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Speaker 1: Murphy Esquire Murph. I hear you are on your way

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Speaker 1: know we'll catch up with you when you get back

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Speaker 1: next week. Uh. In the meantime, let's get into what

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Speaker 1: of the preseason. It is Michael F. Florio, Florida. It's

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Speaker 1: always great to have you back on this show and

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Speaker 1: get the ball out of your hands quick quarterback like Rivers.

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Speaker 1: He'll you know, build some time with it by some

432
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Speaker 1: time with his legs, and he's not afraid to throw

433
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Speaker 1: the ball downfield, which is what Mike Williams excels at.

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Speaker 1: So when Williams is back healthy. I think that that

435
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Speaker 1: you can get a little bit excited for him, but

436
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Speaker 1: the rest that their ADP, I'm kind of avoiding so

437
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Speaker 1: full the scoloture. We had our NFL Fantasy Live Draft

438
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Speaker 1: on Wednesday night, and in my final few picks as

439
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Speaker 1: some depth ads, I did draft Tyrod Taylor, Mike Williams,

440
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Speaker 1: and Hunter Henry because I do think that there's some opportunity,

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Speaker 1: especially because I was I will say, I was kind

442
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Speaker 1: of peaking at some of my bye weeks for my starters,

443
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Speaker 1: and the Chargers have some pretty favorable matchups that line

444
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Speaker 1: up with some of those bye weeks, so I feel like, hey,

445
00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:03,639
Speaker 1: why not take this wing, especially at where the ADP is.

446
00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:06,320
Speaker 1: If it hits, it's great. If not, then I'm not

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Speaker 1: out a whole lot. So I will say thinking part

448
00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:12,240
Speaker 1: of this segment was to make me feel better. I

449
00:21:12,359 --> 00:21:15,240
Speaker 1: think you've got Hunter Henry outside the top ten tight ends,

450
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Speaker 1: which is completely fine for me. Then like, but normally

451
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Speaker 1: I think you have to pay a top ten tight

452
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Speaker 1: end press room. So if he falls out the top ten,

453
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Speaker 1: I think he's a pure upside shot. We're taking them. Yeah,

454
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Speaker 1: And that was sort of my logic is feeling where

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Speaker 1: he landed. I felt pretty okay with it, so I

456
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Speaker 1: was willing to take the chance. Otherwise, if I had

457
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Speaker 1: to get him what his normal a DP was, I

458
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Speaker 1: probably would have been out Henry. So there you go.

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Speaker 1: It's time for Performance Ready presented by Castro Edge. So

460
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Speaker 1: we're talking about guys who should be ready for the season.

461
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Speaker 1: Look look at some guys who have been rising up

462
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Speaker 1: the a DP boards as we get closer to the

463
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Speaker 1: end of fantasy draft season and who could make a

464
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Speaker 1: bigger impact than maybe we anticipated coming into this offseason.

465
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Speaker 1: So let's start in Washington. We talked about Dwayne Haskins

466
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Speaker 1: being that starting job there and what this means for

467
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Speaker 1: their offense. Antonio Gibson has been a favorite I think

468
00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:09,000
Speaker 1: of the fantasy industry as we've gone throughout this summer.

469
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Speaker 1: It started even before I think the various guys release.

470
00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:15,959
Speaker 1: It picked up steam with that and it still is rising.

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Speaker 1: So now I have seen him as high as round

472
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Speaker 1: seven in a lot of fantasy drafts, which I liked

473
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Speaker 1: it when I was drafting him in round eleven or twelve,

474
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Speaker 1: a whole lot better in order for him to pay

475
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Speaker 1: off his Round seven a DP. Floria what kind of

476
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Speaker 1: numbers do you think he has to put up. I'm

477
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Speaker 1: with you, Marcus, I liked him a lot more when

478
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Speaker 1: he was going in round eleven or twelve. In round seven,

479
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Speaker 1: I like, I went back last year and I looked

480
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Speaker 1: at the top forty running backs and none of them

481
00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:46,960
Speaker 1: had less than seven hundred scrimmage yards. So I think

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Speaker 1: that right there, he needs at least seven hundred total

483
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Speaker 1: yards this year. Uh and the two who had less.

484
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Speaker 1: Of the top forty, there was only two had less.

485
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Speaker 1: They both had thirty five plus catches. One was Terrico

486
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Speaker 1: and who had over a hund your targets. So but

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Speaker 1: I think if you're drafting Gibson in the seventh round,

488
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Speaker 1: you don't want him to just be top forty running

489
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Speaker 1: back right like you're expecting more. So, I looked in

490
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Speaker 1: at the top thirty running backs and they're the only

491
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Speaker 1: one with less than thirty less than eight hundred scrimmage

492
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Speaker 1: yards was Treohen who again a hundred targets, so he

493
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Speaker 1: can make up for a lack of scrimmage yards. So

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Speaker 1: I think for Antonio Gibsons who hit uh and as

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Speaker 1: a seventh round a DP, you need at least eight

496
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Speaker 1: hundred scrimmage yards, and I think you also would like

497
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Speaker 1: to see him around thirty five forty, maybe even a

498
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Speaker 1: couple more catches than that. I know people like Gibson's

499
00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:39,680
Speaker 1: talent that's undeniable, and I know that they're excited because

500
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Speaker 1: Ron Rivera has hyped him up, saying we have a

501
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Speaker 1: plan for him, we want to get him on the field.

502
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Speaker 1: I've even heard they want to use him sort of

503
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Speaker 1: like Christian McCaffrey, although I do think someone on Twitter

504
00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:53,240
Speaker 1: went through and that seems to be Ron Rivera's favorite

505
00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:55,800
Speaker 1: comp for a running back who catches passes that every

506
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Speaker 1: every running back who catches the football, he says we

507
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Speaker 1: want to use like Christian McCaffrey. So maybe we should.

508
00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:03,280
Speaker 1: I mean, hey, I can't blame him at all, but

509
00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:05,119
Speaker 1: maybe we should look a little bit deeper into that

510
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Speaker 1: and not just run with it. I feel like when

511
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Speaker 1: you're talking about round seven, you are talking about a

512
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Speaker 1: guy that you would feel comfortable putting in your flex

513
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Speaker 1: spot on a fairly regular basis. And I don't know

514
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Speaker 1: that I'm there yet with Gibson, mostly because this is

515
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Speaker 1: still going to be a bad Washington team. They're not

516
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Speaker 1: going to go out there and I think score a

517
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Speaker 1: ton of points week after week. They are still developing guys.

518
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Speaker 1: There are still roles to be determined in this offense.

519
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Speaker 1: And so while I like what Gibson's potential is, I

520
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Speaker 1: don't think he has enough of a set role yet

521
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Speaker 1: to make me feel confident that I can roll with

522
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Speaker 1: him each and every week. So if I'm if I'm

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Speaker 1: taking him in the seventh round, I'm looking around at

524
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Speaker 1: a lot of talented players that I'm potentially missing out on,

525
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Speaker 1: a lot of running backs who should get solid workloads,

526
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Speaker 1: a lot of wide receivers or even tight ends who

527
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Speaker 1: should get decent target numbers. So the rise has maybe

528
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Speaker 1: a little bit hesitant, and that's why I think in

529
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Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks, I think I backed off

530
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Speaker 1: drafting Gibson quiet as much. So from there to Buffalo,

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Speaker 1: you were a Bills fan. I love asking you Buffalo

532
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Speaker 1: Bills related questions. Zack Moss has been a big hype

533
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Speaker 1: bunny over the last couple of weeks. What do you

534
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Speaker 1: see his role as and what do you see as

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Speaker 1: the outcome this season for Zack Moss in Buffalo. I'm

536
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Speaker 1: a big Zack Moss guy, especially when Devin Singletary was

537
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Speaker 1: going like in round five and you were getting Zack

538
00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:33,480
Speaker 1: Moss in like rounds nine sometimes, but they're they're a

539
00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:37,000
Speaker 1: DP is definitely coming closer and closer together because a

540
00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:40,360
Speaker 1: lot of people are attracted to Zack Moss for fantasy

541
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Speaker 1: and I think the most realistic outcome for him is

542
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Speaker 1: that he finishes as a high end RB three, but

543
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Speaker 1: I think the upside is a lot higher. Uh. The

544
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Speaker 1: role that I'm expected him to play in is a

545
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Speaker 1: little bit of a larger role than what Frank Gore

546
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Speaker 1: had last year. I think he can compete with Devin

547
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Speaker 1: Singletary for the groundwork. I think he is going to

548
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Speaker 1: be the back that they used near the goal line.

549
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Speaker 1: Like last year, the Bills just did not trust Devin

550
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Speaker 1: Singletary near the goal line. In fact, he was third

551
00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:11,240
Speaker 1: in touches inside the tannin inside the five, behind both

552
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Speaker 1: Frank Gore, who was well ahead of all of them,

553
00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:16,919
Speaker 1: and then Josh Allen too. So to me, that shows

554
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Speaker 1: that they don't really want to use Devon Singletary there. Uh,

555
00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:23,200
Speaker 1: and they really like Bills GM. Brendan Bean has really

556
00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:26,320
Speaker 1: spoken up Zack Moss his ability to catch passes and

557
00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:29,280
Speaker 1: as a receiver, his ability to you know, just be

558
00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:32,080
Speaker 1: an early down back, plus be that big goal line back.

559
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Speaker 1: So I think it is very possible that he could

560
00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:36,480
Speaker 1: come in and get a lot more work than we're expecting,

561
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Speaker 1: which is why I like taking him as an RB

562
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Speaker 1: three because I kind of think that's his floor if

563
00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:44,040
Speaker 1: he's the one seeing those big, valuable UH touches near

564
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Speaker 1: the goal line. But I think the upside is higher

565
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Speaker 1: if he can legitimately eat into Devon Singletary's UH carries

566
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Speaker 1: because I do think Zack Moss is going to see

567
00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:56,880
Speaker 1: a good amount of receptions UH compared to Singletary as well. Yeah,

568
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Speaker 1: and I think that's the part that really has gotten

569
00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:01,879
Speaker 1: people excited. And at last few days those reports that

570
00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:05,040
Speaker 1: Moss is going to be working theoretically in the passing

571
00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:07,760
Speaker 1: game a little bit more. I have to ask what's

572
00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:10,200
Speaker 1: the future for Devon Singletary there in Buffalo. It just

573
00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:12,560
Speaker 1: seems like after last year they talked him up a

574
00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:16,080
Speaker 1: whole lot, but the opportunity hasn't matched quite in the hype,

575
00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:19,200
Speaker 1: and I just feel like, maybe maybe this isn't gonna

576
00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:23,440
Speaker 1: work out long term with these two sides. My guess

577
00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:26,879
Speaker 1: is the bills. They did not feel comfortable with just

578
00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:30,280
Speaker 1: Devin Singletary. I think they feel like he needs another

579
00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:32,240
Speaker 1: piece there, and which is why part of me thinks

580
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Speaker 1: that Zack Moss being the bigger back. They both were

581
00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:38,359
Speaker 1: third round picks. Zack Moss I think comes with a

582
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Speaker 1: little bit more production in college and a little bit

583
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Speaker 1: more hype than Devin Singletary coming out, So I wouldn't

584
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Speaker 1: be surprised if in time Zack Moss becomes the lead

585
00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:51,520
Speaker 1: back here in Singletary is kind of the complementary piece.

586
00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:54,120
Speaker 1: I do think though, he will still have a role

587
00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:56,040
Speaker 1: even if Mass starts to take over, Like I don't

588
00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:59,959
Speaker 1: think Singletary ever goes away, which does cap the upside

589
00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:02,440
Speaker 1: both of these players. But again to me, that it's

590
00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:05,399
Speaker 1: just another reason to take Zact Moss because the ADP

591
00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:08,560
Speaker 1: is less, so the risk is just less. Yeah, Devin

592
00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:11,040
Speaker 1: single Arry, to me, has become one of those cautionary

593
00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:16,440
Speaker 1: tales of overvaluing talent and maybe overlooking opportunity. The talent

594
00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:18,920
Speaker 1: seems to be there, the opportunity doesn't seem to be

595
00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:22,040
Speaker 1: there right now for him and Buffalo over to Green

596
00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:24,880
Speaker 1: Bay A. J. Dillon kind of shook up the Fantasy

597
00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:27,639
Speaker 1: Twitter world, and we saw pictures of him in his

598
00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:30,560
Speaker 1: workout gear with these ginormous thighs that looked like he

599
00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:33,359
Speaker 1: stole them from an elephant at a local zoo. So

600
00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:37,639
Speaker 1: what does him be in Green Bay mean for Aaron Jones,

601
00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:41,240
Speaker 1: who we already thought was a huge candidate for regression

602
00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:46,080
Speaker 1: this year. Yeah, Aaron Jones last year scored thirty six

603
00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:49,320
Speaker 1: percent of his Fantasy points off of touchdowns. That simply

604
00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:52,480
Speaker 1: was not going to happen again. He had nearly twenty touchdowns.

605
00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:54,160
Speaker 1: I mean, we just weren't going to see that. So

606
00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:57,400
Speaker 1: I was already expecting as everyone was, like some heavy

607
00:28:57,440 --> 00:29:00,720
Speaker 1: touchdown regression there. But then they bring in Dylan, who

608
00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:04,720
Speaker 1: is huge, like you said, And my biggest fear is

609
00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:07,880
Speaker 1: that with Aaron Jones this year, he is gonna have

610
00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:10,720
Speaker 1: to split time in the red zone with Dylan and

611
00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:13,240
Speaker 1: then in between the twenties with Jamal Williams, And I

612
00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:16,560
Speaker 1: am just fearful that this can become an absolute nightmare

613
00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:20,120
Speaker 1: for Fantasy. Like you bring in Dylan, I wouldn't surprise

614
00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:21,800
Speaker 1: me if they use him near the goal line to

615
00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:24,680
Speaker 1: kind of prevent Jones from having to take those hits.

616
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Speaker 1: And they keep Jones fresh throughout the season and they

617
00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:29,360
Speaker 1: get you know, they get to use Dylan as well,

618
00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:32,360
Speaker 1: who they just paid a premium draft capital for. And

619
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Speaker 1: then also let's not forget the like Jamal Williams was

620
00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:38,120
Speaker 1: still heavily involved, especially in the passing game. Last year,

621
00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:41,240
Speaker 1: he was running over fourteen routes per games, seeing three

622
00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:43,400
Speaker 1: point two targets per game, and that may not sound

623
00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:45,800
Speaker 1: like a lot, but Jones was only seeing four point three.

624
00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:48,640
Speaker 1: So Jones was averaging one target more per game than

625
00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:53,080
Speaker 1: Jamal Williams. And for forever, with these two backs, all

626
00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:55,600
Speaker 1: we've heard about is Jamal Williams pass blocking and how

627
00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:57,920
Speaker 1: much Green Bay loved it. I know it's a uh

628
00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:00,320
Speaker 1: we've seen a different regime since these two have been

629
00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:02,960
Speaker 1: brought in, But even last year, like Jamal Williams was

630
00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:05,640
Speaker 1: used in that role. So I don't really have a

631
00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:09,040
Speaker 1: lot of uh Aaron Jones. I haven't been drafting him

632
00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:10,640
Speaker 1: a lot because you still got to pay that second

633
00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:13,440
Speaker 1: round price. And for me, this can become an all

634
00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:15,960
Speaker 1: out fantasy nightmare if they use all three of those

635
00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:19,800
Speaker 1: running backs. I don't think I have drafted Aaron Jones

636
00:30:20,040 --> 00:30:24,240
Speaker 1: on any fantasy roster. I was sort of relieved to

637
00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:26,560
Speaker 1: see the ADP come down a little bit, because I

638
00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:29,560
Speaker 1: feel like in March and April people were still drafting

639
00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:32,120
Speaker 1: him in the first round. And I think that has

640
00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:34,840
Speaker 1: sort of calmed down. But because of all the things

641
00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:38,000
Speaker 1: you said, I mean, Jamal Williams still being heavily involved,

642
00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:41,000
Speaker 1: now a J. Dillon reportedly getting involved, it has gotten

643
00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:44,880
Speaker 1: me completely out on Aaron Jones this year. In fact, really,

644
00:30:45,080 --> 00:30:48,360
Speaker 1: besides Davante Adams, I don't know that there are any

645
00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:51,520
Speaker 1: packers that I'm really excited about this year, so I've

646
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Speaker 1: generally kind of stayed away in a lot of respects.

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Speaker 1: Speaking of Davante Adams, his a DP has been pretty

648
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Speaker 1: steady all off season long. And the thing that I noticed,

649
00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:05,160
Speaker 1: it feels like the wide receivers for the most part,

650
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Speaker 1: have remained relatively flat when it comes to their A

651
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Speaker 1: d p s. The running backs have been all over

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Speaker 1: the place. I mean, it feels like any piece of

653
00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:15,400
Speaker 1: news since a running back a DP, you know, either

654
00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:18,080
Speaker 1: moving up or moving down in quite a big way.

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Speaker 1: Why do you think that is? I think I am

656
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Speaker 1: partially to blame for this, uh, myself and a lot

657
00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:29,840
Speaker 1: of other fantasy football analysts and then banging the drum like, hey,

658
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Speaker 1: the elite running backs, they go and they dry up fast,

659
00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:36,640
Speaker 1: so like get them early on, and like, over the

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Speaker 1: last couple of months, it's become more and more common

661
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Speaker 1: to see like ten or eleven in the first twelve

662
00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:44,400
Speaker 1: picks in the in the twelve team league be running backs.

663
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Speaker 1: So I think when you see like thirteen of the

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Speaker 1: first fifteen picks in most strafts be running backs, and

665
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Speaker 1: then you have Michael Thomas and Davante Adams sprinkled in there,

666
00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:55,400
Speaker 1: people see that and they're like, oh man, my RV

667
00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:57,959
Speaker 1: two is gonna be bad. I need to I need

668
00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:00,200
Speaker 1: to not miss out on these running backs because they're

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Speaker 1: going so heavy off the board. And then there's also

670
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Speaker 1: a lot of wide receivers that myself that I like,

671
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Speaker 1: and a lot of I know, other fantasy analysts like

672
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Speaker 1: in round four or five, six and that range. So

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Speaker 1: I think that a lot of people feel like, all right,

674
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Speaker 1: I can wait on receiver and still I won't get

675
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Speaker 1: you know, a top Tan Wade receiver, but I'll still

676
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Speaker 1: get someone completely serviceable from my starting lineup. But running

677
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Speaker 1: back if I wait, I might be you know, drafting

678
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Speaker 1: like Kareem Hunt is my RB two, and I really

679
00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:29,000
Speaker 1: like Kareem Hunt, but I like him more as an

680
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Speaker 1: RB three where you don't need to be starting him

681
00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:33,400
Speaker 1: well Nick Chubb is there because we don't know exactly

682
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Speaker 1: how that workload is going to get distributed, Like I

683
00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:39,640
Speaker 1: wouldn't want like a Devin Singletary or really any of

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Speaker 1: those round five running backs as my RB two. So

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Speaker 1: I really am trying to get too early, and I

686
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Speaker 1: think a lot of people feel that same way. And

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Speaker 1: I think it's just because the running back position drives

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Speaker 1: up a lot faster than receivers, so people are are

689
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Speaker 1: really trying to get their running backs early now. Earlier

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Speaker 1: this week, I had Danny Carter on this show, and

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Speaker 1: he is obviously a huge advocate of the zero RB theory,

692
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Speaker 1: and I know there are people that are still trying it.

693
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Speaker 1: It just feels like this is a year that it's

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Speaker 1: really hard to do because so many running backs are

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Speaker 1: coming off the board early. And I think you're right.

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Speaker 1: The fear is suddenly you're looking around and you're running

697
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Speaker 1: backs are Devin Singletary and Kareem Hunt, which is great

698
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Speaker 1: if you have them as sort of depth backs. As

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00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:25,120
Speaker 1: flex options not so great. If you feel like those

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Speaker 1: are the guys you have to use on a regular

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Speaker 1: So for piece of mine, we're looking at what I'm

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Speaker 1: calling these solid seconds. These are wide receivers that aren't

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Speaker 1: in that top tier, that are maybe going in some

707
00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:50,800
Speaker 1: of the middle rounds, that you might feel confident with

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Speaker 1: as your wide receiver to this year. So well, first off,

709
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Speaker 1: when you get past those first three rounds of Florio

710
00:33:57,680 --> 00:34:00,640
Speaker 1: and you know the elite guys are gone, and you're

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Speaker 1: starting to look at maybe that second wide receiver, what

712
00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:06,120
Speaker 1: sort of things are you looking for before you make

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Speaker 1: a pick. I want volume, and I want upside, and

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Speaker 1: this year that is my favorite tier. Like these second

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Speaker 1: wide receivers. I often will start a draft with two

716
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Speaker 1: or three running backs, So I am looking for, you know,

717
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Speaker 1: guys who I think are gonna be safe each week,

718
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Speaker 1: that I can have in my starting lineup, that I

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Speaker 1: know aren't just gonna be complete boom or bust options.

720
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Speaker 1: But I also am looking for players that I think

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Speaker 1: can take that next step and potentially go off the

722
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Speaker 1: board next year as a wide receiver one. And some

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Speaker 1: names that I really like, like Robert Woods you can

724
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Speaker 1: get in the fourth round, and his teammate Cooper Cup too,

725
00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:45,080
Speaker 1: but also like A J. Brown, Terry McLaurin. A little

726
00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:47,960
Speaker 1: bit later, there's Marquis Brown, and then there's also like

727
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Speaker 1: Tyler Lockett DK Metcalf. There's so many wide receivers in

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Speaker 1: that range that I I don't like going zero why

729
00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:59,640
Speaker 1: RB and taking two wide receivers early, primarily because then

730
00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:01,960
Speaker 1: I'm take running backs at this portion of the draft,

731
00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:04,960
Speaker 1: and I love all of these wide receiver twos. I

732
00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:07,480
Speaker 1: don't mind double dipping and getting two of them into

733
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Speaker 1: my lineup that I feel really good about because again,

734
00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:12,120
Speaker 1: they're gonna have that same volume each week, and they

735
00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:14,440
Speaker 1: have the upside to take the next step. In fantasy.

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Speaker 1: You mentioned that, and I went through and sort of

737
00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:21,520
Speaker 1: looked at the running back a DPS and actually get

738
00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:24,799
Speaker 1: past maybe Chris Carson somewhere late in the third round.

739
00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:27,360
Speaker 1: There's just a big group of running backs that I

740
00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:29,680
Speaker 1: just don't feel great about going from anywhere from round

741
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Speaker 1: round four, maybe the end of round seven or middle

742
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Speaker 1: of round eight. It's not until I get to sort

743
00:35:34,719 --> 00:35:36,680
Speaker 1: of that back part of the running backs that I

744
00:35:36,719 --> 00:35:38,840
Speaker 1: start to feel better again about the upside guys. In

745
00:35:38,880 --> 00:35:41,960
Speaker 1: the meantime, all those wide receivers you mentioned are guys

746
00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:44,320
Speaker 1: that you know it is. It is like a shopping

747
00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:46,120
Speaker 1: spree sort of in the middle of that, You're looking

748
00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:49,239
Speaker 1: through and everything seems great and every option seems to

749
00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:52,759
Speaker 1: really have some value to it. You mentioned Cooper Cup,

750
00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:55,719
Speaker 1: and this is a guy you talk about volume. We

751
00:35:55,840 --> 00:35:57,840
Speaker 1: know the volume has been there for him. We know

752
00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:01,080
Speaker 1: the upside has been there because Jared Goff loves him

753
00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:03,000
Speaker 1: and looks for him when he tends to get in trouble.

754
00:36:03,080 --> 00:36:06,959
Speaker 1: There for some reason, he's fallen outside of the top

755
00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:10,640
Speaker 1: twelve wide receivers. I'm thankful for the draft discount, but

756
00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:14,680
Speaker 1: why do you think that is? I think a big

757
00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:17,279
Speaker 1: part of it is like last year, the first eight

758
00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:19,440
Speaker 1: weeks of the season, he was looking like a top

759
00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:22,120
Speaker 1: five wide receiver and then he kind of came back

760
00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:25,160
Speaker 1: down to earth after that. But to me, the biggest thing,

761
00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:27,720
Speaker 1: and I actually I have Bobby Trees ahead of Cooper

762
00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:30,800
Speaker 1: Cup in my PPR rankings this year, and the biggest

763
00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:33,839
Speaker 1: thing is because last year when the Rams made their

764
00:36:34,080 --> 00:36:37,520
Speaker 1: their offensive switch from using the three wide receiver sets

765
00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:39,680
Speaker 1: using more of a two tight end set that we

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00:36:39,880 --> 00:36:44,520
Speaker 1: really saw Tyler Higbee take off in Cooper Cup really struggled,

767
00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:47,200
Speaker 1: especially for volume, like his routes. He was running less

768
00:36:47,239 --> 00:36:49,759
Speaker 1: routes per game than Tyler Higbee. He was only seeing

769
00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:52,800
Speaker 1: six targets per game where Woods and Higbee were over eleven.

770
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Speaker 1: His receptions were below those guys. His receiving nerds was

771
00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:59,120
Speaker 1: list than sixty per game. In that in those final

772
00:36:59,239 --> 00:37:02,719
Speaker 1: five weeks. Really kept him Fantasy relevant was that he

773
00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:04,920
Speaker 1: scored five touchdowns in those five games. And that is

774
00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:07,359
Speaker 1: what I think you can rely on Cooper Cup four

775
00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:09,080
Speaker 1: and that is why he's still a wide receiver to

776
00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:11,840
Speaker 1: for me in my top twenty, because when the Rams

777
00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:13,560
Speaker 1: get near in the red zone and near to the

778
00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:15,920
Speaker 1: end zone, you know that's who Jared Goff is going

779
00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:17,800
Speaker 1: to throw the ball to. Cooper Cup and him just

780
00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:20,239
Speaker 1: have that connection there. But I think the fact that

781
00:37:20,320 --> 00:37:23,120
Speaker 1: we saw his numbers take such a big hit when

782
00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:25,719
Speaker 1: the Rams switched to twelve personnel, and we don't know

783
00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:27,640
Speaker 1: if they're going to carry that over this year or not.

784
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Speaker 1: I think that gives us a little cause for paulse

785
00:37:30,239 --> 00:37:33,399
Speaker 1: and just to to go no Marcus. A great friend

786
00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:36,280
Speaker 1: of yours, Matt Harmon does great work with reception perception,

787
00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:38,800
Speaker 1: and he pointed out that Cooper Cup is one of

788
00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:42,280
Speaker 1: the very best against zone coverage, but really struggles against

789
00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:44,640
Speaker 1: man to man. So that is another thing I think

790
00:37:44,640 --> 00:37:46,560
Speaker 1: you have to worry about with Cooper Cup if defenses

791
00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:49,960
Speaker 1: are going to attack him differently this season. I'm with

792
00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:53,400
Speaker 1: you on Robert Woods having a big season. I love him.

793
00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:55,799
Speaker 1: I was sort of frustrated and on Wednesday night when

794
00:37:55,880 --> 00:37:59,200
Speaker 1: Adam Rank reached into the beginning of the third round

795
00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:02,320
Speaker 1: and grabbed him before I could get to him. But

796
00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:04,920
Speaker 1: I've had drafts where I've seen Cooper Cup on the

797
00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:06,960
Speaker 1: board in the mid the late fourth round, and I

798
00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:09,400
Speaker 1: will gladly take him there if he's gonna fall that far,

799
00:38:09,560 --> 00:38:12,680
Speaker 1: because everything you said is correct, but I still love

800
00:38:12,760 --> 00:38:14,640
Speaker 1: the upside and if I can get him in the

801
00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:18,040
Speaker 1: late fourth round, I'm gonna take that all day long.

802
00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:22,440
Speaker 1: In Jacksonville, DJ Chark seems to be the only really

803
00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:27,960
Speaker 1: consistently drafted Jaguar offensive skill player there. What's his ceiling

804
00:38:28,040 --> 00:38:32,359
Speaker 1: you think in I think he has wide receiver one

805
00:38:32,520 --> 00:38:34,680
Speaker 1: upside Like, I don't have him ranked as a wide

806
00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:37,879
Speaker 1: receiver one, but to me, he comes in this group,

807
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:41,400
Speaker 1: this tier where all of these high ceiling wide receiver

808
00:38:41,520 --> 00:38:43,920
Speaker 1: two's that we know are gonna get save volume. I

809
00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:45,879
Speaker 1: think he is one of these candidates that can take

810
00:38:45,920 --> 00:38:47,920
Speaker 1: that next step. And I think it's kind of just

811
00:38:48,040 --> 00:38:50,799
Speaker 1: a perfect recipe. It's why I like Gardner Minshew as

812
00:38:50,920 --> 00:38:53,680
Speaker 1: much as I do. I think the Jaguars, they've lost

813
00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:56,800
Speaker 1: a ton of pieces on defense. They're not going to

814
00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:58,879
Speaker 1: be the team that they were a couple of years ago.

815
00:38:58,960 --> 00:39:01,920
Speaker 1: I expect them to be trailing late in games often,

816
00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:04,759
Speaker 1: which usually leads to a lot of a lot more

817
00:39:04,840 --> 00:39:06,680
Speaker 1: passing volume late in the game and a lot of

818
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Speaker 1: garbage time points. And I know we could say, oh,

819
00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:12,320
Speaker 1: it's garbage time, but they matter for fantasy football. And

820
00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:15,600
Speaker 1: we saw last year that Gardner Mitschew clearly has a

821
00:39:15,719 --> 00:39:18,560
Speaker 1: rapport with DJ Chark and Jake Gruden has been brought

822
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Speaker 1: in now, and Jake Gruden historically has been a past

823
00:39:20,960 --> 00:39:25,359
Speaker 1: happy coordinator, and Jay Gruden has also gotten the best

824
00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:28,360
Speaker 1: fantasy seasons out of Kirk Cousins and Andy Dalton, So

825
00:39:28,640 --> 00:39:30,160
Speaker 1: I think he could do that with Gardner Minshew, and

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Speaker 1: I think DJ Chark is going to be clearly the

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Speaker 1: number one target there. So I think he's a top

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Speaker 1: towny water receiver who has the upside to take that

829
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Speaker 1: next step. Hashtag garbage points still count. It is a

830
00:39:42,440 --> 00:39:46,920
Speaker 1: thing that I tweet repeatedly during the NFL season. We

831
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Speaker 1: talked earlier in the show about the Chargers and you

832
00:39:50,760 --> 00:39:53,880
Speaker 1: talked about how you feel about their past catchers. Keenan

833
00:39:53,920 --> 00:39:57,920
Speaker 1: Allen loses Philip Rivers, t Y Hilton gains Philip Rivers.

834
00:39:58,719 --> 00:40:00,840
Speaker 1: It's not often you see a at are in quarterback

835
00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:03,680
Speaker 1: making this sort of move and still having some sort

836
00:40:03,719 --> 00:40:06,840
Speaker 1: of fantasy relevance. You talk about how you're not excited

837
00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:09,840
Speaker 1: about what Tyrod Taylor means for the Chargers pass catchers.

838
00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:12,799
Speaker 1: Does that mean you feel better about what Philip Rivers

839
00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:15,520
Speaker 1: means for the guys in Indianapolis? And are you feeling

840
00:40:15,560 --> 00:40:18,080
Speaker 1: better about t Y Hilton than you are about Keenan Allen.

841
00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:23,080
Speaker 1: I have those two back to back in my rankings,

842
00:40:23,360 --> 00:40:25,960
Speaker 1: and to me, they all they're all behind those that

843
00:40:26,120 --> 00:40:28,759
Speaker 1: whole group of that tier of wide receivers. We were

844
00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:31,560
Speaker 1: just talking about these high upside guys. Who could take

845
00:40:31,560 --> 00:40:33,880
Speaker 1: that next step for me, they're both behind him, and

846
00:40:34,080 --> 00:40:36,440
Speaker 1: the true answer for me is usually passed, like I'll

847
00:40:36,440 --> 00:40:39,640
Speaker 1: take Marquis Brown over both of those guys. And I

848
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Speaker 1: wish you could switch the quarterbacks on these two teams

849
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Speaker 1: because Keenan Allen, I think, is a He's a great

850
00:40:46,760 --> 00:40:48,560
Speaker 1: route runner, one of the best in the league. He

851
00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:52,839
Speaker 1: relies on timing and precision with his quarterback, and maybe

852
00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:55,560
Speaker 1: him and Tyrod Taylor will have that. But Tyrod has

853
00:40:55,600 --> 00:40:58,000
Speaker 1: shown us that he's a quarterback that will hold onto

854
00:40:58,040 --> 00:41:00,040
Speaker 1: the ball a little bit longer, throw the ball a

855
00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:03,120
Speaker 1: little bit more downfield. And we have three seasons of

856
00:41:03,239 --> 00:41:06,680
Speaker 1: Tyrod Taylor as a starter. His best wide receiver in

857
00:41:06,760 --> 00:41:10,719
Speaker 1: any of those seasons was Sammy Watkins, who finished with

858
00:41:10,840 --> 00:41:14,800
Speaker 1: sixty catches UH just under a thousand and fifty yards

859
00:41:14,920 --> 00:41:18,040
Speaker 1: and nine touchdowns. And Keenan Allen routinely goes for well

860
00:41:18,120 --> 00:41:21,279
Speaker 1: over eleven hundred and over a hundred receptions. So I

861
00:41:21,480 --> 00:41:24,279
Speaker 1: think that naturally, in this slower paced offense, that and

862
00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:27,239
Speaker 1: less pass happy offense, that his numbers are gonna take

863
00:41:27,280 --> 00:41:29,480
Speaker 1: a hit. And then when it comes with t Y Hilton,

864
00:41:29,560 --> 00:41:31,560
Speaker 1: we love t Y because he's such a field shier,

865
00:41:31,640 --> 00:41:35,640
Speaker 1: he's so dynamic. But last year Philip Rivers really struggled

866
00:41:35,680 --> 00:41:37,919
Speaker 1: on the deep ball. Uh And in the four years

867
00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:39,880
Speaker 1: that we have of next gen stats, it was by

868
00:41:39,960 --> 00:41:43,719
Speaker 1: far his worst completion percentage, fewest amount of touchdowns thrown,

869
00:41:43,840 --> 00:41:47,720
Speaker 1: most interceptions thrown on passes of twenty or more air yards.

870
00:41:47,800 --> 00:41:50,400
Speaker 1: So maybe that was just because their old on was

871
00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:52,920
Speaker 1: really bad, and maybe he could rejuvenate himself with a

872
00:41:53,040 --> 00:41:57,560
Speaker 1: much better alone in Indianapolis. But he's struggling. An older

873
00:41:57,760 --> 00:42:00,680
Speaker 1: quarterback on a new offense, with this type of preseason,

874
00:42:01,040 --> 00:42:03,440
Speaker 1: who struggled on the deep ball last year through more

875
00:42:03,480 --> 00:42:06,200
Speaker 1: interceptions than ever, really wasn't a good season for him.

876
00:42:06,920 --> 00:42:08,920
Speaker 1: I don't want to tie like my Wade receiver two

877
00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:13,080
Speaker 1: to that guy. I have told myself a story where

878
00:42:13,120 --> 00:42:15,279
Speaker 1: I can sort of believe in Keenan Allen. I mean

879
00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:18,200
Speaker 1: this this goes back to me being uh an unabashed

880
00:42:18,239 --> 00:42:22,640
Speaker 1: tirod stand. I have not been able to pin down

881
00:42:22,840 --> 00:42:25,560
Speaker 1: what I feel about t Y Hilton this year, and

882
00:42:26,280 --> 00:42:28,279
Speaker 1: maybe some of it is because of last year. There

883
00:42:28,360 --> 00:42:31,200
Speaker 1: was so much uncertainty. Jacoby Brissette was he was a

884
00:42:31,719 --> 00:42:33,800
Speaker 1: seat filler. He was kind of a bridge quarterback to

885
00:42:33,880 --> 00:42:38,040
Speaker 1: get them to the next spot for and beyond. But

886
00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:40,960
Speaker 1: because of that, I just have not been very confident

887
00:42:41,080 --> 00:42:44,480
Speaker 1: really in any cults pass catchers, if anything. You know,

888
00:42:44,520 --> 00:42:47,920
Speaker 1: I've I've gotten big on Jonathan Taylor. I've taken some

889
00:42:48,160 --> 00:42:50,800
Speaker 1: some shots at Michael Pittman later in drafts, but I

890
00:42:50,920 --> 00:42:52,840
Speaker 1: just have not been able to get a handle on

891
00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:55,800
Speaker 1: what this Colt's offense is going to be with Philip Rivers.

892
00:42:56,080 --> 00:42:58,400
Speaker 1: So I always say that if we asked these questions,

893
00:42:58,520 --> 00:43:01,840
Speaker 1: sometimes the best answer is neither. And it seems like

894
00:43:01,960 --> 00:43:04,040
Speaker 1: that's sort of where you've landed right now, that that

895
00:43:04,160 --> 00:43:07,480
Speaker 1: really it is neither of these guys. Yeah, I don't

896
00:43:07,480 --> 00:43:09,000
Speaker 1: I don't know if I have either one of them

897
00:43:09,040 --> 00:43:11,360
Speaker 1: on any of my team so far. And I'm with you, Marcus.

898
00:43:11,520 --> 00:43:13,600
Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor is who I want here and I was

899
00:43:13,600 --> 00:43:15,839
Speaker 1: a little sad he sniped me in the Fantasy Live Draft.

900
00:43:16,840 --> 00:43:18,120
Speaker 1: I feel like I got you a couple of times.

901
00:43:18,160 --> 00:43:19,480
Speaker 1: I got you on Taylor, and I think I got

902
00:43:19,560 --> 00:43:23,160
Speaker 1: you on Taylor Higby as well. Both of those I

903
00:43:23,280 --> 00:43:26,000
Speaker 1: was sitting there, Like with Taylor, I was I almost

904
00:43:26,040 --> 00:43:28,719
Speaker 1: took him in round three and then when he made

905
00:43:28,760 --> 00:43:31,240
Speaker 1: it all the way back, and I was even before

906
00:43:31,320 --> 00:43:32,839
Speaker 1: you were up. I was like, Marcus is the one

907
00:43:32,880 --> 00:43:35,359
Speaker 1: that I'm most worried about taking him. And then when

908
00:43:36,360 --> 00:43:38,839
Speaker 1: I was like, please don't do it, but I knew

909
00:43:38,880 --> 00:43:40,440
Speaker 1: you didn't have a tight end, I was like, Marcus

910
00:43:40,480 --> 00:43:42,080
Speaker 1: is gonna pull? Because it hit me just fell, I

911
00:43:42,120 --> 00:43:43,960
Speaker 1: thought it was a good value. I was like, Marcus

912
00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:46,359
Speaker 1: is gonna take him here? That one hurt a little bit,

913
00:43:47,360 --> 00:43:49,600
Speaker 1: you know what. And normally I tended to stay away

914
00:43:49,600 --> 00:43:51,919
Speaker 1: from Higbie. But because he fell, and because I needed

915
00:43:51,960 --> 00:43:54,560
Speaker 1: a tight end, you know, I had Mike GASICKI I

916
00:43:54,640 --> 00:43:56,640
Speaker 1: had Blake Jarwin in the queue, but Tyler Higby was

917
00:43:56,640 --> 00:43:59,359
Speaker 1: sitting right there. I couldn't not do it. And when

918
00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:01,080
Speaker 1: I saw you get upset in the chat, I knew

919
00:44:01,120 --> 00:44:03,080
Speaker 1: I had done a good thing that made me feel better.

920
00:44:04,120 --> 00:44:07,759
Speaker 1: That was secure starts presented by Visa. It's tide for

921
00:44:07,840 --> 00:44:11,359
Speaker 1: high upside presented by Caesar's Rewards. So we talked about

922
00:44:11,440 --> 00:44:14,560
Speaker 1: high upside. Let's look at some late round running backs.

923
00:44:14,640 --> 00:44:16,719
Speaker 1: These guys you're putting on your roster to maybe give

924
00:44:16,760 --> 00:44:19,200
Speaker 1: you some depth and maybe things break right. They get

925
00:44:19,280 --> 00:44:23,720
Speaker 1: themselves into a bigger role. So Michael Florio, Michael left Florio,

926
00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:25,759
Speaker 1: What is it that you look for when you are

927
00:44:25,920 --> 00:44:29,479
Speaker 1: drafting these sort of secondary maybe depth at running backs?

928
00:44:29,560 --> 00:44:33,719
Speaker 1: What what kind of attributes are you looking into. I

929
00:44:33,880 --> 00:44:35,799
Speaker 1: kind of sound like a broken record, I think at

930
00:44:35,840 --> 00:44:38,520
Speaker 1: this point. But for me, it's all upside, like after

931
00:44:38,640 --> 00:44:40,520
Speaker 1: the middle rounds, Like that's what I want. I just

932
00:44:40,640 --> 00:44:44,480
Speaker 1: want someone who has a pretty clear path to a

933
00:44:44,520 --> 00:44:47,200
Speaker 1: starting role, Like I could see how this running back

934
00:44:47,360 --> 00:44:49,520
Speaker 1: may get throst it into the starting lineup. Like for

935
00:44:49,760 --> 00:44:52,319
Speaker 1: one running back I like later, it's like Bryce Love

936
00:44:52,440 --> 00:44:55,520
Speaker 1: and I like him a lot because Antonio Gibson is

937
00:44:55,560 --> 00:44:57,919
Speaker 1: still learning how to play running back at the NFL level.

938
00:44:58,000 --> 00:45:01,680
Speaker 1: Adrian Peterson is awesome career wise, but he's getting up

939
00:45:01,719 --> 00:45:03,680
Speaker 1: there in age, and this is a rebuilding team that

940
00:45:04,160 --> 00:45:06,000
Speaker 1: I think would want to see what they have in

941
00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:08,160
Speaker 1: their young running back and may make that switch. So

942
00:45:08,719 --> 00:45:11,000
Speaker 1: I want backs who I can see taking over the

943
00:45:11,040 --> 00:45:15,000
Speaker 1: starting job and if they do, what is their upside?

944
00:45:15,040 --> 00:45:17,520
Speaker 1: Like I really like the like the elite backups and

945
00:45:17,600 --> 00:45:20,520
Speaker 1: like Chase Edmunds, Tony Pollard and that group of running

946
00:45:20,560 --> 00:45:23,719
Speaker 1: backs because if anything happens to the starters, those guys

947
00:45:23,760 --> 00:45:27,160
Speaker 1: can flirt with being RB. One's getting the lion's share

948
00:45:27,200 --> 00:45:29,480
Speaker 1: of the workload there. But then you have teams like

949
00:45:29,880 --> 00:45:32,360
Speaker 1: the Falcons, Like if anything happened to Todd Gurley, I

950
00:45:32,480 --> 00:45:34,879
Speaker 1: have no idea who the next man up is. Maybe

951
00:45:34,920 --> 00:45:37,720
Speaker 1: it's Titi Smith, maybe it's Brian Hill, maybe it's Ollison.

952
00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:41,719
Speaker 1: I don't know, so I avoid that, like Daryl uh

953
00:45:42,160 --> 00:45:43,960
Speaker 1: Henderson on the Rams is someone that I have a

954
00:45:44,000 --> 00:45:46,319
Speaker 1: good amount of shares of because I am a cam

955
00:45:46,400 --> 00:45:49,760
Speaker 1: Acres supporter, but you his a DPS and the double digits,

956
00:45:49,840 --> 00:45:51,839
Speaker 1: and he is a chance of being the lead back

957
00:45:51,920 --> 00:45:53,799
Speaker 1: to open up the season for the Rams. Like, yes,

958
00:45:54,080 --> 00:45:56,040
Speaker 1: to me, that is an upside shot we're taking, and

959
00:45:56,120 --> 00:45:58,359
Speaker 1: if those backs don't hit, then I'll just keep taking

960
00:45:58,440 --> 00:46:00,600
Speaker 1: upside shots on the waiver wire and hoping something hits,

961
00:46:00,680 --> 00:46:03,600
Speaker 1: rather than stashing someone like Adrian Peterson who can give

962
00:46:03,640 --> 00:46:06,600
Speaker 1: me a safe nine or ten points each week. Yeah,

963
00:46:06,640 --> 00:46:08,279
Speaker 1: I think that's sort of the thing. And I know

964
00:46:08,440 --> 00:46:13,000
Speaker 1: the analogy has been made that you don't win necessarily

965
00:46:13,040 --> 00:46:15,200
Speaker 1: by hitting singles and doubles. You win by swinging for

966
00:46:15,280 --> 00:46:17,480
Speaker 1: the fences and trying to get those home run shots.

967
00:46:17,520 --> 00:46:19,120
Speaker 1: And I think that's what you're sort of getting at

968
00:46:19,440 --> 00:46:22,200
Speaker 1: when you're talking about these young running backs that have upside.

969
00:46:22,600 --> 00:46:24,759
Speaker 1: I know I've said repeatedly that I like Jordan Howard

970
00:46:24,800 --> 00:46:26,400
Speaker 1: and I do think he's a safe option in the

971
00:46:26,440 --> 00:46:29,120
Speaker 1: middle of drafts. But but if I'm looking late in drafts,

972
00:46:29,360 --> 00:46:31,440
Speaker 1: I do want those younger guys. I mean, the guy

973
00:46:31,560 --> 00:46:34,320
Speaker 1: that I was really big on, especially early in draft season,

974
00:46:34,680 --> 00:46:37,040
Speaker 1: was a Darnton Evans who has an ability to be

975
00:46:37,120 --> 00:46:40,160
Speaker 1: a pass catcher. I have seen comparisons to maybe being

976
00:46:40,280 --> 00:46:43,239
Speaker 1: like Alvin Camara Lights in terms of his usage there

977
00:46:43,280 --> 00:46:46,640
Speaker 1: in Tennessee. And if anything were to happen to Derrick Henry,

978
00:46:46,719 --> 00:46:50,960
Speaker 1: Evans suddenly walks into a big opportunity there with the Titans.

979
00:46:51,000 --> 00:46:54,000
Speaker 1: So I'm definitely with you on that. So, speaking of that,

980
00:46:54,880 --> 00:46:57,640
Speaker 1: there is a running back to battle going on in

981
00:46:57,960 --> 00:47:00,840
Speaker 1: l A with the Chargers. Austin Ekeler obviously has the

982
00:47:00,960 --> 00:47:04,280
Speaker 1: starting job on lock, but there has been an interesting

983
00:47:04,360 --> 00:47:08,439
Speaker 1: camp battle between Justin Jackson and Joshua Kelly. How would

984
00:47:08,480 --> 00:47:10,880
Speaker 1: you prefer to see this thing end up in l A.

985
00:47:12,719 --> 00:47:15,959
Speaker 1: I would prefer to see Joshua Kelly win the job.

986
00:47:16,120 --> 00:47:19,239
Speaker 1: I think Justin Jackson is best suited as that third

987
00:47:19,320 --> 00:47:22,200
Speaker 1: running back in case anything ever happens to Austin Ekeler,

988
00:47:22,440 --> 00:47:24,279
Speaker 1: he could come in and be your past catching back.

989
00:47:24,400 --> 00:47:27,239
Speaker 1: Josh Kelly is huge. I don't know if you want

990
00:47:27,360 --> 00:47:30,080
Speaker 1: him out there as your your past catching specialists. He's

991
00:47:30,120 --> 00:47:33,320
Speaker 1: five eleven to twelve, so that's a big boy, I

992
00:47:33,480 --> 00:47:36,880
Speaker 1: think you can. My expectation for this backfield is I

993
00:47:36,960 --> 00:47:40,000
Speaker 1: think it's gonna operate a lot like the Saints, and

994
00:47:40,120 --> 00:47:42,520
Speaker 1: I think Austin Ekeler is going to play that Camaro

995
00:47:42,640 --> 00:47:45,839
Speaker 1: role where he will dominate the passing work. I don't

996
00:47:45,880 --> 00:47:49,040
Speaker 1: think people realize how much Melvin Gordon played a factor

997
00:47:49,080 --> 00:47:50,919
Speaker 1: in the past and the game last year, averaging nearly

998
00:47:50,960 --> 00:47:53,239
Speaker 1: five targets per game in fifteen routes per game. So

999
00:47:53,320 --> 00:47:56,080
Speaker 1: I think Austin Ekeler is gonna just dominate passing down

1000
00:47:56,160 --> 00:47:58,320
Speaker 1: duties this year, and then I think they will split

1001
00:47:58,440 --> 00:48:01,239
Speaker 1: the groundwork like I do. Think all Sickler is going

1002
00:48:01,320 --> 00:48:03,560
Speaker 1: to see more groundwork than he did last year. But

1003
00:48:03,680 --> 00:48:06,120
Speaker 1: I also I think Joshua Kelly could give you a

1004
00:48:06,200 --> 00:48:08,640
Speaker 1: hundred and fifty carries this year as his team likes

1005
00:48:08,680 --> 00:48:10,640
Speaker 1: to while I'm expecting them to like to run the

1006
00:48:10,680 --> 00:48:14,520
Speaker 1: ball a lot. My only fear with Josh Kelly is

1007
00:48:14,640 --> 00:48:17,080
Speaker 1: that he's huge. Like I said, I'm fearful because I

1008
00:48:17,160 --> 00:48:19,239
Speaker 1: like Eckler so much that Josh Kelly can come in

1009
00:48:19,640 --> 00:48:22,239
Speaker 1: and steal some of those valuable goal line touches the way.

1010
00:48:22,880 --> 00:48:26,080
Speaker 1: But then I see Alston jumping over five pens and

1011
00:48:26,160 --> 00:48:28,240
Speaker 1: I'm like, I think he can jump over an offensive

1012
00:48:28,280 --> 00:48:31,480
Speaker 1: line just fine. Yeah, I will say I know that.

1013
00:48:31,880 --> 00:48:34,560
Speaker 1: I feel like the Joshua Kelly hype has been slow

1014
00:48:34,680 --> 00:48:37,960
Speaker 1: to build, and and it's understandable one because u c

1015
00:48:38,160 --> 00:48:40,840
Speaker 1: l A was not getting a lot of national television exposure.

1016
00:48:40,880 --> 00:48:43,480
Speaker 1: They have not been a very good program over the

1017
00:48:43,560 --> 00:48:45,920
Speaker 1: last few years. And I'm not saying that just because

1018
00:48:46,040 --> 00:48:47,960
Speaker 1: I am a USC alone. I mean it's it has

1019
00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:50,799
Speaker 1: been a fact. So because of that, Kelly's exposure has

1020
00:48:50,880 --> 00:48:52,480
Speaker 1: not been as great, I think to the rest of

1021
00:48:52,560 --> 00:48:54,920
Speaker 1: the country as a lot of people would expect. But

1022
00:48:55,000 --> 00:48:57,279
Speaker 1: this is a really good running back who's gonna have

1023
00:48:57,320 --> 00:48:59,799
Speaker 1: a really good opportunity. I will say that, if there's

1024
00:48:59,840 --> 00:49:02,920
Speaker 1: anything that gives me confidence about the situation, it's that

1025
00:49:03,719 --> 00:49:07,959
Speaker 1: I feel like Anthony Lynn has a pretty hard line

1026
00:49:08,000 --> 00:49:11,000
Speaker 1: of demarcation, right, I mean, he has pretty defined roles

1027
00:49:11,360 --> 00:49:13,800
Speaker 1: within his backfield. So whoever it is that gets that

1028
00:49:13,960 --> 00:49:16,240
Speaker 1: RB two job, I don't think we'll have to worry

1029
00:49:16,320 --> 00:49:20,160
Speaker 1: about sort of a muddled situation behind Eckler. There's going

1030
00:49:20,239 --> 00:49:22,160
Speaker 1: to be I think, a clear number two. So whoever

1031
00:49:22,200 --> 00:49:23,880
Speaker 1: it is that gets that job, I think you can

1032
00:49:23,960 --> 00:49:26,840
Speaker 1: draft that player with a fair level of confidence that

1033
00:49:27,000 --> 00:49:29,480
Speaker 1: that he is going to get a decent workload there

1034
00:49:29,560 --> 00:49:32,239
Speaker 1: in l A. A situation that may not be so

1035
00:49:32,440 --> 00:49:36,400
Speaker 1: clear is in New England, where I won't say Belatricks

1036
00:49:36,400 --> 00:49:39,160
Speaker 1: are back because I don't think that's accurate. But we've

1037
00:49:39,160 --> 00:49:42,200
Speaker 1: got a battle brewing between Sony Michelle and Damien Harris.

1038
00:49:42,360 --> 00:49:44,440
Speaker 1: Now I know Harris is dealing with a hand injury,

1039
00:49:44,520 --> 00:49:46,799
Speaker 1: so he may miss the season opener, but I don't

1040
00:49:46,840 --> 00:49:49,200
Speaker 1: think this battle is going to just completely go away.

1041
00:49:49,960 --> 00:49:52,239
Speaker 1: What do you see as being the outcome of of

1042
00:49:52,440 --> 00:49:57,239
Speaker 1: Michelle versus Harris? There with the Patriots, this is a

1043
00:49:57,480 --> 00:50:00,520
Speaker 1: murky situation because there's these two in then there's still

1044
00:50:00,640 --> 00:50:04,360
Speaker 1: Lamar Miller, Rex Burkhead and James White. So my approach

1045
00:50:04,560 --> 00:50:07,279
Speaker 1: when attacking this backfield, though, has been to take the

1046
00:50:08,239 --> 00:50:11,239
Speaker 1: the unknown him Damian Harris, right like, I do think

1047
00:50:11,280 --> 00:50:14,279
Speaker 1: that he has higher upside than Sony Michelle. Uh. He

1048
00:50:14,440 --> 00:50:16,719
Speaker 1: has been the running back that I've been targeting here,

1049
00:50:16,800 --> 00:50:19,160
Speaker 1: but his ADP is starting to climb. See him going

1050
00:50:19,239 --> 00:50:22,240
Speaker 1: like twelve eleventh round in some drafts while Sony Michelle

1051
00:50:22,360 --> 00:50:25,120
Speaker 1: is falling. The reason I'm so low on Sony Michelle

1052
00:50:25,400 --> 00:50:28,600
Speaker 1: is he is not who he was in Georgia at least,

1053
00:50:28,640 --> 00:50:30,880
Speaker 1: we haven't seen that same back in the NFL. We

1054
00:50:30,960 --> 00:50:33,759
Speaker 1: know he has some knee issues. That's why that was

1055
00:50:33,800 --> 00:50:35,759
Speaker 1: the concern with him coming out of college, and it's

1056
00:50:35,800 --> 00:50:38,600
Speaker 1: translated into the NFL level. He hasn't had the same burst.

1057
00:50:38,800 --> 00:50:41,239
Speaker 1: They've never really used him as a pass catcher, so

1058
00:50:41,560 --> 00:50:44,160
Speaker 1: that limits his ceiling right there. And what he was

1059
00:50:44,200 --> 00:50:47,719
Speaker 1: so useful for in years past was those short yards touchdowns.

1060
00:50:48,080 --> 00:50:50,560
Speaker 1: Last year it's twelve carries inside the five yard line,

1061
00:50:50,560 --> 00:50:53,920
Speaker 1: scored five touchdowns there. Well, now they have Cam Newton,

1062
00:50:54,160 --> 00:50:57,680
Speaker 1: who for years with the raven with the Panthers was

1063
00:50:57,800 --> 00:51:00,279
Speaker 1: just vulturing touchdowns when they would get near the goal line.

1064
00:51:00,360 --> 00:51:03,719
Speaker 1: So I have legit concerns that if Cam Newton even

1065
00:51:03,800 --> 00:51:06,920
Speaker 1: takes away to three of those touchdowns, what is Someny

1066
00:51:06,960 --> 00:51:10,239
Speaker 1: Michelle season going to look like? Because last year he

1067
00:51:10,360 --> 00:51:13,440
Speaker 1: had one touchdown from from further out than five yards,

1068
00:51:13,640 --> 00:51:16,320
Speaker 1: and he's three in his careers, so to me, the

1069
00:51:16,440 --> 00:51:19,000
Speaker 1: upside on him is severely kept. But I will say

1070
00:51:19,040 --> 00:51:20,440
Speaker 1: I was in the draft the other night and he

1071
00:51:20,520 --> 00:51:22,799
Speaker 1: fell to the fifteenth round of a twelfth team draft,

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Speaker 1: and I drafted him because at some point everyone does

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Speaker 1: have a price. Yeah, I think that's the point. I mean,

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Speaker 1: at the right spot, everybody is is gonna be worthwhile.

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Speaker 1: And conversely, I mean I've seen Damian Harris kind of

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Speaker 1: bump up into the ninth round in some situations, and

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Speaker 1: I feel like that's a situation similar to what we

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Speaker 1: talked about with Antonio Gibson, where if I'm drafting Damien

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00:51:43,680 --> 00:51:46,160
Speaker 1: Harris in the ninth round, I want to feel more

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Speaker 1: confident about what his role and what his usage is

1081
00:51:48,760 --> 00:51:51,160
Speaker 1: going to be there, and as you mentioned, it is

1082
00:51:51,200 --> 00:51:53,600
Speaker 1: completely murky. I think we'll all sort of, you know,

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00:51:53,719 --> 00:51:55,920
Speaker 1: steak our claim somewhere and in the end we'll have

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00:51:56,040 --> 00:51:59,160
Speaker 1: Rex and the flex when Birkhead is scoring touchdowns out

1085
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Speaker 1: of nowhere. As you made you, Cam Newton is there

1086
00:52:01,640 --> 00:52:04,960
Speaker 1: who's gonna take some opportunities. So I like Damian Harris,

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00:52:05,280 --> 00:52:07,479
Speaker 1: I would prefer to get him in the double digit rounds,

1088
00:52:07,800 --> 00:52:11,360
Speaker 1: not in the ninth, because there's just no real clarity

1089
00:52:11,520 --> 00:52:14,800
Speaker 1: on how this backfield is going to work in New England.

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Speaker 1: Now in Jacksonville, we talked about Leonard four Nette, his

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Speaker 1: departure there and what he could potentially be in Tampa Bay.

1092
00:52:22,719 --> 00:52:25,560
Speaker 1: But there is still the matter of the Jaguars backfield.

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00:52:25,600 --> 00:52:27,839
Speaker 1: There are a handful of names there that are sort

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00:52:27,840 --> 00:52:32,000
Speaker 1: of battling for opportunities. What do you think happens with

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00:52:32,160 --> 00:52:34,759
Speaker 1: the Jaguars running backs this year? And and are there

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00:52:34,800 --> 00:52:39,759
Speaker 1: any that you are interested in drafting? This is where

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00:52:39,880 --> 00:52:41,600
Speaker 1: like if someone asked me on Twitter, I put like

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00:52:41,680 --> 00:52:45,640
Speaker 1: the shrug emoji, because we don't really know anything about

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Speaker 1: this backfield or these three backs, right Like, we can

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Speaker 1: make our best guesses, but we have nothing to work

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Speaker 1: off of. What a backfield with Ryuil Armstead, divine as

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00:52:56,160 --> 00:53:00,040
Speaker 1: Deepo and James Robinson looks like. But all three of

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00:53:00,120 --> 00:53:03,279
Speaker 1: them similar size wise, Like they're all between five nine

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Speaker 1: and five eleven and all between two hundred nineteen and

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Speaker 1: two hundred twenty two pounds at least as they're listed size.

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00:53:08,680 --> 00:53:11,680
Speaker 1: So I then looked at who is the most athletic

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Speaker 1: of the bunch, and by far rich Well arms said

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00:53:14,640 --> 00:53:17,640
Speaker 1: ran the fastest forty at four point four five, where

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00:53:17,760 --> 00:53:20,120
Speaker 1: the other two were both over four six. So uh

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00:53:20,280 --> 00:53:22,920
Speaker 1: and Armstead was at least used last year was the

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00:53:23,040 --> 00:53:25,600
Speaker 1: backup for Leonard four Nette, so he is still the

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00:53:25,680 --> 00:53:28,120
Speaker 1: one that I would take my claiming. But he is going,

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00:53:28,280 --> 00:53:30,680
Speaker 1: and I've seen going like round eleven in drafts this

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00:53:30,760 --> 00:53:34,720
Speaker 1: week since they cut four net but um but divine

1115
00:53:34,760 --> 00:53:37,279
Speaker 1: oz geepo, I've seen him go. I got him the

1116
00:53:37,320 --> 00:53:40,879
Speaker 1: other day in round sixteen, So I think right there,

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00:53:41,120 --> 00:53:43,839
Speaker 1: if he's going after round fifteen like sixteen and that range,

1118
00:53:43,880 --> 00:53:46,000
Speaker 1: it's okay to take your shot there. But the correct

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00:53:46,040 --> 00:53:48,960
Speaker 1: answer might be Chris Thompson, who I think is going

1120
00:53:49,040 --> 00:53:51,960
Speaker 1: to be the past catching specialists there. Last year and

1121
00:53:52,080 --> 00:53:54,200
Speaker 1: just in the in the five games that Jake Gruden

1122
00:53:54,239 --> 00:53:57,759
Speaker 1: was with Washington, Thompson was averaging seven targets per game.

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Speaker 1: And Thompson has long in a favorite for Grooden right like,

1124
00:54:01,280 --> 00:54:03,239
Speaker 1: he's thirty five or more catches and each of the

1125
00:54:03,320 --> 00:54:06,040
Speaker 1: last five seasons, and fifty four or more targets in

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00:54:06,040 --> 00:54:09,279
Speaker 1: the last four and he does not regularly play like

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00:54:09,360 --> 00:54:11,840
Speaker 1: sixteen games so that's like fifty four targets in like

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Speaker 1: eleven games. So you could see there why I think

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00:54:15,440 --> 00:54:17,799
Speaker 1: he is going to be a factor in the passing game.

1130
00:54:18,920 --> 00:54:21,880
Speaker 1: Like this a murky situation, like if he's on the

1131
00:54:21,960 --> 00:54:24,400
Speaker 1: third down two minute drills and then you have these

1132
00:54:24,440 --> 00:54:27,200
Speaker 1: other guys splitting the early down reps, it could just

1133
00:54:27,280 --> 00:54:30,600
Speaker 1: become a situation to completely avoid. Yeah, I mean, I

1134
00:54:30,680 --> 00:54:33,000
Speaker 1: think you know. Thompson's upside is that the jag will

1135
00:54:33,040 --> 00:54:35,120
Speaker 1: probably be playing from behind a lot, so there are

1136
00:54:35,160 --> 00:54:37,720
Speaker 1: going to be opportunities for him to catch the football.

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00:54:37,800 --> 00:54:40,640
Speaker 1: Their health has always been an issue for him throughout

1138
00:54:40,719 --> 00:54:42,400
Speaker 1: his career, so that's something to keep an eye on.

1139
00:54:42,920 --> 00:54:45,800
Speaker 1: I know, the the hipsters out there and the the

1140
00:54:45,960 --> 00:54:48,600
Speaker 1: DEBI League folks out there have been hitting me up

1141
00:54:48,640 --> 00:54:52,720
Speaker 1: about James Robinson and and maybe one day his time comes.

1142
00:54:53,320 --> 00:54:57,040
Speaker 1: I struggle to feel like I can really trust and

1143
00:54:57,360 --> 00:55:01,080
Speaker 1: undrafted free agent rookie running back the course of a pandemic,

1144
00:55:01,200 --> 00:55:03,840
Speaker 1: with a weird off season, in the context of a

1145
00:55:03,960 --> 00:55:06,960
Speaker 1: bad offense. There are just too many negatives there for

1146
00:55:07,040 --> 00:55:09,960
Speaker 1: me to get excited about James Robinson. Maybe if you

1147
00:55:10,040 --> 00:55:12,239
Speaker 1: are you know, if you've got a Dolorean uh and

1148
00:55:12,400 --> 00:55:14,400
Speaker 1: and one point twenty one giggle wats of energy and

1149
00:55:14,480 --> 00:55:16,040
Speaker 1: you can go into the future and tell me something

1150
00:55:16,040 --> 00:55:17,839
Speaker 1: about it. Then I'll feel a lot better. But right

1151
00:55:17,920 --> 00:55:20,359
Speaker 1: now I just I just sort of have to back

1152
00:55:20,400 --> 00:55:23,680
Speaker 1: off James Robinson and again we'll come back to sometimes

1153
00:55:23,760 --> 00:55:26,279
Speaker 1: the answer is nobody at all, and that might be

1154
00:55:26,400 --> 00:55:30,720
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1161
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Speaker 1: you make your final pick. It's usually a kicker or

1162
00:55:51,280 --> 00:55:53,520
Speaker 1: a defense And I know the tendency a lot of

1163
00:55:53,600 --> 00:55:56,359
Speaker 1: times is to shut down the computer, put down the phone,

1164
00:55:56,400 --> 00:55:59,440
Speaker 1: and then go get yourself a sandwich. But that end

1165
00:55:59,480 --> 00:56:02,160
Speaker 1: the draft can be very important, so we'll give you

1166
00:56:02,280 --> 00:56:05,280
Speaker 1: some tips on how to handle that. Maybe to finish

1167
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Speaker 1: strong like you start strong in a lot of your draft.

1168
00:56:07,800 --> 00:56:11,120
Speaker 1: So uh, Florio, when you get to those final skill

1169
00:56:11,200 --> 00:56:13,200
Speaker 1: position picks might say end the draft picks. I'm talking

1170
00:56:13,239 --> 00:56:16,520
Speaker 1: about those last skill position picks because generally the thing

1171
00:56:16,719 --> 00:56:18,600
Speaker 1: is your your last two picks are kicker in defense.

1172
00:56:18,640 --> 00:56:22,080
Speaker 1: So when you're looking at that last skill position player, UM,

1173
00:56:22,960 --> 00:56:25,279
Speaker 1: I know this this may sound repetitive, but what are

1174
00:56:25,320 --> 00:56:30,319
Speaker 1: you looking for? No surprise, I'm looking for upside, right

1175
00:56:30,480 --> 00:56:34,040
Speaker 1: because at that late in the draft, you're probably gonna

1176
00:56:34,160 --> 00:56:37,280
Speaker 1: end up cutting that player unless they hit and become

1177
00:56:37,360 --> 00:56:41,040
Speaker 1: someone that is valuable to your fantasy starting fantasy lineup.

1178
00:56:41,120 --> 00:56:44,520
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna take players who has really high ceilings,

1179
00:56:44,600 --> 00:56:46,520
Speaker 1: like I'll take a shot on someone like John Ross

1180
00:56:46,680 --> 00:56:50,840
Speaker 1: Laton drafts. In our NFL Fantasy Live draft last night, Marcus,

1181
00:56:50,920 --> 00:56:53,120
Speaker 1: I looked at my team and my starting tight end

1182
00:56:53,200 --> 00:56:54,920
Speaker 1: was Mike Kasecki. I thought I was a little bit

1183
00:56:54,960 --> 00:56:57,600
Speaker 1: weak there. I wanted a nice backup option, so I

1184
00:56:57,760 --> 00:57:00,239
Speaker 1: use my last skill position pick on Chris earned In,

1185
00:57:00,320 --> 00:57:02,160
Speaker 1: who I think has a lot of upside at the

1186
00:57:02,200 --> 00:57:04,719
Speaker 1: tight end position. So that's really how I addressed it.

1187
00:57:04,719 --> 00:57:07,600
Speaker 1: I'll look at my roster. I think if I'm weak

1188
00:57:07,640 --> 00:57:10,200
Speaker 1: at running back or receiver, like, I'll target a position

1189
00:57:10,239 --> 00:57:11,520
Speaker 1: that I think I need a little bit more depth

1190
00:57:11,560 --> 00:57:13,160
Speaker 1: at and I will take the player that I think

1191
00:57:13,239 --> 00:57:16,560
Speaker 1: has the best shot, the most realistic chance of hitting

1192
00:57:16,600 --> 00:57:20,240
Speaker 1: on their upside at that price. So I was going

1193
00:57:20,360 --> 00:57:23,160
Speaker 1: through a DP lists and looking at guys that are

1194
00:57:23,320 --> 00:57:25,880
Speaker 1: sort of at the bottom that maybe you're going undrafted

1195
00:57:25,920 --> 00:57:27,920
Speaker 1: in a lot of leagues, and there were two names

1196
00:57:28,520 --> 00:57:31,840
Speaker 1: that caught my eye that I'm surprised haven't moved up,

1197
00:57:31,880 --> 00:57:34,840
Speaker 1: simply because I feel like a lot of fantasy analysts

1198
00:57:34,880 --> 00:57:37,040
Speaker 1: are talking about them, but I don't think the drafting

1199
00:57:37,080 --> 00:57:40,760
Speaker 1: world has caught on Brian Edwards and Paris Campbell. Both

1200
00:57:40,800 --> 00:57:43,080
Speaker 1: are guys that are certainly getting a lot of hype

1201
00:57:43,280 --> 00:57:47,160
Speaker 1: in fantasy circles. Why do you think they haven't caught on,

1202
00:57:47,480 --> 00:57:49,840
Speaker 1: as you know, late picks and a lot of different drafts.

1203
00:57:51,520 --> 00:57:54,439
Speaker 1: I don't know, Because I like both of these guys

1204
00:57:54,480 --> 00:57:56,400
Speaker 1: like these are there with my last skill pick, I

1205
00:57:56,480 --> 00:57:58,800
Speaker 1: will take a flyer on either one. I do like

1206
00:57:58,920 --> 00:58:01,200
Speaker 1: Brian Edwards a little bit more, and I think you

1207
00:58:01,240 --> 00:58:03,640
Speaker 1: can under for me, at least it's easier to understand

1208
00:58:03,720 --> 00:58:06,640
Speaker 1: why the hype for Campbell hasn't caught on. Like last week,

1209
00:58:06,680 --> 00:58:08,760
Speaker 1: he was involved in a car accident, was placed in

1210
00:58:08,800 --> 00:58:12,560
Speaker 1: the concussion protocol miss some practice. So I understand why

1211
00:58:12,600 --> 00:58:14,200
Speaker 1: people were like, all right, I don't like I have

1212
00:58:14,320 --> 00:58:16,200
Speaker 1: to get this guy on my roster Layton drafts, But

1213
00:58:16,720 --> 00:58:19,800
Speaker 1: there's also other pieces there to get excited for, like, uh,

1214
00:58:19,960 --> 00:58:22,640
Speaker 1: like there's Jack Doyle who I like, and there's Michael

1215
00:58:22,640 --> 00:58:26,320
Speaker 1: Pittman and and other pieces there. With Brian Edwards, I mean,

1216
00:58:26,520 --> 00:58:28,240
Speaker 1: we just sawt to Row Williams go on the i

1217
00:58:28,520 --> 00:58:31,720
Speaker 1: R and Edwards has been hyped up as a starting

1218
00:58:31,800 --> 00:58:35,520
Speaker 1: receiver basically since they drafted him. And I know he

1219
00:58:35,840 --> 00:58:38,479
Speaker 1: isn't like a sexy, like big play down the field

1220
00:58:38,520 --> 00:58:41,080
Speaker 1: type of weapon, but he can be a move the

1221
00:58:41,160 --> 00:58:44,560
Speaker 1: chain's possession type receiver for this team. And his quarterback

1222
00:58:44,680 --> 00:58:47,560
Speaker 1: is Derek Carr, who isn't going to be heaving the

1223
00:58:47,640 --> 00:58:50,280
Speaker 1: ball downfield. He is going to be thrown close to

1224
00:58:50,400 --> 00:58:52,640
Speaker 1: the chains looking to kind of dink and dunk his

1225
00:58:52,760 --> 00:58:55,920
Speaker 1: way down the field. So I think Edwards and PPR

1226
00:58:56,040 --> 00:59:00,720
Speaker 1: can greatly outlive his ADP. So, just like in the

1227
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Speaker 1: NFL Draft, once the NFL Draft is over, we know

1228
00:59:03,240 --> 00:59:05,920
Speaker 1: there are a ton of undrafted free agency teams immediately

1229
00:59:05,960 --> 00:59:08,840
Speaker 1: get on the phone, start calling guys signing guys trying

1230
00:59:08,880 --> 00:59:11,880
Speaker 1: to bring him into camp. Similarly, in fantasy, once your

1231
00:59:11,920 --> 00:59:14,640
Speaker 1: draft is over, the waiver wire is open, you can

1232
00:59:14,720 --> 00:59:16,720
Speaker 1: go and you can pick guys up. You can make

1233
00:59:16,840 --> 00:59:21,120
Speaker 1: moves right away. For you. How active are you on

1234
00:59:21,240 --> 00:59:25,720
Speaker 1: the waiver wire after your fantasy draft? Maybe this is

1235
00:59:25,800 --> 00:59:27,640
Speaker 1: just because I'm in a whole lot of leadus, but

1236
00:59:27,760 --> 00:59:31,440
Speaker 1: I'm not super active after the draft and before Week one,

1237
00:59:31,720 --> 00:59:34,360
Speaker 1: unless you know I drafted a couple of weeks ago

1238
00:59:34,520 --> 00:59:37,800
Speaker 1: or months ago, because things change in the NFL very quickly,

1239
00:59:37,920 --> 00:59:40,120
Speaker 1: like you could have drafted last week and now, all

1240
00:59:40,120 --> 00:59:42,439
Speaker 1: of a sudden, all of these Jaguars running backs around

1241
00:59:42,440 --> 00:59:45,040
Speaker 1: your waiver wire. So I think there is an opportunity

1242
00:59:45,080 --> 00:59:47,120
Speaker 1: where you should definitely check your waiver wire and try

1243
00:59:47,160 --> 00:59:49,400
Speaker 1: to grab one of those players. But I have a

1244
00:59:49,440 --> 00:59:51,200
Speaker 1: lot of drafts this weekend, like I said earlier, and

1245
00:59:51,240 --> 00:59:53,640
Speaker 1: if I draft on Sunday night, I don't think I'm

1246
00:59:53,640 --> 00:59:55,920
Speaker 1: gonna be like going through the waiver wire trying to

1247
00:59:56,640 --> 00:59:59,960
Speaker 1: see unless you know, an injury happens, there's news happened

1248
01:00:00,080 --> 01:00:03,160
Speaker 1: that changes the value of a player. The only exception

1249
01:00:03,320 --> 01:00:05,360
Speaker 1: is if you're any league where you don't have to

1250
01:00:05,520 --> 01:00:08,000
Speaker 1: draft a kicker, in the defense and you took a

1251
01:00:08,080 --> 01:00:10,160
Speaker 1: flyer on some upside guys, Well, then you need to

1252
01:00:10,200 --> 01:00:11,840
Speaker 1: be active on the waiver wire trying to get your

1253
01:00:11,880 --> 01:00:15,480
Speaker 1: defense and your kicker. Yeah, you talk about news that

1254
01:00:15,560 --> 01:00:17,480
Speaker 1: breaks in the middle of drafts. I don't know how

1255
01:00:17,520 --> 01:00:19,720
Speaker 1: many people I have had tweet at me who said

1256
01:00:20,200 --> 01:00:22,960
Speaker 1: they had just drafted Ronald Jones when he Leonard four.

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Speaker 1: Net news broke and for a left scrambling trying to

1258
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Speaker 1: figure out what to do. Uh. So you mentioned how

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Speaker 1: many drafts do you have this weekend? I have. I

1260
01:00:34,600 --> 01:00:37,160
Speaker 1: think I have like three or four in the next

1261
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Speaker 1: three or four days. And I have my two my

1262
01:00:40,600 --> 01:00:43,160
Speaker 1: favorite leagues with like you know, my college friends and stuff,

1263
01:00:43,160 --> 01:00:45,880
Speaker 1: my high school buddies there Saturday night and Sunday night.

1264
01:00:45,960 --> 01:00:48,320
Speaker 1: So to me, that's kind of like the fun end

1265
01:00:48,400 --> 01:00:51,240
Speaker 1: up draft season. Uh, start getting ready for Week one.

1266
01:00:51,360 --> 01:00:53,320
Speaker 1: But I'm I'm a little bit all draft out, and

1267
01:00:53,480 --> 01:00:54,840
Speaker 1: by the end of this weekend I will be all

1268
01:00:54,920 --> 01:00:57,760
Speaker 1: drafted out. Yeah, I really feel like that's sort of

1269
01:00:57,760 --> 01:00:59,680
Speaker 1: the case. I know I've got a couple more this weekend,

1270
01:00:59,760 --> 01:01:02,320
Speaker 1: but I I will be ready for draft season to

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Speaker 1: be over and for fantasy football season to begin. But

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Speaker 1: start of the show, we are one week away from

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Speaker 1: and each other. Wear a mask, and we will see

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