1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:04,120 Speaker 1: Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:09,600 Speaker 1: Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from I Heart Radio, 3 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 1: your weekly source for the nation's best fantasy football advice, speculation, 4 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:17,239 Speaker 1: and whatever stupid stuff they decided to drop into the show. 5 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:22,439 Speaker 1: Now here's your host. Hey, it's another addition of Fantasy 6 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 1: Football Weekly. I'm Paul Charchy and my co host today 7 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:31,160 Speaker 1: Matt Harrison. I'm bad. Welcome back. Yeah, two consecutive shows. 8 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:34,360 Speaker 1: Well done. Yeah, absolutely well. I got I got a 9 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 1: little vacation coming up here, and I'm going going up 10 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:41,520 Speaker 1: to northern Wisconsin and hanging out at the lake. And yeah, 11 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:47,080 Speaker 1: you know, Eagle River, Wisconsin sneaky, awesome vacation destination. Just 12 00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:49,280 Speaker 1: kind of like it's a huge chain of lakes. They 13 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:51,760 Speaker 1: got restaurants and resorts and stuff all over it, but 14 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 1: like nobody really knows about it. It's just kind of 15 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 1: a sneaky little place up north. I mean mostly because 16 00:00:56,880 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 1: just srounded by Wisconsinites. Yeah, I mean, you're you're only 17 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 1: a stone's throw from the Upper Peninsula as well. There's 18 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:08,760 Speaker 1: you can throw some craps, do some sports. But Wisconsin 19 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 1: legalized gambling, right, so it's coming to Wisconsin too. Yeah, yeah, 20 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 1: here we go. It's not Minnesota, he says, not better 21 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:22,560 Speaker 1: at all, No, not at all. Um, this week, we're 22 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 1: gonna break down the n f C West. That's the Niners, 23 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:28,360 Speaker 1: the Seahawks, Rams, and the Cardinals. As I understand it, 24 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 1: that seems to be right. There's our final four teams. 25 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:33,840 Speaker 1: We've been we've packed. We started pecking away at this 26 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:37,840 Speaker 1: in February, but then we get interrupted for like the Combine, 27 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 1: and get interrupted for the draft and that, yeah, in 28 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 1: free agency. But we're back and now we'll have knocked 29 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 1: down all the teams, all the things that you want 30 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 1: to get up to speed on on the teams in 31 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 1: the NFC West, including you know, now we're getting really 32 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:55,680 Speaker 1: much better ADP data and a lot of other stuff 33 00:01:55,720 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 1: to to talk through. Let's begin with the forty No, yeah, 34 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 1: those to the forty Niners as our starting team, because man, 35 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 1: there's a lot of moving parts on this team right now. 36 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 1: Holy cow. Yeah, I get the feeling the Niners, more 37 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 1: than any other team in the NFL, is going to 38 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:14,240 Speaker 1: be the one that you win or lose big on 39 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 1: with your fantasy hedges here or gambles. If you are 40 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:22,240 Speaker 1: doing some some June best ball drafts right now, you 41 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:24,640 Speaker 1: could be drafting a whole bunch of forty niners that 42 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 1: may not be on the team come training camp, or 43 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:30,400 Speaker 1: may not be starter, may not be starters anymore. So 44 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 1: we'll start with Deebo Samuel. He showed up for the 45 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 1: mandatory minicamps after missing all the voluntary workouts amidst his 46 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 1: trade demand on draft Day. On Deebo, if he gets traded, 47 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 1: he wants the big mega wide receiver deal, not a 48 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:50,360 Speaker 1: running back slash wider dealt Uh. There's only a few 49 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 1: teams that can handle that from a cap perspective this 50 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 1: year and next year, none of which appear to be 51 00:02:56,360 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 1: super attractive destinations for Deebo. Those would be Sha Cargo, 52 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 1: New England, the Giants, and the Texans. I don't think 53 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:07,720 Speaker 1: that's an upgrade for Deebo if he goes anywhere else. 54 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:10,400 Speaker 1: So if you're a Debo fan, you want him to 55 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 1: stay put. Um he's only making four million this year. 56 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 1: He hits unrestricted free agency, and that's the real issue, 57 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:20,639 Speaker 1: is the four million he's making this year. UM, So 58 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:24,080 Speaker 1: a trade, a trade, or a contract prior to training 59 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 1: camp I think is almost a done deal. It's something's 60 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:30,600 Speaker 1: going to happen with Deebo before training camp start. Turns 61 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 1: out the Niners needed they could have done it over again. 62 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 1: They needed to resign him before free agency started, and 63 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 1: all these wide receiver deals went berserk, the Christian Kirk 64 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 1: deals started, all of the other one Butterfly of Fat 65 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 1: Dikes gets his, Tyrek Hills gets his, and now you know, 66 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 1: Deebo Samuel wants you know what to say. What had 67 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:53,200 Speaker 1: they just like resigned him right at the end of 68 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:56,160 Speaker 1: the season, I think they would have gotten a pretty 69 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 1: big discount of what Deebo Samuel will ultimately end up 70 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 1: costing the Niners. Now if they want to keep him, well, 71 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 1: there's another player that's probably not going to be on 72 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 1: the Niners come training camp, and that's Jimmy Garoppolo. There's 73 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:09,640 Speaker 1: been steam all off season that he was on the 74 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 1: trading block, but an injury somewhat blocked a trade for him. 75 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:16,520 Speaker 1: It sounds like some exects just think that Jimmy g 76 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:19,800 Speaker 1: will just get cut before camp, which makes sense. He's 77 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:22,599 Speaker 1: set to make twenty seven million this year. He's in 78 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 1: the last year of his deal though, and the dead 79 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:27,279 Speaker 1: cap hit is one point four million, so it's pretty 80 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:29,680 Speaker 1: easy to let Jimmy G walk if they can't find 81 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 1: a trade partner. Getting rid of Jimmy G feasibly freeze 82 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 1: up the cap space to sign Debo long term. So 83 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 1: if Jimmy G is gonna go anywhere, it's either Seattle 84 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:44,760 Speaker 1: or Carolina or a team that gets some quarterback injury right, Um, 85 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 1: that we don't know yet, So it feels like the destinations, 86 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 1: and in either of those destinations, it doesn't necessarily do 87 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 1: a ton for him. No, And the only way that 88 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:56,280 Speaker 1: Garoppolo stays put is if the team truly doesn't believe 89 00:04:56,279 --> 00:04:59,920 Speaker 1: in sophomore trade lands and the spin out of Mini camps. 90 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,039 Speaker 1: I was like looking up all the tray lance dirt 91 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:05,560 Speaker 1: I could find, So here's here's the spin. Steve Young 92 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:09,840 Speaker 1: is mentoring tray lance. He's taking ownership of the offense. 93 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 1: Players and coaches are praising him. Now that all sounds great, 94 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:16,480 Speaker 1: that doesn't mean but frankly, if things were going poorly, 95 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:21,479 Speaker 1: that's exactly what they'd be saying. Um. Some dude also 96 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 1: posted a video of dude I don't know who it was, 97 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:28,359 Speaker 1: Lances Sweet deep Balls and minicamp on YouTube, and he 98 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:30,600 Speaker 1: does throw a great deep ball the deep balls that 99 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:33,119 Speaker 1: I saw on YouTube were like on twenty five yards 100 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 1: in the air. I was like, this isn't a deep 101 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:38,159 Speaker 1: ball at all. These are these are moderate passes here. Uh. 102 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:41,040 Speaker 1: He has probably the biggest range of outcomes of all 103 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:44,359 Speaker 1: quarterbacks this year. He could be a top ten quarterback. 104 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:46,280 Speaker 1: He could be top five, he could be a five 105 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 1: quarterback with the rushing ability that Tray Lance has. Um. 106 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:53,800 Speaker 1: It's the biggest high risk, high reward gamble of a 107 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:56,280 Speaker 1: quarterback that you can take this year if you feel 108 00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 1: like rolling the dice. I mean, actually, it's kind of 109 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 1: a fun way to play because there's so many good 110 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:02,719 Speaker 1: quarterbacks in the league that you could get like a 111 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 1: guy like Kirk Cousins later and just have a solid 112 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:09,400 Speaker 1: quarterback as your background. Kirst Yeah, probably. Um. And then 113 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 1: so I take somebody who's his steadiest Cousins, that never 114 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 1: misses games, always throws you, you know, a touchdown. He 115 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 1: hasn't gone, He's gone thirty games with with at least 116 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 1: one touchdown. Then I back him up with the highest 117 00:06:21,839 --> 00:06:26,200 Speaker 1: risk player there is. I I shouldn't, right, I got 118 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 1: you all all lathered up. Um, All right, so let's 119 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:34,039 Speaker 1: talk about Brandon Io He's coming off a somewhat disappointing 120 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:36,799 Speaker 1: year one where he spent most of September and October 121 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:40,840 Speaker 1: in the doghouse. Managed to have a decent November through January. 122 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:43,800 Speaker 1: That he did he did from week nine through the 123 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:49,280 Speaker 1: conference championship game. I averaged six targets, four catches, sixty 124 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 1: three yards per game and he scored four times in 125 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:54,240 Speaker 1: that span. Pretty good. So that's ten PPR points in 126 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:57,000 Speaker 1: that time and plus whatever touchdowns you get there half 127 00:06:57,000 --> 00:07:00,120 Speaker 1: a touchdown. If Deebo ends up going anywhere, I you 128 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 1: just gobbles up a lot more target share. In my opinion. 129 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 1: Juwan Jennings and Ray Ray McLeod are currently listed next 130 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:08,880 Speaker 1: on the depth chart. Jennings. I thought Jennings looked pretty 131 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:11,600 Speaker 1: good and splashes last year. And if anything happens a 132 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:14,840 Speaker 1: Deebo Samuel and and even if even if Samuel's there, 133 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:17,640 Speaker 1: Jennings still probably a starter. How about this. Keep an 134 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 1: eye on Malik Turner, who is from the Cowboys last year. Uh, 135 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:25,280 Speaker 1: he had a few flashy games for Dallas last year. 136 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:27,800 Speaker 1: He's he's sitting a little lower on that depth chart, 137 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 1: and he's kind of an interesting guy. But the guy 138 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:33,440 Speaker 1: that you want on San Francisco and the guy I'm 139 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:36,280 Speaker 1: gonna stake my claim a lot higher than probably a 140 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:39,680 Speaker 1: lot of other people's George Kittle, because when he's healthy, 141 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:43,320 Speaker 1: he's just absolutely awesome. Uh. He came back from injury 142 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:46,240 Speaker 1: in Week nine, the last nine games of your fantasy 143 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 1: fantasy season, Kittle averaged five catches, seventy five yards, and 144 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:53,640 Speaker 1: two thirds of a touchdown per game. That's a pace 145 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 1: of eighty nine catches yards and eleven scores. That would 146 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 1: have made him tight end to up Travis Kelsey and 147 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:05,160 Speaker 1: just a few PPR points behind Mark Andrews the tight 148 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:08,920 Speaker 1: end one. So George Kittle is right there, and there's 149 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:10,680 Speaker 1: a case to be made that he should be the 150 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:13,760 Speaker 1: top tight end off the board and fantasy except for 151 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 1: the injuries. All the time for the injuries, but he's 152 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:19,960 Speaker 1: currently going off the board fifth. And you could get 153 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:23,240 Speaker 1: the fifth tight end off the board behind Kelsey, Pitts, 154 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:26,320 Speaker 1: Andrews and Waller and maybe get a guy who could 155 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 1: give you tight end one kind of numbers. And if 156 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 1: George Kittle can put a healthy season together, he's definitely 157 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 1: got that upside. And then finally, the running game. Now 158 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:37,720 Speaker 1: the running game, there there's always been the joke, you know, 159 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:41,599 Speaker 1: the Mike Shanahan, Mike Shanahan and Kyle Shanahan. Shannahanigan's you 160 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:44,079 Speaker 1: know running game in San Francisco, but Kyle has been 161 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:49,040 Speaker 1: slightly more predictable. Um, he's usually picking one guy per game, 162 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:51,679 Speaker 1: and that guy's getting the bulk of the carries. There 163 00:08:51,679 --> 00:08:55,280 Speaker 1: were only three games last season where a single running 164 00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:57,960 Speaker 1: back in San Francisco did not get at least thirteen 165 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 1: carries in a game. And I bet the could have 166 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:03,440 Speaker 1: been games that Elijah Moore started the game and then 167 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:05,120 Speaker 1: you know, he got dinged up a couple of times 168 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:06,960 Speaker 1: in the season. He might have that could have been 169 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:09,680 Speaker 1: games he left. And so there were also thirteen games 170 00:09:09,679 --> 00:09:13,200 Speaker 1: where a single back had seventeen or more carries. Eleven 171 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 1: of those were Elijah Mitchell. The other two were Jeff Wilson. Uh, 172 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:20,360 Speaker 1: and those were games where Mitchell didn't play at all. So, uh, 173 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:23,400 Speaker 1: Mitchell seems like the clear cut bell cow in this backfield. 174 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:25,400 Speaker 1: And it's weird to say that because you wouldn't think 175 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:28,160 Speaker 1: about a Shanahan offense with a bell Cow runner, especially 176 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:31,079 Speaker 1: with debo factoring in so much. But Elijah Mitchell is 177 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:33,560 Speaker 1: going at the end of round six. He's running back 178 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:37,720 Speaker 1: right now, man perfect do of the opposite running. Has 179 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:43,079 Speaker 1: so many fewer questions surrounding him than Clyde Edwards, Hilaire Miles, Sanders, 180 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:46,200 Speaker 1: A J. Dillon, Josh Jacobs, Cordarrell Patterson. Those guys are 181 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:48,760 Speaker 1: right there, and those are timeshare backs. Those are times here. 182 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:51,040 Speaker 1: May not be a timeshare back to your point. So 183 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:54,480 Speaker 1: it's Mitchell number one, it's Jeff Wilson number two. He's 184 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:58,200 Speaker 1: the clear handcuff in this situation as well. Trey Sermon 185 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:00,600 Speaker 1: is still there, but he's not going to be involved in. 186 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:04,040 Speaker 1: Tyrian Davis Price is a deep league to stash on 187 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:06,960 Speaker 1: your taxi squad, just as as a guy who might 188 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:08,959 Speaker 1: come up and you know, might be one of those 189 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:11,959 Speaker 1: guys who, hey, maybe Jeff Wilson and Elijah Mitchell's hurt. 190 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:16,800 Speaker 1: We're bypassing sermon. You're you're you're preaching to the choir 191 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:18,920 Speaker 1: because I didn't like Tray Sermon coming out of college. 192 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:21,040 Speaker 1: Most people did, and then they spent I think the 193 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:23,920 Speaker 1: third round equity on him. Um, I just don't think 194 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 1: he's a notable back. I just didn't see supply any 195 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:28,720 Speaker 1: I didn't see the flashes of greatness that I wanted 196 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:31,120 Speaker 1: from him, and so I'm kind of with you that 197 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:35,600 Speaker 1: he's got most listener Most listeners don't see it that way. Yeah, 198 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:38,120 Speaker 1: most listeners think tray Sermon is just like you know, 199 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:40,959 Speaker 1: the second year you can threaten. Yeah, there's a lot 200 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:43,080 Speaker 1: of people who planted their flag a little bit too 201 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:46,360 Speaker 1: early on the Trace Sermon mountain and they can't get 202 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:48,920 Speaker 1: that flag out because you know, they're just too proud. 203 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:53,600 Speaker 1: That's it. The Niners are done. We go from the 204 00:10:53,720 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 1: league's most highest risk reward quarterback situation to the league's 205 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:08,240 Speaker 1: most woeful quarterback competition, the Seahawks highest. That's right. And 206 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:12,760 Speaker 1: Gino Smith, Uh, maybe Baker Mayfield, maybe Jimmy Garoppolos into 207 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:16,319 Speaker 1: this before too long, who knows. Uh. Gino Smith started 208 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:20,040 Speaker 1: three games last year and looked quasi functional. He threw 209 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:22,319 Speaker 1: one one and two scores in the three full starts. 210 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 1: He shoot another one in the half game he played 211 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:28,720 Speaker 1: when Russell Wilson got hurt, completed sixty percent of his passes. 212 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:32,840 Speaker 1: Smith really he needed those years off to just learn 213 00:11:32,920 --> 00:11:35,160 Speaker 1: with the clipboard. By the way, it's like a decade 214 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:38,600 Speaker 1: off for him. He hasn't entered a season as a 215 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:45,360 Speaker 1: starter since nine years. Sometimes, Hey, I have a reason 216 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:47,120 Speaker 1: to believe you know where that isn't? I now know 217 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:51,880 Speaker 1: where the nine times buttoners right there? Nine time? Uh 218 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:55,200 Speaker 1: Locke was dismal in his three games that Teddy Bridgewater 219 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:58,080 Speaker 1: missed last year and his three starts. Gino Smith is 220 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:01,640 Speaker 1: currently running more first team than Drew lock and is 221 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 1: the presumed starter at its Smith's job to start. I 222 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:06,959 Speaker 1: think it is too um and you know what he 223 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:09,200 Speaker 1: because he got into the league so young. I still 224 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:12,840 Speaker 1: think he's only thirty, like thirty two right now? Uh, 225 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:18,640 Speaker 1: Gino Smith might just end up being with DK Metcalf, 226 00:12:18,679 --> 00:12:21,320 Speaker 1: Toyler Lockett. He might just end up being worthy of 227 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:24,040 Speaker 1: a roster spot. That's all. It's all the more positive 228 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:26,520 Speaker 1: I can bring myself to say, how about take a 229 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:29,480 Speaker 1: chance on me style? I think that's I think that's 230 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:31,880 Speaker 1: what he's gonna be. So let's talk about DK Metcalf 231 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:35,559 Speaker 1: currently myyred in a contract dispute and not attending mandatory minicamps. 232 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:39,480 Speaker 1: That's not good. Adp is slumped to wide receiver fifteen 233 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:42,280 Speaker 1: in the fourth round because of the change at quarterback. 234 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:46,079 Speaker 1: It feels about right to me, but I know, I 235 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:48,840 Speaker 1: want to I want to note this, Matt. He scored 236 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:52,839 Speaker 1: four of Gino Smith's five touchdown passes in those three 237 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:54,800 Speaker 1: and a half games last year. Alright, I went to 238 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:58,400 Speaker 1: DK Metcalf. That makes sense. That's kind of a sign um. 239 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:02,040 Speaker 1: His struggles last year happened with Russell Wilson. So Wilson 240 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:04,319 Speaker 1: comes back. Do you know, Smith starts those three and 241 00:13:04,320 --> 00:13:07,200 Speaker 1: a half games, and Metcalf's a fantasy producer and all 242 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:12,000 Speaker 1: of them. And then Russell Wilson comes back, and he 243 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:14,880 Speaker 1: failed to hit double digit fantasy points in sixth straight 244 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:18,800 Speaker 1: games with Russell Wilson. So everybody took DK Metcalf out 245 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:20,920 Speaker 1: of line ups or you had him, you know, or 246 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:24,680 Speaker 1: you're all trepidation with him, and you didn't use DK Metcalf. 247 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:27,680 Speaker 1: And then Russell Wilson comes back and everybody puts DK 248 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:33,560 Speaker 1: Metcalf back. Metcalf wrong, and that's when he slumped Tyler 249 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:37,240 Speaker 1: met Tyler Lockett going after boards wide receiver thirty one 250 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:40,880 Speaker 1: in the sixth round, so almost you know, Metcalf was fifteen, 251 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:43,680 Speaker 1: he's thirty one in the sixth round. You know the 252 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:46,959 Speaker 1: story here. He remains totally touchdown dependent and it's unclear 253 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:50,199 Speaker 1: if there's a quarterback on roster who can throw touchdowns. 254 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:53,800 Speaker 1: So I don't love having a touchdown dependent don't you 255 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:57,360 Speaker 1: feel hid receiver Tyler Lockets just gonna do Tyler Lockett things. 256 00:13:57,400 --> 00:14:00,160 Speaker 1: And he'll have one game with two scores and one 257 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:02,800 Speaker 1: game with three scorers this year, and then one other 258 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:06,079 Speaker 1: touchdown the rest of the year, and it's going to 259 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:08,840 Speaker 1: come from and it won't make any sense. Two of 260 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:13,320 Speaker 1: his three Geno Smith starts were awful. That starts. So 261 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:15,280 Speaker 1: I think a lot more a lot more caution on 262 00:14:15,559 --> 00:14:18,800 Speaker 1: Tyler Lockett than DK Metcalf. Let's talking about the running backs, 263 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:22,880 Speaker 1: and we'll wrap this up. Shot Penny average averages from 264 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:27,520 Speaker 1: five his five game average from December twelve forward m 265 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:35,200 Speaker 1: last year eighteen carries, one hundred thirty four yards seven 266 00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 1: yards per carry, and one point two touchdowns. The return 267 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:42,520 Speaker 1: of beast mode. That is, I mean, like Derrick Henry 268 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:46,640 Speaker 1: and his prime right here, Adrian Peterson numbers one of 269 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:49,640 Speaker 1: the greatest last year, one of the greatest Fantasy playoffs 270 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:54,520 Speaker 1: surges in memory Ron Dane from like seven years ago, 271 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:58,760 Speaker 1: eight years ago, Lendale White, Yeah, I remember that, but 272 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:04,760 Speaker 1: here are here are the averages from the other thirty 273 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:07,800 Speaker 1: one games he's played. Don't even say it, just say 274 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 1: they're really bad. Five carries, twenty eight yards and zero 275 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 1: point two touchdowns per game. That's it. The team put 276 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:20,680 Speaker 1: a very valuable second round pick into Kenneth Walker, which 277 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:24,160 Speaker 1: says plenty. So you've got to ask yourself what's gonna 278 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:28,680 Speaker 1: what What is more statistically significant to you? Is it 279 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:31,840 Speaker 1: the thirty one games leading up to last December twelve, 280 00:15:32,360 --> 00:15:34,400 Speaker 1: or is it the five games after that that are 281 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:37,200 Speaker 1: his most recent? Five games in Seattle has a long 282 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:42,800 Speaker 1: track record of having a bell they have. Whoever wins 283 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:49,720 Speaker 1: this battle probably gets seventy. So is it Penny or 284 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:52,400 Speaker 1: is it Kenneth Walker, who is an absolute game breaker 285 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 1: in college. To me, it's just a matter of how 286 00:15:55,360 --> 00:16:01,200 Speaker 1: long before he displays Penny. His pass blocking could be 287 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:03,760 Speaker 1: the difference. Matt. He was not a great pass blocker 288 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:06,960 Speaker 1: in college. Gino Smith or Drew Lock is gonna need help. 289 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:09,560 Speaker 1: And if you know, if that ends up being a factor, 290 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:12,760 Speaker 1: that could keep Kenneth Walker on the bench longer than 291 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:14,840 Speaker 1: we want to believe it's going to be. But sooner 292 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:18,000 Speaker 1: or later, I'm confident that when it just comes to talent, 293 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:22,760 Speaker 1: Kenneth Walker is the best back they've got. Sure, I mean, 294 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:27,000 Speaker 1: Shot Penny first rounder, Kenneth Walker second rounder. I mean, 295 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:31,080 Speaker 1: if they're only that simple and I was a god Penny, 296 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:33,200 Speaker 1: Still there are still people that talk about any of 297 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:36,880 Speaker 1: that way first round out, you know, like that means anything, 298 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 1: and you're five of his career. Let's take a break, Matt. 299 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:42,880 Speaker 1: When we come back, let's break down Rams and Cardinals, 300 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:47,200 Speaker 1: and I will be unveiling one of my deepest sleepers. 301 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:50,960 Speaker 1: All I think I already know who it is. Really wow, Okay, 302 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:52,840 Speaker 1: we'll find out if you're right. Wouldn't we come back? 303 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:06,280 Speaker 1: It's segment number two Fantasy Football Weekly Paul Charchy and 304 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:09,720 Speaker 1: Matt Harrison Shock Fantasy. What are you guys? What are 305 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:11,840 Speaker 1: you doing at chock Fantasy for the for the preseason 306 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:15,400 Speaker 1: coming in? I just started the brand new Ultimate Best 307 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:17,800 Speaker 1: Ball cheat Sheet. It's got a whole bunch of really 308 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:22,480 Speaker 1: cool stuff on it for ADPs for Best Ball, Tens Underdog, 309 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:26,760 Speaker 1: and they're big contests. Uh. There's a nice little chart 310 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:29,480 Speaker 1: in there that shows where everybody's being drafted, so you 311 00:17:29,480 --> 00:17:32,160 Speaker 1: can kind of plan your Best Ball drafts a little 312 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:35,200 Speaker 1: bit better. Don't don't just react to a best ball draft. 313 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:38,320 Speaker 1: Come in and have a little draft. Come on, you 314 00:17:38,359 --> 00:17:41,760 Speaker 1: need to know what you take that fantastic. The world 315 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:45,160 Speaker 1: champion Rams are next on the docket. Let's let's see 316 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:47,000 Speaker 1: what we've got here and that you know, there are 317 00:17:47,119 --> 00:17:50,240 Speaker 1: some significant changes from last year for a team that 318 00:17:50,359 --> 00:17:53,480 Speaker 1: is otherwise. I mean most Super Bowl teams get rated. 319 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:56,720 Speaker 1: Um really not that this team really didn't go through 320 00:17:56,960 --> 00:17:59,800 Speaker 1: those kinds of changes so much. Yeah, let's where do 321 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:01,720 Speaker 1: you want? It's just a few little changes. We'll start 322 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:04,760 Speaker 1: with Matthew Stafford. Uh, you know, went to the Rams 323 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 1: through down his best statistical years since, equaling a career 324 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:11,960 Speaker 1: high and touchdown passes at forty one, although there was 325 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:16,400 Speaker 1: one more game and uh coming up just shy of yards. 326 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:19,439 Speaker 1: There's not a ton of reason to think huge regression 327 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:22,439 Speaker 1: is coming for Stafford. It just looks like he finally 328 00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:24,439 Speaker 1: got to a good spot and he's just gonna be 329 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:28,040 Speaker 1: this guy now. Uh. Cooper Cup just signed a big extension. 330 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:31,000 Speaker 1: Did you know that he eats breakfast with Matthew Stafford. 331 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:36,480 Speaker 1: You don't need to know much about Cup other than rand. 332 00:18:36,560 --> 00:18:38,920 Speaker 1: By the way, are you are you on the Raisin 333 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:42,120 Speaker 1: nut brand train? I am you love the raisin nut 334 00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:46,520 Speaker 1: brand delicious? Can you still get it? You know what's 335 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:49,199 Speaker 1: absurd about you know what's absurd about not just that, 336 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:54,240 Speaker 1: but most cereals Now the package is about a half 337 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:57,560 Speaker 1: inch thick. I mean they've you know, two cereal boxes 338 00:18:57,680 --> 00:19:00,600 Speaker 1: have gotten so skinny. And it's because on the shelf 339 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:03,480 Speaker 1: you see the big flat side, right, But it's not 340 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:05,359 Speaker 1: till you pick it up in your hand. Go, there's 341 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:08,919 Speaker 1: nothing in my hand, and it's seven dollars. That's the 342 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:11,080 Speaker 1: part that bugs me. I think we need an official 343 00:19:11,119 --> 00:19:14,600 Speaker 1: sponsor of Fantasy Football Weekly from the SERI. I'm talking 344 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:17,760 Speaker 1: to you, Dalton Oil. Maybe I don't know one of 345 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:21,080 Speaker 1: those guys. Hey, Dan, we need I think this is 346 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:23,160 Speaker 1: a general miss product. I'm pretty sure it is raising 347 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:27,880 Speaker 1: up man. We need some honeynut cheerios delightful. People love it. Yeah, 348 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:35,399 Speaker 1: you don't know, you can tell um. Let's move on 349 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:38,680 Speaker 1: to Allen Robinson. The team shipped off Robert Woods, who's 350 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:40,480 Speaker 1: coming back from an a c L replaced him with 351 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:44,919 Speaker 1: Allen Robinson, who's coming off no actual quarterbacks in his career. 352 00:19:45,359 --> 00:19:49,080 Speaker 1: He's had Blake Bortles, Mitch Trubiskie, Nick Foles, Andy Dalton 353 00:19:49,119 --> 00:19:52,280 Speaker 1: and Justin Fields in his rookie year where he didn't 354 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:56,399 Speaker 1: like Allen Robinson for some reason. Um with that mess, 355 00:19:57,160 --> 00:20:00,400 Speaker 1: He's put up three seasons with over eleven yards. He's 356 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:03,280 Speaker 1: seen a hundred and fifty plus targets four times in 357 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:06,280 Speaker 1: his eight year career. One of those years he got 358 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:08,720 Speaker 1: an a c L injury on his first target of 359 00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:11,879 Speaker 1: the year. So we're looking at him in the tail 360 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:13,919 Speaker 1: end of the fourth round right now. And I believe 361 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:17,240 Speaker 1: Fish had the stat last week where when healthy, Robert 362 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:20,960 Speaker 1: Woods was basically a wide receiver one in that offense 363 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:25,520 Speaker 1: alongside Cup. So yeah, I think Allen Robinson's fourth round 364 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:28,440 Speaker 1: of that fourth round, it seems seems like a guy 365 00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:31,800 Speaker 1: that I would take their um. Odell Beckham. He's not back, 366 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:34,600 Speaker 1: but he's unsigned as he recovers from the Super Bowl 367 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:37,800 Speaker 1: knee injury. So that means Van Jefferson is currently your 368 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:40,840 Speaker 1: wide receiver three in l A. He's a fine late 369 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:43,480 Speaker 1: dart throw in Bestball Leagues, but beyond that, it's gonna 370 00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:45,919 Speaker 1: be tough to start him. The team keeps seeing the 371 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:49,399 Speaker 1: praises of two to at well during mini camp as well, 372 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:53,400 Speaker 1: but you know they'll believe it when I see it, Yeah, exactly. Uh, 373 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:56,080 Speaker 1: Tyler Higbee has like one or two games per year 374 00:20:56,080 --> 00:20:58,760 Speaker 1: where he's the top scoring tight end in Fantasy for 375 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:00,840 Speaker 1: a week. In these one or two games, he looks 376 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:03,520 Speaker 1: like the best tight end in football. Yeah. He gives 377 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:06,160 Speaker 1: off that George Kittle vibe does for one to two 378 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:09,000 Speaker 1: games per year, and they're usually against the forty niners. 379 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:11,040 Speaker 1: By the way, maybe kit Will just brings it out 380 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:14,879 Speaker 1: of him. Um, but he's just a guy. Uh. And 381 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:16,640 Speaker 1: then we're going to talk about the running game, because 382 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 1: that's the most interesting part. Um. Cam Acres miraculously returned 383 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:26,320 Speaker 1: in week eighteen after tearing his achilles in July. Uh. 384 00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:29,280 Speaker 1: That alone might be the biggest testament to his athletic 385 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:32,120 Speaker 1: ability that he can do that in six months. That 386 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:37,159 Speaker 1: was crazy. Um, he has more time to rehab to 387 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:41,919 Speaker 1: get stronger. He looked bad last year though. After he 388 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:44,800 Speaker 1: came back, he was very pedestrian. Yeah. He he got 389 00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:47,439 Speaker 1: to just think that he wasn't ready. The Rams have 390 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:49,280 Speaker 1: to be looking at him like the guy the tail 391 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:52,399 Speaker 1: into who had double digit PPR points in five of 392 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:55,280 Speaker 1: his last seven games. I think that that's how they 393 00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:58,240 Speaker 1: view cam Akers and if not, they do have Darrell 394 00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:01,600 Speaker 1: Henderson still, uh, can he take a big share of 395 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 1: the touches? I'm not really sure. Henderson was dinged up 396 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:07,840 Speaker 1: as well through the tail end of last year, basically 397 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:10,360 Speaker 1: was a non factor from the beginning of November through 398 00:22:10,359 --> 00:22:13,359 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. During that time, Sony Michelle filled in 399 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:16,280 Speaker 1: as the feature back for the most part. Michelle's gone. 400 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:18,720 Speaker 1: So we got two guys with a little bit of 401 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:21,960 Speaker 1: an injury history, and then the Rams drafted Notre Dame 402 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:25,560 Speaker 1: running back Kiren Williams in the fifth round. With the 403 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:29,159 Speaker 1: injury history here and the Rams tendency to ride the 404 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:32,560 Speaker 1: hot hand, Williams is going to be a factor at 405 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:35,640 Speaker 1: some point throughout this season. We're gonna be talking him 406 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:38,600 Speaker 1: as a premature speculation or to take a chance on 407 00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:42,080 Speaker 1: me kind of guy. Um, So, Kiren Williams a guy 408 00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:45,159 Speaker 1: to just kind of file away on that watch list 409 00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:48,000 Speaker 1: or just draft with the last pick in your best 410 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,480 Speaker 1: ball draft, that kind of thing. Can we agree that 411 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:53,399 Speaker 1: we hope cam Akers comes back and has a great 412 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:55,800 Speaker 1: career and looks just like the player who was before 413 00:22:55,840 --> 00:23:01,040 Speaker 1: the Achilles injury, while simultaneously acknowledging no running back in 414 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:03,520 Speaker 1: the history of the league has come back to play 415 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:07,040 Speaker 1: meaningful football on an achilles injury. None of them really, 416 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:11,040 Speaker 1: zero Donta Foreman last year had you know, a couple 417 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:13,680 Speaker 1: of good games. Literally that's as good as it gets. 418 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:16,600 Speaker 1: And that was, by the way, like three years off 419 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:21,119 Speaker 1: his achilles. It is a death blow injury, and not 420 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:24,959 Speaker 1: one that I I hope, I hope he's the first, right, 421 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:26,919 Speaker 1: Remember Lader and Peterson came back from his A c 422 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:28,800 Speaker 1: L in six months. Everybody's like, oh my god, this 423 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:31,439 Speaker 1: is like you know, and now everybody does. Maybe that's 424 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:33,960 Speaker 1: what it's gonna be with achilles. Maybe now you know, 425 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:36,640 Speaker 1: medical science has moved Achilles and rehabbing and everything else 426 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:38,879 Speaker 1: has moved into achilles to something everybody can come back for. 427 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:42,040 Speaker 1: But it's never happened. All right, that's the Rams. Let's 428 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:45,719 Speaker 1: go to the Cardinals. We begin with Kyler Murray. There 429 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:50,560 Speaker 1: is a small but non zero chance that the dispute 430 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:53,399 Speaker 1: that Kyler Murray has for a new contract with the 431 00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:57,240 Speaker 1: team does not get resolved and only turned saltier as 432 00:23:57,240 --> 00:24:01,040 Speaker 1: the season gets closer. Here. Who knows how this thing 433 00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:04,680 Speaker 1: might play out. It could be it's just a distraction 434 00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:08,600 Speaker 1: all year, could be bothering him, could be he doesn't play. 435 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:10,800 Speaker 1: I mean, who knows. I mean this is I think 436 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:13,160 Speaker 1: that you need to add in just a little bit. 437 00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:19,119 Speaker 1: Maybe he goes right. I'm reverting my rights back to 438 00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:22,840 Speaker 1: my baseball drafting team. Now. For Murray, I think people 439 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:27,040 Speaker 1: view him as an elite fantasy quarterback. I think he's 440 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:29,680 Speaker 1: a very good fantasy quarterback. I agree. I don't think 441 00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:32,240 Speaker 1: he's elite. I think he's good. He's good, very good. 442 00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:35,800 Speaker 1: He's um. He doesn't pass at an elite level like 443 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:39,160 Speaker 1: say Justin Herbert does five thousand and thirty touchdowns. He 444 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:42,080 Speaker 1: doesn't run like Lamar Jackson does. In fact, they give 445 00:24:42,119 --> 00:24:46,199 Speaker 1: him almost no carries in up close, uh near inside 446 00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:50,440 Speaker 1: the five yards. That's part of it too. That's part 447 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:53,679 Speaker 1: of it too. And so Murray is a He is 448 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:58,080 Speaker 1: a high functioning fantasy quarterback, but I don't view him 449 00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:01,600 Speaker 1: in the elite strata of of the other better passers 450 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:05,919 Speaker 1: and better running quarterbacks are. DeAndre Hopkins is suspended for 451 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:09,320 Speaker 1: the first six games. He'll return for the team's Thursday 452 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:11,920 Speaker 1: night er on October twenty, but you will not get 453 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:15,399 Speaker 1: a start out of him until then. He's currently going 454 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:18,199 Speaker 1: up the board at wide receiver thirty nine in the 455 00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:20,639 Speaker 1: eighth round and you will not get any of the 456 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:24,600 Speaker 1: first six games. Will you be starting DeAndre Hopkins on 457 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:28,440 Speaker 1: a Thursday night blind? Yes, if he's on my team. 458 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:30,320 Speaker 1: He won't be on my team because I don't I 459 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:32,760 Speaker 1: don't want to not have a guy for for six weeks, 460 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:36,000 Speaker 1: even in the eighth round. But if he were on 461 00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:38,720 Speaker 1: my roster for some reason, yeah, it's for DeAndre Hopkins, 462 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:41,000 Speaker 1: I would do it. Sure, I would do it for him. 463 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:44,359 Speaker 1: Automatic by the way, undraftable in a guillotine lake. I mean, 464 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:48,240 Speaker 1: oh yeah, that's your total disaster scenario. Um, you know, 465 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:50,760 Speaker 1: and the opportunity cost here it's just too high. So 466 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:52,280 Speaker 1: it's it's the eighth round. I can give a shot 467 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:56,439 Speaker 1: Bateman one pick later by ADP and just the I 468 00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:58,639 Speaker 1: just see a not the other thing I don't like 469 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:00,720 Speaker 1: about guys who are gonna miss much to it. I 470 00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:03,040 Speaker 1: gotta burn a roster spot on that in many cases. 471 00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:05,000 Speaker 1: You know, if I'm allowed to shelve him and I are, 472 00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:06,960 Speaker 1: that's one thing. But if he's gonna cost me a 473 00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:10,399 Speaker 1: roster spot during his suspension, that's somebody else that could be. 474 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:12,480 Speaker 1: I could be throwing a dart on that on somebody else. 475 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:14,600 Speaker 1: Right there. Yeah, absolutely, you could have a trade chip. 476 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:18,320 Speaker 1: Yeah all right, Marcus Brown. You already know that he 477 00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:20,879 Speaker 1: played at Oklahoma with Murray, so that you know that 478 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:24,560 Speaker 1: factors in a little bit. I guess for six weeks, 479 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:26,600 Speaker 1: For those six weeks that that Hopkins is gone, He'll 480 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:28,119 Speaker 1: be the go to receiver in this offense, or at 481 00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:30,800 Speaker 1: least go to Widersy. When Hopkins comes back, he still 482 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:34,600 Speaker 1: might be. Yeah maybe maybe um and maybe he cements 483 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:37,080 Speaker 1: that role. I mean, maybe he and Hopkins are so 484 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:42,200 Speaker 1: simpatico bat that even when future yeah, thank you Murray 485 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:44,840 Speaker 1: come back that even when a future Hall of Famer 486 00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:47,240 Speaker 1: Hopkins comes back, Brown is still a go to guy. 487 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:49,960 Speaker 1: Maybe it works out that way, or Hopkins comes back 488 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:53,840 Speaker 1: and just daggers Marky's Brown and turns him more into 489 00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:56,359 Speaker 1: the irregular fantasy producer that he was for most of 490 00:26:56,359 --> 00:26:59,400 Speaker 1: his career in Baltimore. Uh, let's go to a J. Green. 491 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:03,439 Speaker 1: I've I have never seen a receiver play one side 492 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:06,720 Speaker 1: of the field as much as a J. Green. Get this. 493 00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:13,920 Speaker 1: He took seven hundred nine two snaps from the right sideline. Wow, 494 00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:17,760 Speaker 1: he took thirty eight on the across the rest of 495 00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:21,960 Speaker 1: the field. I've never seen anything like that, because only 496 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:26,359 Speaker 1: when they go trips left and right. I don't even 497 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:28,040 Speaker 1: know how to run on that side of the field. 498 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:31,679 Speaker 1: That was. It was so strange. I don't ever remember 499 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:34,119 Speaker 1: a receiver doing anything like that. What if they figured 500 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:36,960 Speaker 1: out some weird thing like a J. Green like has 501 00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:39,439 Speaker 1: like a better hand on the outside or something like 502 00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:41,320 Speaker 1: that and can catch better on one side of the 503 00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:47,119 Speaker 1: fields so weird, I think a J. Green spot is 504 00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:52,840 Speaker 1: going to be threatened by Antoine Wesley. Antoine Wesley, I'm 505 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:56,199 Speaker 1: telling you a J. Green who looked pretty bad all season. 506 00:27:56,600 --> 00:28:00,320 Speaker 1: Wesley splashed in some big plays in November and December. 507 00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:03,320 Speaker 1: Last year was not consistent by any means, but that 508 00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:06,000 Speaker 1: guy splashed a little bit, and I think at some 509 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:10,800 Speaker 1: point this correct, some point this year, I think AJ 510 00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:14,600 Speaker 1: Green loses that job to Antoine Wesley, which AJ Green's 511 00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:16,600 Speaker 1: a future Hall of Famer, but I still think there's 512 00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:18,520 Speaker 1: a good there's a good chance that happens a lot 513 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:22,080 Speaker 1: of future Hall of famers that were not dragic. That's 514 00:28:22,119 --> 00:28:24,399 Speaker 1: that's a good point. Uh. Last receiver I want to 515 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:27,160 Speaker 1: talk about is Ron del Moore. By far, the lowest 516 00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:32,720 Speaker 1: averaged targeted yards in the NFL. Now, if you don't 517 00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:36,400 Speaker 1: know the NFL average for targeted yards downfield, it's it's 518 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:41,320 Speaker 1: nine and a half ron del Moore's averaged targeted yards 519 00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:44,760 Speaker 1: How far down field was his average throw m If 520 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:48,120 Speaker 1: you're asking me, I'm gonna say like negative one one 521 00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:52,200 Speaker 1: point one yards one yard down if it was behind 522 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:56,280 Speaker 1: the lines, almost almost. I mean, here's the thing. And 523 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:58,560 Speaker 1: by the way, the next the next worst receiver was 524 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:02,840 Speaker 1: four point seven yards down. So that's how different ron 525 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:06,160 Speaker 1: Dell Moore's usage was. It was just bubble screen, bubble screen, 526 00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:12,000 Speaker 1: bubble screen screen. You can't be a fantasy factor on 527 00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:15,640 Speaker 1: bubble screens. You can't, period, end of story, unless they're 528 00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:19,040 Speaker 1: throwing you ten a game. Yeah, but take that, which 529 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:22,160 Speaker 1: they never did. Which they never did, so you figure 530 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:25,600 Speaker 1: he probably gets better. He's just a better receiver in 531 00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:27,120 Speaker 1: year two. You'd like to think they're gonna open up 532 00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:29,120 Speaker 1: a route tree for him and year two, But the 533 00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:32,680 Speaker 1: way they used Rondell Moore last year, it's if it's 534 00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:35,240 Speaker 1: anything like that this year, he's not even rosterable? Are 535 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:38,600 Speaker 1: we sure? Cliff Kingsbury is a good coach. They've been 536 00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:40,960 Speaker 1: saying that ever since he came into the league. I'm 537 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:44,720 Speaker 1: inclined to say he must be okay, but I don't know. 538 00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:46,640 Speaker 1: I mean I I don't, I don't. It doesn't know 539 00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:50,960 Speaker 1: the pieces in this offense, and it doesn't seem to 540 00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:55,680 Speaker 1: like ever function on all cylinders. We dissected zach ERT's 541 00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:58,160 Speaker 1: last week, so I'm not going to be labor the 542 00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:00,720 Speaker 1: same points here. But I believe he's vast the underdrafted 543 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:03,800 Speaker 1: as as tight end twelve right now. Um, he could 544 00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:06,720 Speaker 1: lead the team and lead all tight ends and targets. 545 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:09,600 Speaker 1: I mean, I I've DeAndre Hopkins out. I mean, there's 546 00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:12,560 Speaker 1: there's a good chance his whole passing offense could largely 547 00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:16,400 Speaker 1: go through zach Ertz. Really excited for his upside here. 548 00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:18,520 Speaker 1: He was tight end five from the point of his 549 00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:20,840 Speaker 1: trade to Arizona last year in Week seven. Yeah, and 550 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:24,880 Speaker 1: remember Max Williams was a Fantasy fighter for the first 551 00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:27,880 Speaker 1: couple of weeks before the Kyler as well. Max Williams 552 00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:30,240 Speaker 1: is back, by the way, and I hopefully doesn't need 553 00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:32,920 Speaker 1: into zach Ertz is uh playing time, but I don't 554 00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:34,880 Speaker 1: think he does. All right, Let's talk James Conner for 555 00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:40,480 Speaker 1: a minute. An absolute ordinary runner with extraordinary opportunity. Kingsbury 556 00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:42,720 Speaker 1: doesn't run Kyler Marie Ne're the goal line, which we 557 00:30:42,720 --> 00:30:45,520 Speaker 1: talked about before. He uses his runners, and Connor got 558 00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:49,640 Speaker 1: a whopping nineteen carries from inside the five yard line 559 00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:52,760 Speaker 1: last year, and he turned those nineteen carries into eleven 560 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:55,560 Speaker 1: touchdowns from inside the five. It's gotta be one of 561 00:30:55,600 --> 00:31:00,440 Speaker 1: the higher of of guys inside the five with it. 562 00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:03,680 Speaker 1: It is. Uh. He only scored four touchdowns from anywhere 563 00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:06,520 Speaker 1: farther than five yards, which I think really does also 564 00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:09,600 Speaker 1: highlight that Connor is not a special talent. He's like 565 00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:11,920 Speaker 1: Lee roy Horde. He's a little Lee roy Horde there. 566 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:15,160 Speaker 1: And because he's an ordinary runner's averaging three point seven 567 00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:19,480 Speaker 1: yards per carry and has a bottom ten yards over 568 00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:24,240 Speaker 1: expectation and his technically under expectation. Um, he's actually point 569 00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:27,720 Speaker 1: three yards under expectation for James Conner, He's he's just 570 00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:32,800 Speaker 1: a guy. He's just a touchdown dependent dude. Early drafters 571 00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:35,400 Speaker 1: are chasing Connor's touchdowns from last year. He's going off 572 00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:38,000 Speaker 1: the board. Is running back sixteen in the third round, 573 00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:42,200 Speaker 1: not paying it. No, that's too early. It's too early 574 00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:45,000 Speaker 1: for a player who's not that good. I can have JK. 575 00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:48,240 Speaker 1: Dobbins at that point. Um, gosh, I hope he comes 576 00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:52,040 Speaker 1: back and looks good. I'm I'm I'm on the Dobbins bandwagon. 577 00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:54,040 Speaker 1: I was last year at this time, and then you 578 00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:55,680 Speaker 1: know who knew the A C L was coming. Darryll 579 00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:58,080 Speaker 1: Williams is also, by the way, now a cardinal. He 580 00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:00,640 Speaker 1: caught a career high forty seven passing yards last year 581 00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:04,120 Speaker 1: and will likely take Chase Edmond's role from last year. 582 00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:07,560 Speaker 1: Um with an outside chance of taking Connor's lead back role. 583 00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:09,800 Speaker 1: I mean, if Connor is gonna keep being three point 584 00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:13,760 Speaker 1: seven yards per carry and negative yards over expectation, maybe 585 00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:16,680 Speaker 1: Darryl Williams ends up becoming the lead back at some point. 586 00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:21,520 Speaker 1: His ADP, by the way, running back fifty seven. I 587 00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:25,800 Speaker 1: thought you were running back a hundred. It's round sixteen 588 00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:30,640 Speaker 1: by basically player a hundred three. So Williams to me, 589 00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:32,320 Speaker 1: if I had to pay the ADP on one guy 590 00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:35,280 Speaker 1: or the other, I'd rather play pay Darryl Williams sixteenth 591 00:32:35,400 --> 00:32:39,280 Speaker 1: round a DP, then James Conner's third round do the 592 00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:42,400 Speaker 1: opposite guy. You're not drafting James Conner in round three anyway. 593 00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:45,000 Speaker 1: A couple of wide receivers in a tight end, you're 594 00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:47,040 Speaker 1: good to go, I am. I know that sets up 595 00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:49,600 Speaker 1: the rest of my draft right there. All right, thanks 596 00:32:49,640 --> 00:32:53,960 Speaker 1: for helping me break down the NFC West matt Um. 597 00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:56,560 Speaker 1: Not sure it's going to be a next week Brian 598 00:32:56,760 --> 00:33:00,520 Speaker 1: or Scott one of those. Definitely not you, because we'll 599 00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:04,680 Speaker 1: be gambling in the Upper Peninsula. Yeah maybe maybe We're 600 00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:06,840 Speaker 1: not sure yet. We'll see catching a muskie. You ever 601 00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:09,480 Speaker 1: caught a muskie? I don't believe those are real. They're 602 00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:13,920 Speaker 1: imaginary fish that my parents made up. It's it's always 603 00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:17,600 Speaker 1: the one. It's the fish. It's like fourteen feet long. 604 00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:19,680 Speaker 1: You see these guys. You know it takes two people 605 00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:22,560 Speaker 1: to hold the fish and all that. I've caught a big, 606 00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:26,320 Speaker 1: big snapping turtle before in Lake Minataka. That's scary. In 607 00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:29,440 Speaker 1: Lake Minnataka. Oh yeah, I got a swimmers of Lake Minnataka. 608 00:33:29,560 --> 00:33:31,800 Speaker 1: You don't want the snapping turtle will take a chunk 609 00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:33,880 Speaker 1: out of you. This thing looks like a manhole cover. 610 00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:36,239 Speaker 1: I was like, oh, I reeled it up and I 611 00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:41,320 Speaker 1: was like, get the get the sister. You do not 612 00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:43,320 Speaker 1: want to deal with that at all. What's the biggest 613 00:33:43,320 --> 00:33:46,520 Speaker 1: fish you've ever caught? Um? I used to fish a 614 00:33:46,520 --> 00:33:48,840 Speaker 1: lot when I was a kid. Uh. I caught a 615 00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:53,440 Speaker 1: fairly large bass. It was probably four bass. Yeah, that 616 00:33:53,520 --> 00:33:55,800 Speaker 1: was that was probably the biggest couple northern here and there. 617 00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:58,400 Speaker 1: But I'm not I'm not a huge fisherman. I've in 618 00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:01,000 Speaker 1: fishing ten years. It's probab rerobably been that long for 619 00:34:01,040 --> 00:34:03,680 Speaker 1: me as well. So you could probably get out there 620 00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:06,479 Speaker 1: do that a little more. Yeah, yeah, you probably do 621 00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:09,719 Speaker 1: get out you know, see the sun. We're having indoorsman 622 00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:12,640 Speaker 1: over here. All right. Don't you have like a video 623 00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:15,799 Speaker 1: game that like simulates fishing or something like? Yeah, there's 624 00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:18,840 Speaker 1: a lot of VR fishing is good. People love VR fishing. 625 00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:22,640 Speaker 1: When have you been they are fishing last Well, I was. 626 00:34:22,680 --> 00:34:25,040 Speaker 1: I was just talking to my buddy Joel and he 627 00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:26,799 Speaker 1: was telling me. He was He's like, want to come 628 00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:30,319 Speaker 1: out of my VR boat? Yeah, he was. He uh, 629 00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:32,680 Speaker 1: he's telling me about how he had It's just a 630 00:34:32,719 --> 00:34:36,239 Speaker 1: bad day. You know, it works on his mind and 631 00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:37,920 Speaker 1: he's like, I just I need to get away. So 632 00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:40,239 Speaker 1: he gets his and gets his Oculus question. He was 633 00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:42,839 Speaker 1: VR fishing for two hours. He's like, I was not 634 00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:45,279 Speaker 1: on the planet Earth. I was. I was locked into 635 00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:48,520 Speaker 1: my VR fishing game, and you know I got away. 636 00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:50,919 Speaker 1: It was like a mini vacation in my living room. 637 00:34:51,239 --> 00:34:54,600 Speaker 1: VR fishing nice. Yeah, I suppose with with VR fishing, 638 00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:56,719 Speaker 1: you don't have to stand up and look foolish and 639 00:34:56,719 --> 00:34:58,640 Speaker 1: like wave your hands around and stuff. You don't have 640 00:34:58,640 --> 00:35:00,960 Speaker 1: to be your book. You kind of sit on the 641 00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:04,600 Speaker 1: couch and just move your wrists a little bit. That's 642 00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:07,319 Speaker 1: about it. Yeah, that's pretty nice. I came. I came 643 00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:10,160 Speaker 1: home to my my oldest son the other day doing uh, 644 00:35:10,239 --> 00:35:12,120 Speaker 1: one of the one of his VR games. But he's 645 00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:16,439 Speaker 1: just like swinging, just flailing in the basement and breathing hard, 646 00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:19,160 Speaker 1: and it's like, what the heck is going on down here? 647 00:35:19,560 --> 00:35:23,160 Speaker 1: To going to exercise? By the way, I hope it 648 00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:28,320 Speaker 1: was a game I have reasonably, there's that too. Thanks 649 00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:31,640 Speaker 1: for listening. Everybody will talk to you next week. Fantasy 650 00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:34,560 Speaker 1: Football Weekly is a production of I Heart Radio. For 651 00:35:34,640 --> 00:35:37,000 Speaker 1: more podcasts for my Heart Radio, visit the i heart 652 00:35:37,080 --> 00:35:40,080 Speaker 1: Radio app, Apple podcast, or wherever you listen to your 653 00:35:40,080 --> 00:35:40,800 Speaker 1: favorite shows.