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Speaker 1: that is Frank stand for I am a rank sousman.
Speaker 1: E y is here as well, gentlemen. How's it going, Greggy?
Speaker 1: I am so pumped up. Week one is just about
Speaker 1: here Thursday night football will be real this week. I
Speaker 1: had my final draft last night. I will be an
Speaker 1: auctioneer tomorrow night as well. Greg. Let's get it started
Speaker 1: as he did that there. Huh all right, Eric Yan,
Speaker 1: what's up man? It's a great time to be a
Speaker 1: live boys. Week one is about to be on us here. Uh,
Speaker 1: my best friend, my my my childhood best friend is
Speaker 1: in town. Him and his wife were going on a
Speaker 1: houseboat on Thursday. Look at again. I gotta do this again.
Speaker 1: But I told you that Ezekiel Elliott was going to
Speaker 1: play football. For God's sake, do yourself a favor and
Speaker 1: start listening to us. More importantly, start listening to me.
Speaker 1: I know what I'm doing. Didn't not guarantee it, Frank,
Speaker 1: did I not guarantee it? He did guarantee it. He's
Speaker 1: not officially signed though yet. Right officially, it looks like
Speaker 1: just in case, just in case I would leave, I
Speaker 1: was going to work. Well, you know what, e Y,
Speaker 1: I listened to you, because last night I had my
Speaker 1: final draft. This was a five NFC league that I
Speaker 1: um was participating in with Constantine actually friend of the show,
Speaker 1: front of the program. Uh, and we had six pick
Speaker 1: it took Ezeki Elliott. So how about that? Nice? Nice? Yeah,
Speaker 1: you should have gone first or second overall. But that's
Speaker 1: that's fine. People want to be wrong. We'll rape the benefits,
Speaker 1: won't we. I hope, So, I sure hope, so Greg,
Speaker 1: I hope. So. I've been telling you, I've also been
Speaker 1: on this bandwagon Ey that like, there's no reason to
Speaker 1: be scared of of Ey. There's definitely reason to be
Speaker 1: scared Eric, but there's no reason to be scared of
Speaker 1: it if you don't listen to me. Exactly, there's a reason.
Speaker 1: There's never reason to be scared. But because he had
Speaker 1: nothing to gain, you said, as long as he wants right,
Speaker 1: there was there was no end point with Melvin Gordon.
Speaker 1: You know he'll be back week ten to get that
Speaker 1: your free agency with Zeke. He's just gonna toll. There's
Speaker 1: nothing to do. So he has to be back week
Speaker 1: one and he will be. He's you don't fly back
Speaker 1: from Cabo unless you're playing man. And all indications have been.
Speaker 1: Everything we've heard this morning is yes, it's getting close.
Speaker 1: It's about to happen. It's they're closing in on an
Speaker 1: extension here that's gonna see him sign through six. It
Speaker 1: was like fifteen million dollars a a V, which is
Speaker 1: a similar amount to Todd Gurley on It's gonna be
Speaker 1: like ninety million dollar extension total. So, uh, it looks
Speaker 1: like it is close it. Let's get this done. Let's
Speaker 1: get this done. So we have Ezekiel Elliott for a
Speaker 1: week one. I understand a lot of people were pulling
Speaker 1: Tony Pollard up the draft board, especially people who drafted
Speaker 1: Ezekiel Elliott. I did it last night. I took Tony
Speaker 1: Pollard in round eight. It's very high, but I felt
Speaker 1: like it was a necessary evil. You had to protect
Speaker 1: your investment. Craig, Yeah, I don't think there's anything wrong
Speaker 1: with that. There's nothing wrong with that. You'r handcuffing your guy.
Speaker 1: Zekiel Elliott, you know has missed games before. The Dallas
Speaker 1: is a great offense. There are a great running offensive
Speaker 1: with a great running offensive line. There's no problem with it.
Speaker 1: Taking Tony Pollard as some security, there's no problem with that.
Speaker 1: Drafting him higher than that is absolutely lunacy, And not
Speaker 1: taking Zekiel Elliott in the first four players is absolutely
Speaker 1: lunacy as well. But I got them ninth overall in
Speaker 1: my one home league. So I'm happy that this happened
Speaker 1: because now, I mean, there's no way and there's no
Speaker 1: way I can lose. Absolutely absolutely. I think there you
Speaker 1: you are in a prime position to win this. Now
Speaker 1: draft Elliott at nine overall, um in a good spot there.
Speaker 1: I have one more draft Tonight is my home league
Speaker 1: draft high stakes there for me. Uh Unfortunately it's one
Speaker 1: of my buddies screw the draft time and got thank
Speaker 1: us to the US Open tonight, so we're not starting
Speaker 1: on draft ten pm tonight ten pm. It's gonna be
Speaker 1: a late night for Greg's Sussman. You're not used to
Speaker 1: those usually in bed by eleven. I'm usually bed by
Speaker 1: like eleven thirty twelve, it's probably. Oh well, then you
Speaker 1: stop answering your text messages at ten thirty. It's not true.
Speaker 1: It's a good rule. No, it's simply not true. I
Speaker 1: stopped answer my text messages is about eleven thirty for
Speaker 1: sure that I'm done, all right, I'll test that out
Speaker 1: later on in the tonight. Yes, not tonight would be
Speaker 1: great tonight. Obviously, I'll be a week hopefully you'll be
Speaker 1: a weak both of you, guys. I'll be texting you
Speaker 1: questions that I have. Uh so, please please say we
Speaker 1: I do have a basketball game at eight o'clock, Greig,
Speaker 1: but I should be done by nine, should be home
Speaker 1: by ten, So that is fantastic, ready to go and
Speaker 1: help you at all right? And he was an hour back.
Speaker 1: And I know he's got his friends in town, but
Speaker 1: like you know important, Yeah, I mean friends. You mentioned
Speaker 1: that his friend of his was a childhood best friend,
Speaker 1: but we're like, it's real best friends forever. So I
Speaker 1: would say that you are higher on the total pole.
Speaker 1: I totally totally agree. Zeke's the big news, Melan Gordon.
Speaker 1: They're not even talking contract anymore. And and what was
Speaker 1: good as a fantasy community, we read it right, right,
Speaker 1: Like we've kind of read this whole situation, right, Melvic
Speaker 1: Gordon now not come back until the Korean hook comes back.
Speaker 1: Zekiel Elliott got to be there a week one. I
Speaker 1: do have to throw this out though, e Y, you're
Speaker 1: drafting Zeki Elliott as a top four pick, as you've
Speaker 1: said all along this week. He's coming back today, it's Tuesday.
Speaker 1: He's not practicing tomorrow until Wednesday. Should we expect a
Speaker 1: full workload of Zeque Elliott this week? I would assume
Speaker 1: probably not the Zeke that we've come to know and love,
Speaker 1: Not that kind of workload load. I mean, look, there
Speaker 1: is no replacing real reps with NFL players um in Cabo.
Speaker 1: Like I understand that. Yeah, he was working out, he's
Speaker 1: in shape, he's ready to go, but nothing can replace
Speaker 1: game speed. So I mean, I believe that he will
Speaker 1: sign this deal within the next couple of days, and
Speaker 1: I believe he will be the starter come week one.
Speaker 1: I have not changed my tune ever, I have not
Speaker 1: moved him in my rankings. I did put Barkley one
Speaker 1: above him just because of the risk of I could
Speaker 1: be wrong. That doesn't happen very often. As we've come
Speaker 1: to know and love, but uh, look, he's gonna play.
Speaker 1: He's going to play week one. I guaranteed it last
Speaker 1: week when we I did the show with Frank uh
Speaker 1: and uh As dan By that he's going to play
Speaker 1: Week one and he will be He's probably the best
Speaker 1: running back in the league. He'll be fine, right, Nothing
Speaker 1: to worry about that, I will say to this, Greg,
Speaker 1: I think Tony Pollard has done enough throughout the preseason
Speaker 1: and throughout training camp as a rookie where he's going
Speaker 1: to earn a role on the team. And it's not
Speaker 1: really something we've seen before. Ezekiel Elliott has basically been
Speaker 1: the main running back, not really splitting touches with anyone else.
Speaker 1: I think Tony Pollard has at least earned a role.
Speaker 1: I think he probably sees five to six touches. Again, No,
Speaker 1: it's not drastic, but I think he's gonna have a role.
Speaker 1: A lot more happened over the weekend besides Ezekiel Elliott.
Speaker 1: Let's tell you what that was next. Hey, Thanks for
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Speaker 1: as well, guys, we mentioned Zekiel Elliott. We got into
Speaker 1: him being back, but that wasn't the only running back
Speaker 1: that is well on the move here from this weekend,
Speaker 1: as we also saw Buffalo under the surprising thing, but
Speaker 1: do the unexpected thing in that, honey, they've cut Lashawn McCoy.
Speaker 1: Let's get into how to effects Buffalo in the second
Speaker 1: Let's instead talking about Leshawn McCoy, who had who had
Speaker 1: plenty of options where he could end up. He ultimately
Speaker 1: decided he wanted to go play for Andy read again
Speaker 1: in Kansas City. E y, what do you think Lashawn
Speaker 1: McCoy's current value and more importantly, what about Darwin Thompson
Speaker 1: and specifically Damian Williams. Yeah, Leshawn McCoy's value has the
Speaker 1: skyrocket right at this point, moving to arguably the best,
Speaker 1: the best offense for a running back. Um, I don't
Speaker 1: see how his value could go down. Darwin Thompson is
Speaker 1: going to take a hit. He was a guy that
Speaker 1: was going way higher than I thought he should as
Speaker 1: a person that had never played a snap in the NFL.
Speaker 1: But but was you know, a sneaky pick that that
Speaker 1: could supply you with something Because of all the Damian
Speaker 1: Williams stuff, this hurts Damian Williams. I don't care what
Speaker 1: anyone says. He could still be the starter there, but
Speaker 1: this is going I mean, best case scenario, he loses
Speaker 1: ten touches a game, but I think it's gonna brought
Speaker 1: probably be culture to a fifty fifty split. Read has
Speaker 1: coached McCoy before. McCoy is a built for an offense
Speaker 1: like this, even at his, uh, his advanced age. So
Speaker 1: it's good for McCoy, bad for Williams. And I think
Speaker 1: it's going to affect Darwin Thompson and you're not gonna
Speaker 1: see a whole lot of him, Reggie Dorwyn Thompson has
Speaker 1: obviously fallen dramatically downdraft boards with the acquisition of Lashawn McCoy.
Speaker 1: A lot of people trying to figure out Lashaw McCoy
Speaker 1: or Damian Williams at this point. And we've seen Damian
Speaker 1: Williams rightfully so have his value dropped dramatically. You were
Speaker 1: in major draft all week long, including last night what
Speaker 1: happened with both Lea Shawn McCoy and David Williams. Who
Speaker 1: would you rather have? I would still rather have Damian Williams,
Speaker 1: just because he's been going through the motions the entire
Speaker 1: off season. Now, he's obviously very familiar with this offense.
Speaker 1: Some is La Shawn McCoy, he understands the Andy Reid offense.
Speaker 1: But Damian Williams, we saw him be extremely productive last
Speaker 1: year down the stretch. Uh, there's no doubt he takes
Speaker 1: a hit, and last night he went four ten. And
Speaker 1: I put out the poll before the show asking where
Speaker 1: do people think Damian Williams should go? You know, because
Speaker 1: there's people who still drafting, you're drafting tonight, there's people
Speaker 1: drafting tomorrow as well, and as of now, thirty one
Speaker 1: percent of the vote, which is a leader, says round
Speaker 1: five for Damian Williams. And you know, I moved Damian
Speaker 1: Williams and my rankings down to RB nineteen. I moved
Speaker 1: the Shawn McCoy up to RB thirty five. Here's what
Speaker 1: I'll saying. They signed Lashawn McCoy to a four million
Speaker 1: dollar contract for one year. Three million of that guaranteed.
Speaker 1: He is making nine thousand dollars more guaranteed money then
Speaker 1: Damian william this season, and he read did not bring
Speaker 1: Lashawn McCoy in because he thinks he's washed up because
Speaker 1: he's not going to use lesha McCoy. They're gonna use him.
Speaker 1: And and you know, there's actually a sneaky suspicion here,
Speaker 1: Greg and he can end up leading this backfield and touches.
Speaker 1: You know, I'm not able to move Leshawn McCoy all
Speaker 1: the way up to like where Damian Williams was going,
Speaker 1: or even inside like the top five or six rounds.
Speaker 1: But I think once you get into like that round
Speaker 1: seven and later range, I mean, you're gonna be hard
Speaker 1: pressed to find a running back who has more upside
Speaker 1: than Lashaw McCoy. I mean, you know, Ey was just
Speaker 1: talking about Darwin Thompson, who never took a snap in
Speaker 1: the NFL. What's going in round seven and eight of
Speaker 1: high stakes drafts over the weekend before they signed Lashaw
Speaker 1: McCoy now La Shawn McCoy, who understands this Andy read
Speaker 1: offense and actually flash a little bit in the preseason.
Speaker 1: I think he showed us that he can still play
Speaker 1: a little bit. The upside is higher for Leshaw McCoy
Speaker 1: than it was for Darwin Thompson in my opinion. So
Speaker 1: I wouldn't drop Darwin Thompson if I drafted him, because
Speaker 1: you still want exposure to the Chief's offense. But there
Speaker 1: is a sneaky suspicion that le Saw McCoy can actually
Speaker 1: overtake Damie Williams. I don't think that's crazy for anyone
Speaker 1: who you know just took a shot on Leshaw McCoy
Speaker 1: late in your drafts. It's like a running back of
Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills, like your RB five RB six, which
Speaker 1: is what we got him at at in the g
Speaker 1: SC draft. Greig, you are in love with the landing
Speaker 1: spot obviously now with LESA. McCoy going to the Chiefs
Speaker 1: very much so I'm beyond thrill that we have Lashaw
Speaker 1: McCoy now on the Chiefs. That cost us ultimately nothing.
Speaker 1: I'd moved Damie Williams down farther in my rankings. I
Speaker 1: got him all the way now is RB twenty seven.
Speaker 1: Like I I have dropped him precipitously. Lashaw McCoy is
Speaker 1: up to RB thirty four. Not just similar to where
Speaker 1: you have him. Um, Like we said, if he felt
Speaker 1: was in the fifth round, we would have taken him,
Speaker 1: and we took Duke Johnson in that spot. So if
Speaker 1: we were on the board Duke Johnson versus Damie Williams,
Speaker 1: we would But like I think there's a fair argument
Speaker 1: to be made the Lesha mcoy should go ahead of
Speaker 1: Damian Williams. I think the argument is very reasonable. Like
Speaker 1: it's just like, look, we saw Damie Williams perform in
Speaker 1: this offense last year. It's not I understand we of
Speaker 1: concerns and everyone has said this whole offseason. I understand
Speaker 1: that people who were anti Damie Williams are doing their
Speaker 1: victory laps right now. I get it. Whatever, that's perfectly fine.
Speaker 1: You want to do your victory laps on September three,
Speaker 1: that's perfectly fine. To be honest, we don't know what's
Speaker 1: gonna happen, you know, with a lot of situations. Yes,
Speaker 1: we're we're we're making educated guesses, but based on the
Speaker 1: money here again, I'll go back to that. They they're
Speaker 1: not just like paying Lashawn McCoy like a backup. They're
Speaker 1: paying him even more guaranteed money than they are Damian Williams.
Speaker 1: So you know he's gonna have a role. How it's
Speaker 1: going to break down, I guess we'll see. You know,
Speaker 1: last year, the Chief's running backs average twenty five touches
Speaker 1: per game on a weekly basis, So I mean you
Speaker 1: could do the math in your head. I think Garwin
Speaker 1: Thompson probably still gets, you know, four to five touches
Speaker 1: a week, and then that there's like twenty touches combined
Speaker 1: for Damian Williams and Lashaw McCoy. It could just end
Speaker 1: up being a really frustrating situation. But obviously, the fact
Speaker 1: that Lashaw McCoy knows Andy Reid's offense and that familiarity
Speaker 1: and you know they've worked so well together, there's a
Speaker 1: big upside grabbing Lashaw McCoy and round seven or later
Speaker 1: right now, or you know, even if you're playing a
Speaker 1: ten team league, Los mccoin might have not been drafted totally. Sure,
Speaker 1: you just check your waiver wire, yeah, and I go,
Speaker 1: I follow the money ultimately that I follow the money
Speaker 1: and I followed the logic here Loshow mccoit had options
Speaker 1: can offer from the Chargers, Los Angeles Charges being the
Speaker 1: obvious other option, given what Melvin Gordon um given what
Speaker 1: Melvin Gordon's status is. And I truly don't believe Melvan
Speaker 1: Lasha McCoy is going somewhere to be the backup. He's
Speaker 1: not going somewhere despite the familiarity with Andy Reid, He's
Speaker 1: not going somewhere where he doesn't at least he doesn't
Speaker 1: believe he's get the majority of touches. And when it
Speaker 1: comes to the Chargers, like there's two other guys that
Speaker 1: they really liked. I'm sure when he met with Andy
Speaker 1: Reid or his agent with Andy Reid and he's like, listen,
Speaker 1: you come back to me. It's gonna work out, and
Speaker 1: we're gonna give you four million reasons why we think
Speaker 1: it's gonna work out. And Damian Williams a career backup,
Speaker 1: and all the naysayers, like you said, who are doing
Speaker 1: their victory laps, that's fine, good for you. I think
Speaker 1: it would be very hard for Shan McCoy to stay
Speaker 1: on this bench for the Chiefs when I'm on the
Speaker 1: clock tonight, it's going to be very hard for me
Speaker 1: to see Damie Williams is the top name on my
Speaker 1: board and ultimately pull the trigger. Like I could tell
Speaker 1: you I had him, what would I just tell you
Speaker 1: a nineteen or whatever? Twenty seven? I don't remember the
Speaker 1: number I had him at. Nineteen? Right, So when I
Speaker 1: get there and he's the next running back up, here's
Speaker 1: what I have, back to back way. Do you tell
Speaker 1: me who you'd rather have, Jamie Williams or Miles Sanders.
Speaker 1: I'd still take Jamie Waits, still would say what Da lives.
Speaker 1: I think, especially in any type of PPR format, I
Speaker 1: feel like I could just go wide receiver. And Sam
Speaker 1: McCoy went in this draft that I did last night,
Speaker 1: NFC draft five dollars, So it's not it's not cheap.
Speaker 1: It's a high stakes draft. McCoy went eleven and that
Speaker 1: was the round that I took Tony Pollard. But as
Speaker 1: a zeke, and you know, as zeke owner, I feel
Speaker 1: like I had to protect my investment. That's nice, that's
Speaker 1: nice value. Yeah, it is really good value on the
Speaker 1: Swan McCoy. You know, it's just one of those things that.
Speaker 1: You know, it happened so close to the sea in
Speaker 1: and you know over draft weekend where everyone is doing
Speaker 1: you know, the large majority of drafts are being done
Speaker 1: this past weekend and still being done today and the
Speaker 1: rest of this week. Uh. You know, it's it's a
Speaker 1: really interesting situation because everyone's trying to figure out where
Speaker 1: where's McCoy gonna go. It's a very fluid situation. Like
Speaker 1: if this would have happened a month ago, we would
Speaker 1: have had more solidified a d P and who like,
Speaker 1: you know, if it happens a month ago, sal McCoy
Speaker 1: would have ended up being what a fifth round pick,
Speaker 1: a sixth round pick something like that. So there is
Speaker 1: still value to be had right now. Uh. And again,
Speaker 1: as I keep talking about this, you know, there was
Speaker 1: a report that came out from Brooke Prior of the
Speaker 1: Kansas City Star and he expects sal McCoy quote to
Speaker 1: take a large percentage of the team's backfield reps this
Speaker 1: upcoming season. So just doubling down on that once again,
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a committee. It's gonna be a committee
Speaker 1: to be a committee, the question is who lead that committee?
Speaker 1: Jacoby said for the Buffalo Bills, where the mcoy gone.
Speaker 1: That's opened to the opportunities for Frank Gore, the Angels one,
Speaker 1: Devin Singletary and don't forget about my man, t j
Speaker 1: yeldn e Y. You are the Bills guy here, Titans fan,
Speaker 1: Bills fan. How do you see this? This running back
Speaker 1: committee checking out? It's hard to believe, but Frank Gore
Speaker 1: could be a starting running back in like it's it's
Speaker 1: hard to believe, but that that could be a thing.
Speaker 1: I think, judging by what we've seen and the fact
Speaker 1: that they've moved McCoy, that they're ready for this to
Speaker 1: be Singletary to be his position. Um, but but we're
Speaker 1: gonna see. I mean, it wouldn't surprise me for Frank
Speaker 1: gorel to start and they eat Singletary and he is
Speaker 1: a rookie more of a proven kind of situation. So
Speaker 1: we'll see. It's gonna be interesting. Boys. I'll tell you
Speaker 1: how I look at this, jof and I thought a
Speaker 1: lot about this weekend. I'm gonna tell you how I
Speaker 1: see the Bills factor breaking down. Frank will do the
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Speaker 1: And that brings us to Buffalo, where I rightly reminding me,
Speaker 1: I predicted La Show McCoy going to Kansas City last year.
Speaker 1: That was cool, that was one of the cool things.
Speaker 1: But here's always see Buffalo bringing down and obviously anybody
Speaker 1: jumped into you think I'm an idiot, So it certainly
Speaker 1: seems like idiot to the naked eye. The Devons siglitary
Speaker 1: just like U I said, most talented guy in the
Speaker 1: U who has who Fantasy owners want to play, right,
Speaker 1: Like we've seen him catch the ball, We've seen him
Speaker 1: make some plays in the preseason, like, wow, this guy's
Speaker 1: pretty good. Right, And there's this old grizzle veteran named
Speaker 1: Frank Gore got standing in the way, frustrating fantasy owners.
Speaker 1: But you know that he does everything right. He's a
Speaker 1: great third down back at pass blocking, He's fantastic. Um
Speaker 1: staying healthy on the field. He's a plotter, he's a
Speaker 1: goal line guy. It's a no way your fantasy owners.
Speaker 1: And you know he's gonna siphon like fifteen carries, right
Speaker 1: That sound accurate per game, Frank or fifteen carries per game? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I don't agree with that. I think we probably get
Speaker 1: ten to twelve. I'll take the over, but fine, tender,
Speaker 1: I'll say ten to fifteen. Okay. You know this situation
Speaker 1: reminds me of what would that be greg two years ago,
Speaker 1: where there's this old, annoying veteran name Frank Gore who
Speaker 1: just siphoned all of these carriers from this young, an
Speaker 1: up and coming guy named Marlon Mack and fantasy owners
Speaker 1: were frustrated all year waiting and waiting and waiting for
Speaker 1: the Colts to pull the trigger and put Mac in
Speaker 1: there as a starter, give him more opportunities and pulled
Speaker 1: back on Frank Gore. I think for those that draft
Speaker 1: Devin Siglitary this season, you're going to find yourself in
Speaker 1: the same situation. Is what Frank Gore does well isn't
Speaker 1: fantasy football related. It's the small things that coaches love
Speaker 1: right the past, blocking the durability franc Or is going
Speaker 1: to be out there all the time. It's going to
Speaker 1: take an injury to Gore, not even in effectiveness and
Speaker 1: true injury to knock it out and get Devin si
Speaker 1: military the amount of touches that fantasy owners are going
Speaker 1: to want. And I've also said this awesommer long, let's
Speaker 1: leave on teaching heil than either. He's going to have
Speaker 1: a role annoyingly so in this offense, I think we
Speaker 1: got We had every right to get excited about Devon Singletary,
Speaker 1: but I think as we take a step back seeing
Speaker 1: this McCoy trade, I think we got too excited on
Speaker 1: Devin Singletary. I think it's going to be a frustratingly
Speaker 1: annoying backfield. And I liken it. As I mentioned to
Speaker 1: the Marlin Mac Frank Gore year from just several years ago.
Speaker 1: That's why I see it breaking down. Frank. I mean,
Speaker 1: we could just look back to last season wherever Frank
Speaker 1: Gore has gone, he's been a thorn in the side
Speaker 1: of the running back we want over last year, you
Speaker 1: know it was Kenyan Drake with the Miami Dolphins, and
Speaker 1: you know this year, I agree with you, Greg, I
Speaker 1: think people were too bullish on Devin Singletary. As soon
Speaker 1: as this news came out, you know, people talking about
Speaker 1: taking Singletary in the fifth sixth round as a as
Speaker 1: a top thirty running back. I moved him up to
Speaker 1: RB thirty eight, and he's probably the most dynamic talent
Speaker 1: now on the team in terms of someone that can
Speaker 1: both run and catch the ball out of the backfield. Well,
Speaker 1: let's be honest with ourselves as well. He's only five
Speaker 1: seven two pounds, so he's not built like this. You know,
Speaker 1: every down workhorse running back that I think. You know,
Speaker 1: some people, as soon as they've read this news about
Speaker 1: Lasa McCoy, are expecting him to be Frank Gore. Last year,
Speaker 1: as much as we want him to go away, he
Speaker 1: averaged four point six yards per carry. He's not done yet.
Speaker 1: We saw that in the preseason as well. And I
Speaker 1: like the point that you bring up about t J Yelden.
Speaker 1: I just drafted t J Yelden last night, round eighteen
Speaker 1: of a full PPR league. I mentioned this reminds me
Speaker 1: of Miami from last year. You know, I think Singletary
Speaker 1: can probably be like this team's Kenyan Drake, where he
Speaker 1: probably gets anywhere between ten and fifteen touches. I think
Speaker 1: Frank Gore's probably between like eight and twelve touches, and
Speaker 1: then Yelden is probably getting like his five or six
Speaker 1: touches per game as well, probably most of his work
Speaker 1: coming out of the past game. He he is the
Speaker 1: best pass catcher on the team. He has two two
Speaker 1: seasons of fifty plus receptions already in his NFL career,
Speaker 1: so we know that he's approven cast pass catcher. It's
Speaker 1: gonna be really frustrating greg. It's an improved offensive line
Speaker 1: for the Buffalo Bills, but still not an offense that
Speaker 1: we expect to be amazing. And it's a small sample.
Speaker 1: But last year when Josh Allen really took over, you know,
Speaker 1: the final month or two and took Fantasy football by storm,
Speaker 1: he did not throw the football to his running backs
Speaker 1: at all. In fact, Sawn McCoy was more effective in
Speaker 1: games that Josh Allen did not start last year because
Speaker 1: Josh Allen is constantly chart getting down the field. And
Speaker 1: they bring in John Brown, and they bring in Cole Beasley,
Speaker 1: and they still have Robert Foster, and he has a Jones.
Speaker 1: You know, he's gonna look at his first second read,
Speaker 1: I want to throw the ball down the field, and
Speaker 1: if it's not there, Josh Allen is gonna take off
Speaker 1: and run. He doesn't necessarily throw the ball to running back.
Speaker 1: So I am closer to you, Greg. I think that
Speaker 1: this is a really, really frustrating situation, and I think
Speaker 1: people were too bullish on Devin Singletary as soon as
Speaker 1: this news came out with USA McCoy absolutely absolutely, um way,
Speaker 1: how do you how do you shake it out? Yeah,
Speaker 1: Frank I said exactly what I was gonna say. Like
Speaker 1: he's that this is the will be the third year
Speaker 1: in a row that Frank Gore has done this. You
Speaker 1: gotta respect it. I mean, freg Gore has been an
Speaker 1: amazing player in the NFL, has been an effective player
Speaker 1: in the NFL for what seems like forever he went there,
Speaker 1: and I mean, to me, it shouldn't have been a
Speaker 1: surprise to you. Frank Gore isn't gonna go there unless
Speaker 1: he's going to play, unless he was promised a position
Speaker 1: on the team. Uh, maybe not a starting job, but
Speaker 1: in a position to start. And look, Buffalo Bill's welcome
Speaker 1: to the twenty nineteen. The way that NFL teams run
Speaker 1: their backfields. This is how it goes. There's what to four,
Speaker 1: possibly five guys in the NFL that are going to
Speaker 1: be ball coward guys, and everywhere else there's two or
Speaker 1: three guys. Most of the place, there's three guys there.
Speaker 1: There's a pass catching specialist, there's a there's a third
Speaker 1: down specialist, there's a there's a first and second and
Speaker 1: short down guy. That this is the NFL now, And
Speaker 1: and I believe that Singingtary could be the guy there
Speaker 1: at some point. I don't think he'll be the guy
Speaker 1: there to start. And I believe that, um the breakdown
Speaker 1: that Frank said, that's about what the Carris are gonna be.
Speaker 1: It's going to be a split and we don't believe
Speaker 1: it's going to be a great offense. And it's not
Speaker 1: going to be great guys to own. It's just the
Speaker 1: reality of it. Buffalo not necessarily the place you want
Speaker 1: to go for your running back. Help, really, anybody really
Speaker 1: any help? Devin Singletary last night in this draft when
Speaker 1: seven oh one, that's too early for me. The running
Speaker 1: backs that he went ahead of, Darius Guys, Tariko and
Speaker 1: met Brita Kenyan, Drake, Latavius Murray, shod Penny Lashawn McCoy,
Speaker 1: all those running backs I just mentioned went in round
Speaker 1: seven and eight? Who took after Devin singletary and I
Speaker 1: would take all of those running backs ahead of Devin
Speaker 1: Singleton and uh and I don't I don't know the
Speaker 1: people that I was competing against last night. It was
Speaker 1: you know, some random person. But so I will say
Speaker 1: this an FC a little bit different and hasn't overall.
Speaker 1: So this is a satellite league. This is just a
Speaker 1: twelve team league. No overall, never mind very dumb peck. Okay,
Speaker 1: and this was the team's second running back, so let's
Speaker 1: complete the triangle. Then that brings us to Houston, who
Speaker 1: had a whole lot going on as Bill O'Brien's blown
Speaker 1: up everything. It doesn't care about draft picks. He's a
Speaker 1: moro hunt. But what does matter is when this team
Speaker 1: lost their veteran Lamar Miller, we all jumped in rightfully
Speaker 1: so on Duke Johnson. But they had to bring another
Speaker 1: running back. They had no choice, and that running back
Speaker 1: turned out to be Carlos Hide, who was shifted at
Speaker 1: who everybody knows, Carlos High guy who's to Cleveland. Nick
Speaker 1: Chelburn's circles around him. It was to Jacksonville even with
Speaker 1: that letter four net I'm gonna get on the field,
Speaker 1: goes to Kansas City where it's just Damian Williams in
Speaker 1: front of him. Couldn't beat out Darryl Williams for an opportunity.
Speaker 1: Now here he is in Houston, reunited with Duke Johnson.
Speaker 1: What how I look at this one is, guys, it's
Speaker 1: going to take some shine away from Frank Gore, gonna
Speaker 1: take some shine away from Duke Johnson, and it's going
Speaker 1: to be annoying, but he's not going to be somebody
Speaker 1: that I want to own in fantasy football. If I
Speaker 1: have to choose a running back from Houston, it's going
Speaker 1: to remain Duke Johnson. Yeah, You're You're absolutely right, Greg,
Speaker 1: And I don't really think that this affects to Johnson
Speaker 1: at all. I didn't lower him in my rankings at
Speaker 1: all after Carlos Hyde came over to the Houston Texas
Speaker 1: Carlos Hide the past two seasons has averaged three point
Speaker 1: nine and three point three yards per carry, respectively, and
Speaker 1: Duke Johnson all along. I mean, what I've said about
Speaker 1: him is I expect him to get you know, ten
Speaker 1: to twelve carries per game and three to five targets,
Speaker 1: so he's probably gonna be right around that fifteen touch range.
Speaker 1: And I think that that is still true even with
Speaker 1: Carlos Hide on the team. You know, I spoke about
Speaker 1: this earlier with how many running back touches the Chiefs
Speaker 1: running backs average last year. I mean, that's pretty much
Speaker 1: on point you're you're looking at, you know, between twenty
Speaker 1: two and twenty six touches per game for every team's
Speaker 1: running back tandem. And that's still the case for the
Speaker 1: Houston Texans. I think that Duke Johnson probably gets like
Speaker 1: fourteen fifteen touches and Carlos Hyde probably gets seven to
Speaker 1: eight touches per game. You know, maybe some short yard
Speaker 1: and stuff. Maybe he gets down on the goal line too.
Speaker 1: But you know, this team invested a third round draft
Speaker 1: pick in Duke Johnson. This is by far, this is
Speaker 1: by far going to be his best season. He's going
Speaker 1: to be used more this year than ever before. And
Speaker 1: in the two NFC drafts that I've done this weekend,
Speaker 1: I took Duke Johnson in the fifth round, in the
Speaker 1: middle of the fifth round in both of those drafts
Speaker 1: because in PPR. I think he's probably gonna catch fifty
Speaker 1: sixty plus balls this year and he's going to see,
Speaker 1: you know, a hundred and fifty carries. I think that's
Speaker 1: really really good? Are you in? A full point PPR?
Speaker 1: In one of the most explosive offenses in the NFL.
Speaker 1: Not to mention, we haven't even mentioned. We haven't even
Speaker 1: brought up the fact that they traded for one of
Speaker 1: the best left tackles in the league and Laramie Tunzel.
Speaker 1: That also helps Duke Johnson is the best left tackles
Speaker 1: in the league, one of the best, I would say,
Speaker 1: So let's talk about what Houston Dad. Well, can you
Speaker 1: watch thoughts of Carlos Hide and Duke Johnson and we'll
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Speaker 1: We are back here on UBO, Eric Young, Frank Savile,
Speaker 1: Greg Sussman hang out together. Any I want to give
Speaker 1: an opportunity to tell us what you think about what
Speaker 1: Houston did from a running back perspective. We get in
Speaker 1: a Laramie Tuncil here in a moment, in a Damian
Speaker 1: Clowney as well, here in a moment. What do you
Speaker 1: think about the running next situation with Carlos Side? Yeah,
Speaker 1: Carlo side is. I mean, he's a good guy to
Speaker 1: have there. You mean, he can kind of do a
Speaker 1: little bit of everything. He's not great. He was was
Speaker 1: released from from Kansas City. They got him for for
Speaker 1: next to nothing. This is the air and opportunity experience
Speaker 1: for Duke Johnson. There's nothing there but air and opportunity
Speaker 1: for Duke Johnson. You would hear all this stuff when
Speaker 1: he was in Cleveland, Like, I wish he would play more.
Speaker 1: I wish he would they would let him carry the ball.
Speaker 1: This is a guy that that was you know, set
Speaker 1: a bunch of records in Miami. He broke record as
Speaker 1: running back. He didn't just catch the ball um So
Speaker 1: a lot of people felt that he was not properly
Speaker 1: used in Cleveland. That comes as no surprise to anybody.
Speaker 1: Uh under the old coaching resume resime there and Uh,
Speaker 1: I think Duke Johnson could be the breakout player of
Speaker 1: the year. I agree with Frank going fIF six round
Speaker 1: with this guy. It's just strictly opportunity. We know that
Speaker 1: he's a pass catcher. We know he's one of the
Speaker 1: better route runners as far as a running back goes
Speaker 1: in the NFL. But can he carry the ball? And
Speaker 1: I think he can. I think this is is gonna
Speaker 1: be a big year for Duke Johnson and I'm excited
Speaker 1: to see what he does on this offense. As he mentioned,
Speaker 1: they traded away UH to go out and get Larranye Tunsel.
Speaker 1: And I don't know that Tunsil is a top left
Speaker 1: tackle in this league. He's he's been good. Um, what
Speaker 1: are they doing? Man? Like, what is Bill O'Brien doing.
Speaker 1: You had Dwayne Brown just two years ago, you do
Speaker 1: his pain. He cast anything that has money. Now you
Speaker 1: have Larmie Tons, which costs you first round picks and
Speaker 1: second round picks and you still got to pay them.
Speaker 1: That's coming soon too. What are the detections doing? The
Speaker 1: trader round, you go around trade j Davion Clwny only
Speaker 1: get back as the third round here. Yeah, that was happening.
Speaker 1: I think that was probably the most baffling of everything
Speaker 1: that the Houston Sexons have done this weekend, was they
Speaker 1: only got they got a third round picking like two
Speaker 1: backup linebackers for Jadeveon Clowney. You know, I'm sitting to
Speaker 1: myself as a Jet fan and figuring out why they
Speaker 1: didn't jump in on the sweep stakes here because they
Speaker 1: are dying for a pass rusher. I mean, we can
Speaker 1: get into that another day too, you know, once I
Speaker 1: started ranking about Adam Gays in the season. But I mean, yeah,
Speaker 1: Jadeveon Clowney going over to the Seattle Seahawks, it helps
Speaker 1: their defense, I don't think it, you know, makes them,
Speaker 1: you know, one of these elite defenses that they used
Speaker 1: to be there, probably closer to average now. You know
Speaker 1: I thought that they were below average before. They're probably
Speaker 1: closer to average now, which might hurt Russell Wilson's PAS
Speaker 1: attempts again, because I know that was part of my
Speaker 1: thinking where I started moving them up a little bit
Speaker 1: because the Yawk's defense was going to be really bad.
Speaker 1: I still think that they're not gonna be great, but
Speaker 1: again they're probably closer to average now, which Daveon Clowney
Speaker 1: as a pass rusher. When it comes to the Houston Texans.
Speaker 1: Just from an NFL perspective, you know, we were talking
Speaker 1: about this downstairs. We were talking about this with with
Speaker 1: Gabe Morrincy as well. Basically, Bill O'Brien needs to go
Speaker 1: for it this season, like he's got to make a
Speaker 1: deep run into He's got to make the playoffs first,
Speaker 1: but then he's got to make a deep run into
Speaker 1: the postseason in order to really save his job. I mean,
Speaker 1: I think another first round exit might spell the end
Speaker 1: of Bill O'Brien with the Houston Texans. So look what
Speaker 1: he's thinking is, I gotta go for it this year,
Speaker 1: and if it doesn't work out, if I get fired,
Speaker 1: I'm not the one who's making these draft picks or
Speaker 1: losing these draft picks in the next couple of years. Anyway,
Speaker 1: I think Bill O'Briens is trying to cover himself and
Speaker 1: and he's trying to help the Houston Texans compete ultimately
Speaker 1: for this year. Greg, Yeah, Bill O'Brian cares about his John,
Speaker 1: himself his ass and this year's team and that's it.
Speaker 1: And I understand that you want this team this year
Speaker 1: to be the best, But what do you think these
Speaker 1: moves that they made? I mean, have we ever seen
Speaker 1: anything like this in a in a billion dollar sports franchise? Oh,
Speaker 1: we don't have a GM. We'll just let the coach
Speaker 1: do it, No big deal. I mean, it's absolute lunacy.
Speaker 1: You're telling me there's not somebody out there that would
Speaker 1: be capable of being the GM. You can't do both.
Speaker 1: We've seen people try to do it before and fail miserably.
Speaker 1: I feel that Bill O'Brien's failing miserably at being a GM.
Speaker 1: Probably not something that he wanted. UM, But I mean
Speaker 1: maybe he did. Maybe he did, I don't, I don't know.
Speaker 1: Maybe he told them, the owners that he could do it. Um.
Speaker 1: I mean, maybe he's doing good for this year, but
Speaker 1: going forward there, I mean he's if nothing else, they're
Speaker 1: going for it. If you're a Texans fan, you better
Speaker 1: get all aboard this year and and and and hope
Speaker 1: that something big happens this year. I thought it was
Speaker 1: out there. While we're talking about the Houston Texans, Greg,
Speaker 1: I have a bunch of wagers that I'm gonna put
Speaker 1: in before Thursday, before the season starts. I actually have
Speaker 1: to get out to Jersey and get these in there.
Speaker 1: But if you live in Jersey or anywhere where, you
Speaker 1: can use the Fandel Sports Book Houston Texans to make
Speaker 1: the playoffs, just make the playoffs, to have that as
Speaker 1: an option, Greg that you could bet on plus one
Speaker 1: four teen right now, and that's one of my favorite
Speaker 1: bets this season. That's something I will be wagering on
Speaker 1: plus one four team. We're gonna go over some of
Speaker 1: us tomorrow on the show. E y we said, we said,
Speaker 1: you know what we do when you guys not here
Speaker 1: on Thursdays. I make more sense. Well, we also need
Speaker 1: to preview the Thursday night football game on Thursday from
Speaker 1: an entire fantasy perspective. That's a complete season preview as
Speaker 1: well as Thursday Night football preview. That makes sense, all right,
Speaker 1: I'm cool with So on Thursday, we're gonna do all
Speaker 1: of our season pass over teams, over and under, m VP,
Speaker 1: Rookie of the Year, UM win totals, everything, that's all Thursday,
Speaker 1: all right, Yeah, I mean it sounds good to me.
Speaker 1: We'll preview the entire season as well as the Thursday
Speaker 1: night football game. Obviously from a fantasy perspective, a really
Speaker 1: really fun one too, because all of a sudden, I mean,
Speaker 1: this is one of the most fantasy friendly games in
Speaker 1: Week one. From David Montgomery, did Terrico and Allen Robinson,
Speaker 1: Mr Biski, Aaron Rodgers, Aaron Jones, Davante Adams, MVS. There's
Speaker 1: a lot going on in this game, so there's lots
Speaker 1: of talk out as well. Let me go back to
Speaker 1: your draft from last night and over the weekend. What
Speaker 1: trends really stood out to you the most, either from
Speaker 1: the beginning, from beginning to end, or just in the
Speaker 1: draft he did last night. What what stood out to
Speaker 1: you the most here, Frank, I was really paying attention
Speaker 1: to all of the players that we've basically talked about
Speaker 1: today to see where they've gone. You know, the Duke Johnson's,
Speaker 1: the Lashawn McCoy's, the Damian Williams. We've talked about that
Speaker 1: already on the show. But in terms of trends, I
Speaker 1: got Aaron Rodgers on Friday and that was a seventllar
Speaker 1: buy an NFFC Prime Time. I got Aaron Rodgers in
Speaker 1: the eighth round. Now, I understand, like there's a new
Speaker 1: coaching staff and there's a new regime with the Green
Speaker 1: Bay Packers, and they're talking about running the football more
Speaker 1: this year than ever before. This is still Aaron Rodgers team. Like,
Speaker 1: let's not get it twisted. That's part of the reason
Speaker 1: why Mike McCarthy was fired. And I think that they're
Speaker 1: going to be smart about that and they're going to
Speaker 1: understand that moving forward. When Aaron Rodgers gets a play
Speaker 1: into his headset that he does not like, he is
Speaker 1: going to change that play and he is going to
Speaker 1: change it to a play where he is throwing the football.
Speaker 1: And I still think that he has massive upside this year.
Speaker 1: And to get him, you know, in that eighth round range,
Speaker 1: I just I thought that that was completely crazy. But
Speaker 1: you know, everything else that we've talked about in terms of,
Speaker 1: you know, trying to get one of those top six
Speaker 1: tight ends, it's you know, it's still something that I've
Speaker 1: been looking to do. O. J. Howard, Evan Ingram and
Speaker 1: Hunter Henry have actually been slipping a little bit in
Speaker 1: the drafts that I've participated in into the sixth round.
Speaker 1: I mean, those were guys that I was targeting for
Speaker 1: most of the draft season in the fifth round. I've
Speaker 1: seen them now slipping into the sixth round, some of
Speaker 1: those elite quarterbacks going a little bit later. Just quarterbacks
Speaker 1: in general is still going late last night, I end
Speaker 1: up with Lamar Jackson in the tenth round, and then
Speaker 1: I come back with Tom Brady in the twelfth. So
Speaker 1: kind of covering myself if with a more of a
Speaker 1: liable quarterback if something goes on with Lamar Jackson. But uh,
Speaker 1: just yeah, overall, those top six tight ends slipping a
Speaker 1: little bit, Aaron Rodgers following a little bit as well,
Speaker 1: and uh, this quarterback depth is still massive, Greg. I
Speaker 1: mean again, it's I said it all all season. There's
Speaker 1: twenty one quarterbacks that I really would not mind starting
Speaker 1: even in Week one. Could not agree more when it
Speaker 1: comes to that quarterback death. And that's why when it
Speaker 1: comes the Super FLEXI tonight, I'm gonna wait. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: wait this one out. That's what I did so my
Speaker 1: home league keeper league. It's the one that I've that's
Speaker 1: lasted the longest. I believe this is either our tenth
Speaker 1: or eleventh year doing it, and it's our second year
Speaker 1: doing the super Flex. I ended up with Kyler Murray
Speaker 1: and Jimmy Garoppolo. So that's my quarterback and super flex
Speaker 1: and there's a lot of risk involved with it. I
Speaker 1: understand that I also have David Johnson. So if the
Speaker 1: Cardinals sucked this year, that is going to suck. And
Speaker 1: I realized that, but um, you know, I didn't want
Speaker 1: to share off Kyler Murray. Um. And I think I
Speaker 1: think Jimmy Garoppolo. You know, people were worried about him
Speaker 1: at you know, five interceptions earlier on in training camp
Speaker 1: in the preseason, but bounce back in that third preseason
Speaker 1: game that he played in terrific matchup in Week one
Speaker 1: going up against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as well, and
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, you know, I've been on Dante Pettis.
Speaker 1: I like Dante Pettis. Everybody likes George Kittle, Deebo Samuel
Speaker 1: is someone who's getting hyped up. Mark he's good. When
Speaker 1: is starting to climb up draft boards. Again, it's the
Speaker 1: old adage for fantasy football. If we like all the
Speaker 1: weapons that are on the team, we have to like
Speaker 1: the quarterback that's throwing the football. I think Jimmy Garoppolo has,
Speaker 1: you know, come out a bit of a discount. And uh,
Speaker 1: I think because of that five interception outing, people were
Speaker 1: really worried about Timmy Garoppolo. But I actually like the
Speaker 1: prospects of them this year. Garoppolo, as the closer would say,
Speaker 1: although the NFC West is Frank Stanfeld over the weekend,
Speaker 1: e y, what takeaways and trends that you see happening
Speaker 1: the most? Uh, football is madness. I mean you feel
Speaker 1: like you're kind of getting a handle on it. And
Speaker 1: someone said this the other day, and I wish I
Speaker 1: could give him credit, but he said, the only thing
Speaker 1: predictable about the NFL is that it is completely unpredictable.
Speaker 1: And I think that's why fantasy football is the best
Speaker 1: fantasy sport. Nobody truly knows, maybe except for me. Uh,
Speaker 1: but yeah, it's dude. I cannot wait for Thursday. What
Speaker 1: a game to start the season. Week one. This is
Speaker 1: the best time of year. I'm so pumped. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: be home, I'm gonna be on my couch. I have
Speaker 1: my forty screens pulled up watching all the games. It's
Speaker 1: it's gonna be the best, man. I'm just I'm just
Speaker 1: so pumped. I'm ready to get some results. How right.
Speaker 1: Was I brand new segment of the program? How right?
Speaker 1: Was I? Very degrees? Like we know that I'm right,
Speaker 1: but just how right? Was I? Very right? Very right?
Speaker 1: He's very right, Andrew Luck. We're all gonna be wrong.
Speaker 1: We're all gonna be wrong. But the big ones, what
Speaker 1: were the big questions? The number one was a Zeke Elliott?
Speaker 1: What did I say? I guaranteed that he would play
Speaker 1: week one? Judging by everything, he's going to play week one.
Speaker 1: I told people you can't draft Aaron Andrew Luck. He's
Speaker 1: not a football player. Couldn't have been more right, Gordon,
Speaker 1: I said, because of the contract thing, he's not gonna
Speaker 1: play until week ten, and you better not be drafting
Speaker 1: him where he's going. He's not worth that. He's not
Speaker 1: gonna play because he doesn't need to play. Zeke needs
Speaker 1: to play. He wants to play. Dallas wants him to play.
Speaker 1: If you thought Tony paul Or was going to replace Sake,
Speaker 1: you're insane. And I have never watched Zekil Elliott carry
Speaker 1: a football, So I mean it's this has been a
Speaker 1: big year for me, guys, and it hasn't even started yet.
Speaker 1: I love it. It hasn't yeah, and I'm I could
Speaker 1: be totally wrong on on everything else, but those are
Speaker 1: three big ones. Those are three big ones. Watch the show,
Speaker 1: Listen to the show. We're doing it, you're doing it.
Speaker 1: I love that, you know most people who have frequent
Speaker 1: in the show and have listened over the past couple
Speaker 1: of years. Greg, even I was getting Twitter mentions when
Speaker 1: the Andrew Luck stuff came out, like, oh my god,
Speaker 1: Eric Young has never been more right than he is
Speaker 1: right now regarding Andrew Luck. And you know, we went
Speaker 1: over this when it happened to you didn't even want
Speaker 1: it to happen that way, like nobody wanted to see
Speaker 1: any luck go out that way, but it was like
Speaker 1: everybody knew the way that you felt, the sentiment that
Speaker 1: you shared regarding Andrew Luck in this entire situation, even
Speaker 1: dating back to two years. So it's just crazy that
Speaker 1: like everything basically came full circle and this time, like
Speaker 1: instead of him sitting out the rest of the season,
Speaker 1: he's sitting out the rest of his life. So it's
Speaker 1: just crazy. He's not a football player. I don't tell you.
Speaker 1: He's simply not a football player. That's what you said,
Speaker 1: more right than you wanted to be exactly, Greg I
Speaker 1: made a move in the in the pit league that
Speaker 1: you might end up snacking me around for a little bit.
Speaker 1: I saw you mad a move with the pitot, Albert Wilson.
Speaker 1: I wanna apologize Albert Wilson. I dropped to Marus Thomas
Speaker 1: because he got cut and then he got resigned by
Speaker 1: the Patriots a day later and pick him up. I
Speaker 1: don't know. I don't really care about Barrius Thomas. Yeah,
Speaker 1: but Albert Wilson is someone who actually is getting hyped up.
Speaker 1: So that's why you know I was. I figured you, look,
Speaker 1: Mary Thomas isn't gonna play. Take another wide receiver with upside.
Speaker 1: I don't know what's gonna happen. Are you mad at
Speaker 1: me for making that move? Greg? Not at Man? All right, cool,
Speaker 1: we'll figure it out. I'm not mad PD Westbrook or
Speaker 1: a wide receiver too. Let's go I'm sure I feel
Speaker 1: about that DeAndre Hopkins in D Westbrook. Let's go AFC South.
Speaker 1: We also have Mahomes and Kelsey. Yeah, let's go. Les. Okay,
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Speaker 1: like where Damian Williams was going, or even inside like
Speaker 1: the top five or six rounds. But I think once
Speaker 1: you get into like that round seven and later range,
Speaker 1: I mean, you're gonna be hard pressed to find a
Speaker 1: running back who has more upside than Lashawn McCloy. I mean,
Speaker 1: you know, e, I was just talking about Darwin Thompson,
Speaker 1: who never took a snap in the NFL's going in
Speaker 1: round seven and eight of high Stakes drass over the
Speaker 1: weekend before they signed Lashawn McCoy. Now Lashawn McCoy, who
Speaker 1: understands this Andy Reid offense and actually flash a little
Speaker 1: bit in the preseason. I think he showed us that
Speaker 1: he can still play a little bit. The upside is
Speaker 1: higher for Lashawn McCoy than it was for Darwin Thompson
Speaker 1: in my opinion. So I wouldn't drop Darwin Thompson if
Speaker 1: I drafted him, because you still want exposure to the
Speaker 1: Chief's offense. But there is a sneaky suspicion that Lashaw
Speaker 1: McCoy can actually overtake Damie Williams. I don't think that's
Speaker 1: crazy for anyone who you know just took a shot
Speaker 1: on Leshaw McCoy late in your drafts. That's like a
Speaker 1: running back of the Buffalo Bills, like your RB five
Speaker 1: RB six, which is what we got him at at
Speaker 1: in the g SC draft. Craig, you are in love
Speaker 1: with the landing spot obviously now with Lesha McCoy going
Speaker 1: to the Chiefs very much so I'm beyond thrill that
Speaker 1: we have Lashaw McCoy now on the Chiefs. That costs
Speaker 1: us ultimately nothing. I've moved Damie Williams down farther in
Speaker 1: my rankings. I've got him all the way now is
Speaker 1: RB twenty seven, Like I I have dropped him precipitously.
Speaker 1: Lashaw McCoy is up to RB thirty four, not just
Speaker 1: similar to where you have him. Um, Like we said,
Speaker 1: if he felt was in the fifth round, we would
Speaker 1: have taken him, and we took Duke Johnson in that spot.
Speaker 1: So if we were on the board Duke Johnson versus
Speaker 1: Damian Williams, who we would But like I think there's
Speaker 1: a fair argument to be made the lesha mcoy should
Speaker 1: go ahead of Damian Williams. I think the argument is
Speaker 1: very reasonable. Like it's just like, look, we saw Damie
Speaker 1: Williams perform in this offense last year. It's not I
Speaker 1: understand we have concerns, and everyone has said this whole offseason.
Speaker 1: I understand that people who were anti Damie Williams are
Speaker 1: doing their victory laps right now. I get it. Whatever,
Speaker 1: that's perfectly fine. You want to do your victory laps
Speaker 1: on September three, that's perfectly fine. To be honest, we
Speaker 1: don't know what's gonna happen, you know, with a lot
Speaker 1: of situations. Yes, we're we're we're making educated guesses. But
Speaker 1: based on the money here again, I'll go back to that.
Speaker 1: They they're not just like paying Leshawn McCoy like a backup.
Speaker 1: They're paying him even more guaranteed money than they are
Speaker 1: Damie Williams. So you know he's gonna have a role.
Speaker 1: How it's going to break down, I guess we'll see.
Speaker 1: You know, last year, the Chief's running backs average twenty
Speaker 1: five touches per game on a weekly basis, So I
Speaker 1: mean you could do the math in your head. I
Speaker 1: think Darwyn Thompson probably still gets, you know, four to
Speaker 1: five touches a week and then that there's like twenty
Speaker 1: touches combined for Damian Williams and Leshawn McCoy. It could
Speaker 1: just end up being a really frustrating situation. But obviously
Speaker 1: the fact that Leshaw McCoy knows Andy Reid's offense and
Speaker 1: that familiarity and you know, they've worked so well together,
Speaker 1: there's big upside grabbing Leshaw mcoyin round seven or later
Speaker 1: right now, or you know, even if you're playing a
Speaker 1: ten team league, Losa mccoin might have not been drafted
Speaker 1: totally sure. You just check your waiver wire, Yeah, and
Speaker 1: I go, I follow the money. Ultimately that I follow
Speaker 1: the money, and I followed the logic here. Leshaw McCoy
Speaker 1: had options, an offer from the Chargers Los Angeles Charges
Speaker 1: being the obvious other option, given what Melvin Gordon um,
Speaker 1: given what Melvin Gordon status is. And I truly don't
Speaker 1: believe Melan Lashaw McCoy is going somewhere to be the backup.
Speaker 1: He's not going somewhere, despite the familiarity with any Reid.
Speaker 1: He's not going somewhere where he knows at least he
Speaker 1: doesn't believe he's gonna get the majority of touches. And
Speaker 1: when it comes to the Chargers, like, there's two other
Speaker 1: guys that they really liked. I'm sure when he met
Speaker 1: with Andy Reid or his agent, but with Andy Reid
Speaker 1: and he's like, listen, you come back to me. It's
Speaker 1: gonna work out, and we're gonna give you four million
Speaker 1: reasons why we think it's gonna work out. And Damian
Speaker 1: Williams a career backup, and all the naysayers, like you said,
Speaker 1: who are doing their victory laps, that's fine, good for you.
Speaker 1: I think it would be very hard for Seoan McCoy
Speaker 1: to stay on this bench for the Chiefs. When I'm
Speaker 1: on the clock tonight, it's going to be very hard
Speaker 1: for me to see Jamie Williams is the top name
Speaker 1: on my board and ultimately pull the trigger. Like I
Speaker 1: could tell you I had him, what would I just
Speaker 1: tell you a nineteen or whatever? Seven? I don't remember
Speaker 1: the number I had him at right, So when I
Speaker 1: get there and he's the next running back up, here's
Speaker 1: why I have back to back way. Do you tell
Speaker 1: me who you'd rather have Jamie Williams or Miles Sanders,
Speaker 1: I'd still seek Jamie Williams STI would think Daid Williams.
Speaker 1: I think especially in any type of PPR format, I
Speaker 1: feel like I just go wide receiver. And Saw McCoy
Speaker 1: went in this draft that I did last night, NFFC
Speaker 1: Draft five. So it's not it's not cheap, it's a
Speaker 1: high stakes draft. McCoy went eleven and that was the
Speaker 1: round that I took Tony Pollard. But as a Zeken Right,
Speaker 1: you know