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Doo too do do Yeah, says 0:01:00.880 --> 0:01:05.440 the Fantasy best Friends Forever here on the Fantasy Sports 0:01:05.520 --> 0:01:11.320 Radio Network alongside Frankie Stamford. I am greggsman, Fran. What's 0:01:11.360 --> 0:01:13.759 going on, man, There's a lot going on. Greg. First 0:01:13.800 --> 0:01:16.920 of all, after we signed off the show yesterday, my 0:01:17.080 --> 0:01:20.039 New York Jets created Teddy Bridgewater from the New Orleans 0:01:20.080 --> 0:01:24.120 Saints did for a third round pick. Yeah, so that's fun. 0:01:24.480 --> 0:01:27.480 It's a good time. And then, well, do you have 0:01:27.480 --> 0:01:29.720 any more thoughts? Not like I just thought, you know, well, no, 0:01:30.080 --> 0:01:31.800 they don't have second round picks next year. We know 0:01:31.880 --> 0:01:33.880 that because when they moved up to get Sam Donald. 0:01:33.920 --> 0:01:36.440 They obviously had to forfeit those you have to give 0:01:36.480 --> 0:01:39.080 something up to get something. Um. So you know, they 0:01:39.080 --> 0:01:40.760 got that additional third round pick, and I think that 0:01:40.760 --> 0:01:44.039 can help them in the chase for a pass rusher, 0:01:44.440 --> 0:01:45.880 which is what they're trying to do right now. They're 0:01:45.880 --> 0:01:49.240 talking about Dante Fowler, Shane Ray from the Denver Broncos, 0:01:49.720 --> 0:01:52.520 and then Khalil Mack the big sweepstakes for Khalil Mac. 0:01:53.080 --> 0:01:55.320 They're saying they want two first round picks. Maybe a 0:01:55.360 --> 0:01:56.920 first thing at the round pick gets it done. I 0:01:56.960 --> 0:01:59.520 don't know, we'll see what happens. Ultimately. I don't think 0:01:59.520 --> 0:02:00.920 he traded Listen. I think it's a great moved by 0:02:00.920 --> 0:02:03.000 the Jets. Ultimately, they don't need for Teddy Bridgewater. They 0:02:03.000 --> 0:02:04.880 signed them in a million dollars, They got a third 0:02:04.960 --> 0:02:06.520 round pick. That's great. I saw a lot of people 0:02:06.520 --> 0:02:09.520 are talking about, oh, the Browns traded seventeen million dollars 0:02:09.600 --> 0:02:12.520 for a second round pick, and yes, that that's true. 0:02:12.560 --> 0:02:15.600 But like they're both they're both could moves. They're they're 0:02:15.600 --> 0:02:18.040 both could moves. Like just because what the Jets did 0:02:18.200 --> 0:02:20.480 was shrewd and it was doesn't mean what the Browns 0:02:20.520 --> 0:02:23.359 did wasn't So it's a good job by Sashy Brown 0:02:23.400 --> 0:02:28.280 before you get fired. That's your last take Brown. Oh yeah, 0:02:28.639 --> 0:02:31.560 it was on the show today. Um, Franks want to 0:02:31.560 --> 0:02:33.040 talk about tight ends all week have kind of like 0:02:33.120 --> 0:02:36.760 held them off until now, So talk about some tight 0:02:36.840 --> 0:02:39.680 ends inside injuries. Virginia Zakis is gonna join us twelve 0:02:39.760 --> 0:02:43.280 twenty pm Eastern Time. She will come in go over 0:02:43.280 --> 0:02:45.440 the latest injuries with us, and then next week when 0:02:45.440 --> 0:02:47.040 she's on the show next Thursday. I mean it's week 0:02:47.080 --> 0:02:50.280 one injuries, right, Like it's the stuff that are they 0:02:50.320 --> 0:02:52.160 playing this week, which is really really cool. Of course 0:02:52.160 --> 0:02:54.839 we're gonna take your calls throughout eight eight four three, 0:02:55.040 --> 0:02:56.880 uh six eight seven nine. Francis are stat of the 0:02:56.919 --> 0:03:02.080 day to day? Um, no, there is none, Okay, I 0:03:02.160 --> 0:03:04.560 love you knew there. I didn't. I just you know, 0:03:04.600 --> 0:03:06.880 I figured I stopped throw it out there. I mean, 0:03:06.880 --> 0:03:09.640 you were looking at a fantasy dada before he came out. Yeah, 0:03:09.880 --> 0:03:11.680 I was trying to find one, to be fair, just 0:03:11.720 --> 0:03:13.480 didn't have enough time. You were looking in a fantasy dadas. 0:03:13.480 --> 0:03:14.639 All right, maybe you gotta stid of the day, so 0:03:14.639 --> 0:03:16.000 I'll throw it out just in case he has it. 0:03:16.919 --> 0:03:23.000 He's probably asked me before the show. Um, yes, of course, 0:03:23.080 --> 0:03:26.000 I Arge gets paid before after we were on the 0:03:26.000 --> 0:03:28.680 air yesterday. So Lvian Bell is gonna get cut. Yeah, okay, 0:03:28.680 --> 0:03:29.919 that was the other thing that I wanted to talk 0:03:29.919 --> 0:03:33.239 about to that. Frank and Ventura read this clickbaid article 0:03:33.680 --> 0:03:36.480 that like, oh, James Connor looks amazing, They're gonna cut 0:03:36.520 --> 0:03:38.440 leavy On Bell and save all this money and screw 0:03:38.520 --> 0:03:41.040 him over. I'm like, what's wrong with you two, Franks. 0:03:41.160 --> 0:03:42.520 I don't know if we should talk about it, like 0:03:42.600 --> 0:03:47.320 what you brought into it. James Connor has looked amazing 0:03:47.320 --> 0:03:49.839 in the previous you bought into it. No, I don't. 0:03:49.840 --> 0:03:53.200 I don't think it's realistic, but it It just raises 0:03:53.280 --> 0:03:55.960 an interesting point because I read an article on The 0:03:56.000 --> 0:03:59.200 Athletic yesterday about Big Ben talking up James Conner and 0:03:59.200 --> 0:04:01.160 how he's going to have more of a role this season, 0:04:01.240 --> 0:04:05.040 especially early on, because they acknowledge the fact that because 0:04:05.160 --> 0:04:08.040 Levian Bell sat out all of the training camp last 0:04:08.120 --> 0:04:09.960 year in the preseason, that he got off to a 0:04:09.960 --> 0:04:13.760 slow start. They know that that's a very likely possibility 0:04:13.760 --> 0:04:16.600 coming in again. So no, they're not gonna cut Levian Bell. 0:04:16.720 --> 0:04:18.799 But can James Conner have more of a role early 0:04:18.800 --> 0:04:21.080 on in the season while Levian Bell gets his legs 0:04:21.160 --> 0:04:24.880 underneath him. I think that is a very distinct possibility. Great, okay, uh, 0:04:24.920 --> 0:04:26.719 you know it's funny. But what did he do last 0:04:26.800 --> 0:04:29.120 year in the first two weeks. Yeah, he got off 0:04:29.160 --> 0:04:30.919 to a very slow starts. Put up for you. He 0:04:31.040 --> 0:04:32.920 was not good because I owned him in a few leagues, 0:04:33.560 --> 0:04:34.960 but he did get off to a slow start and 0:04:34.960 --> 0:04:37.400 he didn't have his full touch workload either in those games. 0:04:37.440 --> 0:04:40.080 Because it's funny because when we remember bringing this up 0:04:40.160 --> 0:04:43.119 last year at this time, probably earlier, in the first 0:04:43.160 --> 0:04:45.440 game of the season at the Browns, ten rushes for 0:04:45.560 --> 0:04:49.800 thirty two yards, three receptions for fifteen forty seven total yards, 0:04:49.800 --> 0:04:53.720 and thirteen touches with no touchdown from Levian Bell. Two. 0:04:54.800 --> 0:04:56.600 Granted he was playing the Vikings. He did see the 0:04:56.640 --> 0:04:59.080 workload here. He had thirty one touches in this game, 0:04:59.680 --> 0:05:02.520 eight seven rushing yards on twenty seven attempts at three 0:05:02.520 --> 0:05:05.080 point two yards per carry, and he had four receptions 0:05:05.160 --> 0:05:10.080 for four yards. Yeah, he was playing the King. He 0:05:10.080 --> 0:05:11.800 did get a full workload, and then he didn't score 0:05:11.800 --> 0:05:14.320 a touchdown until Week three, and that's really kind of 0:05:14.360 --> 0:05:17.480 where he took off fifteen for sixty one rushing touchdown 0:05:17.520 --> 0:05:20.000 and then six receptions for thirty seven yards. So he 0:05:20.040 --> 0:05:21.760 could go off to a slow start this year. And 0:05:21.800 --> 0:05:25.480 they Big Ben especially acknowledged that James Connor has had 0:05:25.480 --> 0:05:28.039 such a good preseason it wouldn't surprise him if he 0:05:28.040 --> 0:05:30.800 gets touches early on in the season and week three, 0:05:30.800 --> 0:05:33.320 come week four, it's probably just Levian Bell's job. But 0:05:33.360 --> 0:05:35.320 I thought it was an interesting article just based on 0:05:35.520 --> 0:05:39.640 the relationship that the Steelers have with Levian Bell right now, 0:05:39.720 --> 0:05:42.760 right like, they clearly don't like each other. He could 0:05:42.800 --> 0:05:45.800 save money by cutting him, and they've proved that. I 0:05:46.760 --> 0:05:48.320 disagree with you. I don't think they don't like each other. 0:05:48.920 --> 0:05:52.440 Why not? What's can I mean, there's it's contracts, right Like, 0:05:53.640 --> 0:05:55.599 it doesn't mean that like lady on Bell has a 0:05:55.640 --> 0:05:58.320 problem with with Mike Tomlin or or the general manager 0:05:58.440 --> 0:06:00.200 like or even the owners. I mean, this is this 0:06:00.240 --> 0:06:01.880 is kind of like one of these Asian things. What 0:06:01.920 --> 0:06:06.440 do you mean they're paying him, They're paying a franchise tag. 0:06:06.480 --> 0:06:08.880 I understand that, but for everything that he's done for 0:06:08.920 --> 0:06:13.400 this franchise, Greg, he hasn't earned a long term contract 0:06:13.960 --> 0:06:16.000 in that position. I'm sorry you can't. There are there 0:06:16.080 --> 0:06:18.400 is not a long term contract to give. He also 0:06:18.480 --> 0:06:23.920 was suspended several times. Do we ignore that a top 0:06:24.000 --> 0:06:26.119 three running back when he's on the So they are paying, 0:06:27.240 --> 0:06:31.279 they are paying him sixteen million dollars, but they're not 0:06:31.440 --> 0:06:34.560 financial security. To come on, Greg, everything that he's done 0:06:34.560 --> 0:06:37.200 for the franchise, I think he's earned that. I'm sure 0:06:37.200 --> 0:06:38.719 they're willing to give him quite a bit of money, 0:06:38.760 --> 0:06:42.080 but he probably wants more. He deserves more. You don't 0:06:42.080 --> 0:06:47.400 even know what they're offering. He deserves its side here, 0:06:47.440 --> 0:06:49.440 I'm taking the players side here. I'm always on the 0:06:49.440 --> 0:06:52.480 player's side. No, you're not, because you're an executive. Now 0:06:52.680 --> 0:06:55.640 you're taking the side. It's not the GM front. That's 0:06:55.640 --> 0:06:58.039 not You could ask anybody here when they've come to 0:06:58.080 --> 0:07:01.600 me with a contract dispute, you're help included. And did 0:07:01.640 --> 0:07:04.840 I have your back? Yes? Okay, So why don't you 0:07:04.839 --> 0:07:07.000 have a Levy on Bell's back and Bill work for me? 0:07:09.200 --> 0:07:11.760 Would you pay Levy on Bell? Yeah? Sure. I think 0:07:11.760 --> 0:07:14.720 everybody should be paid. Everybody Shoet paid. So you're just 0:07:14.720 --> 0:07:18.960 playing devil's advocate. I just pretty much it's more fun. 0:07:20.240 --> 0:07:24.800 He's best McDonald held yet Man's McDonald. I haven't seen anything. 0:07:24.840 --> 0:07:26.080 I think he's on the list, and then add him 0:07:26.120 --> 0:07:28.320 to the list because I wasn't sure. I wasn't sure. 0:07:28.320 --> 0:07:30.000 I haven't heard anything about mass McDonald's. I think I 0:07:30.000 --> 0:07:31.560 added him on the list for reject him as my 0:07:31.600 --> 0:07:37.680 tighten three in like a Bestball League, HM injury I 0:07:37.800 --> 0:07:42.080 went on McDonald's injury changed alright, So the reason is 0:07:42.080 --> 0:07:45.320 that that that is very not recent eighteen days ago. 0:07:45.720 --> 0:07:48.480 That's not helpful. Sorry, So maybe that's why we're having 0:07:48.520 --> 0:07:50.280 in city of injuries on here. You guess, maybe Virginia 0:07:50.320 --> 0:07:53.400 help us out. Van's McDonald and he was a he 0:07:53.440 --> 0:07:58.360 was a sleeper tight end for a little while. Yeah. 0:07:58.480 --> 0:08:01.200 I think, look, you'll never get it's super excited about 0:08:01.240 --> 0:08:05.040 the Steelers tight end situation. But Big Ben has always 0:08:05.120 --> 0:08:07.640 kind of leaned on the position. You know, Heath Miller, 0:08:07.720 --> 0:08:09.960 a little bit of Jesse James here and there last year. 0:08:10.560 --> 0:08:12.640 But I just think there's so many receiving weapons now 0:08:12.640 --> 0:08:16.400 that he's going to trust Antonio Brown, James Washington, Uh, 0:08:16.480 --> 0:08:18.960 Jujuice Smith Schuster, Levian Bell, catching the ball out of 0:08:18.960 --> 0:08:20.840 the backfield as well. Do you think it's crazy that 0:08:20.880 --> 0:08:24.800 we haven't spoken about Antonio Brown's injury enough throughout the preseason? Greg, 0:08:24.880 --> 0:08:27.200 So it is the first time in his career he 0:08:27.240 --> 0:08:30.760 will not see preseason action because of this quad injury. 0:08:31.000 --> 0:08:33.760 That doesn't bother me so much. Like I get it's 0:08:33.760 --> 0:08:36.680 a new offense Antonio Brown, Ben Roethlisbrogram and then, but 0:08:36.720 --> 0:08:38.520 we have not talked about this at no. No, no, no, 0:08:38.559 --> 0:08:41.600 we have not even together eight years now together, So 0:08:41.640 --> 0:08:43.320 I don't I don't really care. No, I'm not worried 0:08:43.320 --> 0:08:45.679 about the offense and learning a new offense. I'm not 0:08:45.720 --> 0:08:47.199 worried about that. When he's on the field, he's the 0:08:47.240 --> 0:08:49.720 best player. Ye will he be a hundred percent healthy? 0:08:50.400 --> 0:08:53.520 The guy hasn't played in I totally, I totally totally 0:08:53.600 --> 0:08:56.600 get that. Now he is back practicing. To be fair, UM, 0:08:56.720 --> 0:08:58.679 I think he could play in the fourth preseason game 0:08:58.679 --> 0:09:00.240 if he wanted to, but then obviously not going to 0:09:00.360 --> 0:09:03.679 risk that. UM. I I think he's fine. I think 0:09:04.400 --> 0:09:06.559 we're not talking about it because it isn't a big deal. 0:09:06.600 --> 0:09:09.600 Of course, last year, late last year, he heard himself, UM, 0:09:10.160 --> 0:09:13.040 before coming back from playoffs, like Antonio Brown has had 0:09:13.080 --> 0:09:15.280 a couple of injury notes, and should that be in 0:09:15.320 --> 0:09:17.200 the back of your mind. I think it's a fair question. 0:09:17.880 --> 0:09:21.360 But my answer to said a fair question, isn't it? Yeah, 0:09:21.400 --> 0:09:24.000 me too. I just started to bring it up. You know, 0:09:24.120 --> 0:09:25.800 some people might be worried. Do you look down at 0:09:25.800 --> 0:09:28.040 their roster they see the little injury, the little plus 0:09:28.120 --> 0:09:31.160 sign of s Antonio Brown. You'd rather not be there. 0:09:31.280 --> 0:09:33.640 I'm looking at like my roster right now. Did I 0:09:33.720 --> 0:09:36.000 tell you? I don't know? They tell you this that 0:09:36.200 --> 0:09:37.959 I joined a What are you gonna ask? I joined 0:09:38.000 --> 0:09:40.960 the fantasy college football league. I think you were reading 0:09:40.960 --> 0:09:43.160 your roster the other day on the air, off the air. 0:09:43.440 --> 0:09:46.360 I didn't. I didn't really know any of the players. Committedly, 0:09:46.360 --> 0:09:48.320 I don't watch a lot of college football. I didn't. 0:09:48.800 --> 0:09:50.480 I was Joey's on the air off there. It was 0:09:50.520 --> 0:09:52.240 off the air. It was off the air speaking of 0:09:52.240 --> 0:09:53.679 a little injury. So they do so they didn't know. 0:09:53.800 --> 0:09:56.240 They didn't know that I watched, that I participated in this. No, 0:09:56.360 --> 0:09:59.280 they probably don't care, though they might. Maybe I'm gonna 0:09:59.280 --> 0:10:02.040 fast college foot everybody. So if you need help me, man, 0:10:02.320 --> 0:10:04.000 my team is projective of the third least amount of 0:10:04.040 --> 0:10:07.719 points in the league. This week I named it. Can 0:10:07.840 --> 0:10:12.120 you digs that after Maryland great Stefan Diggs, one of 0:10:12.200 --> 0:10:14.520 my players is questionable. It looks like this week I 0:10:14.559 --> 0:10:17.079 am projected in this PPR league for a hundred and 0:10:17.160 --> 0:10:20.160 thirty one points. My opponent is protected for a hundred 0:10:20.160 --> 0:10:22.720 and forty eight. That was my team name one year 0:10:22.800 --> 0:10:25.840 when I went this is this is ridiculous. I don't 0:10:25.880 --> 0:10:29.640 agree with us. So, Greg, how do you feel about 0:10:29.679 --> 0:10:33.719 drafting Rob gron Cowsk in the third round? Um? Well, 0:10:33.760 --> 0:10:36.880 the question so, I think it's a roster conjunction question. 0:10:36.920 --> 0:10:39.599 As you answer most of my questions, I believe that 0:10:39.880 --> 0:10:44.160 it depends unwhere in the third round. If you're telling 0:10:44.200 --> 0:10:48.320 me we're getting him that three seven, I'm very interested 0:10:49.280 --> 0:10:51.160 because I think Groggy is the number one tight end still. 0:10:51.520 --> 0:10:54.319 I think last year he proved that he stayed healthy 0:10:54.400 --> 0:10:57.240 for the most part. I have no problem with it, 0:10:57.320 --> 0:11:00.400 Like it's great. I think when you get to a 0:11:00.400 --> 0:11:01.920 point where you take the best player on the board. 0:11:01.960 --> 0:11:03.880 Are we talking about this yesterday? Like all right, you're 0:11:03.920 --> 0:11:06.480 at that two three turn, and do I go with 0:11:06.520 --> 0:11:09.360 these running back or not past the wide receivers, right, 0:11:09.400 --> 0:11:12.599 you're more like three three essentially, I wish direction do 0:11:12.679 --> 0:11:15.160 I go in? And I think that maybe that's the 0:11:15.200 --> 0:11:17.160 point where I would say, well, maybe I look at 0:11:17.240 --> 0:11:18.800 Ronk and I think that's how we ended up with 0:11:18.920 --> 0:11:21.240 him in our draft all over the weekend, and you 0:11:21.360 --> 0:11:23.120 ended up with with him in the draft the night 0:11:23.200 --> 0:11:25.679 before that, because you look at the board and you're like, 0:11:25.720 --> 0:11:27.040 all right, I can go with these running backs, the 0:11:27.080 --> 0:11:29.080 Alex Collins and Derrick Henry so on and so forth. 0:11:29.720 --> 0:11:31.480 I can go with these wide receivers and Mary Cooper, 0:11:31.559 --> 0:11:35.720 Larry Fitzgerald, so on and so forth. Golden Team Oregon, 0:11:35.800 --> 0:11:38.880 je Rob Ronkowski, who's the best tight end in football? 0:11:39.080 --> 0:11:41.439 Who is that much better than everybody else? Who is 0:11:41.480 --> 0:11:44.839 a former first round draft pick in fantasy football? And 0:11:44.880 --> 0:11:48.520 I could pare him with a top five running back, 0:11:49.000 --> 0:11:51.080 a top ten receiver, and now you get the number 0:11:51.080 --> 0:11:54.480 ones hand. We did it for that exact reason. We 0:11:54.600 --> 0:11:56.920 had the number one overall wide receiver, we had a 0:11:57.080 --> 0:12:00.920 top twelve running back, maybe top thirteen, and then we 0:12:01.200 --> 0:12:03.240 grabbed the top. I don't think there's anything wrong with that. 0:12:03.920 --> 0:12:07.240 I like it. I think it is roster construction as well, 0:12:07.240 --> 0:12:09.440 I wouldn't take him in the second round for him, 0:12:10.200 --> 0:12:12.400 but for him falling into the third round of some drafts. 0:12:12.480 --> 0:12:15.640 Right now. I think it's interesting because in the beat 0:12:15.679 --> 0:12:17.959 Franks Stanfeld draft I did last Thursday, I had the 0:12:18.000 --> 0:12:20.120 second pick, I got Levian Bell and then I got 0:12:20.200 --> 0:12:22.800 a gift came back to me, A J. Green. And 0:12:22.840 --> 0:12:24.079 you know how I feel about A J. Green. I 0:12:24.120 --> 0:12:25.600 think he's the cut off. I think he's the last, 0:12:25.880 --> 0:12:28.199 you know, elite widers here that I feel really really 0:12:28.280 --> 0:12:31.400 comfortable about as my wide receiver one in the second round. 0:12:31.600 --> 0:12:33.600 So because I got Levian Bell and because I got 0:12:33.640 --> 0:12:35.760 A J. Green, I felt really really good about those 0:12:35.760 --> 0:12:39.680 two positions. Right there, at pick twenty six, the second 0:12:39.720 --> 0:12:42.319 pick of the third round, I thought that was the 0:12:42.360 --> 0:12:44.200 time to pull the trigger on ground and I pulled 0:12:44.280 --> 0:12:45.719 him up the board. I took him over t Y 0:12:45.840 --> 0:12:48.400 Hilton as well. Here's what I would say if A J. 0:12:48.559 --> 0:12:50.480 Green didn't make it to me and I had to 0:12:50.600 --> 0:12:54.240 take a wide receiver like Stefon Diggs or Mike Evans 0:12:54.320 --> 0:12:56.199 or t Y Hilton as my wide receiver one, I 0:12:56.240 --> 0:12:58.480 would have doubled down on wide receiver right if that 0:12:58.559 --> 0:13:01.200 makes sense, because I just feel little bit more comfortable 0:13:01.400 --> 0:13:03.920 with a J. Green as my wide receiver. One. Gave 0:13:04.000 --> 0:13:08.160 me that ability to take the risk the upside because 0:13:08.200 --> 0:13:09.920 we know we know what the risk is with Gronk, 0:13:10.000 --> 0:13:12.480 but he is a big, high risk, high reward player. 0:13:12.760 --> 0:13:14.679 I think having a J. Green and Leviyan Bell on 0:13:14.720 --> 0:13:17.240 my team already allowed me to take that risk on 0:13:17.320 --> 0:13:19.760 Gronk in the third round and you know, take potentially 0:13:20.080 --> 0:13:22.360 the best running back and football, the best tight end 0:13:22.400 --> 0:13:24.520 in football. Uh. And then similar to what we did 0:13:24.880 --> 0:13:28.040 on Saturday, Gronk felt to three seven. We felt strongly 0:13:28.080 --> 0:13:30.240 we've got Antonio Brown as our wide receiver. We were 0:13:30.280 --> 0:13:33.439 just talking about him arguably the best wide receiver in football. 0:13:33.559 --> 0:13:35.720 We took DeVonta Freeman in the second round and running 0:13:35.760 --> 0:13:38.680 back that you guys feel pretty strongly about. I don't 0:13:38.679 --> 0:13:40.679 feel as strongly, but he is a low nd RB 0:13:40.800 --> 0:13:43.719 one and that allowed us to go ahead because we 0:13:43.800 --> 0:13:45.480 have the running back, because we have the wide receiver, 0:13:45.640 --> 0:13:47.760 to take Gronk in the third round. That's what I 0:13:47.760 --> 0:13:49.439 wanted to talk about just today early on in the 0:13:49.480 --> 0:13:51.800 show is I feel like some people struggle with, you know, 0:13:51.880 --> 0:13:54.079 when should I take a tight end? And some of 0:13:54.160 --> 0:13:55.839 these guys have just seen them fall. Like in that 0:13:56.040 --> 0:13:59.839 same GST draft, Travis Kelsey felt a four nine the 0:14:00.200 --> 0:14:03.800 end of the fourth round at some point even Adam Ronas. 0:14:04.200 --> 0:14:06.040 Ronas was the one who took him. I was talking 0:14:06.080 --> 0:14:07.880 to him the other day on Scott Fantasy. He said, 0:14:08.679 --> 0:14:10.880 if you asked me before the draft, were the chances 0:14:11.040 --> 0:14:13.719 I take Travis Kelsey less than ten percent? It's really 0:14:13.760 --> 0:14:17.640 interesting because on the next day you took zact Earth 0:14:17.679 --> 0:14:19.000 in the fifth round. It was we have seen him 0:14:19.080 --> 0:14:22.040 drop into the fifth round with relative ease in recent 0:14:22.120 --> 0:14:25.280 days and weeks. And for me, it's funny because if 0:14:25.320 --> 0:14:28.040 I don't take Gronk, the only share I have Gronks 0:14:28.080 --> 0:14:30.360 in the league we shared together, I like, don't think 0:14:30.360 --> 0:14:32.240 about tight end until like the Kyle Rudolph to here, Like, 0:14:32.280 --> 0:14:34.360 it doesn't even cross my mind to take Travis Kelsey 0:14:34.440 --> 0:14:37.400 as it literally, I don't even think about it. And 0:14:37.480 --> 0:14:40.920 then you took I was like, that's why I was shocked. 0:14:40.960 --> 0:14:42.200 And Trey Burton was there and you need to take 0:14:42.280 --> 0:14:45.360 him because I had no idea because Earth shouldn't be 0:14:45.400 --> 0:14:48.520 there in the fifth in my opinion, I mean early 0:14:48.640 --> 0:14:51.800 on in August, you know, a month ago he was 0:14:51.840 --> 0:14:54.000 going to the third round. He was going in the 0:14:54.080 --> 0:14:56.840 third round with Travis Kelsey and Rob Gronkowski. Now some 0:14:56.920 --> 0:14:59.400 people are getting exact Art's in the fifth round of drafts. 0:14:59.800 --> 0:15:02.160 In my opinion, he's easily a top three tight end. 0:15:02.400 --> 0:15:05.320 I know Dallas Goddard has impressed throughout the preseason. I'm 0:15:05.360 --> 0:15:07.360 not worried about that. I will say this in a 0:15:07.440 --> 0:15:09.720 Best Ball draft, if you're still part of participating in 0:15:09.760 --> 0:15:12.400 those or in deeper leagues, if I draft Zacates, I'm 0:15:12.400 --> 0:15:14.920 gonna draft Dallas Goddard as well, because we have seen 0:15:14.960 --> 0:15:17.200 the Eagles are going to throw the ball to the 0:15:17.280 --> 0:15:20.360 tight end, and if zach Ertz misses any time, Dallas 0:15:20.400 --> 0:15:22.800 Goddard automatically steps in as a top twelve tight end. 0:15:22.800 --> 0:15:24.960 We saw it last year with Trey Burton. The same 0:15:25.040 --> 0:15:27.560 thing could be said this year or Dallas Goddard. I 0:15:27.680 --> 0:15:29.440 agree with you that if if I miss out on 0:15:29.480 --> 0:15:31.680 one of those top tight ends, whether it's Gronk in 0:15:31.760 --> 0:15:35.480 the third, Kelsey in the fourth now or zach Ertz 0:15:35.560 --> 0:15:38.280 in the fifth, I'm with you. I'm just waiting. I'm 0:15:38.360 --> 0:15:40.640 letting everyone else take to Evan ing Graham. The Greg 0:15:40.680 --> 0:15:45.080 Olsen's here Delaney Walker. I do like Jimmy Graham. At 0:15:45.120 --> 0:15:48.040 the right price, I probably wouldn't take him in the fifth. 0:15:48.040 --> 0:15:49.760 If he's there in the sixth, I would consider it well. 0:15:49.800 --> 0:15:52.600 In that In that Carton draft, we drafted Trey Burton. 0:15:53.520 --> 0:15:55.480 Is that eight whether you did you take Burton or 0:15:55.560 --> 0:15:59.040 Dlaney Walker took Burton, and then obviously we're at the turns. 0:15:59.080 --> 0:16:02.040 We waited to back and we were between Burton and 0:16:02.080 --> 0:16:03.400 Delaney Walker. We knew which on what it takes. We 0:16:03.400 --> 0:16:06.120 took Burton, and then two rounds later, Walker was still there, 0:16:06.480 --> 0:16:08.880 and I'm like, you know what I'm doing it. There's 0:16:08.880 --> 0:16:10.400 nobody else. I like, I don't remember what round was 0:16:10.400 --> 0:16:12.640 A looking up and both of them it's a bo 0:16:12.800 --> 0:16:16.000 tight end. Ye, honestly, I just thought it was the 0:16:16.080 --> 0:16:18.080 best value on the board. Like I didn't like any 0:16:18.200 --> 0:16:20.080 running back Spider series. I'm gonna tell you exactly what 0:16:20.560 --> 0:16:23.280 to tight ends strategy. You might as well draft three 0:16:23.320 --> 0:16:25.960 and go with the my card. I mean, let's relax 0:16:26.040 --> 0:16:30.080 with that. So we look here. So Delaney Walker, dude 0:16:30.200 --> 0:16:34.000 was eleven round it was we took we full point 0:16:34.080 --> 0:16:36.680 PPR league. You're gonna be able to flex de Laney Walker. 0:16:36.760 --> 0:16:40.760 Something I wound up taking Trey Burton in the eight 0:16:41.280 --> 0:16:44.680 literally is that the was Yeah, Trey Burton was with 0:16:44.720 --> 0:16:46.000 the last pick of the eighth rounds. We took U 0:16:46.080 --> 0:16:47.600 at eight nine and then at ten of eleven I 0:16:47.640 --> 0:16:49.760 took Lanney Walker. It was a long time. Like the 0:16:49.840 --> 0:16:52.240 other guys that were going. When I took to Laney Walker, 0:16:53.480 --> 0:16:55.440 you had taken You took Aaron Jones one pick later, 0:16:55.840 --> 0:16:58.800 he's like ash on Jeffrey there also surprised man and 0:16:58.840 --> 0:17:02.320 there's like ten round ten, ten eleven. Yeah, I don't 0:17:02.400 --> 0:17:04.560 white house on Jeffrey. We're in the tenth round. Nick Chub, 0:17:04.800 --> 0:17:08.760 James White, Austin Ekela Ecla. Nothing going on here. I 0:17:08.800 --> 0:17:11.320 thought the Lanny Walker was the highest player on my board. Interesting, 0:17:11.520 --> 0:17:14.160 right it is? Look at this team again. We'll day 0:17:14.200 --> 0:17:17.800 break when we come back inside injuries, specifically Virginia Zacket. 0:17:17.920 --> 0:17:20.680 She joined the program when we come back. Fantasy Best 0:17:21.359 --> 0:17:27.600 Fantasy Sports radever from the NFL to the NBA. 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As we head 0:18:51.880 --> 0:18:55.520 into the final draft weekend of the season, really the 0:18:55.600 --> 0:18:57.159 last weekend of the summer, as we go to the 0:18:57.240 --> 0:18:59.480 Labor Day weekend, a whole lot of injuries we wanted 0:18:59.520 --> 0:19:02.680 to discuss with you, so fantasy owners and fantasy draft 0:19:02.680 --> 0:19:05.639 theres know exactly what they need to know when it 0:19:05.720 --> 0:19:08.640 comes to their drafts this weekend and early next week. 0:19:08.920 --> 0:19:10.760 We're the start of the player we focused on on 0:19:11.040 --> 0:19:13.480 yesterday's show, and that was Jerick McKinnon. I know we've 0:19:13.480 --> 0:19:15.280 spoken about him in the past. I've spoken about him 0:19:15.320 --> 0:19:18.640 with you and with Dr Ray, but Frank is concerned 0:19:18.680 --> 0:19:22.080 about McKinnon's long term viability. He's concerned that even week 0:19:22.160 --> 0:19:24.160 one he won't be ready to get a full workload. 0:19:24.400 --> 0:19:28.119 What do you think of Jerick McKinnon. So when he 0:19:28.160 --> 0:19:30.480 originally suffered that calf strain, we gave him a four 0:19:30.560 --> 0:19:33.560 week optimal recovery time UM. That means he should be 0:19:33.640 --> 0:19:36.320 able to return around week two. Now, there's still a 0:19:36.400 --> 0:19:39.200 chance he plays this week, but if he does, he 0:19:39.240 --> 0:19:41.840