WEBVTT - Free Agency Preview: AFC and NFC North Team Needs 0:00:00.520 --> 0:00:14.400 Wow, everybody, It's Thursday, February twenty sixth, twenty twenty six. 0:00:14.480 --> 0:00:16.599 Welcome to the NFL Fantasy Football Podcast. 0:00:16.720 --> 0:00:17.640 We Believe in Vitamin C. 0:00:17.880 --> 0:00:20.400 It's Me and Man MG Marcus Grand joated by Michael Florio, 0:00:20.520 --> 0:00:26.040 Kwan Jones dnp Illness rest up man. 0:00:27.760 --> 0:00:31.360 Right exactly. Yeah, he you know, sent. 0:00:31.360 --> 0:00:34.120 Us a little Texas morning said he is not feeling great. 0:00:34.159 --> 0:00:36.640 So we told him to ice up son, get better 0:00:36.640 --> 0:00:38.200 and hopefully he'll be back for next week. 0:00:38.320 --> 0:00:39.400 That Floria is. 0:00:39.360 --> 0:00:44.360 The the other side of having kids, because they are 0:00:44.440 --> 0:00:49.360 germ incubators and they hang out in spaces like schools 0:00:49.440 --> 0:00:54.720 or daycares with other germ incubators. So like I remember 0:00:54.720 --> 0:01:00.000 when we first sent our son to daycare, it was 0:01:00.040 --> 0:01:02.760 almost every two weeks he was coming home with some 0:01:02.880 --> 0:01:06.920 new sniffle or virus or cold, which would inevitably cycle 0:01:06.959 --> 0:01:10.480 through the house. So you know, if you decide to 0:01:10.520 --> 0:01:12.520 walk that path, just to just know that that's what's 0:01:12.520 --> 0:01:13.039 coming for you. 0:01:14.120 --> 0:01:16.640 I will say, every time I go hang out with 0:01:16.680 --> 0:01:19.320 my niece and nephews back home and stuff, I usually 0:01:19.400 --> 0:01:22.720 get sick. And then me and Kyrie were talking before 0:01:22.760 --> 0:01:25.600 the show, Lakwan did like a quick New orleanship. I 0:01:25.680 --> 0:01:28.920 do a bunch of very quick trips because like fly 0:01:29.000 --> 0:01:31.000 back home for weddings or whatever. I get sick every 0:01:31.000 --> 0:01:34.000 time I do it. So like it was coming for 0:01:34.120 --> 0:01:35.800 him whether he liked it or not. It was just 0:01:35.840 --> 0:01:37.240 a matter of when not if. 0:01:37.600 --> 0:01:44.039 Yeah, between kids and airplanes, Yeah, it was bound to 0:01:44.040 --> 0:01:46.520 take him down. So yeah, rest up, man, drink plenty 0:01:46.560 --> 0:01:49.040 of fluids. Get invite him and seeing you. You know, 0:01:49.240 --> 0:01:51.520 rest up and I will talk to you next week. 0:01:52.160 --> 0:01:54.280 I mean time for us, the two of us still here. 0:01:54.280 --> 0:01:57.160 We're still going through our team needs. As free agency 0:01:57.240 --> 0:02:01.360 hits in about a week and a half, there's definitely 0:02:01.360 --> 0:02:04.640 some new some of the non free agent variety. Also, 0:02:04.720 --> 0:02:06.480 the combine is coming up this week. I actually didn't 0:02:06.480 --> 0:02:08.840 put any combine stuff in the in the rundown. I 0:02:08.880 --> 0:02:11.079 don't know if you want to good, Okay, good, because 0:02:11.080 --> 0:02:12.400 I don't know if you want to chat about it. 0:02:12.440 --> 0:02:14.760 But you know, I could make it a you know, 0:02:14.840 --> 0:02:19.160 an exception. But the combine is happening this week in Indianapolis. 0:02:20.160 --> 0:02:23.480 I like that more and more stuff is being like 0:02:23.480 --> 0:02:26.799 like certain teams aren't even going to this, Like it's 0:02:26.840 --> 0:02:29.880 more now kind of like for the media and. 0:02:31.360 --> 0:02:31.959 You know, the. 0:02:31.840 --> 0:02:34.040 Front offices and stuff to kind of all it's kind 0:02:34.040 --> 0:02:35.720 of like the Winter Meetings is how I use the 0:02:35.760 --> 0:02:39.480 combine now, and like it's the Winter Meetings. Just occasionally 0:02:39.600 --> 0:02:42.000 someone who hopes to get drafted shows us that they're 0:02:42.120 --> 0:02:43.600 very fast or something like that. 0:02:44.240 --> 0:02:47.320 I mean, I think some of it is now we 0:02:47.400 --> 0:02:52.560 have guys who train specifically for the combine, and the 0:02:52.600 --> 0:02:55.440 more you do that, the more you start to realize 0:02:55.480 --> 0:03:00.000 that the drills that they do there don't necessarily translate 0:03:00.240 --> 0:03:03.040 to on field performance, you know. I mean, if you 0:03:03.040 --> 0:03:06.120 have guys who are spending their time training, for instance, 0:03:06.200 --> 0:03:10.320 for the forty, you know, those sorts of things, you know, 0:03:10.639 --> 0:03:13.040 it's kind of become overblown. I think in a lot 0:03:13.040 --> 0:03:16.519 of regards, we always have the combined hype bunnies who 0:03:16.680 --> 0:03:19.200 move up the board and don't necessarily perform once they 0:03:19.200 --> 0:03:20.040 get to the NFL. 0:03:21.520 --> 0:03:23.200 I think even the interview portion. 0:03:23.080 --> 0:03:26.880 Of it has become a little bit much with teams 0:03:26.880 --> 0:03:29.240 trying to find the weirdest, most esoteric. 0:03:29.040 --> 0:03:30.320 Questions to ask. 0:03:30.639 --> 0:03:34.840 Yeah, you know, side, what's the weirdest thing you've ever 0:03:34.840 --> 0:03:36.000 been asked in a job interview? 0:03:36.320 --> 0:03:37.120 Can you think of that. 0:03:39.800 --> 0:03:43.080 Weirdest yeah, I had the first thing that comes to mind. 0:03:43.440 --> 0:03:45.960 It's a terrible story in my mind. 0:03:46.160 --> 0:03:47.760 I they usually are. 0:03:48.520 --> 0:03:51.600 I would yeah, like right, Like, I had a first interview. 0:03:52.200 --> 0:03:55.200 It was for a to run the sports department of 0:03:55.240 --> 0:03:59.640 like a local newspaper where I'm from. And they were like, 0:03:59.680 --> 0:04:01.760 you know, so I had a really long beard, like 0:04:01.760 --> 0:04:04.960 the law I randomly post college. Was like, I'm gonna 0:04:04.960 --> 0:04:07.040 grow my beard out. And it was like eight months 0:04:07.080 --> 0:04:09.920 of just not shaving. Oh wow, and they were like, 0:04:10.920 --> 0:04:13.360 we don't really love the beard. So for the second interview, 0:04:13.400 --> 0:04:15.720 I shaved and I went in like clean, like kind 0:04:15.720 --> 0:04:18.240 of how it is now. And then they were like, 0:04:18.279 --> 0:04:20.720 you got the gig, but instead of it being full time, 0:04:20.720 --> 0:04:22.919 we're gonna make it freelance per store. And I was like, 0:04:23.040 --> 0:04:26.120 I shaved the same position I already have. 0:04:26.600 --> 0:04:27.760 Like what are you doing? 0:04:28.600 --> 0:04:32.080 Oh wow, Yeah, that's terrible. I once had a job 0:04:32.160 --> 0:04:34.080 I interviewed. I was going to be the sports editor 0:04:34.640 --> 0:04:36.280 for kind of a local similar what you do, like 0:04:36.320 --> 0:04:38.800 kind of a local news and information website. 0:04:38.920 --> 0:04:40.719 Right. It was a kind of startup website. 0:04:41.880 --> 0:04:45.599 And the guy who was my boss, my big boss, 0:04:45.600 --> 0:04:48.279 he was above my boss, actually interviewed me and was 0:04:48.360 --> 0:04:51.640 kind of just a strange dude, and I'll never forget. 0:04:51.640 --> 0:04:54.600 He asked me, if you were a tree, what kind 0:04:54.640 --> 0:04:55.680 of tree would you be? 0:04:57.520 --> 0:05:00.520 And I yeah, I mean the look on your face 0:05:00.600 --> 0:05:02.160 right now was sort of the I think the look. 0:05:02.279 --> 0:05:03.720 I don't I hope I didn't show it, but that's 0:05:03.720 --> 0:05:05.120 definitely the look I had inside. 0:05:05.640 --> 0:05:06.760 And I think I made up. 0:05:06.760 --> 0:05:09.440 Something like I was like I think I said like 0:05:09.480 --> 0:05:13.400 a palm tree or something, because like I can be strong, 0:05:13.600 --> 0:05:16.360 but also it can be flexible and move with the wind. 0:05:16.800 --> 0:05:18.560 I don't know, but it just the whole thing caught 0:05:18.600 --> 0:05:19.919 me off guard. I'm like, what does this have to 0:05:19.960 --> 0:05:20.360 do with. 0:05:20.279 --> 0:05:23.239 The That is a fantastic answer, though my first thought 0:05:23.279 --> 0:05:26.480 was pained because I like Christmas, like you know, like 0:05:26.480 --> 0:05:28.320 like that's a really good answer you had. 0:05:28.600 --> 0:05:30.920 I think oak came into the end of my head 0:05:30.960 --> 0:05:31.440 at some point. 0:05:31.520 --> 0:05:33.640 I was just but I really was just like taken 0:05:33.720 --> 0:05:36.520 aback by the whole thing, Like I have no idea. 0:05:36.600 --> 0:05:39.880 What that like, you're printing on trees, that's the only 0:05:39.960 --> 0:05:42.919 thing A tree kind of comes into this equation. 0:05:43.160 --> 0:05:45.360 And we were in internet companies, so when we weren't. 0:05:45.120 --> 0:05:48.880 Even doing that, you know, so I have no idea. 0:05:49.560 --> 0:05:51.560 I have no idea where that man is nowadays. I 0:05:51.680 --> 0:05:54.920 don't know that I particularly care. Uh. Anyway, we're talking 0:05:55.000 --> 0:05:57.400 AFC North teams today, as we talked some free agent fits. 0:05:57.400 --> 0:05:59.920 So we'll get through the AFC and the NFC North 0:06:00.560 --> 0:06:03.000 as we do this. But let's start with a couple 0:06:03.000 --> 0:06:06.560 of news headlines. Because in Denver, Sean Payton says he 0:06:06.640 --> 0:06:10.000 is handing over play calling duties to new offensive coordinator 0:06:10.120 --> 0:06:13.520 Davis Webb. My first thought is there hope for RJ. Harvey, 0:06:13.520 --> 0:06:15.200 But like Floya, we don't really know what this means 0:06:15.200 --> 0:06:18.839 because we have no idea what first time oh see 0:06:18.960 --> 0:06:21.240 Davis Webb is gonna be like as a play caller. 0:06:21.320 --> 0:06:24.599 So I mean, what any immediate takeaways when you hear 0:06:24.680 --> 0:06:25.320 or read this. 0:06:27.080 --> 0:06:30.120 My immediate takeaway besides what you just said of like, 0:06:30.160 --> 0:06:32.760 we don't really know what this And I spoke about 0:06:32.760 --> 0:06:35.039 this not with Davis Webb, but just like, to me, 0:06:35.200 --> 0:06:38.560 the harder, hardest situations to figure out in this is 0:06:38.640 --> 0:06:42.640 first time play callers because we especially when like there's 0:06:42.640 --> 0:06:45.479 no college or anything like that to kind of fall 0:06:45.520 --> 0:06:49.360 back on. My first thinking though was like I don't 0:06:49.360 --> 0:06:52.560 really expect this to look all that much different because 0:06:52.680 --> 0:06:55.560 Davis Webb has been a part of Sean Payton's staff 0:06:55.600 --> 0:06:59.320 the last couple of years. He quickly gained a lot 0:06:59.360 --> 0:07:02.920 of notaride this coaching cycle and was getting head coaching 0:07:03.000 --> 0:07:06.120 interviews even though he wasn't even the OC last year. 0:07:06.160 --> 0:07:11.720 Then they fired Lombardi and gave him play calling duties 0:07:11.760 --> 0:07:15.120 to keep him in Denver. To me, I think it 0:07:15.280 --> 0:07:18.320 just shows how much confidence Sean Payton has in him. 0:07:18.640 --> 0:07:22.800 I still expect a heavy Sean Payton influence, which means 0:07:22.840 --> 0:07:25.720 a lot of screen passes, a lot of slant stuff 0:07:25.760 --> 0:07:29.280 like that, So I don't expect it to look all 0:07:29.320 --> 0:07:31.760 that different. But maybe Davis Webb puts his own little 0:07:31.800 --> 0:07:33.440 twist on it. Maybe we get a little bit more 0:07:33.440 --> 0:07:35.400 aggressive throwing downfield or whatever. 0:07:36.280 --> 0:07:36.840 I think. 0:07:37.160 --> 0:07:40.400 When it comes to R. J. Harvey, though, he more 0:07:40.440 --> 0:07:42.800 than anything more than play calling, I think needs to 0:07:42.840 --> 0:07:45.600 survive the draft and free agency because if they bring 0:07:45.640 --> 0:07:48.320 in someone like last year where they brought in JK. Dobbins, 0:07:48.520 --> 0:07:51.600 that could be a wet blanket. Like I think Harvey's 0:07:51.640 --> 0:07:54.040 clearly going to have a role Marcus, Like I don't 0:07:54.080 --> 0:07:57.560 expect him to completely get you surfed or something like that. 0:07:57.880 --> 0:08:00.280 But it's just a matter of how much percent of 0:08:00.320 --> 0:08:02.400 the volume can we expect for him, And if he's 0:08:02.440 --> 0:08:04.800 the clear one, obviously you feel a lot better than 0:08:04.800 --> 0:08:07.840 if they use a high pick or a good amount 0:08:07.840 --> 0:08:08.240 of money on. 0:08:08.240 --> 0:08:08.880 A running back. 0:08:08.960 --> 0:08:12.400 So with Harvey, that the personnel around him, to me, 0:08:12.440 --> 0:08:14.920 matters a whole lot more than this change at play caller. 0:08:15.520 --> 0:08:19.760 I mean, I do think even if he survives free 0:08:19.800 --> 0:08:21.960 agency and the draft and they don't really bring in 0:08:22.000 --> 0:08:24.560 another real candidate to challenge him, I think what we 0:08:24.680 --> 0:08:27.400 saw from him late in the season and in the 0:08:27.400 --> 0:08:31.760 playoffs especially, is that I don't know that he's built 0:08:31.840 --> 0:08:38.079 to be a workhorse. You know, we saw Julia McLoughlin 0:08:38.120 --> 0:08:41.400 get carries, and look, nobody was effective running the ball 0:08:41.440 --> 0:08:42.240 against the Patriots. 0:08:42.720 --> 0:08:44.120 The Broncos could not run the ball. 0:08:44.160 --> 0:08:46.800 I think some of it was because, look, the Patriots 0:08:46.800 --> 0:08:51.280 didn't respect Jared Stidham for a good reason. But you know, 0:08:51.600 --> 0:08:53.640 Harvey was not the guy when they were trying to 0:08:53.679 --> 0:08:55.839 just run him between the tackles. He could not get 0:08:55.880 --> 0:08:58.360 anything going, couldn't gain any traction. We saw them using 0:08:58.400 --> 0:09:01.000 Jalil McLoughlin a few times. I mean, that didn't really 0:09:01.040 --> 0:09:03.360 worked out. I think in a perfect world, it would 0:09:03.360 --> 0:09:05.480 have been JK. Dobbins maybe taking a few more of 0:09:05.480 --> 0:09:08.680 those carries. And so I wonder whether or not the 0:09:08.760 --> 0:09:12.240 physical limitations, you know, unless he gets bigger and stronger, 0:09:12.280 --> 0:09:13.680 spends a lot of time in the weight room this 0:09:13.760 --> 0:09:17.959 offseason to become a stronger between the tackles runner, if 0:09:17.960 --> 0:09:19.760 that sort of limits what they can do with him 0:09:19.760 --> 0:09:21.840 play calling wise. But I you know, part of me 0:09:21.880 --> 0:09:24.559 wants to see if Davis Webb wants to, you know, 0:09:24.640 --> 0:09:26.360 kick the tires on that see what they got, and 0:09:26.400 --> 0:09:29.240 a guy who can be explosive can be a big 0:09:29.240 --> 0:09:31.600 play guy. I mean, I was definitely hoping, you know, 0:09:31.720 --> 0:09:33.760 LQ was going to be here because yeah, I wanted 0:09:33.760 --> 0:09:35.719 to hear his thoughts, knowing how much he loves R. J. 0:09:35.880 --> 0:09:36.280 Harvey. 0:09:37.000 --> 0:09:39.160 But I'm just, you know, I don't know, I'd like 0:09:39.200 --> 0:09:41.200 to see more. I'd like to see, you know, maybe 0:09:41.200 --> 0:09:44.199 we get Marvin Mims more involved, or you know, Troy 0:09:44.240 --> 0:09:49.240 Franklin or Pat Bryant somebody. But I guess, but I 0:09:49.240 --> 0:09:52.080 think you're right. I think being under Sean Payton's wing 0:09:52.120 --> 0:09:55.920 for so long means that he's going to kind of 0:09:55.960 --> 0:09:57.160 be the same as it ever was. 0:09:57.800 --> 0:10:00.840 I also like RJE hard he might have to survive 0:10:00.880 --> 0:10:03.240 this summer too, right, because he survived the draft of 0:10:03.320 --> 0:10:06.000 free agency last year. And then it was like a 0:10:06.080 --> 0:10:10.280 random day in June where JK. Dobbins signed, and I 0:10:10.360 --> 0:10:14.600 remember vividly like I was at I was playing basketball 0:10:14.640 --> 0:10:15.960 and I looked at my phone and I was like, 0:10:16.679 --> 0:10:19.280 this isn't great for RJ. Harvey. And then all of 0:10:19.320 --> 0:10:22.680 the takes from Fantasy Twitter were like, if JK. Dobbins 0:10:22.760 --> 0:10:24.640 was good, he would have signed way back. And then 0:10:24.760 --> 0:10:28.720 look how it played out, so like maybe, uh, maybe 0:10:28.960 --> 0:10:31.439 we got to wait all the way until July or something. 0:10:31.200 --> 0:10:32.880 Like that for RJ. Yeah. 0:10:33.200 --> 0:10:35.480 I think that's that's an interesting point too. As we 0:10:35.559 --> 0:10:39.320 hit free agency. I think when you talk about running backs, 0:10:40.240 --> 0:10:42.400 I don't know that the hole he didn't sign right 0:10:42.440 --> 0:10:46.440 away thing and necessarily is impactful anymore. I think once 0:10:46.520 --> 0:10:48.120 upon a time, yeah, if you didn't sign in the 0:10:48.120 --> 0:10:50.560 first few days, chances are people didn't really have a 0:10:50.640 --> 0:10:53.600 plan for you. But I think with the way teams 0:10:53.640 --> 0:10:56.400 sort of view the running back position now, I think 0:10:56.440 --> 0:10:58.720 you can have a guy who signs later in the 0:10:58.760 --> 0:11:01.880 offseason and still I'm in depending on the situation and 0:11:01.920 --> 0:11:04.480 have a role. And I think that's what happened with JK. 0:11:04.600 --> 0:11:08.320 Dobbins this past year over to Indianapolis speaking of the 0:11:08.320 --> 0:11:10.200 Combine that is where that's going to be held. But 0:11:10.240 --> 0:11:14.720 this is not Combine news. Yesterday, when I was putting 0:11:14.760 --> 0:11:16.960 this run down together, saw his story that said Chris 0:11:17.000 --> 0:11:19.600 Ballard can still see a future with Anthony Richardson on 0:11:19.720 --> 0:11:23.280 the Colts, and then plot twist this morning before we 0:11:23.320 --> 0:11:27.080 started doing the show, Anthony Richardson has requested a trade 0:11:27.120 --> 0:11:29.040 and appears that the Colts are going to honor that 0:11:29.160 --> 0:11:31.360 request and let him move on. 0:11:32.640 --> 0:11:32.760 Oh. 0:11:32.800 --> 0:11:34.520 Also something that I saw just a few minutes ago 0:11:34.840 --> 0:11:38.920 we were talking a report that Richardson has regained full 0:11:39.000 --> 0:11:39.480 vision in. 0:11:39.480 --> 0:11:40.240 His right eye. 0:11:40.240 --> 0:11:45.080 So after that sort of freak fluke injury last year 0:11:45.200 --> 0:11:47.319 with the resistance band where he was hitting the face, 0:11:47.640 --> 0:11:49.679 it appears that he has made a full recovery. So 0:11:49.720 --> 0:11:53.760 that is certainly positive news. But I mean, at this point, 0:11:53.960 --> 0:11:57.760 you know, he's been three years in the NFL, has 0:11:57.800 --> 0:12:01.040 played has even played a full season was worth of games, 0:12:01.080 --> 0:12:02.120 I don't believe, So. 0:12:04.320 --> 0:12:06.360 What is the ceiling for him now? 0:12:06.440 --> 0:12:10.320 He might thought like he's sort of Trey Lance all 0:12:10.360 --> 0:12:13.280 over again. Right, but Trey Lance's even played more game. Well, 0:12:13.280 --> 0:12:15.080 maybe I shouldn't say that. I don't know, Yeah, but 0:12:15.320 --> 0:12:17.360 it feels like they're sort of on a similar, similar 0:12:17.400 --> 0:12:18.160 track right now. 0:12:18.960 --> 0:12:23.040 I don't disagree, but you know, I'm going to champion 0:12:23.080 --> 0:12:23.560 for my boy. 0:12:23.600 --> 0:12:23.760 Here. 0:12:23.840 --> 0:12:30.080 I am a Anthony Richardson's stand because twofold one, when 0:12:30.559 --> 0:12:33.319 he was drafted, the knock on him was he did 0:12:33.360 --> 0:12:35.480 not have a lot of experience in college, right, he 0:12:35.559 --> 0:12:37.400 just had that one year where he was the starter. 0:12:37.840 --> 0:12:41.360 I think he threw less than four hundred passes in college. 0:12:41.520 --> 0:12:43.400 I could actually pull that up and tell you exactly 0:12:43.440 --> 0:12:47.120 how many he threw, but it's not that far off 0:12:47.160 --> 0:12:49.160 from where he's at at the NFL. Three years in so, 0:12:49.240 --> 0:12:51.960 in college he threw three hundred and ninety three pass attempts. 0:12:52.160 --> 0:12:55.600 In the NFL, he has thrown three hundred and fifty. Right, Like, 0:12:55.640 --> 0:12:58.320 this is just a guy who needs more seasoning. It 0:12:58.440 --> 0:13:02.800 always has the thing for me, though, is he's still 0:13:03.440 --> 0:13:06.080 just twenty three years old. He will be twenty four 0:13:06.200 --> 0:13:10.040 next year. That's younger than Michael Pennock Junior and Bo 0:13:10.240 --> 0:13:13.560 Nicks and these guys. Right, Like, he's still I know 0:13:13.600 --> 0:13:15.800 he was drafted a year before those guys. He's still younger. 0:13:16.240 --> 0:13:19.800 And I go back to some of the things we've 0:13:19.840 --> 0:13:22.920 seen him do on the football field, right like some 0:13:23.000 --> 0:13:25.720 of his running plays where it's just like, oh my god, 0:13:26.000 --> 0:13:30.080 he's like Cam Newton but faster, or that I still 0:13:30.120 --> 0:13:31.840 I forget. I think it was against the Titans, but 0:13:31.920 --> 0:13:34.040 that one throw he made where he had a defender 0:13:34.080 --> 0:13:36.160 in his face and he just like airmails it like 0:13:36.559 --> 0:13:39.120 sixty yards. One of the best throws I've ever seen, 0:13:39.600 --> 0:13:42.679 and all the physical tools are there. I understand that 0:13:43.200 --> 0:13:45.760 he's very raw when it comes to breaking down defenses 0:13:45.800 --> 0:13:48.160 and stuff like that. You know who else was Malik 0:13:48.240 --> 0:13:52.920 Willis the number one rated quarterback, number one rated free 0:13:52.960 --> 0:13:58.520 agent by Greg Rosenthal right now. So I think Anthony Richardson, yes, 0:13:58.559 --> 0:14:01.079 he needs he needs to go to a place where 0:14:02.280 --> 0:14:04.880 he has a coach that could kind of coach him up. 0:14:04.920 --> 0:14:07.240 Maybe maybe I don't I want him to get reps, 0:14:07.720 --> 0:14:09.960 but I don't know. Maybe they view a Malik Willis path. 0:14:10.400 --> 0:14:14.560 But Malik Willis and Kyler Murray, I will admit, you 0:14:14.559 --> 0:14:17.240 could make an argument that they have higher upside or 0:14:17.280 --> 0:14:20.240 maybe a combination of floor and upside after that, there 0:14:20.320 --> 0:14:23.520 is not a quarterback available in my opinion, that sniffs 0:14:23.560 --> 0:14:26.640 the upside of an Anthony Richardson. Maybe they're safer options, 0:14:26.680 --> 0:14:30.400 There definitely are. But if you're like, like, I don't 0:14:30.400 --> 0:14:32.240 wish this on him. I hope he goes somewhere better. 0:14:32.440 --> 0:14:34.160 But if you're like the Jets. 0:14:33.880 --> 0:14:36.680 Right, that's the one name that he's popping up, right, 0:14:36.880 --> 0:14:37.280 why not? 0:14:37.760 --> 0:14:40.360 Right? Like you're already hoping to have a high pick 0:14:40.480 --> 0:14:43.960 next year, Anthony Richardson could either be terrible and help 0:14:44.040 --> 0:14:47.360 you get that number one pick, or he can hit 0:14:47.840 --> 0:14:50.640 and you suddenly don't have to draft a quarterback because 0:14:50.680 --> 0:14:52.920 you have a very young one now with a clear 0:14:53.000 --> 0:14:56.160 cut future. So if you're them, or the Dolphins or 0:14:56.200 --> 0:14:58.320 any of these QB and needy teams that miss out 0:14:58.320 --> 0:15:02.520 on Willis, I think Anthony Richardson is a fantastic pivot. 0:15:03.320 --> 0:15:06.680 I mean that's to me, that's sort of the issue 0:15:06.760 --> 0:15:10.640 is where can he go knowing he needs reps, knowing 0:15:10.640 --> 0:15:12.840 he's got to get on the field and play. Where 0:15:12.920 --> 0:15:16.280 can he go where he can get those opportunities? And yeah, 0:15:16.360 --> 0:15:21.120 the options are sort of bleak. It's the Jets, maybe 0:15:21.160 --> 0:15:24.160 it's the Dolphins. If they feel they feel, you know, 0:15:24.880 --> 0:15:28.880 adventurous like that. They're obviously moving on from Tua, and 0:15:28.920 --> 0:15:31.160 I don't think they're any there. They're nowhere close to 0:15:31.520 --> 0:15:34.640 really being competitive like that. Seven wins last year was 0:15:34.760 --> 0:15:38.680 sort of a mirage. I said last said last year, 0:15:38.760 --> 0:15:40.240 I think they could be the worst team in the NFL. 0:15:40.320 --> 0:15:43.400 So maybe you try with Anthony Richardson and see what happens. 0:15:43.960 --> 0:15:48.000 You know, the Cardinals maybe are another option, depending on 0:15:48.040 --> 0:15:50.280 what they want to do at quarterback, unless they decide 0:15:50.280 --> 0:15:52.920 there's gonna you hand it over to Jacoby Brissette for 0:15:52.920 --> 0:15:53.520 a full year. 0:15:53.520 --> 0:15:55.120 But I don't really see that happening. 0:15:55.520 --> 0:15:58.640 But like all the other places where he could go 0:15:58.720 --> 0:16:01.440 and get reps or other bad teams, I should say 0:16:01.800 --> 0:16:05.720 they don't have options, right, I mean the Browns, Uh, well, 0:16:05.760 --> 0:16:07.560 we'll talk about the Browns in a little bit, But 0:16:07.560 --> 0:16:08.240 the Browns have. 0:16:08.560 --> 0:16:12.160 A Richardson Shadoor camp battle would break the Internet at 0:16:12.240 --> 0:16:13.520 least fantasy Twitter, but. 0:16:13.600 --> 0:16:16.520 Like not in a good way like this from a 0:16:16.760 --> 0:16:19.480 from a comedy standpoint, I think it probably would. 0:16:19.880 --> 0:16:21.800 But the Browns kind of out there own. They're kind 0:16:21.800 --> 0:16:23.800 of overloaded. 0:16:23.160 --> 0:16:25.520 With bodies at least, I don't know if they have 0:16:25.600 --> 0:16:25.960 a guy. 0:16:27.480 --> 0:16:30.160 The Titans have their guy for the time being. 0:16:30.680 --> 0:16:34.000 The Raiders are they gonna draft Fernando Mendoza, so he's 0:16:34.040 --> 0:16:37.600 not really gonna get a shot there. The Saints, you know, 0:16:38.040 --> 0:16:39.920 they've got their guy that they want to try to 0:16:39.960 --> 0:16:42.840 develop right now. And Tyler Shuck. So really, if you 0:16:42.880 --> 0:16:48.040 have the Jets, the Dolphins and maybe the Cardinals kind 0:16:48.040 --> 0:16:50.200 of the only real landing spots if he wants to 0:16:50.280 --> 0:16:51.120 get on the field. 0:16:52.880 --> 0:16:55.520 I keep operating as if Milik Willis is already a Cardinal. 0:16:55.560 --> 0:16:58.360 I just feel like that's he's gonna end up. That's happening. 0:16:59.200 --> 0:17:02.080 The Browns know that. I thought Richardson because look, I 0:17:02.120 --> 0:17:04.360 know they have a lot of bodies, but no one 0:17:04.480 --> 0:17:09.480 stands out there. Here's a wacky scenario I just thought 0:17:09.480 --> 0:17:12.720 of right now as we're discussing this, Uh, why don't 0:17:12.720 --> 0:17:15.360 we get headache for headache pick that did at first 0:17:15.400 --> 0:17:17.280 round pick that didn't work out. For first round pick 0:17:17.280 --> 0:17:20.960 that didn't work out, how about Anthony Richardson for JJ McCarthy. Right, 0:17:21.560 --> 0:17:24.120 psychn you get your chance with JJ. Now we see 0:17:24.160 --> 0:17:26.320 if you could if KAOC could get the most set 0:17:26.320 --> 0:17:28.160 of Anthony Richardson, and we just go from there. 0:17:29.920 --> 0:17:32.800 If I'm a Viking fan, I am burning everything down. 0:17:32.840 --> 0:17:37.880 If that's what happens, I'd rather Anthony Richardson personally, He's 0:17:37.880 --> 0:17:39.200 got he's got the skill set. 0:17:39.200 --> 0:17:42.560 At least he does have the skill set. Yeah. 0:17:43.760 --> 0:17:46.679 Man, we're gonna talk about the Vikings too, since it 0:17:46.760 --> 0:17:48.600 just sort of worked out there was there were there 0:17:48.600 --> 0:17:52.480 were AFC North and NFC North quarterback stories that popped 0:17:52.560 --> 0:17:54.400 up on my radar in the last couple of days. 0:17:54.400 --> 0:17:55.879 I was like, oh, so perfect that we're talking this 0:17:55.920 --> 0:17:56.919 division today, So. 0:17:58.320 --> 0:18:00.119 Yeah, we can. We can revisit this a little bit 0:18:00.240 --> 0:18:01.240 later on in the show. 0:18:01.280 --> 0:18:03.679 So that's a good spot for us to stop for 0:18:03.680 --> 0:18:05.360 a minute, take a breath, come back. We'll dive into 0:18:05.400 --> 0:18:08.119 the AFC North as we talked some free agency heading 0:18:08.200 --> 0:18:10.320 up to the new league year coming about a week 0:18:10.320 --> 0:18:13.160 and a half. That's next on the NFL Fantasy Football Podcast, 0:18:17.119 --> 0:18:19.920 all right, talking some free agency and looking at the 0:18:19.960 --> 0:18:25.159 AFC North in reverse order of finish at the Browns, Bengals, Ravens, Steelers. 0:18:25.880 --> 0:18:28.040 One thing I noticed so far going through these is 0:18:28.280 --> 0:18:30.359 kind of looking at team needs. A lot of teams 0:18:30.440 --> 0:18:35.600 need wide receivers, which is wild considering the amounts of 0:18:36.440 --> 0:18:38.560 guys who've come out of that position, who've been successful 0:18:38.560 --> 0:18:41.440 in the amount of you know, players just floating around 0:18:41.440 --> 0:18:43.560 the league at that position, but still seems to be 0:18:43.560 --> 0:18:44.760 a need across the NFL. 0:18:45.440 --> 0:18:46.840 The Browns could. 0:18:46.720 --> 0:18:49.439 Use a wide receiver they've I think they could use 0:18:49.480 --> 0:18:51.679 a quarterback. Yeah, I was sort of looking at places 0:18:51.680 --> 0:18:52.920 and nobody listed quarterback. 0:18:53.000 --> 0:18:54.560 I think the Browns need a quarterback. 0:18:55.200 --> 0:18:59.840 And to wit a story recently on NFL dot Com, 0:19:00.359 --> 0:19:03.879 Brown's general manager Andrew Berry leaves the door open for 0:19:04.000 --> 0:19:07.040 Deshaun Watson to compete for a starting job. And I'm 0:19:07.080 --> 0:19:09.160 gonna ask you, Michael lef Floria, why don't I believe 0:19:09.200 --> 0:19:09.879 that is true? 0:19:11.480 --> 0:19:14.720 Because you have eyes and you pay close attention to 0:19:14.760 --> 0:19:18.800 the NFL, and you've watched Deshaun Watson ever since he's 0:19:18.840 --> 0:19:23.080 returned not be But I will say this though, right well, 0:19:23.160 --> 0:19:25.520 the reason why they're not ruling him out is because 0:19:26.200 --> 0:19:28.680 his base salary this year is forty six million dollars 0:19:28.760 --> 0:19:32.840