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Speaker 1: In the show notes topic today, Scott, we did a
Speaker 1: variation of this with free agency. I don't think you're
Speaker 1: on that show. I think it might have been me
Speaker 1: and Brian Well. We talked about the ideal landing spot
Speaker 1: for every free agent, very notable free agent. I want
Speaker 1: to do the ideal landing spot with the first round rookies, Okay,
Speaker 1: And it's less about being accurate, although I do want.
Speaker 1: Our goal is accuracy here. But it's like, if you
Speaker 1: could pick the perfect landing spot for each of the
Speaker 1: notable fantasy players, where would it be right. We've you
Speaker 1: and I have divved it up. You've got quarterbacks, I've
Speaker 1: got receivers. We don't think a running back is going
Speaker 1: to go in the first round.
Speaker 3: No, I don't know that one goes in the top fifty.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it could be true. I mean it could be
Speaker 1: could be bottom of the second round. Before I think
Speaker 1: Trey Benson should be the first guy off the board. Okay,
Speaker 1: that'll be a different conversation for another show. But I'm
Speaker 1: really excited about him. And then we'll we'll work in
Speaker 1: a little brock Boers at the end. Maybe, Okay, since
Speaker 1: he'll go in the first round. For sure. You want
Speaker 1: to start a quarterback, you want to start with Caleb Williams.
Speaker 3: Yeah, there's about a billion different spots where Kayleb Williams.
Speaker 1: Would be perfect.
Speaker 3: Like, is it worth talking about anyone, anyone but the
Speaker 3: Bears because he's going to the Bears though, because like
Speaker 3: just be I mean he they they brought in Keenan
Speaker 3: Allen to be the slot and move around. They got
Speaker 3: DJ Moore. It's going to be a decent spot. They
Speaker 3: got pass catching running backs that are going to help.
Speaker 1: And another receiver probably that we'll talk about in a
Speaker 1: few minutes.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I was gonna say that's the other part that
Speaker 3: they need. They might take one, you know, at nine,
Speaker 3: or it's just such a deep draft class that they
Speaker 3: could probably get one later if they really really wanted
Speaker 3: to and they wanted to go somewhere else at nine. Honestly,
Speaker 3: it would have been a good spot for a Darnell
Speaker 3: Mooney type two for that third receiver. But they lost
Speaker 3: him in free agency for a team that backed up
Speaker 3: a little bit of a truck for him. So that's
Speaker 3: that's arguably the best spot because they're all in on
Speaker 3: him and they've been all in this offseason and trying
Speaker 3: to put weapons around him, and I think they'll continue
Speaker 3: to do so in the draft.
Speaker 1: So Caleb brings really all the traits that you want
Speaker 1: for success. This is he feels like he's the most
Speaker 1: sure thing quarterback since Joe Burrow and maybe Andrew Luck
Speaker 1: before him.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 3: Just I mean, his his arm strength may not be
Speaker 3: up there with Milton or may or Daniels like he's
Speaker 3: it's up there. He's still good, but his arm talent
Speaker 3: is just absurd. The throws he can make.
Speaker 1: For sure. I love all the big plays that he
Speaker 1: made at USC. Love the mobility that's going to create
Speaker 1: fantasy points ye for Caleb Williams. You know, will it
Speaker 1: take time and is there they're going to be you
Speaker 1: know they're going to be up and down seeah for sure.
Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, this looks like
Speaker 1: a tremendous landing spot for Caleb Williams and a great opportunity,
Speaker 1: and DJ Morre's value goes up. Ye, you know, all
Speaker 1: the all the all the Bears value goes up when
Speaker 1: you put it better, when you improve quarterback. Yep, gon
Speaker 1: me be tough, all right, All so that we don't
Speaker 1: do all quarterbacks and all wride receivers. Let's we'll alternate here.
Speaker 1: I'll go wide receiver next. Uh. The top wide receivers
Speaker 1: widely believed to be Marvin Harrison, but leak Neighbors is
Speaker 1: in that conversation. But I'm gonna do Harrison first just
Speaker 1: to sort of keep with consensus. But you can make
Speaker 1: a very valid case that Neighbors will go first or
Speaker 1: should go first.
Speaker 3: There are there are people very plugged in that say
Speaker 3: that there are teams with Neighbors ahead of Harrison on
Speaker 3: their personal drop boards.
Speaker 1: And it could be the Cardinals that pick four. I've
Speaker 1: got Harrison going to the Cardinals. Harrison brings crazy athleticism,
Speaker 1: tremendous ball skills. He's fast, he's not blazing, he's not
Speaker 1: trackstar fast, but he's asked footwork. You get the long frame,
Speaker 1: you get a ton of discipline that really seems to
Speaker 1: have come from his Dad, And you know I'm.
Speaker 3: Not always need to have and probably doesn't.
Speaker 1: Yes, I mean, yes, Junior's just got more I think
Speaker 1: just size size trades. Yeah, absolutely. Now what Marvin doesn't have,
Speaker 1: he's lean, he's not as physical, He's not gonna help
Speaker 1: you as much in blocking, I think, but still the
Speaker 1: opportunity to hear for him to be great is very good.
Speaker 1: Dane Bruglu's got him as the second best player in
Speaker 1: the draft. I think the perfect landing spot for him
Speaker 1: is the Arizona Cardinals. Of course, probably right. So the
Speaker 1: current depth chart for the Cardinals, Wow, Michael Wilson, Chris Moore,
Speaker 1: Zach Pascal. So he walks right in.
Speaker 3: As much as right here there were glimmers three.
Speaker 1: Exactly. You know, I'm not a huge Kyler Murray fan,
Speaker 1: as you know, Scott, but he can power wide receivers
Speaker 1: to decent fantasy stats. Sure.
Speaker 3: You know.
Speaker 1: He gave DeAndre Hopkins a fourteen hundred yard season a
Speaker 1: few years ago, you know, and Christian Kirk had a
Speaker 1: thousand yard season before he signed the big deal with Jacksonville.
Speaker 1: So you know, Murray's good enough here. And here's something
Speaker 1: I was doing little dig in this quietly the Cardinals
Speaker 1: offense sparked to life in the last five or so
Speaker 1: games of last year. Here's the points the Cardinals scored
Speaker 1: the final five weeks of last year twenty four, twenty nine, sixteen,
Speaker 1: thirty five, and twenty I mean those are real NFL
Speaker 1: offensive numbers there. So there were improvements over the course
Speaker 1: of last season. And maybe offensive coordinator Drew Petson gets
Speaker 1: better in his second year. And you know, there's a
Speaker 1: lot of opportunity. Harrison's super versatile, and the drops into
Speaker 1: the Cardinals at four is a perfect landing spot for
Speaker 1: a team that needs it.
Speaker 3: Sounds like Jonathan Gannon finally got those poo poo pooh
Speaker 3: pooh explosions at the.
Speaker 1: All right, let's go back to the quarterback. Which quarterback
Speaker 1: do you want to hit on next? And what's the
Speaker 1: perfect landing?
Speaker 3: So this I'm gonna start with Jaden Daniels. But a
Speaker 3: fun thing that's been talked about over the last day
Speaker 3: or two is that Jade and Daniels was far and
Speaker 3: away the favorite to go to Washington at pick two.
Speaker 3: The odds as of two days ago were minus two
Speaker 3: seventy five to plus one seventy five. Now with Drake
Speaker 3: may Now on FanDuel they are daddy even, and same
Speaker 3: with Bavada MGM, they're almost dad even.
Speaker 1: I like may Better.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's I can absolutely understand that.
Speaker 1: Necessarily for fantasy, just to be clear, because because the right,
Speaker 1: the rushing upside that Jade Daniels gives you makes him
Speaker 1: the first player take.
Speaker 3: I'm gonna stay. I'm going to start. I also like
Speaker 3: may Better, but not for fantasy, but I'm going to
Speaker 3: start with Jayden and Daniels here because I do think
Speaker 3: the better fit for him, and I'm not sure Washington
Speaker 3: totally agrees, but is Washington. I think they picked up
Speaker 3: zach Ertz to you know, take to help out the quarterback.
Speaker 3: I think they picked up Austin Eckler to catch passes
Speaker 3: to help out the quarterback. Uh I, And Jen Daniels
Speaker 3: is very good at extending plays, getting out of the pocket.
Speaker 3: With those weapons, they're not going to be able to
Speaker 3: spy on Jade Daniels as much, and he's gonna be
Speaker 3: able to make those plays with his legs. He's got
Speaker 3: Terry McLaurin and he's got Johan Dotson. I think it's
Speaker 3: just and I think Washington almost telegraphed what they were
Speaker 3: gonna do by signing Marcus Mariota as their backup.
Speaker 1: There maybe a little bit another mobile yeah, another mobile
Speaker 1: quarter Yeah.
Speaker 3: Who can play in the similar scheme.
Speaker 1: And that Ratty Washington offensive line. You know, Daniels gives
Speaker 1: you that opportunity to run away from the rush that
Speaker 1: destroyed the I actually wrote that down.
Speaker 3: How many sacks that's sack Sam Howell have last year
Speaker 3: and uh Jen Daniels was very good under pressure last year.
Speaker 3: He had super high completion rate. I think that's probably
Speaker 3: like the best pairing that that should happen for Daniels there.
Speaker 1: Dan, There are things that worry me about Daniels, absolutely,
Speaker 1: but from a fantasy standpoint, he he looks. I love
Speaker 1: the deep ball. Those are the fantasy important The mobility
Speaker 1: is obviously amazing.
Speaker 3: So Daniels, especially with a Johan Dotson, could test catch level.
Speaker 1: Got yes for fantasy purposes. First pick dynasty league where
Speaker 1: you are in a super flex, I think Jayden Daniels
Speaker 1: is the quarterback I'm taking.
Speaker 3: So I just okay, yeah, he went. So I just
Speaker 3: did a super flex mock draft, a rookie mock draft
Speaker 3: with like like all the people you expected Danny Kelly
Speaker 3: from the ringer, Matthew Berry, like JJ, Zacharyes and Ian Hard.
Speaker 3: It's like a lot of names. And I had the
Speaker 3: first pick and I did take Caleb Williams, but I
Speaker 3: really really did consider Jayden Daniels for the rushing aspect
Speaker 3: that he takes so many dang hits. He's got to
Speaker 3: learn to not take hits. I know he has held
Speaker 3: up to it so far, but these are NFL sized
Speaker 3: players that can really hit. I'm a little worried about that.
Speaker 3: I think Daniels went like third and that like it.
Speaker 3: I think it was so Williams, Williams, Marvin Harrison, and
Speaker 3: then somewhere decided, Yep, I'm gonna go.
Speaker 1: If it super flex, I'm sticking with quarterbacks. Yeah, but
Speaker 1: that's just me. Okay, let's go to mylik neighbors, who
Speaker 1: we already alluded to. Many people believe he is as
Speaker 1: good as anybody in this in this draft of wide receiver,
Speaker 1: including Marvin Harrison. As you mentioned, he brings some special
Speaker 1: traits to the field. Downfield separation is sick man. You're
Speaker 1: seeing bombs get launched by Jaden Daniels to a wide
Speaker 1: open Milik Neighbors downfield. I love just the way he
Speaker 1: runs the glide. He gives you the full route tree,
Speaker 1: so many big plays, he fights for yards after the catch.
Speaker 1: I love that decent a blocker. He's only twenty years old. Yeah,
Speaker 1: twenty Yeah, you know Dynasty Empire. I mean that might
Speaker 1: add on if you hold him for the full cycle
Speaker 1: of his career, right, I mean that might add on
Speaker 1: a few years of play from Elik Neighbors for you
Speaker 1: as well. I've got him, I got The ideal spot
Speaker 1: is one spot after Marvin Harrison. That'd be the Chargers
Speaker 1: current wideouts Quinton Johnson. It looks like a Grade A
Speaker 1: boss Josh Palmer. And then those guys yield into Shemp,
Speaker 1: Howard Oprah Winfrey's longtime boyfriend Steadman, and finally a can
Speaker 1: of easy cheese which for legal reasons cannot be spelled
Speaker 1: c choc at. There So, Neighbors drops and immediately becomes
Speaker 1: a wide receiver one. And obviously, the appeal with this
Speaker 1: spot and why this is the perfect spot for Elik
Speaker 1: Neighbors is because of Justin Herbert, one of the better
Speaker 1: long arms in the league, was not really had the
Speaker 1: opportunity to throw a lot of those balls with Mike
Speaker 1: Williams and out of lineups and things like that. But
Speaker 1: the worry, of course is Jim Harban Greg Roman installing
Speaker 1: a run first run, second game plan and how will
Speaker 1: that affect how will that end up affecting how this team?
Speaker 1: Just the sheer volume that could go to Melik neighbors.
Speaker 1: So yeah, I just I looked at other spots or
Speaker 1: neighbors could go, like the Giants at pick at pick
Speaker 1: six would make a ton of sense as well. Daniel
Speaker 1: Jones hasn't topped fifteen touchdowns in four years. You know,
Speaker 1: it's just the quarterback differential so great. The perfect spot
Speaker 1: from the league neighbors is the Chargers. All right, do
Speaker 1: you want to do Drake May next? Sure?
Speaker 3: I can. Drake May and JJ McCarthy are have similar
Speaker 3: top spots in my mind, and then they're both the Vikings.
Speaker 3: I feel like Jaden Daniels isn't a great fit for KOs,
Speaker 3: but I do like I think the Vikings are the
Speaker 3: top spot for any rookie quarterback not named Jayden Daniels.
Speaker 1: Get you get Justin Jefferson, presumably, you get Hockinson, you
Speaker 1: get Jordan Addison, you have booking tackles to protect your
Speaker 1: your sides.
Speaker 3: Their they're tiis and you got you got chos think yep, yep,
Speaker 3: So I guess that would be my number one for both.
Speaker 3: But I think you can go down a couple of
Speaker 3: picks to the Giants, which I don't think is a
Speaker 3: great spot for any quarterbacks going there. So we're gonna
Speaker 3: keep moving down Denver. I don't I don't know how
Speaker 3: much I love that. I think they're they're more in
Speaker 3: on bonax honestly, which is interesting. But yeah, that's but
Speaker 3: I think the best the best spot for one of
Speaker 3: those two is Minnesota. The next best spot is probably
Speaker 3: the mid first in the Oakland New Orleans and Oakland
Speaker 3: New Orleans range. I think those are better better spots
Speaker 3: for either of them. I in May you got the
Speaker 3: you know you got the the bigger size you know,
Speaker 3: the bigger, bigger size guy, the you know he's got
Speaker 3: the he's got the huge arm. He can run. He's
Speaker 3: not like Daniels though, but he gets out of the
Speaker 3: pocket and he scrambles that they had designed runs for him.
Speaker 1: Yep.
Speaker 3: Sometimes he plays a little bit more hero Ball, which
Speaker 3: which kind of feels like it fits more with the
Speaker 3: New Orleans or Oakland team. I don't think KOC would
Speaker 3: want him play neuroball. So I think I've kind of
Speaker 3: gone on on a rant on both of them. But
Speaker 3: I would put Drake May if I if I could
Speaker 3: have my brothers, it would be Oakland or New Orleans
Speaker 3: moving up.
Speaker 1: Okay, I don't know that they will. But what I
Speaker 1: love about Drake May, Dude, it's just a gamer, you know,
Speaker 1: that's surrounded by a terrible offensive line wide receivers who
Speaker 1: never get open.
Speaker 2: Ye.
Speaker 1: You know, like two thirds of his plays of his
Speaker 1: past plays, he's out there just trying to make anything
Speaker 1: happen while he's under tremendous dress.
Speaker 3: And and that's part of why he seems like a
Speaker 3: hero ball player a little bit is that he's just
Speaker 3: had to be.
Speaker 1: Has had to be right. So you know, there might
Speaker 1: be you might have to coach some of that out
Speaker 1: of him in times Scott. Yeah, but Drake May's got
Speaker 1: tremendous upstyle that the arm strength is absolutely NFL level,
Speaker 1: the mobility is really good, keeps his eyes downfield, he
Speaker 1: can process to a second and third targets.
Speaker 4: Yep.
Speaker 1: A lot of people harping on his slower release and
Speaker 1: it's legitimate. It is slower, but you know what, I'm
Speaker 1: willing to take that trade off at the at the
Speaker 1: NFL level with the hope that he drops into a
Speaker 1: team that can give him an iota of protection.
Speaker 3: Plus he has that big body, that six four two
Speaker 3: twenty five whatever size, and he'll he'll stand in, stand
Speaker 3: in and take a hit and throw it so well.
Speaker 1: He had to take plenty hits in college. Yeah, is
Speaker 1: going to go to Chicago at nine, I believe, and
Speaker 1: I've got that as the landing spot. I want him
Speaker 1: to get past the Giants in Tennessee because I don't
Speaker 1: like their quarterback.
Speaker 3: That's exactly the thing I was going to say in
Speaker 3: our little thing. We would love him to go there.
Speaker 3: The Giants and the Titans are the one that I
Speaker 3: think the like. Like the draft odds for the Titans
Speaker 3: are like minus whatever for Joe Alt Yeah, for offensive tackle,
Speaker 3: and like everything else is just way off, exactly like
Speaker 3: everybody thinks they're taking my Titans.
Speaker 1: We can't bet here in Minnesota. My Titans angle is
Speaker 1: quarterback plus four thousand, you can make forty to one.
Speaker 1: And Tennessee's ready to acknowledge what I already know the answer. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: you don't always have to give these quarterbacks two years.
Speaker 1: Look what happened with Desmond Ridder, Look what happened with
Speaker 1: Kenny Pickett. If you know, you don't have to do
Speaker 1: the second year and just play that out to the
Speaker 1: to the degree that it's likely to go to because
Speaker 1: will Love, this is not good.
Speaker 3: No, No, I'm with you, I'm with you. I could
Speaker 3: see them. You know that. That would be really rough though.
Speaker 3: Can you imagine like drafting your hopefull quarterback three years
Speaker 3: in a row.
Speaker 1: I know, but you know what, keep drafting the quarterback
Speaker 1: till you get him. Roma Dunsay to Chicago. Let's just
Speaker 1: talk it through for a second. Also, by the way,
Speaker 1: kind of interested the name landing in the Jets at ten,
Speaker 1: which is a possibility to who did the Jets at
Speaker 1: the time. Well, I'm just saying, if Roma Dunsay doesn't
Speaker 1: go to Chicago at nine, my backup would have been
Speaker 1: I go.
Speaker 3: I was gonna say, I wouldn't. I wouldn't rule out
Speaker 3: the Jets when you were talking about neighbors. So I
Speaker 3: like that you're bringing them up.
Speaker 1: Nowt so, so dj Moore is already there, He'll keep
Speaker 1: defenses honest and give a Dunees a single coverage for
Speaker 1: most of his rookie year, really, unless he proves to
Speaker 1: be an even bigger threat than more, which I guess
Speaker 1: is possible even later this year. Caleb Williams looks like,
Speaker 1: you know, a great quarterback prospect. He'll be throwing to him.
Speaker 1: I love that too, and it's and is Caleb Williams
Speaker 1: and Roma Duneesa grow together, They're likely to form a
Speaker 1: receiving bond that's stronger than Moors, who's older. You know,
Speaker 1: Worres probably got three or four good years left, and
Speaker 1: you get to start fresh here with Roma. Doonsay, So
Speaker 1: I felt like the perfect landing spot here for Rome
Speaker 1: dnsday Chicago.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think there's a I definitely agree. I think
Speaker 3: that that's a commonly mocked spot for him, and I
Speaker 3: really hope it happens because that offense would be fun.
Speaker 3: Not as a Vikings fan, but in general, that offense
Speaker 3: would be fun. JJ McCarthy, Yeah, yeah, can I just
Speaker 3: call chart Thor to get in? Okay, Well, only if
Speaker 3: we want to have a one hour long cod because
Speaker 3: he'll spend all the time McCarthy.
Speaker 1: In fact, let's do this. Hold on a second, let's
Speaker 1: just take let's work in our break. We got to
Speaker 1: get a break in anyway, and I'm just remembering. Now,
Speaker 1: let's do that. Let's come to JJ McCarthy, who can
Speaker 1: end up in a variety of different spots. We'll see
Speaker 1: what Scott Fish says is the ideal landing spot when
Speaker 1: we come back. Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly. Paul Charchi
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Speaker 1: JJ McCarthy, Ye could go as high as pick four. Yep,
Speaker 1: could slide down into eleven. I mean, you know, maybe
Speaker 1: to though he would never get by the vikings eleven.
Speaker 3: Somebody trains up, someone's trading for him. The one who
Speaker 3: could slide. As I mentioned, if if Drake may goes
Speaker 3: to Washington, I think there's a chance Jayden could slide.
Speaker 3: I agree like I don't think he's the best fit
Speaker 3: on some some other teams. Sorry that yeah, so uh
Speaker 3: no jj I alluded to it or just straight up
Speaker 3: set it earlier that I think he's the best fit
Speaker 3: for the Vikings. That's his best spot. He could fit
Speaker 3: in a couple of these other spots where where I
Speaker 3: can see Sean Payton wanting to work with j J
Speaker 3: and and a point guard for that offense. But I
Speaker 3: think he's I think he's just such a really good
Speaker 3: fit for the Vikings. That again, that point guard style.
Speaker 3: He's a little he's a little more slender and smaller
Speaker 3: than Drake May. He wasn't asked to do as much
Speaker 3: in the high in the high run offense of Michigan.
Speaker 3: Wasn't a high volume passer, not always not always perfect
Speaker 3: with his ball placement. But he's aggressive. He he's good
Speaker 3: over the middle of the field. He uh, you know,
Speaker 3: he was really good. Like he had a really good,
Speaker 3: really productive on third downs, which I think is something
Speaker 3: that koc like that he he likes he's good in
Speaker 3: those pressure downs where you have to make a play.
Speaker 3: He made those a lot. You know, he's he's he's
Speaker 3: a guy. I think he's more athletic than people think.
Speaker 3: And they probably learned that at the combine. These are
Speaker 3: his pro da, not coming proda. He's just more athletic
Speaker 3: than people think. I think it's Minnesota. I think that's
Speaker 3: the and he doesn't doesn't have a lot of turnovers.
Speaker 3: He didn't have a lot of turnovers in college.
Speaker 1: And you get you get some mobility with JJ McCarthy too.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 1: I don't think it's he's not gonna be five rushing
Speaker 1: touchdowns a year. But you know what the difference between
Speaker 1: zero and three helps.
Speaker 3: Yeah, Yeah, it's the difference between kirk Cousins and that.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 3: Like, oh what I wrote it down because someone said
Speaker 3: something the other day that.
Speaker 1: Made me laugh.
Speaker 3: Oh they called JJ McCarthy sprightly Kirk Cousins and I'm like,
Speaker 3: I kind of like that. I heard that.
Speaker 4: I was like, I was gonna bring that up.
Speaker 1: I wrote that. I like it. I like it. Let's
Speaker 1: go back to the wide receivers.
Speaker 2: Yeh.
Speaker 1: Brian Thomas is the other receiver from LSU, and he
Speaker 1: is probably gonna go middle of the first round if
Speaker 1: you if you believe most of the mock drafts, he
Speaker 1: gives you crazy speed on a big frame, a lot
Speaker 1: of acceleration ability, mid air adjustments. He plays strong and physical,
Speaker 1: and he's a good blocker, and he's highly been highly
Speaker 1: productive in college. You know, where there are some deficiencies
Speaker 1: in his game. He doesn't run a full route tree,
Speaker 1: he body catches too much. But in totality, Brian Thomas
Speaker 1: made a ton of big plays and I want him
Speaker 1: to go the perfect landing spot where he could go
Speaker 1: Jacksonville at seventeen.
Speaker 3: Okay, you know I think that's Yeah.
Speaker 1: They wisely let Calvin Ridley go, and I thought that
Speaker 1: was smart. Christian Kirk remains. But after that, and Kirk
Speaker 1: of course obviously runs a lot of his plays from
Speaker 1: the slot. It's a very thin wide receiver room. You know,
Speaker 1: they rolled the dice onto little Gabe Davis, but they
Speaker 1: have to pay him much and that's a proven deal.
Speaker 1: Zay Jones, Devin DuVernay. I mean, Brian Thomas walks in
Speaker 1: is really the go to outside receiver. Yeah, they've got
Speaker 1: a quality starting quarterback in Trevor Lawrence. Not maybe at
Speaker 1: the level I thought he'd be throwing like thirty touchdowns
Speaker 1: a year by now, but yeah, we'll take his twenty
Speaker 1: five that he's done the last couple of years.
Speaker 3: He's a slow burn. Maybe yeah, maybe he'll be better,
Speaker 3: keep getting better.
Speaker 1: Doug Peterson's your head coach. Jaguars have finished seventh and
Speaker 1: ninth in past attempts the last two years with Doug Peterson,
Speaker 1: and that's great. I mean that's enough volume to get
Speaker 1: Brian Thomas where he wanted to be anyway, And we
Speaker 1: saw this offense last year. Ridley had these explosive games
Speaker 1: and he disappeared, right, Yeah, it's good to know the
Speaker 1: explosive game outside is there. That's right, because a Jones
Speaker 1: filter right right, kind of kind true. So hopefully you know,
Speaker 1: he can get more of the Ridley big games without
Speaker 1: the duds as much. And I just I like the
Speaker 1: fact that the stuffins proved they can put big games
Speaker 1: on guys.
Speaker 3: Yep, Brian Thomas Jacksonville Yeah, fun fun. Uh, Brian Thomas
Speaker 3: Jacksonville are not the pick. But Brian Thomas uh from
Speaker 3: uh the Ringer guys mentioned he was a basketball star
Speaker 3: in high school and then he switched to track to
Speaker 3: get ready to play football and called I love that
Speaker 3: he's got the he's got the jump.
Speaker 4: He started as a jump ball guy and he got
Speaker 4: the speed from track to about that combine those two for.
Speaker 1: Love it, love it. Do you have any other quarterbacks
Speaker 1: in the first round. I'm not. I don't think any
Speaker 1: of this are going to go in the first round.
Speaker 1: But I'm curious for you.
Speaker 3: I don't think they should.
Speaker 1: I I don't.
Speaker 3: I don't think either Knicks or Pennix should. But it's
Speaker 3: it's possible, And the one I think that could is
Speaker 3: just the you know, the odds on Nicks going to
Speaker 3: Denver are like minus one twenty at this point, like
Speaker 3: they are like the absurd favorites. So I think that's
Speaker 3: the one chance that Sean Payton really wants to get
Speaker 3: his quarterback, you know, highly accurate guy. What But it's yeah,
Speaker 3: I don't think I don't. I don't believe that any
Speaker 3: should just what I should.
Speaker 1: Vikings at twenty three could be a quarterback selection, assuming
Speaker 1: we don't yeah yeah, And then Tampa at twenty six
Speaker 1: might be like, you know what, let's just get it.
Speaker 1: Let's throw another you know, let's throw another quarterback at this.
Speaker 1: Baker's our guy is our starter, but you know, but
Speaker 1: let's throw another quarterback and just see what happens. But
Speaker 1: if if these if you get past Denver in Las
Speaker 1: Vegas at twelve thirteen and and maybe the New Orleans
Speaker 1: at fourteen. Yeah, it's a free fall of quarterbacks.
Speaker 3: Right, Yeah, there's nothing else. That's the deepest you get.
Speaker 3: And then there's nothing, and then we're in around two. Yep,
Speaker 3: I've got one more receiver. And then let's talk about
Speaker 3: brock Bowers.
Speaker 1: Lad McConkie, okay, sure, Lad McConkie. I think is going
Speaker 1: to go in the first round, end of first round.
Speaker 1: This is where he's largely being mocked. A beginning of second,
Speaker 1: end of first Yeah, so let's throw on Kansas City,
Speaker 1: why not? Right, So you're Kansas City. Rashi Rice suddenly
Speaker 1: a massive wild card that we did not necessarily expect.
Speaker 1: And while I don't expect that he's going to be
Speaker 1: suspended for the season things like that, it's got to
Speaker 1: raise some questions inside the organization about the ultimate stability
Speaker 1: you've got with this kid when he's gotten himself into
Speaker 1: this level of trouble already. You know, not only has
Speaker 1: he been arrested, but now he's being sued by the
Speaker 1: other people that are in this, that were involved in this.
Speaker 1: Who's who he legitimately endangered. So you got the you
Speaker 1: got the Rahee Rice thing. And besides, anyway, you know
Speaker 1: Rice also played half his slats snaps from the slot,
Speaker 1: so you know mconkie would be on the outside. Marquis
Speaker 1: Brown is on a one year prove it deal, and
Speaker 1: we know, you know, we know his by the way,
Speaker 1: terrible Markus. Brown's decision to like go raise his value
Speaker 1: as a free agent by going joining the Cardinals did
Speaker 1: not pay off. Nope, I think I can safely say
Speaker 1: that did not do him an any any help. So
Speaker 1: let's talk about McConkie and his skills. So good acceleration,
Speaker 1: nice route runner, he's slippery, he's creative after the catch,
Speaker 1: which I like a lot. But what he can't do
Speaker 1: is break tackles after the catch. But what he does
Speaker 1: do after the catch, there's two or three guys coming
Speaker 1: in at him. If if it's possible to squeak out
Speaker 1: three more yards before the tackle, he's going to get
Speaker 1: you three full yards. I like that part of it
Speaker 1: is he gives you punt return stuff. Elite leader. So
Speaker 1: lad McConkie would be I think pretty interesting on Kansas City,
Speaker 1: and that would be a perfect spot. Obviously, Patrick Mahomes,
Speaker 1: and there's a scenario where McConkie emerges as the best
Speaker 1: receiver on the Chiefs. Absolutely, I mean that's he's got
Speaker 1: that kind of upside to him.
Speaker 3: Yep.
Speaker 1: Absolutely.
Speaker 3: There's there's even a draft prop out there, will the
Speaker 3: Chiefs and Bills both take a wide receiver in round
Speaker 3: one because there's a lot of mocking being done with that. Uh,
Speaker 3: the two guys you didn't mention that are commonly mocked
Speaker 3: in the first round as well, or Xavier Worthy and
Speaker 3: Troy Franklin and Xavier Worthy being mocked to Dallas being
Speaker 3: mocked to Kansas City being mocked to Buffalo. Pure speeds
Speaker 3: are really small, really, he's like ian sized. Ian is
Speaker 3: my eleven.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 3: Granted my son is like five two, so at eleven,
Speaker 3: but yeah, and uh, I think either of those could go.
Speaker 3: But I like you bringing I like you bringing that up.
Speaker 3: He's there. There's some really knowledgeable draft people I know
Speaker 3: that have him as in their top five, if not
Speaker 3: three or four.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Buffalo would be a really great landing spot as well,
Speaker 1: and maybe even maybe a more ideal one. Yeah. Realistically,
Speaker 1: twenty eight. I just don't see the people that know
Speaker 1: have broken this down to level that's beyond me. Don't
Speaker 1: think Lad McConkey is worthy of pick twenty eight. But
Speaker 1: you know what, when you're Buffalo, and you're Buffalo and
Speaker 1: you need a receiver help as much as you do,
Speaker 1: team need could trump that easel.
Speaker 3: Despite what Bean says, Billy Bean or whatever he said
Speaker 3: the other day, we don't need a star receiver.
Speaker 1: And you really do. They need to get better receiver
Speaker 1: you need. You don't want to squander Josh Allen's talents. Yeah,
Speaker 1: so that that would be the other ideal landing spot
Speaker 1: for sure. Let's frock Bowers, let's do it. The earliest
Speaker 1: possible scenario for brock Bauers to go would be six
Speaker 1: the Giants.
Speaker 3: I jokingly mentioned this to you the other day that
Speaker 3: I would love to see him go five to the
Speaker 3: Chargers or a trade down in Chargers take him, which
Speaker 3: is which is very possible. Yeah, just because they got
Speaker 3: Greg roman Atosi who has used Baltimore tight ends forever
Speaker 3: for a while. And yep, it feels like if he
Speaker 3: installs that offense, they could use a pass catching weapon
Speaker 3: as you mentioned when you put Marvin Harrison up.
Speaker 1: Yes, I just think they're so desperate to wide out
Speaker 1: that Jarge's probably gonna go there first. Giants could make sense. Uh,
Speaker 1: Tennessee could make sense.
Speaker 3: Waller retiring potentially retired, but he hasn't decided yet. Yeah,
Speaker 3: but potentially retiring.
Speaker 1: I didn't think he was this close to retirement, but
Speaker 1: the fact they're still thinking about just.
Speaker 3: Constant injuries to be it's got to be right. Plus,
Speaker 3: he spent like five years with Baltimore doing nothing before
Speaker 3: he started his career.
Speaker 1: He's sneaky old for sure. Uh So Tennessee is a possibility.
Speaker 1: It's seven for brock Bowers, but most of us have
Speaker 1: got him going ten to the Jets. Jets have the need. Uh,
Speaker 1: it would make it would make a ton of sense
Speaker 1: for him to go there. They've got Garrett Wilson who's
Speaker 1: great out wide, so they don't as much need a
Speaker 1: wide receiver in that pick, but you know, they they
Speaker 1: need a tight end and that would be a That'd
Speaker 1: be a great landing spot for an incredibly productive tight
Speaker 1: end and consistently productive for years in brock Bowers.
Speaker 3: Yep, Yep, there's there's there's other options. I'd love to
Speaker 3: see Seattle finally have tight end, but they have a
Speaker 3: lot of pass catching options already not at.
Speaker 1: Tight end, and they're picked sixteen.
Speaker 3: Indianapolis is a little bit interesting. If he slides, I
Speaker 3: know that you hate to hear that with your with.
Speaker 1: Your exact love exactly.
Speaker 3: The Titans are a little bit interesting in that they
Speaker 3: what do they have Kevin Ridley? Like? I mean, they
Speaker 3: don't have a lot. Maybe they Titans? Okay, okay, Chi's there.
Speaker 3: They like Chivy and they do.
Speaker 1: I don't love jig drops too many balls. I don't
Speaker 1: think he's I don't think he's special.
Speaker 3: Who did the Bengals signed? They signed someone.
Speaker 1: They need a tight end too, but they signed someone
Speaker 1: landing spot.
Speaker 3: They're eighteen, they signed, That's that's who they signed. So yes,
Speaker 3: they need to.
Speaker 1: That's I think they're at eighteen. They'd have to move up,
Speaker 1: Seattle have to move up.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 3: I don't think people are moving up for Bowers. I
Speaker 3: think it's a team is going to be very happy.
Speaker 1: When he falls. Yeah, that's more likely, isn't it. Yeah
Speaker 1: that Bowers just he falls into your lap and you're
Speaker 1: happy to get him.
Speaker 3: Yep. Yeah, you're not upset, You're not forcing a pick.
Speaker 3: You're just like nice bars landed here.
Speaker 1: Yeah, perfect, he lines up, you know, he gives you
Speaker 1: so much versatilities.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and he can do backflips, standing backflips.
Speaker 1: What tight end does that? I don't know.
Speaker 3: That's pretty athletic. Yeah, I know, he didn't test, so
Speaker 3: people were people were concerned. No, if you watch what
Speaker 3: he does on the field and then you watch.
Speaker 4: What he does off the field with standing backflips, I
Speaker 4: feel like I feel like I know he's athletic exactly.
Speaker 1: Yeah. So one week from today we're going to react
Speaker 1: to the first round.
Speaker 3: Oh boy, it's exciting.
Speaker 1: Its time of year, it is.
Speaker 3: It is, and we'll know so much more because, yeah,
Speaker 3: even in Dynasty, landing spot really does kind of matter
Speaker 3: for those first couple of years.
Speaker 1: It really does. Yeah, it shapes your whole career.
Speaker 3: I feel, Redraft or Dynasty, every every bit of this,
Speaker 3: the combine all these matter a little bit. Every bit
Speaker 3: is a piece, and the where you're drafted is a
Speaker 3: big part of that puzzle. That's a big piece.
Speaker 1: Yes, and that's why we're doing the show. The perfect
Speaker 1: landing spots, absolutely, the perfect landing spots. It won't go
Speaker 1: this way, it never does, but of course, hopefully, hopefully
Speaker 1: we can get like for these guys to drop into
Speaker 1: these ideal landing spots, and then we'd be pretty happy
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