WEBVTT - The Peacock Off! 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:03.880 Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of I Heart Radio. 0:00:05.800 --> 0:00:09.639 Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from I Heart Radio, 0:00:10.119 --> 0:00:13.920 your weekly source for the nation's best fantasy speculation and 0:00:14.000 --> 0:00:23.160 advice now leagues dot Com. Here's your host, Paul. Welcome 0:00:23.200 --> 0:00:26.240 to Fantasy Football Weekly. I'm Paul Scharchy and my coast 0:00:26.239 --> 0:00:32.000 today Matt Harrison and Brian Johnson. Hello, guys. What's going on? Guys? 0:00:32.320 --> 0:00:37.199 It's uh, We've got We've got prettseason games, action happening. 0:00:37.280 --> 0:00:41.120 We're starting to learn stuff and that's part of the 0:00:41.159 --> 0:00:44.319 excitement of the preseason. Fantasy football means more to us 0:00:44.320 --> 0:00:46.720 than it does to most people. I think the preseason 0:00:46.800 --> 0:00:51.599 hype just build more and more every year. It's it's 0:00:51.640 --> 0:00:54.400 truly incredible. It is I I think it's I think 0:00:54.400 --> 0:00:59.240 it's great too. You know there are people preseason. Yeah, 0:00:59.600 --> 0:01:01.720 it's not said, it's condensed now and we went from 0:01:01.720 --> 0:01:05.280 four games the games mean more. I think that part 0:01:05.319 --> 0:01:07.720 is fantastic. Got rid of the terrible fourth game. All 0:01:07.880 --> 0:01:11.240 that we will give you updates from every team over 0:01:11.240 --> 0:01:15.959 the last week or so, notable, actionable tidbits from every team, 0:01:15.959 --> 0:01:19.040 all thirty two teams that's coming up momentarily will analyze 0:01:19.080 --> 0:01:22.040 the best and worst offensive lines. That helps you figure 0:01:22.080 --> 0:01:23.840 out which players you gotta be worried about, which you 0:01:23.840 --> 0:01:26.640 feel a little better about. We'll do the Peacock Off, 0:01:27.600 --> 0:01:31.680 bold predictions from each of our hosts that may allow 0:01:31.760 --> 0:01:38.800 you to do this. There it goes. I'm not sure 0:01:38.800 --> 0:01:42.360 where the the peacocks a little slow today. Briefly there there, 0:01:42.360 --> 0:01:44.679 We just let him out of the cage. Here we go, 0:01:45.200 --> 0:01:48.920 here we go. It's still the preseason for the peacock too. Well, 0:01:49.520 --> 0:01:52.520 in preseason, he's the precock right now. I like that. 0:01:52.880 --> 0:01:55.120 The uh Well to go through our three tough questions 0:01:55.120 --> 0:01:59.200 like we normally do every episode, and players we love 0:01:59.640 --> 0:02:03.480 but we're not willing to pay their average draft position. 0:02:03.680 --> 0:02:07.160 Players love the player hate the ADP. So lots of 0:02:07.160 --> 0:02:08.960 great stuff coming up over the course of the show. 0:02:09.040 --> 0:02:12.320 Let's begin with a tour through each of the teams 0:02:12.320 --> 0:02:14.960 in the highlights of the last week or so, beginning 0:02:14.960 --> 0:02:17.600 with the Carolina Panthers and Matt Harrison. Uh No one 0:02:17.720 --> 0:02:20.320 is taking charge in the quarterback battle in camp. Baker 0:02:20.320 --> 0:02:22.880 Mayfield still the favorite. The Panthers had to come out 0:02:22.919 --> 0:02:25.720 this week and say publicly that they were not shopping 0:02:25.760 --> 0:02:28.799 Sam Donald but all four, including Matt Corrall and p 0:02:28.960 --> 0:02:31.399 J Walker, are likely to get reps in Saturday night's 0:02:31.400 --> 0:02:36.600 preseason opener. All right, let's go to the Raiders. Darren 0:02:36.600 --> 0:02:40.480 Waller remains held out of training camp with a hamstring 0:02:40.600 --> 0:02:43.800 injury that's not deemed to be serious, but I'm viewing 0:02:43.800 --> 0:02:46.960 this news as kind of serious. Uh. I want Waller 0:02:46.960 --> 0:02:49.120 out there practicing, So you might be sliding a little 0:02:49.120 --> 0:02:52.480 bit in draft, but I'm I'm gonna remain optimistic and 0:02:52.600 --> 0:02:55.920 he'll be just fine for week one. Sending good vibes 0:02:55.960 --> 0:02:58.639 out there to Darren Waller and his hammy. Yeah, we've 0:02:58.680 --> 0:03:00.799 still got a month before the start of the season, 0:03:00.840 --> 0:03:02.680 so there's a plenty of time for an injury like 0:03:02.720 --> 0:03:04.840 that to to get healthy. And as a veteran, HiT's 0:03:04.880 --> 0:03:07.440 probably okay that he's missing some training camp here, So 0:03:07.440 --> 0:03:09.480 we're not gonna panic yet. And at later in the 0:03:09.480 --> 0:03:12.680 show we will talk about who are and are not 0:03:13.160 --> 0:03:18.160 reliable fantasy tight ends the Packers. Last week we talked 0:03:18.160 --> 0:03:21.320 about Romeo dobbs Son, so I'm not gonna blavor the 0:03:21.360 --> 0:03:23.800 point that he's probably having the best camp of any 0:03:23.840 --> 0:03:26.840 of the receivers they've got. Romeo dubs or Romeo Dubbs 0:03:27.160 --> 0:03:33.480 Son uh uh. Christian Watson still up practicing because of 0:03:33.480 --> 0:03:36.800 the offseason knee surgery. We've been monitoring the status of 0:03:36.840 --> 0:03:39.000 the two best players on their offensive line as well, 0:03:39.000 --> 0:03:41.360 and we talked about that last week. Elkin Jenkins and 0:03:41.440 --> 0:03:44.440 David back Try both are still in the publist, although 0:03:44.520 --> 0:03:47.560 Brian Guda, Kunts general manager, indicated this week that both 0:03:47.600 --> 0:03:50.400 are progressing well. Jenkins appears to be a little ahead 0:03:50.400 --> 0:03:53.760 of bok tr but still no indication whether or not 0:03:53.800 --> 0:03:56.120 those guys are gonna be ready for the start season. 0:03:56.840 --> 0:04:03.560 Let's go to the Washington Commanders. The Commanders, Brian Robinson 0:04:03.640 --> 0:04:05.960 is getting more work with the first team offense, and 0:04:06.000 --> 0:04:08.760 this just leads me to believe that this is gonna 0:04:08.800 --> 0:04:12.240 be a true committee approach with Antonio Gibson, j D mckissic, 0:04:12.240 --> 0:04:14.840 and Robinson each getting a fair share of work. It's 0:04:14.840 --> 0:04:17.120 going to be a backfield that I think everyone's gonna 0:04:17.160 --> 0:04:21.720 want to avoid this year. You can get Antonio Gibson cheap. 0:04:21.880 --> 0:04:24.919 He's getting cheaper every day, only getting cheaper. I'll just 0:04:24.960 --> 0:04:30.640 go to Buffalo Brian, a guy we've didn't advocate to 0:04:30.720 --> 0:04:32.560 avoid him, but then he turned out you shouldn't be 0:04:32.560 --> 0:04:34.760 avoiding him, but maybe we shouldn't avoid him again. And 0:04:34.800 --> 0:04:39.480 that's Zack Moss listed as the backup running back on 0:04:39.560 --> 0:04:42.599 Buffalo's depth chart ahead of James Cook and a lot 0:04:42.600 --> 0:04:46.360 of good stuff coming out of Buffalo camp about Zack Moss. 0:04:46.560 --> 0:04:49.080 If Top Box ends up being great this year, that's 0:04:49.080 --> 0:04:51.520 how it goes. I banged the drum form for two years. 0:04:51.560 --> 0:04:54.279 I will be mad. I have feeling you might be 0:04:54.320 --> 0:04:57.000 mad because I think the reclamation project is in full 0:04:57.040 --> 0:05:00.480 effect right now for Zack Moss. Yeah, is gonna say 0:05:00.480 --> 0:05:02.840 you'd be eating the crow. We do have a crow 0:05:02.960 --> 0:05:06.240 sound effect. Good job which is there, and there's also 0:05:06.360 --> 0:05:12.160 chomping in there. M Yeah, there is very nice. So yeah, 0:05:12.240 --> 0:05:13.840 not a lot coming out of Buffalo right now for 0:05:13.920 --> 0:05:16.240 talking about Zach Moss. But that was the most notable 0:05:16.279 --> 0:05:19.520 thing with the Texans. Despite Damian Pierce getting plenty of 0:05:19.520 --> 0:05:22.960 first team reps, Texans first official depth chart has Rex 0:05:23.000 --> 0:05:26.000 Burkhead and Marlon mack Is the starters. We're gonna talk 0:05:26.000 --> 0:05:28.080 a little bit more about that situation later in the show. 0:05:28.400 --> 0:05:31.080 Davis Mills earning accolades were being more comfortable in the 0:05:31.080 --> 0:05:34.919 pocket and he has been working specifically on the weaknesses 0:05:35.120 --> 0:05:39.400 that he demonstrated last year. Let's go to a Tampa 0:05:39.480 --> 0:05:42.240 There's there's some shocking news out of Tampa Bay. Yeah, 0:05:42.480 --> 0:05:45.839 of our listeners probably already know. Yeah, Tom Brady left 0:05:45.920 --> 0:05:48.280 camp and he said he's gonna be gone for at 0:05:48.320 --> 0:05:51.560 least ten days. And according to Pro Football Talk, the 0:05:51.600 --> 0:05:54.240 Bucks knew that this was going to happen at the 0:05:54.279 --> 0:05:56.479 beginning of the training camp. I don't buy it. I 0:05:56.480 --> 0:05:59.680 don't buy it either. That then they kept it a secret. 0:05:59.680 --> 0:06:01.920 Why and they want to put that out there that 0:06:02.240 --> 0:06:04.400 Brady is gonna miss a little time during camp. It's 0:06:04.400 --> 0:06:06.200 not gonna be a big deal. We're just getting ahead 0:06:06.200 --> 0:06:07.880 of it now. Could have managed the story a lot. 0:06:08.160 --> 0:06:11.240 Oh yeah, people are speculating, Oh, it's not a non 0:06:11.360 --> 0:06:14.839 zero chance that Tom Brady retires before the season starts. 0:06:15.320 --> 0:06:18.039 I agree with that that it's non zero. Of course, 0:06:18.080 --> 0:06:20.479 I picked him first in my Scott Fish Bowl league, 0:06:20.520 --> 0:06:22.520 and that's how it usually goes for me. I think 0:06:22.680 --> 0:06:24.760 that I do agree there's a chance that it works 0:06:24.760 --> 0:06:29.640 out this way for Brady retired before and it is 0:06:29.720 --> 0:06:32.400 you wonder about what it does is his heart fully 0:06:32.440 --> 0:06:34.960 in this It has to be you can't play football. Yeah, 0:06:35.000 --> 0:06:40.480 it's not. It's not retiring. Retiring would be I believe 0:06:40.520 --> 0:06:43.520 how many reads. Let's go to the Cleveland Browns, Brian 0:06:44.160 --> 0:06:47.400 Cleveland Brown's Kareem Hunt wants out. He wants to be 0:06:47.440 --> 0:06:50.640 traded as of now, still a Brown. And my angle 0:06:50.680 --> 0:06:52.679 on this is if Hunt is to be traded, people 0:06:52.760 --> 0:06:56.440 might immediately jumped to the conclusion that Nick Chubbs is 0:06:56.440 --> 0:06:58.600 going to be this of the touches Bell Coal, But 0:06:58.600 --> 0:07:00.000 I don't think that's gonna be the case. It does 0:07:00.040 --> 0:07:04.400 gonna slide in. Derris Johnson was it's still going to 0:07:04.440 --> 0:07:06.239 be a platoon in my mind, and the in rookie 0:07:06.320 --> 0:07:09.440 Jerome Ford. A lot of good stuff coming out of 0:07:09.520 --> 0:07:11.680 camp about Jerome Ford. So there's still gonna It's not 0:07:11.720 --> 0:07:14.560 gonna be all Nick Chubb if Cream ends up getting dealt, 0:07:14.560 --> 0:07:17.800 So don't get too excited if that happens. In Colts 0:07:17.880 --> 0:07:21.520 mini camps, Frank Reich had said that he draft Niheeme 0:07:21.640 --> 0:07:24.600 Hines onto his fantasy team. Remember remember that from a 0:07:24.640 --> 0:07:28.040 couple of months ago. Now reports in camp suggests that 0:07:28.120 --> 0:07:31.120 hines role as a pass catcher will expand significantly. In 0:07:31.320 --> 0:07:36.880 ESPN reporter estimated sixty plus receptions coming for Niheem Hines, 0:07:37.280 --> 0:07:39.560 which if he's going to be in that range, that 0:07:39.640 --> 0:07:42.720 puts him into weekly flex conversations. And what does it 0:07:42.760 --> 0:07:46.320 do to Jonathan Taylor, Well, Taylor wasn't catching a bunch anyway, 0:07:46.440 --> 0:07:50.160 so for me, it doesn't change Taylor's equation a lot um. 0:07:50.200 --> 0:07:52.840 Marlon Mack is now gone, so you know, whatever, you know, 0:07:52.880 --> 0:07:55.160 whatever Marlon Mack was tipening off may very well go 0:07:55.200 --> 0:07:57.760 to Himes as well. And I'll note that second round 0:07:57.840 --> 0:08:01.960 rookie wide receiver like Pierce running with the first team 0:08:02.080 --> 0:08:07.280 offense along with Paris Campbell, Michael Pittman, and Pierce by 0:08:07.320 --> 0:08:09.640 all accounts, has had kind of a typical rookie and 0:08:09.680 --> 0:08:12.920 consistent camp. But he's holding off Austin Doulin. Right now, 0:08:13.480 --> 0:08:16.080 Let's go to the Hard Knocks team this year at 0:08:16.080 --> 0:08:18.320 the Detroit line, I feel like everyone knows what's happening 0:08:18.320 --> 0:08:21.240 in their camp, but from Beat reporters, it seems like 0:08:21.320 --> 0:08:23.960 DJ Chark is having a really good camp. He's probably 0:08:24.080 --> 0:08:26.400 third of the Lions wide receivers that will be drafted 0:08:26.400 --> 0:08:29.160 this year. But with Jamison Williams set to miss some 0:08:29.240 --> 0:08:32.120 time early in the year, Chark will have an opportunity 0:08:32.160 --> 0:08:37.080 to make a mark early Chark, Mark Chark, Mark. Let's 0:08:37.120 --> 0:08:40.080 go to the Jets, Brian, if we must. The Jets 0:08:40.160 --> 0:08:42.240 not a ton to report here. They did lose starting 0:08:42.320 --> 0:08:46.600 left tackle McKay Baton. I mean not when it comes 0:08:46.600 --> 0:08:48.720 to skilled position players or fantasy players, but that will 0:08:48.760 --> 0:08:51.360 certainly have an effect on Zack Wilson, Breece Hall, the 0:08:51.480 --> 0:08:55.000 entire offense. Breese all, by the way, like Damian Pierce 0:08:55.160 --> 0:08:57.520 and James Cook and probably every rookie running back was 0:08:57.679 --> 0:09:00.760 it as third running back who you can't read too 0:09:00.800 --> 0:09:04.120 much in tonight's unofficial depth charts, But uh yeah, losing 0:09:04.160 --> 0:09:06.960 McKay Beckton, who was a first round pick in I 0:09:07.000 --> 0:09:10.200 believe eleventh overall, that's not good for the offense overall, 0:09:10.240 --> 0:09:12.199 so dings them a little bit across the board. Let's 0:09:12.200 --> 0:09:14.240 go to the Chiefs. The biggest story in training camp, 0:09:14.240 --> 0:09:16.680 and honestly one of the biggest stories in fantasy football 0:09:16.760 --> 0:09:20.000 right now, is the emergence of rookie running back Isaiah Pacheco, 0:09:20.080 --> 0:09:23.240 who we've mentioned many times on this show. Seventh rounders 0:09:23.280 --> 0:09:25.760 look fantastic both in special teams and it just as 0:09:25.800 --> 0:09:29.360 a running back. He is sharing first team reps with 0:09:29.400 --> 0:09:32.720 Clyde Edwards Laire already well, he's the only rookie running 0:09:32.720 --> 0:09:35.319 back like it was was the first time, a practically 0:09:35.360 --> 0:09:37.240 hope for Breese all and all the other bigger names. 0:09:37.640 --> 0:09:40.280 My sleeper last week looks pretty good right now? Does. 0:09:40.360 --> 0:09:43.240 Andy Reid is noted how hard Pasheco runs. We've seen 0:09:43.320 --> 0:09:46.199 him excelling in past protection as well and training camp, 0:09:46.200 --> 0:09:50.400 and we've also seen coaches talk about limiting Clyde Edwards 0:09:50.400 --> 0:09:54.240 Alaire's work load this year to keep him healthier. Man, 0:09:54.320 --> 0:09:56.240 the stars are lined up for this kid. The other 0:09:56.320 --> 0:09:59.280 runners McKinnon, Gore, and Jones are getting entirely second and 0:09:59.360 --> 0:10:03.200 third team raps, and there's an increasing chance day by 0:10:03.320 --> 0:10:07.880 day that your Week one starter could be a combination 0:10:07.960 --> 0:10:11.360 package of Clyde Edwards, Hilaire and I say a Pacheco. 0:10:11.559 --> 0:10:15.000 His a DP has jumped about sixty seventies spots in 0:10:15.000 --> 0:10:17.880 a week. Last week, I bet, I bet, let's go 0:10:17.920 --> 0:10:21.400 to the Seattle Seahawks. Rashad Penny was clearly leading the 0:10:21.400 --> 0:10:23.560 way and snaps with the first team in training camp. 0:10:23.600 --> 0:10:26.920 But now guess what, He's got a groin injury, just 0:10:27.040 --> 0:10:30.800 like Rashad Penny does probably will not play in Saturday's 0:10:30.840 --> 0:10:33.480 preseason game in Pittsburgh, but this could be a big 0:10:33.480 --> 0:10:36.679 opportunity for Ken Walker to kind of show what he's got. 0:10:38.880 --> 0:10:41.240 And the Denver Broncos will be our final team of 0:10:41.240 --> 0:10:45.840 this segment. Oh my bad, Sorry, I thought we were 0:10:45.840 --> 0:10:49.800 going to break Denver Broncos Melvin Gordon his foot. He's 0:10:49.800 --> 0:10:51.880 been sitting out last few days with the foot injury, 0:10:51.880 --> 0:10:55.640 but that's deemed to not be serious. And like the Browns, 0:10:55.640 --> 0:10:57.680 if something were to happen to Gordon, I don't think 0:10:57.760 --> 0:11:00.839 it's of the touches for Javonte Williams either. I still 0:11:00.840 --> 0:11:03.559 think it's a split backfield there and Mike Boone would 0:11:03.559 --> 0:11:05.280 be the next guy in line if something would happen 0:11:05.280 --> 0:11:07.720 in Gordon. But it sounds like Gordon will be okay, 0:11:07.760 --> 0:11:11.080 So uh, nothing major to fred about there with MG three. 0:11:11.160 --> 0:11:13.240 You know, last week we talked about Gordon is maybe 0:11:13.280 --> 0:11:17.160 the safest backup running back you can draft, the most 0:11:17.160 --> 0:11:19.839 reliable backup running back you can draft. He's only getting 0:11:19.920 --> 0:11:23.360 cheaper by the day. It'll probably be fine for Week one. 0:11:23.559 --> 0:11:25.439 Somebody who certainly want to consider when we come back, 0:11:25.480 --> 0:11:27.920 we'll continue our tour through the thirty two NFL teams. 0:11:27.920 --> 0:11:30.880 Give you updates from every team's training camp on Fantasy 0:11:30.920 --> 0:11:51.200 Football Weekly. Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly. I am Paul 0:11:51.280 --> 0:11:55.280 Charchy and Guillotine Leagues dot Com, Matt Harrison's Shocked Fantasy 0:11:55.480 --> 0:12:00.400 and Brian Johnson Guillotine Leagues dot Com. We he ran 0:12:00.480 --> 0:12:04.160 through about half of the NFL teams in the first segment. 0:12:04.280 --> 0:12:06.800 Now we're segment number two. We'll go through the remaining teams. 0:12:06.840 --> 0:12:09.080 The things that have happened since in the weeks since 0:12:09.120 --> 0:12:12.400 our last show, and we left off guys on the rams. 0:12:12.600 --> 0:12:16.320 Reason for trepidation about Matthew Stafford's bulky I love the 0:12:16.320 --> 0:12:18.520 word bulky, bulky. I may work it in a few 0:12:18.520 --> 0:12:21.960 times in this show, like Balky from Perfect Strangers. Yeah, 0:12:22.000 --> 0:12:24.080 he was great, one of my favorites. Yeah. Did you 0:12:24.120 --> 0:12:29.040 know he had a bulky elbow? Oh yeah, bulky belky 0:12:29.160 --> 0:12:33.240 albo elbow. For Stafford continuing to experience discomfort going back 0:12:33.280 --> 0:12:36.040 to last season. And that's why I'm worried is if 0:12:36.080 --> 0:12:39.800 this is a one injury that he's still got paying 0:12:39.840 --> 0:12:43.160 in now, is it gonna be better or worse in October? 0:12:43.520 --> 0:12:46.640 Ready for Tommy John surgery. Let's let's hope that is 0:12:46.679 --> 0:12:49.000 that is not going to be the case. I'll also 0:12:49.040 --> 0:12:51.080 know Darryl Henderson getting a lot of first team reps, 0:12:51.080 --> 0:12:52.520 and it looks like the Rams are gonna try to 0:12:52.520 --> 0:12:56.599 be cautious with cam Akers here. It's it's possible that 0:12:56.679 --> 0:12:58.800 we're gonna see it. Uh, some kind of a time 0:12:58.800 --> 0:13:01.400 share that goes into the season as well. Between those two, 0:13:01.480 --> 0:13:06.000 I bet Stafford has consulted good friend Clayton Kershaw, who 0:13:06.000 --> 0:13:08.439 had Tommy John surgery. Didn't he at some point? I 0:13:08.440 --> 0:13:11.160 don't know if he did. Maybe he's good. You don't 0:13:11.160 --> 0:13:13.600 want to talk about baseball now, Let's go to something 0:13:13.600 --> 0:13:16.120 we know about. That'd be the Philadelphia Eagles. Man. Yeah, 0:13:16.200 --> 0:13:18.760 if you check Twitter, the A. J. Brown versus James 0:13:18.760 --> 0:13:21.800 Bradberry battles have been really cool to watch. But the 0:13:22.200 --> 0:13:25.800 big news Jason Kelsey recently had a minor elbow surgery. 0:13:25.840 --> 0:13:27.680 He's hopeful that he's ready for week one. They said 0:13:27.720 --> 0:13:30.320 he might miss a week or two though. Yeah, obviously 0:13:30.320 --> 0:13:32.439 one of the best linemen in league. That would be 0:13:32.480 --> 0:13:34.439 a loss if he can't he's not ready for the 0:13:34.480 --> 0:13:37.880 start of the season. Let's go to Miami Brian. Uh yeah, 0:13:37.880 --> 0:13:41.439 if you're on Twitter and looking at Dolphins Twitter specifically, 0:13:41.760 --> 0:13:44.000 all signs point to them having the greatest offense ever. 0:13:44.040 --> 0:13:47.240 But basically the hype is out of control down in Miami. 0:13:47.320 --> 0:13:50.240 But the player all highlight. Here's Chase Edmonds, who now 0:13:50.360 --> 0:13:53.280 looks like the clear cut RB one for the Dolphins, 0:13:53.320 --> 0:13:55.520 and he's going outside the top twenty four running backs 0:13:55.880 --> 0:13:58.400 right now based on most ADPs. So I think that's 0:13:58.400 --> 0:14:01.400 a draft day steel right now. Um, he looks like 0:14:01.600 --> 0:14:03.880 he's gonna be the starter in a very proficient offense. 0:14:05.000 --> 0:14:07.520 It's Mike McDaniel gonna do in Miami what he ultimately 0:14:07.559 --> 0:14:09.920 did in San Francisco, which is, you know, I got 0:14:09.920 --> 0:14:11.840 a lot of running backs, but I'm gonna have a 0:14:11.880 --> 0:14:15.520 workhorse back. And if you can find that workhorse back, 0:14:15.640 --> 0:14:18.600 they're all going at a heavy discount. Well, Edmonds is 0:14:18.600 --> 0:14:20.920 the one who getting paid like a workhorse back, so 0:14:21.480 --> 0:14:23.360 all my all my bets are on him right now. 0:14:23.840 --> 0:14:27.440 In Minnesota, Kirk Cousins has COVID. He had COVID last 0:14:27.480 --> 0:14:30.080 year and missed his only start as a Viking due 0:14:30.120 --> 0:14:33.240 to COVID, so this is a second time around. Presumably 0:14:33.280 --> 0:14:36.280 this is the lightweight version and that he will be 0:14:36.840 --> 0:14:39.640 probably in a week and I think week one is 0:14:39.640 --> 0:14:43.280 in no doubt here, and maybe it's all the better 0:14:43.320 --> 0:14:45.000 that he gets it all the way now and it's 0:14:45.040 --> 0:14:48.800 share even more immunity for for the regular season. Irv 0:14:48.880 --> 0:14:51.240 Smith had surgery on his thumb last week tight end. 0:14:51.280 --> 0:14:54.160 He is targeting a return also around Week one. Lots 0:14:54.160 --> 0:14:56.960 of praise for Kevin O'Connell's offense from nearly all members 0:14:57.040 --> 0:15:00.080 of the Vikings offense, and right now it seems like 0:15:00.160 --> 0:15:04.360 a fresh, new and exciting offense for the Minnesota Vikings. 0:15:04.880 --> 0:15:08.280 Let's go to the Dallas Cowboys. Man Travon Diggs quit 0:15:08.400 --> 0:15:11.360 social media, probably because of all the camp video of 0:15:11.400 --> 0:15:15.200 him getting roasted by Ceedee Lamb and Jalen Tilbert. Obviously 0:15:15.320 --> 0:15:17.200 had a lot of interceptions last year, but he's not 0:15:17.240 --> 0:15:19.440 a great cover corner at all, so I love the 0:15:19.480 --> 0:15:22.760 most yards in the NFL's coverage last year. So he's 0:15:22.760 --> 0:15:26.400 sick of everybody bagging on him, so he quit. Let's 0:15:26.440 --> 0:15:30.600 go to the Patriots. Bryan running back James White retired 0:15:30.680 --> 0:15:33.640 earlier in the week, um, so he's obviously not playing 0:15:33.680 --> 0:15:36.760 this year. Damien Harris all the sudden rumored to be 0:15:36.800 --> 0:15:39.000 on the trading block or they might trade him. So 0:15:39.280 --> 0:15:44.240 as a result, Ramandre Stevenson has jumped Harris in ADP 0:15:44.920 --> 0:15:47.600 and just surging up draft boards right now. Yeah, I'm 0:15:47.600 --> 0:15:50.160 not totally sure where you know these rumors have come from, 0:15:50.200 --> 0:15:55.040 but the Vegas odds to lead the NFL and rushing touchdowns. 0:15:55.200 --> 0:15:59.240 Romandre Stevenson was fifty two one a week ago and 0:15:59.320 --> 0:16:03.520 now we're sitting it like tender one. So there is there. 0:16:03.520 --> 0:16:05.040 There are a lot of people and as we've we've 0:16:05.080 --> 0:16:07.760 often mentioned, we talked a lot about what happens inside 0:16:07.760 --> 0:16:10.240 the five yard line on the show, the infrared zone 0:16:10.240 --> 0:16:14.080 as he likes to call it. No team has run 0:16:14.280 --> 0:16:17.000 more had more running plays inside the five over the 0:16:17.040 --> 0:16:20.200 last seven years than New England Patriots. And if Harris 0:16:20.320 --> 0:16:24.520 is to be traded, um obviously Stevenson huge jumping, massive, 0:16:24.800 --> 0:16:28.280 massive jump off. But Pierre Strong Junior the name to 0:16:28.320 --> 0:16:30.640 keep in mind, rookie running back drafted in the fourth 0:16:30.720 --> 0:16:32.640 round by the Patriots, kind of more of a pass 0:16:32.680 --> 0:16:36.000 catching specialist. He probably will play that James White role, 0:16:36.000 --> 0:16:39.080 even though or Monder Stevenson is a very able pass catcher. Two. 0:16:39.120 --> 0:16:42.640 But yeah, stock On Stevenson just soaring right now. Let 0:16:42.640 --> 0:16:44.960 me mention a couple of things about James White. That 0:16:44.960 --> 0:16:47.520 had three time Super Bowl champion, only player with the 0:16:47.560 --> 0:16:51.000 Super Bowl walk off touchdown in NFL history, and that 0:16:51.120 --> 0:16:54.640 was the seventeen comeback against the Falcons in which he 0:16:54.720 --> 0:17:00.480 was targeted sixteen times and caught fourteen passes for one 0:17:01.000 --> 0:17:06.520 ten yards for James White. And get this, eight seasons 0:17:06.760 --> 0:17:12.440 he touched the ball eight hundred times, no fumbles. That's 0:17:12.440 --> 0:17:15.480 how you get into Bill Belichick's good grace, isn't it 0:17:15.800 --> 0:17:17.800 right there? It was a hell of a run for 0:17:17.920 --> 0:17:21.320 James White. And congratulations on a great career. Only thirty 0:17:21.400 --> 0:17:25.360 years old, which is it's old for running back the stick, 0:17:25.520 --> 0:17:29.600 I mean, that's young. But yeah, he's walking away. That's 0:17:29.119 --> 0:17:33.160 for the Saints. Michael Thomas's ankle rehabits on track, he's practicing, 0:17:33.200 --> 0:17:35.119 he's looked great, a lot of positive reports out of 0:17:35.119 --> 0:17:37.240 training camp. It appears likely that he will be ready 0:17:37.280 --> 0:17:40.720 to start Week one. His adp also moving up quickly. 0:17:41.080 --> 0:17:43.679 Alvin Kamari's court date has been moved back to October, 0:17:44.280 --> 0:17:50.240 so it's possible the NFL will defer judgment on a 0:17:50.359 --> 0:17:54.119 possible suspension until after that court date. Maybe, but the 0:17:54.200 --> 0:17:56.040 NFL is not beholden to that. They don't need to 0:17:56.080 --> 0:17:58.880 do that, but it's possible that they could. We're gonna 0:17:58.920 --> 0:18:00.879 talk a little bit more about there to buy Alvin 0:18:00.920 --> 0:18:03.679 Camaro later in this show. Let's go to the New 0:18:03.760 --> 0:18:06.520 York Giants. Man Kenny Golladay is the talk of camp 0:18:06.560 --> 0:18:11.400 for all the wrong adjectives slow, stiff, bad body language, 0:18:11.520 --> 0:18:15.480 zero separation. Some speculated him as a possible cut candidate, 0:18:15.520 --> 0:18:17.960 but they can't cut him for two years because of 0:18:17.960 --> 0:18:20.680 the cap liabilities. But if any team came knocking in 0:18:20.720 --> 0:18:24.000 the trade market, they could have him for nothing. Seventh 0:18:24.080 --> 0:18:27.800 round pick gentleman, seventy million dollars for Kenny Golladay just 0:18:27.840 --> 0:18:31.400 to two off seasons ago. Well, wait, one off season ago. 0:18:31.960 --> 0:18:36.440 Let's go to the Tennessee Titans. Nothing but bad things 0:18:36.480 --> 0:18:40.760 being said about eighteenth overall pick wide receiver Traylon Burks, 0:18:40.800 --> 0:18:44.600 who has been not running with the ones. Meanwhile, rookie 0:18:44.640 --> 0:18:47.320 wide receiver Kyle Phillips, who was drafted in the fifth 0:18:47.400 --> 0:18:50.679 round has been running with the ones. And uh more, 0:18:50.760 --> 0:18:52.960 more bad things to say about Burks. On Thursday Night 0:18:52.960 --> 0:18:56.200 against the Patriots, the Titans rested their their normal starters 0:18:56.280 --> 0:18:59.119 Robert Woods and n w Y, but Burks played. Brooks 0:18:59.160 --> 0:19:03.280 also came into the game after Dez Fitzpatrick, Racy McMath 0:19:03.440 --> 0:19:07.159 and the aforementioned Kyle Phillips and just one target on 0:19:07.320 --> 0:19:13.440 thirties thirty snaps for Berks on Thursday night. So stock 0:19:13.480 --> 0:19:16.119 falling right now for Trays, at least in re draft. 0:19:16.240 --> 0:19:18.520 Right now, he's not looking like an immediate impact player. 0:19:18.560 --> 0:19:20.200 And if we're gonna talk about Thursday night, we got 0:19:20.200 --> 0:19:22.399 to talk about Malik Willis. I watched every one of 0:19:22.520 --> 0:19:25.879 his every one of his snaps. The first few throws 0:19:25.960 --> 0:19:28.360 were terrible, and it was all the bad things you've 0:19:28.359 --> 0:19:31.520 ever seen about him. But when he got comfortable, he 0:19:31.600 --> 0:19:33.920 made some He made some eye popping plays with his legs, 0:19:33.960 --> 0:19:37.280 but also had some really nice passes mixed in there. 0:19:37.800 --> 0:19:41.600 And you you saw a player and look, it's only 0:19:41.640 --> 0:19:44.520 the first preseason game his entire career, and nobody's carving 0:19:44.560 --> 0:19:46.840 a bust in Canton here. And I walked in the 0:19:46.840 --> 0:19:49.560 door having seen the highlights from the game, and I 0:19:49.640 --> 0:19:52.199 was like, Oh, I'm gonna really watch all of this 0:19:52.280 --> 0:19:54.200 to make sure I'm not just looking at the highlights. 0:19:54.920 --> 0:19:57.159 He looked pretty poised, pretty comfortable, and delivered a lot 0:19:57.200 --> 0:20:00.040 of nice passes. Yeah, he's been falling too far in 0:20:00.119 --> 0:20:04.040 dynasty leagues, especially super flexed leagues. He's definitely a project still, 0:20:04.080 --> 0:20:06.600 so I'm not thinking of an immediate even if something 0:20:06.600 --> 0:20:08.720 happens to Tannehill, But yeah, he should be bumped up 0:20:08.880 --> 0:20:12.080 dynasty draft boards based off Thursday night, I agreed for 0:20:12.119 --> 0:20:14.760 the Steelers what rookie wide receiver George Pickens was listed 0:20:14.800 --> 0:20:17.600 as a starter on the team's first step chart, although again, 0:20:18.000 --> 0:20:20.200 you don't know, we don't know what that really means. 0:20:20.200 --> 0:20:22.240 That Mike Tomlin has gone out to discredit the depth 0:20:22.240 --> 0:20:28.000 that depth chart as well. Sad trombon Sky, It's uh no, 0:20:28.080 --> 0:20:31.520 that's happy. That's happy. That's the happy Trombone right there, 0:20:31.560 --> 0:20:35.520 trending towards the starting job. Well, he is happy about that, 0:20:35.520 --> 0:20:39.280 that's right. Mason Rudolph has looked okay, but it's Mason Rudolph. 0:20:39.320 --> 0:20:41.679 They know that he's not the solution. Kenny Picket appears 0:20:41.680 --> 0:20:45.280 destined to learn from the bench for a while at least, 0:20:45.359 --> 0:20:52.119 and learned from the best hold on. Let's go to 0:20:52.160 --> 0:20:56.080 the Atlanta Falcons. Matt Cordarol Patterson is getting almost all 0:20:56.160 --> 0:20:58.840 the looks with the top offense. Tyler l Gear and 0:20:58.920 --> 0:21:02.680 Damian Williams are far behind. Both probably just go line 0:21:02.720 --> 0:21:08.000 only options. Also, Kyle Pitts has almost exclusively played wide 0:21:08.040 --> 0:21:12.879 receiver all camp, slot and wide outside. You don't say 0:21:13.600 --> 0:21:18.280 Cincinnati Bengals Brian Uh no timetable for Joe Burrows return 0:21:18.359 --> 0:21:21.040 from an appendex to me, but not too concerned about that. 0:21:21.119 --> 0:21:23.800 I'm sure he will be ready to go come week. One. 0:21:24.000 --> 0:21:26.520 The biggest news from Bengals camp is Lyle Collins, one 0:21:26.560 --> 0:21:30.560 of the three newly acquired elite offensive lineman, has been 0:21:30.560 --> 0:21:33.560 cleared to return to practice. So yeah, you gotta love 0:21:33.800 --> 0:21:36.920 what since he has done this offseason bolstering that offensive line. 0:21:36.960 --> 0:21:41.000 But I might be out on Joe Burrow based on 0:21:41.280 --> 0:21:43.680 his cost in drafts right now. We'll talk about that 0:21:44.119 --> 0:21:46.359 a little later, but that Bengals line is gonna be 0:21:46.480 --> 0:21:49.879 much much improved. Forty Niners. Brandon Ayou getting a lot 0:21:49.920 --> 0:21:52.159 of praise from coaches and teammates, which is the exact 0:21:52.200 --> 0:21:54.800