1 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:14,520 Speaker 1: Hey there, everybody. It is Monday, August two. Welcome to 2 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:17,799 Speaker 1: the NFL Fantasy Football Podcast, where we still have not 3 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:19,919 Speaker 1: named our starters. This mean your man nam G Marcus 4 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:22,200 Speaker 1: Grant alone with Michael F. Floria. We got the specialists 5 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:25,360 Speaker 1: over there behind the camera, who all right, welcome everybody. 6 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:27,320 Speaker 1: It's a cast of dozens. They help us put on 7 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 1: this show. And uh, Floria, we've made it. We have 8 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 1: made it through the preseason. It's over now. This I 9 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 1: don't want to jinxit knock on wood. This feels like 10 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:39,920 Speaker 1: the first ever preseason where like a major player hasn't 11 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:41,479 Speaker 1: been injured. You were right about that. I didn't even 12 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:43,600 Speaker 1: think about that, but yeah, we have not had any major, 13 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 1: you know, on field injuries, so that that is a 14 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:49,519 Speaker 1: good thing definitely as we get ready for the regular season. 15 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:53,199 Speaker 1: By the way, this is officially Fantasy Week here at 16 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 1: NFL Media. We're gonna be hitting you with tons of 17 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 1: content on all our platforms. You can dominate the grafts 18 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 1: and bring home a title. Is or you hear the 19 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:03,440 Speaker 1: air horns. I was pushing to get Sandstorm to open 20 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 1: the show here by Drude, but I think there's some 21 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 1: sort of copyright issues or something like that, so we 22 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:11,320 Speaker 1: can't use it. But anyway, since we're talking about fantasy draft, 23 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:12,760 Speaker 1: we it seems like a good time to also tell 24 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:15,120 Speaker 1: you that you can go and sign up for your 25 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:18,200 Speaker 1: free NFL Fantasy league right now. Like I said, it's 26 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:21,000 Speaker 1: absolutely free to play. You can download the NFL Fantasy 27 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:25,320 Speaker 1: app or sign up at Fantasy dot nfl dot com. 28 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 1: We got plenty to talk about on this show today. 29 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:30,479 Speaker 1: We're gonna do a first round mock draft a little 30 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:32,759 Speaker 1: bit later on in the program. We've got some running 31 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 1: back rankings from Michael Le Florio here too that we're 32 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:36,959 Speaker 1: gonna break down, and uh, we're gonna dive into those 33 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 1: a little bit. Plus we will continue our division previews. 34 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:43,760 Speaker 1: We're looking at the NFC North today. But as I mentioned, 35 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:46,440 Speaker 1: the preseason is officially over and we've seen a lot, 36 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 1: we have read a lot. There has been a lot 37 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 1: said and written about it. But if we're gonna break 38 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:54,600 Speaker 1: this down into our takeaways, if there's one guy that 39 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 1: you learned a little bit more about, maybe you're bigger 40 00:01:57,640 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 1: on or lower on than you were before the preseason started, 41 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 1: who might that be? I think it would be impossible 42 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 1: to talk about preseason winners without talking about Damian Pierce, 43 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 1: who he just ran away with that job. He was 44 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:13,239 Speaker 1: the highest rated running back this preseason by PFF. And 45 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 1: the thing about him is, like the first game of 46 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:18,400 Speaker 1: the year, of the preseason game, he only had five touches, 47 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:21,360 Speaker 1: but for Smith tackles had a bunch of yards after contact. 48 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 1: Then they sat him in week two and there was like, 49 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:25,920 Speaker 1: all right, he locked up the job. But then they 50 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:28,840 Speaker 1: allowed him to play with the starters this past week 51 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:30,960 Speaker 1: and he looked great out there. I know he only 52 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 1: had a couple of uh carries because they quickly pulled 53 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:37,519 Speaker 1: him off, but he looked great. He he has seemingly 54 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 1: stolen that starting job away from Marlon Mack and now 55 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:42,840 Speaker 1: I think the only real hurdle in his way is 56 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 1: can he becoming third down back and steal that roll 57 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:47,520 Speaker 1: away from Rex Burkehead. And I think he easily can 58 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:50,399 Speaker 1: because Rex Burkhead is just a guy, and Damian Pierces 59 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 1: was a very good pass catcher in college. Burkehead really 60 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 1: feels like a stop gap there. He's sort of a 61 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:57,760 Speaker 1: you know, an emergency option. He's looks he's been very 62 00:02:57,760 --> 00:02:59,240 Speaker 1: good in his career, but he's not a guy. You're 63 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 1: gonna build this a fence around. Uh. The only weird 64 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:04,239 Speaker 1: things that Levy Smith says he's not ready to name 65 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 1: Pierced the starter yet. I think we all know, we 66 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 1: all know how this is going. This is like, uh, 67 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 1: like Marlon Mack will get like the first carry of 68 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 1: week one and they'll be like, starter down, we're bringing 69 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 1: in the Yeah. I think I think that's how it's 70 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:20,079 Speaker 1: pretty much gonna go for him there too. Um, I've 71 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 1: loved him. His ADP has gone way up since the 72 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: start of the summer. For me, I'm looking at Kimny 73 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: Pickett and we came into the off season. Obviously, the 74 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:30,079 Speaker 1: Steelers went out and got Mitch Drabinsky in the off 75 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 1: season and we thought immediately, Okay, well he's gonna be 76 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 1: the starter. Then they draft Kimny Pickett and it's like, oh, well, 77 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:37,760 Speaker 1: now we've got a real competition. And that competition has 78 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:40,520 Speaker 1: been pretty hot and heavy all throughout training camp and 79 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 1: the preseason, and we've seen pick it steadily improved as 80 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 1: the preseason has gone along. He's getting plenty of praise 81 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 1: from the Steelers coaches. I think it's in some ways 82 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 1: maybe a little bit like the Damian Pierce situation where 83 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 1: I expect Mitch Drobinski probably will be the starter in 84 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 1: Week one for this team. But I don't think we're 85 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:00,240 Speaker 1: gonna get too long into the season before you see 86 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:02,480 Speaker 1: Kenny Pickett takeover. He's a guy in a couple of 87 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:05,840 Speaker 1: spots I have drafted late U deeper and deeper leagues, 88 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 1: like two QB leagues, just because of the potential upside there. 89 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:11,760 Speaker 1: Uh So, you know, with all the rookie quarterbacks coming in, 90 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 1: I know there's not necessarily high expectations for this group 91 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:16,680 Speaker 1: of rookie quarterbacks, but Pickett looks like he might be 92 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:18,719 Speaker 1: sort of the leader in the clubhouse in that group. 93 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:21,799 Speaker 1: I I agree, and I if I wasn't talking about Pierce, 94 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 1: Pickett is exactly who I would have picked. He went 95 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 1: twenty nine of thirty six. That's an eighty point five 96 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:31,839 Speaker 1: percent completion percentage this preseason. And I think my theory 97 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:34,479 Speaker 1: now is they get the Bengals and Patriots the first 98 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 1: two weeks of the year, throw Trubisky out there. We 99 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 1: know what Bill Belichick does. Two rookies, potentially you know 100 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:41,360 Speaker 1: when to start. I think they bring because their scheduled 101 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 1: softens after that. I think you bring in Kenny Pickett 102 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:45,840 Speaker 1: then and just ease him in and you go off 103 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:49,120 Speaker 1: and running from there. All right, let's turn to our 104 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:53,040 Speaker 1: division preview. It is the NFC North this week, and 105 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:55,240 Speaker 1: as we have been doing the whole time, we will 106 00:04:55,279 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 1: go by order of last year's division finish, which starts 107 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:00,920 Speaker 1: us off with the Green Bay Actors. They were thirteen 108 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:04,000 Speaker 1: and four and twenty one, lost their first and only 109 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 1: playoff game, a surprising loss at home to the San 110 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 1: Francisco forty Niners. Their passing leader, no surprise, Aaron Rodgers 111 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 1: fifteen yards, thirty seven touchdowns, four interceptions. He was the 112 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:18,000 Speaker 1: QB six uh, the Russian leader. Maybe a little bit 113 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 1: of a surprise. It was a j. Dillon. It was 114 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:22,239 Speaker 1: not Aaron Jones, dealing with eight hundred and three yards 115 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:24,279 Speaker 1: on the ground five rushing touchdowns that made him the 116 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 1: RB twenty three. In fairness, Jones not that far behind 117 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 1: in terms of rushing yards. Added the receiving yards to 118 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:33,479 Speaker 1: to give him a really good finish. Receiving leader, not 119 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 1: a surprise. Davante Adams a hundred and twenty three catches, 120 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:39,839 Speaker 1: one thousand, five hundred fifty three yards, eleven receiving touchdowns, 121 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 1: he was the wide receiver to. I went back and look, 122 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:46,480 Speaker 1: he was the wide receiver to by like ninety five points. 123 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 1: I mean there was like a sizeable gap between a 124 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 1: Cooper coups about you know, I mean like and that 125 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 1: says how great Cup was when you're talking about a 126 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:56,719 Speaker 1: guy with a hundred twenty catches, fifteen hundred yards, double 127 00:05:56,760 --> 00:06:00,800 Speaker 1: digit touchdowns and was still nearly a hundred points by uh, 128 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:03,680 Speaker 1: the guy who was the leader there. Let's let's go 129 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:06,640 Speaker 1: back there and talk about the running backs. Because everybody 130 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 1: has loved Aaron Jones. A J. Dylan is beginning a 131 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:12,159 Speaker 1: lot more hype over the last few weeks, especially we 132 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 1: know Jones is going to be drafted as an RB one, 133 00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:17,720 Speaker 1: likely will finish there. But with all the talk of 134 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 1: maybe these guys catching more passes, maybe getting more goal 135 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 1: line work, could we see both Dylan and Jones finishes 136 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 1: RB ones this year? Slim chance? I think. I think 137 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:30,479 Speaker 1: if it happens, they'll both be like somewhere in like 138 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:34,039 Speaker 1: ten through twelve, somewhere like that. I think they take 139 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 1: away too much from each other. To both of them, 140 00:06:36,279 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 1: you know, or even one of them finished like top five. 141 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:42,279 Speaker 1: I feel comfortable saying that instead of RB one's like 142 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:46,479 Speaker 1: top fifteen, definitely definitely top twenty. I think, um, I 143 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:48,840 Speaker 1: think Jones will is the one. I still prefer He's 144 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 1: the one I'm drafting higher because I think he's going 145 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 1: to get a lot of work in the passing game, 146 00:06:52,839 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 1: Like I keep saying, I wouldn't be surprised if he's 147 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:59,719 Speaker 1: their leading receiver this season, so I think. But for Dylan, 148 00:06:59,839 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 1: like he could be the goal line back. So there 149 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:05,200 Speaker 1: is a path to each of them finishing as RB ones. 150 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:07,920 Speaker 1: But it is so hard for a team to have 151 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:10,840 Speaker 1: to that that I'll say, no, I feel more comfortable 152 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:12,680 Speaker 1: with them being like fifteen or twenty. I think it's 153 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 1: it's hard for a team to have to. It's really 154 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 1: hard for a team to have to when you have 155 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 1: a quarterback like Aaron Rodgers. If you have you're part 156 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:20,840 Speaker 1: of it. You know, if if you were talking about 157 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:22,960 Speaker 1: a team that that's just trying to figure their way 158 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 1: at quarterback, maybe you've got more of an opportunity. I 159 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 1: still think Jones is an RB one. I think Dylan 160 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:32,000 Speaker 1: is a strong RB two candidate. And I was sort of, 161 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 1: you know, kind of extrapolating out from what a j 162 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:37,880 Speaker 1: Dylon did last year. If you believe, as Rogers has suggested, 163 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:40,400 Speaker 1: that he can catch fifty passes this year, you sort of, 164 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:42,480 Speaker 1: you know, extrapolate what the yards per catch word on 165 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:44,520 Speaker 1: and on and on. Uh, that would kind of that 166 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 1: would ease him somewhere into the top ten. But I 167 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:48,840 Speaker 1: think I think that's kind of wish casting more than 168 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 1: actual projection. So I do think it's a situation where 169 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:54,680 Speaker 1: Jones is an RB one. I think he finishes probably, 170 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 1: you know, somewhere eight to twelve. Uh and and Dylones, 171 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:00,560 Speaker 1: the guys you mentioned, you know, around fifteen in sixteen 172 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 1: something like that. I think that seems a little bit 173 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:07,240 Speaker 1: more believable. You mentioned believing Aaron Jones could be Green 174 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:10,760 Speaker 1: Bay's leading receiver. We're gonna learn a lot about this 175 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 1: receiving corps this year with no Davante Adams, right, Aaron 176 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:17,680 Speaker 1: Rodgers doesn't have that safety blanket anymore. We've sort of 177 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:20,800 Speaker 1: been you know, picking at Packers wide receivers. If there 178 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:23,440 Speaker 1: is one that you are targeting, who would it be? 179 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 1: So my brain wants to say Alan Lazard, But I've 180 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 1: done enough drafts and come away with no Alan Lazard 181 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:32,960 Speaker 1: that I feel like it's almost I think he's going 182 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:36,439 Speaker 1: to be the wide receiver one, but I don't know. 183 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:38,000 Speaker 1: I could see him leading the way with like eight 184 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 1: hundred yards and like seven six seven touchdowns, and so 185 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:45,320 Speaker 1: like I tend to just wait and and go later. 186 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:48,680 Speaker 1: Like you see Romeo Dobbs here, Christian Watkins, Watson goes 187 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:52,080 Speaker 1: so late that like, I'll take a late round bench 188 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:54,480 Speaker 1: upside flyer on one of those guys. But like Alan 189 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:57,600 Speaker 1: Lazard is using a starting roster spot on and I 190 00:08:57,760 --> 00:08:59,680 Speaker 1: easily could be wrong, But I don't know about you. 191 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:02,079 Speaker 1: I've never felt comfortable saying like this guy is the 192 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:04,839 Speaker 1: unquestioned wide receiver one. Here I I say that Ellen 193 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:07,840 Speaker 1: Lazard is the wide receiver one kind of by default. 194 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:11,120 Speaker 1: He's the guy who's been there, he knows the system, 195 00:09:11,160 --> 00:09:13,440 Speaker 1: he has at least some connection with Aaron Rodgers, and 196 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:16,120 Speaker 1: with Adam's gone, somebody has to kind of step up 197 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:17,840 Speaker 1: and take that spot on the depth chart. So in 198 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:20,800 Speaker 1: that respect, I'm drafted Lazard a couple of times, but he's, 199 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:22,880 Speaker 1: you know, at best, my third wide receiver. And I'm 200 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:24,480 Speaker 1: kind of with you. I don't I don't love it. 201 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 1: I don't feel comfortable with it. Um I've been trying 202 00:09:27,640 --> 00:09:29,560 Speaker 1: to get shots at Romeo Dobbs, but every time the 203 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:32,480 Speaker 1: Packers tweet out a video of him, it gets harder. 204 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:36,160 Speaker 1: Stop it, Packers. Did you hear last week's rumor they're 205 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:39,199 Speaker 1: having lunch breakfast together him and Aaron Rodgers? And I think, yeah, 206 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 1: they're they're hanging out. They're eating meals together now. So 207 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:43,400 Speaker 1: like if if if we're going by the Cooper Cup 208 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:46,000 Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford narrative, then it's Romeo Dobbs to the moon. 209 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 1: I love that there's actually fantasy analysts out there who 210 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:51,440 Speaker 1: are like, who's having breakfast with each other this year? 211 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 1: Like we need to know, we need cafeteria cams for 212 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:57,320 Speaker 1: all thirty two teams to see, like who's hanging out 213 00:09:57,360 --> 00:09:59,160 Speaker 1: with one another? Which, by the way, though, I mean, 214 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:02,720 Speaker 1: Sammy watch Kins is there, right rail Cobb is there. 215 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 1: These are veteran guys who have been in the league 216 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:07,480 Speaker 1: for a long time. Cobb has a long history with 217 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:10,400 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers. We're not talking about either of those guys 218 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:13,560 Speaker 1: right now. And that's why I I have this uneasy 219 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 1: feeling about Alan Lizard because I could see Randall Cobb 220 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:21,199 Speaker 1: and Sammy Watkins both potentially not being great fantasy pieces, 221 00:10:21,559 --> 00:10:24,200 Speaker 1: but being much more useful to the Packers in real 222 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:26,280 Speaker 1: life and being like a thorn in the side. And 223 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 1: just like, no one in this in this passing offense 224 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:32,000 Speaker 1: is going to be one that you can trust weekly. 225 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:35,800 Speaker 1: I'm guessing that someone will develop as the year goes on, 226 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:38,600 Speaker 1: whether it be Lizard or any of these other options, 227 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 1: but early on I with with confidence can't really talk 228 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:43,760 Speaker 1: up any of them. All right, So that gets us 229 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 1: to what we normally do here. Who is the first 230 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:48,719 Speaker 1: packer you're drafting? Who is a sleeper, and who's a 231 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:51,319 Speaker 1: player you're avoiding? First packer drafted I still think is 232 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:54,040 Speaker 1: Aaron Jones. I'll take him in the second round. I 233 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:55,480 Speaker 1: took him in the second round of a draft I 234 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:58,480 Speaker 1: had this weekend. UH as my RB one. Actually, I 235 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:02,520 Speaker 1: felt pretty good about that sleeper is. I don't know 236 00:11:02,559 --> 00:11:04,000 Speaker 1: if this is much of a sleeper at this point, 237 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:07,920 Speaker 1: but I think Romeo Dobbs is the sleeper of Packers, 238 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:10,439 Speaker 1: right of the Packers right now, because if anyone profiles 239 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:12,920 Speaker 1: to maybe be a breakout wide receiver out of this group, 240 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:15,800 Speaker 1: I think it's him, UH and player to avoid. Like 241 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:18,320 Speaker 1: we're talking about how much we disliked the receivers. I'm 242 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 1: gonna say Aaron Rodgers, because this is a guy who 243 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:24,280 Speaker 1: doesn't run anymore. He's been relying on like uber efficiency 244 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 1: with with the touchdown percentage being off the charts the 245 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:30,160 Speaker 1: last two years, the interception rate being so low. I 246 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 1: think losing Davantae Adams greatly greatly impacts that, who was 247 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:36,839 Speaker 1: unquestionably their best red zone and end zone targets. So 248 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:39,360 Speaker 1: I just have not come away with Hamon Rodgers at 249 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:42,079 Speaker 1: all this this draft season. When we talked quarterbacks last week, 250 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:45,080 Speaker 1: you mentioned that you've got him ranked thirteen. Yeah, so, 251 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:47,840 Speaker 1: uh that that sort of stands to reason there. Obviously, 252 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:50,240 Speaker 1: Aaron Jones the first player drafted. You know, I've been 253 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:52,440 Speaker 1: trying to target him early second round where I can. 254 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:53,960 Speaker 1: I love him as an RB one this year at 255 00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:55,439 Speaker 1: that If if if I'm gonna go wide receiver in the 256 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:57,000 Speaker 1: first round and Aaron Jones is sitting there in the 257 00:11:57,000 --> 00:12:00,480 Speaker 1: second round, I'm definitely okay with making that move there. Uh. 258 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:02,040 Speaker 1: I mean, I guess we can go Dobbs as a sleeper, 259 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:04,320 Speaker 1: even though everybody's kind of talked him up on Fantasy Twitter. 260 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:06,599 Speaker 1: I guess you can also say Aaron or A J. 261 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:09,439 Speaker 1: Dillon maybe kind of a sleeper. It's sort of hard 262 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:12,000 Speaker 1: to peg, right because we've talked so much about the 263 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:14,240 Speaker 1: Packer offense. But A J. Dillon's the guy that everybody 264 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:16,360 Speaker 1: likes who really could have a breakout season this year. 265 00:12:16,679 --> 00:12:19,719 Speaker 1: The player to avoid for me. Look, if you want 266 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:22,319 Speaker 1: to take a shot at Alan Lazard because he profiles 267 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:24,320 Speaker 1: as the wide receiver one, cool. If you want to 268 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:26,560 Speaker 1: take a shot at Romeo Dobbs because he has that 269 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:30,040 Speaker 1: breakout potential. Cool. Beyond that, I'm not I'm not taking 270 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:32,600 Speaker 1: a shot at any Packers wide receivers. I just don't 271 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:35,360 Speaker 1: you know. Sammy Watkins is gonna do his Sammy Watkins 272 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 1: thing where he has like a huge Week one and 273 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:40,440 Speaker 1: then he vanishes. Randall Cob will be really good for 274 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:42,720 Speaker 1: the Packers in real football and not so great and 275 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:45,719 Speaker 1: fantasy football. Christian Watson, I mean just it's kind of 276 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 1: an unknown because we didn't see much of him in 277 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:51,240 Speaker 1: the preseason. So I'm just it's either Lazard or Dobbs 278 00:12:51,320 --> 00:12:54,160 Speaker 1: undrafting everybody else. I'm kind of out on this year. 279 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 1: The Packers receivers group is going to be one of 280 00:12:57,320 --> 00:12:59,400 Speaker 1: the most interesting things to talk about all year long. 281 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:00,840 Speaker 1: It's gonna make with him to kind of watch that. 282 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:03,800 Speaker 1: Next up, it's the Minnesota Vikings. They were eight nine 283 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:07,679 Speaker 1: in one. They're passing leader Kirk Cousins four thousand, two 284 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:10,960 Speaker 1: hundred twenty one yards, thirty three touchdowns, seven interceptions. He 285 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:14,840 Speaker 1: was the QB eleven rushing leader, Dalvin Cook eleven hundred 286 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:18,640 Speaker 1: fifty nine yards, six rushing touchdowns, the RB sixteen, and 287 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:22,440 Speaker 1: the receiving leader no surprise, Justin Jefferson hundred and eight catches, 288 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:26,480 Speaker 1: one thousand, six hundred sixteen yards, ten receiving touchdowns at 289 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:29,760 Speaker 1: the wide receiver four. All right, let's talk about Kirk Cousins. 290 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:31,640 Speaker 1: I mean, he's got plenty of talent around him in 291 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:34,440 Speaker 1: this offense. Going off the board is QB fifteen. Is 292 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:38,439 Speaker 1: it possible he's being underdrafted. Yes, I think so because 293 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:40,800 Speaker 1: you talk about how he's always a QB one since 294 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:43,360 Speaker 1: he became a starter in twenty fifteen, he's been a 295 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:46,160 Speaker 1: top twelve quarterback all but one year. His one year 296 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:48,520 Speaker 1: he was the QB fifteen. So I think you can 297 00:13:48,559 --> 00:13:51,120 Speaker 1: make an argument that we are drafting him at his floor. 298 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:53,719 Speaker 1: The only thing I'm fine with him going there that's 299 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 1: actually where I have him ranked because I do think 300 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:59,360 Speaker 1: there's quarterbacks that he could finish ahead of, but have 301 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:02,440 Speaker 1: that have more upside. So, uh, Cousins is never going 302 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:04,320 Speaker 1: to be the guy that wins you your league, so 303 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:06,560 Speaker 1: I don't pull him up the draft board, but he's 304 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:09,320 Speaker 1: definitely undervalued someone that I think you can get as 305 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:12,440 Speaker 1: a really strong quarterback too, or if you wait on quarterback, 306 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 1: you compare him with one of the young upside quarterbacks 307 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:17,000 Speaker 1: like a Twa or a Lawrence or something like that. 308 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:19,520 Speaker 1: He could be the quarterback of the All Oatmeal team, right, 309 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:21,920 Speaker 1: because there's nothing there's nothing exciting about him, right. He 310 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:24,960 Speaker 1: doesn't run for a ton of yards. He's not uber efficient, 311 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:27,520 Speaker 1: he's not like Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady efficient, he doesn't 312 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:32,680 Speaker 1: make spectacular throws like Patrick Mahomes. There's he's just he's fine, right, 313 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:36,280 Speaker 1: But he's consistent, he produces. He's just not exciting, And 314 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:38,560 Speaker 1: so I think that's the reason we're always looking for upside. 315 00:14:38,640 --> 00:14:41,880 Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins just kind of is that's kind of the 316 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:44,280 Speaker 1: best way to describe He just is. So I think 317 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:46,520 Speaker 1: fifteen sort of makes sense. But you're right, we'll do 318 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:47,880 Speaker 1: all this and at the end of the year, he'll 319 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:50,320 Speaker 1: be like QB twelve and be like, yeah, he's He's 320 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:53,840 Speaker 1: solid every single year. That's how it goes um For 321 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:56,680 Speaker 1: a long time, Adam Feeling has been his wide receiver 322 00:14:56,760 --> 00:14:58,640 Speaker 1: of choice. That is sort of shifted now with the 323 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:01,000 Speaker 1: emergence of Justin. Jeff Or said, but there's been a 324 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:03,920 Speaker 1: lot of glowing reviews of Adam Feeling throughout training camp 325 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:06,640 Speaker 1: in the preseason, saying he looks like the guy that 326 00:15:06,720 --> 00:15:09,240 Speaker 1: we saw maybe a few years ago. Always seems to 327 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:11,720 Speaker 1: get double digit touchdowns no matter how much we talk 328 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:14,800 Speaker 1: about regression. When you look at Adam Feeling, what is 329 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:17,720 Speaker 1: your ceiling for him this year? So I I think 330 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:21,480 Speaker 1: I think maybe if everything broke right, he could be 331 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:24,120 Speaker 1: a wide receiver too. But I feel much more comfortable 332 00:15:24,160 --> 00:15:26,280 Speaker 1: about having him as a wide receiver three, which is 333 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 1: exactly where I have him ranked. And the thing is like, 334 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 1: you're kind of drafting him at his ceiling, I feel like, 335 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:36,240 Speaker 1: So I don't really have a lot of Adam Feeling 336 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:38,960 Speaker 1: because the yardach has gone down each of the last 337 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:41,280 Speaker 1: couple of years. He hasn't been a thousand yard guy. 338 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:44,400 Speaker 1: Touchdowns have been keeping him afloat but Marcus, you talk 339 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:46,680 Speaker 1: about it all the time, how touchdowns are are fickle 340 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:51,040 Speaker 1: beasts and they're hard to trust. So I typically tend 341 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:53,720 Speaker 1: to go with a younger, higher upside receiver in that 342 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 1: range of the draft. I've drafted Feeling a couple of times, 343 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:58,880 Speaker 1: but it has been no more than a wide receiver three, 344 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:02,840 Speaker 1: just because because of that potential regression, like at some 345 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:04,720 Speaker 1: point you gotta feel like it's going to happen, right, 346 00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:07,320 Speaker 1: So I would much rather draft him closer to his 347 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:09,560 Speaker 1: floor than his ceiling, and so for that reason, I've 348 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:12,120 Speaker 1: got him his wide receiver three. I do think, you know, 349 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:15,360 Speaker 1: if things turn out right, if Kevin O'Connell juices this 350 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:18,720 Speaker 1: offense the way people think he can, then maybe that 351 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:20,600 Speaker 1: does get him in that wide receiver two range. But 352 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:23,360 Speaker 1: I think that's the absolute ceiling. That is, as you mentioned, 353 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:27,840 Speaker 1: if everything works right for Adam Feland. All right, Vikings 354 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:31,240 Speaker 1: first player drafted, your Vikings sleeper, and your Vikings player 355 00:16:31,280 --> 00:16:35,000 Speaker 1: to avoid first player drafted Dalvin Cook. He's the first 356 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:38,360 Speaker 1: round pick UH sleeper. I still think IRV Smith Jr. 357 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:41,520 Speaker 1: Is a big sleeper in the small sample size without 358 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:44,240 Speaker 1: Kyle Rudolph two years ago. He was putting up numbers 359 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:45,880 Speaker 1: that would have made him a top five tight end 360 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:49,320 Speaker 1: last year. Um, but the issue was whenever Kyl Rudolph played, 361 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:51,480 Speaker 1: they split time. And then, in a role that I 362 00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:54,080 Speaker 1: think was built for Irv Smith last year, Tyler Conklin 363 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:56,440 Speaker 1: went out and saw almost ninety targets and then you 364 00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:58,640 Speaker 1: talk about this year, the the upgrade in the in 365 00:16:58,680 --> 00:17:01,240 Speaker 1: the play system, I think is passing game could reach 366 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:03,680 Speaker 1: new heights. So give me Er Smith Jr. I have 367 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:06,359 Speaker 1: him as a top twelve tight end and the player 368 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:08,720 Speaker 1: to avoid. We just spoke about him, but for me 369 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:11,640 Speaker 1: it's Adam dealing because he's thirty two years old, been 370 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:15,399 Speaker 1: touchdown reliant. It's nothing against him. But in that range, 371 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:19,320 Speaker 1: I'd rather take a Drake London, al Darius Tony, Elijah More, 372 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:22,040 Speaker 1: one of those young wide receivers that I think, if 373 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:24,400 Speaker 1: things break right, have more than just being a wide 374 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:27,440 Speaker 1: receiver two upside. So I'm gonna go. Obviously, Dalvin Cook's 375 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:29,440 Speaker 1: the number one player off the board for the Vikings. 376 00:17:29,480 --> 00:17:31,919 Speaker 1: I mean, this guy who's going top five probably in 377 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:34,080 Speaker 1: a lot of leagues, so there's no doubt there. I 378 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:36,159 Speaker 1: do like Irv Smith is a sleeper. I'll also pivot 379 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:37,960 Speaker 1: to maybe k j Osborne is kind of a deep 380 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:40,480 Speaker 1: sleeper in that in that offense. I mean, uh, you 381 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:42,960 Speaker 1: know me, I am a Van Jefferson stand have been 382 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 1: for years, and so maybe he sort of can take 383 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:48,639 Speaker 1: over that Van Jefferson role a little bit in Minnesota 384 00:17:48,720 --> 00:17:50,720 Speaker 1: with Kevin O'Connell there, So I'll give him some some 385 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:53,640 Speaker 1: deep sleeper love, uh player to avoid. Yeah, I think 386 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:56,120 Speaker 1: I think Adam Feelings probably the guy I just I haven't. 387 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:58,800 Speaker 1: I said, I've drafted him a couple of times. Um, 388 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:01,480 Speaker 1: but it's one of those you pick him, you're not 389 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:04,120 Speaker 1: excited about it, you don't feel great. I just realized 390 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:06,919 Speaker 1: one thing. I think we both just completely glossed over 391 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:09,959 Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson because we said Dalvin Cook first player drafted. 392 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:12,359 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I would actually have meant my answer to 393 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:15,800 Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson. I just realized, I was like, yeah, but 394 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:19,120 Speaker 1: to two first round picks from one team, that's pretty amazing. That, Yeah, 395 00:18:19,119 --> 00:18:23,040 Speaker 1: that's uncommon. Yes, what I go. I think I'm gonna 396 00:18:23,119 --> 00:18:26,960 Speaker 1: I'm gonna stay with Dalvin. But Justin Jefferson, we did, 397 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:28,480 Speaker 1: we did kind of I don't know how we did 398 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:31,600 Speaker 1: that automatic first round pick at this point that we're 399 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:34,320 Speaker 1: like a cook. It's muscle memory. We're picking there. But yeah, 400 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:38,280 Speaker 1: justin Jefferson actually probably in the conversation for first first 401 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:40,560 Speaker 1: five games drafted. All right, let's talk about your top 402 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 1: ten running backs for the season. Take it away, Florium. Yeah, 403 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:45,800 Speaker 1: and number one, I have Jonathan Taylor, who I think 404 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:48,479 Speaker 1: is just the safest bet at the position. Even if 405 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:50,960 Speaker 1: he doesn't finish one, he'll be close around that. At 406 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:53,920 Speaker 1: two is Christian McCaffrey, who I think is the biggest 407 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:56,879 Speaker 1: reward play at the position. I think his upside is 408 00:18:57,040 --> 00:19:00,399 Speaker 1: met by no one else. At three is Awesome Eckler, 409 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:02,600 Speaker 1: who is very similar to Christian McCaffrey, I think with 410 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:05,600 Speaker 1: just a slightly lower ceiling. Uh. Four. I I have 411 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:08,600 Speaker 1: Derrick Henry, who last year was the RB one through 412 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:11,800 Speaker 1: the first eight games of the season. Number five Dalvin Cook, 413 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:14,040 Speaker 1: someone we just talked about a lot as being a 414 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:17,120 Speaker 1: first round pick. Six Joe Mixon who was really good 415 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:19,840 Speaker 1: last year and the Bengals offensive line got a lot better. 416 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:23,760 Speaker 1: Number seven, this might surprise some people, say Kwan Barkley. 417 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:26,560 Speaker 1: I just think with the new coaching staff, they're Sae 418 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:29,639 Speaker 1: Kuan is in for a big bounce back year. Number 419 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:32,600 Speaker 1: eight Najy Harris, who was awesome last year. I have 420 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:34,960 Speaker 1: some concerns about his past game usage, but I think 421 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:37,920 Speaker 1: he'll still get a ton of volume. At number nine, 422 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:41,399 Speaker 1: Leonard fo Nett League winner Lenny who I think is 423 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:43,679 Speaker 1: uh in a prime position to get a bunch of 424 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:45,600 Speaker 1: targets from Tom Brady this year. And then at number 425 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:48,440 Speaker 1: ten the guy who could be the Packers leading receiver, 426 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:50,840 Speaker 1: Aaron Jones. All right, so let's go through some of 427 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:54,280 Speaker 1: these guys. You mentioned Christian McCaffrey at number two. When 428 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:56,760 Speaker 1: we talk about CMC, the answer that we always get 429 00:19:56,760 --> 00:19:59,800 Speaker 1: back a lot is aren't you worried about his injury history? 430 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:02,840 Speaker 1: I know we've sort of talked about this, but because 431 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:05,480 Speaker 1: of that, would you be more likely if you're drafting him, 432 00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:07,680 Speaker 1: Is it important to go and get a handcuff for 433 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:11,200 Speaker 1: him later in the draft? Uh? Somewhat like I would 434 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:13,439 Speaker 1: take the shot on Deontay Foreman, but I don't know 435 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:15,480 Speaker 1: if we have a definitive answer of who the guy 436 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:18,240 Speaker 1: will be if he goes down. The thing about the 437 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:22,119 Speaker 1: injuries with Christian McCaffrey is I'm not as worried about others, 438 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:25,000 Speaker 1: And maybe that's a mistake on my part. But he 439 00:20:25,119 --> 00:20:27,760 Speaker 1: had a high ankle sprain, he had a hamstring strain, 440 00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:30,720 Speaker 1: he had a shoulder injury. Those are not connected. Those 441 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:33,399 Speaker 1: are common RB injuries. I think you can make the 442 00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:35,960 Speaker 1: argument that he's just been unlucky the last couple of years, 443 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:39,480 Speaker 1: and if he stays healthy, his upside is literally matched 444 00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:43,400 Speaker 1: by only two thousand six Ladanien Thompson. He's been unlucky, 445 00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:45,720 Speaker 1: and I think the Panthers have also been very cautious 446 00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:48,399 Speaker 1: with him because they're a team that's been going nowhere 447 00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:50,040 Speaker 1: the last couple of years, so it didn't make sense 448 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 1: to rush him back. Uh, Joe Mixon at number six, 449 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 1: and of all the first round running backs, he's the 450 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:59,200 Speaker 1: guy that I don't know that we've discussed in any 451 00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:02,560 Speaker 1: real up but you know, you talk about Eckler sort 452 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:05,720 Speaker 1: of having a lower McCaffrey type ceiling. I feel like 453 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:09,119 Speaker 1: Joe Mixon is sort of next in line in that. 454 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:10,959 Speaker 1: I mean, he's a guy who runs effectively, he can 455 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:13,320 Speaker 1: catch a lot of passes to in Cincinnati. He really is. 456 00:21:13,359 --> 00:21:15,879 Speaker 1: I guess if if Eckler is sort of the the 457 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:20,359 Speaker 1: target version of of Christian McCaffrey, how does that make 458 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:22,320 Speaker 1: Joe Mixon onder like the Walmart version? I don't know. 459 00:21:23,359 --> 00:21:26,280 Speaker 1: I think so. And for a running back who finished 460 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:29,000 Speaker 1: last year fourth in total points and seven in points 461 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:31,080 Speaker 1: per game, you would think more people would be excited 462 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:33,439 Speaker 1: about him. But he's still going at times in the 463 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:36,080 Speaker 1: second round. And I know a lot of people say, oh, 464 00:21:36,119 --> 00:21:38,160 Speaker 1: the offensive line got better. That's gonna mean a lot 465 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:41,080 Speaker 1: for Joe Burrow in this passing game. It's also gonna 466 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:43,400 Speaker 1: mean a lot for Joe Mixon because everyone they brought 467 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:46,760 Speaker 1: in is actually a better run blocker than pass blocker. Uh. 468 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:49,120 Speaker 1: And this is a guy who when he's out there, 469 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:51,240 Speaker 1: he's gonna be out there for like seventy of the 470 00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:53,400 Speaker 1: snaps maybe more. He's gonna be used on third down. 471 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:55,720 Speaker 1: Like you said, I really like getting Joe Mixon and 472 00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:57,920 Speaker 1: getting him as like a late first early second feels 473 00:21:57,960 --> 00:22:00,160 Speaker 1: like a discount. It does feel like a discount. And say, 474 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:01,560 Speaker 1: I just feel like, you know, of all the running 475 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:03,200 Speaker 1: backs that go in the first round, we haven't talked 476 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:07,120 Speaker 1: about him a lot. Uh. Sae Kwon Barkley at number seven. 477 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:09,520 Speaker 1: I like Sae Kwon. I think it's I think it's 478 00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:12,080 Speaker 1: gonna be I think he's gonna bounce back this year. Um, 479 00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:13,960 Speaker 1: you're even higher on him than I am, though, I 480 00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:16,280 Speaker 1: mean explain, I'm not mad at it. I just want 481 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:18,360 Speaker 1: you would explain yourself. So when when I was staying 482 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:21,080 Speaker 1: with Christian McCaffrey about bad injury, look, I don't think 483 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:23,080 Speaker 1: it gets worse luck than say Quan has had the 484 00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:24,959 Speaker 1: last two years a torn a c L that's a 485 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:28,400 Speaker 1: common football injury. And then last year literally jogging off 486 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:31,120 Speaker 1: the field, he stepped on a Cowboys player's foot, rolled 487 00:22:31,119 --> 00:22:33,639 Speaker 1: his ankle, miss it like five six weeks because of that. Like, 488 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:36,760 Speaker 1: if that's not bad injury luck, I don't know what is. 489 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:39,320 Speaker 1: And then I know a lot of people like to say, 490 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:41,760 Speaker 1: well Brian Dabile abandoned the run in Buffalo. It's like, 491 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:43,600 Speaker 1: well he did that when he had Josh Allen the 492 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:46,360 Speaker 1: last two years. Every year he's been an offensive coordinator 493 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:48,760 Speaker 1: before that, he's been top ten in Russia attempts and 494 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:51,240 Speaker 1: usually in yards. So I think we're gonna get a 495 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:53,880 Speaker 1: lot of Russian out of say Kwan. I also think 496 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:56,400 Speaker 1: we could get easily a hundred targets for sakewon this year, 497 00:22:56,480 --> 00:23:00,520 Speaker 1: just because there's I like the talent in the Giants 498 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:02,800 Speaker 1: receiving room, but there is a lot of question marks 499 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 1: with that group as well. I remember his rookie year, 500 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:07,240 Speaker 1: he caught what ninety passes? Yeah, he got a lot 501 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:09,760 Speaker 1: of passes his rookie year. The reports from him out 502 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:12,960 Speaker 1: of camp have been amazing. So I'm coining it now. 503 00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:15,520 Speaker 1: We're calling it. It's gonna be the hashtag say Kuanaissance. 504 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:17,960 Speaker 1: Like he's like that, it's it's coming. He's coming back 505 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,320 Speaker 1: this year. So everybody get on board. You gotta tweet 506 00:23:20,359 --> 00:23:22,479 Speaker 1: that out before some totally tweeting that out. I'm tweeting 507 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:24,840 Speaker 1: that out this year, tweeting that out right, Rids, We're 508 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:27,640 Speaker 1: done with this show, the say Kuanaissance, It's coming back. Uh. 509 00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:30,480 Speaker 1: Sleeper running back? I saw this name. I love it. 510 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:32,360 Speaker 1: I haven't been able to draft him because so many 511 00:23:32,359 --> 00:23:34,239 Speaker 1: people feel the same way you do. But who's your 512 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:36,840 Speaker 1: sleeper running back? Chase Edmonds? And the fact that you 513 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:39,480 Speaker 1: can get Chase Edmonds in like the seventh eighth round 514 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:42,439 Speaker 1: in some drafts just it feels way too late. Of 515 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:45,240 Speaker 1: all the Dolphins running backs, this guy makes like as 516 00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:47,640 Speaker 1: much money as the rest of them combined. So when 517 00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:49,640 Speaker 1: you put in an investment like that. I think he's 518 00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:51,560 Speaker 1: clearly going to be out there a lot. But what 519 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:54,560 Speaker 1: I like is with Tyreek Kill and Jalen Waddle, you're 520 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:57,280 Speaker 1: gonna have to Wearry more downfield than ever before guarding 521 00:23:57,320 --> 00:24:00,240 Speaker 1: two in this Dolphins defense, that should open up a 522 00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:03,080 Speaker 1: bunch of just short underneath dump offs to chase Edmonds 523 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:05,120 Speaker 1: where he should just have plenty of green in front 524 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:07,040 Speaker 1: of him to run. We want running backs with pass 525 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:09,159 Speaker 1: catching upside. He is the guy. He appears to be 526 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:11,840 Speaker 1: the frontline guy. I feel like we were worried about 527 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:13,600 Speaker 1: how this running back room was gonna shake out. I 528 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:16,240 Speaker 1: feel like it's sort of sorted itself out. So Edmonds, 529 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:18,280 Speaker 1: I think, is the guy to target. I have taken 530 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:20,520 Speaker 1: some shots that where he most late in drafts. I 531 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:22,679 Speaker 1: think he's sort of the next man up. But I 532 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:25,360 Speaker 1: do feel like Edmunds is not getting enough love. Maybe 533 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:27,439 Speaker 1: that will change in the next week or so. Uh So, 534 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:30,000 Speaker 1: then we got a guy that you maybe are out 535 00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:33,639 Speaker 1: on this year. Who's a running back you're avoiding. It's 536 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:36,240 Speaker 1: it's no hot take or anything like that, but Miles 537 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:38,280 Speaker 1: Sanders is one that I have been avoiding because the 538 00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:41,600 Speaker 1: Eagles don't like running Miles Sanders. So I don't want 539 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:44,320 Speaker 1: Miles Sanders on my fantasy team. He was the only 540 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:46,600 Speaker 1: running back in the Super Bowl era lash he did 541 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:48,679 Speaker 1: it last season, but only when ever, to rush for 542 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:50,840 Speaker 1: seven hundred and fifty or more yards and not heavy 543 00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:54,199 Speaker 1: touchdown like we joke about Devin Singletary not finding the 544 00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:57,199 Speaker 1: ends on this guy can't. Then there's my Kenny Gainwell 545 00:24:57,240 --> 00:24:59,680 Speaker 1: there who could steal targets away. There's just a lot 546 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:02,440 Speaker 1: to dislike when it comes to Miles Sanders. Plus, didn't 547 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:05,200 Speaker 1: he tell us to not draft him anyway? I think, yeah, 548 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:07,240 Speaker 1: you know, don't draft me a fan if he doesn't 549 00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:09,639 Speaker 1: want him on his own fantasy tea. I mean, I 550 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:11,879 Speaker 1: keep saying, like we we've liked Miles Sanders, but the 551 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:13,919 Speaker 1: Eagles keep showing us that they don't like Miles Sanders 552 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:15,879 Speaker 1: as much as we do. So he seems like a 553 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:18,480 Speaker 1: pretty easy fade. I don't think I've drafted him anywhere 554 00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:22,399 Speaker 1: uh this offseasons. There you go. Those are Florio's running 555 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:23,919 Speaker 1: back rankings. Will see more of his ranking. You can 556 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:26,960 Speaker 1: go check him out at NFL dot com slash Fantasy 557 00:25:27,119 --> 00:25:29,280 Speaker 1: quick Break. We'll come back. We're getting back into our 558 00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:32,119 Speaker 1: preview of the NFC North still got two more teams 559 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:34,399 Speaker 1: to go. Stay tuned for that on the NFL Fantasy 560 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:38,399 Speaker 1: Football Show. You can take your fantasy game to the 561 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:41,720 Speaker 1: next level this season with Fantasy Plus. A subscription gives 562 00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:45,000 Speaker 1: you amazing features like otto swapping your inactives on game 563 00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:47,960 Speaker 1: day and the Auto Optimize your lineup feature. Crush the 564 00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:52,360 Speaker 1: competition with next level roster and waiver tools. Just year 565 00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:55,879 Speaker 1: after a seven day free trial. Back talking about the 566 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,919 Speaker 1: NFC North, you move on to the Chicago Bears. They 567 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:02,240 Speaker 1: were six and eleven in one. Justin fields there passing 568 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:06,920 Speaker 1: leader eighteen hundred seventy yards, seven touchdowns, ten interceptions. He 569 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:10,080 Speaker 1: was the QB thirty one, your Russian leader David Montgomery 570 00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:12,720 Speaker 1: eight hundred and forty nine yards, seven rushing touchdowns, did 571 00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:15,200 Speaker 1: miss some time with injury, but he was the RB nineteen. 572 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:19,959 Speaker 1: And you're receiving leader Darnell Mooney eighty one catches just 573 00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:22,720 Speaker 1: over a thousand yards, four receiving touchdowns. He was the 574 00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:26,120 Speaker 1: wide receiver twenty three. But a lot of excitement about 575 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:29,160 Speaker 1: justin fields, especially after the last preseason game. He looked great. 576 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:31,639 Speaker 1: He threw three touchdowns. Everybody's super excited about him. And 577 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:33,680 Speaker 1: what he can do in this new offense. I went 578 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:36,160 Speaker 1: back and looked. I know he was he was rough 579 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:40,320 Speaker 1: at times last season, but his last four starts, he 580 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:43,000 Speaker 1: he had at least sixteen or more points. Uh. He 581 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:46,840 Speaker 1: finished those last four starts as a top twelve quarterback. 582 00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:49,639 Speaker 1: Is there a world where he can end up as 583 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:52,639 Speaker 1: a fringe QB one this year? I definitely think so 584 00:26:53,119 --> 00:26:55,879 Speaker 1: us mainly because of what he can do with his legs. 585 00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:58,480 Speaker 1: And I know he came against your forty nineers, but 586 00:26:58,520 --> 00:27:01,399 Speaker 1: that run he had last season, he like changed directions 587 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:05,920 Speaker 1: and just basically sprints it past everyone. There's very few 588 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:08,280 Speaker 1: quarterbacks in the world who can do that. So we 589 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:10,560 Speaker 1: know that cheet Code is being able to run like 590 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:13,280 Speaker 1: a running back at the quarterback position. So I definitely 591 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:15,119 Speaker 1: think because of what he can do with his legs, 592 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:17,480 Speaker 1: there is a world where he could become a QB one. 593 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:19,760 Speaker 1: It's been interesting to watch him in the limited time 594 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:21,800 Speaker 1: I've gotten to see him in the preseason. A thing 595 00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:24,000 Speaker 1: that they're doing, and you're seeing a lot on these highlights, 596 00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:25,920 Speaker 1: is they're getting him out of the pocket. They're letting 597 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:27,280 Speaker 1: him move a little bit. And that was the thing 598 00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:29,880 Speaker 1: that Matt Naggie didn't do with him very much last year. 599 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:32,280 Speaker 1: When he did it, he seemed to be successful when 600 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:34,880 Speaker 1: they just made him a stationary pocket passers when things 601 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:36,840 Speaker 1: kind of got a little bit weird. But so far 602 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:39,240 Speaker 1: this preseason, they're moving him around. They had a lot 603 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:42,720 Speaker 1: of design rollouts. He's finding guys down the field. Uh and, 604 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:46,120 Speaker 1: and it looks like he's the guy that they drafted. 605 00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:47,600 Speaker 1: It would be nice if they had put a little 606 00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:50,760 Speaker 1: more receiving help around him, but they seemed to be 607 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:52,520 Speaker 1: playing to his strengths more this year, which is a 608 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:57,640 Speaker 1: good thing. I love David Montgomery. I am unabashed about that. 609 00:27:57,760 --> 00:27:59,760 Speaker 1: I've seen some people saying that he's going to land 610 00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:02,000 Speaker 1: in the dead zone, that maybe we should avoid him, 611 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:05,600 Speaker 1: uh so, and the reason being because there are other 612 00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:09,320 Speaker 1: guys behind him, namely Khalil Herbert. For you, how real 613 00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:12,560 Speaker 1: is the Khalil Herbert threat to David Montgomery. I don't 614 00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:14,840 Speaker 1: think it's that real. Like I I, I'm not saying 615 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:18,080 Speaker 1: he won't have a role, but the Bears, at least 616 00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:20,560 Speaker 1: this preseason, and I know it's a different coaching step, 617 00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:23,680 Speaker 1: but in past years as well, have seemed like they 618 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:27,000 Speaker 1: like to utilize one lead runner, and in the preseason, 619 00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:30,040 Speaker 1: like Montgomery didn't play, but like Herbert wasn't leaving the field, 620 00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:32,240 Speaker 1: or whoever was starting with the like wasn't really leaving 621 00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:35,280 Speaker 1: the field too much. David Montgomery's really falling there. Like 622 00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:37,000 Speaker 1: I got him in the middle of the sixth round 623 00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:39,680 Speaker 1: of a draft this weekend, and I'm like, at that point, 624 00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:42,520 Speaker 1: I think he's what And and then we got Khalil 625 00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:45,200 Speaker 1: Herbert as his handcuff in like the twelfth round. So 626 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:47,640 Speaker 1: my thing is just like, at that price, take both 627 00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:50,040 Speaker 1: Bears running backs. Yeah, if he's still in the sixth round, 628 00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:52,240 Speaker 1: I would snatch that all day. I don't. I don't. 629 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:56,200 Speaker 1: That's mind blowing. But I also I am also a 630 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:59,920 Speaker 1: David Montgomery stands and maybe that's just me um first 631 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:03,120 Speaker 1: player drafted, sleeper player to avoid in Chicago. I still 632 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:05,880 Speaker 1: think the first player drafted should be David Montgomery, even 633 00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:09,240 Speaker 1: though like in that draft it was Darnell Mooney. Uh sleeper. 634 00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:12,080 Speaker 1: We already spoke about justin fields. I don't know if 635 00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:15,239 Speaker 1: Cole Commet qualifies, but I really like Cole Commet. I 636 00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:17,760 Speaker 1: think he just volume alone is going to see enough 637 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:19,840 Speaker 1: to be a tight end one potentially with even more 638 00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:22,120 Speaker 1: upside than that, because I do think he is a 639 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:25,320 Speaker 1: talented player player to avoid. This is one of those 640 00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:31,240 Speaker 1: offenses markets where like after Montgomery, Mooney, commit and Fields, 641 00:29:31,280 --> 00:29:34,920 Speaker 1: all of them can be avoid. Yeah, now I'm with you. 642 00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:37,240 Speaker 1: I'm I'm still making David Montgomery the first bear off 643 00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:39,560 Speaker 1: the board. I like Cole Commet as a sleeper this year. 644 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:42,280 Speaker 1: I think he's the number to target in this offense. 645 00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:44,680 Speaker 1: I'll also go justin fields because I do think, you know, 646 00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:47,719 Speaker 1: if if this offense can can really build around him 647 00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:49,320 Speaker 1: and play to his strengths, I think I think he's 648 00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:51,680 Speaker 1: gonna be a surprise player this year. Uh, And I'm 649 00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:53,800 Speaker 1: with you, Like it's there are those four guys that 650 00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:55,840 Speaker 1: you mentioned that we want to target in the offense 651 00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:58,200 Speaker 1: after that, I mean, unless you are somehow like a 652 00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:02,200 Speaker 1: Vailis Jones junior stand which deep sleeper there though, just 653 00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:05,000 Speaker 1: because he's really fast and he is really fast, but 654 00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:07,080 Speaker 1: Fantasy Twitter is also like you know, sign him up 655 00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:10,720 Speaker 1: for a a r P already, right, So like I mean, 656 00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:13,000 Speaker 1: I don't know, there's just I think it inive to 657 00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:16,240 Speaker 1: play him. They do, they do. I just think that 658 00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:19,200 Speaker 1: when it comes to targets, it's it's Mooney, it's Commet, 659 00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:21,640 Speaker 1: and everybody else is sort of fighting for scraps in 660 00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:25,480 Speaker 1: that offense. We will wrap up our NFC North preview 661 00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:28,720 Speaker 1: with the Detroit Lions. They were three thirteen and one 662 00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:31,880 Speaker 1: last year. Jared Goff three thousand, two hundred forty five 663 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:35,160 Speaker 1: yards and nineteen touchdowns, eight interceptions. That was good for 664 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:38,520 Speaker 1: QB twenty four, DeAndre Swift eight hundred seventeen rushing yards, 665 00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:43,080 Speaker 1: five rushing touchdowns, the RB fifteen. I'm on Ross st Brown, 666 00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:46,920 Speaker 1: who was everybody's favorite Twitter punching bag this offseason. Uh 667 00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:50,160 Speaker 1: ninety catch theres nine hundred twelve yards, five receiving touchdowns, 668 00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:52,200 Speaker 1: Wide receiver twenty one. A lot of that came with 669 00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:55,200 Speaker 1: that hot stretch in the back part of the season. 670 00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:59,160 Speaker 1: So it gets me to the question, Yeah, everybody's discussing, 671 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:02,160 Speaker 1: I'm on raw t. J Hawkinson is back, DeAndre Swift 672 00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:04,960 Speaker 1: is back. They get DJ Chart at some point, Jamison 673 00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:08,720 Speaker 1: Williams will probably arrive in the mid season. Jared Goff 674 00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:11,760 Speaker 1: is still the quarterback. Are there enough targets for everybody 675 00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:14,960 Speaker 1: to eat in Detroit this year? I don't think so. 676 00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:17,800 Speaker 1: That's why I think you have to pick and choose 677 00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:20,800 Speaker 1: which Lions you you feel comfortable with. Like I I 678 00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:22,920 Speaker 1: like a Monra st Brown a lot. I have him 679 00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:25,000 Speaker 1: as a top twenty four wide receiver. I have no 680 00:31:25,080 --> 00:31:28,320 Speaker 1: problem drafting him. But because I like a Monra st Brown, 681 00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:30,040 Speaker 1: that means I'm out on a lot of the other 682 00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:33,200 Speaker 1: Lions pass catchers just because I I think they're gonna 683 00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:36,600 Speaker 1: struggle to have multiple Like I think DeAndre Swift will 684 00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:38,280 Speaker 1: see a good amount of work at the passing game 685 00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:40,920 Speaker 1: a Monrai's st Brown. After that, I think it's hard 686 00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:43,120 Speaker 1: to feel great about any of them. It's a correction 687 00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:44,880 Speaker 1: I said. I think I said eight seventeen for DeAndre 688 00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:48,920 Speaker 1: Swift rushing. Its six seventeen rushing for DeAndre Swift. Yeah, 689 00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:51,640 Speaker 1: I just I just don't know that all these guys eat. 690 00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:53,840 Speaker 1: I think I think st. Brown really did a lot 691 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:58,680 Speaker 1: to solidify himself as a security blanket for Jared Goff. 692 00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:00,400 Speaker 1: I mean that that was the talk when he was drafted, 693 00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:02,760 Speaker 1: is that he could sort of be in Detroit a 694 00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:04,880 Speaker 1: little bit of what Cooper Cup had been for the 695 00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:06,680 Speaker 1: Rams for God for all those years, and that sort 696 00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:09,360 Speaker 1: of played out. Um, I don't know that they have 697 00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:11,600 Speaker 1: a lot of threats on the outside. Beyond that, I mean, 698 00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:13,840 Speaker 1: Hawkinson will get his targets. I think you get some 699 00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:16,680 Speaker 1: some cheap dump offs to DeAndre Swift. Beyond that, I 700 00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:18,840 Speaker 1: think it's gonna be hard for anybody else to be 701 00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:22,680 Speaker 1: really productive, uh in this passing game. Which gets me 702 00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:27,520 Speaker 1: to DeAndre Swift, a guy who's sort of been kind 703 00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:30,280 Speaker 1: of a fringe more of a high end RB two 704 00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:34,800 Speaker 1: with maybe some RB one upside. Uh. He's he's kind 705 00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:36,360 Speaker 1: of been banged up the first couple of years of 706 00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:39,120 Speaker 1: his career. You know that rookie year he had concussion 707 00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:41,720 Speaker 1: issues which kept him off the field. Last year was 708 00:32:41,720 --> 00:32:44,320 Speaker 1: banged up a little bit as well. He catches the 709 00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:48,280 Speaker 1: football well, hasn't put up huge rushing numbers. Early on 710 00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:50,240 Speaker 1: in draft season, I mean, he was projected as a 711 00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:53,720 Speaker 1: late first round guy. That feels risky to me. I mean, 712 00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:55,960 Speaker 1: how much risk is there in taking DeAndre Swift in 713 00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:59,480 Speaker 1: the first round? Too much for me, I think, And 714 00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:01,560 Speaker 1: part of it is because of my approach, Like I 715 00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:04,040 Speaker 1: love taking a wide receiver in round one, So my 716 00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:06,680 Speaker 1: ideal first round would have five wide receivers in it, 717 00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:09,360 Speaker 1: I mean seven running backs. He's not a top seven 718 00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:12,200 Speaker 1: running back to me, I think he has that upside. 719 00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:15,400 Speaker 1: Fantasy Twitter definitely thinks he has that upside, but I 720 00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:18,480 Speaker 1: like him much more in the second round. I'm comfortable 721 00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:21,720 Speaker 1: with him being my RB one, but I wouldn't want 722 00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:24,480 Speaker 1: to pass on one of the elite wide receivers to 723 00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:26,360 Speaker 1: get him, if that makes sense. Yeah, I just I 724 00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:28,840 Speaker 1: you know, I know, we don't really try to get 725 00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:31,000 Speaker 1: hung up on injuries and that sort of thing. He's 726 00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:33,920 Speaker 1: played thirteen games in each of his first two seasons, 727 00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:36,479 Speaker 1: and it just feels like he's he's really good for 728 00:33:36,520 --> 00:33:38,719 Speaker 1: what the Lions are trying to accomplish. They're gonna give 729 00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:40,840 Speaker 1: him a lot of touches. But when you look at 730 00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:43,080 Speaker 1: a lot of the other running backs going around him, 731 00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:45,160 Speaker 1: I mean, we talked about Aaron Jones slipping to the 732 00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:47,360 Speaker 1: second round. Uh, you know, we'll see what happens with 733 00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:50,680 Speaker 1: the s kuanaissance uh and and where he's landing. It 734 00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:52,880 Speaker 1: just feels like there's so many other guys with upside 735 00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:54,719 Speaker 1: there that if I'm if if I'm picking in that 736 00:33:54,760 --> 00:33:57,320 Speaker 1: spot and he's on the board, I have tended to 737 00:33:57,320 --> 00:33:59,320 Speaker 1: find other guys that I feel more comfortable with it. 738 00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:02,600 Speaker 1: I just feel like safer floors than DeAndre Sweat. For me, 739 00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:05,320 Speaker 1: I feel much more comfortable putting him with like Jones, 740 00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:08,600 Speaker 1: like you said for net Camara, and all of those 741 00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:11,160 Speaker 1: running backs go in the second round, so like I 742 00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:13,680 Speaker 1: wouldn't feel comfortable pulling him up into the first Definitely 743 00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:16,800 Speaker 1: not in the first round, no doubt. Alright, So we go, Lions. 744 00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:20,160 Speaker 1: First player drafted the sleeper, and the player to avoid. 745 00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:24,920 Speaker 1: First player drafted is still Dean and in the second round. 746 00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:27,880 Speaker 1: Sleeper is hard because like I like Swift, I like 747 00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:30,239 Speaker 1: him monros st Brown, and after that it gets kind 748 00:34:30,239 --> 00:34:33,160 Speaker 1: of dicey. I guess I'll say Jamison Williams. I think 749 00:34:33,160 --> 00:34:35,160 Speaker 1: he could be like a middle to late part of 750 00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:38,680 Speaker 1: the season sleeper because I think he is arguably you 751 00:34:38,719 --> 00:34:41,040 Speaker 1: can make a case from being the best talent in 752 00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:44,320 Speaker 1: this draft class. He was just injured player to avoid. 753 00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:47,640 Speaker 1: I'm avoiding t J. Hockenson very strongly this year because 754 00:34:48,080 --> 00:34:50,480 Speaker 1: the issue, the thing we all liked about Hockinson last 755 00:34:50,560 --> 00:34:52,319 Speaker 1: year was volume. We were like, who else is going 756 00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:54,680 Speaker 1: to catch the ball here? And then I think like 757 00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:56,160 Speaker 1: the fact that we hyped him up as like a 758 00:34:56,200 --> 00:34:58,600 Speaker 1: top five tight end last year has made people think 759 00:34:58,640 --> 00:35:01,520 Speaker 1: that Hockinson is better than he is. I don't love 760 00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:03,680 Speaker 1: like I'd much rather have like a zach Ertz, but 761 00:35:03,719 --> 00:35:06,000 Speaker 1: he goes before zach Ertz and drafts, So for me, 762 00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:09,720 Speaker 1: Hockinson is an easy fade. Yeah. Uh. The Andre Swift 763 00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:12,160 Speaker 1: obviously the number one guy off the board, without a doubt, 764 00:35:12,520 --> 00:35:15,160 Speaker 1: my sleeper. I'm sort of with you on Jamison Williams. 765 00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:17,839 Speaker 1: He's the guy that I've drafted a lot of spots late. 766 00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:20,160 Speaker 1: You can get him obviously very late because of the 767 00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:22,560 Speaker 1: injury situation and knowing that you know you may not 768 00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:25,080 Speaker 1: have him until November potentially at this point, but I 769 00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:27,520 Speaker 1: like what he can bring players to avoid. For me, 770 00:35:27,719 --> 00:35:30,319 Speaker 1: it's kind of d J Chark just because of what 771 00:35:30,360 --> 00:35:32,920 Speaker 1: we talked about, Like are there enough targets to go around? 772 00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:35,600 Speaker 1: You know, if they're using him more as the downfield guy, 773 00:35:35,640 --> 00:35:37,840 Speaker 1: is Jared Goff going to push the ball downfield? Like 774 00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:41,040 Speaker 1: how many targets can he get? What kind of quality 775 00:35:41,080 --> 00:35:42,719 Speaker 1: targets is he going to get? And all of that 776 00:35:42,719 --> 00:35:44,520 Speaker 1: sort of makes me nervous. So I've I've been standing 777 00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:48,479 Speaker 1: away from DJ Chark so far this offseason. All right, Robin, 778 00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:50,759 Speaker 1: things up, It's about time to do a mock draft. 779 00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:52,239 Speaker 1: We haven't done one here on this show, so we're 780 00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:55,560 Speaker 1: gonna blow through a first round, twelve team mock draft 781 00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:57,400 Speaker 1: between the two of us. Will you to pick for 782 00:35:57,480 --> 00:36:00,400 Speaker 1: one team? Makes sense? Uh? So I will see number 783 00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:03,000 Speaker 1: one pick to you, sir, I said earlier, Jonathan Taylor 784 00:36:03,080 --> 00:36:04,959 Speaker 1: is my number one ranks running back. He's my number 785 00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:07,160 Speaker 1: one ranked player. I just think he is as safe 786 00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:09,120 Speaker 1: as they come, So I'll take him first song. All right, Well, 787 00:36:09,120 --> 00:36:11,160 Speaker 1: I will follow that one up with Christian McCaffrey at 788 00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:13,480 Speaker 1: number two. You talked about the upside. Uh, you know, 789 00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:16,120 Speaker 1: you just understand it hopefully, which is bad injury luck 790 00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:18,560 Speaker 1: he stays healthy. There aren't too many guys who can 791 00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:20,879 Speaker 1: match that. The snaps and touches that he gets. I'll 792 00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:23,799 Speaker 1: take him to I'll take Justin Jefferson third. Overall, I 793 00:36:23,880 --> 00:36:27,080 Speaker 1: keep saying I like getting that elite receiver early on Jefferson. 794 00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:29,759 Speaker 1: I know some people might be surprised him over Cup, 795 00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:32,520 Speaker 1: but he's younger in in the same offense that Cup 796 00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:34,960 Speaker 1: was in last year. Now, I think a big breakout 797 00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:37,759 Speaker 1: year is coming for him. Love Justin Jefferson at number three, 798 00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:41,000 Speaker 1: and so I will gladly take Cooper Cup falling to 799 00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:42,759 Speaker 1: me at number four. I mean, the guy who was 800 00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:45,319 Speaker 1: the receiving triple crown winner last year, And yeah, maybe 801 00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:47,319 Speaker 1: it's not as special as last year was. I still 802 00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:49,160 Speaker 1: think it's gonna be pretty good though. This year for him, 803 00:36:49,360 --> 00:36:51,960 Speaker 1: I think fifth pick is the hardest because that seems 804 00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:54,640 Speaker 1: to be the consensus top four. I had fifth pick 805 00:36:54,719 --> 00:36:57,000 Speaker 1: this weekend and I went Jamar Chase. But for this mock, 806 00:36:57,080 --> 00:37:00,000 Speaker 1: I'll go Austin Ekeler just because I think he's very 807 00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:03,080 Speaker 1: similar production wise to Christian McCaffrey, maybe with even a 808 00:37:03,080 --> 00:37:06,040 Speaker 1: little bit less risk. So you follow that with Eckler, 809 00:37:06,080 --> 00:37:08,239 Speaker 1: I'm gonna follow that with Derrick Henry, who, as you 810 00:37:08,239 --> 00:37:10,200 Speaker 1: mentioned before he got hurt, was the number one running 811 00:37:10,200 --> 00:37:12,239 Speaker 1: back in all of Fantasy. Last year was the first 812 00:37:12,280 --> 00:37:14,520 Speaker 1: year he actually missed any real time with an injury, 813 00:37:14,520 --> 00:37:16,840 Speaker 1: so I gotta believe that that was hopefully sort of 814 00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:19,080 Speaker 1: a one off. Plus last year they were throwing him 815 00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:21,080 Speaker 1: the ball more than they ever had in his career, 816 00:37:21,080 --> 00:37:23,040 Speaker 1: so if they keep getting them those targets, uh, the 817 00:37:23,120 --> 00:37:25,920 Speaker 1: upside is huge for Henry At number six and number seven, 818 00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:28,800 Speaker 1: going back to the receiver, well, I'll go with Jamaar Chase, 819 00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:31,279 Speaker 1: who literally had more two hundred yard games than the 820 00:37:31,320 --> 00:37:33,800 Speaker 1: rest of the NFL combined last year. I know we 821 00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:36,439 Speaker 1: joked Justin Jefferson could get two thousand yards this year, 822 00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:39,040 Speaker 1: Jamaar Chase, I would say, it's as big as competition 823 00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:41,520 Speaker 1: in that in that race, So uh give me Jamar 824 00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:44,000 Speaker 1: Chasen's I asked Justin Jefferson who would get to two 825 00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:46,000 Speaker 1: thousand first? He said me for sure. He said, I'm 826 00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:47,680 Speaker 1: gonna go text Jamar right now and let him know 827 00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:50,440 Speaker 1: I'm gonna beat him to two thousand yards. At number eight, 828 00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:52,239 Speaker 1: I went with Dalvin Cook. We sat and talked about 829 00:37:52,239 --> 00:37:54,319 Speaker 1: who's the first Viking off the board right now? It's 830 00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:57,000 Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson, But Dalvin Cook at number eight, a guy 831 00:37:57,040 --> 00:37:58,719 Speaker 1: who has about a safer floor as they can come. 832 00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:00,799 Speaker 1: So I'm very happy getting him in the top ten. 833 00:38:01,080 --> 00:38:03,719 Speaker 1: Sticking with the receivers in the first round. At number nine, 834 00:38:03,719 --> 00:38:06,520 Speaker 1: give me Stefon Diggs, who last year saw more air 835 00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:08,920 Speaker 1: yards in the year before, saw more end zone targets 836 00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:12,120 Speaker 1: than anyone had seen in years. He's just catch right dipped. 837 00:38:12,280 --> 00:38:14,360 Speaker 1: I expect that to increase this year. I think a 838 00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:17,280 Speaker 1: potential career year could be on tap for Stefon Diggs 839 00:38:17,320 --> 00:38:19,000 Speaker 1: would be fun to watch. Got his first double digit 840 00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:22,759 Speaker 1: touchdown season last year. Number ten, I'm gonna go with 841 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:26,360 Speaker 1: Walmart CMC, Joe Mixon. Plenty of opportunity there, and we 842 00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:28,520 Speaker 1: want parts of a good Bengal offense. I mean, we 843 00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:30,759 Speaker 1: talked about the Vikings having two first round picks. Now 844 00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:32,440 Speaker 1: we got the Bengals with two first round picks in 845 00:38:32,480 --> 00:38:35,240 Speaker 1: Jamar Chase and Joe Mixon here and at number eleven, 846 00:38:35,239 --> 00:38:38,120 Speaker 1: what are you calling? There? We go, it's gonna roll 847 00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:40,879 Speaker 1: on there. I like Segonon Barkley as a first round pick. 848 00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:42,000 Speaker 1: I have to be a man in my words, So 849 00:38:42,040 --> 00:38:43,400 Speaker 1: I put him there at to leven for all the 850 00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:45,200 Speaker 1: reasons we talked about earlier, all right, and then the 851 00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:48,080 Speaker 1: round it out at number twelve. I went with Davante Adams. Yes, 852 00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:49,880 Speaker 1: he's in a new spot, but he's still gonna get 853 00:38:49,920 --> 00:38:52,320 Speaker 1: plenty of targets. He's playing with his old college teammate. 854 00:38:52,360 --> 00:38:54,239 Speaker 1: I don't know if you've heard. Uh, those guys did 855 00:38:54,239 --> 00:38:56,279 Speaker 1: big things together at Fresno State. I think they're gonna 856 00:38:56,280 --> 00:38:58,520 Speaker 1: do big things together in Las Vegas as well. So 857 00:38:58,680 --> 00:39:01,839 Speaker 1: very happy rounding things out with Davante Adams. So there 858 00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:05,319 Speaker 1: it is. That is our first round mock draft. I'm 859 00:39:05,360 --> 00:39:07,319 Speaker 1: sure plenty of you still have drafts to come, so 860 00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:09,759 Speaker 1: hopefully this helps out a little bit. But enjoy that. 861 00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:11,839 Speaker 1: We'll be back, of course with you later on in 862 00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:13,400 Speaker 1: the week, but I'll do it for this edition of 863 00:39:13,400 --> 00:39:16,520 Speaker 1: the NFL Fantasy Football Podcast. A happy, safe, and healthy, 864 00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:18,920 Speaker 1: do good and live well, to carry yourselves to the 865 00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:32,360 Speaker 1: people around you, and we will talk to you on Wednesday. 866 00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:24,360 Speaker 1: W