1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,080 Speaker 1: Welcome back to another episode. If I want your flax. Yeah, 2 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:06,120 Speaker 1: there's football tonight, Chiefs and Lions. We're going to get 3 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:08,840 Speaker 1: to that in just a bit. Mike Harmon is here. 4 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:12,280 Speaker 1: Get them on social media at Swollendome twitter dot com 5 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 1: to be specific. Ryan Berschinger, our executive producer, is here 6 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:18,319 Speaker 1: as well. Hit him up at Ryan Berschinger. So many 7 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:22,439 Speaker 1: stories leading into week one, and let's talk about first 8 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:25,840 Speaker 1: of all, holdouts, big deal Chris Jones thing you know, 9 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 1: lingered throughout the entire offseason with the Kansas City Chiefs, 10 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:32,279 Speaker 1: Mike hold out wise, when you come to storylines, how 11 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:34,480 Speaker 1: much does Chris Jones affect the Kansas City Chiefs? 12 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:39,280 Speaker 2: I think Jones missing from that case defense much more 13 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:41,840 Speaker 2: of a huge deal. 14 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:42,160 Speaker 1: Here. 15 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:45,760 Speaker 2: You look at the Chiefs and a lot runs through 16 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:48,279 Speaker 2: what Jones is able to do up front. And if 17 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:51,040 Speaker 2: you don't have that, now we start talking about, all right, 18 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:52,720 Speaker 2: a run game is going to be able to work 19 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 2: more efficiently. And then you know, for teams that can 20 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:01,000 Speaker 2: work the combo and in the AFC, a lot of freebies. 21 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 2: All right, that's the one thing this year. You know, 22 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 2: last year we had a three or four teams are 23 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:08,840 Speaker 2: like all right, they're just awful. I don't only have 24 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:11,960 Speaker 2: those free passes really anymore. We don't know what Houston 25 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:15,240 Speaker 2: is yet, but they're not in division, so I'm not 26 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:18,040 Speaker 2: worried about them in the division. Even if you don't 27 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 2: like the Raiders, they still have some weapons that can 28 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:24,199 Speaker 2: hurt you. And you have a guy, while he's upright 29 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:28,560 Speaker 2: in Garoppolo, who's been the operational efficiency guy, like he 30 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:30,960 Speaker 2: would be on the poster board next to his hero 31 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 2: Tom Brady. So you know, there's no free lunch. So 32 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 2: if Jones's thing and him saying, hey, I can afford 33 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 2: to hold out, really lingers, Yeah, that's a problem. 34 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:43,280 Speaker 1: The Kansas City Chiefs, obviously playing tonight against the Lions, 35 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 1: will get to that in a second, but it's just 36 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:49,640 Speaker 1: hold outs to the story. There's also this story with 37 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:51,720 Speaker 1: Cooper Cup that has changed over the last couple of 38 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 1: months when it comes to his hamstring injury. I have 39 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 1: Cooper Cupp as a holdover in one of my leagues. 40 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 1: It's gonna act absolutely handcuff me for the first couple 41 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 1: of weeks of the season. Question is now, I'm trying 42 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:08,079 Speaker 1: to figure out if Cooper Cup is injured, how long 43 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 1: do the Rams sit there and say, all right, let's 44 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 1: keep him out. Let's keep him out, and if the 45 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:15,600 Speaker 1: season's lost, what's the point of even playing him At 46 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 1: some point That's what worries me about, you know, having 47 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:19,640 Speaker 1: a guy like Cooper Cup. 48 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 3: The Cooper Cup injury is terrifying because if you're someone 49 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:26,119 Speaker 3: like me, if you drafted Cooper Cup, you probably used 50 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:28,840 Speaker 3: your first round pick to do it, and so to 51 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 3: have that news come out maybe right after that, or 52 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:34,800 Speaker 3: maybe you're somebody like me where it came out that 53 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:37,360 Speaker 3: day and you said I'm not scared, I'm doing it anyway, 54 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 3: damn it, and you still took Cooper Cup, and then 55 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 3: maybe you're having some regret. Yeah, this is going to 56 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:49,359 Speaker 3: be a really scary situation to watch because, as you said, Dan, 57 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 3: there really is no answer. And when something is lingering 58 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 3: in this manner where they're being super cagey about it 59 00:02:56,639 --> 00:02:59,680 Speaker 3: and sending him to other places to have specialists take 60 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:03,080 Speaker 3: a look at it, it doesn't sound great. It sounds 61 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 3: more than a day to day type of thing, which 62 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 3: they keep describing it as. If I'm looking elsewhere on 63 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:13,360 Speaker 3: that Rams offense, maybe to two at well, get some work, 64 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:18,160 Speaker 3: maybe Puka Nakua gets some work, but overall, it really 65 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 3: dampers the entire Rams offense quite frankly if you don't 66 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 3: have Cooper Cup there, because it really limits Stafford's options. 67 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 3: It's limiting the amount of times that cam Akers can 68 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 3: then touch the ball because you're just not on the 69 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 3: field as much. Yeah, there is a lot of a 70 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:37,640 Speaker 3: trickle down that comes from Cooper Cup having this lingering injury. 71 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:40,520 Speaker 2: Well, and you also had the questions of Matthew Stafford. 72 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 2: Was he truly mulling retirement in the off season. Not 73 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 2: with the it would say logic would say, with the 74 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 2: amount of money that was still in the offing, that 75 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 2: that was just some fanciful writing and reporting in the 76 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:56,600 Speaker 2: City of Angels. But he is towards the end and 77 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 2: the Rams, let's face it, guys, as we did our 78 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 2: NF see preview, they're one of those teams that you 79 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:05,440 Speaker 2: start raising an eyebrow going could they be bad enough 80 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:08,960 Speaker 2: to circle the drain along with the Cardinals to where 81 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 2: they're battling for the number one overall pick? Could it 82 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:15,600 Speaker 2: get that bad? Right? When the defense isn't as deep 83 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 2: as it was. You look at the offense and Cooper 84 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 2: Cup Interestingly enough, as we sit to talk about this, 85 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 2: Cooper Cup is still being drafted as the tenth wide 86 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 2: receiver overall. 87 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:25,719 Speaker 3: Yeah. 88 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 2: Really, I mean you could set my hair on fire. 89 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:33,680 Speaker 2: I mean, come on, really, come on that, Like, I 90 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:38,200 Speaker 2: don't know, nothing would give me any confidence to draft 91 00:04:38,279 --> 00:04:42,360 Speaker 2: him as a back end wr one at this point saying, Hey, 92 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 2: he used to do that, and he's done it before. 93 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:49,160 Speaker 2: It is not going to suddenly solve his knee and 94 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:52,640 Speaker 2: put him back out healthy. Yeah, I don't do we 95 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:54,600 Speaker 2: see him at all like that. That's become some of 96 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:57,039 Speaker 2: the questions with some of these injuries, Right, Is he 97 00:04:57,080 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 2: gonna be in bubble wrap just like Kyler Murray should be? 98 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:04,000 Speaker 1: Yeah? I just you know, with that organization, if they 99 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 1: see a gap to tank this season, I think that 100 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:10,000 Speaker 1: they are all for it. 101 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 3: Right. 102 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:12,640 Speaker 2: Is that one of the reasons the McVeigh thing right, 103 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:15,840 Speaker 2: that we bullied him back into coaching after one bad year. 104 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:18,479 Speaker 2: But I mean, is that it you know you can 105 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 2: then have a full reset. 106 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 1: I've said this a couple of times, and I've said 107 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:25,479 Speaker 1: it on this podcast. When we were out at RAMS 108 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:27,279 Speaker 1: training camp, they just kept talking about how they had 109 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:30,840 Speaker 1: thirty five to forty you know, rookies on you know, 110 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:35,120 Speaker 1: in camp, and it just was like, thou protest too 111 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:38,279 Speaker 1: much or talk about that too much. There's a reason 112 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:41,159 Speaker 1: that they're doing that, Like they were trying to convince 113 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:43,240 Speaker 1: you that it's a fresh start, that there is new 114 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 1: blood coming in. And I think there are subconsciously just 115 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:49,919 Speaker 1: trying to tell you we're gonna stink, you know, but 116 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:51,760 Speaker 1: they want to spin it in a way that makes 117 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:54,159 Speaker 1: it look like, hey, a lot of good stuff. And 118 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:56,359 Speaker 1: the stuff that I've heard, and I mean, heck, the 119 00:05:56,360 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 1: stuff publicly for the rams that's been you know, from 120 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 1: just Cooper Cup's injury doesn't point to a great season, 121 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:04,919 Speaker 1: and then you hear other stuff and you're just wondering 122 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:08,960 Speaker 1: how bad it could get. Let's talk about two more stories. 123 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:13,560 Speaker 1: Mike Evans obviously sitting a deadline for the Buccaneers, but 124 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:17,280 Speaker 1: his name on the trading block. I'll tell you what, 125 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:19,280 Speaker 1: maybe last year I'd be like, man, he could go 126 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:21,719 Speaker 1: to a worse position. I don't know if he can 127 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:24,840 Speaker 1: get any worse, you know than when he is in Tampa. So, like, 128 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:27,039 Speaker 1: you know, the it would be the upside of drafting 129 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:29,040 Speaker 1: Mike Evans if he ended up getting traded. 130 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm looking at possibilities in terms of like what 131 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:35,760 Speaker 3: could happen with Mike Evans, like like landing spots that 132 00:06:35,839 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 3: he could he could find himself in that would be 133 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:44,599 Speaker 3: tremendously advantageous for him. I mean, shoot, the Broncos keep 134 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 3: losing receivers left and right. That would be something where, 135 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:50,440 Speaker 3: even though it's not a gigantic step up, that absolutely 136 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:53,000 Speaker 3: would be a step up fantasy wise if he landed 137 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:57,719 Speaker 3: somewhere like Denver. But Mike Evans is an incredible situation 138 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 3: to look at because he was up in until last season, right, 139 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:05,840 Speaker 3: the model of consistency and elite consistency at that the 140 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 3: numbers that he puts up year in and year out. 141 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 3: Last year was the first time where you started to 142 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:14,160 Speaker 3: feel ebbs and flows with Mike Evans. And now suddenly 143 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:17,400 Speaker 3: he's in a situation where the quarterback situation is very 144 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:22,360 Speaker 3: shaky and he is still you do have a healthy 145 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:26,680 Speaker 3: Chris Godwin alongside him, so he will still be competing 146 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 3: for targets, unlike last season where Godwin was out for 147 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:33,160 Speaker 3: some time and even then that didn't benefit him. So 148 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:37,640 Speaker 3: I've still like, if Evans is your third receiver, you 149 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:41,880 Speaker 3: still feel pretty good about that, and I would. But yeah, 150 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:46,080 Speaker 3: like you're saying, Dan, it's really only going up if 151 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:49,920 Speaker 3: Evans is traded elsewhere, he would only be traded somewhere 152 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:52,040 Speaker 3: that is going to be a better situation for him. 153 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:55,080 Speaker 3: So yeah, I think that's something to take into account. 154 00:07:55,120 --> 00:07:58,040 Speaker 3: If you're Mike Evans owners, you hope for the best 155 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 3: and that the best is somewhere else. 156 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 2: Same thing, you know, looking at the Buccaneers of all right, 157 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:07,520 Speaker 2: are we ready for a hard reset? Right we? Quarterback 158 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:11,640 Speaker 2: of the future is not Baker Mayfield. It's probably not 159 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 2: Kyle Trask. Otherwise Baker Mayfield wouldn't be there, So let's 160 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:19,240 Speaker 2: push that aside. You got a decent running back in 161 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:23,120 Speaker 2: Rashad White, but Godwin and Evans now long to do. 162 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:27,240 Speaker 2: Evans with the great nine year thousand yard streak. That's great, 163 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:32,080 Speaker 2: but we know father time starts to come, and if 164 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:35,079 Speaker 2: he's disgruntled about his deal, you can say, well, now 165 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:38,760 Speaker 2: we can just reset everything. Go back into the marketplace, 166 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:42,040 Speaker 2: go find someone five years younger than what he is. 167 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:44,200 Speaker 2: I mean, a lot's going to be determined, you know, 168 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:46,040 Speaker 2: if they get that false sense of hope out of 169 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:49,560 Speaker 2: the start couple matchups against the NFC North. They start 170 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 2: on the road at Minnesota. Then the Bears go calling 171 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:55,880 Speaker 2: to Tampa. Week two. My dad was actually asking me 172 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:59,319 Speaker 2: if I was coming down. I'm like, yeah, no, it's 173 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:03,280 Speaker 2: it's always soon, dad, It's always soccer season. And then 174 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:07,120 Speaker 2: week three you've got the Eagles home game. Week four 175 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 2: on the road at New Orleans. Week five, everybody's favorite, 176 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:13,679 Speaker 2: the Lions. So I mean, you look at the first 177 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 2: five games. What are you won in four? Maybe you're 178 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:21,280 Speaker 2: two and three, but will you see enough to say, 179 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 2: all right, we keep running with this now. I think 180 00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 2: Evans is in another uniform before this all ends. And 181 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:29,400 Speaker 2: then you grab a couple of draft picks whatever those 182 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:31,560 Speaker 2: may be, conditionals and move on. 183 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:34,320 Speaker 1: There is one other big story we're gonna touch on, 184 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:36,400 Speaker 1: and we're going to do that next, Travis Kelcey and 185 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:39,920 Speaker 1: the Kansas City chiefs. Kelsey's injury that coming up. Do 186 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:41,160 Speaker 1: you want to let you know that I want your 187 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:43,120 Speaker 1: flex a bit of a different format this year. We're 188 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:45,680 Speaker 1: gonna try to come at you with information five days 189 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:47,959 Speaker 1: a week. So that's why you're gonna want to download 190 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 1: and subscribe again. He's Mike Harmon, that's Ryan Berschinger, I'm 191 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:53,920 Speaker 1: Dan Beyer. It is I want your flex. We break 192 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 1: down Chiefs Lions next here on the pod. All right, 193 00:09:57,240 --> 00:10:03,400 Speaker 1: it is kickoff Lions and Chiefs. How was kelsey knee injury? 194 00:10:04,040 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 3: Huge? 195 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 1: Huge situation with the Chiefs not expected to play, how 196 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:13,360 Speaker 1: do you go about this tonight? Mike matchup? Wise? With 197 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:16,839 Speaker 1: the Chiefs entertaining the Lions on opening night and Patrick 198 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:18,440 Speaker 1: Mahomes does not have his favorite target. 199 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:22,760 Speaker 2: Feeling pretty good about a an over and and going 200 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:27,920 Speaker 2: hard at Valduez scantling in my you know, daily fantasy 201 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:31,920 Speaker 2: leagues and meek one, I'd feel pretty confident. Uh you know, 202 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:34,960 Speaker 2: you've got the speed receivers and everybody's excited sky Moore 203 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:38,360 Speaker 2: and everything else. Uh, those are gonna be more hit 204 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:40,200 Speaker 2: and miss, I think over the course of the year. 205 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:43,520 Speaker 2: But going up against Detroit off the jump, I'm in 206 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:46,800 Speaker 2: Kansas City was favored by six and a half. I've 207 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:50,360 Speaker 2: seen some movement with Kelsey being out seeing some fives 208 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:54,760 Speaker 2: five five and a half's out there, but between Kelsey 209 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:58,040 Speaker 2: and Jones, it's it certainly creates a bit of angst. 210 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:01,880 Speaker 2: I'll take the Chiefs to win at home, but certainly 211 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:05,160 Speaker 2: my level of confidence if we were doing a confidence pulled. 212 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:09,600 Speaker 2: Dan has drifted markedly in this game, but I'll take 213 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:12,840 Speaker 2: the home crowd to help push them over and hope 214 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:15,679 Speaker 2: you get to see a lot of Isaiah Pacheco as well. 215 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:19,160 Speaker 3: What's really hard to about a week one injury to 216 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:23,040 Speaker 3: Travis Kelcey is that you probably in your draft took 217 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:26,000 Speaker 3: Travis kelce in the first round absolutely never looked back 218 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:28,640 Speaker 3: at tight end. You just simply locked it in and 219 00:11:28,679 --> 00:11:32,680 Speaker 3: said perfect, I'm good. Don't need to worry about that anymore. Well, 220 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:36,320 Speaker 3: suddenly now you do. If you need to scour the 221 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:40,360 Speaker 3: waiver wire for a replacement, obviously you could look at 222 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:43,360 Speaker 3: Noah Gray, who had it is a very nice matchup 223 00:11:43,559 --> 00:11:46,600 Speaker 3: against the Lions, and if you slot him in at 224 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:50,200 Speaker 3: tight end, he's going to get targets. So that's definitely 225 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:53,720 Speaker 3: a possibility if you want to look elsewhere. A guy 226 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:57,679 Speaker 3: that I really like is Jake Ferguson the Cowboys tight end. 227 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:01,960 Speaker 3: I traditionally Cowboys tight ends have gotten a good amount 228 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:05,240 Speaker 3: of workload, and he is a talented tight end who 229 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:08,520 Speaker 3: there have been reports saying that the Cowboys expect him 230 00:12:08,559 --> 00:12:12,840 Speaker 3: to be a featured part of that offense. So there are, 231 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:15,760 Speaker 3: there should be options available to you. If you drafted 232 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:18,160 Speaker 3: a backup tight end, that's probably still your best call. 233 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:22,160 Speaker 3: But Noah Gray is is definitely a possibility. 234 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:25,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, especially give you a reason a watch and you're 235 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 1: ignoring your family, you're giving You're ignoring your family, and 236 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:34,280 Speaker 1: you're like why, We're like, well, Noah Gray is playing it. Duh. 237 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:37,600 Speaker 1: I'll say this. I love Jeric McKinnon on Thursday Night. 238 00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:40,560 Speaker 1: I think that, you know, but Checko's emergence last year. 239 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:44,960 Speaker 1: Now with Kelsey having his situation, I am all in 240 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:48,559 Speaker 1: on on jerck McKinnon having success for the Chiefs against 241 00:12:48,559 --> 00:12:51,640 Speaker 1: the Lions. And if I have drafted any of the 242 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:54,680 Speaker 1: lines that I expect, I'm playing all of them. Why 243 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:58,280 Speaker 1: wouldn't you know, Chris Jones, Yeah, there's no reason to 244 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:01,880 Speaker 1: not play. You know, you're obviously playing Gibbson, Montgomery and 245 00:13:02,559 --> 00:13:05,240 Speaker 1: Saint Brown, but if you know you got room for others, 246 00:13:05,559 --> 00:13:07,360 Speaker 1: why not line them up? I think it could be 247 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:09,200 Speaker 1: a fun fun Thursday Night. 248 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 2: Certainly makes for Sam Laporta fans. Let's find up there 249 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 2: you go, right, there's another opportunity because he probably was 250 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:19,520 Speaker 2: not drafted or was drafted very late. Newly. Go take 251 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:21,800 Speaker 2: take a look at the waiver wire. But you know, 252 00:13:21,880 --> 00:13:24,720 Speaker 2: everybody plays, everybody wins. We know golf does like to 253 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:27,199 Speaker 2: go to the tight end. There's a couple others that 254 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:29,640 Speaker 2: you can look at, and Bush mentioned a few. Last 255 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:33,320 Speaker 2: guy Juwan Johnson who had a big year last year 256 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:36,320 Speaker 2: for the Saints. And we know Derek Carr loves the 257 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:37,079 Speaker 2: safety valve. 258 00:13:37,559 --> 00:13:40,480 Speaker 1: Yes he does, Yes, he does. All right, football is here, 259 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:43,000 Speaker 1: fellas we are out of time. Hope you like that 260 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:46,480 Speaker 1: little tidbit of a segment. We'll come back tomorrow. Harmon 261 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:49,000 Speaker 1: will have his rankings and hop plays and everything that 262 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:52,400 Speaker 1: we can do with that. But so for Ryan Bersinger 263 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:54,920 Speaker 1: and Mike Carmon, I'm Dan Byer. It's been I want 264 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:56,520 Speaker 1: your flex here on Fox Sports Radio.