1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:12,680 Speaker 1: Wow, what is Welcome to another edition of the NFL 2 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:15,920 Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Show. It's me your man, MG Marcus Grant, 3 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:19,439 Speaker 1: fully vaxed, still dodging all the variants like neo in 4 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 1: the matrix, uh, and hoping that uh, I don't know, 5 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:24,560 Speaker 1: I keep saying, I hope that we're getting close to 6 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 1: the end of this thing. I feel like this is 7 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:27,240 Speaker 1: just going to be with us forever and we're going 8 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:28,600 Speaker 1: to figure out sort of how to live with it 9 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:31,760 Speaker 1: as best as possible. Either way, the good news is 10 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:35,839 Speaker 1: football season continues at steady drumbeat. Towards the start of 11 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:39,360 Speaker 1: Week one, got another fun show for you today. Of course, 12 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:43,160 Speaker 1: production producer Justin is alongside as he uh fins off 13 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:47,160 Speaker 1: the haters in Titans Nation on Twitter. I see you there, 14 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:50,000 Speaker 1: I see him there. You know he's uh, he's he's 15 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:51,960 Speaker 1: battling all the folks who are nay saying what Mike 16 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:54,320 Speaker 1: Rabel is doing in training camp, and uh, fight the 17 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 1: good fight. Man. You do. You do what you do, man, 18 00:00:56,040 --> 00:01:00,160 Speaker 1: I appreciate it. But anyway, we are continuing our I'm 19 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:03,520 Speaker 1: our caval kid of Fantasy Stars, which actually I think 20 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:08,320 Speaker 1: this may be our our summer finale of the Fantasy Stars. 21 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 1: We may have other folks on, but this is kind 22 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:13,400 Speaker 1: of it for like the uh, the one on ones 23 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:15,360 Speaker 1: that I've been doing this summer, and I feel like 24 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:16,960 Speaker 1: this is a great way to end it. We're doing 25 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 1: it with a guy who is not just a friend 26 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:22,399 Speaker 1: of the show, but an actual friend, a guy that 27 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:24,679 Speaker 1: I talked to every day, a guy who's working. You know, 28 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:26,960 Speaker 1: if you have been in the Fantasy space for any 29 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 1: amount of time, he is uh, he is smart, he 30 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:34,120 Speaker 1: is funny. He is a guy that I have. Uh. Yeah, 31 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:35,679 Speaker 1: I look up to his work. I'm just gonna be 32 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:37,679 Speaker 1: honest with you. I appreciate what he does and I 33 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 1: take his word for it. It is Mr Reception Perception himself, 34 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 1: the one and only Matt Harmon Pal. I mean, I 35 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:45,039 Speaker 1: talked to you all the time, but it's good to 36 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 1: talk to you in this format. It's good to talk 37 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 1: to you here. Man, smart, funny, and you appreciate my work. 38 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 1: I mean, my god, Marcus, And like the finishing the 39 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 1: series with me, I would have personally finished on like 40 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:01,560 Speaker 1: a stronger note, but that's just me. But not Man, 41 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 1: I appreciate you have me. I'm excited to talk with 42 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 1: you today. Well, you know what's funny though, I feel 43 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:09,240 Speaker 1: like and correct me if I'm wrong, because years and 44 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:11,799 Speaker 1: years ago, when you first got into this space, you 45 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 1: were doing your own podcast called The Backyard Banter. Um, 46 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 1: if I remember right, I don't know if I was 47 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 1: the last one, but I know I was sort of 48 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 1: near the end of that series because if I remember correctly, 49 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 1: I think you recorded that your half of the interview 50 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:27,800 Speaker 1: from like a hotel room in like New Mexico or 51 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 1: something that sounds about right. That sounds about right. Yeah, No, 52 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:37,040 Speaker 1: that was my first I think that was my first 53 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:40,080 Speaker 1: summer break, you know, the lovely summer break that some 54 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:42,000 Speaker 1: of us got at the NFL. You know, it's it's 55 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:44,880 Speaker 1: like being a teacher basically. Um, right, like I got 56 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 1: my summers off. How nice? But now, like, yeah, so 57 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:49,679 Speaker 1: that was what I did during that summer. But yeah, no, 58 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:51,799 Speaker 1: you were one of the last guests on that podcast. 59 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 1: It's still like a show, surprisingly enough. Um, I'm always 60 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:57,840 Speaker 1: shocked at people like, man, I wish I wish we 61 00:02:57,880 --> 00:02:59,800 Speaker 1: could we wish we could still listen to Backyard Bandage, 62 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 1: like to go back and listen to some of those episodes. 63 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:03,800 Speaker 1: So now I'm glad that people love the pot. It 64 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 1: was your episode was awesome, everybody's episode was awesome. There 65 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:09,120 Speaker 1: was like a who's who of at that time in 66 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:11,839 Speaker 1: the industry. And it's funny, man, like, now I don't 67 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:13,920 Speaker 1: know who who out there is listening cares about this, 68 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:16,120 Speaker 1: but I'm just gonna, you know, lead us abut anyway, 69 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 1: it's like it's crazy now that it feels like the 70 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:23,679 Speaker 1: industry is so much more crowded with great voices that 71 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:26,519 Speaker 1: are doing awesome things and that are totally different from 72 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:30,000 Speaker 1: the folks that were creating content in like two thousand 73 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,520 Speaker 1: and six seventeen when I was doing that podcast, I 74 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 1: feel like if I um, I always thaw it like 75 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 1: at some point doing the show, Like, man, it's you know, 76 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 1: at some point like I'm going to have talked to 77 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 1: everybody right now. It's impossible. You could never have. You 78 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 1: could never talk to everybody. Know, You're absolutely right, Uh, 79 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 1: And it's it's it's funny because like you're talking about 80 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 1: it being two seventeen, like it's not really that long ago. 81 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 1: But the way the space has just expanded in that 82 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 1: relatively short amount of time is incredibly amazing, and it 83 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 1: has been great to watch so many different voices and 84 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 1: different people do different things, and I will tell you that. I. Uh, 85 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 1: you know, I'm trying to keep up. Man, you've seen me. Man, 86 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 1: I'm on. I'm on the TikTok, now, dude, I gotta 87 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:11,760 Speaker 1: I gotta keep up. By the way, you're like a 88 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 1: freaking natural at it. Um you know you you gassed 89 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:16,359 Speaker 1: me up, Like, let me gas you up here for 90 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 1: a minute. If I could have picked any fantasy analysts 91 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 1: to be on TikTok, like just fifteen seconds of hey, 92 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 1: here's what you need, idiot, like take it and go, um, 93 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:31,280 Speaker 1: that's you. You're funny, You're you're engaging and interesting. They're like, 94 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 1: you're gonna You're gonna basically just destroy Fantasy TikTok. Like 95 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:38,560 Speaker 1: I couldn't do that. I can't say anything in sixty seconds. 96 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:40,720 Speaker 1: I I would spend five minutes on the show now 97 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:43,600 Speaker 1: or something like that, and we've barely talked about football, 98 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 1: so there would be I would be like the stone 99 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:48,039 Speaker 1: worst person on TikTok. I'm a lurker. I'm a lurker 100 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:50,720 Speaker 1: on the TikTok. I get all my like I'm not 101 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 1: I'll tell you what you're You will never appear on 102 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:55,200 Speaker 1: my feed because I'm not on like sports TikTok one bit. 103 00:04:55,279 --> 00:05:01,520 Speaker 1: I'm on like barbecue fitness cooking TikTok and I love it. Yeah, no, 104 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:03,240 Speaker 1: it's funny. It's funny you say that, And you're right. 105 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 1: We haven't gotten any football yet. We will trust those 106 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 1: folks will get to football. Um. You know, the the 107 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:10,679 Speaker 1: TikTok's I make are not like the TikTok's I watch. 108 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 1: I'm very much, you know, cooking TikTok and plant TikTok. 109 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:17,480 Speaker 1: So yeah, so uh yeah, so what I you know, 110 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:19,159 Speaker 1: the stuff I'm putting out there is not like the 111 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:22,480 Speaker 1: stuff I'm consuming. It's a completely different world. All right. 112 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:24,360 Speaker 1: I guess that's enough of that. We should probably talk 113 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:28,080 Speaker 1: about some football now, yeah yeah, yeah, Um, let's start 114 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 1: a couple of preseason headlines because uh, you know, the uh, 115 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:34,400 Speaker 1: the stories out of Dallas always keep coming. It probably 116 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 1: doesn't hurt for the Cowboys that they're on hard knocks, 117 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 1: so you know, they're in our face literally every week. Now. Um, 118 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:43,599 Speaker 1: the latest is Dak Prescott probably not going to play 119 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:46,320 Speaker 1: this week against the Houston Texans. He's still sort of, 120 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:49,480 Speaker 1: you know, being cautious with that shoulder injury. Obviously it's 121 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:52,039 Speaker 1: coming off the horrible leg injury that cost him most 122 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:55,480 Speaker 1: of last year. Um are you even a little concerned 123 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:57,680 Speaker 1: just because we haven't really seen that get all that 124 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:01,600 Speaker 1: much work yet? You yeah, I mean you always would 125 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:04,919 Speaker 1: rather trend on the positive side of injury news and 126 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:07,120 Speaker 1: the fact that you know he got an m R. 127 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:10,320 Speaker 1: I he's still kind of being cautious with it is 128 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:12,800 Speaker 1: not exactly what you want to hear, especially because as 129 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:15,240 Speaker 1: you mentioned, like the one Hard Knocks clip that really 130 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 1: kind of went viral from the first episode was him 131 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 1: basically being like, I've rested enough, like I want to 132 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 1: be out there. So clearly it's not him being cautious 133 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:26,360 Speaker 1: of his own accord. He would rather be out there 134 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:28,600 Speaker 1: and be uh, you know, letting a rip and all 135 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:33,160 Speaker 1: that stuff. So I I would say, I'm mildly like, 136 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:36,039 Speaker 1: I'm not just well, I'm not concerned, but I wouldn't 137 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:38,680 Speaker 1: just like brush it completely off or I'd keep my 138 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:40,599 Speaker 1: eye on it or whatever was it. I think Kyle 139 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:42,800 Speaker 1: Brandt did like a Good Morning Football segment, here's some 140 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:45,479 Speaker 1: more NFL Network plug for you, um as if you 141 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:47,720 Speaker 1: need it, and on the show, right, I think he did. 142 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:49,720 Speaker 1: He did like a segment or something when he was 143 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:52,040 Speaker 1: like at dot Con four, like instead of deaf Con 144 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 1: for something like that. That's about where i'd put it, 145 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:56,760 Speaker 1: you know, very low on the spectrum. Not that I 146 00:06:56,800 --> 00:07:00,240 Speaker 1: really understand the whole deaf conspect spectrum thing anyway, but 147 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:04,160 Speaker 1: I would say I'm I'm not truly worried, but I'm 148 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 1: at least going to keep my eye on the situation 149 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:10,520 Speaker 1: because I mean, we're basically all counting and have all 150 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 1: been projecting as if you know, Doc is going to 151 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 1: be back and ready to rock, you know, out there 152 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:19,080 Speaker 1: like he was in the first five weeks this season 153 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:23,160 Speaker 1: or whatever. If that's not the case, you know, that 154 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 1: would be pretty problematic for all of these other players 155 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 1: that we've you know, hung our hopes on here with 156 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:30,280 Speaker 1: Zeke as like a guy that I've pushed into the 157 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 1: top three of my rankings and i think should be 158 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 1: a consensus top three back off the board, closer to 159 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:38,640 Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook than he is. The guy at four, Derrick Henry, 160 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:40,440 Speaker 1: you know, Ceedee Lamb's a guy I've got a a 161 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:43,000 Speaker 1: top twelve receiver this year. Mary Cooper is still like 162 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:46,120 Speaker 1: a really good early round pick, and Michael Gallup is 163 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:48,640 Speaker 1: like the slam dunk, best Value and fantasy all that 164 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 1: starts got a fall part. If we've got who who's 165 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:55,800 Speaker 1: their backup? Now? Garrett still still Garrett Gilbert, right, but 166 00:07:55,840 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 1: the Garrett Gilbert is still lurking back there too somewhere. 167 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:02,800 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, jam Use Finest then Dannucci. So yeah, 168 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 1: I mean at this point, I'm not like freaking out 169 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 1: about it, but it's definitely a storyline to monitor. By 170 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 1: the way, I for years always confused the deaf cun levels. 171 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:15,160 Speaker 1: I thought five was like the worst or whatever. But 172 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 1: it's natural. It seems like that doesn't make any sense. 173 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:20,920 Speaker 1: Uh yeah. You also you talked about Mark Cooper. Was 174 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:22,560 Speaker 1: the other thing is that he I know, he's still 175 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 1: sort of recovering. They're saying that he may play this weekend. 176 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 1: But um, I mean, he's another one. I don't know 177 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 1: how you feel about it, but he's not I'd like 178 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 1: to at least see him a little bit. I'm still 179 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 1: drafting him. I'm still excited about what he could be, 180 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:34,480 Speaker 1: but it woul kind of be nice to actually see 181 00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:37,400 Speaker 1: him on the field getting some work in at some point. Yeah, 182 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:39,480 Speaker 1: that would be great. I never like to draft running 183 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:42,960 Speaker 1: backs or receivers that are coming into the year already 184 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 1: nursing an injury. When you're when you're dealing with them 185 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:47,840 Speaker 1: in like the early rounds and stuff like that, you 186 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 1: know because you're banking on them coming back to full form, 187 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:52,400 Speaker 1: but who knows how they really aren't. Mark Cooper is 188 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:55,080 Speaker 1: not a guy who's played well um when injured before. 189 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:59,920 Speaker 1: So I haven't really been drafting Cooper proactively, not because 190 00:09:00,559 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 1: I have a problem with his individual outlook, It's just 191 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:05,400 Speaker 1: that I really like to draft see Lamb in that 192 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:08,880 Speaker 1: round three range. I love drafting Gallop later. He's just 193 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:11,839 Speaker 1: of the three if you're putting them with like a 194 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 1: DP baked into it, he's the third third most appealing 195 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:18,760 Speaker 1: option of the three guys, and just where he goes, 196 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:21,600 Speaker 1: I'm typically targeting other players. And this is just like 197 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:23,440 Speaker 1: a reason to break the tie against him is that 198 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:25,360 Speaker 1: we haven't seen him yet and everything like that, But 199 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:27,440 Speaker 1: we know exactly who he is when he gets on 200 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:30,920 Speaker 1: the field, and when he's at he's a really good player, 201 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:34,120 Speaker 1: an awesome flanker receiver that gets really soft coverages and 202 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:36,199 Speaker 1: free releases from the line of scrimmage because they move 203 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:39,080 Speaker 1: him around so much they put him in the slot sometimes. 204 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 1: And I mean, frankly, one of the biggest developments out 205 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:45,599 Speaker 1: of UM Dallas training camp save Zeke being in the 206 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:47,480 Speaker 1: best shape of his life, because it's the every other 207 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:49,800 Speaker 1: the every other year the thing with Zeke Man. It's 208 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 1: like it really is like he's either coming in completely 209 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:55,440 Speaker 1: rocked up after you know, kicking ass in the offseason, 210 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:58,840 Speaker 1: or like last year he had COVID, four years ago 211 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 1: he was in Kabo or on from like that deal 212 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:02,920 Speaker 1: with the contract things. So it's always like the every 213 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:06,199 Speaker 1: other year thing. Was Zeke at this point UM. Besides that, 214 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 1: the biggest development to me was that they were actually 215 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:13,240 Speaker 1: following through on all of these hopes that they were 216 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:15,679 Speaker 1: going to move these receivers around. Like I didn't really 217 00:10:15,679 --> 00:10:18,679 Speaker 1: want to trust Mike McCarthy that he was gonna be 218 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:22,160 Speaker 1: creative with his player deployment or his route combinations, because 219 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:23,960 Speaker 1: if you were familiar with his time during the Green 220 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:27,160 Speaker 1: Bay era, that was definitely not the case. Very static 221 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:30,000 Speaker 1: in that offense. UM they were very static last year, 222 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:33,400 Speaker 1: like Ceedee Lamb was a nine slot guy, Gallup was 223 00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:36,640 Speaker 1: isolated as the ex receiver basically on every snap, and 224 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:39,000 Speaker 1: Cooper was just the flanker that again, they move around 225 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:41,240 Speaker 1: a pretty decent amountain He's in a pretty good rule role. 226 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 1: But nevertheless, the fact that Lamb was playing more perimeter 227 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:48,000 Speaker 1: snaps and excelling in those reps, the gallop was talking 228 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:50,200 Speaker 1: about being more excited playing from the slot more. I 229 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:53,520 Speaker 1: think that actually benefits all of these guys. Raises their 230 00:10:53,559 --> 00:10:56,800 Speaker 1: ceilings and for a guy like Lamb, raises their floor prospects. 231 00:10:56,800 --> 00:10:59,120 Speaker 1: So that's a trickle down effect to a Marii Cooper too. 232 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:00,920 Speaker 1: So there's plenty of re seems to be excited about 233 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:03,800 Speaker 1: this Dallas Receiving Corps. We just need Cooper out there, 234 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:06,280 Speaker 1: and we definitely need Dyak out there. I mean, bro, look, 235 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:08,640 Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy's into analytics now, so things are just not 236 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:12,679 Speaker 1: going to get better. It's I I do. I do 237 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:15,880 Speaker 1: kind of like balk it when everybody uh, you know, 238 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:19,080 Speaker 1: freaked out about oh well, he just straight up admitted 239 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:22,200 Speaker 1: that he didn't really mean it when he's talking about, 240 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:25,320 Speaker 1: you know, analytics, he just said he basically admitted that 241 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 1: he just did that just to get the job. It's 242 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:30,080 Speaker 1: like we've all done that, guys, Like, what are you 243 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 1: talking about? Seriously, what are you talking about if you haven't, 244 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:37,680 Speaker 1: like I'm not saying live, but if you haven't stretched 245 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:41,199 Speaker 1: the truth in a job interview, you probably didn't get 246 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:44,240 Speaker 1: that job. Baby, That's all I'm saying. Look, I've opened 247 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:46,600 Speaker 1: power Point on you more than one occasion, so that 248 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:50,520 Speaker 1: means I know power point. Like, that's just that's just, 249 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:56,000 Speaker 1: that's just facts. All right. Down to Miami where Brian 250 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 1: Flora is talking about his running backs and saying that 251 00:11:58,040 --> 00:12:01,640 Speaker 1: they plan to use their top three guys situationally, which 252 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:03,200 Speaker 1: is basically just a fancy way of saying we're going 253 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:06,560 Speaker 1: to have a three headed running back committee. Um. I 254 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:09,120 Speaker 1: felt like Miles Gascon, at least for you know, the 255 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:11,880 Speaker 1: off season, through free agency, in the draft, sort of 256 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:15,560 Speaker 1: escaped unscathed. But now it appears that he is going 257 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:17,960 Speaker 1: to have some competition back there. I know, Malcolm Brown 258 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:20,240 Speaker 1: is the guy right now that is sort of wrecking 259 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:23,160 Speaker 1: everybody's dreams when it comes to fantasy and these Dolphins 260 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:26,640 Speaker 1: running backs. Um, now that you know the word apparently 261 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:28,360 Speaker 1: is out that there's going to be a three headed 262 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:30,720 Speaker 1: monster down there, is there one guy that you like 263 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:33,960 Speaker 1: more than the others? Yeah? I mean, if you were 264 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:37,120 Speaker 1: drafting Miles Gascon early in the off season in like 265 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:40,120 Speaker 1: the fourth fifth round. That is adp you. I mean 266 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:42,000 Speaker 1: you were making a mistake then, and you know you 267 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:45,480 Speaker 1: were making a mistake now. My newest theory, Marcus about 268 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:49,360 Speaker 1: like the fantasy off season is that we really as 269 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 1: a community and I'm not going to do the whole 270 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 1: like you all you people out there to do this, 271 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:57,560 Speaker 1: because I'm sure I've done this too, But I think 272 00:12:57,600 --> 00:12:59,839 Speaker 1: there's like sort of we get these narratives in our 273 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:03,720 Speaker 1: dad about players, and then we're like storylines that are 274 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:08,040 Speaker 1: gonna happen, and then once they don't happen, like they 275 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:09,880 Speaker 1: don't happen to the way we expect, then we kind 276 00:13:09,880 --> 00:13:11,760 Speaker 1: of count it twice in a way. And I'll explain 277 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:13,560 Speaker 1: what I mean by this, because I actually think the 278 00:13:13,559 --> 00:13:16,080 Speaker 1: Dolphins are sort of at the epicenter of this theory 279 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:19,240 Speaker 1: that I have because it's the same thing with A J. 280 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:21,400 Speaker 1: Dillon in Green Bay. I think A J. Dillon is 281 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:23,960 Speaker 1: one of the most undervalued players in fantasy right now 282 00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:26,920 Speaker 1: because you know, Jamal Williams leaves. We all expected that, 283 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 1: but a lot of folks expected Aaron Jones to leave 284 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:34,120 Speaker 1: that backfield too, and then when he didn't. The folks 285 00:13:34,120 --> 00:13:36,920 Speaker 1: that were ready to vault a J. Dillon up the 286 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:39,200 Speaker 1: rankings were just like, oh, forget it, Like let's push 287 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 1: him back down because that optimism that a j or 288 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:45,760 Speaker 1: that Aaron Jones didn't go to the Dolphins, you know, 289 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:49,440 Speaker 1: that that optimism was crushed. So then we didn't even 290 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:51,920 Speaker 1: just like leave him where he was gonna go. We 291 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:54,480 Speaker 1: actually pushed him further down into that eighth ninth round 292 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 1: range where I think A J. Dillon is not only 293 00:13:57,440 --> 00:14:00,200 Speaker 1: does he possess the other world, the upside if Aaron 294 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 1: Jones ever was to get hurt, and by the way 295 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:04,640 Speaker 1: he's been hurt this offseason two, he still presents like 296 00:14:04,679 --> 00:14:07,959 Speaker 1: some standalone value because he can take over Jamal Williams role. 297 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:10,800 Speaker 1: So that's like kind of the But then at the 298 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:14,280 Speaker 1: same time, on the Dolphins side of this thing, too, 299 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:18,319 Speaker 1: most I feel like most people expected Miles Gaskin to 300 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:21,480 Speaker 1: get usurped, right because he's a guy that doesn't have 301 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:25,640 Speaker 1: a big resume. The Dolphins were potentially gonna sign Aaron Jones. 302 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:28,280 Speaker 1: They didn't sign Aaron Jones obviously because he goes back 303 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:31,600 Speaker 1: to Green Bay. Then the Dolphins were probably gonna take 304 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 1: Javonte Williams at that second round pick. Denver traded ahead 305 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:38,200 Speaker 1: of them, So they don't take any running back there 306 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:40,040 Speaker 1: in the second round because they're smart. They didn't just 307 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:41,680 Speaker 1: pivot like, well, you really got one of running back, 308 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:43,960 Speaker 1: let's just reach for somebody here. Um. But at the 309 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:46,040 Speaker 1: same time, all of those moves, the fact that we 310 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:48,800 Speaker 1: were talking about them still indicated that they were not 311 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:52,640 Speaker 1: set on Miles Gaskin being the guy, but he sort 312 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 1: of got that. He's the only guy left tagged throughout 313 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:59,000 Speaker 1: the off season. But they still did sign Malcolm Brown 314 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:01,000 Speaker 1: in free agency, like I had, Malcolm Brown is a 315 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:04,600 Speaker 1: top fifty running back basically all off season. Not to 316 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:06,760 Speaker 1: indicate that like, oh man, you gott a draft Malcolm 317 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:08,720 Speaker 1: Brown or anything like that, but at least to indicate 318 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:11,440 Speaker 1: these two guys are probably gonna be closer in their 319 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:14,760 Speaker 1: workload than their fantasy a DP would suggest, because like 320 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:16,920 Speaker 1: I said, Gaskin was a fourth or fifth round pick. 321 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:19,840 Speaker 1: Brown was a guy who was just, you know, not 322 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:22,280 Speaker 1: even on the radar at this point, and now he's 323 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:25,200 Speaker 1: on the radar because Flora has said this, But basically 324 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:27,720 Speaker 1: it probably should have been the case all along that 325 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:31,320 Speaker 1: we were concerned about Gaskin sharing some workload with Malcolm 326 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:34,880 Speaker 1: Brown because you know, he's like the Jamal Williams type, 327 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:38,960 Speaker 1: like coaches cat nip, great pass blocker, doesn't fumble, not 328 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:42,600 Speaker 1: that exciting, but won't screw you over basically. So I 329 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:46,479 Speaker 1: would say, I'm just not at all surprised by this development. 330 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:48,880 Speaker 1: And yeah, I mean, I guess you're still gonna rank 331 00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:51,880 Speaker 1: Gaskin the head of Malcolm Brown for sure, you know, 332 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:55,160 Speaker 1: But there's just never been a situation once this offseason 333 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:56,680 Speaker 1: where I've been like, yes, I want to take gask 334 00:15:56,720 --> 00:16:00,280 Speaker 1: In here where he's going. I feel like too, because look, 335 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:02,800 Speaker 1: I I know that I personally went through that whole 336 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:05,560 Speaker 1: story arc that you just laid out for Miles gascon 337 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:07,840 Speaker 1: of the you know, from the somebody's gonna come in 338 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:09,840 Speaker 1: and take his role to the well, nothing happened, so 339 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:11,480 Speaker 1: I guess it's all good to the now. It's like, 340 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:13,880 Speaker 1: uh see, this is what we knew was going to happen, 341 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:16,760 Speaker 1: which I guess. I don't know how we as a 342 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:19,120 Speaker 1: group of people solve that other than too, Like, I 343 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:22,080 Speaker 1: don't know, maybe if we like, here's here's a thing, 344 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:23,640 Speaker 1: the best way to solve it. But it will never 345 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:27,280 Speaker 1: ever ever happen. Is you know, we don't hang on everything, 346 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:30,280 Speaker 1: and we don't spend the months between you know, April 347 00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:34,680 Speaker 1: and July just wildly speculating about what might happen. You know, 348 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:37,160 Speaker 1: like for us to to you know, take a pause 349 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:39,120 Speaker 1: and just sort of accept things and then we all 350 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:41,000 Speaker 1: come back when the teams sort of come back. That 351 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 1: would be the wisest choice. But the content beast has 352 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:46,480 Speaker 1: to be fed all the time. So also, buddy, our 353 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:51,560 Speaker 1: salaries have to be fed. So maybe cut this, cut 354 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:55,560 Speaker 1: this thought out of the bottom. I'm joking, but yeah, 355 00:16:55,680 --> 00:16:59,920 Speaker 1: I mean, like honestly, like if because we overthink things, right, 356 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:03,640 Speaker 1: like it causes our our thoughts to shift and our 357 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:06,639 Speaker 1: ideas to shift, and you know, accordingly it causes a 358 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:08,719 Speaker 1: DPS to shift for guys. But I think, you know, 359 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:12,960 Speaker 1: sometimes we're right all along, we just don't trust ourselves 360 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 1: to be right over the course of the summer months. Um, 361 00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:19,600 Speaker 1: all right, obviously I can't have you on the show 362 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:21,920 Speaker 1: and not talk about wide receivers. It is your stock 363 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:24,120 Speaker 1: in trade. Uh, you know you have built a whole 364 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:29,520 Speaker 1: separate entity around it. Um. But I noticed on on 365 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:33,120 Speaker 1: the Twitter machine recently you were sort of having a conversation. 366 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:36,040 Speaker 1: I don't want an argument. It was a legitimate, just 367 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:40,960 Speaker 1: conversation and discussion about separation metrics and and what this 368 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:43,440 Speaker 1: means for some guys, because there are some players who 369 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:46,520 Speaker 1: are really good receivers who don't necessarily stack up that 370 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:49,000 Speaker 1: well when it comes to separation, And I feel like, 371 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:53,720 Speaker 1: has it become is it a thing that people read 372 00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:56,399 Speaker 1: too much into? And what potentially is the danger of 373 00:17:56,440 --> 00:17:59,200 Speaker 1: sort of reading too much into some of these separation 374 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:02,720 Speaker 1: metrics and guys may or may not be good at it. Yeah, 375 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:05,160 Speaker 1: So when we talk about separation metrics, obviously we're talking 376 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:08,200 Speaker 1: about like yards of separation or separation at target, those 377 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:10,080 Speaker 1: type of metrics that are collected by a few a 378 00:18:10,119 --> 00:18:13,960 Speaker 1: few sites out there. UM, not reception perception, not Reception 379 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:15,879 Speaker 1: perception dot com. That is a totally different things. So 380 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:18,959 Speaker 1: we'll put that aside for a second. Um. My problem 381 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,600 Speaker 1: with these metrics is one they've already been proven out 382 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:27,920 Speaker 1: that there's no correlation between these separation metrics and fantasy 383 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:31,160 Speaker 1: production or or just production in general, or really anything. 384 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:34,720 Speaker 1: Hayden winks over at Underdog Fantasy. UM just moved over 385 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:37,120 Speaker 1: there from Rhotal World, r ip the title Rhoto World. 386 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:40,040 Speaker 1: He moved over there this offseason. He wrote a great 387 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:43,040 Speaker 1: piece kind of showing that exactly that you know, yards 388 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:46,320 Speaker 1: of separation does not correlate to fantasy production or anything 389 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:48,080 Speaker 1: like that. In fact, some of the best receivers in 390 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:50,480 Speaker 1: the league actually have you know that are down there 391 00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:53,000 Speaker 1: at the bottom, right, So inherently like that should kind 392 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:55,359 Speaker 1: of tell you it doesn't really pass the sniff test. 393 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:58,479 Speaker 1: Like I you know, sometimes analytics and data can be 394 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:01,200 Speaker 1: simplified to in a way of like if it really 395 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:04,000 Speaker 1: tells you something that's completely like if it tells you 396 00:19:04,040 --> 00:19:06,400 Speaker 1: a player is bad and you know this player is good, 397 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:10,400 Speaker 1: I would I would think twice about it, right basically, 398 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:13,440 Speaker 1: which is why I've always you know, to pat myself 399 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:15,840 Speaker 1: on the back here and talk about reception perception. There's 400 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:18,240 Speaker 1: some of the best receivers in the league, Stefan Diggs, 401 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:21,480 Speaker 1: Allen Robinson, Davante Adams, you know, Antonio Brown during his prime, 402 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:24,119 Speaker 1: those guys were the best players in reception perception, right, Like, 403 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:26,520 Speaker 1: so that I feel pretty good about that in the 404 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:29,119 Speaker 1: way the test part of it, but just from like 405 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:33,440 Speaker 1: an actual on field play perspective, why do I care 406 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:37,960 Speaker 1: if a guy has you know, one yard or two 407 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:40,600 Speaker 1: yards of separation at the point of the catch. Because 408 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:43,280 Speaker 1: this is my biggest problem with any type of per 409 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:47,080 Speaker 1: target efficiency metric in general, is when if you're trying 410 00:19:47,119 --> 00:19:51,199 Speaker 1: to measure wide receiver quality, you're inherently welcoming in the 411 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:54,800 Speaker 1: variable of the quarterback of the past. And Allen Robinson 412 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:56,760 Speaker 1: was kind of what sparked me to to tweet about 413 00:19:56,760 --> 00:19:58,760 Speaker 1: this in general, because I think he's like to bottom 414 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:03,640 Speaker 1: seventy play are in in separation metrics at target. DK Metcalf, 415 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:05,879 Speaker 1: A J. Brown. You know, those are other guys that 416 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:07,520 Speaker 1: are like in the bottom of the league. And again, 417 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:10,800 Speaker 1: if you're watching football and you think Allen Robinson and A. J. 418 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:13,840 Speaker 1: Brown and DK Metcalf aren't getting open, I don't know 419 00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:16,199 Speaker 1: what to tell you like that. I don't I just 420 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:18,400 Speaker 1: don't know what you think that means. And for Allen 421 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:21,840 Speaker 1: Robinson specifically, when you're welcoming in the inherent value of 422 00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:25,960 Speaker 1: the target, right like you're you're you're welcoming in Mitch 423 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:31,159 Speaker 1: Trabinsky and Nick Foles on this equation, like guys we 424 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:33,120 Speaker 1: think of guys that who are who win these great 425 00:20:33,119 --> 00:20:35,960 Speaker 1: contested catches, Well, well they're winning contested catches because because 426 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:38,960 Speaker 1: they're not open, that's not necessarily the case. You can 427 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:42,280 Speaker 1: be wide open and your quarterback can throw you into 428 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:46,480 Speaker 1: a contested situation, and therefore, when the metric is calculated, 429 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:49,040 Speaker 1: you're going to be closer to that defender because you 430 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:51,120 Speaker 1: had to adjust for the bad ball. So I hope 431 00:20:51,119 --> 00:20:53,760 Speaker 1: that sort of explains um kind of my my thoughts 432 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:57,040 Speaker 1: on the whole thing. And you know, because any metric 433 00:20:57,080 --> 00:21:02,240 Speaker 1: that doesn't adjust for man coverage is own coverage short intermediate, 434 00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:05,280 Speaker 1: deep routes like Jimmy Graham was like top of the 435 00:21:05,359 --> 00:21:08,080 Speaker 1: league if he can two thousand nineteen, this metric that 436 00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:09,720 Speaker 1: should just tell you again like kind of what we're 437 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:12,480 Speaker 1: dealing with here. And I would throw in one more variable. 438 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:15,119 Speaker 1: You talked about the different variables. You also figure some 439 00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:17,880 Speaker 1: of these top receivers when you talk about in Allen Robinson, 440 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:21,000 Speaker 1: a DK Metcalf, and a J. Brown, the guys they're 441 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,320 Speaker 1: going against as well, they're facing some of the top 442 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:26,560 Speaker 1: corners and defensive backs in this league, which automatically makes 443 00:21:26,560 --> 00:21:29,000 Speaker 1: it it's hard to get separation against, you know, a 444 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:31,159 Speaker 1: great defensive back. So that that's probably one more thing 445 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:33,480 Speaker 1: to to sort of throw into the mix there. Um, 446 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:36,840 Speaker 1: it's also like a trust thing too. I mean Matthew Stafford, 447 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:39,000 Speaker 1: Kenny Golladay another connection, Like he knows he can throw 448 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:41,639 Speaker 1: it up to Golladay and and he could go get it, 449 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:44,600 Speaker 1: even if there's just the sliver of separation. And like 450 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:47,080 Speaker 1: to me, it's more of like a pass fail thing, 451 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:49,480 Speaker 1: like either you're open or or you're not. Like if 452 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:53,320 Speaker 1: you're opened by three yards or two yards. If you're 453 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:56,000 Speaker 1: open and you presented a reasonable target for the quarterback, 454 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:58,800 Speaker 1: that's all I care about, not like he was opened 455 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:01,200 Speaker 1: by this point five of the yard as opposed to 456 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:03,280 Speaker 1: this point five of the yard. Yeah, no, I think 457 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:04,840 Speaker 1: I think that's I like the way you described as 458 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:07,120 Speaker 1: past failks. I think that's sort of Yeah, it's either 459 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:10,680 Speaker 1: it's either one or the other, yes or no. Right, Um, 460 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 1: I was looking in Obviously you've done a ton of 461 00:22:13,119 --> 00:22:15,600 Speaker 1: profiles on reception perception. I mean, you were doing this 462 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 1: for years, but I know the site has got a 463 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:20,440 Speaker 1: bunch of good new stuff on there. Um. The one 464 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:23,119 Speaker 1: thing I've sort of been curious about in general with 465 00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:25,240 Speaker 1: wide receivers. It used to be like when I started 466 00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:28,720 Speaker 1: doing this job, you know, so many years ago, Um, 467 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:32,719 Speaker 1: we would always talk about sort of the rise of 468 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:34,959 Speaker 1: the third year receiver. Right. It was sort of in 469 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:37,800 Speaker 1: that third year when most guys sort of really started 470 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:40,639 Speaker 1: to blossom. I feel like in the years since, that 471 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:43,320 Speaker 1: learning curve has sort of shortened, right, So, like you know, 472 00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:45,000 Speaker 1: we we for a while it was like the second 473 00:22:45,040 --> 00:22:48,879 Speaker 1: year receiver, and now we sort of expect guys, especially 474 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:50,840 Speaker 1: the guys who were drafted high, right when we look 475 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:52,800 Speaker 1: at you know, this year, you look at the Davante 476 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:55,280 Speaker 1: Smith's and the Jamaar Chases and Jalen Waddles, like, we 477 00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:57,640 Speaker 1: expect those guys to come in and be productive right away. 478 00:22:57,680 --> 00:22:58,760 Speaker 1: And I think I think in a lot of ways, 479 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:02,640 Speaker 1: Odell Beckham sort of ruined for a lot of people. Um. 480 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:05,040 Speaker 1: But as you you know, as you chart these guys 481 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:07,040 Speaker 1: and you start to really dig into some of these players, 482 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:10,240 Speaker 1: is that the case for most that that they that 483 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:12,320 Speaker 1: they can come in and be productive right away? Is 484 00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:15,159 Speaker 1: there still that learning curve? Uh? You know, are we 485 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:18,439 Speaker 1: only expecting I guess production from the elite types or 486 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:21,480 Speaker 1: is that kind of an everybody thing? Now? Yeah, I 487 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:23,960 Speaker 1: think it is sort of a case by case basis 488 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:27,960 Speaker 1: because like for example, Jalen Reagor is a great example 489 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:30,359 Speaker 1: of a guy that I think Reagor actually had. I 490 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:33,639 Speaker 1: think the reason that the Eagles put themselves into the 491 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:37,360 Speaker 1: brain pretzel where they took Jalen Reagor over Justin Jefferson, 492 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:40,080 Speaker 1: which was wrong at the time and it's hilariously wrong 493 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:43,400 Speaker 1: now right, Like the Eagles needed somebody to come in 494 00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:47,840 Speaker 1: and make an instant impact, Like they needed somebody to 495 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:50,439 Speaker 1: play in that receiver corps last year so that they 496 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:53,199 Speaker 1: weren't relying on Greg Ward or trying to you know, 497 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:57,160 Speaker 1: uncover Travis Folgum out of nowhere, or you know, God 498 00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:59,919 Speaker 1: forbid throwing alshon Jeffrey at the you know, at the 499 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:01,640 Speaker 1: end of the season back out as a starter again. 500 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:05,200 Speaker 1: They needed somebody to give them day one production immediate impact, 501 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:08,520 Speaker 1: and Justin Jefferson was the guy. I hate to do this, 502 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:10,639 Speaker 1: the Eagles Fansom, I'm sorry, but like it. This is 503 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:13,720 Speaker 1: the perfect example of this problem. Like Justin Jefferson was 504 00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:16,240 Speaker 1: the guy because you could see it was all over 505 00:24:16,359 --> 00:24:20,080 Speaker 1: his college film that he was a technically detailed, nuanced 506 00:24:20,119 --> 00:24:22,840 Speaker 1: route runner, that he could run routes like an NFL veteran. 507 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:25,480 Speaker 1: I compared him to Keenan Allen coming into the NFL draft. 508 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:28,800 Speaker 1: I still think that's a great comparison today. Um and 509 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:31,000 Speaker 1: and that was just again, it was all evident. And 510 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:33,080 Speaker 1: but the reason they put themselves in this brain pretzel 511 00:24:33,119 --> 00:24:35,040 Speaker 1: was they also said like, well, we really need speed, 512 00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:37,479 Speaker 1: which was true, they absolutely needed speed on that offense. 513 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:41,320 Speaker 1: But Reagor last year, whereas Justin Jefferson came in and 514 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:43,800 Speaker 1: was a ninety first percentile and success rate verse man 515 00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:46,280 Speaker 1: coverage and reception perception everything that you would have thought 516 00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:48,720 Speaker 1: like from day one, one of the best route runners 517 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:51,880 Speaker 1: in the NFL, one of the best separators in the game. Reagor, 518 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:54,600 Speaker 1: on the other hand, literally has the second worst success 519 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:58,400 Speaker 1: rate verse man coverage ever charted in reception perception history. 520 00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:01,560 Speaker 1: This is over three players since two thousand fourteen. That 521 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:04,080 Speaker 1: doesn't mean that I think Jalen Reagor can never become 522 00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:05,840 Speaker 1: like a useful player in the NFL. So I want 523 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:07,480 Speaker 1: to put that caveat out there, but it just goes 524 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:10,000 Speaker 1: to show like you watch Jalen Reagor last year and 525 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,840 Speaker 1: he just was had no technical detail to his game, 526 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:16,520 Speaker 1: just couldn't run routes at all and therefore could not 527 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:19,200 Speaker 1: separate and was sort of a flop in his first 528 00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:21,400 Speaker 1: year in the NFL, Like, maybe he improves that. That's 529 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:24,280 Speaker 1: absolutely possible. You know, Davante Adams is a great example 530 00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:27,320 Speaker 1: of a player who really improved his route running and 531 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:29,160 Speaker 1: has now become one of the best receivers in the league. 532 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:30,440 Speaker 1: I don't know that Jalen Reagor is gonna do that. 533 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:32,280 Speaker 1: I don't know that I'm banking on every anybody ever 534 00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:34,360 Speaker 1: doing that again, But that's kind of the point here, 535 00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:37,840 Speaker 1: and that I think from a individual player perspective, the 536 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:41,000 Speaker 1: guys who can run routes really well and separate at 537 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:43,320 Speaker 1: a high level, those guys can still come in and 538 00:25:43,359 --> 00:25:45,920 Speaker 1: make an immediate impact. But from like a league wide 539 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:48,479 Speaker 1: thing that I think is happening here, it's not so 540 00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:53,520 Speaker 1: much that college teams are better preparing their players to 541 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:56,840 Speaker 1: be pros, right, Like, we know that college teams don't 542 00:25:56,880 --> 00:25:59,480 Speaker 1: care about that. They certainly want to develop their their 543 00:25:59,520 --> 00:26:01,639 Speaker 1: players and they want to do right by them, but 544 00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:04,720 Speaker 1: more importantly, they want to win games. So like, if 545 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:08,560 Speaker 1: that means um winning games, you know, putting by putting 546 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:12,280 Speaker 1: guys in like gadget roles in college or teaching a 547 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:16,280 Speaker 1: guy to run routes, they're gonna favor winning games and 548 00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:19,600 Speaker 1: putting guys in the right role every single time. So 549 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:22,479 Speaker 1: I think what's actually happening is that the NFL is 550 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:26,280 Speaker 1: meeting college halfway, or more than halfway. We always say 551 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:28,399 Speaker 1: that college is like five years ahead of the NFL. 552 00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:30,600 Speaker 1: I think the NFL is now sort of catching up 553 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:33,880 Speaker 1: to the point that these guys are you know, some 554 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:37,000 Speaker 1: players are are are their their usage is more flexible. 555 00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:39,200 Speaker 1: A guy like Deebo Samuel is a great example. I 556 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:40,920 Speaker 1: think if Debo would come to the league like ten 557 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:42,919 Speaker 1: years ago, you know, they would have like made him 558 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:45,200 Speaker 1: play special teams or moved him too running back or something. 559 00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:47,399 Speaker 1: But Kyle Shanahan looks at him and says, Okay, I 560 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:49,720 Speaker 1: can put this guy in a role where I create 561 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:52,560 Speaker 1: touches for him, I get him away from man coverage 562 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:54,359 Speaker 1: on the outside. I let him just do what he 563 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:56,720 Speaker 1: does best as a yak machine. So I think that's 564 00:26:56,720 --> 00:27:00,840 Speaker 1: really what's happening here is that coaches, good coaches and 565 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:05,359 Speaker 1: good teams especially are being more flexible with their player 566 00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:08,320 Speaker 1: deployment to better just get them on the field right 567 00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:10,440 Speaker 1: away so that they all don't have to be justin 568 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:15,440 Speaker 1: Jefferson like had Doug Peterson given Jalen Reagor a role 569 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:17,840 Speaker 1: where he was lining up in the slot or getting 570 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:20,200 Speaker 1: away from press coverage and man coverage which she couldn't 571 00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:24,280 Speaker 1: separate from last year. Maybe we're talking about an entirely 572 00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:27,920 Speaker 1: different story with Jalen Reagor coming into year two. Yeah, 573 00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:29,960 Speaker 1: I mean, I know I sort of I sort of 574 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,919 Speaker 1: bought in last year. Um. Obviously it was it was 575 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:35,880 Speaker 1: disappointing to say the least. UM, But I think you're 576 00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:38,719 Speaker 1: right about I don't want to say it's positionless football, 577 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:40,200 Speaker 1: right because I know that you know, there's this talk 578 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:43,119 Speaker 1: about the NBA where you know people are going to transition, 579 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:45,800 Speaker 1: or a positionless basketball where you have players who can 580 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:48,840 Speaker 1: do multiple things. I don't think we'll ever completely get 581 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:50,840 Speaker 1: there in the NFL, but I do think you're right 582 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:53,960 Speaker 1: about taking a guy's skill set and trying to figure 583 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:56,439 Speaker 1: out how it's best use that. I think also some 584 00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:58,679 Speaker 1: of it is just because um, as you mentioned, like 585 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:02,040 Speaker 1: some of the incepts and ideas that are being successful 586 00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:04,080 Speaker 1: in college are now being applied to the NFL, and 587 00:28:04,119 --> 00:28:05,920 Speaker 1: it is I think if you're a head coach, it's 588 00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:08,480 Speaker 1: easier to adapt the scheme to your players than try 589 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:12,000 Speaker 1: to you know, square peg round hole, uh, into into 590 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:15,000 Speaker 1: whatever system you're trying to run offense. Darius Tony, What 591 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:17,000 Speaker 1: are the Giants gonna do with Condarius Tony? I mean, 592 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:20,439 Speaker 1: he's had a rocky off season on in his own right. Um, 593 00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:23,120 Speaker 1: but he's like the perfect example of a guy that 594 00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:25,000 Speaker 1: had he gone to you know, I don't think the 595 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:27,359 Speaker 1: forty Niners need a receiver, but just to use that example, 596 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:29,719 Speaker 1: had he gone to like a progressive young coach like 597 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:31,800 Speaker 1: Kyle Shanahan, that would have put him in the right role. 598 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:34,480 Speaker 1: Like maybe we're talking about a great a great year, 599 00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:37,879 Speaker 1: one impact, um, all other things you know aside. But 600 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:41,200 Speaker 1: he goes to Jason Garrett. Like, if I'm gonna if 601 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:44,520 Speaker 1: I'm gonna pick a coach to find the best at 602 00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:47,560 Speaker 1: a Candarius Tony, who who cannot run routes, who is 603 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:50,080 Speaker 1: not a detailed technician at all, but it is really 604 00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:53,120 Speaker 1: explosive in space, I probably wouldn't have picked Jason Garrett 605 00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:56,880 Speaker 1: the guy to get that role out of him. Uh. 606 00:28:56,920 --> 00:28:59,440 Speaker 1: That's another one. Like I didn't really understand it at 607 00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:02,240 Speaker 1: the time they drafted him. I understand it less now 608 00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:05,920 Speaker 1: it's been weird. I don't know, one of the you know, 609 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:08,560 Speaker 1: for folks who haven't you know, logged on, who haven't 610 00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:11,200 Speaker 1: subscribed to Reception Perception, I know you have thrown some 611 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:14,239 Speaker 1: some tidbits of red meat out there from about from 612 00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:16,360 Speaker 1: behind the paywall to kind of get people excited. One 613 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:19,200 Speaker 1: of them was on Odell Beckham Jr. Who was a 614 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:21,520 Speaker 1: guy that I I just have not been able to 615 00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:25,560 Speaker 1: wrap my head around, uh this offseason. Um, you know, 616 00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:28,720 Speaker 1: I I still think that guy that we saw in 617 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:31,720 Speaker 1: New York is still in there somewhere. Um. You know, 618 00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:35,080 Speaker 1: obviously last year the injury pretty much derailed everything. The 619 00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:38,120 Speaker 1: move to Cleveland has not been great for you know, 620 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:41,600 Speaker 1: any number of reasons. Um, So I'm just sort of 621 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:43,800 Speaker 1: on the fence about what to do about him. You 622 00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:46,080 Speaker 1: obviously took a look you you kind of dove in 623 00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:49,280 Speaker 1: in depth. Um, where do you fall on on who 624 00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:53,520 Speaker 1: O b J Will be this season? Yeah? Definitely, one of, 625 00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:57,200 Speaker 1: if not the toughest evaluations is the wide receiver position 626 00:29:57,320 --> 00:29:59,680 Speaker 1: right now, um, which is one of the reasons that 627 00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:02,880 Speaker 1: I did decide to make his profile oncent free for 628 00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:04,720 Speaker 1: anybody to read. If you want to try before you 629 00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:08,400 Speaker 1: buy the Perception Perception dot Com, you can read Beckham's 630 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:11,440 Speaker 1: profile from nineteen and realize, oh, I'm gonna get this 631 00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:14,360 Speaker 1: information for like sixty plus receivers in the NFL right now, 632 00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:17,240 Speaker 1: and you know, hopefully that's appealing. But on Beckham specifically, 633 00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:19,959 Speaker 1: UM the reason, one of the reasons beyond just from 634 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:21,680 Speaker 1: a business standpoint, I thought it was a good idea 635 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:24,480 Speaker 1: to make his profile free. It's like, you've got to 636 00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:27,239 Speaker 1: get it right this year with Beckham, and and you 637 00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:29,640 Speaker 1: have to kind of decide what's the reality with him, 638 00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:33,640 Speaker 1: because as you mentioned, like that player from the Giants days, 639 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:36,760 Speaker 1: I would say he was like a legendary talent in 640 00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:39,360 Speaker 1: those days, like on a trajectory to be one of 641 00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:43,240 Speaker 1: the five best receivers to potentially ever play pro football. 642 00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:45,480 Speaker 1: You know, in that in his time with the Giants, 643 00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:49,040 Speaker 1: he finished, uh, he never finished below the cent tient 644 00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:51,520 Speaker 1: success rate verse press coverage. And again we're talking about 645 00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:53,960 Speaker 1: like a very young player at this point. He also 646 00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:57,200 Speaker 1: still to this day owns two of the four best 647 00:30:57,280 --> 00:31:00,479 Speaker 1: success rate verse man coverage scores of all time. I mean, 648 00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:05,240 Speaker 1: we're talking about an elite, elite, elite player on his 649 00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:09,040 Speaker 1: own individual basis. Then he goes to Cleveland two thousand nineteen, 650 00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:11,040 Speaker 1: he falls off all the way to the fifty four 651 00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:14,600 Speaker 1: percentile verse man coverage forty two against press. You know, 652 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:18,480 Speaker 1: from like one of the best ever to an average 653 00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:21,760 Speaker 1: level receiver in two thousand nineteen with Cleveland. Again, reception 654 00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:24,880 Speaker 1: perception isolates the receiver from the quarterback. So this is 655 00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:26,920 Speaker 1: not Baker Mayfield's fault. Does not put us all in 656 00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:30,040 Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield, I think, and my conclusion basically coming out 657 00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:32,800 Speaker 1: of two thousand nineteen was Beckham was either you know, 658 00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:36,720 Speaker 1: all the lower body injuries have taken their toll, or 659 00:31:37,840 --> 00:31:39,800 Speaker 1: you know, this is just an off year, like he 660 00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:42,120 Speaker 1: was hurt, he was playing with a hernia injury that year. 661 00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:46,360 Speaker 1: It was just one bad season. Abot Twouy was gonna 662 00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:48,880 Speaker 1: be really important, and I'm happy to report that his 663 00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:51,680 Speaker 1: results were awesome. Again, you can go on the website 664 00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:53,560 Speaker 1: and check it out. He was back up there above 665 00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:56,800 Speaker 1: the ninety percentile against man and press. Not quite those 666 00:31:56,920 --> 00:32:00,440 Speaker 1: legendary days of New York, but pretty close. Like one 667 00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:03,880 Speaker 1: of the better separators against man and press and across 668 00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:06,000 Speaker 1: the route tree in the entire NFL. So I think 669 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:09,600 Speaker 1: from an individual player perspective, even if the numbers didn't 670 00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:11,840 Speaker 1: back it up last year. I think Beckham was close 671 00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:16,120 Speaker 1: to back to being his old self to start. The 672 00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:20,560 Speaker 1: problem is we got another injury question coming into this year, 673 00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:23,880 Speaker 1: right because it's a shortened sample of games in two 674 00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:26,160 Speaker 1: thousand twenty because he tears his A c L. All 675 00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:28,760 Speaker 1: the reports are positive this offseason. That's great to hear 676 00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:31,120 Speaker 1: um And I don't know about you, but I don't 677 00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:35,240 Speaker 1: buy into the narrative that Beckham and Mayfield just can't 678 00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:37,600 Speaker 1: They don't have chemistry, they can't figure it out. I 679 00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:41,760 Speaker 1: think it's more so coincidence that they haven't popped off 680 00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:43,560 Speaker 1: at the same time just yet. It's not as if 681 00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:45,640 Speaker 1: like as soon as they popped Beckham out of the 682 00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:49,800 Speaker 1: offense last year, Mayfield immediately took off. It took towards 683 00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:52,360 Speaker 1: the back half of the season into the postseason for Mayfield, 684 00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:55,840 Speaker 1: I think, to just get comfortable in Kevin Stefanski's offense, 685 00:32:55,880 --> 00:32:58,880 Speaker 1: coming off an off season with no you know, real training, 686 00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:02,120 Speaker 1: with no pre season, a short, a weird offseason with 687 00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:03,960 Speaker 1: no O, T A S, all that stuff like training camp, 688 00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:07,880 Speaker 1: all COVID stuff whatever. So I actually think that sprinkling 689 00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:11,800 Speaker 1: Beckham in the form that he played in on top 690 00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:14,560 Speaker 1: of this offense could like launch them up to being 691 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:16,880 Speaker 1: one of the most, if not the most efficient offenses 692 00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:19,440 Speaker 1: in the NFL, because I think he's still at that 693 00:33:19,520 --> 00:33:21,840 Speaker 1: superstar level at least he was playing it that last year. 694 00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:24,120 Speaker 1: It's just tough to know what form he's gonna be 695 00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:26,840 Speaker 1: at this year because again, the lower body injuries have 696 00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:30,000 Speaker 1: stacked up at this point. But call me a sucker. 697 00:33:30,520 --> 00:33:32,760 Speaker 1: I am keeping the candle it for one more year, 698 00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:35,720 Speaker 1: and I have been ranking him ahead of consensus and 699 00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:39,000 Speaker 1: drafting him at his ADP this year because it's not 700 00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:42,000 Speaker 1: like last year or even the especially the year before that, 701 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:44,280 Speaker 1: where you had to pay the iron price to do it. 702 00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:47,320 Speaker 1: You can basically get him in the sixth round this year, 703 00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:49,960 Speaker 1: you know if that and like as your wide receiver three. 704 00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:52,760 Speaker 1: And I'm very comfortable doing that. Yeah, I think. I 705 00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:55,200 Speaker 1: think that's sort of the thing that gives me comfort 706 00:33:55,280 --> 00:33:57,920 Speaker 1: about drafting him this year is because you aren't necessarily 707 00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:00,600 Speaker 1: banking on him to be your probably one of your 708 00:34:00,640 --> 00:34:02,800 Speaker 1: top two wide receivers. I think they're still going to 709 00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:06,000 Speaker 1: be Spike Weeks in there. He will have week winning 710 00:34:06,040 --> 00:34:08,839 Speaker 1: games for you. I just feel like the consistency may 711 00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:11,799 Speaker 1: not be there. Um, although hey, look, man, one more 712 00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:14,600 Speaker 1: year for Baker Mayfield in this offense, getting him comfortable 713 00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:17,400 Speaker 1: and even like I agree, yes, it's not all on him, 714 00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:20,839 Speaker 1: but having him comfortable and productive only helps everybody else 715 00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:24,920 Speaker 1: around him exactly, So hopefully, hopefully that makes things better. Um, 716 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:27,600 Speaker 1: Corey Davis, you know, we finally saw the breakout for 717 00:34:27,640 --> 00:34:29,960 Speaker 1: Corey Davis that we had been longing for for years. 718 00:34:30,040 --> 00:34:33,839 Speaker 1: Now He's in New York playing in this Jets offense. Um, 719 00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:36,000 Speaker 1: do you have a level of confidence or how much 720 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,600 Speaker 1: confidence do you have that he can sort of continue 721 00:34:38,640 --> 00:34:41,239 Speaker 1: this success in a new place. And and the other 722 00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:44,160 Speaker 1: part to that is, um, you know what about like 723 00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:48,040 Speaker 1: Denzel Mims. Are we in on any of these Jets receivers. Yeah, 724 00:34:48,080 --> 00:34:51,000 Speaker 1: it's funny because all offseason there's sort of been this 725 00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:53,959 Speaker 1: fretting over Gentlemens is playing the third the third team. 726 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:57,959 Speaker 1: Denzel Mims got food poisoning from salmon and uh lost 727 00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:00,680 Speaker 1: like ten pounds or something like that. Yeah, man, I 728 00:35:00,719 --> 00:35:04,319 Speaker 1: mean some all these Denzel Mims storylines, um, And and 729 00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:06,120 Speaker 1: there's been a few things I think that have been 730 00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:08,520 Speaker 1: lost in the weeds with all that, which is one 731 00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:10,360 Speaker 1: like Heling Cole is a good player, you know, like 732 00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:13,000 Speaker 1: he doesn't. He doesn't. He's not like a superstar. He's 733 00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:15,480 Speaker 1: never gonna win you your fantasy league. But I get 734 00:35:15,560 --> 00:35:17,960 Speaker 1: why the Jets like healing Cole and might want to 735 00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:20,680 Speaker 1: play Healing Cole over Denzel Mims. So so there's that 736 00:35:20,719 --> 00:35:23,080 Speaker 1: part of it too. But also like Elijah Moore has 737 00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:25,960 Speaker 1: been the steady drumbeat until he got this quad injury. Recently, 738 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:30,560 Speaker 1: he's been the steady drumbeat of he's a rocket ship 739 00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:32,520 Speaker 1: rising up there in New York. By the way, one 740 00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:36,120 Speaker 1: thousand percent in on Elijah Moore, who is a reception 741 00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:38,759 Speaker 1: perception guy, no question about it. Like draft him in 742 00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:42,440 Speaker 1: every dynasty league, UM, earmark him, laid in your drafts, 743 00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:44,399 Speaker 1: as long as he gets back healthy at some point. 744 00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:46,719 Speaker 1: Like I definitely want to be in on the Elijah 745 00:35:46,719 --> 00:35:50,360 Speaker 1: more experience, who I think, based on his reception perception results, 746 00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:54,280 Speaker 1: legitimately reminds me of like a young early career Antonio Brown. 747 00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:57,600 Speaker 1: I think he's that type of separator that explosive after 748 00:35:57,640 --> 00:36:00,080 Speaker 1: the catch, and like he was old miss past and 749 00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:03,040 Speaker 1: game last year, like when he played, he was there 750 00:36:03,040 --> 00:36:06,399 Speaker 1: in the entire engine. Um, your boy, Lane Kiffin made 751 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:09,880 Speaker 1: him the focal point of the offense there um, and 752 00:36:09,960 --> 00:36:12,040 Speaker 1: it made sense because he's a really good player. So 753 00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:14,800 Speaker 1: while we've been kind of focused on all those storylines, 754 00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:17,320 Speaker 1: I feel like Corey Davis has kind of been forgotten 755 00:36:17,320 --> 00:36:19,239 Speaker 1: about to the point that I think all of these 756 00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:21,719 Speaker 1: Jets receivers, I think Mims will play a little bit 757 00:36:21,760 --> 00:36:24,399 Speaker 1: if he's on the roster. I think Elijah Moore will 758 00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:26,520 Speaker 1: play a good amount if he's on the roster. I 759 00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:29,319 Speaker 1: think Keeling Cole will mix in, Jamison Crowder will rotate in. 760 00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:31,760 Speaker 1: But the guy who's probably gonna be on the field 761 00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:35,200 Speaker 1: for every single snap is Corey Davis. And Corey Davis 762 00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:38,320 Speaker 1: is not, you know, some superstar separator in reception perception 763 00:36:38,360 --> 00:36:40,960 Speaker 1: at all. I think he's more of like a rock 764 00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:44,040 Speaker 1: solid number two receiver. But the Jets haven't had anything 765 00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:47,440 Speaker 1: close to rock solid in years, and they paid him, 766 00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:50,239 Speaker 1: you know, like eighteen twentieth high highest paid receiver in 767 00:36:50,239 --> 00:36:52,840 Speaker 1: the NFL. I think they properly valued in free agency. 768 00:36:53,120 --> 00:36:55,279 Speaker 1: I think he's gonna the two routes he ran the 769 00:36:55,280 --> 00:36:57,680 Speaker 1: most often last year were slants and digs. Those in 770 00:36:57,840 --> 00:37:00,480 Speaker 1: breaking mouse routes to the middle of the field. That's 771 00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:03,480 Speaker 1: gonna be perfect for Zach Wilson in this like Shanahan 772 00:37:03,560 --> 00:37:07,120 Speaker 1: offshoot offense. So I did not expect to be ahead 773 00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:10,400 Speaker 1: of consensus on Corey Davis. But after doing my projections, 774 00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:13,680 Speaker 1: just because the targets, you can dole him out based 775 00:37:13,719 --> 00:37:15,920 Speaker 1: on the snaps and routes run that he's gonna have. 776 00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:18,880 Speaker 1: I have him as like a top forty receiver and 777 00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:22,040 Speaker 1: he goes like outside the top fifty, and so I'm 778 00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:24,200 Speaker 1: not telling you to draft him at wide receiver thirty five, 779 00:37:24,239 --> 00:37:26,319 Speaker 1: but I'm definitely telling you to draft him ahead of 780 00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:29,239 Speaker 1: consensus because that you can get him at such a 781 00:37:29,239 --> 00:37:33,799 Speaker 1: steep value this year, I feel like for him, um one, 782 00:37:34,280 --> 00:37:36,640 Speaker 1: the the Elijah More drumbeat that you talk about, I 783 00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:38,080 Speaker 1: think has a lot to do with it, because I 784 00:37:38,080 --> 00:37:40,080 Speaker 1: feel like whenever I talk about the Jets offense, like 785 00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:42,480 Speaker 1: I always throw in Corey Davis's name, but I feel 786 00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:44,640 Speaker 1: like I am I will say, I'm I'm alone there. 787 00:37:44,680 --> 00:37:46,279 Speaker 1: You know there are plenty of us doing this, that 788 00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:48,200 Speaker 1: there are other people talking about Corey Davis, but I 789 00:37:48,239 --> 00:37:50,960 Speaker 1: don't feel like he's getting that same level of recognition. 790 00:37:51,080 --> 00:37:52,480 Speaker 1: I think the other part of this is that I 791 00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:56,280 Speaker 1: think people are just still sort of hesitant about anything 792 00:37:56,320 --> 00:37:59,520 Speaker 1: connected to the Jets. Um totally fair. I mean like 793 00:37:59,680 --> 00:38:01,840 Speaker 1: there's like because and this even goes beyond like you know, 794 00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:05,359 Speaker 1: the Adam Gays situation, right, Like I mean they're they're 795 00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:09,040 Speaker 1: a generation of football fans that only no Jets futility, right, 796 00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:13,719 Speaker 1: So like there's like multiple generations at this point. You know, 797 00:38:13,520 --> 00:38:16,399 Speaker 1: So at this point, like anything connected to the Jets, 798 00:38:16,440 --> 00:38:18,799 Speaker 1: people are gonna sort of hesitate. And so I know 799 00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:21,239 Speaker 1: that's I think that's part of why we don't we 800 00:38:21,280 --> 00:38:24,000 Speaker 1: don't get as much Corey Davis talk as as maybe 801 00:38:24,080 --> 00:38:27,360 Speaker 1: we should. Um there, I know that you get a 802 00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:29,759 Speaker 1: lot of requests or you've got a lot of requests 803 00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:34,400 Speaker 1: to uh to chart me Cole Hardman. Um, are we 804 00:38:34,440 --> 00:38:37,200 Speaker 1: trying to make fetch happen? Or is Nicole Harden going 805 00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:40,399 Speaker 1: to like be a thing like outside of Best Ball 806 00:38:40,480 --> 00:38:43,880 Speaker 1: Leagues this year? Yeah, as you mentioned a lot of 807 00:38:43,880 --> 00:38:47,120 Speaker 1: requests for Micole Hardman not to do another site promo here, 808 00:38:47,160 --> 00:38:49,600 Speaker 1: but one of the cool please, that's what it's like. 809 00:38:49,600 --> 00:38:51,080 Speaker 1: It's like it's not coming on the Tonight show man, 810 00:38:51,160 --> 00:38:54,799 Speaker 1: you just like sit here and plug your project, right exactly. 811 00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:56,680 Speaker 1: So one of the cool things this year about the 812 00:38:56,719 --> 00:38:59,040 Speaker 1: Reception Perception site is that you get access to our 813 00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:01,719 Speaker 1: discord if you're a prime or SICKO subscriber, which by 814 00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:05,000 Speaker 1: the way, is actually super fun. You know how much 815 00:39:05,080 --> 00:39:08,520 Speaker 1: I hate to be bothered and like hate to talk 816 00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:11,680 Speaker 1: to really anybody other than my fiance or you guys 817 00:39:11,719 --> 00:39:15,080 Speaker 1: in slack. Um. That's about it. I will say having 818 00:39:15,080 --> 00:39:17,879 Speaker 1: a discord is awesome, Like, it's great, you could, it's 819 00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:19,520 Speaker 1: a It's an awesome thing. One of the things that 820 00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:22,400 Speaker 1: you can do is also, like all offseason, people have 821 00:39:22,440 --> 00:39:24,840 Speaker 1: been suggesting guys that were not in the initial release 822 00:39:24,880 --> 00:39:27,080 Speaker 1: of the site to like, let's get these guys on 823 00:39:27,120 --> 00:39:28,279 Speaker 1: the site. We really want to know what they look 824 00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:31,879 Speaker 1: like in Reception Perception. So subscriber request one of the ones, 825 00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:35,239 Speaker 1: as you mentioned, was definitely Nicole Hardman Um. And you know, 826 00:39:35,280 --> 00:39:37,400 Speaker 1: I kind of think with Hardman this is just as 827 00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:41,680 Speaker 1: an individual player perspective, I feel like we've almost been 828 00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:44,839 Speaker 1: too hard on him because of our own expectations, right, 829 00:39:44,920 --> 00:39:47,600 Speaker 1: like people expected him to sort of take that next 830 00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:49,600 Speaker 1: step last year, and then when he didn't really take 831 00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:51,960 Speaker 1: that step, like there are people out there legitimately like, 832 00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:54,040 Speaker 1: oh not this again. With Micole Hardman. I'm like, not 833 00:39:54,120 --> 00:39:56,360 Speaker 1: this again. He's been in the league for two years, 834 00:39:57,040 --> 00:40:00,200 Speaker 1: not this again. But he's like he's just getting kind 835 00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:03,640 Speaker 1: of just getting started. And I went back and charted him, obviously, 836 00:40:03,719 --> 00:40:05,680 Speaker 1: and the one thing I'll say is I think he's 837 00:40:06,080 --> 00:40:08,160 Speaker 1: it was kind of like an average player. Last year. 838 00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:10,160 Speaker 1: He absolutely had too many drops. He actually has the 839 00:40:10,239 --> 00:40:13,120 Speaker 1: highest drop rate among the guys on the site right now, 840 00:40:13,120 --> 00:40:15,680 Speaker 1: So he definitely needs to clean up mistakes, um some 841 00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:18,840 Speaker 1: things like that. But really, to me, I kind of 842 00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:22,120 Speaker 1: want to see him used as less of a gadget guy, 843 00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:24,200 Speaker 1: which I think he's been so far, because he actually 844 00:40:24,280 --> 00:40:26,560 Speaker 1: did not get He got dropped on first contact a 845 00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:29,520 Speaker 1: lot in his reception perception sample. But you know, from 846 00:40:29,560 --> 00:40:33,200 Speaker 1: like a separation perspective success rate verse Man's own press 847 00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:35,920 Speaker 1: all that he's kind of right around the league average, 848 00:40:35,920 --> 00:40:38,080 Speaker 1: you know. I think he's just been an average receiver 849 00:40:38,280 --> 00:40:40,719 Speaker 1: so far. He's not been anything special. And I think 850 00:40:41,560 --> 00:40:43,759 Speaker 1: if you're an average receiver, though, and you're getting a 851 00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:46,200 Speaker 1: more of a full workload, if you're the third guy 852 00:40:46,239 --> 00:40:48,440 Speaker 1: getting the targets there in Kansas City, that's worth a 853 00:40:48,480 --> 00:40:51,239 Speaker 1: lot more than other offenses. So for me, I think 854 00:40:51,239 --> 00:40:54,160 Speaker 1: it just depends on where he's gonna fall in Fantasy 855 00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:55,360 Speaker 1: this year. So I mean, I think I think you 856 00:40:55,360 --> 00:40:58,200 Speaker 1: could tell I'm not like all the way in, but 857 00:40:58,320 --> 00:41:00,320 Speaker 1: I'm not all the way out. There are some sites 858 00:41:00,360 --> 00:41:03,640 Speaker 1: where he's legit getting drafted as a top forty receiver, 859 00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:07,640 Speaker 1: no thanks on that, But there are other sites where 860 00:41:07,680 --> 00:41:10,799 Speaker 1: he's going completely undrafted. So I think if you can 861 00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:13,000 Speaker 1: get him as a late round guy, I think he's 862 00:41:13,040 --> 00:41:16,520 Speaker 1: in line to be, you know, their primary third receiver, 863 00:41:16,600 --> 00:41:18,640 Speaker 1: And by that I just mean like he'll be third 864 00:41:18,640 --> 00:41:20,719 Speaker 1: on the team and targets to Marcus Robinson and some 865 00:41:20,760 --> 00:41:23,160 Speaker 1: of these guys might play more snaps outside than him 866 00:41:23,239 --> 00:41:25,439 Speaker 1: or in you know, two tight end sets. I don't 867 00:41:25,440 --> 00:41:27,239 Speaker 1: really care. I think this too. I think this is 868 00:41:27,280 --> 00:41:30,400 Speaker 1: going to primarily be a three receiver offense, and I 869 00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:32,759 Speaker 1: think McCole hardman, if he's used as more of a 870 00:41:32,760 --> 00:41:36,399 Speaker 1: traditional receiver and less as a gadget player, I think 871 00:41:36,440 --> 00:41:39,640 Speaker 1: he's got enough there to be, you know, a potentially 872 00:41:39,680 --> 00:41:42,560 Speaker 1: starting level guy. The thing that that caught my ear 873 00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:45,279 Speaker 1: when you were talking about that is you you being 874 00:41:45,360 --> 00:41:49,040 Speaker 1: the king of drop agnosticism, uh, saying he's got to 875 00:41:49,080 --> 00:41:51,160 Speaker 1: clean up the drops a little bit like that, Like, wow, 876 00:41:51,200 --> 00:41:53,200 Speaker 1: and he's got some issues with drops. If Harvard said 877 00:41:53,239 --> 00:41:56,319 Speaker 1: he's got to clean yeah, yeah, Well, I mean, you know, 878 00:41:56,360 --> 00:41:58,480 Speaker 1: like I said, he's got the highest drop rate out there, 879 00:41:58,520 --> 00:42:00,319 Speaker 1: but he doesn't get a lot of targets. So that means, 880 00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:02,759 Speaker 1: you know, you're you're you're not in the few opportunities 881 00:42:02,760 --> 00:42:05,239 Speaker 1: that you're getting. Guys that get a lot of opportunity, 882 00:42:05,760 --> 00:42:09,760 Speaker 1: you know, Deonte Johnson, um A J. Brown, DK Metcalf, 883 00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:11,480 Speaker 1: those guys that drop a lot of balls but also 884 00:42:11,520 --> 00:42:13,640 Speaker 1: get a lot of opportunity. I don't really care about 885 00:42:13,640 --> 00:42:16,560 Speaker 1: the you know, ten to thirteen plays they dropped passes. 886 00:42:16,600 --> 00:42:18,640 Speaker 1: But like if mcole Hardman is gonna drop you know, 887 00:42:18,719 --> 00:42:21,799 Speaker 1: five to seven balls on fifty targets last year or 888 00:42:21,800 --> 00:42:24,239 Speaker 1: something whatever it was, that's really not what you want. 889 00:42:24,280 --> 00:42:28,160 Speaker 1: That's that's a problem, right Alright. So Week two of 890 00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:33,600 Speaker 1: the preseason gets underway on Thursday night. UH and UH. 891 00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:37,080 Speaker 1: I got a handful of questions and things that I'm 892 00:42:37,120 --> 00:42:39,320 Speaker 1: sort of paying attention to that I'm looking out for, 893 00:42:39,920 --> 00:42:41,719 Speaker 1: uh and want to get your thoughts on them. First One, 894 00:42:42,520 --> 00:42:45,920 Speaker 1: Ken cam Newton hold off Mac Jones for the starting 895 00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:50,840 Speaker 1: quarterback job. That's a It is a great question because, um, 896 00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:54,120 Speaker 1: they're one of these offenses the forty Niners are the 897 00:42:54,280 --> 00:42:57,120 Speaker 1: are the main one, and the Saints are also one too. 898 00:42:57,680 --> 00:43:00,080 Speaker 1: That the entire complexion of the offense is going to 899 00:43:00,200 --> 00:43:03,280 Speaker 1: change a lot based on who's the starting quarterback because 900 00:43:03,560 --> 00:43:05,760 Speaker 1: you know, you used to think of guys like, well, 901 00:43:05,840 --> 00:43:07,120 Speaker 1: you know r G three. We want to get a 902 00:43:07,120 --> 00:43:09,920 Speaker 1: backup like RG three who could run the same offense, 903 00:43:10,280 --> 00:43:12,640 Speaker 1: or you think about that all the time. Mac Jones, 904 00:43:12,640 --> 00:43:16,240 Speaker 1: Cam Newton very different style of quarterback, Trey Lance, Jimmy Garoppolo, 905 00:43:16,400 --> 00:43:18,719 Speaker 1: very different style of quarterback. Taysom Hill. Is he even 906 00:43:18,760 --> 00:43:20,320 Speaker 1: a quarterback? I don't know, But if he is a 907 00:43:20,600 --> 00:43:25,000 Speaker 1: different style of quarterback, then Jason, then Jamis Winston. Justin 908 00:43:25,080 --> 00:43:28,560 Speaker 1: Fields and Andy Dalton in that same category too. Absolutely, 909 00:43:28,560 --> 00:43:31,680 Speaker 1: they're They're like the same dichotomy, right, especially because the 910 00:43:31,719 --> 00:43:34,400 Speaker 1: Bears are having this um this office all these offensive 911 00:43:34,440 --> 00:43:37,680 Speaker 1: line issues. It's like, at least Justin Fields might be 912 00:43:37,719 --> 00:43:40,120 Speaker 1: able to bail him out every now and again from 913 00:43:40,160 --> 00:43:42,040 Speaker 1: these situations. I don't. I don't know that Andy is 914 00:43:42,080 --> 00:43:46,160 Speaker 1: bailing anybody out in that scenario. So um on the 915 00:43:46,200 --> 00:43:49,960 Speaker 1: Patriots specifically, like I actually think it's just tough, Like, 916 00:43:50,560 --> 00:43:53,920 Speaker 1: I don't know that Mac Jones, based on you look 917 00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:57,040 Speaker 1: pretty good in preseason action, but like the practice reports 918 00:43:57,080 --> 00:43:59,600 Speaker 1: doesn't seem like there's a big separation between these two guys. 919 00:43:59,800 --> 00:44:01,840 Speaker 1: And I really do feel like Bill Belichick wants to 920 00:44:01,920 --> 00:44:04,960 Speaker 1: give Cam Newton like a chance to be their starting 921 00:44:05,040 --> 00:44:10,359 Speaker 1: quarterback now that they've actually, um, you know, changed like 922 00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:12,359 Speaker 1: the complexion of the offense to the point that they 923 00:44:12,400 --> 00:44:15,080 Speaker 1: have pretty good players out there. Um. But I think 924 00:44:15,160 --> 00:44:18,480 Speaker 1: mac Jones, if he's out there, would probably unlock a 925 00:44:18,520 --> 00:44:21,719 Speaker 1: more traditional passing offense, which I think would be good 926 00:44:21,719 --> 00:44:23,920 Speaker 1: for Damien Harris, a guy that I have ahead of 927 00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:27,080 Speaker 1: consensus because he'll get those goal line opportunities that Cam 928 00:44:27,080 --> 00:44:29,400 Speaker 1: Newton would have taken, and then the trickle down of 929 00:44:29,440 --> 00:44:32,359 Speaker 1: the pass catchers. Dude, I love Jacoby Myers. I think 930 00:44:32,400 --> 00:44:35,200 Speaker 1: he's one of the most underrated route runners in the NFL. 931 00:44:35,320 --> 00:44:38,040 Speaker 1: I think he is one of the best late round 932 00:44:38,040 --> 00:44:40,320 Speaker 1: picks you can make because he's out there for every 933 00:44:40,320 --> 00:44:42,960 Speaker 1: single snap with the starters in the preseason. Um, I 934 00:44:43,000 --> 00:44:45,040 Speaker 1: think he's gonna play slot. I think he's gonna play 935 00:44:45,080 --> 00:44:49,160 Speaker 1: outside a little bit. But again, Myers is probably better 936 00:44:49,239 --> 00:44:52,359 Speaker 1: unlocked if they're just a more voluminous passing offense. And 937 00:44:52,880 --> 00:44:55,879 Speaker 1: even if Cam is the better quarterback right now, which 938 00:44:56,200 --> 00:44:59,160 Speaker 1: is kind of an unknown whether he's the better quarterback 939 00:44:59,239 --> 00:45:01,839 Speaker 1: right now, there there's no argument to be made that 940 00:45:02,480 --> 00:45:05,279 Speaker 1: like Cam Newton's gonna bring the overall pass volume down 941 00:45:05,440 --> 00:45:07,560 Speaker 1: in New England, just like Trey Lance will probably bring 942 00:45:07,600 --> 00:45:11,360 Speaker 1: the past volume down in UM San Francisco, and Taysom 943 00:45:11,440 --> 00:45:15,560 Speaker 1: Hill in New Orleans and Justin Fields in Chicago. So 944 00:45:15,640 --> 00:45:18,560 Speaker 1: from a volume perspective, we probably want Mac Jones too 945 00:45:19,160 --> 00:45:21,719 Speaker 1: to win this job, I guess. But man, I hate 946 00:45:21,719 --> 00:45:23,480 Speaker 1: to say that as a long time like Cam guy, 947 00:45:23,480 --> 00:45:25,359 Speaker 1: because I would love to see like Cam have one 948 00:45:25,400 --> 00:45:28,280 Speaker 1: big renaissance here. Um. But yeah, if you want guys 949 00:45:28,320 --> 00:45:32,040 Speaker 1: like Myers and John new Smith UM and even Nelson 950 00:45:32,080 --> 00:45:34,960 Speaker 1: Aghilarts like OutKick their ADP and Damien Harris too, you 951 00:45:35,000 --> 00:45:37,200 Speaker 1: probably want Mac Jones out there. Yeah. I mean, just 952 00:45:37,480 --> 00:45:39,480 Speaker 1: the bit of it I watched last week, there was 953 00:45:40,040 --> 00:45:43,480 Speaker 1: a notable difference in the offense from when Cam Newton 954 00:45:43,560 --> 00:45:46,160 Speaker 1: was on the field versus Mac Jones on the field. UM. 955 00:45:46,200 --> 00:45:48,239 Speaker 1: As a football fan, I want to see Cam have 956 00:45:48,320 --> 00:45:51,800 Speaker 1: one last hurrah as a fantasy manager. I can't. I 957 00:45:51,840 --> 00:45:53,640 Speaker 1: don't have the I don't have the stones or the 958 00:45:53,640 --> 00:45:57,840 Speaker 1: stomach to to take Cam Newton anywhere. Um, no similar 959 00:45:57,880 --> 00:46:01,279 Speaker 1: question in Denver Ken Drew Lock hold off Teddy brie Water. Yeah. 960 00:46:01,280 --> 00:46:04,319 Speaker 1: I mean I think I was expecting Teddy Bridgewater to 961 00:46:04,440 --> 00:46:06,560 Speaker 1: just win, like just to win this job, because he's 962 00:46:06,560 --> 00:46:08,680 Speaker 1: so rock solid and steady. But it seems like that 963 00:46:08,680 --> 00:46:11,520 Speaker 1: gap is pretty close, if not even potentially favoring Drew 964 00:46:11,560 --> 00:46:17,760 Speaker 1: Lock starting um week one right now, and they're sort of, um, 965 00:46:17,800 --> 00:46:20,399 Speaker 1: they're not quite the same. I saw producer justin pointing 966 00:46:20,440 --> 00:46:21,840 Speaker 1: this out of the chat, like, they're not quite the 967 00:46:21,920 --> 00:46:24,880 Speaker 1: same that, you know, the same equation that some of 968 00:46:24,880 --> 00:46:27,840 Speaker 1: these rushing quarterbacks like will change the complexion of the offense. 969 00:46:27,880 --> 00:46:33,000 Speaker 1: But stylistically Lock and Teddy Bridgewater are very different quarterbacks. 970 00:46:33,040 --> 00:46:36,680 Speaker 1: And you know, potentially, like Drew Lock in a theoretical 971 00:46:36,719 --> 00:46:39,400 Speaker 1: world where he's playing good football, would unlock more of 972 00:46:39,440 --> 00:46:42,840 Speaker 1: a ceiling perspective of this team. But I don't know 973 00:46:42,880 --> 00:46:45,920 Speaker 1: about you, man, it almost doesn't really matter to me 974 00:46:46,000 --> 00:46:49,520 Speaker 1: who wins this job from from from a perspective because 975 00:46:49,800 --> 00:46:52,680 Speaker 1: the biggest problem I have with these Broncos guys, is 976 00:46:52,719 --> 00:46:57,000 Speaker 1: not that UM is not that like the well number one. 977 00:46:57,040 --> 00:46:58,880 Speaker 1: There's not gonna be like a high end starting quarterback. 978 00:46:58,880 --> 00:47:00,680 Speaker 1: I don't think by any means, like even if Drew 979 00:47:00,719 --> 00:47:02,520 Speaker 1: Lock takes another step, he's not gonna be like an 980 00:47:02,520 --> 00:47:05,239 Speaker 1: above average starter. Teddy Bridgewater probably not gonna be an 981 00:47:05,239 --> 00:47:07,160 Speaker 1: above average starter. I think you're hoping for average at 982 00:47:07,200 --> 00:47:09,600 Speaker 1: best if you're Denver. The big problem to me is that, 983 00:47:09,719 --> 00:47:15,040 Speaker 1: unlike last year when Teddy Bridgewater lifted up Curtis Samuel, 984 00:47:15,120 --> 00:47:18,920 Speaker 1: Robby Anderson, and d J. Moore to top thirty fantasy finishes, 985 00:47:19,440 --> 00:47:22,120 Speaker 1: UM along with keeping Mike Davis involved as a receiver. 986 00:47:22,600 --> 00:47:25,719 Speaker 1: You know, the Panthers defense was awful. They were not. 987 00:47:25,960 --> 00:47:29,480 Speaker 1: They were not in many run first situations. The Broncos defense, 988 00:47:29,520 --> 00:47:32,160 Speaker 1: with Patrick certain already looking like he's a great player, 989 00:47:32,200 --> 00:47:34,799 Speaker 1: and they already had a ton of good cornerbacks and 990 00:47:34,880 --> 00:47:38,680 Speaker 1: pass rushers in toe already, this team is gonna be 991 00:47:38,880 --> 00:47:42,760 Speaker 1: like a run first, defensive minded team. So I'm worried 992 00:47:42,800 --> 00:47:46,359 Speaker 1: about the pass catchers from a volume perspective, almost regardless 993 00:47:46,520 --> 00:47:50,040 Speaker 1: of whom who is there at quarterback. That's my kind 994 00:47:50,040 --> 00:47:52,719 Speaker 1: of biggest problem with Denver right now. But Um, I 995 00:47:52,760 --> 00:47:54,160 Speaker 1: do think it looks kind of looks like Drew lock 996 00:47:54,239 --> 00:47:56,080 Speaker 1: might start Week one, Yeah, which is interesting. I don't 997 00:47:56,080 --> 00:47:57,399 Speaker 1: I don't think I would have pegged that. I don't 998 00:47:57,400 --> 00:47:59,239 Speaker 1: think many people would have pegged that, you know, a 999 00:47:59,239 --> 00:48:01,040 Speaker 1: couple of months ago. But but here we are. I 1000 00:48:01,360 --> 00:48:04,200 Speaker 1: just want I would love above average quarterback play because 1001 00:48:04,239 --> 00:48:09,600 Speaker 1: that would make me feel a lot better about you know, Jerry, Judy, Cortland, Sutton, etcetera, etcetera. Um, 1002 00:48:09,760 --> 00:48:12,360 Speaker 1: but yes, we may have to settle for the average. 1003 00:48:12,360 --> 00:48:14,960 Speaker 1: You may be right there. Um, is there a running 1004 00:48:14,960 --> 00:48:18,560 Speaker 1: back in Houston? We should pay attention to anyone at all? No? 1005 00:48:20,280 --> 00:48:24,080 Speaker 1: Probably not like I had to after the preseason when 1006 00:48:24,080 --> 00:48:25,879 Speaker 1: it looks like Philip Lindsay is gonna be the early 1007 00:48:25,920 --> 00:48:27,960 Speaker 1: down guy and like David Johnson is just gonna be 1008 00:48:28,520 --> 00:48:31,120 Speaker 1: a third down back, a receiver. You know, I bumped 1009 00:48:31,360 --> 00:48:34,440 Speaker 1: David Johnson down. I already had David Johnson really low 1010 00:48:34,520 --> 00:48:37,319 Speaker 1: to begin with. Um, and I put Philip Lindsay as 1011 00:48:37,320 --> 00:48:40,480 Speaker 1: a top fifty back, but not somebody that like, I guess, 1012 00:48:40,719 --> 00:48:42,600 Speaker 1: you know, he was like completely off my radar, was 1013 00:48:42,600 --> 00:48:44,600 Speaker 1: Philip Lindsay because I expected this to just be the 1014 00:48:44,680 --> 00:48:48,960 Speaker 1: David Johnson, like primarily David Johnson show. Um, I guess 1015 00:48:49,000 --> 00:48:50,480 Speaker 1: I was wrong about that, but I don't think it 1016 00:48:50,520 --> 00:48:52,799 Speaker 1: really matters anyways, right, Like do you want the early 1017 00:48:52,840 --> 00:48:57,480 Speaker 1: down banger on the Houston Texans offense? You probably don't, 1018 00:48:57,520 --> 00:49:00,480 Speaker 1: and you'd probably favor the receiving back anyways. So like 1019 00:49:00,600 --> 00:49:02,920 Speaker 1: somebody asked me again, someone asked me that recently, like, well, 1020 00:49:02,920 --> 00:49:04,680 Speaker 1: what do we do with the Texas backfield? Now? I like, 1021 00:49:05,080 --> 00:49:08,880 Speaker 1: you you bump Johnson down, You bump Lindsay up a 1022 00:49:08,920 --> 00:49:10,880 Speaker 1: pretty good amount, and like he's in the late round 1023 00:49:10,960 --> 00:49:13,480 Speaker 1: range and Johnson's like a double digit round pick. But 1024 00:49:13,880 --> 00:49:16,040 Speaker 1: that's where Johnson should have been all along. You, Like, 1025 00:49:16,200 --> 00:49:19,360 Speaker 1: what you do with the Texans back backfield is exactly 1026 00:49:19,400 --> 00:49:21,759 Speaker 1: what you should have done all along, which is don't 1027 00:49:21,760 --> 00:49:24,080 Speaker 1: target it proactively. Like if one of these guys falls 1028 00:49:24,120 --> 00:49:26,400 Speaker 1: to you in a decent range, fine, go for it. 1029 00:49:26,440 --> 00:49:29,080 Speaker 1: But man, I mean, I just don't think you want 1030 00:49:29,960 --> 00:49:33,319 Speaker 1: a running back attached to this offense, especially if that, 1031 00:49:33,640 --> 00:49:36,160 Speaker 1: like it was one thing, if David Johnson was gonna 1032 00:49:36,200 --> 00:49:40,040 Speaker 1: get like a workhorse role. Um, it does not look 1033 00:49:40,080 --> 00:49:41,920 Speaker 1: like he's gonna get a workhorse role. So like you 1034 00:49:41,920 --> 00:49:44,840 Speaker 1: don't want a committee backfield with this offense. You just 1035 00:49:44,840 --> 00:49:46,680 Speaker 1: don't want to mess around with that. You know. I 1036 00:49:46,760 --> 00:49:49,600 Speaker 1: kept telling myself that that somehow Philip Lindsay was going 1037 00:49:49,680 --> 00:49:52,279 Speaker 1: to find a way to you know, it's since your 1038 00:49:52,400 --> 00:49:55,799 Speaker 1: paraphrase Jeff Golden, Philip Lindsay, uh finds a way. Like 1039 00:49:55,880 --> 00:49:58,200 Speaker 1: it was like I just I knew it. But at 1040 00:49:58,200 --> 00:50:00,440 Speaker 1: the same time, it's like it come back to what 1041 00:50:00,480 --> 00:50:02,799 Speaker 1: you said, like, Okay, yeah, maybe he is their lead 1042 00:50:02,840 --> 00:50:04,520 Speaker 1: back or he's the guy who gets the most work. 1043 00:50:04,680 --> 00:50:08,040 Speaker 1: That offense is still going to be awful bad. It's 1044 00:50:08,040 --> 00:50:11,680 Speaker 1: just gonna be bad. So, um, yeah, it is. It is. 1045 00:50:12,440 --> 00:50:14,600 Speaker 1: I guess it's the not the big fish in a 1046 00:50:14,640 --> 00:50:17,200 Speaker 1: small pond. It's like the the biggest fish in a puddle. 1047 00:50:17,320 --> 00:50:21,360 Speaker 1: I guess it's just not it's it's not a right exactly, 1048 00:50:21,760 --> 00:50:24,520 Speaker 1: um speaking, a big fish. I mean Alvin Kamara, we 1049 00:50:24,640 --> 00:50:26,759 Speaker 1: know we're still drafting him in the top what four 1050 00:50:26,840 --> 00:50:29,600 Speaker 1: or five pretty much and just about every situation. The 1051 00:50:29,640 --> 00:50:32,720 Speaker 1: rest of that offense, though, it's sort of falling apart. 1052 00:50:32,760 --> 00:50:34,520 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, who knows what's happening with Michael 1053 00:50:34,560 --> 00:50:36,719 Speaker 1: Thomas and we're still trying to figure out who the 1054 00:50:36,719 --> 00:50:38,799 Speaker 1: starting quarterback is going to be like, are there any 1055 00:50:38,880 --> 00:50:44,520 Speaker 1: Saints that we're really excited about besides Alvin Kamara? Man 1056 00:50:44,560 --> 00:50:48,239 Speaker 1: the Saints offense is is impossible to project right now 1057 00:50:48,280 --> 00:50:51,440 Speaker 1: beyond Alvin Camarin. Even like Alvin Kamara, you know he's 1058 00:50:52,080 --> 00:50:56,799 Speaker 1: a stud, He's one a back, absolutely, but it's it's 1059 00:50:56,840 --> 00:51:00,000 Speaker 1: like you, normally, I would not want to be an 1060 00:51:00,000 --> 00:51:02,800 Speaker 1: advising people to take a top five pick that's attached 1061 00:51:02,840 --> 00:51:07,200 Speaker 1: to an offense potentially captain by Jamis Winston and Taysom Hill. 1062 00:51:07,760 --> 00:51:10,440 Speaker 1: You know, with this cast of characters. It's one thing 1063 00:51:10,480 --> 00:51:12,560 Speaker 1: if Michael Thomas was gonna be in the mix, but 1064 00:51:13,080 --> 00:51:16,640 Speaker 1: this receiver corps is a complete unknown. That said, I 1065 00:51:16,719 --> 00:51:19,560 Speaker 1: like Marquez Callaway. I like what I've seen from him. 1066 00:51:19,680 --> 00:51:22,239 Speaker 1: Um Our buddy James Co and my business partner James 1067 00:51:22,280 --> 00:51:24,640 Speaker 1: Co is trying to convince me to like put these 1068 00:51:24,640 --> 00:51:27,080 Speaker 1: snapshot guys up on the website, like guys who put 1069 00:51:27,120 --> 00:51:31,640 Speaker 1: like Brian Edwards, um Marquez Callaway, Van Jefferson who played 1070 00:51:31,680 --> 00:51:34,040 Speaker 1: like no snaps last year. But he's like, let's not 1071 00:51:34,080 --> 00:51:35,960 Speaker 1: make up RP Cannon or anything, but let's give it 1072 00:51:36,120 --> 00:51:38,400 Speaker 1: like a little taste. He's probably gonna convince me on that, 1073 00:51:38,440 --> 00:51:41,719 Speaker 1: because he's usually the one with the good ideas. UM. Anyways, 1074 00:51:42,000 --> 00:51:44,160 Speaker 1: but like I like Marquess Callaway what I've seen so far. 1075 00:51:44,239 --> 00:51:46,319 Speaker 1: I think that there's been a steady drum beat too 1076 00:51:46,320 --> 00:51:47,719 Speaker 1: that he's been a really good player. So like take 1077 00:51:47,800 --> 00:51:49,399 Speaker 1: him in the late rounds for sure, Like why not? 1078 00:51:49,480 --> 00:51:53,400 Speaker 1: I somebody has gotta get targets there. Maybe it's Marquess Calaway, 1079 00:51:53,400 --> 00:51:55,680 Speaker 1: guy who does I I think he's got some talent, 1080 00:51:55,760 --> 00:51:57,480 Speaker 1: like I think he has flashed a little bit to 1081 00:51:57,520 --> 00:52:00,000 Speaker 1: this point in his career. Um. But beyond that, man, 1082 00:52:00,080 --> 00:52:03,160 Speaker 1: like the offense is a great it's a great offensive line. 1083 00:52:03,520 --> 00:52:07,440 Speaker 1: The fact that Sean Payton exists is still kind of 1084 00:52:07,440 --> 00:52:10,799 Speaker 1: the saving grace here. Like, I don't know that is 1085 00:52:10,800 --> 00:52:14,000 Speaker 1: Sean Payton really gonna captain a team that has a 1086 00:52:14,080 --> 00:52:18,040 Speaker 1: bottom ten offense? Is that really possible? You know? But man, 1087 00:52:18,080 --> 00:52:20,920 Speaker 1: the skill position players beyond Camaro would kind of dictate 1088 00:52:21,160 --> 00:52:25,520 Speaker 1: it's possible. Um, I think Winston could have given them 1089 00:52:25,560 --> 00:52:28,800 Speaker 1: a passing boost, like unlocked Michael Thomas is more of 1090 00:52:28,840 --> 00:52:31,959 Speaker 1: a downfield receiver, but when the hell is Thomas gonna play? 1091 00:52:32,000 --> 00:52:35,640 Speaker 1: And again, then beyond that, it's Trey Kwan Smith, Marquess Callaway, 1092 00:52:35,719 --> 00:52:40,680 Speaker 1: unproven and probably like not who knows Adam Troutman. You know, 1093 00:52:40,920 --> 00:52:44,400 Speaker 1: an unknown tight end is their starter. Um like Latavius 1094 00:52:44,440 --> 00:52:46,840 Speaker 1: Murray might be on the roster bubble for DeVonta Freeman 1095 00:52:46,880 --> 00:52:49,000 Speaker 1: to save a few bucks. I don't know if that's true, 1096 00:52:49,040 --> 00:52:52,160 Speaker 1: but those are some of the reports and the percolations 1097 00:52:52,160 --> 00:52:56,120 Speaker 1: out there right now. There's just like you said, there's nothing. 1098 00:52:56,160 --> 00:52:58,200 Speaker 1: There's not a lot here, and that is kind of 1099 00:52:58,239 --> 00:53:01,480 Speaker 1: concerning for a top five running back. But the good 1100 00:53:01,480 --> 00:53:04,040 Speaker 1: news is Camara might catch legitimately like a hundred and 1101 00:53:04,080 --> 00:53:07,920 Speaker 1: twenty passes because of the receiver shortage in there right now. 1102 00:53:08,000 --> 00:53:10,400 Speaker 1: So I haven't been fading Alvin Camara. If I have 1103 00:53:10,480 --> 00:53:13,040 Speaker 1: the fifth overall pick, I'm gonna take him over guys 1104 00:53:13,080 --> 00:53:16,440 Speaker 1: like say Kwan Barkley with the questions they're um, you know, 1105 00:53:16,480 --> 00:53:18,799 Speaker 1: guys like Aaron Jones and Nick Chubb who aren't like 1106 00:53:18,880 --> 00:53:21,920 Speaker 1: locked into two full workloads like Alvin Camara is. But 1107 00:53:22,520 --> 00:53:25,320 Speaker 1: I just think the Saints offense is a total mystery 1108 00:53:25,440 --> 00:53:30,720 Speaker 1: right now. But good news, Marcus, they have five five 1109 00:53:30,880 --> 00:53:33,359 Speaker 1: prime time games for us to watch and figure out 1110 00:53:33,520 --> 00:53:40,000 Speaker 1: over the course of the year. So part of the 1111 00:53:40,040 --> 00:53:42,720 Speaker 1: reason that you and I and James co are friends 1112 00:53:42,760 --> 00:53:45,440 Speaker 1: is because you know, I consider you guys wonderful people 1113 00:53:45,480 --> 00:53:47,320 Speaker 1: to talk to and hang around with, but also because 1114 00:53:47,520 --> 00:53:49,400 Speaker 1: we seem to think alike in a lot of respects. 1115 00:53:49,400 --> 00:53:52,319 Speaker 1: Because you name those those three snapshot guys you named, 1116 00:53:52,440 --> 00:53:55,520 Speaker 1: Marcus Callaway, Brian Edwards, uh and Van Jefferson. I think 1117 00:53:55,520 --> 00:53:57,160 Speaker 1: I took them all in the late rounds in my 1118 00:53:57,239 --> 00:54:02,160 Speaker 1: King's sick draft, so did. I took some some darts 1119 00:54:02,160 --> 00:54:03,560 Speaker 1: in through it, and I hit all three of those 1120 00:54:03,600 --> 00:54:05,279 Speaker 1: guys in the the light rounds of the draft. So 1121 00:54:05,280 --> 00:54:07,600 Speaker 1: it's nice to know that the you know, there's some 1122 00:54:07,600 --> 00:54:09,719 Speaker 1: somebody that that validates my line of thinking. What are 1123 00:54:09,760 --> 00:54:12,000 Speaker 1: what are friends for? If not for just like validating 1124 00:54:12,040 --> 00:54:15,440 Speaker 1: each other, you know exactly. Um, So you went on 1125 00:54:15,480 --> 00:54:17,640 Speaker 1: a little bit of a Jalen Reagor rant. But lately, 1126 00:54:17,760 --> 00:54:20,239 Speaker 1: you know, there have been you know, Twitter highlights of 1127 00:54:20,320 --> 00:54:23,040 Speaker 1: him making plays in practice, and you know, talk that 1128 00:54:23,200 --> 00:54:26,000 Speaker 1: maybe he's starting to turn a corner, Like is that 1129 00:54:26,160 --> 00:54:30,359 Speaker 1: enough to at least pique your interest on him again? Yeah? 1130 00:54:30,440 --> 00:54:34,480 Speaker 1: So I mentioned earlier Jalen Reagor second worst success rate 1131 00:54:34,600 --> 00:54:39,279 Speaker 1: verse man coverage ever charted in reception perception history. I 1132 00:54:39,360 --> 00:54:42,080 Speaker 1: really do think that just describes how his rookie year went. 1133 00:54:42,160 --> 00:54:47,760 Speaker 1: You know, it wasn't just quarterback issues. It wasn't just um, 1134 00:54:47,960 --> 00:54:51,520 Speaker 1: it wasn't just like an overall offensive problem. I think 1135 00:54:52,080 --> 00:54:54,759 Speaker 1: there was a Jalen Reagor problem here too. Like I 1136 00:54:54,800 --> 00:54:59,040 Speaker 1: don't think he played well um from an individual perspective, 1137 00:54:59,120 --> 00:55:02,560 Speaker 1: but like to to put that success right into into 1138 00:55:02,640 --> 00:55:04,719 Speaker 1: some context here too. Not that I'm gonna like say 1139 00:55:04,760 --> 00:55:08,000 Speaker 1: that that's you know, not like it is what it is, 1140 00:55:08,080 --> 00:55:10,439 Speaker 1: that's the result of his rookie year. But let's talk 1141 00:55:10,480 --> 00:55:13,000 Speaker 1: through some of the other bottom performers who are not 1142 00:55:13,200 --> 00:55:19,799 Speaker 1: slot receivers in this metric. Justin Hunter the stone worst um, 1143 00:55:20,000 --> 00:55:24,480 Speaker 1: then there's Jalen Reagor, Davante Parker's rookie year, markis Lee's 1144 00:55:24,560 --> 00:55:28,680 Speaker 1: rookie year, and then Davante Adams rookie year. So I 1145 00:55:28,719 --> 00:55:31,920 Speaker 1: think that actually gives you a really good spectrum on 1146 00:55:31,960 --> 00:55:35,600 Speaker 1: which to work with for Jalen Reagor, because maybe he's 1147 00:55:35,640 --> 00:55:38,000 Speaker 1: Justin Hunter and just washes out of the league because 1148 00:55:38,000 --> 00:55:42,040 Speaker 1: he can't play. That's one possible outcome. Maybe he becomes 1149 00:55:42,080 --> 00:55:45,120 Speaker 1: DeVante Parker, a guy who takes forever to turn on, 1150 00:55:46,000 --> 00:55:48,719 Speaker 1: has like one good year and then that's kind of it. 1151 00:55:49,160 --> 00:55:51,799 Speaker 1: Like Parker, I don't even know what, like what his 1152 00:55:52,600 --> 00:55:55,359 Speaker 1: potential is this year, Like I think he's a tough 1153 00:55:55,360 --> 00:55:57,919 Speaker 1: player to draft right now. Or he's Marquis Lee who 1154 00:55:58,000 --> 00:56:03,640 Speaker 1: turned into kind of like a add he was right 1155 00:56:03,680 --> 00:56:05,080 Speaker 1: like you know, you barely see him, but when you do, 1156 00:56:05,160 --> 00:56:08,600 Speaker 1: it's pretty special. But he had like seven yards once, 1157 00:56:08,640 --> 00:56:10,200 Speaker 1: you know what I mean, Like that's that's kind of 1158 00:56:10,239 --> 00:56:12,920 Speaker 1: like what we're looking at. Or Davontae Adams he becomes 1159 00:56:12,960 --> 00:56:15,600 Speaker 1: the best player in the at his position in the NFL. 1160 00:56:16,200 --> 00:56:19,799 Speaker 1: I don't think he's going to be Justin Hunter, and 1161 00:56:19,880 --> 00:56:22,880 Speaker 1: I don't think he's going to be Davante Adams. Basically, 1162 00:56:23,000 --> 00:56:24,480 Speaker 1: if I g this is actually this is a good 1163 00:56:24,480 --> 00:56:29,680 Speaker 1: idea for a tweet thread, Thanks Marcus. I don't think 1164 00:56:29,680 --> 00:56:31,880 Speaker 1: he's gonna be like the let's just not bet on 1165 00:56:31,960 --> 00:56:35,800 Speaker 1: him being the Stone worst or the Stone best outcome. UM. 1166 00:56:35,840 --> 00:56:39,120 Speaker 1: In that spectrum, I think he could fall somewhere between 1167 00:56:39,160 --> 00:56:43,560 Speaker 1: being Marquis Lee and Davante Parker, which is like, again, Parker, 1168 00:56:44,680 --> 00:56:47,920 Speaker 1: maybe he's an average level starter UM and Marquis Lee 1169 00:56:48,040 --> 00:56:51,279 Speaker 1: probably in in a situation where like he can have 1170 00:56:51,320 --> 00:56:54,040 Speaker 1: a couple of moments but eventually sort of fades away 1171 00:56:54,560 --> 00:56:57,200 Speaker 1: after a few years in the league or is just 1172 00:56:57,239 --> 00:56:59,719 Speaker 1: like a rotational guy. I think that's probably what could 1173 00:56:59,719 --> 00:57:03,520 Speaker 1: happen in with Jalen Reagor. So I don't mind if 1174 00:57:03,520 --> 00:57:06,200 Speaker 1: you like Jalen Reagor. And by the way, I did 1175 00:57:06,280 --> 00:57:08,319 Speaker 1: kind of like Jalen Reagor as a prospect because of 1176 00:57:08,360 --> 00:57:11,000 Speaker 1: the speed and athleticism and everything that was there that 1177 00:57:11,120 --> 00:57:13,239 Speaker 1: you could see in college, Like if he learns how 1178 00:57:13,239 --> 00:57:15,040 Speaker 1: to run routes and they'd line him up as a 1179 00:57:15,080 --> 00:57:19,480 Speaker 1: slot receiver more often, which is in like the range 1180 00:57:19,480 --> 00:57:21,360 Speaker 1: of outcomes, you know that that seems like what they 1181 00:57:21,360 --> 00:57:23,760 Speaker 1: could do with him there. Then I think he could 1182 00:57:23,800 --> 00:57:27,240 Speaker 1: be an average level guy who when all the situations 1183 00:57:27,280 --> 00:57:30,000 Speaker 1: are right, you know, when Ryan Fitzpatrick is his quarterback 1184 00:57:30,040 --> 00:57:32,560 Speaker 1: for one year like Davante Parker got to do, he 1185 00:57:32,600 --> 00:57:35,040 Speaker 1: could have that one big year or something. That's basically 1186 00:57:35,120 --> 00:57:36,720 Speaker 1: I think what you're looking at with Jalen Reagor. I 1187 00:57:37,120 --> 00:57:39,600 Speaker 1: think that success rate actually when you look at the 1188 00:57:39,640 --> 00:57:41,840 Speaker 1: other bottom guys, actually does kind of help you sort 1189 00:57:41,840 --> 00:57:43,560 Speaker 1: of put it into context what he could be so 1190 00:57:43,640 --> 00:57:45,560 Speaker 1: may mean basically you're saying, you know, Jalen Reagor is 1191 00:57:46,400 --> 00:57:48,920 Speaker 1: I'd say anywhere between two thirds to three quarters of 1192 00:57:48,960 --> 00:57:51,640 Speaker 1: the wide receivers who play in the NFL. Right, They're not. 1193 00:57:51,760 --> 00:57:54,120 Speaker 1: They're not a most elite here, They're not amongst the worst, 1194 00:57:54,320 --> 00:57:58,680 Speaker 1: right there? You know, decent players who like come and go. 1195 00:57:58,800 --> 00:58:02,000 Speaker 1: I mean, so there's no shame in that. That's that's 1196 00:58:02,040 --> 00:58:04,040 Speaker 1: probably the majority of guys who play in the league. 1197 00:58:04,080 --> 00:58:06,360 Speaker 1: So and we don't have to like argue about it 1198 00:58:06,400 --> 00:58:08,920 Speaker 1: all off season on Twitter or whatever, right, Like, do 1199 00:58:08,960 --> 00:58:12,920 Speaker 1: you really it doesn't matter whether you get Jalen Reagor 1200 00:58:13,040 --> 00:58:16,160 Speaker 1: right or wrong this year? Probably not, I mean, but 1201 00:58:16,600 --> 00:58:20,800 Speaker 1: history would just indicate that it's very unlikely that he becomes, 1202 00:58:20,960 --> 00:58:24,120 Speaker 1: you know, an elite player or something like that. So 1203 00:58:25,320 --> 00:58:27,000 Speaker 1: I'm the guy who spent two years, like you know, 1204 00:58:27,000 --> 00:58:29,400 Speaker 1: trying to make ja jaw a deep sleeper. So you 1205 00:58:29,400 --> 00:58:31,640 Speaker 1: know who am I? I have no leg to stand 1206 00:58:31,640 --> 00:58:35,360 Speaker 1: on here in this argument whatsoever? You and how you 1207 00:58:35,600 --> 00:58:39,400 Speaker 1: and Howe rosemand both Man. So look, in my defense, 1208 00:58:39,800 --> 00:58:42,160 Speaker 1: I watched him you like I watched Pack twelve football, 1209 00:58:42,160 --> 00:58:45,160 Speaker 1: like I watched him mossing USC defensive backs for like 1210 00:58:45,240 --> 00:58:47,760 Speaker 1: four years, so maybe my judgment was a little bit clouded. 1211 00:58:47,800 --> 00:58:51,960 Speaker 1: I'm willing to admit that. That's all. Perhaps before I 1212 00:58:52,040 --> 00:58:53,400 Speaker 1: let to you, I would like to do some rapid 1213 00:58:53,400 --> 00:58:55,040 Speaker 1: fire questions. I know I talked to you about a 1214 00:58:55,040 --> 00:58:58,280 Speaker 1: lot of things generally anyway, but maybe I'll dig in 1215 00:58:58,280 --> 00:59:01,240 Speaker 1: and find another layer to the harm an onion here. Uh, 1216 00:59:01,320 --> 00:59:04,640 Speaker 1: coming up? What's the last what's the last movie you watch? 1217 00:59:04,880 --> 00:59:06,840 Speaker 1: You're not a big movie watcher, but I'm curious what 1218 00:59:06,840 --> 00:59:09,320 Speaker 1: the last movie you watched was? Yeah, when I saw 1219 00:59:09,360 --> 00:59:11,600 Speaker 1: this on the rundown because I opened up rundowns now, 1220 00:59:12,040 --> 00:59:16,280 Speaker 1: I had to think about it for a second. Uh. 1221 00:59:16,280 --> 00:59:18,240 Speaker 1: And then you know, the last movie that I watched 1222 00:59:18,680 --> 00:59:22,480 Speaker 1: that I hadn't already seen, Um was Knives Out actually, 1223 00:59:22,520 --> 00:59:25,840 Speaker 1: which I had not seen movie Daniel Craig. That was awesome. 1224 00:59:25,880 --> 00:59:29,560 Speaker 1: What a movie like? You know, Um, we don't watch 1225 00:59:29,560 --> 00:59:31,880 Speaker 1: many movies in the house. Neither one of my fiance 1226 00:59:32,000 --> 00:59:33,600 Speaker 1: or I are big movie fans. You know, I'm not 1227 00:59:33,640 --> 00:59:36,400 Speaker 1: a big movie she's she's she's not not that I'm 1228 00:59:36,440 --> 00:59:38,680 Speaker 1: not a movie fan. I love I love movies, and actually, 1229 00:59:38,760 --> 00:59:40,720 Speaker 1: in the before times, I loved going to the movie 1230 00:59:40,760 --> 00:59:43,960 Speaker 1: theater because I could check off all boxes in terms 1231 00:59:44,040 --> 00:59:46,240 Speaker 1: of my favorite thing. I got to be left alone 1232 00:59:46,360 --> 00:59:50,000 Speaker 1: for two to three hours, completely unbothered. Um, I got 1233 00:59:50,040 --> 00:59:52,080 Speaker 1: to drink beer in the middle of the day, and 1234 00:59:52,160 --> 00:59:55,800 Speaker 1: I got to cheat on my diet. Check check check check. 1235 00:59:56,040 --> 00:59:57,920 Speaker 1: Let me do that right there. So I do love 1236 00:59:57,920 --> 01:00:00,160 Speaker 1: going to movies. I just don't watch very many movie bevies, 1237 01:00:00,240 --> 01:00:02,520 Speaker 1: especially at home. But we just were like, oh, let's 1238 01:00:02,520 --> 01:00:04,640 Speaker 1: watch a movie tonight, and I saw Knives Out was 1239 01:00:04,720 --> 01:00:07,160 Speaker 1: on Amazon for free or whatever, and we watched it. It 1240 01:00:07,080 --> 01:00:09,120 Speaker 1: It was awesome. It was like one of the best 1241 01:00:09,120 --> 01:00:11,920 Speaker 1: movies I've seen, um in a long time. It was 1242 01:00:11,960 --> 01:00:14,240 Speaker 1: really great. Yeah, never would have Pegg Daniel Craig is 1243 01:00:14,240 --> 01:00:17,120 Speaker 1: like a southern detective. But I mean, here we are 1244 01:00:17,160 --> 01:00:19,960 Speaker 1: were a spoiler alert, like, well, no, I won't I 1245 01:00:19,960 --> 01:00:21,640 Speaker 1: won't spoil it because I was gonna say, like, it's 1246 01:00:21,640 --> 01:00:23,560 Speaker 1: been long enough, but I'm I'm the clown who just 1247 01:00:23,600 --> 01:00:27,200 Speaker 1: watched it now. Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, so never mind, 1248 01:00:27,240 --> 01:00:31,400 Speaker 1: I won't spoil it. But yeah, there's other surprises, other characters, 1249 01:00:31,400 --> 01:00:33,120 Speaker 1: s prizes. If you haven't seen it, go check it out. 1250 01:00:33,160 --> 01:00:36,760 Speaker 1: It's definitely a lot of fun. What music are you streaming. 1251 01:00:36,760 --> 01:00:39,080 Speaker 1: I should probably say non DAWs division because I know 1252 01:00:39,120 --> 01:00:40,600 Speaker 1: that's always sort of like, you know, near the top 1253 01:00:40,680 --> 01:00:42,680 Speaker 1: of the rotation. But what are you listening to? Though 1254 01:00:43,840 --> 01:00:45,720 Speaker 1: I listened to I've been listening to a lot of 1255 01:00:45,800 --> 01:00:50,080 Speaker 1: Zach Brown Band, Great Summer um Band, Like you know, 1256 01:00:50,560 --> 01:00:54,680 Speaker 1: I have a playlist on my Spotify called country music 1257 01:00:54,760 --> 01:00:58,920 Speaker 1: I on ironically like because I hate I hate probably 1258 01:00:58,960 --> 01:01:02,520 Speaker 1: like n end of country artists, but like the ten 1259 01:01:02,600 --> 01:01:06,960 Speaker 1: percent that I like, I really on ironically enjoy Zach 1260 01:01:07,000 --> 01:01:11,000 Speaker 1: Brown Band probably being one of the one of my favorite. 1261 01:01:11,080 --> 01:01:14,000 Speaker 1: And he's a great summer band, great great summer band. 1262 01:01:14,040 --> 01:01:16,040 Speaker 1: So that's that's like what music I've been listening to 1263 01:01:16,120 --> 01:01:20,440 Speaker 1: a lot um you know, whether driving like South based stereotype, 1264 01:01:20,520 --> 01:01:23,800 Speaker 1: driving around in my jeep um with my backwards hat 1265 01:01:23,920 --> 01:01:27,640 Speaker 1: and um, you know, Sinook's on or whatever that's they're 1266 01:01:27,720 --> 01:01:30,280 Speaker 1: doing that, or grilling outside of the patio that's usually 1267 01:01:30,360 --> 01:01:32,320 Speaker 1: Zach Brown Band. But but listening to a lot of 1268 01:01:32,320 --> 01:01:36,240 Speaker 1: Office Ladies podcasts with Jenni Fisher and Angela Kinsey. You know, 1269 01:01:36,240 --> 01:01:38,720 Speaker 1: I'm a big The Office fan obviously, and that is 1270 01:01:38,760 --> 01:01:41,400 Speaker 1: a that that's been kind of my main thing that 1271 01:01:41,440 --> 01:01:44,320 Speaker 1: I've been streaming right now is that podcast. It's great, 1272 01:01:44,360 --> 01:01:47,080 Speaker 1: really good to like revisit the show, Like I like 1273 01:01:47,200 --> 01:01:48,880 Speaker 1: The Office, like I have no beef with the Office. 1274 01:01:48,920 --> 01:01:53,040 Speaker 1: I'm amazed at the I don't know, the resurrection. This 1275 01:01:53,240 --> 01:01:55,960 Speaker 1: the the the wave of love for The Office that 1276 01:01:55,960 --> 01:01:58,240 Speaker 1: has happened in the last especially during the pandom. Maybe 1277 01:01:58,240 --> 01:01:59,880 Speaker 1: it's because everybody was at home and it was like 1278 01:02:00,080 --> 01:02:03,000 Speaker 1: you know, televised comfort food. Well we're all sort of 1279 01:02:03,000 --> 01:02:05,320 Speaker 1: going through this pandim it really is. Yeah, it's amazing 1280 01:02:05,320 --> 01:02:08,800 Speaker 1: to me. Well, listen to the podcast. The everyone associated 1281 01:02:08,840 --> 01:02:11,840 Speaker 1: with the show is surprised by that too. They're they're 1282 01:02:11,880 --> 01:02:14,000 Speaker 1: surprised by that it even made it onto the air, 1283 01:02:14,080 --> 01:02:16,800 Speaker 1: which I think is actually the big, the fun, the 1284 01:02:16,840 --> 01:02:19,920 Speaker 1: most enjoyable thing about really listening to it is like 1285 01:02:19,960 --> 01:02:24,640 Speaker 1: the the journey or whatever of of getting on air. 1286 01:02:24,680 --> 01:02:26,800 Speaker 1: Do you know the first season actually shot in Culver City, 1287 01:02:27,120 --> 01:02:30,640 Speaker 1: sort of near like a some warehouse kind of I 1288 01:02:30,680 --> 01:02:34,240 Speaker 1: would say, just on the border of Culver City. Um, yeah, 1289 01:02:34,400 --> 01:02:37,360 Speaker 1: so Culver City like a Jason basically, you know, yeah, 1290 01:02:37,440 --> 01:02:39,160 Speaker 1: I wouldn't have put it like in the in the 1291 01:02:39,240 --> 01:02:43,120 Speaker 1: square heat of the bubble, but definitely like bubble adjacent Yeah, 1292 01:02:43,320 --> 01:02:45,080 Speaker 1: that's like, that's a reference that basically like five of 1293 01:02:45,120 --> 01:02:49,280 Speaker 1: us are nobody. Nobody got that, nobody got that bubble. 1294 01:02:49,320 --> 01:02:52,040 Speaker 1: What the hell is he talking about? Last one? What 1295 01:02:52,360 --> 01:02:56,240 Speaker 1: would be the title of your memoir? Oh? I I 1296 01:02:56,280 --> 01:02:59,880 Speaker 1: have no idea, man um, I have no I don't know. 1297 01:03:00,080 --> 01:03:01,360 Speaker 1: I look at mine. I think mine would be like 1298 01:03:01,440 --> 01:03:03,520 Speaker 1: because I'm a grown up, Like that's kind of basically 1299 01:03:03,520 --> 01:03:07,920 Speaker 1: what um I would really, I have no idea. I 1300 01:03:07,960 --> 01:03:10,480 Speaker 1: couldn't imagine writing a memoir, man I I used to 1301 01:03:10,520 --> 01:03:13,400 Speaker 1: think I wanted to write, like, um, there's a lot 1302 01:03:13,480 --> 01:03:16,600 Speaker 1: of things like in the last year and like I 1303 01:03:16,640 --> 01:03:19,280 Speaker 1: guess two years really, like I feel like I've aged 1304 01:03:19,280 --> 01:03:21,480 Speaker 1: a hundred years in the last two years. Probably a 1305 01:03:21,480 --> 01:03:24,440 Speaker 1: lot of people did, but many of us have many 1306 01:03:24,560 --> 01:03:26,840 Speaker 1: many folks have there. But there are many things I 1307 01:03:26,880 --> 01:03:29,440 Speaker 1: used to think I wanted to write, like a my 1308 01:03:29,520 --> 01:03:32,680 Speaker 1: life story type of book. I couldn't imagine possibly doing 1309 01:03:32,720 --> 01:03:35,440 Speaker 1: that now, like and it's it's big things like that 1310 01:03:35,520 --> 01:03:38,160 Speaker 1: and simple things of like you know how Instagram shows 1311 01:03:38,160 --> 01:03:40,360 Speaker 1: you like this is what you were doing two years 1312 01:03:40,360 --> 01:03:44,320 Speaker 1: ago or whatever. Um, I look at like asking my 1313 01:03:44,400 --> 01:03:48,840 Speaker 1: followers like respond to this question box and my questions, 1314 01:03:48,840 --> 01:03:50,520 Speaker 1: like I couldn't imagine doing that now, Like I don't 1315 01:03:50,520 --> 01:03:52,919 Speaker 1: care what I don't, don't don't ask me any don't 1316 01:03:52,960 --> 01:03:56,880 Speaker 1: respond anything, don't ask me any questions, leave me alone. Um. 1317 01:03:56,960 --> 01:03:58,200 Speaker 1: So I don't know that I would be a good 1318 01:03:58,240 --> 01:04:01,080 Speaker 1: memoir candidate at this point. Um I would. I find 1319 01:04:01,080 --> 01:04:03,880 Speaker 1: I just find other people much more interesting and like 1320 01:04:03,920 --> 01:04:06,240 Speaker 1: relating to that. So I don't think I would write 1321 01:04:06,240 --> 01:04:09,880 Speaker 1: a memoir based that's fair enough my memoir. My memoir 1322 01:04:10,200 --> 01:04:17,040 Speaker 1: entitled stories about other people people? Yeah, uh, actually that 1323 01:04:17,240 --> 01:04:19,479 Speaker 1: that sounds kind of that sounds actually right up your alley, 1324 01:04:19,520 --> 01:04:22,160 Speaker 1: And honestly, I might read that, to be honest with you. Well, 1325 01:04:22,160 --> 01:04:24,360 Speaker 1: there we go. Maybe maybe that's my next project. There's 1326 01:04:25,000 --> 01:04:27,840 Speaker 1: a memoir not about myself. That's that's the next one. 1327 01:04:28,200 --> 01:04:30,160 Speaker 1: All right, dude, I you know, I was like chatting 1328 01:04:30,200 --> 01:04:32,720 Speaker 1: with you in pretty much any format, but this one especially, 1329 01:04:32,920 --> 01:04:36,360 Speaker 1: um one more time for folks who maybe somehow don't 1330 01:04:36,360 --> 01:04:40,439 Speaker 1: know about reception perception. Uh you know, let them know, man, Yeah, 1331 01:04:40,520 --> 01:04:43,280 Speaker 1: reception perception dot com. We've got a bunch of cool 1332 01:04:43,320 --> 01:04:47,000 Speaker 1: stuff going on right now, obviously, Like some of these 1333 01:04:47,040 --> 01:04:49,800 Speaker 1: success rate route metrics that I've mentioned, those are there 1334 01:04:49,800 --> 01:04:53,040 Speaker 1: are profiles on sixty plus guys, both college and NFL 1335 01:04:53,120 --> 01:04:55,280 Speaker 1: players that you can find on the site, sortable data 1336 01:04:55,320 --> 01:04:58,200 Speaker 1: tables as well with all of these metrics, and we've 1337 01:04:58,200 --> 01:05:02,440 Speaker 1: got some cool like season preview stuff. Um, mostly our 1338 01:05:02,520 --> 01:05:05,360 Speaker 1: master plan, which is all a James code baby by 1339 01:05:05,360 --> 01:05:07,320 Speaker 1: the way, that was his h that was his idea. 1340 01:05:07,320 --> 01:05:10,280 Speaker 1: It's a free downloadable PDF if you subscribe to the site. 1341 01:05:10,280 --> 01:05:12,520 Speaker 1: It's a completely free add on to your subscription. You 1342 01:05:12,560 --> 01:05:15,640 Speaker 1: just downloaded, and um it'll hopefully prepare you for not 1343 01:05:15,720 --> 01:05:20,000 Speaker 1: just your wide receiver fantasy draft, but um everything along 1344 01:05:20,000 --> 01:05:21,520 Speaker 1: the way. And now, of course, would of course be 1345 01:05:21,600 --> 01:05:24,000 Speaker 1: remiss if I didn't shout out the Yahoo Fantasy Football 1346 01:05:24,040 --> 01:05:26,200 Speaker 1: podcast that I'm still on as well. Please go check 1347 01:05:26,240 --> 01:05:29,720 Speaker 1: that out. Um, I'm on twice a week during the season. 1348 01:05:29,800 --> 01:05:31,880 Speaker 1: My episodes Middle of the Week with Dalton del don 1349 01:05:32,000 --> 01:05:35,400 Speaker 1: or some of my favorites because Dalton. Um, if there 1350 01:05:35,440 --> 01:05:37,680 Speaker 1: was ever somebody that should tweet more, it's Dalton because 1351 01:05:37,680 --> 01:05:41,520 Speaker 1: he's got the spiciest takes but never never tweets, never tweets, 1352 01:05:41,560 --> 01:05:43,720 Speaker 1: So you gotta listen to the podcast basically to find 1353 01:05:43,720 --> 01:05:45,360 Speaker 1: out some of his awesome takes. Yeah, I say we 1354 01:05:45,360 --> 01:05:47,040 Speaker 1: should probably mention the fact that you still do work 1355 01:05:47,040 --> 01:05:48,640 Speaker 1: for Yahoo and that is sort of like you know, 1356 01:05:48,720 --> 01:05:52,320 Speaker 1: the main gig. If if if I if anyone that 1357 01:05:52,520 --> 01:05:54,680 Speaker 1: employs me at Yeah, who listens to this, they'll they'll 1358 01:05:54,960 --> 01:05:56,720 Speaker 1: be sure to remind me that I should mention it 1359 01:05:56,760 --> 01:06:00,400 Speaker 1: before the hour mark of the podcast. Yeah. No, I 1360 01:06:00,400 --> 01:06:02,800 Speaker 1: was gonna actually just email this directly to Andy Barren's 1361 01:06:02,840 --> 01:06:04,520 Speaker 1: and just tell him like, hey, look, this is this 1362 01:06:04,560 --> 01:06:07,360 Speaker 1: is what Harmon's doing nowadays. I said, I said, I said, 1363 01:06:07,400 --> 01:06:14,200 Speaker 1: somebody that employs me not ain't signing those checks, buddy, 1364 01:06:14,240 --> 01:06:17,160 Speaker 1: and tell you that. No. Man, that's uh whish why 1365 01:06:17,200 --> 01:06:19,200 Speaker 1: I had Andy On. Great people. He's a lot of fun. 1366 01:06:19,600 --> 01:06:21,760 Speaker 1: He's like and I do wish Dalton would tweet more 1367 01:06:21,760 --> 01:06:24,200 Speaker 1: because Dalton is sort of a fantasy savant, I think, 1368 01:06:24,280 --> 01:06:27,080 Speaker 1: but he does. He sort of keeps his things to himself. 1369 01:06:27,600 --> 01:06:29,160 Speaker 1: If I could, if I could, like, I'm gonna just 1370 01:06:29,360 --> 01:06:32,680 Speaker 1: bog art the podcast here one more time, like like, actually, 1371 01:06:32,680 --> 01:06:34,600 Speaker 1: I think it's my fault that Dalton doesn't tweet, because 1372 01:06:34,600 --> 01:06:36,439 Speaker 1: he usually would tweet a little bit here and there. 1373 01:06:36,520 --> 01:06:38,200 Speaker 1: And after doing the pod with him for like a 1374 01:06:38,280 --> 01:06:39,680 Speaker 1: year and a half, I told him I was like, man, 1375 01:06:39,680 --> 01:06:42,960 Speaker 1: you gotta tweet more. Like you have the spiciest, hottest 1376 01:06:43,000 --> 01:06:46,400 Speaker 1: takes of the group for sure, like me and Andy 1377 01:06:46,480 --> 01:06:49,760 Speaker 1: pretty bland whatever, Like yeah, I mean we've got some 1378 01:06:49,840 --> 01:06:52,280 Speaker 1: good things here and there, but like Dalton really legitimately 1379 01:06:52,320 --> 01:06:55,160 Speaker 1: like his rankings full of heaters, full of like outliers 1380 01:06:55,160 --> 01:06:57,080 Speaker 1: that he's ahead of the consensus on. Um. I was like, 1381 01:06:57,080 --> 01:06:58,600 Speaker 1: you gotta tweet more, man, you gotta tweet more. And 1382 01:06:58,600 --> 01:07:01,280 Speaker 1: this was like week because of the NFL season last 1383 01:07:01,360 --> 01:07:03,280 Speaker 1: year after Dak went down and he put out a 1384 01:07:03,280 --> 01:07:05,200 Speaker 1: tweet like, oh Andy Dalton will be just as good 1385 01:07:05,200 --> 01:07:08,120 Speaker 1: as Dak Prescott um and right before Monday Night football 1386 01:07:08,120 --> 01:07:11,520 Speaker 1: when Andy Dalton just blew it against the Cardinals and 1387 01:07:11,600 --> 01:07:13,240 Speaker 1: he was a viscerator for that. And I don't think 1388 01:07:13,240 --> 01:07:15,240 Speaker 1: he I legit, don't think he's tweeted sent So that's 1389 01:07:15,240 --> 01:07:18,920 Speaker 1: actually might be my fault. Yeah, that seems to happen, Uh, Dalton, 1390 01:07:19,400 --> 01:07:22,560 Speaker 1: You're not alone on that. I I certainly understand it. Pal. 1391 01:07:22,600 --> 01:07:25,600 Speaker 1: I was like talking to you, Um, we'll talk soon. 1392 01:07:25,640 --> 01:07:26,920 Speaker 1: And when I say soon, I mean probably like in 1393 01:07:26,960 --> 01:07:29,080 Speaker 1: the next scene of ten fifteen minutes on Slack or 1394 01:07:29,080 --> 01:07:31,760 Speaker 1: something sounds good yeah, I'll see you there. Sounds good 1395 01:07:31,800 --> 01:07:33,560 Speaker 1: man anyway. For us, that is it. We are done. 1396 01:07:33,560 --> 01:07:36,040 Speaker 1: We appreciate you hanging out with the NFL Fantasy Football show, 1397 01:07:36,040 --> 01:07:37,880 Speaker 1: you know, the drill, Tell two friends with Tell two friends, 1398 01:07:37,960 --> 01:07:40,680 Speaker 1: rate review and remember there aren't many short synonyms for 1399 01:07:40,680 --> 01:07:43,560 Speaker 1: the word abbreviation. You say, take care of yourselves, get vaccinated, 1400 01:07:43,800 --> 01:08:10,760 Speaker 1: and we'll see you next week. Whe All come, come, all,