WEBVTT - Fantasy Division Preview: AFC North 0:00:11.160 --> 0:00:14.520 Hey everybody, It's Monday, July twenty second, twenty twenty four. 0:00:14.600 --> 0:00:17.120 Welcome him to the NFL Fantasy Football Podcast. But we're 0:00:17.160 --> 0:00:18.720 not quite in the best shape of our lives. 0:00:18.760 --> 0:00:20.160 It's been your man, MG Marcus. 0:00:19.960 --> 0:00:23.600 Grand joined by Michael Florio and Lakwan Jones and well 0:00:23.600 --> 0:00:26.599 one Happy Monday, gentlemen. But to LQ, I know you 0:00:26.680 --> 0:00:30.280 are in the midst of sort of Good Morning Football 0:00:30.480 --> 0:00:35.080 reboot rehearsals. You were up and in the office at 0:00:35.080 --> 0:00:36.000 an ungodly hour. 0:00:36.040 --> 0:00:38.680 How was that? It was good? It is a normal 0:00:38.720 --> 0:00:39.560 shift for me. Man. 0:00:40.280 --> 0:00:42.040 I like getting up early, to starting on my day 0:00:42.080 --> 0:00:44.959 early and getting through it, you know. But the rehearsals 0:00:44.960 --> 0:00:45.520 are going great. 0:00:45.520 --> 0:00:46.680 Man. I love Akbar. 0:00:47.280 --> 0:00:51.040 Akbar Barja Biamila is great. He's back on Good Morning Football. 0:00:51.159 --> 0:00:54.120 For those of you who've been watching NFL Fantasy Live 0:00:54.160 --> 0:00:56.200 for a number of years, you might remember him from that, 0:00:57.080 --> 0:00:58.600 or you may know him from am I feel like 0:00:58.640 --> 0:00:59.680 Troy McClure in The Simpsons. 0:00:59.720 --> 0:01:01.800 You might remember me from such self help video. 0:01:02.520 --> 0:01:04.600 You might remember him from either NFL Fantasy Live or 0:01:04.800 --> 0:01:08.160 from American Ninja War, or he is back on Good 0:01:08.240 --> 0:01:12.119 Morning Football. Big, big personality, really fun guy, great guy 0:01:12.160 --> 0:01:13.760 to work with, so you get you get to have 0:01:13.880 --> 0:01:15.200 that that that joy for you. 0:01:16.200 --> 0:01:19.559 For you were out balling this morning, you were Jim Jones. 0:01:22.920 --> 0:01:26.600 I joined an LA Fitness but they have a basketball court. 0:01:26.720 --> 0:01:30.400 So all all this offseason, I've been getting getting some 0:01:30.480 --> 0:01:32.520 shots in a few times a week, and usually I 0:01:32.600 --> 0:01:35.760 go after the show, but this today we flipped the 0:01:35.800 --> 0:01:37.560 show a little bit later, so I was like, you know, 0:01:37.920 --> 0:01:40.520 I am also like Lakwan, an early riser, although I 0:01:40.600 --> 0:01:43.839 will say there's a huge difference between like being awake 0:01:43.920 --> 0:01:46.240 at six am and being at work at six am. 0:01:46.880 --> 0:01:50.080 I'm almost always awake at that time. I hate being 0:01:50.120 --> 0:01:51.000 at work at that time. 0:01:51.320 --> 0:01:54.480 Yeah, it's those are very much two different things. Also, 0:01:54.560 --> 0:01:56.160 I love the client saying I like getting up early. 0:01:56.200 --> 0:01:57.880 I'm like, bro, you have kids, you don't have a choice. 0:01:58.360 --> 0:01:58.760 You're right. 0:02:00.200 --> 0:02:03.560 So that's that is also to shout out to you, Floria, 0:02:03.600 --> 0:02:07.040 because we did shift our shooting or our recording schedule around. 0:02:07.920 --> 0:02:11.400 We're doing this in the midst of the USA's Olympic 0:02:11.480 --> 0:02:13.120 warm up against Germany. 0:02:13.160 --> 0:02:15.880 So now it's on right now. 0:02:16.760 --> 0:02:20.000 Yeah, you're starting five Steph, Devin Booker, Drew Holliday, Lebron 0:02:20.080 --> 0:02:22.320 and embiid are are you're starting five for this. 0:02:24.160 --> 0:02:24.360 Right now? 0:02:24.400 --> 0:02:25.959 Like he's trying to find the TV next to his 0:02:26.080 --> 0:02:30.520 desk right now. So in the mean time while he's 0:02:30.600 --> 0:02:31.880 doing that, I will let you know what we have 0:02:32.000 --> 0:02:34.760 on the show today. We are continuing our division previews. 0:02:34.800 --> 0:02:38.800 Today is the AFC North, which should be a really 0:02:38.919 --> 0:02:42.760 intriguing division to watch just from a football perspective, also 0:02:42.880 --> 0:02:46.680 a really intriguing division to watch my fantasy perspective, because uh, 0:02:46.800 --> 0:02:49.919 there's some changes across the division and you know, some 0:02:50.120 --> 0:02:53.919 some really intriguing teams, really intriguing pieces that we will 0:02:53.960 --> 0:02:57.160 get into. But let's start, as we normally do around 0:02:57.200 --> 0:03:00.040 this time, with some news and rumors. I include the 0:03:00.120 --> 0:03:02.359 rumors part because we don't have any actual football going 0:03:02.440 --> 0:03:04.200 on down in Houston. 0:03:04.800 --> 0:03:05.080 CJ. 0:03:05.200 --> 0:03:08.520 Stroud was asked about these skill positions on the Texans 0:03:08.560 --> 0:03:12.000 offense and he said, quote, it's a five headed monster. 0:03:12.320 --> 0:03:13.840 Which I don't know about you, Florio. 0:03:13.919 --> 0:03:17.640 That immediately sort of made me queasy because it's again, 0:03:17.760 --> 0:03:20.280 it's great for real football. You have so many options, 0:03:20.320 --> 0:03:22.480 so many places to go with the ball. For us, 0:03:22.560 --> 0:03:24.320 that means it gets a little bit harder to peg. 0:03:24.480 --> 0:03:26.600 Who is the guy you want. So I'm gonna ask 0:03:26.680 --> 0:03:29.040 you who do you think will be the top scoring 0:03:29.720 --> 0:03:32.079 non quarterback in Houston for fantasy? 0:03:32.800 --> 0:03:36.560 Nico Collins. I think Joe Mixon is a fine pick 0:03:36.800 --> 0:03:40.120 at running back, But Nico Collins, I don't believe is 0:03:40.240 --> 0:03:42.520 going I'm sorry, c J. Stroud. I don't believe is 0:03:42.560 --> 0:03:45.120 gonna dump off the ball nearly as much as Joe 0:03:45.200 --> 0:03:45.680 Burrow did. 0:03:45.800 --> 0:03:46.440 He was. 0:03:47.040 --> 0:03:49.520 He keeps his eyes down field, man, and he looks 0:03:49.600 --> 0:03:51.800 for every strike to throw the deep ball that he can. 0:03:52.280 --> 0:03:55.160 The reason I like Nico Collins so much is because 0:03:56.080 --> 0:03:58.480 I just have the most confidence in him getting the 0:03:58.560 --> 0:04:02.840 opportunities right. He can stretch the field, he could win 0:04:02.960 --> 0:04:04.960 after the catch. He could play out wide, he could 0:04:04.960 --> 0:04:07.440 play in the slot. Now I know a prime steph 0:04:07.520 --> 0:04:10.160 Diggs could do all of that, But at thirty one 0:04:10.280 --> 0:04:13.320 years old, was he potentially losing a step last year? 0:04:13.480 --> 0:04:16.800 And I know Tank Dell has the ability to take 0:04:16.839 --> 0:04:19.080 the top of a defense and brings a high ceiling, 0:04:19.880 --> 0:04:21.720 But is he gonna be out there in two wide 0:04:21.760 --> 0:04:25.320 receiver sets. I think it's possible we could see Diggs 0:04:25.440 --> 0:04:28.160 and Dell rotate in two wide receiver sets, but I 0:04:28.279 --> 0:04:31.359 feel confident that Nico Collins will not leave the field. 0:04:31.480 --> 0:04:34.080 So to me, I think he is the right combination 0:04:34.240 --> 0:04:36.760 you want. That he brings the upside that say, like 0:04:36.839 --> 0:04:38.839 a Tank Dell has, But I also think he brings 0:04:38.880 --> 0:04:41.000 a safe floor, which is kind of how I'm viewing 0:04:41.040 --> 0:04:42.200 Steph Diggs in the sofense. 0:04:42.520 --> 0:04:46.160 So, I mean, lakwan, are we are we overdrafting Texans 0:04:46.279 --> 0:04:48.080 just because there are so many places to go? I 0:04:48.160 --> 0:04:50.159 know we all know what the ceiling is for each 0:04:50.200 --> 0:04:54.279 of these guys individually, but I mean with them all together, 0:04:55.080 --> 0:04:57.120 how worried are you that they're going to sort of 0:04:57.160 --> 0:04:58.120 cannibalize each other? 0:04:58.680 --> 0:05:00.960 I am really worried, man. I think this offense will 0:05:00.960 --> 0:05:03.560 look great, you know in real life football, like Sundays 0:05:03.600 --> 0:05:06.000 will be exciting to watch the Texans and watching c J. 0:05:06.120 --> 0:05:09.599 Stroud just drive downfield. Before a fantasy aspect of things, 0:05:09.720 --> 0:05:12.560 we may be overdrafting some of these guys, like Tank 0:05:12.640 --> 0:05:14.560 Dell is going in the third round right now in 0:05:14.640 --> 0:05:17.520 best ball. I mean, we're waiting on redraft ADPs. But 0:05:17.600 --> 0:05:20.240 that still seems a little spicy for me. If we 0:05:20.360 --> 0:05:23.279 already have CJ. Stroud saying this is a five headed 0:05:23.360 --> 0:05:25.560 monster like it's going to be a constant week to 0:05:25.640 --> 0:05:28.480 week headache that I feel like, because look, Dalton Schaltz, 0:05:28.520 --> 0:05:30.600 he actually had a bunch of targets last season, so 0:05:30.720 --> 0:05:33.440 it's like we have to account of him as well, 0:05:33.800 --> 0:05:36.360 being that he was c J. Stroud's like best friend 0:05:36.440 --> 0:05:39.080 Dordan training camp last year. So I really feel as 0:05:39.120 --> 0:05:40.880 though this offense is going to be a lot of 0:05:40.920 --> 0:05:44.160 frustration from fantasy managers. But let's just be happy that 0:05:44.320 --> 0:05:45.280 we drafted c J. 0:05:45.400 --> 0:05:47.279 Stroud. Hopefully that's the game plan for some. 0:05:47.360 --> 0:05:49.760 Folks, because he is the biggest winner out of this 0:05:49.880 --> 0:05:52.520 whole package where he can. Honestly, I can see him 0:05:52.560 --> 0:05:56.000 clearing thirty touchdowns and if he's still responsible with the 0:05:56.080 --> 0:05:58.160 ball like he was last year, I don't see why 0:05:58.240 --> 0:06:01.200 he can't be a top five quarterback without even having 0:06:01.279 --> 0:06:03.240 the rushing upside. I just think this is gonna be 0:06:03.680 --> 0:06:08.160 a high power offense, but gotta be realistic here. When 0:06:08.200 --> 0:06:10.159 it comes to Nico and Diggs and when it comes 0:06:10.200 --> 0:06:12.800 to Tank Dell and their ADPs, they're fairly closed. So 0:06:12.960 --> 0:06:14.279 either way it's going to be a gamble. 0:06:14.800 --> 0:06:17.760 I think it was interesting you mentioned Dalton Schultz cause 0:06:17.760 --> 0:06:19.440 I feel like that's the thing that we don't really 0:06:19.760 --> 0:06:21.280 talk about in this whole thing. 0:06:21.560 --> 0:06:23.039 You know, we've talked about the Texans. 0:06:23.080 --> 0:06:26.040 It's, you know, how do we separate Collins from Dell 0:06:26.279 --> 0:06:28.680 from Diggs, and we don't mention the fact that they 0:06:28.720 --> 0:06:30.960 have a tight end who is very capable of catching 0:06:31.000 --> 0:06:33.159 the football and being a part of the offense as well. 0:06:34.040 --> 0:06:36.480 It's the reason that I've drafted CJ. Stroud. 0:06:36.960 --> 0:06:39.480 I've taken some shots on Texans wide receivers, but this 0:06:39.560 --> 0:06:42.080 feels like a quintessential they're better and best ball sort 0:06:42.120 --> 0:06:44.360 of offense because that way you don't have to kind 0:06:44.400 --> 0:06:46.720 of figure out what week you're going to try to 0:06:46.760 --> 0:06:47.360 start them. 0:06:47.600 --> 0:06:48.479 You know, and deal. 0:06:48.560 --> 0:06:51.080 Look, there's gonna be a week where Stefan Diggs probably 0:06:51.160 --> 0:06:53.240 has you know, twenty some odd points, and there's gonna 0:06:53.240 --> 0:06:54.599 a couple weeks in there where he has like six 0:06:54.760 --> 0:06:58.120 because they didn't necessarily need him or the defense tried 0:06:58.160 --> 0:07:01.760 to take him away. They can still be successful without 0:07:01.839 --> 0:07:04.080 any one of those guys having a really really big 0:07:04.160 --> 0:07:05.480 week and any given point. 0:07:06.200 --> 0:07:08.160 Then there's the backfield issue because Joe. 0:07:08.120 --> 0:07:09.960 Mixon goes in there and seems to have a really 0:07:10.040 --> 0:07:12.600 nice slot, but Florida over the weekend and they, I 0:07:12.600 --> 0:07:14.320 guess officially announced it this morning. 0:07:15.040 --> 0:07:19.040 Cam Acres is going to be a Houston Texan. Wow. 0:07:20.640 --> 0:07:22.840 Right, like when it saw it immediately I text put 0:07:22.880 --> 0:07:24.720 in the text chain right just mostly get a reaction 0:07:24.800 --> 0:07:26.320 out of out of the Kwan and he was kind 0:07:26.360 --> 0:07:26.560 of like that. 0:07:26.640 --> 0:07:29.720 It was basically that like, wow, I. 0:07:29.720 --> 0:07:33.000 Mean, Florida, Can cam Akers be a thing in this 0:07:33.160 --> 0:07:35.679 Houston offense as long as Joe Mixon is healthy? 0:07:36.520 --> 0:07:38.920 No, I don't know if Akers should be a thing 0:07:39.000 --> 0:07:41.200 on any team in the NFL anymore with all the 0:07:41.600 --> 0:07:44.560 It's the same reason I feel about JK. Dobbins, Like 0:07:44.600 --> 0:07:46.760 when you have an acl and an achilles and all 0:07:46.840 --> 0:07:49.960 of this stuff adds up. Like listen, man, at some 0:07:50.080 --> 0:07:52.400 point injuries just they take their toll and they win. 0:07:52.640 --> 0:07:56.040 And I'm fearful that we're getting to that point with Acres. 0:07:56.160 --> 0:07:58.680 But it wasn't like that this just came out of 0:07:58.720 --> 0:08:02.760 the blue. The worked out Dean Jackson last week. They 0:08:02.840 --> 0:08:07.360 worked out a number of different running backs, which gives 0:08:07.440 --> 0:08:10.600 me hope. And I've been saying this since the NFL Draft, 0:08:10.760 --> 0:08:17.240 like they can move Damian Pierce potentially in August. There's 0:08:17.320 --> 0:08:21.400 teams like the Cowboys like the Chargers that I think 0:08:21.440 --> 0:08:24.800 would take Damian Pierce and make him an RB two 0:08:24.920 --> 0:08:27.080 if he was to get the starting opportunity on those 0:08:27.120 --> 0:08:30.400 teams with higher upside. And I just don't think he's 0:08:30.440 --> 0:08:33.839 a good fit for Bobby Slowick and this version of 0:08:34.400 --> 0:08:36.880 the Texans offense. I think he's a great fit for 0:08:37.000 --> 0:08:41.520 an old scot old school like run between the tackles 0:08:41.640 --> 0:08:44.760 physical style of play, which is what the Chargers might 0:08:44.800 --> 0:08:47.360 do where the Cowboys could do. So that's why I'm 0:08:47.440 --> 0:08:50.400 hopeful that he gets moved. And that was my biggest 0:08:50.400 --> 0:08:52.679 takeaway from this cam Aker signing was like, maybe they 0:08:52.720 --> 0:08:55.199 do move on from Damian Pierce and I continue to 0:08:55.280 --> 0:08:57.240 draft him in like the seventeenth round of my best 0:08:57.280 --> 0:08:57.800 ball drafts. 0:08:58.200 --> 0:08:59.760 I mean, that's a good spot to get him. 0:08:59.760 --> 0:09:03.079 I can't say that I drafted him really anywhere, but 0:09:03.240 --> 0:09:04.920 I don't know that it was a conscious like I'm 0:09:04.960 --> 0:09:08.360 staying away from him. I just didn't draft him at all. 0:09:08.679 --> 0:09:11.320 You know where my heart is, I'm drafting Damien Piers. 0:09:12.120 --> 0:09:14.800 Yeah, you're still a Pierce believer, right, Yeah, I can't 0:09:14.880 --> 0:09:15.160 let it go. 0:09:15.559 --> 0:09:17.120 He's going to be on special teams and I think 0:09:17.160 --> 0:09:19.199 that's where he could be utilized more. I think he's 0:09:19.280 --> 0:09:21.600 very explosive. We know that he's a downhill runner. He's 0:09:21.640 --> 0:09:23.160 a guy that can take it to the house, like 0:09:23.320 --> 0:09:25.960 he's an angry runner, Like come on, I really feel 0:09:25.960 --> 0:09:28.520 as though he could be utilized properly. But Florio hit 0:09:28.800 --> 0:09:30.320 hit it nail on the head. I just don't think 0:09:30.400 --> 0:09:32.920 the system fits him because remember last year in camp, 0:09:33.000 --> 0:09:36.080 he was watching CMC tapes trying to catch more passes, 0:09:36.160 --> 0:09:39.400 and I think Joe Mixon fits more into that to 0:09:39.480 --> 0:09:41.719 where I feel like, you know, Damian Piers has to 0:09:41.800 --> 0:09:42.320 be on the move. 0:09:43.080 --> 0:09:43.959 Yeah, it was funny. 0:09:43.960 --> 0:09:47.680 I do remember like last year the articles, the headlines 0:09:47.679 --> 0:09:50.239 about like you're trying to be more like Christian McCaffrey, 0:09:50.320 --> 0:09:52.839 and like, yeah, I think I'm at a point where 0:09:52.840 --> 0:09:55.200 I don't necessarily fall for That's the. 0:09:55.240 --> 0:10:01.280 Thing in the world, because no offense unless you are 0:10:01.360 --> 0:10:03.959 going to get that skill set through the computer screen 0:10:04.080 --> 0:10:04.640 or something like. 0:10:04.720 --> 0:10:06.960 Yes, it's good to watch and how this guy gets 0:10:07.000 --> 0:10:07.640 over how he. 0:10:08.400 --> 0:10:11.679 Catches and stuff, but like Christian McCaffrey is a once 0:10:11.840 --> 0:10:13.040 in a lifetime talent. 0:10:13.520 --> 0:10:16.120 Yeah, yeah, we gotta we gotta stop doing this, man, 0:10:16.200 --> 0:10:18.360 I mean it's it's I mean it is. It's like 0:10:18.400 --> 0:10:20.840 all the young Titans who kept coming into the league 0:10:20.840 --> 0:10:22.360 and they kept being compared to Gronk. 0:10:22.440 --> 0:10:24.480 You know how many baby Gronks did we go to 0:10:25.679 --> 0:10:27.040 either Higby? I think T. J. 0:10:27.240 --> 0:10:30.719 Hawkinson was one. I mean we I've been through a 0:10:30.840 --> 0:10:32.679 number of baby Gronks. Like we got to stop that, 0:10:32.840 --> 0:10:35.439 We gotta stop. Like, you know, just because you're a 0:10:35.480 --> 0:10:37.400 running back who catches the football does not make you 0:10:37.480 --> 0:10:38.280 Christian McCaffrey. 0:10:38.320 --> 0:10:40.040 It makes you a running back who catches the football. 0:10:40.160 --> 0:10:41.719 Like that's it, Like that's all that is. 0:10:42.360 --> 0:10:44.959 I'm looking at the Texans stats from last year and 0:10:45.720 --> 0:10:47.679 rough math in my head right now, it looks like 0:10:47.840 --> 0:10:51.960 all of their running backs combined had like around sixty targets. 0:10:52.240 --> 0:10:55.760 That's not a lot. No, No, they were not. They 0:10:55.800 --> 0:10:58.320 were not very involved in the passing game last year. 0:10:58.880 --> 0:11:02.000 And I think that's a CJ. Roud thing, not a 0:11:02.160 --> 0:11:04.040 Devin Singletary Damian Pierce thing. 0:11:04.320 --> 0:11:06.880 Well, you've got so many targets all over the field, 0:11:07.200 --> 0:11:09.120 you know, even when things sort of break down, you 0:11:09.200 --> 0:11:12.920 can find somebody to get the ball to. So unless 0:11:12.960 --> 0:11:16.760 it is particularly schemed up that way, I just don't 0:11:16.840 --> 0:11:18.920 see it happening. I mean, I'm looking at this what 0:11:19.240 --> 0:11:22.040 Devin Singletary had thirty eight targets and that was that 0:11:22.200 --> 0:11:26.920 was your leader among running backs, Like, h yeah, that's he. 0:11:27.160 --> 0:11:30.319 Prettyroud keeps his eyes as downfield as he possibly can. 0:11:30.520 --> 0:11:33.240 Like, yeah, it's just it's pretty bleak for that part 0:11:33.280 --> 0:11:33.839 of the game there. 0:11:34.800 --> 0:11:38.000 Meanwhile, in New York, Darren Waller, who is recently retired, 0:11:38.080 --> 0:11:40.680 said he believes Daniel Jones can return to his form 0:11:40.760 --> 0:11:43.880 in twenty twenty said, quote, that's definitely still in him. 0:11:45.080 --> 0:11:48.440 So a simple, simple question for you, Laqwan hype train 0:11:48.559 --> 0:11:51.559 or smoke screen on Daniel Jones bouncing back to where 0:11:51.559 --> 0:11:52.240 he was a couple. 0:11:52.040 --> 0:11:52.480 Of years ago. 0:11:53.200 --> 0:11:57.280 Smoke screen, what are we doing here? I don't, I don't. 0:11:57.280 --> 0:12:00.720 I don't really see Daniel Jones even tapping back anywhere 0:12:00.800 --> 0:12:03.000 near twenty twenty two, because we had to remember the 0:12:03.280 --> 0:12:06.840 first five games he started the season was very very bad. 0:12:06.920 --> 0:12:09.079 And like not even just the interceptions, because half of 0:12:09.120 --> 0:12:11.720 them weren't his fault. There were pop off of defenders. 0:12:11.760 --> 0:12:14.760 But I just think overall that just the passing production, 0:12:14.920 --> 0:12:17.760 the ability to go downfield. It's the weapons around him. 0:12:18.000 --> 0:12:20.360 I know, you add Molik Neighbors, But you just lost 0:12:20.760 --> 0:12:23.000 two of the biggest pieces that you had already set 0:12:23.080 --> 0:12:26.800 last season. So in honesty, this offense took a step 0:12:26.920 --> 0:12:30.120 back even further, even adding the two guards that they 0:12:30.200 --> 0:12:32.840 got to help out that old line because Daniel Jones 0:12:32.920 --> 0:12:35.040 is getting smacked. But when you look at the two 0:12:35.120 --> 0:12:39.040 guards they added, they both allowed six QB hits last season, 0:12:39.080 --> 0:12:41.439 which was more than any of the Giants starter on 0:12:41.520 --> 0:12:45.080 the line. So it's not like they actually fixed the issue. 0:12:45.120 --> 0:12:46.800 They just kind of put a band aid, A used 0:12:46.880 --> 0:12:47.560 band aid on the. 0:12:47.600 --> 0:12:49.120 Situation to where band aid. 0:12:49.440 --> 0:12:52.400 So it's like nothing really has gotten better out of 0:12:52.440 --> 0:12:55.480 his team other than you added Malik Neighbors. But I 0:12:55.559 --> 0:12:58.720 feel like you lose Saquon Barkley used Darren Waller two 0:12:58.800 --> 0:13:01.199 security blankets that day, and Jones were lied on a lot. 0:13:01.640 --> 0:13:04.720 Everybody knows to cover Milik Neighbors. So that's not going 0:13:04.800 --> 0:13:07.079 to be something that I'm looking forward to in twenty 0:13:07.160 --> 0:13:09.840 twenty four. H Hype Traininger Smoke Screen Floria. 0:13:10.000 --> 0:13:10.680 I disagree. 0:13:10.760 --> 0:13:13.079 I think. Look, I'm not telling you to go out 0:13:13.120 --> 0:13:15.600 and draft Daniel Jones as your starting quarterback. He's barely 0:13:15.640 --> 0:13:19.120 being drafted as a QB two in leagues, But I 0:13:19.320 --> 0:13:23.240 do think a lot of us are forgetting what Daniel won. 0:13:23.440 --> 0:13:26.079 I still trust Brian Dable. I know last year it 0:13:26.240 --> 0:13:30.720 crashed out and everything, but Brian day later in the season, 0:13:30.800 --> 0:13:32.760 when he got Darren Waller back healthy, and when he 0:13:32.800 --> 0:13:35.080 got some of his other pieces, when Saquan was going, 0:13:35.200 --> 0:13:38.920 like with Tommy DeVito and Tyrod Taylor. I mean, like 0:13:38.960 --> 0:13:41.800 remember they took the Eagles to the brink on Christmas 0:13:41.920 --> 0:13:44.240 Day or whatever it was. So I believe in Brian 0:13:44.320 --> 0:13:47.600 Dable as a play caller. I think we're forgetting how 0:13:47.679 --> 0:13:50.199 much of a runner Daniel Jones was two years ago. 0:13:50.280 --> 0:13:55.840 Now that Nie could put that into question. But Darren Waller, 0:13:55.920 --> 0:13:58.000 as much as I loved him last year, and I 0:13:58.240 --> 0:14:00.280 don't know if anyone was higher on Darren Waller than 0:14:00.320 --> 0:14:03.599 I was swinging a miss. He was so in and 0:14:03.760 --> 0:14:06.079 out of the lineup and banged up and stuff that 0:14:06.720 --> 0:14:10.000 I do believe there is a chance Milik Neighbors could. 0:14:10.280 --> 0:14:13.400 I love Molik Neighbors as a talent. I think he 0:14:13.480 --> 0:14:17.559 could come in and have an effect like Justin Jefferson 0:14:17.600 --> 0:14:19.920 did on that Vikings offense, like Jamar Chase did on 0:14:19.960 --> 0:14:22.800 the Bengals, like Jayalen Watt, Like we've seen it before 0:14:22.880 --> 0:14:25.920 where these rookie wide receivers come in and where like 0:14:26.320 --> 0:14:28.080 Jared Goff of the Moan Ross Saint Brown is a 0:14:28.120 --> 0:14:31.360 good example. Like they take average quarterbacks and all of 0:14:31.400 --> 0:14:34.480 a sudden turn them into quarterbacks that look very viable 0:14:34.520 --> 0:14:37.360 and useful at an NFL level. And Daniel Jones is 0:14:37.520 --> 0:14:40.360 the best wide receiver he's thrown to. Is what Darius Slayton, 0:14:40.680 --> 0:14:45.480 Wandel Robinson broken down last year of his career, Darren Waller, 0:14:45.600 --> 0:14:49.560 so like I think Malik Neighbors could be better than 0:14:49.640 --> 0:14:52.960 anyone he's ever thrown to and really revitalized this offense 0:14:53.000 --> 0:14:56.120 and now expectations like if Jones finish his top fifteen, 0:14:56.640 --> 0:14:59.120 it's a really good year for him. But I'm not 0:14:59.280 --> 0:15:02.280 ready to leave Daniel Jones like like leave him for 0:15:02.360 --> 0:15:04.680 dead and say that there's no absolutely no shot he 0:15:04.720 --> 0:15:06.480 could get back to looking fantasy viable. 0:15:06.760 --> 0:15:09.240 Can I give you a end of career Golden Tate 0:15:10.240 --> 0:15:15.440 as maybe the best receivers all of those out of the. 0:15:15.440 --> 0:15:16.480 Wall I'm. 0:15:17.880 --> 0:15:19.360 I'm not I'm not trying to sit here and say that, 0:15:19.440 --> 0:15:22.680 you know, late career Golden Tate is what we expect 0:15:22.760 --> 0:15:23.600 from Elie Neighbors. 0:15:23.640 --> 0:15:24.400 I'm just trying to I was. 0:15:24.400 --> 0:15:25.920 Like going through trying to figure out who was the 0:15:25.960 --> 0:15:30.160 best receiver that he's starting. It's it's bad and yeah 0:15:30.200 --> 0:15:32.320 that that might be it there. I do think there's 0:15:32.320 --> 0:15:34.360 something about the rushing upside. Right, he ran for seven 0:15:34.400 --> 0:15:36.880 hundred yards. He also had seven rushing touchdowns, which that 0:15:37.120 --> 0:15:39.520 number feels hard for. 0:15:39.640 --> 0:15:42.840 Him to do. Yeah, so I think that's the thing 0:15:42.920 --> 0:15:43.880 sort of working against him. 0:15:43.880 --> 0:15:46.720 I don't know that he gets seven touchdowns and you know, 0:15:47.120 --> 0:15:48.720 he's got to get back to you know, his rookie 0:15:48.760 --> 0:15:51.120 year he had twenty four touchdown passes. He's got to 0:15:51.160 --> 0:15:53.760 get back to something closer to that if he's not 0:15:53.840 --> 0:15:58.080 going to give you the rushing upside. So I would 0:15:58.080 --> 0:16:01.160 say it's possible. I am not banking on it, but 0:16:02.240 --> 0:16:07.040 where he's getting drafted, you know, it's worth a dart throw, right, 0:16:07.840 --> 0:16:10.400 It's worth a dart throw. That's that's about. That's all 0:16:10.440 --> 0:16:14.160 I have to say about that. Into the go ahead. 0:16:14.200 --> 0:16:17.040 Yeah, oh, let's just say Darren Waller real quick, Caitlin 0:16:17.080 --> 0:16:21.040 Clark was cooking Kelsey Plumb at the at the you. 0:16:24.120 --> 0:16:28.040 Know, sometimes he taking shots. Sometimes it's the small victories. 0:16:29.680 --> 0:16:33.880 He's going through, man victory. Sometimes it's the small victories. 0:16:34.160 --> 0:16:38.880 You gotta buy his album now, Man, I check it out, 0:16:38.880 --> 0:16:39.840 see if it's on Spotify. 0:16:40.000 --> 0:16:42.680 Probably. Let's dive into the AFC North in a bit, 0:16:42.760 --> 0:16:44.360 take a break, come back and reset. 0:16:44.040 --> 0:16:51.480 This thing here on the NFL Fantasy Football Podcast a 0:16:51.880 --> 0:16:55.640 FC North. It is going to be just a battle 0:16:55.800 --> 0:16:58.240 all throughout. You got four teams who are very much 0:16:58.880 --> 0:17:02.080 in contention for playoff spots. This year is gonna be 0:17:02.080 --> 0:17:04.320 interesting to see how things shake out. As always, we 0:17:04.400 --> 0:17:08.560 go through these in alphabetical orders, So we start with 0:17:08.680 --> 0:17:11.640 the Baltimore Ravens. Their top scores from last year. Lamar 0:17:11.800 --> 0:17:14.800 Jackson three hundred and thirty one Fantasy points. That was 0:17:14.880 --> 0:17:18.439 QB four worthy. Gus Edwards their top running back one 0:17:18.520 --> 0:17:20.520 hundred and eighty seven points. He was the RB twenty five. 0:17:20.560 --> 0:17:20.840 He is eight. 0:17:20.920 --> 0:17:23.800 Flowers was the top wide receiver at two six point 0:17:23.920 --> 0:17:27.000 four Wide receiver thirty one, and Mark Andrews tight in 0:17:27.119 --> 0:17:29.760 fourteen one thirty five point four for him in a 0:17:30.119 --> 0:17:34.159 season that saw him battle some injuries off season. They 0:17:34.240 --> 0:17:37.080 lose Odell Beckham Junior, they lose Gus Edwards, and they 0:17:37.119 --> 0:17:41.000 lose JK. Dobbins, but they do sign El Tractorcito himself, 0:17:41.040 --> 0:17:46.560 Derrick Henry, and they draft devontees Walker later in that draft. 0:17:46.640 --> 0:17:49.760 First raven off the board right now is Za Flowers 0:17:49.800 --> 0:17:52.480 of an ADP of thirty six. 0:17:53.400 --> 0:17:54.440 So Florio. 0:17:54.840 --> 0:17:57.520 Rarely, I keep saying this, rarely do we actually get 0:17:57.560 --> 0:18:00.520 a thing that we as a community all where. But 0:18:00.640 --> 0:18:04.639 it happened with Derrick Henry going from Tennessee to Baltimore 0:18:04.680 --> 0:18:07.160 to play in that backfield with Lamar Jackson. 0:18:07.600 --> 0:18:10.960 Everybody's excited. We're all like double digit touchdowns for sure. Yay. 0:18:13.640 --> 0:18:16.360 You know how things go when everybody in the community 0:18:16.440 --> 0:18:19.000 believes in something, when we really are hoping for and 0:18:19.160 --> 0:18:21.119 we are all like in lockstep with it. 0:18:21.920 --> 0:18:24.399 Is it possible we're too hyped about Dereck Henry right now? 0:18:25.920 --> 0:18:29.359 Is it possible? Yes, because I believe you always have 0:18:29.480 --> 0:18:33.280 to look at things any range of possibilities. But I 0:18:33.359 --> 0:18:35.720 think it's a really small chance that he busts this year. 0:18:35.840 --> 0:18:38.600 The all like, outside of injuries, and I think you 0:18:38.640 --> 0:18:41.040 could say that about all players, like I would be 0:18:41.240 --> 0:18:46.680 shocked if Derrick Henry stayed healthy and just busted because 0:18:46.880 --> 0:18:49.200 this is the best offense he's played on in his career. 0:18:49.280 --> 0:18:50.960 This is the best quarterback he's played on. This is 0:18:50.960 --> 0:18:54.360 gonna be the first time in his life since literally 0:18:54.520 --> 0:18:57.440 probably ever since he's ever stepped on a football field. 0:18:57.440 --> 0:18:59.320 If you don't believe me, go watch this guy's high 0:18:59.320 --> 0:19:03.320