Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to the Dynasty Dude podcast. I am
your host, Corey Evans. Free agency was a whirlwind, so
much to discuss. I'm going to give you a rapid
fire winner loser episode here. It is titled Same Faces
in New Places with fifteen free agency winners and losers
from a Fantasy football Lens dynasty in particular.
Speaker 2: We'll get right to it and waste no time.
Speaker 1: First, Dave Montgomery, I'm going to label him a winner,
traded to Houston to reportedly take over as a Texans
RB one ahead of what he marks and a sense
for the offense Nick Chubb two point zero with a
bit more gas up than a.
Speaker 2: Tank, if you will.
Speaker 1: Montgomery fizzled out in Detroit. Jamiir Gibbs is the clearcut
one in the Lions offense, so he somewhat gets a
fresh start here with the Texans, who no longer have
Joe Mixon on the books. He is no longer with
the franchise. For some context, Woody Marks was the PPRRB
twenty nine and twenty twenty five. I do believe that
Montgomery can match or exceed that production in twenty twenty six.
Keep in mind that Montgomery is twenty eight turns twenty
nine in June, so we're approaching the back nine of
his shelf life in Dynasty Leagues, Dj Moore, I'm going
to label a winner traded a buffalo and provides Josh
Allen with finally a true wide receiver one alongside Khalil
Shakir who could be a bit more stable, say Floor
in PPR, or the unknown of Keon Coleman, even Deltan
Kaid as a glorified BIB receiver in that depth chart mix.
Speaker 2: DJ Moore was on the.
Speaker 1: OUTSI logan in in terms of rapport with Ben Johnson
based on work ethic, or even Caleb Williams being on
the same page and having that chemistry on field. So
more Is twenty eight twenty nine in April hits the
reset button and essentially is the new Stefan Diggs for
Josh Allen in this buffalo ariol and I'm expecting good
things between Moore, Allen and Joe Brady calling the shots.
DJ Moore went from a depreciating asset to now more
stabilized as a wide receiver two wide receiver three who
could even become at somewhat of a slight discount based
on his age approaching thirty. When it comes to longevity,
Kenneth Walker a clear winner, one of the best in
terms of increasing stock this free agency period. He signed
with Kansas City and immediately enters the RB one conversation.
So top ten for a ten team league, top twelve
for a twelve team league that's producing as the PPR
RB twenty two with Seattle on twenty twenty five, sharing
time with Zach Sharbonay. As of right now, Amari de
Mercado and Orbishard Smith are Walker's loan threats to feature
back or three down duty. Those are limited obstacles for
Walker's surpassed. We'll see what the Chiefs do via the draft,
but this is plug and play RB one at worst
RB two. He's twenty five, twenty six in October. Durability
was in Seattle remains somewhat of a question mark, a
red flag in Walker's outlook, but you cannot ask for
a better landing spot from a fantasy perspective. Signing with
Case and hopefully being what we all envisioned. Clyde Edwards
Hilaire fulfilling out of the backfield with Andy Reid, Patrick
Mahomes and Company travs ETN Junior, I'm going to label
another winner. He signed with the Saints and remains on
the RB one, if not RB two borderline after performing
as the PPR RB ten with Jacksonville in twenty twenty
five as a mid to back end RB one reports
do indicate that Alvin Kamara could be traded, released, and
or retire at the time as recording that is unknown,
So if there's an update of Kamara status we know
the answer by now, we're still waiting.
Speaker 2: In theory.
Speaker 1: ETN has plenty left to offer in real life and
for us in fantasy. He just turned twenty seven early
this year in January. He was able to bounce back
Liam Cohen last year in Jacksonville, and I expect more the.
Speaker 2: Same with Kellen Moore New Orleans.
Speaker 1: The creativity should make him both a focal point as
a Russia receiver out of the backfield with plenty of
versatility favorite ETN skill sets. Tyler Algier will be the
first loser I have out of Freegancy. Not necessary, really
devastating to land with the Cardinals, but after signing with Arizona,
we know that the Cardinals also brought back James Connor,
so it's shaping up as more of an RBBC as
opposed to Algier becoming a clear cut alpha option elsewhere,
not to make a Trey Benson, albeit distant, RB three
in the depth chart, is still projected to be somewhat involved.
Algaeer performed as the PPRRB twenty nine, thirty six, forty three,
and thirty nine with the Falcons from twenty twenty two
to twenty twenty five, and myself and others were hoping
that he would land somewhere that would enable him to
be either an early down threat with plenty of volume,
or at least be more involved than he was with Atlanta. However,
I see more of the same, So like a parallel
or neutral situation here with Arizona that's going to be
facing plenty of negative gamescript as well as a bad
football environment. So I'm necessarily sold that Algier is going
to crush his previous statistics with the Falcons as a
member of the Cardinals. Still, it's better than him being
stuck behind b John Robinson. He's twenty five from twenty
six and eight. So Algier, even though I'm labeling a loser,
it might be more neutral than worst case scenario for
his short term value. Up next is Wandale Robinson. I'm
labeling him as a loser in value. He saw him
at Tennessee and Slotson as the forecasted wide out one
four cam Ward as well as Brian Deball could really
reshape this offense like he did in Buffalo or even
the Giants in recent memory. The issue is there is
bound to be regression for Wandale's PPR Wide Out fourteen
campaign in twenty twenty five with the Giants, as he
went ninety two, ten to.
Speaker 2: Fourteen and four touchdowns.
Speaker 1: He's somewhat of a PPR cheat code as he's now
compiled back to back ninety plus catch receiving seasons underrated
more of a wide receiver three or two for me, though,
then recapturing that back end wide out one or high
end wide receiver two value we saw only a year ago.
Not to mention the Titans, what they do in the
draft remains to be seen. Right There could be al
Jeremiah Love Path that could create more volume via rushing
than receiving from Wandale in terms of target distribution.
Speaker 2: Let alone.
Speaker 1: Still we have Keln Ridley Elgio Manner Kamier DK as
well as the possible emergence of gunner Helm. So this
all does sort of focus on the development or progression
of cam Ward and I think it would have been
better off if Robinson remain with the Giants and Jackson
darts as opposed to this situation in Tennessee. Nonetheless, Age
favors Wandale. He's twenty five years old. He's turned to
this past January, but I'm labeling him a loser for
the sake of Fagancy and his fantasy stock. Kenneth Gamwell
another loser in my eyes here for value. He signed
with the Buccaneers as essentially Rashad White two point zero
for the Tampa Bay offense. Gamewell is highly unlikely to
replicate or surpass his PPR RB sixteen season with Pittsburgh
in twenty twenty five. Arguably was Pittsburgh's best receiver outside
of DK Metcalf, Gamewell was a dynamic opponent of the offense.
He is twenty seven years old. If anything, this might
hurt Bucky Irving Moore from a pure volume and or
vulture standpoint. We're looking at red zone touches or passing
down reps. If you have shares of Bucky, I think
it's now priority to trade for or stash game well
just to have the batfield on lock, or at least
in some sense have the early passing down and red
zone running back in Tampa Bay on your roster. But
all in all, the time to sell game well was
after his outlier campaign with the Steelers of twenty twenty five.
If you didn't sell high, then you're stuck with somewhat
of a sunk cost, even though he should be still
a viable fox play. You'd think in the Buccaneers offense,
Mike Evans a winner. He signed with the forty nine
ers and now slots in his brock Purdies wide out one.
If their ability cooperates, then Evans to the moon in
the driver's seat. For you think based on touchdown upside
equity alone wide receiver two value pushing for wide receiver
one value. The age is what's working against him as
he turns thirty three this upcoming August. But if you've
held out to Mike Evans, then this is the moment
we're waiting for, whether it's returning to Tampa Bay or
I believe better situation, teaming up with Kyle Shanahan and
brought Purdy to carve out what could be a couple
of special seasons here over the last stretch of his
NFL tenure. Time for quick break and I'll be back
with a few more winners and losers in NFL fre
agency and what I believe their Dynasty stock looks like.
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after that short break. Michael Pittman is up next. I'm
labeling him as a loser of value. I think it's
on the border though of just be neutral pivot from
the Colts to Pittsburgh. He was traded at Pittsburgh and
figures a compliment dk Metcalf in a one to a
one B situation with a chance to keep his wide
receiver two or three value in line after delivering as
a PPR wide receiver eighteen on the Colts of twenty
twenty five, That itself might be hard to replicate depending
on what the Steelers do at quarterback in twenty twenty six,
waiting nine Aaron Rodgers, bringing in Kirk Cousin, something along
those lines, or even allocating draft capital this year via
the draft to do so.
Speaker 2: Time will tell.
Speaker 1: Now, for some context, Metcalf as the unquestioned wide receiver
one for the Steels in twenty twenty five, was the
PPR wide receiver twenty six. So can Pittman and Metcalf
coexist and both be top twenty four, top thirty six
wide receivers in terms of fantasy that's the unknown, and
the quarterback answer will help provide even more clarity. But
Pittman I believe is more of a loser than a
winner Freagency. He's twenty eight, he'll be twenty nine in October.
Malik Willis a winner in fagancy sign in Miami to
follow his former Green Bay peers or mates in head
coach Jeff Haffley and GM john Eric Sullivan. It's a
new version of green Bay, bringing that infrastructure into the
Dolphins organization. Malik Willis, from a fantasy lens, should be
in the quarterback one mix, a top ten to twelve
option based on his rushing to building alone what we've
seen limited samplesis of course, in Green Bay when he's
replaced and or filled in for Jordan Love, Willis has age.
Speaker 2: On his side.
Speaker 1: He's twenty six, twenty seven this upcoming May, and if
you've been stashing him in a one quarterback league, pivot
off and make a quick profit. But in super Flex,
if he's been your quarterback three, quarterback four, you now
have a weekly starting option that you can either use
as leverage to quarterback needy teams or wait and see
how this shapes out. Because sure he didn't pan out
with Tennessee, but there was a lot to like on
his Green Bay film, and now he has a chance
to thrive in Miami's offense. Isaiah likely another winner with
the free agency signing of the New York Giants, receives
a theoretical major boost as a clear outlet for Jackson
darts and familiarity with new head coach On Harbell' scheme
from Baltimore now in New York with the Giants likely
as twenty five will be twenty six in April, and
I think very well could push for a tight end
one return on investment on the fantasy side of things,
especially with so much attention that will be allocated to
Leak neighbors when back and healthy. Jalen Naylor, I'm leon
him as a winner as well. He signed with the
Las Vegas Raiders and is quietly on a path to
be the Raiders wide receiver one or two barring draft
editions for assumed one point on one pick in real
life Fernando Mendoza. The Raiders of course have Rock Bauers
as a tight end, but by trade wide receiver for
the sake of the offense and usage as well as
Trey Tucker and Donte Thornton. But make no mistake that
Naylor was a coveted free agent receiver in this year's
group of available talent, and the production wasn't necessarily great
for Minnesota. Did not surpass twenty nine receptions, four hundred
and forty four years, receiving six touchdowns or fifth three.
Speaker 2: Targets in a single campaign.
Speaker 1: However, the tape was always better than the stats, and
this is now Naylor's opportunity to shine more than he
ever has as a pro. He's twenty seven. I've seen
Naylor as a free agent a few of my leagues,
and I picked him. U accordingly checked your way with
wire immediately to see if that's the case in yours,
because we're looking at a sleeper here to carve out
top twenty four, if not thirty six value among whiteouts
in twelve team dynasty leagues. Rico Dowdell I'm labeling as
a loser. He signed with Pittsburgh and inspected the share
volume and lose passing down snaps to Jalen moren Rico
had back to back a thousand plus yard rushing seasons
with both the Cowboys and Panthers. As the PPR twenty
three in Dallas and eighteen in Caroline over the past
two years. Rico I believe has a lot to live
up to in terms of even doing what Kenneth Gainwell
or Warren did in Pittsburgh's offense last year, so I
expect regression from volume as well as counting stats for yards,
rushing yards, receiving, touchdowns across the board, as well as receptions.
He is twenty seven twenty eight in June. This is
a good, if not great, real life signing for Pittsburgh. However,
on the fantasy side of things, this is not ideal,
as I would prefer to roster Jalen moren over Rico
o'dowdell apples to apples. Romeo Dobbs a clear winner signing
with New England and is the early favorite to take
over as Drake May's wide receiver one, as Stefan Diggs
is out of the picture and Dobbs is the replacement,
subject to the Patriots adding a Day one or Day
two wide receiver for some context as to what Dobbs's
ceiling might be for twenty twenty six, Biggs was the
PPR wide receiver seventeen and twenty twenty five for the
Patriots as their first outlet in Reed's and or primary
option for Drake May. Dobbs twenty five twenty six in
April showed glimpses or flashes of superstar potential at times
with Green Bay, albeit inconsistent volume as well as snapshare.
This is now Romeo's time to become a stud or
at least have an opportunity to do so. With Drake
May assending as one of the best quarterbacks in all football,
and last, but not least, Kyler.
Speaker 2: Murray I'm labeling as a winner.
Speaker 1: He's simon Minnesota as a one year audition of sorts
to prove his worth under quarterback guru Kevin O'Connell. It
will be somewhat of a quarterback battle, if you will,
JJ McCarthy, but the writings on the wall that Minnesota
does not trust or has Drafters remorse right with McCarthy.
Murray played this smart in terms of knowing that there
was a divorce headed with Arizona. Rushed a sign at
Minnesota when released in a sense, but still interviewed at
four to five reported the other teams to get ahead
of the twenty twenty seven free agent class and either
become the answer from Minnesota long term or have a
head start on free agency with the other teams He
spoke to her front offices for twenty twenty seven, so
this is a prove it year for Kyler a lot
to dismiss his haters or skeptics on after a few
disappointing seasons in Arizona the past few years, his career
Fantasy quarterback finishes have been quarterback six, three, ten, nineteen,
twenty seven, ten, and thirty eight, so four top ten
finishes and then some outliers that related to injury or
a lack of rushing upside. That's the thing is that
Kyler Murray does need the rushing production to be a
quarterback one and there's been plenty of plugged in Arizona
cardinal sources or beat reports that have said that Murray
simply would show up to the any given Sunday and
say I don't feel like running today, of course in paraphrasing,
but if that was the case, then this could be
more of a character lack of maturity or diva situation
that Kevin O'Connell might be able to fix or find
a way to recapture.
Speaker 2: That early career form as a prize prospect.
Speaker 1: Kyler is twenty eight turns twenty nine in August, and
again this is huge for his future NFL stock.
Speaker 2: Will he be able to.
Speaker 1: Rebound with Kevin O'Connell Minnesota becoming a long term answer
for the Vikings or once again test fagancy in twenty
twenty seven in fantasy, I think it's a great situation
to have Justin Jefferson, Jornanadison, TJ. Hockinson and bring back
the Kyler of old time. Will tell thank you all
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