WEBVTT - Burden of Proof 0:00:01.000 --> 0:00:04.680 Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of iHeartRadio. 0:00:06.840 --> 0:00:11.080 Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from iHeartRadio, your weekly 0:00:11.160 --> 0:00:15.120 source for the nation's best fantasy football advice, speculation, and 0:00:15.160 --> 0:00:17.880 whatever stupid stuff they decided to drop into the show. 0:00:18.320 --> 0:00:20.320 Now here's your host, Paul Jargon. 0:00:21.320 --> 0:00:24.640 Hey, everybody, Today we find out whether or not Aaron 0:00:24.840 --> 0:00:31.000 Rodgers constitutes stupid stuff. Joining me this week, Kent, Why Rock? 0:00:31.160 --> 0:00:32.680 Hey Ken, Good to have you back. 0:00:33.040 --> 0:00:35.519 Hey, glad to be back. I know Matt wanted to 0:00:35.600 --> 0:00:37.960 jump in and talk about some divisions here, but look, 0:00:38.240 --> 0:00:41.440 when we get Aaron Rodgers news on the AFC North episode, 0:00:41.440 --> 0:00:43.920 we gotta we gotta get it done. 0:00:44.560 --> 0:00:45.040 That's right. 0:00:45.159 --> 0:00:48.360 It's the timing could not have been better really for 0:00:48.520 --> 0:00:50.400 this to drop, and it is. 0:00:50.320 --> 0:00:53.760 An It's it's not unexpected in any way. 0:00:54.240 --> 0:00:57.240 I think for Aaron Rodgers, Kent, it just came down to, Okay, 0:00:58.120 --> 0:01:03.520 am I going to end up with Pittsburgh? Or am 0:01:03.600 --> 0:01:07.160 I going to wait for somebody to get injured and 0:01:07.200 --> 0:01:08.920 then try to fill in at some point? 0:01:10.319 --> 0:01:12.759 Yeah, that's definitely a question. And you know, we'll talk 0:01:12.760 --> 0:01:14.720 about this in a minute. But Mason Rudolph is not 0:01:14.800 --> 0:01:18.560 the guy and they need to do something. So he 0:01:18.640 --> 0:01:20.640 finally decided to sign he's gonna skip a little bit 0:01:20.680 --> 0:01:24.240 of the OTAs as he's known to do to do Yes, yeah, 0:01:24.319 --> 0:01:26.600 exactly that, I guess. You know, honestly, I do the 0:01:26.640 --> 0:01:28.920 same thing. I totally totally get it from his point 0:01:28.959 --> 0:01:32.120 of view as a guy in north of forty so right. 0:01:32.160 --> 0:01:34.560 I mean, it's it's a little bit like, you know, 0:01:35.200 --> 0:01:37.279 you get hired by some company and you're like, okay, 0:01:37.440 --> 0:01:40.280 you know, i'll see in about six weeks, I'm gonna 0:01:40.280 --> 0:01:43.160 go vacation for a while. So, you know, nice for 0:01:43.240 --> 0:01:46.200 him to be able to do that. I guess we 0:01:46.400 --> 0:01:48.880 are not in the kitchen, We're not in the closet, 0:01:48.960 --> 0:01:51.720 spare bedroom this time. I'm very excited to say. And 0:01:52.480 --> 0:01:56.160 that's still no furniture in Utah house. But spare bedroom 0:01:56.280 --> 0:01:57.680 is going to be the uh, it's going to be 0:01:57.680 --> 0:02:00.560 the winner today and hopefully so you know, I'm a 0:02:00.600 --> 0:02:02.400 sound kent. You don't know this yet, I'm a sound 0:02:02.480 --> 0:02:06.080 quality snob for this show. During this move and all 0:02:06.120 --> 0:02:08.000 the things that have happened this is it's been a 0:02:08.040 --> 0:02:10.760 little bit tough on me, not having all my usual 0:02:11.120 --> 0:02:13.880 you know, studio office set up and just sort of 0:02:13.919 --> 0:02:16.160 making do where we can appreciate the listeners who have 0:02:16.200 --> 0:02:18.840 sort of stuck it out during this process as well. 0:02:19.400 --> 0:02:22.040 I totally understand. And you know, we'll find the new rhythm, 0:02:22.080 --> 0:02:25.239 the Utah Minnesota connection. It's gonna come to fruition and 0:02:25.520 --> 0:02:26.799 we're gonna make some good stuff this year. 0:02:27.680 --> 0:02:29.000 Absolutely absolutely. 0:02:29.000 --> 0:02:31.160 All right, let's let's break down the AFC and NFC 0:02:31.240 --> 0:02:34.000 North and I think we should just start with Pittsburgh. 0:02:34.000 --> 0:02:36.760 I mean, this is this is the logical starting spot today, Kent. 0:02:36.880 --> 0:02:40.400 And as we've done for the past, now this will 0:02:40.440 --> 0:02:43.440 be our fourth or four shows where we break down 0:02:44.040 --> 0:02:49.560 divisions and highlight what's new from the previous from last season, 0:02:49.880 --> 0:02:52.160 the key new elements that you need to know for 0:02:52.200 --> 0:02:53.200 each one of these teams. 0:02:53.639 --> 0:02:54.320 So let's go. 0:02:54.600 --> 0:02:56.680 Let's go to Pittsburgh, Kent. Let's just go ahead and 0:02:56.720 --> 0:02:58.440 you know, tear the band aid off and start with 0:02:58.800 --> 0:02:59.800 start with Aaron Rodgers. 0:03:01.160 --> 0:03:04.160 So you know, it really is suiting that Aaron Rodgers 0:03:04.200 --> 0:03:07.760 announces this or rather this news of his signing was announced, 0:03:08.480 --> 0:03:10.320 but they were at the top of the list. The 0:03:10.320 --> 0:03:12.240 Pittsburgh Steels are gonna be the first AFC team that 0:03:12.240 --> 0:03:13.960 we're going to talk about today and it was just 0:03:14.040 --> 0:03:17.200 meant to be. So there's a lot of interesting cycling 0:03:17.320 --> 0:03:20.160 going on in terms of the personnel with the Pittsburgh Steelers. 0:03:20.160 --> 0:03:22.960 We got DK Metcalf coming in, we have George Pickens 0:03:23.000 --> 0:03:27.000 going out, both via trade. So it's a lot of 0:03:27.000 --> 0:03:29.239 moving parts going on for the Steelers offense right now. 0:03:29.280 --> 0:03:32.160 And how Aaron Rodgers coming in to the fold is 0:03:32.200 --> 0:03:34.600 going to affect the passing offense in general is something 0:03:34.600 --> 0:03:36.440 that we're really not sure about to begin with. So 0:03:37.400 --> 0:03:40.960 it's a very interesting situation. And you know, not to 0:03:40.960 --> 0:03:43.120 mention they have some changes on the offensive line too, 0:03:43.200 --> 0:03:45.640 So you know, Dan Moore Junior was their left tackle, 0:03:45.680 --> 0:03:48.680 he got lost free agency. Right guard James Daniels lost 0:03:48.760 --> 0:03:51.720 free agency, and then they're probably gonna move Roderick Jones 0:03:51.720 --> 0:03:55.560 back to left tackle, which was his college experience. Hasn't 0:03:55.560 --> 0:03:57.760 really done it much in the pros yet, but he 0:03:57.840 --> 0:04:00.160 had a rough year at right tackle last year, so 0:04:00.760 --> 0:04:02.440 you know, maybe that's a bounce back for him. But 0:04:02.720 --> 0:04:04.840 a lot of moving parts on the offensive line for sure. 0:04:05.320 --> 0:04:07.560 And then their new right guard is just some No. 0:04:07.640 --> 0:04:10.320 One Mason McCormick, who I wasn't even aware of to 0:04:10.440 --> 0:04:13.600 tell that I researched this, so yeah, it might be 0:04:13.600 --> 0:04:16.480 a little tough. But you know, if there's someone who 0:04:16.760 --> 0:04:20.320 has had a career of navigating the pocket, making plays 0:04:20.360 --> 0:04:24.000 out of seemingly broken situations, Aaron Rodgers is among the 0:04:24.000 --> 0:04:26.599 best of them. And you know he struggled a little 0:04:26.600 --> 0:04:29.320 bit with the Jets to accomplish that. Age comes first, all, 0:04:29.400 --> 0:04:30.360 doesn't it charge, But. 0:04:31.240 --> 0:04:32.640 I wouldn't know anything about that. Ken. 0:04:32.760 --> 0:04:36.400 Yeah, well, age is certainly coming for Rogers in some 0:04:36.480 --> 0:04:38.760 respects to his NFL career, and so you know, if 0:04:38.800 --> 0:04:41.840 he can turn down one last time for the Steelers, 0:04:41.880 --> 0:04:46.279 that'll be very interesting. But you know, bringing in DK metcalf, 0:04:46.279 --> 0:04:48.719 I think let's start there. He's twenty seven years old. 0:04:49.000 --> 0:04:51.400 This is year seven for him. I almost couldn't believe 0:04:51.400 --> 0:04:52.520 when I looked at I know he's been in the 0:04:52.560 --> 0:04:55.160 league for a while, but year seven already for a 0:04:55.200 --> 0:04:57.039 guy I feel like we just talked about as a 0:04:57.080 --> 0:05:01.320 prospect not that long ago. Butlast year he missed two 0:05:01.360 --> 0:05:03.320 games with a knee strain. There was a little bit 0:05:03.360 --> 0:05:05.880 of a divergence in his stats between those two splits 0:05:06.360 --> 0:05:08.360 and afterwards. It was pretty rough. It was only five 0:05:08.400 --> 0:05:10.679 point nine targets per game fifty three yards per game. 0:05:11.040 --> 0:05:13.320 But before that he was doing pretty well, you know, 0:05:13.320 --> 0:05:15.680 eighty one yards per game instead. So if he can 0:05:15.720 --> 0:05:18.440 bounce back to that pre injury number, he can still 0:05:18.480 --> 0:05:20.400 be himself. He's still got plenty of years in the tank. 0:05:20.400 --> 0:05:23.480 He's super athletic, he's got muscles on top of his muscles. 0:05:24.640 --> 0:05:25.560 He's my wife. 0:05:26.240 --> 0:05:29.920 My wife has decided DK Metcalf could tear the head 0:05:29.960 --> 0:05:32.240 off a mouse with his belly button. Now, I don't 0:05:32.279 --> 0:05:36.120 know how one draws that particular conclusion from DK Metcalf, 0:05:36.800 --> 0:05:39.560 although I think she was transfixed by his abs in 0:05:39.560 --> 0:05:42.600 that moment, and so I think that's probably part of it. 0:05:43.400 --> 0:05:46.360 But yeah, that's you know, obviously he's he is a. 0:05:46.360 --> 0:05:47.839 Special, special athlete. 0:05:47.880 --> 0:05:50.040 But you know, I think one of the things that's 0:05:50.080 --> 0:05:53.719 going to make DK Metcalf tricky is there's nobody to 0:05:53.760 --> 0:05:58.559 relieve pressure on DK Metcalf, because after him, this depth 0:05:58.640 --> 0:05:59.600 chart falls to. 0:05:59.680 --> 0:06:03.799 Pe sure does. Yeah, and you know, with with George 0:06:03.800 --> 0:06:05.680 Pickens leaving, I guess we'll talk about that real quick 0:06:05.680 --> 0:06:07.039 and then we can go down the rest of the 0:06:07.080 --> 0:06:09.600 line up here. But you know, George Pickens actually had 0:06:09.600 --> 0:06:11.480 a decent amount of overlap in terms of how they 0:06:11.520 --> 0:06:14.600 were used to DK Metcalf. Not entirely similar, but certainly 0:06:14.640 --> 0:06:17.719 a lot of deep, deep yard looks and stuff like that. 0:06:17.839 --> 0:06:21.880 So the idea to move on from him isn't like 0:06:22.160 --> 0:06:25.479 the worst idea in the world, but it certainly does 0:06:25.600 --> 0:06:28.000 leave a trail of tears, so to speak. After that. 0:06:28.440 --> 0:06:32.640 You know, Calvin Austin, He's probably not someone you're really 0:06:32.680 --> 0:06:34.880 going to be drafting in any leagues, but I guess 0:06:34.880 --> 0:06:36.960 you can keep an eye on him that that'd be 0:06:36.960 --> 0:06:40.080 probably the best case scenario. I'm not even keep an 0:06:40.080 --> 0:06:43.400 eye on him, You're just you're blind watching. That's right, 0:06:43.440 --> 0:06:43.680 I have it. 0:06:43.800 --> 0:06:46.600 I don't have an unlimited number of eyes, and I'm 0:06:46.600 --> 0:06:49.360 going to use uh, any of my valuable eyes. 0:06:49.480 --> 0:06:51.000 It's not going to be on Calvin Austin. 0:06:51.400 --> 0:06:54.520 Well, instead, can I interest you in one Robert Woods, 0:06:54.520 --> 0:06:55.680 who's thirty three years old? 0:06:56.000 --> 0:06:58.760 Absolutely, you may and may not. I don't believe Robert 0:06:58.760 --> 0:06:59.920 Woods even make this roster. 0:07:00.200 --> 0:07:02.800 I'll go back far totally possible. 0:07:02.480 --> 0:07:04.760 At candidate, even though there's not a lot of talent 0:07:04.800 --> 0:07:09.160 behind him and Scottie Miller and Roman Wilson. But I 0:07:09.360 --> 0:07:13.120 you know, Woods has been so non impactful like last year's. 0:07:13.160 --> 0:07:13.920 He's with Houston. 0:07:14.240 --> 0:07:16.560 They have all the injuries, right, Diggs goes out, Tank 0:07:16.640 --> 0:07:20.000 Dell goes out, and Robert Woods is still invisible when 0:07:20.000 --> 0:07:20.960 they needed him. 0:07:21.480 --> 0:07:22.920 So I don't I don't think it can. 0:07:22.960 --> 0:07:24.920 I don't think Robert Wood's got anything left. 0:07:25.200 --> 0:07:27.440 No, absolutely not. He hasn't hit five hundred yards or 0:07:27.520 --> 0:07:29.880 more than two touch actually more than one touchdown the 0:07:29.960 --> 0:07:32.640 last two years, I should say. So. Yeah, he's a 0:07:32.680 --> 0:07:36.400 non interest as well. It's DK Metcalf or nothing. And 0:07:36.760 --> 0:07:39.440 unfortunately he's going to see a lot of double coverage 0:07:39.440 --> 0:07:42.960 based on this stuff. So it's not the best situation 0:07:43.720 --> 0:07:48.520 called DK Metcalf in a lot of leagues. Definitely not 0:07:48.520 --> 0:07:51.520 gonna be drafting Anon Rodgers. That's just too much of 0:07:51.560 --> 0:07:54.600 a mystery box for me. And you know, the run game, 0:07:54.640 --> 0:07:56.560 I guess we could switch to talk about. There's some 0:07:56.640 --> 0:07:59.480 interesting things going on here where Dongie Harris is gone. 0:08:00.040 --> 0:08:02.400 You know, we still have Jalen Warren there, who for 0:08:02.440 --> 0:08:05.360 the time being is the lead back. But I don't 0:08:05.360 --> 0:08:08.440 think he's built to play as a lead back or 0:08:08.480 --> 0:08:11.320 a three down guy. He's a very solid player and 0:08:11.360 --> 0:08:13.920 he's really great in the receiving game. But they did 0:08:13.920 --> 0:08:16.320 bring in Caleb Johnson. He was a third rounder, eighty 0:08:16.360 --> 0:08:19.600 sixth overall, And honestly, the Steels had their eyes on 0:08:19.680 --> 0:08:22.200 a ton of running backs in this draft class. I 0:08:22.200 --> 0:08:24.040 don't know if you were paying attention to some of 0:08:24.040 --> 0:08:25.840 the interview process and stuff like that, but they were 0:08:25.840 --> 0:08:27.720 looking at guys that were going in the first round, 0:08:28.240 --> 0:08:31.080 and they know they didn't have a second round pick, 0:08:31.160 --> 0:08:34.559 so they believe that they found something in Caleb Johnson. 0:08:34.600 --> 0:08:36.839 Thought they'd be there, thought that he would be there 0:08:36.920 --> 0:08:39.240 at the third round pick, and they nabbed him. He 0:08:39.520 --> 0:08:42.679 had a huge All American season for Iowa as a 0:08:42.760 --> 0:08:45.640 junior last year. Fifteen hundred rush yards, one hundred and 0:08:45.679 --> 0:08:47.640 eighty eight receiving yards on top, which isn't much but 0:08:47.880 --> 0:08:50.480 you know a little bit of additional yardage there, and 0:08:50.520 --> 0:08:52.440 then twenty three total touchdowns. So he had a really, 0:08:52.480 --> 0:08:56.080 really solid season. And he has an opportunity to step 0:08:56.120 --> 0:08:58.760 into a big role right away with Najee Harris gone 0:08:58.960 --> 0:09:02.480 and Jalen Warren not being your prototypical three down guy. 0:09:02.679 --> 0:09:05.240 So that's where I stand. I don't know, do you 0:09:05.320 --> 0:09:08.080 have any kind of feelings on Caleb Johnson. 0:09:08.240 --> 0:09:13.559 Caleb Johnson is super divisive among the college football experts. 0:09:13.960 --> 0:09:18.520 Some love him, some think he is absolutely moribund. I 0:09:18.760 --> 0:09:21.960 like Caleb Johnson, and I think he will be your interior, 0:09:22.400 --> 0:09:25.840 big bodied short yardage guy for the Steelers. You know, 0:09:25.960 --> 0:09:29.440 he is thickly built, He's designed to run between the tackles. 0:09:29.480 --> 0:09:31.200 I think I'm going to do this off top of 0:09:31.200 --> 0:09:33.360 my head and Thorn I talked about it pre draft. 0:09:33.720 --> 0:09:36.080 I think he averaged four and a half yards per 0:09:36.240 --> 0:09:41.280 carry after contact, yards between the guards and carries between 0:09:41.280 --> 0:09:44.640 the guards. He's just in a really impressive inside runner. 0:09:45.360 --> 0:09:47.679 And then you know Iowa, he was the whole offense. 0:09:47.840 --> 0:09:48.880 You know, they couldn't pass. 0:09:49.160 --> 0:09:52.240 You know, everybody knew Caleb Johnson was coming, and defense 0:09:52.360 --> 0:09:55.000 is just you know, they game planned to just take 0:09:55.080 --> 0:09:57.800 him out of the Iowa offense, and it didn't always matter. 0:09:57.920 --> 0:09:59.600 Can IWA was still ran him. But you know you 0:09:59.640 --> 0:10:03.040 mentioned the fifteen hundred brushing yards and the twenty three touchdowns. 0:10:03.320 --> 0:10:05.000 Everybody knew it was coming. It was going to be 0:10:05.000 --> 0:10:06.720 all Caleb Johnson every game and it didn't matter. 0:10:06.720 --> 0:10:06.959 He could. 0:10:07.000 --> 0:10:09.400 You know, he's still piled up big stats, So I'm 0:10:09.440 --> 0:10:14.000 optimistic that he's going to be impactful, and but Jalen 0:10:14.080 --> 0:10:16.720 Warren will continue to have such a big role that 0:10:17.160 --> 0:10:18.960 I don't know that Caleb Johnson is going to be 0:10:18.960 --> 0:10:22.680 somebody that is more than like a flex start and 0:10:22.840 --> 0:10:25.080 might end up being pretty touchdown dependent. I think he 0:10:25.120 --> 0:10:27.160 will get more touchdowns than Jalen Warren just because of 0:10:27.200 --> 0:10:27.840 that big body. 0:10:28.600 --> 0:10:29.120 The other guy. 0:10:29.160 --> 0:10:30.839 I just want to mention in case you weren't going 0:10:30.880 --> 0:10:33.960 to I thought Kenneth Gainwell played the best football of 0:10:34.000 --> 0:10:36.360 his career last year. To me, in my eyes, he 0:10:36.400 --> 0:10:38.680 looked he looked like the best version of Kenneth Gainwell 0:10:38.679 --> 0:10:41.960 we had ever had. And I think he's going to 0:10:42.000 --> 0:10:44.240 be a I'm not saying you draft him, and we 0:10:44.240 --> 0:10:46.800 shouldn't even be really giving him much of any talk here, 0:10:46.840 --> 0:10:51.120 But if anything were to happen to Warren or Caleb Johnson, 0:10:51.160 --> 0:10:53.480 I think Kenneth Gainwell is is somebody that would that 0:10:53.520 --> 0:10:54.800 would get a little bit of time. 0:10:54.679 --> 0:10:55.280 In this offense. 0:10:55.720 --> 0:10:58.080 Yeah, on day one, I see him taking maybe some 0:10:58.160 --> 0:11:00.679 of the targets that Nauge left behind. That's probably the 0:11:00.720 --> 0:11:02.840 biggest thing he's going to do right away. Not much 0:11:02.920 --> 0:11:04.920 until there's an injury in my opinion. Ye, but Yep, 0:11:05.000 --> 0:11:05.560 totally agreed. 0:11:06.000 --> 0:11:06.360 Agreed. 0:11:06.800 --> 0:11:09.400 All right, great breakdown on the Steelers. Let's go to 0:11:09.440 --> 0:11:12.200 our Let's go to our next team, which is the 0:11:12.440 --> 0:11:16.440 Cleveland Browns. Lots of change here. Kent start a quarterback, 0:11:16.600 --> 0:11:19.040 so we don't know who the starting quarterback is going 0:11:19.080 --> 0:11:23.320 to be, some combination of Joe Flacco, Canny Pickett. I 0:11:23.320 --> 0:11:26.320 don't think he's a factor, Dylan Dylan Gabriel, who was 0:11:26.360 --> 0:11:28.600 the first of two rookie quarterbacks taken, and then of 0:11:28.600 --> 0:11:30.839 course Shoulder Sanders, who slipped all the way to the 0:11:30.880 --> 0:11:33.840 fifth round, and then as you probably saw at the 0:11:33.840 --> 0:11:37.200 time of the draft, when they selected him, there was 0:11:37.240 --> 0:11:41.360 like golf applause in the in the war room for 0:11:41.400 --> 0:11:45.080 the Browns, like nobody was excited to take him. There's 0:11:45.080 --> 0:11:49.079 a lot of speculation that ownership made made them and 0:11:49.320 --> 0:11:51.600 ultimately take Shader Sanders. 0:11:51.960 --> 0:11:54.240 I assume Flacco's going to start the season if it's. 0:11:54.080 --> 0:11:56.080 Just like the guy who's most ready to be a 0:11:56.120 --> 0:11:59.000 starting quarterback in the NFL. I assume it's Flacco, but 0:12:00.080 --> 0:12:02.240 you don't figure Flacco holds the job for that long 0:12:02.280 --> 0:12:04.840 and sooner or later, as a rebuilding team, they go 0:12:04.880 --> 0:12:07.600 to Gabriel, they go to Sanders. I don't think any 0:12:07.600 --> 0:12:10.480 Pickett's a factor here, and neither also Spina non factors can. 0:12:11.240 --> 0:12:16.000 Deshaun Watson, as you may remember, reruptured his achilles tendon 0:12:16.200 --> 0:12:19.800 in January. So the presumption is that he will not 0:12:19.880 --> 0:12:22.120 play this year and he's probably played his final down 0:12:22.160 --> 0:12:26.080 in Cleveland. Im probably his final down of NFL football. 0:12:26.200 --> 0:12:29.000 But I don't know, man, every teams are so desperate 0:12:29.000 --> 0:12:31.640 for quarterbacks. Maybe some other team gives him a try. 0:12:31.720 --> 0:12:34.680 But speaking well, the Browns aren't desperate. They have like 0:12:34.720 --> 0:12:37.800 five quarterbacks, right, don't need him? 0:12:37.840 --> 0:12:38.360 Noney. 0:12:38.440 --> 0:12:42.679 Yeah, And you know when when ownership came out and 0:12:42.720 --> 0:12:45.520 said publicly, yeah we made we made a big mistake 0:12:45.600 --> 0:12:49.839 and acquiring Deshaun Watson while he's on roster, that tells 0:12:49.880 --> 0:12:52.400 you that, like you know they're done with him when 0:12:52.400 --> 0:12:54.560 you when you actually go to that to that stage. 0:12:55.640 --> 0:12:59.640 Out of this group, I'm drafting none in dynasty and 0:13:00.080 --> 0:13:04.400 higher leagues. I would I think there's like a round 0:13:04.679 --> 0:13:07.480 late round two, early round three and standard leagues where 0:13:07.520 --> 0:13:10.080 you could throw a dart at Gabriel or Sanders, and 0:13:10.120 --> 0:13:14.079 probably Sanders would be my choice. But I think this 0:13:14.160 --> 0:13:17.960 is a situation to avoid at receiver. Not much to 0:13:17.960 --> 0:13:21.080 talk about. Deontay Johnson is not worthy of note. I 0:13:21.120 --> 0:13:24.880 will say a tight end, hyper productive college player, Harold 0:13:24.920 --> 0:13:28.080 Fannon just got drafted into a terrible spot behind David 0:13:28.120 --> 0:13:30.520 and Joku, and so I think he sits on the 0:13:30.520 --> 0:13:31.560 bench for quite a while. 0:13:32.600 --> 0:13:34.600 Yes, we got I don't know. I you know, I'll 0:13:34.440 --> 0:13:37.840 just say I'm shaken in mind in Djoku boots just 0:13:37.840 --> 0:13:38.400 a little bit. 0:13:39.280 --> 0:13:39.480 You know. 0:13:39.880 --> 0:13:42.480 It just took Djoku a while to get going, and 0:13:43.240 --> 0:13:46.960 he's been very productive, but it's been under the majority 0:13:46.960 --> 0:13:50.800 of the time under the best passers like Flacco. You know, 0:13:50.880 --> 0:13:54.520 it's hard to believe you could say that, but you know, 0:13:54.600 --> 0:13:57.000 it's it's just if we do have a situation where 0:13:57.040 --> 0:13:59.800 we have Gabriel or Sanders coming in, that could be 0:13:59.840 --> 0:14:01.880 an another changing of the go I mean, you know, 0:14:01.920 --> 0:14:04.080 they have I'd have to look at the contract. They 0:14:04.080 --> 0:14:06.199 haven't Joku for a little bit while. But if Fannon 0:14:06.320 --> 0:14:08.080 is the future, and if they're looking to move to 0:14:08.120 --> 0:14:11.000 the quarterback of the future, they could try to make 0:14:11.040 --> 0:14:14.480 the entire offense get younger, and that'd be one one 0:14:14.520 --> 0:14:17.800 avenue to do it. So it's it's not like I 0:14:17.840 --> 0:14:20.480 don't think Joku's going to finish the season as the 0:14:20.480 --> 0:14:23.560 starter necessarily, but it's just a little bit like a 0:14:23.640 --> 0:14:25.160 ten percent scare factor for me. 0:14:25.760 --> 0:14:26.120 Okay. 0:14:26.280 --> 0:14:30.280 I I liked Fannin more than I think most scouts 0:14:30.320 --> 0:14:31.880 did because he fell pretty far in the draft for 0:14:31.960 --> 0:14:35.160 the guy who led college football and production to tight end. 0:14:36.040 --> 0:14:39.400 But Joko's really good, So I don't know, I'm less. 0:14:39.640 --> 0:14:43.280 I think I feel more secure in drafting in Djoko 0:14:43.280 --> 0:14:44.360 than than I think you do. 0:14:45.000 --> 0:14:45.800 And that's fine. 0:14:45.880 --> 0:14:48.240 Let's go to the running back position because that's the 0:14:48.240 --> 0:14:50.360 most important one to talk about when you're talking about Cleveland, 0:14:50.960 --> 0:14:54.520 and we go to a rookie second rounder, Quinche on Judkins. 0:14:54.880 --> 0:14:58.360 Judkins is the presumed Week one starter, but you know 0:14:58.960 --> 0:15:01.520 Jerome Ford, you watch Joan Ford's going to be getting 0:15:01.680 --> 0:15:04.680 I bet he still continues to get a meaningful number 0:15:04.720 --> 0:15:08.840 of carries in especially early in the season. Judkins breaks 0:15:08.880 --> 0:15:11.160 a lot of tackles in the box because he's agile. 0:15:11.200 --> 0:15:15.040 He's got acceleration. That's his biggest thing, elite vision. He 0:15:15.200 --> 0:15:17.440 just the the upfield burst is really really good and 0:15:17.520 --> 0:15:20.600 he can catch and so I think he stays in 0:15:20.680 --> 0:15:24.600 the game on third downs. Now at Ohio state they 0:15:24.600 --> 0:15:25.960 threw him. They did throw him a lot, but it 0:15:26.040 --> 0:15:28.960 was almost all like you know, dump off stuff, check downs, 0:15:29.040 --> 0:15:31.880 dump off and so I don't know the Judkins is 0:15:31.920 --> 0:15:34.840 going to be a great help from a PPR standpoint, 0:15:34.880 --> 0:15:37.800 but he can catch and and so it'll be a 0:15:37.800 --> 0:15:38.320 factor there. 0:15:38.440 --> 0:15:38.880 I just don't. 0:15:38.920 --> 0:15:40.520 I think the question is just how long it takes 0:15:40.560 --> 0:15:46.240 him before he before Judkins turns into the lead back? 0:15:46.320 --> 0:15:47.480 And is that week one? 0:15:48.200 --> 0:15:49.960 Is it October? 0:15:50.120 --> 0:15:50.880 Is it November? 0:15:50.920 --> 0:15:53.440 These things always seem to go slower than we usually 0:15:53.480 --> 0:15:54.040 want them to. 0:15:54.240 --> 0:15:57.000 Ken my predictions the Hall of Fame game, and I 0:15:57.040 --> 0:15:59.840 know they don't even play it. I think he's the one. 0:16:00.000 --> 0:16:03.040 He's the one out the gates. If not in terms 0:16:03.040 --> 0:16:05.840 of snaps, it's probably going to be in terms of 0:16:06.000 --> 0:16:09.360 yardage and fantasy importance. So and then you know, as 0:16:09.400 --> 0:16:11.880 the year goes on, and he's clearly better than Jerome 0:16:11.920 --> 0:16:16.920 forn Ford and who's the other guy back there, pierres Strong. 0:16:17.440 --> 0:16:20.480 He's just clearly better than them. So it shouldn't take 0:16:20.520 --> 0:16:22.440 long for him to get the volume that it takes 0:16:22.440 --> 0:16:25.440 to become a more important fantasy asset. 0:16:26.240 --> 0:16:28.200 Talking about things that won't take long to talk about 0:16:28.280 --> 0:16:33.080 the Cincinnati offseason had almost no meaningful fantasy change. 0:16:34.400 --> 0:16:37.440 Yeah. I mean, maybe the biggest thing we can talk 0:16:37.440 --> 0:16:40.400 about is last year they had a truly horrific offensive 0:16:40.440 --> 0:16:43.600 line situation thirty second in past block win rate thirtieth 0:16:43.640 --> 0:16:46.680 and run block win rate per ESPN. You know, they've 0:16:46.720 --> 0:16:50.680 made changes. They're lost right guard Alex Kapa, which is 0:16:50.720 --> 0:16:53.560 probably more of an addition by subtraction. He allowed thirty 0:16:53.600 --> 0:16:57.440 six pressures in eight sacks. Wasn't very good by PFF 0:16:57.480 --> 0:17:00.560 block grade and all that stuff, so you know he's 0:17:00.600 --> 0:17:04.440 being replaced by a veteran. They drafted Dylan Fairchild in 0:17:04.520 --> 0:17:08.680 the third round. They're making some moves and it's hard 0:17:08.720 --> 0:17:11.120 to get much worse than it was, but it's still 0:17:11.160 --> 0:17:14.000 not great. So you know, we'll see if their offensive 0:17:14.000 --> 0:17:16.760 link and bounce back. But the biggest change is that 0:17:17.240 --> 0:17:20.720 Joe Burrow, Jamar Chase, and t Higgins could combine their 0:17:20.760 --> 0:17:25.200 money and make us Scrooge McDuck money pool. That's something 0:17:25.240 --> 0:17:27.159 that they could do this year. They might get injured 0:17:27.160 --> 0:17:29.200 if they're diving into those coins, though, so they got 0:17:29.240 --> 0:17:29.640 to watch out. 0:17:29.640 --> 0:17:30.520 It's a great point. 0:17:30.640 --> 0:17:33.239 No, No, it's there's really not much changes, you know, 0:17:33.240 --> 0:17:36.280 it's the same old passing offense. They have the same 0:17:36.320 --> 0:17:38.240 tight end, Mike Sicki coming back. You had a little 0:17:38.280 --> 0:17:40.800 bit of a bounce back year, but wasn't targeted in 0:17:40.800 --> 0:17:42.280 the red zone very much. So I'm not going to 0:17:42.359 --> 0:17:45.800 be drafting very much of him. Chases the one oh 0:17:45.800 --> 0:17:47.800 one or one o two, depending on your settings, and 0:17:47.840 --> 0:17:51.040 t Higgins is going to be an elite wide receiver two. 0:17:51.080 --> 0:17:55.320 He's the best in the league probably, So yeah, it's 0:17:55.400 --> 0:17:58.800 really great. And the only thing is Tiggins. Excuse me. 0:17:58.840 --> 0:18:00.919 T Higgins had some health issues last year. He had 0:18:00.960 --> 0:18:05.440 three different injuries in twenty twenty four, a hamstring sprain 0:18:05.480 --> 0:18:08.600 in September, quad strain in October, and an ankle sprain 0:18:08.720 --> 0:18:12.119 in January. So he needs to get healthy and stay 0:18:12.480 --> 0:18:15.800 in intact to be able to provide for this offense. 0:18:15.840 --> 0:18:18.160 But if he's there and playing, it's going to be great. 0:18:19.480 --> 0:18:21.280 Let's move to the run game instead. Was a little 0:18:21.320 --> 0:18:23.520 bit more interesting things to talk about, not really, but 0:18:23.600 --> 0:18:25.640 a little bit. They brought back some ma a JP 0:18:25.840 --> 0:18:28.800 Ryan who's been gone for two years. He's starting thirty 0:18:28.800 --> 0:18:31.680 this year though he's definitely getting up there in age. Yeah, 0:18:31.800 --> 0:18:34.240 non factor for sure. Didn't rush much he was with 0:18:34.320 --> 0:18:36.800 the Broncos and then the Chiefs, but was still seen 0:18:36.880 --> 0:18:39.919 some targets, So I wanted to call that out. You know, 0:18:40.280 --> 0:18:42.440 thirty five targets for the Chiefs last year, three hundred 0:18:42.440 --> 0:18:45.159 twenty two receiving yards, fifty six the year prior for 0:18:45.200 --> 0:18:47.840 the Broncos four hundred and fifty five receiving yards. So 0:18:48.720 --> 0:18:50.760 do I think he's going to eat into Chase Brown's work? 0:18:50.800 --> 0:18:53.680 For No, Probably not, but he's probably going to be 0:18:53.720 --> 0:18:57.280