O'Hearn. 0:43:39.080 --> 0:43:41.360 One of my favorite one of my favorite bands is 0:43:41.400 --> 0:43:43.359 called The Bird and the Bee and they did a 0:43:43.400 --> 0:43:48.319 whole cover album of Van Halen's songs that are very 0:43:48.520 --> 0:43:53.680 very different in style than the originals and they're hot 0:43:53.719 --> 0:43:57.279 for teacher by Bird and the Bee is awesome. They 0:43:57.280 --> 0:44:01.360 have a female singer and she's singing it to the teacher. 0:44:01.640 --> 0:44:05.440 It's I'm telling you, it is sensational. Highly recommend to 0:44:05.480 --> 0:44:07.439 take a look for that Bird and the Bee Hot 0:44:07.480 --> 0:44:07.879 for teacher. 0:44:08.040 --> 0:44:08.239 Nice. 0:44:08.239 --> 0:44:08.960 Trust me on this. 0:44:09.080 --> 0:44:12.560 I haven't learned about the Bird and the Bees yet. 0:44:11.640 --> 0:44:17.520 You will you hear this song. This current segment is 0:44:18.280 --> 0:44:22.320 players who we who we like? We like the player, Yeah, 0:44:22.360 --> 0:44:25.040 so these are guys that you know. We don't have 0:44:25.040 --> 0:44:26.400 a problem with the player, we have a problem with 0:44:26.560 --> 0:44:29.239 where they're being drafted. So we have we have love 0:44:29.280 --> 0:44:31.760 in our hearts, but we have hate in our drafts. 0:44:32.360 --> 0:44:35.319 Love the player, hate the ADP. I want to begin 0:44:35.360 --> 0:44:37.640 at the quarterback position. Give me a player you like, 0:44:37.680 --> 0:44:39.480 but you're not going to draft because of where he's going. 0:44:40.480 --> 0:44:43.719 I got Josh Allen here. He's the first quarterback off 0:44:43.719 --> 0:44:45.880 the board in most drafts. But how can you be 0:44:45.960 --> 0:44:48.440 the first quarterback off the board when he has no weapons. 0:44:49.080 --> 0:44:51.239 He topped four thousand passing yards and every year he 0:44:51.280 --> 0:44:54.080 had Stephan Diggs, but he doesn't have digs. Are they 0:44:54.120 --> 0:44:57.000 going to ask him to run more? Maybe he had 0:44:57.040 --> 0:45:00.000 fifteen rushing touchdowns last year, more than his previous two 0:45:00.120 --> 0:45:03.400 years combined, but his rushing attempts were down, his rushing 0:45:03.480 --> 0:45:06.480 yards were down. And I think people believe that James 0:45:06.520 --> 0:45:10.120 Cook is good and we'll score more than two touchdowns 0:45:10.120 --> 0:45:12.160 on the ground this year. Yes, I do so. The 0:45:12.239 --> 0:45:15.680 ADP for Josh Allen is completely reliant on him not 0:45:15.760 --> 0:45:17.759 losing a step in the passing game and keeping up 0:45:17.800 --> 0:45:21.120 four thousand yards. Yeah, and also scoring ten to fifteen 0:45:21.160 --> 0:45:24.399 rushing touchdowns. Again, I just don't see it happening, and 0:45:24.680 --> 0:45:26.600 I'll pass on Josh Allen at that ADP. 0:45:26.719 --> 0:45:28.400 I've got Hurts is my number one for all the 0:45:28.440 --> 0:45:31.760 reasons you just said. I think that's a great take. Brian, 0:45:32.040 --> 0:45:34.280 love the player, hate the ADP. Who's your quarterback? 0:45:34.719 --> 0:45:37.520 Gotta love CJ. Stroud, but I hate the ADP of 0:45:37.640 --> 0:45:40.000 QB six going off the board. Near the end of 0:45:40.040 --> 0:45:43.799 the sixth round, Stroud smashed his rookie year. We all 0:45:43.840 --> 0:45:46.440 saw it. Texans brought in Stefan Diggs to team up 0:45:46.440 --> 0:45:49.160 with Nico Collins in a healthy tank Dell, those are 0:45:49.160 --> 0:45:53.279 some serious weapons, but Stroud just doesn't offer much rushing upside. 0:45:53.480 --> 0:45:56.640 The Texans have a pretty good defense, borderline very good. 0:45:56.680 --> 0:45:59.160 Don't see a lot of shootouts there, and they're gonna 0:45:59.160 --> 0:46:01.640 want to establish the The price just too high on 0:46:01.680 --> 0:46:04.120 Stroud and quarterback is so deep, like it has been 0:46:04.400 --> 0:46:06.839 most years, I'm not taking Stroud in the sixth round. 0:46:06.880 --> 0:46:08.440 Well, I have much of the same story to tell 0:46:08.440 --> 0:46:10.799 with Joe Burrow. You know who doesn't like Joe Burrow 0:46:10.840 --> 0:46:13.440 super Bowl quarterback? He's great, but you know he is 0:46:13.440 --> 0:46:15.719 coming off a hand injury that we don't know for 0:46:15.840 --> 0:46:18.200 sure if this is going to affect the velocity of 0:46:18.200 --> 0:46:20.279 his throws or anything else. Probably won't, but even if 0:46:20.280 --> 0:46:22.200 it doesn't, just a bigger story. And it's much the 0:46:22.200 --> 0:46:25.640 same thing with Stroud. All the quarterbacks going ahead of 0:46:25.680 --> 0:46:28.439 Burrow and Stroud have got rushing upside that Burrow has 0:46:28.480 --> 0:46:32.400 none of. And if I just want an immobile, competent passer, 0:46:32.960 --> 0:46:36.120 I can get Kirk Cousins like eight rounds later or 0:46:36.239 --> 0:46:39.920 Jared Goff eight rounds later, so I just I can't 0:46:40.080 --> 0:46:44.799 sink pick ADP pick sixty two into Joe Burrow. Let's 0:46:44.840 --> 0:46:47.000 go to the running back position. Give me a player 0:46:47.080 --> 0:46:48.560 you love but hate the ADP. 0:46:49.120 --> 0:46:52.640 I've got Bijon Robinson here. Last year, the Falcons led 0:46:52.640 --> 0:46:55.760 the league in running back touches with get this, five 0:46:55.920 --> 0:46:59.120 hundred and thirty eight running back touches. Last year, Wow 0:46:59.640 --> 0:47:03.200 touched totals were two seventy two for Bijon, two oh 0:47:03.320 --> 0:47:06.560 four for Tyler Aljier. But that was Arthur Smith, and 0:47:06.600 --> 0:47:08.919 that was Desmond Ritter, and this year we have Zach 0:47:09.000 --> 0:47:11.719 Robinson and Kirk Cousins. No one wants to hear it 0:47:11.760 --> 0:47:15.160 when Falcon Zo c Zach Robinson said that Algier's gonna 0:47:15.160 --> 0:47:17.040 have a big role in this offense and they're gonna 0:47:17.080 --> 0:47:19.960 lean on him. Robinson comes from the Rams and the 0:47:20.040 --> 0:47:23.160 McVeigh camp, and while Kyron had Belcow usage last year, 0:47:23.360 --> 0:47:26.000 he was the only healthy body in town. Other than that, 0:47:26.040 --> 0:47:29.000 the Rams really haven't employed a Bellcow runner since they 0:47:29.080 --> 0:47:34.040 murdered Todd Gurley's career. More passing, less running a quality 0:47:34.040 --> 0:47:36.640 second running back. How does this equate to Bijon going 0:47:36.719 --> 0:47:39.120 off the board at number seven overall, and I've seen 0:47:39.200 --> 0:47:41.480 him go as high as number two in some drafts. 0:47:41.760 --> 0:47:44.279 I'd rather have Brysse holl or Jonathan Taylor, who I 0:47:44.320 --> 0:47:47.279 think get all the work in their respective offenses. So 0:47:47.400 --> 0:47:48.680 I'm not going to take Bijon there. 0:47:48.800 --> 0:47:51.440 Timp of the hat to you for taking some highly 0:47:51.520 --> 0:47:52.920 drafted players for this second. 0:47:52.920 --> 0:47:55.040 I mean, these are guys we love, but we don't 0:47:55.120 --> 0:47:56.080 plan to draft them there. 0:47:56.120 --> 0:47:59.720 Right, You've hit the assignment perfect, Okay, Brian, love the player, 0:47:59.760 --> 0:48:01.160 hate the adpre running back. 0:48:02.040 --> 0:48:05.120 Another highly drafter or of going very early running back, 0:48:05.160 --> 0:48:08.279 drafted very early running back Jamior Gibbs RB four going 0:48:08.320 --> 0:48:10.880 at the one two turn. I just can't pay that 0:48:10.960 --> 0:48:13.399 price for a guy who's in a timeshare where he'll 0:48:13.400 --> 0:48:16.120 need to score from between the twenties. David Montgomery is 0:48:16.160 --> 0:48:17.920 the goal line back in his Troy problem. That is 0:48:17.920 --> 0:48:20.480 not going to change. I mean, I am drafting Jamiir 0:48:20.520 --> 0:48:22.719 Gibbs and best Ball for the Spike Week potential, but 0:48:22.760 --> 0:48:25.279 in he's gonna be a headache in standard leagues and 0:48:25.280 --> 0:48:27.759 he scares me to death in Guillotine League. 0:48:27.920 --> 0:48:29.160 I'm not touching there. 0:48:29.320 --> 0:48:30.400 Like, I don't know if I want to bid on 0:48:30.480 --> 0:48:33.000 Jamior Gibbs unless something happens with David Montgomery. So I 0:48:33.440 --> 0:48:35.959 love you, Jamiro Gibbs. You're very talented, but not until 0:48:35.960 --> 0:48:38.000 you are a bellcow will I be drafting you that soon. 0:48:38.239 --> 0:48:40.640 Earlier in the show, Brian you said Derek Henry is 0:48:40.680 --> 0:48:44.279 twenty touchdown upside. Maybe he does, but he's the epitome 0:48:44.360 --> 0:48:46.920 of a touchdown dependent player currently going off the board 0:48:47.320 --> 0:48:50.840 in the second round RB ten. Over the past two seasons, 0:48:51.080 --> 0:48:53.160 Henry's played thirty three games and he scored a nineteen 0:48:53.200 --> 0:48:55.800 of them, which is great, but that leaves fourteen other games, 0:48:55.800 --> 0:48:58.319 which is a lot of other games, almost half. And 0:48:58.640 --> 0:49:02.440 in those games, he averages fifty five rushing yards, sixteen 0:49:02.520 --> 0:49:06.839 receiving yards, endo touchdowns. That's nine Fantasy PPR points per 0:49:06.880 --> 0:49:09.960 Game's that'll get you cut in guillotine. That's gonna hurt 0:49:09.960 --> 0:49:12.279 you in a regular format. And while he gets a 0:49:12.320 --> 0:49:15.640 massive upgrade and offensive line that will help him, there's 0:49:15.680 --> 0:49:19.360 still reason for concern that all those two thousand carries 0:49:19.800 --> 0:49:22.319 that Derreck Henry has will catch up to him, and 0:49:22.400 --> 0:49:24.960 maybe it all comes together this year. Love the player. 0:49:25.160 --> 0:49:28.919 He's fringe Hall of Famer right now, fringe. This season 0:49:28.960 --> 0:49:31.360 could catapult him over the top and into into Canton. 0:49:31.640 --> 0:49:34.360 We'll find out. But harb ten in the second rounds 0:49:34.440 --> 0:49:36.720 just too early for me on a touchdown dependent player. 0:49:37.680 --> 0:49:40.640 Let's go to the wide receiver position, Matt, give me 0:49:40.680 --> 0:49:42.760 a player you love but hate the ADP. 0:49:43.080 --> 0:49:45.960 I got Chris o'lave. And this is mostly because of 0:49:46.040 --> 0:49:46.760 Derek Carr. 0:49:46.800 --> 0:49:46.960 Here. 0:49:47.120 --> 0:49:50.360 Olave is going in the mid second round wide receiver thirteen. 0:49:51.080 --> 0:49:53.640 The last two years his two years as a pro, 0:49:53.680 --> 0:49:56.880 he's finished as wide receiver seventeen in PPR. That was 0:49:56.960 --> 0:49:59.960 last year, wide receiver twenty four and twenty twenty two. 0:50:00.719 --> 0:50:04.120 What has substance substantially changed for the better in New 0:50:04.200 --> 0:50:08.279 Orleans to rank him up to thirteen or think that 0:50:08.360 --> 0:50:11.280 he's got any ceiling higher than this. Yes, he's a 0:50:11.320 --> 0:50:14.880 Pro Football Focus Darling. All the underlying numbers, they're superb. 0:50:14.920 --> 0:50:17.959 There's not a lot of competition for targets. But Derek 0:50:18.000 --> 0:50:22.080 Carr averaged five point seven air yards on completions last year. 0:50:22.480 --> 0:50:26.440 That's in the neighborhood of Justin Fields Gardner, Minshew, Josh 0:50:26.560 --> 0:50:31.200 Dobbs's who's throwing that deep? And Chris Olave's A dot 0:50:31.239 --> 0:50:35.200 was fourteen point three these numbers just don't jive, so 0:50:35.320 --> 0:50:37.600 it seems easy to crack the code on the Saints offense. 0:50:38.040 --> 0:50:40.359 Just double a lave, especially when he gets deeper than 0:50:40.400 --> 0:50:42.560 ten yards and Carr's going to check down the ball. 0:50:42.800 --> 0:50:45.640 Brian, give me a player you love but hate the ADP. 0:50:46.200 --> 0:50:47.960 I'm going to bend the rules a little bit and 0:50:47.960 --> 0:50:50.440 give you a two for in DJ Moore and Keenan 0:50:50.480 --> 0:50:53.319 Allen of the Chicago Bears. More going in the third round. 0:50:53.360 --> 0:50:55.120 That's way too rich for my blood. You can get 0:50:55.160 --> 0:50:57.440 Keenan a little later in the fifth. But those who 0:50:57.520 --> 0:50:59.879 are obviously going to eat into each other's target share 0:51:00.239 --> 0:51:04.360 now enter Romodunza into the mix. Also a rookie quarterback 0:51:04.400 --> 0:51:07.080 in kal of Williams. I'm taking the cheapest wide receiver 0:51:07.200 --> 0:51:09.879 the three of these, and that's Rome. So I'm out 0:51:09.920 --> 0:51:12.279 on more and I'm out on more and Keenan Allen. 0:51:12.320 --> 0:51:14.160 And I don't know how useful this stat is for 0:51:14.280 --> 0:51:16.640 Romo Dunsay, but it's so insane I'm gonna read it 0:51:16.680 --> 0:51:20.399 real quick. Romo Dunesay ran nine hundred and ninety nine 0:51:20.480 --> 0:51:24.240 routes at Washington over the past two years in college. Jeez, 0:51:24.560 --> 0:51:27.800 Jamison Williams has run nine hundred and fifty three routes 0:51:27.800 --> 0:51:30.640 across his time at Alabama and the Lions over the 0:51:30.719 --> 0:51:34.600 last five years. So if dounsay's in great shape, it's 0:51:34.960 --> 0:51:36.160 check and he knows all the routes. 0:51:37.360 --> 0:51:40.880 There you go, he's outstanding. I'm gonna go with Jalen Waddle, 0:51:41.080 --> 0:51:43.520 love the player. Don't like the ADP is wide receiver 0:51:43.640 --> 0:51:46.480 nineteen off the board that's picked thirty six. So we're 0:51:46.480 --> 0:51:48.680 at the what the very end of the third route. 0:51:49.280 --> 0:51:51.360 Very good player, he's stuck by the Hall of Famer 0:51:51.360 --> 0:51:54.319 who demands tons of looks Tyreek Hill the last two 0:51:54.360 --> 0:51:57.680 years one hundred and seventy one and one hundred and 0:51:57.680 --> 0:52:03.120 seventy targets and that just is not enough volume for Wattle. 0:52:03.200 --> 0:52:06.520 And because of that, not only does he have low 0:52:06.719 --> 0:52:10.600 output games with low floors, but also caps a ceiling. 0:52:10.880 --> 0:52:12.640 You know, we think of Wattle is a big play guy, 0:52:12.800 --> 0:52:15.080 but he only last year he only had really two 0:52:15.239 --> 0:52:19.120 spike weeks all season, and then adding this and you know, 0:52:19.440 --> 0:52:23.640 maybe it doesn't hold up. Miami's end of season stretch. 0:52:24.160 --> 0:52:30.440 Final three Fantasy games Jets, Niners, Browns defenses all top 0:52:30.480 --> 0:52:34.000 five defenses. I can't take Jalen Wattle at the end 0:52:34.160 --> 0:52:35.080 of the third round. 0:52:35.160 --> 0:52:37.320 Okay, all right, let's wrap. 0:52:37.120 --> 0:52:39.600 It up with the tight end position. Give me a 0:52:39.960 --> 0:52:41.600 tight end you love but hate the ADP. 0:52:41.920 --> 0:52:43.880 I got the tight end who led the league in 0:52:44.880 --> 0:52:46.680 with one hundred and forty three targets and one hundred 0:52:46.680 --> 0:52:50.080 and fourteen receptions last year. That's Evan Angram by far 0:52:50.120 --> 0:52:53.080 and away the best tight end the league in both categories. However, 0:52:53.840 --> 0:52:57.400 four touchdowns last year, that was al Bundy style. That 0:52:57.520 --> 0:53:00.880 was tied with Jimmy Graham, who I forgot was in 0:53:00.920 --> 0:53:04.640 the league last year. Kate Otton, Donald Parhum, Logan Thomas. 0:53:05.160 --> 0:53:07.239 One of Ingram's touchdowns was in Week eighteen, so it 0:53:07.280 --> 0:53:10.520 didn't count for your fantasy team anyway. He's a notorious 0:53:10.520 --> 0:53:14.480 slow starter in his last four years. The earliest date 0:53:14.600 --> 0:53:20.040 on the calendar in which he scored a touchdown October thirtieth. Okay, 0:53:20.280 --> 0:53:20.920 he's going out. 0:53:20.960 --> 0:53:22.520 I'd like to think that he can break that. 0:53:22.680 --> 0:53:25.360 He does not know how to score in September or October. 0:53:25.760 --> 0:53:26.080 He's not. 0:53:26.600 --> 0:53:29.479 It's crazy. He's going off in the sixth round. There's 0:53:29.520 --> 0:53:32.160 just a lot of guys I like better in that range, 0:53:32.200 --> 0:53:34.760 and those guys also score touchdowns. 0:53:35.280 --> 0:53:36.719 You and I are different on this one. Seeh I 0:53:36.760 --> 0:53:38.719 just think with all that usage, the touchdowns are going 0:53:38.760 --> 0:53:40.960 to come for Evan Ingram. We'll find Mabe Brian give 0:53:41.000 --> 0:53:43.000 me a tight end you love, but hate the ADP. 0:53:43.880 --> 0:53:46.440 I gotta go back to Detroit. And you gotta love 0:53:46.520 --> 0:53:48.600 Sam Laporter, how could you not? But I hate the 0:53:48.640 --> 0:53:50.960 ADP of tight end one going at the end of 0:53:51.000 --> 0:53:54.600 the third. He's legit, he's great. But the Lions they're 0:53:54.640 --> 0:53:57.920 just so loaded. So there's so much competition for targets. 0:53:57.920 --> 0:53:59.960 So I mean tight End one, I mean I can get. 0:54:00.080 --> 0:54:02.759 I can get Travis kelz Mark Andrews Trade McBride a 0:54:02.760 --> 0:54:04.840 little later than Sam Laporter. There's not that much of 0:54:04.880 --> 0:54:08.200 a falloff I would predict. So I'm fading Sammy ballgame 0:54:08.200 --> 0:54:09.280 big time, unfortunately. 0:54:09.840 --> 0:54:15.240 Travis Kelcey ADP twenty nine tight End two. Look, everybody 0:54:15.239 --> 0:54:17.799 wants to be on the Taylor train, I guess except me. 0:54:18.360 --> 0:54:20.760 I'd just I'd rather get out a year too early 0:54:20.920 --> 0:54:22.879 than a year too late on a thirty four year 0:54:22.880 --> 0:54:25.320 old tight end. And we saw the signs of the 0:54:25.360 --> 0:54:30.239 slowdown last year from Week eleven forward to the end 0:54:30.280 --> 0:54:32.399 of the regular season, do you guys remember how many 0:54:32.440 --> 0:54:33.960 touchdowns Travis Kelcey scored. 0:54:34.440 --> 0:54:37.000 It was pretty low. He was saving himself for the 0:54:37.040 --> 0:54:38.799 offseason or the postseason. 0:54:39.400 --> 0:54:42.440 Zero yeah, zero, And he did score in the postseason. 0:54:42.800 --> 0:54:46.279 And look, by the way, all last year, you know 0:54:46.280 --> 0:54:50.360 how many times he topped one hundred yards two. I 0:54:50.440 --> 0:54:52.719 just you know, I think there were signs last year, 0:54:52.800 --> 0:54:54.520 just the eye test, there were signs last year of 0:54:54.560 --> 0:54:58.080 Travis Kelcey slowing down. It's a year later, and the 0:54:58.080 --> 0:55:00.360 pitch position's got so much depth, and brid just alluded 0:55:00.400 --> 0:55:02.520 to this. You know, you've got all that big rookie 0:55:02.520 --> 0:55:04.640 class from last year at tight end. You've got Brock 0:55:04.719 --> 0:55:07.040 Bauers this year, who's going to be who could be 0:55:07.200 --> 0:55:11.000 great in his rookie year. You've got the expected bounce 0:55:11.080 --> 0:55:13.799 back of Kyle Pitts. So you know, we've got a 0:55:13.800 --> 0:55:17.319 lot of opportunities to get other players. I don't necessarily 0:55:17.360 --> 0:55:21.240 feel like we need to go hope that Travis Kelsey 0:55:21.400 --> 0:55:23.640 has got one more year left in him, not at 0:55:23.640 --> 0:55:26.600 tight end two, not at ADP twenty nine. 0:55:26.680 --> 0:55:30.919 Overall, we mentioned I mentioned him in an offseason show 0:55:31.040 --> 0:55:34.320 just for you Dynasty leaguers. Empire leaguers out there. Jared Wiley, 0:55:34.719 --> 0:55:37.960 rookie tight end for the Chiefs. They say he's Kelsey Lake. 0:55:38.160 --> 0:55:41.920 So all right, there you go, Jared Wiley. 0:55:42.160 --> 0:55:43.920 If you're looking for a different way to play, like 0:55:43.960 --> 0:55:45.920 an Empire League, different way to play, how about the 0:55:45.920 --> 0:55:48.680 anti leagues. 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We'll be back in moments Fantasy Football Welcome 0:56:42.719 --> 0:56:48.520 back Fantasy Football Weekly, thirtieth anniversary edition. Thank you for 0:56:48.520 --> 0:56:51.480 those of you that have been listening from the beginning. 0:56:51.480 --> 0:56:52.920 There's got to be a few people out there that 0:56:52.960 --> 0:56:55.279 have been listening from the beginning, right so how many 0:56:55.280 --> 0:56:58.960 episodes is that. Well, it's a little complicated because we 0:56:58.960 --> 0:57:03.120 weren't year round until what about five years ago. 0:57:03.239 --> 0:57:06.200 Well, just like it's about it's about twentyish episodes a year. 0:57:06.280 --> 0:57:09.839 Oh, it's like twenty four or something right at four 0:57:09.960 --> 0:57:13.600 or we got like five preseasons. The preseason shows were 0:57:13.640 --> 0:57:16.520 longer than I don't know, five plus, so I think 0:57:16.560 --> 0:57:16.800 it was. 0:57:16.720 --> 0:57:19.800 Like in like sixteen sixteen weeks the regular season, so 0:57:19.800 --> 0:57:23.240 like twenty twenty one. Yeah, time, so we're about six 0:57:23.320 --> 0:57:24.200 hundred shows. 0:57:23.920 --> 0:57:26.720 In probably probably this is the best of the six hundred. 0:57:26.800 --> 0:57:27.880 Yeah, this one easily. 0:57:28.040 --> 0:57:32.320 Yes. This next segment blacklist players. Yeah, so unlike the 0:57:32.400 --> 0:57:34.240 last segment where it was players who we like, but 0:57:34.280 --> 0:57:36.200 we're just not drafting them because of their their they're 0:57:36.280 --> 0:57:40.160 draft positions just too high. These are players we don't 0:57:40.160 --> 0:57:43.000 even care where they're drafted. Basically, you'd have they'd have 0:57:43.040 --> 0:57:47.040 to fall really really hard before we'd even consider these players. 0:57:47.480 --> 0:57:49.959 So it's like hate the player, hate the ADP, hate 0:57:49.960 --> 0:57:50.680 the player. 0:57:50.560 --> 0:57:53.040 Hate the ADP. Let's do a couple of them each, Matt. 0:57:53.080 --> 0:57:53.720 Let's start with you. 0:57:54.240 --> 0:57:57.440 I got Saquon Barkley here. I think the Giants knew 0:57:57.480 --> 0:58:00.800 what they were getting out of of qualified backs. Last year, 0:58:01.360 --> 0:58:05.160 Barkley ranked thirty four in elusiveness. In two hundred forty 0:58:05.200 --> 0:58:09.000 seven rushing attempts, he only forced thirty one miss tackles. 0:58:09.280 --> 0:58:12.919 To put that into perspective, James Connor had two hundred 0:58:13.000 --> 0:58:16.840 eight rushing attempts, so forty fewer, and he forced sixty 0:58:16.880 --> 0:58:18.760 miss tackles thirty more. 0:58:19.200 --> 0:58:22.200 And Saquon remember Saquon is rookie. Yeah, he was the 0:58:22.240 --> 0:58:25.000 closest thing to Barry Sanders We've seen since Barry Sanders. 0:58:25.120 --> 0:58:29.640 He was shattering defender's ankles. That's all gone from Barkley's 0:58:29.680 --> 0:58:32.200 game now sapped away by the high ankle sprains in 0:58:32.200 --> 0:58:36.560 the ACL. It's sad that that was that was taken 0:58:36.600 --> 0:58:37.080 from him. 0:58:37.440 --> 0:58:40.040 He averaged three point nine yards per carry last year. 0:58:40.080 --> 0:58:43.000 That was twenty sixth best amongst qualified runners, tied with 0:58:43.120 --> 0:58:47.120 the highly sought after Alexander Madison. And oh, by the way, 0:58:47.160 --> 0:58:49.800 he's going to an Eagles team whose lead back last year, 0:58:49.840 --> 0:58:54.959 DeAndre Swift, averaged zero point eight rushing attempts per game 0:58:55.240 --> 0:59:00.000 inside the five and had only five rushing scores because 0:59:00.080 --> 0:59:00.840 of the toush push. 0:59:01.000 --> 0:59:02.640 Yeah, the tush push is a huge factor. 0:59:02.680 --> 0:59:03.720 I'm not I'm not drafted. 0:59:03.720 --> 0:59:04.920 It's fifteen touchdowns. 0:59:05.200 --> 0:59:06.600 I'm not drafting Barkley at all. 0:59:07.040 --> 0:59:08.880 Well and certainly not his ADP, which is now he's 0:59:08.920 --> 0:59:12.440 snuck into the first round. Yeah for Sae Kwon Barkley. Brian, 0:59:12.560 --> 0:59:14.680 give me your first of two blacklist players. 0:59:16.400 --> 0:59:21.280 I did it again. It is the preseason. Hey, I 0:59:21.320 --> 0:59:24.440 flew in from Charlotte. Give me a rat shausted. Yes, 0:59:25.120 --> 0:59:27.880 I am all out on James Cook in the fifth round. 0:59:28.240 --> 0:59:31.320 The Bills had twenty two rushing touchdowns last year. Who 0:59:31.360 --> 0:59:33.960 wants to guess how many James Cook had got too? 0:59:35.000 --> 0:59:37.760 Is not paying attention? All right, Well I used that. 0:59:37.800 --> 0:59:38.320 I used that. 0:59:38.560 --> 0:59:40.200 Those are old notes from on the Old Show. So 0:59:40.760 --> 0:59:42.240 oh well, thanks Matt. 0:59:42.360 --> 0:59:45.000 Anyway, are you recycling content right now? 0:59:45.040 --> 0:59:48.280 No, I this was an offseason second that I'm just reusing. 0:59:48.520 --> 0:59:50.240 This is a very you are. This is a very 0:59:50.320 --> 0:59:52.840 rough segment for me. We might we might want to 0:59:52.840 --> 0:59:56.920 start over. But anyway, Josh Allen and Robbie's boy rookie 0:59:57.000 --> 0:59:59.120 Ray Davis are going to run for more touchdowns than 0:59:59.200 --> 1:00:01.880 James Cook, who I am not drafting. Number one on 1:00:01.920 --> 1:00:03.160 my black list of players. 1:00:03.200 --> 1:00:05.320 Thor does not like Ray Davis I do. This is 1:00:05.360 --> 1:00:08.560 one of the few times though I disagree with Thor's assessment. 1:00:08.640 --> 1:00:12.400 I like Ray Davis Monster Kansas City rookie receivers. Xavier 1:00:12.440 --> 1:00:14.800 Worthy is on my black list going off the board 1:00:14.800 --> 1:00:20.560 at wide receiver thirty eight. Track stars almost never convert 1:00:20.960 --> 1:00:26.400 to reliable NFL wide receivers. I give you John Ross, 1:00:26.720 --> 1:00:33.880 I give you Marquise Goodwin, JJ Nelson, Darius Hayward, bust 1:00:34.560 --> 1:00:37.800 all guys that were track stars turned wide receivers who 1:00:37.840 --> 1:00:41.360 could not make it in the NFL. Now will Xavier 1:00:41.400 --> 1:00:45.439 Worthies crazy speed net him some big games? Yes, he'll 1:00:45.480 --> 1:00:49.720 have some giant receptions. Although we should note Patrick Mahomes' 1:00:49.760 --> 1:00:51.840 depth of throw has gone down every single season of 1:00:51.880 --> 1:00:53.880 his career. He's not throwing bombs like you used to. 1:00:54.600 --> 1:01:00.320 Worthy is a raw rookie version of Hollywood Brown. And 1:01:00.360 --> 1:01:04.160 who's already on roster Hollywood Brown, who's you know? 1:01:04.240 --> 1:01:04.520 Now? 1:01:04.560 --> 1:01:06.760 Three four years into his career? Five this will be 1:01:06.800 --> 1:01:10.280 his fifth year into his career. He's already worked out 1:01:10.320 --> 1:01:12.400 the cakes. Hollywood Brown's with just a better version of 1:01:12.520 --> 1:01:15.120 Xavier Worthy. Now Brown is only on a one year deal. 1:01:15.160 --> 1:01:17.160 He'll be gone in a year. And maybe next year 1:01:17.280 --> 1:01:19.560 I'll be a lot more interested in Xavier Worthy. But 1:01:19.800 --> 1:01:23.240 you're not gonna know when the when he's going to 1:01:23.240 --> 1:01:26.680 be on the field enough and against which defenses? And 1:01:26.840 --> 1:01:30.160 will he corral a deep ball either? Too many variables. 1:01:30.160 --> 1:01:32.080 He's fourth in the pecking order at best. 1:01:32.200 --> 1:01:36.160 At best, I'm out on Xavier Worthy wide receiver thirty eight. 1:01:36.200 --> 1:01:38.440 That's wrong, All right, man, Let's go to your second 1:01:38.440 --> 1:01:39.640 of two blacklist players. 1:01:40.240 --> 1:01:43.240 Christian Watson is going off in the sixth round right now. 1:01:43.240 --> 1:01:46.080 It picks sixty eight and now. Mostly, I just wanted 1:01:46.080 --> 1:01:48.080 to use this as a platform to say I don't 1:01:48.080 --> 1:01:51.800 want Packer wide receivers, even though in every draft I've 1:01:51.840 --> 1:01:54.720 completed so far this year, I've walked away with Jordan Love. 1:01:55.320 --> 1:01:58.000 But drafting Watson in the sixth when you could get 1:01:58.000 --> 1:02:00.600 like Romeo Dubs in the ninth, they're Dantavian and the tenth, 1:02:00.640 --> 1:02:04.800 it's just ludicrous, especially when you consider he averaged five 1:02:04.840 --> 1:02:08.600 point eight targets, three catches, and forty seven yards per 1:02:08.640 --> 1:02:11.480 game last year. The Packers have four wide receivers who 1:02:11.480 --> 1:02:13.800 are pretty close in skill. If you need to take one, 1:02:13.880 --> 1:02:15.439 take one of the later two and not the guy 1:02:15.480 --> 1:02:16.280 in the sixth round. 1:02:16.600 --> 1:02:19.160 M hmm, all right, I'm listening to that. I'm listening 1:02:19.160 --> 1:02:21.640 to that. Brian, your blacklist player. And by the way, 1:02:21.680 --> 1:02:23.479 we have three each, right, not too we have three. 1:02:23.640 --> 1:02:25.840 We'll get to We'll get to all three. Brian. 1:02:26.160 --> 1:02:30.360 Hey, Siri, turn on Mike. I'm going back to Buffalo. 1:02:30.760 --> 1:02:33.400 We're picking on the Bills. I am. I am not 1:02:33.560 --> 1:02:38.240 drafting Keon Coleman, who, it is absurd is getting drafted 1:02:38.240 --> 1:02:42.960 ahead of Curtis Samuel and Khalila Shakirir Coleman extremely raw 1:02:43.080 --> 1:02:47.200 rookie the Bills. When they switched to Joe Brady as 1:02:47.200 --> 1:02:51.000 their offensive coordinator last year, their passing play percentage plummeted. 1:02:52.200 --> 1:02:54.920 Just don't draft Keon Coleman. This is I can't believe 1:02:54.920 --> 1:02:57.680 that he's getting the highest drafted. He's going first among 1:02:57.720 --> 1:02:59.720 Bills wide receivers. I'm like speechless right now. 1:03:00.240 --> 1:03:02.160 Well, just because there's no other wide receiver you would 1:03:02.160 --> 1:03:03.360 want to take for fantasy purpose. 1:03:03.480 --> 1:03:07.600 I like Samuel and shake care at cost I do personally. 1:03:08.360 --> 1:03:10.960 Sometimes a player just isn't good and even if there's 1:03:10.960 --> 1:03:13.760 some opportunity I talked earlier, I like Austin Eckler, and 1:03:13.760 --> 1:03:16.880 I think he's gonna have an RB one season as 1:03:16.880 --> 1:03:19.480 a PPR back. The guy who I don't like is 1:03:19.520 --> 1:03:22.120 his running mate, Brian Robinson. We've seen two years of 1:03:22.160 --> 1:03:26.160 Brian Robinson. He's just not that good PFF rankings as 1:03:26.320 --> 1:03:28.840 RB thirty one last year and RB twenty four the 1:03:28.920 --> 1:03:31.320 year before that. He actually got worse last year for 1:03:31.400 --> 1:03:35.080 a bigger back. Brian Robinson doesn't break tackles. He ranked 1:03:35.160 --> 1:03:39.520 fifty first and twenty second in yards after contact per 1:03:39.600 --> 1:03:41.680 carry the last two years. And then, of course you 1:03:41.720 --> 1:03:44.000 know he's not gonna catch Austin Eckler's gonna siphon off 1:03:44.080 --> 1:03:47.880 all the receptions there. Washington's offensive line isn't terrible, but 1:03:47.880 --> 1:03:49.920 it's not good enough to open up the big lanes 1:03:49.960 --> 1:03:52.200 that Brian Robinson needs because he does He's not shifty, 1:03:52.240 --> 1:03:54.520 he doesn't it moves. He's just a straight ahead guy. 1:03:54.800 --> 1:03:56.320 He doesn't bring in anything of the table. I'm not 1:03:56.360 --> 1:03:57.320 taking Brian Robinson. 1:03:57.440 --> 1:04:00.920 He love Eckler and you hate Robinson. I think those 1:04:00.960 --> 1:04:01.880 two things worked together. 1:04:02.480 --> 1:04:05.920 All right, Let's go to your third and final Blacklist player, Matt. 1:04:05.960 --> 1:04:08.320 I've got Joe Mixon because when I was looking up 1:04:08.360 --> 1:04:11.480 the stats for Saquon Barkley, Joe Mixon was right by 1:04:11.560 --> 1:04:15.880 him in almost every category. Similarly to Barkley, Mixon had 1:04:16.000 --> 1:04:18.520 a few more rushing attempts last year on a better 1:04:18.600 --> 1:04:21.160 offense than Barkley, by the way, but turned in pretty 1:04:21.160 --> 1:04:25.320 similarly terrible numbers ranked thirty first, and elusiveness on PFF 1:04:25.800 --> 1:04:30.840 just behind those elusive fellows like AJ Dillon and Javonte Williams. 1:04:31.640 --> 1:04:34.920 Thirty one misstackles force tied for twenty sixth in the league. 1:04:35.320 --> 1:04:38.920 Forced a mistackle only twelve percent of his runs. Compare 1:04:38.920 --> 1:04:40.920 that to the guy who just replaced him in Cincy, 1:04:41.080 --> 1:04:44.840 Zach Moss. He forced a misstackle on twenty percent of 1:04:44.880 --> 1:04:47.840 his carries last year. He arrives in a pass first 1:04:47.880 --> 1:04:50.400 Houston team that threw fifty seven percent of the time 1:04:50.520 --> 1:04:54.120 last year and just added Stefan Diggs the eight running 1:04:54.160 --> 1:04:56.560 backs going after Mixon and adp I mean you can 1:04:56.600 --> 1:04:57.800 look him up on your own. IM not going to 1:04:57.840 --> 1:04:59.760 list him here. I'd rather have all of them. 1:04:59.640 --> 1:05:02.080 All of them. Look I'm I'm I am so with 1:05:02.120 --> 1:05:05.880 you on this. The catch with mixing is I can't 1:05:05.920 --> 1:05:09.280 say this because I've lost all credibility on anything. Damian 1:05:09.320 --> 1:05:12.120 Pierce related, but Damian Pierce would be the only other 1:05:12.160 --> 1:05:14.480 guy to get a carry there. That's on roster right now. 1:05:14.600 --> 1:05:18.000 I just signed Cam Akers, right, Cam on his second 1:05:18.040 --> 1:05:19.760 achilles and his second achilles. 1:05:19.800 --> 1:05:23.600 Nobody comes back from one achilles. He did well? Bear 1:05:24.880 --> 1:05:29.520 did he? I don't know in the league, but I 1:05:29.520 --> 1:05:33.520 don't know all right, Brian, you're third of three blacklist players. 1:05:33.880 --> 1:05:36.280 This is more of a love the player, hate the ADP. 1:05:36.480 --> 1:05:39.600 But I'm not drafting TJ. Hockinson at all this year. 1:05:39.640 --> 1:05:42.040 It's just because of the knee injury shredded it late 1:05:42.120 --> 1:05:42.560 last year. 1:05:42.600 --> 1:05:43.000 Who is that? 1:05:43.320 --> 1:05:44.720 Who is the Lions player that did it? 1:05:45.800 --> 1:05:50.960 I forget hay Harry's whoever was he blew up someone 1:05:50.960 --> 1:05:52.880 else's knee last year and he's the one who got 1:05:52.920 --> 1:05:55.520 in a fight with neighbors in the guys a d 1:05:55.640 --> 1:05:56.280 bag again. 1:05:56.360 --> 1:05:59.240 Anyway, I'm just out on Hokinson. I know there's encouraging 1:05:59.240 --> 1:06:01.600 reports that's gonna be h Kirby Joseph, that this is 1:06:01.680 --> 1:06:05.280 Kirby Joseph. Clean up your plate, Kirby. It's despicable. Anyway, 1:06:05.760 --> 1:06:07.640 I'm out on Howkinson. They're saying you might come back 1:06:07.640 --> 1:06:09.320 in the first half. I'm just not buying it. And 1:06:09.320 --> 1:06:10.760 if he does come back, he's not gonna be the 1:06:10.760 --> 1:06:13.960 Hawkinson you want. There's tight ends going after him that 1:06:14.000 --> 1:06:17.120 I'm very high on, Noah Fant, Kate Otten, I like 1:06:17.160 --> 1:06:19.520 Tyler Konklin this year, the afore mentioned John who Smith. 1:06:19.560 --> 1:06:21.800 I'm just even if he comes back, I'm not going 1:06:22.120 --> 1:06:24.120 Hawkinson at tight end sixteen. I don't think he's gonna 1:06:24.120 --> 1:06:24.439 be ready. 1:06:24.520 --> 1:06:29.200 All right. Our final blacklist player Miami running back devon 1:06:29.320 --> 1:06:33.360 Ah Chan running back ten right now, running back ten, 1:06:33.440 --> 1:06:36.920 obviously highlight machine, and when he has those big, big gains, 1:06:37.520 --> 1:06:39.440 I'm gonna be sitting there going, man. I wish I 1:06:39.480 --> 1:06:42.440 had Devon a Chan on my team. And the issue 1:06:42.480 --> 1:06:45.560 isn't that he's not good. The issue is that he's 1:06:46.440 --> 1:06:51.440 in the most confounding committee backfield in the league. So 1:06:51.640 --> 1:06:53.400 you've got the health issues, right, he's five foot nine, 1:06:53.400 --> 1:06:55.520 he's only one hundred and eighty eight pounds. His durability 1:06:55.560 --> 1:06:58.360 is a huge question mark. And then when you're just 1:06:58.480 --> 1:07:01.120 when you're in a committee as deep as the Miami's 1:07:01.160 --> 1:07:04.920 committee is, it's just some games are gonna be a 1:07:04.920 --> 1:07:07.680 moistered game. Some games it's gonna be rookie Jalen Wright, 1:07:08.720 --> 1:07:11.160 and some days it's gonna be Devon a Chan and 1:07:11.240 --> 1:07:14.600 they're never gonna give a Chan a heavy workload. They 1:07:14.640 --> 1:07:16.920 never will because they know we can't take it. So 1:07:16.960 --> 1:07:20.480 he's gonna be sitting in like this seven eight, nine touch, 1:07:20.880 --> 1:07:24.040 maybe ten to eleven touch gets on a range. 1:07:24.440 --> 1:07:26.520 Obviously, a guy you want to draft is the tenth 1:07:26.600 --> 1:07:28.520 running back off the board, tenth right. 1:07:28.400 --> 1:07:31.600 Exactly, It's not even an ADP thing. I just don't 1:07:31.600 --> 1:07:33.640 think I'm gonna come out of any of my drafts with 1:07:33.720 --> 1:07:35.880 Devon a Chan because he's got you'd have to drop 1:07:36.000 --> 1:07:38.600 so much farther than he would have to. Yes, I'll 1:07:38.640 --> 1:07:41.160 regret at some plays when he has explosive runs, but 1:07:41.800 --> 1:07:44.600 I just think it'll talent totality. Too many dud games 1:07:44.640 --> 1:07:48.840 coming for him. When we come back, it's our final segment. 1:07:50.200 --> 1:07:55.000 Three Tough Questions, plus will unveil our favorite sleepers. Final 1:07:55.040 --> 1:08:16.439 segment Fantasy Football Weekly. Coming up next Final segment Fantasy 1:08:16.520 --> 1:08:20.640 Football Weekly. Paul Charchie and Matt Harrison, Brian Johnson with you. 1:08:20.640 --> 1:08:22.759 You can follow us on Twitter. I'm at Paul Charchian, 1:08:22.880 --> 1:08:25.679 Matt is at Explosive Output, and Brian is at bt 1:08:26.080 --> 1:08:29.519 x J. This is a segment that we like to 1:08:29.520 --> 1:08:32.519 call three tough Questions. We oftentimes begin. 1:08:32.320 --> 1:08:36.840 With us question number one, what is the one rule 1:08:36.960 --> 1:08:41.120 change every league should institute at this time of year? 1:08:41.280 --> 1:08:42.880 Right, So, if you're gonna make rule changes, you need 1:08:42.920 --> 1:08:45.000 to do it now in advance of the season. You 1:08:45.000 --> 1:08:47.240 can't just be like, hey, week six, let's change our 1:08:47.280 --> 1:08:50.240 scoring system. Whatever. Give me the one rule change every 1:08:50.320 --> 1:08:54.000 league should be considering adopting right now. Let's begin with Matt. 1:08:54.360 --> 1:08:56.800 I think we do this question every year the first show. 1:08:56.920 --> 1:08:57.400 Yes we do. 1:08:57.479 --> 1:09:00.240 We always talk about super flex or getting ready to tide, 1:09:00.280 --> 1:09:02.759 vetos are converting to an auction. I'll I think people 1:09:02.760 --> 1:09:06.400 have heard those before. Here's my suggestion. Come up with 1:09:06.439 --> 1:09:09.800 a really clever way to determine your draft order in 1:09:09.840 --> 1:09:13.320 your league. The internet is littered with people like running 1:09:13.320 --> 1:09:17.519 a forty or doing an obstacle course. I saw one 1:09:17.920 --> 1:09:21.960 where everyone drinks a shot glass full of beer every 1:09:22.040 --> 1:09:27.479 minute on the minute, and the last guy standing gets 1:09:27.680 --> 1:09:28.719 gets the first pick. 1:09:28.880 --> 1:09:30.479 Yeah, that's a power hour. 1:09:31.120 --> 1:09:33.400 We called it the Century Club. In college, we were 1:09:33.400 --> 1:09:36.120 for one hundred minutes. But that's a. 1:09:36.160 --> 1:09:39.000 Dumb college like a mad idea. 1:09:39.120 --> 1:09:41.000 It is one shots of beer. 1:09:41.400 --> 1:09:42.639 It's it's really hard. 1:09:42.840 --> 1:09:45.280 But do you go to the bathroom in the middle 1:09:45.280 --> 1:09:45.519 of that? 1:09:45.640 --> 1:09:50.360 But you got you got like fifty nine seconds every 1:09:50.840 --> 1:09:52.439 like seventeen year old in history. 1:09:53.000 --> 1:09:54.759 That's easy. 1:09:54.880 --> 1:09:55.520 Absolutely. 1:09:57.200 --> 1:09:59.120 So we don't condone underage drinking. 1:09:59.320 --> 1:10:01.599 We don't. But but if you're going to do that at 1:10:01.600 --> 1:10:03.439 your draft party, the guy who gets the first pick 1:10:03.520 --> 1:10:06.439 is the guy who's the most drunk, obviously right away. 1:10:06.520 --> 1:10:09.360 So uh but anyway, my point is, make your draft 1:10:09.360 --> 1:10:12.439 party a big thing. Make it memorable. If it's the 1:10:12.479 --> 1:10:15.280 one time of year you see these people in your league. 1:10:16.160 --> 1:10:18.280 Blow it out of the water. Make it fun. Rent 1:10:18.360 --> 1:10:21.760 some stuff like, make a big barbecue out it, make 1:10:21.800 --> 1:10:23.880 it the whole day, have a good time with it. 1:10:23.920 --> 1:10:27.519 Our co host Scott Fish rents a mobile bar yeah, wheels, 1:10:27.560 --> 1:10:29.080 you know, wheels it into his driveway. 1:10:29.160 --> 1:10:30.080 Yeah, here's his address. 1:10:30.120 --> 1:10:34.720 Whoever, just swing by everybody, Yeah, no problem. Okay, So 1:10:35.080 --> 1:10:37.519 yours is Draft day. Make your Draft day memory. 1:10:37.560 --> 1:10:38.479 Make your draft day huge? 1:10:38.479 --> 1:10:41.720 All right, Brian, what is the one rule change every 1:10:41.800 --> 1:10:43.439 league should institute at this time of year? 1:10:44.240 --> 1:10:47.520 Ditch the kicker and team defense and throw in some IDPs. 1:10:47.600 --> 1:10:48.920 I know, now, I know, there are some people that 1:10:49.040 --> 1:10:52.719 love kickers, and I'm not talking to that small group 1:10:52.800 --> 1:10:55.479 of whack jobs. I'm talking to the people who go 1:10:55.520 --> 1:10:57.400 through the motions. They set up their league and they 1:10:57.400 --> 1:10:59.759 have kickers and defense because it's like the default settings 1:10:59.760 --> 1:11:03.240 on sites right except enleagues dot com. It's the best site. 1:11:03.320 --> 1:11:06.320 But people think IDP is daunting. It is not. Just 1:11:06.400 --> 1:11:11.160 do one defensive lineman, one linebacker, one defensive back. For 1:11:11.200 --> 1:11:15.679 the linebackers and defensive backs look for tackles, defensive linemen 1:11:15.800 --> 1:11:18.800 look for sacks. It's just I promise you it's fun. 1:11:19.000 --> 1:11:22.280 You're watching defense more, you have more skin in the game. 1:11:22.479 --> 1:11:25.160 Just give it a shot. Three IDP. It'll change your life. 1:11:25.880 --> 1:11:30.439 And what is a absolute baffler to me, More than half 1:11:30.439 --> 1:11:34.080 of league's are still not using blind bidding for their 1:11:34.080 --> 1:11:37.719 free agent. It's absurd. They're doing reverse order of standings, 1:11:37.760 --> 1:11:39.200 they're doing waiver priority. 1:11:39.479 --> 1:11:41.720 That's also another one that's just the default setting in 1:11:41.840 --> 1:11:43.600 most systems. 1:11:43.640 --> 1:11:48.120 The only fair way to distribute, to distribute free agents, 1:11:48.200 --> 1:11:51.800 and by far the most interesting by a mile, is 1:11:52.040 --> 1:11:54.840 blind bidding. This is the only way to play. This 1:11:54.880 --> 1:11:57.680 is the one rule change your every single league should have. 1:11:57.960 --> 1:12:00.519 There is no scenario where leage should do anything else, Like, 1:12:00.560 --> 1:12:03.479 we love auctioning, and we think auctions are are really 1:12:03.520 --> 1:12:05.759 really fun, and we highly encourage people to do auctions. 1:12:05.800 --> 1:12:09.200 Probably should talk auctions more on the show. But some 1:12:09.320 --> 1:12:11.479 leagues are just too casual for that. Some need to 1:12:11.479 --> 1:12:13.160 be online, some need to do it over the course 1:12:13.200 --> 1:12:15.920 of three weeks whatever. So now everybody can do it. Everybody, 1:12:16.040 --> 1:12:19.160 every single league can do free agent blind bidding. 1:12:19.320 --> 1:12:24.200 Can you imagine a guillotine league with reverse order of standing? 1:12:24.240 --> 1:12:26.080 It would be so dumb, so. 1:12:25.960 --> 1:12:32.679 Dumb, absolutely terrible. Okay, I'm gonna wedge in Tough question 1:12:32.720 --> 1:12:33.400 one point five. 1:12:34.920 --> 1:12:37.160 Tough question number one. 1:12:36.800 --> 1:12:41.800 Point five, What is the rule change to remove from 1:12:41.840 --> 1:12:42.439 your league? 1:12:44.880 --> 1:12:47.960 What's a rule change doing we're making you're taking out, 1:12:48.080 --> 1:12:48.599 taking out. 1:12:48.920 --> 1:12:50.759 If you're doing this, you're doing it wrong. 1:12:53.720 --> 1:12:56.679 I mean we kind of talked about them. League veto, 1:12:57.360 --> 1:13:00.320 the trade veto trade veto is so dumb. Get rid 1:13:00.320 --> 1:13:00.479 of it. 1:13:00.520 --> 1:13:01.439 You have to get rid of it. 1:13:01.479 --> 1:13:03.439 That's the one oh one dumb rules. 1:13:03.280 --> 1:13:06.920 It's it is. That's I will never play in a 1:13:07.000 --> 1:13:10.960 league that has trade beveto. Yeah, can't do it, makes sense. 1:13:11.000 --> 1:13:11.920 All right, let's move on. 1:13:12.400 --> 1:13:14.080 Tough Question number two. 1:13:14.840 --> 1:13:17.920 With all the uncertainty around Brandon Ayuk's status in San Francisco, 1:13:18.280 --> 1:13:22.400 are you buying the dip now? He's currently wide receiver fifteen? 1:13:22.960 --> 1:13:25.880 Right now, Brian, we start with you. You're buying the 1:13:25.920 --> 1:13:27.040 dip on Brandon Ayuk. 1:13:27.560 --> 1:13:31.640 I'm a degenerate best ball player. I've been drafting since January. 1:13:31.720 --> 1:13:34.120 My eyes bleed on the regular and I've seen au 1:13:34.240 --> 1:13:37.320 go from the early second Now he's dropped all the 1:13:37.320 --> 1:13:38.960 way to the end of the third round in some draft. 1:13:39.000 --> 1:13:40.599 So you just have to buy that dip. I don't 1:13:40.640 --> 1:13:42.320 care where he ends up and if he stays with 1:13:42.360 --> 1:13:45.559 the forty nine ers yacht see great right, Oh yes, 1:13:46.000 --> 1:13:47.880 I don't care where he goes. We've seen the talent. 1:13:47.960 --> 1:13:51.519 It's their Vikings do it. 1:13:52.640 --> 1:13:55.200 Vikings have the seventh most cap next year, but they 1:13:55.200 --> 1:13:56.479 got Jordan Addison on a rookie. 1:13:56.560 --> 1:13:58.880 Now I'd rather I don't think paid a lot of 1:13:58.880 --> 1:14:02.800 money for their other wider right they're already deep in 1:14:02.880 --> 1:14:03.799 with Justin Jefferson. 1:14:03.880 --> 1:14:05.160 Yeah, I don't think that's gonna happen. 1:14:05.640 --> 1:14:05.960 Matt. 1:14:06.080 --> 1:14:08.599 With all the insuranty around brandon i status in San Francisco, 1:14:08.640 --> 1:14:09.880 are you buying the dip. 1:14:10.360 --> 1:14:13.000 The Rumors are that the Patriots offered him thirty two 1:14:13.120 --> 1:14:18.120 million per year, but he didn't like Drake May and 1:14:18.160 --> 1:14:20.559 so the vibe wasn't right there. So now the Patriots 1:14:20.560 --> 1:14:24.680 are out on him. The other teams somewhat involved are Pittsburgh, Cleveland, 1:14:25.200 --> 1:14:28.560 Washington could be involved. To are any of those situations 1:14:28.560 --> 1:14:31.160 better than his role in San fran Not a chance. 1:14:32.000 --> 1:14:34.240 Do you know what team has the most available cap space, 1:14:34.400 --> 1:14:37.880 It's the Niners. They offered him twenty six million. I 1:14:37.920 --> 1:14:41.080 heard he wants twenty eight to stay in San Francisco. 1:14:41.600 --> 1:14:43.639 I think they're gonna figure out a way. I think 1:14:43.680 --> 1:14:45.800 he's gonna end up playing in San Francisco this year. 1:14:46.360 --> 1:14:48.400 So if you're an Ayuk fan, definitely by the dip. 1:14:48.680 --> 1:14:51.200 The correct answer is buy the dip, baby. 1:14:51.360 --> 1:14:54.559 The probability is he stays in San Francisco either on 1:14:54.600 --> 1:14:57.439 a new contract or he just plays out this year 1:14:57.640 --> 1:15:01.320 because he doesn't have leverage. He's got no leverage. So 1:15:02.400 --> 1:15:04.559 I'm with you, I'm buying the dip. This is a 1:15:04.560 --> 1:15:06.960 player who finished his wide receiver nine last year. I 1:15:06.960 --> 1:15:09.160 can get him at wide receiver fifteen right now. On 1:15:09.200 --> 1:15:11.719 the probability that you know this uncertainty is a perfect 1:15:11.880 --> 1:15:14.519 It's like the stock market. You buy an uncertain times 1:15:14.760 --> 1:15:17.160 to you got to buy low sell high. To buy low, 1:15:17.200 --> 1:15:19.600 you have to buy an uncertainty. We're doing that with 1:15:19.680 --> 1:15:21.840 Brandon Ayuk and you just raise a great point when 1:15:21.880 --> 1:15:25.400 you talked about the places he could go. They're mostly 1:15:25.479 --> 1:15:27.960 bad teams with cap space. But I don't think he's 1:15:28.000 --> 1:15:29.160 going to end up on those teams. 1:15:29.200 --> 1:15:32.280 It's this questionable quarterbacking all around on the other spots too. 1:15:32.360 --> 1:15:34.840 So by the way, these are reports that he didn't 1:15:34.840 --> 1:15:37.160 go to to the Patriots because Brandon and I didn't 1:15:37.200 --> 1:15:41.160 like the quarterback. He wants to get paid him thirty 1:15:41.200 --> 1:15:47.599 two million reportedly here. It's his first big contract. That's 1:15:47.680 --> 1:15:49.800 second contract is where you make all the guaranteed money 1:15:49.800 --> 1:15:51.880 and everything right. He wants to get paid. This is 1:15:51.920 --> 1:15:54.320 the contract to which you get paid. It's your third 1:15:54.400 --> 1:15:56.680 or fourth contract where you start getting choosy about who 1:15:56.680 --> 1:15:58.680 you're playing with and what your your legacy is going 1:15:58.720 --> 1:15:59.479 to be and everything else. 1:15:59.560 --> 1:16:03.160 Not This one a tough question. Number three. 1:16:03.360 --> 1:16:06.479 In a bizarre coincidence, the first two players taken in 1:16:06.600 --> 1:16:12.320 this year's NFL draft, Caleb Williams Daydan Daniels are situated 1:16:12.600 --> 1:16:15.439 exactly next to each other in ADP. They're going off 1:16:15.479 --> 1:16:17.240 the board to pick one oh five and one oh six, 1:16:18.040 --> 1:16:23.360 which one will score more Fantasy Points this year? Matt, 1:16:23.400 --> 1:16:26.040 we are back to you gonna be Caleb Williams or 1:16:26.160 --> 1:16:27.640 Jayden Daniels. 1:16:27.760 --> 1:16:31.240 There are two very different quarterbacks in very different situations. 1:16:31.320 --> 1:16:34.479 Caleb definitely has the better weapons around him. Jury's out 1:16:34.520 --> 1:16:36.720 on whether the coaching staff in Chicago is the right 1:16:36.720 --> 1:16:39.519 one to lead his development, though. Jaden much more of 1:16:39.560 --> 1:16:42.080 a runner, kind of like Kyler Murray, and he's got 1:16:42.160 --> 1:16:44.759 Kyler's old coach running the offense there in Cliff Kingsbury. 1:16:45.120 --> 1:16:48.160 So I like the coaching matchup better, But the weapons 1:16:48.200 --> 1:16:51.080 are a full couple of steps down from what Chicago has. 1:16:51.439 --> 1:16:53.479 So if Jaden's gonna score more points, I think he 1:16:53.560 --> 1:16:55.120 has to do it with the running game, and I'm 1:16:55.120 --> 1:16:57.519 not sure his tall, lanky frame could hold up to 1:16:57.600 --> 1:17:00.200 that kind of punishment over a seventeen game season. I'll 1:17:00.240 --> 1:17:03.439 take the weapons and the presumed safer pick and Caleb. 1:17:03.920 --> 1:17:08.440 Okay, Brian, we've mentioned Caleb Williams, Jaden mcdan, not McDaniels, 1:17:08.479 --> 1:17:12.200 Jade and Daniels going off the board exactly next to 1:17:12.240 --> 1:17:14.080 each other, and ADP picks one of five and one 1:17:14.120 --> 1:17:16.360 oh six. Who's going to score more Fantasy points. 1:17:16.800 --> 1:17:19.280 I've kind of banged the drums for Jaden Daniels a 1:17:19.280 --> 1:17:22.280 couple times already during the show, so that's going to 1:17:22.320 --> 1:17:25.160 be my answer. And it's all about the rushing upside really, 1:17:25.200 --> 1:17:27.240 but you know, people say he's a great rusher, which 1:17:27.280 --> 1:17:29.760 is true, and they think his passing is so much 1:17:30.360 --> 1:17:32.720 or you know, behind his rushing, it's really not. He's 1:17:32.760 --> 1:17:35.799 a really good passer too, so he is a complete quarterback. 1:17:35.840 --> 1:17:38.040 I'm just worried that he can get killed out there 1:17:38.040 --> 1:17:40.360 because he is kind of fearless when he's running the 1:17:40.400 --> 1:17:41.760 ball or he was in college, and he has a 1:17:41.840 --> 1:17:45.799 highly highlight reel of taking hits that would end lives 1:17:45.800 --> 1:17:49.679 for most people. So yes, get down, Jaden, slide. Learn 1:17:49.760 --> 1:17:51.920 to slide, Please learn to slide. 1:17:52.200 --> 1:17:55.040 The correct answer is Caleb Williams, and really Matt took 1:17:55.080 --> 1:17:58.040 all of my talking points, unfortunately, And it's not that 1:17:58.080 --> 1:17:59.880 I'm I don't like Jade and Daniels. I do, but 1:18:00.360 --> 1:18:04.600 the injury, the difference in weapons is just so high, 1:18:05.080 --> 1:18:07.479 and Caleb Williams as I alluded to earlier in the 1:18:07.479 --> 1:18:10.639 show way better runner than people ever seem to talk about. 1:18:11.320 --> 1:18:16.479 He's not on that tier of Jackson. He's not on 1:18:16.520 --> 1:18:18.640 that tier of runner, but he's in the next. 1:18:18.400 --> 1:18:21.639 Tier, like the Sam Donald tier, right, Brian, just. 1:18:21.640 --> 1:18:24.360 About Arnold's got better wheels than people know he does. 1:18:24.479 --> 1:18:27.160 Sam Donald could have played college basketball. 1:18:27.280 --> 1:18:30.160 You could have well, I could have two. There is that. 1:18:30.280 --> 1:18:34.200 No, this is true. Wikipedia said it, and it's got it, 1:18:34.200 --> 1:18:35.680 then it absolutely has to be. See what you're a 1:18:35.680 --> 1:18:36.240 Wikipedia p. 1:18:36.479 --> 1:18:40.200 Let's let's go to our sleepers, Matt. Let's begin with you. 1:18:40.320 --> 1:18:42.280 These are that we do this one every preseason show. 1:18:42.320 --> 1:18:45.320 We talk about one sleeper, will never repeat a sleeper twice. Yeah, 1:18:45.320 --> 1:18:49.160 these are all guys that we believe will dramatically outperform 1:18:49.880 --> 1:18:52.960 the round in which they are being selected. Now, so 1:18:53.520 --> 1:18:54.720 you know, it could be a guy who's going off 1:18:54.720 --> 1:18:55.960 in the fourteenth round. Do you think is going to 1:18:56.000 --> 1:18:57.599 be like an eighth rounder, or could even be somebody 1:18:57.600 --> 1:18:59.200 who's going off in the fifth round you think is 1:18:59.240 --> 1:18:59.920 gonna be a first round? 1:19:00.160 --> 1:19:03.000 Sure, give me your sleep I've got Joshua Palmer of 1:19:03.000 --> 1:19:05.559 the Los Angeles Chargers going off the board at pick 1:19:05.680 --> 1:19:08.400 ninety nine right now, that's in the ninth round. That's 1:19:08.400 --> 1:19:11.840 a full three rounds after his teammate, rookie Lad McConkey. 1:19:12.920 --> 1:19:17.840 The Chargers unsurprisingly lead the league in vacated targets three 1:19:18.040 --> 1:19:22.120 hundred and ninety five vacated targets. Dang, that's sixty four 1:19:22.240 --> 1:19:25.840 percent of the Chargers targets from last year. Keenan Allen, 1:19:25.880 --> 1:19:29.080 Mike Williams, Austin Eckler, Jalen Geiton all gone. There's only 1:19:29.160 --> 1:19:32.000 one guy left in Los Angeles that has caught more 1:19:32.040 --> 1:19:36.280 than forty passes out from Justin air Bear in his career. 1:19:36.760 --> 1:19:39.759 That's Josh Palmer. Last year, Palmer dealt with an injury 1:19:39.880 --> 1:19:42.840 on and off for almost the entire year, But in 1:19:42.880 --> 1:19:46.280 twenty twenty two, Palmer was targeted one hundred and seven 1:19:46.360 --> 1:19:49.759 times by the air Bear. He caught seventy two passes 1:19:49.800 --> 1:19:52.120 for seven hundred and sixty nine yards and three scores. 1:19:52.560 --> 1:19:54.800 And let's say he gets in the range of one 1:19:55.000 --> 1:19:58.760 ten to one thirty. Yeah, players who finished with that 1:19:58.840 --> 1:20:03.240 many targets last year averaged seventy five catches, one thousand 1:20:03.240 --> 1:20:07.720 and forty two yards and five touchdowns. That's almost exactly 1:20:07.960 --> 1:20:09.720 what Amari Cooper did last year. 1:20:09.760 --> 1:20:10.080 Wow. 1:20:10.120 --> 1:20:13.599 And Amari Cooper is going off in the fourth round 1:20:13.680 --> 1:20:16.759 right now, So you could get a ninth round player 1:20:17.240 --> 1:20:20.600 who's very probable to return fourth round value. He's not 1:20:20.640 --> 1:20:23.519 an exciting guy, but he might return some pretty good 1:20:23.600 --> 1:20:24.760 value for you as your wide receiver. 1:20:24.840 --> 1:20:27.799 You're gonna score more Fantasy points this year. Josh Palmer 1:20:27.920 --> 1:20:28.759 or Lad McConkie. 1:20:29.240 --> 1:20:30.559 It's probably Josh Palmer. 1:20:30.800 --> 1:20:33.240 It might be. We get so infatuated with the rookies. 1:20:33.320 --> 1:20:35.120 We want them to be good instantly, and in some 1:20:35.200 --> 1:20:35.880 cases they. 1:20:35.760 --> 1:20:39.120 Are Coaches trust veterans. 1:20:38.760 --> 1:20:41.800 Well, true, although it's a whole new coaching stat Yeah. Right, 1:20:41.840 --> 1:20:43.519 And I think that's a pretty big variable on this 1:20:43.600 --> 1:20:46.439 shear makes it a lot more uncertain, Brian, let's go 1:20:46.439 --> 1:20:47.920 to your sleeper real quick. 1:20:47.960 --> 1:20:49.880 I think it's fair to throw DJ Shark into that 1:20:49.920 --> 1:20:51.000 and make it a three way match. 1:20:51.080 --> 1:20:52.920 M charks. 1:20:52.920 --> 1:20:56.120 He's not the favorite, but he could very well, we're. 1:20:55.960 --> 1:20:57.760 Gonna be he's gonna he could. He could mess things 1:20:57.800 --> 1:20:58.360 up a little bit. 1:20:58.560 --> 1:21:01.200 All right, Well, my sleeper shouldn't have any problem out 1:21:01.280 --> 1:21:04.040 performing his ADP, hopefully because he's really not getting drafted 1:21:04.040 --> 1:21:06.920 by many people. But it's running back Rasheen Ali, who 1:21:07.000 --> 1:21:09.720 most probably haven't heard of, but he's a rookie. Fabulous, 1:21:09.760 --> 1:21:19.120 he fabulous he Aladdin good movie under let's get that 1:21:19.240 --> 1:21:22.439 on the Yeah. But have you played Aladdin? The Genesis game? 1:21:22.600 --> 1:21:23.080 Oh yeah? 1:21:23.520 --> 1:21:27.280 The underrated video games really good for the sake of Genesis. 1:21:27.320 --> 1:21:29.400 Well, you know, the problem for it was not that 1:21:29.439 --> 1:21:31.639 it wasn't a good game, but everybody got so used 1:21:31.680 --> 1:21:34.439 to all the t all the movies and TV shows 1:21:34.479 --> 1:21:38.920 turned video games were almost universally awful, and so people 1:21:38.960 --> 1:21:41.120 just went a Laddin. Whatever, it's for kids, it's a 1:21:41.240 --> 1:21:43.439 you know, it's a conversion from a movie. I'm out. 1:21:44.080 --> 1:21:44.719 It was great. 1:21:45.120 --> 1:21:47.880 Good game, probably still is. But anyway, back to Rashine 1:21:47.880 --> 1:21:51.200 Ali selected in the fifth round out of Marshall by 1:21:51.240 --> 1:21:53.760 the Ravens. He likely would have been selected sooner if 1:21:53.800 --> 1:21:56.519 not for tearing his bicyp at the Senior Bowl, so 1:21:56.560 --> 1:21:58.679 he missed that game. He didn't test at the Combine, 1:21:58.720 --> 1:22:01.800 so we slid in thet as a result. But the 1:22:01.840 --> 1:22:05.280 bicep is healed. He is full on, full go in 1:22:05.320 --> 1:22:08.240 training camp right now, still behind Justice Hill, but I 1:22:08.240 --> 1:22:09.640 think he has a chance to beat him out for 1:22:09.640 --> 1:22:13.040 the backup job. Behind Dereck Henry Rasheen a Lee led 1:22:13.240 --> 1:22:16.479 FBS last year with seven plays of fifty plus yards. 1:22:16.760 --> 1:22:19.960 He has three down pretent, three down potential, great initial 1:22:20.000 --> 1:22:22.759 speed with the second burst, good power in the gaps. 1:22:22.760 --> 1:22:24.840 He can catch, he can pass protect, and if something 1:22:24.880 --> 1:22:28.200 happens to Dereck Henry rasheen Alie sleeper will come alive 1:22:28.240 --> 1:22:28.439 for you. 1:22:29.680 --> 1:22:32.880 I like it. There's a real chance that something does 1:22:32.920 --> 1:22:36.240 happen to Derrick Henry at age thirty, and yeah, that 1:22:36.280 --> 1:22:37.679 would be really interesting. 1:22:37.720 --> 1:22:40.040 And they want to keep Henry fresh too for the playoffs. 1:22:40.040 --> 1:22:42.880 They have Super Bowl aspirations of course in Baltimore, So 1:22:43.000 --> 1:22:44.920 I don't think Henry's not going to play all the snaps, 1:22:44.920 --> 1:22:45.479 that's for sure. 1:22:47.200 --> 1:22:51.600 My sleeper is the great nephew of Hank Aaron. How 1:22:51.640 --> 1:22:52.760 about that. 1:22:52.760 --> 1:22:53.400 That's cool and. 1:22:53.880 --> 1:22:56.080 Most listeners should not have any reason to know who 1:22:56.080 --> 1:23:00.960 I'm talking about yet. Chargers rookie running back Kamani Videll. 1:23:01.760 --> 1:23:03.519 I like this kid a lot, and he is a 1:23:03.600 --> 1:23:07.840 thor nicetroom favorite. He's he started the whole ball rolling 1:23:07.960 --> 1:23:11.120 for me on him. He at college, he went to Troy, 1:23:11.280 --> 1:23:13.719 destroyed the record book at Troy, which you know Granted 1:23:14.040 --> 1:23:16.679 it's not a thick record book at Troy, but Kamani 1:23:16.760 --> 1:23:17.840 Videl killed it there. 1:23:18.000 --> 1:23:20.280 You were the record holder at Troy. I have actually 1:23:20.520 --> 1:23:24.360 you were until that's shattering my records. 1:23:24.600 --> 1:23:28.360 Chargers have got a running backs dream coaching tandem of 1:23:28.439 --> 1:23:32.080 Jim Harbaugh and offensive coordinator Greg Roman. It's all running 1:23:32.200 --> 1:23:36.080 all the time ahead of Vidal. Of course, are Gus 1:23:36.160 --> 1:23:38.200 Edwards and JK Dobbins. 1:23:37.920 --> 1:23:40.320 A dream scenario of injury? It really is. 1:23:40.640 --> 1:23:45.400 And I've loved both players pre acls, since their acls 1:23:45.400 --> 1:23:48.040 and their extended recoveries, they just don't look like the 1:23:48.080 --> 1:23:50.880 same guys. And it's sad, but that's just a fact. 1:23:51.240 --> 1:23:51.400 Now. 1:23:51.479 --> 1:23:56.559 Normally, what keeps rookie running backs from getting time playing time? Guys? 1:23:56.760 --> 1:24:00.160 What stops rookie running backs from getting on the fields? 1:24:00.320 --> 1:24:04.679 Pro pass protection? Bang, you nailed it. Guess who's the 1:24:04.720 --> 1:24:13.160 best rookie runner in this draft class in pass protecting? Yes, 1:24:13.720 --> 1:24:16.719 Kamani Videll and by the way, Gus Edwards and JK. 1:24:16.840 --> 1:24:19.960 Dobbins in pass blocking ranked thirty second and forty ninth 1:24:20.000 --> 1:24:23.920 by Pro Football Focus. The best pass blocking running back 1:24:23.960 --> 1:24:26.560 on the Chargers could very well turn out to be 1:24:26.640 --> 1:24:31.000 Kimani Videll. He's compact, he's stout. He is a workhorse 1:24:31.080 --> 1:24:34.160 runner with shifty moves and amazing balance, a little bit 1:24:34.160 --> 1:24:37.000 of burst. He's not like high end speed guy. He's shorter, 1:24:37.120 --> 1:24:37.759 he's thicker. 1:24:38.840 --> 1:24:41.679 He's a little teapot, short and stout. 1:24:41.760 --> 1:24:46.360 Ye yes, yes, As a matter of fact, Kimani Videll 1:24:47.000 --> 1:24:50.280 my sleeper. All right, let me throw this topic out 1:24:50.280 --> 1:24:51.720 to you. We've got a couple of spare minutes at 1:24:51.760 --> 1:24:55.120 the end of the show. A few weeks ago and 1:24:55.160 --> 1:24:56.960 for much of the offseason, Matt and I did an 1:24:56.960 --> 1:24:59.000 offseason show not too long ago, maybe a month ago, 1:24:59.040 --> 1:25:02.120 we talked about undo the opposite because we're sloughing running 1:25:02.160 --> 1:25:02.760 backs so much. 1:25:02.880 --> 1:25:03.080 Yep. 1:25:03.120 --> 1:25:06.360 But what's happened in the recent weeks running backs moving 1:25:06.400 --> 1:25:10.519 way way up. Three weeks ago, the first round only 1:25:10.560 --> 1:25:15.280 had three running backs in it by average ADP. Today 1:25:15.320 --> 1:25:19.759 six running backs in the first round by average draft 1:25:19.760 --> 1:25:24.320 position six. So and by the way through two rounds, 1:25:24.439 --> 1:25:27.240 it's almost dead even between wide receivers and running backs. 1:25:27.400 --> 1:25:29.840 So running backs have moved back. People can't stop themselves. 1:25:29.960 --> 1:25:32.120 They're moving back to the running back position. 1:25:32.600 --> 1:25:36.320 More casuals are drafting now, and they tend to go 1:25:36.400 --> 1:25:37.840 running back because they have for years. 1:25:37.920 --> 1:25:40.480 Yeah, are you running to consider. 1:25:40.120 --> 1:25:43.280 This tough, tough question number four. 1:25:44.520 --> 1:25:47.040 Are you riding the running back wave and taking running 1:25:47.040 --> 1:25:50.919 backs early or are you continuing to do the opposite 1:25:51.000 --> 1:25:51.599 like you know I. 1:25:51.520 --> 1:25:54.400 Would Brian, you want to take that one first? 1:25:54.680 --> 1:25:58.240 It all depends, But in the first round it's really 1:25:58.360 --> 1:25:59.760 just Greese Hall for me. If I don't have a 1:25:59.800 --> 1:26:01.920 numb one pick, I'll take McCaffrey still, even though he's 1:26:01.960 --> 1:26:02.599 got the angle thing. 1:26:02.640 --> 1:26:04.479 But so I don't know. 1:26:04.600 --> 1:26:07.080 Yes, you're taking running back, all right, you're taking running 1:26:07.120 --> 1:26:07.519 backs early. 1:26:07.600 --> 1:26:08.080 Running back. 1:26:09.680 --> 1:26:12.439 I think in the first round it's McCaffrey Hall or 1:26:12.520 --> 1:26:14.880 Jonathan Taylor for me, and I would not take any 1:26:14.920 --> 1:26:17.200 other ones in the first round, mostly because I think 1:26:17.320 --> 1:26:20.040 those guys are bell cows in their offense, and there's 1:26:20.080 --> 1:26:23.400 just so few bell cows anymore that I think it 1:26:23.479 --> 1:26:25.479 is worth it to have one or two of them. 1:26:25.600 --> 1:26:28.360 The running back failure zone is end of first round. 1:26:28.400 --> 1:26:28.680 Mm hm. 1:26:28.840 --> 1:26:31.320 Those guys that are at the very front are usually 1:26:31.320 --> 1:26:33.720 proven workhorse guys. The guys at the back of the 1:26:33.720 --> 1:26:37.120 first round early second round have generally got question marks 1:26:37.160 --> 1:26:40.080 and the that's the key failure zone right there. Obviously, 1:26:40.080 --> 1:26:42.519 I'm gonna keep doing the opposite. Thank you for listening 1:26:42.520 --> 1:26:46.240 to the thirtieth anniversary edition of Fantasy Football Weekly. Guillantine 1:26:46.280 --> 1:26:49.439 Leagues dot Com available right now for the twenty twenty 1:26:49.439 --> 1:26:53.080 fourth season and private leagues totally free. See you next week, everybody, 1:26:53.320 --> 1:26:57.720 Bye bye. Fantasy Football Weekly is a production of iHeartRadio. 1:26:57.880 --> 1:27:02.080 For more podcasts from iHeartRadio, visit the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, 1:27:02.240 --> 1:27:04.200 or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.