WEBVTT - Lemon Drop Kid 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:04.040 What's up and welcome back another offseason edition of Fantasy 0:00:04.120 --> 0:00:07.440 Football Weekly. It's getting hot and heavy training camp going 0:00:07.520 --> 0:00:10.840 on with your host and faithful narrator, mister John Legaza 0:00:10.880 --> 0:00:14.320 and our friend and yours, mister Jake Troubridge. Jake, I 0:00:14.400 --> 0:00:18.400 probably knocked down another fifty hand drafts or so shuffling 0:00:18.440 --> 0:00:20.520 around the ranks as the news were going, we were 0:00:20.520 --> 0:00:23.960 wondering if we had enough news and notes to talk about. Well, surprise, surprise, 0:00:24.400 --> 0:00:27.440 every hour seems to bring something, and that thing, like 0:00:27.480 --> 0:00:30.240 the pebble in the pond, creates some ripple effects. Mister Troubridge, 0:00:30.240 --> 0:00:30.800 how are you fell? 0:00:31.880 --> 0:00:32.360 Fifty? 0:00:32.479 --> 0:00:36.680 Can we go back a minute and just discuss fifty nonstaffs? 0:00:36.920 --> 0:00:38.959 I wake up too many drafts. 0:00:39.159 --> 0:00:43.120 Nope. I wake up five thirty every morning to start 0:00:43.159 --> 0:00:46.960 my baseball work, and I started with drafts. I'm balancing 0:00:47.000 --> 0:00:50.720 different price points on different sites and I don't even 0:00:50.720 --> 0:00:53.760 though I do rankings and I battle test my auto ranks. 0:00:54.160 --> 0:00:56.960 Auto drafting is really a dangerous game, and something like 0:00:57.320 --> 0:01:00.800 best Ball, especially where one pick could really make a difference. 0:01:01.080 --> 0:01:02.880 So I like the hand draft, and if you're gonna 0:01:02.880 --> 0:01:04.960 hand draft and try and match any of these tournaments. 0:01:05.040 --> 0:01:07.559 You're going all day and all night. I'm the first 0:01:07.560 --> 0:01:09.800 one in work and I'm the first one out the door. 0:01:09.840 --> 0:01:12.920 So hopefully we can give the impart some of that 0:01:13.200 --> 0:01:15.840 knowledge and everybody today, How are you doing, Fred? 0:01:16.600 --> 0:01:17.160 I mean, I'm good. 0:01:17.200 --> 0:01:19.000 We are just built different, John, That's just all it is, 0:01:19.000 --> 0:01:21.000 that we're built different. I haven't been doing a single 0:01:21.080 --> 0:01:24.000 draft since we last spoke. I did get the opportunity 0:01:24.080 --> 0:01:26.880 to head out to Lambeau Field to check out their 0:01:26.920 --> 0:01:29.760 training camp on Friday, which was a great experience. I 0:01:29.800 --> 0:01:33.000 got to see physically see Tucker Craft coming off of 0:01:33.080 --> 0:01:35.440 the pup list as he was riding his bike from 0:01:35.520 --> 0:01:37.480 Lambeau to the field. I know we're going to talk 0:01:37.520 --> 0:01:40.800 about Tucker a little bit later, but you know, it's 0:01:40.880 --> 0:01:43.119 a It was a much different experience in Green Bay 0:01:43.400 --> 0:01:46.440 than I understand that it was in say, Minnesota for 0:01:46.520 --> 0:01:49.120 a training camp. It was a lot nicer from what 0:01:49.200 --> 0:01:51.560 I understand, the people in the stands at least. 0:01:52.040 --> 0:01:56.040 Yeah, I think that comes with the quarterback play. 0:01:56.160 --> 0:01:57.320 Yeah, that's pink. 0:01:58.040 --> 0:02:01.200 I think maybe things were looking a little more precise 0:02:01.320 --> 0:02:01.840 angry bad. 0:02:01.920 --> 0:02:03.360 I don't want to say for sure. 0:02:03.800 --> 0:02:07.200 The good news Tuckercraft healthy, the bad news. You didn't 0:02:07.240 --> 0:02:09.000 get him that love letter that I wanted to give 0:02:09.040 --> 0:02:11.400 him about how critical he's going to be to my 0:02:11.840 --> 0:02:14.480 generational wealth. All right, enough for the fooling round band, 0:02:14.560 --> 0:02:16.600 enough of that, more of this. Let's do the news 0:02:16.600 --> 0:02:19.600 and notes again. We're gonna run through everybody, and some 0:02:19.639 --> 0:02:21.639 of these news and notes, even though they be not 0:02:21.800 --> 0:02:27.079 seem significant, may impact one, two or three other players. 0:02:27.120 --> 0:02:29.840 So I'll catch your name with the news and note, 0:02:29.919 --> 0:02:32.320 and you just give me a reaction, you know, bullish, bearish, 0:02:32.320 --> 0:02:33.640 if you like it, if you hate it, maybe you 0:02:33.720 --> 0:02:37.120 saw it coming first. One. This one just happened a 0:02:37.120 --> 0:02:39.760 couple of days ago. Deboke Samuel. He's me going to 0:02:39.880 --> 0:02:43.440 San Francisco, hopefully avoiding the substation era and the five 0:02:43.520 --> 0:02:47.800 G overload. One year, four million dollars seems pretty fair. 0:02:48.320 --> 0:02:51.359 I mean, I probably a good spot right reunited, and 0:02:51.360 --> 0:02:54.000 it feels so good. They probably know how to use him. 0:02:54.280 --> 0:02:57.239 My note on Deebo was he was a lot better 0:02:57.880 --> 0:03:01.080 than I realized he was. I guess, you know, the 0:03:01.120 --> 0:03:03.200 season's kind of come and go, and I thought of 0:03:03.280 --> 0:03:05.840 him as maybe more of just an after thought. And 0:03:05.880 --> 0:03:08.000 he earned ninety nine targets last year. So what are 0:03:08.000 --> 0:03:10.160 you talking about Debo in that offense? 0:03:10.720 --> 0:03:14.280 I feel like the only real possibilities for Deebo to 0:03:14.320 --> 0:03:16.840 thrive in fantasy was going to be a reunion of 0:03:16.880 --> 0:03:19.640 some sort, whether that was Washington or whether that was 0:03:19.639 --> 0:03:22.680 San Francisco. I didn't really see a lot of alternate 0:03:22.800 --> 0:03:26.400 paths for him to be not even a fantasy stud, 0:03:26.520 --> 0:03:29.640 just fantasy relevant frankly this year. But I do think 0:03:29.720 --> 0:03:32.560 that getting him back in that system is probably a 0:03:32.560 --> 0:03:37.600 good thing for him. You know, he he produced for Washington. 0:03:37.640 --> 0:03:41.280 I don't know if that was simply circumstantial because there 0:03:41.320 --> 0:03:43.880 weren't a lot of other great targets to be thrown 0:03:43.960 --> 0:03:47.000 to there. You know, Terry McLaurin was kind of dealing 0:03:47.000 --> 0:03:48.840 with things off and on throughout the year. It was 0:03:48.920 --> 0:03:51.280 kind of him and zach Ertz to some extent for 0:03:51.720 --> 0:03:54.160 a good portion of the season. Then again, he was 0:03:54.200 --> 0:03:56.960 also not catching passes from Jaye and Daniels the entire time, 0:03:57.000 --> 0:03:58.640 who has also hurt. So he did the best with 0:03:58.680 --> 0:04:01.120 what he had. That's all you can ask for. I 0:04:01.160 --> 0:04:03.200 think going back to San Francisco is the number two 0:04:03.320 --> 0:04:06.800 behind Mike Evans is a good situation. Poor went out 0:04:06.840 --> 0:04:09.560 for Ricky Piersoll. The guy is just never gonna be 0:04:09.840 --> 0:04:13.280 out on the field. Apparently his time in the Fantasy 0:04:13.320 --> 0:04:15.360 Sun might be over before it really gets here, but 0:04:15.680 --> 0:04:16.679 I don't mind it for debo. 0:04:17.440 --> 0:04:20.800 Yeah, there's a few moving parts on this one. So 0:04:20.920 --> 0:04:24.960 Deebo again a little bit better than I realized. Still 0:04:25.040 --> 0:04:27.159 kind of a target earner, you know, which is always 0:04:27.160 --> 0:04:29.240 the first thing we're looking for. Nearly twenty three percent 0:04:29.520 --> 0:04:33.599 target perrout. However, right it's normally a pretty low a dot. 0:04:33.640 --> 0:04:36.520 It was just over five yards. That is not great. 0:04:36.880 --> 0:04:39.839 So he does come off as a little bit gadgety, 0:04:40.680 --> 0:04:43.800 but that's a great place to be gadgety and a 0:04:43.839 --> 0:04:47.000 great place to try and earn yak something that Diebo 0:04:47.200 --> 0:04:50.600 was still literally elite at six and a half yards 0:04:50.640 --> 0:04:53.800 after the catch perception last year in that big you know, 0:04:53.880 --> 0:04:56.719 Tucker Craft and Greg Dulsage to here, right, those guys 0:04:57.120 --> 0:04:59.039 that if you get them one on one and shake 0:04:59.120 --> 0:05:01.680 the first tackle or you dive and miss the ankle, 0:05:01.760 --> 0:05:04.120 they could be off and running. So I still think 0:05:04.120 --> 0:05:06.839 they's some juice. Again, I think the system is the 0:05:06.839 --> 0:05:11.279 big boost here, and maybe one more pathway that we 0:05:11.440 --> 0:05:13.720 haven't mentioned now. I don't know if this is too 0:05:13.800 --> 0:05:18.000 much galaxy bringing but substation jokes aside, there have been 0:05:18.360 --> 0:05:23.320 running back injuries, both James and Black injured, and Debo's 0:05:23.360 --> 0:05:25.960 been pretty effective in his career running the ball, So 0:05:26.080 --> 0:05:28.880 again San Francisco with a spot that might be able 0:05:28.880 --> 0:05:32.320 to get him looks behind the line of scrimmage, with 0:05:32.440 --> 0:05:34.880 a little bit of a room to shake the shoulders. 0:05:35.120 --> 0:05:36.960 All of a sudden, I'm a little bit interested. We 0:05:37.040 --> 0:05:41.080 know McCaffrey not the most deficient runner anymore, possible Debo 0:05:41.960 --> 0:05:43.880 is a guy they might turn to if you need 0:05:43.960 --> 0:05:46.840 a couple of short yards. What do you think about 0:05:46.839 --> 0:05:48.599 Deebo in the run game. I don't think you're gonna 0:05:48.600 --> 0:05:51.320 get a volume thing. But whenever he's been back there 0:05:51.360 --> 0:05:53.880 and healthy, sometimes it's one or two carries a game 0:05:53.920 --> 0:05:54.960 and might make a difference. 0:05:55.800 --> 0:05:59.120 My hope with them re signing Debo and bringing him 0:05:59.160 --> 0:06:01.560 back home is that they plan to take just a 0:06:01.680 --> 0:06:05.159 tiny bit more of the workload off of CMC. That's 0:06:05.160 --> 0:06:07.880 been my biggest concern about Christian McCaffrey is how can 0:06:07.920 --> 0:06:10.760 he possibly coming off of a four hundred plus touch 0:06:10.800 --> 0:06:13.640 season his career high, how can he do it again? 0:06:13.960 --> 0:06:16.039 We don't want him to do that again because I 0:06:16.040 --> 0:06:18.440 feel like that's just asking for trouble. So if you 0:06:18.440 --> 0:06:21.640 can have Deebo back there taking some of this stuff 0:06:21.680 --> 0:06:24.599 off of his plate, not a lot, It's rarely been 0:06:24.640 --> 0:06:28.200 a high, you know, touch count for Debo coming out 0:06:28.240 --> 0:06:30.600 of the backfield, but like you said, he's been good 0:06:30.640 --> 0:06:34.160 at it. And if that saves CMC so he can 0:06:34.200 --> 0:06:36.480 play most of the season, That's really what I'm looking 0:06:36.480 --> 0:06:37.839 for out of Debo in the backfield. 0:06:38.240 --> 0:06:40.160 Very last thing, are you drafting him right? He's at 0:06:40.200 --> 0:06:43.679 price one point thirty five right now. It hasn't really 0:06:43.720 --> 0:06:46.120 moved much. It felt kind of baked in. He was 0:06:46.160 --> 0:06:48.800 telegraphing this with the workout program and stuff. I thought 0:06:48.800 --> 0:06:51.080 he was coming back. So I'm not really expecting the 0:06:51.120 --> 0:06:52.880 price to move up too much. It may move up 0:06:52.920 --> 0:06:56.120 a little bit. He's going around Jaden Reed, Jordan Addison, 0:06:56.200 --> 0:06:59.120 Jacobe Meyer is probably where he belongs to. He's drafting Debot. 0:06:59.320 --> 0:07:02.760 Yeah, around that group of players. I like Deebo as 0:07:02.760 --> 0:07:06.320 to stand out because Mike Evans at his advanced stage 0:07:06.520 --> 0:07:08.520 not a lot to say on the field, either, So 0:07:08.880 --> 0:07:12.360 don't we don't often talk about wide receivers as being handcuffs. 0:07:12.880 --> 0:07:15.160 But there is a world where Deebo gets even more 0:07:15.200 --> 0:07:16.200 workload this year. 0:07:16.840 --> 0:07:20.520 Oh interesting, you mentioned contingency value on wide receivers. We're 0:07:20.520 --> 0:07:22.160 gonna get back to that in a little bit. I'm 0:07:22.160 --> 0:07:24.160 gonna bury that lead for a little bit because there 0:07:24.240 --> 0:07:26.679 was one that I kind of foresaw coming that looks 0:07:26.680 --> 0:07:28.920 like maybe it might be coming to fruition. Let's move 0:07:28.920 --> 0:07:30.680 to the next one. This is the newest deal. This was, 0:07:30.760 --> 0:07:34.120 you know, breaking news. Bump bump, bump bump. Stephan Diggs 0:07:34.240 --> 0:07:36.600 is gonna be going to Washington, right, So it's like 0:07:37.080 --> 0:07:40.080 the pieces are going where we thought, but maybe not 0:07:40.160 --> 0:07:43.480 exactly where we thought. I got a little crisscross applesauce there, 0:07:43.480 --> 0:07:46.120 as my daughter would say, But these things happen. Deal's 0:07:46.120 --> 0:07:48.240 gonna be worth up to twelve million dollars. All the 0:07:48.280 --> 0:07:50.200 details are still a little hairy, but he is going 0:07:50.240 --> 0:07:56.280 to Washington now. We spoke about Diggs briefly this offseason already, 0:07:56.680 --> 0:07:58.880 so just to cut to the chase. I was surprised 0:07:58.880 --> 0:08:00.920 he didn't go back to England. They brought him in 0:08:01.000 --> 0:08:05.080 after knee injury. My assumption was to pick up on 0:08:05.280 --> 0:08:08.000 end plus one this year with the Drake may breakout, 0:08:08.240 --> 0:08:13.240 which happened and they got continuity, but they didn't push 0:08:13.360 --> 0:08:17.160 forward with Diggs. So you know, the attitude thing maybe 0:08:17.200 --> 0:08:21.000 what was the cause there at only five hundred and 0:08:21.080 --> 0:08:24.360 sixty six snaps for Digs, he earned over one hundred 0:08:24.400 --> 0:08:28.280 targets when eighty five, ten, thirteen and four twenty four 0:08:28.320 --> 0:08:30.400 and a half target per round over two point four 0:08:30.520 --> 0:08:34.160 yards per rout, he still got it. So I'm expecting 0:08:34.400 --> 0:08:37.320 him to fly up boards. I was digging around the 0:08:37.400 --> 0:08:41.720 Twitter streets briefly, and it looks like early estimates are 0:08:41.880 --> 0:08:45.640 ADP ninety right now. It was about one thirty to 0:08:45.640 --> 0:08:49.040 one thirty five. So talk to us about Diggs. Did 0:08:49.080 --> 0:08:50.880 you like him? And do you like him where he's going? 0:08:50.880 --> 0:08:54.880 Because I think that pick ninety probably feels about right 0:08:56.120 --> 0:08:57.760 where you are on Stephan Diggs. 0:08:58.040 --> 0:08:59.320 Yeah, with Stefan Diggs. 0:08:59.360 --> 0:09:03.400 The thing about the resigning not coming to fruition until now, 0:09:03.800 --> 0:09:06.800 I thought was more due to the off the field stuff, 0:09:07.240 --> 0:09:11.080 and that seems to have tempered down. And let's face it, 0:09:11.080 --> 0:09:13.199 if there is a team that is going to shove 0:09:13.240 --> 0:09:15.880 aside the off the field stuff and invite somebody in, 0:09:16.000 --> 0:09:19.000 it is probably going to be Washington one of like 0:09:19.040 --> 0:09:21.680 three teams who would be completely willing to overlook that stuff. 0:09:22.000 --> 0:09:24.319 Now on the field, Diggs last year you mentioned it 0:09:24.679 --> 0:09:27.319 great metrics. I would also add he had the fourth 0:09:27.400 --> 0:09:31.760 highest ESPN Open Score rating, which measures separation from defenders 0:09:32.280 --> 0:09:33.280 amongst wide receivers. 0:09:33.280 --> 0:09:34.760 That was tied with Garrett Wilson. 0:09:35.400 --> 0:09:38.480 That is a good place to be, especially at the 0:09:38.520 --> 0:09:43.160 age that Stefan Diggs is at. So yeah, I don't 0:09:43.160 --> 0:09:47.600 mind Stefan Diggs in the what would that be, eighth round? 0:09:48.080 --> 0:09:50.120 I mean, at this point you're just hoping at least 0:09:50.120 --> 0:09:53.079 somewhat of a fast start. Obviously, it's a new quarterback, 0:09:53.120 --> 0:09:57.000 it's a new system, it's all that. But I think 0:09:57.040 --> 0:10:01.520 Stefan Diggs is uh not maybe the highest upside play, 0:10:01.800 --> 0:10:04.280 but he's a pretty reliable play based on where you're 0:10:04.320 --> 0:10:05.199 drafting him. 0:10:05.640 --> 0:10:10.520 Yeah, it's high probability throws, potentially very explosive offense, and 0:10:10.520 --> 0:10:14.320 if he's healthy, can handle more of a snapload there. 0:10:14.360 --> 0:10:15.920 I think there's a Again, I don't think this would 0:10:15.960 --> 0:10:18.600 be a wide receiver one, but where you're getting him 0:10:18.640 --> 0:10:22.240 definite value. Last question before we move on, one of 0:10:22.280 --> 0:10:26.120 the hot pieces for the Commanders was Chigakonkuo. I think 0:10:26.200 --> 0:10:29.720 inevitably he's going to be affected. As of today, he 0:10:29.760 --> 0:10:33.200 was tight in sixteen around ADP one forty three. I 0:10:33.200 --> 0:10:36.640 would expect that to fall. Maybe he falls down a 0:10:36.720 --> 0:10:42.160 tier into the one fifties, more closer to Schultz Barner, 0:10:42.600 --> 0:10:45.440 maybe even Terrence Ferguson, who's really on it. He's on 0:10:45.480 --> 0:10:48.200 a bit of a steam ride up right now. So 0:10:48.240 --> 0:10:51.040 what do you think about Chike? Should people be happy 0:10:51.080 --> 0:10:55.040 with what they got? Maybe not pushing up any further me. 0:10:55.280 --> 0:10:57.800 I had some Chike when I would get him around cost. 0:10:57.920 --> 0:11:00.440 I don't think I'm gonna be paying the new I 0:11:00.440 --> 0:11:03.880 think I'm out at what I'm considering a premium. We 0:11:03.960 --> 0:11:06.960 spoke about this also. One of my paramnuster tight ends. 0:11:07.040 --> 0:11:09.560 I want them to potentially be the second target earner. 0:11:09.720 --> 0:11:11.319 I think that's now at the window. What do you 0:11:11.320 --> 0:11:14.120 think about Chiga Conquo in regards to the new digs 0:11:14.160 --> 0:11:15.319 move John. 0:11:15.400 --> 0:11:17.680 Maybe I'm being stubborn. I might be. 0:11:17.800 --> 0:11:20.800 I've been known to, but I feel a little bit 0:11:20.960 --> 0:11:23.520 like Leo DiCaprio and Wolfe of Wall Street. Right now, 0:11:23.840 --> 0:11:28.880 I'm not oh, thank you wow, that's just overflowing with undue. 0:11:28.920 --> 0:11:31.040 Compliments. I appreciate it, but. 0:11:31.080 --> 0:11:33.080 I do think this is a situation where you're going 0:11:33.160 --> 0:11:35.880 to see Stefan Diggs go there and you're gonna think 0:11:35.920 --> 0:11:38.439 the worst for mister o'conquo. 0:11:38.800 --> 0:11:40.319 I don't think this is the worst. 0:11:40.600 --> 0:11:43.160 I think that this is a situation where Diggs can 0:11:43.400 --> 0:11:47.120 raise the boats along with the tide a little bit 0:11:47.160 --> 0:11:50.640 in Washington. Now, this does to me spelled just disaster 0:11:50.760 --> 0:11:54.000 for any early breakout hopes for that rookie Antonio Williams. 0:11:54.240 --> 0:11:56.640 That's somebody that I'm just plainly not interested at this point. 0:11:57.040 --> 0:11:57.959 But Chico Conquo. 0:11:58.040 --> 0:12:02.400 We still don't know how effective Terry McLaurin is going 0:12:02.440 --> 0:12:04.120 to be. Last year it was a bit of an 0:12:04.160 --> 0:12:06.839 outlier for him. Admittedly a lot of a do I 0:12:06.880 --> 0:12:09.719 think to the holdout from training camp and some of 0:12:09.760 --> 0:12:13.200 this stuff kind of spiraled from there. But you know, 0:12:13.360 --> 0:12:16.000 we don't know how much that Terry McClure necessarily has 0:12:16.080 --> 0:12:16.760 left in the tank. 0:12:17.000 --> 0:12:19.240 I'm not saying that he's going to be a disaster either. 0:12:19.280 --> 0:12:21.760 I just want to keep my mind open to the 0:12:21.800 --> 0:12:25.600 possibility that Chigo Kongo is still out there seeing seventy 0:12:25.920 --> 0:12:29.520 eighty plus targets and being very effective with those targets. 0:12:29.520 --> 0:12:30.960 So I'll take him in the last round. 0:12:31.000 --> 0:12:34.280 Absolutely, Yeah, Okay, I'm with that. I still think he's 0:12:34.280 --> 0:12:37.400 gonna get a full confident snaps. I think my hope 0:12:37.440 --> 0:12:40.040 for the ceiling case was an extra boost in target 0:12:40.160 --> 0:12:43.319 chair underneath, in particular at the slot, and I think 0:12:44.080 --> 0:12:46.560 Diggs is probably gonna soak up a lot of that. 0:12:46.840 --> 0:12:48.640 We've seen a lot of two tight ends which would 0:12:48.640 --> 0:12:51.680 push Chig maybe offline where he could be really effective 0:12:51.679 --> 0:12:53.920 and be a matchup nightmare. So he's stuff we not out. 0:12:53.960 --> 0:12:56.360 I think they're still talent there, and I like the offense. 0:12:56.520 --> 0:12:58.560 We haven't seen a ton from him, and I think 0:12:58.559 --> 0:13:00.440 that's why I don't. I just don't want to ton. 0:13:00.760 --> 0:13:03.160 You mentioned McLaurin. I can't help it because David Plow, 0:13:03.240 --> 0:13:07.200 the new coordinator, had mentioned getting him not only ten 0:13:07.320 --> 0:13:11.240 targets a game, but moving him around the formation. And 0:13:11.320 --> 0:13:15.280 that's a total bull signal for me. Whatever we're hearing 0:13:15.320 --> 0:13:18.840 about getting your ex or most talented receiver you know 0:13:18.920 --> 0:13:21.440 away from the outside all the time. We saw it 0:13:21.480 --> 0:13:26.079 be the you know, breakout point for London on a 0:13:26.120 --> 0:13:28.680 par game basis, and Ceedee Lamb on a pre game 0:13:28.720 --> 0:13:31.000 basis even justin Jefferson at points, I think that's I 0:13:31.080 --> 0:13:33.880 think that's how you do it. So, yeah, I guess 0:13:33.920 --> 0:13:35.880 you're right. I guess you're right. Maybe I'm was a 0:13:35.880 --> 0:13:38.360 little too overreactive because at the end of the day, 0:13:38.600 --> 0:13:40.640 he really is still cheap and it's a tight end 0:13:40.640 --> 0:13:43.160 with ceiling that you could easily drop and replace. All 0:13:43.240 --> 0:13:47.520 right now, the radio listeners can't see, but I'm wiping 0:13:47.520 --> 0:13:51.360 away a tear for Philadelphia rookie wide out Mackay Lemon 0:13:51.440 --> 0:13:54.760 wide receiver nineteen's going up high man. He now hasn't 0:13:54.800 --> 0:13:57.560 practice for a second straight day because of the hamstring 0:13:57.880 --> 0:14:01.480 that's been an issue in the past, and we haven't 0:14:01.480 --> 0:14:04.640 gotten details. The quotes are kind of murky. The actual 0:14:04.679 --> 0:14:07.680 injury is quote unquote unknown. We don't think it's quote 0:14:07.720 --> 0:14:11.480 unquote significant, but it is alarming. If he's missing half 0:14:11.480 --> 0:14:13.480 the spring with an injury. What do you think about Lemon? 0:14:13.600 --> 0:14:17.360 Someone I was drafting this is a contingency value. I'm 0:14:17.360 --> 0:14:20.120 pushing up wix just in case this keeps him out 0:14:20.200 --> 0:14:22.640 and stalls that rookie learning curve. Where were you on, 0:14:22.720 --> 0:14:23.360 mkayle Lemon? 0:14:23.960 --> 0:14:27.640 Yeah, my heart is drowning in pure sadness right now. 0:14:27.680 --> 0:14:31.040 John McKay lemon, one of my favorite rookies coming in, 0:14:32.200 --> 0:14:34.720 had very high expectations for him in the sort of 0:14:34.760 --> 0:14:38.160 new look Philadelphia offense that's gonna be without Aj Brown 0:14:38.920 --> 0:14:42.680 hamstering injuries. I've said it before, I'm not a doctor. 0:14:42.960 --> 0:14:47.239 I don't even have the lab coat, but recurring hamsterring 0:14:47.240 --> 0:14:50.040 injuries are nothing to mess with in fantasy football because 0:14:50.080 --> 0:14:53.760 the possibility that he suits up week one and they 0:14:53.840 --> 0:14:57.720 say he's fine and he's out there, but then gets 0:14:57.800 --> 0:15:01.600 reinjured throughout the season. That's a real thing. We've seen 0:15:01.640 --> 0:15:05.240 guys come on and off the injury reports because of 0:15:05.280 --> 0:15:07.760 hamstring injuries, and so planning week to week can be 0:15:07.880 --> 0:15:10.160 very tricky. And then the added fact that he is 0:15:10.160 --> 0:15:12.840 a rookie and it could have already been a slow 0:15:12.920 --> 0:15:16.400 start for him because earlier in the mini camps he 0:15:16.480 --> 0:15:19.320 was dealing with this hamstring injury. It's all just kind 0:15:19.360 --> 0:15:21.680 of boiling up to this spot that I hate to 0:15:21.720 --> 0:15:25.720 say it, I'm not very interested in mackay Lemon in 0:15:25.800 --> 0:15:26.920 Redraft right now. 0:15:27.000 --> 0:15:28.040 In Dynasty, I'm. 0:15:27.920 --> 0:15:32.680 Still very bullish, incredibly bullish on the guy in Redraft. 0:15:33.360 --> 0:15:36.040 Eugh, it makes me so nervous. 0:15:36.240 --> 0:15:38.480 I don't know that I'm gonna go crazy and start 0:15:38.520 --> 0:15:41.080 pivoting to all of the other pass catchers that are there. 0:15:42.280 --> 0:15:45.120 DeVante Smith also dealing with a hamstring injury, but that's 0:15:45.160 --> 0:15:48.360 a newer thing, that's not something that's been popping up. 0:15:48.640 --> 0:15:50.920 So I feel more confident about DeVante Smith and his 0:15:50.960 --> 0:15:53.840 availability and the fact that he's a veteran. But yeah, 0:15:53.840 --> 0:15:56.600 it's a real bummer. So maybe Dallas Godder will find 0:15:56.680 --> 0:16:02.320 his way into my redraft stocks a little bit more. 0:16:03.080 --> 0:16:05.440 Yeah, it's a big boost for him. He's always excelled 0:16:05.440 --> 0:16:09.800 whenever pieces we're missing, and it's not just fantasy football, 0:16:09.840 --> 0:16:12.160 Fantasy sports in general happens as baseball all the time. 0:16:12.640 --> 0:16:14.480 The baseball season that was so long, a lot of 0:16:14.520 --> 0:16:16.920 times we want them to stay out, stay out as 0:16:16.920 --> 0:16:19.960 long as you need because of the reaggravation factor that 0:16:20.040 --> 0:16:23.680 you mentioned. That's number one. So here we are hoping 0:16:24.120 --> 0:16:28.160 that they keep out a rookie who needs critical snaps. 0:16:28.680 --> 0:16:31.920 Even right generally we're thinking about rookies producing in the 0:16:31.920 --> 0:16:35.080 second half. A lot of that is based on chemistry 0:16:35.120 --> 0:16:37.880 and repetitions that they've built up along the way. If 0:16:37.920 --> 0:16:41.440 you're going to hamper that number. Oh Man, the stanks. 0:16:41.440 --> 0:16:43.800 I'm a little bit worried Lemon had been one of those, 0:16:44.160 --> 0:16:46.920 you know, an oasis for me. We've talked about waiting 0:16:47.000 --> 0:16:50.200 for quarterback lots of times. You can go Hurts to 0:16:50.560 --> 0:16:53.560 Lemon at the seven to eight turn or in the seventh, 0:16:53.560 --> 0:16:55.760 in the eighth and you're feeling really good about a 0:16:55.840 --> 0:16:59.320 quarterback one and a wide receiver like four or flex 0:16:59.360 --> 0:17:02.720 guy that could right into production. Now I'm worried. I've 0:17:02.720 --> 0:17:05.440 been drafting do Tavian Wicks. He goes so late really 0:17:05.600 --> 0:17:08.920 after thought, I just had him as a contingency play 0:17:09.000 --> 0:17:12.359 because one, I just worry about rookies catching on it 0:17:12.440 --> 0:17:14.880 in the NFL at all. And then, like you mentioned, 0:17:15.040 --> 0:17:18.840 there are a few wideouts that I feel would step 0:17:18.840 --> 0:17:21.159 into a prominent role with an injury, Wix being one 0:17:21.200 --> 0:17:23.280 of those guys. Do you think Wix should be part 0:17:23.320 --> 0:17:25.800 of a last round red draft plan? There are people 0:17:25.880 --> 0:17:28.479 drafting right now, and I would say, if you can 0:17:28.520 --> 0:17:30.720 make him an easy drop, you definitely want to do 0:17:30.760 --> 0:17:32.800 that because you could see where this could go very 0:17:32.880 --> 0:17:33.520 right for Wicks. 0:17:34.040 --> 0:17:37.000 I'm glad you brought up Wis first. I didn't want 0:17:37.000 --> 0:17:39.359 to have to do it. As the packer fan. I 0:17:39.359 --> 0:17:43.840 didn't want any sort of fandom fanaticism sort of. 0:17:43.840 --> 0:17:45.280 Biasing me in this. 0:17:45.800 --> 0:17:48.280 But I do think Dantavian Wicks has been getting a 0:17:48.320 --> 0:17:50.160 fair amount of hype already. 0:17:50.280 --> 0:17:51.560 Coaches seem to love him. 0:17:52.160 --> 0:17:54.439 He does seem like somebody who could step into a 0:17:54.520 --> 0:17:58.200 sizable role. If he's a last round or approximately a 0:17:58.280 --> 0:18:01.480 last round guy, yeah, toss him on my roster. And 0:18:01.560 --> 0:18:04.080 like you said, if he starts off the couple first 0:18:04.119 --> 0:18:05.919 couple of weeks and he doesn't look that great and 0:18:05.960 --> 0:18:09.120 he's just not earning targets, all right, smell you later. 0:18:09.560 --> 0:18:09.800 You know. 0:18:10.000 --> 0:18:12.720 I think this is a possible uptick for the Wix hive, 0:18:13.280 --> 0:18:15.640 but just a tough blow for the lemonheads out here. 0:18:15.680 --> 0:18:18.760 Man. Yeah, I love all those name drops, by the way, Yeah, 0:18:18.880 --> 0:18:21.639 one hundred percent. As much as we like these rookies, 0:18:21.680 --> 0:18:24.879 we have to be honest about it. Now, if he 0:18:24.960 --> 0:18:27.320 were to start getting into the ninth and the tenth, 0:18:27.520 --> 0:18:29.920 I'm going to reconsider it where it's more of even 0:18:29.960 --> 0:18:32.959 a bench pick sometimes, right, I don't look to overpay 0:18:33.000 --> 0:18:35.960 for rookies. I wouldn't consider that an overpay. I'll draft 0:18:36.040 --> 0:18:38.880 him in, stant him and then go back for starters 0:18:38.880 --> 0:18:41.119 that I think could produce in the first once again, 0:18:41.440 --> 0:18:44.240 you know, like Wix and maybe they make an interesting 0:18:44.280 --> 0:18:47.680 handcuff pay. Maybe we're in the age of handcuffing wide receivers. 0:18:47.680 --> 0:18:51.800 Who knows now next wide receiver you mentioned. I don't 0:18:51.800 --> 0:18:53.880 think we really need to go into it. It's it's 0:18:53.960 --> 0:18:56.560 Ricky Piersoll. It doesn't sound like you're gonna get anything 0:18:56.560 --> 0:18:59.600 from him, though. I guess there's one easy question. Would 0:18:59.680 --> 0:19:04.679 you Ricky Piersoll right now at any cost? Again, my 0:19:04.760 --> 0:19:07.359 hands are firmly in the fantasy third. He still gets 0:19:07.400 --> 0:19:10.480 drafted in every single draft. Sometimes it's at the very 0:19:10.600 --> 0:19:12.800 end of the twentieth round there where if he's gonna 0:19:12.800 --> 0:19:14.879 come back, even for the last month or two, he 0:19:14.920 --> 0:19:17.360 could be a contributor. I'm not that guy. I don't 0:19:17.400 --> 0:19:20.200 like to invite injuries. Would you draft Piersol at any cost? 0:19:20.520 --> 0:19:22.600 Nah, I'm out. I don't see it. 0:19:22.680 --> 0:19:25.159 I just there's no reason for me to believe that 0:19:25.200 --> 0:19:27.920 he's gonna be back there in any reasonable amount of 0:19:27.960 --> 0:19:31.280 time to have him clogging up my bench spots, even 0:19:31.280 --> 0:19:33.040 in an ir spot at that point, like, if he's 0:19:33.040 --> 0:19:35.960 going to be back for the fantasy playoffs. All right, great, 0:19:36.160 --> 0:19:38.000 I guess, but we don't even know if he's gonna 0:19:38.000 --> 0:19:40.040 get much run if Debo is still there. 0:19:40.560 --> 0:19:43.399 Yeah. And for as much as these coaches and coordinators 0:19:43.440 --> 0:19:45.320