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Speaker 1: Jennifer Piacenti and Michael fabiana. I'm your host, John Gonzalez
Speaker 1: from Sports Illustrated and I Heart Radio. This is Sports
Speaker 1: Illustrated Weekly. Jennifer Piacenti and Michael Fabriano. Welcome to Sports
Speaker 1: Illustrated Weekly. Thanks for having us. Glad to be on.
Speaker 1: This is wonderful and very excited to have both of
Speaker 1: you to talk about fantasy football. Training camps are upon us,
Speaker 1: which means fantasy football research begins in earnest. I have
Speaker 1: failed exactly zero attention offseason, which is why I'm glad
Speaker 1: you two are here. You guys put together an incredible
Speaker 1: fantasy football draft kit. I highly recommend people check it
Speaker 1: out on SI dot com. A ton of information in it,
Speaker 1: worship people start oh you should start at si dot
Speaker 1: com slash fantasy. But the most important thing to know
Speaker 1: about the Fantasy Football Draft Kit is that it's a
Speaker 1: living draft kit. So it's gonna change every single day.
Speaker 1: Every single day. There's gonna be updates and we're gonna
Speaker 1: be keeping you on top of all the news. And
Speaker 1: Michael Fabiana's rankings might change. Um, he may hear something
Speaker 1: in camp that changes how he feels about a quarterback
Speaker 1: running back, and you're gonna get sleepers bust and uh yeah,
Speaker 1: it's gonna be fresh and new every day, so that yeah,
Speaker 1: they will change, they will change. That's why we have
Speaker 1: you guys on early. I like how Jen called it
Speaker 1: a living draft kit, like it's got a pulse in
Speaker 1: a heartbeat. This thing is alive. It's a frankn science
Speaker 1: monster that you guys have assembled, but much more useful.
Speaker 1: So you mentioned the rankings, Jen fabs for both of you. Actually,
Speaker 1: who's number one on the big board? Who are you
Speaker 1: taking first? John? And the Taylor is the consensus number
Speaker 1: one guy. Let's hope he works out better than Christ
Speaker 1: McCaffrey did last year as the consensus number one overall pick.
Speaker 1: Guys coming off of a plus rushing yards season, led
Speaker 1: the league in rushing yards, had twenty touchdowns. Regression is
Speaker 1: gonna come somewhat. I wouldn't expect him to have that
Speaker 1: many scores. But young guy behind a good offensive line,
Speaker 1: with an improved quarterback and Matt Ryan under center of
Speaker 1: the veteran, I think he's gonna do very well. I
Speaker 1: would not see a scenario outside of an injury, where
Speaker 1: he'd fall out of the top three or five running
Speaker 1: backs this upcoming season. Who are you a little bit
Speaker 1: worried about in terms of regression or maybe being overrated
Speaker 1: in the first round. There's there's a lot of regression candidates. Yeah,
Speaker 1: there are a lot. Like I gotta be honest with you,
Speaker 1: you can probably look at the top five players who
Speaker 1: are likely to be picked, and all of them would
Speaker 1: have some level of regression. In terms of the guys
Speaker 1: who actually played a full season. I mean, do you
Speaker 1: think that Cooper Cup is really gonna catch two thousand
Speaker 1: yards again? I mean, is that possible? Derrick Henry was
Speaker 1: on pace for like two thousand rushing yards. Not going
Speaker 1: to happen again. Austin Neckler had twenty touchdowns. We love you,
Speaker 1: Austin Probably not gonna happen again. He'd probably admitted he
Speaker 1: doesn't want it to happen again. He got too many
Speaker 1: touches last season. I interviewed him, and to that note,
Speaker 1: I do kind of want to address a Christian McCaffrey thing,
Speaker 1: because that's a debate that comes up because he's often
Speaker 1: going number two and then in some drafts, early drafts,
Speaker 1: he's going, you know, pick eleven, pick twelve, And I
Speaker 1: understand why people feel there's a lot of risk there
Speaker 1: because he hasn't given us a full season for the
Speaker 1: complete two seasons, But I just want to throw out
Speaker 1: there that Christian McCaffrey is someone I believe is taking
Speaker 1: is worth taking a risk on in the first round
Speaker 1: and even early, because when Christian McCaffrey does play, he
Speaker 1: is one of the most productive players for your fantasy team,
Speaker 1: unlike someone like Kuon Barkley right, who's had a similar
Speaker 1: story where he hasn't given us a full season. Super
Speaker 1: super talented it but when we play, he kind of
Speaker 1: give you, like my performances, But what are you not
Speaker 1: starting steak one so you don't replace him with CMC
Speaker 1: at least you know, Okay, he's out, there's replacement value there.
Speaker 1: You can get his handcuffed to go in there, and
Speaker 1: anytime you're starting, seem see, you can pretty much count
Speaker 1: on a twenty plus point PPR game. So that is
Speaker 1: kind of a risk I'm willing to take, and so
Speaker 1: I still like him early first round, but there is
Speaker 1: a lot of debate out there about that, and he,
Speaker 1: on the other hand, not a regression candidate. More likely,
Speaker 1: you're going to get that ceiling that we haven't seen
Speaker 1: in a couple of seasons. We're mere moments into this recording.
Speaker 1: I'm enjoying it, but all I'm hearing from you guys
Speaker 1: is whoever I'm gonna pick is gonna be bad right,
Speaker 1: Like I'm going to pick the wrong guy, not bad off,
Speaker 1: But just think about it. You're you're picking guys who,
Speaker 1: in many cases are coming off of career years. So
Speaker 1: regression is is imminent. It's gonna happen. It just depends
Speaker 1: on what level and is possible for one of those
Speaker 1: five guys we just mentioned to not even be a
Speaker 1: top ten player this position. Sure, I mean, stuff happens
Speaker 1: in the NFL all the time, but based on what
Speaker 1: we saw last year, the ceiling is pretty high and
Speaker 1: so when you hit that floor, that floor is much
Speaker 1: better than a lot of players in the league, so
Speaker 1: you're not so worried about a guy completely falling off
Speaker 1: the table. And that's such a great point the way
Speaker 1: you put it, Fabriana. When you're drafting those early round guys,
Speaker 1: you're drafting them for a floor. You think that they're dependable,
Speaker 1: and then you take shots later with these high ceilings.
Speaker 1: Like you know, if someone had taken Robby Anderson two
Speaker 1: seasons ago, that would have been a huge payoff and
Speaker 1: he was absolutely free at the end of your draft,
Speaker 1: you know, So things like that. So you take those
Speaker 1: solid four players, and everyone that we have ranked in
Speaker 1: our top ten lists are people we believe have a
Speaker 1: very solid floor, so they're not just going to completely
Speaker 1: bust on you. All right. So of that group, then
Speaker 1: in your mind, who's the safest pick Jonathan Taylor, Jonathan Taylor.
Speaker 1: All right? Except thing, Jonathan Taylor, because everybody agrees that
Speaker 1: he's the consensus number one. Let's take him off the board.
Speaker 1: I want somebody who I know, Look, maybe he's not
Speaker 1: popping every single week, but he's going to give me
Speaker 1: a solid return on investment. Cooper Cup Cooper Cup because
Speaker 1: running backs tend to get banged up a lot more
Speaker 1: than wide receivers. Alright, I like Cooper Cup. That's a
Speaker 1: good one. Every year, somebody in your draft will end
Speaker 1: up reaching for somebody, right, whether it's a specific player
Speaker 1: or a specific position group. What's a position group that
Speaker 1: listeners should maybe wait on until later in the draft.
Speaker 1: Maybe some position that's deeper than some of the others. Well,
Speaker 1: if you're in a traditional one quarterback league, it's quarterback.
Speaker 1: I've been waiting on quarterbacks forever, and I still end
Speaker 1: up with good quarterbacks. Right. I remember one year I
Speaker 1: got Matt Ryan late and he was been in his
Speaker 1: good Carson Wentz a few years ago when he tore
Speaker 1: up his knee against the Rams. Before that, he was
Speaker 1: QB five. He got him late. Remember when Patrick Mahomes
Speaker 1: broke out, Lamar Jackson broke out. Those guys were not
Speaker 1: top fifty overall picks. Yeah, Dath Prescott. It happens all
Speaker 1: the time that position. And also I think tight end
Speaker 1: because tight end's got you know, five or six guys
Speaker 1: that you feel good about it, and that after that
Speaker 1: you're like, okay, maybe, and of course you know it's Kelsey,
Speaker 1: it's Andrews, and even Andrews. Andrews is going to regress,
Speaker 1: There's no way he's going and double digit touchdowns again,
Speaker 1: I'd be shocked Waller could regress a little bit because
Speaker 1: you got Davante Adams there, George Kittle as well, uh
Speaker 1: and Kyle Pitts. Those guys are the ones that you
Speaker 1: draft and you're gonna be plugging them in every single week.
Speaker 1: But there's also guys outside of the top eight and
Speaker 1: even as deep as the mid teens, where like they
Speaker 1: could potentially be top twelve guys like for example, Noah
Speaker 1: Fan got Friar muth Albert okawbanam right exactly. So quarterback
Speaker 1: and tight end typically are the two positions that you're
Speaker 1: going to be able to wait on and still get
Speaker 1: some very productive options there in the middle to late rounds.
Speaker 1: I like that strategy. I've I've long been a devotee
Speaker 1: of that strategy. And you mentioned Fabs some of those
Speaker 1: guys who uh we maybe weren't on our radar who
Speaker 1: end up ended up popping and becoming top tier at
Speaker 1: those positions. What about for the rookies, are who's on
Speaker 1: your radar? For somebody who might have a big first year,
Speaker 1: like saying Jamar Chase diad. I don't know if there
Speaker 1: is anyone that's in line for a big rookie year
Speaker 1: like Jamar Chase or Justin Jefferson amongst this class, but
Speaker 1: there are a few people. You can make the argument
Speaker 1: for a lot of people, like Chris lave Over in
Speaker 1: UM in New Orleans, just because there's opportunity. Treylon Berks
Speaker 1: is when I like, because we don't know if Robert
Speaker 1: Woods will be ready for the first week of the season,
Speaker 1: so he has a pathway to the opportunity. Uh, there's
Speaker 1: certainly Christian Watson. You know, Aaron Rodgers is with that,
Speaker 1: Davantae Adams, so there's a lot of targets to go around.
Speaker 1: Of course, the problem is Aaron Rodgers kind of likes
Speaker 1: his guys. I don't know if he's gonna immediately take
Speaker 1: to Christian Watson. So those are three, uh, Drake London,
Speaker 1: I mean there are arguments for a lot of guys.
Speaker 1: There are arguments for Bruce Hall, maybe even Kenneth Walker,
Speaker 1: who knows James Cook, but none of them to me
Speaker 1: are obvious. There's no obvious smash right like Breestall is
Speaker 1: going to be the first rookie picked across the board,
Speaker 1: and he's going to be in a committee with Michael Carter.
Speaker 1: He'll be leading the committee, but he'll be in a committee.
Speaker 1: Drake Lennon probably is at wide receiver the best fantasy
Speaker 1: option because who are their wide receivers right now? Oh,
Speaker 1: Brian Edwards and who else Autumn Tate right so he
Speaker 1: should fall into Marcus Marriott is throwing in the ball.
Speaker 1: So there's just not that guy. Like when, for example,
Speaker 1: we saw Nagy Harris get picked by the Steelers, all
Speaker 1: perfect fit, they need a running back, They've got weapons
Speaker 1: all over the place, and he performed. There just isn't
Speaker 1: that player. So a lot of variables what the rookies.
Speaker 1: I like to see where the rookies land and try
Speaker 1: to forecast who might be good in what situation. But
Speaker 1: fit matters so much. And I'm also curious about fit
Speaker 1: for players who are on new teams, who you guys think, well,
Speaker 1: you know, veterans, not rookies, who you think might be
Speaker 1: good fits in new situations. And keep in mind that
Speaker 1: you're talking to a native Philadelphia and I'm very excited
Speaker 1: about say A J. Brown. So if you want to
Speaker 1: say Adre Brown, uh Curry favorite with the host. It's
Speaker 1: up to you. Um uh sorry, John, I'm not going there.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna listening. I love a J. Brown as a player.
Speaker 1: I don't like the situation unless it's July. So let's
Speaker 1: not dash my hopes completely already. It's goodness for Jalen Hurts,
Speaker 1: though I think Jalen Hurts goes up. It's just the
Speaker 1: A J. Brown is kind of lateral, so overall it's
Speaker 1: a positive, all right, in the non a J. Brown,
Speaker 1: non Eagles camp category. Then why while I uh dry
Speaker 1: my eyes from the tears that you guys brought out?
Speaker 1: Who else do you like? New new faces and new places.
Speaker 1: I mean, my my first instinct here is Russ Wilson. Um.
Speaker 1: I love him with Nathaniel Hackett, who completely unlocked Aaron Rodgers. Right,
Speaker 1: we saw Aaron Rodgers like resurrect his career and end
Speaker 1: up the m v P. And now he's got Russ
Speaker 1: and Russ is excited. He's got amazing weapons. Courtland's Sutton, Jerry, Judy,
Speaker 1: Tim Patrick. I mean he's completely stacked out there. He's
Speaker 1: got a new lease on life, you know. And Fabs
Speaker 1: and I did a video this morning. He's in Fab's
Speaker 1: top ten quarterbacks and that's ahead of Aaron Rodgers and
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott. So I think it is a really good,
Speaker 1: exciting situation. I'm very excited about right And I'm a
Speaker 1: Cowboys fan, by the way, and putting an Eagle ahead
Speaker 1: of any Cowboy to hurst my heart. If I had
Speaker 1: known that ahead of time, Jen would be the only
Speaker 1: one on this show right now, it would just but
Speaker 1: I got bad news for you. I'm a Cowboys day.
Speaker 1: Oh no, I don't know who booked the show, but
Speaker 1: they did a terrible job with gonna fire all of
Speaker 1: our producers. Well, the the thing about the free agents, uh,
Speaker 1: and the trades, A lot of the scenarios went backwards,
Speaker 1: went sideways. When Davante went to Las Vegas. Don't like it.
Speaker 1: Not not that he's not going to be good. He's
Speaker 1: not gonna put up the numbers he put up in
Speaker 1: Green Bay, Tyreek Hill. I can't even say that too
Speaker 1: is not gonna because I don't know, but he's not
Speaker 1: gonna put up the same numbers. That was the That
Speaker 1: was the trade I hated the most. That trade stunk.
Speaker 1: No matter what, unless you're toa It's stunk for Tyreek,
Speaker 1: It's stunk for Jalen Wildle, It's stunk for Mike Kasiki,
Speaker 1: It's stunk for everybody in fantasy except for two. And
Speaker 1: who knows if two is even gonna make good on
Speaker 1: all the weapons? Uh that you know that he has.
Speaker 1: So some of these situations, no a fan goes to Seattle. Okay,
Speaker 1: that's good for him, But now who's the quarterback Drew
Speaker 1: lock Gino And that was the problem with the off season.
Speaker 1: Maybe Jimmy g Gammy, Jimmy G. I drafted him in
Speaker 1: Scott fish Balls, my third QB. I'd love to see
Speaker 1: him get traded somewhere that will actually start. So yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, I think when you when you look at
Speaker 1: those moves, not many of them were actually like uber
Speaker 1: wow fantasy friendly. From just a very general macro UH
Speaker 1: strategy perspective, when you're looking at wide receivers, is there
Speaker 1: a specific metric that you like above others to like
Speaker 1: during the season. Is there one number or two numbers
Speaker 1: that you're looking at beyond all the others Without getting
Speaker 1: super technical, obviously, the first one is targets, like I
Speaker 1: want the guy to actually have opportunities, But also also,
Speaker 1: average depth of targets is big. How how far is
Speaker 1: the quarterback throwing the ball downfield to these guys, because
Speaker 1: the farther downfield they're throwing the ball, the more yards.
Speaker 1: The more yards, the more fantasy points. And then you
Speaker 1: also want to look at red zone usage too. How
Speaker 1: many opportunities are my guys getting inside the red zone
Speaker 1: where they can give me six? All right, a couple
Speaker 1: more for you guys. Again, let's keep at macro thirty feet.
Speaker 1: What's say one mistake that you see maybe the average
Speaker 1: fantasy football player repeating. I mean, the first thing I
Speaker 1: would say is we are kind of already addressed it
Speaker 1: is taking a quarterback too early in your draft. And
Speaker 1: I understand why because the quarterbacks are who we focus on.
Speaker 1: But you there are so many good ones. I mean,
Speaker 1: let's talk about how stacked it is this year. Justin Herbert,
Speaker 1: Josh Allan, Patrick Mahomes, Russell Wilson, Dad Prescott, Jalen Hurts, Yeah,
Speaker 1: he's up there, Kyler Murray, Lamar Jackson. Um. I mean,
Speaker 1: I mean, look how many I just rattled off. And
Speaker 1: if you're in a twelve team league, you can go
Speaker 1: to like pick thirteen and still get you know, Aaron
Speaker 1: Rodgers or Tom Brady, potentially, depending on your league, maybe
Speaker 1: Derek Carr, Kirk Cousins, Matt Ryan, who are all in
Speaker 1: really good situations. So you have to think about is
Speaker 1: positional scarcity. So we were talking about the tight end earlier.
Speaker 1: We were talking about, Hey, you can wait, but the
Speaker 1: other option is instead you could take one of those
Speaker 1: top guys Travis Kelsey or you know, a Darren Waller
Speaker 1: or somebody and say instead, I'm gonna dominate this category
Speaker 1: and I'm gonna take that early because it's a scarce category.
Speaker 1: Quarterback is not a scarce category, so you can definitely wait.
Speaker 1: And I think that's one of the biggest mistakes people make. Well.
Speaker 1: First off, the biggest mistake that people are making is
Speaker 1: if they're not going to s dot com slash Fantasy
Speaker 1: because because that you're you're already you're you're already making
Speaker 1: a big blunder there. But as it pertains to drafting,
Speaker 1: make sure that you're you're going into the draft like prepared.
Speaker 1: You're not going in there and when you get to
Speaker 1: the tenth or eleventh round, Oh, I know this guy,
Speaker 1: he was good four years ago. I'll draft him like,
Speaker 1: you don't want to do that. You want to be
Speaker 1: forward thinking. And you also don't want to draft names
Speaker 1: just for the sake of drafting names like Michael Thomas
Speaker 1: is a big name, he's done nothing in two years
Speaker 1: and we don't know what he's gonna be this season.
Speaker 1: Don't draft guys based on name value because that oftentimes
Speaker 1: is gonna hurt you. I don't I don't want to
Speaker 1: say don't draft with your heart, because that's part of
Speaker 1: the fun of fantasy. Like as a Cowboys fan, if
Speaker 1: I get Ceedee Lamb or if I get Dak or
Speaker 1: if I get Zeke or Schultz, listen, it makes makes
Speaker 1: it more fun. But don't don't go overboard with it. Okay,
Speaker 1: if you are an Eagles fan, for example, like our
Speaker 1: friend John, you know, don't d draft Dallas Goddard over
Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey. It's not a smart move. So this is
Speaker 1: all good advice from you guys. You mentioned being prepared
Speaker 1: for the later rounds. Last one for you guys. Everybody
Speaker 1: likes a sleeper. Give me a good sleeper that we
Speaker 1: should be or maybe you have a couple, but give
Speaker 1: people somebody that you are looking out for in the
Speaker 1: later rounds. So when you talk about sleepers, I don't
Speaker 1: know that there are sleepers anymore. I don't think they
Speaker 1: exist because everybody knows about everybody these days. Let's let's
Speaker 1: rephrase it as less less valued who will overperform you go. Now,
Speaker 1: that's what I'm talking about right there. I like that,
Speaker 1: so I'll give you. I'll give you a few. Kenneth Walker.
Speaker 1: He's being drafted ahead of the other Seahawks running backs,
Speaker 1: but you can get them, probably in the sixth or
Speaker 1: seventh round. I like Elijah More for the Jets. Uh
Speaker 1: Russell Gauge is a good sleeper for the Buccaneers if
Speaker 1: Chris Godwin can't play at the beginning of the year.
Speaker 1: I really like Alan Lazard, I mean, and then you
Speaker 1: can go even deeper, like you can know you can
Speaker 1: go into like the Darius Tony's of the world. Even
Speaker 1: though much like you hate the Cowboys, I am not
Speaker 1: the biggest fan of the New York Giants, being from
Speaker 1: the Tristate area, rooting for the Cowboys fair enough, that's
Speaker 1: something we can bond over. Jen who's on your on
Speaker 1: your radar. I'll give you a few at the quarterback position.
Speaker 1: My favorite sleeper quarterback if you will is Matt Ryan.
Speaker 1: I mean, we've got a guy who's thrown for four
Speaker 1: thousand plus yards in ten of his fourteen NFL seasons,
Speaker 1: and now he's going to a team where he's actually
Speaker 1: gonna get protection right, good Frank Reich system for him,
Speaker 1: and the fact that Jonathan Taylor is there means he's
Speaker 1: gonna have some opportunities. Who are gonna be worried about
Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor. I love it. I like his weapons. I
Speaker 1: think it's going to be really really nice for Matt Ryan.
Speaker 1: He's coming off the board as the twentie quarterback right now,
Speaker 1: which is where he finished last season. Well, Carson Wentz
Speaker 1: finishes like the QB fourteen through yards. That's was Carson Wentz.
Speaker 1: You don't think Matt Ryan can do better. So that's
Speaker 1: just a draft day value that that. I love. Another guy,
Speaker 1: Rondale Moore. We know Dander Hopkins is going to be
Speaker 1: this sended for nearly half the season. Um, Christian Kirk
Speaker 1: is gone. We saw Rondale Moore go for like a
Speaker 1: hundred and eighty six yards across his first two games,
Speaker 1: and then they kind of went away from him because
Speaker 1: Christian Kirk was settling in. They had Hopkins, and they
Speaker 1: had a j. Green, But Rondel Moore is the young
Speaker 1: stud and I think he's a guy that could be
Speaker 1: a very good late pick potentially. And then finally, I'll
Speaker 1: give you a tight end. So we're talking about dirty
Speaker 1: tight ends. Why not Robert Tonyan. Okay, I know it's gross,
Speaker 1: but he's gonna be your last pick. And we know that.
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers two seasons. I mean, I mean, he's awesome.
Speaker 1: I shouldn't say that. Robs probably listening to this podcast
Speaker 1: right now. He's got he's got those long flowing locks,
Speaker 1: like he's a handsome guy. I mean, do you remember
Speaker 1: how long it was until we learned to say his
Speaker 1: name correctly brow like Robert Tonyan and then we found
Speaker 1: out his name rans with Funyan felt terrible. I'm not
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