WEBVTT - If you do it, it's not weird. 0:00:00.360 --> 0:00:04.080 Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of I Heart Radio. 0:00:06.160 --> 0:00:09.520 Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from my Heart Radio, 0:00:09.800 --> 0:00:14.200 your weekly source for the nation's best fantasy football advice, speculation, 0:00:14.360 --> 0:00:17.919 and whatever stupid stuff they decided to drop into the show. Now, 0:00:17.960 --> 0:00:24.080 here's your host. Welcome to another edition of Fantasy Football Weekly. 0:00:24.280 --> 0:00:28.200 I am Paul Georgy and my co host today Matt Harrison. 0:00:28.320 --> 0:00:31.160 Welcome back. Yeah, that have you back. It's been a while. 0:00:31.760 --> 0:00:35.520 It's been two weeks. Brian was here last week before. 0:00:37.560 --> 0:00:39.479 I thought Scott was two weeks ago, but he was 0:00:39.520 --> 0:00:42.239 three weeks ago. Scott's been on a tropical island for 0:00:42.880 --> 0:00:45.160 three weeks right now. He's not even done yet. I've 0:00:45.200 --> 0:00:47.320 never I've never had a three week vacation for my 0:00:47.440 --> 0:00:49.520 entire I think he's I think he's gone for sixteen 0:00:49.600 --> 0:00:54.400 days in Hawaii. Unbelievable. Who lives like that? Scott Fish. Yeah, 0:00:54.440 --> 0:00:58.000 and it's good to be Scott Fish. Jeez, unbelievable. It's 0:00:58.120 --> 0:01:02.080 just I'm very jealous. Today's show, we're going to continue 0:01:02.120 --> 0:01:06.400 our division by division look through all the salient players. 0:01:06.480 --> 0:01:11.120 This week's division is the a f C North and 0:01:11.720 --> 0:01:15.000 again we we spotlight all the relevant players, We tell 0:01:15.080 --> 0:01:18.360 you the thing you should most important takeaway from last 0:01:18.400 --> 0:01:20.800 year or something sailing for next year about each of 0:01:20.840 --> 0:01:22.960 the guys in the divisions, and we we we were 0:01:22.959 --> 0:01:24.760 all through them and at the end of this one 0:01:24.760 --> 0:01:29.039 we don't get chocolate chip cookies that this is a 0:01:29.040 --> 0:01:33.640 bunch of crap. Yeah, yeah, you probably should be. You 0:01:33.760 --> 0:01:37.240 probably should be. UM. As a reminder, we have a 0:01:37.280 --> 0:01:41.399 fresh hot off the press is Guillotine League Chop podcast. 0:01:41.480 --> 0:01:44.280 We encourage people to check that out Chopped the Guillotine 0:01:44.319 --> 0:01:46.559 League Podcast. We talked to our Scott Fish Bowl winner 0:01:47.360 --> 0:01:51.440 and it wasn't me you got. You got deep into 0:01:51.480 --> 0:01:54.440 the playoffs. I got the ring out a hundred forty four. 0:01:55.320 --> 0:01:58.040 You probably got to like his London forty four players 0:01:58.040 --> 0:02:00.280 that started you were the last Yeah, something like yeah, 0:02:00.320 --> 0:02:03.960 something else very impressive. UM. I can't I can't wait 0:02:04.000 --> 0:02:06.080 to get back in a Guillotine League this year. I'm excited. 0:02:06.200 --> 0:02:08.799 Yeah A, well, I mean, how many do you want 0:02:08.840 --> 0:02:10.640 me to be in? I see, I feel like the 0:02:10.760 --> 0:02:14.040 right number because your season can end, Yeah, any time 0:02:14.080 --> 0:02:15.200 it's gone. I mean I feel like you have to 0:02:15.240 --> 0:02:17.840 have minimum to just in case one goes belly. I 0:02:17.919 --> 0:02:20.800 had to last year. So yeah, so I feel like 0:02:20.840 --> 0:02:23.400 two is kind of the functional minimum, but that's just me. 0:02:23.760 --> 0:02:27.880 Maybe maybe we can have a beat Explosive Output league 0:02:27.960 --> 0:02:30.200 or something like we had a listener league last year, 0:02:30.240 --> 0:02:32.160 so I'm abe we'll do that again this year. But 0:02:32.200 --> 0:02:34.000 we have a little time to figure that out. In 0:02:34.000 --> 0:02:36.160 the meantime, I should mention while we're doing a little 0:02:36.160 --> 0:02:39.160 self promotion here at shock Fantasy, anything cool and anything 0:02:39.200 --> 0:02:43.000 cool happening at chock Fantasy. Did the huge, huge update 0:02:43.080 --> 0:02:45.640 on the Dynasty trade value chart and added all the 0:02:45.680 --> 0:02:47.800 rookies and add all the all the all the guys 0:02:47.919 --> 0:02:51.480 changing teams and everything like that. So yeah, that's that's 0:02:51.480 --> 0:02:53.359 a big update. It takes quite a while to get 0:02:53.400 --> 0:02:56.680 all the contracts and all that stuff. I'll load it up. 0:02:56.720 --> 0:03:00.239 So yeah, released that last week and we're gonna keep 0:03:00.240 --> 0:03:02.919 going and get ready for the NFL Draft here fantastic. 0:03:03.120 --> 0:03:05.880 Let's turn our attention to the a f C North 0:03:06.520 --> 0:03:10.960 and let's start with the Super Bowl runner up super 0:03:11.000 --> 0:03:13.360 Bowl runner up team, that's a better way to phrase it, 0:03:13.720 --> 0:03:16.640 Cincinnati Bengals. Yeah, and what was the week spot of 0:03:16.680 --> 0:03:19.679 the Cincinnati and they did such a great job in 0:03:19.720 --> 0:03:23.440 the offseason, absolutely completely rebuilt the right side of their line. 0:03:23.480 --> 0:03:26.000 Law L Collins comes over from the Cowboys to play 0:03:26.080 --> 0:03:29.760 right tackle. He was the fifteen ranked tackle by PFF 0:03:29.880 --> 0:03:33.560 last year and the number three overall run blocker. I 0:03:33.880 --> 0:03:37.520 don't understand why Dallas did this. Dallas isn't very bright. 0:03:37.680 --> 0:03:41.840 I don't know. Um. Alex Kappa is the new right guard. 0:03:41.920 --> 0:03:44.760 He comes from Tampa. He came in as the number 0:03:44.800 --> 0:03:49.920 eighteen ranked guard last year. And Ted Carriss, who's Alex 0:03:50.000 --> 0:03:55.440 Harris's great nephew. Alright, Uh, he comes to play center 0:03:55.480 --> 0:03:57.960 from New England. Now. He played mostly guard last year, 0:03:58.320 --> 0:04:01.400 but he was the seventh best hass blocking guard in 0:04:01.400 --> 0:04:04.200 the league according to Pro Football Focused. So smart of 0:04:04.240 --> 0:04:07.240 the Bengal So they rebuilt an entire side of their 0:04:07.240 --> 0:04:10.520 offensive line new it's gonna be a lot better. Uh. 0:04:10.520 --> 0:04:12.720 The other new addition to the team is Hayden Hurst, 0:04:12.800 --> 0:04:16.280 replacing c j Uzoma at tight end. Hurst found the 0:04:16.320 --> 0:04:18.839 back seat to Kyle Pitts last year in Atlanta, which 0:04:18.920 --> 0:04:20.800 just about every tight end in the league would have 0:04:20.800 --> 0:04:23.279 done had Kyle pitt has been drafted on their team, 0:04:23.640 --> 0:04:26.520 but the year before he was tight end ten to 0:04:26.600 --> 0:04:30.240 fifteen based on your scoring system. So he was, you know, 0:04:30.640 --> 0:04:34.560 startable in some leagues, and I think he's kind of 0:04:34.560 --> 0:04:36.560 an old, boring name and people are really going to 0:04:36.680 --> 0:04:39.520 overlook him coming into draft season. This year, he's on 0:04:39.560 --> 0:04:43.599 the best offense he's ever been on, and there's there's 0:04:43.600 --> 0:04:45.880 a lot of weapons around him. I think Hayden Hurst 0:04:45.920 --> 0:04:48.240 is sitting on like a sneaky nice year, and I 0:04:48.279 --> 0:04:51.239 think when we get into July and August, we're gonna 0:04:51.240 --> 0:04:54.120 start talking about sleepers. Hayden Hurst is going to be 0:04:54.160 --> 0:04:56.960 one of those guys that either Brian or I mentioned 0:04:57.000 --> 0:04:58.919 Brian probably will because I think he still has a 0:04:58.960 --> 0:05:02.920 soft spot for the bank Ols. But uh yeah, um, 0:05:03.000 --> 0:05:05.320 the other guys, you know, Jamar Chase and t Higgins 0:05:05.320 --> 0:05:08.880 lining up outside of Hurst in PPR points per game, 0:05:09.720 --> 0:05:12.800 Chase finished as the fifth best wide receiver last year 0:05:12.800 --> 0:05:16.200 and Higgins finished as the twelfth best wide receiver last year. 0:05:16.440 --> 0:05:19.159 That's two wide receiver ones on the same team. Yeah. 0:05:19.480 --> 0:05:21.440 You know, for Chase, as we know, it was more 0:05:21.560 --> 0:05:24.240 ups and downs, you know, the explosive game and the 0:05:24.400 --> 0:05:27.320 quiet game, but averaged out to fifth overall. Yeah, it's 0:05:27.320 --> 0:05:30.520 pretty great. Uh. Tyler Boyd even finished in the thirties 0:05:30.560 --> 0:05:33.960 amongst wide receivers and targets receptions in yards, So he'll 0:05:34.000 --> 0:05:38.000 probably still remain to be flexworthy UH in most leagues. 0:05:38.600 --> 0:05:41.440 And I know the Super Bowl losers get the hangover 0:05:41.600 --> 0:05:44.640 most years, which which it's been totally legit. It's been 0:05:44.680 --> 0:05:48.440 totally legit, but it doesn't feel like that for Joe Burrow. 0:05:48.880 --> 0:05:53.120 It feels like he's on the doorstep of something special historical, 0:05:53.279 --> 0:05:57.159 maybe uh full year away from the a c L now. 0:05:57.520 --> 0:06:00.600 UH started last season with eight straight multi I touchdown 0:06:00.680 --> 0:06:03.960 pass games, and he's got a vastly improved offensive line. 0:06:04.000 --> 0:06:06.320 The wide receiver talent, you could argue he's got a 0:06:06.360 --> 0:06:10.080 better tight end than use Elma. I think sky's the 0:06:10.120 --> 0:06:12.000 limit for Joe Burrow. And where do you think you 0:06:12.040 --> 0:06:16.880 have Burrow ranked among your quarterbacks when we start next year? Five? 0:06:17.839 --> 0:06:20.480 He's definitely a top five guy, and I think the 0:06:20.600 --> 0:06:23.920 upside is QB one. Yeah, I mean that's not out 0:06:23.960 --> 0:06:27.080 of reach if he if he scrambled more. He doesn't, 0:06:27.839 --> 0:06:31.240 but it would be easier. But he's got forty touchdown 0:06:31.320 --> 0:06:33.800 upside in that arm. Yeah, and and definitely five thousand 0:06:33.880 --> 0:06:37.200 yards in there. So Joe Mixon gets that upgraded line 0:06:37.240 --> 0:06:39.719 as well, he faded badly down the stretch from Week 0:06:39.839 --> 0:06:42.200 fourteen through the Super Bowl, which was eight games for 0:06:42.240 --> 0:06:45.159 the Bengals. He only scored three times and he topped 0:06:45.160 --> 0:06:48.920 sixty five rushing yards only twice in that span. Compare 0:06:48.960 --> 0:06:52.760 that to fourteen touchdowns in the prior twelve weeks. Uh 0:06:52.880 --> 0:06:55.360 So it was a little bit of a fade. Mixing 0:06:55.480 --> 0:06:57.280 was very young when he entered the league. He only 0:06:57.360 --> 0:06:59.960 turned twenty six this summer. But he's already played five 0:07:00.120 --> 0:07:03.800 season and has and has had multiple injuries on the resume. 0:07:04.360 --> 0:07:07.599 So would it be surprising if the Bengals took a 0:07:07.680 --> 0:07:11.640 running back on Day two? They have pick sixty three 0:07:11.640 --> 0:07:15.600 and nine. They addressed the offensive line, their defense was 0:07:15.680 --> 0:07:17.880 in pretty decent shape last year to get to a 0:07:17.880 --> 0:07:20.680 Super Bowl. Maybe they look at what the Rams did 0:07:20.720 --> 0:07:22.960 with all the depth at the running back position and 0:07:23.000 --> 0:07:25.600 they go, we need something better than Chris Evans and 0:07:25.680 --> 0:07:28.760 Soma j. P. Ryan and and maybe it's somebody like 0:07:28.920 --> 0:07:32.960 Breece Hall, Isaiah Spiller, James Cook, those of the ideal scenarios. 0:07:33.160 --> 0:07:37.520 All of those guys are sitting late second to early 0:07:37.600 --> 0:07:41.840 third in draft predictions right now. So so Cincinnati picking 0:07:42.240 --> 0:07:44.920 bottom of the second round, bottom of the second bottom 0:07:44.920 --> 0:07:47.440 of my life. You know what, I like that angle. 0:07:47.480 --> 0:07:49.800 I hadn't thought about them as a running back destination, 0:07:49.920 --> 0:07:53.280 but it really does make some sense that they need 0:07:53.280 --> 0:07:55.720 the depth there and mix and might not be able 0:07:55.760 --> 0:07:58.920 to shoulder the full load anymore. So I I think 0:07:58.920 --> 0:08:01.240 it would be interesting seeing as how he broke down 0:08:01.560 --> 0:08:03.559 at the tail end of the end. Now, they signed 0:08:03.640 --> 0:08:07.320 him to a pretty sizeable new deal one or two 0:08:07.400 --> 0:08:10.200 years ago, so we still got still got some room 0:08:10.240 --> 0:08:12.880 to go there. But boy, you know, the Bengals are 0:08:12.880 --> 0:08:14.920 a team that have some to your point, they've they've 0:08:15.200 --> 0:08:17.040 they have the luxury of making sort of a best 0:08:17.040 --> 0:08:20.480 player available selection, so they don't have an area of 0:08:20.680 --> 0:08:24.560 massive need anymore. So yeah, maybe maybe that's gonna make 0:08:24.600 --> 0:08:27.480 a cheap running back for three or four years to 0:08:27.680 --> 0:08:30.640 kind of be the Joe mixing air apparent as well. 0:08:30.800 --> 0:08:33.920 Yeah like it. That's that's the Bengals for you. Okay, 0:08:34.200 --> 0:08:37.640 let's go over to the Baltimore Ravens, and you can't 0:08:37.720 --> 0:08:39.559 first thing you always think about the Ravens is Lamar 0:08:39.640 --> 0:08:44.160 Jackson and last year's disappointing season. Maybe not the disaster 0:08:44.520 --> 0:08:48.720 that some people remember last year being but it seemed 0:08:48.760 --> 0:08:50.960 like that much of a disaster, but it wasn't where 0:08:50.960 --> 0:08:54.000 people were drafting it, certainly not. He missed six and 0:08:54.000 --> 0:08:56.080 a half games with injury, which was a you know, 0:08:56.200 --> 0:08:59.839 that's a huge factor. And he did not score rushing 0:08:59.840 --> 0:09:03.040 to touch down after week two and that was the killer, 0:09:03.800 --> 0:09:07.640 uh massive blow too was normally gigantic upside. But Lamar 0:09:07.720 --> 0:09:14.320 Jackson still averaged twelve carries for seventy three yards, and 0:09:14.360 --> 0:09:18.880 those are running back numbers, rushing numbers. Yeah. And of course, famously, 0:09:19.000 --> 0:09:22.120 the Ravens had every running back on their roster get 0:09:22.200 --> 0:09:26.240 hurt in consecutive weeks in the preseason, so that might have, 0:09:26.520 --> 0:09:31.000 you know, factored into Lamar Jackson's inability to really run. 0:09:31.800 --> 0:09:35.240 Um and well maybe he had to run more because 0:09:35.280 --> 0:09:37.480 they know they couldn't rely on the old farts that 0:09:37.520 --> 0:09:41.160 they had what they brought in. Um. Now, Jackson never 0:09:41.240 --> 0:09:44.280 has and never willingess offense get goal line carries, and 0:09:44.320 --> 0:09:47.320 so that does give you some we saw the downside 0:09:47.320 --> 0:09:49.360 of his rushing touchdowns. For a guy who doesn't get 0:09:49.360 --> 0:09:51.840 goal line carries, he's got to score from distance, and 0:09:51.960 --> 0:09:57.200 everybody who has to score from distance has touchdown downside. Yeah, 0:09:57.240 --> 0:10:00.280 there's a lot of risk there for sure. For sure, um. 0:10:00.480 --> 0:10:02.800 But the other side of it is, if I were 0:10:02.840 --> 0:10:05.840 to tell you next year, Lamar Jackson's going to average 0:10:05.880 --> 0:10:09.440 twelve carries for seventy three yards, wouldn't you think he's 0:10:09.440 --> 0:10:13.520 sitting on six, seven, eight, nine rushing touchdowns in a 0:10:13.600 --> 0:10:16.320 typical average year. I mean you'd think, But then you'd 0:10:16.320 --> 0:10:19.040 look back at what he did this year ago. Maybe 0:10:19.040 --> 0:10:21.559 it's four, maybe it's five. That's certain. I just think 0:10:21.600 --> 0:10:23.280 we at the bottom of what he can do from 0:10:23.280 --> 0:10:26.600 a touchdown stamp. That's that's that's probably it. Speaking of which, 0:10:27.120 --> 0:10:31.560 his passing was similarly frustrating. Um. Although no game's out 0:10:31.559 --> 0:10:34.160 any passing touchdowns, lots of one touchdown games, and that 0:10:34.240 --> 0:10:38.959 was a real frustration for Lamar Jackson's owners, and it's 0:10:38.960 --> 0:10:41.960 it's part of why the the he didn't end up 0:10:42.000 --> 0:10:47.480 having the massive, gigantic games that we had seen two 0:10:47.600 --> 0:10:51.280 years prior from Lamar Jackson. In his eleven full games, 0:10:51.320 --> 0:10:55.520 his average finish was QB eleven, all right, and QB 0:10:55.640 --> 0:10:58.000 eleven is not bad. That's not you drafted him. So 0:10:58.040 --> 0:11:00.840 the interesting one of the interesting aspects of Lamar Jackson 0:11:00.880 --> 0:11:03.320 too is his contract situation. He's in the fifth year 0:11:03.360 --> 0:11:06.160 of his rookie deal. He's looking for, you know, the 0:11:06.240 --> 0:11:10.840 mega quarterback deal right now? Are the Ravens going to 0:11:10.920 --> 0:11:15.439 give him that, because it seems like they're slightly hesitant 0:11:15.600 --> 0:11:19.240 to do so. And if so, could this be a contract, 0:11:19.240 --> 0:11:21.480 dear for Lamar Jackson where he goes out and just 0:11:22.120 --> 0:11:26.160 becomes the highest paid free agent quarterback ever? And could 0:11:26.200 --> 0:11:29.960 the Ravens just go yeah, yolo, Lamar, go for it. 0:11:30.160 --> 0:11:32.600 We don't care. I agree, that's the full range of 0:11:32.600 --> 0:11:36.600 a possible outcomes here. And Jackson, who represents himself, which 0:11:36.600 --> 0:11:38.560 I think is noble and you know, if you've got 0:11:38.559 --> 0:11:43.920 the cojones to do it, great, Um, But he has 0:11:43.960 --> 0:11:48.080 so much leverage right now and in next by next 0:11:48.120 --> 0:11:49.880 March when he come up as a free agent. How 0:11:49.960 --> 0:11:54.520 much leverage does Lamar Jackson have if he doesn't win 0:11:54.520 --> 0:11:58.000 a playoff game, if he misses some time knee injury. 0:11:58.080 --> 0:12:00.720 What if Tyler Honley comes back in again in like 0:12:00.800 --> 0:12:03.720 he did last year and performs at a similar level, 0:12:03.760 --> 0:12:07.000 not as good, but at close to level. You know, 0:12:07.520 --> 0:12:10.160 Lamar Jackson maybe eating into may have you know, may 0:12:10.160 --> 0:12:12.040 have overplayed his hand here by going into the fifth 0:12:12.080 --> 0:12:15.840 year of his rookie deal. Let's go to the running backs. 0:12:16.120 --> 0:12:19.040 So J K. Dobbins and Gus Edwards suffered season ending 0:12:19.040 --> 0:12:21.240 a c L injuries within a matter of a couple 0:12:21.280 --> 0:12:24.640 of days of each other, and they both come back. 0:12:24.760 --> 0:12:26.320 They both moved right to the back of the top 0:12:26.320 --> 0:12:28.840 of the depth chart because the dust farting running backs 0:12:28.880 --> 0:12:33.760 that they had are all gone, I'm happy to say. 0:12:34.040 --> 0:12:38.960 And it's it's still too early to know where Dobbins 0:12:39.040 --> 0:12:43.000 isn't his recovery, where Edwards is in his recovery. But 0:12:45.040 --> 0:12:47.360 I think there's some sneaky draft value to be had 0:12:47.440 --> 0:12:49.839 on my favorite sleeper from last year at this time, 0:12:49.880 --> 0:12:52.839 which was which was Gus Edwards. Here's why currently his 0:12:52.920 --> 0:12:56.800 ADP is the fourteenth round for Edwards. Who's to say 0:12:56.920 --> 0:13:00.200 right now that Gus Edwards his knee isn't you know, 0:13:00.520 --> 0:13:03.520 there's a decent chance Gus edwards knee recoveries just gonna 0:13:03.520 --> 0:13:06.840 be faster than than dobbins knee recovery could be, and 0:13:06.880 --> 0:13:10.079 that Edwards is ready to hit the ground running opening 0:13:10.160 --> 0:13:13.200 day in a way that Dobbins isn't. Dobbin's ADP, by 0:13:13.240 --> 0:13:17.760 the way, fourth round, Yeah, um, definite upside for both guys. 0:13:17.840 --> 0:13:21.480 Here absolutely um as a guy who holds a lot 0:13:21.480 --> 0:13:24.880 of Dobbins stock in Dynasty and really cheering for j K. 0:13:25.600 --> 0:13:27.719 But uh, you know you could see it. But the 0:13:27.800 --> 0:13:30.199 nice part about this is for both of these guys, 0:13:30.360 --> 0:13:33.120 those knee injuries happened back in July or August. It 0:13:33.160 --> 0:13:36.560 was August, so late August we had probably the full 0:13:36.679 --> 0:13:40.319 year of recovery for both of these guys. So I 0:13:40.720 --> 0:13:42.959 think both should be able to hit the ground running 0:13:43.679 --> 0:13:47.680 pun intended there and and I don't foresee you know, 0:13:47.800 --> 0:13:53.600 Dobbins or Edwards being limited in any fashion. Interesting. On Friday, 0:13:53.840 --> 0:13:59.040 reports surfacing that the Ravens were interested in Melvin Gordon, 0:14:00.080 --> 0:14:04.280 Well why do they? You know they got Dobbins and Edwards. 0:14:04.320 --> 0:14:07.320 We don't need this, We don't need this messing everything up? 0:14:08.040 --> 0:14:11.760 Is Melvin Gordon just like the guy who messes everything up? 0:14:11.800 --> 0:14:14.600 Now he did, That's all he does is screw up 0:14:14.640 --> 0:14:18.120 Fantasy Owners and Boston Eckler for a while, messed up 0:14:18.160 --> 0:14:21.400 Javonte Williams last year. Wherever he goes, he's going to 0:14:21.480 --> 0:14:23.840 mess it up. Yeah, he's just the He's the value 0:14:23.880 --> 0:14:28.120 shredder for all the running backs around you. So is 0:14:28.160 --> 0:14:31.680 Baltimore interested in Melvin Gordon in some part some part 0:14:31.720 --> 0:14:34.880 because either Dobbins or Edwards isn't where they should be 0:14:34.920 --> 0:14:37.600 in their rehab And we don't know, but that's one 0:14:37.640 --> 0:14:41.960 possible explanation. It's a possibility. And maybe it's just Baltimore 0:14:42.000 --> 0:14:45.080 really hasn't been a bell cow destination for runners for 0:14:45.200 --> 0:14:48.760 quite a while. Jamal Lewis. That's a long time, and 0:14:48.800 --> 0:14:54.520 it was the years ago. They don't have bell cows really, 0:14:54.600 --> 0:14:56.760 so it just could be a thing where they're like, 0:14:56.840 --> 0:14:59.600 you know, we want eight to ten carries for all 0:14:59.640 --> 0:15:01.200 of our ning backs, and we want to run the 0:15:01.200 --> 0:15:03.200 ball thirty times a game, so we need a third guy. 0:15:04.080 --> 0:15:06.920 It's possible. I mean, you know, clearly a run first 0:15:06.960 --> 0:15:09.320 offense and always will be. And that's uh, you know, 0:15:09.480 --> 0:15:12.920 that's let's just help Melvin Gordon land somewhere else already 0:15:12.920 --> 0:15:20.200 want me. How about Miami. They've got so many guys, 0:15:20.240 --> 0:15:23.720 they're fine. He just water it all down, Just just 0:15:24.040 --> 0:15:28.240 let let one backfield just be completely cannibalized by al Right, 0:15:28.280 --> 0:15:31.400 all right, let's go to the receivers. Marcus Brown, even 0:15:31.480 --> 0:15:35.280 though he'll likely get his fifth year option exercise. He's 0:15:35.280 --> 0:15:38.200 probably in a contract year this year effectively in a 0:15:38.320 --> 0:15:41.440 contract year. Um. You may remember his tour and start 0:15:41.440 --> 0:15:44.080 to last season when he was fantastic six touchdowns in 0:15:44.080 --> 0:15:46.760 the first seven games, I remember, and then he never 0:15:46.760 --> 0:15:51.080 scored again. That's amazing, that's terrible. In fairness, Lamar Jackson 0:15:51.080 --> 0:15:52.600 missed a lot of the games in the second half 0:15:52.600 --> 0:15:54.840 of the season, so that was part of why. But 0:15:54.880 --> 0:15:57.000 Tyler Huntly was able to feed other people like Mark 0:15:57.080 --> 0:16:00.480 Andrews just fine. So that that part of it is 0:16:00.520 --> 0:16:03.400 always frustrating. And I think it's really continued what has 0:16:03.440 --> 0:16:07.600 now been a full career trend for Marquis Brown as 0:16:07.680 --> 0:16:11.600 a all or nothing fantasy guy. Yeah. Absolutely, We've seen 0:16:11.640 --> 0:16:13.240 a lot of those come and go in the past, 0:16:13.280 --> 0:16:15.960 and he just seems like if he's scoring touchdowns, they 0:16:16.000 --> 0:16:18.600 come in bunches. He seems like a new DeShawn Jackson 0:16:18.680 --> 0:16:21.600 to me. In the night last nine games of the season, 0:16:21.920 --> 0:16:27.280 Brown never scored and his high water mark for yards, 0:16:28.200 --> 0:16:31.120 that's a that's a fantasy team killer. It was. There 0:16:31.160 --> 0:16:35.960 were people that were powering themselves through October with Markis 0:16:36.000 --> 0:16:39.000 Brown heading thinking they're heading to the playoffs, and the 0:16:39.080 --> 0:16:42.440 wheels came off. So I think the moral of the 0:16:42.480 --> 0:16:45.840 story is when markis Brown is hot and he's on 0:16:45.880 --> 0:16:48.960 your roster, that's when you trade him. If he if 0:16:49.000 --> 0:16:51.920 he strings together some good games, just get out, get 0:16:51.920 --> 0:16:55.440 out while you can. Rischade Bateman was last year's first rounder. 0:16:55.480 --> 0:16:58.440 He missed those first five games of the season, started 0:16:58.480 --> 0:17:01.080 the season pretty quietly, and we're like, okay, fine, he's 0:17:01.080 --> 0:17:02.960 got to get a few games to you know, get 0:17:02.960 --> 0:17:06.040 his you know, get acclimated in the NFL. No problem, 0:17:06.200 --> 0:17:09.920 earned a starting role, but then it never really came 0:17:09.960 --> 0:17:12.880 together for him. And again maybe because Lamar Jackson missed 0:17:12.920 --> 0:17:16.679 some of those games, but even like the box scores 0:17:16.680 --> 0:17:18.320 weren't that great, and then you just you just look 0:17:18.359 --> 0:17:21.680 at the player the eye the eye test, Matt Rashan, 0:17:21.800 --> 0:17:25.439 Bateman never really jumped off the screen. There's plenty of 0:17:25.440 --> 0:17:28.360 first round wide receivers that become just a guy, if 0:17:28.400 --> 0:17:32.520 not worse in the NFL. I mean Jalen Reagor from 0:17:32.520 --> 0:17:35.880 a few years. Uh, it just happens over and over again. 0:17:36.000 --> 0:17:38.679 He's already better than Reagor, let's hope. So for Bateman, 0:17:38.800 --> 0:17:41.480 just one touchdown on the season, just one one yard game, 0:17:41.720 --> 0:17:43.960 Baltimore is always gonna be a run heavy team, and 0:17:44.240 --> 0:17:46.480 how many you know if they're gonna feed Mark Andrews. 0:17:46.520 --> 0:17:49.000 We'll talk about a second here, and Marcus Brown is 0:17:49.000 --> 0:17:51.960 going to get some of the deep stuff. I just 0:17:52.000 --> 0:17:54.240 don't I get the feeling Bateman is just gonna get 0:17:54.240 --> 0:17:57.479 squeezed out of box scores a lot here between all 0:17:57.520 --> 0:18:00.159 the running and Andrews and Brown. I just don't think 0:18:00.160 --> 0:18:03.080 there's enough pigskin to go around for him. Outside of Andrews. 0:18:03.400 --> 0:18:07.040 Is there a guy you really really want on your 0:18:07.080 --> 0:18:10.159 fantasy team next year at their ad? I'm interested in 0:18:10.200 --> 0:18:13.880 both Dobbins and Edwards for me, yes, yeah, I want 0:18:13.960 --> 0:18:16.240 I want to have I want to have Ravens running backs. 0:18:16.280 --> 0:18:18.600 I mean, Gus Edwards is a perfect do the opposite 0:18:18.600 --> 0:18:20.879 style running back. What if the Dobbins is going in 0:18:20.920 --> 0:18:24.879 the fourth round, that's a great start. What do you 0:18:24.920 --> 0:18:27.320 think of Lamar Jackson before we get to Mark Andrews Here? 0:18:27.400 --> 0:18:31.600 Lamar Jackson where we have him ranked for a quarterback? 0:18:31.720 --> 0:18:34.359 Use going into next year coming off of two really 0:18:34.440 --> 0:18:38.600 disappointing seasons. I think with all the contract stuff that's there, 0:18:38.680 --> 0:18:41.440 and I believe he'll be very motivated. I think he's 0:18:41.480 --> 0:18:43.879 probably going to be around the sixth seven. They'll be 0:18:43.920 --> 0:18:47.719 below Burrow in my my quarterback rankings next year. But 0:18:47.840 --> 0:18:51.320 the upside is so massive with Lamar Jackson, just with 0:18:51.359 --> 0:18:54.200 the running ability. Well, the floor is so high because 0:18:54.280 --> 0:18:55.920 if he's gonna chip, even when he has the bad 0:18:55.920 --> 0:18:59.040 passing game, when he's chipping in sixty eight rushing yards, 0:18:59.119 --> 0:19:01.320 if you get seventy rushing yards and you have two 0:19:01.680 --> 0:19:04.920 passing yards, you're already like at a good spot. Then 0:19:04.920 --> 0:19:08.280 the touchdowns are just gravy. Right. Mark Andrews finished his 0:19:08.320 --> 0:19:10.840 tight end one in every scoring system. I don't know 0:19:10.920 --> 0:19:13.000 how you worked it out. Okay, was the best tight 0:19:13.119 --> 0:19:15.840 end last year to have remote if I was in 0:19:15.880 --> 0:19:21.240 a league that had no Ravens in it. It's not 0:19:21.320 --> 0:19:25.360 like a league in Cleveland or something Pittsburgh. We don't 0:19:25.359 --> 0:19:28.919 do any Ravens um for remarkable for a tight end. 0:19:28.920 --> 0:19:32.080 He led the team in targets, target percentage, and percentage 0:19:32.119 --> 0:19:34.240 of air yards, all going to the tight end position. 0:19:34.960 --> 0:19:37.240 Andrew's currently going off the board is tight end to 0:19:38.040 --> 0:19:42.000 in the third round behind Travis Kelsey. I think you 0:19:42.000 --> 0:19:44.680 can make a pretty strong case for him to remain 0:19:44.800 --> 0:19:48.280 tight end one this year. If you think Kelsey, who's 0:19:48.600 --> 0:19:51.760 now he's getting he'll be his thirty four. We're going 0:19:51.800 --> 0:19:54.639 to be thirty four this year. If you think that 0:19:54.800 --> 0:19:56.640 Kelsey's at the beginning of the end, and we saw 0:19:56.680 --> 0:19:59.360 that long stretch from November to the middle of December 0:19:59.359 --> 0:20:03.200 where Kelsey didn't do much. If I think, I think 0:20:03.200 --> 0:20:05.600 you can. I think you could almost say Mark Andrews 0:20:05.720 --> 0:20:09.040 is the more bankable tight end one. I think that 0:20:09.119 --> 0:20:13.680 will be a big, a big hot take going into 0:20:14.160 --> 0:20:17.040 fantasy draft season next year. And then I can hear 0:20:17.040 --> 0:20:19.840 Brian coming in Kyle Pitts. Kyle Pitts and we talked 0:20:19.840 --> 0:20:22.040 about the last show and they really go back and listen. 0:20:22.880 --> 0:20:24.960 He talked about the most I possible Number one, and 0:20:25.000 --> 0:20:29.159 he could be. But um, the danger of fantasy is 0:20:29.200 --> 0:20:32.360 always replaying the year before Mark Andrews finished Number one. 0:20:32.440 --> 0:20:35.159 Is he gonna do it again? I mean, flip a 0:20:35.200 --> 0:20:39.560 coin between Kelsey and Andrews. Really, yeah, you know what. 0:20:39.640 --> 0:20:43.960 I haven't fully decided yet, um, but right now I 0:20:43.960 --> 0:20:45.840 think I'm still going to take the guy attached to 0:20:45.840 --> 0:20:49.119 Patrick Mahomes. It seems like a smart plan, It seems 0:20:49.160 --> 0:20:51.800 like it seems like the safer play what else is 0:20:51.800 --> 0:20:54.080 The safe play is stay tuned because when we come back, 0:20:54.240 --> 0:20:57.280 we're going to talk through the Pittsburgh Steelers and the 0:20:57.440 --> 0:21:15.800 Cleveland Browns. Hold on tight. Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly, 0:21:15.800 --> 0:21:18.520 Paul Charchie and Matt Harrison with you. Segment number two, 0:21:19.160 --> 0:21:23.840 we'll tackle the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cleveland Browns. Shout 0:21:23.880 --> 0:21:28.359 out to Brian Johnson who lost a family member. Yeah, 0:21:28.440 --> 0:21:32.080 no kid, Brandon's nummy kids. They're his dog. Stella was very, 0:21:32.160 --> 0:21:34.200 very close with Brian. Oh my gosh, she was close 0:21:34.240 --> 0:21:36.520 with all of us because Stella was at the office 0:21:36.720 --> 0:21:40.960 with us almost every day. Yeah, and so big loss 0:21:41.000 --> 0:21:47.560 for for the dog world. And yeah, so yeah, shout 0:21:47.560 --> 0:21:50.440 out to Stella stell Bell. We will miss you for sure. 0:21:51.760 --> 0:21:55.040 Let's talk Pittsburgh Steelers as they head into the season 0:21:55.080 --> 0:21:58.880 with Mitch true Bisky. Do you have that sad trombone? Ski? 0:22:00.640 --> 0:22:04.160 This one? This is the ultimate, This is the one. 0:22:04.240 --> 0:22:07.679 We can keep it rolling. Um, Mitch Trubisky is your 0:22:07.720 --> 0:22:12.200 new quarterback unless the Steelers grab one at twenty or 0:22:12.320 --> 0:22:15.440 trade and many people think that will happen. Um, If 0:22:15.560 --> 0:22:19.360 University of Pittsburgh quarterback Kenny Pickett or Malik willis where 0:22:19.400 --> 0:22:21.480 to fall to twenty. I think that's a no brainer 0:22:21.560 --> 0:22:23.800