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Speaker 1: Wow, Wow, what is up? Welcome to another edition of

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Speaker 1: the NFL Fantasy Football Show. It's me your man, NAMG.

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Speaker 1: Marcus Grant, still masking and socially distancing. Year more than

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Speaker 1: a year into this and it's still the same either way.

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Speaker 1: We got a big show for you, joined as always

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Speaker 1: by Michael F. Floria. We got producer Steve on the boards.

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Speaker 1: Normally I have some sort of happy talk to start,

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Speaker 1: but we've got a big beefy show today. So Floria,

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Speaker 1: how are you feeling? First of all, now that we're

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Speaker 1: a few days into free agency. I'm it's a weird feeling,

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Speaker 1: right because, like, I'm excited that we have football moves

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Speaker 1: the talk of sports right now, which is awesome. But

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Speaker 1: I'm looking at these big free agent wide receivers and

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Speaker 1: I'm like, come on, somebody do something, like someone end

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Speaker 1: up on, someone signed, do something. So I've enjoyed it

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Speaker 1: so far, but I'm still waiting for these big splashes

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Speaker 1: to happen. We are guaranteed that these big splashes are

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Speaker 1: going to happen. Immediately after we finished recording this podcast,

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Speaker 1: like we'll be on the verge of putting it out UH,

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Speaker 1: and some of these big names are going to sign.

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Speaker 1: I'll get to some of those in just a second.

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Speaker 1: One housekeeping note. Last week on this show, I mentioned

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Speaker 1: the Big Data Bowl being hosted by our pal Cynthia Freeland.

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Speaker 1: That's actually happening today. Chances are by the time you

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Speaker 1: listen to this podcast, it will probably be over. But

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Speaker 1: if you missed it UM and you wanted to catch it,

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Speaker 1: it is going to be on demand at YouTube. You

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Speaker 1: can just go to UH or you can go to

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Speaker 1: NFL dot com slash Big Data Bowl. It will also

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Speaker 1: be there as well, so you've got a couple of

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Speaker 1: places that you can go and find it. Streaming should

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Speaker 1: be interesting. Cynthia, imagine is going to do a great

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Speaker 1: job hosting it. UH. The idea is to create a

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Speaker 1: new metric that determines what is a successful UH defensive

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Speaker 1: play from a cornerback or safety perspective. So they're basically

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Speaker 1: to our own greedy fantasy purposes. UH and that sort

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Speaker 1: of thing. So again. If you've missed it, check it

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Speaker 1: out NFL dot com, slash Big Data Bowl, or on YouTube.

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Speaker 1: The whole thing will be up there as well. All Right,

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Speaker 1: lots to talk about. I I'm all loaded up. I

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Speaker 1: I'm going to need it before this thing is all

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Speaker 1: said and done. Also, I've got a separate monitor that

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Speaker 1: has tweet deck up and running just because I do think, uh,

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Speaker 1: so we may break in with some breaking news. Who knows, uh,

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Speaker 1: So stay tuned for that. That should be so so

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Speaker 1: much fun. Um. So, let's start though with some of

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Speaker 1: the notable names that are still out there in free agency.

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Speaker 1: But Chris Carson, Leonard four Nett, Philip Lindsay just became

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Speaker 1: ten or eleven off the board range. In my opinion,

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Speaker 1: I think that's fair. Um. You know, it's funny because

432
00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:22,840
Speaker 1: that's sort of the way you described a rob just now.

433
00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:25,160
Speaker 1: Is sort of the way I talked about Mike Evans

434
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Speaker 1: last year, is that like I didn't think he was

435
00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:29,399
Speaker 1: going to be a top five guy, but I was

436
00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:32,240
Speaker 1: too scared to take him out of my top twelve. Um,

437
00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:34,040
Speaker 1: And you know, he ended up in the top twelve,

438
00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:35,639
Speaker 1: and it ended up sort of working out, and I

439
00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:37,800
Speaker 1: think that's kind of the same thing for Allen Robinson.

440
00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:40,240
Speaker 1: He's still going to be a target monster in this

441
00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:44,000
Speaker 1: offense because there's nobody else that I feel confident. He's

442
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Speaker 1: really going to just eat up a whole lot of opportunities.

443
00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:50,520
Speaker 1: So most of the throws are probably gonna go towards Robinson. Um,

444
00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:52,439
Speaker 1: you know, he's going to have his normal catch ray,

445
00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:54,520
Speaker 1: he's gonna make his place, he's gonna find the end zone.

446
00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:57,040
Speaker 1: He's gonna be fine. I think we just all were

447
00:21:57,080 --> 00:22:00,840
Speaker 1: hoping for more. We just wanted to see what could

448
00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:03,120
Speaker 1: be unlocked if he got a quarterback that could get

449
00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:06,120
Speaker 1: him the ball. Um. You know, Andy Dalton is sort

450
00:22:06,119 --> 00:22:09,159
Speaker 1: of in the I was gonna say, the backup phase

451
00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:10,800
Speaker 1: of his career, but he's got to be the starter,

452
00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:15,760
Speaker 1: probably in Chicago unless something really dramatic happens. Um. So

453
00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:18,920
Speaker 1: it's like it's just it's nothing to get excited about.

454
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Speaker 1: You just hope that that he continues to be the

455
00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:24,040
Speaker 1: guy he has been throughout his football life. UM, I

456
00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:26,480
Speaker 1: just wanted so much more for him. I just wanted

457
00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:28,520
Speaker 1: so much more. I don't want to defend the Bears

458
00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:32,000
Speaker 1: organization at all. After the last couple of seasons. But

459
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Speaker 1: they did make a legitimate offer for Russell Wilson. It

460
00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:40,280
Speaker 1: was three first and a couple other pieces, So they

461
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Speaker 1: tried at least. I guess they get some credit for that.

462
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Speaker 1: That's true. Um. And also I think says something about

463
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Speaker 1: how they feel about Sam Donald that they didn't really

464
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Speaker 1: even try that they would. They felt like they wanted

465
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Speaker 1: Andy Dalton over trying to make a deal for Sam Donald. Um.

466
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Speaker 1: That maybe it's a different conversation for different I did

467
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Speaker 1: see a reporter tweeting this week that fans and media

468
00:23:01,119 --> 00:23:05,639
Speaker 1: at higher than I did see that that there was

469
00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:10,760
Speaker 1: I think an NFL exactly basically said he stinks. So yeah,

470
00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:13,960
Speaker 1: I I caught that as well. I thought that was interesting. UM,

471
00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:18,640
Speaker 1: So here's one that I think, you know, maybe maybe

472
00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:21,479
Speaker 1: hits you in the gut a little bit. Florio. Marlon

473
00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:27,560
Speaker 1: Mack resigned with the Jackson Earth Jackson I'm looking at

474
00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:31,480
Speaker 1: other things, resigned with the Indianapolis Colts. So Marlon Mack

475
00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:35,960
Speaker 1: is back in Indianapolis. Um. This set off kind of

476
00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:40,600
Speaker 1: an interesting conversation on Twitter about what this means for

477
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Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor. Uh. My first thought was when I saw

478
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Speaker 1: that was to tweet at you, like, how are you

479
00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:49,080
Speaker 1: feeling about this? Uh? You responded back with the Steve Carell,

480
00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:51,840
Speaker 1: I'm just trying to put on a brave face right now. Um,

481
00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:54,080
Speaker 1: now that you've had some time to sort of sit

482
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Speaker 1: with this and think about it a little bit, have

483
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Speaker 1: you have you changed the way you feel? Are you

484
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Speaker 1: trying to be more optimistic? We're are you right now?

485
00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:04,719
Speaker 1: I Am trying to be a little bit more optimistic

486
00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:07,360
Speaker 1: because I don't want to have a dooming gloom view

487
00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:10,879
Speaker 1: every time in running back signs. But to me, this

488
00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:13,480
Speaker 1: was a little bit different than like if they brought

489
00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:15,760
Speaker 1: in like a Carlos High like the Jaguars did with

490
00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:18,160
Speaker 1: James Robinson. Like, to me, I don't really worry about

491
00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:21,520
Speaker 1: Carlos Hide. But Marlon Mack was drafted by the Colts.

492
00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:24,840
Speaker 1: Marlon Mack has been a multiple year starter for the Colts.

493
00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:28,600
Speaker 1: Marlon Mack suffered this severe injury and they still went

494
00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:31,159
Speaker 1: out and signed him. So to me, that shows that

495
00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:34,359
Speaker 1: they clearly know him and they clearly like him. And

496
00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:39,160
Speaker 1: I keep having flashbacks to last season when Nahem Hanes

497
00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:40,960
Speaker 1: was being utilis in the passing game, and it was

498
00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:43,960
Speaker 1: kind of like Taylor and Hans splitting the past game work,

499
00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:47,560
Speaker 1: and then Taylor and Jordan Wilkins splitting the ground game work.

500
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Speaker 1: And I know it's easy for people to say, like, oh,

501
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Speaker 1: this isn't gonna change anything for Jonathan Taylor Marlon Mack

502
00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:56,480
Speaker 1: at most, what is he gonna get a couple of

503
00:24:56,600 --> 00:25:00,360
Speaker 1: touches per game? But I'm sitting here, like known mock

504
00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:02,080
Speaker 1: draft a couple of weeks ago, markets I took him

505
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Speaker 1: third overall. To take him third overall, you have to

506
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Speaker 1: be confident in my opinion that he's gonna get twenty

507
00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:09,399
Speaker 1: touches a game. Marlon Mack is a threat to that.

508
00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:11,320
Speaker 1: And if Marlon McK is seeing a couple of touches

509
00:25:11,359 --> 00:25:15,520
Speaker 1: per game that lowis Jonathan Taylor down to maybe seventeen

510
00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:18,639
Speaker 1: per game. To me, that is still a knockworth thinking

511
00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:22,000
Speaker 1: about and considering when you're talking about taking him that high. Now,

512
00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:25,000
Speaker 1: there are some people out there who still believe that

513
00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:28,320
Speaker 1: j T can be that twenty touch per game guy,

514
00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:31,040
Speaker 1: even with Marlon Mack there. Um, you know, I know

515
00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:33,760
Speaker 1: that that people have expressed concerns about Matt coming off

516
00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:36,800
Speaker 1: an Achilles injury, which has generally sort of been a

517
00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:41,320
Speaker 1: career ender for all intents and purposes for running backs. Um,

518
00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:43,960
Speaker 1: you know, we'll see about that. We'll also see whether

519
00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:46,840
Speaker 1: or not Frank Reich and that offense is committed to

520
00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:49,560
Speaker 1: running the football, because we know how great that offensive

521
00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:52,960
Speaker 1: line can be. Um, but I do think there is

522
00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:55,800
Speaker 1: there's a vast difference between feeling like he's going to

523
00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:59,280
Speaker 1: be that true workhorse, bell, cow, whatever you want to

524
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Speaker 1: call him, that makes you confident enough to take him

525
00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:04,360
Speaker 1: within the first four or five picks, and to think

526
00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:07,119
Speaker 1: he's going to be sort of a lead back with

527
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Speaker 1: somebody else that comes in occasionally to get some touches

528
00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:12,200
Speaker 1: and that's where you get him sort of late. And

529
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Speaker 1: so as this conversation was happening on on two or Wednesday,

530
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Speaker 1: I guess, Um, I sort of you know, had a

531
00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:21,240
Speaker 1: light bulb go. I was like, well, wait a minute,

532
00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:24,639
Speaker 1: people don't seem to be worried about Jonathan Taylor in

533
00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:27,440
Speaker 1: his draft value. So that made me wonder, well, where

534
00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:29,520
Speaker 1: are people taking it? So I did I put out

535
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Speaker 1: a poll on Twitter to sort of ask the question

536
00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:35,520
Speaker 1: about it, and um, right now, I mean there's still

537
00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:38,040
Speaker 1: a couple of hours left on it, but I said

538
00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:42,240
Speaker 1: early first round late first round or round two? Um,

539
00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:46,000
Speaker 1: it is late first round, Round two is running away

540
00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:48,400
Speaker 1: with it. I mean people say either late first round

541
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Speaker 1: or second round. That makes up about eighty three almost

542
00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:54,879
Speaker 1: eighty four percent of the responses. Early first round was

543
00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:59,119
Speaker 1: just six. So that made me start to think that

544
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Speaker 1: that you and I and Adam Rank and maybe some

545
00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:05,480
Speaker 1: other folks out there are way higher on Jonathan Taylor,

546
00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:08,080
Speaker 1: or at least were way higher on Jonathan Taylor before

547
00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:11,520
Speaker 1: this news happened. Um, I mean, were we just were

548
00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:14,840
Speaker 1: we wish casting? Were we being too hopeful? Or is

549
00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:16,400
Speaker 1: it just that you know, we're ahead of the curve

550
00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:18,080
Speaker 1: and we're waiting for people to catch up to us.

551
00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:20,399
Speaker 1: I don't. I don't really know, but it just that

552
00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:23,200
Speaker 1: blew me away that people didn't see Jonathan Taylor the

553
00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:26,399
Speaker 1: same way a lot of us did. Yeah. My I

554
00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:29,080
Speaker 1: could be biased because you know how I feel about

555
00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:31,520
Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor, but I think that we are ahead of

556
00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:34,920
Speaker 1: the curve. And my expectation from having him, like taking

557
00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:38,000
Speaker 1: him third overall in that mock draft was this is

558
00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:40,320
Speaker 1: going to become north like it's gonna be seemed like

559
00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:42,960
Speaker 1: a wacky pick now and like I reached, but I

560
00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:45,760
Speaker 1: thought com August, this is gonna be the norm. And

561
00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:48,840
Speaker 1: I think because we're not fully alone in here markets

562
00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:52,360
Speaker 1: like you said, Adam Rank, and here's other fantasy analysts

563
00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:54,840
Speaker 1: I know who have him ranks at highly. And I

564
00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:58,080
Speaker 1: think it's people like us who we we do this

565
00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:01,240
Speaker 1: every day. Um, I think that we view him a

566
00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:03,680
Speaker 1: little bit higher than the people who remember, you know,

567
00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:06,080
Speaker 1: last season and Jonathan Taylor being a good back and

568
00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:07,960
Speaker 1: a low nd RB one, So they're like, all right,

569
00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:09,359
Speaker 1: we'll put him in the end of round one or

570
00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:11,560
Speaker 1: early round two. But I think it's more and more

571
00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:16,080
Speaker 1: people start to dive into Kynasy football, He's gonna go

572
00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:19,080
Speaker 1: higher and higher. Even with this Momon max signing the

573
00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:22,200
Speaker 1: lowest I would push him down its seventh overall, Like

574
00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:24,280
Speaker 1: I wouldn't push him far at all. I mean, I

575
00:28:24,359 --> 00:28:27,359
Speaker 1: think the question is who do you view him as

576
00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:32,840
Speaker 1: being resembling? More right, does he resemble Dalvin Cook as

577
00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:34,600
Speaker 1: a guy who's just gonna sort of dominate and be

578
00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:37,400
Speaker 1: kind of an everything guy in the backfield, or see

579
00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:40,000
Speaker 1: more of like and Aaron Jones. And we'll talk about

580
00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:41,840
Speaker 1: Aaron Jones in a minute. But a guy that you

581
00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:44,120
Speaker 1: know is maybe going to be a lead back, but

582
00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:46,080
Speaker 1: it's not going to have the whole backfield to himself.

583
00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:49,000
Speaker 1: And it sounds like the majority of people are leaning

584
00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:51,959
Speaker 1: towards him being more of an Aaron Jones type than

585
00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:54,240
Speaker 1: say a Dalvin Cook or a Sa Kuan type. And

586
00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:57,240
Speaker 1: that surprised me. That definitely surprised me. I didn't I

587
00:28:57,240 --> 00:29:00,240
Speaker 1: didn't think that was gonna be the case. UM. Down

588
00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:04,800
Speaker 1: in New Orleans, Jamis Winston resigns with the New Orleans Saints.

589
00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:07,680
Speaker 1: That's the good news. The not so great news is

590
00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:10,760
Speaker 1: that Sean Payton says he's going to compete with Taysom

591
00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:15,920
Speaker 1: Hill for the starting quarterback job. UM. So, having that knowledge,

592
00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:19,880
Speaker 1: do you think Jamis is draftable? In other words, do

593
00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:22,400
Speaker 1: you think Jamis is going to win this competition and

594
00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:26,880
Speaker 1: be the QB one. I hope he does. I think

595
00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:30,240
Speaker 1: that he is the better passer of the two. I

596
00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:33,560
Speaker 1: think that their offense becomes more explosive with Jamis Winston.

597
00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:36,160
Speaker 1: But I do worry if they want to go the

598
00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:38,120
Speaker 1: opposite route of that and like be a team that

599
00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:40,360
Speaker 1: controls the clock and they run so much because that

600
00:29:40,560 --> 00:29:43,800
Speaker 1: is obviously built forward Taysom Hill and I am just

601
00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:48,080
Speaker 1: always weary too go against Sean Payton's love for Taysom Hill.

602
00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:50,880
Speaker 1: But I will say, as of now, I think Jamis

603
00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:53,400
Speaker 1: will be the starter. But I say that with very

604
00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:57,479
Speaker 1: little confidence. Obviously, I feel like we all believe if

605
00:29:57,600 --> 00:30:01,160
Speaker 1: Jamis is the starter, that's much better her news for

606
00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:05,120
Speaker 1: I mean, certainly for Michael Thomas, um definitely for Alvin Camara.

607
00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:10,840
Speaker 1: We we saw sort of how Tassom craterd Kmara's fantasy production,

608
00:30:10,920 --> 00:30:12,600
Speaker 1: and I know that was a thing that we've talked

609
00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:15,920
Speaker 1: about before. Is in trying to rank Camara, we really

610
00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:18,959
Speaker 1: wanted to see who the quarterback was going to be. Uh,

611
00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:20,960
Speaker 1: you know it's not gonna be Drew Brees because he

612
00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:24,000
Speaker 1: officially announced his retirement, but it is now interesting to

613
00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:28,280
Speaker 1: see who his successor is going to be. Because we're

614
00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:33,480
Speaker 1: talking about Sean Payton, I had to ask, do you

615
00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:36,640
Speaker 1: think he would have the temerity, the straight up gal

616
00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:40,880
Speaker 1: the trollishness, Because I do believe Sean Payton does like

617
00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:43,320
Speaker 1: to actively troll fantasy people. I think it's I think

618
00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:46,120
Speaker 1: it's a part time hobby of his. Would he be

619
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Speaker 1: the person to actually go quarterback by committee right to

620
00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:54,840
Speaker 1: have Jamis be the guy maybe between the twenties and

621
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Speaker 1: to bring Taysom Hill in when they get you know,

622
00:30:56,840 --> 00:31:00,200
Speaker 1: around the tin yard liner. So would he actually do

623
00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:03,160
Speaker 1: that to us? And how much of a blood letting

624
00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:05,720
Speaker 1: would there be on Fantasy Twitter if that turned out

625
00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:10,360
Speaker 1: to be the case. I one h am afraid that

626
00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:13,040
Speaker 1: that is going to happen markets Like, I think it

627
00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:16,160
Speaker 1: would be exactly the way you said to like, uh,

628
00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:18,160
Speaker 1: like all right, you know, in the middle of the field,

629
00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:20,239
Speaker 1: like in between the twenties Jamis Winston. But we get

630
00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:22,200
Speaker 1: near the goal on we're bringing in Taysom Hill and

631
00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:23,960
Speaker 1: those big boys up front, and we're gonna run it

632
00:31:24,040 --> 00:31:27,120
Speaker 1: in and try to get creative. Because I don't think

633
00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:30,360
Speaker 1: it's gonna be just like all right, one drive waits in,

634
00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:33,040
Speaker 1: one drive Taysom Hill. I think it's gonna be like

635
00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:35,400
Speaker 1: I think it's in the realm of possibility that Champagne

636
00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:37,880
Speaker 1: just goes out there says, I'm doing what I want

637
00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:40,719
Speaker 1: to do. I don't care about fantasy or anything. Uh.

638
00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:42,840
Speaker 1: He kind of reminds me, you know, like the Creed

639
00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:44,520
Speaker 1: gift from the office where it's like he don't give

640
00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:47,720
Speaker 1: about nothing, like that's shop paying right now to be

641
00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:50,800
Speaker 1: And uh I I do fear this, and I think

642
00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:52,920
Speaker 1: it would be awful for fantasy because you would not

643
00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:55,400
Speaker 1: be able to start either Taysom Hill or Jamis Winston

644
00:31:55,520 --> 00:31:58,040
Speaker 1: at all. Yeah. No, they both be unusable at that point,

645
00:31:58,200 --> 00:32:00,160
Speaker 1: you know, because then you're you're praying for James us

646
00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:03,640
Speaker 1: to throw long touchdowns. Um. But the theory is Tayson's

647
00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:05,160
Speaker 1: gonna come in at some point and start to get

648
00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:08,560
Speaker 1: those Russians, which not only affects Jamis but also affects

649
00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:13,320
Speaker 1: a guy like Camara, affects Michael Thomas. Um. Yeah, that

650
00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:15,760
Speaker 1: that would be the absolute worst case scenario. And I

651
00:32:15,840 --> 00:32:18,440
Speaker 1: wouldn't put put it past Sean Payton for a second

652
00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:20,640
Speaker 1: that he would do this. We'll get a season and

653
00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:23,720
Speaker 1: a Jamis with five thousand yards in less than ten touchdowns.

654
00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:27,200
Speaker 1: That would be so awful, especially if he still has

655
00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:29,680
Speaker 1: his interception prone ways. Although you know, I guess he's

656
00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:32,120
Speaker 1: he's not blind anymore, right, He got Lacy. He can

657
00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:36,640
Speaker 1: see that everything's cool there. Uh. You mentioned Aaron Jones

658
00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:40,960
Speaker 1: and he's coming back to Green Bay signed a what

659
00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:43,840
Speaker 1: is ostensibly a four year deal, though you know, all

660
00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:47,520
Speaker 1: the machinations and contract language means the Packers can sort

661
00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:50,959
Speaker 1: of get out from underneath it after two whatever, um,

662
00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:55,240
Speaker 1: it looked like he was ready to go to Miami.

663
00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:58,720
Speaker 1: Him coming back to Green Bay. Does this Does this

664
00:32:58,840 --> 00:33:01,200
Speaker 1: impact sort of how you feel about him? Or is

665
00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:02,840
Speaker 1: it just like, Okay, well we know what he is

666
00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:05,520
Speaker 1: and that's fine. It's a little bit of both. Like

667
00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:07,640
Speaker 1: I I trust him as an RB one now with

668
00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:09,800
Speaker 1: Green Bay because he's done it the last two years,

669
00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:12,160
Speaker 1: has been a top six running back on top five actually,

670
00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:14,160
Speaker 1: and the only other running back to do so in

671
00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:16,960
Speaker 1: two Shade seasons is Derrick Henry. But what I like

672
00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:20,360
Speaker 1: even more about Aaron Jones now is Jamal Williams is gone.

673
00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:23,800
Speaker 1: Like Jamal Williams was the thorn in his side. Uh

674
00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:25,880
Speaker 1: And I know a J. Dillon is still there. But

675
00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:29,640
Speaker 1: Jamal Williams really hurt Jones and the fact that he's

676
00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:32,240
Speaker 1: a great pass blocker. He would it was like a

677
00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:35,000
Speaker 1: sixty forty split last season with the past game usage

678
00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:38,240
Speaker 1: in terms of routes and targets per game. So that

679
00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:40,200
Speaker 1: is not a threat that A J. Dillon is gonna

680
00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:44,080
Speaker 1: presents two Jones anymore because he caught once one balls

681
00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:47,200
Speaker 1: in his entire college career and last season he had

682
00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:50,200
Speaker 1: two targets all year. I don't think he is suddenly

683
00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:52,880
Speaker 1: gonna become Jamal Williams and hurt Aaron Jones in that way.

684
00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:55,440
Speaker 1: And it's something we talked about a lot. Marcus passing

685
00:33:55,520 --> 00:33:58,160
Speaker 1: game usage is more valuable to running back in fantasy

686
00:33:58,240 --> 00:34:01,960
Speaker 1: than just carries, absolutely is. Um, what is the mood

687
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:04,000
Speaker 1: do you think in the A. J. Dylon hive right now?

688
00:34:04,080 --> 00:34:06,280
Speaker 1: Because they were they were ready. I mean they were

689
00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:09,320
Speaker 1: absolutely ready for Aaron Jones to be gone to Miami

690
00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:12,120
Speaker 1: for A J. Dylon and his tree trunk legs to

691
00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:15,319
Speaker 1: take over as the RB one there. Um, I mean

692
00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:18,040
Speaker 1: this has this has to be the Packers basically just

693
00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:20,360
Speaker 1: throwing rocks at this hive and it it cannot be

694
00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:23,239
Speaker 1: a happy time, especially if you invested in A. J.

695
00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:26,759
Speaker 1: Dillon in Dynasty and we're waiting for this moment um.

696
00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:29,680
Speaker 1: This has to be worst case scenario for those folks, right,

697
00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:31,680
Speaker 1: I mean it just it couldn't get it because because

698
00:34:31,680 --> 00:34:33,160
Speaker 1: not only it's a two year deal, right, so that

699
00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:36,400
Speaker 1: means Dylan in theory is behind him for two seasons

700
00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:39,839
Speaker 1: unless something big happens. So any Dynasty investment you had

701
00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:42,560
Speaker 1: in in A. J. Dillon, Um, it's kind of gone

702
00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:45,360
Speaker 1: up in smoke right now, hasn't it. Oh yeah, and

703
00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:48,040
Speaker 1: it's I mean, just look at the Packers drift class

704
00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:50,040
Speaker 1: from last year and you could It's just like you

705
00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:52,000
Speaker 1: can make fun of them almost like you could these

706
00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:55,440
Speaker 1: Dynasty people because a quarterback and running back in their

707
00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:59,080
Speaker 1: their first two rounds and you sign Aaron Jones and

708
00:34:59,080 --> 00:35:00,640
Speaker 1: then you have Aaron Rodgers be the m v P.

709
00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:03,759
Speaker 1: It just looks awful and in retrospect, but I think

710
00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:07,080
Speaker 1: Dylan could be could get some touchdowns here, maybe a

711
00:35:07,160 --> 00:35:08,759
Speaker 1: few carries a game, but I don't think you could

712
00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:10,960
Speaker 1: use them in Fantasy weekly. So yeah, if you gave

713
00:35:11,040 --> 00:35:14,080
Speaker 1: up anything in Dynasty for him, you are not happy

714
00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:18,200
Speaker 1: at all, Right, You're really unhappy at the moment um.

715
00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:20,920
Speaker 1: But speaking of which, it looked for all the world

716
00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:24,080
Speaker 1: like if Aaron Jones left Green Bay, Miami was going

717
00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:28,160
Speaker 1: to be his destination. Both Jones and the Dolphins admitted

718
00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:30,800
Speaker 1: that they had interest in in each other. Obviously that

719
00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:34,440
Speaker 1: didn't happen. Miami turns around they signed Malcolm Brown, so

720
00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:36,759
Speaker 1: he's gone from l A, which sort of shrinks that

721
00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:40,359
Speaker 1: running back room, which is good news for cam Akers. Um,

722
00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:43,279
Speaker 1: do you think the Dolphins do anything else? Do they

723
00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:46,360
Speaker 1: stay with this? And if so, that feels like a

724
00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:48,320
Speaker 1: headache waiting to happen, trying to figure out who the

725
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:51,520
Speaker 1: running back is going to be. Yeah, I could still

726
00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:54,080
Speaker 1: see them adding a running back in the draft. I

727
00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:57,760
Speaker 1: do think Miles Gaskin's benefited because, like if they signed

728
00:35:57,800 --> 00:36:01,120
Speaker 1: Aaron Jones or Chris Carson or someone like that, they

729
00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:02,880
Speaker 1: were going to be the starting running back. I think

730
00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:05,080
Speaker 1: with Malcolm Brown it is going to be, like you said,

731
00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:07,360
Speaker 1: it could very well be a headache. It could be

732
00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:09,800
Speaker 1: a camp battle. The one thing I loved in Miami

733
00:36:09,960 --> 00:36:12,560
Speaker 1: last year was whoever the running back was to lead back,

734
00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:15,880
Speaker 1: that's who they rode that week. So I think Brown

735
00:36:16,080 --> 00:36:19,279
Speaker 1: provides valuable depth here. He could beat out Gaskins and

736
00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:21,719
Speaker 1: Akhmed for the job, but I did right now. It

737
00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:23,719
Speaker 1: is very much so a competition that we're gonna have

738
00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:26,759
Speaker 1: to monitor all summer. It's yeah. I mean I saw

739
00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:29,279
Speaker 1: the signing, I was like, okay, I mean, my my

740
00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:31,520
Speaker 1: worst fear was that suddenly they were going to decide

741
00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:34,200
Speaker 1: to go with a rotation, because, as you mentioned, what

742
00:36:34,360 --> 00:36:36,960
Speaker 1: we loved about the Dolphins was that they were pretty

743
00:36:37,040 --> 00:36:39,680
Speaker 1: much a one back offense right when it was Miles

744
00:36:39,760 --> 00:36:42,600
Speaker 1: Gaskin's turn. It was Miles Gaskin, it was savanak Met,

745
00:36:42,719 --> 00:36:45,080
Speaker 1: it was just him. Um, we didn't really have to

746
00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:48,759
Speaker 1: worry so much about guys splitting snaps. This to me

747
00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:50,840
Speaker 1: feels like if they don't go out and get another

748
00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:53,640
Speaker 1: running back and they don't draft somebody, if they don't

749
00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:56,720
Speaker 1: maybe sign another guy in free agency, this almost feels

750
00:36:56,719 --> 00:36:58,760
Speaker 1: like maybe they're gonna do something to kind of split

751
00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:01,360
Speaker 1: up the workload. Um. Because the other part of it

752
00:37:01,520 --> 00:37:03,640
Speaker 1: is they did have injury issues too. I mean Miles

753
00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:06,040
Speaker 1: Gaskon for all the work, he did miss some games

754
00:37:06,080 --> 00:37:08,440
Speaker 1: because of injury. And so you wonder whether or not

755
00:37:08,719 --> 00:37:10,560
Speaker 1: the Dolphins looked at that and said, Okay, well we've

756
00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:13,680
Speaker 1: got to take some of the work off of his plate. Uh.

757
00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:15,160
Speaker 1: And that was why they brought in a guy like

758
00:37:15,239 --> 00:37:19,000
Speaker 1: Malcolm Brown. So we'll see what happens there. Uh. Coming

759
00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:22,240
Speaker 1: back to the West Coast, A J. Green has found

760
00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:24,920
Speaker 1: a new home. Um, like a lot of folks who

761
00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:28,000
Speaker 1: were later in their careers, they go to Arizona to retire.

762
00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:31,680
Speaker 1: You know, I didn't know that until I moved to

763
00:37:31,719 --> 00:37:34,160
Speaker 1: the West Coast because on everyone in on the East coast,

764
00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:37,120
Speaker 1: moved to Florida. Yeah, yeah, no, Arizona. Phoenix is like

765
00:37:37,320 --> 00:37:41,560
Speaker 1: it's like west coast Miami without the ocean. Um. I

766
00:37:41,640 --> 00:37:43,880
Speaker 1: mean there's sand in the form of the desert and

767
00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:45,840
Speaker 1: it's hot all the time. But you just can't you know.

768
00:37:45,880 --> 00:37:48,839
Speaker 1: I guess if you count Lake have a sou that's

769
00:37:48,840 --> 00:37:52,520
Speaker 1: sort of it. But but yeah, people go retire to

770
00:37:52,560 --> 00:37:54,799
Speaker 1: Phoenix quite a bit. You play a lot of golf there.

771
00:37:54,840 --> 00:37:58,799
Speaker 1: That's that's good. Um. So A J. Green the last

772
00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:01,480
Speaker 1: few years has I mean he's dealt with injuries. He

773
00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:03,399
Speaker 1: just hasn't been on the field a whole lot when

774
00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:07,360
Speaker 1: he has, especially last year, didn't look anything like the A. J.

775
00:38:07,600 --> 00:38:09,520
Speaker 1: Green that we all fell in love with so many

776
00:38:09,600 --> 00:38:13,560
Speaker 1: years ago in Cincinnati. Um does a change of scenery

777
00:38:13,960 --> 00:38:18,279
Speaker 1: change how you feel about drafting him? Not really know? A. J.

778
00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:20,960
Speaker 1: Green is gonna be thirty three this upcoming season. He

779
00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:24,320
Speaker 1: has really not been able to stay healthy in quite

780
00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:26,960
Speaker 1: some time. Uh. The last time we saw him put

781
00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:31,200
Speaker 1: up like useful fantasy numbers was in eighteen, so that's

782
00:38:31,239 --> 00:38:34,200
Speaker 1: three seasons ago now At this point. For me, though,

783
00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:37,120
Speaker 1: it depends on where he goes, Like if he's a

784
00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:40,120
Speaker 1: late round dart throw. Sure, I'll take a flyer on

785
00:38:40,239 --> 00:38:42,120
Speaker 1: him in the league, but I don't anticipate that. I

786
00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:45,400
Speaker 1: anticipate people seeing the name AJ Green, seeing him in

787
00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:48,600
Speaker 1: Arizona with Kyler Murray and thinking, oh my god, he's

788
00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:51,320
Speaker 1: gonna get single coverage because everyone's gonna give the attention

789
00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:54,279
Speaker 1: to nuke so he could break out and and you know,

790
00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:57,160
Speaker 1: be rejuvenated. I don't want to buy any of that

791
00:38:57,239 --> 00:39:00,239
Speaker 1: after seeing what he did last year. Um out on

792
00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:02,600
Speaker 1: A J. Green. So unless he's going really cheap, I'm

793
00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:05,279
Speaker 1: gonna let someone else have him. So yeah, I mean

794
00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:07,240
Speaker 1: I'm totally out. I you know, I had a buddy

795
00:39:07,280 --> 00:39:08,680
Speaker 1: who you know, hit me up and was just like,

796
00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:11,520
Speaker 1: you know, you know, don't fall into the A J.

797
00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:13,520
Speaker 1: Green trap, don't fall into the A J. Green trap.

798
00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:15,319
Speaker 1: And I'm like, this seems like a pretty easy trap

799
00:39:15,400 --> 00:39:18,080
Speaker 1: to avoid. Like there's nothing about what I've seen from

800
00:39:18,120 --> 00:39:20,480
Speaker 1: A J. Green the last few years that gets me

801
00:39:20,760 --> 00:39:23,839
Speaker 1: excited about drafting him. I mean, like that is he's

802
00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:26,080
Speaker 1: sort of the draft pick that you know somebody in

803
00:39:26,160 --> 00:39:27,680
Speaker 1: your league is going to make, and it's the person

804
00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:31,400
Speaker 1: who hasn't necessarily followed along closely for the last few years. Right,

805
00:39:31,480 --> 00:39:33,520
Speaker 1: It's just like somebody who's like, yeah, i'll play a

806
00:39:33,560 --> 00:39:35,480
Speaker 1: fantasy I'll be in your league this year, and like

807
00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:37,759
Speaker 1: they haven't really watched anything and they just see the

808
00:39:37,840 --> 00:39:40,160
Speaker 1: name AJ Green. They're like, why is a J. Green

809
00:39:40,239 --> 00:39:44,160
Speaker 1: still available in the eighth round? Sure, Um, it's fun because,

810
00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:46,480
Speaker 1: as he was saying, don't fall for that trap, my

811
00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:48,560
Speaker 1: thinking was like, the dude he's gonna show to your

812
00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:51,239
Speaker 1: draft with like a magazine, is gonna be like in

813
00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:54,640
Speaker 1: the eighth round A Green Still They're like, what's going

814
00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:57,360
Speaker 1: on there? Suckers? Which I can't real you let me

815
00:39:57,400 --> 00:40:01,640
Speaker 1: have him? Um, you know, Steve says he's been this person. Steve,

816
00:40:02,360 --> 00:40:04,319
Speaker 1: now that you're now that you were helping on this show,

817
00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:06,400
Speaker 1: we will help you to not be this person that

818
00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:08,560
Speaker 1: is that is one of my goals. Please I will

819
00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:11,279
Speaker 1: need that help. I will need that help. Absolutely that

820
00:40:11,360 --> 00:40:13,520
Speaker 1: we were here from the market. Yeah, so even if

821
00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:17,040
Speaker 1: you just pick up some stuff by Osmosis, you'll be okay. Um,

822
00:40:18,080 --> 00:40:22,239
Speaker 1: this did. They'll lead to an interesting conversation between on

823
00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:26,719
Speaker 1: Twitter between you and our pal Jake seely where you

824
00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:30,640
Speaker 1: know you said, Jake tweeted something about maybe moving Christian

825
00:40:30,719 --> 00:40:34,200
Speaker 1: Kirk to the slot and having him sort of prosper there,

826
00:40:34,480 --> 00:40:37,520
Speaker 1: and you you you jumped in with you know, I've

827
00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:39,880
Speaker 1: been trying to kind of avoid this Christian Kirk thing,

828
00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:42,759
Speaker 1: and you're gonna draw me back in. I also was

829
00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:44,720
Speaker 1: kind of like, yeah, I don't know, I've been burned

830
00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:48,120
Speaker 1: by Christian Kirk and maybe I'm walking away. But Jake

831
00:40:48,239 --> 00:40:50,520
Speaker 1: was really trying to sort of, you know, promote this

832
00:40:50,719 --> 00:40:54,160
Speaker 1: idea that that Christian Kirk is the next in line.

833
00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:56,040
Speaker 1: All right. A couple of years ago we had Davante Parker.

834
00:40:56,200 --> 00:40:59,040
Speaker 1: Last year we had Corey Davis. Maybe this year's you're

835
00:40:59,080 --> 00:41:03,800
Speaker 1: kind of late Loomer would be Christian Kirk. Were you

836
00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:06,120
Speaker 1: were you swayed by that argument? Are you starting to

837
00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:10,240
Speaker 1: buy into that at all? A little bit um? Because

838
00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:13,520
Speaker 1: Christian Kirk, I believe is talented. There's a reason, Marcus,

839
00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:15,840
Speaker 1: why me and you keep getting drawn back into it

840
00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:19,120
Speaker 1: because he shows flashes and we're like, wow, if he's

841
00:41:19,120 --> 00:41:21,439
Speaker 1: ever given the opportunity or anything like, he can play.

842
00:41:21,719 --> 00:41:23,520
Speaker 1: And I got drawn in hard. Last year he had

843
00:41:23,560 --> 00:41:25,719
Speaker 1: a four game stretch where he was just going off

844
00:41:26,200 --> 00:41:29,080
Speaker 1: and scoring like touchdowns every week, and he put up

845
00:41:29,120 --> 00:41:32,040
Speaker 1: like thirty something points against the Seahawks or whatever it was,

846
00:41:32,480 --> 00:41:34,160
Speaker 1: and I was really in and I thought he was

847
00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:36,120
Speaker 1: going to break out now with Kylin Murray, and then

848
00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:38,640
Speaker 1: he did nothing the rest of the way. I do

849
00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:42,000
Speaker 1: think though, with a J. Green another outside threat, if

850
00:41:42,040 --> 00:41:44,160
Speaker 1: they put him on the outside and they use Christian

851
00:41:44,239 --> 00:41:46,960
Speaker 1: Kirk in the slot, to me, it could lead to

852
00:41:47,120 --> 00:41:48,759
Speaker 1: a J. Green going in like the eighth or ninth

853
00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:51,279
Speaker 1: round and Christian Kirk being a late round dart er

854
00:41:51,360 --> 00:41:53,040
Speaker 1: that you get for cheap. And if that's the case,

855
00:41:53,440 --> 00:41:54,960
Speaker 1: then I will get I will come back in. But

856
00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:58,200
Speaker 1: if you have to pay the usual August hype for

857
00:41:58,320 --> 00:42:00,759
Speaker 1: Christian Kirk, I will probably to keep trying to talk

858
00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:02,799
Speaker 1: myself out of it, which I think. I don't think

859
00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:05,719
Speaker 1: there would have been the usual August hype for Christian Kirk.

860
00:42:05,880 --> 00:42:08,560
Speaker 1: But maybe this kind of you know, fires that back

861
00:42:08,640 --> 00:42:10,759
Speaker 1: up again, in which case, yeah, I'm sort of with you,

862
00:42:10,840 --> 00:42:12,239
Speaker 1: like I don't. I don't think I can deal with

863
00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:15,160
Speaker 1: that that frustration again. I mean, I was of the

864
00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:17,560
Speaker 1: opinion that the Cardinals should bring in maybe a Will

865
00:42:17,680 --> 00:42:20,680
Speaker 1: Fuller or a John Brown and bring John Brown back

866
00:42:20,719 --> 00:42:22,800
Speaker 1: to Arizona where he started and have him kind of

867
00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:26,279
Speaker 1: fill that role that they've been waiting on Christian Kirk

868
00:42:26,360 --> 00:42:29,320
Speaker 1: to fill and it just hasn't really happened. Um, so

869
00:42:29,440 --> 00:42:31,239
Speaker 1: I will. I'm gonna keep a close eye on it

870
00:42:31,440 --> 00:42:33,200
Speaker 1: and see what happens. Now. The other part of this

871
00:42:33,400 --> 00:42:36,840
Speaker 1: is we still, as of this moment, haven't heard officially

872
00:42:36,920 --> 00:42:40,920
Speaker 1: what Larry Fitzgerald is going to do. The assumption is

873
00:42:41,000 --> 00:42:43,040
Speaker 1: he's going to retire, but you know that's that's not

874
00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:46,960
Speaker 1: a guarantee. If Larry Fitzgerald doesn't retire, if he comes

875
00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:49,879
Speaker 1: back for another year, then that really throws a wrench

876
00:42:49,960 --> 00:42:52,120
Speaker 1: in this whole thing, right because you know he's gonna

877
00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:54,120
Speaker 1: be out there and he's gonna get his snaps. What

878
00:42:54,280 --> 00:42:56,400
Speaker 1: does that mean for Kirk? Does he does he go

879
00:42:56,520 --> 00:42:59,319
Speaker 1: to the outside of the share time with with aj

880
00:42:59,520 --> 00:43:03,440
Speaker 1: Green out there? Do the Cardinals just basically load up

881
00:43:03,480 --> 00:43:07,200
Speaker 1: on four wide receiver sets all the time? Um? You know?

882
00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:11,200
Speaker 1: And is there enough to go around after you know,

883
00:43:11,320 --> 00:43:14,000
Speaker 1: Nuke takes his hundred and fifty, hundred and sixty targets

884
00:43:14,080 --> 00:43:16,759
Speaker 1: that he's going to get. Like Larry Fitzgerald right now

885
00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:19,719
Speaker 1: is sort of the fly in the ointment and that

886
00:43:19,800 --> 00:43:22,120
Speaker 1: sounds bad, right, And he's Obviously the guy is a

887
00:43:22,160 --> 00:43:23,879
Speaker 1: great player. He's gonna be a Hall of Famer. He's

888
00:43:23,920 --> 00:43:27,040
Speaker 1: been Fantasy Gold for years. Uh So maybe I should

889
00:43:27,040 --> 00:43:29,279
Speaker 1: find another phrase for it, but he is he's sort

890
00:43:29,320 --> 00:43:31,960
Speaker 1: of the key piece in this whole thing where if

891
00:43:32,040 --> 00:43:34,759
Speaker 1: he doesn't retire, then sudden we really do have to

892
00:43:34,880 --> 00:43:37,480
Speaker 1: change how we're feeling about this wide receiver group right now.

893
00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:41,200
Speaker 1: Completely agree, because the one thing we know is that

894
00:43:41,280 --> 00:43:44,000
Speaker 1: if Larry Fitzgerald is playing, Larry Fitzgerald is going to

895
00:43:44,040 --> 00:43:46,040
Speaker 1: be used in the slot like that is just who

896
00:43:46,160 --> 00:43:48,520
Speaker 1: he is at this point in his career, and that

897
00:43:48,760 --> 00:43:51,959
Speaker 1: could lead to Christian Kirk being used as the fourth

898
00:43:52,040 --> 00:43:55,080
Speaker 1: wide receiver, maybe spelling AJ Green at times, spelling Fits

899
00:43:55,120 --> 00:43:58,160
Speaker 1: at times. Uh. And I know they've used Ford wide

900
00:43:58,160 --> 00:44:01,800
Speaker 1: receiver sets a good amount under Hip Kingsbury, but I

901
00:44:01,880 --> 00:44:04,319
Speaker 1: don't think there's enough to go around for more because,

902
00:44:04,360 --> 00:44:07,480
Speaker 1: like you said, easy hundred and fifty targets for DeAndre Hopkins,

903
00:44:07,800 --> 00:44:09,560
Speaker 1: A J. Green, you have to imagine, is going to

904
00:44:09,600 --> 00:44:11,200
Speaker 1: see a good amount and then it will be Kirk

905
00:44:11,440 --> 00:44:13,919
Speaker 1: and Fits Generald fighting for what's left on a team

906
00:44:13,960 --> 00:44:16,320
Speaker 1: that is gonna have their quarterback scramble a good amount

907
00:44:16,400 --> 00:44:20,239
Speaker 1: as well, so a lot of the Christian Kirk thing

908
00:44:20,280 --> 00:44:22,080
Speaker 1: all comes down to Larry fitz child and retiring. I'll

909
00:44:22,080 --> 00:44:25,439
Speaker 1: say that also the last person out of the Andy

910
00:44:25,520 --> 00:44:30,120
Speaker 1: Isabella Truther room, please turn off the lights. I feel

911
00:44:30,239 --> 00:44:33,120
Speaker 1: like that one that one might officially be done now

912
00:44:33,719 --> 00:44:37,400
Speaker 1: after year. Probably should be. It probably should be. Um,

913
00:44:38,320 --> 00:44:40,759
Speaker 1: but Washington football team made a couple of moves. They

914
00:44:40,880 --> 00:44:43,759
Speaker 1: add Ryan Fitzpatrick, which I know had everybody fired up

915
00:44:43,760 --> 00:44:46,280
Speaker 1: about Terry mcclurin. They also go out and they signed

916
00:44:46,320 --> 00:44:49,560
Speaker 1: Curtis Samuel to a three year deal. So Samuel leaves

917
00:44:50,080 --> 00:44:53,560
Speaker 1: UH Carolina. He is reunited with his old coach, Ron

918
00:44:53,680 --> 00:44:58,319
Speaker 1: Rivera in Washington. UM. Look, sam has been I think

919
00:44:58,360 --> 00:45:00,200
Speaker 1: part of what has helped his value is that has

920
00:45:00,239 --> 00:45:02,200
Speaker 1: been sort of a jack of all trades, right. They

921
00:45:02,480 --> 00:45:04,759
Speaker 1: used him sort of a short area guy, trying to

922
00:45:04,760 --> 00:45:07,080
Speaker 1: get him the football, That used him as a runner

923
00:45:07,160 --> 00:45:10,400
Speaker 1: to kind of supplement, especially last year with no Christian McCaffrey.

924
00:45:10,440 --> 00:45:12,520
Speaker 1: He was a nice compliment to Mike Davis to gotta

925
00:45:12,560 --> 00:45:15,920
Speaker 1: do some other things. UM, I don't know if that's

926
00:45:15,920 --> 00:45:18,239
Speaker 1: going to happen in Washington. Not sure exactly how they're

927
00:45:18,239 --> 00:45:20,360
Speaker 1: going to use him there. With the football team. But

928
00:45:20,440 --> 00:45:22,680
Speaker 1: I do think this is an opportunity for him to

929
00:45:22,719 --> 00:45:25,879
Speaker 1: see more targets instead of trying to fight with DJ

930
00:45:26,040 --> 00:45:28,120
Speaker 1: Moore and Robby Anderson there. So I think in that

931
00:45:28,200 --> 00:45:31,320
Speaker 1: respect it's a good thing. We know Ryan Fitzpatrick is

932
00:45:31,360 --> 00:45:34,600
Speaker 1: going to be a yolo guy. Um, are you more excited?

933
00:45:34,640 --> 00:45:36,600
Speaker 1: How are you feeling about Curtis Samuel now that he's

934
00:45:36,640 --> 00:45:40,359
Speaker 1: in Washington. I'm definitely more excited. This was actually when

935
00:45:40,400 --> 00:45:42,719
Speaker 1: we did a free agent preview, this is where I said,

936
00:45:42,760 --> 00:45:46,360
Speaker 1: I hope he signed because Ron Rivera knows him. I

937
00:45:46,440 --> 00:45:49,240
Speaker 1: thought that it made sense there. But I'm even happy

938
00:45:49,320 --> 00:45:51,560
Speaker 1: with Ryan Fitzpatrick now because, like he said, he is

939
00:45:51,560 --> 00:45:54,160
Speaker 1: just gonna sling it. He'll throw those yolo balls. He

940
00:45:54,320 --> 00:45:57,640
Speaker 1: doesn't care. And also, what I like about Fitzpatrick is

941
00:45:57,920 --> 00:46:01,920
Speaker 1: his offenses historically have been pretty like he gets television.

942
00:46:02,360 --> 00:46:04,760
Speaker 1: Remember when he was with the Jets, it was Brandon Marshall,

943
00:46:04,920 --> 00:46:06,279
Speaker 1: Eric Decker when he was back when he was with

944
00:46:06,360 --> 00:46:09,120
Speaker 1: the Bills, it was always Stevie Johnson. With the Dolphins,

945
00:46:09,200 --> 00:46:12,120
Speaker 1: it was always Devonte Parker, Like he gets locked in

946
00:46:12,280 --> 00:46:15,000
Speaker 1: on a player. And actually, are I know friend of

947
00:46:15,080 --> 00:46:19,560
Speaker 1: the show Ian Hard Hard hard hard It's there, we

948
00:46:19,640 --> 00:46:23,840
Speaker 1: got hardens, he tweeted out. Um, and the seasons that

949
00:46:23,960 --> 00:46:26,399
Speaker 1: Ryan Fitzpatrick has made at least ten starts. His number

950
00:46:26,440 --> 00:46:29,279
Speaker 1: one wide receiver is always peppered with targets, which is

951
00:46:29,320 --> 00:46:31,560
Speaker 1: why I love Terry McLaurin. But I also think Curtis

952
00:46:31,600 --> 00:46:34,840
Speaker 1: Samuel here as the number two, clear cut, number two target.

953
00:46:34,880 --> 00:46:36,880
Speaker 1: In my opinion, they invested a lot in him. I

954
00:46:36,960 --> 00:46:39,160
Speaker 1: think they will funnel a lot of targets his way,

955
00:46:39,160 --> 00:46:42,080
Speaker 1: and I think he surpasses Logan Thomas as the number

956
00:46:42,120 --> 00:46:44,800
Speaker 1: two target in the passing game. I will say that

957
00:46:44,880 --> 00:46:47,320
Speaker 1: I have not heard the name Stevie Johnson in a while,

958
00:46:47,920 --> 00:46:49,759
Speaker 1: and I guess I shouldn't be surprised that a Bills fan,

959
00:46:50,280 --> 00:46:53,279
Speaker 1: I wonder we brought it up on this show. Uh yeah,

960
00:46:53,320 --> 00:46:54,759
Speaker 1: I mean I think I think we love what Ryan

961
00:46:54,800 --> 00:46:58,439
Speaker 1: Fitzpatrick brings to an offense. Um. You know, he's he's

962
00:46:58,480 --> 00:47:00,600
Speaker 1: that guy that you don't you're not gonna start him

963
00:47:00,600 --> 00:47:03,440
Speaker 1: every week as your quarterback because you just don't really

964
00:47:03,480 --> 00:47:05,600
Speaker 1: want to ride the roller coaster, but you love what

965
00:47:05,680 --> 00:47:07,719
Speaker 1: he means for other for other wide receivers and other

966
00:47:07,760 --> 00:47:10,640
Speaker 1: past catchers in that offense. Because like whatever if if

967
00:47:10,680 --> 00:47:12,399
Speaker 1: I'm not starting him, I don't care if he throws

968
00:47:12,440 --> 00:47:14,520
Speaker 1: four picks as long as he throws it to my guy. Enough,

969
00:47:14,640 --> 00:47:18,960
Speaker 1: Like that's all good. Um. But the downside to this

970
00:47:19,080 --> 00:47:21,239
Speaker 1: for me is that it's a one year deal and

971
00:47:21,440 --> 00:47:23,840
Speaker 1: why we love what it means for Terry McLaurin and

972
00:47:23,920 --> 00:47:27,000
Speaker 1: for what it means for Curtis Samuel. Um. You know, look,

973
00:47:27,080 --> 00:47:30,680
Speaker 1: we're talking about a guy who's seven thirty eight years old. Um,

974
00:47:30,880 --> 00:47:33,000
Speaker 1: you know, he's only got a couple more years left

975
00:47:33,120 --> 00:47:37,319
Speaker 1: at best, does Ryan Fitzpatrick if you're thinking long term.

976
00:47:37,400 --> 00:47:38,799
Speaker 1: And I know for a lot of folks people are

977
00:47:38,840 --> 00:47:41,640
Speaker 1: trying to snap up Terry McLaurin in Dynasty for instance,

978
00:47:41,920 --> 00:47:45,040
Speaker 1: because we all love what his ceiling can be. It

979
00:47:45,200 --> 00:47:46,960
Speaker 1: feels like this is the time to sort of put

980
00:47:47,760 --> 00:47:49,800
Speaker 1: any any attempts to get him. I don't know, do

981
00:47:49,840 --> 00:47:51,719
Speaker 1: you put it on hold or do you do you

982
00:47:51,840 --> 00:47:54,879
Speaker 1: make the move and hope for better things down the road,

983
00:47:55,040 --> 00:47:57,880
Speaker 1: Because after this year, there's a very good chance that

984
00:47:58,000 --> 00:48:00,080
Speaker 1: Washington is out and sort of looking for an the

985
00:48:00,200 --> 00:48:03,680
Speaker 1: quarterback again, which puts mccarein back in that same limbo situation.

986
00:48:04,200 --> 00:48:06,400
Speaker 1: That would worry me if I had him in Dynasty

987
00:48:06,480 --> 00:48:09,080
Speaker 1: or wanted to acquire him in Dynasty, or do you

988
00:48:09,239 --> 00:48:11,319
Speaker 1: just dive head first in and say, hey, look man,

989
00:48:11,440 --> 00:48:13,600
Speaker 1: I'm gonna I'm gonna hope that Washington makes a good

990
00:48:13,680 --> 00:48:15,840
Speaker 1: choice here, and I'm gonna try to play the upside

991
00:48:15,880 --> 00:48:20,680
Speaker 1: looking forward. I take that approach more with Curtis Samuel,

992
00:48:20,719 --> 00:48:22,480
Speaker 1: who's a little bit older and I think a little

993
00:48:22,520 --> 00:48:24,799
Speaker 1: bit more reliant on a quarterback getting him the ball. Then,

994
00:48:24,840 --> 00:48:28,080
Speaker 1: like a Terry McLaurin who has shown us he could

995
00:48:28,080 --> 00:48:30,120
Speaker 1: put up like he put up numbers with Dwayne Haskins,

996
00:48:30,239 --> 00:48:32,799
Speaker 1: so I I trust him that he could put up

997
00:48:32,800 --> 00:48:36,440
Speaker 1: a numbers with most quarterbacks that aren't named Alex smith Um.

998
00:48:36,760 --> 00:48:38,520
Speaker 1: But in all seriousness, you just need a quarterback that

999
00:48:38,560 --> 00:48:40,160
Speaker 1: could throw the ball down the field pretty well. And

1000
00:48:40,239 --> 00:48:43,480
Speaker 1: that's what Ryan Fitzpatrick is gonna do. And in Dynasty,

1001
00:48:43,560 --> 00:48:47,040
Speaker 1: my approach is usually like flags fly forever. I try

1002
00:48:47,120 --> 00:48:50,440
Speaker 1: to win this year and not worry about long term.

1003
00:48:50,520 --> 00:48:52,480
Speaker 1: So I'm the kind of manager that would still be

1004
00:48:53,080 --> 00:48:55,720
Speaker 1: very bullishly trying to get a Terry McLaurin or Curtis

1005
00:48:55,760 --> 00:48:59,279
Speaker 1: Samuel right now. But it all depends on your team's outlook. Right, Like,

1006
00:48:59,360 --> 00:49:02,040
Speaker 1: if you're not really expected to contend this year and

1007
00:49:02,160 --> 00:49:04,920
Speaker 1: you have one of these guys, now, that would be

1008
00:49:05,000 --> 00:49:07,480
Speaker 1: a good time to sell while everyone is super excited

1009
00:49:07,480 --> 00:49:10,840
Speaker 1: about them and their values probably at a tie that

1010
00:49:11,080 --> 00:49:13,239
Speaker 1: that makes sense. I I'm totally on board with that.

1011
00:49:13,400 --> 00:49:16,400
Speaker 1: I think I think that that's sort of yeah. I just,

1012
00:49:16,719 --> 00:49:18,400
Speaker 1: you know, the first thing I saw like it's a

1013
00:49:18,440 --> 00:49:20,279
Speaker 1: one year deal. I don't know what to do really

1014
00:49:20,400 --> 00:49:24,560
Speaker 1: with with Terry McLaurin going forward, but we shall see.

1015
00:49:24,800 --> 00:49:27,719
Speaker 1: So um, okay, So now I got a group of

1016
00:49:27,800 --> 00:49:30,720
Speaker 1: guys that maybe aren't necessarily you know, top tier players,

1017
00:49:30,760 --> 00:49:33,360
Speaker 1: but could be impact players who have changed teams. I

1018
00:49:33,440 --> 00:49:36,040
Speaker 1: just want to get your thoughts fairly quickly on you know,

1019
00:49:36,120 --> 00:49:40,200
Speaker 1: stock up, stock down, what have you. Gerald Everett, who

1020
00:49:40,960 --> 00:49:43,680
Speaker 1: leaves l A staying in the division, goes up to

1021
00:49:43,719 --> 00:49:48,200
Speaker 1: Seattle to join the Seahawks. Um, lately, Seattle's sort of

1022
00:49:48,200 --> 00:49:50,799
Speaker 1: been where veteran tight ends go to die, right, because

1023
00:49:50,800 --> 00:49:53,120
Speaker 1: it was like Jimmy Graham and then it was Greg Olsen.

1024
00:49:53,600 --> 00:49:56,440
Speaker 1: Now Gerald Everett, who was significantly younger than those other

1025
00:49:56,520 --> 00:50:00,400
Speaker 1: guys were when they got to Seattle. Uh, stock ups, lockdown,

1026
00:50:00,480 --> 00:50:03,760
Speaker 1: stalk about the same on Gerald Everett, I think slightly

1027
00:50:03,960 --> 00:50:06,160
Speaker 1: up because on the rams he had to compete with

1028
00:50:06,239 --> 00:50:08,520
Speaker 1: Higbee and a lot of other targets. I think at

1029
00:50:08,640 --> 00:50:10,719
Speaker 1: best he'll be the third target in the passing game.

1030
00:50:10,719 --> 00:50:12,560
Speaker 1: But we know Russ likes to throw the tight ends,

1031
00:50:12,600 --> 00:50:15,520
Speaker 1: particularly in the red zone. I think he goes from

1032
00:50:15,560 --> 00:50:18,240
Speaker 1: being not really relevant at all in fantasy to joining

1033
00:50:18,320 --> 00:50:21,120
Speaker 1: that blob of like tight end two's that you just

1034
00:50:21,239 --> 00:50:23,759
Speaker 1: feel okay about. Are you backing on Tyler Higbee? Now

1035
00:50:24,840 --> 00:50:28,040
Speaker 1: he is in that same Generald everything. For me, I'm

1036
00:50:28,200 --> 00:50:30,319
Speaker 1: fine taking him as like an upside tight end too,

1037
00:50:30,440 --> 00:50:33,680
Speaker 1: but that's it. I definitely I like Gerald Everett in

1038
00:50:33,840 --> 00:50:36,480
Speaker 1: in Seattle. I think mostly for the point you mentioned

1039
00:50:37,200 --> 00:50:40,120
Speaker 1: that that Russ loves throwing to the position down near

1040
00:50:40,160 --> 00:50:42,440
Speaker 1: the end zone. It's the reason that some of us

1041
00:50:42,520 --> 00:50:44,600
Speaker 1: at some point considered a guy like will dis lee

1042
00:50:44,800 --> 00:50:47,440
Speaker 1: just because he would get those red zone looks. So

1043
00:50:47,880 --> 00:50:52,080
Speaker 1: I do think this is a positive move for Gerald Everett. Gronk,

1044
00:50:52,200 --> 00:50:55,040
Speaker 1: Rob Broadkowsky, he is staying put in Tampa really took

1045
00:50:55,080 --> 00:50:57,839
Speaker 1: over midway through the year, uh and then like down

1046
00:50:57,920 --> 00:50:59,719
Speaker 1: the stretch and then obviously in the Super Bowl was

1047
00:51:00,080 --> 00:51:02,799
Speaker 1: was a force. Um I mean, I guess for him

1048
00:51:02,840 --> 00:51:04,720
Speaker 1: it was either come back to the Bucks or retire,

1049
00:51:04,880 --> 00:51:07,080
Speaker 1: So I guess. I don't know. I feel like nothing changes.

1050
00:51:07,360 --> 00:51:09,520
Speaker 1: We're still sort of feeling the same way about Gronk

1051
00:51:09,600 --> 00:51:12,759
Speaker 1: now that we did last year. Um, because the other

1052
00:51:12,800 --> 00:51:14,400
Speaker 1: option was at him just not playing, and then he

1053
00:51:14,480 --> 00:51:16,319
Speaker 1: was completely off the board. I don't know. I don't

1054
00:51:16,320 --> 00:51:18,920
Speaker 1: know how you feel about that. Yeah, I think it's

1055
00:51:18,960 --> 00:51:22,080
Speaker 1: the same as last year. He'll be inconsistent. Um, he

1056
00:51:22,239 --> 00:51:24,879
Speaker 1: did apparently consider signing with the Bills. I don't really

1057
00:51:24,880 --> 00:51:27,440
Speaker 1: believe him. I don't think he'll ever play Tom Brady.

1058
00:51:27,920 --> 00:51:31,200
Speaker 1: The only negative is he's another year older and Brady

1059
00:51:31,280 --> 00:51:33,440
Speaker 1: is another year older. And I know, right now it

1060
00:51:33,520 --> 00:51:36,640
Speaker 1: looks like Brady is a superhero. But at some point

1061
00:51:37,000 --> 00:51:39,280
Speaker 1: it's got to end, right, Like that's my biggest concerned

1062
00:51:39,360 --> 00:51:41,759
Speaker 1: with this box offense. Look, man, it's it's the guy

1063
00:51:41,840 --> 00:51:43,839
Speaker 1: with the sandwich board on the corner screaming the world

1064
00:51:44,000 --> 00:51:46,520
Speaker 1: is going to end, like one day he's gonna be right. Um.

1065
00:51:47,120 --> 00:51:49,120
Speaker 1: You know, we keep saying Tom Brady is gonna fall off,

1066
00:51:49,239 --> 00:51:51,800
Speaker 1: Like one day, we're gonna be right unless he just,

1067
00:51:51,920 --> 00:51:54,040
Speaker 1: you know, with another Super Bowl and retires like straight

1068
00:51:54,120 --> 00:51:58,880
Speaker 1: after who knows. Um, Corey Davis after his big breakout season,

1069
00:51:59,360 --> 00:52:01,880
Speaker 1: goes up to New York. He lands with the Jets.

1070
00:52:02,560 --> 00:52:05,600
Speaker 1: Up down about the same for for Corey Davis, I

1071
00:52:05,719 --> 00:52:08,799
Speaker 1: think slightly up. I think the volume will be up

1072
00:52:08,880 --> 00:52:11,239
Speaker 1: for him. He had a twenty target share last year.

1073
00:52:11,280 --> 00:52:13,160
Speaker 1: I think he'll have at least that with the Jets

1074
00:52:13,200 --> 00:52:15,440
Speaker 1: now after the money they invested him, unless they go

1075
00:52:15,480 --> 00:52:18,080
Speaker 1: out and get another big name wide receiver like they've

1076
00:52:18,080 --> 00:52:20,480
Speaker 1: been linked to Juju Um. But as of now, I

1077
00:52:20,560 --> 00:52:23,200
Speaker 1: think it's slightly up. The only concern I have Marcus

1078
00:52:23,280 --> 00:52:25,880
Speaker 1: and maybe this isn't fair for Corey Davis, but he

1079
00:52:26,040 --> 00:52:29,200
Speaker 1: really struggled before A. J. Brown broke out, So I

1080
00:52:29,640 --> 00:52:32,040
Speaker 1: I concerns. I have concerns if he can be a

1081
00:52:32,120 --> 00:52:34,320
Speaker 1: true number one or is he better as like a

1082
00:52:34,440 --> 00:52:38,040
Speaker 1: really good number two options. I I understand those concerns, right,

1083
00:52:38,040 --> 00:52:41,279
Speaker 1: I mean it was it's a combination of struggle before

1084
00:52:41,320 --> 00:52:44,560
Speaker 1: A J. Brown uh and and really you know outside

1085
00:52:44,560 --> 00:52:47,000
Speaker 1: of an Arthur Smith offense to what what does he

1086
00:52:47,160 --> 00:52:50,080
Speaker 1: do right? Um? So he goes to New York. The

1087
00:52:50,160 --> 00:52:53,399
Speaker 1: upside obviously is that um, he looks like the number

1088
00:52:53,440 --> 00:52:55,680
Speaker 1: one wide receiver right there, So that's a plus that

1089
00:52:55,840 --> 00:52:59,000
Speaker 1: hopefully means more target share for him. We'll also see

1090
00:52:59,040 --> 00:53:01,279
Speaker 1: who the quarterback is going to be, if it's still

1091
00:53:01,360 --> 00:53:04,360
Speaker 1: Sam Donald, if they make a move and bringing somebody

1092
00:53:04,440 --> 00:53:07,399
Speaker 1: else in, we'll still we'll see about that. So those

1093
00:53:07,440 --> 00:53:09,680
Speaker 1: are some big question marks there, but I think at

1094
00:53:09,800 --> 00:53:12,200
Speaker 1: least the immediate response for me is that this is

1095
00:53:12,280 --> 00:53:15,759
Speaker 1: positive and that means more opportunity for Corey Davis. Um,

1096
00:53:16,080 --> 00:53:17,520
Speaker 1: you know, so we'll see if he can duplicate what

1097
00:53:17,560 --> 00:53:22,359
Speaker 1: he did last year in Tennessee. Marvin Jones goes from

1098
00:53:22,680 --> 00:53:26,600
Speaker 1: Detroit to Jacksonville. UM, Steve might not like this, but

1099
00:53:26,640 --> 00:53:28,240
Speaker 1: I think this is a good move for Marvin Jones,

1100
00:53:28,600 --> 00:53:30,400
Speaker 1: just because I know we were all sort of worried

1101
00:53:30,400 --> 00:53:33,759
Speaker 1: about what this means playing with Jared Goff, who had

1102
00:53:33,760 --> 00:53:36,719
Speaker 1: become a checkdown specialists over the last few years. I'm

1103
00:53:36,800 --> 00:53:39,400
Speaker 1: just expecting this Jacksonville offense with Trevor Lawrence to be

1104
00:53:39,480 --> 00:53:42,360
Speaker 1: more wide open, to be more vertical, to be more aggressive,

1105
00:53:42,600 --> 00:53:45,279
Speaker 1: and I think that's good for Marvin Jones, sort of

1106
00:53:45,320 --> 00:53:47,360
Speaker 1: like what we're hoping to see for Kenny Golladay wherever

1107
00:53:47,440 --> 00:53:50,959
Speaker 1: he potentially lands. But UM, I'm not I'm not saying

1108
00:53:51,000 --> 00:53:54,279
Speaker 1: this that I'm gonna draft Marvin Jones. Maybe maybe it's

1109
00:53:54,280 --> 00:53:56,440
Speaker 1: a low and wide receiver to wide receiver three. I

1110
00:53:56,480 --> 00:53:58,239
Speaker 1: think it's probably where I feel more comfortable. But I

1111
00:53:58,280 --> 00:54:00,440
Speaker 1: do think on the whole this is more of a

1112
00:54:00,560 --> 00:54:03,960
Speaker 1: positive for him than a negative. Yeah, I think for

1113
00:54:04,160 --> 00:54:06,719
Speaker 1: real life it is definitely and and it's an improvement

1114
00:54:06,760 --> 00:54:09,640
Speaker 1: with him over golf. The only thing I like him

1115
00:54:09,680 --> 00:54:11,799
Speaker 1: a little bit less, I think than I did last year,

1116
00:54:11,920 --> 00:54:15,040
Speaker 1: just because last year he was the number two, I think,

1117
00:54:15,080 --> 00:54:17,160
Speaker 1: the clear cut number two coming into the year and

1118
00:54:17,239 --> 00:54:20,080
Speaker 1: spent most of the season as their number one target.

1119
00:54:20,520 --> 00:54:22,560
Speaker 1: I don't think he'll be that with Jacksonville. I think

1120
00:54:22,840 --> 00:54:25,520
Speaker 1: DJ Chark is going to be the number one or Schnault.

1121
00:54:26,040 --> 00:54:27,960
Speaker 1: I could see either one of them going over him,

1122
00:54:28,040 --> 00:54:30,479
Speaker 1: But I think Marvin Jones will be with Marvin Jones

1123
00:54:30,600 --> 00:54:33,640
Speaker 1: kind of is who'll have a like, you know, five six,

1124
00:54:33,800 --> 00:54:36,480
Speaker 1: like really nice games and then a handful of duds

1125
00:54:36,520 --> 00:54:39,080
Speaker 1: and a handful of like ten twelve point games. I

1126
00:54:39,239 --> 00:54:42,000
Speaker 1: I anticipate him being kind of similar to what he was.

1127
00:54:42,320 --> 00:54:44,479
Speaker 1: Steve saying that the Lions are on pace for zero

1128
00:54:44,600 --> 00:54:47,400
Speaker 1: receiving touchdowns this year, which is bad news for all

1129
00:54:47,440 --> 00:54:50,600
Speaker 1: of us who are on the T. J. Hawkinson train. Um,

1130
00:54:51,160 --> 00:54:53,480
Speaker 1: so let's you know, if they're gonna catch touchdowns, let's

1131
00:54:53,480 --> 00:54:55,799
Speaker 1: just let it be Hawkinson and uh and it will.

1132
00:54:56,040 --> 00:54:59,120
Speaker 1: We'll be okay. Hockinson is pretty much the only option left,

1133
00:54:59,400 --> 00:55:04,799
Speaker 1: and that's I mean, uh yeah, you're kind of right. Um,

1134
00:55:05,719 --> 00:55:07,759
Speaker 1: they gotta do something about that, right, They're gonna draft

1135
00:55:07,920 --> 00:55:11,000
Speaker 1: somebody maybe. I think they got to do something about

1136
00:55:11,040 --> 00:55:15,080
Speaker 1: this after after losing you know, Jones and potentially Goladay, right,

1137
00:55:15,760 --> 00:55:17,920
Speaker 1: I mean Anthony Lynn the running back guys. So they

1138
00:55:18,000 --> 00:55:19,919
Speaker 1: got another riding back. So I guess that's the plan.

1139
00:55:20,840 --> 00:55:24,120
Speaker 1: But we're derailing your conversation here. Uh yeah, I don't know.

1140
00:55:27,320 --> 00:55:29,120
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, we all went on like I

1141
00:55:29,120 --> 00:55:35,000
Speaker 1: don't know, quintest cephist this year, Bill Williams. Maybe that

1142
00:55:36,080 --> 00:55:38,319
Speaker 1: that idea made me sad. All right, that's got move

1143
00:55:38,360 --> 00:55:40,239
Speaker 1: on because I don't want to be sad anymore. Um.

1144
00:55:41,880 --> 00:55:46,280
Speaker 1: John Brown uh leaves Buffalo after having a pretty successful

1145
00:55:46,360 --> 00:55:49,080
Speaker 1: year with the Bills, just sort of a cap casualty there,

1146
00:55:49,280 --> 00:55:52,200
Speaker 1: and he comes back toward the West coast. Was in

1147
00:55:52,800 --> 00:55:54,880
Speaker 1: Phoenix once upon a time. Now he stays in the

1148
00:55:54,960 --> 00:55:58,239
Speaker 1: desert and goes to Las Vegas with the Raiders. I

1149
00:55:58,440 --> 00:56:00,880
Speaker 1: like this signing for the Raider. I like the signing

1150
00:56:00,960 --> 00:56:04,040
Speaker 1: for John Brown. Um. We saw last year that Derek

1151
00:56:04,080 --> 00:56:05,960
Speaker 1: Carr can throw the deep ball. He did it with

1152
00:56:06,120 --> 00:56:08,840
Speaker 1: Nelson Aglore. Now he's got another guy there. I like

1153
00:56:09,000 --> 00:56:12,400
Speaker 1: it for for John Brown Florio. Um. It makes me

1154
00:56:12,480 --> 00:56:14,840
Speaker 1: continue to be worried about what Henry Ruggs is going

1155
00:56:14,880 --> 00:56:17,279
Speaker 1: to be in this offense unless they bring in Brown

1156
00:56:17,360 --> 00:56:19,440
Speaker 1: to sort of be a tutor. But I think I

1157
00:56:19,520 --> 00:56:21,719
Speaker 1: think Brown has some nice value there. I still think

1158
00:56:21,760 --> 00:56:25,000
Speaker 1: Henry Ruggs maybe is a wait and see for me. Yeah,

1159
00:56:25,080 --> 00:56:28,440
Speaker 1: I agree. I think Brown could be this year's Nelson Aguilor.

1160
00:56:28,520 --> 00:56:30,560
Speaker 1: And I think for him it's easily stuck up because

1161
00:56:30,600 --> 00:56:33,200
Speaker 1: on the Bills like he was behind Digs, he was

1162
00:56:33,239 --> 00:56:35,479
Speaker 1: behind Cole Beasley, and he might have even been behind

1163
00:56:35,520 --> 00:56:39,279
Speaker 1: Gabriel Davison because they like him a lot. So I

1164
00:56:39,400 --> 00:56:42,120
Speaker 1: think here he has an opportunity to potentially be their

1165
00:56:42,239 --> 00:56:45,080
Speaker 1: number one wide receiver, not number one target because Darren

1166
00:56:45,080 --> 00:56:48,439
Speaker 1: Waller we know is going that, but potentially their number

1167
00:56:48,480 --> 00:56:50,680
Speaker 1: one wide receiver. I think it'll be a camp battle

1168
00:56:50,719 --> 00:56:52,879
Speaker 1: between him and Henry Ruggs to be the number one,

1169
00:56:53,360 --> 00:56:56,560
Speaker 1: but he can't feel great about Henry Ruggs after last season.

1170
00:56:57,239 --> 00:57:00,080
Speaker 1: Cannot um like again he was supposed to be the

1171
00:57:00,160 --> 00:57:02,960
Speaker 1: field stretcher, that speed guy to take the top off

1172
00:57:03,000 --> 00:57:05,040
Speaker 1: the defense, and that turned out to be Nelson Aghalore.

1173
00:57:05,120 --> 00:57:07,480
Speaker 1: So now they're bringing in another veteran guy who we

1174
00:57:07,680 --> 00:57:10,879
Speaker 1: know can actually be uh, that field stretcher. We didn't

1175
00:57:10,920 --> 00:57:13,279
Speaker 1: know that necessarily about a Galore. We know that about

1176
00:57:13,360 --> 00:57:15,440
Speaker 1: John Brown, so that that's going to be an interesting

1177
00:57:15,480 --> 00:57:18,960
Speaker 1: camp competition between the two of them. Um. Jamal Williams

1178
00:57:19,040 --> 00:57:22,640
Speaker 1: leaves Green Bay, stays in the division, goes to Detroit. Um,

1179
00:57:22,960 --> 00:57:24,880
Speaker 1: I mean I asked you about you know, how how

1180
00:57:24,960 --> 00:57:27,600
Speaker 1: you're feeling about Jonathan Taylor after the Marlon Max signing.

1181
00:57:27,920 --> 00:57:31,000
Speaker 1: How are you feeling about DeAndre Swift after the Jamal

1182
00:57:31,080 --> 00:57:34,520
Speaker 1: Williams signing? Not nearly as great as I was before it.

1183
00:57:34,720 --> 00:57:38,480
Speaker 1: And Jamal Williams of all the running back signings so far,

1184
00:57:38,720 --> 00:57:41,600
Speaker 1: I think he is the one that hurts the incumbent

1185
00:57:41,760 --> 00:57:46,160
Speaker 1: the most. Like he's not Carlos Hyde or even Marlon

1186
00:57:46,240 --> 00:57:48,200
Speaker 1: Mack Like, he is a much better running back than

1187
00:57:48,240 --> 00:57:50,640
Speaker 1: those guys. In my opinion. First of all, he's healthy.

1188
00:57:51,280 --> 00:57:53,720
Speaker 1: Second of all, he's shown us that he can get

1189
00:57:53,760 --> 00:57:55,880
Speaker 1: it done on the ground and in the passing game.

1190
00:57:55,920 --> 00:57:58,280
Speaker 1: And that is what worries me because Green Bay has

1191
00:57:58,440 --> 00:58:00,720
Speaker 1: raided so much about out how good he is in

1192
00:58:00,840 --> 00:58:04,040
Speaker 1: pass blocking and and we they repeatedly would take Aaron

1193
00:58:04,120 --> 00:58:06,560
Speaker 1: Jones off the field for him. I am very fearful

1194
00:58:06,680 --> 00:58:09,480
Speaker 1: that that could become DeAndre Swift. Like, I think DeAndre

1195
00:58:09,560 --> 00:58:11,360
Speaker 1: Swift is still going to be the starter. He's still

1196
00:58:11,400 --> 00:58:13,480
Speaker 1: going to be the first running back you want to

1197
00:58:13,600 --> 00:58:15,960
Speaker 1: draft here. But if they're pulling him off the field

1198
00:58:16,000 --> 00:58:18,000
Speaker 1: at times to get Jamal Williams on third down or

1199
00:58:18,040 --> 00:58:20,520
Speaker 1: something like that, that is going to hurt DeAndre Swift.

1200
00:58:20,880 --> 00:58:23,480
Speaker 1: So for me, he was someone that I had easily

1201
00:58:23,560 --> 00:58:26,920
Speaker 1: as being like an RB one heading into he might

1202
00:58:27,040 --> 00:58:28,960
Speaker 1: fall out of that and be on that Now. I

1203
00:58:29,040 --> 00:58:31,160
Speaker 1: think he's very much still on that border. Like is

1204
00:58:31,200 --> 00:58:32,960
Speaker 1: he low and RB one or more of a high

1205
00:58:33,040 --> 00:58:38,200
Speaker 1: end RB two? Yeah. I just the move the Lions

1206
00:58:38,240 --> 00:58:41,480
Speaker 1: have made this offseason have not done DeAndre Swift any favors.

1207
00:58:41,800 --> 00:58:45,600
Speaker 1: Um you know, going to Jared goff uh, you know,

1208
00:58:45,680 --> 00:58:48,000
Speaker 1: now bringing in Jamal Williams. It's like they just have

1209
00:58:48,160 --> 00:58:51,800
Speaker 1: not done DeAndre Swift any favors. Uh. Like we said

1210
00:58:51,840 --> 00:58:53,360
Speaker 1: just a moment ago, they need to get some pass

1211
00:58:53,400 --> 00:58:55,920
Speaker 1: catchers just so that, you know, if I'm a defense

1212
00:58:56,360 --> 00:58:58,160
Speaker 1: right now, I'm just like, well, let's just you know,

1213
00:58:58,240 --> 00:59:02,240
Speaker 1: let's stop DeAndre Swift on the let's stop the running game.

1214
00:59:02,320 --> 00:59:04,600
Speaker 1: Let's force Jared Goff to try to beat us downfield.

1215
00:59:04,680 --> 00:59:07,400
Speaker 1: I mean, at this very moment, Uh, the Lions are

1216
00:59:07,560 --> 00:59:11,560
Speaker 1: very easy to defend. Um. You know, maybe Dan Campbell

1217
00:59:11,600 --> 00:59:14,200
Speaker 1: and his knee biting strategy is going to pay off here.

1218
00:59:14,320 --> 00:59:17,560
Speaker 1: I don't know, but right now, just on on paper,

1219
00:59:17,680 --> 00:59:21,439
Speaker 1: it doesn't look particularly great for for the Lions running

1220
00:59:21,480 --> 00:59:24,320
Speaker 1: backs at the moment um. Last one I got on

1221
00:59:24,440 --> 00:59:28,520
Speaker 1: my list here Emmanuel Sanders, who was let go by

1222
00:59:28,600 --> 00:59:32,240
Speaker 1: the Saints and goes up to Buffalo, so he joined

1223
00:59:32,280 --> 00:59:35,480
Speaker 1: your bills. Um, you talked about John Brown sort of

1224
00:59:35,560 --> 00:59:38,000
Speaker 1: being down the pecking order. I would imagine does that

1225
00:59:38,040 --> 00:59:39,960
Speaker 1: apply to Emmanuel Sanders as well? Were talking about a

1226
00:59:39,960 --> 00:59:42,760
Speaker 1: guy who's what thirty three thirty four years old? Um,

1227
00:59:43,240 --> 00:59:45,280
Speaker 1: you know, a nice I think he's a nice real

1228
00:59:45,360 --> 00:59:48,400
Speaker 1: football piece, not necessarily a great fantasy piece. And I

1229
00:59:48,440 --> 00:59:50,200
Speaker 1: would think he's really gonna have to fight to get

1230
00:59:50,280 --> 00:59:54,480
Speaker 1: consistent targets in this office. That is my my thinking.

1231
00:59:55,600 --> 00:59:57,680
Speaker 1: Like I think he is a better real life signing.

1232
00:59:57,760 --> 00:59:59,920
Speaker 1: He could be a veteran leader and he's they always

1233
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:03,320
Speaker 1: about his toughness and stuff. But for fantasy I don't

1234
01:00:03,400 --> 01:00:05,400
Speaker 1: really As of right now, he would be the fourth

1235
01:00:06,120 --> 01:00:07,920
Speaker 1: wide receiver from the Bills I would put in for

1236
01:00:08,000 --> 01:00:10,880
Speaker 1: fantasy rankings like I'd have Gabe David's ahead of him.

1237
01:00:10,880 --> 01:00:13,200
Speaker 1: I would have Cole Beasley ahead of him, and obviously

1238
01:00:13,280 --> 01:00:16,680
Speaker 1: Stefon Digg. So I think it helps more for the

1239
01:00:16,800 --> 01:00:18,960
Speaker 1: receivers and Josh Allen in real life than anything, but

1240
01:00:19,160 --> 01:00:23,760
Speaker 1: not a whole lot of fantasy interests. So yeah, right, uh, alright,

1241
01:00:23,760 --> 01:00:25,800
Speaker 1: I think we got through it. I think that's it. Um.

1242
01:00:26,680 --> 01:00:28,720
Speaker 1: So we did this whole show and we got no

1243
01:00:28,840 --> 01:00:32,320
Speaker 1: news about Kenny Golladay or Juju Smith, Schuster, Chris Carson,

1244
01:00:33,000 --> 01:00:35,800
Speaker 1: anybody like that, which guarantees that the moment we sign off,

1245
01:00:36,600 --> 01:00:39,240
Speaker 1: at least one or more of those players is going

1246
01:00:39,320 --> 01:00:41,720
Speaker 1: to sign. But for now, uh, that is our whole

1247
01:00:41,760 --> 01:00:45,000
Speaker 1: look at free agency. A couple of reminders, we will

1248
01:00:45,080 --> 01:00:49,280
Speaker 1: have the NFL Fantasy Live Free Agency Frenzy. That's going

1249
01:00:49,360 --> 01:00:52,400
Speaker 1: to be next week. Um, it actually airs I believe

1250
01:00:52,480 --> 01:00:56,360
Speaker 1: on Thursday. So a week from today, I believe, is

1251
01:00:56,360 --> 01:00:58,600
Speaker 1: when that's going to hit your your television screens, like

1252
01:00:58,640 --> 01:01:01,040
Speaker 1: I always say, check your local list in cent DVR

1253
01:01:01,640 --> 01:01:03,960
Speaker 1: uh and it should appear at some point uh in

1254
01:01:04,000 --> 01:01:06,320
Speaker 1: the next week or so. And the Big Data Bowl

1255
01:01:06,320 --> 01:01:08,360
Speaker 1: if you if you didn't get a chance to catch

1256
01:01:08,400 --> 01:01:11,680
Speaker 1: it streaming live, you can find it NFL dot com

1257
01:01:11,760 --> 01:01:13,760
Speaker 1: slash Big Data Bowl. You can also go find it

1258
01:01:14,120 --> 01:01:17,360
Speaker 1: on YouTube as well, so you have plenty to do there.

1259
01:01:17,440 --> 01:01:21,000
Speaker 1: So I mean, Florida, like something big is gonna happened, right,

1260
01:01:21,000 --> 01:01:23,880
Speaker 1: I think. But the time between now and the time

1261
01:01:23,960 --> 01:01:26,680
Speaker 1: we talk again next Tuesday, hopefully we've got some more

1262
01:01:26,720 --> 01:01:28,880
Speaker 1: wide receiver stuff to talk about, because I can't imagine

1263
01:01:28,920 --> 01:01:30,320
Speaker 1: that some of these big names are gonna sit out

1264
01:01:30,320 --> 01:01:33,680
Speaker 1: there too much longer. Yeah, I I imagine, Like I

1265
01:01:33,920 --> 01:01:36,439
Speaker 1: keep thinking it's gonna be a domino effect, like once

1266
01:01:36,560 --> 01:01:38,600
Speaker 1: one signs, we're gonna see a whole bunch start. And

1267
01:01:38,640 --> 01:01:40,840
Speaker 1: I thought Curtis Samuel was kind of gonna start that

1268
01:01:41,280 --> 01:01:43,960
Speaker 1: and that didn't. So let's hope that like Falonda or

1269
01:01:44,000 --> 01:01:46,520
Speaker 1: Juju sign and that gets it going because we have

1270
01:01:46,560 --> 01:01:48,680
Speaker 1: a lot of fun with these water series that they're

1271
01:01:48,680 --> 01:01:50,920
Speaker 1: gonna end up some places. Yeah, I mean those are

1272
01:01:50,960 --> 01:01:53,240
Speaker 1: the those are the marquee names for this free agency,

1273
01:01:53,440 --> 01:01:55,640
Speaker 1: and so far they are still out there on the board.

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01:01:55,680 --> 01:01:57,960
Speaker 1: So we'll definitely keep a close eye on that, and

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01:01:58,320 --> 01:01:59,920
Speaker 1: you know, we'll keep you updated when we know more

1276
01:02:00,000 --> 01:02:04,280
Speaker 1: all about it. Oh wait, last minute, this just happened.

1277
01:02:04,400 --> 01:02:07,160
Speaker 1: Just as we were getting ready to shut this down.

1278
01:02:07,400 --> 01:02:11,800
Speaker 1: The Raiders have signed Kenyan Drake to a two year deal.

1279
01:02:12,720 --> 01:02:15,160
Speaker 1: We were hoping to see Kenyan Drake go somewhere where

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01:02:15,160 --> 01:02:18,520
Speaker 1: he could get some more opportunities. UM, I don't know.

1281
01:02:18,680 --> 01:02:22,080
Speaker 1: My immediate reaction is that this is bad for everybody involved.

1282
01:02:22,160 --> 01:02:25,000
Speaker 1: It's not great for Kenyan Drake. It's really not great

1283
01:02:25,240 --> 01:02:27,600
Speaker 1: for Josh Jacobs, who already doesn't catch the football. Now

1284
01:02:27,680 --> 01:02:29,640
Speaker 1: there's even less reason to throw him the ball because

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01:02:29,720 --> 01:02:32,880
Speaker 1: Kenyan Drake is there. UM. My immediate reaction is like

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01:02:32,960 --> 01:02:35,640
Speaker 1: thumbs down. I don't like this for anybody. I mean

1287
01:02:35,680 --> 01:02:37,120
Speaker 1: maybe for the Raiders, but I don't like this for

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01:02:37,240 --> 01:02:41,400
Speaker 1: the players involved. How are you feeling not great? I

1289
01:02:41,680 --> 01:02:44,160
Speaker 1: have the same reaction as you, like Kenyan Drake goes

1290
01:02:44,240 --> 01:02:47,000
Speaker 1: from being a first round pick last year, Marcus too

1291
01:02:47,640 --> 01:02:49,800
Speaker 1: maybe a ninth or tenth round pick this year. And

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01:02:49,880 --> 01:02:53,080
Speaker 1: then Josh Jacobs, who was someone that I've been lower

1293
01:02:53,160 --> 01:02:55,280
Speaker 1: on than than a lot of others, and like I

1294
01:02:55,400 --> 01:02:57,360
Speaker 1: am my early rankings, he was not in RB one

1295
01:02:57,440 --> 01:02:59,920
Speaker 1: for me, and people were like, Oh, where's John Jacobs.

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01:02:59,960 --> 01:03:01,960
Speaker 1: There's no way he is an RB one now anymore

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01:03:01,960 --> 01:03:04,800
Speaker 1: in my opinion, Like I think he's firmly in RB two.

1298
01:03:04,840 --> 01:03:07,120
Speaker 1: You're gonna hear people say talent all you want. They

1299
01:03:07,240 --> 01:03:10,480
Speaker 1: invested two years eleven million dollars that can go up

1300
01:03:10,520 --> 01:03:12,560
Speaker 1: to fourteen and a half million on Kenyan Drake. That

1301
01:03:12,680 --> 01:03:15,400
Speaker 1: is not a small investment at all. Like this really

1302
01:03:15,480 --> 01:03:18,840
Speaker 1: hurts Josh Jacobs and maybe even knocks him into third

1303
01:03:18,920 --> 01:03:21,480
Speaker 1: or fourth round territory. I I mean, I did a

1304
01:03:21,560 --> 01:03:24,919
Speaker 1: quick dive earlier. And John Gryden generally does not throw

1305
01:03:25,000 --> 01:03:28,040
Speaker 1: the football to running backs a whole lot. Michael Pittman

1306
01:03:28,120 --> 01:03:31,000
Speaker 1: was sort of the exception of that rule. Kenyan Drake

1307
01:03:31,080 --> 01:03:33,520
Speaker 1: might sort of be the next closest option to that um.

1308
01:03:33,680 --> 01:03:35,520
Speaker 1: But either way, it means that all the targets we

1309
01:03:35,560 --> 01:03:38,280
Speaker 1: were hoping eventually would go to Josh Jacobs. Are just

1310
01:03:38,440 --> 01:03:40,360
Speaker 1: never going to go to Josh Jacobs. And now on

1311
01:03:40,480 --> 01:03:42,080
Speaker 1: top of it, drinks the guy who can run the

1312
01:03:42,080 --> 01:03:44,480
Speaker 1: football as well and say Jacobs off the field. This

1313
01:03:45,280 --> 01:03:48,360
Speaker 1: does not work. Their whole offensive line is gone now too,

1314
01:03:48,760 --> 01:03:52,560
Speaker 1: like they had. It's basically completely revamped. Like it's hard

1315
01:03:52,640 --> 01:03:55,080
Speaker 1: to feel good about the run game there not not

1316
01:03:55,440 --> 01:03:58,960
Speaker 1: excited at all about that. So that is it's we

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Speaker 1: are done. We appreciate you're hanging out with the NFL

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01:04:01,160 --> 01:04:03,520
Speaker 1: Fantasy football show. You know the drill. Tell two friends

1319
01:04:03,560 --> 01:04:06,120
Speaker 1: to tell two friends rate review and remember you're never

1320
01:04:06,200 --> 01:04:08,480
Speaker 1: too old to learn something stupid. He's safe, take care

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01:04:08,520 --> 01:04:10,560
Speaker 1: of yourselves, wear a mask, and we will see you

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Speaker 1: next week. Wow, won Won, I'm coming. I'm count co