Speaker 1: Everyone, Welcome into the Fantasy Pros Dynasty Football podcast, presented
Speaker 1: by Reality Sports Online. My name is Kyle Yates, and
Speaker 1: I am your host, and I'm joined as always by
Speaker 1: Ray Garvin. Ray, how are we doing? I would be
Speaker 1: doing a lot better if I was just coming off
Speaker 1: of vacation like you, Kyle, But seeing as though I
Speaker 1: have not had one in a while, I'm doing okay,
Speaker 1: but probably not as refreshed and energized as you are
Speaker 1: this evening. Hey, it was awesome to get away to
Speaker 1: spend some time with the wife. Was really impressed with
Speaker 1: just the safety protocols and just how smoothly everything went
Speaker 1: traveling to Mexico. It was awesome. But it's also like
Speaker 1: a weird spot where like, yes, I'm super refreshed, and
Speaker 1: yes I'm hungry to get back to work, but then
Speaker 1: I've also got like a little bit of the post
Speaker 1: vacation blues. Man, Like I'm kind of just like the
Speaker 1: thought of, Okay, forty eight hours ago, I was in
Speaker 1: eighty degree weather and now it's definitely not that here.
Speaker 1: But no, I am, I'm happy to be back, happy
Speaker 1: to get back on this podcast with you. We've got
Speaker 1: a lot to talk through We've got to get people
Speaker 1: ready for Dynasty the offseason. We got to talk everything, man,
Speaker 1: So I'm excited to be back with you. You can
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Speaker 1: Hye NFL. What We've got going on tonight. We're going
Speaker 1: to take a look at some news items that have
Speaker 1: happened over the past week while I was gone, and
Speaker 1: there is a lot that we have to get to,
Speaker 1: so we are going to fly through that, hopefully as
Speaker 1: quickly as we can, and then we are going to
Speaker 1: be taking a look at a free agency primer here
Speaker 1: right just kind of getting you guys ready for NFL
Speaker 1: Free agency that's happening on March fifteenth, and then those
Speaker 1: deals can become official on March seventeenth, so that's coming
Speaker 1: up here pretty quick. But we did want to get
Speaker 1: at least ahead of that a little bit so that
Speaker 1: way we can talk about some Okay, do we want
Speaker 1: to be proactive from a Dynasty perspective and get ahead
Speaker 1: of some of these trades and buys and cells and
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Speaker 1: take a look at some of these news items and again, Ray, like,
Speaker 1: I got to fly through these, man. So, but if
Speaker 1: there's anything that you want to interject, you want to
Speaker 1: just kind of chime in with, let me know, man,
Speaker 1: just talk over and me. We'll talk through these, okays. So,
Speaker 1: Dontrell Hilliard resigns a one year, one point two five
Speaker 1: million dollar deal with the Texans. He's a running back
Speaker 1: and this is relevant because Duke Johnson was released by
Speaker 1: the Texans. So the Texans move on from Duke Johnson
Speaker 1: save about five million dollars in cap space. They've still
Speaker 1: got David Johnson on the roster. He comes with a
Speaker 1: pretty significant cap hit as well. They see her. I
Speaker 1: think they're looking at trying to get that moved down.
Speaker 1: But Hilliard, if you're in a super deep dynasty league
Speaker 1: and you just want some running back depth, He's a
Speaker 1: fine pass catching running back out of the backfield. He
Speaker 1: should be able to fill that role. So if fine
Speaker 1: depth piece did want to at least mention him. Big
Speaker 1: Ben is set to return to the Steelers for the
Speaker 1: twenty twenty one season. I know we talked about that
Speaker 1: an episode or two ago, Ray saying like, what does
Speaker 1: this team look like? If it isn't big Ben right
Speaker 1: who's throwing the ball? It is going to be Big
Speaker 1: big Ben. Hopefully he rests his arm all season. He's
Speaker 1: ready to go for next year. They invest in the
Speaker 1: offensive line and you know we see Deante Johnson, Chase Claypool,
Speaker 1: and Eric Ebron. They're ready to go for next season.
Speaker 1: If Juju Smith Schuster does head elsewhere in free agency,
Speaker 1: we talked about Tyrell Williams official being expected to be
Speaker 1: released by the Raiders. He is officially released now, So
Speaker 1: you're looking at Henry Ruggs, Brian Edwards, Hunter Renfro heading
Speaker 1: in the next year. And do they sign Nelson Aguilar.
Speaker 1: We'll talk about him in a little bit. Jimmy Garoppolo
Speaker 1: is likely to remain with the forty nine ers per
Speaker 1: John Lynch. So of course John Lynch the general manager there,
Speaker 1: this is a situation that you know, we've talked about
Speaker 1: everything with Jimmy G. When he's on the field, he's fine.
Speaker 1: He's a capable quarterback, especially in this scheme where it's
Speaker 1: a lot of behind the line of scrimmage and yak right.
Speaker 1: We talk about Brandon I, Yuk and Deebo Samuel's specialist
Speaker 1: George kittle right specializing in that yards after catch. But
Speaker 1: the issue has been him staying on the health on
Speaker 1: the field and being healthy. So do we see, you know,
Speaker 1: do we see them invest in a backup quarterback that
Speaker 1: you know can come in and step in if Jimmy
Speaker 1: G that you know that isn't Nick Mullins or c. J.
Speaker 1: Beathard or whatever. But heading into next year, Jimmy Garoppolo
Speaker 1: looks to be the starting quarterback for the San Francisco
Speaker 1: forty nine ers. Marcus Mariota could be a release candidate
Speaker 1: by the Las Vegas Raiders. Per Ian Rappaport. This is
Speaker 1: coming down to a little bit of the inflated contract
Speaker 1: that he's got and generating some buzz that he could
Speaker 1: be in this involved in this QB carousel, right, We're
Speaker 1: talking about so many different quarterbacks hitting the free agent
Speaker 1: market or being traded all this. Marcus Mariota could potentially
Speaker 1: work his way into that conversation as well. This is
Speaker 1: the big one that broke while I was on vacation.
Speaker 1: It forced me to break my Twitter Twitter vacation, Right,
Speaker 1: this was Russell Wilson saying that he would accept a
Speaker 1: trade to the Cowboys, the Saints, the Raiders, or the Bears.
Speaker 1: Those are the only four teams that Russell Wilson kind
Speaker 1: of seems zeroed in on. And apparently this is all
Speaker 1: coming down to a rift with the coaching staff, him
Speaker 1: wanting more say in the offense and kind of a
Speaker 1: clash of conflicts and overall ideologies here as far as
Speaker 1: what to do with the offense. So Ray, what break
Speaker 1: this down? A little bit here, and what does this
Speaker 1: mean for not only us and where he could potentially
Speaker 1: end up, but what does it also mean if he
Speaker 1: does leave town? What does it do for DK metcalf
Speaker 1: stock specifically. Yeah, this is not what you want to hear.
Speaker 1: If you are a dynasty manager that has DK Metcalf,
Speaker 1: Tyler Tyler Lockett, this is not what you want to hear.
Speaker 1: You know. One of the big appeals the DK is
Speaker 1: the fact that he's a young, transcendent talent tethered to
Speaker 1: a Hall of Fame quarterback. And you know, it was
Speaker 1: already difficult seeing as Russell Wilson didn't have the past volume.
Speaker 1: But if he's out of the picture and they start
Speaker 1: over or they have to bring in an older veteran,
Speaker 1: this this just is not good. Now. I will say
Speaker 1: caution against those overreactionary modes where you're you know, you're
Speaker 1: dumping you know, top talent like DK Metcalf. But I
Speaker 1: definitely think it would take take a hit to his
Speaker 1: dynasty value if Russell Wilson is gone. And conversely, if
Speaker 1: he lands in Chicago, if he lands in New Orleans,
Speaker 1: if he lands in you know, Dallas, I mean that's
Speaker 1: up for all of the skill position players on those teams.
Speaker 1: So while it would be very bad for Dk Metcalf
Speaker 1: and Tyler Lockett, it would be very good for the
Speaker 1: past catching weapons of those teams. Yeah, and it's a
Speaker 1: really interesting that he's listed those four teams, right because
Speaker 1: you look at Dallas, Well, okay, hello, Dak Prescott right is, yes,
Speaker 1: he's not technically under contract. They have the franchise tag,
Speaker 1: they're working on a long term deal. It sounds like
Speaker 1: that door is kind of closed as far as Dallas
Speaker 1: and Russell Wilson. Well, then the Saints, yes, they potentially
Speaker 1: have a quarterback opening, but have you seen their cap
Speaker 1: hit right, Like where they're at with the salary cap,
Speaker 1: I have no idea how that would even potentially work
Speaker 1: out or even if they have the draft cap. Las
Speaker 1: Vegas seems that they're committed to Derek Carr and that
Speaker 1: they're digging into this. And so Chicago, it's kind of
Speaker 1: the situation. I've heard a lot of people say, well,
Speaker 1: why would he want to go to Chicago? Well, you
Speaker 1: talk about a town that desperately wants a quarterback, and
Speaker 1: if Russell Wilson is not obsessed but is concerned with
Speaker 1: his legacy and is focused in on that him going
Speaker 1: to Chicago and it he's becoming, at least performing the
Speaker 1: way that he has, he'd be the greatest quarterback in
Speaker 1: Chicago Bears history, right because the talent has not been
Speaker 1: there for Chicago. They've been void of quarterback talent for
Speaker 1: so long. If he ends up in Chicago and performs well,
Speaker 1: he will go down it. He'll be one of the
Speaker 1: most praised athletes in Chicago sports history. So that's kind
Speaker 1: of where and especially with his wife and you know,
Speaker 1: the media and everything like this. Right, So that's why
Speaker 1: Chicago is at least on the radar whether or not
Speaker 1: they're going to be able to pull this off. At
Speaker 1: this point, Seattle is digging in and saying that they're
Speaker 1: not keen on trading him, But if Russ is going
Speaker 1: public with this, it seems like we could actually see
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson and this other quarterback that's been in the
Speaker 1: news we obviously know Deshaun Watson. Though it has remained
Speaker 1: steadfast in his trade demand, he met with new head
Speaker 1: coach David Coley recently and has reinforced his trade request
Speaker 1: that he's saying that I do not want to play
Speaker 1: another snap here for the Houston Texans. So Deshaun Watson
Speaker 1: for everything that, for everything that Nick Kissario and Houston
Speaker 1: is saying about wanting to keep, you know, Deshaun Watson
Speaker 1: in town, doesn't sound like Watson wants to be there
Speaker 1: and he's gonna take this the long way out. Yeah,
Speaker 1: And we just saw his teammate JJ Watt right before
Speaker 1: we got on the show signed with the Arizona Cardinals.
Speaker 1: So you know, it's just a mass exodus in Houston,
Speaker 1: and it just it's crazy to think that just a
Speaker 1: few years ago, you know, they had DeAndre Hopkins and
Speaker 1: Watt and Will Fuller and Watson, and now, I mean
Speaker 1: it's not even it's not even a few years ago, right,
Speaker 1: It was a year ago today, March first, twenty twenty,
Speaker 1: they had DeAndre Hopkins and JJ Watt on the same roster,
Speaker 1: like you know, and now fast forward a year you
Speaker 1: potentially might have Deshaun Watson off this team too. And
Speaker 1: especially we talked about Duke Johnson being released, JJ Watt everything,
Speaker 1: it seems like they're preparing that this is going to
Speaker 1: be a long term rebuild. And if that's the case,
Speaker 1: you don't keep your quarterback around if you can get
Speaker 1: a king's ransom for him. So we'll see, obviously, we'll
Speaker 1: we'll remain we'll keep you updated as we go throughout it.
Speaker 1: What do you think? What do you think? Yeah, it's
Speaker 1: higher probability of being traded Russell Wilson or Deshaun Watson.
Speaker 1: Oh man, I think from a organizational perspective, I think
Speaker 1: that Seattle has at least a little bit more like, no,
Speaker 1: we're not going to trade Russ and all this. But yet,
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't see Houston. I see Houston taking
Speaker 1: this the long way out right or the taking the
Speaker 1: long the wrong road here. I think they're gonna play
Speaker 1: this out and just see how long it takes them.
Speaker 1: But so I think, as far as from everything that
Speaker 1: we've heard, I think it's gonna Russ is gonna be
Speaker 1: traded before Deshaun Watson. I actually think that it's a
Speaker 1: still strong probability that we see both of them traded. Though, Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: I think I think it's it's I don't know, because
Speaker 1: free agency is getting close. If it doesn't happen early,
Speaker 1: I think it's going to be right around the draft
Speaker 1: time when they make those moves and we see those
Speaker 1: players traded, and you know, and we'll talk about this
Speaker 1: throughout all of these shows. This impacts what you do
Speaker 1: in Dynasty. I mean this packs this gives you either
Speaker 1: a window to buy said player, to trade said player.
Speaker 1: I mean this is these moves impact everything on Dynasty rosters.
Speaker 1: Because I promise you, Yates, if Russell Wilson ends up
Speaker 1: in Chicago, stock up for Cold Command, stock up for
Speaker 1: the Mooney. I mean, this is this is how it
Speaker 1: goes man. Yeah. Absolutely. And and the longer that this
Speaker 1: process draws out, the less and less teams that they're
Speaker 1: going to have that you know, Houston or Seattle is
Speaker 1: going to have at the negotiating table at the table,
Speaker 1: right because teams are eventually going to have to pivot
Speaker 1: and say, okay, well we'll turn to one of these,
Speaker 1: you know, when we'll talk about the quarterbacks that are
Speaker 1: in the free agent market. We gotta have someone on
Speaker 1: the roster to play quarterback next season. So the if
Speaker 1: as more and more teams turns turned towards their secondary options,
Speaker 1: we could see, you know, less the offers, you know,
Speaker 1: start to become less for these top tier quarterbacks. Cam
Speaker 1: Akers considered an every down back by head coach Sean McVeigh.
Speaker 1: Obviously we saw that towards the end of the last season,
Speaker 1: so not necessarily breaking news here. Will Fuller, we talked
Speaker 1: about it again with Houston is not part of the
Speaker 1: franchise tag plans for the Texans. Now that could change
Speaker 1: obviously when the franchise tag windows closes. But yeah, as
Speaker 1: of right now, it seems Will Fuller is going to
Speaker 1: hit the free agent market. So even if Deshaun Watson
Speaker 1: is the quarterback next season, we talked about, it's Brandon Cooks,
Speaker 1: Randall Cobb, It's Kiki Qt Like the receiving corps here
Speaker 1: for Deshaun Watson or whoever is playing quarterback for the
Speaker 1: Texans just continues to look more and more gross. Will
Speaker 1: Fuller could find himself part of a new franchise, a
Speaker 1: new team next season, and we could see his fantasy
Speaker 1: stock take a dramatic rise up as depending on his
Speaker 1: landing spot. Adam Humphries the wide receiver released by the
Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans, so Corey Davis also barreling towards free agency.
Speaker 1: John U. Smith is it going to just be a
Speaker 1: J Brown on the Titans roster next season? Will wait
Speaker 1: and see t Y Hilton posted on Twitter earlier today
Speaker 1: that it seems he is heading towards free agency, So
Speaker 1: you're going to have an opening here in indianapp bliss
Speaker 1: at the wide receiver position. Julian Edelman is unsure if
Speaker 1: he'll be healthy for twenty twenty one. From a dynasty perspective,
Speaker 1: you're not holding out hopes for Julian Edelman at this
Speaker 1: point of his career. No longer attached to Tom Brady,
Speaker 1: you weren't relying on him anyway. Gerald Everett to be
Speaker 1: viewed as a starter or could potentially be viewed as
Speaker 1: a starter on the open market, the tight end for
Speaker 1: the Los Angeles Rams, who's been buried on the depth
Speaker 1: chart here. He's flashed when he's gotten the chance, but
Speaker 1: when it's been Tyler Higbee and Gerald Everett on the field,
Speaker 1: you haven't seen much of Everett, but he has the talent,
Speaker 1: he has the draft capital, right, I think a second
Speaker 1: round pick a few years ago. So we'll talk about
Speaker 1: him in a little bit as well. Then, just a
Speaker 1: couple more things here. Alex Smith and Washington are expected
Speaker 1: to part ways in the coming days. Alex Smith, at
Speaker 1: thirty six years old, going to be hitting the free
Speaker 1: agent market for the first time in his career, which
Speaker 1: is crazy to think about. But coming off of his
Speaker 1: crazy injury, comeback player of the Year not unanimous. That's
Speaker 1: a whole other conversation for another other day. But Alex
Speaker 1: Smith could potentially be hitting the free agent market here
Speaker 1: pretty soon, and Washington is going to have a major
Speaker 1: need at the quarterback position. Finally, Patrick Mahomes underwent surgery
Speaker 1: on his toe. Should be ready for camp. All right,
Speaker 1: we did. We got through all the news items. There's
Speaker 1: a lot of news there, Yates oh Man, Well, this
Speaker 1: is what happens when I take a week vacation. We
Speaker 1: don't talk for a week. So we got to get
Speaker 1: through everything. And this is again I talked about it
Speaker 1: on Twitter. But this is the thing I love about
Speaker 1: covering the NFL that it just never sleeps, right, There's
Speaker 1: always something happening. I come back from a week vacation
Speaker 1: in February, right, I come back and we have to
Speaker 1: I have to catch my breath when we're done with
Speaker 1: a news segment. Right. So, love covering the NFL, Love
Speaker 1: talking free agency. Let's do that right here. We've got
Speaker 1: some quarterbacks and again I talked about it The purpose
Speaker 1: of this is really for us to at least get
Speaker 1: these names in front of you, because from a dynasty perspective,
Speaker 1: it's a little bit different than if you're just following
Speaker 1: from a redraft perspective and you at least just have
Speaker 1: a like, you know, vested inter in free agency or
Speaker 1: anything like that. From a dynasty perspective, getting ahead and
Speaker 1: knowing who these free agents upcoming free agents are is
Speaker 1: important because we'll talk about it with some of these guys.
Speaker 1: Are they buys right now? Can you get in before
Speaker 1: their stock skyrockets, or are they potential sells? Because looking
Speaker 1: at the free agent market as a whole, the opportunity
Speaker 1: that they're in is not is you know, is much
Speaker 1: better than the one that they could be walking into.
Speaker 1: So we're really just going to have a conversation here.
Speaker 1: Ray and I are just going to sit down as
Speaker 1: two friends. We're going to talk about some of these
Speaker 1: free agents, and we're just inviting you into the conversation.
Speaker 1: We're not going to offer like official predictions because again
Speaker 1: we are a little bit out here two weeks out,
Speaker 1: who knows what's going to happen in that time frame.
Speaker 1: But yet again just wanting to invite you guys, the
Speaker 1: listeners into this conversation. So let's start at the quarterback position.
Speaker 1: Ray We've got at the top. Obviously, Dak Prescott. I
Speaker 1: talked about him earlier. He is technically a free agent.
Speaker 1: But at this point, do we fully expect Dallas to
Speaker 1: just either sign him to a long term deal or
Speaker 1: apply the first Yes, he's gonna be back in Dallas
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one. Dak is going to be back
Speaker 1: in Dallas in twenty twenty one. I completely agree. I
Speaker 1: think that we move forward with Ceedee Lamb. I'm wary Cooper,
Speaker 1: the the Michael Gallup, the two side ends. We've talked
Speaker 1: about at length, of Ezekiel Elliott, all these guys. We
Speaker 1: talk about them in the light of Okay, it's gonna
Speaker 1: be Dak at quarterback next season. So I if Dallas
Speaker 1: does let him walk, goodness, I don't know what they're doing.
Speaker 1: So I think they I don't know if a long
Speaker 1: term deal necessarily plays out, but at this point, I
Speaker 1: do expect him, one way or another to be in
Speaker 1: a Dallas Cowboys uniform next season. Yes, agreed, one hundred percent.
Speaker 1: I don't think there's I think we could stop with
Speaker 1: the Dak Prescott to Denver Dak to all these other teams.
Speaker 1: He's gonna be back in Dallas next year, whether it's
Speaker 1: a one year deal or a long long term deal. Yep. Additionally,
Speaker 1: and I'm just going down the list here, Please do
Speaker 1: not come at me and say, like the order of
Speaker 1: talent or anything of that. Trubisky is the is the
Speaker 1: next guy on the list. He's an upcoming free agents.
Speaker 1: So really from I think the days of him, like
Speaker 1: outlook or potential outlook and just kind of optimism or
Speaker 1: anything like this that's sailed on Trubisky, right, I think
Speaker 1: that he's going to be a backup quarterback. He's still
Speaker 1: going to be in the NFL, of course, but yeah,
Speaker 1: I think he's going to be a backup or signing
Speaker 1: a one year deal somewhere. But I did want to
Speaker 1: talk about him because the QB carousel that we're looking at,
Speaker 1: there were going to be so many open seats at
Speaker 1: the quarterback position, and Trubisky does have the draft capital
Speaker 1: where a team could say, well, if we have a
Speaker 1: need at quarterback, let's bring him in. We could potentially
Speaker 1: draft a quarterback in the in the NFL draft, in
Speaker 1: the twenty twenty one NFL Draft and pair him with
Speaker 1: Trubisky just to see, Okay, what does he look like
Speaker 1: look like outside of Matt Naggie's scheme. But I'm having
Speaker 1: a hard time figuring out what team that could be.
Speaker 1: I could see Washington potentially being interested in New England
Speaker 1: if they wanted, you know, to kind of rule the
Speaker 1: dice there. But from a dynasty perspective, are you really
Speaker 1: holding out hopes on Trubisky as as someone where you're like,
Speaker 1: if you can get them super cheap by him. Yeah,
Speaker 1: if you can get Trubisky super cheap, as you said,
Speaker 1: and I'm talking third fourth round pick cheap, you know
Speaker 1: he's He's a serviceable NFL backup quarterback that can give
Speaker 1: you some spot starts, and in those spots starts, he
Speaker 1: does have an ability to score you some points. But
Speaker 1: as far as being a consistent fantasy producer, it's not
Speaker 1: gonna happen for Trubisky. If he does sign on any team,
Speaker 1: whether that's New England or name the team, I think
Speaker 1: it's going to be a total competition and there's no
Speaker 1: guarantee that he's going to have that starting role. Again,
Speaker 1: He's a he's a backup quarterback that can give you
Speaker 1: startable weeks, which there is value in that, but there's
Speaker 1: no premium on that. Right, I'm not seeking out Mitch Drubisky.
Speaker 1: If if I can get him as a throw in
Speaker 1: on a deal, if I'm at the end of a
Speaker 1: startup draft, I wouldn't mind taking him, but you're not.
Speaker 1: You probably are never getting a full sixteen out of
Speaker 1: him unless something goes terribly wrong, which we've seen happen
Speaker 1: in the NFL when they're on their second and third quarterbacks.
Speaker 1: So he could have another starter season, but not as
Speaker 1: the starter, if you get what I'm saying, yeah, completely,
Speaker 1: and from a super flex perspective, that does carry value
Speaker 1: having those backup quarterbacks that could potentially step in. And
Speaker 1: we've seen Trubisky be valuable for fantasy football when he
Speaker 1: has you know, when it's clicked right with this rushing ability.
Speaker 1: He's put up some decent games, and so I think
Speaker 1: if you can get that guy again, as you mentioned,
Speaker 1: as a throw in on a deal, especially in a
Speaker 1: super flex league where I can have him as my fourth,
Speaker 1: maybe even fifth quarterback, if I do like to hoard
Speaker 1: quarterbacks in my super flex league, then that's the position
Speaker 1: that but outside of that, I'm not looking to rely
Speaker 1: on Trubisky as my second quarterback or third quarterback. A
Speaker 1: guy who is really interesting, I don't know how to
Speaker 1: think about him is Jamis Winston. Now, Winston was the
Speaker 1: thirty for thirty. We was the running joke for the
Speaker 1: longest time with Tampa and then he signs that. I mean,
Speaker 1: it was a minimum deal in New Orleans last season
Speaker 1: to sit behind Drew Brees to potentially be the heir apparent. Well,
Speaker 1: he's a free agent and now the situation is, I
Speaker 1: think New Orleans would love to keep him, but they've
Speaker 1: got Taysom Hill. They pay Taysom Hill a lot of money,
Speaker 1: and how do they have the money or cap space
Speaker 1: to be able to make an offer for Jamis Winston?
Speaker 1: Or does he hit the free agent market and do
Speaker 1: we see a team say, well, he's got the talent,
Speaker 1: you can be a guy that we can rely on.
Speaker 1: Do we take the shot with Jamis Winston? What do
Speaker 1: you think? I think Winston can still be a very
Speaker 1: good fantasy quarterback if he's given starter role. I do
Speaker 1: think he's going to have an opportunity to win that
Speaker 1: job in New Orleans if they don't bring in a
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson if they don't draft a quarterback at the
Speaker 1: back end of the first round. Even if that happens,
Speaker 1: I think he's going to get an opportunity to win.
Speaker 1: The Taysom Hill experiment is cute, and while it was
Speaker 1: successful at times, I don't think that they can sustain
Speaker 1: a sixteen game season doing that. So I am definitely
Speaker 1: interested in Jamis Winston in super flex warmats from my
Speaker 1: dynasty perspective, because I do think, unlike Mitchell Trupisky, I
Speaker 1: do think Jamis Winston does have some starter potential left
Speaker 1: in his game. I do too. We've seen him perform
Speaker 1: at a very very high level. It's just all come
Speaker 1: down to the interceptions. So I can if he can
Speaker 1: prove that he's cleaned that up, if he does land
Speaker 1: with a if he does get the starting role in
Speaker 1: New Orleans with Sean Payton and Michael Thomas and Camara
Speaker 1: out of the backfield, right like, that's a situation where
Speaker 1: I think he can succeed. But so I am looking
Speaker 1: at Winston a little bit more in a different light
Speaker 1: than Trubisky, where I'm saying I'm a little bit more
Speaker 1: aggressive with trying to acquire Winston, especially in super flex leagues.
Speaker 1: But we do have to see how this plays out.
Speaker 1: Does he hit the free agent market and does he
Speaker 1: sign in New England or whatever, you know, Like what's
Speaker 1: the situation here for or Chicago or whatever? Right I
Speaker 1: think it's a wait and see approach, but it could
Speaker 1: pay off in a big way. Other guys that I'm
Speaker 1: gonna pair here, Andy Dalton, Ryan Fitzpatrick. These are two
Speaker 1: guys where they're backup quarterbacks at this point that can
Speaker 1: be spots starters. You know. If Chicago swings for the
Speaker 1: fences with both Russell Wilson and Deshaun Watson, then they
Speaker 1: miss out. I could see them going after a Ryan
Speaker 1: Fitzpatrick or Alex Smith that we talked about, you know,
Speaker 1: But at this point in a dynasty league, I'm not
Speaker 1: holding out hoped for Andy Dalton or Ryan Fitzpatrick. No. No,
Speaker 1: No backup backup quarterbacks. That's it. That's all they are. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and again that has value as depth pieces, especially in
Speaker 1: super flex leagues, but as of right now, I'm not
Speaker 1: thinking that they're going to land anywhere significant. Jacoby Brissette
Speaker 1: and Tyrod Taylor, it's kind of the same thing. There,
Speaker 1: I could see Tyrod end up as like the backup
Speaker 1: quarterback in Philly, you know, being that veteran presence behind
Speaker 1: Jalen Hurtz with that QB opening there. But outside of that, man,
Speaker 1: I just don't think that these guys, especially Jacoby, we
Speaker 1: haven't seen him perform at a high level for a
Speaker 1: couple of years now, So I just don't think that
Speaker 1: anything is going to happen with either these guys. Correct
Speaker 1: me if I'm wrong there, No, No, You've got spot on.
Speaker 1: They're they're just guys. They're just guys, and they're not
Speaker 1: worth the roster spot, to be honest. The really the
Speaker 1: last one here at the quarterback position that's really interesting
Speaker 1: is Cam Newton. Now Newton, we I mean, I don't
Speaker 1: even want to pull up his stats from this past
Speaker 1: year because it is gross, but he was performing actually
Speaker 1: pretty well before he tested positive for COVID. Right, that's
Speaker 1: a situation where he tested positive for COVID. He was
Speaker 1: out that couple games and he came back and he
Speaker 1: just did not look the same. And from his camp
Speaker 1: and all reports, it sounded that that really affected him.
Speaker 1: And we've saw that right where throughout the NFL season,
Speaker 1: it affected players in different ways. Lamar tested, Lamar Jackson
Speaker 1: tested positive, and then he came back and he actually
Speaker 1: performed better. Right, So I think it's just really interesting
Speaker 1: to see coming from this season, especially with a prove
Speaker 1: it deal, a prove it year from Cam Newton. Now
Speaker 1: there's a ton of question marks. So I still think
Speaker 1: Kim Newton is worth rostering and acquiring in super flex
Speaker 1: dynasty leagues because I think that he still has the talent.
Speaker 1: He still has the rushing ability, which is, you know,
Speaker 1: the Konami code, right, Like, we talked about that the
Speaker 1: value for fantasy football. But I just have no idea
Speaker 1: where he's gonna end up. Right. We talked about, Okay,
Speaker 1: do we want to do predictions? Do we want I
Speaker 1: was just like, I didn't really want to do that
Speaker 1: because that would make me have to choose where Cam
Speaker 1: Newton's gonna end up. And I just have absolutely no idea.
Speaker 1: So dynasty outlook here for Cam Newton, still relatively young
Speaker 1: for the quarterback position. What do you think here with
Speaker 1: Cam Newton moving forward? The curious case of Cam Newton.
Speaker 1: He's the one quarterback that I do believe his name
Speaker 1: cache his past production will afford him another opportunity to
Speaker 1: start and it very well, maybe in New England. I
Speaker 1: don't know if you There's an interview with Cam Newton
Speaker 1: on the I Am Athlete podcast with Chad Johnson, Channon Crowder,
Speaker 1: and Brandon Marshall, and he continues to say the right
Speaker 1: things about the Patriots franchise. He would love to be
Speaker 1: back in the organization with a year of learning the
Speaker 1: playbook under his belt. He wants to be a New
Speaker 1: England Patriot. And right now it doesn't look like New
Speaker 1: England's going to be aggressive in the free agent market.
Speaker 1: They don't have anything else behind Cam Newton. You know,
Speaker 1: there are some quarterbacks in this upcoming draft, but I
Speaker 1: do think that Cam Newton probably is going to be
Speaker 1: back in New England again. Then you know he you know,
Speaker 1: he didn't play well, but he also wasn't horrible in
Speaker 1: some of the games that he was in. I mean
Speaker 1: there were times where he looked like the old Cam.
Speaker 1: So of all of the quarterbacks that we talked about
Speaker 1: outside of Dak Prescott, Cam Newton, Jameis Winston, those would
Speaker 1: be sort of the top bets for fantasy purposes that
Speaker 1: I still have mild interest in Cam Newton. Yeah, And
Speaker 1: I think a whole thing of like changing the outlook
Speaker 1: for Cam Newton if he does stay in New England
Speaker 1: is well, get him some pass catchers like Jacoby Myers, right,
Speaker 1: like nikkil Harry No, thank you, Devin ASIASI and Dalton
Speaker 1: Keene and Ryan Izzo. And I mean who is he
Speaker 1: thrown to last year? It really was not anyone of notes,
Speaker 1: So when we look at his stats, I talked about that, like,
Speaker 1: when we look at his stats, well, it's important to
Speaker 1: at least keep in context who he was throwing to,
Speaker 1: and it really wasn't anyone significant. So New England does
Speaker 1: have a pretty significant like cap room to work with
Speaker 1: here in free agency. So do we see them be
Speaker 1: aggressive with one of these wide receivers that we were
Speaker 1: about to talk about to talk about, or do we
Speaker 1: see you know, them spend that fifteenth overall pick on
Speaker 1: a Davante Smith if he's still there, or Rashad Bateman right,
Speaker 1: Like that would change the outlook for me for Cam
Speaker 1: Newton if he is still there in New England next season.
Speaker 1: So again, he's someone who I'm looking to acquire. But
Speaker 1: I'm not overspending, right, I'm not talking about a first
Speaker 1: round pick or anything like that. But if I can
Speaker 1: get him on my roster as a depth piece then
Speaker 1: and it pays off, then absolutely I'm excited for that
Speaker 1: because I do think that his value in public is
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Speaker 1: a look at running backs here. I'm just going to
Speaker 1: throw this to you. Aaron Jones headlines this class. So
Speaker 1: Aaron Jones I don't see them. I don't see green
Speaker 1: Bay resigning him with their investment in NJ. Dillon in
Speaker 1: the second round, with the cap hit that Aaron Jones
Speaker 1: is going to command. So where could potentially Aaron Jones
Speaker 1: be landing and could his dynasty stock be on the
Speaker 1: rise because of it? Yeah, I think it's I don't
Speaker 1: think there's any chance. Well there's always a chance, but
Speaker 1: I think the probability of him winding back up in
Speaker 1: Green Bay is slim to none. I just don't see
Speaker 1: that happening. You look at a place like the Arizona Cardinals,
Speaker 1: you know, do they resign Kenyan Drake and you know,
Speaker 1: given that they need some help in other areas on
Speaker 1: that offense, you know, you add an Aaron Jones to
Speaker 1: a Kyler Murray DeAndre Hopkins offense, that gets better, really, really,
Speaker 1: really quickly with the player like Aaron Jones. I just
Speaker 1: I do not see him back in Green Bay. The
Speaker 1: writing was on the wall when they took AJ Dillon
Speaker 1: in the second round of the draft last year, and
Speaker 1: we saw AJ Dillon play well in flashes in small
Speaker 1: spurts this past season. So I think the Arizona Cardinals
Speaker 1: would be a fun location for him in that Cliff
Speaker 1: Kingsbury offense with Kyler Murray, with DeAndre Hopkins, I think
Speaker 1: he's an upgrade. I don't even think it's a thought.
Speaker 1: He is an upgrade over Kallan Drake. So you get
Speaker 1: Aaron Jones with Chase Edmonds as the backup Kyler Murray,
Speaker 1: I think good things could happen in Arizona. We've always
Speaker 1: talked about Aaron Jones is like he has the potential
Speaker 1: to be a fantasy football superstar. It's just even with
Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy, he was never given the full workload. You
Speaker 1: always saw Jamal Williams factor in, and that continued on
Speaker 1: this past year. Well, if he ends up in an
Speaker 1: offense that is actually willing to give him the keys
Speaker 1: to the kingdom, I think you could absolutely be a
Speaker 1: top five fantasy running back. Locket easy, easy, easy and yes, yeah,
Speaker 1: and I think Miami is an another spot to keep
Speaker 1: an eye on with Aaron Jones, right because they have
Speaker 1: that opening at running back. We I mean Miles Gascon
Speaker 1: and Savon akamand performed well last year, but yet they
Speaker 1: didn't do anything that would say, yeah, you can't you
Speaker 1: turn away Aaron Jones or the potential Jones. Right, So
Speaker 1: Aaron Jones there with two uh and then they invest
Speaker 1: I mean, they still got so much draft capital that
Speaker 1: they can invest in a solid and building offensive line.
Speaker 1: I think that would be a fantastic situation for him.
Speaker 1: I still know that you see Miles Gaskon potentially involved there,
Speaker 1: but as a change of pace, but yet nothing that
Speaker 1: would make me move off of saying if he lands
Speaker 1: in Miami, Aaron Jones is a top five fantasy running
Speaker 1: back for me. Yes, listen if he lands in Miami.
Speaker 1: If he lands in Arizona. We talked about the Pittsburg Steelers,
Speaker 1: the potential of the Seattle Seahawks. I think the chances
Speaker 1: are because here's the thing. Any team that brings him in,
Speaker 1: they're bringing him in. They're bringing him in to be
Speaker 1: the guy. And all we need to know that Aaron
Speaker 1: Jones is the guy, and I think he's think he's
Speaker 1: number I think he's a top five guy, absolutely paying
Speaker 1: him to be the guy, and that you know, followed
Speaker 1: the money. So absolutely, Kenny and Drake we talked about
Speaker 1: you know, you said Arizona, well if Arizona after replying
Speaker 1: the transition tag to him, I believe last year, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean Drake was injured. He was dealing with some
Speaker 1: ankle injuries throughout the season, but yet he's still performed
Speaker 1: well in the you know when he was healthy, but
Speaker 1: it wasn't enough where I think he's gonna get like
Speaker 1: a massive extension or anything like that from Arizona. So
Speaker 1: I think this is a wait and see situation. I
Speaker 1: think you're going to see some of the chairs to
Speaker 1: shuffle around here. But Drake, after Aaron Jones, there really
Speaker 1: isn't one guy that I say, like, this is someone
Speaker 1: who I think could dramatically see their fantasy stock rise
Speaker 1: comparative to where it is now. So Kenyan Drake, I
Speaker 1: think it makes sense for him to remain in Arizona
Speaker 1: and take a cheap contract, to take a cheap deal
Speaker 1: and still continue that kind of committee with Chase Edmonds
Speaker 1: and stuff like that. But was there any other destination
Speaker 1: that you kind of wanted to throw out there with
Speaker 1: Drake or does Arizona make sense? Arizona makes a ton
Speaker 1: of sense for Kenyan Drake. I think they could upgrade
Speaker 1: the position over Drake. But if they offer Drake, Drake
Speaker 1: needs to take that deal. That's that's that's gonna be
Speaker 1: a good situation for him because despite some of his
Speaker 1: inefficiencies or his ineffectiveness at times, they still committed to him.
Speaker 1: You know, they still wanted to feed him the ball.
Speaker 1: He was getting goal line touches. I think it would
Speaker 1: be a good spot for Kenyan Drake to go back
Speaker 1: to Arizona, But if they want to upgrade, there are
Speaker 1: better There's a better option out there. But listen, Drake
Speaker 1: wasn't horrible last year. You know, he wasn't what we
Speaker 1: expected going into the season. Our expectations were much higher
Speaker 1: for Kenyan Drake than the production. But he's still he's
Speaker 1: still if he's if they bring him back, he's gonna
Speaker 1: be the starter. He's gonna be the starter running back.
Speaker 1: We with Aaron Jones, Let me double backs, Aaron Jones,
Speaker 1: is he a buy for you in any way, like
Speaker 1: you're gonna have to pay up, but yet if you
Speaker 1: can find an owner who is not thinking that he's
Speaker 1: going to leave Green Bay or whatever, like just I
Speaker 1: don't know, just posing the question, do you think that
Speaker 1: he's actually a buy in your mind right now? Uh? Yes,
Speaker 1: yes and no. If you're a contending team and you're
Speaker 1: a running back piece away and you've got a the
Speaker 1: sixth overall pick in the rookie draft, would I trade
Speaker 1: that plus something for Aaron Jones? Probably? Like probably, you know,
Speaker 1: if it's a mid to late first and I could
Speaker 1: package that to get Aaron Jones on a contending team. Absolutely,
Speaker 1: the name of the game is winning and Aaron Jones
Speaker 1: is absolutely a piece that could help you win. Now.
Speaker 1: I mean, he's been one of the most dominant running
Speaker 1: backs wouldn't given the ball over the past couple of years.
Speaker 1: So if he's the guy, it doesn't have to split
Speaker 1: work with a terrible Jamal Williams and a rookie AJ Dillon. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I would do it. It just depends on my team
Speaker 1: right right. And I think the reason why I posed
Speaker 1: is I think he's His value right now in Dynasty
Speaker 1: is probably like RB ten RB eleven, RB twelve like
Speaker 1: in that range right, just as far as consensus. But
Speaker 1: and you're going to have people who say, like, no,
Speaker 1: he's a top three option for me, and then you're
Speaker 1: gonna have people who say he's a top eighteen option
Speaker 1: for me. Whatever. But if we talked about it, if
Speaker 1: he ends up in Miami, if he ends up in Arizona,
Speaker 1: right and they move on from Kenney Drake, then top five.
Speaker 1: So I think that's the kind of situation if you
Speaker 1: can at least get in before that. But it's a
Speaker 1: roll of the dice. If he ends up in Seattle
Speaker 1: and we know what Pete Carroll wants to do, right
Speaker 1: with multiple running backs and whatever like, if he ends
Speaker 1: up in another situation, then that's something where I don't
Speaker 1: know how confident I am that you know, what I
Speaker 1: am paid and what I invested in is going to
Speaker 1: turn out to a top five option. So but if
Speaker 1: he does end up in Miami, if he does end
Speaker 1: up in these other spots that we talked about, then
Speaker 1: there's a potential that it could pay off. But again,
Speaker 1: this is the risk of dynasty. Do you want to
Speaker 1: pay up now or and for the potential, or do
Speaker 1: you want to have to pay up after you find
Speaker 1: out that he's signed with Miami and you actually can't
Speaker 1: acquire him because the value is top five. Now yeah, yes,
Speaker 1: all right, So Chris Carson is another guy. I'll just
Speaker 1: kind of fly through these these guys. These guys, at
Speaker 1: least in my opinion, all kind of lumped together. It's
Speaker 1: Chris Carson, James Connor, Levon Bell, like all these guys,
Speaker 1: I think are going to be complimentary options. I don't
Speaker 1: think you're going to see any team give Chris Carson,
Speaker 1: you know, and bring him in and pay him significant
Speaker 1: money to be the main guy. James Connor at this
Speaker 1: point looks so run down at this point of his career.
Speaker 1: I doubt that he gets a starting job anywhere. Leveon
Speaker 1: Bell did next to nothing last year to prove that
Speaker 1: he can be a starting running back anymore. So do
Speaker 1: you see any of these guys landing a starting running
Speaker 1: back job in Fantracy this year? No? I don't. I'm
Speaker 1: trying to force myself into any of those guys. And no, Carson.
Speaker 1: The riding was on the wall for Courson a couple
Speaker 1: of years ago. In my opinion, I was telling people
Speaker 1: they need to get off of him. James Connor the
Speaker 1: same way. Bell, No, he stanks day, this fizzled out.
Speaker 1: I think he had a really big opportunity to make
Speaker 1: himself some money. But backup guy that can give you
Speaker 1: some starts. I mean, Lenny playoff. Lenny's gonna be back
Speaker 1: in Tampa Bay in my opinion, and I think that's
Speaker 1: good for him. And if that happens, I want some
Speaker 1: Leonard Fournette. I know that sounds gross, but I'm still
Speaker 1: on the Leonard Fournette team. Yeah. Well, let's talk about
Speaker 1: Leonard Fournette really quick. So I think you mentioned Tampa Bay.
Speaker 1: He'll have to sign a team friendly deal. He's gonna
Speaker 1: have to be that because what he proved in the playoffs,
Speaker 1: or how he played in the playoffs was drastically different
Speaker 1: than how he played in season. And I do think
Speaker 1: that you're going to see them add a Kenneth Gainwell,
Speaker 1: a pass catching running back in the draft or in
Speaker 1: free agency at James White right, someone like that too,
Speaker 1: because Leonard Fournette is a liability as a pass catcher
Speaker 1: out of the backfield. Ronald Jones ain't much better, and
Speaker 1: Keishaan Vaughan ain't it so right, you're going to see
Speaker 1: them bring someone in so Fournette. But I was thinking
Speaker 1: about this the other day. Fournette in Pittsburgh makes kind
Speaker 1: of a kind of sense to me, Like as him
Speaker 1: to sign a one year cheap deal, reset his market,
Speaker 1: right that kind of situation, then I think Nett could
Speaker 1: pay off for Pittsburgh bringing this guy who can handle
Speaker 1: the We've seen him handle a significant workload time and
Speaker 1: time again, and they need to replace James Connor. They
Speaker 1: need to get that running game going because it was
Speaker 1: not working last year. So Pittsburgh makes a little bit
Speaker 1: of sense to me where I could see them if
Speaker 1: he takes a four or five million dollars a year
Speaker 1: deal or whatever, I could see Leonard Fournette ending up
Speaker 1: in Pittsburgh. And if that's the case, then I'd probably
Speaker 1: rank him in my top twenty of like as far
Speaker 1: as heading into next year, yeah, absolutely, And I think
Speaker 1: that that makes a ton of sense. I would love
Speaker 1: to see him in Pittsburgh, and you know, depending on
Speaker 1: what he wants to do. I mean he remember he
Speaker 1: did he was a top five pick in the NFL draft,
Speaker 1: so he got a nice signing Monus a couple of
Speaker 1: years ago. Maybe he wants to ring chase and get
Speaker 1: number two with Tom Brady and Bruce Arians, But either way,
Speaker 1: I think those are both really good landing spots for
Speaker 1: a player like Fournette, and he'd be inside my top
Speaker 1: twenty as well. Yeah, a couple other guys at the
Speaker 1: running back position, Philip Lindsay. I fully expect Lindsay to
Speaker 1: be back in Denver next year. Duke Johnson, we talked
Speaker 1: about him earlier. At this point, the Duke Johnson fantasy
Speaker 1: ship has sailed. I think that's sailed about three years ago,
Speaker 1: and none of us were maybe not none of us,
Speaker 1: but the majority of us were not willing to admit
Speaker 1: that that happened. So Duke Johnson, I'm not holding that
Speaker 1: hope for him anywhere unless you know Tampa Bay nonsense.
Speaker 1: But I mean James White is another guy. Jamal Williams
Speaker 1: is heading towards free agency as well. So I think
Speaker 1: that Jamal Williams isn't going to command anywhere any significant money.
Speaker 1: I could see Green Bay making a push to resign
Speaker 1: him there and be the pass catching compliment to AJ Dillon.
Speaker 1: And then you mentioned Davis earlier. Mike Davis, he performed
Speaker 1: well when he stepped in for Christian McCaffrey, but he's
Speaker 1: a backup running back at this point. Chicago cut him
Speaker 1: a couple of years ago right to get a compick.
Speaker 1: So I think that that proved to me that he's
Speaker 1: not worth any any significant investment for an NFL team.
Speaker 1: So all right, let's say to the wide receiver position.
Speaker 1: Looking at the class as a whole, the free agent
Speaker 1: class really talented. There are some big names here at
Speaker 1: the wide receiver position that are heading towards free agency. Now,
Speaker 1: we could see the franchise tag come down on a
Speaker 1: couple of these guys. I fully expect it to. Not
Speaker 1: all of these guys are going to hit the free
Speaker 1: agent market, but let's talk about them. Let's talk about
Speaker 1: some of the potential landing spots the buyer sell the
Speaker 1: overall outlook, and let's start the conversation here with Alan Robinson. Now,
Speaker 1: Robinson has had the chance to be resigned or extended
Speaker 1: in Chicago and it just has not happened. Now, Robinson,
Speaker 1: at this point, I mean he's got I think he's
Speaker 1: got the money. He's heading onto his third contract at
Speaker 1: this point, so I think he's got the money in hand.
Speaker 1: I think at this point he wants You talked about
Speaker 1: ring chasing. I think he wants to just go play
Speaker 1: in the playoffs, man. I think he wants to get
Speaker 1: away from Blake Bortles and the Mitchell Trubiskys of the
Speaker 1: world and go play with an actual quarterback. Now, if
Speaker 1: Chicago makes a move to bring into Deshaun Watson Russell Wilson,
Speaker 1: then I could see Alan Robinson being like, yeah, no,
Speaker 1: I'm not going anywhere right Like at that point, yes,
Speaker 1: I'm staying in town. The money becomes a situation and
Speaker 1: a whole other conversation. But Ellen Robinson, gut feeling here,
Speaker 1: just play the percentages. Does he hit the open market?
Speaker 1: I think so. I say it's eighty five percent. He's
Speaker 1: hit in the open market. Now he's one of the
Speaker 1: I think he's one of the top five from a
Speaker 1: talent perspective wide receivers in the NFL at least. Not
Speaker 1: if he's not in the top five, he's in that conversation.
Speaker 1: So I think any landing spot that he ends up in,
Speaker 1: I think is going to be a solid option for him.
Speaker 1: Now I could see New York the Jets making a
Speaker 1: push for him, you know, to pair with either Sam
Speaker 1: Darnold or the rookie quarterback that they bring in. The
Speaker 1: only situation that I could see his Dynasty stock taking
Speaker 1: a hit would be Baltimore. Right, that's kind of a
Speaker 1: rumor that people have kind of linked Alan Robinson to Baltimore.
Speaker 1: I don't know why he would go play in Baltimore
Speaker 1: in a low passing volume offense. I think he wants
Speaker 1: to outside of the like they have the chance to
Speaker 1: be competing deep in the playoffs every single year. So
Speaker 1: I just don't see that personally happening if that If
Speaker 1: he does end up in Baltimore, though, I don't think
Speaker 1: I think it's Dynasty stock. Dynasty Stock takes a hit. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm trying hard not to even envision that because he's
Speaker 1: one of my favorite receivers in the league. But going
Speaker 1: to Baltimore would be a massive down grade. I know
Speaker 1: that seems hard, but I think that would be a
Speaker 1: down grade. I do not want to see that happen.
Speaker 1: I would love to see him stay inside the division
Speaker 1: and take that opportunity to go play in Green Bay. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I know it had an opportunity to sign with the Backers,
Speaker 1: but you put him on the opposite side of Devantay
Speaker 1: Adams with Aaron Rodgers, I think it would just be
Speaker 1: completely unfair to have him there. You talk about pass
Speaker 1: catching pass catchers the Dolphins, you know, and I know
Speaker 1: a lot of people are talking about Devontae Smith at
Speaker 1: you know, in the top three or wherever MINEI picks
Speaker 1: in the first round. But what if they go out
Speaker 1: there and sign a veteran wide receiver like Alan Robinson.
Speaker 1: They've got a strong defense, They've got a team that
Speaker 1: could make a playoff push. I think either one of
Speaker 1: those teams, you know, along with hey listen to Cleveland Browns,
Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield, playoff team, strong running game. What do they
Speaker 1: do with Odell Beckham, junior Jarvis Landry's getting older? So yeah,
Speaker 1: I think there's some there's some teams that he would
Speaker 1: make a fantastic fit in that I would love far
Speaker 1: more than the Ravens. I would just love to see
Speaker 1: just for my own like personal enjoyment, because I've got
Speaker 1: Allen Robinson in a couple of spots in dynasty leagues.
Speaker 1: I just want to see Kansas City just make it
Speaker 1: work with the salary cap and bring in Alan Robinson.
Speaker 1: You know, they're moving on from Sammy Watkins. He's another
Speaker 1: guy that we'll talk about here. Like they're moving on
Speaker 1: from Watkins, I mean Travis Kelsey, tyreek Kill and Allen
Speaker 1: Robinson with Patrick Mahomes. Oh boy, Yeah, that would be fun.
Speaker 1: That would be fun. I would love to see it.
Speaker 1: Chris Godwin is the next guy on our list. I
Speaker 1: don't know, man, I feel like Chris Godwin's gonna get
Speaker 1: the franchise tag one way or another. I think that
Speaker 1: I don't think that he leaves Tampa Bay. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: don't think. I don't think Bruce Arigans is gonna let
Speaker 1: that happen either. I think he's gonna be a Buck again,
Speaker 1: which is which is good for all of those weapons.
Speaker 1: But man, you know, I was getting excited about thinking
Speaker 1: about Godwin going somewhere and being the guy, And at
Speaker 1: one point in time we were thinking to Houston, Texans
Speaker 1: with Deshaun Watson. But don't look doesn't look like that's
Speaker 1: gonna be highly probable now. So I think he's back
Speaker 1: in Tampa Bay. Yeah, I do too, and that's fine
Speaker 1: for his dynasty stock. I still think that with Tom
Speaker 1: Brady another year, I think that you can still be
Speaker 1: a viable fantasy option for you a solid wide receiver
Speaker 1: too with the upside Right when and it comes down
Speaker 1: to too another guy Antonio Brown? Right, what does Antonio
Speaker 1: Brown do? Does he sign a super cheap deal to
Speaker 1: keep playing with Tom Brady and keep chasing rings. If
Speaker 1: that's the case, then that hurts Chris Godwin's overall dynasty outlook.
Speaker 1: But if a B moves on, then we're talking about
Speaker 1: Chris Godden back in the top twelve, I think in
Speaker 1: my opinion, Yeah, yeah, you know what it feels like
Speaker 1: with this with his Tampa Bay team. You've got these
Speaker 1: Antonio Brown, Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowski. It feels like when
Speaker 1: the Warriors were just bringing in these veterans like David
Speaker 1: West of the World, the Andreago Dallas, and they just
Speaker 1: were like, look, you could play with the superstar. You
Speaker 1: guys can win a couple of rings if you just
Speaker 1: come sign a one year deal and we'll get you
Speaker 1: a ring. It feels like that's what Bruce arians is replicating,
Speaker 1: duplicating down there in Tampa Bay, just getting these these
Speaker 1: veterans who still have something left in the tank to
Speaker 1: just hey, if you want to ring, play with Tom
Speaker 1: for a year and you'll get your Super Bowl champ
Speaker 1: with Super Bowl ring. Yeah, and it's interesting too before
Speaker 1: we move on with some of the other wide receivers.
Speaker 1: It's an interesting conversation with this class in general because
Speaker 1: you're going to see the salary cap, the overall salary
Speaker 1: cap for the NFL take a hit because of no
Speaker 1: fans were in the stands right this past year, So
Speaker 1: the overall revenue is down, the salary caps taking a
Speaker 1: big hit. Do we see some teams and some pending
Speaker 1: free agents the guys that we've talked about here say,
Speaker 1: all right, I think that the market is dried up.
Speaker 1: You know, I'm not going to be able to get
Speaker 1: as much as I wanted on the open market as
Speaker 1: you know, in a normal year, or if the salary
Speaker 1: cap was escalating like it's been for the past over
Speaker 1: many years. So you know, do I take a one
Speaker 1: year deal, I'll go sign with a Tampa Bay, I'll
Speaker 1: go sign with a Kansas City, and I'll play it out.
Speaker 1: I'll roll the dice and I'll go chase a ring.
Speaker 1: If that doesn't, you know, pan out, then I hit
Speaker 1: the free agent market again next year and I have
Speaker 1: the potential to cash in. So I think It's an
Speaker 1: interesting conversation. I really don't know how it's going to
Speaker 1: play out. I haven't heard anything from players to indicate,
Speaker 1: you know, this is the overall consensus. But we could
Speaker 1: see some teams just absolutely load up if players do
Speaker 1: decide to take that you know mentality. So another wide
Speaker 1: receiver here, Juju Smith Schuster now down season this past year.
Speaker 1: I mean we've talked about it on this podcast, saying,
Speaker 1: like two years ago we Juju was pushing wide receiver
Speaker 1: one in Dynasty, the wide receiver one, right, So and
Speaker 1: that's fallen taking a significant fall because of his production
Speaker 1: last season. So heading into free agency, I do think
Speaker 1: that he's going to hit the open market. I think
Speaker 1: that Washington makes a ton of sense. They have a
Speaker 1: wide receiver need opposite of Terry McLaurin. We could see
Speaker 1: him just slide right in there. They've got some cap
Speaker 1: room that they can work with. Now the quarterback who's
Speaker 1: playing quarterback that that's a whole other conversation. But Juju
Speaker 1: in Washington for me, makes the most sense. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: one hundred percent. I mean I've been saying that for
Speaker 1: a while. Him with Terry McLaurin in Washington, I think
Speaker 1: that's a fantastic wide receiver corps along with Logan Thomas
Speaker 1: and his ascension as you know, one of the better
Speaker 1: tight ends in the NFL this past season. Makes a
Speaker 1: ton of sense. I do not believe Juju is a
Speaker 1: true number one alpha wide receiver, but I think you
Speaker 1: already have that there with Terry McLaurin. So you put
Speaker 1: Juju back in that solid high end, you know, that
Speaker 1: wide receiver two role. He could produce fantasy wide receiver
Speaker 1: one numbers for you. We saw him and Antonio Brown
Speaker 1: both finished his wide receiver ones in Fantasy you know,
Speaker 1: it was at two three years ago. So yeah, definitely
Speaker 1: within his range of outcomes if he lands with the
Speaker 1: football team and they get a quarterback because they need
Speaker 1: one right right, and the range of outcomes for Juju
Speaker 1: really is just I mean it's so right, Like we
Speaker 1: just don't know where he's going to end up. So
Speaker 1: he's not someone we talked about with the other guys,
Speaker 1: like a buyer sell where you lean it. I'm just
Speaker 1: kind of a hold right now on Juju. Like if
Speaker 1: I'm not going out and acquiring him, I'm not going
Speaker 1: out and selling him because I think his value is
Speaker 1: super low. So he's just one of those guys that
Speaker 1: I'm holding tight. I'll see what happens, but as of
Speaker 1: right now, I'm just kind of I'm just kind of
Speaker 1: waiting and seeing where he ends up. Yeah. Ye, Kenny
Speaker 1: Galladay is another wide receiver. Again, I mentioned this class
Speaker 1: is loaded man. Kenny Galladay third round pick a few
Speaker 1: years ago in Detroit looks like, I mean, Detroit's heading
Speaker 1: into a multi year rebuild. Do we see Kenny Galladay
Speaker 1: hit the open market? My gut reaction is yes, if
Speaker 1: nothing else, I think he's a tag and trade candidate.
Speaker 1: I think he's if he gets resigned or a franchise
Speaker 1: tagged excuse me, in Detroit, I think he's gonna fight
Speaker 1: that tooth and nail. I think he wants to go
Speaker 1: get paid, especially after being a third round pick and
Speaker 1: making a third round pick salary the past few years.
Speaker 1: So I think he wants to cash in, and I
Speaker 1: don't blame him, right, go get your money. So Gallady
Speaker 1: makes a ton of sense to me, for me in
Speaker 1: New York and for the Jets, right, they have to
Speaker 1: upgrade at wide receiver. They have to do something there.
Speaker 1: So New York or potentially even Jacksonville. They're gonna see
Speaker 1: in quarterback upgrade there. They've got some they've got some
Speaker 1: great wide receivers on the roster, but Kenny Galladay would
Speaker 1: just take that roster over the top. So I do
Speaker 1: think that Galladay is about to see his stock increase,
Speaker 1: especially because his stock was pretty low coming out of
Speaker 1: last season. Didn't even I mean didn't go on IR
Speaker 1: for the last part of the year, like there was
Speaker 1: just concerned or questions every single week. Are we going
Speaker 1: to see Galladay actually on the field this week? Uh No,
Speaker 1: there's been no updates. So I think next season we're
Speaker 1: gonna see Kenny Galladay, or this offseason, next season we're
Speaker 1: going to Seekenny Galladay signed somewhere, get paid. And I
Speaker 1: do think that we're going to see his stock increase. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I love it. And now I have no clue, Like
Speaker 1: I'm trying to think of a landing spot for Galladay.
Speaker 1: I'd just be throwing out at wide receiver needy team,
Speaker 1: but he wants to get paid. Let him go get paid.
Speaker 1: I have no clue where he's gonna land at. I
Speaker 1: don't know if it's gonna be good or bad for
Speaker 1: his fantasy Dynasty stock. But I do not expect him
Speaker 1: back in Detroit. Yep. Same here Will Fuller. We talked
Speaker 1: about him earlier. He is going to hit the free
Speaker 1: agent market. Now he is going to be suspended that
Speaker 1: first game of the season due to his peed suspension
Speaker 1: from last year. And I think that you know, we've
Speaker 1: talked about Green Bay earlier with Ellen Robinson. I think
Speaker 1: Will Fuller is someone who I could see taking a
Speaker 1: one year deal, and if he signs in Green Bay,
Speaker 1: I think that that is a fantastic spot for him. Now,
Speaker 1: I don't think that he's someone who I actually am
Speaker 1: looking to go out and acquire because I don't think
Speaker 1: an NFL team is going to sit there and say
Speaker 1: we're going to throw significant money at will Fuller because
Speaker 1: of his injury history, because of this peed suspension, everything
Speaker 1: like that. So I think he could be a guy
Speaker 1: that ends up on a team that is just looking
Speaker 1: for that little piece to push them over the top,
Speaker 1: and that's going to be enough. You know, we talked
Speaker 1: about Green Bay. Another team is family Kansas City. Right,
Speaker 1: If Kansas City just wants to add speed on speed
Speaker 1: on speed and just bringing Will Fuller on a super
Speaker 1: cheap one year deal or whatever, and let him reset
Speaker 1: his market, prove that he can stay healthy, anything like that.
Speaker 1: Then Will Fuller's stock drastically increases. So there's a little
Speaker 1: bit of a wide range of outcomes here with Fuller
Speaker 1: because I don't know how the NFL is going to
Speaker 1: view him. But I am excited for Fuller hitting free
Speaker 1: agency because I think his situation is about to change
Speaker 1: for the better. I mean, I know Packers fans who
Speaker 1: are wanting green Bay to make him move for Fuller
Speaker 1: before the trade deadline. So right, I mean, you let
Speaker 1: Davante Adams, you know, work the short intermediate routes and
Speaker 1: Will Fuller to stretch the field deep with Aaron Rodgers
Speaker 1: still possessing a cannon, right, that would be That would
Speaker 1: be insane. I would love that fit. Yeah. Another one
Speaker 1: that just came into my mind is Buffalo. If they
Speaker 1: are moving on from John Brown in free agency, pair
Speaker 1: him with Josh Allen, who can just say, I'll houck
Speaker 1: it over the mountains, you go catch it. That would
Speaker 1: be a time. Hey, what about what about the Chargers
Speaker 1: with Herbert? All they have is Keenan Allen, you know
Speaker 1: what I mean? Yeah, yeah, I think that if the
Speaker 1: Chargers have the cap space to make it work. Then
Speaker 1: go get will Fuller. I mean you saw Jalen Giton
Speaker 1: be that field stretcher option, right like, go upgrade on that.
Speaker 1: Go get will Fuller to step in with Keenan Allen,
Speaker 1: Mike Williams and potentially Hunter Henry. Whether or not he's there,
Speaker 1: we'll talk about him. Marvin Jones Junior in Detroit, another
Speaker 1: wide receiver had set to hit the free agent market.
Speaker 1: He's older now, I think thirty one, thirty two off
Speaker 1: the top of my head. Anywhere that he signs, it's
Speaker 1: going to be a depth piece. It's kind of the
Speaker 1: same thing as Aj Green, who is also heading to
Speaker 1: words free agency. I just don't see him heading and
Speaker 1: getting a significant opportunity anywhere at this point of his career. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm with you. I'm with you on that. Yeah. So
Speaker 1: if you, I mean, he's not someone that I'm looking
Speaker 1: to go out and in quire. It's just going to
Speaker 1: be to see, all right, what where does he land?
Speaker 1: Does he actually get an opportunity? But at this point
Speaker 1: of his career, I don't. I think the the better
Speaker 1: days have sailed. Corey Davis. This is an interesting one
Speaker 1: because Corey Davis man had a weird end of the season, right,
Speaker 1: like what he was benched or there were like zero targets, Like,
Speaker 1: it was a weird situation there at the end. So
Speaker 1: is there something else going on there in Tennessee? It
Speaker 1: seems like he's set to hit the free agent market.
Speaker 1: So Corey Davis still has the talent, he has the
Speaker 1: draft capital, that draft pedigree that we talk about with
Speaker 1: guys like Leonard Fournette, Like the draft capital matters for
Speaker 1: these guys from a dynasty perspective. The higher that they've
Speaker 1: been drafted, the more opportunities and chances they're gonna get.
Speaker 1: So Corey Davis, I think could see he could end
Speaker 1: up somewhere. I just don't. I'm having troubles figuring out
Speaker 1: where he ends up. You talking about Miami, I don't.
Speaker 1: I don't know, man, But I think that his situation
Speaker 1: is going to change because I could see him ending
Speaker 1: up any more past happy offense. Yeah, and because of
Speaker 1: that in whatever team brings Corey Davison, I do think
Speaker 1: Corey Davis is the type of player who's probably going
Speaker 1: to get a multi year deal. I'm not saying it's
Speaker 1: going to be a mega contract, but he's probably going
Speaker 1: to be the volume leader, especially if he signs with
Speaker 1: the team where he is coming in to be the
Speaker 1: presumed number one. So while I'm still kind of like,
Speaker 1: is it for real? Is this you know, our splashes
Speaker 1: that we saw the real Corey Davis. So I'm still
Speaker 1: on the fence. If he's going to be brought in
Speaker 1: as the guy, the volume would be there, and therefore
Speaker 1: he's gonna have tremendous value. Yeah, the Jets, Washington, these
Speaker 1: other wide receiver teams that we've talked about make a
Speaker 1: ton of sense for Corey Davis. T Y Hilton kind
Speaker 1: of in the same camp of AJ Green. I really
Speaker 1: don't know. I think his best fantasy days are behind him.
Speaker 1: I just don't know Withday's injury history, I don't know
Speaker 1: if I'm super excited about t Y Hilton at this
Speaker 1: point in his career. Sammy Watkins, I mean, goodness, gracious,
Speaker 1: I've still got Sammy Watkins on one Dynasty roster, and
Speaker 1: it's because I'm like, Okay, when he's healthy, he's Tidy
Speaker 1: Kansas City and Patrick Mahomes and I don't want to
Speaker 1: give up on that. But I'm also at the point
Speaker 1: where I'm like, I should have dropped this guy two
Speaker 1: years ago in Dynasty. So I just don't know. It's
Speaker 1: Sammy Watkins, man, I'm not holding out hope anywhere. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he hasn't done anything since he blew up Week one,
Speaker 1: like two years ago. He's done absolutely nothing since then. Yeah. Yeah,
Speaker 1: so I'm I'll probably be dropping Sammy Watkins right after
Speaker 1: this podcast. Not gonna lie. Curtis Samuel is another guy
Speaker 1: who is heading towards free agency. So I could see
Speaker 1: him resigning in Carolina, but I could also see him
Speaker 1: reuniting with the offensive coordinator that he had in Washington
Speaker 1: and Ron Rivera, and you know, that's the situation that
Speaker 1: makes a son of sense. But Curtis Samuel heading in
Speaker 1: the next year, I mean, he proved that he can
Speaker 1: be a guy that can contribute when he's given the opportunity.
Speaker 1: He's got the talent. We know that he's got fans
Speaker 1: in Fantasy football, Twitter, you know, in the community. So
Speaker 1: I'm really interested to see where Curtis Samuel goes. Now
Speaker 1: I'm not buying him, I'm not selling him again. He's
Speaker 1: kind of with that juju like I'm holding onto him
Speaker 1: right so, but I am that's a guy that. I'm
Speaker 1: really really interested to see where he ends up. I
Speaker 1: think he showed that he could be a playmaker again.
Speaker 1: He's one of those players where you never feel comfortable
Speaker 1: starting him. In the weeks you don't start him, he
Speaker 1: blows up on your bench. In the week that you
Speaker 1: do start him, he does absolutely nothing for you. I
Speaker 1: just don't like in dynasty. I just don't like to
Speaker 1: chase those type of players. I want some consistency. But
Speaker 1: he's probably going to get a deal and he's gonna
Speaker 1: have some value. I mean he was when he played
Speaker 1: and got the ball. He was really good last year.
Speaker 1: So not the biggest Curtis Samuel fan, but he should
Speaker 1: have some opportunity. So you know, again, I'm not buying
Speaker 1: him at all, but if I have him, I'm fine
Speaker 1: with keeping him or trading him to somebody who's a
Speaker 1: true believer. Yeah, the money matters for me with Curtis Samuel.
Speaker 1: You know, like if he gets just a one year
Speaker 1: minimum deal, you know, not minimum, but you know, a
Speaker 1: smaller deal, then that's something where I'm like, Okay, the
Speaker 1: NFL team that brought him in, he didn't have a
Speaker 1: high market. He wasn't or a hot market he wasn't
Speaker 1: super sought out. Like, then that's a situation where we're like, Okay,
Speaker 1: I'm kind of about on Curtis Samuel. Now if he
Speaker 1: gets like a competitive deal towards the top of the
Speaker 1: class with these other guys, then that'll be Can this
Speaker 1: NFL team really really wanted him, they have a clear
Speaker 1: plan for him, Then that's something where I'll buy in
Speaker 1: right at that point, Like, I'm more optimistic for Curtis Samuel,
Speaker 1: but again, he's one of the guys, so I'm just
Speaker 1: really interested to see what happens. Keelan Cole we talked
Speaker 1: about him on a Dynasty Buy episode a few weeks ago,
Speaker 1: saying that he's someone that is heading towards free agency.
Speaker 1: Even if he does end up in Jacksonville again, next year,
Speaker 1: you're going to see Trevor Lawrence in town. So I think,
Speaker 1: no matter what from a we talked about, Kansas City
Speaker 1: makes a ton of sense if they are not wanting
Speaker 1: to invest significant money in that pass catching option, because
Speaker 1: you also have DeMarcus Robinson, Byron Pringle, Sammy Watkins, They're
Speaker 1: all heading towards free agency, so they need to do
Speaker 1: something they need to do or they're in the draft.
Speaker 1: They need a free agency, they need to bring in someone.
Speaker 1: Did they bring in a Keelan Cole who's still very,
Speaker 1: very talented, can be that possession underneath you know receiver?
Speaker 1: Did they bring him in? And do we see him
Speaker 1: now be tied to Patrick Mahomes. So he's someone that
Speaker 1: I'm at least intrigued with, but I did want to
Speaker 1: mention him here as we head to under the radar
Speaker 1: guys with a wide receiver position, I'm just going to
Speaker 1: fly through these. John Ross also heading towards free agency,
Speaker 1: Tim Patrick, Dede Westbrook, forget about him, Nelson Aguilar, and
Speaker 1: then I talked about aj Green. So those other guy guys,
Speaker 1: we're not going to talk about those, but if you
Speaker 1: do want to go out and acquire them, you know,
Speaker 1: those are guys that are heading towards free agency and
Speaker 1: could see their situation change. All right, let's wrap up here,
Speaker 1: Ray with the tight end position. We got just a
Speaker 1: few more minutes, and let's talk about the two guys
Speaker 1: at the top, which is Hunter Henry and Johnny Smith. Now,
Speaker 1: Hunter Henry is an interesting case because I'm like, I
Speaker 1: could see him just wanting to stay attached to Justin
Speaker 1: Herbert at this point. Right, it worked really well for
Speaker 1: him last year. He's also got the injury history that
Speaker 1: was a concern heading into last year. Could he stay
Speaker 1: fully healthy? Well proved that he could. And I just
Speaker 1: don't see a team throwing significant, significant money at Hunter Henry.
Speaker 1: So I think either he stays in Los Angeles, which
Speaker 1: is fine, it's you know, obviously it's his stock. His
Speaker 1: stock can't change from that, or we see him fall
Speaker 1: to or head to a team that has significant cash
Speaker 1: to spend of a New York Jets, Jacksonville Jaguars like
Speaker 1: that are going to see their back situation change or improved.
Speaker 1: So I'm at least holding Hunter Henry. I'm not really
Speaker 1: looking to sell him, but I don't know if I
Speaker 1: see an outlook or a situation where his stock decreases,
Speaker 1: does that make sense? Yeah, I don't think his stock
Speaker 1: will decrease, and I really don't think it will increase.
Speaker 1: I can't. I can't think of a situation that he
Speaker 1: can go to where his stock is dramatically gonna rise, Right,
Speaker 1: I think he's just kind of what he is, A middling,
Speaker 1: a mid range tight end, one who wild on the
Speaker 1: field and gets opportunity. He produces, but he's never going
Speaker 1: to rise to this elite stardom, you know, kind of level.
Speaker 1: And it's just if you have him, you've got a
Speaker 1: starting tight end that you know probably will not goose
Speaker 1: ag you. And that's all you're really looking for. And
Speaker 1: you know, we'll talk about a guy on this list
Speaker 1: down the line that I think is probably my priority
Speaker 1: Dynasty get at the tight end position of all these
Speaker 1: players that we have listed. Yeah, let's talk about Johnny
Speaker 1: Smith before we get to that guy. Johnny. It's a
Speaker 1: situation where you talk about like a stock increasing or whatever,
Speaker 1: Like I think it's stock is inflated based on his production. Right,
Speaker 1: Like we've seen, the production really has not been there.
Speaker 1: His talent has flashed repeatedly, and then he's just kind
Speaker 1: of dipped back into whether for the coaching staff and
Speaker 1: how they're reutilizing him in the low pass volume in
Speaker 1: tennessee all this stuff. If he does hit the free
Speaker 1: agent market, which is looking like he's going to. I
Speaker 1: throughout the possibility of the New York Debts last episode
Speaker 1: or the episode before saying with michaela Flour who's coming
Speaker 1: from Kyle Shanahan's offense and the coaching tree there. Make
Speaker 1: him the George Kittle of that offense like that, throw
Speaker 1: him into that offense, yak the yards after the catch,
Speaker 1: and just feature him the way that George Kittleda is
Speaker 1: in San Francisco. Then we're talking about I mean top
Speaker 1: five lock right, maybe even pushing top three. I think
Speaker 1: that he's gonna get paid. I think that he is
Speaker 1: going to hit the free agent market. I think he's
Speaker 1: gonna get paid. So I'm more optimistic on Johnno, and
Speaker 1: that's just I mean, that's a situation that or a
Speaker 1: phrase that no one's ever heard me say before cited
Speaker 1: for John who to hit free agency because I think
Speaker 1: that he's going to end up in a situation that's
Speaker 1: going to feature him. I think he's gonna get paid.
Speaker 1: Follow the money. I think the money's gonna be there.
Speaker 1: I think that he's gonna get targeted heavily in this
Speaker 1: whatever whatever offensive ends up in. So I'm excited for John.
Speaker 1: Is there a situation though you know that you see
Speaker 1: uk Well, this stock actually could remain as low as
Speaker 1: it is based on his production level. No, I wouldn't
Speaker 1: say that. I just I think his stock is a
Speaker 1: tad bit inflated by the prospectives of what he could be.
Speaker 1: You know, if that talent had been realized, in nurtured
Speaker 1: and catered to by an offensive coordinator. If he lands
Speaker 1: in a spot where he does get that opportunity, of course,
Speaker 1: I think John Who was a top five guy. Easy,
Speaker 1: But I just you know, I don't think his value
Speaker 1: is really gonna dip anywhere. It's just, you know, what
Speaker 1: we can't decipher through this, no, no analyst is what
Speaker 1: are these players motivation? What is their intention? You know
Speaker 1: John was John Who a second round pick. He was
Speaker 1: a second round pick, so no, I think he was
Speaker 1: later on the four he was a fourth round, third,
Speaker 1: fourth round pick. Yeah, I'm sure he wants to get paid, man,
Speaker 1: I'm sure he wants to get paid. So, you know,
Speaker 1: if getting paid as the priority. Listen, it's just one
Speaker 1: of those things that we can't really account for. But
Speaker 1: I don't think his thought could really fall too much.
Speaker 1: And as far as rising, I just want to see
Speaker 1: him get the volume and play. Right, Gerald Everett, we
Speaker 1: talked about him earlier. He's someone that I'm really not
Speaker 1: counting on him being paid as a starter, right, if
Speaker 1: he is anything He's going to come in with a
Speaker 1: as a competition piece, right, They're gonna potentially bring him
Speaker 1: in to just push that tight end room. I really
Speaker 1: don't see him landing a starting role anywhere. Rob Gronkowski.
Speaker 1: I mean, if he plays again next season, that's gonna
Speaker 1: be in Tampa Bay, no questions about that. Jared Cook,
Speaker 1: I honestly could see him retiring at this point of
Speaker 1: his career. And I still played pretty well last year.
Speaker 1: But if Drew Brees is gone and you know it
Speaker 1: is Taysom Hills the quarterback, I just don't know if
Speaker 1: Jared Cook's gonna want to play. So now they brought in,
Speaker 1: they drafted Adam Troutman out of Dayton last year. Just
Speaker 1: turn it over. Yep. Yeah. Mollie Cox is another guy
Speaker 1: at least to keep your eye on. Trey Burton is
Speaker 1: also a free agent. So do we see like Cox
Speaker 1: get the money here from Indianapolis to be the main guy.
Speaker 1: He's got the talent and athleticism, that's really all that
Speaker 1: we're looking at at the tight end position. Are you
Speaker 1: athletic perfect, then then sign me up because I think
Speaker 1: that you have an opportunity to at least produce Robert
Speaker 1: Tonyan another guy who is a restricted free agent. So
Speaker 1: I fully expect him to be back in Green Bay.
Speaker 1: But if some people are listening to this or see
Speaker 1: his name on a free agent list or whatever, and
Speaker 1: they're saying, well, there's a potential that he could be
Speaker 1: away from Aaron Rodgers. Aaron Rodgers created him for whatever,
Speaker 1: I don't care, man, I'm going out. I'm trying to
Speaker 1: acquire Robert Tonyan because top five Dynasty player at the
Speaker 1: tight end position, at least at this point, top six,
Speaker 1: top seven at least for me. Yeah, I mean six
Speaker 1: of the last seven games he had a touchdown. You know,
Speaker 1: the first time I was on this show with you,
Speaker 1: I talked about Bob Tanyan and I was like, Hey,
Speaker 1: this this dude is a former college wide receiver. You
Speaker 1: talk about athleticism. He had that. He's only twenty six
Speaker 1: years old, and we saw what he can do, and
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers developed at trust and rapport with him. And
Speaker 1: I mean he operated as the wide receiver too in
Speaker 1: that offense. So if Green Bay does bring in a
Speaker 1: Will Fuller type player to stretch the field opposite of
Speaker 1: Davante Adams, I think I think Bob Tanyan. Robert Tanyan
Speaker 1: could be a top five tight end in Dynasty as
Speaker 1: early as next season. He's he's a talented player, and
Speaker 1: you talked about being utilized in a George Kittle role.
Speaker 1: He plays wearing that eighty five. They get him the
Speaker 1: ball on design plays and he can move. Man. I'm
Speaker 1: I'm a big fan and of Robert Tanyan absolutely. And
Speaker 1: then finally to wrap up the free agency preview, Anthony Firkser,
Speaker 1: tight end for the Tennessee Titans, is also a free agent.
Speaker 1: I threw him into this list right just because we
Speaker 1: saw him produce as kind of that third down tight end,
Speaker 1: and that was, of course, a whole other thing was like,
Speaker 1: why are you taking Johnny off the field on third down, Tennessee,
Speaker 1: What the heck are you doing? But folks are at
Speaker 1: least produced Sammy so showed sure hands last year. And
Speaker 1: so if he does get the opportunity in Tennessee, he
Speaker 1: is a free agent. You're also seeing Michael Pruett a
Speaker 1: free agent in Tennessee. So does Tennessee just say, all right,
Speaker 1: we'll sign Anthony Firkser. We'll give him a cheap contract
Speaker 1: and he'll be the main guy next year. If he
Speaker 1: is and there really is no other competition, he'll at
Speaker 1: least be Fantasy viable. But I'm not expecting a top
Speaker 1: twelve finish on the next year or anything like that.
Speaker 1: So super cheap if you've got. If he's sitting there
Speaker 1: on waivers, I'm at least interested in picking him up
Speaker 1: just to see what happens. But outside of that, I'm
Speaker 1: not looking to acquire him or anything like that. All Right,
Speaker 1: that was a lot of talking. My voice is actually
Speaker 1: kind of going, so I'm a little bit rusty. Apparently
Speaker 1: I don't have the endurance apparently for a podcasting that
Speaker 1: I did before I left on vacation. But that is
Speaker 1: going to do it for today again. Thank you so
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Speaker 1: anything else before we end the show, Ray, I think
Speaker 1: we've done enough. I think we've done enough this evening,
Speaker 1: all right? Man for Ray Garvin, I'm Kyle Yates, and
Speaker 1: we'll see you next time. Thanks for listening to the
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