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Speaker 1: Wow. What is Welcome to another edition of the NFL

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Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Podcast. It's been your man Mergy Marks Grand

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Speaker 1: alongside the Fantasy Hall of Famer Michael Fabriano and the

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Speaker 1: Fantasy viper Graham Barfield. And I see you've got your

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Speaker 1: your thing of Clorox wipes here, and you've got some

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Speaker 1: hand sanitizer over there as well. I'm not even a germaphobe,

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Speaker 1: like I'm not, but like this whole coronavirus thing has

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Speaker 1: me a little bit freaked out. Um, you know, not

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Speaker 1: to the point where I'm going to be on a

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Speaker 1: to fly. I'm a little bit concerned. I guess that.

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Speaker 1: You know, I gotta make sure. I gotta have to

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Speaker 1: flype down and all this kind of that's crazy, man,

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Speaker 1: I have to fly tomorrow, and I'm just considering just

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Speaker 1: buying a full on halt. You know what, you do,

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Speaker 1: buy a bubble, Just get a bubble. Yeah, exactly, being

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Speaker 1: on a plane right now, you might be okay because

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Speaker 1: you might be the only one on the plane. I know.

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Speaker 1: I saw somebody posted on their Instagram store the other week.

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Speaker 1: I can't remember who it was, but they were at

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Speaker 1: afternoon and it was a ghost town. I'm like, smooth

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Speaker 1: sailing at least, yeah, you know exactly, it'll be easy.

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Speaker 1: It's been crazy, man. I went to Costco last weekend,

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Speaker 1: partially because I needed to get some things that weren't

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Speaker 1: paper products and water, and partially because I wanted to

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Speaker 1: see the madness. So the warehouse has all of the

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Speaker 1: paper of products in the water in the back left

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Speaker 1: corner of the warehouse, and literally there was a line

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Speaker 1: the front of the store, and then to check out,

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Speaker 1: which is obviously at the front of the store. The

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Speaker 1: was it was people are insane. It's And then I

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Speaker 1: went to Target and got everything that I needed and

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Speaker 1: you know, I didn't have to wait in line. It's

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Speaker 1: been it's been crazy. We are fully stocked at my home.

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Speaker 1: I's been basically the equivalent of a luxury car payment

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Speaker 1: at Costco buying stuff. So I have a freezer full

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Speaker 1: of rice that weighs as much as my kids, but

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Speaker 1: just because well, I mean just thinking, you know, like

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Speaker 1: at the whole point is like if you get quarantine,

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Speaker 1: like you know, just have I may never need the

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Speaker 1: bye rice ever again. You know what's gonna happen to

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Speaker 1: Like at some point, God willing, this will all sort

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Speaker 1: that point everyone in the world is going to have

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Speaker 1: so much toilet paper for a while. That right, But

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Speaker 1: then the toilet paper carmanies are gonna just their stocks

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Speaker 1: are gonna boop drop because no one's gonna because you

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Speaker 1: just brought seventeen freaking you know cases of it. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you'll be good for like a month and you have

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Speaker 1: to go by toilet a month. Really, how much do

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Speaker 1: you poop? It's not me like you know, like every

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna get tweets about whatever used like insane amounts

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Speaker 1: of It's absolutely true. And you could literally give me

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Speaker 1: me at least two weeks easily at least, you know,

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Speaker 1: it was funny was did you guys see that O

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Speaker 1: cost go with like right with all the cart with

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Speaker 1: like water and like the first you know, the first

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Speaker 1: can you please kill the coronavirus. It's it's just one

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Speaker 1: thing I was not prepared for. O J. Simpson kind

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Speaker 1: of understanding Twitter was not like he's actually not He's

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Speaker 1: like he's he's kind of do you think he reads

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Speaker 1: any of the what people are putting on up? Because

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Speaker 1: I mean every other comment is ripping him. I mean

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Speaker 1: at point, like you sort of know it's coming, right, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's been. It literally has been twenty five years, right,

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Speaker 1: like you know what's coming. Uh, we got a really

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Speaker 1: really big show for you today. We'll have our news

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Speaker 1: and notes. Of course, we'll talk about some of the

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Speaker 1: best free agent fantasy fits. Because on Monday is when

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Speaker 1: the legal tampering I think they call it the negotiating

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Speaker 1: what we call the legal tampering period begins on Monday. Uh.

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Speaker 1: The league year a k A. Free agency starts on Wednesday.

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Speaker 1: So basically it means by the time we would record

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Speaker 1: our next podcast, things will already be in motions. We

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Speaker 1: top free agents and where we would like to see

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Speaker 1: them go, what we think they're their best possibilities are

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Speaker 1: But the other big news is that we will have

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Speaker 1: live on this show Austin Ekeler. He of the newly

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Speaker 1: signed contract extension with the Los Angeles Chargers. Uh, the

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Speaker 1: guy who it looks like may make Melvin Gordon expendable.

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Speaker 1: He's already done it. Yeah. So yeah, So we'll get

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Speaker 1: Austin Ekeler in here. We'll talk about, you know, basically

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Speaker 1: his come up. Man. I mean, like you wanna talk

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Speaker 1: about a glow up. But you were talking before, Graham

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Speaker 1: now he's Scrooge McDuck in it. Yeah, he just made

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Speaker 1: that McDuck. Wouldn't it also, by the way, wouldn't it

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Speaker 1: Before we do all that, we'll go behind the glass

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Speaker 1: talk to our faith for producer Senior Edward L. Murphy

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Speaker 1: Esquire Murph, what's up? Yeah, big show today. UM. I

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Speaker 1: first want to say, I'm glad I work on a

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Speaker 1: show with guys who also have costco memberships. That's good.

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Speaker 1: It's always a treat going there sometimes takes you along.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, but with this coronavirus stuff. My girlfriend also

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Speaker 1: works in the media, just like we do, UM, and

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Speaker 1: part of her beat is travel. So today she is

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Speaker 1: currently at Los Angeles International Airport. So I am the

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Speaker 1: opposite of Abby. Yeah, did she text you and tell

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Speaker 1: like what it's like. Well in terms of like you

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Speaker 1: know here, Well, first of all, it's raining here today,

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Speaker 1: My guest right now. To answer that for you, is

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Speaker 1: it's probably pretty empty. Yeah, I would think so, a

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Speaker 1: think we're at what look, Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune

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Speaker 1: I I am concerned for this world because I don't

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Speaker 1: think I think people are overreacting somewhat to this and

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Speaker 1: Clorox wine. The Jeopardy Wheel of Fortune things sort of

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Speaker 1: hits close to home because they tape literally a couple

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Speaker 1: we close into the draft. I guess we're still quite

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Speaker 1: in the midst of draft season. But anyway, update on

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Speaker 1: to a Tachavaloa. He got a four month scan on

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Speaker 1: the results are that everything is very good with no concerns.

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Speaker 1: you know, how he's going to be. I still think

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Speaker 1: See if on the Redskins I take him. I mean

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Speaker 1: to like I get it. I mean, Dwayne Haskins was

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Speaker 1: be honest, guys. I mean, you know, two has got

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Speaker 1: a far higher ceiling in the NFL than Dwayne Haskins does. Correct,

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Speaker 1: So and I get it. You know, the Redskins wouldn't

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Speaker 1: But how many times like the Redskins have needed a

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Speaker 1: The Redskins are in a fantastic spot no matter where

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Speaker 1: Chase Young and have the best edge rusher in the

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Speaker 1: whole class. Um. You know, I I'm still interested to

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Speaker 1: see you what Dwyne Haskins can do, though it just

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Speaker 1: enough around Dwayne Haskins to say, Okay, they should definitely

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Speaker 1: could argue too, though, that the Cardinals didn't see enough

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Speaker 1: the fantasy points per touch was ridiculous and every time

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00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:09,240
Speaker 1: we touched the ball, you're making things happen. So now

425
00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:11,320
Speaker 1: that you've signed the big contract, Melvin Gordon is going

426
00:20:11,359 --> 00:20:13,560
Speaker 1: into free agency. I don't know if he's gonna stay

427
00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:15,760
Speaker 1: with the chargers are not Most reports out there suggest

428
00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:20,120
Speaker 1: he won't. So are you expecting more touches in this offense?

429
00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:24,200
Speaker 1: I mean I did get a lot of touches last year.

430
00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:29,120
Speaker 1: I felt like, we listen, we want more, Okay, we

431
00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:31,760
Speaker 1: want more of those touches. Yeah, I want more too, man,

432
00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:34,639
Speaker 1: But the thing is my ones and what my body

433
00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:36,560
Speaker 1: can handle is a different thing. You know, I gotta

434
00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:40,520
Speaker 1: think about my longevity playing over the years. So I'm

435
00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:42,280
Speaker 1: sure you know our coach would do a good job

436
00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:44,560
Speaker 1: of rotating this. And the thing is, it's like, I'm

437
00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:46,280
Speaker 1: not just getting touches of running back. You know, I'm

438
00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:48,680
Speaker 1: in the slot. I'm outside, so my touches are limited.

439
00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:50,720
Speaker 1: But you know, the touches that receiver a little bit

440
00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:52,800
Speaker 1: easier at my body than the touches are running back. Right.

441
00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:54,200
Speaker 1: I was gonna ask you about that you were used

442
00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:56,320
Speaker 1: as a receiver more often than any running back, Like

443
00:20:56,359 --> 00:20:58,879
Speaker 1: split out wide as a as a receiver. What's like

444
00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:01,800
Speaker 1: your favorite play, your favorite route to run when you're

445
00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:05,640
Speaker 1: split out as a receiver? Right, So anytime, Well, first off,

446
00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:08,840
Speaker 1: as a couple of factors, if it's man then and

447
00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:10,919
Speaker 1: it's a linebacker, it's man. That I love being on

448
00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:13,920
Speaker 1: the outside and literally just running is a slant go.

449
00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:17,760
Speaker 1: My backers have no chance against you. If you watch

450
00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:20,720
Speaker 1: watched the game against the Titans, I scored a touchdown

451
00:21:20,760 --> 00:21:23,679
Speaker 1: against the Titans on a slant go. Has just pressed

452
00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:27,080
Speaker 1: their toes, boom and out over top Philip. Later time,

453
00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:29,560
Speaker 1: I ended up scoring on that one. But that's when

454
00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:32,080
Speaker 1: I always using training campus. Yeah. So it's kind of

455
00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:34,160
Speaker 1: developed over the years because I didn't come in thinking

456
00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:36,560
Speaker 1: I was ever gonna be playing receivers. So it's something

457
00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:39,040
Speaker 1: I haven't been working on, but you know, getting getting

458
00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:41,119
Speaker 1: more so into it. Yeah, And and that's where a

459
00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:44,280
Speaker 1: lot of your value comes from is as a pass catcher,

460
00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:47,280
Speaker 1: which you've been phenomenal lot. Now you mentioned Philip Rivers.

461
00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:50,000
Speaker 1: He's no longer going to be with the Chargers, and

462
00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:53,600
Speaker 1: there's been rumors floating around the National Football League that

463
00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:56,800
Speaker 1: there's this guy he may be the greatest quarterback to

464
00:21:56,800 --> 00:22:00,359
Speaker 1: ever play the game, Tom Brady. Maybe he goes to

465
00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:03,120
Speaker 1: the Chargers. Have you thought about that at all? Thought

466
00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:06,600
Speaker 1: about catching passes from the goat? I have, uh, I

467
00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:09,520
Speaker 1: imagine because Phils like the goat for us when I

468
00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:13,159
Speaker 1: was in you know, the Chargers because I came in undrafted. Like, oh,

469
00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:15,199
Speaker 1: that's Philip Rivers. You know he's been here forever, you know,

470
00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:19,200
Speaker 1: had some success. Obviously he hasn't run in the rings

471
00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:22,120
Speaker 1: like like Tom has. So no, if that's the true girl,

472
00:22:22,119 --> 00:22:23,920
Speaker 1: I feel like if if he comes in, I would

473
00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:27,600
Speaker 1: have caught and passes from two goats in my opinion, Yeah, definitely. Uh,

474
00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:29,399
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers whears the bowl of ties? Have you ever

475
00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:33,320
Speaker 1: thought about rocking the book? Man? He's got his own

476
00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:36,840
Speaker 1: little arsenal slag, a little style like it though. He's

477
00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:40,520
Speaker 1: very unique. So, uh, you posted an i G video

478
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Speaker 1: of yourself. You're doing like one handed pull ups and

479
00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:45,320
Speaker 1: you're reading a book. So how many of those pull

480
00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:47,720
Speaker 1: ups did you do? Which is probably ten times more

481
00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:50,120
Speaker 1: than I could do? And what book were you actually reading?

482
00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:52,959
Speaker 1: The Uh so the book is just a problem. It's

483
00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:57,000
Speaker 1: just a problem. It's not actually a book. I used

484
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Speaker 1: it some of other videos too with my girlfriend. She

485
00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:00,600
Speaker 1: do I'm doing push ups, so she's like looking at

486
00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:03,080
Speaker 1: on my back. But uh, yeah, I did four one

487
00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:05,880
Speaker 1: handed pull ups, which is so hard. Like I don't

488
00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:07,679
Speaker 1: think before right now, I think I just want to

489
00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:11,440
Speaker 1: shape right then, I don't I don't care. I definitely

490
00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:13,800
Speaker 1: do one either. You posted another one last week. I

491
00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:16,040
Speaker 1: think if you were in like a like a standing

492
00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:18,320
Speaker 1: position with your feet staggered and you jumped, it looked

493
00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:21,119
Speaker 1: like literally four years. And I have just one question,

494
00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:25,600
Speaker 1: how the lower body explosion that's what I was gifted with.

495
00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:27,360
Speaker 1: That's what's you know, got me to this point. It's

496
00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:30,160
Speaker 1: funny because my trainer even said the same thing when

497
00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:31,520
Speaker 1: I was doing it, because I was doing my own

498
00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:34,000
Speaker 1: like work out in our our gym before last season.

499
00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:36,160
Speaker 1: He's he went and got someone. I was like, watch

500
00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:39,440
Speaker 1: him jump like that doesn't even look right. It was

501
00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:41,240
Speaker 1: beyond ridiculous. I mean it looked like you could have

502
00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:44,320
Speaker 1: jumped over for me over there, right. So we see

503
00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:47,000
Speaker 1: a lot of players out there post like statistical goals,

504
00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:48,720
Speaker 1: right like Dalvin Cook wants to have, you know, a

505
00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:51,040
Speaker 1: thousand yards rushing a thousand years just even David Johnson

506
00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:53,199
Speaker 1: had done that as well. Do you have any of

507
00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:57,240
Speaker 1: those stistical goals for Get us excited here, Austin, come on, okay,

508
00:23:57,400 --> 00:23:59,119
Speaker 1: I'll get you excited, but it's not going to be

509
00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:01,280
Speaker 1: in the stats. It's the thing is for me, it's

510
00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:04,119
Speaker 1: always been build on your past season. And that's what

511
00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:06,840
Speaker 1: I've been doing. Literally my first year as mainly special teams,

512
00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:10,760
Speaker 1: second year split between offense, special teams, last year mainly offense,

513
00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:14,840
Speaker 1: actually all offense, and so I'm coming in again, same mindset,

514
00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:17,920
Speaker 1: build off a last season. So last season wasn't too bad,

515
00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:20,080
Speaker 1: especially for fantasy. So if I'm able to build off

516
00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:22,080
Speaker 1: a last season, you know, I feel like my fantasy

517
00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:24,880
Speaker 1: owners would be pretty happy. You do realize that you're

518
00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:27,679
Speaker 1: likely going to be a first round pick when all

519
00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:30,239
Speaker 1: of a sudden done in fantasy. And it's crazy from

520
00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:33,080
Speaker 1: last year when people were like, oh, he's fifty picking

521
00:24:33,119 --> 00:24:34,679
Speaker 1: them up, and the halfway through the seasons like, oh,

522
00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:39,360
Speaker 1: I'm on. I feel like people when when we kind

523
00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:41,360
Speaker 1: of figured that Melvin was going to be holding out,

524
00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:45,280
Speaker 1: your stock went up exponentially, and then when Melvin came back,

525
00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:47,399
Speaker 1: people were like, Okay, what do we do now? And

526
00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:49,159
Speaker 1: I was getting questions all the time on whether or

527
00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:52,080
Speaker 1: not to start Austin ekelerin I'm like, have you seen

528
00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:55,160
Speaker 1: the numbers? I mean, okay, Gordon's getting touches of pretty

529
00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:57,480
Speaker 1: still putting up numbers. Have you seen him play? Every

530
00:24:57,520 --> 00:25:00,880
Speaker 1: time he touches the ball, especially passing exactly exactly. Feel

531
00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:02,680
Speaker 1: like a lot of it comes down to, like it's

532
00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:04,520
Speaker 1: kind of like the hype, like the hyper uman name

533
00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:06,200
Speaker 1: like sound I was a no name. I didn't have

534
00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:07,760
Speaker 1: a name in the NFL, you know, come in and

535
00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:09,840
Speaker 1: so it's like people like who is this guy? You know,

536
00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:13,320
Speaker 1: especially if you're you know, not around Los Angeles area,

537
00:25:13,359 --> 00:25:14,920
Speaker 1: Like you have no idea who this guy is. Like, oh,

538
00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:17,320
Speaker 1: it's a backup and it's probably gonna come back. And

539
00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:21,320
Speaker 1: dude that I started producing. Wait wait, we know you now, pal, Yeah,

540
00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:23,320
Speaker 1: we definitely know you now. Got off to the hot start.

541
00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:24,760
Speaker 1: You were the number one running back. I think at

542
00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:26,800
Speaker 1: one point you're scoring Chritian McCaffrey. You still end of

543
00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:30,280
Speaker 1: the year as a top five fantasy running back. Fantastic season.

544
00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:33,840
Speaker 1: You were on pace through those first four games. You

545
00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:35,800
Speaker 1: may not know this, and you probably don't care, but

546
00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:39,080
Speaker 1: I'm going to tell you anyways to score four hundred

547
00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:41,720
Speaker 1: and twenty eight fantasy points. Okay, that would have been

548
00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:46,480
Speaker 1: the sixth most points ever. Ever. That just tells you

549
00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:49,479
Speaker 1: how productive you were as a as a fantasy player

550
00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:53,240
Speaker 1: and how valuable you are going to be too. Fantasy

551
00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:56,520
Speaker 1: owners in twenty and I'll tell you, Uh, no matter

552
00:25:56,560 --> 00:25:58,240
Speaker 1: what the number of people came up to you talking

553
00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:01,320
Speaker 1: about Fantasy in the past, it's gonna rippled. It's gonna

554
00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:04,199
Speaker 1: absolutely triple now and hopefully you embracing it. Sounds like

555
00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:06,679
Speaker 1: you have because Fantasy is just so good for the

556
00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:09,600
Speaker 1: NFL and it's great for the place. I feel like

557
00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:11,879
Speaker 1: I just people just benefit from having me on their

558
00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:14,199
Speaker 1: team just because I'm not just running back. You know,

559
00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:17,440
Speaker 1: I'm catching in the backfield, but I'm also catching balls

560
00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:19,600
Speaker 1: in this last So there's different ways I'm getting the

561
00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:22,440
Speaker 1: balls in my hand, different ways I can score. And

562
00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:24,679
Speaker 1: you know that it ends up racking up some points

563
00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:26,240
Speaker 1: if you can do something with it. That's why were

564
00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:27,800
Speaker 1: you were one of the most consistent players in the

565
00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:30,960
Speaker 1: Fantasy last year. We appreciate that. Yeah. So, um, last

566
00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:35,040
Speaker 1: question here. Uh, we saw what might be the RAMS

567
00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:37,080
Speaker 1: new logo leaked online. Have you seen this thing? I

568
00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:39,919
Speaker 1: think I have? Can we pull it up? Yeah? Pull

569
00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:44,160
Speaker 1: it up? First? At first I thought it was like

570
00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:47,640
Speaker 1: Rams slash Chargers because it's almost got the lightning bolt

571
00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:49,480
Speaker 1: in there. Right. It was a little Yeah, it's a

572
00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:51,320
Speaker 1: little confusing at first when I saw it. Looked like

573
00:26:51,320 --> 00:26:54,320
Speaker 1: the new Chargers uniform. So this was the Rams what

574
00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:58,639
Speaker 1: they posted yesterday, Charles, that's what the Rams posted. Do

575
00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:02,600
Speaker 1: you like that? You can say no, because it's right

576
00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:06,280
Speaker 1: it does. It looks like the Internet Explore logo. Yeah.

577
00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:08,199
Speaker 1: I wonder if they leaked that just to see what

578
00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:10,919
Speaker 1: people would think. I hope. So people don't like do

579
00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:13,880
Speaker 1: you like it? You actually like it? Okay, they could

580
00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:16,480
Speaker 1: do better job. Yeah, Like, I don't know, it just

581
00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:18,720
Speaker 1: looks like there's too much going on. I agree, it

582
00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:22,240
Speaker 1: doesn't flow with it. So yeah, So as a Charger now,

583
00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:25,600
Speaker 1: the Chargers have had some of the greatest jerseys of

584
00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:29,359
Speaker 1: all time, right, what's your favorite? Like? My favorite is

585
00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:33,399
Speaker 1: the Royal Blues Dan Foutzera with the yellow pants and

586
00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:35,840
Speaker 1: the lightning bolt down the side. If you guys brought

587
00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:39,919
Speaker 1: those back, they would kid. But in terms of merchandise,

588
00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:45,399
Speaker 1: what's your favorite? Charges like the powder blues? Yeah? Second,

589
00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:47,520
Speaker 1: your color, the color Rush This past year you guys

590
00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:49,960
Speaker 1: ran the all blue those too. I really like the

591
00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:52,440
Speaker 1: deeper blue. Yeah. The powder the power. You can't go

592
00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:54,240
Speaker 1: wrong with the powder. I love the powder, don't. I

593
00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:55,960
Speaker 1: don't know what it is, but it's just that colors.

594
00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:59,080
Speaker 1: I don't know white helmets, numbers or no numbers on

595
00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:02,159
Speaker 1: the helmets. No numbers, no numbers. I can like that

596
00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:04,359
Speaker 1: find the little one in the backs. Fine, the old

597
00:28:04,359 --> 00:28:06,359
Speaker 1: school Chargers, they had the numbers on the side of

598
00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:10,600
Speaker 1: the those white helmets with the with the bolt with

599
00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:14,000
Speaker 1: the no numbers, those are those are hey man. So

600
00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:16,439
Speaker 1: we really appreciate you joining us on the NFL Fantasy

601
00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:18,600
Speaker 1: Football Podcast. And by the way, I'm gonna say something

602
00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:22,280
Speaker 1: that you know people already know, draft Austin Ekeler in

603
00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:25,479
Speaker 1: We wish you the best of luck. Thank you, my man.

604
00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:29,679
Speaker 1: Thanks to Austin Ekeler for his time. Congrats on the

605
00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:32,679
Speaker 1: big contract, looking forward to watching him play again this

606
00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:36,760
Speaker 1: year where presumably he was going to be the primary

607
00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:40,160
Speaker 1: running back for the Chargers. Now who the quarterback is

608
00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:43,640
Speaker 1: going to be, Well, that remains to be seen, which

609
00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:46,800
Speaker 1: perfectly leads us into our best free agent fantasy fits.

610
00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:50,120
Speaker 1: So I went through, you know, the four main categories quarterback,

611
00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:52,920
Speaker 1: running back, wide receiver, tight end. I didn't go with everybody,

612
00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:54,440
Speaker 1: but I picked out the guys that I thought were

613
00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:58,480
Speaker 1: the most interesting. Um, so I have Ryan Tannehill at

614
00:28:58,480 --> 00:28:59,800
Speaker 1: the top of list. But since we're talking about. We

615
00:28:59,880 --> 00:29:02,120
Speaker 1: just talk to Austin Ekeler, why not just kind of

616
00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:03,640
Speaker 1: shuffle the deck a little bit and let's talk about

617
00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:08,480
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers, right, because he and the Chargers, Uh, to

618
00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:11,120
Speaker 1: quote Gwyneth Paltrow, they I think they went through a

619
00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:16,120
Speaker 1: conscious uncoupling basically, Um, you know, Philip Rivers is you know,

620
00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:19,520
Speaker 1: he is moving the family back closer to the southeast

621
00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:22,280
Speaker 1: where he and his wife are from the Charges like

622
00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:24,400
Speaker 1: they are on the move for a quarterback, whether that's

623
00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:28,680
Speaker 1: Justin Herbert or someone else, who knows, But is there

624
00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:31,680
Speaker 1: a spot? I mean, I have an idea for where

625
00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:35,240
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers could go potentially be good? Uh, any anything

626
00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:37,400
Speaker 1: jump out at either of you about where Philip Rivers

627
00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:40,720
Speaker 1: can go? And probably we've talked about it, right Indianapolis

628
00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:43,240
Speaker 1: gotta be right. It's gotta be the Colts great offensive line,

629
00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:46,840
Speaker 1: Frank Croix connection obviously. UM. I also think the Bucks

630
00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:49,240
Speaker 1: makes a lot of sense to with Bruce Arians. I think,

631
00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:50,760
Speaker 1: you know, we'll talk to Jamis here in a second,

632
00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:54,560
Speaker 1: but Bruce Arians, based on all of his quotes, UM

633
00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:58,400
Speaker 1: has kind of hinted that they're not exactly thrilled with Jamis.

634
00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:01,600
Speaker 1: I feel like Jamis is the if I can't do

635
00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:05,920
Speaker 1: anything else at the position, we'll keep him. That's that's

636
00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:08,680
Speaker 1: sort of I feel like what Arians is thinking at

637
00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:11,440
Speaker 1: this point. I agree with you, Yeah, I agree with you. Yeah.

638
00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:12,680
Speaker 1: I mean I think that's sort of what it is.

639
00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:15,280
Speaker 1: Although I also do think that there's a level to

640
00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:18,239
Speaker 1: which Arians is kind of sandbagging this thing right in

641
00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:20,920
Speaker 1: which you know, if you're if you're putting out all

642
00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:24,000
Speaker 1: this sort of negative energy about Jamis one that kind

643
00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:26,360
Speaker 1: of gets other teams maybe back off a little bit.

644
00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:28,840
Speaker 1: And if you have to resign him, you can do

645
00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:31,480
Speaker 1: it at a potentially lower number than you would have otherwise.

646
00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:34,840
Speaker 1: Bucks can still franchise tag him to bring it back

647
00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:36,800
Speaker 1: for one more year and see how it goes. Very true.

648
00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:39,280
Speaker 1: And you know, Arians, remember when he was in Arizona,

649
00:30:39,280 --> 00:30:43,719
Speaker 1: who was this quarterback Carson Palmer, veteran quarterback Philip Rivers,

650
00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:45,880
Speaker 1: same kind of things. Oh, we'll see, all right. So

651
00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:48,800
Speaker 1: we're talking about Jamis. I mean, he potentially is going

652
00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:51,920
Speaker 1: to be a free agent. Is there his best fantasy

653
00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:55,400
Speaker 1: fit is where he is staying staying in There's because

654
00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:59,040
Speaker 1: I'll tell you this, Marcus. If he goes to another team.

655
00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:02,160
Speaker 1: He's not guaranteed to be a starter. He's not, So

656
00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:04,840
Speaker 1: I'll throw one out. What if he comes to the Chargers?

657
00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:06,920
Speaker 1: What if he comes to the Chargers? Right? I mean

658
00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:11,360
Speaker 1: like it right now? Look, provided they don't draft Justin Herbert,

659
00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:15,280
Speaker 1: and even if they do, make it a competition, right, Um, certainly,

660
00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:16,840
Speaker 1: I don't think they're going to hand the job to

661
00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:19,840
Speaker 1: Tyrod Taylor. Um. I mean he's he's a nice backup,

662
00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:21,320
Speaker 1: but I don't think that's where they want to go.

663
00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:24,719
Speaker 1: And yes, you're replacing one quarterback who threw a lot

664
00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:27,760
Speaker 1: of interceptions with another quarterback who throws a lot of interceptions.

665
00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:31,400
Speaker 1: The difference being that where Philip rivers behind that offensive

666
00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:33,920
Speaker 1: line is just less mobile than he ever was. At

667
00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:36,440
Speaker 1: least Jamis can maybe move around a little bit extensive

668
00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:39,200
Speaker 1: plays he gets. Look, he's got Keenan Allen, he's got

669
00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:41,480
Speaker 1: Mike Williams, He's you know, we'll see what happens with

670
00:31:41,560 --> 00:31:44,640
Speaker 1: Hunter Henry if he comes back. He's got Austin Ekeler,

671
00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:47,880
Speaker 1: so he'll have weapons around him. Um, I mean if

672
00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:51,320
Speaker 1: he leaves, if he leaves Tampa, yah, we got lastic surgery,

673
00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:53,239
Speaker 1: so we can see. Now, why not bring him out

674
00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:55,120
Speaker 1: to the West Coast. I think that makes some sense.

675
00:31:55,120 --> 00:31:56,800
Speaker 1: And I'd also say I think the Colts in a

676
00:31:56,840 --> 00:31:59,600
Speaker 1: way makes some sense because Frank Reich can kind of scheme,

677
00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:02,040
Speaker 1: I think, scheame around some of Jamis's downside. Obviously, like

678
00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:04,760
Speaker 1: Jamis is gonna throw Jamis picks no matter what team

679
00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:07,240
Speaker 1: he's on. But obviously if you're running the ball and

680
00:32:07,280 --> 00:32:09,600
Speaker 1: have a fantastic offensive line and you kind of predicate

681
00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:11,440
Speaker 1: on balance and play action, I think you can build

682
00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:14,200
Speaker 1: a really nice offense around Jamis. Just this past year,

683
00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:15,760
Speaker 1: I mean, the Bucks defense was so bad they had

684
00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:18,200
Speaker 1: to keep throwing to stay in games, and Jamis a

685
00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:21,320
Speaker 1: lot of Chamis picks. Yeah, you know, I do think

686
00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:25,400
Speaker 1: too there will be some regression with Jamis and probably

687
00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:29,360
Speaker 1: pretty much every category, because, like you said, if they

688
00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:31,760
Speaker 1: can sort of scheme wherever whoever he goes to, if

689
00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:35,040
Speaker 1: they can scheme around his deficiencies and prevent him from

690
00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:37,320
Speaker 1: throwing his many interceptions, he doesn't have to throw the

691
00:32:37,320 --> 00:32:40,080
Speaker 1: ball as many times to try and keep up or

692
00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:42,920
Speaker 1: stay in games. So you know that those five thousand

693
00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:44,960
Speaker 1: yards that may not happen again. The one time we're

694
00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:49,640
Speaker 1: talking about regression in a good way interception, right, I

695
00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:52,040
Speaker 1: mean it's got to go down right, Like, he can't

696
00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:54,200
Speaker 1: throw thirty picks again next year. He just would be

697
00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:56,600
Speaker 1: amazing if he went thirty five or thirty five. Man,

698
00:32:57,360 --> 00:33:01,240
Speaker 1: who that's like, I'll practice right, if you're a coach

699
00:33:01,280 --> 00:33:02,840
Speaker 1: and you've let him stay in long enough to do

700
00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:04,480
Speaker 1: there like that, that is some sort of malprop but

701
00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:08,600
Speaker 1: also fun but also fun. Um. Ryan Tannehill, who is

702
00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:10,719
Speaker 1: one of the more intriguing names here. We saw what

703
00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:13,200
Speaker 1: he did last year. I mean he helped the Titans

704
00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:15,600
Speaker 1: get to the a f C Championship game. I mean,

705
00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:19,080
Speaker 1: look he basically they were floundering as an offense with

706
00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:22,240
Speaker 1: Marcus Mariota, they're really going nowhere. They make the move.

707
00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:24,960
Speaker 1: Tannehill sort of energizes this team and gets them going.

708
00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:29,120
Speaker 1: He was great. He also Graham I felt like was

709
00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:32,040
Speaker 1: efficient at a level that just can't be duplicated again

710
00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:34,800
Speaker 1: next year, oh man, no doubt. Um. Next thing stats

711
00:33:34,840 --> 00:33:38,600
Speaker 1: tracks this, uh the stack called like completion rate above expectation.

712
00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:40,800
Speaker 1: So it's basically how many passes you're completing based on

713
00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:44,280
Speaker 1: the difficulty to throw above what's expected. And Ryan Tannehill

714
00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:47,000
Speaker 1: was number one this past year. Number like he was

715
00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:50,720
Speaker 1: like top two and touchdown rate behind Lamar Jackson um

716
00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:53,720
Speaker 1: absurd y p a yards per past attempt. I mean, yeah,

717
00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:56,600
Speaker 1: Tannehill's efficiency stats are going to regress, but I mean

718
00:33:56,680 --> 00:33:59,640
Speaker 1: I still think the best fit for him by Forest Tennessee. Yeah, dude,

719
00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:01,560
Speaker 1: I mean something with him and Arthur Smith. In the

720
00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:04,479
Speaker 1: ten games that he started, there were two quarterbacks who

721
00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:12,000
Speaker 1: had more Fantasy points during that time, Lamar Jackson and

722
00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:14,920
Speaker 1: and he averaged twenty two Fantasy points per game in

723
00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:19,000
Speaker 1: those ten games in Miami, where he was coached by

724
00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:28,120
Speaker 1: fourteen point six. So it's almost like coaching matters. I'm

725
00:34:28,120 --> 00:34:30,960
Speaker 1: just saying, like I I get it. Tennessee has to

726
00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:33,279
Speaker 1: figure out what they're doing with Derrick Henry, and Derrick

727
00:34:33,320 --> 00:34:35,560
Speaker 1: Henry is probably gonna end up getting the franchise tag

728
00:34:35,719 --> 00:34:38,000
Speaker 1: out of the two. But they've got to They've got

729
00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:41,120
Speaker 1: to find a way to keep Tannehill because that team

730
00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:46,799
Speaker 1: they beat the Baltimore Ravens on the road in the playoffs, Okay, there,

731
00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:48,960
Speaker 1: that team is on the rise, and if they keep

732
00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:51,239
Speaker 1: I mean from a fantasy perspective, Tannehill is probably gonna

733
00:34:51,239 --> 00:34:54,680
Speaker 1: be a nice r QB two. But just from from

734
00:34:54,680 --> 00:34:57,959
Speaker 1: a real football perspective that Titan has got something there.

735
00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:00,640
Speaker 1: They really do, know. I agree. I mean I think

736
00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:04,359
Speaker 1: that is probably the best spot for him. But if

737
00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:06,319
Speaker 1: we're you know, just to stir the pot a little bit,

738
00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:10,279
Speaker 1: I thought about what if he goes to Chicago, right, Um,

739
00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:14,080
Speaker 1: like they could do something. I mean, honestly, Matt Nigge

740
00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:16,600
Speaker 1: with Ryan Tannehill sounds very very right. I mean, look,

741
00:35:16,719 --> 00:35:18,719
Speaker 1: Tannehill has a lot of the same skill set as

742
00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:21,839
Speaker 1: as Mitt Robinsky, except you know, he's just better, better, right,

743
00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:25,080
Speaker 1: except you know better, right. So I could see him there,

744
00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:27,080
Speaker 1: Like I think Titnessee is maybe the best fit for him,

745
00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:29,160
Speaker 1: but I could see in Chicago where he could have

746
00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:31,320
Speaker 1: a little value, you know, move him around the pocket.

747
00:35:31,640 --> 00:35:34,000
Speaker 1: You've got Allen Robinson there. You've got some weapons there

748
00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:36,080
Speaker 1: to to to work with. So now that you've said that,

749
00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:40,040
Speaker 1: I think now I want that to happen. I want

750
00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:43,680
Speaker 1: Alan Robinson with the good chords of prosper a little bits.

751
00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:47,520
Speaker 1: Are the Bears? Are the Bears truly ready to give

752
00:35:47,640 --> 00:35:52,520
Speaker 1: up Antrabinsky after giving up so much to move past

753
00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:56,000
Speaker 1: every team but one in that draft to get him.

754
00:35:56,239 --> 00:35:59,400
Speaker 1: I mean, GM Ryan Pace was like work right now,

755
00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:04,239
Speaker 1: Mitchell true Wisky is our quarterback because pace that that's

756
00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:07,360
Speaker 1: gonna be sort of you know, paces that's his stamp

757
00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:11,359
Speaker 1: made a move to get Mr. Drabinsky and and now

758
00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:13,160
Speaker 1: you're going to give up on him or also think

759
00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:15,799
Speaker 1: he's got to be aware that that defense is so

760
00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:18,080
Speaker 1: I mean, they're the Bears defense gave up more points

761
00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:19,960
Speaker 1: this past year, but by no means were they in

762
00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:23,719
Speaker 1: easy defense. They did not regress too significantly this past year.

763
00:36:23,719 --> 00:36:25,480
Speaker 1: I mean that defense is still win now. And if

764
00:36:25,480 --> 00:36:29,400
Speaker 1: you bring in Tannehill, Bears Bears could be very competitive.

765
00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:31,920
Speaker 1: Once again, we've seen three years of Trabinsky and maybe

766
00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:35,200
Speaker 1: he gets better, but does he get exponentially better? You can't. Look,

767
00:36:35,239 --> 00:36:38,399
Speaker 1: you can't fix accuracy issues. Mitchell true Bisky has deep

768
00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:41,880
Speaker 1: embedded accuracy issues at all levels of the field, short,

769
00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:45,919
Speaker 1: intermediate and deep. You can't fix those, right, So we'll see.

770
00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:47,440
Speaker 1: But that's that's I was like just thinking about that.

771
00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:49,839
Speaker 1: If we're gonna like stir it up a little bit, Look,

772
00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:52,080
Speaker 1: all right, here we go the elephant in the room,

773
00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:56,719
Speaker 1: Tom Brady. Now, if you believe the early reports, the

774
00:36:56,760 --> 00:37:03,080
Speaker 1: initial conversations between Brady and Bill Belich did not go well. Uh,

775
00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:05,880
Speaker 1: depending on who you read or what day it is,

776
00:37:06,680 --> 00:37:09,120
Speaker 1: maybe there's a chance he stays and it's maybe it's

777
00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:11,520
Speaker 1: all over and Brady is gonna hit the open market

778
00:37:11,560 --> 00:37:16,040
Speaker 1: and go somewhere. We've heard rumors from you know, the Chargers,

779
00:37:16,080 --> 00:37:20,000
Speaker 1: to the Raiders to the forty Niners that one's wild,

780
00:37:20,160 --> 00:37:23,200
Speaker 1: that one's wild. As a forty Niners fan, would you

781
00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:28,000
Speaker 1: embrace that? No? Um, would Brady have hit Sanders in

782
00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:32,600
Speaker 1: the Super bowldown? Probably? Uh, he probably would have. I

783
00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:35,400
Speaker 1: feel like if you are if you're the forty Niners

784
00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:38,799
Speaker 1: and you're going in on the Brady gambit, then it

785
00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:42,359
Speaker 1: really is an all or nothing proposition, um, because this

786
00:37:42,440 --> 00:37:46,880
Speaker 1: is a team that is built to be successful for

787
00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:49,480
Speaker 1: the near future. I mean, look, they were playing with

788
00:37:49,520 --> 00:37:51,440
Speaker 1: house money last year. To go from four and twelve

789
00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:54,400
Speaker 1: to being in the Super Bowl is playing with house money.

790
00:37:54,560 --> 00:37:56,480
Speaker 1: And I think if you bring in Tom Brady at

791
00:37:56,520 --> 00:37:59,240
Speaker 1: the price you'd have to bring him in, and really

792
00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:02,840
Speaker 1: essentially you get what maybe two years out of him,

793
00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:04,640
Speaker 1: and then you're suddenly you're you're trying to look for

794
00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:08,120
Speaker 1: another franchise quarterback again. I just feel like, yeah, you

795
00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:10,400
Speaker 1: really have gone all in and if you don't win it,

796
00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:13,719
Speaker 1: then you set the whole team back always. So, Um,

797
00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:17,319
Speaker 1: the way Jimmy Garoppolo wins is sort of similarly to

798
00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:19,279
Speaker 1: the way that Brady wins at this point in his career, right,

799
00:38:19,280 --> 00:38:21,960
Speaker 1: I mean it's you know, intermediate throws, quick check downs,

800
00:38:22,040 --> 00:38:24,960
Speaker 1: lots of play action. UM, I'm with you on that.

801
00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:27,279
Speaker 1: I don't think that that rumor has really never made

802
00:38:27,320 --> 00:38:29,719
Speaker 1: sense to me. Um. The rumor that does make sense

803
00:38:29,719 --> 00:38:31,480
Speaker 1: to me, though, is is Brady to the Titans. That's

804
00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:33,200
Speaker 1: the one. Yeah, that's the one I keep coming back,

805
00:38:34,120 --> 00:38:36,600
Speaker 1: which is which is sort of why, which is kind

806
00:38:36,600 --> 00:38:39,160
Speaker 1: of how I put Ryan Tannehill in Chicago, thinking that

807
00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:42,600
Speaker 1: the Titans goin on Brady. Suddenly Tannehill is sort of

808
00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:44,480
Speaker 1: left out in the wind and he goes to Chicago.

809
00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:46,319
Speaker 1: It does feel like Brady is the big cookie that

810
00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:49,600
Speaker 1: we're waiting to crumble, because once Brady signs or whatever

811
00:38:49,640 --> 00:38:51,360
Speaker 1: he decides to do, that's going to kick in motion.

812
00:38:51,480 --> 00:38:55,080
Speaker 1: Everybody pretty much rivers Tannehill Winston all these games. So

813
00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:58,200
Speaker 1: the question is, does yeah, does he make a decision

814
00:38:58,520 --> 00:39:01,000
Speaker 1: early in the tampering period he sort of waited out

815
00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:03,359
Speaker 1: and see what happens I mean I would think that,

816
00:39:03,480 --> 00:39:05,000
Speaker 1: you know, he and his agent are on the phone

817
00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:07,560
Speaker 1: with a lot of places to figure out what what

818
00:39:07,640 --> 00:39:10,200
Speaker 1: could go on. But you're right, Once once that moves on,

819
00:39:10,239 --> 00:39:12,120
Speaker 1: then I think everything else side of falls into place.

820
00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:13,880
Speaker 1: I mean, you're curious because we saw what A J.

821
00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:17,399
Speaker 1: Brown did. Does Tom Brady, you know, does he help

822
00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:21,480
Speaker 1: make a die like Corey Davis finally relevant? Um? I

823
00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:28,719
Speaker 1: means past him quick, easily, quick, easily, so easily. Brown

824
00:39:28,719 --> 00:39:31,040
Speaker 1: would be the best receiver Tom Brady has played with,

825
00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:35,600
Speaker 1: probably since Randy. I mean, not for Julian edelm. I mean,

826
00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:38,920
Speaker 1: I love Julian Edelman. He's a fantastic, fantastic slot receiver.

827
00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:42,640
Speaker 1: But a J. Brown is a freak. Yeah, you're right,

828
00:39:42,719 --> 00:39:44,840
Speaker 1: So boy, this is gonna be fun. That's gonna be

829
00:39:45,040 --> 00:39:47,080
Speaker 1: It's gonna be fun. That's gonna be. I just want

830
00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:48,800
Speaker 1: him to sign sooner rather than later, because I just

831
00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:52,279
Speaker 1: don't want a daily Brady upday same here. You know,

832
00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:54,960
Speaker 1: it'll be like all those Brett Farve returns. If Brady

833
00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:56,880
Speaker 1: could just sign on Monday, this coming week could be

834
00:39:56,960 --> 00:40:00,680
Speaker 1: just a lot of easier. Thanks. It's it's hard to

835
00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:04,040
Speaker 1: see him just not in a Patriots unit. Right, That'll

836
00:40:04,040 --> 00:40:06,839
Speaker 1: be We'll see, that'll be weird. I still think they

837
00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:09,400
Speaker 1: figure it out. They have to. Belichick and Brady have

838
00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:11,239
Speaker 1: to figure it out. Give it one more ride. I

839
00:40:11,280 --> 00:40:13,359
Speaker 1: just think I think what will happen is that Robert

840
00:40:13,400 --> 00:40:15,440
Speaker 1: Kraft will just veto Bill Belichick. I mean, he's dude

841
00:40:15,440 --> 00:40:18,080
Speaker 1: who signs the checks, right, And I think there's a

842
00:40:18,080 --> 00:40:20,279
Speaker 1: part of Robert Kraft it knows what the legacy of

843
00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:23,239
Speaker 1: of his franchise is in regards to Tom Brady, and

844
00:40:23,280 --> 00:40:25,840
Speaker 1: that I think it would would burn his soul to

845
00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:28,279
Speaker 1: see Brady in his career in a different uniform. So

846
00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:31,480
Speaker 1: that's just me. Uh. Anyway, we're talking sort of about

847
00:40:31,520 --> 00:40:33,240
Speaker 1: the Titans there, which leads us to the running backs

848
00:40:33,239 --> 00:40:36,800
Speaker 1: and Derrick Henry. I'm sort of with you, Fads. I

849
00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:39,440
Speaker 1: think he gets franchise tagged. I think that the Titans

850
00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:42,000
Speaker 1: would be insane to let him get out of insane

851
00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:44,839
Speaker 1: because the man has become that offense and what they

852
00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:47,760
Speaker 1: have with Tannehill and A. J. Brown, They've built something

853
00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:51,560
Speaker 1: there which I which I just mentioned. So there, no

854
00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:55,560
Speaker 1: matter if Henry does shockingly leave, no matter where he goes,

855
00:40:55,640 --> 00:40:57,600
Speaker 1: he's not going to lose any fantasy value because he's

856
00:40:57,640 --> 00:41:01,560
Speaker 1: going to get paid to be the guy. Just you know,

857
00:41:01,440 --> 00:41:04,440
Speaker 1: you look at uh, you know, the the salary cap situations.

858
00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:06,279
Speaker 1: You know, the Dolphins up the top, they could use

859
00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:09,399
Speaker 1: a running back, the colts Hell they could upgrade over

860
00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:12,239
Speaker 1: Marlon Mack. The Buccaneers desperately need a running back. So

861
00:41:12,600 --> 00:41:14,440
Speaker 1: there's some teams out there that have some loot that

862
00:41:14,440 --> 00:41:16,400
Speaker 1: could potentially go out and sign him if the Titans

863
00:41:16,440 --> 00:41:19,080
Speaker 1: don't franchise him. But it's really hard for me to

864
00:41:19,120 --> 00:41:23,160
Speaker 1: see Henry being anywhere but Tennessee. Yeah, I just I

865
00:41:23,480 --> 00:41:25,759
Speaker 1: was looking around and I really couldn't find what I

866
00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:28,200
Speaker 1: thought was a good fit for him anywhere else. I

867
00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:31,400
Speaker 1: like it. I mean, the Texas have a very messy

868
00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:34,400
Speaker 1: cap situation, but Derrick Henry in text with with Houston

869
00:41:34,520 --> 00:41:36,959
Speaker 1: with Shaun Watson would be a lot of fun. That'd

870
00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:39,399
Speaker 1: be fun, that'd be interesting. But that's just total pipe dream.

871
00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:42,480
Speaker 1: Maybe the Bucks. I don't know. Yeah, I don't know.

872
00:41:42,760 --> 00:41:45,480
Speaker 1: Um See, I mean I think that the Henry that

873
00:41:45,440 --> 00:41:47,440
Speaker 1: the Texans is interesting, But the guy I have going

874
00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:49,399
Speaker 1: to Houston, it's the guy is next on the list

875
00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:51,200
Speaker 1: and this melting gourd same here right, which you know,

876
00:41:51,239 --> 00:41:52,800
Speaker 1: I know we've sort of been saying that since the

877
00:41:52,800 --> 00:41:55,200
Speaker 1: middle of last season when it became kind of apparent

878
00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:58,439
Speaker 1: that he wasn't going to come back to the Chargers. Um, yeah,

879
00:41:58,440 --> 00:42:00,480
Speaker 1: I just put him in that backfield because the Texans

880
00:42:00,520 --> 00:42:02,319
Speaker 1: have been looking for a lead running back for a

881
00:42:02,360 --> 00:42:05,200
Speaker 1: while now. You know, Lamar Miller could never stay healthy.

882
00:42:05,640 --> 00:42:08,279
Speaker 1: They sort of piecemealed it with Carlos Hide and Duke

883
00:42:08,360 --> 00:42:11,160
Speaker 1: Johnson this past year. So you know, you've got your

884
00:42:11,160 --> 00:42:14,359
Speaker 1: wide receiver, you've got your quarterback, why not get your

885
00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:16,719
Speaker 1: running back and just lock in your trio? Right See.

886
00:42:16,719 --> 00:42:18,360
Speaker 1: My pie in the sky would be Miami. But I

887
00:42:18,440 --> 00:42:19,880
Speaker 1: feel like the Dolphins are going to use one of

888
00:42:19,880 --> 00:42:22,160
Speaker 1: their first three picks there in the draft to go

889
00:42:22,239 --> 00:42:24,360
Speaker 1: after a running back, you know, maybe Swift or Taylor.

890
00:42:24,360 --> 00:42:27,520
Speaker 1: We'll see what happens. But he goes to Houston and

891
00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:29,840
Speaker 1: then that sort of means, well, he's not going to

892
00:42:29,920 --> 00:42:31,680
Speaker 1: be utilized as much as a pass catcher because you

893
00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:33,840
Speaker 1: still have Duke Johnson in the mix there. So best

894
00:42:33,880 --> 00:42:36,920
Speaker 1: fit for me would be Miami, But I don't know

895
00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:39,160
Speaker 1: that Miami and they have the most cap space right now,

896
00:42:39,200 --> 00:42:41,040
Speaker 1: but I don't know that Miami wants to pay a

897
00:42:41,120 --> 00:42:43,279
Speaker 1: running back even at his age. I mean, he's not

898
00:42:43,320 --> 00:42:45,520
Speaker 1: an older guy, but he's getting up there. He's creeping

899
00:42:45,600 --> 00:42:48,320
Speaker 1: up there where they can go out and draft or

900
00:42:48,360 --> 00:42:50,560
Speaker 1: running back. That's going to cost him a lot less month. Marcus,

901
00:42:50,600 --> 00:42:52,719
Speaker 1: I'm with you, and uh Milko I had Milk Gordon

902
00:42:52,840 --> 00:42:54,880
Speaker 1: to the Texans written down as well, that they've been

903
00:42:54,880 --> 00:42:56,440
Speaker 1: looking for a bell cow back and they try to

904
00:42:56,440 --> 00:42:59,319
Speaker 1: make Lamar Jack's or Lamar Miller a Bell cow back.

905
00:42:59,400 --> 00:43:00,880
Speaker 1: You know, when he was healthy two years ago, and

906
00:43:00,920 --> 00:43:03,000
Speaker 1: it just then he was he was fine, but it

907
00:43:03,080 --> 00:43:04,880
Speaker 1: was fine, but it's just like he was not, you know,

908
00:43:04,880 --> 00:43:08,319
Speaker 1: providing a lot above replacement. Melvin Gordon is one of

909
00:43:08,320 --> 00:43:11,080
Speaker 1: the best running backs after contact, and I think we've

910
00:43:11,080 --> 00:43:12,800
Speaker 1: seen more than enough to know he's a good receiver.

911
00:43:13,280 --> 00:43:15,319
Speaker 1: Even though I mean, Duke Johnson and Melvin Gordon back

912
00:43:15,480 --> 00:43:18,160
Speaker 1: backfield would be like immediately one of the four or

913
00:43:18,160 --> 00:43:22,040
Speaker 1: five most talented duos I think in the NFL, no doubt. Um,

914
00:43:22,080 --> 00:43:24,279
Speaker 1: but yeah, let let's just let's just go on and

915
00:43:24,320 --> 00:43:25,920
Speaker 1: get this Melman Gordon thing done and we can all

916
00:43:25,920 --> 00:43:28,560
Speaker 1: be happy. We could all live happily. Kenyan Drake the

917
00:43:28,560 --> 00:43:31,640
Speaker 1: other running back I have on the list nowhere but

918
00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:34,040
Speaker 1: the Desert. I want to see him stay in Arizona nowhere.

919
00:43:34,080 --> 00:43:38,040
Speaker 1: But um, if for whatever crazy reason, the Cardinals don't

920
00:43:38,040 --> 00:43:39,680
Speaker 1: want to do it, which I don't know why, maybe

921
00:43:39,719 --> 00:43:42,560
Speaker 1: Atlanta it could be an interesting fit for him there

922
00:43:42,560 --> 00:43:47,040
Speaker 1: because I think DeVante Freeman's probably not gonna be there. Yeah, um,

923
00:43:47,080 --> 00:43:48,839
Speaker 1: I want cam Akers to go to Atlanta. So we're

924
00:43:48,840 --> 00:43:51,680
Speaker 1: holding out hope for that. That's fine, I mean, but yeah,

925
00:43:51,680 --> 00:43:54,000
Speaker 1: he's got to stay in Arizona. Drake was the RB

926
00:43:54,320 --> 00:43:58,040
Speaker 1: three after that trade. Since it was the RB three,

927
00:43:58,200 --> 00:44:02,280
Speaker 1: imagine saying that to yourself, like from the future College

928
00:44:02,320 --> 00:44:04,760
Speaker 1: and like September, that Kenyan Drake is gonna be finished

929
00:44:04,760 --> 00:44:06,480
Speaker 1: the years the RB three. He's gonna get traded, and

930
00:44:06,480 --> 00:44:08,560
Speaker 1: he's gonna be a top three Fantasy running back. Here's

931
00:44:08,560 --> 00:44:12,480
Speaker 1: the deal, though, in order for him to sustain, something

932
00:44:12,520 --> 00:44:14,960
Speaker 1: has to happen with David Johnson. Something. They're not going

933
00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:17,440
Speaker 1: to release him. The Cardinals have already said that. But

934
00:44:17,680 --> 00:44:21,200
Speaker 1: you can't convince me. You can't convince me that David

935
00:44:21,280 --> 00:44:24,560
Speaker 1: Johnson is going to play a secondary role to Kenyan Drake.

936
00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:28,040
Speaker 1: If both guys are you cannot convince me of that

937
00:44:28,040 --> 00:44:31,640
Speaker 1: that is going to be an absolute backfield committee messy

938
00:44:31,960 --> 00:44:33,879
Speaker 1: and convinced me of it. I think that's the thing

939
00:44:33,880 --> 00:44:36,759
Speaker 1: we're not we haven't taken fully into account yet that

940
00:44:36,800 --> 00:44:39,000
Speaker 1: you know, last year David Johnson was he was playing,

941
00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:41,799
Speaker 1: it was good before he got hurt. You're playing incredibly

942
00:44:41,880 --> 00:44:43,400
Speaker 1: hurt for much of the year, to the point that

943
00:44:43,440 --> 00:44:45,080
Speaker 1: they just they should have just set him down. So

944
00:44:45,120 --> 00:44:47,160
Speaker 1: I just just pulled up your top two hundred fabs

945
00:44:47,200 --> 00:44:49,439
Speaker 1: and you've got Drake at RB nineteen. I think that's

946
00:44:49,640 --> 00:44:52,120
Speaker 1: pretty much perfect for him, based on the uncertainty we

947
00:44:52,160 --> 00:44:55,200
Speaker 1: have and the likelihood that Arizona probably brings him back

948
00:44:55,280 --> 00:44:58,239
Speaker 1: and David Johnson still there. Yeah, we're looking at some

949
00:44:58,280 --> 00:45:00,640
Speaker 1: sort of like six time share. I really hope d

950
00:45:00,719 --> 00:45:03,279
Speaker 1: J stays healthy because he's I mean, David Johnson is

951
00:45:03,320 --> 00:45:06,360
Speaker 1: one of my favorite players when he's healthy and stayed healthy.

952
00:45:06,440 --> 00:45:09,480
Speaker 1: I'm writing a column today. I did the quarterbacks yesterday,

953
00:45:09,560 --> 00:45:13,200
Speaker 1: running backs to be today, but the top scoring running

954
00:45:13,239 --> 00:45:17,520
Speaker 1: backs based on Fantasy points per touch average, David Johnson

955
00:45:17,640 --> 00:45:22,200
Speaker 1: was at almost one point one. Drake, of course, part

956
00:45:22,280 --> 00:45:25,920
Speaker 1: of the season with Miami was under one. So Johnson

957
00:45:26,080 --> 00:45:28,080
Speaker 1: was more effective when he had the football in his

958
00:45:28,160 --> 00:45:33,040
Speaker 1: hands before injuries ended that it ended his season, Let's

959
00:45:33,040 --> 00:45:34,680
Speaker 1: put it that way. It's not like he ended up

960
00:45:34,719 --> 00:45:38,120
Speaker 1: on injured reserve, but for all intensive purposes, he was

961
00:45:38,200 --> 00:45:40,759
Speaker 1: pretty useless for fantasy owners and for the Cardinals once

962
00:45:40,760 --> 00:45:44,320
Speaker 1: he got banged up. And then Drake came in. But again, dude,

963
00:45:44,320 --> 00:45:47,240
Speaker 1: I don't want I won't touch Drake if David Johnson's

964
00:45:47,239 --> 00:45:49,560
Speaker 1: a Cardinal because I feel like he's gonna go too

965
00:45:49,600 --> 00:45:53,520
Speaker 1: high and that thing is gonna be a committee. Yeah,

966
00:45:53,800 --> 00:45:56,719
Speaker 1: depending David Johnson a lot of do man. I am

967
00:45:56,760 --> 00:46:01,680
Speaker 1: curious to see how people kind of negotiate this situation,

968
00:46:01,680 --> 00:46:04,960
Speaker 1: like trade David Johnson to Tampa Bay Boom. I'm happy, Raik,

969
00:46:05,320 --> 00:46:07,839
Speaker 1: I'm in even Johnson, I'd be in with Arian's. One

970
00:46:07,840 --> 00:46:10,320
Speaker 1: other thing too, is Arizona is going to draft a

971
00:46:10,320 --> 00:46:13,560
Speaker 1: few receivers and if they start going even more pass heavy,

972
00:46:13,640 --> 00:46:17,040
Speaker 1: I mean we're looking at maybe twenty carries per game

973
00:46:17,120 --> 00:46:19,239
Speaker 1: between both of them, and then they're splitting all their

974
00:46:19,280 --> 00:46:23,120
Speaker 1: passing down works. Imagine the coral wide they can have

975
00:46:23,719 --> 00:46:26,000
Speaker 1: like with Christian Kirk. And you know, if they drafted

976
00:46:26,080 --> 00:46:28,520
Speaker 1: Rugs or Judy or you know whoever, lamb, whoever it's

977
00:46:28,560 --> 00:46:31,399
Speaker 1: going to be, I do too. I do to home.

978
00:46:31,440 --> 00:46:34,840
Speaker 1: My goodness, gracious that Judy can do everything. That is

979
00:46:34,880 --> 00:46:37,680
Speaker 1: going to be a fun freaking offense to watch. Dude,

980
00:46:37,880 --> 00:46:39,440
Speaker 1: let them learn from I don't care if they win

981
00:46:39,520 --> 00:46:41,520
Speaker 1: games or not. They're gonna win fantasy leagues for people.

982
00:46:42,320 --> 00:46:44,640
Speaker 1: All right. Uh, well, since we're talking wide receivers, let's

983
00:46:44,640 --> 00:46:47,799
Speaker 1: move on to that. The first one Amari Cooper. Uh yeah,

984
00:46:48,200 --> 00:46:52,680
Speaker 1: Edward Edward are just tweeted something out that was pretty interesting,

985
00:46:52,719 --> 00:46:55,719
Speaker 1: saying that the Cowboys, uh, they're gonna do everything they

986
00:46:55,719 --> 00:46:58,680
Speaker 1: can to to keep Cooper, and Cooper has said in

987
00:46:58,719 --> 00:47:01,200
Speaker 1: a radio interview last that he wants to be a

988
00:47:01,239 --> 00:47:03,680
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboy for life, and as someone who has been

989
00:47:03,719 --> 00:47:06,160
Speaker 1: a Dallas Cowboy fan for life, I want Cooper to

990
00:47:06,200 --> 00:47:08,520
Speaker 1: be there for as long as he can be because

991
00:47:09,320 --> 00:47:11,480
Speaker 1: and I get it, you know, the Colts would be

992
00:47:11,680 --> 00:47:13,279
Speaker 1: a pretty nice fit. Although I don't know what's going

993
00:47:13,280 --> 00:47:15,480
Speaker 1: on with the quarterback situation there right now, which Kobe said,

994
00:47:15,480 --> 00:47:17,399
Speaker 1: and if they go after Rivers or not. But he's

995
00:47:17,440 --> 00:47:19,799
Speaker 1: in the best spot for his fantasy value. He really is,

996
00:47:20,280 --> 00:47:22,880
Speaker 1: and he was tremendous last year before injuries kind of

997
00:47:22,880 --> 00:47:25,160
Speaker 1: crept up on him and then he wasn't as reliable

998
00:47:25,520 --> 00:47:28,200
Speaker 1: in the second half of the season. But Dallas is

999
00:47:28,239 --> 00:47:30,600
Speaker 1: where he needs to be. Yeah, I mean he that

1000
00:47:30,600 --> 00:47:32,319
Speaker 1: seems like the best fit. I mean, he and Dad

1001
00:47:32,360 --> 00:47:35,000
Speaker 1: have been a great partner partnership for about a year

1002
00:47:35,040 --> 00:47:38,080
Speaker 1: and a half now. Um. I mean, look, you could

1003
00:47:38,200 --> 00:47:40,840
Speaker 1: send him. You mentioned Indianapolis. I mean, I'm sure Philly

1004
00:47:40,880 --> 00:47:42,880
Speaker 1: would love to take a run at him if possible,

1005
00:47:42,920 --> 00:47:45,160
Speaker 1: But I just think Dallas is the best spot for him.

1006
00:47:45,200 --> 00:47:46,960
Speaker 1: Philly would love to have him, or because he has

1007
00:47:47,000 --> 00:47:50,120
Speaker 1: smoked them a couple of times they've played him, Cooper

1008
00:47:50,160 --> 00:47:53,080
Speaker 1: is going back to Dallas. He's yeah, Cooper and Gallop.

1009
00:47:53,280 --> 00:47:55,160
Speaker 1: I mean that that that duo is just too good

1010
00:47:55,160 --> 00:47:59,800
Speaker 1: to break up. Quick coronavirus update. The town of New Rochelle.

1011
00:48:00,440 --> 00:48:02,279
Speaker 1: I went to school there for two years a long

1012
00:48:02,360 --> 00:48:04,239
Speaker 1: time ago, so I haven't been there in a long

1013
00:48:04,239 --> 00:48:07,600
Speaker 1: long time. They are being shut down by the National

1014
00:48:07,719 --> 00:48:11,600
Speaker 1: Guard because of the coronavirus outbreak. They're shutting They're shutting

1015
00:48:11,880 --> 00:48:17,000
Speaker 1: down New The entire country of Italy is in quarantine.

1016
00:48:17,600 --> 00:48:20,640
Speaker 1: It's coming. They shut down Venis and Milan sixteen million

1017
00:48:20,680 --> 00:48:23,480
Speaker 1: plus people in the Yeah. Wow, would you imagine I'm

1018
00:48:23,480 --> 00:48:26,200
Speaker 1: shutting I can even shutting down Venice Boulevard around here.

1019
00:48:29,200 --> 00:48:32,839
Speaker 1: All right, back on task A j Green Uh staying

1020
00:48:32,880 --> 00:48:35,640
Speaker 1: with the Bengals, dude, staying with the Bengals, especially now

1021
00:48:35,640 --> 00:48:38,239
Speaker 1: with Joe Burrow coming in? Why not? I'm with you

1022
00:48:38,280 --> 00:48:39,919
Speaker 1: that he stays with the Bengals. But I have a hot,

1023
00:48:39,960 --> 00:48:44,280
Speaker 1: hot take. How about the Raiders? Under see that Raiders

1024
00:48:44,280 --> 00:48:47,080
Speaker 1: making a big spreaders of Patriots making a big splash.

1025
00:48:47,360 --> 00:48:50,120
Speaker 1: We know John Gruden loves his veterans, loves his veteran servers.

1026
00:48:50,160 --> 00:48:52,279
Speaker 1: They're looking for somebody to compliment and be the kind

1027
00:48:52,280 --> 00:48:54,800
Speaker 1: of the number one for Derek Carr. I mean, remember

1028
00:48:55,160 --> 00:48:57,080
Speaker 1: they thought this time, not this time last, but they

1029
00:48:57,080 --> 00:48:59,279
Speaker 1: thought last year that Antonio Brown is going to be

1030
00:48:59,320 --> 00:49:02,280
Speaker 1: that guy, and that you know, imploded horribly. That's another

1031
00:49:02,360 --> 00:49:05,839
Speaker 1: interests in situation that we have to monitor is whether

1032
00:49:05,920 --> 00:49:08,040
Speaker 1: or not somebody takes a chance in Antonio Brown. But

1033
00:49:08,239 --> 00:49:09,560
Speaker 1: now that's a good that would be a good fit.

1034
00:49:09,640 --> 00:49:12,600
Speaker 1: I just I feel like the Bengals with Burrow coming in,

1035
00:49:13,800 --> 00:49:16,239
Speaker 1: I mean, where else are they gonna go? Um that

1036
00:49:16,320 --> 00:49:19,080
Speaker 1: you've got Tyler Boyd you've got John Ross who can

1037
00:49:19,080 --> 00:49:21,680
Speaker 1: stretch defenses. Joe Maxon is coming into his own as

1038
00:49:21,680 --> 00:49:25,000
Speaker 1: a feature back. That offense could be fun. Also, just

1039
00:49:25,040 --> 00:49:28,240
Speaker 1: think the way the Bengals handled Green last year suggest

1040
00:49:28,239 --> 00:49:30,640
Speaker 1: they're going to keep him around, right like that whole

1041
00:49:31,000 --> 00:49:32,920
Speaker 1: he's gonna play And then and then finally was a

1042
00:49:32,960 --> 00:49:36,680
Speaker 1: week seven, week seventeen they put him on. I are like, yeah,

1043
00:49:36,800 --> 00:49:38,399
Speaker 1: you could have traded him, you could have done something.

1044
00:49:38,560 --> 00:49:40,120
Speaker 1: I remember, yeah, I remember we were talking about this

1045
00:49:40,160 --> 00:49:42,359
Speaker 1: around the trade deadline. On the pot It's like, why

1046
00:49:42,400 --> 00:49:44,440
Speaker 1: aren't they dealing a J. Green? Like what are they

1047
00:49:44,480 --> 00:49:46,520
Speaker 1: doing here that I'm literally going to only win a

1048
00:49:46,560 --> 00:49:48,399
Speaker 1: few games this past year. They could have sold out

1049
00:49:48,760 --> 00:49:50,680
Speaker 1: to get some picks for him. And yeah, I think

1050
00:49:50,719 --> 00:49:52,359
Speaker 1: it's pretty clear they want him back, right, I mean

1051
00:49:52,360 --> 00:49:54,680
Speaker 1: it just it would be it would be incredibly dumb

1052
00:49:54,719 --> 00:49:56,160
Speaker 1: to hold onto him this long, and they just let

1053
00:49:56,239 --> 00:49:58,640
Speaker 1: him walk in free agencies, so they no doubt. Uh

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00:49:58,719 --> 00:50:02,000
Speaker 1: last wide save where I got he Robbie Anderson, who

1055
00:50:02,800 --> 00:50:08,239
Speaker 1: look man, he got he got gazed, I think, But okay, yeah,

1056
00:50:08,320 --> 00:50:10,279
Speaker 1: we we can make that argument. He's not a number

1057
00:50:10,280 --> 00:50:12,480
Speaker 1: one wide receive. Definitely a number one wide receiver. No,

1058
00:50:12,560 --> 00:50:14,600
Speaker 1: he's a compliments. I think Graham and I agree on

1059
00:50:14,640 --> 00:50:17,200
Speaker 1: this one. You want to say at the same time,

1060
00:50:18,280 --> 00:50:22,919
Speaker 1: Green Packers, that would be a great fit for him,

1061
00:50:22,960 --> 00:50:24,719
Speaker 1: That would be good fit. I was thinking Philly and

1062
00:50:24,800 --> 00:50:27,080
Speaker 1: you know, but that was also sort of predicated on

1063
00:50:27,200 --> 00:50:29,360
Speaker 1: not knowing what Deshan Jackson was going to do this

1064
00:50:29,480 --> 00:50:32,600
Speaker 1: year and feeling feeling like he could fill in that spot.

1065
00:50:32,600 --> 00:50:34,360
Speaker 1: If Jackson doesn't come back, but Green Bay does make

1066
00:50:34,400 --> 00:50:36,560
Speaker 1: a lot of it's gonna be really interesting to see.

1067
00:50:36,600 --> 00:50:39,160
Speaker 1: So we think Cooper is going to sign with Dallas.

1068
00:50:39,160 --> 00:50:41,239
Speaker 1: We definitely think A. J. Green is probably gonna be

1069
00:50:41,239 --> 00:50:43,800
Speaker 1: back with since But this is such a loaded receiver

1070
00:50:43,880 --> 00:50:45,920
Speaker 1: class for when the rook he's coming in, gonna be

1071
00:50:45,960 --> 00:50:48,879
Speaker 1: hard for wide receivers. I know, I hope Robbie gets paid,

1072
00:50:49,080 --> 00:50:50,920
Speaker 1: but I'm with you on the Packers. I think that

1073
00:50:51,000 --> 00:50:53,000
Speaker 1: makes way too much since he fits in perfectly with

1074
00:50:53,040 --> 00:50:55,160
Speaker 1: what they've been looking for. I mean, he's I mean,

1075
00:50:55,160 --> 00:50:57,680
Speaker 1: they try to make Marquez Valdez scantling. They're kind of

1076
00:50:57,880 --> 00:51:00,840
Speaker 1: long field stretcher and it just didn't working. Don't happened.

1077
00:51:00,920 --> 00:51:03,840
Speaker 1: Robby Anderson is that guy? Yeah, he is that guy.

1078
00:51:04,080 --> 00:51:06,880
Speaker 1: So Uh yeah, that that that that is actually I

1079
00:51:06,920 --> 00:51:08,799
Speaker 1: think a really good, a really good spot for him,

1080
00:51:08,960 --> 00:51:12,560
Speaker 1: um because they desperately need somebody to compliment Davante. Adams

1081
00:51:12,560 --> 00:51:14,960
Speaker 1: absolutely take the top off the defense. Only get five

1082
00:51:14,960 --> 00:51:16,839
Speaker 1: to six targets per game, but those targets are going

1083
00:51:16,880 --> 00:51:20,040
Speaker 1: to be very, very high efficiency. All right, So I

1084
00:51:20,080 --> 00:51:22,920
Speaker 1: got three tight ends to talk about um Hunter, Henry

1085
00:51:23,000 --> 00:51:25,160
Speaker 1: being the first one. I would like to think the

1086
00:51:25,200 --> 00:51:27,720
Speaker 1: Chargers are gonna do whatever they can to keep him around.

1087
00:51:28,000 --> 00:51:30,920
Speaker 1: Can't see him, can't see him not being franchised by

1088
00:51:30,920 --> 00:51:33,320
Speaker 1: that team, right, do it? I mean, are you gonna

1089
00:51:33,719 --> 00:51:36,600
Speaker 1: you know? Rivers will be gone, Gordon is likely to

1090
00:51:36,600 --> 00:51:42,000
Speaker 1: be gone. Henry also Travis Benjamin's already. I can't see them.

1091
00:51:42,040 --> 00:51:44,640
Speaker 1: They know they've got a franchise, and I expect he's

1092
00:51:44,640 --> 00:51:46,959
Speaker 1: going to be back with the Chargers. I just threw out, which,

1093
00:51:47,040 --> 00:51:49,440
Speaker 1: by the way, I wrote a column just published yesterday

1094
00:51:49,440 --> 00:51:51,560
Speaker 1: about the best free agent fantasy fits. I go a

1095
00:51:51,560 --> 00:51:53,120
Speaker 1: little bit deeper there, so you can find that at

1096
00:51:53,200 --> 00:51:56,279
Speaker 1: NFL dot com slash grant Um. I think he's gonna

1097
00:51:56,320 --> 00:51:57,840
Speaker 1: be back with the Chargers, but I threw out just

1098
00:51:57,960 --> 00:52:00,520
Speaker 1: for fun, just because it looks like the Falcons and

1099
00:52:00,520 --> 00:52:02,640
Speaker 1: Austin Hooper are party ways that you know, it goes

1100
00:52:02,680 --> 00:52:04,359
Speaker 1: to Atlanta and he just kind of fills in there

1101
00:52:04,400 --> 00:52:07,080
Speaker 1: and it becomes that guy for from Matt Ryan. Yeah,

1102
00:52:07,080 --> 00:52:10,040
Speaker 1: I Hunter Henter is clearly the better two way tight

1103
00:52:10,160 --> 00:52:12,920
Speaker 1: end over Austin Hooper. I think that's pretty widely accepted.

1104
00:52:13,000 --> 00:52:15,719
Speaker 1: Hunter can actually run block and play a little bit

1105
00:52:15,719 --> 00:52:17,400
Speaker 1: in the past blocking game too, if you need him to.

1106
00:52:18,480 --> 00:52:20,400
Speaker 1: I mean, if he does not go back to the Chargers,

1107
00:52:20,640 --> 00:52:25,239
Speaker 1: I could see New England being like, hey Tom, here, Tom,

1108
00:52:25,239 --> 00:52:28,759
Speaker 1: we've got We've got sevent of gronk hows like, let's

1109
00:52:28,800 --> 00:52:32,359
Speaker 1: make one last runt. Yeah, that'd be interesting. Uh. Look,

1110
00:52:32,400 --> 00:52:34,800
Speaker 1: if if for whatever reason, he hits the open market,

1111
00:52:34,840 --> 00:52:37,279
Speaker 1: there will be plenty plenty of people not gonna when

1112
00:52:37,320 --> 00:52:39,360
Speaker 1: when Hunt. When Hunter Henter came back from that that

1113
00:52:39,760 --> 00:52:42,320
Speaker 1: leg injury last year, I watched a lot of Chargers

1114
00:52:42,360 --> 00:52:44,400
Speaker 1: games last year. I don't know why. I don't know

1115
00:52:44,440 --> 00:52:46,000
Speaker 1: why I did it to myself, but I thought Hunter

1116
00:52:46,040 --> 00:52:48,359
Speaker 1: Henry looked so explosive. I mean, we moved him out

1117
00:52:48,400 --> 00:52:50,359
Speaker 1: of the slot. They did a lot of really fun

1118
00:52:50,360 --> 00:52:51,840
Speaker 1: things with him. They kind of made him like a

1119
00:52:52,719 --> 00:52:55,680
Speaker 1: I don't know he when he was used as a receiver.

1120
00:52:55,719 --> 00:52:57,279
Speaker 1: It's almost like they used him as Kelsey. But like

1121
00:52:57,320 --> 00:52:58,680
Speaker 1: I said, he can also be put on the line

1122
00:52:58,680 --> 00:53:00,680
Speaker 1: of scrimmage and the Patriots death really need a two

1123
00:53:00,680 --> 00:53:03,000
Speaker 1: way tight end. It's it's funny that you guys mentioned

1124
00:53:03,000 --> 00:53:06,080
Speaker 1: Patriots and Hunter Henry because the next guy on the

1125
00:53:06,120 --> 00:53:09,680
Speaker 1: list is Austin Hooper, and in my off season Wishless column,

1126
00:53:10,280 --> 00:53:13,560
Speaker 1: I've got him going to the Patriots. Atlanta's got an

1127
00:53:13,600 --> 00:53:16,520
Speaker 1: awful salary cap situation right now. They have there. I

1128
00:53:16,520 --> 00:53:19,480
Speaker 1: believe they have the third fewest UH in terms of

1129
00:53:19,760 --> 00:53:23,200
Speaker 1: in terms of the cap. Hooper goes to the Patriots,

1130
00:53:23,239 --> 00:53:26,440
Speaker 1: Brady remains in New England, and boy, would he put

1131
00:53:26,520 --> 00:53:29,920
Speaker 1: up some numbers at offense to he would put up

1132
00:53:29,960 --> 00:53:33,280
Speaker 1: some numbers in that offense. I've also got Emmanuel Sanders

1133
00:53:33,640 --> 00:53:36,920
Speaker 1: as potentially going to the Patriots. Um they actually if

1134
00:53:36,960 --> 00:53:39,880
Speaker 1: you're remember years ago when he was restricted with the Steelers,

1135
00:53:39,880 --> 00:53:41,239
Speaker 1: they put it in an offer sheet for him and

1136
00:53:41,280 --> 00:53:43,480
Speaker 1: then the Steelers matched it, So they certainly have had

1137
00:53:43,520 --> 00:53:46,360
Speaker 1: interest in Sanders in the past. Hooper would be a

1138
00:53:46,480 --> 00:53:53,080
Speaker 1: nice fit there, and also Washington, who lost Vernon Davis

1139
00:53:53,080 --> 00:53:57,800
Speaker 1: to retirement and released Jordan Read. So that's that's another

1140
00:53:58,080 --> 00:53:59,880
Speaker 1: good fit as well. I flirted with the idea of

1141
00:54:00,000 --> 00:54:02,759
Speaker 1: Carolina if he depends, if he's spiteful and petty and

1142
00:54:02,760 --> 00:54:04,680
Speaker 1: wants to take shots at the Falcons twice a year

1143
00:54:04,960 --> 00:54:09,080
Speaker 1: with Greg Olsen now in Seattle, if if Henry, because

1144
00:54:09,080 --> 00:54:11,040
Speaker 1: this rookie tight end class is not very good, it's

1145
00:54:11,160 --> 00:54:13,800
Speaker 1: not at all. Henry and Hooper are gonna get paid hardless.

1146
00:54:13,800 --> 00:54:15,480
Speaker 1: They are going to make some big, big bucks. The

1147
00:54:15,520 --> 00:54:17,319
Speaker 1: Bears could be in for a tight end as well

1148
00:54:17,360 --> 00:54:20,440
Speaker 1: because Jeff Burton is not worth which The next guy

1149
00:54:20,440 --> 00:54:22,080
Speaker 1: on the list is Eric Ebron, and I kind of

1150
00:54:22,080 --> 00:54:25,880
Speaker 1: projected him to the Bears um tight end. Yeah, I

1151
00:54:25,920 --> 00:54:29,040
Speaker 1: have I have him going to the Redskins, assuming that

1152
00:54:29,080 --> 00:54:30,759
Speaker 1: Hooper doesn't go to the Redskins. I think that that

1153
00:54:30,760 --> 00:54:33,120
Speaker 1: could be a good fit because they don't they I mean,

1154
00:54:33,160 --> 00:54:35,000
Speaker 1: they don't really have that that guy that they can

1155
00:54:35,080 --> 00:54:37,680
Speaker 1: utilize in the red zone. That's what this point. That's

1156
00:54:37,680 --> 00:54:40,239
Speaker 1: where I had Ebron at is Washington because they he

1157
00:54:40,360 --> 00:54:42,640
Speaker 1: plays similarly to Jordan Read. Jordan Reid was basically a

1158
00:54:42,640 --> 00:54:45,040
Speaker 1: big slot receiver and Eric Ebrown is a big slot receiver.

1159
00:54:45,560 --> 00:54:48,719
Speaker 1: There's also been, uh some rumors floated around that the

1160
00:54:48,719 --> 00:54:50,319
Speaker 1: Packers could be in the market for one of these

1161
00:54:50,320 --> 00:54:54,200
Speaker 1: tight ends. Yeah, because Graham is I mean, I know,

1162
00:54:54,239 --> 00:55:01,000
Speaker 1: you like, but the actress could be in on one

1163
00:55:01,000 --> 00:55:03,640
Speaker 1: of these dudes too. So and anybody who goes to

1164
00:55:03,680 --> 00:55:06,880
Speaker 1: Green Bay. You know, Aaron Rodgers. Maybe it wasn't as

1165
00:55:06,880 --> 00:55:08,880
Speaker 1: great a fantasy quarterback last season as we known, but

1166
00:55:08,920 --> 00:55:12,319
Speaker 1: he's still Aaron freaking Rogers. I mean yeah, except they

1167
00:55:12,360 --> 00:55:14,240
Speaker 1: just they haven't hit on tight ends in a while.

1168
00:55:14,320 --> 00:55:16,560
Speaker 1: I mean, they're still Jamichael Finley. I think it is

1169
00:55:16,560 --> 00:55:19,360
Speaker 1: still the best tight end they've had their fantasy wise,

1170
00:55:19,520 --> 00:55:23,799
Speaker 1: Let's see, wait, sometimes Babba Frank's Mark Chimura they had,

1171
00:55:23,840 --> 00:55:27,879
Speaker 1: they had some pretty good ones, but Jamichael Finley too bad.

1172
00:55:27,920 --> 00:55:30,600
Speaker 1: He couldn't stay so much talent. He just he just

1173
00:55:30,640 --> 00:55:32,600
Speaker 1: you know, he had injury issues and couldn't stay healthy.

1174
00:55:32,600 --> 00:55:34,000
Speaker 1: I mean, I mean, if you want to go back

1175
00:55:34,000 --> 00:55:35,960
Speaker 1: with Keith Jackson a Packer for a little bit, I

1176
00:55:35,960 --> 00:55:40,040
Speaker 1: don't using Jackson, Yes, Eagles and Packers. So yeah, Bubba

1177
00:55:40,120 --> 00:55:46,399
Speaker 1: Franks remember Puppa Franks. Oh yeah it was yeah, yes, sir, yes, sir.

1178
00:55:46,640 --> 00:55:48,680
Speaker 1: All right, so yeah, all this stuff will really get

1179
00:55:48,680 --> 00:55:52,279
Speaker 1: going on Monday, when the teams and and players can

1180
00:55:52,320 --> 00:55:55,080
Speaker 1: actually start talking to one another. And then on Wednesday,

1181
00:55:55,120 --> 00:55:57,239
Speaker 1: I know that the league that the network will do

1182
00:55:57,280 --> 00:56:00,000
Speaker 1: with the free agent Frenzy, which the friends the only

1183
00:56:00,040 --> 00:56:01,879
Speaker 1: asked for like twenty minutes, and then like it's all

1184
00:56:01,960 --> 00:56:05,120
Speaker 1: because we know everything. By the time Wednesday hits, the

1185
00:56:05,160 --> 00:56:08,120
Speaker 1: frenzy is, you know, it's frenetic for about twenty minutes,

1186
00:56:08,160 --> 00:56:10,439
Speaker 1: and then we just kind of we'll be doing We'll

1187
00:56:10,480 --> 00:56:12,319
Speaker 1: be doing that show. Are you doing that show at all?

1188
00:56:12,360 --> 00:56:14,080
Speaker 1: I know I'm doing the one on the network a

1189
00:56:14,080 --> 00:56:16,040
Speaker 1: couple of days. I don't think I'm no, I don't

1190
00:56:16,440 --> 00:56:20,399
Speaker 1: know one's no one's called me. But you'll be doing

1191
00:56:20,400 --> 00:56:24,399
Speaker 1: mock draft draft, mock draft live fabs and I will

1192
00:56:24,400 --> 00:56:26,640
Speaker 1: be kind of switching off on there and then just

1193
00:56:26,920 --> 00:56:30,720
Speaker 1: and early heads up March, there will be an NFL

1194
00:56:30,760 --> 00:56:34,520
Speaker 1: Fantasy Live free Agent I think we're calling a free

1195
00:56:34,560 --> 00:56:37,719
Speaker 1: agent frenzy. Probably yeah, we're just stealing whatever work said.

1196
00:56:38,320 --> 00:56:40,360
Speaker 1: Either way, we'll be doing a fantasy live show that

1197
00:56:40,400 --> 00:56:43,080
Speaker 1: will air on Marche. It may even reair a couple

1198
00:56:43,120 --> 00:56:46,440
Speaker 1: of times after that. But check that out. CenTra DVRs.

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00:56:46,480 --> 00:56:48,800
Speaker 1: All that good stuff. We'll promote it again before we

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Speaker 1: get there as well. Yes, sir, all right, Hey, thanks

1201
00:56:51,200 --> 00:56:54,719
Speaker 1: Againdaustin for checking in. We appreciate it. The best of

1202
00:56:54,760 --> 00:56:56,920
Speaker 1: luck to him this season. I'm sure we will talk

1203
00:56:56,960 --> 00:57:00,800
Speaker 1: about and shred. Yeah. Well, it's talk about him plenty

1204
00:57:00,920 --> 00:57:04,080
Speaker 1: before before we get to the actual regular season as well.

1205
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