WEBVTT - Your Annual "Reach-A-Round!" 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:03.880 Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of I Heart Radio. 0:00:06.000 --> 0:00:09.840 Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from I Heart Radio, 0:00:10.360 --> 0:00:14.120 your weekly source for the nation's best fantasy speculation and 0:00:14.200 --> 0:00:24.280 advice leagues dot Com. Here's your host. It's Fantasy Football Weekly, 0:00:24.800 --> 0:00:32.479 preseason edition, Show number three, Show number three, Show number three. 0:00:32.680 --> 0:00:34.320 There it is. Get got it out of the way, 0:00:34.479 --> 0:00:37.680 Got got it out of the way. Here's the thing. 0:00:37.760 --> 0:00:40.199 Nobody would have known that you made it happen. I 0:00:40.240 --> 0:00:42.600 was not I was not going to say anything. Brian 0:00:42.720 --> 0:00:47.479 three bus that is Scott Fish, Brian Johnson. Uh, guys, 0:00:47.520 --> 0:00:49.880 we're getting into the We're getting into the heart of things. 0:00:50.080 --> 0:00:51.960 Most of us are in a bunch of drafts that 0:00:51.960 --> 0:00:54.400 are happening right now. People are getting all psyched for 0:00:54.440 --> 0:00:58.000 the drafts and they're coming shortly. We have preseason action. 0:00:58.040 --> 0:00:59.960 There's so much to talk about. Over the course of 0:01:00.000 --> 0:01:01.880 the show, we're gonna bring you up to speed on 0:01:02.240 --> 0:01:05.679 the important things from all thirty two teams from around 0:01:05.760 --> 0:01:07.480 the league that have happened in the last week since 0:01:07.480 --> 0:01:09.840 our last show. We're gonna talk about what to do 0:01:09.959 --> 0:01:14.240 with this year's stink hole to hate that name, I 0:01:14.319 --> 0:01:17.320 still can we think of something else? You come up 0:01:17.319 --> 0:01:19.520 with a better name, we'll use it all right, And 0:01:19.560 --> 0:01:22.720 that is this year, what is the spot you don't 0:01:22.760 --> 0:01:25.120 want to be in? Where's the spot where all the 0:01:25.160 --> 0:01:28.000 sure thing talent runs dry and you could go any 0:01:28.040 --> 0:01:30.520 direction after that? We'll we'll talk about where that is 0:01:30.560 --> 0:01:32.880 and what we think you should do with that pick. 0:01:33.200 --> 0:01:35.560 I will say the spot is fitting for the name 0:01:35.640 --> 0:01:38.959 stinkhole this year. The little that the baby, a little 0:01:38.959 --> 0:01:43.720 two on the notes, maybe a little two on the notes. Uh. 0:01:43.840 --> 0:01:52.520 And and without doubt, the most popular single topic that 0:01:52.560 --> 0:01:57.800 we do every preseason, the reach around. Yes, this is 0:01:57.840 --> 0:02:01.120 where we give you a player for him every round 0:02:01.160 --> 0:02:04.440 of the draft that we would reach a round early 0:02:05.040 --> 0:02:09.040 to select the reach around coming up later in this show. 0:02:09.240 --> 0:02:12.639 The innuendos are a plenty today, they really are. It's 0:02:12.639 --> 0:02:15.400 all it's all over the place. Let's start. Let's go 0:02:15.440 --> 0:02:17.280 through our thirty two teams. So let's talk about what's 0:02:17.280 --> 0:02:20.519 happening around the league, beginning Scott with the Carolina Panthers. 0:02:20.720 --> 0:02:23.040 Yeah not not, no whole lot to report here over 0:02:23.080 --> 0:02:25.480 the last week or so, but really, just that Baker 0:02:25.520 --> 0:02:28.560 Mayfield still has the inside check on that starting job. 0:02:28.600 --> 0:02:31.079 Looks like it's going to be his as as expected. 0:02:31.120 --> 0:02:34.480 I don't think there's any any big surprises there, uh, Bryant. 0:02:34.520 --> 0:02:38.080 Let's go over to the Las Vegas Raiders. In Las Vegas, 0:02:38.280 --> 0:02:41.799 DeMarcus Robinson was cut this week and he was projected 0:02:41.800 --> 0:02:44.359 to be the wide receiver three UH. As of right now, 0:02:45.080 --> 0:02:49.560 the front runners are now Mac Hollins, Keelan Cole Tyrann Johnson, 0:02:49.639 --> 0:02:54.720 and UH sleeper Indica sleeper Dylan Stoner. Uh. These are 0:02:54.760 --> 0:02:56.560 some names just to keep in mind for deeper leagues 0:02:56.600 --> 0:02:59.160 or if you're gonna complete your Raiders stack in best Ball. 0:02:59.200 --> 0:03:01.520 But demark Robinson was supposed to be a starting wide 0:03:01.520 --> 0:03:07.720 receiver and you made it sounds all those are defensive 0:03:07.760 --> 0:03:11.040 backs that brings up. Only Patrick Mahomes could make to 0:03:11.120 --> 0:03:15.800 Marcus Robinson viable or get quasi viable or even noteworthy. Well, 0:03:15.840 --> 0:03:18.760 he's certainly not viable now. In Green Bay, Aaron Rodgers 0:03:18.760 --> 0:03:21.040 says it's possible that both Aaron Jones and A J. 0:03:21.200 --> 0:03:26.160 Dillon could catch fifty plus passes season, and with the 0:03:26.200 --> 0:03:28.960 team's dearth of talent at wide receiver and tight end, 0:03:29.200 --> 0:03:32.760 it is possible. It is possible it would move A. J. 0:03:33.000 --> 0:03:39.360 Dillon into a safe flex role with RB one upside 0:03:39.400 --> 0:03:42.360 if anything happened to Jones for sure, um I will 0:03:42.400 --> 0:03:45.240 note that as a side note here, Robert Tonyan and 0:03:45.280 --> 0:03:48.920 Elkin Jenkins returned to non contact practices. They're trying to 0:03:48.960 --> 0:03:51.160 rehab from a c l S from last year, so 0:03:51.160 --> 0:03:53.800 they're they're getting a little bit closer and hopefully a 0:03:53.840 --> 0:03:57.640 week one availability for them. But this a J Dillon, Uh, this, 0:03:57.840 --> 0:04:00.520 you know, skips further, the skips further life. D aj 0:04:00.640 --> 0:04:04.640 Dillon is somebody you can draft and actually start. Let's 0:04:04.640 --> 0:04:08.120 go to the Washington Commanders. Scott. Yes, a bunch of 0:04:08.680 --> 0:04:12.520 a bunch of news on where which team that which team? 0:04:12.640 --> 0:04:14.880 You know, first string, third string, second string, that players 0:04:14.880 --> 0:04:17.440 are playing with Gibson practicing with a punt team and 0:04:17.520 --> 0:04:22.559 special teams, and third string offense, Sam Howell getting first 0:04:22.600 --> 0:04:25.559 string reps over Carson Wentz at the end of the week. 0:04:27.279 --> 0:04:29.160 It feels like watching they're trying to send a lot 0:04:29.160 --> 0:04:31.200 of messages, don't you think, or it's a whole lot 0:04:31.200 --> 0:04:34.320 of riverboat rod and smoke screening. But yes, but the 0:04:34.400 --> 0:04:37.159 drumbeat for Brian Robinson game worked with the first team 0:04:37.200 --> 0:04:39.960 continues to grow. Yeah, I think at this point it's 0:04:40.160 --> 0:04:45.040 draft Antonio Gibson at your own peril, Buffalo Bills Brian 0:04:45.800 --> 0:04:48.880 The only player worth talking about, how to Bill's camp, 0:04:49.080 --> 0:04:53.760 remains to be Zach Moss, who is shining like a 0:04:53.800 --> 0:04:58.280 shooting star. Says he feels healthy, unlike last season when 0:04:58.279 --> 0:05:00.480 he was dealing with the after effects of ankle surgery 0:05:00.520 --> 0:05:04.120 he had he had following the season. Really, this backfield 0:05:04.160 --> 0:05:06.520 has become a mess now in Buffalo. It kind of 0:05:06.600 --> 0:05:09.719 was before, but with singletary, James Cook, who they drafted 0:05:09.720 --> 0:05:12.560 in the second round, and Zack Moss looks to be 0:05:12.640 --> 0:05:14.760 a factor or will be a factor this season. So 0:05:14.880 --> 0:05:17.560 it's kind of a backfield on fading. But there's really 0:05:17.600 --> 0:05:18.920 not a ton of news out of there. But Zack 0:05:19.000 --> 0:05:22.719 Moss not a dead cat yet. I'm not that I'm 0:05:22.720 --> 0:05:26.560 not into James Cook. I'm I'm really nervous about him. 0:05:26.600 --> 0:05:28.960 I'm seeing him going in dynasty raps very early. You 0:05:29.080 --> 0:05:31.159 don't like a guy that got seven point three touches 0:05:31.200 --> 0:05:34.839 per game in college, That's well, okay to that point. 0:05:34.960 --> 0:05:39.559 I will go to the Texans, where another underutilized college back, 0:05:40.200 --> 0:05:44.320 Damian Pierce, continues to look great getting forced team reps. 0:05:44.640 --> 0:05:48.000 He looks so good, and I'm sorry to have brought 0:05:48.080 --> 0:05:51.600 up his name now and I believe five straight Fantasy 0:05:51.600 --> 0:05:55.520 Football weeklies, but Damian Pierce just it continues to look great. 0:05:55.560 --> 0:05:57.840 And then in the preseason game last week, averaging ten 0:05:58.080 --> 0:06:01.400 yards per carry, five carries, forty nine yards. Yeah, extrapolate 0:06:01.480 --> 0:06:04.880 that that's a good season. Would be very good season 0:06:05.080 --> 0:06:08.880 underutilized in UH in college, but hopefully will not be 0:06:08.920 --> 0:06:16.119 the case in Houston. Let's go to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Scott, Yeah, 0:06:16.240 --> 0:06:20.200 I think it's more continued good news on Chris Godwin 0:06:20.240 --> 0:06:23.000 that he's he's practicing with the full team now, went 0:06:23.040 --> 0:06:26.120 from seven seven on sevens and now prexing with the elevens. 0:06:26.320 --> 0:06:28.440 It's looking more and more likely that he might actually 0:06:28.480 --> 0:06:30.160 be ready for the start of the season. The only 0:06:30.160 --> 0:06:33.720 concern is they're they're a potential super Bowl team. Maybe 0:06:33.720 --> 0:06:35.960 they don't rush him back, but he's looking like he 0:06:36.000 --> 0:06:38.320 could be a value in that sixth rounder. So where 0:06:38.320 --> 0:06:40.800 he's going now? So let's talk about the team now 0:06:40.839 --> 0:06:43.320 saying they don't know when Tom Brady is going to 0:06:43.400 --> 0:06:45.560 come back, or they won't commit to a date. Yeah, 0:06:45.600 --> 0:06:48.159 they don't know when he'll be done filming the mass singer. 0:06:48.320 --> 0:06:51.760 So that's the theory. I was gonna say, can Godwin 0:06:51.880 --> 0:06:56.160 play quarterback? Because he might need to. I'm I'm we're 0:06:56.160 --> 0:07:00.480 seeing Bucks slide, all Bucks sliding in fantasy he drafts. 0:07:00.600 --> 0:07:03.040 Let let me give you another one from train cramp. There. 0:07:03.640 --> 0:07:06.240 Ji Bernard injured his ankle, so that just he was 0:07:06.279 --> 0:07:09.680 already a cut candidate. That's not gonna help. So are 0:07:09.720 --> 0:07:13.880 you buying on the dip for these Buccaneers? You know, 0:07:14.120 --> 0:07:17.960 in probability, tom Brady is going to come back. Improbability, 0:07:18.040 --> 0:07:20.240 tom Brady is going to be a good quarterback. So 0:07:20.320 --> 0:07:22.840 are you buying on the dip? Mike Evans slide? You 0:07:22.880 --> 0:07:26.280 know every all Bucket years, So are you buying on 0:07:26.320 --> 0:07:30.800 the dip on the receivers? Yes, I'm still buying Evans. 0:07:30.960 --> 0:07:33.960 I'm buying Godwin slide. I'm even I'm even like in 0:07:34.040 --> 0:07:36.880 Julio Jones really late. I like I like Russell Gauge 0:07:36.960 --> 0:07:39.320 the most personally because he's become the cheapest. Both of 0:07:39.320 --> 0:07:43.760 them are really really late. Yeah, I'll do it. Brian 0:07:43.920 --> 0:07:46.920 Cleveland Browns if it was no, no, no, nothing to 0:07:47.040 --> 0:07:51.200 talk about the Cleveland Deshaun Watson suspended eleven games first 0:07:51.200 --> 0:07:53.720 eligible to return in week thirteen at Houston. Oh what 0:07:53.800 --> 0:07:56.920 a coincidence. I we'll talk more about that later. What 0:07:56.920 --> 0:07:58.800 we'll talk about now is what do the Browns do 0:07:58.840 --> 0:08:01.680 at quarterback in the meantime and gonna stay with Jacoby Brissette. 0:08:02.160 --> 0:08:04.520 Did they signed Jimmy Garoppolo? I think would be a 0:08:04.520 --> 0:08:06.520 big mistake because what's he gonna do for you? He's 0:08:06.560 --> 0:08:10.120 like a lateral move from Brissette. So yeah, it's an 0:08:10.120 --> 0:08:12.920 expensive and an expensive move not worth it. So it 0:08:12.920 --> 0:08:15.960 looks like guess the Jacoby Brissette show. For the majority 0:08:16.000 --> 0:08:18.960 of the season. For the Indianapolis Colt's Alert Dynasty and 0:08:19.080 --> 0:08:24.720 Empire Leaguers, rookie tight end Gelanni Woods has looked very good, 0:08:24.840 --> 0:08:28.120 especially as a receiver less so as a blocker. You 0:08:28.320 --> 0:08:30.720 kind of knew that was coming. You need to follow 0:08:30.760 --> 0:08:36.000 this guy. He is six foot seven, two hundred fifty 0:08:36.000 --> 0:08:39.400 pounds and he ran a four three nine dash at 0:08:39.400 --> 0:08:44.000 the combine. He is an athletic freak and he has 0:08:44.080 --> 0:08:47.320 now caught a touchdown in his first game. He's improved 0:08:47.320 --> 0:08:51.199 his training camps performances which started pretty rocky. Man, if 0:08:51.240 --> 0:08:55.360 they can, if they can mold Gilanni Woods into the 0:08:55.480 --> 0:08:58.120 player that he could become. I mean, if he was, 0:08:58.160 --> 0:09:00.720 there were the parallel And I'm not saying he's this guy. 0:09:00.920 --> 0:09:03.719 This guy's going to Hall of Fame. He's not Antonio Gates. 0:09:03.760 --> 0:09:07.000 But that's the kind of upside that you get in 0:09:07.080 --> 0:09:12.239 Gilanni Woods. If everything works out perfectly. Did he play basketball? 0:09:12.400 --> 0:09:16.160 He did? I bet he did very good. Exactly, Let's 0:09:16.160 --> 0:09:20.040 go to Detroit, Scott. Yeah. Over on the Detroit Lions. 0:09:20.480 --> 0:09:23.360 DJ Shark has been impressing. They're expecting good things from him. 0:09:23.400 --> 0:09:25.920 But I I like, I like the fact DeAndre Swift 0:09:25.920 --> 0:09:27.640 came outside. He wants to go for a thousand resting 0:09:27.720 --> 0:09:30.839 yards and thousand receiving yards, which works every time. I mean, 0:09:30.920 --> 0:09:34.319 David Johnson, Andre Ellington, C J. Spiller, Oh, everybody who 0:09:34.360 --> 0:09:36.360 says that they do it, that's it's a lock. Now. 0:09:36.440 --> 0:09:39.040 I remember clearly when Adrian Peterson said he wanted to 0:09:39.080 --> 0:09:42.160 run for three thousand yards and he did it. Oh, yeah, 0:09:42.400 --> 0:09:45.160 that's the hunter. The failure rate on that is actually, 0:09:46.559 --> 0:09:48.600 let's go to the New York Jets. Brian Well, it 0:09:48.600 --> 0:09:51.000 sure looked like Zach Wilson blew out his knee in 0:09:51.120 --> 0:09:54.280 last week's preseason game, but he had a minor procedure 0:09:54.360 --> 0:09:56.199 this week. He he won't be ready for Week one, 0:09:56.240 --> 0:09:58.000 but he should only miss a game or two. So 0:09:58.120 --> 0:10:02.079 Joe Flacco will be your Week one harder against the 0:10:02.120 --> 0:10:06.360 Baltimore Ravens, which is now revenge game we're looking at 0:10:06.400 --> 0:10:10.400 in Week one with Russell Wilson against the Seahawks. That's 0:10:10.400 --> 0:10:12.880 not really a revenge game though. But then Baker Mayfield 0:10:13.200 --> 0:10:15.559 hosting the Browns. They said he's looked on fire in camp, 0:10:15.600 --> 0:10:17.719 and I'm like, throw some gatorade on him, because it's 0:10:17.760 --> 0:10:19.680 not good to be on fire. Yeah, there's no way 0:10:19.720 --> 0:10:22.800 he's deposited. The only way he was on fire. Garrett Wilson, 0:10:23.280 --> 0:10:25.640 I'm paraphrasing, basically said he threw a better ball in 0:10:25.720 --> 0:10:28.480 Zach Wilson, So good luck getting some targets when Zach 0:10:28.520 --> 0:10:30.559 Wilson comes back. Garrett Wilson, he kind of ruined that 0:10:30.600 --> 0:10:34.720 Wilson to Wilson connection. We should mention uh McKay Beckton 0:10:34.840 --> 0:10:37.240 out for the year, big big loss for that offensive. 0:10:37.320 --> 0:10:39.960 We did mention that last week. That's that's a lingering 0:10:40.080 --> 0:10:42.800 problem for the Jets for sure. In Kansas City, Let's 0:10:42.840 --> 0:10:45.440 stop talking about Isaiah Pacheco for just a few minutes. Here. 0:10:46.120 --> 0:10:48.440 Lots of Tamault with the Cheaps wide receivers over the 0:10:48.440 --> 0:10:51.120 past week. Juju Smith Schuster injured his knee. He's gonna 0:10:51.120 --> 0:10:54.000 miss a week or two. Nicole Hardman had a groin injury. 0:10:54.040 --> 0:10:57.520 His timetable is pretty short. Uh. Sky More has turned 0:10:57.520 --> 0:11:00.720 head to heads in practice, but played merrily with the 0:11:00.800 --> 0:11:03.960 second team in the first preseason game, for whatever that 0:11:04.000 --> 0:11:08.360 may mean. And Mark has Valdes Scantling started with the 0:11:08.440 --> 0:11:11.480 first team in the first preseason game and nobody's drafting 0:11:11.559 --> 0:11:15.480 MVS at all, and he might be the best value 0:11:16.000 --> 0:11:19.760 chief that you can draft as potentially a week at 0:11:19.800 --> 0:11:23.640 least an early season starter, especially if sky Moore is 0:11:23.679 --> 0:11:26.840 not quite ready to go yet. So something to consider 0:11:26.880 --> 0:11:30.920 for MVS. Let's go to the Seattle Seahawks. Scott Sure 0:11:31.400 --> 0:11:34.760 a couple of injuries and illnesses here. Drew Lock has COVID, 0:11:34.840 --> 0:11:36.960 which he's going to miss the next preseason game, which 0:11:37.000 --> 0:11:40.559 is bad news if he wants to unsee Gino Smith 0:11:40.679 --> 0:11:44.040 missed the Thursday night game. I thought Gino actually looked 0:11:44.040 --> 0:11:48.480 pretty has actually looked pretty goods Yeah. Uh. Ken Walker 0:11:48.520 --> 0:11:51.400 also a hernia issue that was originally called minor but 0:11:51.480 --> 0:11:56.000 now is having surgery. Hope is for week one, but honestly, 0:11:56.280 --> 0:12:01.440 Pete Pets Sunshine, like they always they're always is overly optimistic, 0:12:01.480 --> 0:12:02.920 and the fact that they thought it was a minor 0:12:02.960 --> 0:12:06.040 injury initially tells me maybe he's not going to be 0:12:06.120 --> 0:12:08.520 ready for the start of the season. People are gonna 0:12:08.559 --> 0:12:13.160 laugh at this, but don't. Travis Homer has looked very good, 0:12:13.200 --> 0:12:16.520 good last year, very good in the two preseason games, 0:12:16.559 --> 0:12:22.160 including a jaw dropping play on Thursday Night. That's Travis 0:12:22.160 --> 0:12:25.079 Homer may muck up the works here more than people realize. 0:12:25.280 --> 0:12:27.680 Rashad Penny is coming off a groin injury as well, 0:12:27.800 --> 0:12:30.480 So like the optimism around ken Walker, I take I'd 0:12:30.520 --> 0:12:33.559 take that with like a giant, dear lick sized brick 0:12:33.720 --> 0:12:35.559 of salt instead of a grain of salt. I don't 0:12:35.600 --> 0:12:38.440 think he's gonna be ready. I'm avoiding all of the backfie, 0:12:38.760 --> 0:12:41.199 the whole backfield. I think. I think Travis Homer is 0:12:41.240 --> 0:12:43.720 like a sixteenth round pick and I can see that. 0:12:44.320 --> 0:12:48.200 Let's go to the Denver Broncos. In a recent press conference, 0:12:48.240 --> 0:12:51.160 Melvin Gordon was quoted as saying they want Vante to 0:12:51.240 --> 0:12:54.160 be the guy speaking of Javonte Williams, of course, But 0:12:54.200 --> 0:12:57.280 the moral of this story is Janti Williams won't be 0:12:57.320 --> 0:12:59.520 the guy. He will be the six pcent guy. It's 0:12:59.520 --> 0:13:02.640 still going you be a split backfield in Denver for 0:13:02.679 --> 0:13:04.360 the most part. So I don't read into that quote 0:13:04.360 --> 0:13:06.400 too much from Melvin Gordon. He's not going anywhere and 0:13:06.400 --> 0:13:08.560 he's gonna be. Melvin Gordon does not get to decide 0:13:08.600 --> 0:13:11.800 these things, um, but it is you know, we want, 0:13:11.840 --> 0:13:14.160 we want all the positive reinforcement we can possibly get. 0:13:14.320 --> 0:13:18.280 That Javonte Williams might be the seventy percent guy. Does 0:13:18.320 --> 0:13:21.480 anything changes if you can get like, let's reafform that 0:13:21.559 --> 0:13:27.040 as confirmation bias. It really is confirmation bias for sure. Uh. 0:13:27.200 --> 0:13:31.160 Next up, Rams, Both Cam Akers and Darryl Henderson are 0:13:31.240 --> 0:13:35.120 resting soft tissue injuries and they're missing time. Their timetables 0:13:35.120 --> 0:13:37.080 a return are unclear since the team is not divulge 0:13:37.120 --> 0:13:39.480 any information about the injuries whatsoever. But you want to 0:13:39.559 --> 0:13:42.280 keep an eye on Akers and Henderson, So right now 0:13:42.360 --> 0:13:46.000 running with the first team or Kiren Williams and Jake Funk, 0:13:46.600 --> 0:13:50.040 those are your first team starters right now for the Rams. 0:13:51.000 --> 0:13:55.200 You know, Williams. Just don't don't forget a J. Rose. 0:13:55.800 --> 0:13:58.440 A J. Rose running with the second and third team. 0:13:58.679 --> 0:14:03.480 It's uh, there's another backfield I'm not touching. Maybe they're 0:14:03.520 --> 0:14:07.840 gonna if I got some Jersey's line around somewhere. When 0:14:07.920 --> 0:14:09.480 we come back, we'll go through the remainder of the 0:14:09.559 --> 0:14:11.959 thirty two teams as we give you training camp news. 0:14:11.960 --> 0:14:40.080 It's Fantasy Football Weekly. Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly on 0:14:40.120 --> 0:14:43.560 Paul Archie and Guillotine leagues dot com. Scott Fish and 0:14:43.560 --> 0:14:45.840 Brian Johnson are with me as well. You can get 0:14:45.880 --> 0:14:48.120 my cheat sheet for free at Guillotine leagues dot com 0:14:48.160 --> 0:14:50.160 and you can play in the most exciting new format 0:14:50.160 --> 0:14:53.200 and fantasy football. The premise of the Guillotine League, eighteen 0:14:53.200 --> 0:14:55.760 teams start the season because there's eighteen weeks in the season, 0:14:56.040 --> 0:14:58.200 no head to head. Instead, every week the low scoring 0:14:58.200 --> 0:15:00.400 team gets chopped and all their play years go to 0:15:00.440 --> 0:15:03.800 the waiver wire, where pandemonium ensues as you try to 0:15:03.840 --> 0:15:07.760 figure out the bidding strategies for all of these amazing 0:15:07.840 --> 0:15:10.920 free agents. What do you do when guy? A whole 0:15:11.040 --> 0:15:14.240 draft of players end up hitting free agency and you're 0:15:14.240 --> 0:15:16.600 looking at guys you know it might be a scenario 0:15:17.000 --> 0:15:26.120 something like Jonathan Taylor it's not available to be added 0:15:26.120 --> 0:15:30.120 in Week two of it could be Joe Mixon, Davante Adams, 0:15:30.400 --> 0:15:37.000 uh Ezekiel Elliott, Keenan Allen, Aaron Rodgers, you could. Yeah, 0:15:38.120 --> 0:15:43.440 I'm giving I'm trying to give you a quasi pausible roster. Okay, 0:15:43.600 --> 0:15:47.600 maybe we'll see basically, guys you've never seen on the 0:15:47.640 --> 0:15:49.960 waiver wire will be available. Yes, as you can build 0:15:50.000 --> 0:15:53.800 your superstar team. Just don't finish last. Okay, let's get 0:15:53.840 --> 0:15:58.160 back to our reports from training camps preseasons from around 0:15:58.240 --> 0:16:02.440 the league. I believe we left off on Scott and 0:16:02.520 --> 0:16:05.440 you were on the Philadelphia Eagles. Sure, just a couple 0:16:05.440 --> 0:16:07.680 of injuries to be aware of, but I don't think 0:16:07.720 --> 0:16:10.560 they're gonna affect week one. Mile Sanders dealing with a 0:16:10.600 --> 0:16:13.960 hamstring issue that they're being cautious with, Tavonta Smith missing 0:16:14.000 --> 0:16:16.520 some practices with a growing issue, Boston Scott dealing with 0:16:16.560 --> 0:16:18.920 a concussion once again, I don't think any of them 0:16:18.960 --> 0:16:21.640 are gonna drift into Week one for you though. Alright, 0:16:21.640 --> 0:16:25.240 Miami Dolphins, Bryant Um, no major news at a Dolphins 0:16:25.280 --> 0:16:27.960 camp recently, but I've made an observation. So Tyreek Hill 0:16:28.040 --> 0:16:31.120 is a consensus top ten wide receiver, right, yeah, roughly ten, 0:16:32.720 --> 0:16:36.160 right on that edge, Jalen Waddle top twenty wide receiver. 0:16:36.920 --> 0:16:41.360 So why is to hovering around quarterback seventeen eighteen that 0:16:41.360 --> 0:16:43.600 that doesn't add up today? Bridgewater from two years ago, 0:16:43.680 --> 0:16:46.360 you guys discussed, Yeah, go from there. Well, I mean 0:16:46.400 --> 0:16:48.880 you can. You can make that case for Kirk Cousins, right, 0:16:49.240 --> 0:16:51.520 justin Jefferson going off the board at one or two 0:16:51.720 --> 0:16:54.160 at wide receiver and Adam Finland's going off the board 0:16:54.160 --> 0:16:57.200 at like eighteen. And the only other team that has 0:16:57.320 --> 0:17:00.280 two wide wide receivers in that top twenty is the Banks. 0:17:00.520 --> 0:17:04.240 But Burrow is So just think about that on draft 0:17:04.320 --> 0:17:06.119 day out there everyone, there's value to be had at 0:17:06.160 --> 0:17:09.639 quarterback later in your draft. In Minnesota, Alexander Madison has 0:17:09.720 --> 0:17:13.720 lost the automatic handcuff assumption. That is gone. And if 0:17:13.720 --> 0:17:16.120 you don't realize that that's gone now, then it's at 0:17:16.119 --> 0:17:19.119 your own your own peril. He was outplayed in the 0:17:19.119 --> 0:17:22.840 preseason game by both can Ai Wang Woo and rookie 0:17:22.840 --> 0:17:25.359 fifth rounder Thy Chandler. And you really need to watch 0:17:25.400 --> 0:17:29.320 that kid. You know. Madison played the first two series 0:17:30.160 --> 0:17:33.760 and you know, presumably granted against better competition, but he 0:17:33.880 --> 0:17:37.600 got dramatically outplayed in the first preseason game by wog 0:17:37.600 --> 0:17:41.359 Woo and Chandler, who both jumped off the screen, especially 0:17:41.440 --> 0:17:46.359 Chandler who looked incredibly fast and elusive. This tie Chandler 0:17:46.440 --> 0:17:50.160 kid looks pretty legit. He was at North Carolina last year, 0:17:50.200 --> 0:17:54.119 so he followed the footsteps of Javonte Williams, Michael Carter 0:17:54.600 --> 0:17:58.560 and that I'm telling you that kid looks It's only 0:17:58.560 --> 0:18:01.960 one preseason game, nobody's having a bust of Canton, but 0:18:02.119 --> 0:18:05.280 he looks really promising and he Both of those players 0:18:05.280 --> 0:18:07.800 are a threat to Alexander Madison. You know, the rumors 0:18:07.840 --> 0:18:09.440 going back to Madison, he was in the finally of 0:18:09.520 --> 0:18:11.840 his rookie deal. We had already heard a lot of 0:18:11.920 --> 0:18:14.760 rumors in Minnesota that he would not get re upped, 0:18:15.520 --> 0:18:18.199 that that whole timeline could be accelerating right now. He 0:18:18.240 --> 0:18:21.000 could be on the roster bubble right and they're not 0:18:21.000 --> 0:18:23.480 gonna ki four running backs. They're not gonna they probably 0:18:23.480 --> 0:18:28.760 don't keep four, and he doesn't special. I think they 0:18:28.840 --> 0:18:32.840 may try to trade Alexander Madison, which ultimately, you know, 0:18:32.880 --> 0:18:35.040 maybe maybe finds himself in a better spot than he 0:18:35.119 --> 0:18:37.960 is right now. But don't automatically if you're looking for 0:18:38.000 --> 0:18:41.359 that handcuffed, don't automatically handcuffed Madison. In fact, if your 0:18:41.440 --> 0:18:43.840 draft cook, I would I would not take any handcuff 0:18:43.920 --> 0:18:45.840 right now. By the way, I like that, you've used 0:18:45.840 --> 0:18:48.000 the word peril twice in this show. Now we are 0:18:48.040 --> 0:18:52.200 imperiling our listeners with such great information. Dallas Cowboys, Scott, 0:18:53.280 --> 0:18:55.720 the Cowboys claimed to be completely good with their wide 0:18:55.720 --> 0:18:59.639 receivers despite Gallop, you know, still hurting. He is practicing 0:18:59.680 --> 0:19:02.040 some out but he may still start the season on pup. 0:19:02.760 --> 0:19:05.360 Uh James Washington now two to three months. Doesn't seem 0:19:05.400 --> 0:19:07.679 like they want to add anyone, any veterans anything. They 0:19:07.680 --> 0:19:10.560 think they're good to go. I think you're probably right. Uh. 0:19:10.640 --> 0:19:14.520 Total targets, Scott, just quick to it. Total targets for 0:19:15.480 --> 0:19:19.840 let's start with Ceedee Lamp one hundred and thirty one. Okay, 0:19:20.119 --> 0:19:25.560 total targets for Dalton Schultz hundred twelve. I think that's 0:19:25.560 --> 0:19:31.920 a lot. I think you're way light on Lamb. That's 0:19:31.920 --> 0:19:34.440 what I think too. That's why they play the game though. 0:19:34.520 --> 0:19:37.840 We'll see doing the Patriots Brian chart your pants are 0:19:37.880 --> 0:19:40.080 about to come flying off because we're gonna talk about 0:19:40.119 --> 0:19:45.600 your boy, Johnny Smith. According to Patriots beat writer Evan Lazar, 0:19:46.280 --> 0:19:48.480 the Pats are going to put Smith in as many 0:19:48.520 --> 0:19:51.600 situations as they can to feature his skills as a 0:19:51.640 --> 0:19:55.520 ball carrier. They're feeding him the ball in these practices. 0:19:56.440 --> 0:19:59.879 So are you back in on? Well, okay, technically I 0:19:59.920 --> 0:20:02.159 was never off John Hu Smith, but I had to 0:20:02.160 --> 0:20:05.359 be quiet because the team was under utilizing his many divers. 0:20:06.600 --> 0:20:09.120 Dalton Schultz had a hundred and four targets last year 0:20:09.200 --> 0:20:13.520 and Cooper's gone hundred and twelve. Isn't that ridiculous? No, 0:20:13.680 --> 0:20:16.879 we think you're light. Oh no, we think you're Light's 0:20:16.880 --> 0:20:19.200 gonna say, yeah, No, I have him in the same 0:20:19.320 --> 0:20:22.280 range as last Yeah, I think he goes Okay, he 0:20:22.320 --> 0:20:24.639 goes up from last year. Okay, yeah, I had him 0:20:24.720 --> 0:20:26.720 up just a little so John Wu I mean, he 0:20:26.840 --> 0:20:30.120 brings a ridiculous skill set to the field and they 0:20:30.280 --> 0:20:33.080 never utilized it last year. And we've heard all these 0:20:33.119 --> 0:20:36.120 reports like from training camp, we're gonna use Johnny Smith's more. 0:20:36.240 --> 0:20:39.640 They're paying him a ton of money. At this point, 0:20:39.640 --> 0:20:41.679 I think everybody just needs to see it before we 0:20:41.680 --> 0:20:44.640 can believe it. I'm with you. Uh. He virtually goes 0:20:44.720 --> 0:20:47.080 undrafted in every draft I've done, but he might be 0:20:47.119 --> 0:20:50.760 worth a last round pick. Well, we'll find out. Steelers. 0:20:50.880 --> 0:20:53.440 Arguably the biggest story the entire preseason is the emergence 0:20:53.480 --> 0:20:57.679 of rookie receiver George Pickens making head turning catches in 0:20:57.840 --> 0:21:02.240 mini camp, training camp, priest season games. He's um, He's 0:21:02.280 --> 0:21:04.639 looked great, and he's getting extra run. With Deante Johnson 0:21:04.640 --> 0:21:07.359 and Chase Claypool dealing with some minor injuries here, this 0:21:07.400 --> 0:21:09.600 is very likely. I think he's he's one of the 0:21:09.600 --> 0:21:11.440 three starting receivers at the start of the season. I 0:21:11.600 --> 0:21:14.160 don't think he's. I think he's a week one, full 0:21:14.240 --> 0:21:16.800 rotation guy. Once again, Chase Claypool was dead on way 0:21:16.840 --> 0:21:18.320 it was said he was one of the top three 0:21:18.320 --> 0:21:21.119 wide receivers. He didn't mean the NFL. He met on 0:21:21.160 --> 0:21:23.480 his team, the third wide receiver on that team. He 0:21:23.560 --> 0:21:25.480 is the third wide receiver on that team. Yes, I 0:21:25.520 --> 0:21:27.800 believe that's correct. Let's go to the New York Giants, Scott. 0:21:28.560 --> 0:21:31.920 The Giants keep talking up a huge Barkley workload, which 0:21:31.960 --> 0:21:34.840 is interesting and really of note considering he becomes an 0:21:34.920 --> 0:21:38.119 unrestricted free agent after the year. Maybe we're looking at 0:21:38.160 --> 0:21:41.240 a DeMarco Murray type situation for this final year with 0:21:41.280 --> 0:21:44.120 the Giants. Wouldn't that be nice? You know, people can 0:21:44.320 --> 0:21:47.160 will remember from what about now six seven years ago, 0:21:47.680 --> 0:21:52.160 where the where the Dallas Cowboys just ground up DeMarco 0:21:52.240 --> 0:21:55.280 Murray in the last year of his rookie deal, let 0:21:55.359 --> 0:21:57.919 him go in free agency after that and he was 0:21:57.960 --> 0:22:01.080 never the same back could be the same thing. I've 0:22:01.119 --> 0:22:03.800 been taking Barkley in the first round. Now. One of 0:22:03.800 --> 0:22:07.640 my peacock offs was he'll be RB one. So one 0:22:07.640 --> 0:22:10.440 of the many reasons. Yeah, I think they give him 0:22:10.480 --> 0:22:15.679 easily fifty opportunity. Alright, we're happy, We're happy Barkley on 0:22:15.720 --> 0:22:18.879 this show. All Right, let's go to the Tennessee Titans. Brian, 0:22:18.960 --> 0:22:22.160 all Right. Last week with Tennessee it was Traylon Brooks bad. 0:22:22.480 --> 0:22:25.280 This week it's Traylon Brooks good again. I guess he's 0:22:25.280 --> 0:22:27.960 been making some nice plays and joint practices with the Bucks. 0:22:28.000 --> 0:22:30.720 Is ADP has fallen recently? Maybe a good opportunity to 0:22:30.720 --> 0:22:33.119 buy the dip on Traylon Brooks. Everyone was out on 0:22:33.200 --> 0:22:36.000