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Kickoff - Year 26

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Fantasy Football Weekly begins year 26 with a breakdown of Clyde Edwards-Helaire's draft prospects. They offer a refresher on every key off season move and identify the training camp battles we're watching most closely. And they examine the current trends for rookies drafts and identify the mistakes you can exploit. 

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Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of I Heart Radio. Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from I Heart Radio, your weekly source for the nation's best fantasy speculation and advice. Now along with the guys from fanball dot com. Here's the host for Fantasy Football Weekly, Paul. It is your number twenty six of Fantasy Football Weekly. We are America's longest running fantasy show, and for good reason, because we've been helping you dominate your fantasy league for over two

decades and we're old half to and half. That is the voice of Brian Johnson from Guillotine Leagues dot com on Paul Charchy from Guillotine League dot com, and Scott fish widely known for Scott Fishball. I Scott, my my team in your league just got blown up by Damian Williams. Yeah as well, but it was like an eleventh th rounder, so I didn't feel so bad. But I wasn't online yesterday what happened. Uh, yeah, that's gonna be a problem.

We will get right into the significance of Damian Williams in just a minute, but lots of other stuff to go through over the course of the show, including all the off season moves that the notable, meaningful, fantasy relevant offseason moves for In case you know you're reasonably were sleeping for the last seven months, and I wouldn't blame you. You've plenty of time to block block out everything that's happened lately. We'll go through the training camp battles that

we will be watching this spring. We will hit you up with a Dynasty Empire Rookie draft. A DP will look at all the rookies where they're going in Dynasty and Empire drafts, talk about the rookies individually, and also figure out whether or not America's got it right. Is this the right guys in the right place. Guys are going too high? Too low? We'll tell you that as well.

Not America, the world, the world it has intergalactic even probably three tough questions as always, and the COVID plans that you need to get in place pronto before friendships are ended and it will happen. YEA. All right, guys, let's jump right in. Let's begin here with the news that Damian Williams has opted out. This means that Clyde Edwards Hilaire, who I think we were all intrigued by before becomes absolutely fascinating with the upside that he can

bring to a fantasy team. The way I've asked you guys to work on this is this way, Scott, give me the best case scenario for Clyde Edwards Laire in Kansas City, and then Brian after he's done, I want you to give me the worst case scenario. Reasonable ones. I don't want to hear about a shattered femur or anything like that. You don't want here are one for me. Doesn't play right exactly with the time of research of cly I've gone back to multiple doctors, school, nurse, everything.

But all right, fine, I won't do that. All right, thank you, Scott. We begin with you, Clyde Edwards Hilaire. What's the reasonable upside that he could bring a things break right for him in Kansas City. It's really we've seen it right like we saw we saw Spencer where uh Ters a c l and Kareem Hunt came in and he was a top you know, five six running back with Andy Reid and and Alex Smith, had a pro bowld base. He was an m v P quarterback for a while that year. It's not like uh it's

not like he was terrible that year. We we've seen that. We've seen Damian Williams with a five game stretch of ninety plus yards in almost all of them and five touchdowns at the end of a couple of years ago there in. That's his upside. His upside is that twelve to total yard back with double digit touchdowns. That's he's now basically a first round running back. He's I I can't see any argument putting him outside the top ten. Let's get more granular than just first round, because I

think he's going to go in the first round. I have missed my rby six right now, rby six should that would put him roughly pay you know eight, maybe even six if you're that's your strategy this year. You know, auction value, where would you peg him a Clyde Edwards a layer for for uh? For the maximum auction value that you I'm a tough guy to ask on this because I am such a thrifty auction right, I like just hammering the middle of the road, guys. So uh,

probably in that you know, high twenties range. That's probably about right if you want for a typical player that's going in the middle end of the first round, Bryan, give me the worst case, reasonable, worst case scenario, non injury related for Clyde Edwards a layer. Okay, well, I think it would be safe to say before Williams opted out, we were looking at a fifty fifty time share between c H and Williams whoever, whoever. The starter doesn't matter.

Now we're probably looking so DeAndre Washington and now the backup, of course, we're looking I think still at a sixty forty time share where c H is the lead runner, but it's not gonna be He's not getting all the work now that Williams is it out. DeAndre Washington is a very capable runner in the worst case scenario is

it becomes a fifty fifty platoon. I didn't realize this, but DeAndre Washington was a college teammate of Patrick two two years of Texas Tech and then yeah, he wanted to Signington caught forty one passes from the homes at Texas Tech. DeAndre Washington picked up a lot of blitzes. They probably took a lot of showers together. There's a lot of bonding. What are you saying that's going on there? And Washington's no slouch when he's got a chance to play,

he's been good. He's been with the Raiders. For those who don't know, last week last year, I'm sorry, three times he saw twenty touches in weeks thirteen, fifteen, and sixteen. He finished as RB nine, RB twelve, and RB nineteen in those weeks. I mean, right now, I've got him around running back fifty with the Naheim Hines and the Tavius Murray's of the world. And the worst case scenario is he plays well, and I think he will, and I'm downgrading all rookies. Still see Ages the prime rookie

out there now. But he's just not gonna get eighty to send. You're sent of the touches, which most most people expect. That would be the worst case. So let's more a split. Let's play. Let's play that out. Let's assume that you're right and that split's going to be closer to than in your scenario. What's the right draft spot for Clyde Edwards Hilaire Almost where he was going,

maybe around sooner he's going around round three before Williams. Yeah, still right around there, a little sooner, say mid to late second. But first seems a little first, seems like a little bit of reach for me and re draft that's that's me. But I know people are doing and I can see why. But Washington is not going to be a non factor. All right. So we've talked on this show and especially the podcast version, and welcome to everybody who's listening to us over the air on their

their favorite radio station. But we podcast all year round. This is our first show of year, number twenty six over the air. On the podcast, we talked about stacking the two chiefs running backs in part because Damian Williams was so cheap. You were going Clyde Edwards all are at the end of the second or early third, and then you're getting Damien Williams in round eight, around nine, around ten, or in the case of the Scott fish ball, around eleven. So, now, what's the real viability if you

want and is that? Is there any viability left in using as you're starting running backs Dwayne Washington, who's gonna go super late? Sorry, DeAndre Washington and Clyde Edwards A layer. Sure, I mean you're like I just kind of said, you might be paying a little more of a pre Well, you're gonna pay more of a premium now for a Layer in most cases. But that's the problem. On the tail end, it becomes more of a it's almost you're

going all in or almost you're almost handcuffing. And when it was Williams, it wasn't really a handcuff scenario, right, So now it's almost more of a handcuff. So, long story short, I'm an advocate for it. If I do draft to Layer, I'm getting Washington though, no matter what, I'm in this weird spot where I started out this offseason going, let's handcuffed, because if someone gets COVID or something,

we want his backup. And now I'm like, they're in the same room together all week, right if one of those gets I don't know that. I think I want to spread out my my who I have in my running back corps. I liked the tandem of Clyde Edwards Layer and Damien Williams because of the price you had to pay for them each, which was early third round

and say the ninth round. But now that Clyde Edwards Laire is going to cost me a late first rounder in all probability to get I'm out, who do you want who would you rather take more based on their ADP. Of course Washington, Washington, because you know he's just you know, it's because somebody is going to take Clyde Edwards a layer in the first round. I can't. I don't think he's going to get out of first round. And if you pay that price, you're paying it with the mindset

he's going to be the Bell Couse Studs. So why do you even want Washington if you're paying that mindset? Well, at that point, yeah, I think I'd rather just take Washington away from the guy who drafted Clyde Edwards, Hilaire. I think Brian's right that this might be closer to

like a sixty forty split. And even though I'm on the wrong side of forty, that's pretty good when it's the Kansas City Chiefs averaging thirty three points a game, and you know, rookies hit the wall towards the end of the season when you really make your Hey, it happens a lot and I don't know what. Yeah, alright, very briefly, before we get into some of the key off season moves, Antonio Brown is we now know the terms of his suspension. It's it's it sounds like it's

going to be eight games. There could be more at it on later, but it's eight games right now. Should people that are drafting at this time of year based on what we know right now? Is he draft able? And if so, where would you take him? I have a slightly hot take. I thought he was a good late round flyer. I think this worse thans his draft value for me because I know he's out for over half the season in a season that could get shortened,

like I do, we have a ten game season. This almost puts it to the point I don't think I'm even throwing that late flyer on him anymore. All right, do you feel any differently, Brian? I think I agree with Fish, And you know, if I'm throw a dart very late, I think I'd still rather throw a dart at Josh Gordon or maybe than Jordan Reed, the former

big names. But I think the standard take at this point, I thought, is value worse than I hate using up a roster spot on a guy that I know is not going to play for half of the year unless I'm in a really really deep draft, and you know, I know you love your deep draft. Scott and in that case, sure, but assuming you care anything about you know the weight of that roster spot and who else you could be putting there. I hate carrying guys for that long. All right, let's move on to the offseason

moves by position. Um, I've asked you guys to look at each of the key moves in both the f C and NFC. Let's begin in the NFC with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. So I have reason to believe you have a new quarterback. Yeah, Tampa Bay now, right, Tom Brady as we all know, a Buccaneer now and what can you say loaded in the passing game with Chris Godwin, Mike Evans, he should thrive and not to mention Rob

Gronkowski of course. O J. Howard hopefully still coming into his own is this the best set of receivers he's ever had? If go to I mean, Moss might take him over the top. But let's speaking of great receivers. Having two great receivers always works out well, even for

J Cutler and Josh McCown. In with Brandon Marshall and Alison Jeffrey, who were very early teammates being drafted in fantasy football, you combined McCown and Cutler, and they finished uh quarterback six overall basically, and that was McCown and Cutler with two great receivers. Give Brady these two guys, I mean, top six finish should be in the books. Um, and I think he'll be close in terms of touchdowns thrown top six, but other people will rush for fantasy

more fantasy points because of the Russia. All right, let's go to the a f C. Let's go to the Colts. Philip Rivers goes to the Colts behind the best offensive line he's ever had. I don't know that the weapons are the best he's ever had, but he's got his checkdown running back like he had. He's he's got a good, good young rookie running back to to take the pressure off. Um. I think it might be, you know, pretty lateral to what he was last year. But the problem is is

he washed. He did not look good at that in the last two years, like he couldn't make it a fall season before his arm died out. The upside is this offensive line that you alluded to, best offensive He's a statue back there. Best offensive line he's ever had in his seventeen year career. He had eleven yard run last year. Yes, and and now if you can get t Y Hilton back to what he was healthy, I think Paris Campbell's potentially sitting on on a nice rebound

off of injury last year. It could be the guy that we thought he was. So maybe there's I think there's some sneaky upside to Philip Rivers as sort of last where he's let's go to Teddy Bridgewater in Carolina. Bran. That almost sounded like a place. Let's go to Teddy Bridgewater in Carolina. The Teddy Bridgewater is the answer to your question. Well, if you're a fan of the long ball, the deep ball, Teddy Bridgewater in Carolina is not. Uh yeah.

So last year, among quarterbacks with at least a hundred past attempts, the average depth of target was eight point seven yards. Teddy finished at six point one dead last, more than half a yard behind the next guy. So but you know what, this is a good spot for a guy with a I don't wanna call it, say a noodle arm. He just doesn't go downfield, but he dump off to Christian McCaffrey. He dump it off to DJ More. These guys can take at the house do

all the dirty work. But yet Teddy b is the guy in Caroline and they did not want Cam Newton. So there you go. All right, let's go to the Chargers. Chargers get Tyrod Taylor, who might who might actually end up in a little bit of a quarterback fight. But he's he's got guys on his side, Anthony Lynn from Buffalo. He's got better weapons potentially than he than he's had in his career. He's got some rushing upside. Uh, It's it's an okay spot for him. He's fine for where

he goes. Is a late flyer even in super flexing leagues. I don't think he's draftable in one KB leagues mostly now he's not. You do get that running potential to Tyrod Brings. Let's go to Chicago. Don't play it yet because it's just talking about Nick Foles. We're gonna get into the heated battle between Nick Boles and and Sad from Bonds. Sorry, first episode, I can't say the name right. We'll talk about that a little more, but yes, Nick Foles is in Chicago, all right. Then let's go to

the Raiders now Las Vegas. Just to backup Mariotta is gonna backup car. They might have a have a training camp battle, but that's about all there is there. We'll see, we'll see if he can do it with a new team if he gets the job. Sounds good. A couple of quick backups that we might want to touch on

that are pretty notable in the NFC. Brian, I want to just mention Jamis Winston, not because he's gonna be very relevant when something happens to Breeze, but it completed this perfect quarterback carousel between the Patriots, the Panthers, the Saints and the Bucks. They all interchanged quarterbacks. If you think about it, Newton to New England, New England, Brady, you went to Tampa Bay. But I won't go on.

But uh yet really, uh doesn't matter in a one quarterback leaks a handcuff for Breeze and super Flex, but that's it. Speaking of the Patriots and Newton, Yeah, could you argue these are his best wide receivers he's had, I mean, Kelvin Benjamin Like it hasn't been good, Like it hasn't been great. Yeah, So Cam Newton goes to the Patriots. I have a feeling if if he's able to run again. If he's overall his injuries, he could

be a top twelve quarterback once again. But uh, we're gonna have to see it first before we get to the running backs, the receivers, and the tight ends and the players that have moved around. Let's take a quick break. If you would like to get my cheat sheet for free, you get to do that it just go to gaillotein leagues dot com Guillotine leagues dot com. That is the new destination for my free cheat sheet for re draft

leaks PPR leagues. Whether you're looking for auction values, hundred dollar auction value, student dollar auction values, for just play rankings for your draft, the cheat sheets are free at Guillotine leagues dot com. When we come back, we'll go through some of the rest of the moves across the n f L and the training camp battles. We can't

wait to watch. It's Fantasy Football Weekly. Welcome back and Fantasy Football Weekly Scott Fish, Brian Johnson from Guillotine Leagues dot com on Paul Charge and from Guillotine leagues dot com. You're number twenty six, Segment number two a Fantasy Football Weekly, Guys. Last segment we started breaking down the player movements from the off season, touching a little bit on the fantasy

relevancy of these moves. We got through the quarterbacks, Let's turn our attention to the running backs, beginning with the Broncos. Broncos brought in Melvin Gordon. They signed him to a contract, a little bit of a surprise move. Thought Philip Lindsay was gonna be the guy there, but they lost a bunt of book or so. Maybe they don't know, but I think Gordon is going to be the main guy there.

But they'll both get work. It's it's kind of a it's kind of painful for both of them because it turned two bell cows into the half bell cous It really did. And Philip Lindsay is going very late in drafts right now, and I think being a little bit underappreciated. I don't I'm not positive Melvin Gordon's that good. We'll find out. We'll learn more about whether whether or not even in this new environment. Let's go to Let's go

to Atlanta next. Bryan Todd Gurley returns home to Atlanta. Gurly, by the way, ranked number fifty one in the NFL's Top one list that's the biggest PS list of all time. Wow one maybe possibly Anyway, Atlanta was one of five teams that ran the ball less than twenty three times per game last season, and according to Pro Football Focus, the Atlanta offensive line posted their worst run and past blocking grades of the Matt Ryan era last season. That era is now lasted forever by the way that Matt

Ryan era. And uh, the Falcons sunk two first round picks into their old line last year, Chris Lindstrom and Caleb mc gary. They both looked like busts last year. So they don't turn it around. It's not an ideal landing spot for girly. I'm not super excited about this. Uh, let's go to Miami where they've got two new running backs. Have to remember remember all the all the disaster level

running backs they had last year. Yeah, apparently they didn't want Ryan Fitzpatrick to leave the team Russian again, so so they brought in Jordan Howard and they trade it during the draft fifth router from Matt breidauh Uh. I don't love either of them. I just don't for fantasy, but uh, I think Howard is most likely going to be the Bell Cow and uh, or the at least the main runner. He'll be the sixty of the sixty split. Uh. There's a little value there, but only if you get

it cheap. Dolphins offensive line just dreadful, which makes it a little bit tricky to trust either of those guys. Seattle gets a guy. I think it's gonna be back up. Other people think that he's getting pressed for starting time. Let's talk about Carlos side. It really thumbs down the Rashad Penny backup value. It's still Chris Carson is the guy. He's healthy. There was worried, worried about the worries about his leg going into the season. But he's good to go.

Only if he starts foaming a lot, then Carlos I had becomes something. But we don't have to talk about him anymore. Okay, let's go to the Jaguars Scott where the Jaguars make kind of a you know, a modest move. Yeah, if they picked up Chris Thompson, if he can stay healthy, he might get a lot of he might get more receptions than people think. I mean. Leonard four Nette was third on the team in targets and first in receptions for the Jaguars last year for a running back, which

is and for Leonard Fournette, which is crazy. So I expect Chris Thompson to eat into that, you know, losing value for Nett and maybe a little you know, flex value for Tomas and he's an old j Gruden guy, the new O C for the Jaguars. A mytory there. Let's go to the wide receiver position and Arizona with the biggest move at that position and maybe the biggest

move overall this offseason. Yeah, definitely. Uh. Of course you're talking about DeAndre Hopkins now a Cardinal, and the main concern really is will he see the you know, the massive target sherre he saw in Houston And at first you think probably not. But I was shocked at Arizona wide receivers as a whole total the most receptions last year at two d and thirty eight nearly fifteen per game for reference, the Texans finished with two hundred eight.

And it's not like it was basically Larry Fitzgerald Christian Kirk in the mere Bird. Yeah, and now Hopkins takes the mere Bird spot. So yeah, I'm not worried about Hopkins at all. In Arizona. I'm actually quite excited to see what happens here. Bird now just totally shot. I'm really really disappointed. Let's go to Buffalo where they gained Stefan Diggs. They did gain Stefan Diggs. He's he's probably the the de facto one now they're in Buffalo. Uh

He's he's a nice target for Josh Allen. Uh I. I can see a very frustrating season for Diggs with the inaccuracy deep. Nobody's giving Emmanuel Sanders much loving in New Orleans, and I think this is a blown opportunity for fantasy owners. They should be as long as the target distribution doesn't go like this among wide receivers. Here was the distribution last year for the Saints. White out Michael Thomas one hundred and eighty five, Ted Gain fifty

six Trey Kwan Smith. The next listed wide receiver on Pro Football Rippons was Taysom Hill with twenty two targets. So yeah, you would think Sanders will be pushing more of the one hundred target threshold than if he gets that. In that offense where Michael Thomas commands a lot of attention, he'll be a viable fantasy starter this season. Still got some gas in the tank for sure, Scott who fills the void left by DeAndre Hopkins. A couple of players.

You've got Randall Cobb coming in and Brandon Cooks. Cooks will probably be on the outside with Fuller on the other side. Cobb playing the slot mostly is a nice big slock eye for them. Um, it's it's gonna be interesting to see that offense without DeAndre Hopkins. I'm a Fuller guy. I actually like Fuller both better than both of these guys. When Fuller is healthy, He's got that

connection with with with DeShawn Watson. Yeah, of course, it's just all about the health, the Lennie's healthy part, right, real quick, I saw Randall Cobb just realized he needed glasses and he finds so you can find he just got so season coming Ford Cop. So you're the Panthers, you go and signed Teddy Bridgewater, the most feeble armed quarterback starting quarterback in the NFL. And so who do

you decide to pair him with? Brian Yeah, this is fitting the square peg in the round hole with Robbie Anderson. Uh Over thirty of Anderson's targets, where twenty plus yards last season. That was one of the highest percentages in the league for deep past targets. And this is just like you said, not a good fit. So I don't see how this goes for Robbie. I will not touch him in redraft. He is a best ball uh spike week dart throw and left behind from the Jets. Who

did they fill in Robbie Anderson with? Oh, they got Brashop Perriman and they Yeah, it's like Pairman is basically the same guy I love, by the way, and the last one I said big slock eye for red Cop. He's not big, but yeah, Perriman fills that role. Honestly, it could be very good for Pairman because they don't have much there. They got Perraman and Mims. What else are they gonna thy Jamison crowder Man. We'll go to war over that later. Let's go let's go to the

tight end position. Atlantic gets one of my favorite sleeper tight ends. Yeah, Hayden Hurst coming over from Baltimore or coming down from Baltimore, I should say. Austin Hooper saw nineties seven targets last year with the Falcons. That was the sixth the most and he only played he didn't play a full season, and um, those are all going to Hayde and Hurst, and the Atlanta offense is a well, well oiled machine. Tight end has always been heavily involved.

He won't. Atlanta tight end has seen at least eighty targets in eight of Matt Ryan's twelve seasons. I think Levine Toilolo was the one guy didn't do it and stuff. But remember Hayden Hurst drafted before Lamar Jackson. Right, yeah, there you go. He's gonna be a monster. Let's go to the Steelers with a sizeable void and yeah, yeah, they brought into Eric Ebron, who has been tweeting that you should be taking him very rely. He thinks, he thinks he's basically he thinks he's got and d a

a player, thinks he's good. He says, I play fantasy, I should I'm better than these guys. He's got the opportunity there. Let's go to the Seattle Seahawks. It's always been a it's been a revolving door since really the Jimmy Graham trade went down. Let's talk about who they've acquired. Yeah, Greg Olsen not going up in the booth just yet. He is now Seahawks. The Seahawks tight ends between Will

dis Lay and like Jacob Hollister. Guys like that actually totaled the twelve most catches in the fifth most touchdowns among tight ends last season. So Greg Golson gets the majority of run at the tight end position, he could be a viable fantasy asset. All right, thank you guys. Those are the offseason moves that matter the most to fantasy owners. I now want to turn my attention to the training camp battles that you're going to be watching.

That we're all going to be watching. The guys. These the battles that you can get the winner you've got a real leg up on, and something that will want to track throughout the core of the preseason. A training camps will wetseason. So just have to keep our nose to the ground for news. I know it's gonna be crazy. It's you know, normally you can get so much good and sometimes bad data out of the preseason games. But you know, without that was gonna be a lot more

guesswork on the ease. And that's okay. Well, we'll look and try to figure out the battles that we want to be tracking throughout the course of the preseason, but not any preseason games training camp. Maybe that's a better way to put it. All right, let's begin with the Let's begin in the A F C. Scott, what's the first training camp battle that you were monitored? Buffalo Bills Devin Singletary and Zack Moss. Zack Moss drafted by the Bills to I guess replace Frank Gore and all the

other running backs. Uh. There, Singletary should get more of a workload. He was one of the most elusive backs in the NFL last year when he did get the ball. Both these guys can pass catch, so it's gonna be an interesting split. Singletary small, so I think maybe they just want to keep keep both of them healthy. They might. It might be one of those deals. All right, And we alluded to the Bears not that long ago last segment. What's going on? Uh do we really care? Is what's gone?

But Okay, Nick Foles versus Mitch Dubisky, here's how it's gonna go. Foles will get the job to start the season. They're gonna hope you can manage some games and win behind a pretty good defense. But there are way too many holes on that team as a whole. So Bortles will come in at some point when they decide to tank for Trevor Lawrence Chicago. That is, they're going to finish with the worst record in the NFL. There's my prediction.

And we shouldn't care about this when it comes to a fantasy football perspective, but there is a battle for quarterback in Chicago. You know, I gave I gave Nick Foles the happy trombone you never actually said the name of because I was figuring that that speaks for itself. I get, I get. I like that. I like the one where the guy plays the trombone with his his butt, though that one's way funnier. That's not No, he's playing with his mouth. And I'm thinking of a different scene. Yes,

you know, I don't know what movie you're thinking. I think, uh huh, okay, yeah, I'll do my research. Right, let's more bars talk, please, Let's go back to the A f C. Scott Uh. Since Narny Bengals, we're looking for another receiver in that group from Tait and from aud T Higgins, John Ross. Uh. The way on tape played last year, I know they put some draft capital and Tee Higgins and the way John Ross played at the beginning of the season. I think it's gonna be a

pretty decent battle. There's there's a lot of upside with all of them. We're gonna be watching to see which one of them emerges as that three and uh, it could be some fantasy relevant games there all. Right. Back to the NFC and the Tampa Bay running back situation, Brian, Yeah, a new member to the party in Lashawn McCoy now, but it's still really Ronald Jones versus Keyshawn Von. Keyshawn Von of course is on the COVID list right now. But I guess that's a good thing because you know,

you got it out of the way. Most likely you're not gonna get during the season. We don't even know that about COVID yet contact and didn't actually get it. Yeah, ding there for roster space alright, in a perfect world with no COVID, let's look at the football players at hand here. Uh. According to Warren Sharpe, who was one of the sharpest football minds out there, Ronald Jones ranked as a top three red zone running back last year among running backs with at least twenty plus carries inside

the twenty. Rojoe had a very strong second half, finished as a top twenty four running back in PPR. Of course, Keyshawn von Keyshawn Vaughn rookie coming in gonna push him in camp. We just gotta have this plays out. But Bruce arians does like a workhorse back, So one of these guys should win the job and have a significant touches on a weekly basis. This is one of the few that I really don't have a strong feeling for

who's gonna end up winning. It's just, you know, I just I need I need more data points on this, and I don't know if we're gonna get them. And just because without the preseason games, I tend to lean towards vet or and I would break my ties towards veterans right now if I had depict right now, Let's go to Denver and a running back situation. We've already alluded to, We already talked about it. I could go on to a new team or not. Go ahead, let's

go to Houston. We've talked about Gordon and Lindsay. Let's let's talk about Houston. Duke Johnson, uh David Johnson got traded, got got traded there for DeAndre Hopkins somehow. Uh, that's gonna be a battle to watch because I think there are a lot of people out there they think David Johnson might just be washed. He didn't. He looked terrible last year. Uh, or is Bob going to try to shove him down our throats? Because it's gonna be interesting

to see what both of those running backs have. All Right, we go to Washington where it's a four man battle for Carri's in the backfield. Yeah, or maybe three and a half because we're not sure what Antonio Gibson really plays yet, a rookie who was a running back in a wide receiver. But then the other three Adrian Peterson, Darius Guice and now Peyton Barber. Oh I mentioned earlier up from Tampa Bay. I want no part of this whatsoever.

Washington's line currently ranked twenty nine by Pro Football Focus. Uh. Trent Williams is long gone, of course at left tackle, and um, it's all about his Darius guys. For real, he looks great with no shirt on on Twitter, but you know what, he's still not half of the physical specimen that Adrian Peterson is at aged thirties six, But uh, I still like ap Overall among this group, the Colts have got t Y Hilton. But after that, how do you think this thing is? It shapes up battling. Yeah.

They invested a ton of draft capital in Paris Campbell last year, Michael Pittman this year. Zach Pascal had some decent games, mostly from the slot. Last year, I think we're looking more to the outside with Pittman and Campbell. Though it's Campbell's got a year in that system and Pittman's a rookie, So a lot of people are thinking this year fade rookies. Maybe that's the case with this alright,

Detroit's running back situation is unique. At this time last year, I was optimistic that carry On Johnson was gonna shake off the injuries and all the problems he had in his rookie year and come back is a much better sophomore. Are that never happened? Continue to be heard and underwhelmed.

They end up drafting DeAndre Swift. Yeah, and it was still kind of a surprise pick in the second round, but I think Detroit could not resist Swift, who was a first round talent, So they just had to go with him, and he's electric as they come a little undersized at five nine pounds, so I don't expect full bell cow usage out of the gate, or maybe not at all the season, But he's one of the one rookie runners who I think, uh usurps you know, the

incumbent quite quite easily in Jacksonville. They got DJ Chart and then after that, what does this training camp battle look like? Yeah, they have Chris Connley, your guy that uh that seemed to go off all three times you called it. I know I was so dialed into Chris connin last year. You were texted him, is this your game this week? Yes? Uh? Then they got d D.

Westbrook and they got Keeling Cole. Then they brought in Levisca Chennault Jr. Who I think might be the one that wins this out because they need to get him on the field, him with the ball in his hands especial. It's I mean, Cordell Patterson like it. Let's go to the rams and they're running back situation which looks very very convoluted. Hey, I want no part of this either. Cam Akers versus Darryl Henderson versus Malcolm Butler versus John Kelly,

and this is the main takeaway. The Rams never threw to the running back last year thirty seven catches as a whole. That's bad dead last. I'm out. I'm out on this. We'll see what happens, but I'm not on this battle. Yeah, and um, they've also said they're going to use a hot hand approach, and just you know, so fantasyaters may not know on a week to week basis what to expect. All Right, let's motor through some of the other training camp battles that were monitoring in

including the Kansas City Chief. Yeah, we we got DeAndre Washington, who we've mentioned, but Darryll Williams at the end of last season was really good, even even in the playoffs. So I think I think that is something to monitor. You think it's DeAndre, but we'll see how it plays out. Is there much of a battle in San Francisco between our he Morris and Tevin Tevin Coleman, Probably not considering Mostard had two yards rushing on the same amount of

carries as Tevin Coleman. But Tevin Coleman is Shanahan's guy. He did get hurt early on the year. I think most of it is the guy they just resigned him. But there there's some competition there. Alright, let's see what happens. Let's go to the Chargers. We've got a potential quarterback controversy. Yeah, they invested a good amount of money and really high draft capital and Herbert. Uh. They brought in Tyrod Taylor. I think Tyrod Taylor was supposed to be the stop

gap just in case. But Herbert's ready. I mean he he could, he could take it over early. Okay, Green Bay. I don't know that there's really competition at that number two receiver spot. I thought you're gonna say Rogers and Love right, it'd be delicious. No, not really. Devin Funcius was supposed to have some kind of competition for the number two wide receiver roles is. Of course, Davante Adams is locked in the number one, but it should be

alms Ard over marquees of Baldiscandling again. But we'll see. Okay, well, let's go to Miami. This is Do you believe the two is gonna end up getting the week one? He's

completely cleared. I don't know, though, It's it's one of those things I was hoping for too and not to because with Fitzpatrick we kind of know what we're But if two is in there, I might I might have some questions about the wide receivers, but I think it's a legitimate battle now that he's completely ready to go, and our finding final training camp battle be San Francisco Deebo Samuel is gonna miss at least the start of the season, and foot injuries on wide receivers bad deal

missing could could go for quite a while. What's shaping up in terms of training camp battles for the Niners. Yeah, this is really a battle for temporary number one, but permanent number two. And despite being a rookie, Brandon and you probably the top wide receiver option in the in the eyes of the fantasy football community right now, but I'm targeting Kendrick Borne instead. Only saw six targets twice last year, but in those two games, he had forty

plus yards in a touchdown in each. But don't don't fall in love with any San Francisco wide out as a whole. They averaged nine and a half receptions per game last year. They just run, run, run, Well, you know, the difference might be they can pass this year. They have so much more talent at wide receiver, so much more talent outside of George Kittle now that maybe they

will pass more. Yeah. Absolutely, that's a training camp battle that we are going to watch as well, and our final one that we'll talk about here when we come back. Dynasty and Empire League players, Let's go through the rookie drafts and figure out who is being taken too high,

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a little later in the show. Next. Now, let's look at the average draft position for the rookies across the across America, where they're being drafted, and whether or not you think America's got it right. So to set the table, these are PPR leagues one quarterback leagues, and the first pick overall is Clyde Edwards Hilaire Scott. Do you believe this is the right spot for him? I think it is.

And and if you know me, I I'm usually in a wit now mode usually, so the recent news that Damian Williams sure helps helps that within by the number one ranking, um, and I don't think Marilyn Mack is a slouch either, even though I think Jonathan Taylor is just so much better. I think Marlon Max is gonna stick around there, So I'm I'm on board with Hilayer at one. Okay, let's go to pick number two. By

your ADP world, You're selecting Jonathan Taylor number two. Brian, do you feel like that is the right spot for him. Too high? Yeah, it is the right spot. I do. Marlon mack Is is an able runner, but Taylor is probably the most talented running back in this class. And if there's a spot that's not as good as the Chiefs, it's probably the Colts with that offensive line. And uh so, yeah, he's just in the right spot one day one one be really Marlon mack is in the last year of

his rookie deal. So as we're thinking in Dynasty and Empire League terms, remember he might be gone next next year, and Naim Hines maybe as well, now that I think about a year, Yeah, does he Okay, let's go with that. The third pick overall that you are selecting is DeAndre Swift to Detroit Is Scott? Is this too high? Too low? Or about right? Uh? It's a out right, It's it's not the three I would take it. He's he's probably my four. But uh so I guess too high one.

Uh it's it's uh it's the Lions love to run, but all their runners get hurt. So I've I've gotten gun shy over the years. Their last like seven high drafted running backs got hurt. It feels like. But No, he's in a good spot if he can hold carry on off, which he should. I think he should be able to. It feels it feels right to me as Swift is just he's an extraordinary talent and the shifting nous, the ankle breaking moves. Wow, And at some point he's

just got to separate from Kerry On Johnson. Right, you'd think so, he would think. So. Your fourth pick overall is j K. Dobbins, and I think that's where it starts to get a little bit more complicated pick. That's your third back. All right. I'm gonna say too high because I would have taken Dobbins over Swift for Empire

Dynasty purposes. I like Swift more this season, but uh, Dobbins just built for that bell cow usage moving forward in the makeup of that Baltimore Ravens team, they run how you want the lead running back and not this year. But yeah, sooner than later he will be as good as mark Ingraman as j K. Dobtmins will take that job by next year. All right. Your ADP on rookies comes in at number five with cam Acres. Sure is just too high? Too low? About right? That's about right?

That's how it usually goes in these one QB drafts. He's he's uh, he's got the cheap rookie deal for that. Los Angeles rams to excuse me, Yeah, Los Angeles ramsy, And I thought I was thinking charge. Yeah. I don't think Henderson is completely out of the way yet. I I thought he was a really explosive guy, explicit plays. I think he's gonna factor in. We're gonna get a little more dirty as we go on here, But I think it's fair. I think it's where he usually goes.

It's too high for cam Akers. This is a complicated backfield with four different runners, and you're not gonna know week in and week out who you can trust to get playing time. And if the coaching staff doesn't, I believe that they're going to use a hot hand approach, it's gonna be total guesswork. You know, the team doesn't even know who's gonna get the most, the most carries

going into a game. Dog, you know, talking how much he loves seeing what they did in San Francisco, which but they're hot handed pro so I'm I'm not interested in cam Akers. Pick number five is too high. Let's go to selection number six. C D. Lamb is going six and a DP. He is the Dallas wide receiver. Is this too low? Too higher? Just right? I'll say just right. When it comes to wide receivers, he should

be the first wide receiver off the board. I might take him over Cam Akers at five, but I'll say just right here, he should have been the first wide receiver taken in reality football, I can't believe the Raiders and the Broncos did not take Ceedee Lamb, who had thirty three touchdowns over his three seasons as an Oklahoma Sooner, never dropped a pass of twenty plus yards in those three seasons, forced a mistackle on overt of his receptions last year. It's just a crowded wide receiver room though

in Dallas right now. But I love the long term prospects from I do too, and I'm just I believe this was too low for all the reasons you just mentioned. I would yeah, he was my wide receiver one as well. He's the best. I think he's the best receiver out of a deep deep, deep deep receiver class. I think he should be going earlier than this, even though he is in a crowded spot with receivers who probably aren't going anywhere in Dallas. Next your a DP for rookies,

Jerry Judy going seventh to Denver. Do you feel like that's about right? J are too low, Scott, he was my wide receiver too, And and I just don't know that the immediate production is going to be there. You gotta really trust and Drew Lock but also Cortland's sons. There no fans there. They grabbed. They got Albert, Oh they have. They also got kJ Hammler, Tim Patrick's coming back. How they have so many, so many mouths to feed there.

I know that's super cliche, but I think there are guys going after Judy on this list that are going to have, you know, similar to more production and a little bit higher upside in the next couple of years. We'll talk about those guys potentially right now. And I'm kind of with you on this, including the next guy, Jalen reagor At from Philadelphia is going eighth by your a DP ravage draft position, Brian, Is that about right? Yeah?

I think it's about right. And speaking of crowded wide receiver rooms in Dallas, I'm pretty sure they converted the wide receiver room in Philly to like a dog park or something. Rigor walks in is like the wide receiver one essentially is if you take out the tight ends. Of course. So not not a huge guy five ten, two oh five, but lightning fast had awful quarterbacking throughout college. So you can't glean from too much from his numbers, but uh, he probably he could be the highest producing

rookie wide receiver this year Jeffreys play. So yeah, absolutely, I think Regor is going too low at number eight. He walks in he could be the noble one receiver wide receiver and on day one, opening Day, that's a possibility for Jalen Reagor. And were it not for the you know, the chaos of this preseason, I think that would be the case. All Right, your next rookie off the board in Dynasty Empire Drafts by ADP selection number nine,

justin Jefferson. Does this feel right? Scott? I know this is Dynasty Empire, but I think this is your rookie wide receiver one for his first season. I think he's the best rookie receiver this season just because of opportunity. I think he's gonna see a ton of targets I think he's made for what what the Vikings want to do, and man, Spielman and Zimmer got excited. I'm sure you saw that video when they got to draft him. Yeah, and Justin Jefferson highly productive in college, so I think

he is. He is as much as anybody in this draft ready to walk in and be somebody that can assimilate to the NFL faster than others. This is he's too low at at pick number nine in my opinion, by your ADP number ten. Key Shawn Vaughan from Tampa Bay going tenth, Brian, is that too high now? I think it's just about right. All the big name running backs and big name wide receivers are gone, so you take a shot here on Vaughan, who you hope gets

the lead job in Tampa Bay. I don't know how long, if he can keep it for a year in and year out. Let leave this one stat for Vaughan who went to Vanderbilt, who finished as a team with the lowest run blocking grade as a unit according to Pro Football Focus. Even though that happened, Vaughan topped a thousand yards unless than two carries. That's pretty impressive. That is

pretty impressive. Um, I feel like this is a little bit too high when I can't even tell you if he's the best running back on his team and if he can beat out when you can't for sure beat out Ronald Jones. I'm not sure how good you are if you're running back hungry though this you gotta take a shot here on Vaughan. All right, Your ADP pick number eleven is Henry Ruggs from your Las Vegas Raiders.

Too high, too lower? Just right? Ah Man, It's tough for me because there's a long history of super fast guys that go top ten, the smaller super fast guys that just do not make it. They they just do not pan out. But I think this guy is actually pretty good. And in that offense, he's gonna have room. He's got all the opportunity in the world. It's it's Tyrell and it's him, and it's Hunter Renfrell. I mean, he's got room. He's got room to get a lot

of targets. They he'll get playing to time, that's for sure. Henry Ruggs about right at number eleven. Lastly, and briefly, Joe Burrow, first player taking in the draft, going at the end of the first round in Dynasty and Empire draphs, you had one quarterback league. That's about right. The real question is if you're you're in a super flex league and I know we're all playing a bunch, are you taking Burrow first overall? Are you're going with h? And Uh?

I don't know what I would do at this exact moment. I'm not sure. But in the one quarterback league, you still got to take him over to of course, and uh, since he's gonna have a pretty fun team when it comes to scorning. Fantasy points is here. If you've got seventeen players who want to try a guillotine league, go to Guillotine leagues dot com and join one of our public league sorry private leagues where you can play with your friends. Guillotine leagues dot com. Welcome back Fantasy Football

Weekly here number twenty six. Paul Charge and Scott Fish and Brian Johnson with you. Last segment, we started the first round of your Dynasty Empire Rookie drafts. Your ADP America. The order you're taking every one of the players in We've evaluated if you're getting it right or you're getting it wrong. Now we go to round two, where it gets a lot sketchier and the names aren't quite as familiar. But this is where you're gonna unearth some of your

great sleepers. I'll bragg for just a minute. This is where I got Michael Thomas, you die all the clock back five years ago. He was a second round pick in my dynasty league. I got Robbed Gronkowski the third round of a dynasty Yeah, there, there there, And I love this second round too. It's deepest. I really think this is the deepest fantasy draft we've ever had. I've been doing this professionally since this is the best and deepest draft we've had, so the second round still got

a ton of value. We begin with t Hey Agins in Cincinnati. Is it is the first big of the second round. Scott. Is he too high, too low? Or just right? He's probably he's a little too high for me. I know people love him, uh they are just a bunch of guys in this round I like more than him. He's he's a big six ft four guy to replace the six ft four, two hundred fifteen pound guy to replace the six ft four, two fifteen pound thirty two year old aj Green. That's right, and isn't that the

value that he brings. That's I mean to me, the whole point on Tie Higgins isn't this year. It's all about the probability that a j Green is somewhere else in the future and he becomes the de facto number one. I like Tyler Boyd and I respect him, but I don't think he's I think it's one receiver guy. Tie Higgins could be him in two years, ultra productive at Clemson by your average draft position. The next rookie to go second pick of the second round, Denzel Mims. Brian,

do you think this is just right? No, I think he should have been a little higher over Higgins. Personally. Mims coming out of Bailor Love the side, six three pounds, uh, could very well be the best boundary receiver on the Jets right now. I'm not convinced Broshot Perryman is the answer one year deal to He's on a one year deal. I think Jamison Crowders He's a ton of targets this year, but I like Mims to have a role, a significant role this year and moving forward. He could be a

stud alright. The third pick of the second round by your average draft position is Brandon Ayouk yep, who goes to the Niners. What do you think? Too high? Too low? Just right? I think it's fair, especially considering this year. Deebo is gonna start out on the on the probably on the pup. We'll see. I think it's I think it's all right. He could turn into the wide receiver

one there. But I still feel like that team runs a ton It's Kittles team in the receiving game, and I can see them drafting more wide receivers in the coming years. It's okay, I think it's a little high for me, all right, I'm kinda with you on that. But again, I think San Francisto just got room to pass opportunity, and he's got up. He walks right into a starting role this year as a rookie, which is great. Let's go to Indianapolis where pick number four of the

second round is Michael Pittman. Is this too high? Tool oranges way too low? And he went way too low in real football to over twelve hundred yards and eleven touchdowns at USC last year. Caught a hundred and one passes in college. That is unreal. Only three drops on a hundred and thirty three targets last year, for reference, Jerry Judy had seven drops on a hundred and eight targets uh and ridiculous wingspan uh. In addition to the size for Pittman of nearly eight inches, he's gonna he's

gonna be a beast for years to come. In Pittman with the great body control and these lead big catches, with the big body ah and the crowded room. He's got the bloodline pedigree that Brian loves. He's got the football player father. Absolutely. I hope he's got the quite the biceps that that dad had. I don't think you want those a wide receiver. Didn't work out well for David Boston. But yeah, David. But I think we all remember, or at least you get the poster. I've seen it in.

That's right. Um. One last thing in Michael Pittman, I think the big question is who's his quarterback next year? I don't know, so to me, that's the that's that's the big X factor on Michael on Michael pitt The next guy in the last time of the same question, all right, and that's Brian Edwards, the new Las Vegas d Yeah, I really like Brian Edwards. I like Rugs. Tyrrell might be gone after this season. Uh, Tyro is not very good. Yea and Renfro is going to be in the slot if they get if they get a

franchise quarterback. I think Brian Edwards checks just about every box. I think he could be a good big receiver for them. We're going through Dynasty and Empire rookie drafts. This is your average draft position, America. And whether or not you're getting it right, and you're not getting it more wrong, then you're getting it On this pick, the sixth selection of the second round of Zack Moss. I'm gonna I'm gonna end up talking about Moss a little bit later

in the show, so I'm not gonna steal. I'm not gonna even spend any more time on him here, but rest assured he's going too low. Definitely going too low. And if you listen to our podcast over the last few months, we've been praising Zack Moss practically every week. Uh, he will get the eighteen carries at Frank goregat inside the ten yard line. Last year, Devin Singletary had three

carries inside the ten. Those are all going to Zack Moss, who is a five tool running back, by the way, so we'll talk about him more like charge said, love Zack Moss going way too low here, way too low. It picks six. Let's go to pick seven of the second round. Laviska chanlt a really really gifted athlete is and you talk to you don't break my heart. So you talk glowingly of him, a segment like I just love watching them on the field. There's so they're highlight

reel material. I think he can grow into the wide receiver to there with Chark and with Minshew growing us pick seven of the second round to couple wide receivers I like less than him, so I do feel it's too low, alright, I agreed next to a Tagliabola is and for the Dolphins, I think I butchered his name. I'm not going to correct you, that's right. I'm just going at the draft, I had a doubt that, and I haven't said his name were than a couple of

times since then. Alright, So at pick number eight of the second round, too low, too high, or just right, I think it's a little too low. He probably he would have been the first overall pick if not for the injury last year, and that doesn't seem to be too much of a concern. So he's probably going a little too low. And uh, you could make a case for taking him over borrow if you're thinking long term

and not just for this year. But uh two has got a bright future ahead of him, hopefully, and this will probably you will look back and listen being like, why didn't I draft to that? Yeah, because don't you get that feeling? His weapons are so nice too, at least for me and Dynasty President Williams. Second. Yeah, he does have weapons around him. He's really in a good spot to succeed offensive line aside, which they need to improve. This the ninth selection in the second round by your

average draft position in Dynasty and Empire leagues. Antonio Gibson from Washington, a guy that's flying under the radar in a lot of leagues. Too high to right. Uh, I think it's probably just right. I usually take him a little higher just because I really like him. He's he had so little production in college, but when he did get the ball, he was really hyper effective with it. Uh. And they didn't know if he was gonna be a

running back or a wide receiver. The only problem is in Washington a lot of running backs, so maybe they'll put them out of wide receiver a little bit because they don't have a lot of those these jackknife guys, jack of all trade guys when they almost ever seemed to pan out from a fantasy. When they don't, they don't. When they pop like they pop, when they don't, they don't.

He's not Alvin Camar. That's I don't think. I think this is too high for Antonio Gibson, who to me as a role player in that offense, and Chris Thompson replacement and yeah, at best to Chris Thompson replacement, and to me, that's not worthy of this selection in the ninth pick of the second round. But the tenth pick absolutely should be higher. And that's a J Dillon for the Packers, especially when you start thinking about twenty one. Brian, Yeah,

I'm getting all the softballs here. A J Dillon going way too low here. If there's anyone that you could compare to Derrick Henry, he would be a J. Dillon. He's the house, but uh we can call him a mobile home because he can move to uh. Waiting at seven at the combine, but he only recorded the highest vertical leap among all running backs. That makes total sense, and he ran a four or five three forty Clyde Edwards Hilaire ran a four six. So there you go.

Dylan is gonna he's gonna vulture some touchdowns from Aaron Jones this year. There's no denying that's this year. Now, next year, Aaron Jones a free agent, and so is Jamal Williams a bitter free agent. Yes, I mean there's no guarantee. I don't think Williams makes a team this year. That's not guaranteed. But yet next year's not probably not. So there's there's a real path for a J. Dillon to get a lot of a lot of work in

future seasons. And so everybody that's that's maybe down on him, I think they're not just not thinking about years beyond this line. This is what happened into the second late second, especially a rookie drafts. You're playing one the eleventh pick of the second round by your average draft position in Dynasty and Empire leagues. Is Derrington Evans from Tennessee. Is this the right spot for him? I think he's too high now I think I think now that Derrick Henry

has resigned, I think he's too high Now. I think he would have been fair at that price. Now you're buying a backup for a guy who probably won't come off the field, not now. And then the last guy that will end up talking about in this segment Chase Claypool from Tennessee. He's the wide receiver they drafted and he is the last selection of the second round. Is this feel about right for him? Brian, It's a little

high for me. I think I would look at some of the some of the other running backs still around, like you know, Benjamin Lamacoll Porene, or even like Jalen Hurts, a long term quarterback that intrigues me. But Claypool looks like an intriguing PROSPECTS six four. He's got sized, but I think out out in order Dame. He did have thirteen touchdowns last year, but I just need to see more from him before I'm taking him with the last

Pittsburgh was better at drafting and grooming wide receivers. They can never identify a good receiver, I believe, and I judice Smith Shuster's coming up to free agency, I think he's gonna walk. I don't think they're going to resign him, and I think they're gonna go with the other young receivers they have, including James Washington and Johnson. Johnson is really good. I think they're gonna go ahead with those

guys next year. So I like Chase Claypool and I think there's going to be a spot for him on this roster in one. So I do think this is a good spot for him. Off the top of my head, names omitted that that could be second round picks, Lynn Bowden Raids maybe right, another player without a position. Those guys so rarely end up being meaningful Fantasy contributors. And I hear good things about Joshua Kelly who's on the Chargers.

Now I'm interested in him. Uh and from the Ricky Scouting portfolio really knows his stuff, really likes Joshua Kelly, and I'll listen to Matt Waldman has to say. And I think he might flat out Justin Jackson. He might beat out Justin Jackson, and there's I think there's a real chance he'll do that. But Austin Ekeler, you guys saw the photo of him this week. The shirtless photo. Yeah. He was doing those video last year too. He's but yeah, now he looks even more. He's so ripped and it

kills me. When people describe Austin Ekelers a scatback, you know, like he's this little guy who can't run between tackles, You're nuts, And dude is just power. He is a scat back. He leaves defenders scattered all over the field. It leaves him scatting their pants. That's that's what happens. I believe when we come back a game, we like to call three tough questions. This is where you get to play long see if you can go three and

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little yeah, exactly, well, yeah, children, high schoolers are children. Yeah, that's were I meant. I guess um, all right, It's just a segment that we like to call three tough Questions Now for those of you that are maybe new to the show, you haven't caught our previous twenty five years of doing this. I will ask a question, they will both answer the question, and then I will give the correct answer and you can play along. You can answer as well. See if you can go three and

oh through the gauntlet of the three tough questions. Are you ready? Tough question number one? Now that the Kansas City tandem backfield strategy is dead, how about a Brown's tandems backfield strategy? Are you advocating for it? Scott? I'm not really advocating advocating for the stacking or pairing of players this year, as I mentioned kind of before with with I don't want to I don't want players in

the same room in case something happens. I will say for those, uh, those that are looking at that strategy, they're both decent prices and cream Hunt did produce really well as an RB two RB three when he played last year, so I think both are are very viable and if one goes down, you have a a stud RB one. So this is a this is a pretty good strategy if if that's your risk this year. So oh yes, is that answer? Or is that a No, I'm not making this move but so no, yeah, no,

I guess I get it. But all right, Bryant, are you are well? I'll just reset the question. Are you interested in a Brown's tandem backfield strategy with your two starters as Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt. No, I'm out on Chub this year based on his first round a DP. His red zone production last year was abhorrent. He had fifteen attempts inside the five yard line. Nick Chubb did for negative fourteen yards, fifteen attempts for negative fourteen yards

just two touchdowns. Cream Hunt had one carrying inside the five for three yards and he scored. And I still think Hunt is the better running back than Nick Chubb, So I'm not Yeah, they're both weapons, but I'm not paying first round price for Nick Chubb. I would rather take Echolo or even Josh Jacob's reach for them over Chubb.

That's me. Nick Chubb's really, really good. He was Profob'll focus his highest graded running back last year UM from weeks ten through sevent when Hunt was playing, depending on your scoring system, so roughly both of these guys ranked into the top fifteen of running backs. Both of them did. Now key to the understanding this Brown's tandem strategies to know the Chubb is going mid second round typically a DP, and Kareem Hunt is going to the mid sixth round.

So that frees up my first round pick to not be a running back, my third round pick to not be a running back, my fourth rounder, my fifth rounder, all non running backs. I'm gonna be stacked at every other spot on the field. And now I've got the two Browns. Now they Cleveland Gains offensive coordinator former offensive coordinator Kevin Stefanski from Minnesota, who ran the ball the sixth most times and the fourth most times in his

two seasons offensive coordinator. Are you saying that's an upgrade over Freddie Kitchen? I am over Freddy Kitchens. We've seen him harness the abilities of several good running backs. Despite the fact that Chubb and Hunt are not built very much alike, they are actually used shockingly similarly. Chubb is the much bigger back, but he's very elusive and he's

very fast. He's he was ranked number two in Pro Football Focuses elusiveness ranking despite his size, and Chubb posted the second fastest ball carrier speed last year two for a guy his size, it's remarkable right there. You can also catch, and before Hunt showed up, he topped three catches in six out of eight games Nick Chubb did, So we know Chubb can do a little of everything.

He's got speed, he's got size, he's got ability. Then he had in Hunt, who I think most people know better, who did everything in Andy Reid's offenses, inside runs, outside runs. One of the best patch catchers in the league. And if you extrapolate hunts receiving numbers from his eight games last year to a full season, only Christian McCaffrey and Austin Ekeler would have topped Hunting receptions, receiving yards, and

receiving touchdowns. He had he was all. They were already using Hunt very very well as a receiver last year. So if I get all of that production combined together in an offensive has every reason to get better, especially with the improvements at offensive line. They got the best tackle in free agency and Jack Conklin. They put a first round pick into the other tackle spot. That offensive

line gets a lot better. That productivity that Brian was concerned about at the goal line should go away with these new tackles. I think you can absolutely execute and I don't think it, I know it. You can should execute a Brown's tandem back field. Okay, it needs a better name though. He needed in a name for this, uh strategy will come listen. I'm listening Brown Town or next week? Tough question number two? Which second year quarterback is most likely to make a the biggest leap in

fantasy point production? Which second year quarterback will make the biggest leap in fantasy point production? Brian, I'll give you a hint. He's got a mustache and it's Dner Minshew. Really only thirteen thirteen and a half games last year, finished with the tenth most passing touchdowns by a rookie quarterback since the merger in nineteen seventy. Uh. Here are the top three quarterbacks graded on throws of twenty plus yards downfield last season. Number one Russell Wilson, Number two

Deshaun Watson, Number three Gardner Minshew. And don't forget he can run as well. UH. Fifth in rushing yards among quarterbacks last year twenty four twenty five yards per game. Essentially, that's about a half of passing touchdown. You can add to his game log and Jacksonville is gonna be chasing points on the regular uh, playing from behind throwing the ball a Ton Gardner Minshew man top twelve potential all Right, Scott, which second year quarterback is going to make the biggest

leap in fantasy point production? See when I read this question, I focused on biggest leap. Gardner Minshew is already a thirty two yard passer with two with twenty plus touchdowns. He does, he doesn't get respected that same with Daniel Jones three thousand yard pass the twenty plus touchdowns, uh, Kyler Murray thirty yards, five hundred on the ground, uh twenty four touchdowns. These guys would have to make large leaps to do what I think Drew Lock is going

to do. Who averaged just over two hundred yards per game and one point two touchdowns per game. Now he has Courtland's son and Albert oh Noah fant a better line, Melvin Gordon, He's got, he got, Jerry Judy's got kJ Hamler to to open up open up the top there. I think luck. I think Drew Lock has the most potential for the biggest leap of those people, you know,

I look through. I looked through Drew Locks box scores and just to refresh my memory, and actually even went back and watched a little bit of video from last year of Drew Lock just so I remember liking what I saw, but I couldn't put it all together. And then I went back and watched him and look the box sers and I went, he's all right, yeah, that's all right, And I don't know, it's just good is you know? But I didn't. There was nothing that sort of jumped off the page for me. And then I

went back to Daniel Jones. It's like, dang, that dude's got it on. He may feel like he just may have again, Um, like Gardner Minshew, the terrible defense for the Giants is going to provide a pass happy game script often times for him. Look at the receiving talent around Daniel Jones. You and you correct your app You're both right by that. You both have good answers, just

not the best answer. It's lotstery talent around Golden Tate, Sterling Shepherd, Darius Slayton, Evan Ingram, Sa Kwon Barkley, all those people around Daniels and again none of they never played together in a single game. All those not one game last year were they on the field together. Jones still finished despite the fact that all of those guys missed copious amounts of time played hard, et cetera. He still finished his quarterback seventeen despite not starting four games.

By the way, he's got a lot of room to move up from seventeen. He could cut that in half. He could be quarterback eight as a possibility this coming season. Um. I like the fact that he's got sneaky rushing production. He topped over twenty five rushing yards in half his games last year. Remember that first big breakout game that he had against Tampa Bay wery he ran into and he threw two and went berserk in that game. Now, the offensive line has been terrible in New York for years.

The team spent the first, a third, and a fifth round pick this year into the offensive line. Zeitler comes back. Uh they had that's Andrew Thomas, Matt part and Shane Lemieux all got drafted. So the line figures to get better. Maybe not weak one, but those rookies will come around over the course of the season and should be able to help. Now many lists of the correct answers Daniel Jones many listeners might be thinking, what about Kyler Murray.

He's going off the border at as quarterback five and there's a lot of big But that's the thing, it's the biggest leap. Kyler Murvey is already putting up some pretty pretty solid total yards touchdowns. He'd have to have a Mahones Lamar Jackson. Oh yeah, and he got DeAndre hop in the off season helps right now. Nobody mentioned Dwayne Haskins, who has nowhere to go but up, and there's, you know, from just a leap standpoint, because he did he provided so little last year. It was tempting to

use Dwayne Haskins here, but that was my thoughts. I can't even tell you that he's got How many games are you gonna play? Can you? Can you beat out Alex Smith on one leg? I don't know. Can he beat on Kyle Allen? I don't know. So Kyle Allen over from Carolina. I'm ne I just I can't get I can't embrace Dwayne Haskins at this point. Tough question number three. All three of these d j's are going within one round of each other, so they're all within

twelve picks, and you're on the clock. You have to choose from DJ Shark, d J Moore, or David Johnson. Who are you selecting, Scott? Oh, we're not going back and forth at freaked me out there? Oh no it is. I'm going with d J Moore. And honestly, it's really not that close for me. As much as I love

DJ Shark. What d J Moore has done in his first two years being a guy that's under twenty three, only ten other wide receivers have had nineteen hundred total nine hundred receiving yards before the age of twenty three, and at that list is like Evans, Fitzgerald, Moss, Juju uh Andre Hopkins, that Josh Gordon and Allen Robinson type guys. Um,

that's what I love his production. I know he's got Teddy Chark, He's gonna he's gonna get some targets taken away from him from Chris Thompson, from Chennault is going to be there now with Minshew, Um, David Johnson not for me at all. David Johnson is the guy that you're drafting in that spot because you punted running back for five rounds and you need to find someone who might be a starter. David Johnson doesn't even come and come close in my in my eyes, Brian, well, I'm

taking David Johns in. Of course, it helps to know who's on your team already. I'm gonna build my team around the DJ's in the future. Grounds. But if I want, I like David Johnson this year, and people have basically put him out the pastor that's very unfair, uh, through Like anybody who's drafted him in the last three years, we all remember the last vision of him was an awful run late in the season. Everything running in molasses.

But let's think about the first eight games. He finished as RB ten through the first eight weeks of the season. He only played in six of those games. He missed the Week seven game against the Giants, when Chase Edmonds finished as he RB won with three touchdowns and like two hundred combo yards. If David Johnson got he was knocked up, you know, banged up, knocked the lumbering around man. But you know, tally those numbers onto his first half of the season, he's RB one through the first half

of the season. Yes, he came back late in the season, he looked awful, but when he was healthy, the first half, he was running behind the fourth worst graded run blocking line by Pro Football Focus. He had a volatile rookie quarterback. I'm giving I'm going glass half al with David Johnson here in Houston. I think Bill O'Brien they never throw of the running backs there. He has to flip the script on that in that regard. So David Johnson, let's go. He's gonna finish as an RB one. Let's be fair.

He's only five years removed from a thousand yards season. So well, just the other day one of the one of the last years was a broken arm. You gotta give him a little break there. But I know he's got he's got some things to prove. We'll see if you can do it. Yeah, I just I'm I need David Johnson's lost the benefit of the doubt for me at this point, and he might hit. As it turned out, Carlos Hyde, who's awful, ended up being a meaningful fantasy contributor just by being the guy who got the ball

in Houston. So I mean there's something to be said. You know, if he's unless he's so bad that they really can't even use him, David Johnson is probably going to be fine. And I don't like Johnson there though, because he's maybe the second best pass catching back after David Johnson. One of Yeah, they got to change that because we thought when they passed to the running backs, one of the lowest in the NFL DeShawn Watson, and they brought into Johnson and they still didn't pass to him.

So receptions for running backs last year for the Texans fourth fewest. They had fifty the year before that was the least of the least. The correct answer is d J. Yeah, let's talk it through, guys. D J. Moore and Chart, by the way, finished last year depending your scoring system is roughly wide receiver fifteen and sixteen right next to each other, but then missed two games and were missed two games in fairness, and they got there very both

similar and and odd allways. The similar part is they both thrived despite inexperienced quarterbacks who were very at times inconsistent, and that the fact that they were as good as they were with those quarterbacks I thought was a testament to how good they both are as receivers. Now. D J. Moore was a model of consistency. He put up you know you wanted your five years, your I've catches for seventy yards. DJ Moore was your guy if you want

any touchdowns. He only scored in three games last year. That's it, just three. And then you bring in I know, then you bring in Teddy Bridgewater, who shortens the field, which just doesn't help it help Is he I don't know. Probably, yes, he probably is better than he's better than them, But is that is the kind of quarterback that Teddy is going to help any receiver flourish and take the next step forward in his progression for a young receiver. And I don't think Teddy's got it in him. DJ Chark

though much more ex explosive. He scored in six different games, but those were his big games, and he had the bad games when Minshew just didn't hit him right or he just had you know, he had the three catch for thirty yard games. So Chuck was way more volatile. But I think Minshew, for the reasons that Brian elucidated moments ago, Minshew will end up righting the ship. He'll be better in year two. The team obviously thinks that Minho is gonna better because they made no moves at

quarterback other than shedding Nick Foles. So this is a good opportunity for Minshew to get better, and he's got the arm to make any play a deep successful. To d J. Chark, he does with his legs and then she does. He draws a lot of comparisons to a J. Green, who thrived under Ja Gruden as a o C in Cincinnati unhealthy, So good Pointruden loves them, loves Chark and charking former first rounder. I like Joe Brady and Carolina too. Coming from I know, but I mean this is like

I used I thought it was like tie break. I just like, I like, I'm hooking my wagon to Gardner Minshew before I am Teddy Bridgewater for fantasy purpose. So d J Chark the correct answer. When we come back, I want to talk about all the things your league

needs to cover from a COVID perspective. How are you going to handle the eventuality for the players who get COVID and it's gonna happen in a worst case scenario for your league, and you have to get these things squared away in the preseason or you're going to in friendships, leagues will dissolve over the conflicts that are coming over COVID, don't become another COVID victim. Fantasy Football Weekly Returns and Moments Welcome Back, final segment of Fantasy Football Weekly. Baul Giarchie,

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COVID plans that you need to cover now. First, I think that the easy stuff, by the way, you have to do it now. You have to do it in the preseason. If you wait until the season is going and you try to make rules and adjustments, it's going to go haywire because people then have a vested interest in a particular outcome. You know, if if if I'm nine and one, I think that the you know, in the season goes ten weeks and I'm nine and one and you cancel the season in week ten, I'm gonna

be feeling pretty strong. Only the best winning percentage ought to be the winner, right, So there's going I had the most total points exactly and Brian had the most total points, and he's really convinced that the most Totle points should be the way. And that's how you end up ruining a league, ruining friendships. You have to do this in the preseason. Uh. The easy part of this is think about your draft or your auction, whether or not you're gonna do that in person, you're gonna do

it online. I think you could, you know, and you can socially distance in a backyard, and I think you can pull off either one in a backyard and you could. You could do it that way, and I think it'd be pretty easy to do in person, and the in person drafts a big part of fantasy football. You can even socially distance inside just mask up everyone mask Yeah, yeah, you could. You could do it inside as well. It's easier outside in it's summer, so you know, why not

do it. I'm not gonna do It' not gonna argue that, okay, Um, but you might have to change the you might have changed the date of your auction or draft. You might have to be a little bit nimble on that, but you probably will not have to. I'd like to think the NFL is not going to change the starting date of the season, but it's a possibility that it could be moved back. Scott, let's talk about COVID slots. Um.

You know we're all familiar with I ARE. Do you believe that elite should have COVID slots for when a player does get designated as having COVID COVID and is it just I ARE or is it different than I ARE. It depends on what your host sets up. The hosts I have seen out there there at least a couple of them already that have them allow them on I ARE. And so in that case it's easy either unlimited i R or just increase the i R. It all depends

on how much you want to be tracked. You know, if if you're trying to track an exact amount of COVID players are allowed on i R or an exact amount of our players, what your previous I R rules are. I think this is one of those years that we have to know concessions will be will have to be made, and you're gonna have to work within the confines of what your host allows. Your hosting site. Yes, yeah, and uh for many of the sites, they don't have something special for COVID. They just have I R and I

guess you could use that. I like separating it is two different designations. If you can, if you're your hosting site allows that, but perhaps it does not. Um so is there you should should there be a limit on the number of COVID slots that you give a team. If I get stricken with eight players with COVID, should I only be able to put three on because you only have three COVID slots? Probably not? Probably shouldn't be unlimited, right,

I'm already suffering enough. It should be unlimited. But if we're needing to use unlimited COVID spots, I'm pretty sure the season is over at that point. But yeah, but you want to more than usual. Of course, it also

bull double the amount easily. You also have to keep an eye on your lely, like you might have anti hoarding rules, meaning you can't pick someone up off waivers, you know, just to put them on I R. Some leagues have that that might be tough to watch with unlimited, but you know, that's that's something to be aware of, all right. Related to that, and again we're talking about COVID eventualities that you need to be thinking about now. We're going to get into our our sleepers in just

a moment. Some leagues are expanding the number of roster spots, assuming that some players are gonna be COVID, so this way you've got more players. I think this is the wrong approach. It's terrible unless your host doesn't allow them on IR. That's the only justification I can see, correct, because now you're what you're doing is you're thinning out the waiver wire, so there's no talent left on the waiver wire. And my guy gets stricken with COVID and

you got nobody to turn to. And it's still benefiting in the teams that don't have COVID people, Yeah, right right, they're they're just getting all they get is more spots. Great point. Great point, don't don't expand and your roster size. Just allow an unlimited number of COVID of COVID players to go on I R or a COVID designation. That's the way, that is the appropriate way to do this. Um, we think when a player gets tested positive, he's going to be out what two weeks, two games, something in

that something in that ballpark. Um, you know, these guys are not are very, very unlikely to be in any real mortal danger because they are young and in excellent, excellent conditions. So you know, I don't I don't think we're gonna have a scenario where we have a fatality. Let's let's certainly hope that's not the case. That is the sort of thing that good cancel the season, and and so let's let's move to that. Now, this is maybe the single most important decision that your league has

to make. How many games need to be played for it to be a valid season? And then how do you determine the winner if it gets cut short? Correct? And how do you determine the winner? So I'm gonna run a couple of scenarios by you at guilloteam leagues dot com. We're using eight weeks if you you know, if we if you, if you grind through two months of play, we want to award prizing at that point and clarify eight week eight is in the books, complete

completed weeks. Yep, eight completed weeks is what we are using. Now your only do it your way. But at the end of eight weeks, you haven't had even you haven't started any playoffs, right, So let's play out this this scenario where the playoffs haven't happened yet, and you the NFL canceled the season. By the way, the eight weeks don't have to be contiguous. It could be a month on. Then the league shuts down for two weeks. Every he gets healthy and they come back and play for me,

interrupted interrupted season whatever. So, um, in that case, we're you know, we're we are deciding we're using winning percentage as the as the winning criteria and for and then after that total points scored as a tiebreaker. Sound reasonable. I've seen on the lower end like there there. I've seen it all all the way from four weeks to ten weeks. I seen ones on the lore end that are going by all play to a certain point and then switching to win loss just because at that point

you have played enough, You've played enough games. Yeah, that can make sense. I kind of like the all play idea. UM. I actually I think I like it a lot the more that I think about that. Um. Then, so let's play it out a little further. Let's say it gets into the fantasy playoffs and the season is the season is canceled. So let's say it's the NFL week fifteen, and for whatever reason, the season is over right there. Yep.

Now there's the old to me, the only winning only the teams that are still live are eligible to be winners at that point. So the teams that have still that are still live or in and it's just best winning percentage. It's still best winning percentage ever win the most games, and then again the tiebreaker would be total points scored or if you can get together with the guys or gals and the playoffs with you cage matched.

What I have seen out there is the after week fifteen, there's four left, the four split after week sixteen, the chair up in second split, and the third place game split. I've seen that I could see. I'm just throwing it out there for listeners. I'm just not a big split the pod guy, and just you know, let's just be brave and have winners. Um, all right, let's talk to

a couple other things. What if it doesn't get the season does not get to the the let's let's say eight weeks that you're using is a valid season, then what in my mind, everybody you've paid, you're paid for next year. You were just rolling over your funds to next season. Yep, we all agree on multiple levels. Dealing with money sucks, right, Yeah, so we just roll over, or some people might want their money back. I would give it to them in that regard to and then

they can pay again next year. Of course, yes, you get your money back. Do you want that person in your league? Though? Like they want their money back for the like two months and then I suppose maybe if they're in a situation they needed. No, you don't, but yeah, but that's probably edge case anyway. But yeah, next Dynasty and Empire leagues, if you have a canceled season, how do you handle the draft order the next year? This

is a this is a thorny issue. I don't believe you should just roll over last year's draft positions because the teams that drafted first, he's gonna go first again. You're that doesn't seem very fair. And the team that one champion that won the championships is gonna get penalized again and go last. I like a weighted lottery, a weighted lottery for the teams, for all of the teams. And if so, if you pin it, if you finished, uh, if you finished first, you have one ping pong ball.

If you finished last, you have twelve ping pong balls, and I'd pull I'd pull balls for the lot the draft order next. If you're doing one through twelve like that, I would highly recommend not allowing someone to jump more than three spots up because that amount of balls, the best team in the league could very well go on. Yeah. I can live with that, that really could. But that's

just me if you're very very unlikely. Though, if you're willing and able to go to auction, which you should be, you could also do based on your finishing, you get more of a budget. The worst your team was going into an auction for your you could you could do that too. I've also seen win loss or total points from the year before plus the weeks that you played. Alright, guys, we've got about two and a half minutes left in

this show. Let's zip through some of our sleepers, our favorite sleepers, and I will begin with Brian Johnson, your sleeper this week. Al Right, Well, that's not enough time for me to dive into Dan Arnold. I'll do that next week. I'm gonna go with Steven Simms h Washington, who should be the number two wide receiver for Washington football team. This year. Uh, Sims ran only routes from

the slot or from the boundary. Last year most came from the slot, but over the last four games he had a massive target share of He should see more work on the outside, and he'll see some creative usage from new o c Scott Turner who came over from Jacksonville. H. He'll be used the same way to used Curtis Samuel. We'll see a lot of handoffs to Steven Sims and Uh, he's gonna be starter worthy this year. And Nancy Football big guys too. Yeah. Absolutely, all right, Scott your sleeper

this week. Jonta Johnson currently going wide receiver round U lead all rookies and receptions last year, and that was with dent Head and the duck throwing and passes last ye so big bend back. They've been known as support wide receiver to wide receivers forever. Uh. And I think he's I think he's the beneficiary. All right. I am going to go with Zack Moss, who is my either my favorite or my second favorite sleeper for this offseason, and I'll save the other guy for next week. Let's

talk Zack Moss. He's the running back for Buffalo taken in the third round. Great in college at Utah. He left Utah's the all time leading rusher all time. He's a bigger, powerful back, He's difficult to tackle, he's got good hands. He's not fast, but he plays fast. And most importantly, it's about opportunity and where he fits into this Buffalo offense. He inherits the job left behind by the undead corpse of Frank Gore. Gore last year had nothing left in the tank at all, and he's still

garnered almost two touches last year. And those two otter touches are gonna go to Zack Moss, who's gonna do a lot more with them than Frank Gore could. Now. Most importantly, and Brian alluded to this earlier in the show, Devin Singletary only was given two carries from inside the five. Last year, Frank Gore had eighteen carries inside the the ten and eleven carries inside the five scored twice. That's it.

Zack Moss, built for goal line use, is going to be much more successful and is going to do much more with those juicy carries near the stripe. I love him to be potentially a double digit guy as a possibility for touchdowns this year because if you look at the eleven touchdowns are the eleven carries of Frank Corrians inside the five, you you want to convert those like rate, you get five six touchdowns just out of carries inside the five. Devin single Tarry is just not going to

get those kind of of numbers. And Zack Moss might be better at the what Devon single theory does best. That Boss might do all those things better than single Dary too, and just totally leave him on the sidelines point of the season. Yeah, it's you know, and Devon's Singletary is a good back. I'm not knocking devil Devon Singletary, but he is what he is. He is a smaller, speedier scat back. He kind of guy, and there's a reason they drafted Zack Moss and they're going to use

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