WEBVTT 1 00:00:12.439 --> 00:00:16.239 Hi, Hello, and welcome into a special Monday edition of 2 00:00:16.640 --> 00:00:21.320 FFPC Insider Access live here on the FFPC Socials. My 3 00:00:21.399 --> 00:00:23.559 name is Eric Balkman, your host for the evening. You 4 00:00:23.600 --> 00:00:25.879 can connect with me on the X at Eric Balkman. 5 00:00:25.920 --> 00:00:29.519 That's E R I C BA LKMAM, just like how 6 00:00:29.559 --> 00:00:33.520 it says right down here on the screen. Of course, 7 00:00:33.520 --> 00:00:35.719 you know me from the Rodovus High Stakes Lowdown, the 8 00:00:35.799 --> 00:00:39.439 High Stakes Fantasy Football Our, the Fantasy Football Players Championship 9 00:00:39.439 --> 00:00:42.039 and HSFF our Extra Reps. I'll bring in my co 10 00:00:42.159 --> 00:00:45.960 host for this evening on April twentieth here. Shortly before 11 00:00:45.960 --> 00:00:48.600 we get to that, it is Draft week, ladies and gentlemen. 12 00:00:48.640 --> 00:00:51.200 I want to remind everybody that we did just launch 13 00:00:51.280 --> 00:00:55.439 today for the first time in twenty twenty six FFPC 14 00:00:55.719 --> 00:00:59.920 Dynasty Empire Startups. The Empire Leagues, as you know, are 15 00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:02.640 very exciting something that we introduced back in twenty twenty 16 00:01:02.719 --> 00:01:07.560 four where half the kitty is set aside every single 17 00:01:07.640 --> 00:01:11.439 year and then once a team the same team wins 18 00:01:11.480 --> 00:01:13.920 the league in back to back years, they win the 19 00:01:14.079 --> 00:01:16.879 entire Empire pot that has been building up as well 20 00:01:16.920 --> 00:01:17.840 as that year. 21 00:01:19.159 --> 00:01:19.439 Entry. 22 00:01:19.879 --> 00:01:23.359 You know that year's prizes and then the league disbands 23 00:01:23.560 --> 00:01:25.519 and you can find a new Empire league to joint. 24 00:01:25.560 --> 00:01:30.400 So we added new startups Empire Startups this year, just 25 00:01:30.439 --> 00:01:31.280 today this morning. 26 00:01:31.319 --> 00:01:31.519 For that. 27 00:01:32.280 --> 00:01:34.719 We do have about one hundred and fifty orphans still 28 00:01:34.799 --> 00:01:36.680 left to go, so if you want to pick up 29 00:01:36.680 --> 00:01:39.439 an orphan at super cheap prices, you know, the five 30 00:01:39.519 --> 00:01:43.400 hundred through twelve to fifty Dynasty prices for orphans have 31 00:01:43.480 --> 00:01:45.799 never been lower than what we've offered right now, so 32 00:01:45.879 --> 00:01:47.359 get in on that if you want a good deal. 33 00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:50.920 Don't forget that the Never Too Early super Flex Bestball 34 00:01:50.959 --> 00:01:54.319 Tournament has now sold out. We sold that out earlier today, 35 00:01:55.280 --> 00:01:56.959 but you can still get in the Never Too Early 36 00:01:57.000 --> 00:02:00.519 action with the Never two Early Best Ball Tournament. Twenty 37 00:02:00.719 --> 00:02:04.319 nine teams are left right now. We basically have four 38 00:02:04.480 --> 00:02:08.680 open drafts. One that is drafting tomorrow afternoon, two that 39 00:02:08.719 --> 00:02:10.840 are drafting Wednesday, and then one is sort of like 40 00:02:10.879 --> 00:02:14.879 a draft day draft starting at four thirty pm Eastern 41 00:02:14.919 --> 00:02:18.439 on Thursday. That's it, and then that tournament is sold out, 42 00:02:19.199 --> 00:02:22.840 so get in while the getting's good on that forty 43 00:02:22.919 --> 00:02:25.000 thousand dollars grand prize with a one hundred and twenty 44 00:02:25.039 --> 00:02:27.400 five dollars entry, and we got both gorillas going off 45 00:02:27.479 --> 00:02:29.680 right now, the Big Gorilla million dollar grand prize three 46 00:02:29.719 --> 00:02:32.280 in a fifty dollars entry, the Seven Bananas and Early 47 00:02:32.360 --> 00:02:34.240 Rampage tournament going on right now. 48 00:02:34.120 --> 00:02:36.639 As well, and then the Baby Gorilla. 49 00:02:37.120 --> 00:02:39.280 If you have always wanted to play high stakes fantasy 50 00:02:39.280 --> 00:02:42.560 football but the barrier to entry was too high, this 51 00:02:42.599 --> 00:02:45.080 is only one hundred and twenty five bucks and you 52 00:02:45.080 --> 00:02:47.759 could still be eligible for a one hundred thousand dollars 53 00:02:47.800 --> 00:02:51.120 grand prize. Sign up today my FFPC dot com, my 54 00:02:51.280 --> 00:02:54.599 FFPC dot com. I want to bring in tonight's guest 55 00:02:54.599 --> 00:02:57.280 co host, Ladies and Gentlemen. He's been on this show before. 56 00:02:57.879 --> 00:03:00.439 He is a stall wart when it comes to Dynasty 57 00:03:00.439 --> 00:03:04.439 Fantasy Football. You know him from the Dynasty League Football 58 00:03:04.479 --> 00:03:09.639 dot com website as well as the Dynasty League Football podcast. 59 00:03:09.919 --> 00:03:12.759 He is a senior writer over at DLF and he 60 00:03:12.879 --> 00:03:16.439 is an actual zoo keeper in southern California and one 61 00:03:16.479 --> 00:03:18.919 of the most glorious beautiful cities in the world. Please 62 00:03:18.960 --> 00:03:23.319 welcome in my good buddy and at Matt Price FF 63 00:03:23.439 --> 00:03:26.879 on the X Ladies and Gentlemen, Matt Price, Matt Happy 64 00:03:27.080 --> 00:03:29.240 NFL Draft Week to you, sir, how are you. 65 00:03:29.240 --> 00:03:32.840 Doing doing great man? Really excited for it. A couple 66 00:03:32.840 --> 00:03:35.479 of writers and I get together every year for the draft. 67 00:03:35.479 --> 00:03:37.479 This will be our seventh year doing it, I think, 68 00:03:37.560 --> 00:03:41.759 So get together, you know, watch the draft, gamble on 69 00:03:41.840 --> 00:03:43.639 as much things as we can gamble on. Just a 70 00:03:43.719 --> 00:03:46.960 complete like nice getaway from real life, a little escape 71 00:03:46.960 --> 00:03:49.719 there for next week. So yeah, really looking forward to 72 00:03:49.759 --> 00:03:51.520 it and excited to be here. Eric, thanks for having 73 00:03:51.560 --> 00:03:51.759 me on. 74 00:03:52.000 --> 00:03:54.759 Absolutely always a pleasure and utime we can welcome you on. 75 00:03:55.080 --> 00:03:58.080 When you say you get together, is this a rotating 76 00:03:58.199 --> 00:04:00.719 location or do you guys always congregate in the same spot? 77 00:04:00.759 --> 00:04:01.479 How does this work? 78 00:04:02.120 --> 00:04:04.599 Yeah, for a while, we were just picking a different 79 00:04:04.639 --> 00:04:07.319 city every year. This is the first time we're going 80 00:04:07.360 --> 00:04:09.280 back to a repeat city. We're going to Kansas City 81 00:04:09.520 --> 00:04:11.560 this year. We have one person that lives there in 82 00:04:11.560 --> 00:04:14.039 that area, and then it's kind of central for all 83 00:04:14.080 --> 00:04:16.519 the other guys. I have to get on a plane 84 00:04:16.519 --> 00:04:19.920 on the only one, but that's all right. They get 85 00:04:19.920 --> 00:04:21.319 to drive, we have to don't have to pay for 86 00:04:21.360 --> 00:04:23.920 a rental car, all that kind of stuff. So yeah, 87 00:04:23.959 --> 00:04:27.839 we'll probably go to new cities again. But we really 88 00:04:27.879 --> 00:04:29.720 kind of realize that we're really there for the draft 89 00:04:29.800 --> 00:04:31.680 and to hang out and you know, all the stuff 90 00:04:31.680 --> 00:04:33.920 in the city that is super cool that we probably 91 00:04:33.920 --> 00:04:35.879 should go out and see. We weren't really doing so 92 00:04:36.639 --> 00:04:38.399 just kind of pick the central location this year. We'll 93 00:04:38.399 --> 00:04:39.360 see what happened next year. 94 00:04:39.560 --> 00:04:40.680 Yeah, that's gonna be a lot of fun. 95 00:04:40.759 --> 00:04:42.879 Did you guys, Do you guys ever go to the 96 00:04:42.920 --> 00:04:45.560 actual city where the draft is or is it never ended. 97 00:04:45.439 --> 00:04:46.000 Up that way? 98 00:04:46.279 --> 00:04:49.959 We actually avoid that city, Okay, we're not. None of 99 00:04:50.040 --> 00:04:52.360 us are like big crowd kind of people, Like I 100 00:04:52.360 --> 00:04:54.160 think it would be fun maybe to go one year, 101 00:04:54.240 --> 00:04:58.279 but yeah, not generally we try to avoid that area 102 00:04:58.439 --> 00:05:00.680 just to stay away from all of the craziness and 103 00:05:01.480 --> 00:05:02.560 prefer to watch it on TV. 104 00:05:03.279 --> 00:05:07.680 So, so, Matt, when when like, I want to lead off 105 00:05:07.680 --> 00:05:09.839 the show by giving you an opportunity to talk about 106 00:05:09.879 --> 00:05:11.959 everything you're working on for DLF and everything you do 107 00:05:12.040 --> 00:05:15.959 for DLF. But when you guys get together in whatever 108 00:05:16.040 --> 00:05:18.600 city you're getting together and to watch the draft, do 109 00:05:18.720 --> 00:05:21.120 you and Ryan and Dan do you throw together a 110 00:05:21.160 --> 00:05:24.519 podcast throughout the weekend like the Dirt Draft weekend or 111 00:05:24.560 --> 00:05:27.480 how did how are you sort of like staggering your 112 00:05:27.600 --> 00:05:30.319 your DLF podcast releases yeah. 113 00:05:30.360 --> 00:05:33.399 We uh, we used to do that the first few years, 114 00:05:33.399 --> 00:05:36.040 but the last few we've decided we just want to 115 00:05:36.120 --> 00:05:39.839 enjoy the weekend we can together, you know, absorb everything, 116 00:05:39.879 --> 00:05:42.079 marinate on what we've seen, and then we we usually 117 00:05:42.480 --> 00:05:45.160 end up leaving on Sunday morning, and by that by 118 00:05:45.199 --> 00:05:47.800 Sunday night, we're working on the podcast for that week. 119 00:05:47.920 --> 00:05:52.399 So I would expect that to be out Sunday night. Yeah, 120 00:05:52.519 --> 00:05:54.360 And when we did, we did a rookie report every 121 00:05:54.360 --> 00:05:56.839 week leading up to this. We covered like forty eight 122 00:05:56.920 --> 00:05:59.600 rookies something like that this season. So we start pretty 123 00:05:59.639 --> 00:06:01.560 much right up for the Super Bowl with the rookie 124 00:06:01.920 --> 00:06:04.720 talk and prospecting and go all the way up to 125 00:06:04.759 --> 00:06:08.040 the most recent show, which was just just yesterday. In fact, 126 00:06:08.759 --> 00:06:09.240 you know, I. 127 00:06:09.560 --> 00:06:13.319 Hear the term Christmas thrown out when. 128 00:06:13.120 --> 00:06:16.000 It comes to me. Do you, as a Dynasty League 129 00:06:16.000 --> 00:06:20.079 football og, do you view this? Is that an appropriate moniker? 130 00:06:20.480 --> 00:06:21.839 Is this Christmas time for you? 131 00:06:21.959 --> 00:06:24.439 Matt? Yeah, we get we get I think we get 132 00:06:24.439 --> 00:06:26.800 a few of those in the Dynasty community. We you know, 133 00:06:26.800 --> 00:06:29.839 we get the Draft Day, we get the kickoff of 134 00:06:29.879 --> 00:06:33.279 a week one of the season, of course, and then 135 00:06:33.800 --> 00:06:36.240 you know, I think I think maybe the the final 136 00:06:36.319 --> 00:06:38.480 week of the fantasy season is also a little bit 137 00:06:38.519 --> 00:06:40.720 of a Christmas morning because we get a little bit 138 00:06:40.759 --> 00:06:42.560 of a break before we get into the the rookie 139 00:06:42.600 --> 00:06:44.639 talk for the next season, right, So we've got a 140 00:06:44.639 --> 00:06:46.519 few of them, but the draft is definitely one of them. 141 00:06:46.680 --> 00:06:48.439 It's just so amazing to be able to find a 142 00:06:48.480 --> 00:06:51.920 group of people a community that you know, is as 143 00:06:51.920 --> 00:06:54.040 sick about this stuff as I am. Like, there's not 144 00:06:54.120 --> 00:06:55.920 a lot of people in my real life. In fact, 145 00:06:55.959 --> 00:06:58.519 I probably think there's one maybe that would want to 146 00:06:58.560 --> 00:07:00.199 sit down all day and watch a man stand up 147 00:07:00.199 --> 00:07:03.040 at a ponium and read names off right. But when 148 00:07:03.040 --> 00:07:05.000 you find those people that are just as into it 149 00:07:05.040 --> 00:07:07.600 as you and let you really kind of express yourself 150 00:07:07.600 --> 00:07:09.759 and get all of the crazy things, all of the thoughts, 151 00:07:09.839 --> 00:07:11.920 all of the you know, stuff that's going on in 152 00:07:11.959 --> 00:07:13.519 the league out of your head at once, and it's 153 00:07:13.560 --> 00:07:15.160 just really nice to be able to come together and 154 00:07:15.560 --> 00:07:17.800 talk to people that are just as crazy about it 155 00:07:17.839 --> 00:07:18.279 as you are. 156 00:07:18.319 --> 00:07:18.480 You know. 157 00:07:18.879 --> 00:07:21.480 You know what's funny, Matt and I promised the viewers 158 00:07:21.480 --> 00:07:22.920 we will get into fantasy football. 159 00:07:22.959 --> 00:07:25.120 The draft last year was in Green Bay, which is 160 00:07:25.160 --> 00:07:25.720 my neck. 161 00:07:25.519 --> 00:07:26.120 Of the woods. 162 00:07:26.399 --> 00:07:29.839 It was about a twenty five minute drive northeast for 163 00:07:29.920 --> 00:07:31.360 me to get up there, and I was up there 164 00:07:31.399 --> 00:07:32.319 for every single pick. 165 00:07:33.000 --> 00:07:33.560 Sunday. 166 00:07:34.160 --> 00:07:36.839 I met my buddy, who is actually a high school 167 00:07:36.879 --> 00:07:40.519 girls basketball coach in Charlotte and he is from the area, 168 00:07:40.600 --> 00:07:42.639 so we went up there. We watched Sunday and he's 169 00:07:42.680 --> 00:07:45.639 a big talker fanaglar like he's sweet talk to everybody 170 00:07:46.000 --> 00:07:48.720 all the way up to matt I was sitting third 171 00:07:48.800 --> 00:07:55.680 rope on Saturday. Ex It was unbelievable, right, and I 172 00:07:55.800 --> 00:07:58.279 had it in my mind that somehow I was going 173 00:07:58.360 --> 00:08:00.600 to be able to announce one of the pack picks 174 00:08:00.759 --> 00:08:03.959 before the That's a grand minding. But it was so 175 00:08:04.000 --> 00:08:06.199 surreal being up there, you know, like you've been following 176 00:08:06.240 --> 00:08:09.399 the draft for decades I have, you know, to be 177 00:08:09.560 --> 00:08:12.000 up there, it did feel a little like a semi 178 00:08:12.160 --> 00:08:15.439 semi It felt like a semi religious experience, you know, 179 00:08:15.560 --> 00:08:18.720 like where you're close to It was very, very cool, 180 00:08:18.759 --> 00:08:21.879 and I wish everybody attending in person and Pittsburgh enjoy it. 181 00:08:22.600 --> 00:08:25.319 I've attended three drafts in person now, two in Chicago, 182 00:08:25.360 --> 00:08:27.480 one in Green Bay. If it ever comes back to 183 00:08:27.519 --> 00:08:29.240 the Midwest, I'll probably go to it again. 184 00:08:30.120 --> 00:08:32.919 Okay, but it was great. 185 00:08:32.960 --> 00:08:36.360 Man Like it was uh Friday night. I went up 186 00:08:36.360 --> 00:08:37.000 by myself. 187 00:08:37.039 --> 00:08:40.120 All my friends were either too hungover or my kids 188 00:08:40.159 --> 00:08:41.879 didn't want to come up with My kids were up 189 00:08:41.879 --> 00:08:43.519 there or my kid my son was up there with 190 00:08:43.519 --> 00:08:45.399 me on Thursday and he didn't want to come back 191 00:08:45.440 --> 00:08:47.559 to It was awful weather. It was rainy and cold 192 00:08:47.679 --> 00:08:49.720 or whatever. But I pushed my way to the front 193 00:08:49.759 --> 00:08:52.600 of like sort of like the the where the unwashed 194 00:08:52.600 --> 00:08:55.080 are behind the fence, and I got on. It was 195 00:08:55.080 --> 00:08:57.200 either NFL network or ESPN, I don't know, but good 196 00:08:57.320 --> 00:08:59.039 l was was coming by and shaking hands. 197 00:08:59.080 --> 00:09:01.320 So I got on with with Rogerdell, which was very 198 00:09:01.440 --> 00:09:03.919 very cool. It was it was. It was a great experience. 199 00:09:03.919 --> 00:09:07.480 And if you are an NFL fan, it is you know, 200 00:09:07.720 --> 00:09:11.039 when it comes by where you are at or close 201 00:09:11.080 --> 00:09:12.840 to where you're at, give it a shot. 202 00:09:12.919 --> 00:09:13.799 I think you'll have a good time. 203 00:09:13.840 --> 00:09:14.919 Okay, O, good. 204 00:09:15.279 --> 00:09:17.320 Here we go. Let's get into it tonight. 205 00:09:17.320 --> 00:09:19.120 Coming up on tonight show, Matt Price and I are 206 00:09:19.120 --> 00:09:22.320 going to get into everything going around the NFL as 207 00:09:22.320 --> 00:09:26.639 far as rumors reported rumors for the NFL Draft and 208 00:09:26.720 --> 00:09:29.639 how it's affecting some veterans and much more. We will 209 00:09:29.679 --> 00:09:34.840 get into rookie spotlights tonight. We will tackle Omar Cooper Junior. 210 00:09:34.879 --> 00:09:36.879 For sure, I want to get into the Bells. I 211 00:09:36.919 --> 00:09:39.399 have not spent enough time on Chris and Skyler Bell. 212 00:09:39.399 --> 00:09:42.120 Get into that with Matt tonight, and then we'll go 213 00:09:42.120 --> 00:09:44.000 to running backs. I for sure want to touch on 214 00:09:44.039 --> 00:09:47.480 Emma Johnson, Nick Singleton. We'll get into Judaian Price as 215 00:09:47.519 --> 00:09:51.200 well as the quarterbacks in Mendoza and Simpson, and that'll 216 00:09:51.200 --> 00:09:54.679 be our NFL Draft preview here on FFPC Insider Access. 217 00:09:54.720 --> 00:09:58.679 I'm going to lead things off tonight, Matt with something 218 00:09:58.720 --> 00:10:02.200 that is that came down on the pipe with in 219 00:10:02.240 --> 00:10:04.080 regards to the number three pick, and I'd love to 220 00:10:04.120 --> 00:10:07.879 know how you feel about this. So Schefter posted I 221 00:10:07.919 --> 00:10:10.679 think it was this morning, or maybe it was late 222 00:10:10.759 --> 00:10:15.960 last night, that the Cardinals have had calls about trading 223 00:10:16.279 --> 00:10:18.840 the number three overall pick in the draft. Now, those 224 00:10:18.919 --> 00:10:23.240 calls he defined as exploratory in nature. What I think 225 00:10:23.320 --> 00:10:26.799 is fascinating about this is we have heard this drum 226 00:10:26.840 --> 00:10:31.120 beat about Jeremiah Love potentially going to Arizona at three, 227 00:10:32.360 --> 00:10:37.639 despite them already having Tyler Algeer on the roster who 228 00:10:37.720 --> 00:10:41.200 they signed in free agency, and then restructuring James Connor's 229 00:10:41.240 --> 00:10:43.600 contract to keep him on the roster this year and 230 00:10:43.639 --> 00:10:45.559 still having you know, what are they, you know, two 231 00:10:45.639 --> 00:10:48.840 years removed, one year removed from drafting Trey Benson as well. 232 00:10:49.480 --> 00:10:53.000 Not only do I not understand this, I don't think 233 00:10:53.039 --> 00:10:56.600 it's great management for your roster if you're Arizona, But 234 00:10:56.799 --> 00:10:58.480 we have to kind of throw that out the window. 235 00:10:58.799 --> 00:11:01.720 Understanding some teams at the draft. Some teams don't get 236 00:11:01.720 --> 00:11:04.000 the draft, and that's fine. We have to adjust as 237 00:11:04.080 --> 00:11:07.279 fantasy players. Now, if the Cardinals are going to deal 238 00:11:07.320 --> 00:11:10.120 this pick, it would be very interesting to see who 239 00:11:10.120 --> 00:11:13.639 would move up. Washington coming up from seven to three, 240 00:11:13.879 --> 00:11:17.039 New York coming up from five to three. We've heard 241 00:11:17.120 --> 00:11:20.080 that two of the teams that were rumored to be 242 00:11:20.120 --> 00:11:23.600 discussing a trade for this pick were Kansas City and 243 00:11:23.639 --> 00:11:26.559 New Orleans, but both of them reportedly would be coming 244 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:30.759 up not for love, but for a defensive player whoever, 245 00:11:30.919 --> 00:11:33.879 you know, between Reese and Bailey, whoever's left they would 246 00:11:33.879 --> 00:11:37.679 come up and grab. My question to you is does 247 00:11:37.679 --> 00:11:41.279 the draft start at three and how significant do you 248 00:11:41.399 --> 00:11:45.559 think landing spot will be for a talent like Jeremiah 249 00:11:45.600 --> 00:11:48.840 Love who you know, arguably, I mean, we've heard reports 250 00:11:48.919 --> 00:11:51.240 Matt that he is the number one player in the 251 00:11:51.320 --> 00:11:55.600 draft on a lot of people's draft boards, and what 252 00:11:55.639 --> 00:11:59.120 would this do. I mean, honestly, the likelihood of him 253 00:11:59.120 --> 00:12:01.320 going to the Giants' is probably less than fifty to fifty, 254 00:12:01.360 --> 00:12:03.799 but it's growing by the day. Your thoughts as it 255 00:12:03.879 --> 00:12:06.919 stands right now as a Dynasty player on where you'd 256 00:12:06.960 --> 00:12:09.840 like to see Jeremiah Love go and where realistically you 257 00:12:10.000 --> 00:12:16.039 think he is going to go in on Thursday in Pittsburgh. 258 00:12:14.639 --> 00:12:16.320 Yeah, I think. You know, we've had a lot of 259 00:12:16.360 --> 00:12:19.480 steam the last couple of weeks, especially that he's almost 260 00:12:19.519 --> 00:12:21.960 a lock for number four to Tennessee, which you know 261 00:12:22.080 --> 00:12:24.879 is a similar situation with Arizona in terms of a 262 00:12:24.919 --> 00:12:27.320 team building perspective. I'd say Tennessee is maybe a little 263 00:12:27.360 --> 00:12:29.279 bit more ahead than Arizona is. At least they have, 264 00:12:29.679 --> 00:12:32.159 you know, presumably the quarterback in place. Arizona will be 265 00:12:32.159 --> 00:12:34.480 searching for that, and I think if Arizona was to 266 00:12:34.519 --> 00:12:38.200 trade back, you know, that would probably be because they 267 00:12:38.240 --> 00:12:40.600 want to address that quarterback position, but they don't certainly 268 00:12:40.600 --> 00:12:42.840 don't need to take someone like tysonsin at three, they 269 00:12:42.840 --> 00:12:45.840 could do that, you know, with a later pick in 270 00:12:45.879 --> 00:12:47.840 the first or certainly early in the second, I think 271 00:12:47.879 --> 00:12:50.639 he might be there as well. I think the next 272 00:12:51.039 --> 00:12:52.799 next one you're looking at would be the Giants. You know, 273 00:12:52.879 --> 00:12:54.720 there's been some steam that he would go there, But 274 00:12:54.759 --> 00:12:56.440 also that kind of doesn't make a lot of sense 275 00:12:56.440 --> 00:12:59.200 with cam Skataboo and you know, Tyrone Tracey. I guess 276 00:12:59.240 --> 00:13:00.840 you could you could argue that they could use some 277 00:13:00.840 --> 00:13:03.799 more superstar talent there, maybe the maybe John Harbaugh coming in. 278 00:13:03.840 --> 00:13:05.919 You know, he has no real ties to cam Scataboos, 279 00:13:05.919 --> 00:13:07.840 so maybe he's not going to show any loyalty there 280 00:13:07.840 --> 00:13:09.679 and would be happy to take a talent like love. 281 00:13:11.159 --> 00:13:13.559 In terms of ideal landing spot, I'd really like it 282 00:13:13.600 --> 00:13:16.279 to be Washington, just because there is just nothing there, 283 00:13:16.360 --> 00:13:19.159 you know. That said, if he was to land in 284 00:13:19.200 --> 00:13:22.000 Tennessee or or Arizona, I guess I really don't think 285 00:13:22.000 --> 00:13:23.840 the Arizona what's going to happen? But Tennessee or the 286 00:13:23.840 --> 00:13:26.000 New York Giants seemed like the most likely if it's 287 00:13:26.039 --> 00:13:28.120 not going to be a team that trades up. You know, 288 00:13:28.200 --> 00:13:30.919 both of those places they do have competition, but We've 289 00:13:30.919 --> 00:13:33.799 seen that happened to top backs before. You know, say, uh 290 00:13:34.200 --> 00:13:36.879 Bjon came in with with Tyler Algier at just coming 291 00:13:36.919 --> 00:13:40.080 off a thousand yard season, it didn't really matter. You know. 292 00:13:40.240 --> 00:13:42.480 You can say that Jon's a hair above Love is 293 00:13:42.519 --> 00:13:44.480 a prospect. That's fine, you can say that, but I 294 00:13:44.480 --> 00:13:46.279 would I would argue they're in that same kind of 295 00:13:46.440 --> 00:13:48.440 elite tear. Any of those running backs that go in 296 00:13:48.440 --> 00:13:50.879 that top ten range of the draft are typically just 297 00:13:50.919 --> 00:13:53.120 going to get a ton of workload regardless of who 298 00:13:53.159 --> 00:13:56.159 is on the roster at the point. And the same 299 00:13:56.159 --> 00:13:58.519 with Tennessee, right like you have you obviously have Pollard 300 00:13:58.519 --> 00:14:00.559 and Spears there, but those guys don't seem like it 301 00:14:00.559 --> 00:14:03.519 would be too hard to move on from. So yeah, 302 00:14:03.639 --> 00:14:05.360 I think he is no matter where he goes, he's 303 00:14:05.399 --> 00:14:07.639 gonna be the top guy. The only argument you could 304 00:14:07.639 --> 00:14:09.720 really make for a place like Arizona or Tennessee, I 305 00:14:09.759 --> 00:14:11.519 think is that you're just trying to put butts in 306 00:14:11.559 --> 00:14:15.200 the seat with an exciting player. So Washington is my 307 00:14:15.240 --> 00:14:18.720 ideal spot, but you know, probably is going to go 308 00:14:18.799 --> 00:14:20.399 before seven least is looking that way. 309 00:14:20.759 --> 00:14:22.960 Do you do you feel like there is something we 310 00:14:23.000 --> 00:14:27.399 should be doing with our Cam Scataboo with our Tyler 311 00:14:27.519 --> 00:14:31.000 l Zier shares right now in dynasty leagues before the 312 00:14:31.120 --> 00:14:33.840 NFL Draft, or would you be taking more of a 313 00:14:34.159 --> 00:14:36.919 Stan Pat and see what happens Thursday night approach? 314 00:14:37.919 --> 00:14:40.320 I I mean, I feel like at this point you're 315 00:14:40.360 --> 00:14:43.080 the move that move was you know, months ago, if 316 00:14:43.320 --> 00:14:45.559 maybe weeks ago, but probably more like months ago. Like 317 00:14:45.600 --> 00:14:47.639 at this point, everyone kind of sees the riding on 318 00:14:47.639 --> 00:14:50.039 the wall and you're probably gonna get less for those 319 00:14:50.039 --> 00:14:52.600 guys than you would have, right Like, especially someone like 320 00:14:52.679 --> 00:14:55.559 Skatabo is so young, you know, like what are you 321 00:14:55.600 --> 00:14:57.039 gonna get for him? Are you gonna even get a 322 00:14:57.039 --> 00:14:58.840 second round pick for him? At this point? Like people 323 00:14:58.840 --> 00:15:00.840 are just gonna wait and see. And you know, he 324 00:15:00.879 --> 00:15:03.279 put up such a great season before injury last year 325 00:15:03.320 --> 00:15:05.879 that I probably wouldn't do that. And then in Arizona, 326 00:15:05.919 --> 00:15:07.679 I mean I expected Al was here to get a 327 00:15:07.679 --> 00:15:09.879 lot more interest on the free agent market than he 328 00:15:09.919 --> 00:15:13.000 did it in up signing a very low low value 329 00:15:13.000 --> 00:15:16.360 contract with the Cardinals, who already have James Connor coming 330 00:15:16.399 --> 00:15:19.360 back and Trey Benson intol like you mentioned right, and 331 00:15:19.360 --> 00:15:22.159 Tredy Benson's window kind of kind of closed. I think 332 00:15:22.240 --> 00:15:24.279 last year, right, he had that opportunity when Connor went down, 333 00:15:24.320 --> 00:15:28.080 but then he got hurt himself. So yeah, it's just 334 00:15:28.360 --> 00:15:30.360 you know, I just don't think it's really going to 335 00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:32.879 affect his workload. No matter where he lands, whether it's 336 00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:35.759 in Washington or a place with no talent there or 337 00:15:35.799 --> 00:15:37.320 a place that has a little bit of talent like 338 00:15:37.360 --> 00:15:39.159 Tennessee and the Giants, there will. 339 00:15:39.000 --> 00:15:40.440 A lot of be There will be a lot of 340 00:15:40.440 --> 00:15:44.519 people puckered in the top ten Dynasty owners. Matt when 341 00:15:44.519 --> 00:15:47.200 we were watching obviously, and I'm with you, I think 342 00:15:47.200 --> 00:15:49.679 I want him to go to Washington, right, But like 343 00:15:49.879 --> 00:15:52.039 quite frankly, there's gonna be a lot of people rooting 344 00:15:52.080 --> 00:15:55.919 against New York. We had Adam Han always just checking 345 00:15:55.960 --> 00:15:58.159 in right now that Jerry Jones is going to trade 346 00:15:58.240 --> 00:16:01.320 up with the two first round out to go up 347 00:16:01.320 --> 00:16:04.240 and get Jeremi Love right after they signed Javonte Williams, 348 00:16:04.279 --> 00:16:08.000 which would certainly raise the blood pressure of a lot 349 00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:10.039 of Dynasty owners out there. I think that is going 350 00:16:10.080 --> 00:16:12.440 to be the most fun thing to watch in the 351 00:16:12.440 --> 00:16:14.120 first round. As far as running backs go, We'll get 352 00:16:14.120 --> 00:16:15.960 it to the wide receivers in a second before we 353 00:16:16.039 --> 00:16:18.240 move off Arizona. I do want to bring this up here. 354 00:16:18.759 --> 00:16:23.559 Ian Rappaport reported that Jacoby Brissett is not attending Phase 355 00:16:23.600 --> 00:16:27.039 one of the offseason program. He's asking for an extension 356 00:16:27.440 --> 00:16:30.879 that pays him as a starter. Brissett has one year 357 00:16:30.960 --> 00:16:34.159 left on his deal. He's set to earn just over 358 00:16:34.320 --> 00:16:37.320 nine million dollars in twenty twenty six, but only a 359 00:16:37.360 --> 00:16:38.200 million and a half. 360 00:16:38.279 --> 00:16:39.919 Matt is going to be guaranteed. 361 00:16:40.360 --> 00:16:43.679 Last season as a refresher thirty three hundred yards, twenty 362 00:16:43.679 --> 00:16:47.559 three touchdowns, eight picks, and he's expected to start the 363 00:16:47.639 --> 00:16:51.960 year as the starting quarterback as Arizona. Monte Asin Ford, 364 00:16:52.039 --> 00:16:55.559 who is the GM in Arizona, said that the team 365 00:16:55.679 --> 00:17:00.000 is not really naming anybody as their starting quarterback this offseason, 366 00:17:00.200 --> 00:17:03.320 and certainly I don't think you'd find anybody that would 367 00:17:03.360 --> 00:17:06.920 say Brissett is the long term answer here, but he 368 00:17:07.039 --> 00:17:09.000 would be a great bridge quarterback. It's sort of like 369 00:17:09.039 --> 00:17:11.079 what he's done over the course of his career. The 370 00:17:11.119 --> 00:17:13.640 Cardinals did sign Gardner Minshew and Matt. I didn't look 371 00:17:13.680 --> 00:17:15.720 this up, but I know I read somewhere that Minshew 372 00:17:15.759 --> 00:17:19.240 is actually making more money this year than Jacoby Brissett, 373 00:17:19.400 --> 00:17:21.880 which maybe is part of the reason why Brissette's holding 374 00:17:21.880 --> 00:17:25.200 out here. But what this comes back to is ty Simpson. 375 00:17:25.519 --> 00:17:28.839 Because Simpson, we found out, is gonna be invited to 376 00:17:28.920 --> 00:17:33.079 the festivities on Thursday night. The NFL this doesn't invite players, 377 00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:34.759 you know, for them to sit in the green room 378 00:17:34.799 --> 00:17:37.599 like Aaron Rodgers in two thousand and five. They invite 379 00:17:37.640 --> 00:17:39.640 them there so they can be part of the moment 380 00:17:39.720 --> 00:17:44.400 and be drafted. So to me, it's gonna be sort 381 00:17:44.400 --> 00:17:46.640 of a foregone conclusion that Simpson's gonna be taken on 382 00:17:46.680 --> 00:17:49.000 Thursday night. And I can't remember who said it, might 383 00:17:49.039 --> 00:17:52.119 have been Jeremiah or Yates or somebody posted an act 384 00:17:52.200 --> 00:17:55.400 that it's a foregone conclusion that that Simpson is going 385 00:17:55.480 --> 00:17:57.960 to be a cardinal. So what do you I mean? 386 00:17:58.039 --> 00:17:59.640 This is maybe this is more of a best ball 387 00:17:59.720 --> 00:18:01.880 question than the dynasty question, but you can answer it 388 00:18:01.880 --> 00:18:07.000 in a dynasty format. Brissette versus Minshew versus Simpson. Do 389 00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:09.599 we need to start handling Simpson as if he's going 390 00:18:09.640 --> 00:18:12.079 to be a cardinal? And then at what point do 391 00:18:12.160 --> 00:18:15.640 you think Simpson, if he is drafted by Arizona, at 392 00:18:15.680 --> 00:18:18.279 what point does he take over this season as the starter, 393 00:18:18.319 --> 00:18:20.400 because that's gonna affect a lot of people on how 394 00:18:20.400 --> 00:18:22.960 they're handling these guys in Best Ball drafts. Not only 395 00:18:23.000 --> 00:18:25.359 in Best Ball drafts, but in dynasty leagues as well 396 00:18:25.519 --> 00:18:28.319 as The Arizona quarterback room is very nebulous right now. 397 00:18:28.359 --> 00:18:31.839 Matt, Yeah, I mean if he does end up there, 398 00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:35.720 then I don't imagine he would have to wait more 399 00:18:35.799 --> 00:18:37.319 than like half a season. Now. I kind of think 400 00:18:37.319 --> 00:18:39.480 it's going to be the same for Mendoza. I'd be 401 00:18:39.480 --> 00:18:41.640 surprised if they don't start at least half of the season. 402 00:18:42.160 --> 00:18:45.079 Right But you know, Jacoby Brissette is not like a 403 00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:49.240 He's not a nobody. Like he ignited the Cardinals offense 404 00:18:49.279 --> 00:18:51.839 last year didn't result in many wins, but like the 405 00:18:52.319 --> 00:18:55.000 offense came alive under him last season. He's currently making, 406 00:18:55.799 --> 00:18:57.880 you know, not guaranteed money, but the total contract is 407 00:18:57.880 --> 00:19:01.519 about six point two five million. Mention is five point 408 00:19:01.519 --> 00:19:04.640 seventy five million, and you know that's way less than 409 00:19:04.759 --> 00:19:07.400 other starting quarterbacks. In fact, Davis Mills is making more 410 00:19:07.480 --> 00:19:09.720 than and Marcus Mariotte is making more than an Anthony 411 00:19:09.799 --> 00:19:11.920 Richards is making more than them. So he should go 412 00:19:11.960 --> 00:19:14.640 out there and you know, look for like a My 413 00:19:14.680 --> 00:19:16.319 guess is he'd be looking for like a fifteen to 414 00:19:16.359 --> 00:19:19.240 twenty million dollar contract, right, something in that range seems 415 00:19:19.279 --> 00:19:21.480 fair that that would put him up and the like 416 00:19:21.559 --> 00:19:24.599 the twenties kind of range. Justin Fields is making twenty 417 00:19:24.599 --> 00:19:27.039 millions dollars this year. That's a different situation, of course, 418 00:19:27.680 --> 00:19:31.240 based on his final his last contract. But yeah, I 419 00:19:31.279 --> 00:19:34.400 think Arizona they're most likely is they're going to trade back. 420 00:19:34.920 --> 00:19:37.200 I think I think they are going to target him. 421 00:19:37.200 --> 00:19:41.759 But another option I think that's out there is Tampa Bay. 422 00:19:41.799 --> 00:19:43.400 I think you got to think that they're looking for 423 00:19:43.759 --> 00:19:46.960 their next quarterback unless they're going to pay Baker. I 424 00:19:46.960 --> 00:19:48.720 think he has one year left on his deal, so 425 00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:50.599 they're going to be a team that's looking to do that. 426 00:19:51.240 --> 00:19:54.920 And if if Arizona was wanting to trade back up, 427 00:19:55.119 --> 00:19:56.960 let's say they move the back from the three and 428 00:19:57.000 --> 00:19:59.480 get I don't know somewhere a pick somewhere in the 429 00:19:59.519 --> 00:20:02.839 top ten to fifteen, pick up another one on top 430 00:20:02.880 --> 00:20:05.200 of that, and then use their thirty fourth overall pick 431 00:20:05.240 --> 00:20:08.920 the second pick in in the second round. Combine that 432 00:20:08.960 --> 00:20:11.119 with the move back up somewhere in the first to 433 00:20:11.119 --> 00:20:12.839 get Simpson. That if they felt like they needed to 434 00:20:12.880 --> 00:20:14.880 do that, and the team is probably likely to want 435 00:20:14.920 --> 00:20:16.799 to do that anyway to pick up that fifth year 436 00:20:16.799 --> 00:20:19.960 contract right a fifth year option on the contract rather, 437 00:20:20.119 --> 00:20:23.920 so yeah, you know, half a season, it'd be nice 438 00:20:23.960 --> 00:20:25.839 to see what he has. We don't really have a 439 00:20:25.839 --> 00:20:28.160 clear idea yet. I guess if we think Arizona is 440 00:20:28.200 --> 00:20:30.119 tanking or not. I don't know how you feel about that. 441 00:20:30.119 --> 00:20:32.119 I kind of feel like they are, but you know, 442 00:20:32.119 --> 00:20:34.319 they don't really want to see that. So Prissette, it 443 00:20:34.319 --> 00:20:37.079 really is that perfect bridge quarterback. He's already been Therey 444 00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:39.599 pay on the extension. Go get your quarterback of the future, 445 00:20:39.960 --> 00:20:42.880 and if your competitive halfway through the season with Prissette, 446 00:20:42.920 --> 00:20:44.960 stick with it, and if not, bring in the rookie 447 00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:46.440 and see what you got. So you know what you 448 00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:47.839 have going into twenty twenty seven. 449 00:20:48.160 --> 00:20:50.200 I can't remember where I read it, but somebody was 450 00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:53.200 reporting that Austin fort was drafting like the Cardinals were. 451 00:20:53.599 --> 00:20:56.519 We're going to be more drafting heavily with twenty twenty 452 00:20:56.559 --> 00:21:00.119 six in mind rather than twenty twenty seven, but the 453 00:21:00.160 --> 00:21:02.799 crop could be richer. Interesting that well, to me, that 454 00:21:02.880 --> 00:21:05.960 suggests that this is like this is Austin Ford is 455 00:21:05.960 --> 00:21:08.599 is kind of like drafting for his job, right. They 456 00:21:08.680 --> 00:21:10.599 just hired a new head coach, Lafleur is going to 457 00:21:10.640 --> 00:21:13.039 be safe for at least this year, probably next year 458 00:21:13.079 --> 00:21:15.920 as well. But I think that's interesting to see how 459 00:21:15.920 --> 00:21:18.880 the I mean, like the Cardinals kind of holding that 460 00:21:18.960 --> 00:21:21.720 number three pick and knowing what their running back room 461 00:21:21.759 --> 00:21:24.400 looks like right now, and knowing what they're trying to 462 00:21:24.480 --> 00:21:28.000 do this year, and at least what Austin Ford's trying 463 00:21:28.039 --> 00:21:29.759 to do to save his job. I think it's going 464 00:21:29.839 --> 00:21:31.880 to be fascinating to watch in that first tap ten, 465 00:21:32.160 --> 00:21:34.839 especially Matt, if what you're saying or if what you 466 00:21:34.920 --> 00:21:37.759 had mentioned comes true and the Cardinals do trade down 467 00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:40.759 to see what they do perhaps with multiple first round 468 00:21:40.839 --> 00:21:43.839 picks this year, would they get somebody on offense and defense? 469 00:21:43.839 --> 00:21:46.000 Would they go defense with both of them? Would they 470 00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:47.319 go defense and Simpson? 471 00:21:47.400 --> 00:21:49.440 I don't know. It's one of the things what we'll 472 00:21:49.440 --> 00:21:51.720 be watching for on Thursday night. 473 00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:57.720 Moving on to Pittsburgh, and Rapaport further had more reporting 474 00:21:57.759 --> 00:22:01.279 on this going on earlier this morning that the Steelers 475 00:22:01.319 --> 00:22:04.039 do not expect to receive any kind of word from 476 00:22:04.079 --> 00:22:07.759 Aaron Rodgers prior to the NFL Draft about what his 477 00:22:07.920 --> 00:22:11.000 playing future is going to be. The Steelers open mini 478 00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:14.799 camp one week from today, and Will Howard will be 479 00:22:15.200 --> 00:22:19.240 the team's QB one, assuming Rogers does not come back, 480 00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:22.720 because I can't believe anybody that they're drafting in twenty 481 00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:26.440 twenty six would be ahead of Will Howard on the 482 00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:30.119 draft chart. Mike McCarthy said, quote, it would be a 483 00:22:30.119 --> 00:22:33.720 great story end quote if he were to reunite with 484 00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:36.640 his Super Bowl winning quarterback Aaron Rodgers in Green Bay. 485 00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:40.880 They were together in Green Bay for thirteen years before 486 00:22:41.200 --> 00:22:44.240 McCarthy was fired. Rogers will be forty two at the 487 00:22:44.279 --> 00:22:47.240 start of the season. He threw for thirty three hundred 488 00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:51.519 and twenty four touchdowns and seven picks. Last year, Rogers 489 00:22:51.920 --> 00:22:53.880 was one hundred and forty six year or tallied one 490 00:22:53.920 --> 00:22:56.119 hundred and forty six yards, no touchdowns and a pick 491 00:22:56.519 --> 00:22:59.440 in the twenty four point loss to the Houston Texans 492 00:22:59.440 --> 00:23:02.839 in the playoff. This year, I would imagine, regardless Matt 493 00:23:02.880 --> 00:23:06.279 of what Aaron Rodgers decides to do, Pittsburgh would probably 494 00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:08.880 take a chance on one of these guys like Carson 495 00:23:08.920 --> 00:23:11.759 Beck or Drew Aller to see what Mike McCarthy can. 496 00:23:11.599 --> 00:23:12.480 Do with them, you know. 497 00:23:13.079 --> 00:23:17.480 And Jerry Dulac, who is the big time Steelers beat rider, 498 00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:20.240 he said it's unlikely that they would take one before 499 00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:23.480 the third round, knowing how we have seen quarter Like 500 00:23:23.519 --> 00:23:25.279 I think back to a couple of years ago when 501 00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:27.599 we had all those quarterbacks go in the top fifteen 502 00:23:27.720 --> 00:23:35.160 with Williams and May and McCarthy and Pennix and Daniels 503 00:23:35.160 --> 00:23:37.319 and all those guys. We didn't see another receiver or 504 00:23:37.319 --> 00:23:40.119 a quarterback take until the fourth round, Like it was crazy, right, 505 00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:42.319 And we could see a similar drop off this year 506 00:23:42.680 --> 00:23:47.359 where Aler or beck Er, you know, Cole Payton or 507 00:23:47.920 --> 00:23:51.920 the ke nuss Meyer is another one. Green ont Arkansas 508 00:23:52.119 --> 00:23:53.839 would be another guy that we could see going the 509 00:23:53.839 --> 00:23:56.640 fourth round, maybe to Pittsburgh. And Mike McCarthy has said 510 00:23:56.680 --> 00:23:59.640 he sometimes gets more excited about floor for these guys 511 00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:02.160 rather than ceiling, which I think is kind of an 512 00:24:02.160 --> 00:24:05.960 interesting quote. But in regards to the Steelers, let's forget 513 00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:08.920 all about that. Let's talk about this year for dynasty. 514 00:24:09.039 --> 00:24:12.799 I'm thinking about guys like DK Metcalf, Pat Fryer, Movement, Hittman, 515 00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:16.359 knowing that Rogers still has not given it. I mean like, 516 00:24:16.400 --> 00:24:18.960 for the longest time I was drafting Bestball teams, Matt 517 00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:21.839 assuming Rogers is going to be back. The fact that 518 00:24:21.880 --> 00:24:25.039 he hasn't let him know yet, maybe I'm overreacting to that, 519 00:24:25.319 --> 00:24:27.079 But now I'm starting to get a little bit nervous, 520 00:24:27.160 --> 00:24:29.720 not necessarily about Rogers coming back, but what it's going 521 00:24:29.799 --> 00:24:31.519 to do to the rest of the Steelers offense. We 522 00:24:31.559 --> 00:24:34.119 can throw Jalen Warren in there as well. Your level 523 00:24:34.160 --> 00:24:37.920 of concern right now about these Steelers pass catchers knowing 524 00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:40.839 the sort of unknown at the QB one. 525 00:24:40.720 --> 00:24:43.519 Position right now, Ian Pittsburgh. 526 00:24:43.599 --> 00:24:45.960 I mean, even if we're mean, my base case is 527 00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:48.680 that Rogers is coming back. It's just, you know, these veterans, 528 00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:51.319 these these super older veterans, they don't want to do 529 00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:53.920 mini camp and all that stuff, right They they don't 530 00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:57.480 need it, at least according to them, you know. They 531 00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:59.799 they want to wait until it's it's game time basically, 532 00:24:59.880 --> 00:25:01.680 right And I just kind of feel that's what Rogers 533 00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:05.920 is doing. I think that the Mike McCarthy signing probably 534 00:25:05.960 --> 00:25:08.799 had a lot to do with trying to get Rogers back. 535 00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:12.279 So yeah, I'm I'm operating that Rogers is going is 536 00:25:12.319 --> 00:25:15.079 going to be there. If not, then yeah, we're we're 537 00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:17.759 we certainly have very very little fantasy assets that we're 538 00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:19.720 looking at, although I'm not sure how excited we are 539 00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:22.400 with them. Even with Rogers in to he can certainly, 540 00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:25.440 you know, support at least one fantasy target, you know, 541 00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:27.720 more than that is up for debate. To me, his 542 00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:30.480 favorite target will be somebody like Michael Pittman, who's going 543 00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:33.079 to offer easy throws over the middle. At his advanced age, 544 00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:35.240 you know, he could still chuck it downfield if he 545 00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:37.400 wants to, which is more of Dk Metcalf's game. But 546 00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:40.640 the fantasy consistency from a player like Metcalf, I think 547 00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:43.319 is going to be a lot more in question this season, 548 00:25:43.559 --> 00:25:46.559 with Rogers or without. And then they've also been tied 549 00:25:46.559 --> 00:25:49.119 to a tight end in the draft. They've been rumored 550 00:25:49.160 --> 00:25:51.839 to be interested in basically all of the tight ends, 551 00:25:51.880 --> 00:25:56.880 despite having Darnel Washington and Pat Fryar moved there another 552 00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:59.920 They've also got Rico Dowbell. So you mentioned Jalen war 553 00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:01.640 and I kind of think Rico Dowbell might be the 554 00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:04.759 lead back this year. Again, another tie to McCarthy back 555 00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:07.200 from the Dallas days. He's I think he specifically brought 556 00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:09.839 him in. Caleb Johnson is there, but I don't I 557 00:26:09.880 --> 00:26:11.720 don't know if anybody is still his faith and and 558 00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:14.720 Caleb at this point. So, yeah, there's there's stuff to 559 00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:17.400 work with there. It's just are we even that excited 560 00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:20.079 if Rogers is back about this offense? I think you 561 00:26:20.359 --> 00:26:22.680 if you want to take shots, you take shots on 562 00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:25.119 one of the one of the wide receivers. Uh and 563 00:26:25.160 --> 00:26:27.319 maybe one of the running backs for me would be 564 00:26:27.359 --> 00:26:31.000 Pittman and Dowdell. But yeah, there's not a lot of 565 00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:33.599 excitement in the Pittsburg offense from a fantasy standpoint this 566 00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:34.960 year in my opinion. 567 00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:38.240 The uh So, So if you had like metcalf or 568 00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:41.400 Pittman or Firearmouth or anybody like that, would you feel 569 00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:44.079 more of a compulsion to sell at this point? 570 00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:46.440 Matt Or is this not moving the need for you? 571 00:26:47.400 --> 00:26:49.680 Yeah? I mean again, just it always depends on what 572 00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:52.960 you can get. If you have somebody that still believes 573 00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:55.440 one of those two receivers is worth the first round pick, 574 00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:57.640 I'm jumping on that all day, even if it's a 575 00:26:57.720 --> 00:27:00.079 late first in this year's class. I feel like, I 576 00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:01.359 know we're going to get into the rookies, but I 577 00:27:01.359 --> 00:27:03.519 feel like there's a in super flex, there's the tier 578 00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:05.319 of like eight to nine guys that you feel really 579 00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:08.680 pretty good about, and even outside of that, I think 580 00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:11.559 in super flex formats, i'd be willing to move on 581 00:27:11.640 --> 00:27:13.400 for those guys if you can get like the one eleven, 582 00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:15.680 one twelve kind of range. I'm not sure I would 583 00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:18.839 necessarily jump in a second round pick for them, because 584 00:27:18.880 --> 00:27:22.680 I think they are going to be productive assets. But yeah, 585 00:27:23.119 --> 00:27:26.440 they're probably they're probably holds. Like I can't imagine any 586 00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:30.200 Steeler at this point generating a ton of excitement for 587 00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:31.400 a trade partner. 588 00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:37.240 You know, this guy still might generate some interest as 589 00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:41.960 far as dynasty trading partners go. Right now, AJ Brown 590 00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:46.279 Schefter came out and Matt, I don't know, like to me, like, 591 00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:48.480 it was nice to hear him come out with this 592 00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:51.960 report today, but I kind of was already operating under 593 00:27:52.359 --> 00:27:57.519 this scenario here. Schefter reporting that Philadelphia trading AJ Brown 594 00:27:57.559 --> 00:28:01.359 to the New England Patriots quote is now considered likely. 595 00:28:02.160 --> 00:28:05.160 The Eagles will also, like the Steelers, begin their workout 596 00:28:05.200 --> 00:28:09.200 program on Monday, it's not expected to have AJ Brown 597 00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:13.400 in attendance. According to Mike Carafalo from NFL network. Brown 598 00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:16.960 has long been rumored to be a player not in 599 00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:20.000 the Eagles twenty twenty six plans, and also long to 600 00:28:20.079 --> 00:28:23.119 be a long rumor to be a member of the 601 00:28:23.119 --> 00:28:27.680 New England Patriots for the twenty twenty six campaign. Talks 602 00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:32.599 have stalled. That could be because Philadelphia's weighing their options. 603 00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:35.359 New England maybe doesn't want to over commit. I don't know, 604 00:28:36.119 --> 00:28:39.440 but I would imagine based on the reporting that's come 605 00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:41.720 out about this, I don't think we see anything until 606 00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:45.200 after June first, and especially if it comes after June first, 607 00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:48.640 Philly can split the forty million dollar cap hit between 608 00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:51.559 this year and next year, which is something I'm sure 609 00:28:51.599 --> 00:28:54.000 they would like to do rather than taking on a 610 00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:58.599 forty million dollars cap hit this season. When you consider 611 00:28:58.720 --> 00:29:03.960 how you've been managing your Dynasty League teams, Matt, when 612 00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:07.039 the ones that have Eagles on it, the ones that 613 00:29:07.119 --> 00:29:10.480 have Patriots on the specifically pass catchers and throwers Jalen Hurts, 614 00:29:10.519 --> 00:29:11.640 Drake may, Romeo. 615 00:29:11.359 --> 00:29:13.680 Dobs, DeVonta Smith, that of those kind of guys. 616 00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:17.680 Have you already been you know, basically treating these guys 617 00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:20.119 as if A. J. Brown's a Patriot or are you 618 00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:22.119 not willing to go that far quite yet. 619 00:29:23.160 --> 00:29:25.680 I Again, I think that is probably my base case. 620 00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:27.880 It's just there's too much smoke on this right and 621 00:29:27.920 --> 00:29:30.599 it just seems like it's it's it's a lot to happen. 622 00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:33.519 AJ Brown's not happy. There seems to be some kind 623 00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:36.920 of dysfunction with the with the Eagles offense right now. 624 00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:40.039 So it seems like there was that quote that they 625 00:29:40.079 --> 00:29:43.039 think that that Devonte Smith could basically do what JSN 626 00:29:43.119 --> 00:29:45.640 did last year if they were able to clear that 627 00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:48.680 spot for him. They've been making moves like acquiring Hollywood 628 00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:51.200 Brown and then last week or the week before bringing 629 00:29:51.200 --> 00:29:55.799 in a Wicks from Tavia Wicks from the Packers. He 630 00:29:55.799 --> 00:29:57.640 could fill that kind of ins and kind of roll 631 00:29:57.720 --> 00:29:59.640 for them. So it seems like they are preparing for 632 00:29:59.680 --> 00:30:02.480 this already and that it's a lot to happen. So 633 00:30:02.640 --> 00:30:05.079 I think it's an upgrade for for aj Brown. He's 634 00:30:05.079 --> 00:30:06.480 going to go to a team where he's going to 635 00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:09.960 be the clear alpha, and presumably they would want him 636 00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:12.839 to be the clear alpha. Romeo Dubbs can still be 637 00:30:12.880 --> 00:30:15.400 that reliable target just like he was with the Packers 638 00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:18.720 as well. But I think this is a slam dunk 639 00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:21.079 for both sides, so it seems a lot to happen. 640 00:30:21.599 --> 00:30:23.359 I do want to throw out the Eagles offense a 641 00:30:23.400 --> 00:30:24.960 little bit to you, Eric and see how you feel 642 00:30:24.960 --> 00:30:28.119 about that, because it seems like with Sean Mannion coming in, 643 00:30:28.119 --> 00:30:30.680 who again you're familiar with from the Packers, is going 644 00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:32.480 to come in and kind of change things up with 645 00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:34.079 with Jalen Hurts and make him do a lot of 646 00:30:34.119 --> 00:30:36.400 under center stuff, a lot of RPO stuff so that 647 00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:38.440 in the past he's not wanted to do. He's a 648 00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:40.960 quarterback that wants to operate out a shotgun, you know. 649 00:30:41.119 --> 00:30:45.799 So the Philadelphia offense outside of DeVante Smith, who I 650 00:30:45.839 --> 00:30:49.000 am trying to acquire every rail right now, you know, 651 00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:51.240 it feels a little bit squeaky all the way around, 652 00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:53.279 right Like, it just doesn't feel good. Like I still 653 00:30:53.359 --> 00:30:56.559 like Hurts as a top five six option because of 654 00:30:56.599 --> 00:30:58.119 the running and the rushing and stuff like that, but 655 00:30:58.160 --> 00:31:00.160 even that was down last year. So if he can't 656 00:31:00.160 --> 00:31:02.079 get on the same page with this new play caller, 657 00:31:02.920 --> 00:31:05.119 you know, I can't imagine it's worse than with Kevin 658 00:31:05.119 --> 00:31:07.559 Patoula last year, but if they're not on the same page, 659 00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:09.599 it could be a rocky season again. For the Eagles. 660 00:31:09.880 --> 00:31:15.240 So regarding Manion, this is a dude who was playing. 661 00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:18.359 In the NFL mat in twenty twenty three, playing in 662 00:31:18.400 --> 00:31:21.240 the NFL twenty twenty three. He's thirty three years old. 663 00:31:21.599 --> 00:31:24.039 And I don't want to like oversimplify it. I don't 664 00:31:24.079 --> 00:31:26.119 know Jalen Hurts, I don't know the locker room. I've 665 00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:28.079 never been in a professional football locker room, so I 666 00:31:28.079 --> 00:31:31.119 can only speculate. But to me, it is interesting to 667 00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:35.559 think about a dude coaching another dude and calling plays 668 00:31:36.039 --> 00:31:40.359 who was in the league three years ago, who has 669 00:31:40.480 --> 00:31:45.160 had NFL experience, who's worked under some pretty talented coaches 670 00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:48.079 and play callers, right, And I wonder. And I don't 671 00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:50.720 want to overrate the impact of Manyon to Philadelphia, but 672 00:31:51.160 --> 00:31:53.160 I feel like this is something that could not only 673 00:31:53.160 --> 00:31:57.400 be impactful for us as fantasy players, but that Eagles 674 00:31:57.480 --> 00:32:01.039 locker room, specifically Jalen Hurts as well. Time will tell 675 00:32:01.079 --> 00:32:03.240 on that, but I know that a lot of people 676 00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:05.799 who have had Sean Manyon as part of their coaching 677 00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:09.559 staff have raved about him and talked about Now, maybe 678 00:32:09.559 --> 00:32:11.039 this is a year or two early, or maybe he's 679 00:32:11.079 --> 00:32:13.160 not quite ready, But I don't know. With all these 680 00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:17.200 other younger offensive coordinators having a lot of success early on. 681 00:32:17.319 --> 00:32:19.960 I feel like this is really good for Philadelphia. And 682 00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:23.960 we also have to consider just natural regression, right that 683 00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:27.000 the Eagles offense was so bad last year and so 684 00:32:27.160 --> 00:32:31.359 inefficient last year, can it really be that inefficient again, 685 00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:33.680 even if you don't have aj Brown, If you have 686 00:32:33.759 --> 00:32:35.799 them on to Smith, I think Wis is a guy 687 00:32:36.039 --> 00:32:38.279 who when he was healthy, was really really good in 688 00:32:38.359 --> 00:32:41.920 Green Bay. I think Goddard is underrated from a redraft 689 00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:45.039 standpoint this year as well. And I also think too 690 00:32:45.119 --> 00:32:47.799 that you're going to probably see Philadelphia. I said this 691 00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:51.200 in the FFPC Dynasty email that went out today. I 692 00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:53.480 think you're going to see Howie Roseman take a long 693 00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:57.079 look at the wide receiver position both on Thursday night 694 00:32:57.119 --> 00:32:59.400 and Friday night of the draft this year, and you 695 00:32:59.400 --> 00:33:01.839 could see a guy who's maybe not contributing right away, 696 00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:04.400 but maybe at the very end of this twenty twenty 697 00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:09.359 sixth season, you're gonna see Goddard, Smith, Barkley, and you know, 698 00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:12.759 fill in the blank rookie being big contributors in this offense. 699 00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:15.680 So yeah, I'm on board with the Eagles offense this year. 700 00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:17.759 I'm very excited to see what they do now. The 701 00:33:18.319 --> 00:33:22.279 DeVonta Smith thing is is interesting because I don't think 702 00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:25.480 he'll get to what Smith and Jigma did this past year. 703 00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:28.519 But yeah, yeah, I mean, but not only he has 704 00:33:28.599 --> 00:33:31.400 to at that point, like if he if he puts 705 00:33:31.480 --> 00:33:33.839 up you know, eighty percent of that or seventy five 706 00:33:33.880 --> 00:33:36.480 percent of that. You're right, you should still be looking 707 00:33:36.519 --> 00:33:38.960 to acquirement anywhere you can get in dynasty. But I 708 00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:41.319 would imagine, Matt if you have been looking to do this, 709 00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:44.039 you're paying the iron price for him right now. It's 710 00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:47.000 not cheap to acquire Devanta Smith. I think that everybody 711 00:33:47.079 --> 00:33:50.079 understands like what is happening now, and at this point 712 00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:52.920 it's gonna be tough to get him on your team, 713 00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:55.240 I think, and even by the way I think that 714 00:33:55.400 --> 00:33:58.559 you will talk. I mean you could talk to smart 715 00:33:58.640 --> 00:34:01.920 FFPC dynasty owners out there that are willing to pay 716 00:34:02.359 --> 00:34:05.319 a dollar ten or a dollar fifteen on the dollar 717 00:34:05.400 --> 00:34:08.280 right now for DeVonta Smith to acquire him. 718 00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:10.679 Yeah, you know, the prices are kind of all over 719 00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:12.760 the place. I would say as a baseline, you're probably 720 00:34:12.800 --> 00:34:15.960 going to be offering you know, a late late first, 721 00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:18.639 a contenders first, and maybe another pick, either a second 722 00:34:18.760 --> 00:34:22.159 or something next season. We do have a tool at DLF, 723 00:34:22.199 --> 00:34:26.039 the DALF Dynasty Trade Finder, which pools actual trades from 724 00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:29.280 from fantasy leagues, and you know, the prices are kind 725 00:34:29.280 --> 00:34:31.239 of all over the place. You have one that happened 726 00:34:31.280 --> 00:34:33.880 a couple of days ago, DeVante Smith for both Matthew 727 00:34:33.920 --> 00:34:36.280 gold Matthew Golden and Emmanuel Wilson. Then you're running back 728 00:34:36.280 --> 00:34:38.960 in Seattle, another another X packer, you know, a super 729 00:34:38.960 --> 00:34:42.320 flex format Gino Smith and a few and a first 730 00:34:42.360 --> 00:34:46.639 round pick for Devontae Smith Sam Darnold straight up for 731 00:34:46.760 --> 00:34:49.119 Devonte Smith in a super flex league. So you know, 732 00:34:49.199 --> 00:34:51.719 I think the prices are fairly reasonable if you've got 733 00:34:51.719 --> 00:34:54.639 capital to spend it at other positions, you can get there. 734 00:34:54.719 --> 00:34:56.440 If you want to throw in your late first on 735 00:34:56.480 --> 00:34:58.679 top of that, and that's that's the price I'd be 736 00:34:58.719 --> 00:35:01.280 willing to pay. I would easily pay a first and 737 00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:04.119 a second this year to grab him. So if you 738 00:35:04.159 --> 00:35:07.840 can get to that level from your roster, the combination 739 00:35:07.880 --> 00:35:09.639 of players and picks, I think you have a chance 740 00:35:09.679 --> 00:35:11.239 of requiring him, and I think he's worth at that 741 00:35:11.360 --> 00:35:13.079 level once you get to the two first kind of 742 00:35:13.119 --> 00:35:15.280 valuation that's when i'd start to probably pull back a 743 00:35:15.320 --> 00:35:15.719 little bit. 744 00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:17.800 That's exactly I was just gonna say the same thing, 745 00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:19.480 like I don't think they give up two first form, 746 00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:21.840 but I am a go get your guy type, a 747 00:35:21.920 --> 00:35:24.679 dynasty player, and if you like Smith, it's hard for 748 00:35:24.719 --> 00:35:26.880 me to disagree unless you're really overpaying. 749 00:35:27.079 --> 00:35:29.840 It's hard for me to disagree with like going out. 750 00:35:29.679 --> 00:35:32.960 And getting a guy who does have you know, a like, 751 00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:35.039 what what do you view as his ceiling this year? 752 00:35:35.079 --> 00:35:39.679 One hundred and twenty catches, sixteen hundred yards and fourteen touchdowns. 753 00:35:39.800 --> 00:35:41.440 Does that sound accurate for his ceiling? 754 00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:44.119 That seems maybe a little bit high based on what 755 00:35:44.239 --> 00:35:46.480 they you know, what the Eagles offense have done in 756 00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:49.519 the past, with still having Barkley, still having a running quarterback, 757 00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:51.239 you know. But you know, I think I think in 758 00:35:51.280 --> 00:35:53.360 that range, I think I think he definitely has like 759 00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:56.599 top five fantasy wide receiver upside and his range. 760 00:35:56.639 --> 00:36:01.000 So yeah, speaking of top five fantasy wide receiver, I'm hoping, 761 00:36:01.119 --> 00:36:03.320 and like I shouldn't say I'm hoping because I haven't 762 00:36:03.360 --> 00:36:05.480 had any of my rookie drafts yet, but this is 763 00:36:05.480 --> 00:36:07.000 a guy I think I'm going to be drafting a 764 00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:09.360 lot because of how much I've liked him so far. 765 00:36:10.360 --> 00:36:12.599 I know, I own him on a lot of bestball teams. 766 00:36:12.599 --> 00:36:15.639 And that's Jordan Tyson, the rookie receiver out of Arizona 767 00:36:15.719 --> 00:36:19.880 State man Nick Underhill who covers the Saints for New 768 00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:20.719 Orleans Dot. 769 00:36:20.559 --> 00:36:22.519 Football I think is the name of the website. 770 00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:25.320 But he believes he's probably gonna be drafted in the 771 00:36:25.360 --> 00:36:27.840 top ten of the NFL draft this year. Now you 772 00:36:27.880 --> 00:36:30.559 think about going back to what was it, was it Friday? 773 00:36:30.599 --> 00:36:33.840 He had this private workout for all these teams, and 774 00:36:34.519 --> 00:36:37.280 it sounds like he passed it with flying colors. To me, 775 00:36:38.320 --> 00:36:40.719 if he's going in the top ten, the NFL is saying, 776 00:36:41.800 --> 00:36:44.280 at which I've been saying all along, I'm not putting 777 00:36:44.320 --> 00:36:47.039 too much stock into the injuries that have happened over 778 00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:49.320 the course of his career. Collar bone to me is 779 00:36:49.400 --> 00:36:51.639 kind of freakish. I know he had the Holy or 780 00:36:51.679 --> 00:36:55.280 the Unholy Trinity of acl tears in twenty twenty two 781 00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:57.840 or whatever it was, but it seems like he's rebounded 782 00:36:57.840 --> 00:37:00.840 from that. I'm not, you know, a total ostrich in 783 00:37:00.880 --> 00:37:04.000 the sand. I understand that the hamstring issues are still 784 00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:07.639 a concern, but we have seen players with soft tissue 785 00:37:07.639 --> 00:37:10.079 injuries in college. Once they get to the pros, they're 786 00:37:10.119 --> 00:37:12.400 sort of a thing of the past. And I'm not 787 00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:14.480 saying that's gonna be the case with Tyson, but I 788 00:37:14.559 --> 00:37:16.840 understand the range of outcomes here where they could be. 789 00:37:17.280 --> 00:37:21.400 Tyson could be drafted number eight overall to the New 790 00:37:21.519 --> 00:37:25.320 Orleans Saints. They hosted him not this past Friday, but 791 00:37:25.360 --> 00:37:29.480 the Friday before that in New Orleans. Tyson was described 792 00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:32.840 by Underhill this is quote by far, the most talented 793 00:37:32.840 --> 00:37:36.199 wide receiver in this whole entire class, and that he 794 00:37:36.199 --> 00:37:39.280 would be quote unquote enticon for New Orleans to draft 795 00:37:39.360 --> 00:37:42.400 him in the first round. Underhill also said, now that 796 00:37:42.440 --> 00:37:45.320 the Giants have two top ten picks at five and ten, 797 00:37:45.679 --> 00:37:47.960 Tyson could go five if they wanted to go with 798 00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:50.320 the Tyson route as opposed to the Tait route or 799 00:37:50.320 --> 00:37:52.360 the Styles route or the Love route, like whatever the 800 00:37:52.360 --> 00:37:54.039 Giants want to do at five, that's gonna be really 801 00:37:54.039 --> 00:37:58.280 compelling to watch you But Tyson going in the top ten, 802 00:37:58.360 --> 00:38:01.920 I think the biggest thing for me, man is if 803 00:38:01.960 --> 00:38:04.719 he goes in the first top ten picks. The NFL 804 00:38:04.800 --> 00:38:08.920 is saying, like, we believe in this player, we are 805 00:38:09.039 --> 00:38:13.800 not condemning him to a career of injuries if they 806 00:38:13.960 --> 00:38:16.920 If he gets top ten draft capital, very excited to 807 00:38:16.960 --> 00:38:19.800 see what happens with him at the next level. But 808 00:38:19.920 --> 00:38:21.679 you weigh in, man, I don't know, maybe you have 809 00:38:21.719 --> 00:38:26.440 a completely different opinion on Jordan Tyson as an NFL player. 810 00:38:26.679 --> 00:38:29.119 How does he rank with you as far as the 811 00:38:29.119 --> 00:38:31.480 rest of the receivers specifically in this class. 812 00:38:32.519 --> 00:38:37.400 Yeah, I am not concerned about the injuries really either hamstrings. 813 00:38:37.400 --> 00:38:39.639 You know, soft tissue issues are always a thing for 814 00:38:39.719 --> 00:38:42.360 wide receivers and they can certainly, you know, take them 815 00:38:42.400 --> 00:38:45.440 down for a large window of an NFL season. But 816 00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:48.199 after that workout, you know, actually, prior to that workout, 817 00:38:48.239 --> 00:38:50.079 I would say, you know, he was falling a bit. 818 00:38:50.119 --> 00:38:52.239 He was, you know, starting to be projected in the twenties, 819 00:38:52.280 --> 00:38:54.119 and then he went out and showed he's fine. He 820 00:38:54.119 --> 00:38:55.920 didn't run the forty or any had like the testing 821 00:38:55.960 --> 00:38:57.239 things that you want to see, but he went out 822 00:38:57.239 --> 00:38:59.400 and ran twenty twenty five routes whatever it was, and 823 00:39:00.280 --> 00:39:02.280 showed his cutting ability and all the stuff that made 824 00:39:02.400 --> 00:39:05.000 him an exciting player. And in terms of like the 825 00:39:05.039 --> 00:39:08.119 catastrophic d injury, like I don't understand why that's still 826 00:39:08.119 --> 00:39:10.599 a big issue for people, because he's already shown that 827 00:39:10.639 --> 00:39:12.519 he's come back from that, Like he came back from 828 00:39:12.559 --> 00:39:15.199 that and posted two really great seasons in twenty twenty 829 00:39:15.199 --> 00:39:18.800 four and twenty twenty five. Right, So to me, he's 830 00:39:18.840 --> 00:39:22.199 past that one and he's he's currently my wide receiver 831 00:39:22.280 --> 00:39:25.480 two in the class, just behind Carnel Tait, just ahead 832 00:39:25.519 --> 00:39:29.960 of Concepcion. So yeah, he's I will be very excited 833 00:39:29.960 --> 00:39:32.119 to see him go in the top ten. I've put 834 00:39:32.159 --> 00:39:33.679 some you know, I don't know if this is a 835 00:39:33.719 --> 00:39:37.199 gambling podcast, but we've put some down on Yeah, we 836 00:39:37.199 --> 00:39:38.519 put some bones down on him to go in the 837 00:39:38.599 --> 00:39:41.679 six to ten range. I think ten is probably his four. 838 00:39:41.840 --> 00:39:44.679 If he makes a pass there, then I'm not sure 839 00:39:44.679 --> 00:39:46.280 if somebody's probably coming up to get him if he 840 00:39:46.360 --> 00:39:48.039 makes it out of that range. So I've put some 841 00:39:48.079 --> 00:39:51.079 money down on the six to ten range for Tyson. 842 00:39:51.400 --> 00:39:54.280 I love the player, and I'm not that worried about 843 00:39:54.280 --> 00:39:55.039 the injury stuff. 844 00:39:55.440 --> 00:39:58.039 I was at my local sports book in the state 845 00:39:58.079 --> 00:40:01.840 of Wisconsin. Matt we have had our governor sign into 846 00:40:03.679 --> 00:40:05.440 not into law yet because I think it has to 847 00:40:05.480 --> 00:40:09.079 go through one more level. But Basically, you have to 848 00:40:09.079 --> 00:40:12.440 be at a physical sports book in order to place wagers. 849 00:40:12.719 --> 00:40:15.360 So I was up at one in Green Bay this 850 00:40:15.440 --> 00:40:17.400 past week and I placed a couple of wagers. I 851 00:40:17.400 --> 00:40:23.320 went aggressive on this that Jordan Tyson would be the 852 00:40:23.360 --> 00:40:28.239 first wide receiver taken in the NFL Draft, and whether 853 00:40:28.280 --> 00:40:30.039 that happens or not, I like the odds on it. 854 00:40:30.360 --> 00:40:33.679 I got like plus three or four something, But I 855 00:40:33.760 --> 00:40:35.920 liked I liked the idea of that because there is 856 00:40:35.960 --> 00:40:37.679 and we'll get into Carnel Tatan a little bit, but 857 00:40:37.719 --> 00:40:40.159 there's a potential for a semi slide for him. We'll 858 00:40:40.159 --> 00:40:43.519 see what happens. Yeah, comfortably in the first half of 859 00:40:43.559 --> 00:40:47.239 the first round. But dude, these wide receivers this year, 860 00:40:47.480 --> 00:40:50.480 and and I have a macro discussion that we need 861 00:40:50.519 --> 00:40:52.480 to open up that wide receiver discussion with in the 862 00:40:52.480 --> 00:40:52.920 next segment. 863 00:40:53.000 --> 00:40:54.159 But I'll get to that in a little bit. 864 00:40:54.800 --> 00:40:58.079 Oscar Delp I want to bring up him right now. 865 00:40:59.199 --> 00:41:02.400 Met virtually with Houston, met virtually or no. 866 00:41:02.440 --> 00:41:04.639 He had a top thirty visit with Cleveland, and then 867 00:41:04.719 --> 00:41:08.679 he's also had top thirty visits in Tampa with the Chargers, 868 00:41:08.719 --> 00:41:12.199 in Minnesota, New England and Baltimore. So he's been all 869 00:41:12.239 --> 00:41:15.760 over the place. He started for three years in Georgia. 870 00:41:16.119 --> 00:41:18.760 Basically in twenty twenty two and twenty twenty three, he 871 00:41:18.960 --> 00:41:22.280 was the other tight end for the Pugs next to 872 00:41:22.360 --> 00:41:26.440 brock Bauers. He never really took a significant step forward 873 00:41:26.440 --> 00:41:30.400 in the offense. And he's a good he has good size, 874 00:41:31.039 --> 00:41:33.320 he is an athlete for the tight end position. 875 00:41:34.199 --> 00:41:36.559 I'm curious as to what you think he's going to 876 00:41:36.559 --> 00:41:37.519 be at the next level. 877 00:41:37.920 --> 00:41:41.719 Is this a guy that we can ignore in fantasy 878 00:41:41.800 --> 00:41:44.880 drafts or is this a guy in rookie drafts and 879 00:41:44.920 --> 00:41:47.599 in dynasty leagues that you want to have, Like is 880 00:41:47.639 --> 00:41:49.639 he the perfect And this is kind of how I'm 881 00:41:49.719 --> 00:41:51.440 viewing him right now, so this is the leading question. 882 00:41:51.639 --> 00:41:54.880 But is he sort of like that third tight end 883 00:41:54.960 --> 00:41:57.480 you want on your dynasty roster that has like, you know, 884 00:41:57.599 --> 00:42:00.400 let's say twenty two man rosters. Is he that perfect 885 00:42:00.480 --> 00:42:02.840 third tight end you want to have marinate as a 886 00:42:02.920 --> 00:42:07.159 future top ten, top maybe even top five talent and 887 00:42:07.280 --> 00:42:10.000 in his uh in his heyday or at his peak 888 00:42:10.039 --> 00:42:12.360 in the NFL, I'm curious as to what you think 889 00:42:12.360 --> 00:42:14.559 about Oscar delps NFL ceiling. 890 00:42:15.800 --> 00:42:18.280 Yeah, I it's hard it's it just feels like a 891 00:42:18.360 --> 00:42:20.679 real big projection right now. If he lands in a 892 00:42:20.719 --> 00:42:23.199 good spot where he's gonna be uh with tight ends, 893 00:42:23.199 --> 00:42:24.760 I kind of I really want them to be a 894 00:42:24.760 --> 00:42:27.199 top two target on their offense right to really provide 895 00:42:27.199 --> 00:42:31.800 any kind of consistent fantasy value. The third option on 896 00:42:31.840 --> 00:42:33.920 the offense is fine, but you're probably going to be 897 00:42:33.960 --> 00:42:36.239 looking at some some bad weeks here and there, and 898 00:42:36.280 --> 00:42:38.320 that's that's most of the position if we're being honest 899 00:42:38.880 --> 00:42:40.480 in terms of this year's where he's at in this 900 00:42:40.559 --> 00:42:43.480 year's class, you know, he's it's such a strange class 901 00:42:43.519 --> 00:42:46.280 because outside of like Sam Rausch, they're like all just 902 00:42:46.639 --> 00:42:48.480 you know, six three two forty. It seems like all 903 00:42:48.519 --> 00:42:52.639 of them are six six six forty, you know, all 904 00:42:52.760 --> 00:42:54.920 all the way up to Sadik Rights, who six three 905 00:42:55.000 --> 00:42:58.840 two forty one at the combine. So he's he's got 906 00:42:58.840 --> 00:43:01.800 some athleticism too. The I guess the concerning part for 907 00:43:01.880 --> 00:43:04.119 me with him would be that he didn't take a 908 00:43:04.119 --> 00:43:08.639 step forward after he after both Bowers and lad mcconkeey 909 00:43:08.679 --> 00:43:10.800 moved on, you know, like a once those two big 910 00:43:10.840 --> 00:43:13.239 prospects moved on, you would think that the production jumps 911 00:43:13.320 --> 00:43:15.719 up and it just didn't really do that used in 912 00:43:15.800 --> 00:43:17.639 line a lot you know, pretty good blockers, so he 913 00:43:17.679 --> 00:43:19.239 will be on the field. I think some of the 914 00:43:19.760 --> 00:43:21.840 concern with the light the light tight ends and the 915 00:43:21.920 --> 00:43:24.960 in terms of weight and size in this class is 916 00:43:25.039 --> 00:43:27.440 will they be on the field enough to both block 917 00:43:27.480 --> 00:43:29.239 and and and and be able to leak out for 918 00:43:29.320 --> 00:43:32.280 receptions and things like that. With Delp, but he's proven 919 00:43:32.320 --> 00:43:34.840 he can do that, so I think it's more likely 920 00:43:34.920 --> 00:43:37.440 that someone like him than I don't know, like a 921 00:43:37.800 --> 00:43:41.800 Justin Jolie or people are really into into Michael Trigg, 922 00:43:41.800 --> 00:43:43.320 who I like quite a bit too. But these are 923 00:43:43.320 --> 00:43:47.320 players that, you know, not are not the accomplished blocker 924 00:43:47.440 --> 00:43:51.280 that an inline player that that Oscar Delp is. So yeah, 925 00:43:51.320 --> 00:43:53.400 he's right in that mix. I would say, I think 926 00:43:53.400 --> 00:43:56.800 it's for me, it's it's the deck, it's Tours, and 927 00:43:56.840 --> 00:43:59.199 then maybe Claire is the third guy, and then after that, 928 00:43:59.280 --> 00:44:01.800 you know, pick your faceavorite player out of these. Raush 929 00:44:01.920 --> 00:44:04.199 is interesting just because of the size. He just presents 930 00:44:04.199 --> 00:44:07.320 such a different kind of archetype than the rest of 931 00:44:07.360 --> 00:44:08.800 the tight ends in this class, So that would be 932 00:44:08.840 --> 00:44:10.960 considered that would be considered at the top of your 933 00:44:11.000 --> 00:44:12.679 rookie drafts or in the I guess I would say 934 00:44:12.679 --> 00:44:14.880 the second third round of the fourth round of your 935 00:44:14.960 --> 00:44:15.639 rookie drafts. 936 00:44:15.800 --> 00:44:18.920 How do you this is a good question, like from 937 00:44:18.920 --> 00:44:21.920 a widescope level, how do you weigh these tight ends 938 00:44:21.920 --> 00:44:24.639 that come in that are the like Stours is a 939 00:44:24.679 --> 00:44:28.920 perfect example, insane athlete, great pass catcher. We saw reports, 940 00:44:29.639 --> 00:44:31.559 I think it was last week that some teams want 941 00:44:31.599 --> 00:44:33.320 to make him a wide receiver. 942 00:44:33.119 --> 00:44:34.920 At the next level out a tight end. 943 00:44:35.320 --> 00:44:37.239 How do you waste some of these guys that are 944 00:44:37.360 --> 00:44:41.400 so athletic, that are so talented running routes and catching 945 00:44:41.480 --> 00:44:45.199 the football, but have very little blocking chops to them. 946 00:44:45.639 --> 00:44:48.079 You know, we've heard the no block, no rock. You 947 00:44:48.119 --> 00:44:51.800 know several times over there's plenty of NFL teams that 948 00:44:51.880 --> 00:44:54.519 will not put tight ends on the field that cannot block. 949 00:44:54.880 --> 00:44:58.000 So knowing that when you come into the NFL draft, 950 00:44:58.320 --> 00:45:01.280 is it just the team by team base or when 951 00:45:01.840 --> 00:45:03.760 you know because like when a player gets drafted and 952 00:45:03.800 --> 00:45:06.360 you know how great he can be from a fantasy standpoint, 953 00:45:06.559 --> 00:45:10.480 but you also know that his NFL upside is limited 954 00:45:10.519 --> 00:45:13.599 because NFL teams will not want to put that player 955 00:45:13.719 --> 00:45:16.159 on the field on running plays, and if he's on 956 00:45:16.199 --> 00:45:18.960 the field only on passing plays, obviously that kind of 957 00:45:19.000 --> 00:45:22.800 neuters the upside a little bit because defenses know what's coming. Matt, 958 00:45:22.840 --> 00:45:25.599 how do you weigh that with those specific players really 959 00:45:25.599 --> 00:45:28.639 talented pass catchers but not a whole lot of blocking 960 00:45:29.480 --> 00:45:30.159 in the run game. 961 00:45:31.000 --> 00:45:35.960 Yeah, it's really hard because we you know, these are 962 00:45:35.960 --> 00:45:37.719 the type of players that I fall for, Like I 963 00:45:37.840 --> 00:45:39.880 was all in in pits and kind of still am. 964 00:45:39.960 --> 00:45:41.440 So we'll have him on a bunch of teams paid 965 00:45:41.480 --> 00:45:43.199 way too much for him on many of those, right. 966 00:45:43.760 --> 00:45:45.960 But we've seen this with with with Kyle Pitts until 967 00:45:45.960 --> 00:45:48.199 the end of last season. We've seen this with Dalton 968 00:45:48.280 --> 00:45:50.079 kin Kid, who is a player that we know could 969 00:45:50.079 --> 00:45:52.400 be more productive from a fantasy standpoint, but can't get 970 00:45:52.400 --> 00:45:54.920 on the field for more than sixty percent of the plays. Right. 971 00:45:55.000 --> 00:45:57.519 So this year I'm been really trying to dial it 972 00:45:57.559 --> 00:46:00.440 back on my excitement over these smaller tight ends that 973 00:46:00.480 --> 00:46:03.599 are going to profile as primarily pass catchers. Now, the 974 00:46:03.639 --> 00:46:05.800 caveat to that, I think is that we saw such 975 00:46:05.800 --> 00:46:08.840 an increased usage of twelve and thirteen personnel with two 976 00:46:08.840 --> 00:46:10.840 and three tight ends on the field last season you know, 977 00:46:10.880 --> 00:46:14.360 propagated a lot by the McVeigh tree and some other teams, 978 00:46:14.400 --> 00:46:17.280 and I think that is going to be something we 979 00:46:17.320 --> 00:46:20.400 see a lot more of in twenty twenty six. You 980 00:46:20.440 --> 00:46:22.199 know how it is the NFL as a copycat league, 981 00:46:22.199 --> 00:46:23.920 so we're going to see more of that. That gives 982 00:46:23.960 --> 00:46:25.639 me a little bit of hope for these guys because 983 00:46:25.679 --> 00:46:28.119 maybe they're not the best blocker at that position, but 984 00:46:28.159 --> 00:46:31.280 there's they're probably a team that drafts them probably will 985 00:46:31.320 --> 00:46:34.000 have someone on their team who will play that role 986 00:46:34.039 --> 00:46:36.280 for them, allowing them to go out there. It's just 987 00:46:36.400 --> 00:46:38.840 are they going to get above that sixty five seventy 988 00:46:38.880 --> 00:46:41.079 percent snap threshold where we really need them to be 989 00:46:41.239 --> 00:46:43.360 to be consistent you or at least have a chance 990 00:46:43.400 --> 00:46:46.599 to be consistent fantasy options. So it remains to be seeing. 991 00:46:46.639 --> 00:46:48.280 You kind of have to look at which teams are 992 00:46:48.360 --> 00:46:51.239 running a lot of that kind of scheme. You know, 993 00:46:51.440 --> 00:46:54.760 the Falcons with Pitts, you know, maybe they're looking for 994 00:46:54.960 --> 00:46:57.920 somebody like Rauh so Pits can go out and do that. 995 00:46:57.960 --> 00:47:00.320 Whereas the Steelers maybe they're looking at one of these 996 00:47:00.320 --> 00:47:03.559 more athletic guys because they have somebody like Friar Moutmouth 997 00:47:03.679 --> 00:47:06.519 and Darnel Washington that can play that that blocking role 998 00:47:06.840 --> 00:47:08.639 if they need them to. So yeah, it's gonna be 999 00:47:08.679 --> 00:47:12.480 a team fit and what that team wants to run, 1000 00:47:12.519 --> 00:47:14.440 what kind of base kind of offense they want to run. 1001 00:47:14.960 --> 00:47:18.039 But there's there's a lot of these like undersized pass 1002 00:47:18.079 --> 00:47:20.119 catching tight ends in this draft that's white so hard 1003 00:47:20.280 --> 00:47:22.480 after those top two to three guys to really put 1004 00:47:22.519 --> 00:47:24.840 them in any order before we know landing spots in draft. 1005 00:47:24.880 --> 00:47:27.559 Capital want to touch on Max Claire in a little bit, 1006 00:47:27.599 --> 00:47:31.360 but before we get to that, Delp's college teammates Zechariah 1007 00:47:31.360 --> 00:47:35.559 Branch in the news Matt for the wrong reasons arrested 1008 00:47:35.599 --> 00:47:40.440 for misdemeanor obstruction in Athens this past Saturday. He was 1009 00:47:40.480 --> 00:47:43.519 in attendance for the Georgia spring game, where his brother 1010 00:47:43.880 --> 00:47:48.800 is still on the Bulldogs. Branch was booked at one 1011 00:47:48.800 --> 00:47:51.159 point thirty in the morning on Sunday, released at quarter 1012 00:47:51.239 --> 00:47:55.880 to four on Sunday. I you know, from the stuff 1013 00:47:55.920 --> 00:47:59.599 I've read on the internet, which has got to be true, 1014 00:48:00.440 --> 00:48:03.480 it's it sounds like he wasn't. It wasn't like as 1015 00:48:03.559 --> 00:48:09.159 nefarious as it as it sounds. And listen in I 1016 00:48:09.159 --> 00:48:10.920 don't know how you feel about Branch. I'm about to 1017 00:48:10.920 --> 00:48:14.199 find out. But in all the red flags and the 1018 00:48:14.239 --> 00:48:17.079 concerns I have with zech RYA Branch, this is not. 1019 00:48:17.320 --> 00:48:19.920 It pales in comparison with some of the other problems 1020 00:48:19.920 --> 00:48:22.320 I have with him. Now, he did run, excuse me, 1021 00:48:22.400 --> 00:48:25.320 a four, three, five forty at the NFL Combine. This 1022 00:48:25.480 --> 00:48:28.119 is a player that's probably gonna get draft to our 1023 00:48:28.199 --> 00:48:33.679 Day two draft capital in Pittsburgh this Friday. He ran 1024 00:48:33.800 --> 00:48:36.639 so many screens, he caught so many passes behind the 1025 00:48:36.639 --> 00:48:39.679 line of scrimmage, He had so much stuff schemed up 1026 00:48:39.679 --> 00:48:42.440 for him, And I think, wasn't he correct me if 1027 00:48:42.440 --> 00:48:46.159 I'm wrong, Matt, wasn't he with Jacoby Lane and Makayle 1028 00:48:46.239 --> 00:48:50.440 Lemon and USC and then transferred to Georgia. And so 1029 00:48:50.559 --> 00:48:55.000 this is a guy that's just never really become that guy, which. 1030 00:48:54.800 --> 00:48:55.599 I'm fine with. 1031 00:48:56.039 --> 00:48:58.760 But I'm not fine with taking a guy like that 1032 00:48:58.880 --> 00:49:01.119 in the second round, even the third round of the 1033 00:49:01.239 --> 00:49:04.559 NFL Draft. I'm pretty much out on Branch. Not because 1034 00:49:04.599 --> 00:49:06.880 I don't think he can't be a six. I heard 1035 00:49:06.920 --> 00:49:10.840 Scott Barrett talking about this from Fantasy Points, like he's 1036 00:49:11.079 --> 00:49:13.519 he's got an eighty five percent chance of busting and 1037 00:49:13.559 --> 00:49:17.239 a fifteen percent chance of being Tyreek Kill. Well, there's 1038 00:49:17.280 --> 00:49:18.880 something to be said about a guy who has a 1039 00:49:18.920 --> 00:49:21.199 fifteen percent chance of being Tyreek Kill. As far as 1040 00:49:21.199 --> 00:49:23.440 how you handle the draft, I'm just kind of out 1041 00:49:23.480 --> 00:49:25.440 on this guy. I think I'm gonna find better ways 1042 00:49:25.440 --> 00:49:28.800 to spend my draft capital. But I'll pose it to you, Matt, 1043 00:49:28.880 --> 00:49:31.559 how do you feel about Zachariah Branch And I'll let 1044 00:49:31.599 --> 00:49:33.400 you weigh in on this arrest too, and how you 1045 00:49:33.440 --> 00:49:35.320 think that plays in or how you think it's going 1046 00:49:35.400 --> 00:49:37.880 to play in to his draft capital later on this week. 1047 00:49:38.960 --> 00:49:41.159 Yeah, this just gives me. I think I'm ware of 1048 00:49:41.199 --> 00:49:43.960 similar minds here. He was somebody I was already kind 1049 00:49:43.960 --> 00:49:46.199 of out on. He's my wide receiver sixteen, which is 1050 00:49:46.280 --> 00:49:48.599 far lower than consistent. I'm I'm not sure where that 1051 00:49:48.679 --> 00:49:50.119 is lying around, but I would guess it's in the 1052 00:49:50.119 --> 00:49:52.719 top ten for him. But you said it all just 1053 00:49:52.760 --> 00:49:54.440 to put some numbers to it, you know, to me, 1054 00:49:54.559 --> 00:49:56.960 he's a he's a gadget player at the next level. 1055 00:49:57.239 --> 00:49:59.480 Fifty five percent of his targets came behind the limit. 1056 00:49:59.519 --> 00:50:02.519 Linus Green, seventy six percent of his targets came within 1057 00:50:02.559 --> 00:50:05.639 ten yards of the line of scrimmage. Nearly sixty six 1058 00:50:05.679 --> 00:50:08.559 percent of his career receiving yards came either again behind 1059 00:50:08.599 --> 00:50:11.239 the line of scrimmage or under ten yards, including thirty 1060 00:50:11.280 --> 00:50:14.159 nine percent screen rate. His aight hot ranks it in 1061 00:50:14.199 --> 00:50:18.400 the lowest one percent among receivers since twenty nineteen. So 1062 00:50:18.440 --> 00:50:20.639 he just wasn't asked to win downfield or even in 1063 00:50:20.679 --> 00:50:24.280 the intermediate areas of the field. So to me, these 1064 00:50:24.320 --> 00:50:26.800 speed guys, like they just at the wide receiver position, 1065 00:50:26.880 --> 00:50:30.679 they often don't work out. And I'm not saying it 1066 00:50:30.719 --> 00:50:33.159 can't work out. Sure, I would probably not put us 1067 00:50:33.280 --> 00:50:36.039 fifteen percent chance of him being Tyree Kill, maybe more 1068 00:50:36.079 --> 00:50:39.400 like five percent or less, just because it's just such 1069 00:50:39.400 --> 00:50:42.719 a projection. And again I'm not saying you can't do it. 1070 00:50:42.719 --> 00:50:44.480 It's just I didn't see it, and I'm not going to, 1071 00:50:44.920 --> 00:50:46.920 you know, take him in the first round of rookie 1072 00:50:47.000 --> 00:50:49.599 drafts or even probably even second round of rookie drafts, 1073 00:50:49.639 --> 00:50:52.199 to be honest with you, for that kind of profile. 1074 00:50:52.320 --> 00:50:54.599 So this is just one more thing on top of it, 1075 00:50:55.440 --> 00:50:57.360 a top of the profile that he didn't like anyway, 1076 00:50:57.400 --> 00:50:59.639 and another reason for me to stay out. I guess 1077 00:50:59.719 --> 00:51:03.440 the silver lining for dynasty managers, maybe not so much 1078 00:51:03.519 --> 00:51:07.239 people an NFL teams drafting branch, but maybe this calls 1079 00:51:07.280 --> 00:51:09.880 that causes him to fall unto that point where you know, 1080 00:51:10.519 --> 00:51:12.199 we haven't talked about it, but the tears are just 1081 00:51:12.239 --> 00:51:14.079 so big once you get that far where I would 1082 00:51:14.119 --> 00:51:16.440 be willing to consider branch. So if he does drop 1083 00:51:16.519 --> 00:51:20.280 until that mid to late third round of dynasty drafts 1084 00:51:20.280 --> 00:51:22.320 and you just want to throw a dart frow and 1085 00:51:22.360 --> 00:51:24.079 see what happens with it at that's the point where 1086 00:51:24.079 --> 00:51:27.320 I would do it. So maybe this news bad news, 1087 00:51:27.320 --> 00:51:29.400 I guess, kind of pushes him down to that board 1088 00:51:29.440 --> 00:51:31.159 a little bit too and gives people that do like 1089 00:51:31.239 --> 00:51:33.239 him a way to acquire him even cheaper. 1090 00:51:33.800 --> 00:51:38.039 The rank on Dynasty League Football dot Com right now 1091 00:51:38.920 --> 00:51:41.920 he is sixteen among rookie receivers for Zacharo. 1092 00:51:42.039 --> 00:51:45.000 Okay, so you're spot on there, right on there, I guess. 1093 00:51:45.360 --> 00:51:45.639 Yeah. 1094 00:51:45.719 --> 00:51:48.159 And by the way, and I haven't looked at like 1095 00:51:48.199 --> 00:51:50.800 adp for like startups or whatever, but I would imagine 1096 00:51:50.840 --> 00:51:53.440 you're right, man, I think he goes higher than that, not. 1097 00:51:53.480 --> 00:51:54.400 By me or you. 1098 00:51:55.000 --> 00:51:57.800 He was. He was wide receiver eleven and our most 1099 00:51:57.840 --> 00:52:00.639 recent mocks and that was twentieth overall, So you know, 1100 00:52:00.800 --> 00:52:03.000 right at the middle end of the second round, it 1101 00:52:03.079 --> 00:52:04.280 was just still too early for me. 1102 00:52:04.679 --> 00:52:06.360 Yeah, too early for me as well. 1103 00:52:06.800 --> 00:52:09.519 I It's weird, like I keep you know, I've had 1104 00:52:09.559 --> 00:52:12.360 a lot of Dynasty experts on this show over the 1105 00:52:12.400 --> 00:52:14.559 last month and a half, and I keep waiting for 1106 00:52:14.599 --> 00:52:17.360 somebody to push back on like, you know, my whole 1107 00:52:17.400 --> 00:52:18.679 I'm out on Zachary Branch. 1108 00:52:18.800 --> 00:52:19.280 Nobody does. 1109 00:52:20.760 --> 00:52:23.880 Everything has kind of been like, yeah, you know, Balky, 1110 00:52:23.880 --> 00:52:26.519 I'm kind of with you on this. Speaking of Dynasty 1111 00:52:26.599 --> 00:52:30.079 League Football, I just noticed this, and this is semi 1112 00:52:30.119 --> 00:52:35.199 breaking news Dynasty League Football dot Com right now, Ken 1113 00:52:35.320 --> 00:52:41.360 Kelly had this, Jimmy Garoppolo considering retirement. Why well, it 1114 00:52:41.519 --> 00:52:45.920 seems like this this could be a good ending point 1115 00:52:45.920 --> 00:52:48.599 for him. We just found out on NFL Insiders tonight 1116 00:52:49.079 --> 00:52:54.000 that the Rams are expected to extend Matthew Stafford's contract. 1117 00:52:54.840 --> 00:52:57.440 And while Garoppolo could probably catch I mean not in 1118 00:52:57.480 --> 00:53:00.920 Arizona anymore because they signed Minshew and certainly anybody can 1119 00:53:00.960 --> 00:53:04.159 get hurt and Garoppolo could could you know, pop on there. 1120 00:53:04.360 --> 00:53:06.800 But I think this is really interesting. I don't know 1121 00:53:06.840 --> 00:53:10.719 if he thought maybe he'd be taking over for Stafford 1122 00:53:10.800 --> 00:53:13.480 in Los Angeles, and now with this news that they're 1123 00:53:13.519 --> 00:53:16.679 extending him, maybe he doesn't see that pathway. To me, 1124 00:53:16.840 --> 00:53:19.599 I look at this is not only a good boon 1125 00:53:19.679 --> 00:53:24.559 for Matthew stafford dynasty value, but pukin Acua, maybe DeVante 1126 00:53:24.599 --> 00:53:27.039 Adams to a certain extent as well. I think one 1127 00:53:27.079 --> 00:53:29.199 of the things that people had a problem with matt 1128 00:53:29.519 --> 00:53:32.440 about putting Pokin A Coua as their number one dynasty 1129 00:53:32.480 --> 00:53:36.639 wide receiver was the unknown at quarterback. And now maybe 1130 00:53:36.639 --> 00:53:39.480 it's more of a known given that the Rams already 1131 00:53:39.480 --> 00:53:42.199 traded a first round pick for a win Now corner 1132 00:53:42.360 --> 00:53:45.840 from Kansas City, right, and now they're extending Stafford. This 1133 00:53:45.679 --> 00:53:48.119 is this is probably good news for pukuin Acua's dynasty 1134 00:53:48.199 --> 00:53:51.199 value and maybe to a certain extent, Matthew Stafford's and 1135 00:53:51.239 --> 00:53:52.440 super flex leagues as well. 1136 00:53:54.159 --> 00:53:58.320 Yeah. To me, yeah, it definitely solidifies this future. In 1137 00:53:58.400 --> 00:54:01.039 terms of the quarterback, I would agree with fat he 1138 00:54:01.440 --> 00:54:03.119 Stafford is a guy that just wants to go out 1139 00:54:03.159 --> 00:54:04.840 of win titles. He's at that point in the career 1140 00:54:04.840 --> 00:54:06.719 and if he's still playing well and still feeling good, 1141 00:54:06.960 --> 00:54:10.239 then why not he You know, he has these nagging 1142 00:54:10.280 --> 00:54:12.760 back issues that that can cause him to miss certain 1143 00:54:12.800 --> 00:54:15.800 windows of games every season. You know, it was actually 1144 00:54:15.920 --> 00:54:19.000 a big topic last offseason and ended up not coming 1145 00:54:19.000 --> 00:54:19.599 to a fruition. 1146 00:54:19.760 --> 00:54:19.880 Right. 1147 00:54:19.920 --> 00:54:22.880 In fact, it knocked me off of DeVante Adams and 1148 00:54:23.159 --> 00:54:27.360 a couple of higher stakes drafts, which was certainly a 1149 00:54:27.400 --> 00:54:31.559 regret in hindsight. Right. So, yeah, I guess the Puka 1150 00:54:31.639 --> 00:54:33.639 stuff now that we have to be concerned with. Is 1151 00:54:33.679 --> 00:54:36.800 he leaning into the knucklehead status off the field? You know, 1152 00:54:36.880 --> 00:54:39.239 good for him for checking him to the holistic care 1153 00:54:39.320 --> 00:54:41.599 facility or what it is, but we've seen some questionable 1154 00:54:41.880 --> 00:54:47.440 behavior for him this offseason and in multiple instances. Right, 1155 00:54:47.519 --> 00:54:50.639 So hopefully the off the field stuff comes back to 1156 00:54:50.840 --> 00:54:52.679 he's he's getting the help he needs from a mental 1157 00:54:52.719 --> 00:54:55.440 health standpoint, and he's going to continue doing what he's 1158 00:54:55.440 --> 00:54:59.280 been doing since his rookie season. But that would be 1159 00:54:59.320 --> 00:55:00.920 more of a concern for me at this point than 1160 00:55:01.000 --> 00:55:03.679 the the Matthew Stafford stuff. 1161 00:55:03.920 --> 00:55:05.960 Far be it for me to make light of what 1162 00:55:06.039 --> 00:55:08.280 Pooka Nakua is going through right now, but I will. 1163 00:55:09.679 --> 00:55:11.880 Here's a mouthguard on the field, or at least he 1164 00:55:11.920 --> 00:55:13.039 should wear a mouth guard. 1165 00:55:12.840 --> 00:55:13.320 On the field. 1166 00:55:13.880 --> 00:55:17.599 Yes, yes, it is off field like a man. 1167 00:55:17.679 --> 00:55:18.440 I'll bring this up. 1168 00:55:18.519 --> 00:55:19.800 Like when I was in high school and I was 1169 00:55:19.800 --> 00:55:23.079 a high school baseball player, we had cup checks, and 1170 00:55:23.320 --> 00:55:25.159 I probably shouldn't be sharing this, but we had cup 1171 00:55:25.199 --> 00:55:27.840 checks or I would hear my cup at class because 1172 00:55:27.880 --> 00:55:30.840 I never knew when my baseball coming. It was coming 1173 00:55:30.880 --> 00:55:33.320 with the baseball bat and I wore it right. Maybe 1174 00:55:33.440 --> 00:55:36.119 Nikua needs to be the type of person off field 1175 00:55:36.119 --> 00:55:39.199 where he's wearing the mouthguard as well. Can't bite people 1176 00:55:39.239 --> 00:55:41.559 in the shoulder when you're wearing a mouth guard, can't 1177 00:55:41.599 --> 00:55:44.280 make anti Semitic comments when you're wearing a mouthguard, or 1178 00:55:44.280 --> 00:55:48.039 at least legible or understandable uh anti submitic comics. So 1179 00:55:48.360 --> 00:55:50.320 that's something that we can look at for and I'm 1180 00:55:50.320 --> 00:55:52.559 sure Pooka Nakua fantasy owners would love that as well. 1181 00:55:52.880 --> 00:55:56.320 Now, now I have a vision of silence of the 1182 00:55:56.400 --> 00:55:58.280 lamb and then rolling him out on the dolly, you know, 1183 00:55:58.519 --> 00:56:00.840 like strapped down with the muzzle on top of his mouth, 1184 00:56:00.880 --> 00:56:02.840 and they roll him out for NFL games and it's 1185 00:56:02.920 --> 00:56:07.159 right back to the. 1186 00:56:05.719 --> 00:56:08.519 Pooka lector as it were. We will see if that 1187 00:56:08.599 --> 00:56:11.280 happens as well. Somebody's already making that Kroc has already 1188 00:56:11.280 --> 00:56:11.559 made that. 1189 00:56:12.039 --> 00:56:15.400 Matt, now that you said it, all right, The last 1190 00:56:15.480 --> 00:56:17.719 thing I'm gonna bring up here in this segment we 1191 00:56:17.840 --> 00:56:22.280 touched on Max Claire and I feel like I don't 1192 00:56:22.280 --> 00:56:24.239 know about you, and you definitely haven't because you're a 1193 00:56:24.280 --> 00:56:26.679 Dynasty guy. But I feel like I've probably given him 1194 00:56:26.679 --> 00:56:30.400 a little short shrift on this show. Max Claire is 1195 00:56:31.159 --> 00:56:33.280 a guy that I think most people consider is the 1196 00:56:33.360 --> 00:56:35.079 number three tight end of this draft. I think you 1197 00:56:35.079 --> 00:56:37.440 would agree that he's the number three tight end of 1198 00:56:37.480 --> 00:56:41.320 this draft. So far, He's made five Top thirty visits. 1199 00:56:41.599 --> 00:56:47.400 He's met a bunch with Houston, Tampa, the Rams, Denver, 1200 00:56:47.639 --> 00:56:51.159 and Carolina too. So Carolina doesn't take Sadik in the 1201 00:56:51.159 --> 00:56:54.079 first round, certainly they would be in play for Max Clair. 1202 00:56:54.199 --> 00:56:56.039 Maybe on day two. 1203 00:56:57.760 --> 00:57:04.360 At Purdue, he well, I'll say this, and I think 1204 00:57:04.400 --> 00:57:06.239 it was Jake Seely was talking about this the other 1205 00:57:06.320 --> 00:57:09.000 day that he bulked up when he went when he 1206 00:57:09.000 --> 00:57:12.079 transferred from Perdue to Ohio State, and Cely was kind 1207 00:57:12.079 --> 00:57:14.519 of saying like he was wondering if that kind of 1208 00:57:16.119 --> 00:57:20.199 sapped his agility, his athleticism a little bit and maybe 1209 00:57:20.280 --> 00:57:23.400 made marginal improvements as a blocker. Seventy one point six 1210 00:57:23.519 --> 00:57:27.079 PFF run blocking grade with the Buckeyes last season, which 1211 00:57:27.159 --> 00:57:30.039 was better than what he got at Purdue in twenty 1212 00:57:30.079 --> 00:57:30.559 twenty four. 1213 00:57:30.760 --> 00:57:33.519 But his receiving numbers at Purdue were awesome. 1214 00:57:33.559 --> 00:57:35.960 Now he also at Ohio State had to contend with 1215 00:57:36.039 --> 00:57:38.679 Carnel Tait and this guy named Jeremiah Smith, who I 1216 00:57:38.719 --> 00:57:41.280 know nobody's heard about, but wait, wait a year year. 1217 00:57:41.280 --> 00:57:45.760 But I think Claire is really interesting because, and we 1218 00:57:45.800 --> 00:57:47.960 talked about I know you were just talking about this 1219 00:57:49.159 --> 00:57:53.320 on a recent podcast. It is so landing spot dependent 1220 00:57:53.679 --> 00:57:55.920 on a lot of running backs in this draft, and 1221 00:57:55.960 --> 00:57:57.880 you mentioned it early at the at the top of 1222 00:57:57.920 --> 00:58:01.360 the show. After Claire, it kind of pens it's landing 1223 00:58:01.400 --> 00:58:02.559 spot dependent. 1224 00:58:02.360 --> 00:58:03.639 On a lot of these other tight ends. 1225 00:58:03.679 --> 00:58:06.159 But with Claire, it's interesting because if he gets drafted 1226 00:58:06.199 --> 00:58:09.159 by a team that wants to use him as more 1227 00:58:09.159 --> 00:58:12.159 of a pass catcher rather than sort of like, you know, 1228 00:58:12.320 --> 00:58:16.519 like an every down grunt that occasionally catches passes, that 1229 00:58:17.079 --> 00:58:19.280 wants to get him back to that pass catcher that 1230 00:58:19.320 --> 00:58:21.760 he was at Purdue, I'm very, very interested in the 1231 00:58:21.800 --> 00:58:23.920 fact that there's so many teams interested in him. I 1232 00:58:23.960 --> 00:58:26.880 think there's something there as well. I think Claire, especially 1233 00:58:26.880 --> 00:58:29.400 in tight end premium leagues, Claire might be a little 1234 00:58:29.400 --> 00:58:32.920 bit underrated right now since everybody's talking about Sadik and 1235 00:58:32.960 --> 00:58:35.920 Stowers and how athletic those guys are. Claire's a guy 1236 00:58:35.960 --> 00:58:36.920 we can't be sleeping on. 1237 00:58:36.960 --> 00:58:40.800 Right Yeah, I think there is kind of a sizeable 1238 00:58:40.840 --> 00:58:44.519 gap between Sadiq Stowers level and then to Claire. But 1239 00:58:44.840 --> 00:58:47.440 he could be He could absolutely end up being the 1240 00:58:47.440 --> 00:58:50.079 best of the bunch. He seems like a very high 1241 00:58:50.159 --> 00:58:54.400 floor pick, a very technically sound player. He leads this 1242 00:58:54.480 --> 00:58:58.719 class and playing out wide at thirteen four percent out 1243 00:58:58.719 --> 00:59:01.920 wide rate PFF, which is the highest, again, the highest 1244 00:59:01.920 --> 00:59:05.239 amongst this class. So I don't think you can take 1245 00:59:05.320 --> 00:59:09.360 the dip of dip in production from Purdue to Ohio 1246 00:59:09.400 --> 00:59:13.159 State as a negative for him. Again because of the competition, 1247 00:59:13.239 --> 00:59:16.000 you measure, he was not the guy anymore. He went 1248 00:59:16.000 --> 00:59:19.079 there presumably to go win a national title, get on 1249 00:59:19.119 --> 00:59:20.880 a bigger stage, and see what he could do. And 1250 00:59:21.039 --> 00:59:23.239 you know, he performed admirably under those conditions I was 1251 00:59:23.280 --> 00:59:25.360 talking about. For fantasy, I want, I want a top 1252 00:59:25.440 --> 00:59:27.519 two option on the offense. He was not a top 1253 00:59:27.559 --> 00:59:30.079 two offense off option in this offense. He was the 1254 00:59:30.119 --> 00:59:33.679 third option and at times the fourth option, So uh yeah, 1255 00:59:33.760 --> 00:59:36.039 I completely agree with you. A very high floor option 1256 00:59:36.119 --> 00:59:39.280 anywhere from like the I guess maybe maybe you might 1257 00:59:39.320 --> 00:59:42.039 have to spring a little higher and tight end freemium leagues. 1258 00:59:42.079 --> 00:59:45.280 But somewhere in the middle second round, I think you're 1259 00:59:45.320 --> 00:59:48.320 starting to look at Claire after the second and third 1260 00:59:48.320 --> 00:59:52.119 tier wide receivers are kind of wrapping up, and you know, 1261 00:59:52.360 --> 00:59:54.440 the running backs are a whole nother story. But once 1262 00:59:54.480 --> 00:59:56.159 you get into that middle of second round, Claire is 1263 00:59:56.199 --> 00:59:57.519 certainly an option worth considering. 1264 00:59:58.079 --> 01:00:00.679 Do you feel confident in saying he gets day true 1265 01:00:00.800 --> 01:00:01.840 day two draft. 1266 01:00:01.559 --> 01:00:03.679 Capital right now? Yeah? I do, absolutely. 1267 01:00:05.079 --> 01:00:08.119 Listen, we have so many more like I've had. I 1268 01:00:08.159 --> 01:00:10.559 know people are screaming in their screens right now. I've 1269 01:00:10.559 --> 01:00:13.440 had this Dynasty guy on and we've talked about aj Brown, 1270 01:00:13.480 --> 01:00:16.239 and we've talked about Aaron Rodgers of all people, and 1271 01:00:16.320 --> 01:00:18.760 Jacoby Brissett, which is even worse. I promise you we're 1272 01:00:18.760 --> 01:00:20.880 going to get into the meat of the conversation here 1273 01:00:20.920 --> 01:00:23.440 in the second hour with one Matt Price, the zoo 1274 01:00:23.519 --> 01:00:26.199 keeper from Dynasty League Football, co host of the Dynasty 1275 01:00:26.280 --> 01:00:30.320 League Football Podcast, contributor to Dynasty League Football at Matt 1276 01:00:30.320 --> 01:00:33.280 Price ff coming up in the next segment, Let's tackle 1277 01:00:33.320 --> 01:00:35.239 some of these wide receivers and tight ends. We have 1278 01:00:35.320 --> 01:00:39.239 not talked about Carnell Tayate, Casey Concepcion. Let's get into 1279 01:00:39.320 --> 01:00:40.880 Chris Brazil and the Bells too. 1280 01:00:40.880 --> 01:00:41.320 We have to. 1281 01:00:41.639 --> 01:00:44.159 I have had Chris Bell and Skylar Bell on my 1282 01:00:44.199 --> 01:00:47.159 list to talk about with hosts for like the last 1283 01:00:47.559 --> 01:00:50.079 couple of months, and we've just never done it. So Matt, 1284 01:00:50.280 --> 01:00:52.960 we are making this a point that we're talking Chris 1285 01:00:53.000 --> 01:00:55.599 Bell and Skylar Bell tonight for sure with you. We're 1286 01:00:55.599 --> 01:00:58.239 gonna step out, take a quick break. We roll on 1287 01:00:58.360 --> 01:01:01.239 right after this on FFPC Inside Access. I'm Eric Balkman, 1288 01:01:01.400 --> 01:01:50.079 He's Matt Price. Don't go anywhere. 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All those available at my ffpc dot com. 1315 01:03:04.400 --> 01:03:51.800 More with Matt Price and myself right after this, our 1316 01:03:51.880 --> 01:03:54.880 number two of FFPC Insider access rolls on on a 1317 01:03:54.920 --> 01:03:58.719 special Monday edition of the show Tonight, Please be welcoming 1318 01:03:58.760 --> 01:04:02.639 in mister Matt Rice at Matt price Ff from Dynasty 1319 01:04:02.679 --> 01:04:05.679 League Football, the co host of the Dynasty League Football Podcast, 1320 01:04:05.719 --> 01:04:10.079 contributor to DLF, and contributor to the world famous San 1321 01:04:10.159 --> 01:04:12.719 Diego Zoo. I always, I always give you short shrift 1322 01:04:12.800 --> 01:04:15.760 on this, Matt, but thank you for everything you do there. 1323 01:04:15.800 --> 01:04:19.519 That's got to be quite the recording career that you 1324 01:04:19.599 --> 01:04:21.920 have going on in beautiful southern California. 1325 01:04:22.880 --> 01:04:25.800 Yeah, it's great. You know, it's like anything else, it 1326 01:04:25.880 --> 01:04:29.559 becomes just a job. But I get to be outside 1327 01:04:29.599 --> 01:04:33.639 pretty much every day. Yeah, I can't complain. Man, you 1328 01:04:33.639 --> 01:04:37.119 feel good about the work you're doing, so yeah, I can't. 1329 01:04:37.280 --> 01:04:40.760 I can't complain at all. I'm just about to enter 1330 01:04:40.800 --> 01:04:44.360 my twenty sixth year as a zoo keeper, which seems insane. 1331 01:04:44.559 --> 01:04:48.039 But yeah, hopefully a few more years before I can 1332 01:04:48.440 --> 01:04:51.239 maybe move on to something else or or or enter 1333 01:04:51.320 --> 01:04:54.679 some early retirement years. But for right now, it's it's 1334 01:04:54.719 --> 01:04:57.519 the job. And there are certainly worst things I could 1335 01:04:57.559 --> 01:04:57.840 be doing. 1336 01:04:57.880 --> 01:05:00.000 I'll say that, and I'm not trying to be hyper. 1337 01:05:00.440 --> 01:05:02.519 I mean, the San Diego zoo. That's I mean, that's 1338 01:05:02.519 --> 01:05:04.599 got to be the top zoo in the country and 1339 01:05:04.960 --> 01:05:06.679 one of the most famous ones in the world. 1340 01:05:06.760 --> 01:05:10.159 Right, Yeah, it's uh, you know, it has the nickname 1341 01:05:10.239 --> 01:05:11.840 the world famous for a reason. There are not a 1342 01:05:11.880 --> 01:05:15.760 lot of cities that people come to visit just for 1343 01:05:15.800 --> 01:05:17.840 a zoo, and San Diego is certainly one of that. 1344 01:05:17.960 --> 01:05:19.519 Not that we don't have a million other things that 1345 01:05:19.559 --> 01:05:23.280 are awesome to visit for, but people do come specifically 1346 01:05:23.320 --> 01:05:26.000 for that. It's one of the biggest. In my opinion, 1347 01:05:26.000 --> 01:05:29.960 it's one of the best. So yeah, it's again you 1348 01:05:30.440 --> 01:05:31.719 could always do worse, right. 1349 01:05:31.800 --> 01:05:35.840 Yeah, Ron Bergundy set the stage in the seventies, how 1350 01:05:35.880 --> 01:05:40.320 class Diego is, and you continue the tradition. Speaking of 1351 01:05:40.360 --> 01:05:43.760 continuing the tradition, I want to go to right away 1352 01:05:43.800 --> 01:05:45.960 in the second hour here we'll go to mister Bakes 1353 01:05:46.000 --> 01:05:48.599 a lot long time of viewer of the program with 1354 01:05:48.719 --> 01:05:51.639 a question. Here we have not talked dolphins a whole 1355 01:05:51.679 --> 01:05:53.920 lot tonight, but let's talk Miami here for a second. Man, 1356 01:05:53.920 --> 01:05:56.119 who do you think mister Banks a lot writes, who 1357 01:05:56.119 --> 01:05:58.960 do you think about the Dolphins will be taking in 1358 01:05:59.039 --> 01:06:01.599 this year's draft? Even picks in the top one hundred, 1359 01:06:01.760 --> 01:06:04.880 including two in the top thirty, one at eleven to 1360 01:06:04.920 --> 01:06:08.559 one at thirty. You know, I've been saying this for 1361 01:06:09.119 --> 01:06:13.000 basically since they traded Jalen Waddle and everybody was like, 1362 01:06:13.039 --> 01:06:15.519 oh my god, you know this is Malik Willis Is 1363 01:06:15.599 --> 01:06:18.239 left with a dumpster fire here in Miami. And I said, 1364 01:06:18.320 --> 01:06:21.880 let's just wait until after the NFL Draft, because Miami 1365 01:06:21.960 --> 01:06:25.679 could draft not only one, but maybe two pass catchers. 1366 01:06:26.480 --> 01:06:30.159 And then once the compensatory formula kind of dissolves itself 1367 01:06:31.280 --> 01:06:34.639 after the NFL Draft, maybe Juwan Jennings finds his way 1368 01:06:34.719 --> 01:06:38.199 to Miami. Maybe Stefan Diggs finds his way to Miami. 1369 01:06:38.280 --> 01:06:41.159 Keenan Allen would be another guy. This wide receiver room 1370 01:06:41.199 --> 01:06:45.599 for the Dolphins could look radically different in the week's 1371 01:06:45.639 --> 01:06:48.199 coming after the NFL Draft. I want to get your 1372 01:06:48.239 --> 01:06:51.239 thoughts specifically on rookies here. Mat Do you have any 1373 01:06:51.280 --> 01:06:55.639 inkling of what you think the Dolphins with new head 1374 01:06:55.920 --> 01:06:58.480 a new GM john Eric Sullivan and new head coach 1375 01:06:58.559 --> 01:07:02.320 Jeff Haffley, will be doing with the skill position players 1376 01:07:02.360 --> 01:07:02.920 in the draft. 1377 01:07:04.000 --> 01:07:07.280 I mean, they they need literally everything right, Like I 1378 01:07:07.519 --> 01:07:10.239 I really hope for Malik Willis's sake that he knew 1379 01:07:10.280 --> 01:07:12.159 that they were going to tear it down like this, 1380 01:07:12.800 --> 01:07:14.559 At least as of right now, they're still saying they're 1381 01:07:14.559 --> 01:07:18.800 holding on to Devon a chain, Devon a Chan, But 1382 01:07:19.320 --> 01:07:21.400 I mean from a rebuilding standpoint, it doesn't make a 1383 01:07:21.400 --> 01:07:23.000 lot of sense to do that. So I wouldn't be 1384 01:07:23.039 --> 01:07:24.719 surprised if they still move on for him. I know 1385 01:07:24.760 --> 01:07:26.760 there was some talk of them, you know, trying to 1386 01:07:26.760 --> 01:07:30.519 work out a long term extension, but we'll see on that. 1387 01:07:30.559 --> 01:07:33.039 But yeah, they have to draft multiple pass catchers. They 1388 01:07:33.039 --> 01:07:36.400 have to draft offensive linemen to protect their their new quarterback. 1389 01:07:37.280 --> 01:07:40.960 They have they have holes on defense. Like it's just like, 1390 01:07:41.480 --> 01:07:43.159 I don't know where they're going to go at eleven. 1391 01:07:43.159 --> 01:07:44.719 If they want a top end pass catcher, that's going 1392 01:07:44.800 --> 01:07:47.119 to have to be be that at eleven, whether it's 1393 01:07:47.920 --> 01:07:50.079 Lemon to come in and play like a reliable role 1394 01:07:50.199 --> 01:07:52.280 for them, Like I think the dream would be aild 1395 01:07:52.320 --> 01:07:54.880 that that that Carnel Tay does all of them. He 1396 01:07:54.880 --> 01:07:57.920 he to me profiles as a you know, really the 1397 01:07:57.960 --> 01:07:59.920 next kind of alpha wide receiver in the n A 1398 01:08:00.079 --> 01:08:04.199 fell and the Dolphins certainly need a more traditional X 1399 01:08:04.800 --> 01:08:06.920 because right now we're working with two two at well, 1400 01:08:07.039 --> 01:08:11.480 and uh, you know, uh struggling took toll Bird and 1401 01:08:14.159 --> 01:08:17.560 Washington right like, I just I don't know, man like 1402 01:08:17.800 --> 01:08:19.720 like if right now, as if the team stands right now, 1403 01:08:19.720 --> 01:08:22.000 it seems like they're going to run the ball six 1404 01:08:22.079 --> 01:08:25.039 hundred times this season, right the quarter of those from 1405 01:08:25.079 --> 01:08:27.279 their quarterback. So and he's gonna have to with the 1406 01:08:27.319 --> 01:08:29.439 with the offensive science line situation till he addressed that. 1407 01:08:29.479 --> 01:08:32.560 So yeah, I would expect one, if not two pass 1408 01:08:32.640 --> 01:08:35.640 catchers within the within the Day one or Day two 1409 01:08:35.680 --> 01:08:37.439 of the draft, maybe both in the first round. I 1410 01:08:37.439 --> 01:08:39.640 don't I don't really have a handle on that. So sorry, 1411 01:08:39.680 --> 01:08:41.279 I don't have a good answer, But yeah, they need everything. 1412 01:08:41.319 --> 01:08:43.319 Every pick is a good pick for the Dolphins because 1413 01:08:45.239 --> 01:08:48.119 I get everywhere, and I would I would hope they 1414 01:08:48.119 --> 01:08:50.880 would help out their quarterback with some of those topics. 1415 01:08:51.520 --> 01:08:54.199 I get the Wattle trade to a certain extent, Matt 1416 01:08:54.600 --> 01:08:57.239 where by the time this team is like loaded for 1417 01:08:57.319 --> 01:09:00.239 Bear and being a Super Bowl contender, Wattles going to 1418 01:09:00.279 --> 01:09:04.159 be in his thirties. Right Chan Granted, running backs already 1419 01:09:04.239 --> 01:09:07.039 have a shorter shelf life than wide receivers in the NFL. 1420 01:09:07.640 --> 01:09:10.680 H Chan turns twenty five this year. I mean he's 1421 01:09:10.720 --> 01:09:13.840 five nine ninety or whatever. He's not a big back 1422 01:09:14.079 --> 01:09:17.720 at all. And I wonder at the time the Dolphins 1423 01:09:17.760 --> 01:09:21.960 are successful or or purported to be successful. I mean, 1424 01:09:22.000 --> 01:09:25.119 he's me twenty six, twenty seven. Maybe that's still good enough, 1425 01:09:25.199 --> 01:09:27.960 and maybe h Chan holds up long enough for that. 1426 01:09:28.439 --> 01:09:31.680 But I still go back to what Jeff Haffley was 1427 01:09:31.720 --> 01:09:34.560 saying when he got hired, and John Eric Sullivan said 1428 01:09:34.560 --> 01:09:37.279 the same thing. When they have to go up in 1429 01:09:37.439 --> 01:09:41.520 November and December and January and play teams like Buffalo 1430 01:09:42.000 --> 01:09:45.359 and the Jets, whatever, but the Patriots like those are 1431 01:09:45.359 --> 01:09:49.600 all cold weather situations when they have to play them later. 1432 01:09:49.439 --> 01:09:50.199 On in the season. 1433 01:09:50.520 --> 01:09:54.319 And Halfley and Eric John X Sullivan both said, you know, 1434 01:09:54.600 --> 01:09:58.960 sometimes fast gets small, but big sometimes butchering it. Sometimes 1435 01:09:59.000 --> 01:10:02.439 fast gets slow but big never gets little, right, And 1436 01:10:02.560 --> 01:10:04.760 to me that was like a signal like, hey, maybe 1437 01:10:04.800 --> 01:10:07.279 I should be offering up third round picks for Ali 1438 01:10:07.359 --> 01:10:10.800 Gordon right now, and he could be a bigger contributor 1439 01:10:10.840 --> 01:10:11.880 to this offense. 1440 01:10:11.520 --> 01:10:12.279 Than Devon a Chan. 1441 01:10:12.399 --> 01:10:14.520 Totally, not that I was gonna sell low on a 1442 01:10:14.680 --> 01:10:17.640 Chan because I don't own him in a lot of spots, 1443 01:10:17.680 --> 01:10:19.680 but in the spots I did. I was never really 1444 01:10:19.680 --> 01:10:22.800 looking to sell him, but I am considering, like, you know, 1445 01:10:23.560 --> 01:10:26.600 this Dolphins offense, you know, we talk about how they 1446 01:10:26.600 --> 01:10:29.399 need pass catchers and tight ends that can catch passes 1447 01:10:29.439 --> 01:10:32.279 as well, Like it could look radically different as far 1448 01:10:32.319 --> 01:10:35.880 as like the philosophy of the team that off the 1449 01:10:35.920 --> 01:10:38.600 type of personnel that are on this offense going into 1450 01:10:38.600 --> 01:10:40.840 the twenty twenty six season than it does right now. 1451 01:10:41.000 --> 01:10:44.159 Mike McDaniel spent several years building this team for speed, 1452 01:10:44.760 --> 01:10:47.840 and now it's like strength power, Like that's what they're 1453 01:10:47.880 --> 01:10:50.399 going for in Miami. So I don't know, like maybe 1454 01:10:50.399 --> 01:10:52.920 maybe I'm I wouldn't say I'm out on a Chan 1455 01:10:53.039 --> 01:10:55.479 because I know how good he was the last couple 1456 01:10:55.520 --> 01:10:58.079 of years, but I do know the efficiency that went 1457 01:10:58.119 --> 01:11:01.359 into that as well. And for him to have a 1458 01:11:01.399 --> 01:11:04.319 down twenty twenty six season, the year he is being 1459 01:11:04.359 --> 01:11:07.399 a you know, slam dunk number one or at least 1460 01:11:07.840 --> 01:11:10.880 one two turn pick in redraft leagues, I don't know, 1461 01:11:10.960 --> 01:11:13.880 like I could easily see him having a downturn and 1462 01:11:13.920 --> 01:11:15.720 maybe this is the time to get out on a Chan. 1463 01:11:16.079 --> 01:11:19.000 I haven't been actively looking for that, but I at 1464 01:11:19.039 --> 01:11:20.039 least recognize it. 1465 01:11:20.079 --> 01:11:21.479 As a potential outcome here. 1466 01:11:22.640 --> 01:11:26.199 Yeah, I Han was one of my favorite players coming out, 1467 01:11:26.439 --> 01:11:29.520 primarily because he just landed in the prime situation with 1468 01:11:29.640 --> 01:11:32.119 McDaniel right. It was exactly the back he's looking for. 1469 01:11:32.239 --> 01:11:34.560 And honestly, that's one of the reasons why I'm excited 1470 01:11:34.560 --> 01:11:37.880 about a player like Keaton Mitchell with the Chargers this year. 1471 01:11:38.680 --> 01:11:42.720 But back to h Chan, you know, like I just 1472 01:11:42.800 --> 01:11:45.119 worry about him from a number of number of reasons. 1473 01:11:45.119 --> 01:11:48.079 I think there's more red flags than there are positive 1474 01:11:48.079 --> 01:11:50.439 things going his way, not talk just talking about the 1475 01:11:50.479 --> 01:11:54.119 overall condition of that offense. But you know, with with 1476 01:11:54.199 --> 01:11:56.680 Malik Willison there, we know we have a long history 1477 01:11:57.439 --> 01:12:01.159 lots and lots of data points of rushing quarters electing 1478 01:12:01.199 --> 01:12:03.119 to take off and run rather than dump it off 1479 01:12:03.159 --> 01:12:05.479 to their running back. With such he's going to have 1480 01:12:05.560 --> 01:12:08.319 to again be like one of the most efficient players 1481 01:12:08.359 --> 01:12:10.359 in the league, I think, to really pay off on 1482 01:12:10.920 --> 01:12:15.600 his current price tag, and with the offense being less 1483 01:12:15.600 --> 01:12:17.680 efficient in general, he's going to have to be scoring 1484 01:12:17.720 --> 01:12:20.000 from twenty thirty forty yards out and how many of 1485 01:12:20.000 --> 01:12:22.520 those can we expect in a given year. Like I 1486 01:12:22.560 --> 01:12:25.119 am not afraid of the talent of Devon h Chan, 1487 01:12:25.279 --> 01:12:27.640 it's just the situation, the new way that this team 1488 01:12:27.720 --> 01:12:31.520 might use him, a new coaching staff coming in. That again, 1489 01:12:32.039 --> 01:12:35.199 we see this all the time. It's certainly less of 1490 01:12:35.239 --> 01:12:38.119 an issue when they're just absolute studs like Chan. We 1491 01:12:38.199 --> 01:12:39.800 see this all the time where coaches come in and 1492 01:12:39.800 --> 01:12:42.199 do not have any loyalty to the players that were there. 1493 01:12:42.399 --> 01:12:45.479 He's the last kind of holdout that they have decided 1494 01:12:45.520 --> 01:12:48.960 to keep on their team, right, So that says something 1495 01:12:48.960 --> 01:12:51.279 in one regard, but it also says that this is 1496 01:12:51.319 --> 01:12:53.520 a bad team and I just don't know how much 1497 01:12:54.239 --> 01:12:55.880 fantas success he's going to have. I did move on 1498 01:12:55.960 --> 01:12:57.720 him from H one league. I wasn't looking to move 1499 01:12:57.760 --> 01:12:59.840 on either. I think I probably sold a little bit. 1500 01:13:00.119 --> 01:13:02.159 I think I got it was actually in the FFPC league. 1501 01:13:02.199 --> 01:13:03.520 I think I got the one oh seven and the 1502 01:13:03.520 --> 01:13:07.359 two oh one, which it's on a rebuilding team, so okay, 1503 01:13:07.479 --> 01:13:09.760 you know it's probably borderline. I would say that's like 1504 01:13:09.920 --> 01:13:12.159 right in the like fair value, maybe a little bit 1505 01:13:12.239 --> 01:13:14.840 under fair value. But I was really trying to move 1506 01:13:14.880 --> 01:13:17.000 off from that to be able to add some more 1507 01:13:17.039 --> 01:13:19.920 picks to kind of maneuver around in the draft better. 1508 01:13:20.960 --> 01:13:23.520 But yeah, like I think you would really like to 1509 01:13:23.560 --> 01:13:25.600 get two first, but you're probably not going to get 1510 01:13:25.600 --> 01:13:28.119 that from him if you're looking to move on from him. 1511 01:13:28.199 --> 01:13:29.920 So you either stuck it up and hope he has 1512 01:13:29.920 --> 01:13:33.920 an incredible another incredible season despite a bad situation, and 1513 01:13:33.960 --> 01:13:36.920 if that doesn't happen, you're probably looking at even less 1514 01:13:36.920 --> 01:13:39.680 of a return next season, unless he unless they decide 1515 01:13:39.680 --> 01:13:40.800 not to extend him. You know. 1516 01:13:41.359 --> 01:13:43.239 One of the other things to consider, and I just 1517 01:13:43.239 --> 01:13:44.399 thought of this. I looked it up. 1518 01:13:48.159 --> 01:13:51.439 E Chan had seventy eight catches in twenty twenty four. 1519 01:13:51.920 --> 01:13:55.479 He had sixty seven catches last year. How much Matt 1520 01:13:55.560 --> 01:13:58.239 does that go down? With Malik Willis who is so 1521 01:13:58.279 --> 01:14:02.000 successful with his legs and we have seen running quarterbacks 1522 01:14:02.840 --> 01:14:05.880 a shoe dumping it off to running backs and just 1523 01:14:05.920 --> 01:14:09.119 taking off and doing it on their own rather than 1524 01:14:09.199 --> 01:14:12.600 risk the pass. I wonder how much his and he's had. 1525 01:14:12.720 --> 01:14:15.479 He's had it was eighty seven targets in twenty twenty four, 1526 01:14:15.560 --> 01:14:17.800 eighty five targets in twenty twenty five, so you're talking 1527 01:14:17.800 --> 01:14:19.920 about an average of eighty six targets over the last 1528 01:14:19.960 --> 01:14:22.159 two years. I wonder how big of a hit that 1529 01:14:22.319 --> 01:14:24.680 takes as well for a cham this year with Willis 1530 01:14:24.880 --> 01:14:25.479 under center. 1531 01:14:26.079 --> 01:14:28.960 Yeah, that's the primary thing that I'm worried about. You know, 1532 01:14:30.399 --> 01:14:32.720 he is a back that can catch sixty seventy eighty 1533 01:14:32.720 --> 01:14:36.920 balls a year, and even if that goes down to fifty, 1534 01:14:37.000 --> 01:14:39.039 you know, that's still a lot of receptions. But it 1535 01:14:39.079 --> 01:14:41.199 takes a lot of off of his value. Like it 1536 01:14:41.239 --> 01:14:43.760 takes him probably from like a top three to five 1537 01:14:45.199 --> 01:14:48.279 production year down into the bottom end of the running 1538 01:14:48.319 --> 01:14:50.880 back one tiers, which you know, the closer you get 1539 01:14:50.880 --> 01:14:53.399 to that running back twelve thirteen fourteen, you get into that. 1540 01:14:53.840 --> 01:14:56.720 You know, how replaceable is this position within my lineup? 1541 01:14:56.760 --> 01:14:59.640 And if I what is the cost benefit of me 1542 01:14:59.800 --> 01:15:01.880 move on from him, even if it's a little bit 1543 01:15:01.960 --> 01:15:05.079 less than I think he's worth. So, yeah, the pass 1544 01:15:05.119 --> 01:15:07.479 catching is by far the biggest part of concern of 1545 01:15:07.479 --> 01:15:10.119 it that And I mean he's getting squeezed on both sides, right, 1546 01:15:10.119 --> 01:15:12.960 So the Miami offense is not good enough to score 1547 01:15:12.960 --> 01:15:15.640 a lot of touchdowns and they're gonna run the ball 1548 01:15:15.680 --> 01:15:17.359 a lot more instead of dumping it off to h H. 1549 01:15:17.439 --> 01:15:19.239 And he's not getting the high value touches from the 1550 01:15:19.239 --> 01:15:21.520 receiving game, and he's not getting the high value touches 1551 01:15:21.760 --> 01:15:25.840 from the goal line standpoint, especially like you mentioned, if 1552 01:15:25.880 --> 01:15:28.159 they decide to start using their bigger backs like Ollie 1553 01:15:28.199 --> 01:15:30.359 Gordon more and then he gets squeezed from a player 1554 01:15:30.399 --> 01:15:33.439 in addition to the poor offense, so it just it 1555 01:15:33.640 --> 01:15:36.039 just doesn't feel good. I'm happy to get out for 1556 01:15:36.079 --> 01:15:39.199 anything in that one and a half first kind of 1557 01:15:39.279 --> 01:15:40.199 range for him. 1558 01:15:40.640 --> 01:15:44.119 Flip side of it, too, is we're totally destroying h 1559 01:15:44.479 --> 01:15:44.840 right here. 1560 01:15:45.239 --> 01:15:46.920 I still love him. I still love him. It's just 1561 01:15:46.920 --> 01:15:47.920 the situation, you know. 1562 01:15:48.039 --> 01:15:50.439 Yeah, I mean, like as a talent, hees he's unbelievable, 1563 01:15:51.119 --> 01:15:54.960 and there could be Matt if you know, maybe the 1564 01:15:55.000 --> 01:15:58.600 Dolphins get Tyson or Lemon, maybe they add somebody like 1565 01:15:58.680 --> 01:16:01.520 Bryce Lands, and then maybe they add a veteran you know, 1566 01:16:01.640 --> 01:16:04.880 security blanket like Jennings or Allen or even Diggs, you know, 1567 01:16:05.279 --> 01:16:07.560 and all of a sudden, Hey, this Dolphins offense that 1568 01:16:07.600 --> 01:16:10.680 we thought was gonna be historically bad and all that 1569 01:16:10.840 --> 01:16:14.439 bad and Achan could still you know, be very very good, 1570 01:16:14.680 --> 01:16:17.600 not only for twenty twenty six, but in future years 1571 01:16:17.640 --> 01:16:20.720 as well. Something to be following which we will be 1572 01:16:20.840 --> 01:16:24.319 on this show going forward. Okay, let's get into some 1573 01:16:24.399 --> 01:16:26.840 rookie spotlights. I want to take a wide scope look at. 1574 01:16:26.680 --> 01:16:31.000 This, Matt. One of the things I was I was thinking. 1575 01:16:30.800 --> 01:16:34.119 To myself over the last few weeks, and I haven't 1576 01:16:34.159 --> 01:16:38.239 got into it as much as I'd like to. And 1577 01:16:38.279 --> 01:16:40.439 I'm gonna ask you several questions here. It's gonna frame 1578 01:16:40.439 --> 01:16:43.159 the how our discussion is going to go. Number one, 1579 01:16:43.279 --> 01:16:47.439 how do you view this wide receiver class specifically compared 1580 01:16:47.439 --> 01:16:50.359 to not only just last year's but in previous like 1581 01:16:50.439 --> 01:16:53.319 several previous years. How do you view this wide receiver class? 1582 01:16:54.039 --> 01:16:57.079 And if it is underwhelming to you, if it is 1583 01:16:57.159 --> 01:16:59.960 not all that great as far as top end talent goes, 1584 01:17:01.159 --> 01:17:06.119 is there something to be said for understanding that when 1585 01:17:06.119 --> 01:17:09.960 we get to week nine, Week ten, Week fourteen, Week 1586 01:17:10.000 --> 01:17:12.520 fifteen of the season and none of these rookies are 1587 01:17:12.560 --> 01:17:17.399 taking off, we should have known that we were unfairly 1588 01:17:17.439 --> 01:17:21.600 pumping up these receivers based on draft capital and not 1589 01:17:21.760 --> 01:17:25.600 based on pure talent. In other words, Carnel Tate, mkayle Lemon, 1590 01:17:25.680 --> 01:17:29.600 Jordan Tate, Jordan Tyson, they could all get top fifteen, 1591 01:17:29.640 --> 01:17:33.079 top twenty draft capital this year, but maybe that is 1592 01:17:33.159 --> 01:17:39.800 not traditional like that, that's not going the value that 1593 01:17:39.880 --> 01:17:42.319 we get from those guys at that draft capital this 1594 01:17:42.399 --> 01:17:45.119 year is not the same draft capital that we would 1595 01:17:45.159 --> 01:17:47.600 get from players going in a similar area. 1596 01:17:47.720 --> 01:17:48.680 Does that make sense to you? 1597 01:17:49.079 --> 01:17:51.560 Like, I think sometimes we get to this point of 1598 01:17:51.560 --> 01:17:56.319 the season and we're all excited and we're super enthused 1599 01:17:56.479 --> 01:17:58.720 about these these players that are going to be going 1600 01:17:58.720 --> 01:18:01.079 in the first round and second round. But sometimes I 1601 01:18:01.119 --> 01:18:04.479 feel like in a class like this, we're pumping them 1602 01:18:04.560 --> 01:18:07.199 up too much because they're not going to live up 1603 01:18:07.239 --> 01:18:11.640 to draft capital based on what we have normally associated 1604 01:18:11.800 --> 01:18:15.600 similar values to in previous years at the wide receiver position. 1605 01:18:15.720 --> 01:18:17.880 If that doesn't make sense, let me know, I'll try 1606 01:18:17.880 --> 01:18:20.640 to explain it better. But that's that's kind of my 1607 01:18:20.720 --> 01:18:22.640 main concern heading into draft week here. 1608 01:18:23.720 --> 01:18:26.840 Yeah, I mean, I don't think we have a Malik Neighbors, 1609 01:18:26.840 --> 01:18:29.399 a Jamar Chase. We don't have those S tier kind 1610 01:18:29.399 --> 01:18:31.439 of talents in this class. But I think we have 1611 01:18:31.640 --> 01:18:35.520 three or four I would say four, you know, a 1612 01:18:35.640 --> 01:18:38.640 tier maybe top of the B tier receivers. Three four 1613 01:18:38.800 --> 01:18:40.840 very very good receivers I would say, at the top 1614 01:18:40.920 --> 01:18:44.199 of the draft, maybe not the absolute ceiling. The very 1615 01:18:44.239 --> 01:18:46.920 clean prospect profile of some guys we've had in the past, 1616 01:18:47.159 --> 01:18:49.560 but sometimes those guys don't work either. I'm looking at 1617 01:18:49.600 --> 01:18:52.159 workout either. I'm looking at you, Marvin Harrison Junior. Right. 1618 01:18:52.239 --> 01:18:55.520 So yeah, I think that we have at least I 1619 01:18:55.560 --> 01:18:57.399 think we have four to six guys we should feel 1620 01:18:57.520 --> 01:18:59.920 very good about and four guys that we should really 1621 01:19:00.199 --> 01:19:03.000 really good about. So I'm not I'm not fussed about 1622 01:19:03.000 --> 01:19:04.880 this class in terms of last year. You know, we 1623 01:19:04.960 --> 01:19:09.000 don't have the crazyness or that was the surrounding Travis Hunter. 1624 01:19:09.119 --> 01:19:10.520 Is he going to be a wide receiver? Is he not? 1625 01:19:11.319 --> 01:19:13.439 We we're pretty sure Teed McMillan was going to be 1626 01:19:13.479 --> 01:19:16.600 the top receiver and he was. And otherwise, you know, 1627 01:19:16.640 --> 01:19:18.399 it was a it was a fine class, not an 1628 01:19:18.439 --> 01:19:20.239 amazing class. I would I would say this one is 1629 01:19:20.479 --> 01:19:22.479 equal to that. Maybe not somebody. Again, it was clean 1630 01:19:22.520 --> 01:19:26.239 to prosperusiness, as even Tet McMillan. But I would say 1631 01:19:26.239 --> 01:19:29.079 the ceiling is higher for some of these guys, especially 1632 01:19:29.079 --> 01:19:31.000 someone like Tyson who we talked about earlier. If the 1633 01:19:31.039 --> 01:19:33.439 health works out, and a couple other guys. I think 1634 01:19:33.479 --> 01:19:35.960 we are are are kind of selling short a little 1635 01:19:35.960 --> 01:19:38.079 bit here. So you know, we do this every year. 1636 01:19:38.119 --> 01:19:39.800 I think I think every year we say that the 1637 01:19:39.840 --> 01:19:41.840 next class. We're waiting for the next class, and the 1638 01:19:41.840 --> 01:19:44.760 twenty seven twenty seven class is absolutely exciting. But last 1639 01:19:44.800 --> 01:19:46.680 year at this time we were talking about how good 1640 01:19:46.680 --> 01:19:48.680 the twenty twenty six class was going to be. So, 1641 01:19:49.920 --> 01:19:53.039 you know, people just need to lower expectations a little 1642 01:19:53.039 --> 01:19:55.840 bit and realize if if a player that you really 1643 01:19:55.880 --> 01:19:59.119 literally like and gets good draft capital isn't performing the 1644 01:19:59.119 --> 01:20:00.760 first half of the season. And we see a time 1645 01:20:00.800 --> 01:20:02.760 and time again that the second half of the season 1646 01:20:03.079 --> 01:20:05.159 is when these rookies really start to come on, especially 1647 01:20:05.159 --> 01:20:07.399 at the wide receiver position. Once they get you know, 1648 01:20:07.439 --> 01:20:10.000 they learned the offense better, once they gel with their quarterback, 1649 01:20:10.199 --> 01:20:12.079 they've really learned to play back, all that kind of stuff, 1650 01:20:12.079 --> 01:20:13.760 and the game kind of stops slow. It starts slowing 1651 01:20:13.800 --> 01:20:16.319 down for them. So I guess the only the actual 1652 01:20:16.319 --> 01:20:18.479 piece of advice here is don't sell out on a 1653 01:20:18.520 --> 01:20:21.600 guy like you know, Karnel Tate, mckaya, Limon, Jordan Tyson, 1654 01:20:21.880 --> 01:20:23.720 a casey conception, and even we can go a little 1655 01:20:23.720 --> 01:20:26.079 bit deeper than that, but especially those guys like if 1656 01:20:26.079 --> 01:20:28.239 they're having a struggle struggle the first half of the 1657 01:20:28.399 --> 01:20:31.479 rookie season, you know, don's see what happens in the 1658 01:20:31.520 --> 01:20:32.279 final eight weeks. 1659 01:20:33.199 --> 01:20:38.960 So for you this draft class, specifically, if carnel Take 1660 01:20:39.039 --> 01:20:41.960 goes five or six, if Tyson goes ten or eleven, 1661 01:20:42.319 --> 01:20:45.880 if Lemon goes sixteen or seventeen, that's not all that 1662 01:20:46.039 --> 01:20:49.680 different than what they what these what they would have 1663 01:20:49.720 --> 01:20:53.439 been worth had they had that draft capital in previous 1664 01:20:53.520 --> 01:20:54.640 wide receiver seasons. 1665 01:20:54.640 --> 01:20:58.199 In the draft, I just think we're splitting hairs, you know, like, yes, 1666 01:20:58.399 --> 01:21:00.880 I would rather have, you know, but of course i'd 1667 01:21:00.960 --> 01:21:03.920 rather have you know, yeah, yeah, no, I just this 1668 01:21:04.039 --> 01:21:06.960 is what we have. You know, like either either they're 1669 01:21:06.960 --> 01:21:08.680 worth the one oh five to you or they're not. 1670 01:21:08.800 --> 01:21:10.720 And if they're not, you can try to move that pick. 1671 01:21:10.960 --> 01:21:13.960 But everybody is trying to move out move their picks 1672 01:21:13.960 --> 01:21:16.119 from this year. You know. I've started to see picks 1673 01:21:16.159 --> 01:21:18.399 as early as like one oh seven being with the 1674 01:21:18.479 --> 01:21:19.800 people want to make the move. You know, I'm going 1675 01:21:19.880 --> 01:21:22.079 to trade my late first round pick this year for 1676 01:21:22.399 --> 01:21:24.319 you know, gamble and maybe they'll have a better pick 1677 01:21:24.359 --> 01:21:26.159 in the in the in the following year. Class. I'm 1678 01:21:26.159 --> 01:21:27.680 starting to see that as early as like the one 1679 01:21:27.720 --> 01:21:29.640 oh seven and certain lyas and to me at the 1680 01:21:29.640 --> 01:21:32.760 one oh seven. Sometimes that's Kenyon Sadek. Sometimes that's Casey 1681 01:21:32.800 --> 01:21:36.760 Concepts one. Sometimes uh sometimes Omar Cooper is there, and 1682 01:21:36.800 --> 01:21:39.600 these are all players that can contribute. You know, maybe 1683 01:21:39.800 --> 01:21:42.439 maybe not necessarily right away, depending on landing spot, but 1684 01:21:42.479 --> 01:21:45.039 certainly before that twenty twenty seven pick is going to 1685 01:21:45.119 --> 01:21:47.239 produce for you. So yeah, I think we're getting a 1686 01:21:47.239 --> 01:21:49.840 little too over our skis on on out of that, 1687 01:21:50.560 --> 01:21:53.520 And there's no way you can move like the one, ten, eleven, 1688 01:21:53.600 --> 01:21:55.680 twelve for your pick for the first next year. Nobody 1689 01:21:55.760 --> 01:21:57.760 is making that deal right now unless you're putting a 1690 01:21:57.760 --> 01:21:58.800 little something else on top. 1691 01:21:59.159 --> 01:22:01.399 I think we're hitting it the perfect stride because when 1692 01:22:01.600 --> 01:22:04.520 FFPC rookie drafts hit in a couple of weeks or 1693 01:22:04.600 --> 01:22:07.039 less than a couple of weeks, now, we could start 1694 01:22:07.039 --> 01:22:09.680 seeing people like, yeah, I'll give you, I will I'm 1695 01:22:09.720 --> 01:22:13.199 excited about this year's class enough to give you whatever 1696 01:22:13.359 --> 01:22:16.960 you know future twenty twenty seven first and to acquire 1697 01:22:17.119 --> 01:22:18.840 whatever you have in the first. 1698 01:22:18.720 --> 01:22:19.279 Round this year. 1699 01:22:19.359 --> 01:22:22.199 Yeah, there was a matt maybe you saw this, like 1700 01:22:22.279 --> 01:22:27.399 people were trading twenty twenty six first and sweeteners to 1701 01:22:27.439 --> 01:22:29.960 get a twenty twenty seven first. Yeah, which is the 1702 01:22:30.079 --> 01:22:33.560 opposite way how it should work. You know, it's crazy. 1703 01:22:33.960 --> 01:22:37.199 And now the old go ahead, the old the old 1704 01:22:37.239 --> 01:22:40.439 Dynasty rule was like, you're a pick a year out 1705 01:22:40.560 --> 01:22:42.880 is worth a second in this year's class, right if 1706 01:22:42.920 --> 01:22:45.720 I was traded, But that that rule does not exist anymore, 1707 01:22:45.720 --> 01:22:49.600 at least in my recently, Like I yeah, so that 1708 01:22:50.039 --> 01:22:53.159 you can't do that, like if you're willing to move 1709 01:22:53.159 --> 01:22:55.039 in a next year's class at a loss, Like sure 1710 01:22:55.119 --> 01:22:56.680 that those kinds of deals are out there, but if 1711 01:22:56.680 --> 01:22:59.239 you're trying to get anything on top, that's not happening 1712 01:22:59.279 --> 01:23:00.760 unless it's a top five pick. 1713 01:23:00.720 --> 01:23:02.920 Right exactly. I go back to I don't know how 1714 01:23:02.960 --> 01:23:03.520 many years ago. 1715 01:23:03.520 --> 01:23:05.239 It was like fifteen years ago when I was like 1716 01:23:05.640 --> 01:23:09.079 first playing Dynasty, and there was I had like the 1717 01:23:09.079 --> 01:23:12.840 one oh six or something, and I hated everybody that 1718 01:23:12.960 --> 01:23:15.199 was available at that point, and I traded to a 1719 01:23:15.239 --> 01:23:17.840 guy who I was sure was gonna have a bad year, 1720 01:23:17.880 --> 01:23:19.920 and I just traded him straight up for his first 1721 01:23:20.000 --> 01:23:20.399 round pick. 1722 01:23:20.479 --> 01:23:20.960 Next year. 1723 01:23:21.159 --> 01:23:23.880 Well, that turned into the one oh seven, So I moved. 1724 01:23:24.039 --> 01:23:26.920 I waited a year, and I moved down one spot. 1725 01:23:26.960 --> 01:23:28.720 It was not great, and I learned a lot from it. 1726 01:23:29.640 --> 01:23:34.319 I let's talk some player of valves. Carnel Tate played 1727 01:23:34.319 --> 01:23:37.520 next to Jeremiah Smith this year. I have it's an 1728 01:23:37.520 --> 01:23:40.560 Ohio State receiver, so you know, simple helmet scouting. Hey, 1729 01:23:40.600 --> 01:23:43.479 this guy's awesome. But there's a lot of people out there, 1730 01:23:43.640 --> 01:23:45.439 and maybe you're including yourself in this. 1731 01:23:45.479 --> 01:23:45.880 I don't know. 1732 01:23:46.239 --> 01:23:47.640 In fact, I think you are based on what you 1733 01:23:47.680 --> 01:23:49.840 said in the first hour, Carnel Tait is the number 1734 01:23:49.840 --> 01:23:51.520 one wide receiver for a lot of people, a lot 1735 01:23:51.520 --> 01:23:55.680 of pundits in this draft is can you defend that? 1736 01:23:56.159 --> 01:23:59.159 Why would you say that Tait is the wide receiver 1737 01:23:59.319 --> 01:24:01.600 at this point right now, that that you'd want to 1738 01:24:01.640 --> 01:24:04.079 have more so than any other wide receiver in this draft. 1739 01:24:04.880 --> 01:24:06.960 I think it's just safety, you know, like he just 1740 01:24:07.039 --> 01:24:10.119 feels safe. He's good at basically everything except for running 1741 01:24:10.119 --> 01:24:13.119 fast in a straight line, you know, smooth and procise 1742 01:24:13.439 --> 01:24:16.439 precise routes. He's not like a like a twitchy athlete, 1743 01:24:16.479 --> 01:24:20.560 but he wins with body control and route nuance and 1744 01:24:21.640 --> 01:24:25.239 just like understanding of angles and leverage and and and 1745 01:24:25.279 --> 01:24:27.680 what he needs to do. He's an excellent boundary receiver. 1746 01:24:27.840 --> 01:24:30.720 He can win with somebody in his face. The body 1747 01:24:30.720 --> 01:24:33.560 control and flexibility to adjust to off target throws. You 1748 01:24:33.560 --> 01:24:36.079 see him make, you know, contort his body in mid 1749 01:24:36.079 --> 01:24:39.479 air to make outside the frame catches. I guess you 1750 01:24:39.520 --> 01:24:42.600 could say maybe you know he he he lacks some 1751 01:24:42.600 --> 01:24:45.319 some some yards up through the catch abilities. I wouldn't 1752 01:24:45.319 --> 01:24:47.520 call him like a catch and fall down receiver. But 1753 01:24:47.760 --> 01:24:50.880 he's not gonna make a bunch of people missing the 1754 01:24:50.880 --> 01:24:53.560 open field with quick twitch moves like somebody like Tyson 1755 01:24:53.840 --> 01:24:56.239 or concepts you might too, But in terms of like 1756 01:24:56.319 --> 01:24:59.039 how he profiles as an NFL ride receiver, like that's 1757 01:24:59.039 --> 01:25:00.720 why I think he's such a good fit in Miami's 1758 01:25:00.720 --> 01:25:04.239 because they don't have a prototypical X receiver. And you know, 1759 01:25:04.319 --> 01:25:06.560 for fantasy purposes, you can say that this is not 1760 01:25:06.640 --> 01:25:09.239 the type of archetype that that really you know, blows 1761 01:25:09.239 --> 01:25:12.079 it up with massive seasons. You know, those are the 1762 01:25:12.079 --> 01:25:14.279 the pukinakuas as we talked about the Jamar chase, is 1763 01:25:14.279 --> 01:25:17.359 that gona that that are gonna win a lot with athleticism, 1764 01:25:18.520 --> 01:25:21.920 But you know, the floor is just so high with him, 1765 01:25:21.920 --> 01:25:25.079 You're not You're not gonna miss whereas you have maybe 1766 01:25:25.079 --> 01:25:28.439 you're concerned with the medicals with Tyson or or if 1767 01:25:28.960 --> 01:25:30.880 following in the draft, maybe not so much this week 1768 01:25:31.479 --> 01:25:34.520 with Lemon being primarily a slot only player. You know, 1769 01:25:34.760 --> 01:25:37.720 David Boston was talked about early in the process, you know, 1770 01:25:37.760 --> 01:25:40.399 back in February January was talked about up in this range. 1771 01:25:40.439 --> 01:25:43.760 But he is He's like the arbitrage play I would 1772 01:25:43.760 --> 01:25:45.960 I would argue on Carnel Tate. He's he's the next 1773 01:25:46.239 --> 01:25:48.800 big X guy, but not quite as good as somebody 1774 01:25:48.880 --> 01:25:51.880 like Tate. So he just offers the best combination of 1775 01:25:51.920 --> 01:25:53.960 floor and ceiling. I think of any of these top 1776 01:25:54.000 --> 01:25:56.479 three to four prospects, depending on how you're you're you're 1777 01:25:56.520 --> 01:25:59.119 sorting them out, uh, and you want to feel safe 1778 01:25:59.119 --> 01:26:02.239 with your probably in one quarterback league is a the 1779 01:26:02.239 --> 01:26:04.279 one oh two pick, and then super flex league's probably 1780 01:26:04.319 --> 01:26:06.199 the one o three, one oh four range. Right, But 1781 01:26:06.279 --> 01:26:08.039 that's not to say he's going to be consensus like 1782 01:26:08.079 --> 01:26:12.520 I expect, especially the top three with Tyson, Lemon, and Tate, 1783 01:26:12.560 --> 01:26:14.760 I expect those three to go in a different order, 1784 01:26:14.840 --> 01:26:17.640 and a large percentage of draft is right. It's not 1785 01:26:17.680 --> 01:26:20.239 going to come down to just who gets selected first 1786 01:26:20.279 --> 01:26:22.600 in the NFL draft. I don't think with these guys, 1787 01:26:22.640 --> 01:26:24.760 So you know, put those top three in any order 1788 01:26:24.800 --> 01:26:26.680 to me. I just feel like Tate is the safest 1789 01:26:27.199 --> 01:26:29.800 in terms of a floor and presents some ceiling too, 1790 01:26:29.840 --> 01:26:31.479 depending on landing spot, you know. 1791 01:26:31.880 --> 01:26:34.399 And that's what I want to talk about. Tate could 1792 01:26:34.439 --> 01:26:37.600 go to the Giants, where he'd be essentially playing behind 1793 01:26:37.680 --> 01:26:41.840 elite neighbors. He go to Washington, where he'd be again 1794 01:26:41.960 --> 01:26:45.640 essentially playing behind excuse me, Terry McLaurin, at least for now. 1795 01:26:45.680 --> 01:26:47.800 I mean, the Commanders can get out of the McLaurin 1796 01:26:47.880 --> 01:26:51.800 contract pretty easily. After twenty twenty six Cleveland, he'd be 1797 01:26:52.239 --> 01:26:55.680 dealing with Harold Fanning New Orleans, he'd be dealing with 1798 01:26:55.760 --> 01:27:01.159 chrys Olave. When you think about Carneal Tate, what's his likelihood? 1799 01:27:01.159 --> 01:27:03.880 What's the range of outcomes for him, especially if he 1800 01:27:04.000 --> 01:27:07.159 ends up in a situation next to Fan and next 1801 01:27:07.159 --> 01:27:10.600 to neighbors, next to a lobby where he could become 1802 01:27:10.680 --> 01:27:13.560 the alpha and be the number one over those guys. 1803 01:27:13.880 --> 01:27:15.880 That's that I think that's a little bit of a. 1804 01:27:15.840 --> 01:27:16.479 Concern to me. 1805 01:27:16.920 --> 01:27:19.680 Although now then I think about it, would you really 1806 01:27:19.760 --> 01:27:22.680 draft the number two passing option in the top ten 1807 01:27:22.720 --> 01:27:23.600 of the NFL draft? 1808 01:27:23.600 --> 01:27:24.000 Maybe not? 1809 01:27:25.760 --> 01:27:28.119 You never know, you know, you definitely need at least 1810 01:27:28.119 --> 01:27:32.720 two good pass catching options in today's NFL, and I 1811 01:27:32.760 --> 01:27:35.239 think some would say that. I think some would say 1812 01:27:35.239 --> 01:27:37.680 that he profiles better as a as a two at 1813 01:27:37.720 --> 01:27:40.319 the NFL level. You know, he's played that role successfully 1814 01:27:40.399 --> 01:27:44.720 in college amongst mentally talented Ohio State teams and just 1815 01:27:44.800 --> 01:27:48.880 provides that reliable second option for them. Whether you know, 1816 01:27:48.079 --> 01:27:51.239 I don't know if you would necessarily. I don't think 1817 01:27:51.239 --> 01:27:53.199 you would take over for neighbors by any stretch of 1818 01:27:53.199 --> 01:27:55.640 the imagination. He seems like he would be a perfect 1819 01:27:55.640 --> 01:27:58.600 heir apparent to McLaurin in Washington and in New Orleans. 1820 01:27:58.680 --> 01:28:02.520 Like to give Olave a running mate that can actually 1821 01:28:02.520 --> 01:28:04.880 do wide receiver things instead of just run fast down 1822 01:28:04.920 --> 01:28:08.119 the field like they try to put out there many years, 1823 01:28:08.640 --> 01:28:10.239 would be would be good for him too. You know, 1824 01:28:10.239 --> 01:28:13.800 I think he's you could say he's more reliable at 1825 01:28:13.800 --> 01:28:15.960 the catch point than somebody like Olave. I would say. 1826 01:28:15.960 --> 01:28:18.239 You could certainly say that his health is a little 1827 01:28:18.239 --> 01:28:20.840 bit more reliable than somebody who like Olave. But those 1828 01:28:20.840 --> 01:28:23.239 two would work really well in tandem together, So I 1829 01:28:23.239 --> 01:28:25.239 don't I don't know. I'm not really worried about any 1830 01:28:25.399 --> 01:28:28.239 landing spot for him. I think He's going to find 1831 01:28:28.279 --> 01:28:30.800 opportunities no matter where it is. And I think I 1832 01:28:30.800 --> 01:28:33.159 could say that for most of these top three recip 1833 01:28:33.159 --> 01:28:34.560 tree to four receivers. 1834 01:28:34.399 --> 01:28:36.800 Well, and who could be the number four receiver, Casey 1835 01:28:36.840 --> 01:28:40.720 conceptsi On who I drafted a bunch in when I 1836 01:28:40.800 --> 01:28:45.159 was at the KFFFC event for Super Bowl Sunday, which 1837 01:28:45.359 --> 01:28:47.840 now we have to pay because I said Super Bowl Sunday. 1838 01:28:49.199 --> 01:28:51.600 But I drafted like ten teams that weekend, and I 1839 01:28:51.680 --> 01:28:53.520 drafted conceptsy On on like three or four of them. 1840 01:28:53.560 --> 01:28:54.640 Those are redraft leagues. 1841 01:28:54.880 --> 01:28:57.239 But when you consider Dynasty, I've heard a lot of 1842 01:28:57.279 --> 01:29:02.279 people very excited about this player in Dynasty circles. But 1843 01:29:02.399 --> 01:29:05.840 I also heard people talk about, like, look, let you know, 1844 01:29:05.920 --> 01:29:08.560 this guy had a lot of concentration drops. He had 1845 01:29:08.600 --> 01:29:13.720 a lot of schemed up stuff. His A dot would 1846 01:29:13.760 --> 01:29:17.760 be among the lowest of any receiver drafted on Day 1847 01:29:17.800 --> 01:29:19.880 one or day two, and like the last several years 1848 01:29:19.960 --> 01:29:21.720 or whatever it was. I'm butchering the stat but it 1849 01:29:21.760 --> 01:29:26.039 was something to that regard. I still like Concepcion, What 1850 01:29:26.119 --> 01:29:28.560 do you make of him at the next level? And 1851 01:29:28.560 --> 01:29:30.640 and by the way, I'm very excited and I hope 1852 01:29:30.640 --> 01:29:33.159 it happens. We'll see if it does, but him in 1853 01:29:33.199 --> 01:29:36.760 a Kyle Shannan offense would be chef's kiss good. 1854 01:29:37.399 --> 01:29:40.880 Oh yeah, I love Conceptsio. He's my you know, in 1855 01:29:40.920 --> 01:29:43.079 my heart says he's my favorite player at the wide 1856 01:29:43.079 --> 01:29:45.279 receiver position in the draft. He's my wide receiver three, 1857 01:29:45.359 --> 01:29:48.680 just behind Tate and and Tyson. But you know that's 1858 01:29:49.279 --> 01:29:51.720 I could easily see myself taking him ahead of Tyson too, 1859 01:29:51.760 --> 01:29:53.760 depending on draft capitol and landing spot and all that. 1860 01:29:53.840 --> 01:29:55.920 But like, he's just such an impressive player. He came 1861 01:29:55.960 --> 01:29:58.760 out as a freshman a lot of really nice age 1862 01:29:58.760 --> 01:30:01.960 adjusted production as freshman with seventy one receptions, eight hundred 1863 01:30:01.960 --> 01:30:04.880 and thirty nine yards and ten touchdowns. And you mentioned 1864 01:30:04.920 --> 01:30:09.560 the low a dot stuff. He kind of pivoted when 1865 01:30:09.560 --> 01:30:12.479 he went to his first season or sorry, his final 1866 01:30:12.520 --> 01:30:15.680 season at NC State, he kind of became a low 1867 01:30:15.680 --> 01:30:18.439 A dot guy eight point seven yards per catch, and 1868 01:30:18.479 --> 01:30:20.520 then in twenty twenty five show he could play again 1869 01:30:20.520 --> 01:30:23.560 on the outside with just eight literally doubled like eight 1870 01:30:23.600 --> 01:30:25.800 point seven to the fifteen point one his final season. 1871 01:30:25.920 --> 01:30:28.079 So to me, he's so versatile. He can play all 1872 01:30:28.119 --> 01:30:30.039 three of the positions you wanted to play, and he 1873 01:30:30.119 --> 01:30:33.560 really just is like the perfect wide receiver for today's NFL, 1874 01:30:34.279 --> 01:30:39.680 the archetype of that tower out there running ISO routes, 1875 01:30:39.680 --> 01:30:42.560 and I think you could throw Carnel Tate and certainly 1876 01:30:42.560 --> 01:30:45.560 Denzel Boston in this. They just struggle to produce massive 1877 01:30:45.600 --> 01:30:49.319 fantasy outcomes in today's NFL the way defense are playing 1878 01:30:49.359 --> 01:30:52.399 these guys. So sure he has schemed up touches for him, 1879 01:30:52.399 --> 01:30:55.800 but you know, so does Jamar Chase, And you're fine 1880 01:30:55.800 --> 01:30:58.319 with that, right, So I just don't think that's as 1881 01:30:58.399 --> 01:31:00.119 much of a negative. It is as part of the 1882 01:31:00.119 --> 01:31:02.800 play calling process in the NFL, you want to design 1883 01:31:02.840 --> 01:31:05.560 plays that get your best players open in space and 1884 01:31:05.640 --> 01:31:07.520 let them do what they do best with the ball 1885 01:31:07.560 --> 01:31:09.640 in their hands. And to me, that's case he concept 1886 01:31:09.640 --> 01:31:13.680 shown too, you know, just like a perfect description of him. 1887 01:31:13.720 --> 01:31:16.600 So I'm not worried about about that really at all. 1888 01:31:16.640 --> 01:31:18.479 In terms of the drops, I think drops is the 1889 01:31:18.479 --> 01:31:20.680 most overrated thing in fantasy. The more targets you get, 1890 01:31:20.680 --> 01:31:23.560 the more drops you're gonna have. Sure it will be 1891 01:31:23.680 --> 01:31:26.399 very frustrating. You're gonna wart watching him on Sunday, and 1892 01:31:26.479 --> 01:31:28.800 he does his little clap attack that sometimes he does 1893 01:31:28.840 --> 01:31:30.720 when when he when he's attacking the ball instead of 1894 01:31:30.720 --> 01:31:33.319 really using good technique. It's gonna drive you nuts on 1895 01:31:33.399 --> 01:31:35.399 the occasion, but on the next play he could have 1896 01:31:35.399 --> 01:31:38.279 a seventy yard touchdowns and it'll erase that completely. Right, 1897 01:31:38.359 --> 01:31:41.199 So you're gonna have to deal with some drops probably. 1898 01:31:41.520 --> 01:31:43.760 I'm sure there will be some lots of technique being 1899 01:31:43.800 --> 01:31:46.199 cleaned up in his first off season with an NFL 1900 01:31:46.239 --> 01:31:49.600 team and all that stuff. Just don't overrate drops in 1901 01:31:49.640 --> 01:31:52.439 turn when you're when you're doing prospecting or even looking 1902 01:31:52.479 --> 01:31:55.239 at you know, veteran NFL players that have struggled with 1903 01:31:55.279 --> 01:31:57.760 drops in the past. Remember Devonte Adams after his freshman 1904 01:31:57.840 --> 01:32:00.560 year or a first season in the NFL. We were 1905 01:32:00.560 --> 01:32:03.319 we were done with them, we were off of him completely, and. 1906 01:32:05.199 --> 01:32:07.239 They wanted to cut It was insane. 1907 01:32:07.399 --> 01:32:11.600 It was absolutely same. So just just chill on the drops. 1908 01:32:11.600 --> 01:32:13.239 I would say, I can't. 1909 01:32:13.039 --> 01:32:14.920 Remember who it was on this. 1910 01:32:15.159 --> 01:32:17.119 It could have been Andrew madd from Dynasty, or it 1911 01:32:17.199 --> 01:32:20.439 could have been Shane Hallen from Draft Sharks. Somebody pointed 1912 01:32:20.479 --> 01:32:22.079 out to me and I went back and I. 1913 01:32:22.079 --> 01:32:22.920 Looked, and they were right. 1914 01:32:23.399 --> 01:32:26.439 If you look at not only this past year, and 1915 01:32:26.439 --> 01:32:28.680 and I'm sure you'd agree with this man not only 1916 01:32:28.760 --> 01:32:31.079 this past year, but in the last several years. If 1917 01:32:31.119 --> 01:32:33.760 you look at the players who lead the NFL and 1918 01:32:33.920 --> 01:32:36.960 drops in the NFL, it's like a who's who a 1919 01:32:37.039 --> 01:32:40.840 Pro Bowlers, Like it's insane like so so for that, 1920 01:32:41.000 --> 01:32:42.840 like I bring up the drops because I sort of 1921 01:32:42.880 --> 01:32:45.960 have to tea But I'm with you one hundred percent, 1922 01:32:46.079 --> 01:32:48.920 like that's something I I stopped. That stopped being a 1923 01:32:48.960 --> 01:32:55.640 factor in my dynasty wide receiver evaluation. They're speaking of evaluations. 1924 01:32:55.960 --> 01:33:01.199 Omar Cooper has being reportedly being a value as potentially 1925 01:33:01.600 --> 01:33:05.520 the second wide receiver chosen on Thursday Night, which I'm 1926 01:33:05.560 --> 01:33:08.279 not willing to go that far, but I also recognize 1927 01:33:08.520 --> 01:33:12.800 I don't speak in absolutes, and that certainly could could 1928 01:33:12.840 --> 01:33:16.279 happen a lot of speed. We've heard the Jets, we've 1929 01:33:16.279 --> 01:33:19.119 heard the Steelers, we've heard some other players or other teams, 1930 01:33:19.119 --> 01:33:22.880 and the teams being mentioned as players for Omar Cooper junior. 1931 01:33:23.720 --> 01:33:25.399 You know, especially if he goes to the Jets or 1932 01:33:25.399 --> 01:33:28.600 perhaps the Dolphins, this could be really really good for 1933 01:33:28.720 --> 01:33:32.239 him as far as not only his Year one contributions, 1934 01:33:32.600 --> 01:33:36.680 but how much volume this dude could get with this 1935 01:33:36.800 --> 01:33:39.439 kind of draft capital in future years, which is what 1936 01:33:39.479 --> 01:33:41.920 we care about for Dynasty as well, not only this 1937 01:33:42.000 --> 01:33:44.399 year but in twenty twenty seven, twenty twenty eight. What's 1938 01:33:44.399 --> 01:33:46.239 your read on Omar Cooper, Matt. 1939 01:33:46.920 --> 01:33:49.720 Yeah, I think he's going to be another very reliable guy, 1940 01:33:49.760 --> 01:33:52.039 you know the ceiling. Maybe he's never like a top 1941 01:33:52.079 --> 01:33:56.279 ten fantasy option, but absolutely a wide receiver too. You 1942 01:33:56.359 --> 01:33:59.199 love the versatility this past season in twenty twenty five, 1943 01:33:59.279 --> 01:34:02.560 the Indian Championship year, he played primarily in the slot 1944 01:34:02.600 --> 01:34:05.520 eighty three percent of the slot, sixteen percent outside. But 1945 01:34:05.640 --> 01:34:07.640 in twenty twenty four it was the opposite store he 1946 01:34:07.680 --> 01:34:09.600 was ninety percent outside and ten percent of slot. So 1947 01:34:09.640 --> 01:34:11.960 a very versatile player that they can play from everywhere. 1948 01:34:12.039 --> 01:34:14.319 I do think his natural position NFL is probably more 1949 01:34:14.359 --> 01:34:17.520 towards the slot role. But you know, we've said the 1950 01:34:17.560 --> 01:34:20.359 same thing about a Mecca, BUCA and j and JSNS 1951 01:34:20.439 --> 01:34:22.640 rookie season, and we've done this all the time with 1952 01:34:22.680 --> 01:34:24.640 players that we think are slot only players and they 1953 01:34:24.640 --> 01:34:26.880 show that they can play plenty well on the outside, 1954 01:34:26.880 --> 01:34:29.199 and I think Cooper is the same way. Some people 1955 01:34:29.239 --> 01:34:31.800 comp them to a player like Debo, which we try 1956 01:34:31.800 --> 01:34:33.680 to do every year with one player, right, But he's 1957 01:34:33.680 --> 01:34:36.079 certainly not Debo. He's not two hundred and twenty pounds 1958 01:34:36.119 --> 01:34:38.239 like Debo is. But he is very good like a 1959 01:34:38.319 --> 01:34:40.439 run in the open space in the middle of the field, 1960 01:34:40.439 --> 01:34:42.000 like a running back. And I think that's really the 1961 01:34:42.439 --> 01:34:45.439 crux of the argument for making the Debo comparison. He's 1962 01:34:45.479 --> 01:34:49.199 just has such a football IQ. Understands leverage and how 1963 01:34:49.239 --> 01:34:53.239 to manipulate angles. Running down the field, he closes cushions 1964 01:34:53.279 --> 01:34:56.279 so fast, creating a vertical separation, and you know, the 1965 01:34:56.319 --> 01:34:58.920 body control, I would say in the air especially, is 1966 01:34:59.000 --> 01:35:02.800 just like an under somebody like Jordan Tyson. So if 1967 01:35:02.880 --> 01:35:05.479 teams are looking at him as the second wide receiver 1968 01:35:05.560 --> 01:35:07.479 off the board, I think that would be surprising. But 1969 01:35:07.479 --> 01:35:09.920 I think is absolutely going in the first round somewhere, 1970 01:35:10.000 --> 01:35:12.640 and a team is going to have a nice yards 1971 01:35:12.680 --> 01:35:15.840 after the catch a specialist from the seven point one 1972 01:35:15.920 --> 01:35:18.319 yards after kepts perception with six in this class, so 1973 01:35:19.239 --> 01:35:21.439 very good at generating chunk yards, and we'll be a 1974 01:35:21.439 --> 01:35:22.840 part of NFL offense. 1975 01:35:23.159 --> 01:35:25.119 I can hear mel Kuiper in my head right now. 1976 01:35:25.199 --> 01:35:27.840 I love this player, but this is too early for him, right. 1977 01:35:28.039 --> 01:35:30.800 Sure you might hear that on Thursday, which, by the way, 1978 01:35:30.960 --> 01:35:32.920 just like hearing Mel Kuiper in my head. 1979 01:35:32.960 --> 01:35:35.560 You know it's getting to be timed. It's crazy. 1980 01:35:36.039 --> 01:35:39.760 Okay, we'll go not rapid fire, but semi rapid fire 1981 01:35:39.760 --> 01:35:41.840 on these last the killer Bees, as I call him, 1982 01:35:42.079 --> 01:35:46.880 Brat Boston, Brasel Bell and Bell Denzel. Boston is a 1983 01:35:46.920 --> 01:35:50.000 player that I think is borderline right. Whether he goes 1984 01:35:50.000 --> 01:35:52.840 in the first round or not. He's an interesting guy, Matt, 1985 01:35:52.840 --> 01:35:57.159 because I think if we go back seven, eight, ten 1986 01:35:57.520 --> 01:36:00.640 years in the NFL, this is the protots typical like 1987 01:36:00.760 --> 01:36:04.159 size that we like from wide receiver, but that has 1988 01:36:04.199 --> 01:36:08.159 shifted in recent years. And I wonder, like you know, 1989 01:36:08.479 --> 01:36:10.560 I brought this up a couple of weeks ago, I 1990 01:36:10.600 --> 01:36:13.199 wonder if he'd be better served to go late in 1991 01:36:13.199 --> 01:36:16.119 the first round to a good you know, quote unquote 1992 01:36:16.159 --> 01:36:19.079 good team rather than go early in the second round 1993 01:36:19.119 --> 01:36:23.079 to a you know, quote unquote bad team. Boston is 1994 01:36:23.079 --> 01:36:25.720 an interesting guy and quite frankly, I haven't been able 1995 01:36:25.760 --> 01:36:28.600 to handicap how I feel about him. I've sprinkled him 1996 01:36:28.600 --> 01:36:31.600 in some best balls. We'll see what happens in the 1997 01:36:31.680 --> 01:36:33.800 NFL draft to see what kind of capital he gets. 1998 01:36:34.239 --> 01:36:37.720 Your thoughts on Boston. What you've scouted and seen from 1999 01:36:37.840 --> 01:36:39.520 him so far in his collegiate career. 2000 01:36:40.840 --> 01:36:43.960 Yeah, he's again you you kind of kind of mentioned 2001 01:36:43.960 --> 01:36:47.439 that he's he's the safe X receiver, kind of towering 2002 01:36:47.520 --> 01:36:50.520 player that would have been very popular in NFL back 2003 01:36:50.520 --> 01:36:53.279 when like Cam Newton was with the Panthers and they 2004 01:36:53.279 --> 01:36:57.079 were making those twin towers on offense. Right, it's just 2005 01:36:57.159 --> 01:37:01.159 not the style of receiver. That not that they can't. 2006 01:37:01.199 --> 01:37:02.760 He's not gonna win an NFL and be a very 2007 01:37:02.800 --> 01:37:05.640 safe player, a very safe prospect in the NFL. But 2008 01:37:06.159 --> 01:37:09.199 speaking strictly from a fantasy standpoint, it's just these are 2009 01:37:09.239 --> 01:37:12.439 the players you have to rely on touchdown high a 2010 01:37:12.439 --> 01:37:14.920 touchdown upside to really make a difference in fantasy, right, 2011 01:37:15.600 --> 01:37:19.760 I would I would comp them to somebody like like 2012 01:37:19.800 --> 01:37:23.000 he could play be a dynamite power spot, somebody like 2013 01:37:23.039 --> 01:37:25.960 Michael Pittman junior, you know, so something something like that. 2014 01:37:26.199 --> 01:37:28.199 I'm just not sure that he's gonna get a ton 2015 01:37:28.319 --> 01:37:31.600 of fantasy goodness playing a traditional X role where he 2016 01:37:31.680 --> 01:37:34.079 lands up on one side of the field and you know, 2017 01:37:34.159 --> 01:37:37.720 he's just running, you know, not very nuanced routes. He's 2018 01:37:37.720 --> 01:37:39.960 not getting the scheme open. This is is the kind 2019 01:37:40.000 --> 01:37:42.479 of role that we have hated for Marvin Harrison Junior 2020 01:37:42.520 --> 01:37:45.479 over the past the past few seasons, right, Like, that's 2021 01:37:45.520 --> 01:37:47.760 the kind of role you kind of see for him, 2022 01:37:47.800 --> 01:37:49.960 them putting him out an island. He can certainly do that, 2023 01:37:50.199 --> 01:37:52.000 and he could certainly have success in it from an 2024 01:37:52.079 --> 01:37:54.119 NFL standpoint, but I'm just not sure it's the kind 2025 01:37:54.159 --> 01:37:57.439 of kind of profile we want for fantasy. You know. 2026 01:37:57.479 --> 01:38:00.840 Here he thrives on elite contested catchability, which is awesome 2027 01:38:00.840 --> 01:38:03.439 when it works out, especially in the red zone. He's 2028 01:38:03.439 --> 01:38:05.880 a very smooth athlete for his size. He runs a 2029 01:38:05.920 --> 01:38:09.119 diverse route tree. He blocks in the run game, but 2030 01:38:09.319 --> 01:38:12.720 he's not an explosive athlete. He struggles with pet press coverage. 2031 01:38:12.800 --> 01:38:15.159 It seems like he always has a defender in his 2032 01:38:15.199 --> 01:38:17.600 back pocket, so he doesn't really have that separation quickness 2033 01:38:17.640 --> 01:38:20.239 that you see snapping in and out of routes. And 2034 01:38:20.319 --> 01:38:22.640 he's I'd say he's, you know, averaged to blow average 2035 01:38:22.640 --> 01:38:24.680 in terms of a run after the catch guy. He's 2036 01:38:24.720 --> 01:38:26.960 going to be a chain mover, a possession receiver, a 2037 01:38:27.079 --> 01:38:30.079 very good boundary receiver at the NFL level, But for 2038 01:38:30.159 --> 01:38:33.479 fantasy purposes, I'm just not sure. He's a notch below 2039 01:38:33.560 --> 01:38:35.159 the other guys we've talked about. I have him as 2040 01:38:35.159 --> 01:38:38.399 my ride receiver six right now. From from from a 2041 01:38:38.479 --> 01:38:41.479 Dynasty rookie standpoint, my co host Dan Miler would disagree. 2042 01:38:41.520 --> 01:38:42.920 I think he has him in the top three to 2043 01:38:42.960 --> 01:38:46.760 four guys. He's a sucker for that kind of profile. 2044 01:38:47.319 --> 01:38:49.439 But for me, I want a little bit more ceiling 2045 01:38:49.520 --> 01:38:51.359 on my fantasy output. If I'm going to take a 2046 01:38:51.399 --> 01:38:53.760 pick with a like a middle first round pick, you know. 2047 01:38:54.159 --> 01:38:57.560 So, does does it make a huge difference whether he 2048 01:38:57.640 --> 01:39:00.600 goes in first, if he gets first round draft capital 2049 01:39:00.680 --> 01:39:02.880 or segram round draft capital FreeMat does that make a 2050 01:39:02.960 --> 01:39:03.520 huge difference? 2051 01:39:03.520 --> 01:39:05.119 From Boston standpoint. 2052 01:39:05.479 --> 01:39:09.279 I mean, I think he has more potential to fall 2053 01:39:09.560 --> 01:39:11.960 than he does to go to rise, if that makes 2054 01:39:12.000 --> 01:39:13.479 any sense. I mean, if he if he ends up 2055 01:39:13.479 --> 01:39:16.199 getting you know, better draft capital than one of those 2056 01:39:16.199 --> 01:39:20.279 top four or five guys, five being Omar Cooper, then 2057 01:39:20.560 --> 01:39:23.520 maybe we have a consider a conversation there. But he's 2058 01:39:23.560 --> 01:39:25.960 probably not moving too much because he feels like the 2059 01:39:26.079 --> 01:39:29.159 last you know, quote unquote safe guy. You know, once 2060 01:39:29.199 --> 01:39:33.560 you get past past Denzel Boston, you're looking at for me, 2061 01:39:33.840 --> 01:39:37.239 Bryce Land Skyler Bell, Jeremy Bernard, Antonio Williams, Elijah Rod. 2062 01:39:37.239 --> 01:39:39.119 You know, once you get into that tier, you really 2063 01:39:39.119 --> 01:39:41.479 feel a lot less confident that they're going to have 2064 01:39:41.760 --> 01:39:43.520 immediate success at the NFL level. 2065 01:39:43.960 --> 01:39:46.800 Moving on to Chris Brasel, Tennessee wide receiver. 2066 01:39:46.960 --> 01:39:49.640 I know this is like, you know, I don't know 2067 01:39:49.640 --> 01:39:53.840 what this is like talking about politics at Thanksgiving dinner, right, 2068 01:39:54.279 --> 01:39:57.079 and when it comes to brasl and we try to 2069 01:39:57.079 --> 01:40:02.000 figure out what what he is in fantasy football, I. 2070 01:40:02.000 --> 01:40:04.880 Don't know, man. I like, I know, I know what 2071 01:40:04.920 --> 01:40:05.680 his size is. 2072 01:40:05.800 --> 01:40:08.479 I know he led the SEC in receiving last year, 2073 01:40:08.840 --> 01:40:11.520 but I know it's Tennessee. How do you sort of 2074 01:40:12.079 --> 01:40:14.319 separate what he did in college to what he's going 2075 01:40:14.399 --> 01:40:15.239 to be at the next level. 2076 01:40:15.880 --> 01:40:18.119 Yeah, it's it's so hard with these Tennessee guys, and 2077 01:40:18.159 --> 01:40:19.840 you really don't want a helmet scalt, but we've just 2078 01:40:19.880 --> 01:40:22.279 seen it over and over again. I do think he's 2079 01:40:22.279 --> 01:40:24.119 the best of the prospects that are coming out there. 2080 01:40:24.119 --> 01:40:27.760 If we're talking about you know, Dante Thornton and Jalen Hyatt, 2081 01:40:27.800 --> 01:40:29.720 and I think Cedric Tillman is probably a little bit 2082 01:40:29.760 --> 01:40:32.039 different than those guys. But these big tall guys that 2083 01:40:32.159 --> 01:40:34.279 run fast down the field and straight line. I think 2084 01:40:34.279 --> 01:40:36.760 he's better than those other other ones that have come out. 2085 01:40:36.920 --> 01:40:39.119 He can create big plays on screens and short routes 2086 01:40:39.159 --> 01:40:42.600 in addition to the vertical stuff, and plays well above 2087 01:40:42.600 --> 01:40:45.680 the rim. But I just I'm like you, I just 2088 01:40:45.720 --> 01:40:48.199 have this, like you know, gut feeling that it's not 2089 01:40:48.439 --> 01:40:50.199 quite going to work out for him either. And now 2090 01:40:50.199 --> 01:40:51.880 we have a little bit of off the field stuff 2091 01:40:51.920 --> 01:40:55.279 with with Brasel too, so it's just another another thing 2092 01:40:55.319 --> 01:40:57.239 that pushes him down the board a bit for me. 2093 01:40:57.399 --> 01:40:59.079 So you know, I could see the ceiling, but the 2094 01:40:59.159 --> 01:41:01.159 floor to me is is lava, right. 2095 01:41:01.720 --> 01:41:04.880 Yeah, the lava for my kids now to hear this. 2096 01:41:05.239 --> 01:41:10.920 Yeah, Okay, Chris Bell Louisville coming off the ACL tear, 2097 01:41:11.880 --> 01:41:16.359 let's just say he did not tear his ACL, uh, Matt. 2098 01:41:16.359 --> 01:41:17.600 And I know we can't really do. 2099 01:41:17.600 --> 01:41:19.479 That and it's not fair or whatever, but yeah, if 2100 01:41:19.520 --> 01:41:23.319 we could, where would he rank among your rookie receivers 2101 01:41:23.319 --> 01:41:23.720 this year? 2102 01:41:24.239 --> 01:41:27.159 I think I might have him six, just ahead of Boston. Honestly, 2103 01:41:27.239 --> 01:41:29.720 probably in that same range like rafter those top five guys. 2104 01:41:29.760 --> 01:41:31.079 I don't think I would get him up to there, 2105 01:41:31.079 --> 01:41:33.760 but at six twenty two. You can't you can't hate 2106 01:41:33.760 --> 01:41:37.159 on that. He you know, lot lots of AJ Brown 2107 01:41:37.199 --> 01:41:39.319 comps out there, and you know, I get it. Stylistically, 2108 01:41:39.359 --> 01:41:42.359 it's hard to comp some guy that is as good 2109 01:41:42.359 --> 01:41:45.159 as AJ Brown has been. But stylistically it makes sense. 2110 01:41:45.199 --> 01:41:47.479 A bigger body guy that plays well from the slot, 2111 01:41:47.520 --> 01:41:50.560 runs routes very well. He just explodes off the line 2112 01:41:50.560 --> 01:41:54.479 of scrimmage that time, each cushion quickly. He's he's a 2113 01:41:54.600 --> 01:41:57.680 he's a terror on crossers and drags and outbreaking routes 2114 01:41:57.960 --> 01:42:00.239 and he's just a bully at the at the catchpoint. 2115 01:42:01.079 --> 01:42:03.640 So yeah, I like him quite a bit. It's just again, 2116 01:42:03.720 --> 01:42:07.479 are you do you want to spend a first round pick? Probably, 2117 01:42:07.520 --> 01:42:09.319 I guess maybe he's probably not even in the consideration 2118 01:42:09.479 --> 01:42:11.239 for the first round Rocky drafts, but certainly in the 2119 01:42:11.239 --> 01:42:14.560 second round. Do you want to spend that a capitol 2120 01:42:14.560 --> 01:42:17.279 on a player who probably you get literally nothing from 2121 01:42:17.399 --> 01:42:20.039 in year one. It could certainly work out, and we have, 2122 01:42:20.159 --> 01:42:22.439 but we have a long history of players, whether it's 2123 01:42:22.479 --> 01:42:25.479 injury or for whatever reason, that they don't produce in 2124 01:42:25.560 --> 01:42:28.079 year one, that they're less likely to do so in 2125 01:42:28.199 --> 01:42:30.800 year two and beyond. So I really like the player. 2126 01:42:30.800 --> 01:42:34.560 It's unfortunate the injury. So yeah, I think I have 2127 01:42:34.640 --> 01:42:37.479 them at like twide receiver twelve right now. I'd be 2128 01:42:37.520 --> 01:42:39.600 willing to take a shot, probably in the late second, 2129 01:42:40.279 --> 01:42:43.039 but before that, there's somebody I can find that I 2130 01:42:43.359 --> 01:42:45.279 would prefer because I think I might get something for 2131 01:42:45.399 --> 01:42:46.800 him in twenty twenty six. 2132 01:42:47.159 --> 01:42:50.079 Some Dynasty players Matt would tell you this is the 2133 01:42:50.199 --> 01:42:53.279 year to take a chance and a guy coming off 2134 01:42:53.600 --> 01:42:57.479 Attorney Aco at the position. But you are of the 2135 01:42:57.560 --> 01:43:00.720 opinion like, look, I get it, but there's still all 2136 01:43:00.760 --> 01:43:03.039 these healthy guys out there that are going to be playing, 2137 01:43:03.319 --> 01:43:05.279 So you still like you'd bump them down a little bit, 2138 01:43:05.399 --> 01:43:07.520 still a second round pick, but you could think of 2139 01:43:07.560 --> 01:43:09.920 some other guys you'd rather be eleven other guys you'd 2140 01:43:09.920 --> 01:43:11.560 be drafting at the position before them. 2141 01:43:12.079 --> 01:43:15.560 Yeah, because you know there's certain So there's certainly a 2142 01:43:15.640 --> 01:43:18.560 chance that Bell would be worth more at the end 2143 01:43:18.560 --> 01:43:21.840 of the season from a market value standpoint if one 2144 01:43:21.840 --> 01:43:24.279 of these other rookies has a terrible season one and 2145 01:43:24.319 --> 01:43:27.199 plays the whole season. But I think the more likelihood 2146 01:43:27.239 --> 01:43:28.840 is you're going to be taking somebody who has a 2147 01:43:28.920 --> 01:43:31.720 decent to good or maybe even great rookie season. In 2148 01:43:31.720 --> 01:43:35.119 that case, you're giving up that opportunity cost of you know, 2149 01:43:35.159 --> 01:43:38.079 having a value, an asset that's going to increase in value. 2150 01:43:38.319 --> 01:43:40.640 And it's just hard to see that happening for Chris 2151 01:43:40.640 --> 01:43:42.279 Bell unless he gets on the field at the the 2152 01:43:42.319 --> 01:43:43.760 end of the season and blows up, you know. 2153 01:43:44.680 --> 01:43:46.439 So the last one I'm going to ask you about 2154 01:43:46.520 --> 01:43:49.359 is a guy after my own heart, Former Wisconsin Badger 2155 01:43:49.439 --> 01:43:53.760 Skylar Bell spend his first three years of college with Wisconsin. 2156 01:43:54.359 --> 01:43:57.279 Played in one game, caught one pass for fifteen yards, 2157 01:43:57.279 --> 01:44:00.319 and twenty twenty one pass board to twenty twenty five. 2158 01:44:00.479 --> 01:44:03.760 Dude played in twelve games, one hundred and one catches, 2159 01:44:04.319 --> 01:44:08.640 twelve hundred plus yards, and thirteen touchdowns for the Huskies. 2160 01:44:09.119 --> 01:44:12.199 This is a guy that's been getting incredible steam over 2161 01:44:12.239 --> 01:44:15.840 the last month or so, Matt, are you buying into 2162 01:44:15.840 --> 01:44:17.960 the hype of Skylard bel knowing he's not going to 2163 01:44:17.960 --> 01:44:20.920 be a first round pick but definitely Day two and 2164 01:44:21.000 --> 01:44:23.560 landing spot will be crucial. But if we look at 2165 01:44:23.560 --> 01:44:25.840 if we just narroscope and look at the talent here, 2166 01:44:26.039 --> 01:44:26.720 what do you think? 2167 01:44:28.039 --> 01:44:30.960 I love him? He's one of my favorite wide receivers. 2168 01:44:30.960 --> 01:44:33.560 After the Big five. I think I have him at 2169 01:44:33.600 --> 01:44:38.680 seven or eight currently. But he's a route running technician 2170 01:44:38.760 --> 01:44:40.880 that has top end speed, and when you combine both 2171 01:44:40.920 --> 01:44:43.359 of those things, then you have the potential to have 2172 01:44:43.399 --> 01:44:46.079 a really special player. He knows how to create leverage, 2173 01:44:46.079 --> 01:44:49.159 He varies the tempo in his routes, and one of 2174 01:44:49.159 --> 01:44:51.840 the most impressive things he does is deceleration ability, the 2175 01:44:51.840 --> 01:44:54.600 ability to stop his route on a dime that then 2176 01:44:54.680 --> 01:44:59.439 explode out with that hip sync. The double moves in particular, 2177 01:44:59.479 --> 01:45:02.000 I think are especially exciting. With them the slugo or 2178 01:45:02.039 --> 01:45:05.720 Slanton go route, he sells the vertical so easily breaks 2179 01:45:05.720 --> 01:45:07.720 to the slant and then takes off up the field. 2180 01:45:07.880 --> 01:45:11.319 He separates at all three levels. You know, a little 2181 01:45:11.319 --> 01:45:14.000 bit concerning that he didn't produce a ton until his 2182 01:45:14.600 --> 01:45:16.840 is his season, his second or is his final season 2183 01:45:16.880 --> 01:45:18.560 the league. It will be a good production in twenty 2184 01:45:18.600 --> 01:45:20.399 twenty four as well, but it didn't truly break out 2185 01:45:20.439 --> 01:45:22.560 into his final season, so that's always a little bit 2186 01:45:22.560 --> 01:45:25.319 of a concern. Way you don't see that early production 2187 01:45:26.039 --> 01:45:28.159 in terms of a top end talent, right, But he 2188 01:45:28.199 --> 01:45:30.119 does everything you want a wide receiver to do. He 2189 01:45:30.119 --> 01:45:31.720 can play in the slot. I think he can also 2190 01:45:31.720 --> 01:45:34.880 play outside and win from pretty much every level of 2191 01:45:34.880 --> 01:45:37.600 the field. You know, maybe not the most physic physical player, 2192 01:45:37.640 --> 01:45:40.000 maybe a little bit slow off the off the line 2193 01:45:40.039 --> 01:45:42.840 sometimes maybe he gets knocked off his path easily on 2194 01:45:42.920 --> 01:45:45.600 crossing routes from when line bikers are safer, just kind 2195 01:45:45.640 --> 01:45:49.720 of deliver contact. But you know, he does all he does. 2196 01:45:49.800 --> 01:45:51.399 He does enough good stuff for me to put him 2197 01:45:51.439 --> 01:45:55.239 in the middle of the sorry, the top end of 2198 01:45:55.279 --> 01:45:58.279 that that second tier receivers, third tier receivers. 2199 01:45:58.479 --> 01:46:00.479 Yeah, and that's how I kind of view as well. 2200 01:46:00.520 --> 01:46:02.560 I'd be very excited to see what kind of capital 2201 01:46:02.600 --> 01:46:03.039 he gets. 2202 01:46:03.560 --> 01:46:06.840 Like we've talked to death about draft capital and thank 2203 01:46:06.880 --> 01:46:08.600 god we're only three days away. 2204 01:46:08.439 --> 01:46:08.960 Or whatever it is. 2205 01:46:09.039 --> 01:46:12.159 Man, these guys are going to land and more importantly, 2206 01:46:12.199 --> 01:46:15.239 how high they go in the draft real quickly on 2207 01:46:15.319 --> 01:46:17.880 tight ends. I've been asking a lot of people about this, 2208 01:46:18.319 --> 01:46:22.479 sidiq vstours. How big of a gap is there for 2209 01:46:22.640 --> 01:46:25.520 you as far as how good these guys are going 2210 01:46:25.600 --> 01:46:26.439 to be at the next level. 2211 01:46:27.680 --> 01:46:29.640 You know, It's it's not that big for me. I 2212 01:46:29.640 --> 01:46:31.720 think some people have a boltier between them. To me, 2213 01:46:31.800 --> 01:46:34.159 they're one A, one B. I prefer sik sidiq By 2214 01:46:34.359 --> 01:46:36.960 by a little bit, but there's reasons to prefer Stours. 2215 01:46:37.000 --> 01:46:40.119 I think, you know, Sadiq is a much less I 2216 01:46:40.119 --> 01:46:44.399 would say developed route runner. You know, he he's such 2217 01:46:44.399 --> 01:46:46.840 a good blocker that I worry that he might get 2218 01:46:46.840 --> 01:46:48.880 the Oj Howard treatment where we think he's going to 2219 01:46:48.920 --> 01:46:50.720 be this elite fantasy option, but he's still good at 2220 01:46:50.720 --> 01:46:53.800 blocking that he gets held in uh in line too 2221 01:46:53.840 --> 01:46:56.800 much to really be a consistent fantasy producer. So there's 2222 01:46:56.840 --> 01:46:58.439 a little concern to that. But then, like we talked 2223 01:46:58.479 --> 01:47:01.399 about with Stours, maybe he doesn't have the blocking ability 2224 01:47:01.439 --> 01:47:03.359 to be on the field enough and really reach those 2225 01:47:03.399 --> 01:47:06.600 upper end snap shares that we need. So there there's 2226 01:47:06.760 --> 01:47:09.880 enough good with both of them and enough bad with 2227 01:47:09.960 --> 01:47:11.640 both of them to keep them pretty close to me. 2228 01:47:11.720 --> 01:47:16.520 I know that Sidikad just destroyed the combine, right, but 2229 01:47:16.520 --> 01:47:20.520 but Stours had a very very good combine as well. 2230 01:47:20.600 --> 01:47:23.279 So yeah, they're very close to me, and I think 2231 01:47:23.319 --> 01:47:26.119 they're both they're both into the first round picks, I 2232 01:47:26.159 --> 01:47:28.439 think the one, ten, eleven, twelve, and once you get 2233 01:47:28.479 --> 01:47:30.920 into that like that, really outside of those top five 2234 01:47:30.960 --> 01:47:34.039 to six receivers, you know, I think they should be 2235 01:47:34.039 --> 01:47:35.119 in consideration for you. 2236 01:47:35.800 --> 01:47:39.680 I hadn't considered the sidek being too good of a blocker, 2237 01:47:42.960 --> 01:47:43.680 but you're. 2238 01:47:43.560 --> 01:47:46.279 Right about Oj Howard. I mean, that's yeah him, you 2239 01:47:46.279 --> 01:47:48.680 know so God, that's you know. 2240 01:47:49.319 --> 01:47:51.039 It just goes to show you no matter how many 2241 01:47:51.039 --> 01:47:53.399 great minds we have on the show, I'm always learning 2242 01:47:53.439 --> 01:47:57.199 something and considering something I hadn't before. We're going to 2243 01:47:57.239 --> 01:47:58.840 take our final break. I know we only get a 2244 01:47:58.840 --> 01:48:00.920 few minutes left in the program. When we come back, 2245 01:48:00.960 --> 01:48:02.920 which is gonna be less than a minute. Matt Price 2246 01:48:03.000 --> 01:48:06.319 from DLF is going to wax poetic on some of 2247 01:48:06.359 --> 01:48:08.960 these running backs. We'll hit on his favorite some of 2248 01:48:09.000 --> 01:48:12.039 his least favorites as well before we bid you ado. 2249 01:48:12.039 --> 01:48:14.720 In our NFL Draft previous show, you're watching f f 2250 01:48:14.760 --> 01:48:17.720 PC Insider Access. I'm Eric Walkman. He's Matt Price back 2251 01:48:17.720 --> 01:48:20.560 in less than a minute right here on f FPC 2252 01:48:20.960 --> 01:49:09.760 Insider Access. F FPC Insider Access rolls on last segment 2253 01:49:09.840 --> 01:49:12.760 of the show prior to the NFL Draft, Matt Price 2254 01:49:13.159 --> 01:49:16.680 at Matt Price FF from Dynasty League Football at DLF 2255 01:49:16.960 --> 01:49:20.840 Football as it were on X joining me tonight to talk. 2256 01:49:20.640 --> 01:49:24.279 About our rookie preview. I'll lead things off here with 2257 01:49:24.399 --> 01:49:25.039 running backs. 2258 01:49:26.159 --> 01:49:28.279 Listen, I think the wide receivers and tight ends are 2259 01:49:28.319 --> 01:49:31.720 more exciting to talk about this year than the running backs, 2260 01:49:31.720 --> 01:49:37.800 but there are some interesting players. Jadarian Price probably will 2261 01:49:37.840 --> 01:49:41.399 shock nobody if he is the number two running back drafted. 2262 01:49:41.680 --> 01:49:44.239 What kind of draft capital do you think he gets, 2263 01:49:44.279 --> 01:49:47.079 Matt and how good of a pro do you think 2264 01:49:47.159 --> 01:49:48.600 he's going to be at the next level. 2265 01:49:50.039 --> 01:49:52.920 He's a tough one, you know, Like I think he's 2266 01:49:52.920 --> 01:49:55.720 pretty much everybody's running back too. I don't really want 2267 01:49:55.760 --> 01:49:57.680 to take him in the first round of rookie drafts. 2268 01:49:57.680 --> 01:49:59.680 If he does land where everybody's projecting me to go 2269 01:49:59.680 --> 01:50:01.920 and see, it does feel like a very perfect fit 2270 01:50:02.319 --> 01:50:04.760 for him. So maybe he's in consideration at that point 2271 01:50:04.760 --> 01:50:07.560 that does come to fruition at the thirty second pick. 2272 01:50:07.840 --> 01:50:10.760 But he's just he's just such a production projection every 2273 01:50:10.880 --> 01:50:14.800 every possible way, especially in the passing game. Just not 2274 01:50:15.079 --> 01:50:17.159 and you know, you expect it again, just like with 2275 01:50:17.239 --> 01:50:19.880 Carnel Taite and the receivers there, you expect somebody playing 2276 01:50:19.880 --> 01:50:22.399 alongside Jeremiah Love to not have a ton of usage 2277 01:50:22.439 --> 01:50:24.560 in the passing game because he's so good at it, 2278 01:50:25.159 --> 01:50:27.600 but for it to be just a complete projection like that. 2279 01:50:27.680 --> 01:50:31.000 I just don't feel comfortable taking him there. And then 2280 01:50:31.039 --> 01:50:33.880 you have Zach Scharbonay coming back at some point if 2281 01:50:34.039 --> 01:50:35.359 if he was, even if he was to get that 2282 01:50:35.399 --> 01:50:39.039 prime landing spot, right, I actually probably feel better about 2283 01:50:39.119 --> 01:50:41.760 him if he landed somewhere, like if Washington missed out 2284 01:50:41.800 --> 01:50:45.439 on If Washington missed out on Jeremi I love, and 2285 01:50:45.520 --> 01:50:47.720 for some reason Price fell to the second round. You 2286 01:50:47.720 --> 01:50:50.439 you you'd almost like that situation a little bit better. 2287 01:50:50.520 --> 01:50:53.079 I think so. I like the player. You know, he's 2288 01:50:53.119 --> 01:50:56.000 clearly very talented as a runner, very talent as talented 2289 01:50:56.039 --> 01:50:58.680 as a kick returner as well. So he's gonna be 2290 01:50:58.720 --> 01:51:01.319 a be on the field, you know, as a special 2291 01:51:01.319 --> 01:51:05.359 teamer at the very least low mileage. But yeah, he's 2292 01:51:05.399 --> 01:51:06.960 a good runner. I just you know, I'm not sure 2293 01:51:06.960 --> 01:51:08.840 he has the ultimate ceiling unless he has one of 2294 01:51:08.840 --> 01:51:13.319 those mega touchdown seasons, you know, double digit touchdowns. Otherwise 2295 01:51:13.359 --> 01:51:15.399 we could be looking at an early down option that 2296 01:51:15.439 --> 01:51:18.079 doesn't catch passes and and is more of that between 2297 01:51:18.119 --> 01:51:20.119 the twenties kind of player and not a lot of 2298 01:51:20.359 --> 01:51:21.319 high value touches. 2299 01:51:21.520 --> 01:51:24.720 Yeah, and to that we say yuck for fantasy not 2300 01:51:24.840 --> 01:51:26.800 not what we're looking for at all. I've heard a 2301 01:51:26.840 --> 01:51:31.479 lot of Doug Martin comparisons to Joanah coleman Man. Are 2302 01:51:31.520 --> 01:51:34.279 those accurate or do you view Coleman as a different 2303 01:51:34.319 --> 01:51:34.920 type of player. 2304 01:51:35.520 --> 01:51:38.439 I really like Coleman. I think that's a fine comparison. 2305 01:51:38.600 --> 01:51:41.680 You know, a shorter player, but certainly not small, small 2306 01:51:42.840 --> 01:51:46.319 elite contact balance, power and foot bark, power and footwork. 2307 01:51:46.359 --> 01:51:50.920 He runs with power exceptionally well over four yards after 2308 01:51:51.000 --> 01:51:54.000 contact Perkerrie. The legs just never stopped moving. You know, 2309 01:51:54.000 --> 01:51:55.600 He's doing all the things you want to see from 2310 01:51:55.760 --> 01:51:58.560 a runner and as a as a pass catcher, very 2311 01:51:58.560 --> 01:52:01.039 good as well, both as a baler and as a receiver. 2312 01:52:01.159 --> 01:52:04.560 Only has one drop in his career, also only one 2313 01:52:04.600 --> 01:52:07.800 career fumble, so very safe and secure with the football. 2314 01:52:08.520 --> 01:52:11.279 The question mark with him is athleticism, and we know 2315 01:52:11.359 --> 01:52:14.079 that athleticism really translates for the running back position, and 2316 01:52:14.079 --> 01:52:16.800 we just have no testing data for him, right, so 2317 01:52:17.119 --> 01:52:18.760 you have to you have to rely on what you see. 2318 01:52:18.840 --> 01:52:20.560 I think it's pretty clear he doesn't really have a 2319 01:52:20.600 --> 01:52:23.119 quick step or long speed like that, doesn't really have 2320 01:52:23.159 --> 01:52:26.079 that second gear to turn on, but you know, very 2321 01:52:26.079 --> 01:52:28.960 shifty between the tackles, very reliable, going to be somebody 2322 01:52:28.960 --> 01:52:32.439 that coaches love. So I just, you know, how what's 2323 01:52:32.479 --> 01:52:34.760 the ceiling for fantasy? I'm not I'm not sure he's 2324 01:52:34.760 --> 01:52:36.680 going to need to land in a perfect landing spot 2325 01:52:36.720 --> 01:52:39.520 where he can truly be a major part of a committee. 2326 01:52:39.560 --> 01:52:41.079 I don't think he's ever going to be a true 2327 01:52:41.319 --> 01:52:44.520 workhorse in the NFL outside of, you know, filling in 2328 01:52:44.560 --> 01:52:46.680 for for injuries and that. I certainly think he could 2329 01:52:46.720 --> 01:52:48.399 handle the load in like a four to six game 2330 01:52:48.439 --> 01:52:51.560 window something like that, or maybe longer if the starter 2331 01:52:51.720 --> 01:52:53.840 was to go down. But he's not somebody who you're 2332 01:52:53.840 --> 01:52:55.840 going to be confident and at the end of the 2333 01:52:55.840 --> 01:52:58.720 season saying that he is a locked and starter for 2334 01:52:58.760 --> 01:53:00.520 the next three years. You know, don't know if we're 2335 01:53:00.520 --> 01:53:02.239 going to get that level of confidence with him. 2336 01:53:02.479 --> 01:53:04.399 Not that I want to keep harping on the Seattle 2337 01:53:04.520 --> 01:53:06.960 running game, because I know they want to trade down, right, 2338 01:53:07.039 --> 01:53:10.560 and they have four picks. What happens if they trade 2339 01:53:10.600 --> 01:53:13.760 down from the one from their thirty two spot and 2340 01:53:13.800 --> 01:53:16.239 then Mike Washington is there at the end of the 2341 01:53:16.319 --> 01:53:19.880 second round. Your thoughts on not only Washington Seattle, but 2342 01:53:20.319 --> 01:53:23.279 how much of a believer you are in the athleticism 2343 01:53:23.319 --> 01:53:25.239 he showed at the NFL Combine mat. 2344 01:53:26.760 --> 01:53:29.560 Yeah, he's so tough, like I would say Q the 2345 01:53:29.680 --> 01:53:32.279 X Files music guys, I like Fox Smulder. I want 2346 01:53:32.319 --> 01:53:35.880 to believe. And the alien that is uh is Mike Washington. 2347 01:53:35.960 --> 01:53:38.840 But you're Fox Molder. I'm Dana Scully. This guy is 2348 01:53:38.880 --> 01:53:39.479 not going to happen. 2349 01:53:39.560 --> 01:53:42.960 You keep going. Yeah, as tantalizing as the size and 2350 01:53:43.039 --> 01:53:45.880 athleticism is, he just is not very good at the 2351 01:53:45.920 --> 01:53:49.000 running back position. My least favorite thing that I see 2352 01:53:49.039 --> 01:53:52.560 from running backs is when a big guy plays incredibly 2353 01:53:52.600 --> 01:53:55.199 small and there are they are positives to that, like 2354 01:53:55.199 --> 01:53:56.800 he can get skinny through the hole and make him 2355 01:53:56.800 --> 01:53:59.039 so smaller through that in that regard, but when he 2356 01:53:59.319 --> 01:54:02.720 drives into contact, he does not accelerate into contact. In fact, 2357 01:54:02.760 --> 01:54:04.800 he kind of slows down and turns his shoulder a 2358 01:54:04.840 --> 01:54:07.279 little bit. And when that happens, you open yourself up 2359 01:54:07.279 --> 01:54:11.039 to getting the ball punched out. And Mike Washington, I 2360 01:54:11.039 --> 01:54:13.439 think I believe the number is one fumble every fifty 2361 01:54:13.479 --> 01:54:16.800 one carries. That's not good enough. That is not good enough. 2362 01:54:16.840 --> 01:54:19.520 In the NFL. We do have backs that clean up 2363 01:54:19.520 --> 01:54:22.600 those fumbling problems. Tiki Barber is the classic example, but 2364 01:54:22.640 --> 01:54:24.880 it does not happen as much as you think it happens. 2365 01:54:24.880 --> 01:54:27.359 In fact, I'm struggling to think of one recently that 2366 01:54:27.399 --> 01:54:31.560 has gotten better, significantly better in that regard. So, yeah, 2367 01:54:32.039 --> 01:54:34.119 you love the talent, you can see it coming together 2368 01:54:34.159 --> 01:54:39.159 if it in the very you know, pristine situation, But 2369 01:54:39.399 --> 01:54:42.239 he just doesn't. He's more athlete than running back. I 2370 01:54:42.239 --> 01:54:44.359 guess I would put it that way. I'm not sure 2371 01:54:44.359 --> 01:54:45.319 that's what we're looking for. 2372 01:54:45.560 --> 01:54:47.479 Well, I'll tell you this, a guy who's more running 2373 01:54:47.479 --> 01:54:50.319 back than athlete. And it was shown at the NFL Combine. 2374 01:54:50.319 --> 01:54:54.000 Was Emma Johnson. Oh yeah, this is a guy that 2375 01:54:54.439 --> 01:54:56.880 you know, I'm trying to think of a good example, 2376 01:54:57.039 --> 01:55:00.600 like where he just kept losing at every sing thing 2377 01:55:00.640 --> 01:55:03.960 that he tried, and yet he keeps trying, kept trying, going, 2378 01:55:04.199 --> 01:55:07.880 he kept going. And I'm of the opinion this is bad, 2379 01:55:08.000 --> 01:55:09.840 this is detrimental to him. I know there's a lot 2380 01:55:09.880 --> 01:55:11.840 of pundits out there that say, no, this is a 2381 01:55:11.880 --> 01:55:12.800 good thing for him. 2382 01:55:13.359 --> 01:55:15.399 We don't care about all that now. We care about 2383 01:55:15.399 --> 01:55:16.960 what he's going to be at the next level. 2384 01:55:17.800 --> 01:55:20.479 And I think Emma Johnson, if he Again, we could 2385 01:55:20.479 --> 01:55:22.199 say this about any of the running backs here, but 2386 01:55:22.199 --> 01:55:24.920 if he falls in the right situation, he could be 2387 01:55:24.960 --> 01:55:28.199 a very exciting player to own in fantasy as an 2388 01:55:28.279 --> 01:55:30.760 RB two for the next three to four, maybe even 2389 01:55:30.800 --> 01:55:33.279 five years of his career. But what do you think 2390 01:55:33.359 --> 01:55:36.199 Emma Johnson is going to be once he becomes a 2391 01:55:36.239 --> 01:55:37.279 pro football player. 2392 01:55:38.479 --> 01:55:41.399 I think he's got a very very wide range of outcomes, 2393 01:55:41.399 --> 01:55:43.680 you know, I think base level, we're talking like a 2394 01:55:45.000 --> 01:55:47.880 like a James White, Kenneth Gainwell kind of player. As 2395 01:55:48.079 --> 01:55:51.319 upper absolute ceiling, maybe we get like something like an 2396 01:55:51.319 --> 01:55:54.000 Aaron Jones, Austin Eckler, you know, a player that is 2397 01:55:54.159 --> 01:55:56.359 so good in the passing game, and really for fantasy 2398 01:55:56.439 --> 01:55:59.720 football at the running back position, we want pass catchers. 2399 01:56:00.239 --> 01:56:03.199 Pass catchers to really hit that ultimate upside, and he's 2400 01:56:03.239 --> 01:56:05.239 probably the best one in the class at that. He 2401 01:56:05.319 --> 01:56:07.319 lined up in the slaughter out wide on eighteen percent 2402 01:56:07.319 --> 01:56:09.279 of his stap, so he's out there playing wide receiver 2403 01:56:09.359 --> 01:56:11.880 at times. Is a nineteen point two percent best season 2404 01:56:11.920 --> 01:56:15.880 target share, ninety two career receptions. You know, he's very 2405 01:56:15.880 --> 01:56:18.720 good on wheel routes and swings and screens. As a runner, 2406 01:56:18.760 --> 01:56:22.000 he's absolutely shifty enough. He just knows where to go 2407 01:56:22.079 --> 01:56:25.119 with the football. He's got I would say elite vision, 2408 01:56:25.279 --> 01:56:28.840 like he sees lanes so well and so quickly, especially 2409 01:56:28.920 --> 01:56:30.840 the cutback lanes. He has a jump cut that's really 2410 01:56:30.920 --> 01:56:33.960 nice to get him started. All of that said, oh 2411 01:56:34.159 --> 01:56:35.960 I should say I'm also a twenty seven and a 2412 01:56:36.000 --> 01:56:38.279 half percent miss tackles force rate, which was second in 2413 01:56:38.319 --> 01:56:40.560 the class, and only eight percent of his runs failed 2414 01:56:40.560 --> 01:56:43.359 to gain yards, which was first in the class. And 2415 01:56:43.399 --> 01:56:44.800 when he was hit by at her behind the line 2416 01:56:44.800 --> 01:56:47.239 of scrimmage he gained yards and seventy five percent of those, 2417 01:56:47.279 --> 01:56:50.920 which was also first in the class. However, he goes 2418 01:56:50.960 --> 01:56:54.239 down on first contact far too often. Out of sixty 2419 01:56:54.279 --> 01:56:57.640 two eligible running backs, he was fifty fifth of those 2420 01:56:57.640 --> 01:56:59.560 with at least one hundred and forty carries in yards 2421 01:56:59.560 --> 01:57:02.039 after tech per attempt at two point nine to five. 2422 01:57:02.319 --> 01:57:04.640 He's not big, he's not powerful, he's not fast. He 2423 01:57:04.680 --> 01:57:07.239 doesn't make a ton of plays after contact. He struggles 2424 01:57:07.239 --> 01:57:09.840 a little bit in pass protection. So a lot to 2425 01:57:09.960 --> 01:57:14.079 like from an offensive point scoring standpoint, But is our 2426 01:57:14.199 --> 01:57:16.439 NFL running backs or NFL coach is going to want 2427 01:57:16.439 --> 01:57:19.000 to give him enough opportunity on the ground in addition 2428 01:57:19.359 --> 01:57:22.119 to the pass catching ceiling to really kind of give 2429 01:57:22.199 --> 01:57:24.239 us a floor to work with as well. Right, so 2430 01:57:24.720 --> 01:57:26.840 wide range of outcomes. Really really liked the player. He's 2431 01:57:26.880 --> 01:57:29.680 my third running back three in the class. But you 2432 01:57:29.760 --> 01:57:32.359 see enough there that you know, maybe he doesn't reach 2433 01:57:32.439 --> 01:57:33.319 that ultimate ceiling. 2434 01:57:33.640 --> 01:57:36.359 Yeah, it very well could happen. Man. 2435 01:57:36.439 --> 01:57:39.319 I want to wrap up tonight with the Penn State 2436 01:57:39.399 --> 01:57:44.079 running backs a dichotomy. I cannot remember seeing a player 2437 01:57:44.119 --> 01:57:47.319 in Singleton, Nick Singleton, who was like the pride of 2438 01:57:47.800 --> 01:57:50.399 of DeBie guys, you know, three, four, five years ago, 2439 01:57:50.479 --> 01:57:54.359 whatever it was, they loved Nicholas Singleton, and then he 2440 01:57:54.640 --> 01:57:58.079 got He had a great freshman season, really never took 2441 01:57:58.119 --> 01:58:00.079 off from that and kind of just checked out this 2442 01:58:00.199 --> 01:58:03.760 season because of Again I'm speculating. 2443 01:58:03.840 --> 01:58:04.880 I'm not Nick Singleton. 2444 01:58:04.920 --> 01:58:07.319 I don't know what happened, but I could totally see 2445 01:58:07.319 --> 01:58:10.159 why he would be disenfranchised with the way the Nitney 2446 01:58:10.199 --> 01:58:12.119 Lion season went this year. And then you have k 2447 01:58:12.239 --> 01:58:16.199 Tron Allen, a guy who is not athletically blessed the 2448 01:58:16.239 --> 01:58:19.079 way that Singleton is, but he he does the weird, 2449 01:58:19.279 --> 01:58:21.680 like not the weird, but he does the finer things 2450 01:58:21.680 --> 01:58:24.159 of playing the running back the position the right way, 2451 01:58:24.600 --> 01:58:27.479 and he is Penn States all time leading rusher, which 2452 01:58:27.720 --> 01:58:31.319 is crazy to say. It's like a Mechaguka last year 2453 01:58:31.359 --> 01:58:34.119 oh Ohio State's all time leading receiver, but it's true 2454 01:58:35.119 --> 01:58:39.359 Singleton versus Allen this year. This last question I will 2455 01:58:39.399 --> 01:58:43.239 ask on this show prior to the NFL Draft Draft. 2456 01:58:43.279 --> 01:58:47.039 Capital will you know have to be assessed afterwards, But 2457 01:58:47.119 --> 01:58:49.479 when you look at these players in a vacuum right now, 2458 01:58:49.800 --> 01:58:52.960 wouldn't you rather own Singleton because of the athletic traits 2459 01:58:53.159 --> 01:58:56.319 or would you rather have Allen in your rookie draft 2460 01:58:56.399 --> 01:58:59.079 because he just seems to have more of a natural 2461 01:58:59.199 --> 01:59:00.359 feel for the pos ship. 2462 01:59:01.720 --> 01:59:04.560 Yeah, I would. I would go Singleton because I'm a 2463 01:59:04.720 --> 01:59:07.640 I'm more of a ceiling kind of kind of dynasty player, 2464 01:59:07.680 --> 01:59:09.920 Like I want somebody who absolutely if you hit on 2465 01:59:09.960 --> 01:59:11.920 that player, he has a chance to be a you know, 2466 01:59:11.960 --> 01:59:14.399 an every week starter for you. And I do think 2467 01:59:14.439 --> 01:59:16.760 Allen is very solid. I just don't think he has 2468 01:59:16.760 --> 01:59:19.119 the ceiling that somebody like Singleton does. He doesn't have 2469 01:59:19.119 --> 01:59:24.000 the straight line speed, uh, the the pass catching prowess. 2470 01:59:24.039 --> 01:59:25.880 I would argue Kate Tron, Allen is not a slouch 2471 01:59:25.880 --> 01:59:27.600 in the passing game. But he's to me is the 2472 01:59:27.640 --> 01:59:30.000 more of the early down player. And in the next Singleton, 2473 01:59:30.039 --> 01:59:32.359 if he does hit his ceiling, he could be he 2474 01:59:32.359 --> 01:59:34.960 could be absolutely be special. It's just like you said, 2475 01:59:35.000 --> 01:59:36.960 like he came out so hot as a freshman and 2476 01:59:37.000 --> 01:59:40.000 he just never really got better. So that is a 2477 01:59:40.039 --> 01:59:42.079 major concern. And then of course the injury. I think 2478 01:59:42.239 --> 01:59:44.119 that was it at the Senior Bowl. I believe, yes 2479 01:59:45.159 --> 01:59:47.720 that yeah, like that, I mean that crushed him, Like 2480 01:59:47.840 --> 01:59:50.039 you really wanted a player like Singleton to hit the 2481 01:59:50.560 --> 01:59:53.039 hit the combine and show off all that athleticism, which 2482 01:59:53.079 --> 01:59:55.800 we know he still has. But you know, I think 2483 01:59:55.800 --> 01:59:59.239 that certainly has has reduced his his attractiveness to the 2484 01:59:59.359 --> 02:00:02.720 NFL team. I've seen him go in like in recent 2485 02:00:02.760 --> 02:00:04.920 marks as late as like the fifth, sixth, seventh round 2486 02:00:04.920 --> 02:00:07.279 in some cases, which at that point I think he's 2487 02:00:07.279 --> 02:00:10.640 a value for both an NFL team and a fantasy standpoint. 2488 02:00:10.800 --> 02:00:12.840 But I'm not sure either of these guys are long 2489 02:00:12.920 --> 02:00:16.159 term dynasty starters. But shoot for the ceiling, Shoot for 2490 02:00:16.239 --> 02:00:17.560 Nick Singleton. If you're gonna pick. 2491 02:00:17.439 --> 02:00:20.319 One, I'm gonna tell you this right now, regarding Nick Singleton, 2492 02:00:20.479 --> 02:00:24.039 there is not one person in America who plays dynasty 2493 02:00:24.079 --> 02:00:27.760 fantasy football. There is not one person in America who 2494 02:00:27.840 --> 02:00:32.600 is a fan of NFL football where they're Dynasty fantasy 2495 02:00:32.600 --> 02:00:36.119 football team or their real life whatever NFL team they're 2496 02:00:36.159 --> 02:00:38.560 fan of. If they take Nick Singleton, everybody's been like, 2497 02:00:38.880 --> 02:00:42.520 oh yeah, baby, here we go. The price is going 2498 02:00:42.600 --> 02:00:45.720 to be so low, and you know the ceiling with Singleton, 2499 02:00:45.800 --> 02:00:47.720 he's going to be that classic like yet, let's just 2500 02:00:47.760 --> 02:00:48.479 see what happens. 2501 02:00:48.479 --> 02:00:51.159 I'm very excited get him on the Packers, man behind Jacobs. 2502 02:00:52.239 --> 02:00:52.800 Jordan Reid. 2503 02:00:52.840 --> 02:00:56.279 I think from ESPN had his final seven round mock 2504 02:00:56.359 --> 02:00:58.079 draft and he had Singleton in the sixth round. 2505 02:00:58.319 --> 02:01:03.560 Nice single, and I think, uh uh, I'm. 2506 02:01:03.279 --> 02:01:06.039 Probably butchering this now, but I think he had Singleton 2507 02:01:06.159 --> 02:01:08.680 and I think he had the Arkansas quarterback. 2508 02:01:08.279 --> 02:01:09.279 Green Is that his name? 2509 02:01:09.319 --> 02:01:10.840 Oh yeah, yeah, Taylor Green. 2510 02:01:10.840 --> 02:01:13.279 In like the same round. I'm like, oh my god, 2511 02:01:13.479 --> 02:01:15.520 like that. To go crazy for that. 2512 02:01:16.319 --> 02:01:19.199 We go crazy for any kind of Matt Price analysis 2513 02:01:19.239 --> 02:01:22.199 we get on Dynasty League Football, including but not limited to, 2514 02:01:22.279 --> 02:01:27.039 the Dynasty League Football Podcast with Dan Miler with Ryan mcdell. 2515 02:01:27.079 --> 02:01:32.119 Anywhere you get podcasts, Dynasty League Football dot Com at 2516 02:01:32.159 --> 02:01:33.520 Matt Price FF. I. 2517 02:01:33.880 --> 02:01:35.800 I think I covered everything. 2518 02:01:35.399 --> 02:01:37.479 Where you're where you're coming from, as far as all 2519 02:01:37.520 --> 02:01:39.359 the content that you're producing. Is there anything else that 2520 02:01:39.359 --> 02:01:42.199 we should be aware of, especially with Dynasty League Football. 2521 02:01:41.920 --> 02:01:45.640 Matt, Yeah, that's all my work is there. I pretty 2522 02:01:45.680 --> 02:01:49.039 much mostly podcast these days. I write occasionally, especially during 2523 02:01:49.159 --> 02:01:51.640 rookie season, but most of the most of the content 2524 02:01:51.680 --> 02:01:53.399 for me will be on the airways with the deal 2525 02:01:53.520 --> 02:01:55.960 of DNASY podcast like you mentioned. But yeah, thank you 2526 02:01:56.000 --> 02:01:57.880 so much. Eric. Is always a blast to chop it 2527 02:01:57.960 --> 02:01:59.760 up with you, and hope we can do it again 2528 02:01:59.800 --> 02:02:01.000 again next season. 2529 02:02:01.199 --> 02:02:03.079 Yeah, I look forward to it. This is a great 2530 02:02:03.159 --> 02:02:05.079 lead in for the NFL Draft. Keep up all the 2531 02:02:05.119 --> 02:02:06.960 great work and we will talk with you again very 2532 02:02:07.000 --> 02:02:09.239 soon and enjoy Kansas City. 2533 02:02:09.039 --> 02:02:12.479 And all that barbecue for the draft. Yes, absolutely, that 2534 02:02:12.680 --> 02:02:13.359 is Matt Price. 2535 02:02:13.439 --> 02:02:17.279 Ladies and gentlemen tuning in tonight Dynasty League Football Zone 2536 02:02:17.279 --> 02:02:19.199 one of the ogs there, so check them out at 2537 02:02:19.239 --> 02:02:20.279 Matt Price FF. 2538 02:02:20.560 --> 02:02:21.520 I want on the X. 2539 02:02:21.560 --> 02:02:24.359 I want to remind you Dynasty and Empire orphans still 2540 02:02:24.359 --> 02:02:27.720 available at my ffpc dot com. Many of those are discounted. 2541 02:02:27.760 --> 02:02:31.800 We launched Dynasty Empire startup leagues today too, starting at 2542 02:02:31.800 --> 02:02:33.680 one hundred dollars going up to seven hundred and fifty. 2543 02:02:33.840 --> 02:02:36.159 The Nember Too Early Best Ball Super Flex Tournament is 2544 02:02:36.199 --> 02:02:38.720 sold out. We have twenty nine teams. I'm gonna look 2545 02:02:38.720 --> 02:02:40.840 it up right now. We have twenty yeah, twenty nine 2546 02:02:40.840 --> 02:02:44.840 teams left in the Dynasty not Dynasty, the Never Too 2547 02:02:44.840 --> 02:02:47.039 Early Best Ball Tournament going on right now at my 2548 02:02:47.199 --> 02:02:50.359 ffpc dot com. Get in while you can. Once those 2549 02:02:50.439 --> 02:02:53.199 leagues filled up, that fill up, that's good, or that's it. 2550 02:02:53.239 --> 02:02:55.840 We don't have any more because the NFL Draft is 2551 02:02:55.840 --> 02:02:58.520 the cutoff for this tournament. Forty thousand dollars grand prize, 2552 02:02:58.600 --> 02:03:00.800 hundred and twenty five dollars to enter the Big Gorilla 2553 02:03:01.000 --> 02:03:04.840 million dollar grand prize Early Rampage Tournament going on right now, 2554 02:03:04.840 --> 02:03:07.079 two tournaments for the price of one, plus the seven 2555 02:03:07.159 --> 02:03:11.640 Bananas Promo where you can earn free FFPC teams at 2556 02:03:11.520 --> 02:03:13.840 it just by luck of the draw. My ffpc dot 2557 02:03:13.840 --> 02:03:15.439 com is where to go for that, as well as 2558 02:03:15.439 --> 02:03:17.399 the Baby Guerrilla one hundred and twenty five dollars to 2559 02:03:17.520 --> 02:03:21.520 enter a one hundred thousand dollars grand prize. So if 2560 02:03:21.520 --> 02:03:24.279 you've always wanted to play high stakes fantasy football and 2561 02:03:24.279 --> 02:03:26.359 you know again, I can't. I don't want to do 2562 02:03:26.479 --> 02:03:28.199 that high of an entry fee. Get it for one 2563 02:03:28.239 --> 02:03:30.239 hundred and twenty five bucks. Take your shot at one 2564 02:03:30.279 --> 02:03:32.079 hundred grand. It's going to be a lot of fun 2565 02:03:32.079 --> 02:03:34.640 this season my FFPC dot com. I want to thank 2566 02:03:34.640 --> 02:03:36.479 Matt Price for coming on the show tonight. We will 2567 02:03:36.479 --> 02:03:38.760 be back at seven pm Eastern Time. We go back 2568 02:03:38.760 --> 02:03:43.359 to Thursday night. Next Thursday, player profilers Johnny Tumo will 2569 02:03:43.439 --> 02:03:45.800 join us to talk about all the final landing spots 2570 02:03:45.840 --> 02:03:48.680 for all these rookies and so much more. I am 2571 02:03:48.840 --> 02:03:52.279 Eric Balkman. This has been FFPC insider access. Enjoy the 2572 02:03:52.359 --> 02:03:54.720 NFL Draft everybody, and we will talk. Oh I should 2573 02:03:54.760 --> 02:03:57.760 mention this too before I sign off. We will have 2574 02:03:58.000 --> 02:04:02.279 a high stakes Fantasy football live at ten pm Eastern 2575 02:04:02.359 --> 02:04:05.760 Time this Wednesday. It's gonna be a lot of fun. 2576 02:04:05.840 --> 02:04:08.960 We will be joined by I believe a god, I'm 2577 02:04:08.960 --> 02:04:11.840 gonna butcher this now. I think he's a seven time 2578 02:04:12.520 --> 02:04:15.159 FFPC Dynasty League champion. I could be wrong on that, 2579 02:04:15.359 --> 02:04:18.199 but Tom Weaver is gonna join us for a special 2580 02:04:18.279 --> 02:04:22.159 NFL Draft preview episode. And then I cannot reveal the 2581 02:04:22.199 --> 02:04:24.520 guest yet, but we will have. 2582 02:04:24.479 --> 02:04:25.399 A special announcement. 2583 02:04:25.439 --> 02:04:27.800 On Wednesday night on the HSFF Hour, we'll have a 2584 02:04:27.800 --> 02:04:30.239 special announcement on who our guests will be. We are 2585 02:04:30.319 --> 02:04:33.960 recording right after the first round ends on Thursday at 2586 02:04:33.960 --> 02:04:36.600 the NFL Draft, and we will put that episode out 2587 02:04:36.880 --> 02:04:41.359 Friday night at ten pm Eastern time. Special KFFFC announcement, 2588 02:04:41.520 --> 02:04:43.760 Special announcement of who our guest is gonna be. You'll 2589 02:04:43.760 --> 02:04:46.039 have to tune into Wednesday night to find out who 2590 02:04:46.039 --> 02:04:48.279 it is, and trust me, it'll be worth it. So 2591 02:04:48.399 --> 02:04:51.039 that is your mere schedule this week. You had insider 2592 02:04:51.119 --> 02:04:54.560 Access tonight on Wednesday night HSFF Hour and then on 2593 02:04:54.600 --> 02:04:57.520 Friday night at ten pm Eastern Time, extra reps with 2594 02:04:57.600 --> 02:05:02.079 Farrell Elliott, Me and a special mystery guess that is 2595 02:05:02.119 --> 02:05:03.960 going to do it for our show tonight. This has 2596 02:05:04.000 --> 02:05:07.279 been f FPC and Center Access. Enjoy the NFL Draft everybody, 2597 02:05:07.279 --> 02:05:09.520 and we'll talk with you again on Wednesday night