1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 1: Wow, Ye, what's up everybody? It is Wednesday, April twelve, 2 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:17,599 Speaker 1: twenty twenty three. Welcome to the NFL Fantasy Football Podcast. 3 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 1: We're we're gonna try to do our own pro days 4 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:22,680 Speaker 1: or something. You might recognize that I am not Marcus Grant. 5 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:26,120 Speaker 1: I'm Michael left Florio, but I'm still joined by Marcus Grant, 6 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:28,760 Speaker 1: who's having his Michael Jordan flu game. Yeah I don't. 7 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:31,960 Speaker 1: I don't completely sound like Marcus Grant. The voice is 8 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:33,720 Speaker 1: a little rough, so bear with me, but we're gonna 9 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 1: get it out. I got my my tea with my 10 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 1: lemon and honey. Um, we're gonna do this as best 11 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:40,120 Speaker 1: we can today. I like to think that it's because 12 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 1: you were cheering for for Lebron and the Lakers too, 13 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:44,559 Speaker 1: but that's not the case. No, not at all. Now, 14 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 1: my team doesn't play until Saturday, so we had to 15 00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:49,680 Speaker 1: wait till that same Nick's Warriors Saturday. It's gonna be 16 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 1: a fun, fun time. But you came to listen to 17 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:55,320 Speaker 1: this for some NFL draft talk, so I want to 18 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:58,319 Speaker 1: save Marcus's voice. We're gonna get right into it. We're 19 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:02,080 Speaker 1: gonna continue our division previews and and goa team by 20 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:04,919 Speaker 1: team base on what they could do in this year's 21 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:07,880 Speaker 1: NFL draft, And right now, we're gonna start with the 22 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:11,600 Speaker 1: AFC North, going in alphabetical orders, so we're fair, we 23 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:14,320 Speaker 1: don't we don't pick favorites or anything like that. We're 24 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:18,640 Speaker 1: gonna start with the Baltimore Ravens, who have five total picks, 25 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:22,559 Speaker 1: their first being the twenty second in the first round. 26 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 1: And right now their team needs wide receiver, cornerback, quarterback, 27 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:32,040 Speaker 1: which is not great considering that they could easily solve 28 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:34,360 Speaker 1: the quarterback situation. You just you just gotta pay a 29 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 1: guy who you've had the last four or five years. 30 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 1: Uh don't see why you wouldn't want to pay that guy. 31 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 1: But looking at some of who they have mocked, Uh, 32 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:46,920 Speaker 1: Daniel Jeremiah has Joey Porter, the cornerback from Penn State 33 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:49,840 Speaker 1: going to them. Bucky Brooks has Cam Smith, also a 34 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 1: cornerback out of South Carolina, and then Lanzerlin has a 35 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 1: one that I find fun and that I see a 36 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:59,320 Speaker 1: lot of people mocking Zay Flowers going to Boston College. 37 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 1: But as someone who really likes a Flowers game, I'm 38 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 1: hoping he doesn't end up in Baltimore. Yeah, I mean, 39 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 1: it's sort of like when Rashad Bateman went there. Right, 40 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 1: everybody loved this talent. It was a bad situation for him, 41 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 1: and injuries have definitely played a part. But he also 42 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:16,120 Speaker 1: has been in an offense that has been run heavy, 43 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 1: and I think that's the concern with Zay Flowers. Side note, 44 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 1: the idea of Joey Porter being a Raven is hilarious 45 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 1: because his father, the other Joey Porter, you know, was 46 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 1: a big time rival of the Ravens for years. Um. 47 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:34,239 Speaker 1: I think they need a wide receiver. You know, who 48 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 1: knows how long this Lamar Jackson impass is going to last. 49 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:40,480 Speaker 1: But I think drafting a wide receiver shows that you 50 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:43,919 Speaker 1: are trying to make amends, that you're trying to build 51 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 1: something with him. And I don't think adding Odell Beckham 52 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 1: juniors enough. You know, they went out and did that 53 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 1: last week. They bring him in. He's a nice veteran 54 00:02:51,919 --> 00:02:54,359 Speaker 1: presence and you know, but you're talking about a guy 55 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:56,360 Speaker 1: who is on the wrong side of thirty, has had 56 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 1: a couple of major injuries, you know, hasn't played football 57 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:01,800 Speaker 1: and for a year got hurt. You know that Super 58 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 1: Bowl two seasons ago. Now, I don't think he's the 59 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 1: answer to their question. They have a new offensive coordinator 60 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:11,919 Speaker 1: in Todd Monkin, who is going to be I think 61 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:13,640 Speaker 1: a little more. I don't know how you can be 62 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 1: less pass heavy than Greg Roman, so he's gonna be 63 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:18,920 Speaker 1: more past heavy than Greg Roman was. So I do 64 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 1: think as a Flowers add to that team would be 65 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 1: nice to go along with hopefully a healthy Bateman developing 66 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:28,639 Speaker 1: Devin DuVernay. Whatever Odell Beckham can give you, I think 67 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:31,080 Speaker 1: that gives you, And like, let me not forget Mark Andrews, 68 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:34,080 Speaker 1: who's probably still gonna be the target leader on this team. 69 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 1: Zay Flowers just feels like a better fit for what 70 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 1: this team needs right now and hopefully is the olive 71 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 1: branch to make Lamar Jackson think you know what, maybe 72 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 1: I'll stick around and see what we can do together. Yeah. 73 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 1: I think Zay Flowers would be a really good real 74 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:50,480 Speaker 1: life fit for the Ravens and would help that offense 75 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 1: to go just be more dynamic and more explosive. But 76 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 1: just for fantasy, I don't want him on a team 77 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 1: that's gonna be so run heavy with multiple like because 78 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:02,000 Speaker 1: at best, Flowers would probably come in and he'd be 79 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:05,720 Speaker 1: behind Mark Andrews likely behind Odell and Rashad Bateman, um 80 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 1: on O'Dell real quick, just a fantasy spin on that. 81 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 1: Don't don't reach for Odell and when you do bestball 82 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:15,080 Speaker 1: drafts or anything. To me, I don't really have much 83 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:16,720 Speaker 1: of an interest in him, but if I did, it 84 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:18,960 Speaker 1: would have to be as a late round flyer at best. 85 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 1: I was amazed at the money that Oldell Beckham got. 86 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 1: When I saw up to eighteen million, I was like, cool, man, 87 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:28,480 Speaker 1: it's gonna be like a five million dollar contract or something. 88 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 1: And covered in no Odell got per year. He is 89 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:33,919 Speaker 1: going to be making the most of any free agent 90 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:36,840 Speaker 1: wide receiver this year, which kind of boggles the mind. 91 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 1: But hey, him and Odell were, him and Lamar were 92 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:41,920 Speaker 1: on FaceTime. You saw them in the club together. May 93 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:45,080 Speaker 1: maybe it's My initial reaction was like, Okay, this is 94 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:47,320 Speaker 1: a good thing for Lamar until I saw the money 95 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:49,599 Speaker 1: and I was like, no Odell was just getting the 96 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:52,120 Speaker 1: most money he possibly could. I mean, good for him, 97 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 1: but I don't know that that this solves what Baltimore 98 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 1: has to do offensively. I just don't Brian Drake, who 99 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:01,160 Speaker 1: does a lot of great stuff. You find him on 100 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:03,919 Speaker 1: Twitter at Drake fantasy he got tweeted OBJ is the 101 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:06,480 Speaker 1: new Josh Gordon. He's the fantasy ghost that people will 102 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 1: chase until their final breath. Yeah, And I think there's 103 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:12,600 Speaker 1: some truth to that. I do. And also what doesn't 104 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:15,320 Speaker 1: help is the fact that just like Josh Gordon, whenever 105 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:18,520 Speaker 1: you see Odell Beckham, not only is he like like 106 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:21,600 Speaker 1: one of the swaggiest dudes alive, but like he just 107 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:24,239 Speaker 1: looks like, if this guy stepped on the football field, 108 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 1: he can go. He could still go for fifteen hundred. 109 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 1: We know that he can anymore, but he has that 110 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:31,840 Speaker 1: look and I think it's very deceiving. But it's gonna 111 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:35,040 Speaker 1: be an interesting couple of months for the Ravens, and 112 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:36,799 Speaker 1: who they take in the first round of the draft 113 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:39,359 Speaker 1: is probably like the third biggest thing that might happen 114 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:42,920 Speaker 1: to this team over the next couple of weeks. Moving 115 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:46,479 Speaker 1: to the Cincinnati Bengals, who last year we're in the 116 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 1: AFC Championship Game. Two years ago were in a Super Bowl, 117 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 1: but they lost some pieces on defense. They're gonna have 118 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:55,480 Speaker 1: to start resigning a lot of their young offensive pieces. 119 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 1: They have seven total picks in this draft. The first 120 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:01,719 Speaker 1: comes twenty eighth overall, all uh, and their team needs 121 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:04,719 Speaker 1: no surprise offensive tackle. It feels like it's been offensive 122 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:07,560 Speaker 1: line for like a decade now that this team is needed. UH. 123 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:10,240 Speaker 1: They also could use tight end, which feels a little 124 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 1: disrespectful to my boy IRV Smith, and running back because 125 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 1: who knows what is going to happen with Joe Mixon 126 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:20,120 Speaker 1: right now and they don't have much depth behind him. 127 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 1: So looking at the first round mocks, DJ has a 128 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:27,040 Speaker 1: Darnell right the the tackle from Tennessee, which would go 129 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 1: a long way and protecting uh Joe Burrow, Bucky has 130 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 1: Dalton Kincaide, which the tight end out of Utah would 131 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:37,320 Speaker 1: be a lot of fun, but that offense already has 132 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 1: in an abundance of riches, and lanserline has Luke Musgrave 133 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:44,240 Speaker 1: the tight end from Oregon State. So multiple of our 134 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:47,680 Speaker 1: guys projecting a tight end, UH if they were to 135 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 1: go do that even add to the the old line. 136 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 1: Our question right now where like should they take a 137 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:55,360 Speaker 1: running back on day two? I think they should? Um, 138 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 1: you know, I don't. I don't think. I mean, maybe 139 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:01,240 Speaker 1: there's a chance to be Jean Robinson is there at 140 00:07:01,279 --> 00:07:03,240 Speaker 1: twenty eight. Who knows, but I don't I don't know 141 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:05,160 Speaker 1: that that's the move. I think they wait till Day two, 142 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:09,040 Speaker 1: second round, third round they find a guy because it's weird, 143 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:12,840 Speaker 1: this whole Joe Mixon thing. Maybe he's gonna get let go. 144 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:17,960 Speaker 1: There's no real clarity on it right now, but having 145 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:21,760 Speaker 1: lost some JP Ryan, they're gonna have to fill that 146 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 1: backfield some kind of way, so I think that has 147 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:27,160 Speaker 1: to be a priority for this offense. They've got the quarterback, 148 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:30,560 Speaker 1: they've got the pass catchers. I actually wouldn't want to 149 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 1: see them take a Kincaid or a Musgrave because, as 150 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:35,320 Speaker 1: you mentioned, whoever it is is going to be behind 151 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 1: Chase and Higgins and probably Boyd for targets, so adding 152 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:43,320 Speaker 1: a tight end doesn't help us and our greedy fantasy desires. 153 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 1: I would really like to see them spend that first 154 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:50,440 Speaker 1: round pick on an offensive tackle, something to protect Joe 155 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 1: Burrow make that offense as a whole better. But I 156 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:54,960 Speaker 1: think a running back has to be has to be 157 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:58,120 Speaker 1: in their plans, especially if they're planning on moving on 158 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 1: from Joe Mixon. And just just for those who don't 159 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 1: follow the draft as closely as we do, like Day 160 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:07,640 Speaker 1: two running backs are they're would litter the first round 161 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:10,000 Speaker 1: of fantasy. It's not a lot at all. No, Yeah, 162 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:12,679 Speaker 1: Bruce Hall, Kenneth Walker last year with Day two picks, 163 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor, DeAndre Swift, like Day two picks like Damie appears, 164 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 1: you can find a lot of talent and even past 165 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:22,560 Speaker 1: the second or third round at the running back position, 166 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 1: just based on how the NFL values the position. But 167 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 1: I agree because not only one has Joe Mixon miss 168 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 1: time throughout his NFL career, And we saw last year 169 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 1: how big of a savior Samaj p Ryan was at times. 170 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:38,280 Speaker 1: But this guy can't see out of the news lately 171 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:40,880 Speaker 1: and stuff. So who knows if they're gonna end up, 172 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:43,720 Speaker 1: if he's even gonna be on the roster, because there's 173 00:08:43,760 --> 00:08:46,200 Speaker 1: still a lot of rumors that they might just get 174 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 1: rid of him, and decides to save the money there 175 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:51,720 Speaker 1: because they're gonna have to pay Burrow and Chase and Higgins, 176 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 1: and you save the money wherever you can at that point. 177 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 1: The Cleveland Browns eight total picks in this year's draft, 178 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:04,280 Speaker 1: but fortunately for them, none until the third round because 179 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:06,319 Speaker 1: you may have heard that they gave all of their 180 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:09,520 Speaker 1: picks away for a quarterback last year and Deshaun Watson 181 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:12,960 Speaker 1: and then guaranteed his contract. But right now their needs 182 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:17,440 Speaker 1: are d end, linebacker and running back. Some possible options 183 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 1: because again they don't have a pick till the third round, 184 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:22,199 Speaker 1: like a Zach Evans, a running back out of Mississippi. 185 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:24,640 Speaker 1: I know we're gonna be talking to Emery Hunts on 186 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:26,680 Speaker 1: the later episode of this show. He'd be saying, go 187 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:29,960 Speaker 1: get deuced Vaughan right now. But when I look at 188 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 1: this Brown's team on offense, I don't see a lot 189 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:35,160 Speaker 1: of holes, at least at the skill like. They have 190 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:38,520 Speaker 1: good receivers, a good tight end, running back with Nick Chubb, 191 00:09:38,559 --> 00:09:41,160 Speaker 1: and obviously the quarterback. Do you see any needs out 192 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 1: of maybe a backup running back. Yeah, I mean I 193 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:47,640 Speaker 1: don't see any needs that they can fill easily in 194 00:09:47,679 --> 00:09:52,840 Speaker 1: this draft. I think they need another receiver to sort 195 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:56,360 Speaker 1: of support Amari Cooper. I think DPJ is they don't 196 00:09:56,360 --> 00:09:59,040 Speaker 1: have a People's Jones is nice. I think they can 197 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 1: do better, um, but I don't, you know, without a 198 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:07,640 Speaker 1: pick until the third round, I just don't see them 199 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:10,400 Speaker 1: being able to really address those needs very adequately. So 200 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:13,199 Speaker 1: in that case, yeah, go act bolster that backfield a 201 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:16,160 Speaker 1: little bit. Um. You know, I remember a couple of 202 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:18,440 Speaker 1: weeks ago, there was some chatter that maybe they were 203 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:20,560 Speaker 1: ready to move on from Nick Chubb, which I thought 204 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:22,360 Speaker 1: was like the dumbest thing I'd ever heard a while, 205 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 1: because I don't know why you would willingly get rid 206 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:28,240 Speaker 1: of Nick Chubb unless you absolutely have to, and they 207 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 1: don't have to. So then, you know, then the question becomes, 208 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:34,640 Speaker 1: who is that? Who's who's that number two guy? You know? 209 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:38,120 Speaker 1: Is it the Ernest Johnson? Is it Jerome Ford? Is it? 210 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:42,240 Speaker 1: You know who? Who could it be? But why not 211 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:44,440 Speaker 1: create some competition? Go out and get as you mentioned, 212 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 1: maybe a duce Vaughn, maybe a Zach Evans, you know, 213 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:50,680 Speaker 1: maybe Devana Chain is still there. Who knows, But go 214 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:54,240 Speaker 1: out and get some competition, because you know, you aren't 215 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:55,880 Speaker 1: getting to a point where you're going to have to 216 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:57,920 Speaker 1: figure out what you're doing with Nick Chubb. As much 217 00:10:57,920 --> 00:10:59,959 Speaker 1: as I love running backs and want guys to get paid, 218 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:03,320 Speaker 1: the reality of the NFL is that guys don't. So, 219 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:06,480 Speaker 1: you know, I think with what they have in the 220 00:11:06,559 --> 00:11:08,360 Speaker 1: limited number of picks, what do they got? They have 221 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:10,800 Speaker 1: eight picks? But not until the third round. Just because 222 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:13,319 Speaker 1: you're talking like you know, late day two and in 223 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:16,760 Speaker 1: mostly Day three, you know, try to try to get 224 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:19,720 Speaker 1: some backups had some key positions, and again for us 225 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:22,040 Speaker 1: greedy fantasy folks, running back seems to be a need 226 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:25,520 Speaker 1: for them. And I think maybe as a fantasy community 227 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:28,280 Speaker 1: we have Nick Chubb fatigue or something like you don't 228 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 1: hear a whole lot about a guy who had a 229 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:33,480 Speaker 1: career high over fifteen hundred rushing yards and twelve touchdowns 230 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:37,040 Speaker 1: last year, but he's still in early drafts. I know, 231 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:40,360 Speaker 1: its like a low end RB one. And my thing 232 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:42,360 Speaker 1: has always been like, oh well, cream Hunt's gonna catch 233 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:45,120 Speaker 1: too many passes. There's no one right now. Obviously we 234 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:47,640 Speaker 1: have to see as the draft, but this is a 235 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:49,640 Speaker 1: team with limited picks, so if they don't take a 236 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:51,920 Speaker 1: running back with one of their like third round picks, 237 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:55,079 Speaker 1: let's say we could be looking at Nick Chubb potentially 238 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:57,320 Speaker 1: having a career year next year if he's getting more 239 00:11:57,360 --> 00:12:00,840 Speaker 1: passed catching opportunities, and no one I haven't seen a 240 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:03,480 Speaker 1: single person really getting excited about Nick Chubb. It's like, yeah, 241 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:05,719 Speaker 1: he's Nick Chubby. Than it's like, you know, it's the 242 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:07,440 Speaker 1: guys we take for granted. Maybe that's a list we 243 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:10,240 Speaker 1: do this summer guys we take for granted, right because 244 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:13,120 Speaker 1: you know, for years Mike Evans I think was one 245 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:16,200 Speaker 1: of those Tyler Lockett's one. Nick Chubb seems to be one. 246 00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:18,360 Speaker 1: Keenan Allen is one. If these guys are just like, 247 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:21,000 Speaker 1: oh um, Keenan Allen, He's gonna get me one hundred 248 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:25,640 Speaker 1: catches and eleven hundred yards and eight touchdowns. The yeah 249 00:12:25,679 --> 00:12:28,240 Speaker 1: you love it though, I'll glad I mean I've been 250 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:30,200 Speaker 1: low one Nick Chubb, but now I'm talking about like 251 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:32,240 Speaker 1: in the past compared to others, Like I've always had 252 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:34,439 Speaker 1: him as like top twelve, but I'm closer to twelve 253 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:37,959 Speaker 1: than like the top. But yeah, now I'm like, if 254 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:40,559 Speaker 1: if this is his backup competition, and they he had 255 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:42,679 Speaker 1: more targets last year than he has in years, Like, 256 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:44,320 Speaker 1: if they want to start throwing him the ball more, 257 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:48,040 Speaker 1: I will gladly be especially everyone's gonna take receivers in 258 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:50,080 Speaker 1: round one, you'll get Nick chubble like mid to late 259 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:53,480 Speaker 1: second round. I'll sign up for that ball doesn't suck. Yeah, 260 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:57,040 Speaker 1: I'll take that all day long. Now, the Pittsburgh Steelers 261 00:12:57,120 --> 00:13:00,840 Speaker 1: round out the North here they have said into total picks. 262 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:06,280 Speaker 1: Their first one comes seventeenth overall, their team needs old line, cornerback, 263 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:10,240 Speaker 1: defensive line, and looking at the first round mocks, DJ 264 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 1: has Broderick Jones, the offensive tackle from Georgia. Going there. 265 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:17,880 Speaker 1: Bucky has Deontay Banks, the cornerback from Maryland, and which 266 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:22,560 Speaker 1: is exactly what Lanzerlin has as well. The Steelers have 267 00:13:22,679 --> 00:13:27,280 Speaker 1: so much talent, Naji Harris, Deontay Johnson, George Pickens, like 268 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:30,840 Speaker 1: Pat Fryarmuth. What do they have to do though to 269 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:35,120 Speaker 1: actually be interesting? I don't know. So when I was 270 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:38,120 Speaker 1: putting the Rundown together and I was thinking about this question, 271 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:42,920 Speaker 1: the thing that came to buying is the movie The Fan. 272 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:45,720 Speaker 1: And I know we've put the film festival on hold 273 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 1: for now. The Fan comes out in nineteen ninety six, 274 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:52,280 Speaker 1: I was in college. I remember my roommate says, Hey, 275 00:13:52,280 --> 00:13:54,760 Speaker 1: we should go see The Fan. And his whole pitch was, 276 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:59,400 Speaker 1: it's Wesley Snipes, it's Robert de Narrow, it's baseball. And 277 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:01,680 Speaker 1: I was like, I'm sold. I've never seen it, and 278 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:04,960 Speaker 1: I'm sold right now. I'm sold. That movie was terrible. 279 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:09,880 Speaker 1: It was terrible, and that's sort of how I feel 280 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:13,040 Speaker 1: about the Steelers. Right They've got Deante Johnson They've got 281 00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:16,160 Speaker 1: Nage Harris, They've got Pat Friarmuth, They've got George Pickens. 282 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:19,480 Speaker 1: They have all these pieces that seemed really exciting. I 283 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:22,880 Speaker 1: don't want to watch the Steelers play offense. I don't. 284 00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:25,119 Speaker 1: I don't know if this means they need a new coordinator. 285 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:28,440 Speaker 1: You know, maybe we need Kenny Pickett to really take 286 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:30,920 Speaker 1: a big step forward in the offseason. I don't know. 287 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 1: I don't see any skill position needs that really should 288 00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:38,760 Speaker 1: be addressed right now. But I also don't see anything 289 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:42,080 Speaker 1: that really excites me about drafting Steelers this year. So 290 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:44,400 Speaker 1: I don't really know what sort of magic dust needs 291 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:46,520 Speaker 1: to be sprinkled on it. I can't figure it out. 292 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:49,320 Speaker 1: I don't know my thinking because obviously they're not gonna 293 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:51,240 Speaker 1: get rid of Kenny Pickett one year. He was a 294 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:55,640 Speaker 1: twentieth pick last season, so my thinking was like, move 295 00:14:55,680 --> 00:14:58,240 Speaker 1: on from the coordinator. But they brought Matt Canada back, 296 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:02,960 Speaker 1: and to me, this offense was extremely extremely vanilla last year. 297 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 1: The only thing that stands out to me with the 298 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:10,520 Speaker 1: Steelers is one Naji Harris is still going as like 299 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:13,120 Speaker 1: a borderline top twelve running back in early drafts. I 300 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:15,720 Speaker 1: don't I'm like the people forget what the Naji Harris 301 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:19,080 Speaker 1: experience last year was. On the flip side of that, though, 302 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:22,160 Speaker 1: Deontay Johnson is like barely a top forty wide receiver 303 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:24,760 Speaker 1: in ADP, I'll glad I'm like this guy. Even though 304 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 1: he struggled last year, We're still getting like double digit 305 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:30,120 Speaker 1: targets each week. I will gladly sign up for that. 306 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:33,160 Speaker 1: So maybe you can find some value with the Steelers. 307 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:35,080 Speaker 1: But certainly not an offense that we are going to 308 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:36,920 Speaker 1: be banging the table for or that we are going 309 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:40,640 Speaker 1: to be super excited about, but good place to take 310 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:42,800 Speaker 1: a quick break. When we come back, we will talk 311 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:51,920 Speaker 1: about the NFC North. Welcome back to the NFL Fantasy 312 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:55,240 Speaker 1: Football Show. We're gonna talk some NFC North here, and 313 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:58,280 Speaker 1: I think Adam Rank's ears might be ringing because it's 314 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:01,760 Speaker 1: time to talk some Chicago Bears, who have ten total 315 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:04,640 Speaker 1: picks in this year's draft. Of course, the draft was 316 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:07,360 Speaker 1: starting with Chicago, but they gave that right to Carolina, 317 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:11,400 Speaker 1: so their first pick comes ninth. Overall, their team needs 318 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:17,400 Speaker 1: D line, O line cornerback. DJ has Peter Scronsky the 319 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 1: offensive tackle from Northwestern, so does Book Bucky, And I 320 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:23,720 Speaker 1: actually I think that fit is perfect for what the 321 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:30,520 Speaker 1: Bears need. Lanzerlin has Lucas van Ness the edge from Iowa. 322 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:33,360 Speaker 1: Do you think the Bears outside of offensive line, which 323 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:35,040 Speaker 1: I think we all would agree they need to bolster 324 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 1: up a bit, do you think they have enough pieces 325 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:42,680 Speaker 1: on offense for Justin Fields. I think they do. Adding 326 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:45,800 Speaker 1: obviously getting DJ Moore helps a lot. That gives them 327 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:48,520 Speaker 1: the receiver that they've been needing. I would like to 328 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:51,560 Speaker 1: see them draft another pass catcher, but it's not any 329 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:54,200 Speaker 1: media need. They don't need to do that, you know, 330 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:56,880 Speaker 1: day one, you know, maybe not even early in day two. 331 00:16:56,920 --> 00:16:59,160 Speaker 1: If they're gonna wait till later in day two or 332 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:03,080 Speaker 1: day three. I think that's fine. But I do think 333 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:06,440 Speaker 1: they need to sort of stack some pass catchers around him. 334 00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:08,640 Speaker 1: But I do think for the most part, they sort 335 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:10,919 Speaker 1: of have their offense in place, and I think, you know, 336 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:13,399 Speaker 1: they're in a position now where they can really start 337 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:19,159 Speaker 1: to I think fairly and truly evaluate what Justin Fields is. 338 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:20,960 Speaker 1: We saw a lot of it last year. We saw 339 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:23,399 Speaker 1: him really develop and take a big step forward. I 340 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:25,600 Speaker 1: mean that's the reason that you know he's going to 341 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:28,840 Speaker 1: get drafted in fantasy as a top five quarterback this year. 342 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:32,440 Speaker 1: I don't think there's any doubt about that. But now 343 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:34,879 Speaker 1: I think we get to see what he can be, 344 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:36,400 Speaker 1: or at least get an idea of what he can 345 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:40,200 Speaker 1: be as a passer. Right, You've got Dj Moore there. 346 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:43,119 Speaker 1: Hopefully Darnell Mooney can can stay healthy and sort of 347 00:17:43,119 --> 00:17:45,520 Speaker 1: help out a light. You know what we saw from 348 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:48,320 Speaker 1: Cole Commet developing a little bit. So you know, they 349 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:52,160 Speaker 1: get Deonta Foreman in the backfield. Not spectacular, but steady, right, 350 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:55,399 Speaker 1: So I think there's beginnings of something there. Again, if 351 00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:58,119 Speaker 1: they want to spend a Day three pick on a 352 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:00,600 Speaker 1: wide receiver, I wouldn't complain about it. But for the 353 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:02,639 Speaker 1: most part, I think they got an offense that they 354 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:05,000 Speaker 1: can be ready to roll with this year. I agree 355 00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:07,760 Speaker 1: with you, and I think last year, like Darnell Mooney 356 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:09,840 Speaker 1: is a two who was moonlighting and the role of 357 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:11,920 Speaker 1: a one. But now I think he gets to play 358 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:15,480 Speaker 1: like his what he should be like, like a number 359 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:18,280 Speaker 1: two opposite of Dj Moore who could stretch the field. 360 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:20,959 Speaker 1: What I really like about their top three receivers in more, 361 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:23,560 Speaker 1: Claypool and Mooney, they can all play in the slot, 362 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:26,080 Speaker 1: they can all play out wide, so you could kind 363 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:28,000 Speaker 1: of use them like chess pieces and move them all 364 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:29,840 Speaker 1: over the field. I agree with you. I would like 365 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:33,960 Speaker 1: to see them get another pass catcher, maybe someone who 366 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:37,160 Speaker 1: could add some explosiveness to this offense. But Vilas Jones 367 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:39,440 Speaker 1: Junior sitting on this roster and he was drafted because 368 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:42,359 Speaker 1: he's fast, so maybe maybe he could do something like that. 369 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:44,600 Speaker 1: I like the depth that they've built, like adding a 370 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:47,639 Speaker 1: Robert Tonyan behind the Cole Comet like a Homer and 371 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:51,000 Speaker 1: a Deonta Foreman behind Khalil Herbert. I think they're gonna 372 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:53,640 Speaker 1: do what they did last year in the draft, which 373 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:56,639 Speaker 1: is just a bunch of big offensive lineman. Like I 374 00:18:56,960 --> 00:18:59,720 Speaker 1: think that is what they're gonna do, and it's kind 375 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:02,160 Speaker 1: of aren't like you get your skill your skill pieces 376 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:05,440 Speaker 1: guys through other ways and then you just you get 377 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:08,720 Speaker 1: blue chip old linemen through the draft. That that seems 378 00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:11,960 Speaker 1: to be the way the Bears are going. This might 379 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:14,320 Speaker 1: sound like a bizarro world, but we are going to 380 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:17,760 Speaker 1: talk about the team that is right now, the favorites 381 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:21,480 Speaker 1: to win this division. The Detroit lines doesn't want to 382 00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:24,560 Speaker 1: hear that. I have a tweet and that has been 383 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:26,879 Speaker 1: in my draft since free agency that I'm too scared 384 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:29,480 Speaker 1: to send it just says the lines are winning the North. 385 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:33,000 Speaker 1: I truly believe it, though, Like that's why that you 386 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:36,439 Speaker 1: send out like Friday night at like eleven o'clock. I 387 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:39,159 Speaker 1: forget what the move was. They something had been with 388 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:41,040 Speaker 1: the lines, and I was just like, this team is 389 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:43,639 Speaker 1: gonna win it. Oh it was when Aaron Rodgers was like, 390 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:45,200 Speaker 1: I'm not coming back. I was like, yeah, the lines 391 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:48,720 Speaker 1: are winning the station. But the Lines have nine total picks, 392 00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:52,640 Speaker 1: two in round one, six from the Rams, and then 393 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:55,359 Speaker 1: their pick of eighteenth overall. They have a lot of 394 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:58,160 Speaker 1: different directions that can go with this. Uh, their team 395 00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:03,040 Speaker 1: needs d line, defensive back, and tight end. Right now, 396 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:07,200 Speaker 1: DJ has them drafting Devin Witherspoon, the cornerback out of Illinois, 397 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:10,440 Speaker 1: and then with the second pick he hasn't taken a 398 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:13,639 Speaker 1: can't see the defensive tackle at a pit which is 399 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:17,240 Speaker 1: exactly what Bucky Brooks has, and then Lanserline has Devin. 400 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:20,080 Speaker 1: They all have Devin Witherspoon with their first pick at 401 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:26,159 Speaker 1: six overall, right, especially they just traded Jeff Akua, so yeah, 402 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:28,600 Speaker 1: I feel like if it's not him, maybe Christian Gonzalez. 403 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:31,280 Speaker 1: But like a cornerback will be the pick, and then 404 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:34,280 Speaker 1: uh Lanzerline has a Michael mayor the tight end at 405 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:37,760 Speaker 1: a Notre Dame going with that second pick. Do you 406 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:41,120 Speaker 1: think the Lions should consider a quarterback and that could 407 00:20:41,119 --> 00:20:42,960 Speaker 1: either be in the first round, because we're hearing a 408 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:46,040 Speaker 1: lot of rumors of maybe Anthony Richardson or something like that, 409 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:48,399 Speaker 1: or on Day two or three. I think, I mean, 410 00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:50,719 Speaker 1: I think a Day two or three quarterback is probably 411 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:54,800 Speaker 1: a better option for them. Um. I don't know that 412 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:57,840 Speaker 1: you give up a lot of assets to move up 413 00:20:57,840 --> 00:20:59,560 Speaker 1: and try to get one of these quarterbacks. I mean, 414 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:03,280 Speaker 1: in last look, if they want to wait or they 415 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:05,920 Speaker 1: trade back, maybe a Hindon Hooker is there, because that 416 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:08,680 Speaker 1: would be interesting if he's got a red shirt anyway, 417 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:12,400 Speaker 1: let him, let him learn behind golf for a year, 418 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:14,440 Speaker 1: knowing he's not really gonna play. You don't have to 419 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:16,720 Speaker 1: rush him and then maybe put him in that situation. 420 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:19,480 Speaker 1: But I do think they have to start planning for 421 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:22,720 Speaker 1: that future. They knew golf was sort of a bridge 422 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:26,080 Speaker 1: quarterback to begin with. I don't think they had any 423 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:28,920 Speaker 1: long term plans, and I think I think after what 424 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:31,480 Speaker 1: they saw last year, they might be ahead of schedule 425 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:33,639 Speaker 1: in terms of what they're building there. So now you 426 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:36,000 Speaker 1: really do have to start thinking about that quarterback position, 427 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:38,480 Speaker 1: because you know, Golf is the guy. He's only gonna 428 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:40,600 Speaker 1: get you so far, so you gotta figure out who's 429 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:42,080 Speaker 1: the guy to take that next step. So I do 430 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:44,280 Speaker 1: think a quarterback in the second day of the draft 431 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:46,800 Speaker 1: makes a lot of sense for them, Maybe the third day, 432 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:48,800 Speaker 1: but whatever. Somewhere along the line, they've got to get 433 00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:53,480 Speaker 1: that quarterback position. Start thinking about the future. But hey, 434 00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:55,439 Speaker 1: if they want to go in the first round and 435 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:57,720 Speaker 1: they want to take a shot at Hindon Hooker, I 436 00:21:57,760 --> 00:21:59,280 Speaker 1: wouldn't hate it. I mean, there's a guy with a 437 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:02,200 Speaker 1: lot of upside. Yes, he's older, but has a lot 438 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:04,919 Speaker 1: of upside, can play the game very well. I mean 439 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:07,320 Speaker 1: you and I behind the scenes, look, we had to 440 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:09,639 Speaker 1: be part of the broadcast bootcare with a lot of 441 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:13,240 Speaker 1: former players. We talked to Dante Stalworth, who admitted he 442 00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:14,679 Speaker 1: is a little bit of a Tennessee homer, but he 443 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:16,239 Speaker 1: had a lot of great things to say about him 444 00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:19,160 Speaker 1: and Hooker. And again with that red shirt year possibly 445 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:21,440 Speaker 1: coming because of the knee injury he suffered last year, 446 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:24,679 Speaker 1: you don't feel pressure to rush him and get him 447 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:27,320 Speaker 1: to play right now, let him learn and then maybe 448 00:22:27,359 --> 00:22:29,800 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty four, as when you're looking at Hooker 449 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:34,119 Speaker 1: potentially being the starter in Detroit. My thing with Jared 450 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:37,280 Speaker 1: Goff is I agree when they traded for him, he 451 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:39,320 Speaker 1: was an afterthought. It was like, all right, they'll get 452 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:43,080 Speaker 1: through two tank years with him. But now I feel 453 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:46,639 Speaker 1: like he's kind of real. He's fixed his image, and 454 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:50,119 Speaker 1: I'm like, outside of Jalen Hurts, I don't know if 455 00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:51,840 Speaker 1: there's like I don't think Jared Goff is a top 456 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:55,920 Speaker 1: ten quarterback in the NFL, but in the NFC, outside 457 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:58,840 Speaker 1: of Jalen Hurts, there's not many quarterbacks. I would take 458 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:01,080 Speaker 1: over Jared Goff right now. Now, you got me looking now, 459 00:23:01,119 --> 00:23:03,119 Speaker 1: you got me thinking about this. It's like Stafford, but 460 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:06,960 Speaker 1: who knows how healthy? Mean it hurts back? For sure, Yes, 461 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:09,959 Speaker 1: I would take back. I would take a healthy Kyler. 462 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:17,320 Speaker 1: Healthy Kyler. Uh. I mean, Gino and Golf are sort 463 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:23,000 Speaker 1: of on par I think, um, Derek Carr, Yeah, I 464 00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:25,600 Speaker 1: feel like Golf is right in that grouping. I mean, 465 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:27,400 Speaker 1: there's a whole lot of guys where I'm like, maybe 466 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:34,680 Speaker 1: but not, there's no Yeah, Jalen hurts Back definitively, Um Kyler, definitively. 467 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:39,240 Speaker 1: Maybe Daniel Jones. I don't know. I guess, I guess. 468 00:23:39,359 --> 00:23:41,399 Speaker 1: I guess that proves your point. Like the lines, I 469 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:44,360 Speaker 1: think are in a position where they they can look 470 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:46,720 Speaker 1: to quarterback long term, but I don't think they have to. 471 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:49,520 Speaker 1: In fact, if I'm the Detroit Lions and I know 472 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:52,480 Speaker 1: how hungry the fan base is, maybe I think Day 473 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:55,080 Speaker 1: two or three, or if you trade back up for Hooker, 474 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:57,439 Speaker 1: I do like that, But I think I'm tempted to 475 00:23:57,480 --> 00:23:59,800 Speaker 1: just use those first round picks to load up on defense. 476 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:02,000 Speaker 1: You already have a great old line and great skill 477 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:05,560 Speaker 1: position players which can help elevate the quarterback. I think 478 00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:07,600 Speaker 1: I'd be tempted to just go all in right now 479 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:09,560 Speaker 1: and see if I could load up this defense and 480 00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:11,960 Speaker 1: make a run at it this season. That's what they need. 481 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:14,200 Speaker 1: I mean, offensively, they weren't a problem last year. It's 482 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:17,440 Speaker 1: just like they couldn't they couldn't stop a runs. They 483 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:19,480 Speaker 1: were awful last year. They gotta get better, So I 484 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:21,480 Speaker 1: think that makes a lot of sense this year. And 485 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:23,520 Speaker 1: I feel the same way with Seattle, Like I know 486 00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:25,160 Speaker 1: we're gonna talk about them, but I would just load 487 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:26,960 Speaker 1: up on defense and try to make a run at 488 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:29,480 Speaker 1: it with the veteran quarterback. But speaking of a team 489 00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:31,200 Speaker 1: that will not be making a run at it this 490 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:35,000 Speaker 1: year with the veteran quarterback, the Green Bay Packers, and 491 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:37,240 Speaker 1: as we sit here today, we still have no idea 492 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:39,719 Speaker 1: when Aaron Rodgers will be coming the jet. It's just 493 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:44,280 Speaker 1: it's gonna happen at some point. Who knows. But they 494 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:47,280 Speaker 1: have ten total picks as of now. Before any Aaron 495 00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:51,440 Speaker 1: Rodgers compensation is comes out, and their first pick overall 496 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:55,520 Speaker 1: is fifteen. Their team needs safety, tight end, wide receiver 497 00:24:57,480 --> 00:25:00,879 Speaker 1: DJ has them taking Paris Johnson Junior, the offensive tackle 498 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:03,919 Speaker 1: out of Ohio State, Miles Murphy for Bucky Brooks the 499 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,720 Speaker 1: edge at a Clemson, and Lancer Long has them going 500 00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:10,320 Speaker 1: Dalton Kincaid, the tight end out of Utah. We know 501 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:12,520 Speaker 1: they never have done it. Even when we thought they 502 00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:15,119 Speaker 1: all should have taken a wide receiver, they took a 503 00:25:15,119 --> 00:25:18,639 Speaker 1: backup quarterback over him instead. Is this the year that 504 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:21,920 Speaker 1: Packers take a first round wide receiver? They have to write, 505 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:25,199 Speaker 1: I mean they have been so defense heavy in the 506 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:29,720 Speaker 1: first round. It's just you lose Alan Lazard, who was 507 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:33,840 Speaker 1: your target leader your receptions leader last year. Yes, Christian 508 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:38,160 Speaker 1: Watson was great. Can he be as great with Jordan 509 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:43,920 Speaker 1: Love at quarterback? We'll see. Romeo Dobbs started hot faded 510 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:48,760 Speaker 1: midway through the year. You just have so many questions there, right, 511 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:53,840 Speaker 1: you know you lose Robert Tunyon. It's just they have 512 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:55,960 Speaker 1: to they have to have to have to. If they're 513 00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:59,520 Speaker 1: really serious about Jordan Love being their franchise quarterback, or 514 00:25:59,520 --> 00:26:03,119 Speaker 1: at least they're starting quarterback, you gotta get him something. 515 00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:06,600 Speaker 1: I mean, this was a request that Rogers had for 516 00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:09,040 Speaker 1: this team for years. I need help get me somebody 517 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:12,800 Speaker 1: else besides Davanta Adams. They never did. Aaron Rodgers can 518 00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:15,200 Speaker 1: make it work because he's one of the greatest players 519 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:18,520 Speaker 1: of this position we've ever seen. Jordan Loves. Not that 520 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:21,280 Speaker 1: you can't just ask him to go out and make 521 00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:25,920 Speaker 1: miracles with Dubs and Watson and Aaron Jones catching the football. 522 00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:28,080 Speaker 1: They've got to go out and spend some assets on that. 523 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:29,720 Speaker 1: I know that's not what a lot of the mocks 524 00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:34,840 Speaker 1: are saying, but again, I just don't know how you 525 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:37,880 Speaker 1: survive this year if you really have designs on being 526 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:40,280 Speaker 1: at least competitive, and maybe they don't. I don't know, 527 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:42,560 Speaker 1: but if they, if they have designs on being competitive, 528 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:45,000 Speaker 1: they've got to put pieces around Jordan's love and see 529 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:47,720 Speaker 1: what he can do. This is a year with maybe 530 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:51,320 Speaker 1: not a lot of high level wide receiver talent, but 531 00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:53,000 Speaker 1: there are a lot of guys to choose from, and 532 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:54,520 Speaker 1: I think I think they've got they've got to try 533 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:57,240 Speaker 1: to take a swing at somebody. Yeah, I completely agree, 534 00:26:57,240 --> 00:27:00,560 Speaker 1: And you could say like they've had successfu guys on 535 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:03,800 Speaker 1: day two, but they've also swung and missed plenty of times. 536 00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 1: And I think it's easier to find someone like a 537 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:10,080 Speaker 1: Christian Watson on day two when you have a draft 538 00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:13,320 Speaker 1: class like last year's where it's very they're the high 539 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:16,160 Speaker 1: end talent is at a premium. This year, it's gonna 540 00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:19,240 Speaker 1: be harder to find those players in the later rounds 541 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:21,160 Speaker 1: that they're still out there, but I just think it'll 542 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:23,840 Speaker 1: be harder to find, So I agree. I think they 543 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:26,840 Speaker 1: should be investing in this offense. You should want to 544 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:30,520 Speaker 1: build around your young quarterback that you've already invested so 545 00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:33,040 Speaker 1: much into, but I thought you should have built around 546 00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:36,560 Speaker 1: your MVP quarterbacks. So what do I know? And rounding 547 00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:39,440 Speaker 1: out that the north here is the Minnesota Vikings, who 548 00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:43,920 Speaker 1: won the division last year, so many one score wins 549 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:46,280 Speaker 1: last year, they had a very crazy season. They have 550 00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:50,680 Speaker 1: five total picks this year, with their first being twenty third. Overall, 551 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:56,159 Speaker 1: their team needs cornerback, defensive lineman, and wide receiver in 552 00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:59,600 Speaker 1: the first round. Mockx DJ hasn't taken Hendon Hooker quarterback 553 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:01,240 Speaker 1: out of ten to see, which I think is really 554 00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:04,960 Speaker 1: interesting because they're they're not owed anything to Kirk Cousins 555 00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:07,200 Speaker 1: beyond this season, so he could be the perfect pick 556 00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:10,320 Speaker 1: pick to kind of red shirt that first year. Bucky 557 00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:12,639 Speaker 1: Brooks has them taking Zay Flowers, which would be a 558 00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:16,240 Speaker 1: fun fit there. And Lancerloin has them taking Drew Sanders, 559 00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:19,400 Speaker 1: the linebacker out of Arkansas, and that's in a trade 560 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:21,720 Speaker 1: back with the Buffalo Bills, who he has the Bills 561 00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:26,520 Speaker 1: trading up to twenty three to take Bjean Robinson. I'm 562 00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:29,400 Speaker 1: of the mindset, Marcus that if I'm the Vikings, I think, 563 00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:31,840 Speaker 1: as much as I know they need some help on defense, 564 00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:34,159 Speaker 1: I think they need a receiver pretty badly. They have 565 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:36,960 Speaker 1: just Justin Jefferson right now than kJ Osbo when they 566 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:41,680 Speaker 1: lost Adam thialand m Is it as simple as any 567 00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:45,320 Speaker 1: wide receiver can fit opposite of Justin Jefferson or do 568 00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:47,560 Speaker 1: you think there's some that fit better than others. I 569 00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:49,520 Speaker 1: mean I think there's something that fit, excuse me better 570 00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:53,960 Speaker 1: than others. Um. You know, this is a draft very 571 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:57,640 Speaker 1: heavy on kind of slot receiver guys, and I think 572 00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:00,560 Speaker 1: you know you look at don't I think a guy 573 00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:04,640 Speaker 1: like Jalen Hyatt could be interesting, like I who can 574 00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:06,680 Speaker 1: kind of stretch the field for them. I mean, Justin 575 00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:10,280 Speaker 1: Jefferson does so much that you know, you just want 576 00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:12,240 Speaker 1: somebody who can kind of take the top off the defense. 577 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:14,560 Speaker 1: I think Jalen Hyatt can do that. I think an 578 00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:17,440 Speaker 1: interesting combination would be. You know, we we always wanted 579 00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:20,520 Speaker 1: to see what it would be like to have stuff 580 00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:24,520 Speaker 1: on Diggs and Justin Jefferson together. You know, why not 581 00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:28,720 Speaker 1: another route running technician, smaller guy like Jordan Addison. Put 582 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:30,960 Speaker 1: him in the slot, let him sort of run some routes. 583 00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:32,920 Speaker 1: See what it would have been like if you'd had 584 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:35,440 Speaker 1: Diggs and Jefferson in the same spot at one time. 585 00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:38,960 Speaker 1: Let me just I'm not saying Jordan Addison's going to 586 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:41,800 Speaker 1: be step on Diggs before I get tweets about it, 587 00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:43,200 Speaker 1: but I do think he has a lot of the 588 00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:48,320 Speaker 1: same qualities, and that could be sort of interesting. I mean, 589 00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:49,760 Speaker 1: you want to put somebody on the other side, just 590 00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:51,880 Speaker 1: on the outside where theeln kind of was, maybe a 591 00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:54,040 Speaker 1: Quinton Johnston, but I don't know that he's gonna be 592 00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:56,600 Speaker 1: there that late in the draft, so I mean, I 593 00:29:56,600 --> 00:29:58,320 Speaker 1: think there are some guys you can certainly get there. 594 00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:00,560 Speaker 1: I do think it's interesting, though, the other part of 595 00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:05,880 Speaker 1: this is in lanzerlines mock, he has the Bills trading back, 596 00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:09,200 Speaker 1: here's the Vikings moving up to twenty three, and he's 597 00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:13,320 Speaker 1: got your Bills taking Bijean Robinson. I would gladly love that. 598 00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:16,280 Speaker 1: As someone who thinks the Bills need to just take 599 00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:20,800 Speaker 1: offensive players and build around Josh Allen. I think Bijean, 600 00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:24,120 Speaker 1: if they did that, that would be the first move 601 00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:26,360 Speaker 1: that would make me be like, Okay, maybe Josh Allen 602 00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:29,600 Speaker 1: isn't going to run for six hundred yards and six 603 00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:32,360 Speaker 1: touchdowns like he does every year. Maybe they are because 604 00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:35,280 Speaker 1: James Cook and Damian Harris don't have me thinking that 605 00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:39,200 Speaker 1: right now, but Bijean certainly would. You didn't mention the 606 00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:40,880 Speaker 1: wide receiver that I want. I don't know if it's 607 00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:43,560 Speaker 1: possible they'd have to maybe trade up or he'd have 608 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:47,640 Speaker 1: to fall. But Jackson Smith and Jiba, who right now 609 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:50,400 Speaker 1: we're hearing is only a slot specialist. One you put 610 00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:52,520 Speaker 1: that dude in the slot with JJ on the outside, 611 00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:55,560 Speaker 1: I'll watch that all day long. But we also heard 612 00:30:56,120 --> 00:30:59,560 Speaker 1: slot specialist about Justin Jefferson when he was coming out, 613 00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:01,680 Speaker 1: and look at what he was able to do, and 614 00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:04,239 Speaker 1: I think Jason could kind of. I'm not saying he's 615 00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:06,960 Speaker 1: gonna be Justin Jefferson before you get in my mentions now, 616 00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:09,760 Speaker 1: but I think he could have a similar path where 617 00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:12,240 Speaker 1: he comes in and he was asked to play the 618 00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:15,120 Speaker 1: slot in college because they had two great outside, three 619 00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:17,880 Speaker 1: great outside wide receivers on the team, and maybe he 620 00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:20,720 Speaker 1: plays more on the outside. Again, he's not gonna be JJ, 621 00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:23,080 Speaker 1: but I think he could be better on the outside 622 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:24,640 Speaker 1: than a lot of people are giving him credit for. 623 00:31:25,080 --> 00:31:27,440 Speaker 1: And I think those two together with t. J. Hawkinson 624 00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:31,440 Speaker 1: would make a super fun offense for Kirk Cousins to 625 00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:34,960 Speaker 1: throw the ball too. Thanks for gutting this one out today. 626 00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:38,200 Speaker 1: Appreciate it. Man, do my best. I'm gonna say goodbye 627 00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:40,600 Speaker 1: here now because we want to save Marcus from having 628 00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:43,680 Speaker 1: to talk anymore, Go get some tea, some cough drops, 629 00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:47,320 Speaker 1: and rest up because we're gonna need you all draft 630 00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:49,520 Speaker 1: season long. But that'll do it for this edition of 631 00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:53,560 Speaker 1: the NFL Fantasy Football Podcast. Stay happy, safe and healthy, 632 00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:55,640 Speaker 1: do good, and live well, and we'll talk to you 633 00:31:55,680 --> 00:32:06,680 Speaker 1: again next week. I won