Speaker 1: We gotta stay in the NFC East. As Chris Pavona
Speaker 1: just played, We're gonna do a little motown Philly. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna tell you right now, guys, I'm high on this team.
Speaker 1: This is my surprise pick in the entire NFC. I
Speaker 1: think the Philadelphia Eagles are going to take a step forward.
Speaker 1: And here's the thing. Carson Wentz as their quarterback is fine.
Speaker 1: I expect him to take a step in year two.
Speaker 1: I don't think he's gonna be great, but if you
Speaker 1: tell me he could be a reasonable proximity of a
Speaker 1: guy like Andy Dalton, I would definitely agree with you.
Speaker 1: This is a guy who looked good at the beginning
Speaker 1: of last year, then had his All Pro right tackle
Speaker 1: gets suspended for ten games. That can do something to
Speaker 1: your confidence and to the time that you have under center.
Speaker 1: I think then the Eagles went out and got him
Speaker 1: a ton of weapons. You get Lane Johnson coming back
Speaker 1: at right tackle. That's in essence like signing one of
Speaker 1: the best offensive linemen on the free agent market. Okay,
Speaker 1: so I think they're good on offensive line. This is
Speaker 1: this is a team that I think made big time
Speaker 1: splashes in free agency as well, and we start in
Speaker 1: their running back room. I don't know if you know this,
Speaker 1: but they signed la Garrett Blunt in the off season.
Speaker 1: La Garrett Blunt was the ninth highest rated running back
Speaker 1: in all of Fantasy last year. He's coming off a
Speaker 1: season where he had eighteen touchdowns. There is no There's
Speaker 1: only one other back that finished in the top twenty
Speaker 1: five last year that switched teams. That's Latavius Murray going
Speaker 1: from Oakland to Minnesota. This is a big move for
Speaker 1: the Philadelphia Eagles, and what a perfect back to pair
Speaker 1: in the backfield with a guy like Darren Sprawls. Okay,
Speaker 1: you got your thunder, you got your lightning. Listen, Darren Sprowls.
Speaker 1: It's his last year. He's announced his retirement, but he's
Speaker 1: still had fifty two catches, four seven yards and two
Speaker 1: touchdowns in the air last year. Both of these guys
Speaker 1: are gonna be able to do it now. I don't know,
Speaker 1: you know, I can understand how Legarrett Blunt might be
Speaker 1: frustrating on a week to week basis. And even if
Speaker 1: he I mean, he's not gonna score eighteen touch downs again,
Speaker 1: even if he regresses, I still think he is an
Speaker 1: RB two. I have him listed as my twenty second
Speaker 1: running back overall. My man Corey Parson, the Fantasy Executive,
Speaker 1: does not disagree, has him right on the fringe of
Speaker 1: a low RB two or a high flex play as
Speaker 1: his rated running back. I also listen if you're in
Speaker 1: deep leagues, or in a dynasty league, or in a statue.
Speaker 1: I told you it's Darren Sprowls his last year. They
Speaker 1: drafted his air apparent this year and it is Donnelle
Speaker 1: Pumphrey out of San Diego State. This is one of
Speaker 1: those freakish pass patching backs. Okay. I love Dannelle Pumfrey
Speaker 1: in PPR dynasty kind of leagues. He is going to
Speaker 1: take the Darren Sprowls roll over. And I like Legarrett
Speaker 1: Blunt not only for what it does for the touchdown
Speaker 1: ability of fantasy owners, but what it does for the
Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles. The best help to a young rising quarterback
Speaker 1: is not only their offensive line, but the ability to
Speaker 1: turn around and hand the ball to a thud, you know,
Speaker 1: chain moving back like Legarrett Blunt. I think that's amazing.
Speaker 1: But they weren't done. They went out and made a
Speaker 1: splash at the wide receiver position as well. They signed
Speaker 1: Tory Smith and all Sean Jeffrey in the off season
Speaker 1: to pair with a guy like Jordan Matthews, who they
Speaker 1: still see as a good slot wide receiver. Okay, I
Speaker 1: gotta tell you the truth. Though I'm very very high
Speaker 1: on the Eagles this year, but I have historically been
Speaker 1: fading all Sean Jeffrey. All Sean Jeffrey is the kind
Speaker 1: of injury prone that I do not like. It's always
Speaker 1: these soft tissue injuries. Okay, ligaments, tendons. It's not like
Speaker 1: the freak accident of a broken you know, a broken
Speaker 1: hand or a broken leg like we saw with some
Speaker 1: other players. Okay, these soft tissue injuries are the ones
Speaker 1: that are hard to come back from, the ones that linger.
Speaker 1: I think when he's out there, al Shan is very,
Speaker 1: very impressive. The only problem is I don't want my
Speaker 1: wide receive either one or even my wide receiver two
Speaker 1: on my fantasy team to be frustrating week to week.
Speaker 1: He played in only twelve games last year, still put
Speaker 1: up eight hundred and twenty one yards. You past that out,
Speaker 1: you get an hundred yard receiver. Okay, I understand. Okay,
Speaker 1: this is a guy who has talent, but I drop
Speaker 1: him down every year, because I do not believe in
Speaker 1: the injury and the health in the in that kind
Speaker 1: of reliability with a guy like al Sean Jeffrey. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna tell you also, if you listen to Fantasy Freestyle
Speaker 1: and you're trying to get into fantasy, if you're not
Speaker 1: an expert, let me tell you about a guy Tory
Speaker 1: Smith on the Philadelphia Eagles and why he is a
Speaker 1: decent guy in a format called best ball. He's the
Speaker 1: kind of guy the quote is like, the term is
Speaker 1: that he takes the top off the defense. He's like
Speaker 1: a deep threat. And if you're in a best ball format,
Speaker 1: this is These are formats where you're not making moves
Speaker 1: every week, you're not making trade. You just draft and
Speaker 1: then they get your best players at each position. And
Speaker 1: Tori Smith is good for that because he's gonna have
Speaker 1: one or two games where he pops off and gets
Speaker 1: you know, three catches, four hundred thirty yards and two touchdowns.
Speaker 1: That's gonna happen at some point. And he's good for
Speaker 1: the actual Philadelphia Eagles because he can stretch the defense
Speaker 1: then have Al Shan underneath, guys like Darren Sprawls the
Speaker 1: tight end who will get to in a second underneath. Okay,
Speaker 1: but I think that he's gonna be good for this
Speaker 1: actual team, not so much your fantasy team unless you're
Speaker 1: playing in the best ball format. I also wonder could
Speaker 1: this be Jordan Matthews here. Jordan Matthews was a highly
Speaker 1: touted kind of rookie. But let me tell you something.
Speaker 1: Mike clay Well, I respect, has interesting projections for a
Speaker 1: guy like Jordan Matthews. Thinks Jordan Matthews is possible to
Speaker 1: get seventy five catches eight hundred fifty yards. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: tell you something. I don't think he's gonna do that.
Speaker 1: But like I said, Alshon, Jeffrey is injury prone, and
Speaker 1: if al Shan misses any time, which he does usually,
Speaker 1: Jordan Matthews will go right into that role. As you
Speaker 1: can see. I like the fact that the offensive line
Speaker 1: has been you know, maintained for Carson Wentz. I like
Speaker 1: the solid running back he can hand too. I like
Speaker 1: the wide receiver, the dynamic weapons that Carson Wentz now has.
Speaker 1: I also like, you know, the Philadelphia Eagles last year
Speaker 1: were top five defense in d v O A. They
Speaker 1: were a top five defense. They used their first round
Speaker 1: pick on Barnett at A Tennessee to increase that their
Speaker 1: pass rushing, Brandon Graham out there, Fletcher Cox on the
Speaker 1: interior as well. This is a defense. This is a
Speaker 1: defense that is one of the best in the league.
Speaker 1: This is an offensive line that is one of the
Speaker 1: best in the league. They have a bruising running back
Speaker 1: combo with Legarrett Blunt, an incredible pass catcher, and Darren Sprawls.
Speaker 1: This is a team that signed al Sean Jeffrey and
Speaker 1: Tory Smith still has Matthews. It really all comes down
Speaker 1: to Carson Wentz.