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Speaker 1: here's your host, Paul. It's another edition of Fantasy Football Weekly.
Speaker 1: I am Paul Charchi and co host today Brian Johnson.
Speaker 1: I think like five straight weeks for you, Brian, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm going for cal Ripkens record. It's very gets Ripkin
Speaker 1: like for sure. Do you have you heard the uh
Speaker 1: it's not maybe an urban legend, but how he kept
Speaker 1: that streak alive, like the whole story of No, I
Speaker 1: don't think so. Well, it's twofold. Well, this definitely happened.
Speaker 1: The Orioles canceled the game, said they're like the whites
Speaker 1: didn't work at Candy and when he would have missed
Speaker 1: a game when they canceled the game rather than break
Speaker 1: his because he was he was hurt or sick, so
Speaker 1: they Okay, one day there's a random power outage, so
Speaker 1: they funny, Okay. Some people believe that Ripken got hurt
Speaker 1: beating up Kevin Costner for sleeping with his wife. What. Yes, Wow,
Speaker 1: And I want to believe it's true because so he
Speaker 1: hurt his hand on Costner's face pretty much. That's or
Speaker 1: give Costner a beating because he watched under Underworld. What
Speaker 1: was that movie? Water World? Water World? Because I wanted
Speaker 1: to give him a beating after I watched that, had
Speaker 1: he been available, like if Costner had been standing outside
Speaker 1: the theater when everybody got out of water World, he
Speaker 1: never would have survived it. Yeah, if you if you're
Speaker 1: playing any game like biggest movie flop ever, water World
Speaker 1: is like the one it's in that comes it's in
Speaker 1: the conversation that comes to mind. Yeah, for sure, because
Speaker 1: anything involved, anything involves in water is super expensive. Yeah,
Speaker 1: the movie was awful. Who Dennis Hopper was the bad guy? Right?
Speaker 1: I think? I don't. I don't, I don't remember. I
Speaker 1: did watch. I patch jet Skis and yeah it was bad.
Speaker 1: It was super bad, you know. And here's the other
Speaker 1: thing about Costing always plays the same guy. He's the
Speaker 1: same guy in every movie. Who I believe is Kevin Costner.
Speaker 1: I just think he's playing himself. I think he's virtually
Speaker 1: no range. Now Yellowstone I haven't seen, and everybody says
Speaker 1: it's great. So I haven't seen a Bile Accounts. It's
Speaker 1: really really good. Yeah, that's like that is a Costner vehicle. Um,
Speaker 1: I believe. And unless I'm I and this is sort
Speaker 1: of stuff, usually I get right. Uh And yeah, like
Speaker 1: I said, Bill Accounts, that's better. But I don't know.
Speaker 1: That's favorite Kevin Costner movie. Certainly not that Men Men
Speaker 1: in Tights, because that was really well he wasn't really
Speaker 1: like The Robins serious and who Yeah, that's right. Everyone
Speaker 1: since fueled the dreams for me. I like Tin Cup.
Speaker 1: You ever seen Tin Cup? You know? I I've normally
Speaker 1: I've seen all these I see all these not golf
Speaker 1: but sports movies, but I've never seen that. You'd love it.
Speaker 1: It's a good movie. Really. Yeah, I'm gonna give you
Speaker 1: the best, I think the best Costner movie he did
Speaker 1: very early in his career, and it's it's a great
Speaker 1: um CIA spy thriller called No Way Out. I've seen that.
Speaker 1: Have you really been a long time? Yeah, it has
Speaker 1: been a long time. No Way Out. As I'm pulling
Speaker 1: it up right now. Nineteen eighty seven, Sean Young was
Speaker 1: at the height of her powers at the time as
Speaker 1: a love interest in this and um, it involves Costner
Speaker 1: trying to chase down Uh he's a naval intelligence officer
Speaker 1: trying to chase a Russian mole. Yeah, and it's been
Speaker 1: a long time. Yeah, that's like one I would rent,
Speaker 1: you know, if you're in Minnesota from video update. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's that's right. Um, the Untouchables too. Yeah, the last
Speaker 1: the last blockbuster just closed in the last in the
Speaker 1: last few weeks, by the way. Yeah, so I think
Speaker 1: we're now at zero blockbusters, which is kind of sad
Speaker 1: end of an end of an era. All right, that
Speaker 1: was a great episode. Yeah, we're all edward on here.
Speaker 1: What are we talking about? Now? That's fine, it's it's
Speaker 1: it's the off season. We get to we get to
Speaker 1: talk about this stuff. And last week's Fantasy Football Weekly
Speaker 1: had a lot of big name free agent signings. This
Speaker 1: week is also free agent signings, but the names are
Speaker 1: not as big. It's it's the Leftovers. It is a
Speaker 1: little bit of the Leftovers edition. I like the way
Speaker 1: you framed that up. Also, let me mention this, well,
Speaker 1: we're talking to the episode right there. Yeah, you did
Speaker 1: the Leftovers. Welcome. Um, Now I have to try to
Speaker 1: remember that between now and when we posted. Speaking of episodes,
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Speaker 1: to talk about. I've read Tyler's work. I've edited Tyler,
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Speaker 1: Got some chops so he does. Yeah, maybe maybe I'll
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Speaker 1: next week Fantasy Football Weekly Micro. Let's talk about the
Speaker 1: notable additions from the last week of free agency. Getting
Speaker 1: with Gardner Minshew the current starter for the Colts, and
Speaker 1: depending on who they draft, they may lean on Garner
Speaker 1: Minshew to start some series of games for much of
Speaker 1: the season if the guy they draft is ultimately not
Speaker 1: ready for the start of the season. Pretty much took
Speaker 1: my talking point. That was it right there. Okay, this
Speaker 1: is really just for super flexi leagues. Ye, Gardner Minshew.
Speaker 1: The Colts highly likely to take a quarterback of the
Speaker 1: third overall pick, but yes, either way you expect Minshew
Speaker 1: to start the season. But yeah, if they end up
Speaker 1: with one of the more polished prospects who are CJ.
Speaker 1: Stroud and Bryce Young, basically you'd think Minshew would get
Speaker 1: the first three to four games at least. But if
Speaker 1: they go with a Will Levis or Anthony richardson that time, yeah,
Speaker 1: and who knows if India gets off to a hot
Speaker 1: start with Minshew, who's had some success in the NFL.
Speaker 1: Granted he couldn't win games with the Eagles last year
Speaker 1: her filling in her. He's putting up numbers, but he's
Speaker 1: got experience. Though, if you're you know, in a super
Speaker 1: FLEXI league, he might be startable once we have have
Speaker 1: the schedule. But that's really it for the quarterbacks. I
Speaker 1: guess real quick, we can mention Jacoby Brissette to Washington.
Speaker 1: He'll put Sam Howell and Camp Brissetts. There's a good
Speaker 1: chance person he'll probably start the season. He proven game manager.
Speaker 1: Washington season starts off, so he's he he might be
Speaker 1: viable in Super flexus start the season. But that's about
Speaker 1: it for the quarterbacks. I mean, we're still waiting on
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers and Lamar Jackson. Yeah, to be finalized. Cam
Speaker 1: Newton might be coming back to No. In his mind
Speaker 1: he has all The league has no interest in Cam Newton.
Speaker 1: We'll wait, We'll wait for further news on that one.
Speaker 1: It's funny because you did something that I have done
Speaker 1: as well. We forget Arizona is picking three because they're
Speaker 1: not in the quarterback you know, so you go, Okay,
Speaker 1: the Colt We think of the Colts as having the
Speaker 1: third pick because they're going to have the third quarterbacks. Yes,
Speaker 1: and I've done the same thing. You're not the only
Speaker 1: one that's done that, and would someone could jump up
Speaker 1: in that three spot too. You never know who needs
Speaker 1: a quarterbacks to the running back position. Brian, I want
Speaker 1: to talk about Damien Harris to Buffalo, which I think
Speaker 1: is a fascinating move. I'm a big fan of Damien Harris,
Speaker 1: and I like, I don't want to brag, but one
Speaker 1: of the best calls I've ever made in the history
Speaker 1: of Fantasy Football Weekly was putting Damien Harris on the
Speaker 1: fifteen touchdowns two pre seasons ago, season before last, and
Speaker 1: now he goes to Buffalo. He played injured all of
Speaker 1: last year and he still finished his running back twenty eight,
Speaker 1: which Pro Football focuses running back twenty eight, which is
Speaker 1: not terrible. In the previous season, healthy Damien Harris was
Speaker 1: Pro Football focuses running back five five, and in his
Speaker 1: four healthy games to start the season, Harris scored in
Speaker 1: three of the four games, and he averaged sixty five
Speaker 1: yards per game while yielding to Ramandri Stevenson. Now, over
Speaker 1: the past two years, Belichick trusted Harris to handle the
Speaker 1: ball twenty times inside the five yard line, and he
Speaker 1: converted those twenty carries into twelve touchdowns, which is the
Speaker 1: kind of ratio you're looking for from a power back.
Speaker 1: So the question is now with Damian Harrison Buffalo, Devin
Speaker 1: Singletary's gone, James Cook doesn't look like he's built for
Speaker 1: goal line use. His quarterback is, though, So who's going
Speaker 1: to get it's inside the five? Who do you think
Speaker 1: is going to get the ball? Not James Cook, Not
Speaker 1: James Cook, It's either Harris or or Allen. Yep, I
Speaker 1: think it's gonna be I think they I think they
Speaker 1: might want to keep some of that. The may want
Speaker 1: to keep some of the mileage off of Josh Allen
Speaker 1: and go with Damien Harris for those short touchdowns. You
Speaker 1: gotta love in the two baked in revenge games now
Speaker 1: against the Patriots as well. For Damian Harris's good point,
Speaker 1: who in some ways the Patriots for considering how the
Speaker 1: money they gave James Robinson, they kind they kind of
Speaker 1: picked James Robinson over Damian Harris, which I do not
Speaker 1: understand at all. Why would you do that? But the
Speaker 1: Patriots makes so many dumb signings that you just you
Speaker 1: can't They're inexplicable. We can't get through a show without
Speaker 1: ragging on Bill Belichick as a GM. Correct, even if
Speaker 1: you know, we know he's the real GM there. I'm
Speaker 1: I think I'm gonna be buying Harris. I think I'm
Speaker 1: gonna have Harris on way more teams than most people
Speaker 1: are going to. I'll be fascinated to see where his
Speaker 1: ADP shakes out in the coming days, as as as
Speaker 1: the best ball community starts reacting to Damien Harrison is
Speaker 1: his new landing spot in Buffalo. It's certainly bummed up
Speaker 1: a little bit, but yeah, he stays healthy, he could
Speaker 1: pay off big time, right. I mean, he's in arguably
Speaker 1: one of the one of what are the five? For sure,
Speaker 1: it's not even an argument five best offenses in the NFL.
Speaker 1: He's a touchdown score. I'm interested in Damian Harris. We
Speaker 1: mentioned Devin Singletary leaves Buffalo, he goes to Houston. What
Speaker 1: are your thoughts on Singletary's new home. Yeah, to the Texans,
Speaker 1: just on a one year deal. Turns twenty six in September.
Speaker 1: Still sort of young for a running back. Twenty six,
Speaker 1: You're fine, But is he any good? I don't just
Speaker 1: three one hundred yard rushing games in four seasons with
Speaker 1: the bills has missed slash uh missed. Broken tackle rate
Speaker 1: has dropped every year since he was a rookie. Now,
Speaker 1: speaking of missed tackles and broken tackles, Damien Pierce proved yes,
Speaker 1: it's still Pierce is still the guy. And we've said
Speaker 1: it before. The bell cow is extinct. Someone Pierce wasn't
Speaker 1: gonna get all the touches. No running back is gonna
Speaker 1: get all the touchedar touches. Kind of did last year,
Speaker 1: but that was a that was a different that was
Speaker 1: a different coaching staff, and Pierce will probably get rested more. So,
Speaker 1: I'm seeing like a shift where Pierce is dropping a
Speaker 1: little bit in single Tary is bumped up. I'm viewing
Speaker 1: it completely the opposite. I'm buying the small dip on
Speaker 1: Pierce and I'm just still I'm out on single Tary
Speaker 1: like he's not a special not a special player. Some
Speaker 1: people are saying he's a better pass catcher, but no,
Speaker 1: Pierce Pierce is a Pierce catch. Yeah, they didn't use
Speaker 1: him enough that way. I will say a single Tarry,
Speaker 1: he will make his way onto the field. He is
Speaker 1: good in pass pro He was ranked like top five
Speaker 1: by Pro Football Focus the last three or four years so,
Speaker 1: and not that Pierce. He's good in pass protection too,
Speaker 1: But yeah, single Tarry will eat into Pierce's word. But
Speaker 1: Pierce is still the starter. So I'm not too worried
Speaker 1: about your Damien Pierce Shares. Don't panic too much. Last
Speaker 1: running back. I just want to touch on it. Not
Speaker 1: for a long time. Donte Foreman is in Chicago where
Speaker 1: he muddies the waters a little bit. Because Foreman's a
Speaker 1: big back straight ahead, he can plow some. He actually
Speaker 1: broke off some long runs for Carolina last year and
Speaker 1: had games where he looked pretty good. I'm a little
Speaker 1: disappointed because I'd like Khalil Herbert to get a lot
Speaker 1: of use. But I and I think Foreman. I still
Speaker 1: think it's gonna be like two thirds Herbert, one third Foreman.
Speaker 1: But I'm worried about the goal line. Let me throw
Speaker 1: one more end quick too, Okay. Dernest Johnson to Jacksonville. Now,
Speaker 1: I don't care about that. I care about Jerome Ford.
Speaker 1: He's now left over in Cleveland. It's going to be
Speaker 1: really in Johnson gone, Cream Hunt gone. He's back up
Speaker 1: Nick Chubb. Ford was a good looking rookie last year
Speaker 1: coming out of Cincinnati. A guy I was scooping up
Speaker 1: before the drafty like than give Paul, at the time,
Speaker 1: we thought Kareem Hunt was gonna get traded, remember that too,
Speaker 1: but like a guy like man if he goes to
Speaker 1: the Texans, like that was the spot you know you
Speaker 1: might before that draft, before the act. Now it's it's
Speaker 1: Chubb and it's Ford, and there's the rumors have kind
Speaker 1: of died down on the trading Nick Chubb that those
Speaker 1: were kind of swirling a little bit. But but anyway,
Speaker 1: Jerome Ford essentially free and best ball start up dynasty leagues,
Speaker 1: keep him on your radar. I certainly am. Let's take
Speaker 1: a break and then we'll talk about some of the
Speaker 1: wide receiver and tight end free agency moves when we
Speaker 1: come back. Fantasy Football Weekly, Segment number two, Fantasy Football Weekly,
Speaker 1: Paul Charchie and Brian Johnson with you. Let's talk about
Speaker 1: the wide receiver free agent moves, beginning with Adam Theelan
Speaker 1: who goes to Carolina. This is first of two Carolina
Speaker 1: moves we'll talk about. So they're a contender then because
Speaker 1: theland wanted to you want to go to a team
Speaker 1: that can win the Super Bowl. Super so yeah, okay,
Speaker 1: well sure, all right, um, you know what we all know,
Speaker 1: Adam Feeland's production dropped off massively last year. Not massively,
Speaker 1: that's not fair. It dropped off notably. Let's go with that.
Speaker 1: He underachieved too. He did not meet expectations last year.
Speaker 1: Now what's a little bit unclear is how much of
Speaker 1: it was a drop off an ability for an aging
Speaker 1: wide receiver versus just like the introduction of t. J. Hockinson,
Speaker 1: who got a ton of got a ton of looks,
Speaker 1: and the absurd talent of Justin Jefferson, which mandates a
Speaker 1: certain number of looks in every game. You gotta get
Speaker 1: the ball to Justin Jefferson. He's a special player Hall
Speaker 1: of Fame pace. So I think that parts a little
Speaker 1: bit unclear about what went down last year. Obviously, the Panthers,
Speaker 1: you know, they paid decent money for Theeeland. They think
Speaker 1: he's got a little something left. Theeeland was middle of
Speaker 1: the pack in next gen stats cushion and separation stats,
Speaker 1: but that's about where he was the previous year, and
Speaker 1: he had been very good the previous year. This is
Speaker 1: what was really interesting about Feeling. Get this, he was
Speaker 1: dead last in yak yards after the catch at two
Speaker 1: point two yards after catch last year. Not good, No, something,
Speaker 1: he's thrived at his prime correct, correct, And he was
Speaker 1: negative point nine yards over expectation, which was tied for
Speaker 1: last among wide receivers with at least sixty receptions last year.
Speaker 1: So those are some statistical angles that suggest that feeling,
Speaker 1: even taking out to Jefferson factor and the Hockinson factor,
Speaker 1: feeling wasn't at the same level last season. You're not
Speaker 1: paying as much as you were for feeling as you
Speaker 1: were last year. But for me, I gotta see it.
Speaker 1: I gotta see the production before I buy in undrafted,
Speaker 1: even if he's going in the tenth eleventh round, I
Speaker 1: don't know. I think there's someone more enticing there, well,
Speaker 1: not on roster. Yeah, we shouldn't laugh at the Panthers
Speaker 1: being contenders in that division though, Well, no, that division
Speaker 1: is bad enough that. Yeah, they're not Super Bowl contenders,
Speaker 1: but they are potential South. They're in the tournament in
Speaker 1: the NFC. You should have been last year. Yeah, that
Speaker 1: division was for the taking. You know. That's gonna put
Speaker 1: rubbing Salton. But will tell that story another time, Caroline.
Speaker 1: It's got the first pick in the draft. They will
Speaker 1: take a quarterback. We don't know who will be throwing
Speaker 1: the ball yet to Adam Feeling, but you know most
Speaker 1: rookie quarterbacks, you know you're looking at a twenty two,
Speaker 1: twenty five touchdown season. You know, modest production. But the
Speaker 1: good news is Adam Theeland is wide receiver one at
Speaker 1: least for the moment. And it might be it's probably
Speaker 1: gonna be Andy Dalton to start. No, I don't know.
Speaker 1: I don't know. When you've got the first pick overall,
Speaker 1: usually that kid, that kid starts right off the bat.
Speaker 1: But if it is Dalton, that's a good quarterback for
Speaker 1: Theeling because Theeeland is not a deep threatned Dalton does
Speaker 1: not have a deep ball. Well, that is true. Are you?
Speaker 1: Are you more of a young or stroud guy. I'm
Speaker 1: the Will Webvis guy just because I got money on it.
Speaker 1: I love, I love, I love the long odds. I
Speaker 1: don't know, I'd be shocked if they went that way.
Speaker 1: You had a good pro day on Friday. At least
Speaker 1: he threw the ball far. But you know, we knew,
Speaker 1: we knew he could do that. He looks like he
Speaker 1: and Richardson are like the the more enticing long term
Speaker 1: prospects to me, but between sure, but I don't think
Speaker 1: they're gonna go that way. Probably not Stroud. I don't know.
Speaker 1: The size of Bryce Young is just starting to worry
Speaker 1: me a little bit. But I don't want to read
Speaker 1: into that. Not much. But I still think I like
Speaker 1: Stroud a little more. Damn Okay, I like Bryce Young
Speaker 1: a little Mark. It's funny Ohio State quarterbacks c J.
Speaker 1: Strout Ohio and Alabama quarterbacks where Bryce Young went have
Speaker 1: sucked historic So one of them or both hopefully can
Speaker 1: break the mold for their alma maters. But I think
Speaker 1: historically they don't pan out. All right, Let's let's keep
Speaker 1: moving through the list of free agent wide receivers. Next up,
Speaker 1: why don't we just stay with Carolina for a minute,
Speaker 1: and mentioned the DJ Chark move to Carolina Panthers needed
Speaker 1: some speed at theition Becaustellan's not going to bring you
Speaker 1: speed at the position. Teras Marshall's no good um. DJ
Speaker 1: Chark last season third in average targeted air yards at
Speaker 1: fifteen and a half dark air yards. Wow. The part
Speaker 1: that worries you was he had the fifth worst separation
Speaker 1: according to next Gen Stats. Yeah, he doesn't beat you
Speaker 1: on the ground with his speed, but he can go
Speaker 1: up and get it six four, big body receiver. He'll
Speaker 1: be certainly be a threat in the red zone. So
Speaker 1: much for the Arris Marshall hype. That was fun for staff,
Speaker 1: right exactly. That's dead now, I think. But let China
Speaker 1: just hasn't you know, as it felt like when he
Speaker 1: was a rookie, I was pretty excited about what he
Speaker 1: could do in the NFL. It's look, it's it's just
Speaker 1: not gonna work out. Yeah, Chark was broke out in
Speaker 1: his second year with Jacksonville in twenty nineteen. But over
Speaker 1: the last two years is fifteen games. Uh, combine with
Speaker 1: the Lions and the Jaguars. Big cat guy, I guess
Speaker 1: big cat teams. Oh yeah, Jacks, Yeah, Ryan's and now
Speaker 1: this yeah, Panthers. I believe he went to LSU two.
Speaker 1: Did he really? Tigers? Okay? So super cool. He probably
Speaker 1: has like ten dogs though. Funny Brandon Cooks is now
Speaker 1: in Dallas where he is a I would assume a
Speaker 1: presume starter for the Cowboys. I mean, I'm assuming that's
Speaker 1: the case here. Man. Did the Cowboys screw up by
Speaker 1: giving Zeke all that money at the expense of Amari Cooper.
Speaker 1: I mean, Cooper had so much left in the tank,
Speaker 1: and he was very good for Cleveland last year. And
Speaker 1: what a blunder Jerry Jones in that front office made
Speaker 1: by giving Zeke the big money and not Cooper. And
Speaker 1: now here we are just two years later. Zeke's off
Speaker 1: the team, Cooper's on a different team, and they've had
Speaker 1: to turn to the aging veteran Brandon Cooks. Yeah he
Speaker 1: should start, though Ceedee Lamb thrives in the slot, so
Speaker 1: they're really going to try to keep him in the
Speaker 1: slot for the most part, I think. So it'll be
Speaker 1: Cooks and Gallop on the outside. And even though Cooks
Speaker 1: turns thirty in September, he's still got a little more
Speaker 1: speed than Michael Gallup does, who's much younger. Cooks a
Speaker 1: little smaller guy. But Brandon Cooks now has been traded
Speaker 1: four times unreal ties Eric Dickerson for the most times
Speaker 1: traded all time. I did not know that. Yes, I
Speaker 1: don't know. Dickerson got traded that much, and a lot
Speaker 1: of that was the end of his career. It had
Speaker 1: to be passed around. But Cooks has goad. The weird
Speaker 1: thing on Cooks is usually if you get traded this
Speaker 1: many times, you're not very good and you're not being
Speaker 1: very productive. Although Dickerson obviously was great in his prime.
Speaker 1: But the thing is, he's been pretty productive at all
Speaker 1: of his stops. Brandon Cooks has, Yeah, he's recorded one
Speaker 1: thousand yard receiving seasons with four different teams. Has six
Speaker 1: wild a thousand yard receiving seasons since twenty fifteen. That's
Speaker 1: more than Stefan Diggs and DeAndre Hopkins both have had
Speaker 1: five during that span, more than Davante Adams, more than
Speaker 1: Keenan Allen both have had four. So yeah, this is
Speaker 1: you know, it was a nice spot for him in
Speaker 1: New Orleans in his rookie year back when Drew Brees
Speaker 1: still sort of had an arm. But it's a good
Speaker 1: spot for Cooks and it certainly is a help. It's
Speaker 1: gonna help Ceedee Lamb, you know, shed some double coverage.
Speaker 1: It's gonna help Dak Prescott, It's gonna help that whole
Speaker 1: offense for sure. So Cooks, I've seen his adp rise
Speaker 1: at least a couple of rounds since. Yes trade Kole
Speaker 1: Hardman goes to the Jets, and the fact that the
Speaker 1: Chiefs a team with no depth at receiver right now,
Speaker 1: and arguably right now, the worst receiving cor in the
Speaker 1: NFL is in Kansas City, the thinnest receiving corps. They
Speaker 1: just let me Coole Hardman walk and that says plenty.
Speaker 1: And if Hardman couldn't be a regular, reliable fantasy starter
Speaker 1: in Kansas City with Patrick Mahomes at the quarterback position
Speaker 1: and a dearth of other wide receiver talent, especially especially
Speaker 1: last season, the odds of Kole Hardman materializing anything in
Speaker 1: New York to me are very low. Quarterback presumably eventually
Speaker 1: will be Aaron Rodgers, but the fact that we're not
Speaker 1: there yet is making this a little bit hazier as
Speaker 1: every day goes by. And I don't like that Hardman
Speaker 1: has to compete against Alan Lazard and Garrett Wilson especially,
Speaker 1: So I think there's I don't think there's a lot
Speaker 1: to see here on the Hardman sign now doesn't excite
Speaker 1: me at all. Elijah Moore goes from the Jets to Cleveland.
Speaker 1: Michael Horton was drafted before d came at cav Deonte Johnson,
Speaker 1: Terry mcclaurin. I think I've talked about that second round
Speaker 1: fifty six, total bust. For as many good decisions as
Speaker 1: that front office is made in Kansas City, that one
Speaker 1: in the Clyde Edwards Hilaire Oof, it was hurt. Elijah Moore,
Speaker 1: speaking of draft capital, drafted thirty fourth overall by the
Speaker 1: Jets in twenty twenty one, So just going into his
Speaker 1: third year last season was a wash. But remember his
Speaker 1: rookie year. He went on a seven game tear. Oh yeah,
Speaker 1: he was great Week eight seen. Yeah, top five wide
Speaker 1: receiver during that span. Suffered a quad injury in the
Speaker 1: Week thirteen game, was placed on ir for the rest
Speaker 1: of the season, but he was popping off then, Yes,
Speaker 1: and that was with Joe Flacco Mike White as his quarterback.
Speaker 1: Things weren't much better last year. But he really didn't
Speaker 1: get a shot last year, but he'll get a shot
Speaker 1: in Cleveland. He'll probably start in the slot with Cooper
Speaker 1: and Donovan People's Jones on the outside. I'd still project
Speaker 1: him as the third receiving option amongst those guys. I'm
Speaker 1: a big DPJ guy and Cooper the clear alpha. But yeah, more,
Speaker 1: this is a second chance, so hopefully he makes the
Speaker 1: most of it. He's you know, he was left for
Speaker 1: dead essentially towards the end of last year. But this
Speaker 1: should hopefully revitalize his career. So interested interested to see
Speaker 1: how he does. Let's go to the quarter tight end position.
Speaker 1: Excuse me, Dalton Schultz goes to Houston. Now, what I
Speaker 1: found kind of interesting about this is reportedly Shechltz's agent
Speaker 1: turned down a three year, thirty six million dollar contract
Speaker 1: at some point middle of this past season. And this
Speaker 1: past season was was really a tale of two seasons
Speaker 1: for for Dalton Shechltz. He was hurt early in the
Speaker 1: year and really struggled through the first half or so
Speaker 1: of the season, then got hell year and became a
Speaker 1: bigger and bigger part of the offense for Dallas, and
Speaker 1: really from week nine forward week eight forward, Schultz was
Speaker 1: pretty much an every week starter in the tight end landscape.
Speaker 1: And you know, it wasn't all great games, but they
Speaker 1: were all much better games for him after a very
Speaker 1: rough start to the season. And Schultz goes to Houston. Now, well,
Speaker 1: he's like the best receiver on the team right now.
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm sure things will change in the draft,
Speaker 1: but you know, given the lack of other talent for
Speaker 1: anybody at any position to catch a pass. Dawn Schultz
Speaker 1: could be sitting on hundred and ten targets. We could
Speaker 1: be sitting on a very big season here. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: the Texans, really, their tight ends as a whole have
Speaker 1: put up good numbers. It's just been so hard to pay.
Speaker 1: It's like Jordan Aikins, Brevin Jordan, another guy, Pararell, Barrel Cooper.
Speaker 1: And granted Dallas was always Dallas is a very tight
Speaker 1: end friendly offense, feels like it has been for the
Speaker 1: last like twenty years. But I think Houston is an
Speaker 1: ideal land spot for him fantasy wise. So all right, yeah,
Speaker 1: he's he's bumped up because people were expecting him to
Speaker 1: leave Dallas, but it's a good spot for him. Um,
Speaker 1: he's competing with Robert Woods who's now in Houston, and
Speaker 1: Nico Collins, who got you know, I'm still optimistic that
Speaker 1: Collins can end up being a pretty good player. Now.
Speaker 1: M John Michi is going to come back from his
Speaker 1: leukemia and presumably be a factor this season, and so
Speaker 1: he'll be there as well. That um that I guess
Speaker 1: to get some balls from. But Dalin Schultz brings some
Speaker 1: veteran reliability to to that group and I I'm optimistic. Sadly,
Speaker 1: in that same vein h Foster Moree was diagnosed with
Speaker 1: a I can't remember the exact form of cancer in
Speaker 1: foma fomas. Yeah, should make a full recovery hopefully. But
Speaker 1: he was on the market. But uh, we'll not be
Speaker 1: playing this year yaftly but best wishes too false? Yeah,
Speaker 1: for sure, absolutely, um Oj Howard and Austin Hooper go
Speaker 1: to Las Vegas. Yeah, I was a little intrigued when
Speaker 1: Las Vegas Howard later, so I'm out on that entire situation.
Speaker 1: Where's where's dan Arnold Gond We're waiting Dan Arnold, IRV
Speaker 1: Smith those like the last two. We've been making calls
Speaker 1: for Dan Arnold right, trying to have work trades. I've
Speaker 1: i trade. I think Green Bay has to become the
Speaker 1: ideal landing spot that would be a great land born
Speaker 1: in Milwaukee. He's a oh, you don't say Wisconsin native.
Speaker 1: You know they need a tight end. It's just Duguara
Speaker 1: there now. Yeah, they do need a tight end. But
Speaker 1: I feel like everyone left on the table at all positions,
Speaker 1: like we like in the running backs, we got Leonard Fornette,
Speaker 1: Cream Hunt and some of the wide receivers. I think
Speaker 1: we're getting close enough to the draft where it's very
Speaker 1: deep at running back end yep, so it's almost like,
Speaker 1: let's see who you can get in the draft. So
Speaker 1: I think these guys might just be hanging out in
Speaker 1: free agency until after the draft. Sadly that might include
Speaker 1: ob j which is interesting that you know, there was
Speaker 1: talk of him signing in December January of last year,
Speaker 1: right like playoff run OBJ, that kind of thing that
Speaker 1: never materialized. Now his agent seems to be stirring up
Speaker 1: that there's some interest in OBJ. Yeah, the Jets supposedly, Yeah,
Speaker 1: the Jets supposedly apparently friends with Aaron Rodger is not
Speaker 1: a Todd Yeah, okay, have a relationship. I guess, Okay,
Speaker 1: they're both kind of weird. I guess that's why. Maybe
Speaker 1: that's it. I don't know, but I I wonder if
Speaker 1: Obj's can be signed before the draft, and if not,
Speaker 1: what happens with him? Could we actually be at the
Speaker 1: end of his career right now and we don't know it.
Speaker 1: I feel like there was a player in recent past,
Speaker 1: a notable player like a OBJ, where like seemed like
Speaker 1: he's going to come back, come back, and then he
Speaker 1: from injury and then has never did and he just
Speaker 1: retired not remember. Maybe I don't know. Maybe I just
Speaker 1: foresaw the future of OBJ. That could be the case. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that the end came quick for him. Man reminder Fantasy
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